[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 26 (Wednesday, February 12, 2003)]
[House]
[Pages H707-H1276]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.J. RES. 2, CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS 
                            RESOLUTION, 2003

  Mr. YOUNG of Florida submitted the following conference report and 
statement on the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 2) making further 
continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2003, and for other 
purposes:

                  Conference Report (H. Rept. 108-10)

       The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the 
     two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the joint 
     resolution (H. J. Res. 2), ``making further continuing 
     appropriations for the fiscal year 2003, 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 proposed to be inserted by the Senate 
     amendment, insert the following:

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This joint resolution may be cited as the ``Consolidated 
     Appropriations Resolution, 2003''.

     SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

       The table of contents for this joint resolution is as 
     follows:

Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Sec. 3. References.

       DIVISION A--AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG 
   ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS, 2003

Title I--Agricultural Programs
Title II--Conservation Programs
Title III--Rural Development Programs
Title IV--Domestic Food Programs
Title V--Foreign Assistance and Related Programs
Title VI--Related Agencies and Food and Drug Administration
Title VII--General Provisions

 DIVISION B--COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED 
                     AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS, 2003

Title I--Department of Justice
Title II--Department of Commerce and Related Agencies
Title III--The Judiciary
Title IV--Department of State and Related Agency
Title V--Related Agencies
Title VI--General Provisions
Title VII--Rescissions

         DIVISION C--DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS, 2003

Title I--Federal Funds
Title II--District of Columbia Funds
Title III--General Provisions

     DIVISION D--ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS, 2003

Title I--Department of Defense--Civil: Department of the Army
Title II--Department of the Interior
Title III--Department of Energy
Title IV--Independent Agencies
Title V--General Provisions

DIVISION E--FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCING, AND RELATED PROGRAMS 
                          APPROPRIATIONS, 2003

Title I--Export and Investment Assistance
Title II--Bilateral Economic Assistance
Title III--Military Assistance
Title IV--Multilateral Economic Assistance
Title V--General Provisions

     DIVISION F--INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS, 2003

Title I--Department of the Interior
Title II--Related Agencies
Title III--General Provisions
Title IV--T'uf Shur Bien Preservation Trust Area
Title V--National Forest Organizational Camp Fee Improvement Act of 
              2003

   DIVISION G--LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND 
                 RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS, 2003

Title I--Department of Labor
Title II--Department of Health and Human Services
Title III--Department of Education
Title IV--Related Agencies
Title V--General Provisions

          DIVISION H--LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS, 2003

Title I--Legislative Branch Appropriations
Title II--General Provisions

  DIVISION I--TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS, 2003

Title I--Department of Transportation
Title II--Related Agencies
Title III--General Provisions

    DIVISION J--TREASURY AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS, 2003

Title I--Department of the Treasury
Title II--Postal Service
Title III--Executive Office of the President and Funds Appropriated to 
              the President
Title IV--Independent Agencies
Title V--General Provisions--This Act
Title VI--General Provisions--Departments, Agencies, and Corporations

  DIVISION K--VETERANS AFFAIRS AND HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND 
               INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS, 2003

Title I--Department of Veterans Affairs
Title II--Department of Housing and Urban Development
Title III--Independent Agencies
Title IV--General Provisions

          DIVISION L--HOMELAND SECURITY ACT OF 2002 AMENDMENTS

                      DIVISION M--DEFENSE MATTERS

                DIVISION N--EMERGENCY RELIEF AND OFFSETS

Title I--Election Reform
Title II--Agricultural Assistance
Title III--Wildland Fire Emergency
Title IV--TANF and Medicare
Title V--Fisheries Disasters
Title VI--Offsets
Title VII--Bonneville Power Administration Borrowing Authority

               DIVISION O--PRICE-ANDERSON ACT AMENDMENTS

DIVISION P--UNITED STATES-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION

     SEC. 3. REFERENCES.

       Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to 
     ``this Act'' contained in any division of this joint 
     resolution shall be treated as referring only to the 
     provisions of that division.

       DIVISION A--AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG 
   ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS, 2003

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
   Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year 
           ending September 30, 2003, and for other purposes.

     That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in 
     the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Agriculture, 
     Rural Development,

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     Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs 
     for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, and for other 
     purposes, namely:

                                TITLE I

                         AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS

                 Production, Processing, and Marketing

                        Office of the Secretary

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary of 
     Agriculture, $3,412,000: Provided, That not to exceed $11,000 
     of this amount shall be available for official reception and 
     representation expenses, not otherwise provided for, as 
     determined by the Secretary.

                          Executive Operations


                            chief economist

       For necessary expenses of the Chief Economist, including 
     economic analysis, risk assessment, cost-benefit analysis, 
     energy and new uses, and the functions of the World 
     Agricultural Outlook Board, as authorized by the Agricultural 
     Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1622g), $8,566,000.


                       national appeals division

       For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Division, 
     $13,759,000.


                 Office of Budget and Program Analysis

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and Program 
     Analysis, $7,358,000.

                Office of the Chief Information Officer

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief 
     Information Officer, $15,251,000.


                      Common Computing Environment

       For necessary expenses to acquire a Common Computing 
     Environment for the Natural Resources Conservation Service, 
     the Farm and Foreign Agricultural Service and Rural 
     Development mission areas for information technology, 
     systems, and services, $133,155,000, to remain available 
     until expended, for the capital asset acquisition of shared 
     information technology systems, including services as 
     authorized by 7 U.S.C. 6915-16 and 40 U.S.C. 1421-28: 
     Provided, That obligation of these funds shall be consistent 
     with the Department of Agriculture Service Center 
     Modernization Plan of the county-based agencies, and shall be 
     with the concurrence of the Department's Chief Information 
     Officer.

                 Office of the Chief Financial Officer

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Financial 
     Officer, $5,572,000: Provided, That the Chief Financial 
     Officer shall actively market and expand cross-servicing 
     activities of the National Finance Center.


                          WORKING CAPITAL FUND

       For the acquisition of remote mirroring backup technology 
     of the National Finance Center's data, $12,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended: Provided, That none of these funds 
     may be obligated until the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations have approved a feasibility study to be 
     submitted by the Secretary of Agriculture: Provided further, 
     That if the study is not approved within 30 days of its 
     submission, the funds appropriated shall be available for the 
     authorized uses of the Working Capital Fund.

           Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights

       For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
     Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, $400,000.

          Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration

       For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
     Assistant Secretary for Administration to carry out the 
     programs funded by this Act, $664,000.

        Agriculture Buildings and Facilities and Rental Payments


                     (including transfers of funds)

       For payment of space rental and related costs pursuant to 
     Public Law 92-313, including authorities pursuant to the 1984 
     delegation of authority from the Administrator of General 
     Services to the Department of Agriculture under 40 U.S.C. 
     486, for programs and activities of the Department which are 
     included in this Act, and for alterations and other actions 
     needed for the Department and its agencies to consolidate 
     unneeded space into configurations suitable for release to 
     the Administrator of General Services, and for the operation, 
     maintenance, improvement, and repair of Agriculture buildings 
     and facilities, and for related costs, $196,781,000, to 
     remain available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary 
     of Agriculture may transfer a share of that agency's 
     appropriation made available by this Act to this 
     appropriation, or may transfer a share of this appropriation 
     to that agency's appropriation to cover the costs of new or 
     replacement space for such agency, but such transfers shall 
     not exceed 5 percent of the funds made available for space 
     rental and related costs to or from this account.

                     Hazardous Materials Management


                     (including transfers of funds)

       For necessary expenses of the Department of Agriculture, to 
     comply with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
     Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) and 
     the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et 
     seq.), $15,685,000, to remain available until expended: 
     Provided, That appropriations and funds available herein to 
     the Department for Hazardous Materials Management may be 
     transferred to any agency of the Department for its use in 
     meeting all requirements pursuant to the above Acts on 
     Federal and non-Federal lands.

                      Departmental Administration


                     (including transfers of funds)

       For Departmental Administration, $38,095,000, to provide 
     for necessary expenses for management support services to 
     offices of the Department and for general administration and 
     disaster management of the Department, repairs and 
     alterations, and other miscellaneous supplies and expenses 
     not otherwise provided for and necessary for the practical 
     and efficient work of the Department: Provided, That this 
     appropriation shall be reimbursed from applicable 
     appropriations in this Act for travel expenses incident to 
     the holding of hearings as required by 5 U.S.C. 551-558.

     Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations


                     (including transfers of funds)

       For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
     Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations to carry out 
     the programs funded by this Act, including programs involving 
     intergovernmental affairs and liaison within the executive 
     branch, $3,821,000: Provided, That these funds may be 
     transferred to agencies of the Department of Agriculture 
     funded by this Act to maintain personnel at the agency level: 
     Provided further, That no other funds appropriated to the 
     Department by this Act shall be available to the Department 
     for support of activities of congressional relations.

                        Office of Communications

       For necessary expenses to carry out services relating to 
     the coordination of programs involving public affairs, for 
     the dissemination of agricultural information, and the 
     coordination of information, work, and programs authorized by 
     Congress in the Department, $9,140,000: Provided, That not to 
     exceed $2,000,000 may be used for farmers' bulletins.

                    Office of the Inspector General

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector 
     General, including employment pursuant to the Inspector 
     General Act of 1978, $74,097,000, including such sums as may 
     be necessary for contracting and other arrangements with 
     public agencies and private persons pursuant to section 
     6(a)(9) of the Inspector General Act of 1978, and including 
     not to exceed $125,000 for certain confidential operational 
     expenses, including the payment of informants, to be expended 
     under the direction of the Inspector General pursuant to 
     Public Law 95-452 and section 1337 of Public Law 97-98.

                     Office of the General Counsel

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the General 
     Counsel, $35,017,000.

  Office of the Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics

       For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
     Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics to 
     administer the laws enacted by the Congress for the Economic 
     Research Service, the National Agricultural Statistics 
     Service, the Agricultural Research Service, and the 
     Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, 
     $588,000.

                       Economic Research Service

       For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Service in 
     conducting economic research and analysis, as authorized by 
     the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621-1627) 
     and other laws, $69,123,000.

                National Agricultural Statistics Service

       For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural 
     Statistics Service in conducting statistical reporting and 
     service work, including crop and livestock estimates, 
     statistical coordination and improvements, marketing surveys, 
     and the Census of Agriculture, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 
     1621-1627 and 2204g, and other laws, $139,354,000, of which 
     up to $41,274,000 shall be available until expended for the 
     Census of Agriculture.

                     Agricultural Research Service


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses to enable the Agricultural Research 
     Service to perform agricultural research and demonstration 
     relating to production, utilization, marketing, and 
     distribution (not otherwise provided for); home economics or 
     nutrition and consumer use including the acquisition, 
     preservation, and dissemination of agricultural information; 
     and for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, or 
     purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, and for 
     land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall be of equal 
     value or shall be equalized by a payment of money to the 
     grantor which shall not exceed 25 percent of the total 
     value of the land or interests transferred out of Federal 
     ownership, $1,052,770,000: Provided, That appropriations 
     hereunder shall be available for the operation and 
     maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed 
     one for replacement only: Provided further, That 
     appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 
     U.S.C. 2250 for the construction, alteration, and repair 
     of buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise 
     provided, the cost of constructing any one building shall 
     not exceed $375,000, except for headhouses or greenhouses 
     which shall each be limited to $1,200,000, and except for 
     10 buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not 
     to exceed $750,000 each, and the cost of altering any one 
     building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 
     percent of the current replacement value of the building 
     or $375,000, whichever is greater: Provided further, That 
     the limitations on alterations contained in this Act shall 
     not apply to modernization or replacement of existing 
     facilities at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided further, That 
     appropriations hereunder shall be available for granting 
     easements at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: 
     Provided further, That the foregoing limitations shall not 
     apply to replacement of buildings needed to carry out the 
     Act of April 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a): Provided further, 
     That funds may be received from any State, other political 
     subdivision, organization, or individual for the purpose 
     of establishing or operating any research facility or 
     research project of the Agricultural Research Service, as 
     authorized by law.

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       None of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be 
     available to carry out research related to the production, 
     processing or marketing of tobacco or tobacco products.
       In fiscal year 2003 and thereafter, the agency is 
     authorized to charge fees, commensurate with the fair market 
     value, for any permit, easement, lease, or other special use 
     authorization for the occupancy or use of land and facilities 
     (including land and facilities at the Beltsville Agricultural 
     Research Center) issued by the agency, as authorized by law, 
     and such fees shall be credited to this account, and shall 
     remain available until expended for authorized purposes.


                        Buildings and Facilities

       For acquisition of land, construction, repair, improvement, 
     extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or 
     facilities as necessary to carry out the agricultural 
     research programs of the Department of Agriculture, where not 
     otherwise provided, $119,480,000, to remain available until 
     expended: Provided, That, in fiscal year 2003 and thereafter, 
     funds may be received from any State, other political 
     subdivision, organization, or individual for the purpose of 
     establishing any research facility of the Agricultural 
     Research Service, as authorized by law.

      Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service


                   Research and Education Activities

       For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for 
     cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and 
     for other expenses, $620,827,000, as follows: to carry out 
     the provisions of the Hatch Act of 1887 (7 U.S.C. 361a-i), 
     $180,148,000; for grants for cooperative forestry research 
     (16 U.S.C. 582a through a-7), $21,884,000; for payments to 
     the 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University 
     (7 U.S.C. 3222), $35,643,000, of which $1,507,496 shall be 
     made available only for the purpose of ensuring that each 
     institution shall receive no less than $1,000,000; for 
     special grants for agricultural research (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), 
     $112,264,000; for special grants for agricultural research on 
     improved pest control (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), $15,264,000; for 
     competitive research grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), $167,131,000; 
     for the support of animal health and disease programs (7 
     U.S.C. 3195), $5,098,000; for supplemental and alternative 
     crops and products (7 U.S.C. 3319d), $1,196,000; for grants 
     for research pursuant to the Critical Agricultural Materials 
     Act (7 U.S.C. 178 et seq.), $1,250,000, to remain available 
     until expended; for research grants for 1994 institutions 
     pursuant to section 536 of Public Law 103-382 (7 U.S.C. 301 
     note), $1,100,000, to remain available until expended; for 
     higher education graduate fellowship grants (7 U.S.C. 
     3152(b)(6)), $3,243,000, to remain available until expended 
     (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for higher education challenge grants (7 
     U.S.C. 3152(b)(1)), $4,920,000; for a higher education 
     multicultural scholars program (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(5)), 
     $998,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 
     2209b); for an education grants program for Hispanic-serving 
     Institutions (7 U.S.C. 3241), $4,100,000; for noncompetitive 
     grants for the purpose of carrying out all provisions of 7 
     U.S.C. 3242 (section 759 of Public Law 106-78) to individual 
     eligible institutions or consortia of eligible institutions 
     in Alaska and in Hawaii, with funds awarded equally to each 
     of the States of Alaska and Hawaii, $3,500,000; for a 
     secondary agriculture education program and 2-year post-
     secondary education (7 U.S.C. 3152(j)), $1,000,000; for 
     aquaculture grants (7 U.S.C. 3322), $4,500,000; for 
     sustainable agriculture research and education (7 U.S.C. 
     5811), $13,750,000; for a program of capacity building grants 
     (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(4)) to colleges eligible to receive funds 
     under the Act of August 30, 1890 (7 U.S.C. 321-326 and 328), 
     including Tuskegee University, $11,479,000, to remain 
     available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for payments to 
     the 1994 Institutions pursuant to section 534(a)(1) of Public 
     Law 103-382, $1,700,000; and for necessary expenses of 
     Research and Education Activities, $29,659,000.
       None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall be 
     available to carry out research related to the production, 
     processing or marketing of tobacco or tobacco products: 
     Provided, That this paragraph shall not apply to research on 
     the medical, biotechnological, food, and industrial uses of 
     tobacco.


              Native American Institutions Endowment Fund

       For the Native American Institutions Endowment Fund 
     authorized by Public Law 103-382 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), 
     $7,100,000.


                          Extension Activities

       For payments to States, the District of Columbia, Puerto 
     Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, Northern 
     Marianas, and American Samoa, $453,468,000, as follows: 
     payments for cooperative extension work under the Smith-Lever 
     Act, to be distributed under sections 3(b) and 3(c) of said 
     Act, and under section 208(c) of Public Law 93-471, for 
     retirement and employees' compensation costs for extension 
     agents and for costs of penalty mail for cooperative 
     extension agents and State extension directors, 
     $281,218,000; payments for extension work at the 1994 
     Institutions under the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 
     343(b)(3)), $3,387,000; payments for the nutrition and 
     family education program for low-income areas under 
     section 3(d) of the Act, $58,566,000; payments for the 
     pest management program under section 3(d) of the Act, 
     $10,759,000; payments for the farm safety program under 
     section 3(d) of the Act, $5,525,000; payments to upgrade 
     research, extension, and teaching facilities at the 1890 
     land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University, as 
     authorized by section 1447 of Public Law 95-113 (7 U.S.C. 
     3222b), $15,000,000, to remain available until expended; 
     payments for youth-at-risk programs under section 3(d) of 
     the Smith-Lever Act, $8,481,000; for youth farm safety 
     education and certification extension grants, to be 
     awarded competitively under section 3(d) of the Act, 
     $499,000; payments for carrying out the provisions of the 
     Renewable Resources Extension Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 1671 
     et seq.), $4,546,000; payments for Indian reservation 
     agents under section 3(d) of the Smith-Lever Act, 
     $1,996,000; payments for sustainable agriculture programs 
     under section 3(d) of the Act, $4,875,000; payments for 
     rural health and safety education as authorized by section 
     502(i) of Public Law 92-419 (7 U.S.C. 2662(i)), 
     $2,622,000; payments for cooperative extension work by the 
     colleges receiving the benefits of the second Morrill Act 
     (7 U.S.C. 321-326 and 328) and Tuskegee University, 
     $32,117,000, of which $1,724,884 shall be made available 
     only for the purpose of ensuring that each institution 
     shall receive no less than $1,000,000; for grants to youth 
     organizations pursuant to section 7630 of title 7, United 
     States Code, $3,000,000; and for necessary expenses of 
     extension activities, $20,877,000.


                         Integrated Activities

       For the integrated research, education, and extension 
     competitive grants programs, including necessary 
     administrative expenses, as authorized under section 406 of 
     the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform 
     Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7626), $46,743,000, as follows: 
     payments for the water quality program, $12,971,000; payments 
     for the food safety program, $14,967,000; payments for the 
     regional pest management centers program, $4,531,000; 
     payments for the Food Quality Protection Act risk mitigation 
     program for major food crop systems, $4,889,000; payments for 
     the crops affected by Food Quality Protection Act 
     implementation, $1,497,000; payments for the methyl bromide 
     transition program, $3,250,000; payments for the organic 
     transition program, $2,125,000; payments for the 
     international science and education grants program under 7 
     U.S.C. 3291, to remain available until expended, $500,000; 
     payments for the critical issues program under 7 U.S.C. 
     450i(c): Provided, That of the funds made available under 
     this heading, $500,000 shall be for payments for the critical 
     issues program under 7 U.S.C. 450i(c) and $1,513,000 shall be 
     for payments for the regional rural development centers 
     program under 7 U.S.C. 450i(c).


              Outreach for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers

       For grants and contracts pursuant to section 2501 of the 
     Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 
     U.S.C. 2279), $3,493,000, to remain available until expended.

  Office of the Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs

       For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
     Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs to 
     administer programs under the laws enacted by the Congress 
     for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service; the 
     Agricultural Marketing Service; and the Grain Inspection, 
     Packers and Stockyards Administration; $730,000.

               Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service


                         Salaries and Expenses

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to 
     prevent, control, and eradicate pests and plant and animal 
     diseases; to carry out inspection, quarantine, and regulatory 
     activities; and to protect the environment, as authorized by 
     law, $725,502,000, of which $4,103,000 shall be available for 
     the control of outbreaks of insects, plant diseases, animal 
     diseases and for control of pest animals and birds to the 
     extent necessary to meet emergency conditions; of which 
     $62,000,000 shall be used for the boll weevil eradication 
     program for cost share purposes or for debt retirement for 
     active eradication zones: Provided, That no funds shall be 
     used to formulate or administer a brucellosis eradication 
     program for the current fiscal year that does not require 
     minimum matching by the States of at least 40 percent: 
     Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available 
     for the operation and maintenance of aircraft and the 
     purchase of not to exceed four, of which two shall be for 
     replacement only: Provided further, That, in addition, in 
     emergencies which threaten any segment of the agricultural 
     production industry of this country, the Secretary may 
     transfer from other appropriations or funds available to the 
     agencies or corporations of the Department such sums as may 
     be deemed necessary, to be available only in such emergencies 
     for the arrest and eradication of contagious or infectious 
     disease or pests of animals, poultry, or plants, and for 
     expenses in accordance with sections 10411 and 10417 of the 
     Animal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 8316) and 
     sections 431 and 442 of the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 
     7751 and 7772), and any unexpended balances of funds 
     transferred for such emergency purposes in the preceding 
     fiscal year shall be merged with such transferred amounts: 
     Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall be 
     available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the repair and 
     alteration of leased buildings and improvements, but unless 
     otherwise provided the cost of altering any one building 
     during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the 
     current replacement value of the building.
       In fiscal year 2003, the agency is authorized to collect 
     fees to cover the total costs of providing technical 
     assistance, goods, or services requested by States, other 
     political subdivisions, domestic and international 
     organizations, foreign governments, or individuals, provided 
     that such fees are structured such that any entity's 
     liability for such fees is reasonably based on the technical 
     assistance, goods, or services provided to the entity by the 
     agency, and such fees shall be credited to this account, to 
     remain available until expended, without further 
     appropriation, for providing such assistance, goods, or 
     services.

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                        Buildings and Facilities

       For plans, construction, repair, preventive maintenance, 
     environmental support, improvement, extension, alteration, 
     and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as authorized 
     by 7 U.S.C. 2250, and acquisition of land as authorized by 7 
     U.S.C. 428a, $9,989,000, to remain available until expended.

                     Agricultural Marketing Service


                           Marketing Services

        For necessary expenses to carry out services related to 
     consumer protection, agricultural marketing and distribution, 
     transportation, and regulatory programs, as authorized by 
     law, and for administration and coordination of payments to 
     States, $75,702,000, including funds for the wholesale market 
     development program for the design and development of 
     wholesale and farmer market facilities for the major 
     metropolitan areas of the country: Provided, That this 
     appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 
     2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings and 
     improvements, but the cost of altering any one building 
     during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the 
     current replacement value of the building.
       Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization 
     activities, as established by regulation pursuant to law (31 
     U.S.C. 9701).


                 limitation on administrative expenses

       Not to exceed $61,619,000 (from fees collected) shall be 
     obligated during the current fiscal year for administrative 
     expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated and/or 
     other uncontrollable events occur, the agency may exceed this 
     limitation by up to 10 percent with notification to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.


    Funds for Strengthening Markets, Income, and Supply (Section 32)

                     (including transfers of funds)

       Funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 
     1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for commodity 
     program expenses as authorized therein, and other related 
     operating expenses, except for: (1) transfers to the 
     Department of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and Wildlife 
     Act of August 8, 1956; (2) transfers otherwise provided in 
     this Act; and (3) not more than $14,910,000 for formulation 
     and administration of marketing agreements and orders 
     pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 
     and the Agricultural Act of 1961.


                   Payments to States and Possessions

       For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus and 
     departments of markets, and similar agencies for marketing 
     activities under section 204(b) of the Agricultural Marketing 
     Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), $1,347,000.

        Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the 
     United States Grain Standards Act, for the administration of 
     the Packers and Stockyards Act, for certifying procedures 
     used to protect purchasers of farm products, and the 
     standardization activities related to grain under the 
     Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, $39,950,000, of which 
     $4,500,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for 
     a packer concentration study: Provided, That this 
     appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 
     2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings and 
     improvements, but the cost of altering any one building 
     during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the 
     current replacement value of the building.


        Limitation on Inspection and Weighing Services Expenses

       Not to exceed $42,463,000 (from fees collected) shall be 
     obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection and 
     weighing services: Provided, That if grain export activities 
     require additional supervision and oversight, or other 
     uncontrollable factors occur, this limitation may be exceeded 
     by up to 10 percent with notification to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.

             Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety

       For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
     Under Secretary for Food Safety to administer the laws 
     enacted by the Congress for the Food Safety and Inspection 
     Service, $603,000.

                   Food Safety and Inspection Service

       For necessary expenses to carry out services authorized by 
     the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products 
     Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act, 
     including not to exceed $50,000 for representation allowances 
     and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved 
     August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $759,759,000, of which no 
     less than $649,082,000 shall be available for Federal food 
     safety inspection; and of which $5,000,000 shall be for 
     enhanced inspection activities, to remain available through 
     September 30, 2004; and in addition, $1,000,000 may be 
     credited to this account from fees collected for the cost of 
     laboratory accreditation as authorized by section 1327 of the 
     Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 (7 
     U.S.C. 138f): Provided, That this appropriation shall be 
     available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration 
     and repair of buildings and improvements, but the cost of 
     altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not 
     exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value of the 
     building.

    Office of the Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural 
                                Services

       For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
     Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services to 
     administer the laws enacted by Congress for the Farm Service 
     Agency, the Foreign Agricultural Service, the Risk Management 
     Agency, and the Commodity Credit Corporation, $622,000.

                          Farm Service Agency


                         Salaries and Expenses

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For necessary expenses for carrying out the administration 
     and implementation of programs administered by the Farm 
     Service Agency, $976,738,000: Provided, That the Secretary of 
     Agriculture is authorized to use the services, facilities, 
     and authorities (but not the funds) of the Commodity Credit 
     Corporation to make program payments for all programs 
     administered by the Agency: Provided further, That other 
     funds made available to the Agency for authorized activities 
     may be advanced to and merged with this account.


                         State Mediation Grants

       For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricultural 
     Credit Act of 1987 (7 U.S.C. 5102(b)), $4,000,000.


                        Dairy Indemnity Program

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity 
     payments to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy products 
     under a dairy indemnity program, $100,000, to remain 
     available until expended: Provided, That such program is 
     carried out by the Secretary in the same manner as the dairy 
     indemnity program described in Public Law 106-387 (114 Stat. 
     1549A-12).


           Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund Program Account

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 
     and guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922 et seq.) and 
     operating (7 U.S.C. 1941 et seq.) loans, Indian tribe land 
     acquisition loans (25 U.S.C. 488), and boll weevil loans (7 
     U.S.C. 1989), to be available from funds in the Agricultural 
     Credit Insurance Fund, as follows: farm ownership loans, 
     $1,130,000,000, of which $1,000,000,000 shall be for 
     guaranteed loans and $130,000,000 shall be for direct loans; 
     operating loans, $2,705,000,000, of which $1,700,000,000 
     shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans, $400,000,000 
     shall be for subsidized guaranteed loans and $605,000,000 
     shall be for direct loans; Indian tribe land acquisition 
     loans, $2,000,000; and for boll weevil eradication program 
     loans, $100,000,000.
       For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including the 
     cost of modifying loans as defined in section 502 of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: farm ownership 
     loans, $22,593,000, of which $7,500,000 shall be for 
     guaranteed loans, and $15,093,000 shall be for direct loans; 
     operating loans, $205,513,000, of which $53,890,000 shall be 
     for unsubsidized guaranteed loans, $47,200,000 shall be for 
     subsidized guaranteed loans, and $104,423,000 shall be for 
     direct loans; and Indian tribe land acquisition loans, 
     $179,000.
       In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
     out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $287,176,000, of 
     which $279,176,000 shall be transferred to and merged with 
     the appropriation for ``Farm Service Agency, Salaries and 
     Expenses''.
       Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural Credit 
     Insurance Program Account for farm ownership and operating 
     direct loans and guaranteed loans may be transferred among 
     these programs: Provided, That the Committees on 
     Appropriations of both Houses of Congress are notified at 
     least 15 days in advance of any transfer.

                         Risk Management Agency

       For administrative and operating expenses, as authorized by 
     section 226A of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization 
     Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6933), $70,708,000: Provided, That not 
     to exceed $700 shall be available for official reception and 
     representation expenses, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1506(i).

                              CORPORATIONS

       The following corporations and agencies are hereby 
     authorized to make expenditures, within the limits of funds 
     and borrowing authority available to each such corporation or 
     agency and in accord with law, and to make contracts and 
     commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as 
     provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation Control 
     Act as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set 
     forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for such 
     corporation or agency, except as hereinafter provided.

                Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Fund

       For payments as authorized by section 516 of the Federal 
     Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1516), such sums as may be 
     necessary, to remain available until expended.

                   Commodity Credit Corporation Fund


                 reimbursement for net realized losses

       For fiscal year 2003, such sums as may be necessary to 
     reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for net realized 
     losses sustained, but not previously reimbursed, pursuant to 
     section 2 of the Act of August 17, 1961 (15 U.S.C. 713a-11).


                       hazardous waste management

                        (limitation on expenses)

       For fiscal year 2003, the Commodity Credit Corporation 
     shall not expend more than $5,000,000 for site investigation 
     and cleanup expenses, and operations and maintenance expenses 
     to comply with the requirement of section 107(g) of the 
     Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
     Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9607(g), and section 6001 of the 
     Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 6961.

                                TITLE II

                         CONSERVATION PROGRAMS

  Office of the Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment

       For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
     Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment to 
     administer the laws

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     enacted by the Congress for the Forest Service and the 
     Natural Resources Conservation Service, $750,000.

                 Natural Resources Conservation Service


                        Conservation Operations

       For necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions of 
     the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a-f), including 
     preparation of conservation plans and establishment of 
     measures to conserve soil and water (including farm 
     irrigation and land drainage and such special measures for 
     soil and water management as may be necessary to prevent 
     floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to control 
     agricultural related pollutants); operation of conservation 
     plant materials centers; classification and mapping of soil; 
     dissemination of information; acquisition of lands, water, 
     and interests therein for use in the plant materials program 
     by donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost not to 
     exceed $100 pursuant to the Act of August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 
     428a); purchase and erection or alteration or improvement of 
     permanent and temporary buildings; and operation and 
     maintenance of aircraft, $825,004,000, to remain available 
     until expended, of which not less than $9,162,000 is for snow 
     survey and water forecasting, and not less than $10,701,000 
     is for operation and establishment of the plant materials 
     centers, and of which not less than $23,500,000 shall be for 
     the grazing lands conservation initiative: Provided, That 
     appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 
     7 U.S.C. 2250 for construction and improvement of 
     buildings and public improvements at plant materials 
     centers, except that the cost of alterations and 
     improvements to other buildings and other public 
     improvements shall not exceed $250,000: Provided further, 
     That when buildings or other structures are erected on 
     non-Federal land, that the right to use such land is 
     obtained as provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a: Provided further, 
     That this appropriation shall be available for technical 
     assistance and related expenses to carry out programs 
     authorized by section 202(c) of title II of the Colorado 
     River Basin Salinity Control Act of 1974 (43 U.S.C. 
     1592(c)): Provided further, That qualified local engineers 
     may be temporarily employed at per diem rates to perform 
     the technical planning work of the Service: Provided 
     further, That none of the funds made available under this 
     paragraph by this or any other appropriations Act may be 
     used to provide technical assistance with respect to 
     programs listed in section 1241(a) of the Food Security 
     Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)).


                     Watershed Surveys and Planning

       For necessary expenses to conduct research, investigation, 
     and surveys of watersheds of rivers and other waterways, and 
     for small watershed investigations and planning, in 
     accordance with the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention 
     Act (16 U.S.C. 1001-1009), $11,197,000.


               Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations

       For necessary expenses to carry out preventive measures, 
     including but not limited to research, engineering 
     operations, methods of cultivation, the growing of 
     vegetation, rehabilitation of existing works and changes in 
     use of land, in accordance with the Watershed Protection and 
     Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1001-1005 and 1007-1009), the 
     provisions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a-f), 
     and in accordance with the provisions of laws relating to the 
     activities of the Department, $110,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended (of which up to $15,000,000 may be 
     available for the watersheds authorized under the Flood 
     Control Act (33 U.S.C. 701 and 16 U.S.C. 1006a)): Provided, 
     That not to exceed $45,514,000 of this appropriation shall be 
     available for technical assistance: Provided further, That 
     not to exceed $1,000,000 of this appropriation is available 
     to carry out the purposes of the Endangered Species Act of 
     1973 (Public Law 93-205), including cooperative efforts as 
     contemplated by that Act to relocate endangered or threatened 
     species to other suitable habitats as may be necessary to 
     expedite project construction.


                    Watershed Rehabilitation Program

       For necessary expenses to carry out rehabilitation of 
     structural measures, in accordance with section 14 of the 
     Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 
     1012), and in accordance with the provisions of laws relating 
     to the activities of the Department, $30,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended.


                 Resource Conservation and Development

       For necessary expenses in planning and carrying out 
     projects for resource conservation and development and for 
     sound land use pursuant to the provisions of sections 31 and 
     32 of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act (7 U.S.C. 1010-1011; 
     76 Stat. 607); the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a-f); 
     and subtitle H of title XV of the Agriculture and Food Act of 
     1981 (16 U.S.C. 3451-3461), $51,000,000, to remain available 
     until expended.

                               TITLE III

                       RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

          Office of the Under Secretary for Rural Development

       For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
     Under Secretary for Rural Development to administer programs 
     under the laws enacted by the Congress for the Rural Housing 
     Service, the Rural Business-Cooperative Service, and the 
     Rural Utilities Service of the Department of Agriculture, 
     $640,000.


                  Rural Community Advancement Program

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, and grants, 
     as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1926, 1926a, 1926c, 1926d, and 
     1932, except for sections 381E-H and 381N of the Consolidated 
     Farm and Rural Development Act, $907,737,000, to remain 
     available until expended, of which $96,800,000 shall be for 
     rural community programs described in section 381E(d)(1) of 
     such Act; of which $723,217,000 shall be for the rural 
     utilities programs described in sections 381E(d)(2), 
     306C(a)(2), and 306D of such Act; and of which $87,720,000 
     shall be for the rural business and cooperative development 
     programs described in sections 381E(d)(3) and 310B(f) of such 
     Act: Provided, That of the total amount appropriated in this 
     account, $24,000,000 shall be for loans and grants to benefit 
     Federally Recognized Native American Tribes, including grants 
     for drinking water and waste disposal systems pursuant to 
     section 306C of such Act, of which $4,000,000 shall be 
     available for community facilities grants to tribal colleges, 
     as authorized by section 306(a)(19) of the Consolidated Farm 
     and Rural Development Act, and of which $250,000 shall be 
     available for a grant to a qualified national organization to 
     provide technical assistance for rural transportation in 
     order to promote economic development: Provided further, That 
     of the amount appropriated for rural community programs, 
     $7,000,000 shall be available for a Rural Community 
     Development Initiative: Provided further, That such funds 
     shall be used solely to develop the capacity and ability of 
     private, nonprofit community-based housing and community 
     development organizations, low-income rural communities, and 
     Federally Recognized Native American Tribes to undertake 
     projects to improve housing, community facilities, community 
     and economic development projects in rural areas: Provided 
     further, That of the amount appropriated for the Rural 
     Community Development Initiative, not less than $1,000,000 
     shall be available until expended to carry out a 
     demonstration program on Replicating and Creating Rural 
     Cooperative Home Based Health Care: Provided further, That of 
     the $1,000,000 made available, not less than $200,000 shall 
     be in the form of predevelopment planning grants, not to 
     exceed $50,000 each, with the balance for low-interest 
     revolving loans to be used for capital and other related 
     expenses, and made available to nonprofit based community 
     development organizations: Provided further, That such 
     organizations should demonstrate experience in the 
     administration of revolving loan programs and providing 
     technical assistance to cooperatives: Provided further, That 
     such funds shall be made available to qualified private, 
     nonprofit and public intermediary organizations proposing to 
     carry out a program of financial and technical assistance: 
     Provided further, That such intermediary organizations shall 
     provide matching funds from other sources, including Federal 
     funds for related activities, in an amount not less than 
     funds provided: Provided further, That of the amount 
     appropriated for the rural business and cooperative 
     development programs, not to exceed $500,000 shall be made 
     available for a grant to a qualified national organization to 
     provide technical assistance for rural transportation in 
     order to promote economic development; and $2,000,000 shall 
     be for grants to the Delta Regional Authority (7 U.S.C. 1921 
     et seq.): Provided further, That of the amount appropriated 
     for rural utilities programs, not to exceed $25,000,000 shall 
     be for water and waste disposal systems to benefit the 
     Colonias along the United States/Mexico border, including 
     grants pursuant to section 306C of such Act; not to exceed 
     $30,000,000 shall be for water and waste disposal systems for 
     rural and native villages in Alaska pursuant to section 306D 
     of such Act, with up to 1 percent available to administer the 
     program and up to 1 percent available to improve interagency 
     coordination may be transferred to and merged with the 
     appropriation for ``Rural Development, Salaries and 
     Expenses''; not to exceed $18,333,000 shall be for technical 
     assistance grants for rural water and waste systems pursuant 
     to section 306(a)(14) of such Act, of which $5,513,000 shall 
     be for Rural Community Assistance Programs; not to exceed 
     $1,000,000 shall be in the form of predevelopment planning 
     grants, not to exceed $50,000 each; and not to exceed 
     $12,100,000 shall be for contracting with qualified 
     national organizations for a circuit rider program to 
     provide technical assistance for rural water systems: 
     Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, 
     not to exceed $37,624,000 shall be available through June 
     30, 2003, for authorized empowerment zones and enterprise 
     communities and communities designated by the Secretary of 
     Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones; of 
     which $1,163,000 shall be for the rural community programs 
     described in section 381E(d)(1) of such Act, of which 
     $27,431,000 shall be for the rural utilities programs 
     described in section 381E(d)(2) of such Act, and of which 
     $9,030,000 shall be for the rural business and cooperative 
     development programs described in section 381E(d)(3) of 
     such Act: Provided further, That of the amount 
     appropriated for rural community programs, not to exceed 
     $25,000,000 shall be to provide grants for facilities in 
     rural communities with extreme unemployment and severe 
     economic depression (Public Law 106-387), with 5 percent 
     for administration and capacity building in the State 
     rural development offices: Provided further, That of the 
     amount appropriated, $30,000,000 shall be transferred to 
     and merged with the ``Rural Utilities Service, High Energy 
     Cost Grants Account'' to provide grants authorized under 
     section 19 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 
     U.S.C. 918a): Provided further, That any remaining funds 
     specifically appropriated in fiscal year 2002 for rural 
     communities with extremely high energy costs under the 
     Rural Community Advancement Program shall be merged and 
     transferred into the Account: Provided further, That any 
     funds in the Account shall be used to provide grants 
     authorized under section 19 of that Act.

                Rural Development Salaries and Expenses


                     (including transfers of funds)

       For necessary expenses for carrying out the administration 
     and implementation of programs

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     in the Rural Development mission area, including activities 
     with institutions concerning the development and operation of 
     agricultural cooperatives; and for cooperative agreements; 
     $145,736,000: Provided, That not more than $10,000 may be 
     expended to provide modest nonmonetary awards to non-USDA 
     employees: Provided further, That any balances available from 
     prior years for the Rural Utilities Service, Rural Housing 
     Service, and the Rural Business-Cooperative Service salaries 
     and expenses accounts shall be transferred to and merged with 
     this appropriation.

                         Rural Housing Service


              Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program Account

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 
     and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the Housing 
     Act of 1949, to be available from funds in the rural housing 
     insurance fund, as follows: $5,572,000,000 for loans to 
     section 502 borrowers, as determined by the Secretary, of 
     which $1,044,000,000 shall be for direct loans, and of which 
     $4,528,000,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans; 
     $35,000,000 for section 504 housing repair loans; 
     $115,805,000 for section 515 rental housing; $100,000,000 for 
     section 538 guaranteed multi-family housing loans; $5,046,000 
     for section 524 site loans; $12,000,000 for credit sales of 
     acquired property, of which up to $2,000,000 may be for 
     multi-family credit sales; and $5,011,000 for section 523 
     self-help housing land development loans.
       For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including the 
     cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: section 502 
     loans, $234,950,000, of which $202,350,000 shall be for 
     direct loans, and of which $32,600,000, to remain available 
     until expended, shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans; 
     section 504 housing repair loans, $10,857,000; section 515 
     rental housing, $54,000,000; section 538 multi-family housing 
     guaranteed loans, $4,500,000; section 524 site loans, 
     $55,000; multi-family credit sales of acquired property, 
     $934,000; and section 523 self-help housing land development 
     loans, $221,000: Provided, That of the total amount 
     appropriated in this paragraph, $11,656,000 shall be 
     available through June 30, 2003, for authorized empowerment 
     zones and enterprise communities and communities designated 
     by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area 
     Partnership Zones.
       In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
     out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $432,374,000, 
     which shall be transferred to and merged with the 
     appropriation for ``Rural Development, Salaries and 
     Expenses''.


                       Rental Assistance Program

       For rental assistance agreements entered into or renewed 
     pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) or 
     agreements entered into in lieu of debt forgiveness or 
     payments for eligible households as authorized by section 
     502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, $726,000,000; and, 
     in addition, such sums as may be necessary, as authorized by 
     section 521(c) of the Act, to liquidate debt incurred prior 
     to fiscal year 1992 to carry out the rental assistance 
     program under section 521(a)(2) of the Act: Provided, That of 
     this amount, not more than $5,900,000 shall be available for 
     debt forgiveness or payments for eligible households as 
     authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Act, and not to 
     exceed $20,000 per project for advances to nonprofit 
     organizations or public agencies to cover direct costs (other 
     than purchase price) incurred in purchasing projects pursuant 
     to section 502(c)(5)(C) of the Act: Provided further, That 
     agreements entered into or renewed during fiscal year 2003 
     shall be funded for a 5-year period, although the life of any 
     such agreement may be extended to fully utilize amounts 
     obligated.


                  Mutual and Self-Help Housing Grants

       For grants and contracts pursuant to section 523(b)(1)(A) 
     of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490c), $35,000,000, to 
     remain available until expended: Provided, That of the total 
     amount appropriated, $1,000,000 shall be available through 
     June 30, 2003, for authorized empowerment zones and 
     enterprise communities and communities designated by the 
     Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership 
     Zones.


                    Rural Housing Assistance Grants

       For grants and contracts for very low-income housing 
     repair, supervisory and technical assistance, compensation 
     for construction defects, and rural housing preservation made 
     by the Rural Housing Service, as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 
     1474, 1479(c), 1490e, and 1490m, $42,498,000, to remain 
     available until expended: Provided, That of the total 
     amount appropriated, $1,200,000 shall be available through 
     June 30, 2003, for authorized empowerment zones and 
     enterprise communities and communities designated by the 
     Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area 
     Partnership Zones.


                       Farm Labor Program Account

       For the cost of direct loans, grants, and contracts, as 
     authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1484 and 1486, $36,307,000, to remain 
     available until expended, for direct farm labor housing loans 
     and domestic farm labor housing grants and contracts.

                  Rural Business--Cooperative Service


              Rural Development Loan Fund Program Account

                     (including transfer of funds)

        For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized by 
     the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)), 
     $40,000,000.
       For the cost of direct loans, $19,304,000, as authorized by 
     the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)), of which 
     $1,724,000 shall be available through June 30, 2003, for 
     Federally Recognized Native American Tribes and of which 
     $3,449,000 shall be available through June 30, 2003, for 
     Mississippi Delta Region counties (as defined by Public Law 
     100-460): 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: Provided further, That 
     of the total amount appropriated, $2,730,000 shall be 
     available through June 30, 2003, for the cost of direct loans 
     for authorized empowerment zones and enterprise communities 
     and communities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as 
     Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones.
       In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
     direct loan programs, $4,190,000 shall be transferred to and 
     merged with the appropriation for ``Rural Development, 
     Salaries and Expenses''.


            Rural Economic Development Loans Program Account

                    (including rescission of funds)

       For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized 
     under section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act, for the 
     purpose of promoting rural economic development and job 
     creation projects, $14,967,000.
       For the cost of direct loans, including the cost of 
     modifying loans as defined in section 502 of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974, $3,197,000.
       Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of credit 
     payments in fiscal year 2003, as authorized by section 313 of 
     the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, $3,197,000 shall not 
     be obligated and $3,197,000 are rescinded.


                  Rural Cooperative Development Grants

       For rural cooperative development grants authorized under 
     section 310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
     Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $9,000,000, of which 
     $2,500,000 shall be for cooperative agreements for the 
     appropriate technology transfer for rural areas program: 
     Provided, That not to exceed $1,500,000 of the total amount 
     appropriated shall be made available to cooperatives or 
     associations of cooperatives whose primary focus is to 
     provide assistance to small, minority producers and whose 
     governing board and/or membership is comprised of at least 75 
     percent minority.


       RURAL EMPOWERMENT ZONES AND ENTERPRISE COMMUNITIES GRANTS

       For grants in connection with a second round of empowerment 
     zones and enterprise communities, $14,967,000, to remain 
     available until expended, for designated rural empowerment 
     zones and rural enterprise communities, as authorized by the 
     Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 and the Omnibus Consolidated and 
     Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 
     105-277).

                        Rural Utilities Service


   Rural Electrification and Telecommunications Loans Program Account

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Insured loans pursuant to the authority of section 305 of 
     the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935) shall be 
     made as follows: 5 percent rural electrification loans, 
     $121,103,000; municipal rate rural electric loans, 
     $100,000,000; loans made pursuant to section 306 of that Act, 
     rural electric, $2,600,000,000; Treasury rate direct electric 
     loans, $1,150,000,000; 5 percent rural telecommunications 
     loans, $75,029,000; cost of money rural telecommunications 
     loans, $300,000,000; loans made pursuant to section 306 of 
     that Act, rural telecommunications loans, $120,000,000; and 
     for guaranteed underwriting loans pursuant to section 313A, 
     $1,000,000,000.
       For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of 
     modifying loans, of direct and guaranteed loans authorized by 
     the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935 and 936), 
     as follows: cost of rural electric loans, $11,025,000, and 
     the cost of telecommunication loans, $1,433,000: Provided, 
     That notwithstanding section 305(d)(2) of the Rural 
     Electrification Act of 1936, borrower interest rates may 
     exceed 7 percent per year.
       In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
     out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $37,833,000 
     which shall be transferred to and merged with the 
     appropriation for ``Rural Development, Salaries and 
     Expenses''.


                  Rural Telephone Bank Program Account

                     (including transfer of funds)

       The Rural Telephone Bank is hereby authorized to make such 
     expenditures, within the limits of funds available to such 
     corporation in accord with law, and to make such contracts 
     and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as 
     provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation Control 
     Act, as may be necessary in carrying out its authorized 
     programs. During fiscal year 2003 and within the resources 
     and authority available, gross obligations for the principal 
     amount of direct loans shall be $174,615,000.
       For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of 
     modifying loans, of direct loans authorized by the Rural 
     Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935), $2,410,000.
       In addition, for administrative expenses, including audits, 
     necessary to carry out the loan programs, $3,082,000, which 
     shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 
     ``Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses''.


               Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program

       For the principal amount of direct distance learning and 
     telemedicine loans, $300,000,000; and for the principal 
     amount of broadband telecommunication loans, $80,000,000.
       For the cost of direct loans and grants, as authorized by 7 
     U.S.C. 950aaa et seq., $56,941,000, to remain available until 
     expended, to be available for loans and grants for 
     telemedicine and distance learning services in rural areas: 
     Provided, That $10,000,000 may be available for

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     grants to finance broadband transmission and local dial-up 
     Internet service in areas that meet the definition of ``rural 
     area'' used for the Distance Learning and Telemedicine 
     Program authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa: Provided further, That 
     the cost of direct loans shall be as defined in section 502 
     of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.

                                TITLE IV

                         DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS

Office of the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services

       For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
     Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services to 
     administer the laws enacted by the Congress for the Food and 
     Nutrition Service, $603,000.

                       Food and Nutrition Service


                        Child Nutrition Programs

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses to carry out the National School 
     Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), except section 21, and 
     the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), 
     except sections 17 and 21; $10,580,169,000, to remain 
     available through September 30, 2004, of which $5,834,506,000 
     is hereby appropriated and $4,745,663,000 shall be derived by 
     transfer from funds available under section 32 of the Act of 
     August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c): Provided, That none of the 
     funds made available under this heading shall be used for 
     studies and evaluations: Provided further, That of the funds 
     made available under this heading, $3,300,000 shall be for a 
     School Breakfast Program startup grant pilot program, of 
     which no less than $1,000,000 is for the State of Wisconsin: 
     Provided further, That $200,000 shall be for the Common Roots 
     Program: Provided further, That $500,000 shall be for the 
     Child Nutrition Archive Resource Center: Provided further, 
     That up to $5,080,000 shall be for independent verification 
     of school food service claims.


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

       For necessary expenses to carry out the special 
     supplemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 of 
     the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), 
     $4,696,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 
     2004, of which $125,000,000 shall be placed in reserve, to 
     remain available until expended, for use in only such 
     amounts, and in such manner, as the Secretary determines 
     necessary, notwithstanding section 17(i) of the Child 
     Nutrition Act, to provide funds to support participation, 
     should costs or participation exceed budget estimates: 
     Provided, That of the total amount available, the Secretary 
     shall obligate $25,000,000 for the farmers' market nutrition 
     program: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 
     17(h)(10)(A) of such Act, $14,000,000 shall be available for 
     the purposes specified in section 17(h)(10)(B): Provided 
     further, That $2,000,000 shall be available for the Food and 
     Nutrition Service to conduct a study of WIC vendor practices: 
     Provided further, That no other funds made available under 
     this heading shall be used for studies and evaluations: 
     Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be 
     available to pay administrative expenses of WIC clinics 
     except those that have an announced policy of prohibiting 
     smoking within the space used to carry out the program: 
     Provided further, That none of the funds provided in this 
     account shall be available for the purchase of infant formula 
     except in accordance with the cost containment and 
     competitive bidding requirements specified in section 17 of 
     such Act: Provided further, That none of the funds provided 
     shall be available for activities that are not fully 
     reimbursed by other Federal Government departments or 
     agencies unless authorized by section 17 of such Act.


                           Food Stamp Program

       For necessary expenses to carry out the Food Stamp Act (7 
     U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), $26,313,692,000, of which 
     $2,000,000,000 shall be placed in reserve for use only in 
     such amounts and at such times as may become necessary to 
     carry out program operations: Provided, That none of the 
     funds made available under this heading shall be used for 
     studies and evaluations: Provided further, That of the funds 
     made available under this heading and not already 
     appropriated to the Food Distribution Program on Indian 
     Reservations (FDPIR) established under section 4(b) of the 
     Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2013(b)), not to exceed 
     $3,000,000 shall be used to purchase bison meat for the FDPIR 
     from Native American bison producers as well as from 
     producer-owned cooperatives of bison ranchers: Provided 
     further, That funds provided herein shall be expended in 
     accordance with section 16 of the Food Stamp Act: Provided 
     further, That this appropriation shall be subject to any work 
     registration or workfare requirements as may be required by 
     law: Provided further, That funds made available for 
     Employment and Training under this heading shall remain 
     available until expended, as authorized by section 16(h)(1) 
     of the Food Stamp Act.


                      Commodity Assistance Program

       For necessary expenses to carry out the commodity 
     supplemental food program as authorized by section 4(a) of 
     the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 
     612c note) and the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983, 
     $164,500,000, to remain available through September 30, 2004: 
     Provided, That none of these funds shall be available to 
     reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for commodities 
     donated to the program.


                        Food Donations Programs

       For necessary expenses to carry out section 4(a) of the 
     Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 and special 
     assistance for the nuclear affected islands as authorized by 
     section 103(h)(2) of the Compacts of Free Association Act of 
     1985, $1,081,000, to remain available through September 30, 
     2004.


                      Food Program Administration

       For necessary administrative expenses of the domestic food 
     programs funded under this Act, $136,560,000, of which 
     $5,000,000 shall be available only for simplifying 
     procedures, reducing overhead costs, tightening regulations, 
     improving food stamp benefit delivery, and assisting in the 
     prevention, identification, and prosecution of fraud and 
     other violations of law and of which not less than $7,500,000 
     shall be available to improve integrity in the Food Stamp 
     and Child Nutrition programs.

                                TITLE V

                FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED PROGRAMS

                      Foreign Agricultural Service


                         Salaries and expenses

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural Service, 
     including carrying out title VI of the Agricultural Act of 
     1954 (7 U.S.C. 1761-1769), market development activities 
     abroad, and for enabling the Secretary to coordinate and 
     integrate activities of the Department in connection with 
     foreign agricultural work, including not to exceed $158,000 
     for representation allowances and for expenses pursuant to 
     section 8 of the Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), 
     $129,948,000: Provided, That the Service may utilize advances 
     of funds, or reimburse this appropriation for expenditures 
     made on behalf of Federal agencies, public and private 
     organizations and institutions under agreements executed 
     pursuant to the agricultural food production assistance 
     programs (7 U.S.C. 1737) and the foreign assistance programs 
     of the United States Agency for International Development.
       In fiscal year 2003 and thereafter, none of the funds in 
     the foregoing paragraph shall be available to promote the 
     sale or export of tobacco or tobacco products.


                 Public Law 480 Title I Program Account

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of agreements under the 
     Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, 
     and the Food for Progress Act of 1985, including the cost of 
     modifying credit arrangements under said Acts, $116,171,000, 
     to remain available until expended.
       In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
     credit program of title I, Public Law 83-480, and the Food 
     for Progress Act of 1985, to the extent funds appropriated 
     for Public Law 83-480 are utilized, $2,059,000, of which 
     $1,033,000 may be transferred to and merged with the 
     appropriation for ``Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries 
     and Expenses'', and of which $1,026,000 may be transferred to 
     and merged with the appropriation for ``Farm Service Agency, 
     Salaries and Expenses''.


        Public Law 480 Title I Ocean Freight Differential Grants

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For ocean freight differential costs for the shipment of 
     agricultural commodities under title I of the Agricultural 
     Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 and under the 
     Food for Progress Act of 1985, $25,159,000, to remain 
     available until expended: Provided, That funds made available 
     for the cost of agreements under title I of the Agricultural 
     Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 and for title I 
     ocean freight differential may be used interchangeably 
     between the two accounts with prior notice to the Committees 
     on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.


                     Public Law 480 Title II Grants

       For expenses during the current fiscal year, not otherwise 
     recoverable, and unrecovered prior years' costs, including 
     interest thereon, under the Agricultural Trade Development 
     and Assistance Act of 1954, $1,200,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended, for commodities supplied in 
     connection with dispositions abroad under title II of said 
     Act.


       Commodity Credit Corporation Export Loans Program Account

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For administrative expenses to carry out the Commodity 
     Credit Corporation's export guarantee program, GSM 102 and 
     GSM 103, $4,058,000; to cover common overhead expenses as 
     permitted by section 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation 
     Charter Act and in conformity with the Federal Credit Reform 
     Act of 1990, of which $3,224,000 may be transferred to and 
     merged with the appropriation for ``Foreign Agricultural 
     Service, Salaries and Expenses'', and of which $834,000 may 
     be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 
     ``Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses''.

                                TITLE VI

           RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

                      Food and Drug Administration


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Administration, 
     including hire and purchase of passenger motor vehicles; for 
     payment of space rental and related costs pursuant to Public 
     Law 92-313 for programs and activities of the Food and Drug 
     Administration which are included in this Act; for rental of 
     special purpose space in the District of Columbia or 
     elsewhere; and for miscellaneous and emergency expenses of 
     enforcement activities, authorized and approved by the 
     Secretary and to be accounted for solely on the Secretary's 
     certificate, not to exceed $25,000; $1,630,727,000, of which 
     not to exceed $222,900,000 to be derived from prescription 
     drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379h, including any 
     such fees assessed prior to the current fiscal year but 
     credited during the current year,

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     in accordance with section 736(g)(4), shall be credited to 
     this appropriation and remain available until expended; and 
     of which not to exceed $25,125,000 to be derived from device 
     user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j shall be credited to 
     this appropriation, to remain available until expended: 
     Provided, That fees derived from applications received during 
     fiscal year 2003 shall be subject to the fiscal year 2003 
     limitation: Provided further, That none of these funds shall 
     be used to develop, establish, or operate any program of user 
     fees authorized by 31 U.S.C. 9701: Provided further, That not 
     to exceed $2,300,000 of the total amount appropriated shall 
     be for activities related to legislative affairs: Provided 
     further, That of the total amount appropriated: (1) 
     $413,347,000 shall be for the Center for Food Safety and 
     Applied Nutrition and related field activities in the Office 
     of Regulatory Affairs; (2) $426,671,000 shall be for the 
     Center for Drug Evaluation and Research and related field 
     activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs, of which no 
     less than $13,357,000 shall be available for grants and 
     contracts awarded under section 5 of the Orphan Drug Act (21 
     U.S.C. 360ee); (3) $199,699,000 shall be for the Center for 
     Biologics Evaluation and Research and for related field 
     activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (4) 
     $88,972,000 shall be for the Center for Veterinary Medicine 
     and for related field activities in the Office of 
     Regulatory Affairs; (5) $208,685,000 shall be for the 
     Center for Devices and Radiological Health and for related 
     field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (6) 
     $40,688,000 shall be for the National Center for 
     Toxicological Research; (7) $36,914,000 shall be for Rent 
     and Related activities, other than the amounts paid to the 
     General Services Administration; (8) $108,269,000 shall be 
     for payments to the General Services Administration for 
     rent and related costs; and (9) $107,482,000 shall be for 
     other activities, including the Office of the 
     Commissioner; the Office of Management and Systems; the 
     Office of the Senior Associate Commissioner; the Office of 
     International and Constituent Relations; the Office of 
     Policy, Legislation, and Planning; and central services 
     for these offices: Provided further, That funds may be 
     transferred from one specified activity to another with 
     the prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 
     both Houses of Congress.
       In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 42 U.S.C. 
     263b may be credited to this account, to remain available 
     until expended.
       In addition, export certification user fees authorized by 
     21 U.S.C. 381 may be credited to this account, to remain 
     available until expended.


                        Buildings and Facilities

       For plans, construction, repair, improvement, extension, 
     alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of 
     or used by the Food and Drug Administration, where not 
     otherwise provided, $8,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended.

                          INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                  Commodity Futures Trading Commission

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the 
     Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), including the 
     purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, and the rental 
     of space (to include multiple year leases) in the District of 
     Columbia and elsewhere, $85,985,000, including not to exceed 
     $2,000 for official reception and representation expenses.

                       Farm Credit Administration


                 Limitation on Administrative Expenses

       Not to exceed $38,400,000 (from assessments collected from 
     farm credit institutions and from the Federal Agricultural 
     Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated during the current 
     fiscal year for administrative expenses as authorized under 
     12 U.S.C. 2249: Provided, That this limitation shall not 
     apply to expenses associated with receiverships.

                     TITLE VII--GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 701. Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law, 
     appropriations and authorizations made for the Department of 
     Agriculture for fiscal year 2003 under this Act shall be 
     available for the purchase, in addition to those specifically 
     provided for, of not to exceed 374 passenger motor vehicles, 
     of which 372 shall be for replacement only, and for the hire 
     of such vehicles.
       Sec. 702. Funds in this Act available to the Department of 
     Agriculture shall be available for uniforms or allowances 
     therefor as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902).
       Sec. 703. Funds appropriated by this Act shall be available 
     for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 
     706(a) of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944 
     (7 U.S.C. 2225) and 5 U.S.C. 3109.
       Sec. 704. The Secretary of Agriculture may transfer 
     unobligated balances of funds appropriated by this Act or 
     other available unobligated balances of the Department of 
     Agriculture to the Working Capital Fund for the acquisition 
     of plant and capital equipment necessary for the delivery of 
     financial, administrative, and information technology 
     services of primary benefit to the agencies of the Department 
     of Agriculture: Provided, That none of the funds made 
     available by this Act or any other Act shall be transferred 
     to the Working Capital Fund without the prior approval of the 
     agency administrator: Provided further, That none of the 
     funds transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to 
     this section shall be available for obligation without the 
     prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 
     Houses of Congress.
       Sec. 705. New obligational authority provided for the 
     following appropriation items in this Act shall remain 
     available until expended: Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
     Service, the contingency fund to meet emergency conditions, 
     information technology infrastructure, fruit fly program, 
     emerging plant pests, boll weevil program, up to 25 percent 
     of the screwworm program; Food Safety and Inspection Service, 
     field automation and information management project; 
     Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, 
     funds for competitive research grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), 
     funds for the Research, Education and Economics Information 
     System (REEIS), and funds for the Native American 
     Institutions Endowment Fund; Farm Service Agency, salaries 
     and expenses funds made available to county committees; 
     Foreign Agricultural Service, middle-income country training 
     program and up to $2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricultural 
     Service appropriation solely for the purpose of offsetting 
     fluctuations in international currency exchange rates, 
     subject to documentation by the Foreign Agricultural Service.
       Sec. 706. 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. 707. Not to exceed $50,000 of the appropriations 
     available to the Department of Agriculture in this Act shall 
     be available to provide appropriate orientation and language 
     training pursuant to section 606C of the Act of August 28, 
     1954 (7 U.S.C. 1766b).
       Sec. 708. No funds appropriated by this Act may be used to 
     pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative agreements 
     or similar arrangements between the United States Department 
     of Agriculture and nonprofit institutions in excess of 10 
     percent of the total direct cost of the agreement when the 
     purpose of such cooperative arrangements is to carry out 
     programs of mutual interest between the two parties. This 
     does not preclude appropriate payment of indirect costs on 
     grants and contracts with such institutions when such 
     indirect costs are computed on a similar basis for all 
     agencies for which appropriations are provided in this Act.
       Sec. 709. None of the funds in this Act shall be available 
     to restrict the authority of the Commodity Credit Corporation 
     to lease space for its own use or to lease space on behalf of 
     other agencies of the Department of Agriculture when such 
     space will be jointly occupied.
       Sec. 710. None of the funds in this Act shall be available 
     to pay indirect costs charged against competitive 
     agricultural research, education, or extension grant awards 
     issued by the Cooperative State Research, Education, and 
     Extension Service that exceed 19 percent of total Federal 
     funds provided under each award: Provided, That 
     notwithstanding section 1462 of the National Agricultural 
     Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 
     U.S.C. 3310), funds provided by this Act for grants awarded 
     competitively by the Cooperative State Research, Education, 
     and Extension Service shall be available to pay full 
     allowable indirect costs for each grant awarded under section 
     9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638).
       Sec. 711. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
     all loan levels provided in this Act shall be considered 
     estimates, not limitations.
       Sec. 712. Appropriations to the Department of Agriculture 
     for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made available in 
     fiscal year 2003 shall remain available until expended to 
     cover obligations made in fiscal year 2003 for the following 
     accounts: the Rural Development Loan Fund program account, 
     the Rural Telephone Bank program account, the Rural 
     Electrification and Telecommunications Loans program account, 
     the Rural Housing Insurance Fund program, and the Rural 
     Economic Development Loans program account.
       Sec. 713. Notwithstanding chapter 63 of title 31, United 
     States Code, marketing services of the Agricultural Marketing 
     Service; the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards 
     Administration; the Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
     Service; and the food safety activities of the Food Safety 
     and Inspection Service hereafter may use cooperative 
     agreements to reflect a relationship between the Agricultural 
     Marketing Service; the Grain Inspection, Packers and 
     Stockyards Administration; the Animal and Plant Health 
     Inspection Service; or the Food Safety and Inspection Service 
     and a state or cooperator to carry out agricultural marketing 
     programs, to carry out programs to protect the nation's 
     animal and plant resources, or to carry out educational 
     programs or special studies to improve the safety of the 
     nation's food supply.
       Sec. 714. None of the funds in this Act may be used to 
     retire more than 5 percent of the Class A stock of the Rural 
     Telephone Bank or to maintain any account or subaccount 
     within the accounting records of the Rural Telephone Bank the 
     creation of which has not specifically been authorized by 
     statute: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision 
     of law, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available in this Act may be used to transfer to the Treasury 
     or to the Federal Financing Bank any unobligated balance of 
     the Rural Telephone Bank telephone liquidating account which 
     is in excess of current requirements and such balance shall 
     receive interest as set forth for financial accounts in 
     section 505(c) of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990.
       Sec. 715. Of the funds made available by this Act, not more 
     than $1,800,000 shall be used to cover necessary expenses of 
     activities related to all advisory committees, panels, 
     commissions, and task forces of the Department of 
     Agriculture, except for panels used to comply with negotiated 
     rule makings and panels used to evaluate competitively 
     awarded grants.
       Sec. 716. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
     used to carry out section 410 of the Federal Meat Inspection 
     Act (21 U.S.C. 679a) or section 30 of the Poultry Products 
     Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 471).
       Sec. 717. No employee of the Department of Agriculture may 
     be detailed or assigned from an agency or office funded by 
     this Act to any other agency or office of the Department for 
     more than 30 days unless the individual's employing agency or 
     office is fully reimbursed by the receiving agency or office 
     for the salary and expenses of the employee for the period of 
     assignment.

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       Sec. 718. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available to the Department of Agriculture shall be used to 
     transmit or otherwise make available to any non-Department of 
     Agriculture employee questions or responses to questions that 
     are a result of information requested for the appropriations 
     hearing process.
       Sec. 719. None of the funds made available to the 
     Department of Agriculture by this Act may be used to acquire 
     new information technology systems or significant upgrades, 
     as determined by the Office of the Chief Information Officer, 
     without the approval of the Chief Information Officer and the 
     concurrence of the Executive Information Technology 
     Investment Review Board: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
     other provision of law, none of the funds appropriated or 
     otherwise made available by this Act may be transferred to 
     the Office of the Chief Information Officer without the prior 
     approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
     of Congress.
       Sec. 720. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, or 
     provided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies 
     funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 
     expenditure in fiscal year 2003, or provided from any 
     accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by the 
     collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this 
     Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through 
     a reprogramming of funds which: (1) creates new programs; (2) 
     eliminates a program, project, or activity; (3) increases 
     funds or personnel by any means for any project or activity 
     for which funds have been denied or restricted; (4) relocates 
     an office or employees; (5) reorganizes offices, programs, or 
     activities; or (6) contracts out or privatizes any functions 
     or activities presently performed by Federal employees; 
     unless the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
     Congress are notified 15 days in advance of such 
     reprogramming of funds.
       (b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided by 
     previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this 
     Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure in 
     fiscal year 2003, or provided from any accounts in the 
     Treasury of the United States derived by the collection of 
     fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 
     available for obligation or expenditure for activities, 
     programs, or projects through a reprogramming of funds in 
     excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that: 
     (1) augments existing programs, projects, or activities; (2) 
     reduces by 10 percent funding for any existing program, 
     project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent 
     as approved by Congress; or (3) results from any general 
     savings from a reduction in personnel which would result in a 
     change in existing programs, activities, or projects as 
     approved by Congress; unless the Committees on Appropriations 
     of both Houses of Congress are notified 15 days in advance of 
     such reprogramming of funds.
       (c) The Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Health 
     and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Commodity Futures 
     Trading Commission shall notify the Committees on 
     Appropriations of both Houses of Congress before implementing 
     a program or activity not carried out during the previous 
     fiscal year unless the program or activity is funded by this 
     Act or specifically funded by any other Act.
       Sec. 721. With the exception of funds needed to administer 
     and conduct oversight of grants awarded and obligations 
     incurred in prior fiscal years, none of the funds 
     appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any other 
     Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel 
     to carry out the provisions of section 401 of Public Law 105-
     185, the Initiative for Future Agriculture and Food Systems 
     (7 U.S.C. 7621).
       Sec. 722. None of the funds made available to the Food and 
     Drug Administration by this Act shall be used to reduce the 
     Detroit, Michigan, Food and Drug Administration District 
     Office below the operating and full-time equivalent staffing 
     level of July 31, 1999; or to change the Detroit District 
     Office to a station, residence post or similarly modified 
     office; or to reassign residence posts assigned to the 
     Detroit District Office: Provided, That this section shall 
     not apply to Food and Drug Administration field laboratory 
     facilities or operations currently located in Detroit, 
     Michigan, except that field laboratory personnel shall be 
     assigned to locations in the general vicinity of Detroit, 
     Michigan, pursuant to cooperative agreements between the 
     Food and Drug Administration and other laboratory 
     facilities associated with the State of Michigan.
       Sec. 723. None of the funds appropriated by this Act or any 
     other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of 
     personnel who prepare or submit appropriations language as 
     part of the President's Budget submission to the Congress of 
     the United States for programs under the jurisdiction of the 
     Appropriations Subcommittees on Agriculture, Rural 
     Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
     Agencies that assumes revenues or reflects a reduction from 
     the previous year due to user fees proposals that have not 
     been enacted into law prior to the submission of the Budget 
     unless such Budget submission identifies which additional 
     spending reductions should occur in the event the user fees 
     proposals are not enacted prior to the date of the convening 
     of a committee of conference for the fiscal year 2004 
     appropriations Act.
       Sec. 724. None of the funds made available by this Act or 
     any other Act may be used to close or relocate a state Rural 
     Development office unless or until cost effectiveness and 
     enhancement of program delivery have been determined.
       Sec. 725. Of any shipments of commodities made pursuant to 
     section 416(b) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 
     1431(b)), the Secretary of Agriculture shall, to the extent 
     practicable, direct that tonnage equal in value to not more 
     than $25,000,000 shall be made available to foreign countries 
     to assist in mitigating the effects of the Human 
     Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune Deficiency 
     Syndrome on communities, including the provision of--
       (1) agricultural commodities to--
       (A) individuals with Human Immunodeficiency Virus or 
     Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome in the communities; and
       (B) households in the communities, particularly individuals 
     caring for orphaned children; and
       (2) agricultural commodities monetized to provide other 
     assistance (including assistance under microcredit and 
     microenterprise programs) to create or restore sustainable 
     livelihoods among individuals in the communities, 
     particularly individuals caring for orphaned children.
       Sec. 726. In addition to amounts otherwise appropriated or 
     made available by this Act, $3,000,000 is appropriated for 
     the purpose of providing Bill Emerson and Mickey Leland 
     Hunger Fellowships, as authorized by section 4404 of Public 
     Law 107-171 (2 U.S.C. 1161).
       Sec. 727. Notwithstanding section 412 of the Agricultural 
     Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 
     1736f), any balances available to carry out title III of such 
     Act as of the date of enactment of this Act, and any 
     recoveries and reimbursements that become available to carry 
     out title III of such Act, may be used to carry out title II 
     of such Act.
       Sec. 728. Section 375(e)(6)(B) of the Consolidated Farm and 
     Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2008j(e)(6)(B)) is amended by 
     striking ``$26,000,000'' and inserting ``$26,499,000''.
       Sec. 729. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     City of Coachella, California; the City of Dunkirk, New York; 
     the City of Starkville, Mississippi; the City of Shawnee, 
     Oklahoma; and the City of Berlin, New Hampshire, shall be 
     eligible for loans and grants provided through the Rural 
     Community Advancement Program.
       Sec. 730. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     Secretary shall consider the Cities of Hollister, Salinas, 
     and Watsonville, California; the City of Caldwell, Idaho; the 
     City of Casa Grande, Arizona; the City of Aberdeen, South 
     Dakota; and the City of Vicksburg, Mississippi, as meeting 
     the requirements of a rural area in section 520 of the 
     Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490).
       Sec. 731. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     Natural Resources Conservation Service shall provide 
     financial and technical assistance to the DuPage County, 
     Illinois, Waynewood Drainage Improvement Project, from funds 
     available for the Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations 
     program, not to exceed $1,600,000.
       Sec. 732. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, from 
     the funds appropriated to the Rural Utilities Service by this 
     Act, any current Rural Utilities Service borrower within 100 
     miles of New York City shall be eligible for additional 
     financing, refinancing, collateral flexibility, and deferrals 
     on an expedited basis without regard to population 
     limitations for any financially feasible telecommunications, 
     energy, or water project that assists endeavors related to 
     the rehabilitation, prevention, relocation, site preparation, 
     or relief efforts resulting from the terrorist events of 
     September 11, 2001.
       Sec. 733. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality 
     of the United States Government, except pursuant to a 
     transfer made by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act 
     or any other appropriation Act.
       Sec. 734. None of the funds made available to the Food and 
     Drug Administration by this Act shall be used to close or 
     relocate, or to plan to close or relocate, the Food and Drug 
     Administration Division of Pharmaceutical Analysis in St. 
     Louis, Missouri, outside the city or county limits of St. 
     Louis, Missouri.
       Sec. 735. Section 17(a)(2)(B) of the Richard B. Russell 
     National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(a)(2)(B)) is 
     amended by striking ``2002'' and inserting ``2003''.
       Sec. 736. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     Natural Resources Conservation Service shall provide 
     financial and technical assistance for projects in the 
     Embarras River Basin, Lake County Watersheds, and DuPage 
     County, Illinois, from funds made available for Watershed and 
     Flood Prevention Operations by Public Law 107-76.
       Sec. 737. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of 
     the funds made available in this Act for competitive research 
     grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), the Secretary may use up to 20 
     percent of the amount provided to carry out a competitive 
     grants program under the same terms and conditions as 
     those provided in section 401 of the Agricultural 
     Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 
     U.S.C. 7621).
       Sec. 738. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     Natural Resources Conservation Service shall provide 
     financial and technical assistance through the Watershed and 
     Flood Prevention Operations program to carry out the Upper 
     Tygart Valley Watershed project, West Virginia: Provided, 
     That the Natural Resources Conservation Service is authorized 
     to provide 100 percent of the engineering assistance and 75 
     percent cost share for installation of the water supply 
     component of this project.
       Sec. 739. Agencies and offices of the Department of 
     Agriculture may utilize any unobligated salaries and expenses 
     funds to reimburse the Office of the General Counsel for 
     salaries and expenses of personnel, and for other related 
     expenses, incurred in representing such agencies and offices 
     in the resolution of complaints by employees or applicants 
     for employment, and in cases and other matters pending before 
     the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Federal 
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     Merit Systems Protection Board with the prior approval of the 
     Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
       Sec. 740. None of the funds appropriated or made available 
     by this Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of 
     personnel to carry out section 14(h)(1) of the Watershed 
     Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1012(h)(1)).
       Sec. 741. None of the funds appropriated or made available 
     by this Act, or any other Act, may be used to pay the 
     salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out subtitle I of 
     the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 
     2009dd through dd-7).
       Sec. 742. None of the funds appropriated or made available 
     by this Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of 
     personnel to carry out section 6405 of Public Law 107-171 (7 
     U.S.C. 2655).
       Sec. 743. None of the funds appropriated or made available 
     by this Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of 
     personnel to carry out section 9010 of Public Law 107-171 (7 
     U.S.C. 8108) that exceed 77 percent of the payment that would 
     otherwise be paid to eligible producers.
       Sec. 744. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     Natural Resources Conservation Service may provide financial 
     and technical assistance through the Watershed and Flood 
     Prevention Operations program for the Kuhn Bayou (Point 
     Remove) project in Arkansas and the Matanuska River erosion 
     control project in Alaska.
       Sec. 745. The Food for Progress Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 
     1736o) is amended--
       (1) in subsections (c) and (g), by striking ``may'' each 
     place it appears and inserting ``shall''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(o) Private Voluntary Organizations and Other Private 
     Entities.--In entering into agreements described in 
     subsection (c), the President (acting through the 
     Secretary)--
       ``(1) shall enter into agreements with eligible entities 
     described in subparagraphs (C) and (F) of subsection (b)(5); 
     and
       ``(2) shall not discriminate against such eligible 
     entities.''.
       Sec. 746. Of the unobligated balances of funds made 
     available under the Cooperative State Research, Education, 
     and Extension Service, Buildings and Facilities appropriation 
     in Public Law 104-180, $795,400 are hereby rescinded.
       Sec. 747. None of the funds made available in fiscal year 
     2003 or preceding fiscal years for programs authorized under 
     the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 
     (7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.) in excess of $20,000,000 shall be 
     used to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for the 
     release of eligible commodities under section 302(f)(2)(A) of 
     the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act (7 U.S.C. 1736f-1): 
     Provided, That any such funds made available to reimburse the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation shall only be used pursuant to 
     section 302(b)(2)(B)(i) of the Bill Emerson Humanitarian 
     Trust Act.
       Sec. 748. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     Natural Resources Conservation Service may provide financial 
     and technical assistance to the Dry Creek/Neff's Grove 
     project, Utah, and the Jefferson River Watershed, Montana.
       Sec. 749. Section 307 of Title III--Denali Commission of 
     Division C--Other Matters of Public Law 105-277, as amended, 
     is further amended by adding a new subsection at the end 
     thereof as follows:
       ``(d) Solid Waste.--The Secretary of Agriculture is 
     authorized to make direct lump sum payments which shall 
     remain available until expended to the Denali Commission to 
     address deficiencies in solid waste disposal sites which 
     threaten to contaminate rural drinking water supplies.''.
       Sec. 750. The $5,000,000 of unobligated balances available 
     at the beginning of fiscal year 2003 for the experimental 
     Rural Clean Water Program authorized under the heading 
     ``Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service--Rural 
     Clean Water Program'' in Public Law 96-108 (93 Stat. 835) and 
     Public Law 96-528 (95 Stat. 3111) are hereby rescinded.
       Sec. 751. The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to 
     make loans and grants to expand the state of Alaska's dairy 
     industry and related milk processing and packaging 
     facilities. There is authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 
     to carry out this section for each fiscal years 2003 through 
     2007.
       Sec. 752. The Secretary, if presented with a complete and 
     fully compliant application, including an approved third 
     party to hold the development easement, to protect the 33.8 
     acre farm formerly operated by American Airlines Captain John 
     Ogonowski from development through the Farmland Protection 
     Program, shall waive the matching fund requirements of the 
     program, if necessary. Farmland Protection Program funds 
     provided shall not exceed the appraised fair market value of 
     the land, as determined consistent with program requirements. 
     Any additional funding provided to carry out this project 
     shall not come at the expense of an allocation to any 
     other State.
       Sec. 753. The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to 
     permit employees of the United States Department of 
     Agriculture to carry and use firearms for personal protection 
     while conducting field work in remote locations in the 
     performance of their official duties.
       Sec. 754. Of the funds made available for the Export 
     Enhancement Program, pursuant to section 301(e) of the 
     Agricultural Trade Act of 1978, as amended by Public Law 104-
     127, not more than $28,000,000 shall be available in fiscal 
     year 2003.
       Sec. 755. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     Municipality of Carolina, Puerto Rico, shall be eligible for 
     grants and loans administered by the Rural Utilities Service.
       Sec. 756. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries and 
     expenses of personnel to carry out the provisions of section 
     7404 of Public Law 107-171.
       Sec. 757. The Agricultural Marketing Service and the Grain 
     Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, that have 
     statutory authority to purchase interest bearing investments 
     outside of Treasury, are not required to establish 
     obligations and outlays for those investments, provided those 
     investments are insured by FDIC or are collateralized at the 
     Federal Reserve with securities approved by the Federal 
     Reserve, operating under the guidelines of the U.S. Treasury.
       Sec. 758. Of the funds made available under section 27(a) 
     of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), the 
     Secretary may use up to $10,000,000 for costs associated with 
     the distribution of commodities.
       Sec. 759. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries and 
     expenses of personnel to enroll in excess of 245,833 acres in 
     the calendar year 2003 wetlands reserve program as authorized 
     by 16 U.S.C. 3837.
       Sec. 760. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries and 
     expenses of personnel who carry out an environmental quality 
     incentives program authorized by chapter 4 of subtitle D of 
     title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa 
     et seq.) in excess of $695,000,000.
       Sec. 761. Notwithstanding subsections (c) and (e)(2) of 
     section 313A of the Rural Electrification Act (7 U.S.C. 
     940c(c) and (e)(2)) in implementing section 313A of that Act, 
     the Secretary shall, with the consent of the lender, 
     structure the schedule for payment of the annual fee, not to 
     exceed an average of 30 basis points per year for the term of 
     the loan, to ensure that sufficient funds are available to 
     pay the subsidy costs for note guarantees under that section.
       Sec. 762. In addition to amounts appropriated by this Act 
     under the heading ``Public Law 480 Title II Grants'', there 
     is appropriated $250,000,000 for assistance for emergency 
     relief activities: Provided, That the amount appropriated 
     under this section shall remain available through September 
     30, 2004.
       Sec. 763. (a) Section 1001(9) of the Farm Security and 
     Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 7901(9)) is amended by 
     inserting ``crambe, sesame seed,'' after ``mustard seed,''.
       (b) Section 1202 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 
     Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 7932) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (10) and 
     inserting the following:
       ``(10) In the case of other oilseeds, $.0960 per pound for 
     each of the following kinds of oilseeds:
       ``(A) Sunflower seed.
       ``(B) Rapeseed.
       ``(C) Canola.
       ``(D) Safflower.
       ``(E) Flaxseed.
       ``(F) Mustard seed.
       ``(G) Crambe.
       ``(H) Sesame seed.
       ``(I) Other oilseeds designated by the Secretary.'';
       (2) in subsection (b), by striking paragraph (10) and 
     inserting the following:
       ``(10) In the case of other oilseeds, $.0930 per pound for 
     each of the following kinds of oilseeds:
       ``(A) Sunflower seed.
       ``(B) Rapeseed.
       ``(C) Canola.
       ``(D) Safflower.
       ``(E) Flaxseed.
       ``(F) Mustard seed.
       ``(G) Crambe.
       ``(H) Sesame seed.
       ``(I) Other oilseeds designated by the Secretary.'';
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(c) Single County Loan Rate for Other Oilseeds.--The 
     Secretary shall establish a single loan rate in each county 
     for each kind of other oilseeds described in subsections 
     (a)(10) and (b)(10).
       ``(d) Quality Grades for Dry Peas, Lentils, and Small 
     Chickpeas.--The loan rate for dry peas, lentils, and small 
     chickpeas shall be based on--
       ``(1) in the case of dry peas, United States feed peas;
       ``(2) in the case of lentils, United States number 3 
     lentils; and
       ``(3) in the case of small chickpeas, United States number 
     3 small chickpeas that drop below a 20/64 screen.''.
       (c) Section 1204 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 
     Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 7934) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``and extra long staple 
     cotton'' and inserting ``extra long staple cotton, and 
     confectionery and each other kind of sunflower seed (other 
     than oil sunflower seed)'';
       (2) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (h); and
       (3) by inserting after subsection (e) the following:
       ``(f) Repayment Rates for Confectionery and Other Kinds of 
     Sunflower Seeds.--The Secretary shall permit the producers on 
     a farm to repay a marketing assistance loan under section 
     1201 for confectionery and each other kind of sunflower seed 
     (other than oil sunflower seed) at a rate that is the lesser 
     of--
       ``(1) the loan rate established for the commodity under 
     section 1202, plus interest (determined in accordance with 
     section 163 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform 
     Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7283)); or
       ``(2) the repayment rate established for oil sunflower 
     seed.
       ``(g) Quality Grades for Dry Peas, Lentils, and Small 
     Chickpeas.--The loan repayment rate for dry peas, lentils, 
     and small chickpeas shall be based on the quality grades for 
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     applicable commodity specified in section 1202(d).''.
       (d) This section and the amendments made by this section 
     apply beginning with the 2003 crop of other oilseeds (as 
     defined in section 1001 of the Farm Security and Rural 
     Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 7901)), dry peas, lentils, 
     and small chickpeas.
       Sec. 764. Of the amount of funds that are made available to 
     producers in the State of Vermont under section 524 of the 
     Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524) for fiscal year 
     2003, the Secretary of Agriculture shall make a grant of 
     $200,000 to the Northeast Center for Food Entrepreneurship at 
     the University of Vermont to support value-added projects 
     that contribute to agricultural diversification in the State, 
     to remain available until expended.
       Sec. 765. (a) Section 319(e) of the Agricultural Adjustment 
     Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1314e(e)) is amended in the fifth 
     sentence--
       (1) by striking ``: Provided, That'' and inserting ``, 
     except that (1)''; and
       (2) by inserting before the period at the end the 
     following: ``, (2) the total quantity of all adjustments 
     under this sentence for all farms for any crop year may not 
     exceed 10 percent of the national basic quota for the 
     preceding crop year, and (3) this sentence shall not apply to 
     the establishment of a marketing quota for the 2003 marketing 
     year''.
       (b) During the period beginning on the date of enactment of 
     this Act and ending on the last day of the 2002 marketing 
     year for the kind of tobacco involved, the Secretary of 
     Agriculture may waive the application of section 1464.2(b)(2) 
     of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations.
       (c) Regulations.--
       (1) The Secretary of Agriculture may promulgate such 
     regulations as are necessary to implement this section and 
     the amendments made by this section.
       (2) The promulgation of the regulations and administration 
     of this section and the amendments made by this section shall 
     be made without regard to--
       (A) the notice and comment provisions of section 553 of 
     title 5, United States Code;
       (B) the Statement of Policy of the Secretary of Agriculture 
     effective July 24, 1971 (36 Fed. Reg. 13804), relating to 
     notices of proposed rulemaking and public participation in 
     rulemaking; and
       (C) chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly 
     known as the ``Paperwork Reduction Act'').
       (3) In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary shall 
     use the authority provided under section 808 of title 5, 
     United States Code.
       Sec. 766. Title III of the Agriculture, Rural Development, 
     Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
     Appropriations Act, 2001, is amended in the first paragraph 
     under the heading ``rural housing insurance fund program 
     account (including transfer of funds)'' under the heading 
     ``Rural Housing Service'' (114 Stat. 1549, 1549A-19) by 
     inserting before the period at the end the following: ``: 
     Provided further, That after September 30, 2002, any funds 
     remaining for the demonstration program may be used, within 
     the State in which the demonstration program is carried out, 
     for fiscal year 2003 and subsequent fiscal years to make 
     grants, and to cover the costs (as defined in section 502 of 
     the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 
     (2 U.S.C. 661a)) of loans authorized, under section 504 of 
     the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1474)''.
       Sec. 767. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     for purposes of administering sections 1101 and 1102 of 
     Public Law 107-171, acreage planted to, or prevented from 
     being planted to, popcorn shall be considered as acreage 
     planted to, or prevented from being planted to, corn: 
     Provided, That if a farm program payment yield for corn is 
     otherwise established for a farm under such section 1102, the 
     same yield shall be used for the acreage on the farm planted 
     to, or prevented from being planted to, popcorn: Provided 
     further, That with respect to all other farms, the farm 
     program payment yield for such popcorn acreage shall be 
     established by the Secretary on a fair and equitable basis to 
     reflect the farm program payment yields for corn on similar 
     farms in the area.
       (b) This section shall take effect on October 1, 2003.
       Sec. 768. Of the funds appropriated for fiscal year 2002 
     and prior years for grants and contracts to carry out section 
     523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 
     1490c(b)(1)(A)), $11,000,000 is hereby rescinded.
       Sec. 769. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
     the $4,696,000,000 provided for the Special Supplemental 
     Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) 
     shall be exempt from the across-the-board rescission under 
     section 601 of division N.
       Sec. 770. During the 180-day period beginning on the date 
     of enactment of this Act, none of the funds made available by 
     this Act or any other Act shall be available to the Secretary 
     of Agriculture to pay the salaries of any personnel--
       (1) to amend the terms of a licensing agreement for a grain 
     warehouse (excluding rice) under the United States Warehouse 
     Act (7 U.S.C. 241 et seq.); or
       (2) to issue a new license for a grain warehouse (excluding 
     rice) under that Act unless--
       (A) the warehouse does not hold (as of the date of 
     enactment of this Act) a Federal or State license for the 
     operation of the warehouse; and
       (B) the licensing agreement accompanying the new license 
     conforms to the licensing requirements of the Secretary in 
     effect on January 1, 2003.
       Sec. 771. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to require that a farm satisfy section 2110(c)(1) of 
     the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 
     6509(c)(1)) in order to be certified under such Act as an 
     organic farm with respect to the livestock produced on the 
     farm unless the report prepared by the Secretary of 
     Agriculture pursuant to the recommendations contained in the 
     joint explanatory statement of the Managers on the part of 
     the House of Representatives and the Senate to accompany 
     Public Law 107-171 (House Conference Report 107-424, pages 
     672-673) confirms the commercial availability of organically 
     produced feed, at not more than twice the cost of 
     conventionally produced feed, to meet current market demands.
       This division may be cited as the ``Agriculture, Rural 
     Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
     Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003''.

 DIVISION B--COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED 
                     AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS, 2003

  Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and 
 State, the Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
              September 30, 2003, and for other purposes.

     That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in 
     the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year 
     ending September 30, 2003, and for other purposes, namely:

                     TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

                         General Administration


                         salaries and expenses

       For expenses necessary for the administration of the 
     Department of Justice, $100,579,000, of which not to exceed 
     $3,137,000 is for the Facilities Program 2000, to remain 
     available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed 43 
     permanent positions and 44 full-time equivalent workyears and 
     $10,172,000 shall be expended for the Department Leadership 
     Program exclusive of augmentation that occurred in these 
     offices in fiscal year 2002: Provided further, That not to 
     exceed 31 permanent positions, 33 full-time equivalent 
     workyears and $3,464,000 shall be expended for the Office of 
     Legislative Affairs: Provided further, That not to exceed 15 
     permanent positions, 20 full-time equivalent workyears and 
     $1,875,000 shall be expended for the Office of Public 
     Affairs: Provided further, That the latter two aforementioned 
     offices may utilize non-reimbursable details of career 
     employees within the caps described in the preceding two 
     provisos: Provided further, That the Attorney General is 
     authorized to transfer, under such terms and conditions as 
     the Attorney General shall specify, forfeited real or 
     personal property of limited or marginal value, as such value 
     is determined by guidelines established by the Attorney 
     General, to a State or local government agency, or its 
     designated contractor or transferee, for use to support drug 
     abuse treatment, drug and crime prevention and education, 
     housing, job skills, and other community-based public health 
     and safety programs: Provided further, That any transfer 
     under the preceding proviso shall not create or confer any 
     private right of action in any person against the United 
     States, and shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 
     605 of this Act.

                     joint automated booking system

       For expenses necessary for the nationwide deployment of a 
     Joint Automated Booking System including automated capability 
     to transmit fingerprint and image data, $15,973,000, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2004.


    AUTOMATED BIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM/INTEGRATED AUTOMATED 
                   IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM INTEGRATION

       For expenses necessary for the planning, development, and 
     deployment of an integrated fingerprint identification 
     system, including automated capability to transmit 
     fingerprint and image data, $9,000,000, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2004.


                   legal activities office automation

       For necessary expenses related to the design, development, 
     engineering, acquisition, and implementation of office 
     automation systems for the organizations funded under the 
     headings ``Salaries and Expenses, General Legal Activities'', 
     and ``General Administration, Salaries and Expenses'', and 
     the United States Attorneys, the United States Marshals 
     Service, the Antitrust Division, the United States Trustee 
     Program, the Executive Office for Immigration Review, the 
     Community Relations Service, the Bureau of Prisons, and the 
     Office of Justice Programs, $15,942,000, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2004.


                       Narrowband Communications

       For the costs of conversion to narrowband communications, 
     including the cost for operation and maintenance of Land 
     Mobile Radio legacy systems, $81,354,000, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2004: Provided, That the Attorney General 
     shall transfer to the ``Narrowband Communications'' account 
     all funds made available to the Department of Justice for the 
     purchase of portable and mobile radios: Provided further, 
     That any transfers made under this proviso shall be subject 
     to section 605 of this Act.


                         Counterterrorism Fund

       For necessary expenses, as determined by the Attorney 
     General, $1,000,000, to remain available until expended, to 
     reimburse any Department of Justice organization for: (1) the 
     costs incurred in reestablishing the operational capability 
     of an office or facility which has been damaged or destroyed 
     as a result of any domestic or international terrorist 
     incident; and (2) the costs of providing support to counter, 
     investigate or prosecute domestic or international terrorism, 
     including payment of rewards in connection with these 
     activities: Provided, That any Federal agency may be 
     reimbursed for the costs of detaining in foreign countries 
     individuals accused of acts of terrorism that violate the 
     laws of the United States: Provided further, That funds 
     provided under this paragraph shall be available only after 
     the Attorney General notifies the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the

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     House of Representatives and the Senate in accordance with 
     section 605 of this Act.


                   Administrative Review and Appeals

       For expenses necessary for the administration of pardon and 
     clemency petitions and immigration-related activities, 
     $191,535,000.


                           Detention Trustee

       For necessary expenses of the Federal Detention Trustee who 
     shall exercise all power and functions authorized by law 
     relating to the detention of Federal prisoners in non-Federal 
     institutions or otherwise in the custody of the United States 
     Marshals Service; and the detention of aliens in the custody 
     of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 
     $1,366,591,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
     That the Trustee shall be responsible for managing the 
     Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System and for 
     overseeing housing related to such detention; the management 
     of funds appropriated to the Department for the exercise of 
     any detention functions; and the direction of the United 
     States Marshals Service and Immigration and Naturalization 
     Service with respect to the exercise of detention policy 
     setting and operations for the Department: Provided further, 
     That any unobligated balances available in prior years from 
     the funds appropriated under the heading ``Federal Prisoner 
     Detention'' shall be transferred to and merged with the 
     appropriation under the heading ``Detention Trustee'' and 
     shall be available until expended: Provided further, That the 
     Trustee, working in consultation with the Bureau of Prisons, 
     shall submit a plan for collecting information related to 
     evaluating the health and safety of Federal prisoners in non-
     Federal institutions no later than 180 days following the 
     enactment of this Act.


                      Office of Inspector General

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, 
     $57,937,000; including not to exceed $10,000 to meet 
     unforeseen emergencies of a confidential character, to be 
     expended under the direction of, and to be accounted for 
     solely under the certificate of, the Attorney General; and 
     for the acquisition, lease, maintenance, and operation of 
     motor vehicles, without regard to the general purchase price 
     limitation for the current fiscal year.

                    United States Parole Commission


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses of the United States Parole 
     Commission as authorized, $10,488,000.

                            Legal Activities


            Salaries and Expenses, General Legal Activities

       For expenses necessary for the legal activities of the 
     Department of Justice, not otherwise provided for, including 
     not to exceed $20,000 for expenses of collecting evidence, to 
     be expended under the direction of, and to be accounted for 
     solely under the certificate of, the Attorney General; and 
     rent of private or Government-owned space in the District 
     of Columbia, $611,325,000, of which not to exceed 
     $10,000,000 for litigation support contracts shall remain 
     available until expended, and of which not less than 
     $1,996,000 shall be available for necessary administrative 
     expenses in accordance with the Radiation Exposure 
     Compensation Act: Provided, That of the total amount 
     appropriated, not to exceed $1,000 shall be available to 
     the United States National Central Bureau, INTERPOL, for 
     official reception and representation expenses: Provided 
     further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     upon a determination by the Attorney General that emergent 
     circumstances require additional funding for litigation 
     activities of the Civil Division, the Attorney General may 
     transfer such amounts to ``Salaries and Expenses, General 
     Legal Activities'' from available appropriations for the 
     current fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as may 
     be necessary to respond to such circumstances: Provided 
     further, That any transfer pursuant to the previous 
     proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 
     605 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 
     or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures 
     set forth in that section.
       In addition, for reimbursement of expenses of the 
     Department of Justice associated with processing cases under 
     the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, as 
     amended, not to exceed $4,028,000, to be appropriated from 
     the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund.

               salaries and expenses, antitrust division

       For expenses necessary for the enforcement of antitrust and 
     kindred laws, $133,133,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding 
     any other provision of law, not to exceed $133,133,000 of 
     offsetting collections derived from fees collected for 
     premerger notification filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino 
     Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a), 
     regardless of the year of collection, shall be retained and 
     used for necessary expenses in this appropriation, and shall 
     remain available until expended: Provided further, That the 
     sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be 
     reduced as such offsetting collections are received during 
     fiscal year 2003, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2003 
     appropriation from the general fund estimated at not more 
     than $0.


             Salaries and Expenses, United States Attorneys

       For necessary expenses of the Offices of the United States 
     Attorneys, including inter-governmental and cooperative 
     agreements, $1,503,767,000; of which not to exceed $2,500,000 
     shall be available until September 30, 2004, for: (1) 
     training personnel in debt collection; (2) locating debtors 
     and their property; (3) paying the net costs of selling 
     property; and (4) tracking debts owed to the United States 
     Government: Provided, That of the total amount appropriated, 
     not to exceed $8,000 shall be available for official 
     reception and representation expenses: Provided further, That 
     not to exceed $10,000,000 of those funds available for 
     automated litigation support contracts shall remain available 
     until expended: Provided further, That not to exceed 
     $2,500,000 for the operation of the National Advocacy Center 
     shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 
     That, in addition to reimbursable full-time equivalent 
     workyears available to the Offices of the United States 
     Attorneys, not to exceed 10,113 positions and 10,316 full-
     time equivalent workyears shall be supported from the funds 
     appropriated in this Act for the United States Attorneys: 
     Provided further, That the fourth proviso under the heading 
     ``Salaries and Expenses, United States Attorneys'' in title I 
     of H.R. 3421 of the 106th Congress, as enacted by section 
     1000(a)(1) of Public Law 106-113 shall apply to amounts made 
     available under this heading for fiscal year 2003: Provided 
     further, That of the total amount appropriated, $5,000,000 
     shall be for Project Seahawk in Charleston, South Carolina.


                   United States Trustee System Fund

       For necessary expenses of the United States Trustee 
     Program, as authorized, $155,736,000, to remain available 
     until expended and to be derived from the United States 
     Trustee System Fund: Provided, That, notwithstanding any 
     other provision of law, deposits to the Fund shall be 
     available in such amounts as may be necessary to pay refunds 
     due depositors: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any 
     other provision of law, $155,736,000 of offsetting 
     collections pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 589a(b) shall be retained 
     and used for necessary expenses in this appropriation and 
     remain available until expended: Provided further, That the 
     sum herein appropriated from the Fund shall be reduced as 
     such offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 
     2003, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2003 
     appropriation from the Fund estimated at $0.


      Salaries and Expenses, Foreign Claims Settlement Commission

       For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of the 
     Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, including services as 
     authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $1,136,000.


         Salaries and Expenses, United States Marshals Service

       For necessary expenses of the United States Marshals 
     Service, including the acquisition, lease, maintenance, and 
     operation of vehicles, and the purchase of passenger motor 
     vehicles for police-type use, without regard to the general 
     purchase price limitation for the current fiscal year, 
     $680,474,000; of which $15,800,000 shall be available for 106 
     supervisory deputy marshal positions for courthouse security; 
     of which not to exceed $6,000 shall be available for official 
     reception and representation expenses; of which not to exceed 
     $4,000,000 shall be available for development, 
     implementation, maintenance and support, and training for an 
     automated prisoner information system and shall remain 
     available until expended; and $12,061,000 shall be available 
     for the costs of courthouse security equipment, including 
     furnishings, relocations, and telephone systems and cabling, 
     and shall remain available until expended: Provided, That, in 
     addition to reimbursable full-time equivalent workyears 
     available to the United States Marshals Service, not to 
     exceed 4,158 positions and 4,023 full-time equivalent 
     workyears shall be supported from the funds appropriated in 
     this Act for the United States Marshals Service.


                              Construction

       For planning, constructing, renovating, equipping, and 
     maintaining United States Marshals Service prisoner-holding 
     space in United States courthouses and Federal buildings, 
     including the renovation and expansion of prisoner movement 
     areas, elevators, and sallyports, $15,126,000, to remain 
     available until expended.


                     Fees and Expenses of Witnesses

       For expenses, mileage, compensation, and per diems of 
     witnesses, for expenses of contracts for the procurement and 
     supervision of expert witnesses, for private counsel 
     expenses, for per diems in lieu of subsistence, as 
     authorized by law, including advances, and for United 
     States Marshals Service Witness Security program expenses, 
     $175,645,000, to remain available until expended; of which 
     not to exceed $6,000,000 may be made available for 
     planning, construction, renovations, maintenance, 
     remodeling, and repair of buildings, and the purchase of 
     equipment incident thereto, for protected witness 
     safesites; of which not to exceed $1,000,000 may be made 
     available for the purchase and maintenance of armored 
     vehicles for transportation of protected witnesses; of 
     which not to exceed $19,500,000 may be made available for 
     the United States Marshals Service Witness Security 
     program; and of which not to exceed $5,000,000 may be made 
     available for the purchase, installation, and maintenance 
     of secure telecommunications equipment and a secure 
     automated information network to store and retrieve the 
     identities and locations of protected witnesses.


           Salaries and Expenses, Community Relations Service

       For necessary expenses of the Community Relations Service, 
     $9,474,000 and, in addition, up to $1,000,000 of funds made 
     available to the Department of Justice in this Act may be 
     transferred by the Attorney General to this account: 
     Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     upon a determination by the Attorney General that emergent 
     circumstances require additional funding for conflict 
     resolution and violence prevention activities of the 
     Community Relations Service, the Attorney General may 
     transfer such amounts to the Community Relations Service, 
     from available appropriations for the current fiscal year for 
     the Department of Justice, as may be necessary to respond to 
     such circumstances: Provided further, That any

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     transfer pursuant to the previous proviso shall be treated as 
     a reprogramming under section 605 of this Act and shall not 
     be available for obligation or expenditure except in 
     compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.


                         Assets Forfeiture Fund

       For expenses authorized by 28 U.S.C. 524(c)(1)(A)(ii), (B), 
     (F), and (G), as amended, $21,901,000, to be derived from the 
     Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund.

                      Interagency Law Enforcement


                 Interagency Crime and Drug Enforcement

       For necessary expenses for the detection, investigation, 
     and prosecution of individuals involved in organized crime 
     drug trafficking not otherwise provided for, to include 
     inter-governmental agreements with State and local law 
     enforcement agencies engaged in the investigation and 
     prosecution of individuals involved in organized crime drug 
     trafficking, $372,131,000, of which $50,000,000 shall remain 
     available until expended: Provided, That any amounts 
     obligated from appropriations under this heading may be used 
     under authorities available to the organizations reimbursed 
     from this appropriation: Provided further, That any 
     unobligated balances remaining available at the end of the 
     fiscal year shall revert to the Attorney General for 
     reallocation among participating organizations in succeeding 
     fiscal years, subject to the reprogramming procedures set 
     forth in section 605 of this Act.

                    Federal Bureau of Investigation


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Federal Bureau of 
     Investigation for detection, investigation, and prosecution 
     of crimes against the United States; including purchase for 
     police-type use of not to exceed 1,576 passenger motor 
     vehicles, of which 1,085 will be for replacement only, 
     without regard to the general purchase price limitation for 
     the current fiscal year, and hire of passenger motor 
     vehicles; acquisition, lease, maintenance, and operation of 
     aircraft; and not to exceed $70,000 to meet unforeseen 
     emergencies of a confidential character, to be expended under 
     the direction of, and to be accounted for solely under the 
     certificate of, the Attorney General, $4,234,587,000; of 
     which not to exceed $65,000,000 for automated data processing 
     and telecommunications and technical investigative equipment, 
     not to exceed $10,000,000 for facilities buildout, and not to 
     exceed $1,000,000 for undercover operations shall remain 
     available until September 30, 2004; of which $475,300,000 
     shall be for counterterrorism investigations, foreign 
     counterintelligence, and other activities related to our 
     national security; of which not less than $153,812,000 shall 
     only be for Joint Terrorism Task Forces; of which not to 
     exceed $10,000,000 is authorized to be made available for 
     making advances for expenses arising out of contractual or 
     reimbursable agreements with State and local law enforcement 
     agencies while engaged in cooperative activities related to 
     violent crime, terrorism, organized crime, and drug 
     investigations: Provided, That not to exceed $50,000 shall be 
     available for official reception and representation expenses: 
     Provided further, That, in addition to reimbursable full-time 
     equivalent workyears available to the Federal Bureau of 
     Investigation, not to exceed 26,447 positions and 25,579 
     full-time equivalent workyears shall be supported from the 
     funds appropriated in this Act for the Federal Bureau of 
     Investigation.


                 foreign terrorist tracking task force

       For expenses necessary for the Foreign Terrorist Tracking 
     Task Force, including salaries and expenses, operations, 
     equipment, and facilities, $62,000,000.


                              Construction

       For necessary expenses to construct or acquire buildings 
     and sites by purchase, or as otherwise authorized by law 
     (including equipment for such buildings); conversion and 
     extension of federally-owned buildings; and preliminary 
     planning and design of projects; $1,250,000, to remain 
     available until expended.

                    Drug Enforcement Administration


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Drug Enforcement 
     Administration, including not to exceed $70,000 to meet 
     unforeseen emergencies of a confidential character, to be 
     expended under the direction of, and to be accounted for 
     solely under the certificate of, the Attorney General; 
     expenses for conducting drug education and training programs, 
     including travel and related expenses for participants in 
     such programs and the distribution of items of token value 
     that promote the goals of such programs; purchase of not to 
     exceed 1,374 passenger motor vehicles, of which 1,354 will be 
     for replacement only, for police-type use without regard to 
     the general purchase price limitation for the current fiscal 
     year; and acquisition, lease, maintenance, and operation of 
     aircraft, $1,560,919,000; of which not to exceed $33,000,000 
     for permanent change of station shall remain available until 
     September 30, 2004; of which not to exceed $1,800,000 for 
     research shall remain available until expended, and of which 
     not to exceed $4,000,000 for purchase of evidence and 
     payments for information, not to exceed $10,000,000 for 
     contracting for automated data processing and 
     telecommunications equipment, and not to exceed $2,000,000 
     for laboratory equipment, $4,000,000 for technical equipment, 
     and $2,000,000 for aircraft replacement retrofit and parts, 
     shall remain available until September 30, 2004; of which not 
     to exceed $50,000 shall be available for official reception 
     and representation expenses: Provided, That, in addition to 
     reimbursable full-time equivalent workyears available to the 
     Drug Enforcement Administration, not to exceed 7,815 
     positions and 7,661 full-time equivalent workyears shall be 
     supported from the funds appropriated in this Act for the 
     Drug Enforcement Administration.

                 Immigration and Naturalization Service


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For expenses necessary for the administration and 
     enforcement of the laws relating to immigration, 
     naturalization, and alien registration, as follows:


               immigration enforcement and border affairs

       For salaries and expenses for the Border Patrol, detention 
     and removals, intelligence, investigations, and inspections, 
     including not to exceed $50,000 to meet unforeseen 
     emergencies of a confidential character, to be expended under 
     the direction of, and to be accounted for solely under the 
     certificate of, the Attorney General; purchase for police-
     type use (not to exceed 4,565 passenger motor vehicles, of 
     which 3,450 are for replacement only), without regard to the 
     general purchase price limitation for the current fiscal 
     year, and hire of passenger motor vehicles; acquisition, 
     lease, maintenance and operation of aircraft; research 
     related to immigration enforcement; for protecting and 
     maintaining the integrity of the borders of the United States 
     including, without limitation, equipping, maintaining, and 
     making improvements to the infrastructure; and for the care 
     and housing of Federal detainees held in the joint 
     Immigration and Naturalization Service and United States 
     Marshals Service Buffalo Detention Facility, $2,880,819,000; 
     of which not to exceed $5,000,000 is for payments or advances 
     arising out of contractual or reimbursable agreements with 
     State and local law enforcement agencies while engaged in 
     cooperative activities related to immigration; of which not 
     to exceed $5,000,000 is to fund or reimburse other Federal 
     agencies for the costs associated with the care, maintenance, 
     and repatriation of smuggled illegal aliens; of which not to 
     exceed $245,236,000 is for information technology 
     infrastructure: Provided, That uniforms may be purchased 
     without regard to the general purchase price limitation for 
     the current fiscal year: Provided further, That none of the 
     funds appropriated in this Act for the Immigration and 
     Naturalization Service's Entry Exit System may be obligated 
     until the Immigration and Naturalization Service submits a 
     plan for expenditure that: (1) meets the capital planning and 
     investment control review requirements established by the 
     Office of Management and Budget, including OMB Circular A-11, 
     part 3; (2) complies with the acquisition rules, 
     requirements, guidelines, and systems acquisition management 
     practices of the Federal Government; (3) is reviewed by the 
     General Accounting Office; and (4) has been approved by the 
     Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That funds 
     provided under this heading shall only be available for 
     obligation and expenditure in accordance with the procedures 
     applicable to reprogramming notifications set forth in 
     section 605 of Public Law 107-77.


                          immigration services

       For salaries and expenses for immigration services, 
     $709,000,000: Provided further, That not to exceed 40 
     permanent positions and 40 full-time equivalent workyears and 
     $4,300,000 shall be expended for the Offices of Legislative 
     Affairs and Public Affairs: Provided further, That 
     unencumbered positions in the aforementioned offices after 
     the date of enactment of this Act shall be filled only by 
     personnel details, temporary transfers of personnel on either 
     a reimbursable or non-reimbursable basis, or any other formal 
     or informal transfer or reimbursement of personnel or funds 
     on either a temporary or long-term basis up to 10 full-time 
     equivalent workyears: Provided further, That the number of 
     positions filled through non-career appointment at the 
     Immigration and Naturalization Service, for which funding is 
     provided in this Act or is otherwise made available to the 
     Immigration and Naturalization Service, shall not exceed six 
     permanent positions and six full-time equivalent workyears: 
     Provided further, That funds may be used, without limitation, 
     for equipping, maintaining, and making improvements to the 
     infrastructure and the purchase of vehicles for police-type 
     use within the limits of the Immigration Enforcement and 
     Border Affairs appropriation.


                              Construction

       For planning, construction, renovation, equipping, and 
     maintenance of buildings and facilities necessary for the 
     administration and enforcement of the laws relating to 
     immigration, naturalization, and alien registration, not 
     otherwise provided for, $258,637,000, to remain available 
     until expended: Provided, That no funds shall be available 
     for the site acquisition, design, or construction of any 
     Border Patrol checkpoint in the Tucson sector: Provided 
     further, That the Border Patrol shall relocate its 
     checkpoints in the Tucson sector at least once every seven 
     days in a manner designed to prevent persons subject to 
     inspection from predicting the location of any such 
     checkpoint.

                         Federal Prison System


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For expenses necessary for the administration, operation, 
     and maintenance of Federal penal and correctional 
     institutions, including purchase (not to exceed 713, of which 
     504 are for replacement only) and hire of law enforcement and 
     passenger motor vehicles, and for the provision of technical 
     assistance and advice on corrections related issues to 
     foreign governments, $4,071,251,000, of which $1,463,997,000 
     shall be for Inmate Care and Programs, $1,880,763,000 shall 
     be for Institution Security and Administration, $571,077,000 
     shall be for Contract Confinement, and $155,414,000 shall be 
     for Management and Administration: Provided, That the 
     Attorney General may transfer to the Health Resources and 
     Services Administration such amounts as may be necessary for 
     direct expenditures by that Administration for medical relief 
     for inmates of Federal penal and correctional institutions: 
     Provided further, That the Director

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     of the Federal Prison System, where necessary, may enter into 
     contracts with a fiscal agent/fiscal intermediary claims 
     processor to determine the amounts payable to persons who, on 
     behalf of the Federal Prison System, furnish health services 
     to individuals committed to the custody of the Federal Prison 
     System: Provided further, That not to exceed $6,000 shall be 
     available for official reception and representation expenses: 
     Provided further, That not to exceed $50,000,000 shall remain 
     available for necessary operations until September 30, 2004: 
     Provided further, That, of the amounts provided for Contract 
     Confinement, not to exceed $20,000,000 shall remain available 
     until expended to make payments in advance for grants, 
     contracts and reimbursable agreements, and other expenses 
     authorized by section 501(c) of the Refugee Education 
     Assistance Act of 1980, as amended, for the care and security 
     in the United States of Cuban and Haitian entrants: Provided 
     further, That the Director of the Federal Prison System may 
     accept donated property and services relating to the 
     operation of the prison card program from a not-for-profit 
     entity which has operated such program in the past 
     notwithstanding the fact that such not-for-profit entity 
     furnishes services under contracts to the Federal Prison 
     System relating to the operation of pre-release services, 
     halfway houses or other custodial facilities.


                        Buildings and Facilities

       For planning, acquisition of sites and construction of new 
     facilities; purchase and acquisition of facilities and 
     remodeling, and equipping of such facilities for penal and 
     correctional use, including all necessary expenses incident 
     thereto, by contract or force account; and constructing, 
     remodeling, and equipping necessary buildings and facilities 
     at existing penal and correctional institutions, including 
     all necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or force 
     account, $399,227,000, to remain available until expended, of 
     which not to exceed $14,000,000 shall be available to 
     construct areas for inmate work programs: Provided, That 
     labor of United States prisoners may be used for work 
     performed under this appropriation: Provided further, That 
     not to exceed 10 percent of the funds appropriated to 
     ``Buildings and Facilities'' in this or any other Act may be 
     transferred to ``Salaries and Expenses'', Federal Prison 
     System, upon notification by the Attorney General to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
     and the Senate in compliance with provisions set forth in 
     section 605 of this Act.


                Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated

       The Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated, is hereby 
     authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of 
     funds and borrowing authority available, and in accord with 
     the law, and to make such contracts and commitments, without 
     regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 9104 
     of title 31, United States Code, as may be necessary in 
     carrying out the program set forth in the budget for the 
     current fiscal year for such corporation, including purchase 
     (not to exceed five for replacement only) and hire of 
     passenger motor vehicles.


   Limitation on Administrative Expenses, Federal Prison Industries, 
                              Incorporated

       Not to exceed $3,429,000 of the funds of the corporation 
     shall be available for its administrative expenses, and for 
     services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, to be computed on an 
     accrual basis to be determined in accordance with the 
     corporation's current prescribed accounting system, and such 
     amounts shall be exclusive of depreciation, payment of 
     claims, and expenditures which the said accounting system 
     requires to be capitalized or charged to cost of commodities 
     acquired or produced, including selling and shipping 
     expenses, and expenses in connection with acquisition, 
     construction, operation, maintenance, improvement, 
     protection, or disposition of facilities and other property 
     belonging to the corporation or in which it has an interest.

                       Office of Justice Programs


                           Justice Assistance

       For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other 
     assistance authorized by title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 
     and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as amended, and the Missing 
     Children's Assistance Act, as amended, including salaries and 
     expenses in connection therewith, and with the Victims of 
     Crime Act of 1984, as amended, $201,291,000, to remain 
     available until expended: Provided, That all balances under 
     this heading for counterterrorism programs may be transferred 
     to and merged with the appropriation for ``Domestic 
     Preparedness''.


                    office for domestic preparedness

       For grants, cooperative agreements, and other assistance 
     authorized by sections 819 and 821 of the Antiterrorism and 
     Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 and for other 
     counterterrorism programs, including training, exercises and 
     equipment for fire, emergency medical, hazmat, law 
     enforcement, and other first responders to prevent and 
     respond to acts of terrorism, including incidents involving 
     weapons of mass destruction or chemical or biological 
     weapons, $1,000,000,000, to remain available until expended.


               State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance

       For assistance authorized by the Violent Crime Control and 
     Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-322), as amended 
     (``the 1994 Act''); the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
     Streets Act of 1968, as amended (``the 1968 Act''); the 
     Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990, as amended (``the 1990 
     Act''); the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection 
     Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-386) and other programs; 
     $2,065,269,000 (including amounts for administrative costs, 
     which shall be transferred to and merged with the ``Justice 
     Assistance'' account): Provided, That $17,667,000 shall be 
     derived from prior year unobligated balances from Local 
     Law Enforcement Block Grants, and $3,323,000 shall be 
     derived from prior year unobligated balances from 
     residential substance abuse treatment for State prisoners: 
     Provided further, That funding provided under this heading 
     shall remain available until expended as follows:
       (1) $400,000,000 for Local Law Enforcement Block Grants, 
     pursuant to H.R. 728 as passed by the House of 
     Representatives on February 14, 1995, except that for 
     purposes of this Act and retroactive to October 1, 2000, Guam 
     shall be considered as one ``State'' for all purposes under 
     H.R. 728, notwithstanding any provision of section 108(3) 
     thereof, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall be considered 
     a ``unit of local government'' as well as a ``State'', for 
     the purposes set forth in paragraphs (A), (B), (D), (F), and 
     (I) of section 101(a)(2) of H.R. 728, and for establishing 
     crime prevention programs involving cooperation between 
     community residents and law enforcement personnel in order to 
     control, detect, or investigate crime or the prosecution of 
     criminals: Provided, That no funds provided under this 
     heading may be used as matching funds for any other Federal 
     grant program, of which:
       (A) $80,000,000 shall be for Boys and Girls Clubs in public 
     housing facilities and other areas in cooperation with State 
     and local law enforcement: Provided, That funds may also be 
     used to defray the costs of indemnification insurance for law 
     enforcement officers;
       (B) $20,000,000 shall be available for grants, contracts, 
     and other assistance to carry out section 102(c) of H.R. 728; 
     and
       (C) $3,000,000 for Citizen Corps programs administered by 
     the Department of Justice;
       (2) $250,000,000 for the State Criminal Alien Assistance 
     Program, as authorized by section 242(j) of the Immigration 
     and Nationality Act, as amended;
       (3) $5,000,000 for the Cooperative Agreement Program;
       (4) $18,000,000 for assistance to Indian tribes, of which:
       (A) $5,000,000 shall be available for grants under section 
     20109(a)(2) of subtitle A of title II of the 1994 Act;
       (B) $8,000,000 shall be available for the Tribal Courts 
     Initiative; and
       (C) $5,000,000 shall be available for demonstration grants 
     on alcohol and crime in Indian Country;
       (5) $650,914,000 for programs authorized by part E of title 
     I of the 1968 Act, notwithstanding the provisions of section 
     511 of said Act, of which $150,914,000 shall be for 
     discretionary grants under the Edward Byrne Memorial State 
     and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Programs;
       (6) $390,165,000 for programs to address violence against 
     women, of which:
       (A) $11,975,000 shall be for the Court Appointed Special 
     Advocate Program, as authorized by section 218 of the 1990 
     Act;
       (B) $2,296,000 shall be for Child Abuse Training Programs 
     for Judicial Personnel and Practitioners, as authorized by 
     section 224 of the 1990 Act;
       (C) $998,000 shall be for grants for televised testimony, 
     as authorized by section 1001(a)(7) of the 1968 Act;
       (D) $184,537,000 shall be for Grants to Combat Violence 
     Against Women as authorized by section 1001(a)(18) of the 
     1968 Act, of which:
       (i) $1,000,000 shall be for the Bureau of Justice 
     Statistics for grants, contracts, and other assistance for a 
     domestic violence Federal case processing study;
       (ii) $5,200,000 shall be for the National Institute of 
     Justice for grants, contracts, and other assistance for 
     research and evaluation of violence against women; and
       (iii) $10,000,000 shall be for the Office of Juvenile 
     Justice and Delinquency Prevention for the Safe Start 
     Program, to be administered as authorized by part C of the 
     Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Act of 1974, as amended;
       (E) $64,925,000 shall be for Grants to Encourage Arrest 
     Policies as authorized by section 1001(a)(19) of the 1968 
     Act;
       (F) $39,945,000 shall be for Rural Domestic Violence and 
     Child Abuse Enforcement Assistance Grants, as authorized by 
     section 40295 of the 1994 Act;
       (G) $4,989,000 shall be for training programs as authorized 
     by section 40152(c) of the 1994 Act, and for local 
     demonstration projects;
       (H) $3,000,000 shall be for grants to improve the process 
     for entering data regarding stalking and domestic violence 
     into local, State, and national crime information databases, 
     as authorized by section 40602 of the 1994 Act;
       (I) $10,000,000 shall be for grants to reduce Violent 
     Crimes Against Women on Campus, as authorized by section 
     1108(a) of Public Law 106-386;
       (J) $40,000,000 shall be for Legal Assistance for Victims, 
     as authorized by section 1201 of Public Law 106-386;
       (K) $5,000,000 shall be for enhancing protection for older 
     and disabled women from domestic violence and sexual assault 
     as authorized by section 40801 of the 1994 Act;
       (L) $15,000,000 shall be for the Safe Havens for Children 
     Pilot Program as authorized by section 1301 of Public Law 
     106-386; and
       (M) $7,500,000 shall be for Education and Training to end 
     violence against and abuse of women with disabilities, as 
     authorized by section 1402 of Public Law 106-386;
       (7) $10,000,000 for victim services programs for victims of 
     trafficking, as authorized by section 107(b)(2) of Public Law 
     106-386;
       (8) $65,000,000 for grants for residential substance abuse 
     treatment for State prisoners, as authorized by section 
     1001(a)(17) of the 1968 Act;
       (9) $898,000 for the Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient 
     Alert Program, as authorized by section 240001(c) of the 1994 
     Act;
       (10) $45,000,000 for Drug Courts, as authorized by Part EE 
     of Title I of the 1968 Act;
       (11) $1,497,000 for Law Enforcement Family Support 
     Programs, as authorized by section 1001(a)(21) of the 1968 
     Act;

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       (12) $1,995,000 for public awareness programs addressing 
     marketing scams aimed at senior citizens, as authorized by 
     section 250005(3) of the 1994 Act;
       (13) $190,000,000 for Juvenile Accountability Incentive 
     Block Grants, of which $25,000,000 shall be available for 
     grants, contracts, and other assistance under the Project 
     ChildSafe Initiative, except that such funds shall be subject 
     to the same terms and conditions as set forth in the 
     provisions under this heading for this program in Public Law 
     105-119, but all references in such provisions to 1998 shall 
     be deemed to refer instead to 2003, and Guam shall be 
     considered a ``State'' for the purposes of title III of H.R. 
     3, as passed by the House of Representatives on May 8, 1997;
       (14) $1,300,000 for Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention 
     Programs, as authorized by section 220002(h) of the 1994 Act;
       (15) $7,500,000 for a prescription drug monitoring program;
       (16) $13,000,000 for implementation of prison rape 
     prevention and prosecution programs including a statistical 
     review and analysis of the incidence and effects of prison 
     rape, the establishment of a national clearinghouse for 
     provision of information and assistance for Federal, State, 
     and local officials, grants to States, units of local 
     government, prisons, and prison systems for prison rape 
     prevention and prosecution efforts, and the development of 
     national standards for enhancing the detection, prevention, 
     reduction, and punishment of prison rape; and
       (17) $15,000,000 for terrorism prevention and response 
     training for law enforcement and other responders:

     Provided, That funds made available in fiscal year 2003 under 
     subpart 1 of part E of title I of the 1968 Act may be 
     obligated for programs to assist States in the litigation 
     processing of death penalty Federal habeas corpus petitions 
     and for drug testing initiatives: Provided further, That, if 
     a unit of local government uses any of the funds made 
     available under this title to increase the number of law 
     enforcement officers, the unit of local government will 
     achieve a net gain in the number of law enforcement officers 
     who perform nonadministrative public safety service.


                       Weed and Seed Program Fund

       For necessary expenses, including salaries and related 
     expenses of the Executive Office for Weed and Seed, to 
     implement ``Weed and Seed'' program activities, $58,925,000, 
     to remain available until expended, for inter-governmental 
     agreements, including grants, cooperative agreements, and 
     contracts, with State and local law enforcement agencies, 
     non-profit organizations, and agencies of local government 
     engaged in the investigation and prosecution of violent 
     crimes and drug offenses in ``Weed and Seed'' designated 
     communities, and for either reimbursements or transfers to 
     appropriation accounts of the Department of Justice and other 
     Federal agencies which shall be specified by the Attorney 
     General to execute the ``Weed and Seed'' program strategy: 
     Provided, That funds designated by Congress through language 
     for other Department of Justice appropriation accounts for 
     ``Weed and Seed'' program activities shall be managed and 
     executed by the Attorney General through the Executive Office 
     for Weed and Seed: Provided further, That the Attorney 
     General may direct the use of other Department of Justice 
     funds and personnel in support of ``Weed and Seed'' program 
     activities only after the Attorney General notifies the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
     and the Senate in accordance with section 605 of this Act.


                  Community Oriented Policing Services

       For activities authorized by the Violent Crime Control and 
     Law Enforcement Act of 1994, Public Law 103-322 (``the 1994 
     Act'') (including administrative costs), $928,912,000, to 
     remain available until expended: Provided, That section 1703 
     (b) and (c) of the 1968 Act shall not apply to non-hiring 
     grants made pursuant to part Q of title I thereof (42 U.S.C. 
     3796dd et seq.): Provided further, That all prior year 
     balances derived from the Violent Crime Trust Fund for 
     Community Oriented Policing Services may be transferred into 
     this appropriation: Provided further, That the officer 
     redeployment demonstration described in section 1701(b)(1)(C) 
     shall not apply to equipment, technology, support system or 
     overtime grants made pursuant to part Q of title I thereof 
     (42 U.S.C. 3796dd et seq.).
       Of the amounts provided:
       (1) for Public Safety and Community Policing Grants 
     pursuant to title I of the 1994 Act, $353,238,000 as follows: 
     $200,000,000 for the hiring of law enforcement officers 
     including school resource officers to prevent acts of 
     terrorism and other violent and drug-related crimes, of which 
     up to 30 percent shall be available for overtime expenses; 
     $20,622,000 for training and technical assistance; 
     $25,444,000 for the matching grant program for Law 
     Enforcement Armor Vests pursuant to section 2501 of part Y of 
     the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as 
     amended (``the 1968 Act''); $35,000,000 to improve tribal law 
     enforcement including equipment and training; $57,132,000 for 
     policing initiatives to combat methamphetamine production and 
     trafficking and to enhance policing initiatives in ``drug hot 
     spots''; and $15,000,000 for Police Corps education, 
     training, and service under sections 200101-200113 of the 
     1994 Act: Provided, That funding agreements shall include the 
     funding for the outyear program costs of new recruits;
       (2) for crime technology, $400,567,000 as follows: 
     $189,954,000 for a law enforcement technology program; 
     $20,000,000 for the COPS Interoperable Communications 
     Technology Program; $40,000,000 for grants to upgrade 
     criminal records, as authorized under the Crime 
     Identification Technology Act of 1998 (42 U.S.C. 14601); 
     $41,000,000 for DNA analysis and backlog reduction of which 
     $36,000,000 shall be used as authorized by the DNA Analysis 
     Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-546) and of 
     which $5,000,000 shall be available for Paul Coverdell 
     Forensic Sciences Improvement Grants under part BB of title I 
     of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 
     U.S.C. 3797j et seq.); $40,538,000 for State and local DNA 
     laboratories as authorized by section 1001(a)(22) of the 1968 
     Act, and improvements to laboratory general forensic science 
     capacity and capabilities; and $69,075,000 for grants, 
     contracts and other assistance to States under section 102(b) 
     of the Crime Identification Technology Act of 1998 (42 U.S.C. 
     14601), of which $17,000,000 is for the National Institute of 
     Justice for grants, contracts, and other agreements to 
     develop school safety technologies and training;
       (3) for prosecution assistance, $85,000,000 as follows: 
     $45,000,000 for a national program to reduce gun violence, 
     and $40,000,000 for the Southwest Border Prosecutor 
     Initiative to reimburse State, county, parish, tribal, or 
     municipal governments only for Federal costs associated with 
     the prosecution of criminal cases declined by local U.S. 
     Attorneys offices;
       (4) for grants, training, technical assistance, and other 
     expenses to support community crime prevention efforts, 
     $57,107,000 as follows: $10,000,000 for Project Sentry; 
     $14,934,000 for an offender re-entry program; $15,210,000 for 
     the Safe Schools Initiative; and $16,963,000 for a police 
     integrity program; and
       (5) not to exceed $33,000,000 for program management and 
     administration.


                       Juvenile Justice Programs

       For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other 
     assistance authorized by the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
     Prevention Act of 1974, as amended (``the Act''), and other 
     juvenile justice programs, including salaries and expenses in 
     connection therewith to be transferred to and merged with the 
     appropriations for Justice Assistance, $264,306,000, to 
     remain available until expended, as authorized by section 299 
     of part I of title II and section 506 of title V of the Act, 
     as amended by Public Law 102-586, of which: (1) 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, $6,832,000 shall 
     be available for expenses authorized by part A of title II of 
     the Act, $83,800,000 shall be available for expenses 
     authorized by part B of title II of the Act, including 
     training and technical assistance to help small, non-profit 
     organizations with the Federal grants process, and 
     $89,257,000 shall be available for expenses authorized by 
     part C of title II of the Act and other juvenile justice 
     programs: Provided, That $26,442,000 of the amounts provided 
     for part B of title II of the Act, as amended, is for the 
     purpose of providing additional formula grants under part B 
     to States that provide assurances to the Administrator that 
     the State has in effect (or will have in effect no later than 
     1 year after date of application) policies and programs that 
     ensure that juveniles are subject to accountability-based 
     sanctions for every act for which they are adjudicated 
     delinquent; (2) $11,974,000 shall be available for expenses 
     authorized by sections 281 and 282 of part D of title II of 
     the Act for prevention and treatment programs relating to 
     juvenile gangs; (3) $9,978,000 shall be available for 
     expenses authorized by section 285 of part E of title II of 
     the Act; (4) $15,965,000 shall be available for expenses 
     authorized by part G of title II of the Act for juvenile 
     mentoring programs; and (5) $46,500,000 shall be available 
     for expenses authorized by title V of the Act for incentive 
     grants for local delinquency prevention programs; of which 
     $12,472,000 shall be for delinquency prevention, control, and 
     system improvement programs for tribal youth; of which 
     $6,500,000 shall be available for the Safe Schools Initiative 
     including $5,000,000 for grants, contracts, and other 
     assistance under the Project Sentry Initiative; and of which 
     $25,000,000 shall be available for grants of $360,000 to each 
     State and $6,640,000 shall be available for discretionary 
     grants to States, for programs and activities to enforce 
     State laws prohibiting the sale of alcoholic beverages to 
     minors or the purchase or consumption of alcoholic beverages 
     by minors, prevention and reduction of consumption of 
     alcoholic beverages by minors, and for technical assistance 
     and training: Provided further, That of amounts made 
     available under the Juvenile Justice Programs of the Office 
     of Justice Programs to carry out part B (relating to Federal 
     Assistance for State and Local Programs), subpart II of part 
     C (relating to Special Emphasis Prevention and Treatment 
     Programs), part D (relating to Gang-Free Schools and 
     Communities and Community-Based Gang Intervention), part E 
     (relating to State Challenge Activities), and part G 
     (relating to Mentoring) of title II of the Juvenile Justice 
     and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, and to carry out the 
     At-Risk Children's Program under title V of that Act, not 
     more than 10 percent of each such amount may be used for 
     research, evaluation, and statistics activities designed to 
     benefit the programs or activities authorized under the 
     appropriate part or title, and not more than 2 percent of 
     each such amount may be used for training and technical 
     assistance activities designed to benefit the programs or 
     activities authorized under that part or title.
       In addition, for grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, 
     and other assistance authorized by the Victims of Child Abuse 
     Act of 1990, as amended, $11,000,000, to remain available 
     until expended, as authorized by section 214B of the Act.


                    Public Safety Officers Benefits

       To remain available until expended, for payments authorized 
     by part L of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
     Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796), as amended, such sums 
     as are necessary, as authorized by section 6093 of Public Law 
     100-690 (102 Stat. 4339-4340); and

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     $4,000,000, to remain available until expended for payments 
     as authorized by section 1201(b) of said Act.

               General Provisions--Department of Justice

       Sec. 101. In addition to amounts otherwise made available 
     in this title for official reception and representation 
     expenses, a total of not to exceed $45,000 from 
     funds appropriated to the Department of Justice in this 
     title shall be available to the Attorney General for 
     official reception and representation expenses in 
     accordance with distributions, procedures, and regulations 
     established by the Attorney General.
       Sec. 102. None of the funds appropriated by this title 
     shall be available to pay for an abortion, except where the 
     life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were 
     carried to term, or in the case of rape: Provided, That 
     should this prohibition be declared unconstitutional by a 
     court of competent jurisdiction, this section shall be null 
     and void.
       Sec. 103. None of the funds appropriated under this title 
     shall be used to require any person to perform, or facilitate 
     in any way the performance of, any abortion.
       Sec. 104. Nothing in the preceding section shall remove the 
     obligation of the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to 
     provide escort services necessary for a female inmate to 
     receive such service outside the Federal facility: Provided, 
     That nothing in this section in any way diminishes the effect 
     of section 104 intended to address the philosophical beliefs 
     of individual employees of the Bureau of Prisons.
       Sec. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, not 
     to exceed $10,000,000 of the funds made available in this Act 
     may be used to establish and publicize a program under which 
     publicly advertised, extraordinary rewards may be paid, which 
     shall not be subject to spending limitations contained in 
     sections 3059 and 3072 of title 18, United States Code: 
     Provided, That any reward of $100,000 or more, up to a 
     maximum of $2,000,000, may not be made without the personal 
     approval of the President or the Attorney General and such 
     approval may not be delegated: Provided further, That rewards 
     made pursuant to section 501 of Public Law 107-56 shall not 
     be subject to this section.
       Sec. 106. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
     available for the current fiscal year for the Department of 
     Justice in this Act may be transferred between such 
     appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as 
     otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased by more 
     than 10 percent by any such transfers: Provided, That any 
     transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated as a 
     reprogramming of funds under section 605 of this Act and 
     shall not be available for obligation except in compliance 
     with the procedures set forth in that section.
       Sec. 107. Section 114 of Public Law 107-77 shall remain in 
     effect during fiscal year 2003.
       Sec. 108. Section 286(e) of the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(e)) is amended by striking paragraph (3) 
     and replacing it with the following:
       ``(3) The Attorney General shall charge and collect $3 per 
     individual for the immigration inspection or pre-inspection 
     of each commercial vessel passenger whose journey originated 
     in the United States or in any place set forth in paragraph 
     (1): Provided, That this requirement shall not apply to 
     immigration inspection at designated ports of entry of 
     passengers arriving by ferry, or by Great Lakes vessels on 
     the Great Lakes and connecting waterways when operating on a 
     regular schedule. For the purposes of this paragraph, the 
     term `ferry' means a vessel, in other than ocean or coastwise 
     service, having provisions only for deck passengers and/or 
     vehicles, operating on a short run on a frequent schedule 
     between two points over the most direct water route, and 
     offering a public service of a type normally attributed to a 
     bridge or tunnel.''.
       Sec. 109. The Director of the Federal Bureau of 
     Investigation shall appoint a standing advisory panel, 
     reporting directly to the Director, to study, assess, and 
     advise periodically on the research, development, and 
     application of existing and emerging science and technology 
     advances and other topics: Provided, That the panel shall not 
     be considered to be a Federal advisory committee for purposes 
     of the Federal Advisory Committee Act.
       Sec. 110. Public Law 107-273 is amended--
       (1) in section 12222(b), strike ``on October 1, 2002'' and 
     insert in lieu thereof the following: ``on the effective date 
     provided in section 12102(b)'';
       (2) in section 12223(a), strike ``on the date of the 
     enactment of this Act'' and insert in lieu thereof the 
     following: ``on the effective date provided in section 
     12102(b)'';
       (3) in section 12223(b), by replacing ``Act'' with 
     ``subtitle'', and all the matter after ``beginning'' with 
     ``on or after the effective date provided in subsection 
     (a).''.
       Sec. 111. The law enforcement training facility described 
     in section 8150 of Public Law 107-248 is hereby established 
     as a permanent training facility.
       Sec. 112. The Attorney General, in consultation with the 
     Secretary of Homeland Security, shall provide to the 
     Committees on Appropriations by March 1, 2003 all National 
     Security Entry Exit Registration System documents and 
     materials: (1) used in the creation of the System, including 
     any predecessor programs; (2) assessing the effectiveness of 
     the System as a tool to enhance national security; (3) used 
     to determine the scope of the System, including countries 
     selected for the program, and the gender, age, and 
     immigration status of the persons required to register under 
     the program; (4) regarding future plans to expand the System 
     to additional countries, age groups, women, and persons 
     holding other immigration statuses not already covered; (5) 
     explaining whether the Department of Justice consulted with 
     other Federal agencies in the development of the System, and 
     if so, all documents and materials relating to those 
     consultations; (6) concerning policy directives or guidance 
     issued to officials about implementation of the System, 
     including the role of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 
     conducting national security background checks of 
     registrants; (7) explaining why certain Immigration and 
     Naturalization Service District Offices detained persons with 
     pending status-adjustment applications; and (8) explaining 
     how information gathered during interviews of registrants 
     will be stored, used, or transmitted to other Federal, State, 
     or local agencies.
       This title may be cited as the ``Department of Justice 
     Appropriations Act, 2003''.

         TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND RELATED AGENCIES

                  Trade and Infrastructure Development

                            Related Agencies

            Office of the United States Trade Representative


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the United States 
     Trade Representative, including the hire of passenger motor 
     vehicles and the employment of experts and consultants as 
     authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $34,999,000, of which $1,000,000 
     shall remain available until expended: Provided, That not to 
     exceed $98,000 shall be available for official reception and 
     representation expenses.

                     International Trade Commission


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses of the International Trade 
     Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, and 
     services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed 
     $2,500 for official reception and representation expenses, 
     $54,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

                   International Trade Administration


                     Operations and Administration

       For necessary expenses for international trade activities 
     of the Department of Commerce provided for by law, and for 
     engaging in trade promotional activities abroad, including 
     expenses of grants and cooperative agreements for the purpose 
     of promoting exports of United States firms, without regard 
     to 44 U.S.C. 3702 and 3703; full medical coverage for 
     dependent members of immediate families of employees 
     stationed overseas and employees temporarily posted overseas; 
     travel and transportation of employees of the United States 
     and Foreign Commercial Service between two points abroad, 
     without regard to 49 U.S.C. 1517; employment of Americans and 
     aliens by contract for services; rental of space abroad for 
     periods not exceeding 10 years, and expenses of alteration, 
     repair, or improvement; purchase or construction of temporary 
     demountable exhibition structures for use abroad; payment of 
     tort claims, in the manner authorized in the first paragraph 
     of 28 U.S.C. 2672 when such claims arise in foreign 
     countries; not to exceed $327,000 for official representation 
     expenses abroad; purchase of passenger motor vehicles for 
     official use abroad, not to exceed $30,000 per vehicle; 
     obtaining insurance on official motor vehicles; and rental of 
     tie lines, $370,192,000, to remain available until expended, 
     of which $8,000,000 is to be derived from fees to be retained 
     and used by the International Trade Administration, 
     notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302: Provided, That $67,669,000 
     shall be for Trade Development, $31,204,000 shall be for 
     Market Access and Compliance, $44,229,000 shall be for the 
     Import Administration, $202,040,000 shall be for the United 
     States and Foreign Commercial Service, and $25,050,000 shall 
     be for Executive Direction and Administration: Provided 
     further, That the provisions of the first sentence of section 
     105(f) and all of section 108(c) of the Mutual Educational 
     and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 
     2458(c)) shall apply in carrying out these activities without 
     regard to section 5412 of the Omnibus Trade and 
     Competitiveness Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 4912); and that for 
     the purpose of this Act, contributions under the provisions 
     of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act shall 
     include payment for assessments for services provided as part 
     of these activities.

                    Bureau of Industry and Security


                     Operations and Administration

       For necessary expenses for export administration and 
     national security activities of the Department of Commerce, 
     including costs associated with the performance of export 
     administration field activities both domestically and abroad; 
     full medical coverage for dependent members of immediate 
     families of employees stationed overseas; employment of 
     Americans and aliens by contract for services abroad; payment 
     of tort claims, in the manner authorized in the first 
     paragraph of 28 U.S.C. 2672 when such claims arise in foreign 
     countries; not to exceed $15,000 for official representation 
     expenses abroad; awards of compensation to informers under 
     the Export Administration Act of 1979, and as authorized by 
     22 U.S.C. 401(b); purchase of passenger motor vehicles for 
     official use and motor vehicles for law enforcement use with 
     special requirement vehicles eligible for purchase without 
     regard to any price limitation otherwise established by law, 
     $74,653,000, to remain available until September 30, 2004, of 
     which $7,250,000 shall be for inspections and other 
     activities related to national security: Provided, That the 
     provisions of the first sentence of section 105(f) and all of 
     section 108(c) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural 
     Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall 
     apply in carrying out these activities: Provided further, 
     That payments and contributions collected and accepted for 
     materials or services provided as

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     part of such activities may be retained for use in covering 
     the cost of such activities, and for providing information to 
     the public with respect to the export administration and 
     national security activities of the Department of Commerce 
     and other export control programs of the United States and 
     other governments.

                  Economic Development Administration


                Economic Development Assistance Programs

       For grants for economic development assistance as provided 
     by the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, as 
     amended, and for trade adjustment assistance, $290,000,000, 
     to remain available until expended.


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses of administering the economic 
     development assistance programs as provided for by law, 
     $30,765,000: Provided, That these funds may be used to 
     monitor projects approved pursuant to title I of the Public 
     Works Employment Act of 1976, as amended, title II of the 
     Trade Act of 1974, as amended, and the Community Emergency 
     Drought Relief Act of 1977.

                  Minority Business Development Agency


                     Minority Business Development

       For necessary expenses of the Department of Commerce in 
     fostering, promoting, and developing minority business 
     enterprise, including expenses of grants, contracts, and 
     other agreements with public or private organizations, 
     $28,906,000.

                Economic and Information Infrastructure

                   Economic and Statistical Analysis


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, of economic 
     and statistical analysis programs of the Department of 
     Commerce, $72,158,000, to remain available until September 
     30, 2004.

                          Bureau of the Census


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For expenses necessary for collecting, compiling, 
     analyzing, preparing, and publishing statistics, provided for 
     by law, $183,000,000.


                     Periodic Censuses and Programs

       For necessary expenses related to the 2000 decennial 
     census, $41,893,000, to remain available until expended: 
     Provided, That, of the total amount available related to the 
     2000 decennial census ($41,893,000 in new appropriations and 
     $41,817,000 in deobligated balances from prior years), 
     $3,461,000 is for Program Development and Management; 
     $42,651,000 is for Data Content and Products; $4,630,000 is 
     for Field Data Collection and Support Systems; $12,826,000 is 
     for Automated Data Processing and Telecommunications Support; 
     $16,333,000 is for Testing and Evaluation; $2,472,000 is for 
     activities related to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and 
     Pacific Areas; and $1,337,000 is for Marketing, 
     Communications and Partnership activities.
       In addition, for expenses related to planning, testing, and 
     implementing the 2010 decennial census, $146,306,000.
       In addition, for expenses to collect and publish statistics 
     for other periodic censuses and programs provided for by law, 
     $183,283,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
     That regarding engineering and design of a facility at the 
     Suitland Federal Center, quarterly reports regarding the 
     expenditure of funds and project planning, design and cost 
     decisions shall be provided by the Bureau, in cooperation 
     with the General Services Administration, to the Committees 
     on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
     Representatives: Provided further, That none of the funds 
     provided in this Act or any other Act under the heading 
     ``Bureau of the Census, Periodic Censuses and Programs'' 
     shall be used to fund the construction and tenant build-out 
     costs of a facility at the Suitland Federal Center.

       National Telecommunications and Information Administration


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses, as provided for by law, of the 
     National Telecommunications and Information Administration 
     (NTIA), $14,700,000, to remain available until expended: 
     Provided, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1535(d), the 
     Secretary of Commerce shall charge Federal agencies for costs 
     incurred in spectrum management, analysis, and operations, 
     and related services and such fees shall be retained and used 
     as offsetting collections for costs of such spectrum 
     services, to remain available until expended: Provided 
     further, That hereafter, notwithstanding any other provision 
     of law, NTIA shall not authorize spectrum use or provide any 
     spectrum functions pursuant to the National 
     Telecommunications and Information Administration 
     Organization Act, 47 U.S.C. 902-903, to any Federal entity 
     without reimbursement as required by NTIA for such spectrum 
     management costs, and Federal entities withholding payment of 
     such cost shall not use spectrum: Provided further, That the 
     Secretary of Commerce is authorized to retain and use as 
     offsetting collections all funds transferred, or previously 
     transferred, from other Government agencies for all costs 
     incurred in telecommunications research, engineering, and 
     related activities by the Institute for Telecommunication 
     Sciences of NTIA, in furtherance of its assigned functions 
     under this paragraph, and such funds received from other 
     Government agencies shall remain available until expended.


    Public Telecommunications Facilities, Planning and Construction

       For grants authorized by section 392 of the Communications 
     Act of 1934, as amended, $43,556,000, to remain available 
     until expended as authorized by section 391 of the Act, as 
     amended: Provided, That not to exceed $2,478,000 shall be 
     available for program administration as authorized by section 
     391 of the Act: Provided further, That, notwithstanding the 
     provisions of section 391 of the Act, the prior year 
     unobligated balances may be made available for grants for 
     projects for which applications have been submitted and 
     approved during any fiscal year.


                   Information Infrastructure Grants

       For grants authorized by section 392 of the Communications 
     Act of 1934, as amended, $15,503,000, to remain available 
     until expended as authorized by section 391 of the Act, as 
     amended: Provided, That not to exceed $3,097,000 shall be 
     available for program administration and other support 
     activities as authorized by section 391: Provided further, 
     That, of the funds appropriated herein, not to exceed 5 
     percent may be available for telecommunications research 
     activities for projects related directly to the development 
     of a national information infrastructure: Provided further, 
     That, notwithstanding the requirements of sections 392(a) and 
     392(c) of the Act, these funds may be used for the planning 
     and construction of telecommunications networks for the 
     provision of educational, cultural, health care, public 
     information, public safety, or other social services: 
     Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision 
     of law, no entity that receives telecommunications services 
     at preferential rates under section 254(h) of the Act (47 
     U.S.C. 254(h)) or receives assistance under the regional 
     information sharing systems grant program of the Department 
     of Justice under part M of title I of the Omnibus Crime 
     Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796h) may 
     use funds under a grant under this heading to cover any costs 
     of the entity that would otherwise be covered by such 
     preferential rates or such assistance, as the case may be.

               United States Patent and Trademark Office


                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the United States Patent and 
     Trademark Office provided for by law, including defense of 
     suits instituted against the Under Secretary of Commerce for 
     Intellectual Property and Director of the United States 
     Patent and Trademark Office, $1,015,229,000, to remain 
     available until expended, which amount shall be derived from 
     offsetting collections assessed and collected pursuant to 15 
     U.S.C. 1113 and 35 U.S.C. 41 and 376, and shall be retained 
     and used for necessary expenses in this appropriation: 
     Provided, That the sum herein appropriated from the general 
     fund shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are 
     received during fiscal year 2003, so as to result in a 
     fiscal year 2003 appropriation from the general fund 
     estimated at $0: Provided further, That during fiscal year 
     2003, should the total amount of offsetting fee 
     collections be less than $1,015,229,000, the total amounts 
     available to the United States Patent and Trademark Office 
     shall be reduced accordingly: Provided further, That an 
     additional amount not to exceed $166,771,000 from fees 
     collected in prior fiscal years shall be available for 
     obligation in fiscal year 2003, to remain available until 
     expended: Provided further, That from amounts provided 
     herein, not to exceed $1,000 shall be made available in 
     fiscal year 2003 for official reception and representation 
     expenses.

                         SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

                       Technology Administration


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses for the Under Secretary for 
     Technology/Office of Technology Policy, $9,886,000.

             National Institute of Standards and Technology

             Scientific and Technical Research and Services

       For necessary expenses of the National Institute of 
     Standards and Technology, $359,411,000, to remain available 
     until expended, of which not to exceed $282,000 may be 
     transferred to the ``Working Capital Fund''.

                     industrial technology services

       For necessary expenses of the Manufacturing Extension 
     Partnership of the National Institute of Standards and 
     Technology, $106,623,000, to remain available until expended: 
     Provided, That hereafter the Secretary of Commerce is 
     authorized to enter into agreements with one or more 
     nonprofit organizations for the purpose of carrying out 
     collective research and development initiatives pertaining to 
     15 U.S.C. 278k paragraph (a), and is authorized to seek and 
     accept contributions from public and private sources to 
     support these efforts as necessary.
       In addition, for necessary expenses of the Advanced 
     Technology Program of the National Institute of Standards and 
     Technology, $180,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
     of which $60,700,000 shall be expended for the award of new 
     grants before October 1, 2003.


                  Construction of Research Facilities

       For construction of new research facilities, including 
     architectural and engineering design, and for renovation and 
     maintenance of existing facilities, not otherwise provided 
     for the National Institute of Standards and Technology, as 
     authorized by 15 U.S.C. 278c-278e, $66,100,000, to remain 
     available until expended.

            National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


                  Operations, Research, and Facilities

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law for 
     the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
     including maintenance, operation, and hire of aircraft; 
     grants, contracts, or other payments to nonprofit 
     organizations for the purposes of conducting activities 
     pursuant to cooperative agreements; and relocation of 
     facilities as authorized, $2,313,519,000, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2004: Provided, That fees and donations 
     received by the National Ocean Service for

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     the management of the national marine sanctuaries may be 
     retained and used for the salaries and expenses associated 
     with those activities, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302: 
     Provided further, That, in addition, $65,000,000 shall be 
     derived by transfer from the fund entitled ``Promote and 
     Develop Fishery Products and Research Pertaining to American 
     Fisheries'': Provided further, That grants to States pursuant 
     to sections 306 and 306A of the Coastal Zone Management Act 
     of 1972, as amended, shall not exceed $2,000,000, unless 
     funds provided for ``Coastal Zone Management Grants'' exceed 
     funds provided in the previous fiscal year: Provided further, 
     That if funds provided for ``Coastal Zone Management Grants'' 
     exceed funds provided in the previous fiscal year, then no 
     State shall receive more than five percent or less than one 
     percent of the additional funds: Provided further, That, of 
     the $2,395,519,000 provided for in direct obligations under 
     this heading (of which $2,313,519,000 is appropriated from 
     the General Fund, $65,000,000 is provided by transfer, and 
     $17,000,000 is derived from deobligations from prior years), 
     $417,933,000 shall be for the National Ocean Service, 
     $580,066,000 shall be for the National Marine Fisheries 
     Service, $374,740,000 shall be for Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Research, $698,767,000 shall be for the National Weather 
     Service, $150,616,000 shall be for the National Environmental 
     Satellite, Data, and Information Service, and $173,397,000 
     shall be for Program Support: Provided further, That, of the 
     amount provided under this heading, $273,022,000 shall be for 
     the conservation activities defined in section 250(c)(4)(K) 
     of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
     1985, as amended: Provided further, That no general 
     administrative charge shall be applied against an assigned 
     activity included in this Act and, further, that any direct 
     administrative expenses applied against an assigned activity 
     shall be limited to 5 percent of the funds provided for that 
     assigned activity so that total National Oceanic and 
     Atmospheric Administration administrative expenses shall not 
     exceed $243,000,000: Provided further, That any use of 
     deobligated balances of funds provided under this heading 
     in previous years shall be subject to the procedures set 
     forth in section 605 of this Act: Provided further, That 
     the Secretary of Commerce will designate a National Marine 
     Fisheries Service Regional Office for the Pacific Area 
     within sixty days of enactment of this Act: Provided 
     further, That the existing National Marine Fisheries 
     Service Southwest Region and Fisheries Science Center and 
     Northwest Region and Fisheries Science Center shall not be 
     merged or reorganized to form the new National Marine 
     Fisheries Service Pacific Area Regional Office, that the 
     current structure, organization, function, and funding of 
     the Southwest and Northwest Centers will not be changed 
     except for funds that are already dedicated to the 
     Hawaiian Islands, and that each regional organization will 
     have the lead responsibility for its own programs: 
     Provided further, That the Secretary of Commerce may enter 
     into cooperative agreements with the Joint and Cooperative 
     Institutes as designated by the Secretary to use the 
     personnel, services, or facilities of such organizations 
     for research, education, training, and outreach.
       In addition, for necessary retired pay expenses under the 
     Retired Serviceman's Family Protection and Survivor Benefits 
     Plan, and for payments for medical care of retired personnel 
     and their dependents under the Dependents Medical Care Act 
     (10 U.S.C. ch. 55), such sums as may be necessary.


               Procurement, Acquisition and Construction

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For procurement, acquisition and construction of capital 
     assets, including alteration and modification costs, of the 
     National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
     $759,030,000, to remain available until March 1, 2006, except 
     for funds appropriated for the National Marine Fisheries 
     Service Honolulu Laboratory and for the National 
     Environmental Satellites, Data, and Information Service, 
     which shall remain available until expended: Provided, That 
     unexpended balances of amounts previously made available in 
     the ``Operations, Research, and Facilities'' account for 
     activities funded under this heading may be transferred to 
     and merged with this account, to remain available until 
     expended for the purposes for which the funds were originally 
     appropriated: Provided further, That of the amounts provided 
     for the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental 
     Satellite System, funds shall only be made available on a 
     dollar for dollar matching basis with funds provided for the 
     same purpose by the Department of Defense: Provided further, 
     That of the amount provided under this heading for expenses 
     necessary to carry out conservation activities defined in 
     section 250(c)(4)(E) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
     Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, including funds for 
     the Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program, 
     $76,179,000, to remain available until expended: Provided 
     further, That the Secretary shall establish a Coastal and 
     Estuarine Land Conservation Program, for the purpose of 
     protecting important coastal and estuarine areas that have 
     significant conservation, recreation, ecological, historical, 
     or aesthetic values, or that are threatened by conversion 
     from their natural or recreational state to other uses: 
     Provided further, That none of the funds provided in this Act 
     or any other Act under the heading ``National Oceanic and 
     Atmospheric Administration, Procurement, Acquisition and 
     Construction'' shall be used to fund the General Services 
     Administration's standard construction and tenant build-out 
     costs of a facility at the Suitland Federal Center.


                    Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery

       For necessary expenses associated with the restoration of 
     Pacific salmon populations and the implementation of the 1999 
     Pacific Salmon Treaty Agreement between the United States and 
     Canada, $90,000,000: Provided, That this amount shall be for 
     the conservation activities defined in section 250(c)(4)(E) 
     of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
     1985, as amended.
       In addition, for a final payment pursuant to the 1999 
     Pacific Salmon Treaty Agreement, $40,000,000, of which 
     $25,000,000 shall be deposited in the Northern Boundary and 
     Transboundary Rivers Restoration and Enhancement Fund, and of 
     which $15,000,000 shall be deposited in the Southern Boundary 
     Restoration and Enhancement Fund: Provided, That this amount 
     shall be for the conservation activities defined in section 
     250(c)(4)(E) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985, as amended.


                      fishermen's contingency fund

       For carrying out the provisions of title IV of Public Law 
     95-372, not to exceed $1,000, to be derived from receipts 
     collected pursuant to that Act, to remain available until 
     expended.


                     foreign fishing observer fund

       For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the 
     Atlantic Tunas Convention Act of 1975, as amended (Public Law 
     96-339), the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
     Management Act of 1976, as amended (Public Law 100-627), the 
     American Fisheries Promotion Act (Public Law 96-561) and the 
     International Dolphin Conservation Program Act (Public Law 
     105-42), to be derived from the fees imposed under the 
     foreign fishery observer program authorized by these Acts, 
     not to exceed $1,000, to remain available until expended.


                   fisheries finance program account

       For the cost of direct loans, $287,000, as authorized by 
     the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, 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: Provided further, That these funds are available to 
     subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of 
     direct loans not to exceed $5,000,000 for Individual Fishing 
     Quota loans, and not to exceed $59,000,000 for Traditional 
     direct loans, of which not less than $40,000,000 may be used 
     for direct loans to the United States distant water tuna 
     fleet: Provided further, That none of the funds made 
     available under this heading may be used for direct loans for 
     any new fishing vessel that will increase the harvesting 
     capacity in any United States fishery.

                        Departmental Management


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For expenses necessary for the departmental management of 
     the Department of Commerce provided for by law, including not 
     to exceed $5,000 for official entertainment, $44,954,000.


                      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 (5 U.S.C. App. 1-11, as amended by 
     Public Law 100-504), $20,635,000.

               General Provisions--Department of Commerce

       Sec. 201. During the current fiscal year, applicable 
     appropriations and funds made available to the Department of 
     Commerce by this Act shall be available for the activities 
     specified in the Act of October 26, 1949 (15 U.S.C. 1514), to 
     the extent and in the manner prescribed by the Act, and, 
     notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3324, may be used for advanced 
     payments not otherwise authorized only upon the certification 
     of officials designated by the Secretary of Commerce that 
     such payments are in the public interest.
       Sec. 202. During the current fiscal year, appropriations 
     made available to the Department of Commerce by this Act for 
     salaries and expenses shall be available for hire of 
     passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 
     1344; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and uniforms 
     or allowances therefore, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-
     5902).
       Sec. 203. Hereafter none of the funds made available by 
     this Act may be used to support the hurricane reconnaissance 
     aircraft and activities that are under the control of the 
     United States Air Force or the United States Air Force 
     Reserve.
       Sec. 204. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
     available for the current fiscal year for the Department of 
     Commerce in this Act may be transferred between such 
     appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be increased 
     by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: Provided, That 
     any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated as a 
     reprogramming of funds under section 605 of this Act and 
     shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 
     in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section: 
     Provided further, That the Secretary shall notify the 
     Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days in advance of 
     the acquisition or disposal of any capital asset (including 
     land, structures, and equipment) not specifically provided 
     for in this or any other Commerce, Justice, State 
     Appropriations Act.
       Sec. 205. Any costs incurred by a department or agency 
     funded under this title resulting from personnel actions 
     taken in response to funding reductions included in this 
     title or from actions taken for the care and protection of 
     loan collateral or grant property shall be absorbed within 
     the total budgetary resources available to such department or 
     agency: Provided, That the authority to transfer funds 
     between appropriations accounts as may be necessary to carry 
     out this section is provided in addition to authorities 
     included elsewhere in this Act: Provided further, That use of 
     funds to carry out this section shall be treated as a 
     reprogramming of funds under section 605 of this Act and 
     shall not be available

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     for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the 
     procedures set forth in that section.
       Sec. 206. Hereafter the Secretary of Commerce may award 
     contracts for hydrographic, geodetic, and photogrammetric 
     surveying and mapping services in accordance with title IX of 
     the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949.
       Sec. 207. The Secretary of Commerce may use the Commerce 
     franchise fund for expenses and equipment necessary for the 
     maintenance and operation of such administrative services as 
     the Secretary determines may be performed more advantageously 
     as central services, pursuant to section 403 of Public Law 
     103-356: Provided, That any inventories, equipment, and other 
     assets pertaining to the services to be provided by such 
     fund, either on hand or on order, less the related 
     liabilities or unpaid obligations, and any appropriations 
     made for the purpose of providing capital shall be used to 
     capitalize such fund: Provided further, That such fund shall 
     be paid in advance from funds available to the Department and 
     other Federal agencies for which such centralized services 
     are performed, at rates which will return in full all 
     expenses of operation, including accrued leave, depreciation 
     of fund plant and equipment, amortization of automated data 
     processing (ADP) software and systems (either acquired or 
     donated), and an amount necessary to maintain a reasonable 
     operating reserve, as determined by the Secretary: Provided 
     further, That such fund shall provide services on a 
     competitive basis: Provided further, That an amount not to 
     exceed 4 percent of the total annual income to such fund may 
     be retained in the fund for fiscal year 2003 and each fiscal 
     year thereafter, to remain available until expended, to be 
     used for the acquisition of capital equipment, and for the 
     improvement and implementation of department financial 
     management, ADP, and other support systems: Provided further, 
     That such amounts retained in the fund for fiscal year 2003 
     and each fiscal year thereafter shall be available for 
     obligation and expenditure only in accordance with section 
     605 of this Act: Provided further, That no later than 30 days 
     after the end of each fiscal year, amounts in excess of this 
     reserve limitation shall be deposited as miscellaneous 
     receipts in the Treasury: Provided further, That such 
     franchise fund pilot program shall terminate pursuant to 
     section 403(f) of Public Law 103-356.
       Sec. 208. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of 
     the amounts made available elsewhere in this title to the 
     ``National Institute of Standards and Technology, 
     Construction of Research Facilities'', $14,000,000 is 
     appropriated to fund a cooperative agreement with the Medical 
     University of South Carolina, $6,000,000 is appropriated to 
     the Thayer School of Engineering for the nanocrystalline 
     materials and biomass research initiative, $3,000,000 is 
     appropriated to the Institute for Information Infrastructure 
     Protection at the Institute for Security Technology Studies, 
     $4,000,000 is appropriated for the Institute for Politics, 
     and $1,260,000 is appropriated to the Franklin Pierce Manse.
       Sec. 209. Of the amount available from the fund entitled 
     ``Promote and Develop Fishery Products and Research 
     Pertaining to American Fisheries'', $10,000,000 shall be 
     provided to develop an Alaska seafood marketing program. Such 
     amount shall be made available as a direct lump sum payment 
     to the Alaska Fisheries Marketing Board (hereinafter 
     ``Board'') which is hereby established to award grants to 
     market, develop, and promote Alaska seafood and improve 
     related technology and transportation with emphasis on wild 
     salmon, of which 20 percent shall be transferred to the 
     Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute. The Board shall be 
     appointed by the Secretary of Commerce and shall be 
     administered by an Executive Director to be appointed by the 
     Secretary. The Board shall submit an annual report to the 
     Secretary detailing the expenditures of the board.
       Sec. 210. (a) The Secretary of Commerce is authorized to 
     award grants and make direct lump sum payments in support of 
     an international advertising and promotional campaign 
     developed in consultation with the private sector to 
     encourage individuals to travel to the United States 
     consisting of radio, television, and print advertising and 
     marketing programs.
       (b) The United States Travel and Tourism Promotion Advisory 
     Board (hereinafter ``Board'') is established to recommend the 
     appropriate coordinated activities to the Secretary for 
     funding.
       (c) The Secretary shall appoint the Board within 30 days of 
     enactment and shall include tourism-related entities he deems 
     appropriate.
       (d) The Secretary shall consult with the Board and state 
     and regional tourism officials on the disbursement of funds.
       (e) There is authorized to be appropriated $50,000,000, to 
     remain available until expended, and $50,000,000 is 
     appropriated to implement this section.
       Sec. 211. From funds made available from the ``Operations 
     and Training'' account, not more than $50,000 shall be made 
     available to the Maritime Administration for administrative 
     expenses to oversee the implementation of this section for 
     the purpose of recovering economic and national security 
     benefits to the United States following the default under the 
     construction contract described in section 8109 of the 
     Department of Defense Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1998 
     (Public Law 105-56): Provided, That the owner of any ship 
     documented under the authority of this section shall offset 
     such appropriation through the payment of fees to the 
     Maritime Administration not to exceed the appropriation and 
     that such fees be deposited as an offsetting collection to 
     this appropriation: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
     any other provision of law, one or both ships originally 
     contracted under section 8109 of Public Law 105-56 may be 
     constructed to completion in a shipyard located outside of 
     the United States and the owner thereof (or a related person 
     with respect to that owner) may document one or both ships 
     under U.S. flag with a coastwise endorsement, and 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, and not later 
     than two years after entry into service of the first ship 
     contracted for under section 8109 of Public Law 105-56, that 
     owner (or a related person with respect to that owner) may 
     re-document under U.S. flag with a coastwise endorsement one 
     additional foreign-built cruise ship: Provided further, That: 
     (1) the owner of any cruise ship documented under the 
     authority of this section is a citizen of the United States 
     within the meaning of 46 U.S.C. 12102(a), (2) the foreign-
     built cruise ship re-documented under the authority of this 
     section meets the eligibility requirements for a certificate 
     of inspection under section 1137(a) of Public Law 104-324 and 
     applicable international agreements and guidelines referred 
     to in section 1137(a)(2) thereof and the 1992 Amendments to 
     the Safety of Life at Sea Convention of 1974, and that with 
     respect to the re-documented foreign-built cruise ship, any 
     repair, maintenance, alteration, or other preparation 
     necessary to meet such requirements be performed in a United 
     States shipyard, (3) any non-warranty repair, maintenance, or 
     alteration work performed on any ship documented under the 
     authority of this section shall be performed in a United 
     States shipyard unless the Administrator of the Maritime 
     Administration finds that such services are not available in 
     the United States or if an emergency dictates that the ship 
     proceed to a foreign port for such work, (4) any ship 
     documented under the authority of this section shall operate 
     in regular service transporting passengers between or among 
     the islands of Hawaii and shall not transport passengers in 
     revenue service to ports in Alaska, the Gulf of Mexico, or 
     the Caribbean Sea, except as part of a voyage to or from a 
     shipyard for ship construction repair, maintenance, or 
     alteration work, (5) no person, nor any ship operating 
     between or among the islands of Hawaii, shall be entitled to 
     the preference contained in the second proviso of section 
     8109 of Public Law 105-56, and (6) no cruise ship operating 
     in coastwise trade under the authority of this section or 
     constructed under the authority of this section shall be 
     eligible for a guarantee of financing under title XI of the 
     Merchant Marine Act 1936: Provided further, That any cruise 
     ship to be documented under the authority of this section 
     shall be immediately eligible before documentation of the 
     vessel for the approval contained in section 1136(b) of 
     Public Law 104-324: Provided further, That for purposes of 
     this section the term ``cruise ship'' means a vessel that is 
     at least 60,000 gross tons and not more than 120,000 gross 
     tons (as measured under chapter 143 of title 46, United 
     States Code) and has berth or stateroom accommodations for at 
     least 1,600 passengers, the term ``one or both ships'' means 
     collectively the partially completed hull and related 
     components, equipment, and parts of whatever kind acquired 
     pursuant to the construction contract described in section 
     8109 of Public Law 105-56 and intended to be incorporated 
     into the ships constructed thereto, the term ``related 
     person'' means with respect to a person: a holding company, 
     subsidiary, or affiliate of such person meeting the 
     citizenship requirements of section 12102(a) of title 46, 
     United States Code, and the term ``regular service'' means 
     the primary service in which the ship is engaged on an annual 
     basis.
       Sec. 212. (a) The Secretary of Commerce shall implement a 
     fishing capacity reduction program for the West Coast 
     groundfish fishery pursuant to section 212 of Public Law 107-
     206 and 16 U.S.C. 1861a (b)-(e); except that the program may 
     apply to multiple fisheries; except that within 90 days after 
     the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
     publish a public notice in the Federal Register and issue an 
     invitation to bid for reduction payments that specifies the 
     contractual terms and conditions under which bids shall he 
     made and accepted under this section; except that section 
     144(d)(1)(K)(3) of title I, division B of Public Law 106-554 
     shall apply to the program implemented by this section.
       (b) A reduction fishery is eligible for capacity reduction 
     under the program implemented under this section; except that 
     no vessel harvesting and processing whiting in the catcher-
     processors sector (section 19 660.323(a)(4)(A) of title 50, 
     Code of Federal Regulations) may participate in any capacity 
     reduction referendum or industry fee established under this 
     section.
       (c) A referendum on the industry fee system shall occur 
     after bids have been submitted, and such bids have been 
     accepted by the Secretary, as follows: members of the 
     reduction fishery, and persons who have been 
     issued Washington, Oregon, or California Dungeness crab 
     and Pink shrimp permits, shall be eligible to vote in the 
     referendum to approve an industry fee system; referendum 
     votes cast in each fishery shall be weighted in proportion 
     to the debt obligation of each fishery, as calculated in 
     subsection (f) of this section; the industry fee system 
     shall be approved if the referendum votes cast in favor of 
     the proposed system constitute a simple majority of the 
     participants voting; except that notwithstanding 5 U.S.C. 
     553 and 16 U.S.C. 1861a(e), the Secretary shall not 
     prepare or publish proposed or final regulations for the 
     implementation of the program under this section before 
     the referendum is conducted.
       (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit 
     the Pacific Fishery Management Council from recommending, or 
     the Secretary from approving, changes to any fishery 
     management plan, in accordance with applicable law; or the 
     Secretary from promulgating regulations (including 
     regulations governing this program), after an industry fee 
     system has been approved by the reduction fishery.
       (e) The Secretary shall determine, and state in the public 
     notice published under paragraph

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     (a), all program implementation aspects the Secretary deems 
     relevant.
       (f) Any bid submitted in response to the invitation to bid 
     issued by the Secretary under this section shall be 
     irrevocable; the Secretary shall use a bid acceptance 
     procedure that ranks each bid in accordance with this 
     paragraph and with additional criteria, if any, established 
     by the Secretary: for each bid from a qualified bidder that 
     meets the bidding requirements in the public notice or the 
     invitation to bid, the Secretary shall determine a bid score 
     by dividing the bid's dollar amount by the average annual 
     total ex-vessel dollar value of landings of Pacific 
     groundfish, Dungeness crab, and Pink shrimp based on the 3 
     highest total annual revenues earned from such stocks that 
     the bidder's reduction vessel landed during 1998, 1999, 2000, 
     or 2001. For purposes of this paragraph, the term ``total 
     annual revenue'' means the revenue earned in a single year 
     from such stocks. The Secretary shall accept each qualified 
     bid in rank order of bid score from the lowest to the highest 
     until acceptance of the next qualified bid with the next 
     lowest bid score would cause the reduction cost to exceed the 
     reduction loan's maximum amount. Acceptance of a bid by the 
     Secretary shall create a binding reduction contract between 
     the United States and the person whose bid is accepted, the 
     performance of which shall be subject only to the conclusion 
     of a successful referendum, except that a person whose bid is 
     accepted by the Secretary under this section shall relinquish 
     all permits in the reduction fishery and any Dungeness crab 
     and Pink shrimp permits issued by Washington, Oregon, or 
     California; except that the Secretary shall revoke the 
     Pacific groundfish permit, as well as all Federal fishery 
     licenses, fishery permits, area, and species endorsements, 
     and any other fishery privileges issued to a vessel or 
     vessels (or to persons on the basis of their operation or 
     ownership of that vessel or vessels) removed under the 
     program.
       (g) The Secretary shall establish separate reduction loan 
     sub-amounts and repayment fees for fish sellers in the 
     reduction fishery and for fish sellers in each of the fee-
     share fisheries by dividing the total ex-vessel dollar value 
     during the bid scoring period of all reduction vessel 
     landings from the reduction fishery and from each of the fee-
     share fisheries by the total such value of all such landings 
     for all such fisheries; and multiplying the reduction loan 
     amount by each of the quotients resulting from each of the 
     divisions above. Each of the resulting products shall be the 
     reduction loan sub-amount for the reduction fishery and for 
     each of the fee-share fisheries to which each of such 
     products pertains; except that, each fish seller in the 
     reduction fishery and in each of the fee-share fisheries 
     shall pay the fees required by the reduction loan sub-amounts 
     allocated to it under this paragraph; except that, the 
     Secretary may enter into agreements with Washington, Oregon, 
     and California to collect any fees established under this 
     paragraph.
       (h) Notwithstanding 46 U.S.C. App. 1279(b)(4), the 
     reduction loan's term shall not be less than 30 years.
       (i) It is the sense of the Congress that the States of 
     Washington, Oregon, and California should revoke all 
     relinquishment permits in each of the fee-share fisheries 
     immediately after reduction payment, and otherwise to 
     implement appropriate State fisheries management and 
     conservation provisions in each of the fee-share fisheries 
     that establishes a program that meets the requirements of 16 
     U.S.C. 141861a(b)(1)(B) as if it were applicable to fee-share 
     fisheries.
       (j) The term ``fee-share fishery'' means a fishery, other 
     than the reduction fishery, whose members are eligible to 
     vote in a referendum for an industry fee system under 
     paragraph (c). The term ``reduction fishery'' means that 
     portion of a fishery holding limited entry fishing permits 
     endorsed for the operation of trawl gear and issued under the 
     Federal Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan.
       Sec. 213. (a) The National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration is authorized to enter into a lease 
     arrangement whereby the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration will relocate the National Weather Service 
     Forecasting Office in Galveston County, League City, Texas to 
     a Galveston County facility and, in exchange, Galveston 
     County may use the existing National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration National Weather Service Forecasting Office.
       (b) Neither the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration National Weather Service nor Galveston County 
     will charge the other rent for use of the space and each will 
     be responsible for the operation, maintenance and renovation 
     costs it incurs.
       Sec. 214. (a) Hereafter, habitat conservation activities, 
     enforcement and surveillance--cooperative enforcement and 
     vessel monitoring, stock assessments--data collection, and 
     highly migratory shark fishery research under the heading, 
     ``National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
     Operations, Research and Facilities'', shall be considered 
     to be within the ``Coastal Assistance sub-category'' in 
     section 250(c)(4)(K) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
     Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
       (b) For fiscal year 2004 and thereafter, response and 
     restoration activities, Cooperative Research, Protected 
     Species activities, Endangered Species Act--Marine Mammals, 
     Sea Turtles and Other Species, Endangered Species Act--Right 
     Whales, Marine Mammal Protection, and Sea Grant (except for 
     the fellowship program) under the heading, ``National Oceanic 
     and Atmospheric Administration, Operations, Research, and 
     Facilities'', shall be considered to be within the ``Coastal 
     Assistance sub-category'' in section 250(c)(4)(K) of the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 
     amended.
       (c) All references to outlays in title VIII of Public Law 
     106-291 are repealed.
       This title may be cited as the ``Department of Commerce and 
     Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003''.

                        TITLE III--THE JUDICIARY

                   Supreme Court of the United States


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For expenses necessary for the operation of the Supreme 
     Court, as required by law, excluding care of the building and 
     grounds, including purchase or hire, driving, maintenance, 
     and operation of an automobile for the Chief Justice, not to 
     exceed $10,000 for the purpose of transporting Associate 
     Justices, and hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized 
     by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; not to exceed $10,000 for 
     official reception and representation expenses; and for 
     miscellaneous expenses, to be expended as the Chief Justice 
     may approve, $45,743,000.


                    Care of the Building and Grounds

       For such expenditures as may be necessary to enable the 
     Architect of the Capitol to carry out the duties imposed upon 
     the Architect as authorized by law, $41,626,000, which shall 
     remain available until expended.

         United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For salaries of the chief judge, judges, and other officers 
     and employees, and for necessary expenses of the court, as 
     authorized by law, $20,313,000.

               United States Court of International Trade


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For salaries of the chief judge and eight judges, salaries 
     of the officers and employees of the court, services, and 
     necessary expenses of the court, as authorized by law, 
     $13,687,000.

    Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For the salaries of circuit and district judges (including 
     judges of the territorial courts of the United States), 
     justices and judges retired from office or from regular 
     active service, judges of the United States Court of Federal 
     Claims, bankruptcy judges, magistrate judges, and all other 
     officers and employees of the Federal Judiciary not otherwise 
     specifically provided for, and necessary expenses of the 
     courts, as authorized by law, $3,800,000,000 (including the 
     purchase of firearms and ammunition); of which not to exceed 
     $27,817,000 shall remain available until expended for space 
     alteration projects and for furniture and furnishings related 
     to new space alteration and construction projects.
       In addition, for expenses of the United States Court of 
     Federal Claims associated with processing cases under the 
     National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, not to exceed 
     $2,784,000, to be appropriated from the Vaccine Injury 
     Compensation Trust Fund.


                           Defender Services

       For the operation of Federal Public Defender and Community 
     Defender organizations; the compensation and reimbursement of 
     expenses of attorneys appointed to represent persons under 
     the Criminal Justice Act of 1964, as amended; the 
     compensation and reimbursement of expenses of persons 
     furnishing investigative, expert and other services under the 
     Criminal Justice Act of 1964 (18 U.S.C. 3006A(e)); the 
     compensation (in accordance with Criminal Justice Act 
     maximums) and reimbursement of expenses of attorneys 
     appointed to assist the court in criminal cases where the 
     defendant has waived representation by counsel; the 
     compensation and reimbursement of travel expenses of 
     guardians ad litem acting on behalf of financially eligible 
     minor or incompetent offenders in connection with transfers 
     from the United States to foreign countries with which the 
     United States has a treaty for the execution of penal 
     sentences; the compensation of attorneys appointed to 
     represent jurors in civil actions for the protection of their 
     employment, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1875(d); and for 
     necessary training and general administrative expenses, 
     $538,461,000, to remain available until expended.


                    Fees of Jurors and Commissioners

       For fees and expenses of jurors as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 
     1871 and 1876; compensation of jury commissioners as 
     authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1863; and compensation of 
     commissioners appointed in condemnation cases pursuant to 
     rule 71A(h) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (28 
     U.S.C. Appendix Rule 71A(h)), $54,636,000, to remain 
     available until expended: Provided, That the compensation of 
     land commissioners shall not exceed the daily equivalent of 
     the highest rate payable under section 5332 of title 5, 
     United States Code.


                             Court Security

       For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
     incident to providing protective guard services for United 
     States courthouses and the procurement, installation, and 
     maintenance of security equipment for United States 
     courthouses and other facilities housing Federal court 
     operations, including building ingress-egress control, 
     inspection of mail and packages, directed security patrols, 
     and other similar activities as authorized by section 1010 of 
     the Judicial Improvement and Access to Justice Act (Public 
     Law 100-702), $268,400,000, of which not to exceed 
     $10,000,000 shall remain available until expended, to be 
     expended directly or transferred to the United States 
     Marshals Service, which shall be responsible for 
     administering the Judicial Facility Security Program 
     consistent with standards or guidelines agreed to by the 
     Director of the Administrative Office of the United States 
     Courts and the Attorney General.

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           Administrative Office of the United States Courts


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Administrative Office of the 
     United States Courts as authorized by law, including travel 
     as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1345, hire of a passenger motor 
     vehicle as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b), advertising and 
     rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $63,500,000, 
     of which not to exceed $8,500 is authorized for official 
     reception and representation expenses.

                        Federal Judicial Center


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Federal Judicial Center, as 
     authorized by Public Law 90-219, $20,856,000; of which 
     $1,800,000 shall remain available through September 30, 2004, 
     to provide education and training to Federal court personnel; 
     and of which not to exceed $1,000 is authorized for official 
     reception and representation expenses.

                       Judicial Retirement Funds


                    Payment to Judiciary Trust Funds

       For payment to the Judicial Officers' Retirement Fund, as 
     authorized by 28 U.S.C. 377(o), $27,700,000; to the Judicial 
     Survivors' Annuities Fund, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 376(c), 
     $5,200,000; and to the United States Court of Federal Claims 
     Judges' Retirement Fund, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 178(l), 
     $2,400,000.

                  United States Sentencing Commission


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For the salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the 
     provisions of chapter 58 of title 28, United States Code, 
     $12,090,000, of which not to exceed $1,000 is authorized for 
     official reception and representation expenses.

                   General Provisions--The Judiciary

       Sec. 301. Appropriations and authorizations made in this 
     title which are available for salaries and expenses shall be 
     available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
       Sec. 302. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
     available for the current fiscal year for the Judiciary in 
     this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, but 
     no such appropriation, except ``Courts of Appeals, District 
     Courts, and Other Judicial Services, Defender Services'' and 
     ``Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial 
     Services, Fees of Jurors and Commissioners'', shall be 
     increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: 
     Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be 
     treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 605 of this 
     Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure 
     except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that 
     section.
       Sec. 303. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     salaries and expenses appropriation for district courts, 
     courts of appeals, and other judicial services shall be 
     available for official reception and representation expenses 
     of the Judicial Conference of the United States: Provided, 
     That such available funds shall not exceed $11,000 and shall 
     be administered by the Director of the Administrative Office 
     of the United States Courts in the capacity as Secretary of 
     the Judicial Conference.
       This title may be cited as the ``Judiciary Appropriations 
     Act, 2003''.

            TITLE IV--DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED AGENCY

                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

                   Administration of Foreign Affairs


                    Diplomatic and Consular Programs

       For necessary expenses of the Department of State and the 
     Foreign Service not otherwise provided for, including 
     employment, without regard to civil service and 
     classification laws, of persons on a temporary basis (not to 
     exceed $700,000 of this appropriation), as authorized by 
     section 801 of the United States Information and Educational 
     Exchange Act of 1948, as amended; representation to certain 
     international organizations in which the United States 
     participates pursuant to treaties ratified pursuant to the 
     advice and consent of the Senate or specific Acts of 
     Congress; arms control, nonproliferation and disarmament 
     activities as authorized; acquisition by exchange or purchase 
     of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by law; and for 
     expenses of general administration, $3,269,258,000: Provided, 
     That, of the amount made available under this heading, not to 
     exceed $4,000,000 may be transferred to, and merged with, 
     funds in the ``Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular 
     Service'' appropriations account, to be available only for 
     emergency evacuations and terrorism rewards: Provided 
     further, That, of the amount made available under this 
     heading, $292,693,000 shall be available only for public 
     diplomacy international information programs: Provided 
     further, That, of the amount made available under this 
     heading, $500,000 shall be available only for grants to the 
     participating organizations in the War Against Trafficking 
     Alliance for activities and services related to preparation, 
     execution and follow-up for an international conference on 
     sex trafficking: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
     appoint an advisory panel, reporting directly to the 
     Secretary, to assess policy goals and program priorities with 
     regard to United States relations with the countries of Sub-
     Saharan Africa and to advise the Secretary of any related 
     findings and recommendations: Provided further, That this 
     panel shall not be considered to be a Federal advisory 
     committee for purposes of the Federal Advisory Committee Act 
     (5 U.S.C. App): Provided further, That funds available under 
     this heading may be available for a United States Government 
     interagency task force to examine, coordinate and oversee 
     U.S. participation in the United Nations headquarters 
     renovation project: Provided further, That no funds may be 
     obligated or expended for processing licenses for the export 
     of satellites of United States origin (including commercial 
     satellites and satellite components) to the People's Republic 
     of China unless, at least 15 days in advance, the Committees 
     on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
     Senate are notified of such proposed action.
       In addition, not to exceed $1,343,000 shall be derived from 
     fees collected from other executive agencies for lease or use 
     of facilities located at the International Center in 
     accordance with section 4 of the International Center Act, as 
     amended; in addition, as authorized by section 5 of such Act, 
     $490,000, to be derived from the reserve authorized by that 
     section, to be used for the purposes set out in that section; 
     in addition, as authorized by section 810 of the United 
     States Information and Educational Exchange Act, not to 
     exceed $6,000,000, to remain available until expended, may be 
     credited to this appropriation from fees or other payments 
     received from English teaching, library, motion pictures, and 
     publication programs and from fees from educational advising 
     and counseling and exchange visitor programs; and, in 
     addition, not to exceed $15,000, which shall be derived from 
     reimbursements, surcharges, and fees for use of Blair House 
     facilities.
       In addition, for the costs of worldwide security upgrades, 
     $553,000,000, to remain available until expended.


                        capital investment fund

       For necessary expenses of the Capital Investment Fund, 
     $183,311,000, to remain available until expended, as 
     authorized: Provided, That section 135(e) of Public Law 103-
     236 shall not apply to funds available under this heading.


                      Office of Inspector General

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, 
     $29,264,000, notwithstanding section 209(a)(1) of the Foreign 
     Service Act of 1980, as amended (Public Law 96-465), as it 
     relates to post inspections.


               Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs

       For expenses of educational and cultural exchange programs, 
     as authorized, $245,306,000, to remain available until 
     expended: Provided, That not to exceed $2,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended, may be credited to this 
     appropriation from fees or other payments received from or in 
     connection with English teaching, educational advising and 
     counseling programs, and exchange visitor programs as 
     authorized.


                       Representation Allowances

       For representation allowances as authorized, $6,485,000.


              Protection of Foreign Missions and Officials

       For expenses, not otherwise provided, to enable the 
     Secretary of State to provide for extraordinary protective 
     services, as authorized, $11,000,000, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2004.


            Embassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance

       For necessary expenses for carrying out the Foreign Service 
     Buildings Act of 1926, as amended (22 U.S.C. 292-300), 
     preserving, maintaining, repairing, and planning for 
     buildings that are owned or directly leased by the Department 
     of State, renovating, in addition to funds otherwise 
     available, the Harry S Truman Building, and carrying out the 
     Diplomatic Security Construction Program as authorized, 
     $508,500,000, to remain available until expended as 
     authorized, of which not to exceed $25,000 may be used for 
     domestic and overseas representation as authorized: Provided, 
     That none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall 
     be available for acquisition of furniture, furnishings, or 
     generators for other departments and agencies.
       In addition, for the costs of worldwide security upgrades, 
     acquisition, and construction as authorized, $755,000,000, to 
     remain available until expended.


           emergencies in the diplomatic and consular service

       For expenses necessary to enable the Secretary of State to 
     meet unforeseen emergencies arising in the Diplomatic and 
     Consular Service, $6,500,000, to remain available until 
     expended as authorized, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 may 
     be transferred to and merged with the Repatriation Loans 
     Program Account, subject to the same terms and conditions.


                   Repatriation Loans Program Account

       For the cost of direct loans, $612,000, as authorized: 
     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. In addition, for 
     administrative expenses necessary to carry out the direct 
     loan program, $607,000, which may be transferred to and 
     merged with the Diplomatic and Consular Programs account 
     under Administration of Foreign Affairs.


              Payment to the American Institute in Taiwan

       For necessary expenses to carry out the Taiwan Relations 
     Act, Public Law 96-8, $18,450,000.


     Payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund

       For payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and 
     Disability Fund, as authorized by law, $138,200,000.

              International Organizations and Conferences


              contributions to international organizations

       For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to meet 
     annual obligations of membership in international 
     multilateral organizations, pursuant to treaties ratified 
     pursuant to the advice and consent of the Senate, conventions 
     or specific Acts of Congress, $866,000,000: Provided, That 
     any payment of arrearages under this title shall be directed 
     toward special activities that are mutually agreed upon by 
     the United States and the respective international 
     organization:

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     Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated in this 
     paragraph shall be available for a United States contribution 
     to an international organization for the United States share 
     of interest costs made known to the United States Government 
     by such organization for loans incurred on or after October 
     1, 1984, through external borrowings: Provided further, That 
     funds appropriated under this paragraph may be obligated and 
     expended to pay the full United States assessment to the 
     civil budget of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.


        contributions for international peacekeeping activities

       For necessary expenses to pay assessed and other expenses 
     of international peacekeeping activities directed to the 
     maintenance or restoration of international peace and 
     security, $673,710,000, of which 15 percent shall remain 
     available until September 30, 2004: Provided, That none of 
     the funds made available under this Act shall be obligated or 
     expended for any new or expanded United Nations peacekeeping 
     mission unless, at least 15 days in advance of voting for the 
     new or expanded mission in the United Nations Security 
     Council (or in an emergency as far in advance as is 
     practicable): (1) the Committees on Appropriations of the 
     House of Representatives and the Senate and other appropriate 
     committees of the Congress are notified of the estimated cost 
     and length of the mission, the vital national interest that 
     will be served, and the planned exit strategy; and (2) a 
     reprogramming of funds pursuant to section 605 of this Act is 
     submitted, and the procedures therein followed, setting forth 
     the source of funds that will be used to pay for the cost of 
     the new or expanded mission: Provided further, That funds 
     shall be available for peacekeeping expenses only upon a 
     certification by the Secretary of State to the appropriate 
     committees of the Congress that American manufacturers and 
     suppliers are being given opportunities to provide equipment, 
     services, and material for United Nations peacekeeping 
     activities equal to those being given to foreign 
     manufacturers and suppliers: Provided further, That none of 
     the funds made available under this heading are available to 
     pay the United States share of the cost of court monitoring 
     that is part of any United Nations peacekeeping mission.

                       International Commissions

       For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to meet 
     obligations of the United States arising under treaties, or 
     specific Acts of Congress, as follows:

 international boundary and water commission, united states and mexico

       For necessary expenses for the United States Section of the 
     International Boundary and Water Commission, United States 
     and Mexico, and to comply with laws applicable to the United 
     States Section, including not to exceed $6,000 for 
     representation; as follows:

                         salaries and expenses

       For salaries and expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
     $25,482,000.


                              Construction

       For detailed plan preparation and construction of 
     authorized projects, $5,450,000, to remain available until 
     expended, as authorized.


              American Sections, International Commissions

       For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for the 
     International Joint Commission and the International Boundary 
     Commission, United States and Canada, as authorized by 
     treaties between the United States and Canada or Great 
     Britain, and for the Border Environment Cooperation 
     Commission as authorized by Public Law 103-182, 
     $9,472,000, of which not to exceed $9,000 shall be 
     available for representation expenses incurred by the 
     International Joint Commission.


                  International Fisheries Commissions

       For necessary expenses for international fisheries 
     commissions, not otherwise provided for, as authorized by 
     law, $17,100,000: Provided, That the United States' share of 
     such expenses may be advanced to the respective commissions 
     pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3324.

                                 Other

                     Payment to the Asia Foundation

       For a grant to the Asia Foundation, as authorized by the 
     Asia Foundation Act (22 U.S.C. 4402), as amended, 
     $10,444,000, to remain available until expended, as 
     authorized.


                 Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program

       For necessary expenses of Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships, 
     Incorporated, as authorized by sections 4 and 5 of the 
     Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Act of 1990 (20 U.S.C. 5204-
     5205), all interest and earnings accruing to the Eisenhower 
     Exchange Fellowship Program Trust Fund on or before September 
     30, 2003, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
     none of the funds appropriated herein shall be used to pay 
     any salary or other compensation, or to enter into any 
     contract providing for the payment thereof, in excess of the 
     rate authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5376; or for purposes which are 
     not in accordance with OMB Circulars A-110 (Uniform 
     Administrative Requirements) and A-122 (Cost Principles for 
     Non-profit Organizations), including the restrictions on 
     compensation for personal services.

                    israeli arab scholarship program

       For necessary expenses of the Israeli Arab Scholarship 
     Program as authorized by section 214 of the Foreign Relations 
     Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (22 U.S.C. 
     2452), all interest and earnings accruing to the Israeli Arab 
     Scholarship Fund on or before September 30, 2003, to remain 
     available until expended.


                            East-West Center

       To enable the Secretary of State to provide for carrying 
     out the provisions of the Center for Cultural and Technical 
     Interchange Between East and West Act of 1960, by grant to 
     the Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between 
     East and West in the State of Hawaii, $18,000,000, of which 
     $2,500,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided, 
     That none of the funds appropriated herein shall be used to 
     pay any salary, or enter into any contract providing for the 
     payment thereof, in excess of the rate authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
     5376.


                    national endowment for democracy

       For grants made by the Department of State to the National 
     Endowment for Democracy as authorized by the National 
     Endowment for Democracy Act, $42,000,000, to remain available 
     until expended.

                             RELATED AGENCY

                    Broadcasting Board of Governors

                 International Broadcasting Operations

       For expenses necessary to enable the Broadcasting Board of 
     Governors, as authorized, to carry out international 
     communication activities, $468,898,000, of which not to 
     exceed $16,000 may be used for official receptions within the 
     United States as authorized, not to exceed $35,000 may be 
     used for representation abroad as authorized, and not to 
     exceed $39,000 may be used for official reception and 
     representation expenses of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; 
     and in addition, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     not to exceed $2,000,000 in receipts from advertising and 
     revenue from business ventures, not to exceed $500,000 in 
     receipts from cooperating international organizations, and 
     not to exceed $1,000,000 in receipts from privatization 
     efforts of the Voice of America and the International 
     Broadcasting Bureau, to remain available until expended for 
     carrying out authorized purposes.


                          broadcasting to cuba

       For necessary expenses to enable the Broadcasting Board of 
     Governors to carry out broadcasting to Cuba, including the 
     purchase, rent, construction, and improvement of facilities 
     for radio and television transmission and reception, and 
     purchase and installation of necessary equipment for radio 
     and television transmission and reception, $24,996,000, to 
     remain available until expended.


                   Broadcasting Capital Improvements

       For the purchase, rent, construction, and improvement of 
     facilities for radio transmission and reception, and purchase 
     and installation of necessary equipment for radio and 
     television transmission and reception as authorized, 
     $12,740,000, to remain available until expended, as 
     authorized.

       General Provisions--Department of State and Related Agency

       Sec. 401. Funds appropriated under this title shall be 
     available, except as otherwise provided, for allowances and 
     differentials as authorized by subchapter 59 of title 5, 
     United States Code; for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
     3109; and for hire of passenger transportation pursuant to 31 
     U.S.C. 1343(b).
       Sec. 402. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
     available for the current fiscal year for the Department of 
     State in this Act may be transferred between such 
     appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as 
     otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased by more 
     than 10 percent by any such transfers: Provided, That not to 
     exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available for the 
     current fiscal year for the Broadcasting Board of Governors 
     in this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, 
     but no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically 
     provided, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any 
     such transfers: Provided further, That any transfer pursuant 
     to this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds 
     under section 605 of this Act and shall not be available for 
     obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the 
     procedures set forth in that section.
       Sec. 403. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used by the Department of State or the Broadcasting Board 
     of Governors to provide equipment, technical support, 
     consulting services, or any other form of assistance to the 
     Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation.
       Sec. 404. For the purposes of registration of birth, 
     certification of nationality, or issuance of a passport of a 
     United States citizen born in the city of Jerusalem, the 
     Secretary of State shall, upon request of the citizen, record 
     the place of birth as Israel.
       Sec. 405. (a) Within 90 days of enactment of this Act, the 
     Secretary of the Navy shall transfer, without compensation, 
     to the Secretary of State administrative jurisdiction over 
     the parcels of real property, together with any improvements 
     thereon, consisting in aggregate of approximately 10 acres at 
     Naval Base, Charleston, South Carolina, described in 
     subsection (b).
       (b) The parcels of real property described in this 
     subsection are as follows:
       (1) A parcel bounded by Holland Street, Dyess Avenue, and 
     Hobson Avenue to the entrance way immediately west of 
     Building 202.
       (2) A parcel bounded on the north by Dyess Avenue 
     comprising Building 644.
       (c) The transfer of jurisdiction of real property under 
     subsection (a) shall not effect the validity or term of any 
     lease with respect to such real property in effect as of the 
     date of the transfer.
       (d) The Secretary of State shall use the property 
     transferred under subsection (a) for support of diplomatic 
     and consular operations.
       (e) The exact acreage and legal description of the property 
     transferred under subsection (a) shall be determined by a 
     survey satisfactory to the Secretary of the Navy.
       (f) The Secretary of the Navy may require such additional 
     terms and conditions in connection with the transfer of 
     property under subsection (a) as the Secretary considers 
     appropriate to protect the interests of the United States.

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       Sec. 406. (a) The Interagency Task Force to Monitor and 
     Combat Trafficking shall establish a Senior Policy Operating 
     Group.
       (b) The Operating Group shall consist of the senior 
     officials designated as representatives of the appointed 
     members of the President's Interagency Task Force to Monitor 
     and Combat Trafficking in Persons (established under 
     Executive Order 13257 of February 13, 2002).
       (c) The Operating Group shall coordinate agency activities 
     regarding policies (including grants and grant policies) 
     involving the international trafficking in persons and the 
     implementation of this division.
       (d) The Operating Group shall fully share information 
     regarding agency plans, before and after final agency 
     decisions are made, on all matters regarding grants, grant 
     policies, and other significant actions regarding the 
     international trafficking of persons and the implementation 
     of this division.
       (e) The Operating Group shall be chaired by the Director of 
     the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking of the 
     Department of State.
       (f) The Operating Group shall meet on a regular basis at 
     the call of the chair.
       This title may be cited as the ``Department of State and 
     Related Agency Appropriations Act, 2003''.

                       TITLE V--RELATED AGENCIES

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

                        Maritime Administration


                       maritime security program

       For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a U.S.-flag 
     merchant fleet to serve the national security needs of the 
     United States, $98,700,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2005.


                        Operations and Training

       For necessary expenses of operations and training 
     activities authorized by law, $92,696,000, of which 
     $13,000,000 shall remain available until expended for capital 
     improvements at the United States Merchant Marine Academy.


                             Ship Disposal

       For necessary expenses related to the disposal of obsolete 
     vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the Maritime 
     Administration, $11,161,000, to remain available until 
     expended.


          Maritime Guaranteed Loan (Title XI) Program Account

       For administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed 
     loan program, not to exceed $4,126,000, which shall be 
     transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 
     Operations and Training.


           Administrative Provisions--Maritime Administration

       Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the 
     Maritime Administration is authorized to furnish utilities 
     and services and make necessary repairs in connection with 
     any lease, contract, or occupancy involving Government 
     property under control of the Maritime Administration, and 
     payments received therefore shall be credited to the 
     appropriation charged with the cost thereof: Provided, That 
     rental payments under any such lease, contract, or occupancy 
     for items other than such utilities, services, or repairs 
     shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.
       No obligations shall be incurred during the current fiscal 
     year from the construction fund established by the Merchant 
     Marine Act, 1936, or otherwise, in excess of the 
     appropriations and limitations contained in this Act or in 
     any prior appropriation Act.

      Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad


                         salaries and expenses

       For expenses for the Commission for the Preservation of 
     America's Heritage Abroad, $499,000, as authorized by section 
     1303 of Public Law 99-83.

                       Commission on Civil Rights


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Commission on Civil Rights, 
     including hire of passenger motor vehicles, $9,096,000: 
     Provided, That not to exceed $50,000 may be used to employ 
     consultants: Provided further, That none of the funds 
     appropriated in this paragraph shall be used to employ in 
     excess of four full-time individuals under Schedule C of the 
     Excepted Service exclusive of one special assistant for each 
     Commissioner: Provided further, That none of the funds 
     appropriated in this paragraph shall be used to reimburse 
     Commissioners for more than 75 billable days, with the 
     exception of the chairperson, who is permitted 125 billable 
     days.

             Commission on International Religious Freedom


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses for the United States Commission on 
     International Religious Freedom, as authorized by title II of 
     the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (Public Law 
     105-292), $2,884,000, to remain available until expended.

                       Commission on Ocean Policy


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       For the necessary expenses of the Commission on Ocean 
     Policy, $2,000,000, to remain available until expended.

            Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe


                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Commission on Security and 
     Cooperation in Europe, as authorized by Public Law 94-304, 
     $1,582,000, to remain available until expended as authorized 
     by section 3 of Public Law 99-7.

  Congressional-Executive Commission on the People's Republic of China


                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Congressional-Executive 
     Commission on the People's Republic of China, as authorized, 
     $1,380,000, including not more than $3,000 for the purpose of 
     official representation, to remain available until expended.

                Equal Employment Opportunity Commission


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Equal Employment Opportunity 
     Commission as authorized by title VII of the Civil Rights Act 
     of 1964, as amended (29 U.S.C. 206(d) and 621-634), the 
     Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and the Civil Rights 
     Act of 1991, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
     3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 
     U.S.C. 1343(b); non-monetary awards to private citizens; and 
     not to exceed $33,000,000 for payments to State and local 
     enforcement agencies for services to the Commission pursuant 
     to title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 
     sections 6 and 14 of the Age Discrimination in Employment 
     Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and the 
     Civil Rights Act of 1991, $308,822,000: Provided, That the 
     Commission is authorized to make available for official 
     reception and representation expenses not to exceed $2,500 
     from available funds.

                   Federal Communications Commission


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Federal Communications 
     Commission, as authorized by law, including uniforms and 
     allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; not 
     to exceed $600,000 for land and structure; not to exceed 
     $500,000 for improvement and care of grounds and repair to 
     buildings; not to exceed $4,000 for official reception and 
     representation expenses; purchase and hire of motor vehicles; 
     special counsel fees; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
     3109, $271,000,000, of which not to exceed $300,000 shall 
     remain available until September 30, 2004, for research and 
     policy studies: Provided, That $269,000,000 of offsetting 
     collections shall be assessed and collected pursuant to 
     section 9 of title I of the Communications Act of 1934, as 
     amended, and shall be retained and used for necessary 
     expenses in this appropriation, and shall remain available 
     until expended: Provided further, That the sum herein 
     appropriated shall be reduced as such offsetting collections 
     are received during fiscal year 2003 so as to result in a 
     final fiscal year 2003 appropriation estimated at $2,000,000: 
     Provided further, That any offsetting collections received in 
     excess of $269,000,000 in fiscal year 2003 shall remain 
     available until expended, but shall not be available for 
     obligation until October 1, 2003.

                      Federal Maritime Commission


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime Commission 
     as authorized by section 201(d) of the Merchant Marine Act, 
     1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. App. 1111), including services as 
     authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles 
     as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b); and uniforms or 
     allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902, 
     $16,700,000: Provided, That not to exceed $2,000 shall be 
     available for official reception and representation expenses.

                        Federal Trade Commission


                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade Commission, 
     including uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 
     U.S.C. 5901-5902; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; 
     hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $2,000 for 
     official reception and representation expenses, $176,608,000, 
     to remain available until expended: Provided, That not to 
     exceed $300,000 shall be available for use to contract with a 
     person or persons for collection services in accordance with 
     the terms of 31 U.S.C. 3718, as amended: Provided further, 
     That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to 
     exceed $168,100,000 of offsetting collections derived from 
     fees collected for premerger notification filings under the 
     Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 
     U.S.C. 18a), regardless of the year of collection, and 
     offsetting collections derived from fees sufficient to 
     implement and enforce the do-not-call provisions of the 
     Telemarketing Sales Rule, 16 C.F.R. Part 310, promulgated 
     under the Telephone Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act 
     (15 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), estimated at $18,100,000, shall be 
     collected pursuant to this authority: Provided further, That 
     all offsetting collections shall be credited to this 
     appropriation, used for necessary expenses, and remain 
     available until expended: Provided further, That the sum 
     herein appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced 
     as such offsetting collections are received during fiscal 
     year 2003, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2003 
     appropriation from the general fund estimated at not more 
     than $8,508,000: Provided further, That none of the funds 
     made available to the Federal Trade Commission shall be 
     available for obligation for expenses authorized by 
     section 151 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 
     Improvement Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-242; 105 Stat. 
     2282-2285).

                       Legal Services Corporation


               payment to the legal services corporation

       For payment to the Legal Services Corporation to carry out 
     the purposes of the Legal Services Corporation Act of 1974, 
     as amended, $338,848,000, of which $9,500,000 is to provide 
     supplemental funding for basic field programs, and related 
     administration, for service areas (including a merged or 
     reconfigured service area) that will receive less funding 
     under the Legal Services Corporation Act for fiscal year 2003 
     than the area received for fiscal year 2002, due to use of 
     data from the 2000 Census, and of which $310,048,000 is for 
     basic field programs and required independent audits; 
     $2,600,000 is for the Office of Inspector General, of which

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     such amounts as may be necessary may be used to conduct 
     additional audits of recipients; $13,300,000 is for 
     management and administration; and $3,400,000 is for client 
     self-help and information technology.


          Administrative Provision--Legal Services Corporation

       None of the funds appropriated in this Act to the Legal 
     Services Corporation shall be expended for any purpose 
     prohibited or limited by, or contrary to any of the 
     provisions of, sections 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, and 506 of 
     Public Law 105-119, and all funds appropriated in this Act to 
     the Legal Services Corporation shall be subject to the same 
     terms and conditions set forth in such sections, except that 
     all references in sections 502 and 503 to 1997 and 1998 shall 
     be deemed to refer instead to 2002 and 2003, respectively, 
     and except that section 501(a)(1) of Public Law 104-134 (110 
     Stat. 1321-51, et seq.) shall not apply to the use of the 
     $9,500,000 to address loss of funding due to Census-based 
     reallocations.

                        Marine Mammal Commission


                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammal Commission, 
     $3,050,000, of which $500,000 shall remain available until 
     September 30, 2004.

           National Veterans Business Development Corporation

       For necessary expenses of the National Veterans Business 
     Development Corporation as authorized under section 33(a) of 
     the Small Business Act, as amended, $2,000,000.

                   Securities and Exchange Commission


                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses for the Securities and Exchange 
     Commission, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
     3109, the rental of space (to include multiple year leases) 
     in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and not to exceed 
     $3,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 
     $716,350,000; of which not to exceed $10,000 may be used 
     toward funding a permanent secretariat for the International 
     Organization of Securities Commissions; and of which not to 
     exceed $100,000 shall be available for expenses for 
     consultations and meetings hosted by the Commission with 
     foreign governmental and other regulatory officials, members 
     of their delegations, appropriate representatives and staff 
     to exchange views concerning developments relating to 
     securities matters, development and implementation of 
     cooperation agreements concerning securities matters and 
     provision of technical assistance for the development of 
     foreign securities markets, such expenses to include 
     necessary logistic and administrative expenses and the 
     expenses of Commission staff and foreign invitees in 
     attendance at such consultations and meetings including: (1) 
     such incidental expenses as meals taken in the course of such 
     attendance; (2) any travel and transportation to or from such 
     meetings; and (3) any other related lodging or subsistence: 
     Provided, That fees and charges authorized by sections 6(b) 
     of the Securities Exchange Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77f(b)), 
     and 13(e), 14(g) and 31 of the Securities Exchange Act of 
     1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m(e), 78n(g), and 78ee) shall be credited 
     to this account as offsetting collections: Provided further, 
     That not to exceed $716,350,000 of such offsetting 
     collections shall be available until expended for necessary 
     expenses of this account: Provided further, That the total 
     amount appropriated under this heading from the general fund 
     for fiscal year 2003 shall be reduced as such offsetting fees 
     are received so as to result in a final total fiscal 2003 
     appropriation from the general fund estimated at not more 
     than $0.

                     Small Business Administration


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the 
     Small Business Administration as authorized by Public Law 
     105-135, including hire of passenger motor vehicles as 
     authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344, and not to exceed 
     $3,500 for official reception and representation expenses, 
     $314,457,000: Provided, That the Administrator is authorized 
     to charge fees to cover the cost of publications developed by 
     the Small Business Administration, and certain loan servicing 
     activities: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 
     3302, revenues received from all such activities shall be 
     credited to this account, to be available for carrying out 
     these purposes without further appropriations: Provided 
     further, That $89,000,000 shall be available to fund grants 
     for performance in fiscal year 2003 or fiscal year 2004 as 
     authorized.


                      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, $12,422,000.


                     Business Loans Program Account

       For the cost of direct loans, $3,726,000, to be available 
     until expended; and for the cost of guaranteed loans, 
     $85,360,000, as authorized by 15 U.S.C. 631 note, of which 
     $45,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2004: 
     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 2003 commitments to 
     guarantee loans under section 503 of the Small Business 
     Investment Act of 1958, as amended, shall not exceed 
     $4,500,000,000, as provided under section 20(h)(1)(B)(ii) 
     of the Small Business Act: Provided further, That during 
     fiscal year 2003 commitments for general business loans 
     authorized under section 7(a) of the Small Business Act, 
     as amended, shall not exceed $10,000,000,000 without prior 
     notification of the Committees on Appropriations of the 
     House of Representatives and Senate in accordance with 
     section 605 of this Act: Provided further, That during 
     fiscal year 2003 commitments to guarantee loans for 
     debentures and participating securities under section 
     303(b) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, as 
     amended, shall not exceed the levels established by 
     section 20(i)(1)(C) of the Small Business Act.
       In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
     direct and guaranteed loan programs, $129,000,000, which may 
     be transferred to and merged with the appropriations for 
     Salaries and Expenses.


                     Disaster Loans Program Account

       For the cost of direct loans authorized by section 7(b) of 
     the Small Business Act, as amended, $73,140,000, to remain 
     available until expended: 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.
       In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
     direct loan program, $118,354,000, which may be transferred 
     to and merged with appropriations for Salaries and Expenses, 
     of which $500,000 is for the Office of Inspector General of 
     the Small Business Administration for audits and reviews of 
     disaster loans and the disaster loan program and shall be 
     transferred to and merged with appropriations for the Office 
     of Inspector General; of which $108,000,000 is for direct 
     administrative expenses of loan making and servicing to carry 
     out the direct loan program; and of which $9,854,000 is for 
     indirect administrative expenses: Provided, That any amount 
     in excess of $9,854,000 to be transferred to and merged with 
     appropriations for Salaries and Expenses for indirect 
     administrative expenses shall be treated as a reprogramming 
     of funds under section 605 of this Act and shall not be 
     available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance 
     with the procedures set forth in that section.


        Administrative Provision--Small Business Administration

       Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available 
     for the current fiscal year for the Small Business 
     Administration in this Act may be transferred between such 
     appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be increased 
     by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: Provided, That 
     any transfer pursuant to this paragraph shall be treated as a 
     reprogramming of funds under section 605 of this Act and 
     shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 
     in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.

                        State Justice Institute


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses of the State Justice Institute, as 
     authorized by the State Justice Institute Authorization Act 
     of 1992 (Public Law 102-572; 106 Stat. 4515-4516), 
     $3,000,000: Provided, That not to exceed $2,500 shall be 
     available for official reception and representation expenses.

                      TITLE VI--GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 601. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
     Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes not 
     authorized by the Congress.
       Sec. 602. 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. 603. The expenditure of any appropriation under this 
     Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those 
     contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public 
     record and available for public inspection, except where 
     otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing 
     Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.
       Sec. 604. If any provision of this Act or the application 
     of such provision to any person or circumstances shall be 
     held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the application of 
     each provision to persons or circumstances other than those 
     as to which it is held invalid shall not be affected thereby.
       Sec. 605. (a) None of the funds provided under this Act, or 
     provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agencies 
     funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 
     expenditure in fiscal year 2003, or provided from any 
     accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by the 
     collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this 
     Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through 
     a reprogramming of funds which: (1) creates new programs; (2) 
     eliminates a program, project, or activity; (3) increases 
     funds or personnel by any means for any project or activity 
     for which funds have been denied or restricted; (4) relocates 
     an office or employees; (5) reorganizes offices, programs, or 
     activities; or (6) contracts out or privatizes any functions 
     or activities presently performed by Federal employees; 
     unless the Appropriations Committees of both Houses of 
     Congress are notified 15 days in advance of such 
     reprogramming of funds.
       (b) None of the funds provided under this Act, or provided 
     under previous appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by 
     this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure 
     in fiscal year 2003, or provided from any accounts in the 
     Treasury of the United States derived by the collection of 
     fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 
     available for obligation or expenditure for activities, 
     programs, or projects through a reprogramming of funds in 
     excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that: 
     (1) augments existing programs, projects (including 
     construction projects), or activities; (2) reduces by 10 
     percent funding for any existing program, project, or 
     activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent as approved 
     by Congress; or (3) results from any general savings from a 
     reduction in personnel which would result in a change in 
     existing programs, activities, or projects as approved by 
     Congress; unless the Appropriations Committees of both Houses 
     of Congress are notified 15 days in advance of such 
     reprogramming of funds.

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       Sec. 606. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used for the construction, repair (other than emergency 
     repair), overhaul, conversion, or modernization of vessels 
     for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in 
     shipyards located outside of the United States.
       Sec. 607. (a) Purchase of American-Made Equipment and 
     Products.--It is the sense of the Congress that, to the 
     greatest extent practicable, all equipment and products 
     purchased with funds made available in this Act should be 
     American-made.
       (b) Notice Requirement.--In providing financial assistance 
     to, or entering into any contract with, any entity using 
     funds made available in this Act, the head of each Federal 
     agency, to the greatest extent practicable, shall provide to 
     such entity a notice describing the statement made in 
     subsection (a) by the Congress.
       (c) Prohibition of Contracts With Persons Falsely Labeling 
     Products as Made in America.--If it has been finally 
     determined by a court or Federal agency that any person 
     intentionally affixed a label bearing a ``Made in America'' 
     inscription, or any inscription with the same meaning, to any 
     product sold in or shipped to the United States that is not 
     made in the United States, the person shall be ineligible to 
     receive any contract or subcontract made with funds made 
     available in this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, 
     and ineligibility procedures described in sections 9.400 
     through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.
       Sec. 608. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to implement, administer, or enforce any guidelines 
     of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission covering 
     harassment based on religion, when it is made known to the 
     Federal entity or official to which such funds are made 
     available that such guidelines do not differ in any respect 
     from the proposed guidelines published by the Commission on 
     October 1, 1993 (58 Fed. Reg. 51266).
       Sec. 609. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used for any United Nations undertaking when it is made 
     known to the Federal official having authority to obligate or 
     expend such funds: (1) that the United Nations undertaking is 
     a peacekeeping mission; (2) that such undertaking will 
     involve United States Armed Forces under the command or 
     operational control of a foreign national; and (3) that the 
     President's military advisors have not submitted to the 
     President a recommendation that such involvement is in the 
     national security interests of the United States and the 
     President has not submitted to the Congress such a 
     recommendation.
       Sec. 610. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
     made available by this Act shall be expended for any purpose 
     for which appropriations are prohibited by section 609 of the 
     Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, 
     and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999.
       (b) The requirements in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of 
     section 609 of that Act shall continue to apply during fiscal 
     year 2003.
       Sec. 611. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act or any other Act may be used to 
     implement, enforce, or otherwise abide by the Memorandum of 
     Agreement signed by the Federal Trade Commission and the 
     Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice on March 5, 
     2002.
       Sec. 612. Any costs incurred by a department or agency 
     funded under this Act resulting from personnel actions taken 
     in response to funding reductions included in this Act shall 
     be absorbed within the total budgetary resources available to 
     such department or agency: Provided, That the authority to 
     transfer funds between appropriations accounts as may be 
     necessary to carry out this section is provided in addition 
     to authorities included elsewhere in this Act: Provided 
     further, That use of funds to carry out this section shall be 
     treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 605 of this 
     Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure 
     except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that 
     section.
       Sec. 613. Of the funds appropriated in this Act under the 
     heading ``Office of Justice Programs--State and Local Law 
     Enforcement Assistance'', not more than 90 percent of the 
     amount to be awarded to an entity under the Local Law 
     Enforcement Block Grant shall be made available to such an 
     entity when it is made known to the Federal official having 
     authority to obligate or expend such funds that the entity 
     that employs a public safety officer (as such term is defined 
     in section 1204 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
     Safe Streets Act of 1968) does not provide such a public 
     safety officer who retires or is separated from service due 
     to injury suffered as the direct and proximate result of a 
     personal injury sustained in the line of duty while 
     responding to an emergency situation or a hot pursuit (as 
     such terms are defined by State law) with the same or better 
     level of health insurance benefits at the time of retirement 
     or separation as they received while on duty.
       Sec. 614. Hereafter, none of the funds provided by this Act 
     shall be available to promote the sale or export of tobacco 
     or tobacco products, or to seek the reduction or removal by 
     any foreign country of restrictions on the marketing of 
     tobacco or tobacco products, except for restrictions which 
     are not applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco products of 
     the same type.
       Sec. 615. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
     made available by this Act shall be expended for any purpose 
     for which appropriations are prohibited by section 616 of the 
     Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, 
     and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999, as amended.
       (b) The requirements in subsections (b) and (c) of section 
     616 of that Act shall continue to apply during fiscal year 
     2003.
       Sec. 616. None of the funds appropriated pursuant to this 
     Act or any other provision of law may be used for: (1) the 
     implementation of any tax or fee in connection with the 
     implementation of 18 U.S.C. 922(t); and (2) any system to 
     implement 18 U.S.C. 922(t) that does not require and result 
     in the destruction of any identifying information submitted 
     by or on behalf of any person who has been determined not to 
     be prohibited from owning a firearm.
       Sec. 617. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     amounts deposited or available in the Fund established under 
     42 U.S.C. 10601 in any fiscal year in excess of $600,000,000 
     shall not be available for obligation until the following 
     fiscal year, with the exception of emergency appropriations 
     made available by Public Law 107-38 and transferred to the 
     Fund.
       Sec. 618. None of the funds made available to the 
     Department of Justice in this Act may be used to discriminate 
     against or denigrate the religious or moral beliefs 
     of students who participate in programs for which 
     financial assistance is provided from those funds, or of 
     the parents or legal guardians of such students.
       Sec. 619. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available to the Department of State and the Department of 
     Justice shall be available for the purpose of granting either 
     immigrant or nonimmigrant visas, or both, consistent with the 
     Secretary's determination under section 243(d) of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act, to citizens, subjects, 
     nationals, or residents of countries that the Attorney 
     General has determined deny or unreasonably delay accepting 
     the return of citizens, subjects, nationals, or residents 
     under that section: Provided, That the Attorney General shall 
     notify the Secretary of State in every instance when a 
     foreign country denies or unreasonably delays accepting an 
     alien who is a citizen, subject, national, or resident of 
     that country after the Attorney General asks whether the 
     Government will accept the alien under section 243 of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act.
       Sec. 620. None of the funds made available to the 
     Department of Justice in this Act may be used for the purpose 
     of transporting an individual who is a prisoner pursuant to 
     conviction for crime under State or Federal law and is 
     classified as a maximum or high security prisoner, other than 
     to a prison or other facility certified by the Federal Bureau 
     of Prisons as appropriately secure for housing such a 
     prisoner.
       Sec. 621. (a) Hereafter, none of the funds appropriated by 
     this Act may be used by Federal prisons to purchase cable 
     television services, to rent or purchase videocassettes, 
     videocassette recorders, or other audiovisual or electronic 
     equipment used primarily for recreational purposes.
       (b) The preceding sentence does not preclude the renting, 
     maintenance, or purchase of audiovisual or electronic 
     equipment for inmate training, religious, or educational 
     programs.
       Sec. 622. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality 
     of the United States Government, except pursuant to a 
     transfer made by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act 
     or any other appropriation Act.
       Sec. 623. Of the funds appropriated in this Act for the 
     Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, 
     and the Small Business Administration, $100,000 shall be 
     available to each Department or agency only to implement 
     telecommuting programs: Provided, That, six months after the 
     date of enactment of this Act and every six months 
     thereafter, each Department or agency shall provide a report 
     to the Committees on Appropriations on the status of 
     telecommuting programs, including the number of Federal 
     employees eligible for, and participating in, such programs: 
     Provided further, That each Department or agency shall 
     designate a ``Telework Coordinator'' to be responsible for 
     overseeing the implementation of telecommuting programs and 
     serve as a point of contact on such programs for the 
     Committees on Appropriations.
       Sec. 624. The paragraph under the heading ``Small Business 
     Administration--Business Loans Program Account'' in chapter 2 
     of division B of Public Law 107-117 (115 Stat. 2297) is 
     amended by inserting ``or section 7(a) of the Small Business 
     Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a))'' after ``September 11, 2001''.
       Sec. 625. For additional amounts under the heading ``Small 
     Business Administration, Salaries and Expenses'', $2,000,000 
     shall be available for a grant to the Innovation and 
     Commercialization Center; $2,000,000 shall be available for 
     the Mississippi State University MAF/TIGER database project; 
     $1,000,000 shall be for the Black Hills Rural Tourism 
     Marketing Program; $1,500,000 shall be for the Center for 
     Tourism Research; $3,125,000 shall be for the National 
     Inventor's Hall of Fame; $3,175,000 shall be for the Boston 
     Museum of Science; $2,000,000 shall be for the Tuck School 
     and Minority Business Development Agency Partnership; 
     $2,000,000 shall be for the Oklahoma International Trade 
     Processing Center; $300,000 shall be for the Providence, 
     Rhode Island Center for Women and Enterprise; $500,000 shall 
     be for the Ogontz Revitalization Corporation; $500,000 shall 
     be for the Idaho Virtual Incubator, Phase III; $1,600,000 
     shall be for the Adelante grant; $300,000 shall be for the 
     Immigration Services project in Iowa; $2,000,000 shall be for 
     the Microdevice Fabrication Facility; $700,000 shall be for 
     the Carvers Bay Library; $1,000,000 shall be for technical 
     upgrades for the Northwest Center for Engineering, Science, 
     and Technology; $200,000 shall be for the Southern New Mexico 
     High Technology Consortium; $1,000,000 shall be for the 
     American Museum of Natural History; $200,000 shall be for the 
     Program for International Education and Training; $2,000,000 
     shall be available for a grant to the St. Louis Enterprise 
     Center in St. Louis County, Missouri to expand programs, 
     operations and facilities to assist in business incubation; 
     $400,000 shall be available for a grant for the Promesa 
     Enterprises to provide back office

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     services and infrastructure support to community-based 
     organizations in the Bronx, New York; $700,000 shall be 
     available for a grant to the New York City Department of 
     Parks, working in conjunction with Youth Ministries for Peace 
     and Justice, for developing a facility in New York City's 
     Starlight Park; $300,000 shall be available for a grant to 
     the Urban Justice Center to provide legal assistance to 
     groups engaged in community development in low-income 
     neighborhoods; $650,000 shall be available for a grant to CAP 
     Services of Stevens Point, Wisconsin to purchase and renovate 
     property; $200,000 shall be available for a grant for the 
     Promesa Foundation in South Bronx, New York to provide 
     community growth funding; $400,000 shall be available for a 
     grant to the Lower East Side Girls Club of New York to 
     provide for facility development; $1,100,000 shall be 
     available for a grant to J.F. Drake State Technical College 
     in Huntsville, Alabama to construct and equip a media center 
     in support of local business needs; $1,100,000 shall be 
     available for a grant to the City of Los Angeles, California 
     to develop a facility to support downtown business 
     development; $1,100,000 shall be available for a grant to the 
     MountainMade Foundation to fulfill its charter purposes and 
     to continue the initiative developed by the NTTC for outreach 
     and promotion, business and sites development, the education 
     of artists and craftspeople, and to promote small businesses, 
     artisans and their products through market development, 
     advertisement, commercial sale and other promotional means; 
     $700,000 shall be available for a grant to Lord Fairfax 
     Community College for workforce development programs; 
     $700,000 shall be available for a grant to the Village of 
     Edgar, Wisconsin to purchase and redevelop property as a 
     small business park to support local agriculture; $500,000 
     shall be available for a grant to the West Virginia High 
     Technology Consortium to develop a small business 
     commercialization grant program; $250,000 shall be 
     available for a grant to Johnstown Area Regional 
     Industries in Pennsylvania to develop small business 
     technology centers; $250,000 shall be available for a 
     grant to the Economic Growth Connection of Westmoreland to 
     establish a Paperless Procurement grant program; $350,000 
     shall be available for a grant to the Fayette County, 
     Pennsylvania Community Action Agency for the Republic 
     Incubator Project; $1,000,000 shall be available for a 
     grant to the Shenandoah Valley Discovery Museum to 
     establish a new facility; $500,000 shall be available for 
     a grant to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga for 
     the Riverbend Technology Institute for the technology 
     incubator project; $500,000 shall be available for a grant 
     to the California State University, San Bernardino for 
     development of the Center for the Commercialization of 
     Advanced Technology; $1,000,000 shall be available for a 
     grant to the Rhode Island School of Design for the 
     modernization of a building to establish a small business 
     incubator; $500,000 shall be available for a grant to the 
     University of Scranton to establish an Electronic Business 
     Technology Center; $500,000 shall be available for a grant 
     to Experience Works!, Incorporated for small business 
     program activities; $500,000 shall be available for a 
     grant to Wilberforce University to improve technology 
     systems; $500,000 shall be available for a grant to 
     Millikin University for facilities development for the 
     Business and Technology Center; $500,000 shall be 
     available for a grant to the Michael J. Quill Irish 
     Cultural and Sports Center for facilities development; 
     $2,600,000 shall be available for a grant to Iowa State 
     University for the development of a research park 
     biologics facility; $1,000,000 shall be available for a 
     grant to the Southern Kentucky Tourism Development 
     Association for continuation of a regional tourism 
     promotion initiative; $450,000 shall be available for a 
     grant to the Bronx Council on the Arts to help promote 
     stabilization of small arts organizations; $500,000 shall 
     be available for a grant to Southern Kentucky 
     Rehabilitation Industries for internal development; 
     $250,000 shall be available for a grant to Johnstown Area 
     Regional Industries in Pennsylvania to continue the 
     workforce development training program; $500,000 shall be 
     available for a grant to the City of Monticello, Kentucky 
     for commercial revitalization activities; $1,500,000 shall 
     be available for a grant to Shenandoah University to 
     develop a historical and tourism development facility; 
     $500,000 shall be available for a grant to the City of 
     Merrill, Wisconsin to purchase and redevelop industrial 
     property to support economic growth; $2,500,000 shall be 
     available for a grant to the Virginia Community College 
     System (VCCS) for improvement of distance learning 
     programs; $750,000 shall be available for a grant to 
     Soundview Community in Action for a technology access and 
     business improvement project; $100,000 shall be available 
     for a grant to the Gospel Rescue Ministries for facilities 
     renovation; $450,000 shall be available for a grant to the 
     Pregones Theater in the South Bronx, New York for 
     construction improvements; $100,000 shall be available for 
     a grant to the Atoka Preservation Society for facility 
     restoration activities; $500,000 shall be available for a 
     grant to the Virginia Science Museum for marine science 
     and other environmental program activities at Belmont Bay; 
     $500,000 shall be available for a grant to the Infotonics 
     Center of Excellence for small business incubation 
     activities; $500,000 shall be available for a grant to the 
     Chicago Field Museum to renovate and develop a facility; 
     $500,000 shall be available for a grant to the Cedarbridge 
     Development Urban Renewal Corporation for office complex 
     development activities; and $500,000 shall be available 
     for a grant to the City of Belvidere, Illinois to 
     establish a Small Business Agriculture-Technology 
     Incubator and New Use Economy Information Center: 
     Provided, That Section 629 of Public Law 107-77 is amended 
     with respect to a grant of: (1) $500,000 to Johnstown Area 
     Regional Industries for the High Technology Initiative and 
     Wireless/Digital Technology Program by deleting the word 
     ``for'' after ``Industries'' and inserting the words ``to 
     provide technical and financial assistance under a High 
     Technology Initiative and Wireless Digital Technology 
     Program.''; (2) $2,000,000 to the Los Angeles Conservancy 
     by adding the phrase ``, including the use of subgrants 
     and other forms of financial assistance'' after 
     ``rebuilding and revitalization.''; (3) $500,000 for a 
     grant to Yonkers, New York by deleting ``Yonkers, New 
     York'' and inserting ``the Yonkers Industrial Development 
     Agency''; and (4) $450,000 to the Southern Kentucky 
     Rehabilitation Industries by deleting the words 
     ``financial assistance and small business development'' 
     after ``for'' and inserting ``technology upgrades'': 
     Provided further, That, any grant made by the Small 
     Business Administration to the MountainMade Foundation 
     during fiscal year 2002 or to the NTTC at Wheeling Jesuit 
     University during fiscal years 1998 through 2002 may be 
     used by such entity to promote small businesses and 
     artisans, and their products, through market development, 
     advertisement, commercial sale, and other promotional 
     means: Provided further, That the preceding proviso shall 
     apply to promotional activities occurring on or after 
     October 1, 1997.
       Sec. 626. Any amounts previously appropriated for the Port 
     of Anchorage for an intermodal marine facility and access 
     thereto shall be transferred to and administered by the 
     Administrator for the Maritime Administration including non-
     federal contributions. Such amounts shall be subject only to 
     conditions and requirements required by the Maritime 
     Administration.

                         TITLE VII--RESCISSIONS

                         DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

                         General Administration


                          working capital fund

                              (rescission)

       Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, 
     $78,000,000 are rescinded.

                            Legal Activities


                         asset forfeiture fund

                              (rescission)

       Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, 
     $50,874,000 are rescinded.

                 Immigration and Naturalization Service


                       immigration emergency fund

                              (rescission)

       Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, 
     $580,000 are rescinded.

                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

            National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


                       coastal impact assistance

                              (rescission)

       Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, 
     $7,000,000 are rescinded.

                        Departmental Management


         emergency oil and gas guaranteed loan program account

                              (rescission)

       Of the unobligated balances available under this heading 
     from prior year appropriations, $920,000 are rescinded.

                            RELATED AGENCIES

                   Federal Communications Commission


                         salaries and expenses

                              (rescission)

       Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, 
     $5,700,000 are rescinded.

                     Small Business Administration


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

                              (RESCISSION)

       Of the unobligated balances available under this heading 
     from prior year appropriations, $13,750,000 are rescinded.


                     BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                              (RESCISSION)

       Of the unobligated balances available under this heading 
     from prior year appropriations, $10,500,000 are rescinded.
       This division may be cited as the ``Departments of 
     Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related 
     Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003''.

         DIVISION C--DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS, 2003

 Making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia 
    and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the 
  revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
                     2003, and for other purposes.

     That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in 
     the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the District of 
     Columbia and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
     September 30, 2003, and for other purposes, namely:

                         TITLE I--FEDERAL FUNDS

              Federal Payment for Resident Tuition Support

       For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia, to be 
     deposited into a dedicated account, for a nationwide program 
     to be administered by the Mayor, for District of Columbia 
     resident tuition support, $17,000,000, to remain available 
     until expended: Provided, That such funds, including any 
     interest accrued thereon, may be used on behalf of eligible 
     District of Columbia residents to pay an amount based upon 
     the difference between in-State and out-of-State tuition at 
     public institutions of higher education, or to pay up to 
     $2,500 each year at eligible private institutions of higher 
     education: Provided further, That the awarding of such funds 
     may be prioritized on the basis of a resident's academic 
     merit, the income and need of eligible students and such 
     other factors as may be authorized: Provided further, That 
     the District of Columbia government shall maintain a 
     dedicated account for the Resident Tuition Support

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     Program that shall consist of the Federal funds appropriated 
     to the Program in this Act and any subsequent appropriations, 
     any unobligated balances from prior fiscal years, and any 
     interest earned in this or any fiscal year: Provided further, 
     That the account shall be under the control of the District 
     of Columbia Chief Financial Officer who shall use those funds 
     solely for the purposes of carrying out the Resident Tuition 
     Support Program: Provided further, That the Resident Tuition 
     Support Program Office and the Office of the Chief Financial 
     Officer shall provide a quarterly financial report to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
     and Senate for these funds showing, by object class, the 
     expenditures made and the purpose therefor: Provided further, 
     That not more than seven percent of the total amount 
     appropriated for this program may be used for administrative 
     expenses.

   Federal Payment for Emergency Planning and Security Costs in the 
                          District of Columbia

       For necessary expenses, as determined by the Mayor of the 
     District of Columbia in written consultation with the elected 
     county or city officials of surrounding jurisdictions, 
     $15,000,000, to remain available until expended, to reimburse 
     the District of Columbia for the costs of public safety 
     expenses related to security events in the District of 
     Columbia and for the costs of providing support to respond to 
     immediate and specific terrorist threats or attacks in the 
     District of Columbia or surrounding jurisdictions: Provided, 
     That any amount provided under this heading shall be 
     available only after notice of its proposed use has been 
     transmitted by the President to Congress and such amount has 
     been apportioned pursuant to chapter 15 of title 31, United 
     States Code: Provided further, That the Office of Management 
     and Budget shall, in consultation with the United States Park 
     Police, the National Park Service, the Secret Service, the 
     Federal Bureau of Investigation, the United States Protective 
     Service, the Department of State, and the General Services 
     Administration, review the National Capital Planning 
     Commission study on ``Designing for Security in the Nation's 
     Capital'' and report to the Committees on Appropriations of 
     the House of Representatives and Senate on the steps these 
     agencies will take to improve the appearance of security 
     measures in the District of Columbia in accordance with the 
     National Capital Planning Commission recommendations: 
     Provided further, That the report shall be submitted no later 
     than April 11, 2003 and shall include the recommendations of 
     each agency.

Federal Payment for Hospital Bioterrorism Preparedness in the District 
                              of Columbia

       For a Federal payment to support hospital bioterrorism 
     preparedness in the District of Columbia, $10,000,000, of 
     which $5,000,000 shall be for the Children's National Medical 
     Center in the District of Columbia for the expansion of 
     quarantine facilities and the establishment of a 
     decontamination facility, and $5,000,000 shall be for the 
     Washington Hospital Center for construction of containment 
     facilities.

           Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Courts

       For salaries and expenses for the District of Columbia 
     Courts, $161,943,000, to be allocated as follows: for the 
     District of Columbia Court of Appeals, $8,551,000, of which 
     not to exceed $1,500 is for official reception and 
     representation expenses; for the District of Columbia 
     Superior Court, $81,339,000, of which not to exceed $1,500 is 
     for official reception and representation expenses; for the 
     District of Columbia Court System, $40,402,000, of which not 
     to exceed $1,500 is for official reception and representation 
     expenses; and $31,651,000 for capital improvements for 
     District of Columbia courthouse facilities: Provided, That 
     funds made available for capital improvements shall be 
     expended consistent with the General Services Administration 
     master plan study and building evaluation report: Provided 
     further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, all 
     amounts under this heading shall be apportioned quarterly by 
     the Office of Management and Budget and obligated and 
     expended in the same manner as funds appropriated for 
     salaries and expenses of other Federal agencies, with payroll 
     and financial services to be provided on a contractual basis 
     with the General Services Administration (GSA), said services 
     to include the preparation of monthly financial reports, 
     copies of which shall be submitted directly by GSA to the 
     President and to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
     House of Representatives and Senate, the Committee on 
     Government Reform of the House of Representatives, and the 
     Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate: Provided 
     further, That funds made available for capital improvements 
     may remain available until September 30, 2004: Provided 
     further, That 30 days after providing written notice to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
     and Senate, the District of Columbia Courts may reallocate 
     not more than $1,000,000 of the funds provided under this 
     heading among the items and entities funded under such 
     heading: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 
     446 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act or any 
     provision of subchapter III of chapter 13 of title 31, 
     United States Code, the use of interest earned on the 
     Federal payment made to the District of Columbia Courts 
     under the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1998, 
     by the Courts during fiscal year 1998 shall not constitute 
     a violation of such Act or such subchapter.

            Defender Services in District of Columbia Courts

       For payments authorized under section 11-2604 and section 
     11-2605, D.C. Official Code (relating to representation 
     provided under the District of Columbia Criminal Justice 
     Act), payments for counsel appointed in proceedings in the 
     Family Court of the Superior Court of the District of 
     Columbia under chapter 23 of title 16, D.C. Official Code, or 
     pursuant to contractual agreements to provide guardian ad 
     litem representation, training, technical assistance and/or 
     such other services as are necessary to improve the quality 
     of guardian ad litem representation, and payments for counsel 
     authorized under section 21-2060, D.C. Official Code 
     (relating to representation provided under the District of 
     Columbia Guardianship, Protective Proceedings, and Durable 
     Power of Attorney Act of 1986), $17,100,000, to remain 
     available until expended: Provided, That $1,500,000 of this 
     appropriation is to provide guardians ad litem to abused and 
     neglected children: Provided further, That the funds provided 
     in this Act under the heading ``Federal Payment to the 
     District of Columbia Courts'' (other than the $31,651,000 
     provided under such heading for capital improvements for 
     District of Columbia courthouse facilities) may also be used 
     for payments under this heading: Provided further, That in 
     addition to the funds provided under this heading, the Joint 
     Committee on Judicial Administration in the District of 
     Columbia shall use funds provided in this Act under the 
     heading ``Federal Payment to the District of Columbia 
     Courts'' (other than the $31,651,000 provided under such 
     heading for capital improvements for District of Columbia 
     courthouse facilities), to make payments described under this 
     heading for obligations incurred during any fiscal year: 
     Provided further, That funds provided under this heading 
     shall be administered by the Joint Committee on Judicial 
     Administration in the District of Columbia: Provided further, 
     That notwithstanding any other provision of law, this 
     appropriation shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of 
     Management and Budget and obligated and expended in the same 
     manner as funds appropriated for expenses of other Federal 
     agencies, with payroll and financial services to be provided 
     on a contractual basis with the General Services 
     Administration (GSA), said services to include the 
     preparation of monthly financial reports, copies of which 
     shall be submitted directly by GSA to the President and to 
     the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and Senate, the Committee on Government 
     Reform of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on 
     Governmental Affairs of the Senate.

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


                     (including transfer of funds)

       For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and hire 
     of motor vehicles, of the Court Services and Offender 
     Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia, as 
     authorized by the National Capital Revitalization and Self-
     Government Improvement Act of 1997, $154,707,000, of which 
     not to exceed $2,000 is for official receptions related to 
     offender and defendant support programs; $95,682,000 shall be 
     for necessary expenses of Community Supervision and Sex 
     Offender Registration, to include expenses relating to the 
     supervision of adults subject to protection orders or the 
     provision of services for or related to such persons; 
     $23,070,000 shall be transferred to the Public Defender 
     Service; and $35,955,000 shall be available to the Pretrial 
     Services Agency: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, all amounts under this heading shall be 
     apportioned quarterly by the Office of Management and Budget 
     and obligated and expended in the same manner as funds 
     appropriated for salaries and expenses of other Federal 
     agencies: Provided further, That notwithstanding chapter 33 
     of title 40, United States Code, the Director may acquire by 
     purchase, lease, condemnation, or donation, and renovate as 
     necessary, Building Number 17, 1900 Massachusetts Avenue, 
     Southeast, Washington, District of Columbia to house or 
     supervise offenders and defendants, with funds made available 
     for this purpose in Public Law 107-96: Provided further, That 
     the Director is authorized to accept and use gifts in the 
     form of in-kind contributions of space and hospitality to 
     support offender and defendant programs, and equipment and 
     vocational training services to educate and train offenders 
     and defendants: Provided further, That the Director shall 
     keep accurate and detailed records of the acceptance and use 
     of any gift or donation under the previous proviso, and shall 
     make such records available for audit and public inspection.

       Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Department of 
                             Transportation

       For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 
     Department of Transportation, $1,000,000: Provided, That such 
     funds will be used to implement transportation systems 
     management initiatives and strategies recommended in the 
     October 2001 report by the Interagency Task Force of the 
     National Capital Planning Commission in coordination with the 
     National Capital Planning Commission.

   Federal Payment to the Chief Financial Officer of the District of 
                                Columbia

       For a Federal payment to the Chief Financial Officer of the 
     District of Columbia, $40,300,000: Provided, That these funds 
     shall be available for the projects and in the amounts 
     specified in the statement of the managers on the conference 
     report accompanying this Act: Provided further, That each 
     entity that receives funding under this heading shall submit 
     to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and Senate a report due April 30, 2003, on 
     the activities carried out with such funds.

              Federal Payment for Waterfront Improvements

       For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 
     Department of Housing and Community

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     Development, $2,800,000 to continue improvements on the 
     historic Potomac Southwest Waterfront: Provided, That the 
     Department shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
     of the House of Representatives and Senate a report due April 
     30, 2003, on the activities carried out with such funds.

                Federal Payment for Asbestos Remediation

       For a Federal payment to the General Services 
     Administration (GSA), $1,000,000 to reimburse Fairfax County, 
     Virginia for the remediation of asbestos on the former site 
     of the Lorton Correctional Complex: Provided, That GSA shall 
     submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and Senate a report due April 30, 2003, on 
     the activities carried out with such funds.

 Federal Payment to the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department

       For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia Fire and 
     Emergency Medical Services Department, $2,000,000 to repair, 
     renovate, and rehabilitate fire stations in need of capital 
     improvements: Provided, That the Department shall submit to 
     the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and Senate a report due April 30, 2003, on 
     the activities carried out with such funds.

                 Federal Payment for Special Education

       For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia Public 
     Education System, $3,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended to establish special education satellite facilities 
     in the District of Columbia.

            Federal Payment for the Family Literacy Program

       For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia, 
     $4,000,000 for the Family Literacy Program to address the 
     needs of literacy-challenged parents while endowing their 
     children with an appreciation for literacy and strengthening 
     familial ties.

 Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority

       For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia Water and 
     Sewer Authority, $50,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended, to begin implementing the Combined Sewer Overflow 
     Long-Term Plan: Provided, That the District of Columbia Water 
     and Sewer Authority provides a 100 percent match for the 
     fiscal year 2003 Federal contribution.

Federal Payment for the Anacostia Waterfront Initiative in the District 
                              of Columbia

       For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia for 
     implementation of the Anacostia Waterfront Initiative, 
     $5,000,000, to remain available until expended, for 
     environmental and infrastructure costs related to development 
     of parks and recreation facilities on the Anacostia River.

  Federal Payment to the District of Columbia for Capital Development

       For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia for 
     capital development, $10,150,000, to remain available until 
     expended, of which $150,000 shall be for renovations at 
     Eastern Market and $10,000,000 shall be for the Unified 
     Communications Center.

 Federal Payment to the District of Columbia for Public Charter School 
                               Facilities

       For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia for 
     public charter school facilities, $17,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended, of which $4,000,000 shall be used 
     to supplement the per pupil facilities allocation to public 
     charter schools in fiscal year 2003; $5,000,000 shall be for 
     the direct loan fund for charter school improvement; and 
     $8,000,000 shall be for the credit enhancement revolving 
     fund.

                  TITLE II--DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS

                           OPERATING EXPENSES

                          Division of Expenses

       The following amounts are appropriated for the District of 
     Columbia for the current fiscal year out of the general fund 
     of the District of Columbia, except as otherwise specifically 
     provided: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision 
     of law, except as provided in section 450A of the District of 
     Columbia Home Rule Act and section 119 of this Act (D.C. 
     Official Code, sec. 1-204.50a), the total amount appropriated 
     in this Act for operating expenses for the District of 
     Columbia for fiscal year 2003 under this heading shall not 
     exceed the lesser of the sum of the total revenues of the 
     District of Columbia for such fiscal year or $6,294,522,000 
     (of which $3,618,411,000 shall be from local funds, 
     $1,712,498,000 shall be from Federal funds, and $873,313,000 
     shall be from other funds): Provided further, That this 
     amount may be increased by proceeds of one-time transactions, 
     which are expended for emergency or unanticipated operating 
     or capital needs: Provided further, That such increases shall 
     be approved by enactment of local District law and shall 
     comply with all reserve requirements contained in the 
     District of Columbia Home Rule Act as amended by this Act: 
     Provided further, That the Chief Financial Officer of the 
     District of Columbia shall take such steps as are necessary 
     to assure that the District of Columbia meets these 
     requirements, including the apportioning by the Chief 
     Financial Officer of the appropriations and funds made 
     available to the District during fiscal year 2003, except 
     that the Chief Financial Officer may not reprogram for 
     operating expenses any funds derived from bonds, notes, or 
     other obligations issued for capital projects.

                   Governmental Direction and Support

       Governmental direction and support, $307,173,000 (including 
     $207,971,000 from local funds, $80,854,000 from Federal 
     funds, and $18,348,000 from other funds): Provided, That not 
     to exceed $2,500 for the Mayor, $2,500 for the Chairman of 
     the Council of the District of Columbia, $2,500 for the City 
     Administrator, and $2,500 for the Office of the Chief 
     Financial Officer shall be available from this appropriation 
     for official purposes: Provided further, That any program 
     fees collected from the issuance of debt shall be available 
     for the payment of expenses of the debt management program of 
     the District of Columbia: Provided further, That no revenues 
     from Federal sources shall be used to support the operations 
     or activities of the Statehood Commission and Statehood 
     Compact Commission: Provided further, That the District of 
     Columbia shall identify the sources of funding for Admission 
     to Statehood from its own locally generated revenues: 
     Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, or Mayor's Order 86-45, issued March 18, 1986, the 
     Office of the Chief Technology Officer's delegated small 
     purchase authority shall be $500,000: Provided further, That 
     the District of Columbia government may not require the 
     Office of the Chief Technology Officer to submit to any other 
     procurement review process, or to obtain the approval of or 
     be restricted in any manner by any official or employee of 
     the District of Columbia government, for purchases that do 
     not exceed $500,000: Provided further, That not to exceed 
     $500,000 of the funds in the District of Columbia Antitrust 
     Fund established pursuant to section 2 of the District of 
     Columbia Antitrust Act of 1980 (D.C. Law 3-169; D.C. Official 
     Code, sec. 28-4516), not to exceed $100,000 of the funds in 
     the Antifraud Fund established pursuant to section 820 of the 
     District of Columbia Procurement Practices Act of 1985 (D.C. 
     Law 6-85; D.C. Official Code, sec. 2-308.20), and not to 
     exceed $910,000 of the funds in the District of Columbia 
     Consumer Protection Fund established pursuant to section 1402 
     of the District of Columbia Budget Support Act for fiscal 
     year 2001 (D.C. Law 13-172; D.C. Official Code, sec. 28-3911) 
     are hereby made available for the use of the Office of the 
     Corporation Counsel of the District of Columbia until 
     September 30, 2004, in accordance with the laws 
     establishing these funds.

                  Economic Development and Regulation

       Economic development and regulation, $244,358,000 
     (including $56,872,000 from local funds, $97,796,000 from 
     Federal funds, and $89,690,000 from other funds), of which 
     $15,000,000 collected by the District of Columbia in the form 
     of BID tax revenue shall be paid to the respective BIDs 
     pursuant to the Business Improvement Districts Act of 1996 
     (D.C. Law 11-134; D.C. Official Code, sec. 2-1215.01 et 
     seq.), and the Business Improvement Districts Amendment Act 
     of 1997 (D.C. Law 12-26; D.C. Official Code, sec. 2-1215.15 
     et seq.): Provided, That such funds are available for 
     acquiring services provided by the General Services 
     Administration: Provided further, That Business Improvement 
     Districts shall be exempt from taxes levied by the District 
     of Columbia: Provided further, That $725,000, of which no 
     amount may be expended for administrative expenses, shall be 
     available to the Department of Employment Services when the 
     Council Committee on Public Services approves a spending plan 
     prepared and submitted, by the agency, to the Committee on 
     Public Services for its approval.

                       Public Safety and Justice

       Public safety and justice, $622,531,000 (including 
     $602,678,000 from local funds, $11,329,000 from Federal 
     funds, and $8,524,000 from other funds): Provided, That not 
     to exceed $500,000 shall be available from this appropriation 
     for the Chief of Police for the prevention and detection of 
     crime: Provided further, That not less than $170,000 shall be 
     for the Corrections Information Council, established by 
     section 11201(g) of the National Capital Revitalization and 
     Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997 (D.C. Official Code, 
     sec. 24-101(h)), to support its operations and perform its 
     duties: Provided further, That not less than $169,000 shall 
     be for the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, established 
     by the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council for the District 
     of Columbia Establishment Act of 2001 (D.C. Law 14-28; D.C. 
     Official Code, sec. 22-4231 et seq.), to support its 
     operations and perform its duties: Provided further, That the 
     Mayor shall reimburse the District of Columbia National Guard 
     for expenses incurred in connection with services that are 
     performed in emergencies by the National Guard in a militia 
     status and are requested by the Mayor, in amounts that shall 
     be jointly determined and certified as due and payable for 
     these services by the Mayor and the Commanding General of the 
     District of Columbia National Guard: Provided further, That 
     such sums as may be necessary for reimbursement to the 
     District of Columbia National Guard under the preceding 
     proviso shall be available from this appropriation, and the 
     availability of the sums shall be deemed as constituting 
     payment in advance for emergency services involved.

                        Public Education System


                     (including transfers of funds)

       Public education system, including the development of 
     national defense education programs, $1,206,169,000 
     (including $939,174,000 from local funds, $208,470,000 from 
     Federal funds, $31,525,000 from other funds, and not to 
     exceed $27,000,000 from the Medicaid and Special Education 
     Reform Fund established pursuant to the Medicaid and Special 
     Education Reform Fund Establishment Act of 2002 (D.C. Act 14-
     403)), $17,000,000 from local funds, previously appropriated 
     in this Act as a Federal payment, and such sums as may be 
     derived from interest earned on funds contained in the 
     dedicated account established by the Chief Financial Officer 
     of the District of Columbia, for resident tuition support at 
     public and private institutions of

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     higher learning for eligible District of Columbia residents, 
     to be allocated as follows:
       (1) District of columbia public schools.--$902,936,000 
     (including $713,494,000 from local funds, $150,800,000 from 
     Federal funds, $11,642,000 from other funds, and not to 
     exceed $27,000,000 from the Medicaid and Special Education 
     Reform Fund established pursuant to the Medicaid and Special 
     Education Reform Fund Establishment Act of 2002 (D.C. Act 14-
     403) shall be available for District of Columbia Public 
     Schools: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision 
     of law, rule, or regulation, the evaluation process and 
     instruments for evaluating District of Columbia Public School 
     employees shall be a non-negotiable item for collective 
     bargaining purposes: Provided further, That this 
     appropriation shall not be available to subsidize the 
     education of any nonresident of the District of Columbia at 
     any District of Columbia public elementary and secondary 
     school during fiscal year 2003 unless the nonresident pays 
     tuition to the District of Columbia at a rate that covers 100 
     percent of the costs incurred by the District of Columbia 
     which are attributable to the education of the nonresident 
     (as established by the Superintendent of the District of 
     Columbia Public Schools): Provided further, That 
     notwithstanding the amounts otherwise provided under this 
     heading or any other provision of law, there shall be 
     appropriated to the District of Columbia Public Schools on 
     July 1, 2003, an amount equal to 10 percent of the total 
     amount provided for the District of Columbia Public Schools 
     in the proposed budget of the District of Columbia for fiscal 
     year 2004 (as submitted to Congress), and the amount of such 
     payment shall be chargeable against the final amount provided 
     for the District of Columbia Public Schools under the 
     District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2004: Provided 
     further, That not to exceed $2,500 for the Superintendent of 
     Schools shall be available from this appropriation for 
     official purposes.
       (2) State education office.--$49,687,000 (including 
     $22,594,000 from local funds, $26,917,000 from Federal funds, 
     and $176,000 from other funds), shall be available for the 
     State Education Office: Provided, That of the 
     amounts provided to the State Education Office, $500,000 
     from local funds shall remain available until June 30, 
     2004 for an audit of the student enrollment of each 
     District of Columbia Public School and of each District of 
     Columbia public charter school.
       (3) District of columbia public charter schools.--
     $142,711,000 (including $125,711,000 from local funds and 
     $17,000,000 from Federal funds) shall be available for 
     District of Columbia public charter schools: Provided, That 
     there shall be quarterly disbursement of funds to the 
     District of Columbia public charter schools, with the first 
     payment to occur within 15 days of the beginning of the 
     fiscal year: Provided further, That if the entirety of this 
     allocation has not been provided as payments to any public 
     charter school currently in operation through the per pupil 
     funding formula, the funds shall be available for public 
     education in accordance with section 2403(b)(2) of the 
     District of Columbia School Reform Act of 1995 (D.C. Official 
     Code, sec. 38-1804.03(b)(2)): Provided further, That of the 
     amounts made available to District of Columbia public charter 
     schools, $25,000 shall be made available to the Office of the 
     Chief Financial Officer as authorized by section 2403(b)(5) 
     of the District of Columbia School Reform Act of 1995 (D.C. 
     Official Code, sec. 38-1804.03(b)(6)): Provided further, That 
     $589,000 of this amount shall be available to the District of 
     Columbia Public Charter School Board for administrative 
     costs: Provided further, That notwithstanding the amounts 
     otherwise provided under this heading or any other provision 
     of law, there shall be appropriated to the District of 
     Columbia public charter schools on July 1, 2003, an amount 
     equal to 25 percent of the total amount provided for payments 
     to public charter schools in the proposed budget of the 
     District of Columbia for fiscal year 2004 (as submitted to 
     Congress), and the amount of such payment shall be chargeable 
     against the final amount provided for such payments under the 
     District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2004.
       (4) University of the district of columbia.--$81,180,000 
     (including $49,462,000 from local funds, $12,668,000 from 
     Federal funds, and $19,050,000 from other funds) shall be 
     available for the University of the District of Columbia: 
     Provided, That this appropriation shall not be available to 
     subsidize the education of nonresidents of the District of 
     Columbia at the University of the District of Columbia, 
     unless the Board of Trustees of the University of the 
     District of Columbia adopts, for the fiscal year ending 
     September 30, 2003, a tuition rate schedule that will 
     establish the tuition rate for nonresident students at a 
     level no lower than the nonresident tuition rate charged at 
     comparable public institutions of higher education in the 
     metropolitan area: Provided further, That notwithstanding the 
     amounts otherwise provided under this heading or any other 
     provision of law, there shall be appropriated to the 
     University of the District of Columbia on July 1, 2003, an 
     amount equal to 10 percent of the total amount provided for 
     the University of the District of Columbia in the proposed 
     budget of the District of Columbia for fiscal year 2004 (as 
     submitted to Congress), and the amount of such payment shall 
     be chargeable against the final amount provided for the 
     University of the District of Columbia under the District of 
     Columbia Appropriations Act, 2004: Provided further, That not 
     to exceed $2,500 for the President of the University of the 
     District of Columbia shall be available from this 
     appropriation for official purposes.
       (5) District of columbia public libraries.--$27,363,000 
     (including $26,216,000 from local funds, $610,000 from 
     Federal funds, and $537,000 from other funds) shall be 
     available for the District of Columbia Public Libraries: 
     Provided, That not to exceed $2,000 for the Public Librarian 
     shall be available from this appropriation for official 
     purposes.
       (6) Commission on the arts and humanities.--$2,292,000 
     (including $1,697,000 from local funds, $475,000 from Federal 
     funds, and $120,000 from other funds) shall be available for 
     the Commission on the Arts and Humanities.

                         Human Support Services


                     (including transfer of funds)

       Human support services, $2,451,818,000 (including 
     $1,002,284,000 from local funds, $1,373,680,000 from Federal 
     funds, $52,987,000 from other funds, and $22,867,000 from the 
     Medicaid and Special Education Reform Fund established 
     pursuant to the Medicaid and Special Education Reform Fund 
     Establishment Act of 2002 (D.C. Act 14-403)): Provided, That 
     the funds available from the Medicaid and Special Education 
     Reform Fund are allocated as follows: $7,072,000 for Child 
     and Family Services, $5,795,000 for the Department of Human 
     Services, and $10,000,000 for the Department of Mental 
     Health: Provided further, That $27,959,000 of this 
     appropriation, to remain available until expended, shall be 
     available solely for District of Columbia employees' 
     disability compensation: Provided further, That $7,000,000 of 
     this appropriation, to remain available until expended, shall 
     be deposited in the Addiction Recovery Fund, established 
     pursuant to section 5 of the Choice in Drug Treatment Act of 
     2000 (D.C. Law 13-146; D.C. Official Code, sec. 7-3004) and 
     used exclusively for the purpose of the Drug Treatment Choice 
     Program established pursuant to section 4 of the Choice in 
     Drug Treatment Act of 2000 (D.C. Law 13-146; D.C. Official 
     Code, sec. 7-3003): Provided further, That no less than 
     $2,000,000 of this appropriation shall be available 
     exclusively for the purpose of funding the pilot substance 
     abuse program for youth ages 16 through 21 years established 
     pursuant to section 4212 of the Pilot Substance Abuse Program 
     for Youth Act of 2001 (D.C. Law 14-28; D.C. Official Code, 
     sec. 7-3101): Provided further, That $3,209,000 of this 
     appropriation, to remain available until expended, shall be 
     deposited in the Interim Disability Assistance Fund 
     established pursuant to section 201 of the District of 
     Columbia Public Assistance Act of 1982 (D.C. Law 4-101; D.C. 
     Official Code, sec. 4-202.01), to be used exclusively for the 
     Interim Disability Assistance program and the purposes for 
     that program set forth in section 407 of the District of 
     Columbia Public Assistance Act of 1982 (D.C. Law 13-252; D.C. 
     Official Code, sec. 4-204.07): Provided further, That no less 
     than $500,000 of this appropriation shall be available 
     exclusively for the Mobile Crisis Intervention Program for 
     Kids: Provided further, That the amount available under this 
     heading in Public Law 107-96 for Interim Disability 
     Assistance shall remain available until expended: Provided 
     further, That $37,500,000 in local funds, to remain available 
     until expended, shall be deposited in the Medicaid and 
     Special Education Reform Fund.

                              Public Works

       Public works, including rental of one passenger-carrying 
     vehicle for use by the Mayor and three passenger-carrying 
     vehicles for use by the Council of the District of Columbia 
     and leasing of passenger-carrying vehicles, $320,357,000 
     (including $304,363,000 from local funds, $5,669,000 from 
     Federal funds, and $10,325,000 from other funds): Provided, 
     That this appropriation shall not be available for collecting 
     ashes or miscellaneous refuse from hotels and places of 
     business.

                                Reserve

       For replacement of funds expended, if any, during fiscal 
     year 2002 from the budget reserve established pursuant to 
     section 202(j) of the District of Columbia Financial 
     Responsibility and Management Assistance Act of 1995 (D.C. 
     Official Code, sec. 47-392.02(j)), $70,000,000 from local 
     funds.

                Emergency and Contingency Reserve Funds

       For the emergency reserve fund and the contingency reserve 
     fund under section 450A of the District of Columbia Home Rule 
     Act (D.C. Official Code, sec. 1-204.50a), such amounts from 
     local funds as are necessary to meet the fiscal year 2003 
     minimum balance requirements for such funds under such 
     section.

                    Repayment of Loans and Interest

       For payment of principal, interest, and certain fees 
     directly resulting from borrowing by the District of Columbia 
     to fund District of Columbia capital projects as authorized 
     by sections 462, 475, and 490 of the District of Columbia 
     Home Rule Act (D.C. Official Code, secs. 1-204.62, 1-204.75, 
     and 1-204.90), $260,951,000 from local funds: Provided, That 
     for equipment leases, the Mayor may finance $14,300,000 of 
     equipment cost, plus cost of issuance not to exceed two 
     percent of the par amount being financed on a lease purchase 
     basis with a maturity not to exceed five years.

                Repayment of General Fund Recovery Debt

       For the purpose of eliminating the $331,589,000 general 
     fund accumulated deficit as of September 30, 1990, 
     $39,300,000 from local funds, as authorized by section 461(a) 
     of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Official 
     Code, sec. 1-204.61(a)).

              Payment of Interest on Short-Term Borrowing

       For payment of interest on short-term borrowing, $1,000,000 
     from local funds.

                     Certificates of Participation

       For principal and interest payments on the District's 
     Certificates of Participation, issued to finance the ground 
     lease underlying the building located at One Judiciary 
     Square, $7,950,000 from local funds.

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                       Settlements and Judgments

       For making refunds and for the payment of legal settlements 
     or judgments that have been entered against the District of 
     Columbia government, $22,822,000: Provided, That this 
     appropriation shall not be construed as modifying or 
     affecting the provisions of section 103 of this Act.

                            Wilson Building

       For expenses associated with the John A. Wilson Building, 
     $4,194,000 from local funds.

                         Workforce Investments

       For workforce investments, $48,186,000 from local funds, to 
     be transferred by the Mayor of the District of Columbia 
     within the various appropriation headings in this Act for 
     which employees are properly payable.

                        Non-Departmental Agency

       To account for anticipated costs that cannot be allocated 
     to specific agencies during the development of the proposed 
     budget, including anticipated employee health insurance cost 
     increases and contract security costs, $5,799,000 from local 
     funds.

                 Emergency Planning and Security Costs

       For necessary expenses, as determined by the Mayor of the 
     District of Columbia in written consultation with the elected 
     county or city officials of surrounding jurisdictions, 
     $15,000,000, from funds previously appropriated in this Act 
     as a Federal payment, to remain available until expended, to 
     reimburse the District of Columbia for the costs of public 
     safety expenses related to security events in the District of 
     Columbia and for the costs of providing support to respond to 
     immediate and specific terrorist threats or attacks in the 
     District of Columbia or surrounding jurisdictions: Provided, 
     That any amount provided under this heading shall be 
     available only after notice of its proposed use has been 
     transmitted by the President to Congress and such amount has 
     been apportioned pursuant to chapter 15 of title 31, United 
     States Code.

                       ENTERPRISE AND OTHER FUNDS

                       Water and Sewer Authority

       For operation of the Water and Sewer Authority, 
     $253,743,000 from other funds, of which $43,800,000 shall be 
     apportioned for repayment of loans and interest incurred for 
     capital improvement projects ($18,094,000 payable to the 
     District's debt service fund and $25,706,000 payable for 
     other debt service).
       For construction projects, $392,458,000, to be distributed 
     as follows: $213,669,000 for the Blue Plains Wastewater 
     Treatment Plant, $24,539,000 for the sewer program, 
     $56,561,000 for the combined sewer program, $50,000,000 
     Federal payment for the Combined Sewer Overflow Long-Term 
     Plan, $5,635,000 for the stormwater program, $34,054,000 for 
     the water program, and $8,000,000 for the capital equipment 
     program: Provided, That the requirements and restrictions 
     that are applicable to general fund capital improvement 
     projects and set forth in this Act under the Capital Outlay 
     appropriation account shall apply to projects approved under 
     this appropriation account.

                          Washington Aqueduct

       For operation of the Washington Aqueduct, $57,847,000 from 
     other funds.

              Stormwater Permit Compliance Enterprise Fund

       For operation of the Stormwater Permit Compliance 
     Enterprise Fund, $3,100,000 from other funds.

              Lottery and Charitable Games Enterprise Fund

       For the Lottery and Charitable Games Enterprise Fund, 
     established by the District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 
     1982, for the purpose of implementing the Law to Legalize 
     Lotteries, Daily Numbers Games, and Bingo and Raffles for 
     Charitable Purposes in the District of Columbia (D.C. Law 3-
     172; D.C. Official Code, sec. 3-1301 et seq. and sec. 22-1716 
     et seq.), $232,881,000: Provided, That the District of 
     Columbia shall identify the source of funding for this 
     appropriation title from the District's own locally generated 
     revenues: Provided further, That no revenues from Federal 
     sources shall be used to support the operations or activities 
     of the Lottery and Charitable Games Control Board.

                  Sports and Entertainment Commission

       For the Sports and Entertainment Commission, $20,510,000, 
     of which $15,510,000 is from other funds and $5,000,000 is 
     from Federal funds appropriated earlier in this Act as a 
     Federal Payment for the Anacostia Waterfront Initiative.

                 District of Columbia Retirement Board

       For the District of Columbia Retirement Board, established 
     pursuant to section 121 of the District of Columbia 
     Retirement Reform Act of 1979 (D.C. Official Code, sec. 1-
     711), $13,388,000 from the earnings of the applicable 
     retirement funds to pay legal, management, investment, and 
     other fees and administrative expenses of the District of 
     Columbia Retirement Board: Provided, That the District of 
     Columbia Retirement Board shall provide to the Congress and 
     to the Council of the District of Columbia a quarterly report 
     of the allocations of charges by fund and of expenditures of 
     all funds: Provided further, That the District of Columbia 
     Retirement Board shall provide the Mayor, for transmittal to 
     the Council of the District of Columbia, an itemized 
     accounting of the planned use of appropriated funds in time 
     for each annual budget submission and the actual use of such 
     funds in time for each annual audited financial report.

              Washington Convention Center Enterprise Fund

       For the Washington Convention Center Enterprise Fund, 
     $78,700,000 from other funds.

              National Capital Revitalization Corporation

       For the National Capital Revitalization Corporation, 
     $6,745,000 from other funds.

                             Capital Outlay


                        (including rescissions)

       For construction projects, an increase of $925,011,000, of 
     which $555,097,000 shall be from local funds, $48,132,000 
     from Highway Trust funds, and $321,782,000 from Federal 
     funds, and a rescission of $253,991,000 from local funds 
     appropriated under this heading in prior fiscal years, for a 
     net amount of $671,020,000, to remain available until 
     expended: Provided, That funds for use of each capital 
     project implementing agency shall be managed and controlled 
     in accordance with all procedures and limitations established 
     under the Financial Management System: Provided further, That 
     all funds provided by this appropriation title shall be 
     available only for the specific projects and purposes 
     intended: Provided further, That the District of Columbia 
     Public Libraries shall allocate capital funds, from existing 
     resources, in fiscal year 2003 for the planning and design of 
     a new Francis Gregory Public Library.

                     TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 101. Whenever in this Act, an amount is specified 
     within an appropriation for particular purposes or objects of 
     expenditure, such amount, unless otherwise specified, shall 
     be considered as the maximum amount that may be expended for 
     said purpose or object rather than an amount set apart 
     exclusively therefor.
       Sec. 102. Appropriations in this Act shall be available for 
     expenses of travel and for the payment of dues of 
     organizations concerned with the work of the District of 
     Columbia government, when authorized by the Mayor: Provided, 
     That in the case of the Council of the District of Columbia, 
     funds may be expended with the authorization of the Chairman 
     of the Council.
       Sec. 103. There are appropriated from the applicable funds 
     of the District of Columbia such sums as may be necessary for 
     making refunds and for the payment of legal settlements or 
     judgments that have been entered against the District of 
     Columbia government: Provided, That nothing contained in this 
     section shall be construed as modifying or affecting the 
     provisions of section 11(c)(3) of title XII of the District 
     of Columbia Income and Franchise Tax Act of 1947 (D.C. 
     Official Code, sec. 47-1812.11(c)(3)).
       Sec. 104. 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. 105. No funds appropriated in this Act for the 
     District of Columbia government for the operation of 
     educational institutions, the compensation of personnel, or 
     for other educational purposes may be used to permit, 
     encourage, facilitate, or further partisan political 
     activities. Nothing herein is intended to prohibit the 
     availability of school buildings for the use of any community 
     or partisan political group during non-school hours.
       Sec. 106. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall 
     be made available to pay the salary of any employee of the 
     District of Columbia government whose name, title, grade, and 
     salary are not available for inspection by the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate, 
     the Committee on Government Reform of the House of 
     Representatives, the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the 
     Senate, and the Council of the District of Columbia, or their 
     duly authorized representative.
       Sec. 107. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), no part 
     of this appropriation shall be used for publicity or 
     propaganda purposes or implementation of any policy including 
     boycott designed to support or defeat legislation pending 
     before Congress or any State legislature.
       (b) The District of Columbia may use local funds provided 
     in this Act to carry out lobbying activities on any matter 
     other than--
       (1) the promotion or support of any boycott; or
       (2) statehood for the District of Columbia or voting 
     representation in Congress for the District of Columbia.
       (c) Nothing in this section may be construed to prohibit 
     any elected official from advocating with respect to any of 
     the issues referred to in subsection (b).
       Sec. 108. At the start of fiscal year 2003 and any 
     subsequent fiscal year, the Mayor shall develop an annual 
     plan, by quarter and by project, for capital outlay 
     borrowings: Provided, That within a reasonable time after the 
     close of each quarter, the Mayor shall report to the Council 
     of the District of Columbia and the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate the 
     actual borrowings and spending progress compared with 
     projections.
       Sec. 109. (a) None of the funds provided under this Act to 
     the agencies funded by this Act, both Federal and District 
     government agencies, that remain available for obligation or 
     expenditure in fiscal year 2003, or provided from any 
     accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by the 
     collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this 
     Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure for an 
     agency through a reprogramming of funds which--
       (1) creates new programs;
       (2) eliminates a program, project, or responsibility 
     center;
       (3) establishes or changes allocations specifically denied, 
     limited or increased under this Act;
       (4) increases funds or personnel by any means for any 
     program, project, or responsibility center for which funds 
     have been denied or restricted;
       (5) reestablishes any program or project previously 
     deferred through reprogramming;
       (6) augments any existing program, project, or 
     responsibility center through a reprogramming of funds in 
     excess of $1,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or

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       (7) increases by 20 percent or more personnel assigned to a 
     specific program, project or responsibility center;

     unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and Senate are notified in writing 30 days in 
     advance of the reprogramming.
       (b) None of the local funds contained in this Act may be 
     available for obligation or expenditure for an agency through 
     a transfer of any local funds from one appropriation heading 
     to another unless the Committees on Appropriations of the 
     House of Representatives and Senate are notified in writing 
     30 days in advance of the transfer, except that in no event 
     may the amount of any funds transferred exceed four percent 
     of the local funds in the appropriation.
       Sec. 110. Consistent with the provisions of section 1301(a) 
     of title 31, United States Code, appropriations under this 
     Act shall be applied only to the objects for which the 
     appropriations were made except as otherwise provided by law.
       Sec. 111. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the 
     provisions of the District of Columbia Government 
     Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978 (D.C. Law 2-139; 
     D.C. Official Code, sec. 1-601.01 et seq.), enacted pursuant 
     to section 422(3) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act 
     (D.C. Official Code, sec. 1-204.22(3)), shall apply with 
     respect to the compensation of District of Columbia 
     employees: Provided, That for pay purposes, employees of the 
     District of Columbia government shall not be subject to the 
     provisions of title 5, United States Code.
       Sec. 112. No later than 30 days after the end of the first 
     quarter of fiscal year 2003, the Mayor of the District of 
     Columbia shall submit to the Council of the District of 
     Columbia and the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and Senate the new fiscal year 2003 revenue 
     estimates as of the end of such quarter. These estimates 
     shall be used in the budget request for fiscal year 2004. The 
     officially revised estimates at midyear shall be used for the 
     midyear report.
       Sec. 113. No sole source contract with the District of 
     Columbia government or any agency thereof may be renewed or 
     extended without opening that contract to the competitive 
     bidding process as set forth in section 303 of the District 
     of Columbia Procurement Practices Act of 1985 (D.C. Law 6-85; 
     D.C. Official Code, sec. 2-303.03), except that the District 
     of Columbia government or any agency thereof may renew or 
     extend sole source contracts for which competition is not 
     feasible or practical, but only if the determination as to 
     whether to invoke the competitive bidding process has been 
     made in accordance with duly promulgated rules and procedures 
     and has been reviewed and certified by the Chief Financial 
     Officer of the District of Columbia.
       Sec. 114. (a) In the event a sequestration order is issued 
     pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
     Act of 1985 after the amounts appropriated to the District of 
     Columbia for the fiscal year involved have been paid to the 
     District of Columbia, the Mayor of the District of Columbia 
     shall pay to the Secretary of the Treasury, within 15 days 
     after receipt of a request therefor from the Secretary of the 
     Treasury, such amounts as are sequestered by the order: 
     Provided, That the sequestration percentage specified in the 
     order shall be applied proportionately to each of the Federal 
     appropriation accounts in this Act that are not specifically 
     exempted from sequestration by such Act.
       (b) For purposes of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
     Deficit Control Act of 1985, the term ``program, project, and 
     activity'' shall be synonymous with and refer specifically to 
     each account appropriating Federal funds in this Act, and any 
     sequestration order shall be applied to each of the accounts 
     rather than to the aggregate total of those accounts: 
     Provided, That sequestration orders shall not be applied to 
     any account that is specifically exempted from sequestration 
     by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
     1985.
       Sec. 115. (a)(1) An entity of the District of Columbia 
     government may accept and use a gift or donation during 
     fiscal year 2003 and any subsequent fiscal year if--
       (A) the Mayor approves the acceptance and use of the gift 
     or donation (except as provided in paragraph (2)); and
       (B) the entity uses the gift or donation to carry out its 
     authorized functions or duties.
       (2) The Council of the District of Columbia and the 
     District of Columbia courts may accept and use gifts without 
     prior approval by the Mayor.
       (b) Each entity of the District of Columbia government 
     shall keep accurate and detailed records of the acceptance 
     and use of any gift or donation under subsection (a), and 
     shall make such records available for audit and public 
     inspection.
       (c) For the purposes of this section, the term ``entity of 
     the District of Columbia government'' includes an independent 
     agency of the District of Columbia.
       (d) This section shall not apply to the District of 
     Columbia Board of Education, which may, pursuant to the laws 
     and regulations of the District of Columbia, accept and use 
     gifts to the public schools without prior approval by the 
     Mayor.
       Sec. 116. None of the Federal funds provided in this Act 
     may be used by the District of Columbia to provide for 
     salaries, expenses, or other costs associated with the 
     offices of United States Senator or United States 
     Representative under section 4(d) of the District of Columbia 
     Statehood Constitutional Convention Initiatives of 1979 (D.C. 
     Law 3-171; D.C. Official Code, sec. 1-123).
       Sec. 117. None of the funds appropriated under this Act 
     shall be expended for any abortion except where the life of 
     the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried 
     to term or where the pregnancy is the result of an act of 
     rape or incest.
       Sec. 118. None of the Federal funds made available in this 
     Act may be used to implement or enforce the Health Care 
     Benefits Expansion Act of 1992 (D.C. Law 9-114; D.C. Official 
     Code, sec. 32-701 et seq.) or to otherwise implement or 
     enforce any system of registration of unmarried, cohabiting 
     couples, including but not limited to registration for the 
     purpose of extending employment, health, or governmental 
     benefits to such couples on the same basis that such benefits 
     are extended to legally married couples.
       Sec. 119. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
     Act, the Mayor, in consultation with the Chief Financial 
     Officer of the District of Columbia may accept, obligate, and 
     expend Federal, private, and other grants received by the 
     District government that are not reflected in the amounts 
     appropriated in this Act.
       (b) No such Federal, private, or other grant may be 
     accepted, obligated, or expended pursuant to subsection (a) 
     until--
       (1) the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia 
     submits to the Council a report setting forth detailed 
     information regarding such grant; and
       (2) the Council within 15 calendar days after receipt of 
     the report submitted under paragraph (1) has reviewed and 
     approved the acceptance, obligation, and expenditure of such 
     grant.
       (c) No amount may be obligated or expended from the general 
     fund or other funds of the District of Columbia government in 
     anticipation of the approval or receipt of a grant under 
     subsection (b)(2) or in anticipation of the approval or 
     receipt of a Federal, private, or other grant not subject to 
     such subsection.
       (d) The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia 
     shall prepare a quarterly report setting forth detailed 
     information regarding all Federal, private, and other grants 
     subject to this section. Each such report shall be submitted 
     to the Council of the District of Columbia and to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
     and Senate not later than 15 days after the end of the 
     quarter covered by the report.
       Sec. 120. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, 
     none of the funds made available by this Act or by any other 
     Act may be used to provide any officer or employee of the 
     District of Columbia with an official vehicle unless the 
     officer or employee uses the vehicle only in the performance 
     of the officer's or employee's official duties. For purposes 
     of this paragraph, the term ``official duties'' does not 
     include travel between the officer's or employee's residence 
     and workplace, except in the case of--
       (1) an officer or employee of the Metropolitan Police 
     Department who resides in the District of Columbia or is 
     otherwise designated by the Chief of the Department;
       (2) at the discretion of the Fire Chief, an officer or 
     employee of the District of Columbia Fire and Emergency 
     Medical Services Department who resides in the District of 
     Columbia and is on call 24 hours a day;
       (3) the Mayor of the District of Columbia; and
       (4) the Chairman of the Council of the District of 
     Columbia.
       (b) The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia 
     shall submit by March 1, 2003 an inventory, as of September 
     30, 2002, of all vehicles owned, leased or operated by the 
     District of Columbia government. The inventory shall include, 
     but not be limited to, the department to which the vehicle is 
     assigned; the year and make of the vehicle; the acquisition 
     date and cost; the general condition of the vehicle; annual 
     operating and maintenance costs; current mileage; and whether 
     the vehicle is allowed to be taken home by a District officer 
     or employee and if so, the officer or employee's title and 
     resident location.
       Sec. 121. No officer or employee of the District of 
     Columbia government (including any independent agency of the 
     District of Columbia, but excluding the Office of the Chief 
     Technology Officer, the Office of the Chief Financial Officer 
     of the District of Columbia, and the Metropolitan Police 
     Department) may enter into an agreement in excess of $2,500 
     for the procurement of goods or services on behalf of any 
     entity of the District government until the officer or 
     employee has conducted an analysis of how the procurement of 
     the goods and services involved under the applicable 
     regulations and procedures of the District government would 
     differ from the procurement of the goods and services 
     involved under the Federal supply schedule and other 
     applicable regulations and procedures of the General Services 
     Administration, including an analysis of any differences in 
     the costs to be incurred and the time required to obtain the 
     goods or services.
       Sec. 122. None of the funds contained in this Act may be 
     used for purposes of the annual independent audit of the 
     District of Columbia government for fiscal year 2003 unless--
       (1) the audit is conducted by the Inspector General of the 
     District of Columbia, in coordination with the Chief 
     Financial Officer of the District of Columbia, pursuant to 
     section 208(a)(4) of the District of Columbia Procurement 
     Practices Act of 1985 (D.C. Official Code, sec. 2-302.8); and
       (2) the audit includes as a basic financial statement a 
     comparison of audited actual year-end results with the 
     revenues submitted in the budget document for such year and 
     the appropriations enacted into law for such year using the 
     format, terminology, and classifications contained in the law 
     making the appropriations for the year and its legislative 
     history.
       Sec. 123. (a) None of the funds contained in this Act may 
     be used by the District of Columbia Corporation Counsel or 
     any other officer or entity of the District government to 
     provide assistance for any petition drive or civil action 
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     seeks to require Congress to provide for voting 
     representation in Congress for the District of Columbia.
       (b) Nothing in this section bars the District of Columbia 
     Corporation Counsel from reviewing or commenting on briefs in 
     private lawsuits, or from consulting with officials of the 
     District government regarding such lawsuits.
       Sec. 124. (a) None of the funds contained in this Act may 
     be used for any program of distributing sterile needles or 
     syringes for the hypodermic injection of any illegal drug.
       (b) Any individual or entity who receives any funds 
     contained in this Act and who carries out any program 
     described in subsection (a) shall account for all funds used 
     for such program separately from any funds contained in this 
     Act.
       Sec. 125. None of the funds contained in this Act may be 
     used after the expiration of the 60-day period that begins on 
     the date of the enactment of this Act to pay the salary of 
     any chief financial officer of any office of the District of 
     Columbia government (including any independent agency of the 
     District of Columbia) who has not filed a certification with 
     the Mayor and the Chief Financial Officer of the District of 
     Columbia that the officer understands the duties and 
     restrictions applicable to the officer and the officer's 
     agency as a result of this Act (and the amendments made by 
     this Act), including any duty to prepare a report requested 
     either in the Act or in any of the reports accompanying the 
     Act and the deadline by which each report must be submitted. 
     The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia shall 
     provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and Senate by the 10th day after the end of 
     each quarter a summary list showing each report, the due 
     date, and the date submitted to the Committees.
       Sec. 126. (a) None of the funds contained in this Act may 
     be used to enact or carry out any law, rule, or regulation to 
     legalize or otherwise reduce penalties associated with the 
     possession, use, or distribution of any schedule I substance 
     under the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802) or any 
     tetrahydrocannabinols derivative.
       (b) The Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Treatment 
     Initiative of 1998, also known as Initiative 59, approved by 
     the electors of the District of Columbia on November 3, 1998, 
     shall not take effect.
       Sec. 127. Nothing in this Act may be construed to prevent 
     the Council or Mayor of the District of Columbia from 
     addressing the issue of the provision of contraceptive 
     coverage by health insurance plans, but it is the intent of 
     Congress that any legislation enacted on such issue should 
     include a ``conscience clause'' which provides exceptions for 
     religious beliefs and moral convictions.
       Sec. 128. (a) If the Superior Court of the District of 
     Columbia or the District of Columbia Court of Appeals does 
     not make a payment described in subsection (b) prior to the 
     expiration of the 45-day period which begins on the date the 
     Court receives a completed voucher for a claim for the 
     payment, interest shall be assessed against the amount of the 
     payment which would otherwise be made to take into account 
     the period which begins on the day after the expiration of 
     such 45-day period and which ends on the day the Court makes 
     the payment.
       (b) A payment described in this subsection is--
       (1) a payment authorized under section 11-2604 and section 
     11-2605, D.C. Official Code (relating to representation 
     provided under the District of Columbia Criminal Justice 
     Act);
       (2) a payment for counsel appointed in proceedings in the 
     Family Court of the Superior Court of the District of 
     Columbia under chapter 23 of title 16, D.C. Official Code; or
       (3) a payment for counsel authorized under section 21-2060, 
     D.C. Official Code (relating to representation provided under 
     the District of Columbia Guardianship, Protective 
     Proceedings, and Durable Power of Attorney Act of 1986).
       (c) The chief judges of the Superior Court of the District 
     of Columbia and the District of Columbia Court of Appeals 
     shall establish standards and criteria for determining 
     whether vouchers submitted for claims for payments described 
     in subsection (b) are complete, and shall publish and make 
     such standards and criteria available to attorneys who 
     practice before such Courts.
       (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require 
     the assessment of interest against any claim (or portion of 
     any claim) which is denied by the Court involved.
       (e) This section shall apply with respect to claims 
     received by the Superior Court of the District of Columbia or 
     the District of Columbia Court of Appeals during fiscal year 
     2003 and any subsequent fiscal year.
       Sec. 129. The Mayor of the District of Columbia shall 
     submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and Senate, the Committee on Government 
     Reform of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on 
     Governmental Affairs of the Senate quarterly reports 
     addressing the following issues--
       (1) crime, including the homicide rate, implementation of 
     community policing, the number of police officers on local 
     beats, and the closing down of open-air drug markets;
       (2) access to substance and alcohol abuse treatment, 
     including the number of treatment slots, the number of people 
     served, the number of people on waiting lists, and the 
     effectiveness of treatment programs;
       (3) management of parolees and pre-trial violent offenders, 
     including the number of halfway house escapes and steps taken 
     to improve monitoring and supervision of halfway house 
     residents to reduce the number of escapes to be provided in 
     consultation with the Court Services and Offender Supervision 
     Agency for the District of Columbia;
       (4) education, including access to special education 
     services and student achievement to be provided in 
     consultation with the District of Columbia Public Schools and 
     the District of Columbia public charter schools;
       (5) improvement in basic District services, including rat 
     control and abatement;
       (6) application for and management of Federal grants, 
     including the number and type of grants for which the 
     District was eligible but failed to apply and the number and 
     type of grants awarded to the District but for which the 
     District failed to spend the amounts received; and
       (7) indicators of child well-being.
       Sec. 130. No later than 30 calendar days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial Officer of the 
     District of Columbia shall submit to the appropriate 
     committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the Council of the 
     District of Columbia a revised appropriated funds 
     operating budget in the format of the budget that the 
     District of Columbia government submitted pursuant to 
     section 442 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act 
     (D.C. Official Code, sec. 1-204.42), for all agencies of 
     the District of Columbia government for fiscal year 2003 
     that is in the total amount of the approved appropriation 
     and that realigns all budgeted data for personal services 
     and other-than-personal-services, respectively, with 
     anticipated actual expenditures.
       Sec. 131. None of the funds contained in this Act may be 
     used to issue, administer, or enforce any order by the 
     District of Columbia Commission on Human Rights relating to 
     docket numbers 93-030-(PA) and 93-031-(PA).
       Sec. 132. None of the Federal funds made available in this 
     Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or 
     instrumentality of the United States Government, except 
     pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority 
     provided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act.
       Sec. 133. In addition to any other authority to pay claims 
     and judgments, any department, agency, or instrumentality of 
     the District government may pay the settlement or judgment of 
     a claim or lawsuit in an amount less than $10,000, in 
     accordance with the Risk Management for Settlements and 
     Judgments Amendment Act of 2000 (D.C. Law 13-172; D.C. 
     Official Code, sec. 2-402).
       Sec. 134. All funds from the Crime Victims Compensation 
     Fund, established pursuant to section 16 of the Victims of 
     Violent Crime Compensation Act of 1996 (D.C. Law 11-243; D.C. 
     Official Code, sec. 4-514) (``Compensation Act''), that are 
     designated for outreach activities pursuant to section 
     16(d)(2) of the Compensation Act shall be deposited in the 
     Crime Victims Assistance Fund, established pursuant to 
     section 16a of the Compensation Act, for the purpose of 
     outreach activities, and shall remain available until 
     expended.
       Sec. 135. Notwithstanding any other law, the District of 
     Columbia Courts shall transfer to the general treasury of the 
     District of Columbia all fines levied and collected by the 
     Courts in cases charging Driving Under the Influence and 
     Driving While Impaired. The transferred funds shall remain 
     available until expended and shall be used by the Office of 
     the Corporation Counsel for enforcement and prosecution of 
     District traffic alcohol laws in accordance with section 
     10(b)(3) of the District of Columbia Traffic Control Act 
     (D.C. Official Code, sec. 50-2201.05(b)(3)).
       Sec. 136. Section 47-363(a-1) of the District of Columbia 
     Official Code is amended by adding at the end the following 
     new paragraph:
       ``(3)(A) After the adoption of the annual budget for a 
     fiscal year that is not a control year, no reprogramming of 
     amounts in the budget may occur unless--
       ``(i) the Mayor submits a request for such reprogramming to 
     the Council and the Chief Financial Officer of the District 
     of Columbia;
       ``(ii) the Chief Financial Officer transmits to the Council 
     a statement certifying the availability of funds for the 
     reprogramming and containing an analysis of the effect of the 
     reprogramming on the financial plan and budget for the fiscal 
     year; and
       ``(iii) the Council approves the request after receiving 
     the statement described in clause (ii), but only if any 
     additional expenditures provided under the request are offset 
     by reductions in expenditures for another activity.
       ``(B) If the Chief Financial Officer does not transmit to 
     the Council the statement described in subparagraph (A)(ii) 
     during the 15-day period which begins on the date the Chief 
     Financial Officer receives the request for the reprogramming 
     from the Mayor, the Chief Financial Officer shall be deemed 
     to have transmitted the statement to the Council. Upon 
     written notice to the Mayor and Council, the Chief Financial 
     Officer may extend the time period to transmit the statement 
     and analysis to the Council, not to exceed 10 additional 
     days.
       ``(C) In this paragraph, the term `control year' has the 
     meaning given such term in section 305(4) of the District of 
     Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance 
     Act of 1995 (D.C. Official Code, sec. 47-393(4)).''.
       Sec. 137. From the local funds appropriated under this Act, 
     any agency of the District government may transfer to the 
     Office of Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining (OLRCB) 
     such amounts as may be necessary to pay for representation by 
     OLRCB in third-party cases, grievances, and dispute 
     resolution, pursuant to an intra-District agreement with 
     OLRCB. These amounts shall be available for use by OLRCB to 
     reimburse the cost of providing the representation.
       Sec. 138. (a) Section 9001(1) of Title 5, United States 
     Code, is amended by adding before the period ``(other than an 
     employee of the District of Columbia Courts)''.
       (b) Section 11-1726, District of Columbia Code, is amended 
     as follows:
       (1) in subsection (b)(1), by adding at the end: ``(F) 
     Chapter 90 (relating to long-term care insurance).''.

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       (2) in subsection (c)(1), by adding at the end: ``(D) 
     Chapter 90 (relating to long-term care insurance).''.
       Sec. 139. Of the amount appropriated as a Federal payment 
     to the District of Columbia Courts in the District of 
     Columbia Appropriations Act, 2002, that remain available 
     through September 30, 2003, $560,000 are hereby transferred 
     to the District of Columbia Child and Family Services Agency 
     for child abuse services.
       Sec. 140. No later than June 2, 2003, the Comptroller 
     General shall prepare and submit to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate, a 
     detailed analysis of the national effort to establish 
     adequate charter school facilities including a comparison to 
     the efforts in the District of Columbia.
       Sec. 141. The Mayor of the District of Columbia and the 
     Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, in 
     consultation with the General Services Administration, shall 
     conduct an assessment of all buildings currently held in 
     surplus and those that might be made available within one 
     year of the date of enactment of this Act: Provided, That 
     such assessment include a survey of the space available, a 
     listing of appropriate uses, a listing of potential 
     occupants, and the renovations or construction necessary 
     to accommodate proposed uses: Provided further, That 
     within 180 days of enactment, the Mayor shall report to 
     the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and Senate the findings of such assessment 
     along with a plan for occupying at least 50 percent of the 
     space available at the time such report is submitted: 
     Provided further, That assignments of space included in 
     this plan shall be in compliance with preferences outlined 
     in the D.C. School Reform Act.
       Sec. 142. The Mayor of the District of Columbia, in 
     administering funds provided under the heading ``Federal 
     Payment for Incentives for Adoption of Children'' in Public 
     Law 106-113, as modified by Public Law 107-96, shall 
     establish and fulfill the following performance measures 
     within nine months of the date of enactment of this Act: (i) 
     the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia shall 
     certify that not less than 50 percent of the funds provided 
     for attorney fees and home studies have been expended; (ii) 
     the Mayor shall establish an outreach program to inform 
     adoptive families and children without parents about the 
     scholarship fund established with these funds; (iii) the 
     Mayor shall establish the location, necessary personnel and 
     mission of the adoptive family resource center in the 
     District of Columbia; (iv) the Mayor shall identify not less 
     than 25 percent of the eligible children in the District of 
     Columbia foster care system with special needs and obligate 
     not less than 25 percent of the funds provided in Public Law 
     106-113 for adoption incentives and support for children with 
     special needs: Provided, That the Mayor of the District of 
     Columbia and the Chairman of the Council of the District of 
     Columbia shall provide quarterly reports beginning on the 
     date of enactment of this Act to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate, 
     detailing the expenditure of funds provided for the promotion 
     of adoption and performance in actually promoting adoption; 
     and (v) the Mayor and Child and Family Services Agency of the 
     District of Columbia shall increase the number of waiting 
     children listed in the Child and Family Services Agency of 
     the District of Columbia adoption photo-listing by 75 
     percent.
       Sec. 143. (a)(1) There is established within the District 
     of Columbia, under the authority of the Department of Banking 
     and Financial Institutions, an Office of Public Charter 
     School Financing and Support.
       (2) The Office shall have the following three functions:
       (A) To administer the credit enhancement fund for public 
     charter schools under section 603(e) of the Student Loan 
     Marketing Association Reorganization Act of 1996, subject to 
     the provisions of such section.
       (B) To administer the Direct Loan Fund for Charter School 
     Improvement under subsection (b), subject to the provisions 
     of such subsection.
       (C) To develop, implement and provide oversight for other 
     public charter school financing programs and support services 
     as requested by the Mayor and the Council of the District of 
     Columbia.
       (3) The functions described in paragraph (2) may be 
     provided by the Office directly or under contract with a 
     qualified provider.
       (b)(1) There is established within the District of Columbia 
     a Direct Loan Fund for Charter School Improvement.
       (2) The Direct Loan Fund for Charter School Improvement 
     shall be administered by the Office of Charter School 
     Financing and Support, except that no loan may be made under 
     this subsection without the approval of the committee 
     described in section 603(e)(3)(C)(iii) of the Student Loan 
     Marketing Association Reorganization Act of 1996 (20 U.S.C. 
     1155(e)(3)(C)(iii)).
       (3) Funds distributed under this subsection shall be for 
     construction, purchase, renovation, and maintenance of 
     charter school facilities.
       (4) Loans distributed under this subsection shall not 
     exceed $2,000,000 per charter school.
       (5) The Office of Charter School Financing and Support 
     shall determine what interest rates and terms apply to loans 
     granted under this subsection. In determining the rates and 
     terms of a loan granted to a charter school, the Office of 
     Charter School Financing and Support should do its best to 
     provide low interest options and flexible terms.
       (6) To be eligible for a loan under this subsection, an 
     applicant shall be a public charter school with a charter in 
     effect pursuant to the District of Columbia School Reform Act 
     of 1995 which meets or exceeds its performance goals as 
     outlined in its originating charter.
       (7) In repaying a loan granted under this subsection, a 
     debtor may use facility maintenance funds granted to them by 
     the District of Columbia Public Schools.
       (c) Section 603(e)(3) of the Student Loan Marketing 
     Association Reorganization Act of 1996 (20 U.S.C. 1155(e)(3)) 
     is amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (B)(ii) and subparagraph (C)(iii), by 
     striking ``The Mayor'' and inserting ``Subject to 
     subparagraph (F), the Mayor''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(F) Role of Office of Public Charter School Financing and 
     Support.--During fiscal year 2003 and each succeeding fiscal 
     year, the Office of Public Charter School Financing and 
     Support shall be responsible for receiving applications, 
     making payments, and otherwise administering this paragraph, 
     except that no grant may be made under this paragraph without 
     the approval of the committee described in subparagraph 
     (C)(iii).''.
       Sec. 144. None of the funds contained in this Act may be 
     made available to pay--
       (1) the fees of an attorney who represents a party in an 
     action or an attorney who defends any action, including an 
     administrative proceeding, brought against the District of 
     Columbia Public Schools under the Individuals with 
     Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.) in excess 
     of $4,000 for that action; or
       (2) the fees of an attorney or firm whom the Chief 
     Financial Officer of the District of Columbia determines to 
     have a pecuniary interest, either through an attorney, 
     officer or employee of the firm, in any special education 
     diagnostic services, schools, or other special education 
     service providers.
       Sec. 145. The Chief Financial Officer of the District of 
     Columbia shall require attorneys in special education cases 
     brought under the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) in 
     the District of Columbia to certify in writing that the 
     attorney or representative rendered any and all services for 
     which they receive awards, including those received under a 
     settlement agreement or as part of an administrative 
     proceeding, under the IDEA from the District of Columbia: 
     Provided, That as part of the certification, the Chief 
     Financial Officer of the District of Columbia require all 
     attorneys in IDEA cases to disclose any financial, corporate, 
     legal, memberships on boards of directors, or other 
     relationships with any special education diagnostic services, 
     schools, or other special education service providers to 
     which the attorneys have referred any clients as part of this 
     certification: Provided further, That the Chief Financial 
     Officer shall prepare and submit quarterly reports to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
     Representatives on the certification of and the amount paid 
     by the government of the District of Columbia, including the 
     District of Columbia Public Schools, to attorneys in cases 
     brought under IDEA: Provided further, That the Inspector 
     General of the District of Columbia may conduct 
     investigations to determine the accuracy of the 
     certifications.
       Sec. 146. (a) Section 2403(b) of the District of Columbia 
     School Reform Act of 1995 (sec. 38-1804.03(b), D.C. Official 
     Code) is amended to read as follows:
       ``(b) Payment to Charter Schools From Charter School 
     Fund.--
       ``(1) Establishment of fund.--The `New Charter School 
     Fund', as established in the general fund of the District of 
     Columbia prior to the date of the enactment of the District 
     of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2003, shall be redesignated 
     as the `Charter School Fund'.
       ``(2) Contents of fund.--The Charter School Fund shall 
     consist of the following amounts:
       ``(A) Unexpended and unobligated amounts appropriated from 
     local funds for public charter schools for any fiscal year 
     that reverted to the general fund of the District of 
     Columbia, but only to the extent that the balance of the 
     Charter School Fund for the fiscal year involved is less 
     than--
       ``(i) $10,000,000, in the case of fiscal year 2002; or
       ``(ii) $5,000,000, in the case of fiscal year 2003 and each 
     succeeding fiscal year.
       ``(B) Any interest earned on such amounts.
       ``(3) Expenditures from fund.--Amounts in the Charter 
     School Fund shall be used to make payments during a fiscal 
     year to any public charter school operating in the District 
     of Columbia during the fiscal year whose total audited 
     enrollment (including enrollment in special needs categories) 
     exceeds the student enrollment which served as the basis for 
     determining the school's annual payment under this Act for 
     the year.
       ``(4) Form of payment.--Payments under this subsection 
     shall be made by electronic funds transfer from the Charter 
     School Fund to a bank designated by a public charter school.
       ``(5) Authorization of appropriations.--There are 
     authorized to be appropriated to the Chief Financial Officer 
     of the District of Columbia such sums as may be necessary to 
     carry out this subsection for each fiscal year.''.
       (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, $5,000,000 
     from the Charter School Fund established pursuant to section 
     2403(b) of the District of Columbia School Reform Act of 1995 
     (D.C. Official Code, sec. 38-1804.03(b)), as amended by 
     subsection (a), shall be deposited not later than 15 days 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act into the credit 
     enhancement revolving fund established pursuant to section 
     603(e) of the Student Loan Marketing Association 
     Reorganization Act of 1996 (20 U.S.C. 1155(e)).
       This division may be cited as the ``District of Columbia 
     Appropriations Act, 2003''.

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     DIVISION D--ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS, 2003

 Making appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal 
        year ending September 30, 2003, and for other purposes.

     That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in 
     the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year 
     ending September 30, 2003, for energy and water development, 
     and for other purposes, namely:

                                TITLE I

                      DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--CIVIL

                         DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

                       Corps of Engineers--Civil

       The following appropriations shall be expended under the 
     direction of the Secretary of the Army and the supervision of 
     the Chief of Engineers for authorized civil functions of the 
     Department of the Army pertaining to rivers and harbors, 
     flood control, shore protection, and related purposes.

                         General Investigations

       For expenses necessary for the collection and study of 
     basic information pertaining to river and harbor, flood 
     control, shore protection, and related projects, restudy of 
     authorized projects, miscellaneous investigations, and, when 
     authorized by laws, surveys and detailed studies and plans 
     and specifications of projects prior to construction, 
     $135,019,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
     That in conducting the Southwest Valley Flood Damage 
     Reduction Study, Albuquerque, New Mexico, the Secretary of 
     the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, shall 
     include an evaluation of flood damage reduction measures that 
     would otherwise be excluded from the feasibility analysis 
     based on policies regarding the frequency of flooding, the 
     drainage areas, and the amount of runoff: Provided further, 
     That the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of 
     Engineers, is directed to use funds appropriated herein to 
     determine the advisability of undertaking restoration, 
     modification, or modernization of the Great Lakes 
     Navigational System, including the St. Lawrence Seaway; as 
     provided for in section 456 of Public Law 106-53 (113 Stat. 
     332): Provided further, That in making such determination, 
     the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of 
     Engineers, may partner with the St. Lawrence Seaway 
     Development Corporation and Transport Canada or another 
     designated representative of the Government of Canada and may 
     accept from such partners cash, in-kind services, or any 
     combination thereof, to be expended or used by the Secretary 
     in addition to the funds identified herein for the purpose of 
     making such determination.

                         Construction, General

       For the prosecution of river and harbor, flood control, 
     shore protection, and related projects authorized by laws; 
     and detailed studies, and plans and specifications, of 
     projects (including those for development with participation 
     or under consideration for participation by States, local 
     governments, or private groups) authorized or made eligible 
     for selection by law (but such studies shall not constitute a 
     commitment of the Government to construction), 
     $1,756,012,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
     such sums as are necessary for the Federal share of 
     construction costs for facilities under the Dredged Material 
     Disposal Facilities program shall be derived from the Harbor 
     Maintenance Trust Fund, as authorized by Public Law 104-303; 
     and of which such sums as are necessary pursuant to Public 
     Law 99-662 shall be derived from the Inland Waterways Trust 
     Fund, for one-half of the costs of construction and 
     rehabilitation of inland waterways projects, including 
     rehabilitation costs for the Lock and Dam 11, Mississippi 
     River, Iowa; Lock and Dam 12, Mississippi River, Iowa; Lock 
     and Dam 24, Mississippi River, Illinois and Missouri; Lock 
     and Dam 3, Mississippi River, Minnesota; and London Locks and 
     Dam, Kanawha River, West Virginia, projects; and of which 
     funds are provided for the following projects in the amounts 
     specified:
       San Timoteo Creek (Santa Ana River Mainstem), California, 
     $7,000,000;
       Southern and Eastern Kentucky, Kentucky, $3,000,000; and
       Clover Fork, City of Cumberland, Town of Martin, Pike 
     County (including Levisa Fork and Tug Fork Tributaries), Bell 
     County, Harlan County in accordance with the Draft Detailed 
     Report dated January 2002, Floyd County, Martin County, and 
     Johnson County, Kentucky, elements of the Levisa and Tug 
     Forks of the Big Sandy River and Upper Cumberland River, 
     Kentucky, $26,100,000: Provided, That, using $200,000 of the 
     funds appropriated herein, the Secretary of the Army, acting 
     through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to continue work 
     on the Bois Brule Drainage and Levee District, Missouri, 
     design deficiency project under the terms and conditions 
     specified in Public Law 107-66: Provided further, That using 
     $9,744,000 of the funds appropriated herein, the Secretary of 
     the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed 
     to continue construction of the Dallas Floodway Extension, 
     Texas, project, including the Cadillac Heights feature, 
     generally in accordance with the Chief of Engineers report 
     dated December 7, 1999: Provided further, That the Secretary 
     of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is 
     directed to use $4,000,000 of the funds appropriated herein 
     to undertake the Bowie County Levee, Texas, project, which is 
     defined as Alternative B, Local Sponsor Option, in the Corps 
     of Engineers document entitled Bowie County Local Flood 
     Protection, Red River, Texas, Project Design Memorandum No. 
     1, Bowie County Levee, dated April 1997: Provided further, 
     That cost sharing for the Bowie County Levee, Texas, project 
     shall be in accordance with the provisions of the Flood 
     Control Act of 1946: Provided further, That the Secretary of 
     the Army is directed to accept advance funds, pursuant to 
     section 11 of the River and Harbor Act of 1925, from the non-
     Federal sponsor of the Los Angeles Harbor, California, 
     project authorized by section 101(b)(5) of Public Law 106-
     541, which are needed to maintain the project schedule: 
     Provided further, That using $1,000,000 of the funds provided 
     herein, the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief 
     of Engineers, is directed to conduct, at full Federal 
     expense, technical studies of individual ditch systems 
     identified by the State of Hawaii, and to assist the State in 
     diversification by helping to define the cost of repairing 
     and maintaining selected ditch systems: Provided further, 
     That the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief 
     of Engineers, is directed to use $1,000,000 of the funds 
     appropriated herein to continue construction of the 
     navigation project at Kaumalapau Harbor, Hawaii: Provided 
     further, That the Secretary of the Army, acting through 
     the Chief of Engineers, is directed to use $2,000,000 of 
     the funds provided herein for Dam Safety and Seepage/
     Stability Correction Program to continue construction of 
     seepage control features at Waterbury Dam, Vermont: 
     Provided further, That the Secretary of the Army, acting 
     through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to use 
     $13,400,000 of the funds appropriated herein to proceed 
     with planning, engineering, design or construction of the 
     Grundy, Buchanan County, and Dickenson County, Virginia, 
     elements of the Levisa and Tug Forks of the Big Sandy 
     River and Upper Cumberland River Project: Provided 
     further, That the Secretary of the Army, acting through 
     the Chief of Engineers, is directed to use $5,500,000 of 
     the funds appropriated herein to proceed with the 
     planning, engineering, design or construction of the Lower 
     Mingo County, Upper Mingo County, Wayne County, McDowell 
     County, West Virginia, elements of the Levisa and Tug 
     Forks of the Big Sandy River and Upper Cumberland River 
     Project: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Army, 
     acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to 
     continue the Dickenson County Detailed Project Report as 
     generally defined in Plan 4 of the Huntington District 
     Engineer's Draft Supplement to the Section 202 General 
     Plan for Flood Damage Reduction dated April 1997, 
     including all Russell Fork tributary streams within the 
     County and special considerations as may be appropriate to 
     address the unique relocations and resettlement needs for 
     the flood prone communities within the County: Provided 
     further, That the Secretary of the Army, acting through 
     the Chief of Engineers, is directed to proceed with the 
     construction of the Seward Harbor, Alaska, project, in 
     accordance with the Report of the Chief of Engineers, 
     dated June 8, 1999, and the economic justification 
     contained therein: Provided further, That the Secretary of 
     the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is 
     directed to proceed with the construction of the Wrangell 
     Harbor, Alaska, project in accordance with the Chief of 
     Engineer's report dated December 23, 1999: Provided 
     further, That, of the funds provided herein, $3,000,000 
     shall be made available for the Galena Bank Stabilization 
     Project in Galena, Alaska: Provided further, That the 
     Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of 
     Engineers, is authorized and directed to use $5,000,000 of 
     Construction, General funding as provided herein for 
     construction of an emergency outlet from Devils Lake, 
     North Dakota, to the Sheyenne River, at an estimated total 
     cost of $100,000,000, which shall be cost-shared in 
     accordance with section 103 of the Water Resources 
     Development Act of 1986, as amended (33 U.S.C. 2213), 
     except that the funds shall not become available unless 
     the Secretary of the Army determines that an emergency (as 
     defined in section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
     Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122)) 
     exists with respect to the emergency need for the outlet 
     and reports to Congress that the construction is 
     technically sound and environmentally acceptable, and in 
     compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 
     1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.): Provided further, That the 
     justification for the emergency outlet shall be fully 
     described, including the analysis of the benefits and 
     costs, in the project plan documents: Provided further, 
     That the plans for the emergency outlet shall be reviewed 
     and, to be effective, shall contain assurances provided by 
     the Secretary of State, that the project will not violate 
     the Treaty Between the United States and Great Britain 
     Relating to the Boundary Waters Between the United States 
     and Canada, signed at Washington, January 11, 1909 (36 
     Stat. 2448; TS 548) (commonly known as the ``Boundary 
     Waters Treaty of 1909''): Provided further, That the 
     Secretary of the Army shall submit the final plans and 
     other documents for the emergency outlet to Congress: 
     Provided further, That no funds made available under this 
     Act or any other Act for any fiscal year may be used by 
     the Secretary of the Army to carry out the portion of the 
     feasibility study of the Devils Lake Basin, North Dakota, 
     authorized under the Energy and Water Development 
     Appropriations Act, 1993 (Public Law 102-377), that 
     addresses the needs of the area for stabilized lake levels 
     through inlet controls, or to otherwise study any facility 
     or carry out any activity that would permit the transfer 
     of water from the Missouri River Basin into Devils Lake.

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

       For expenses necessary for prosecuting work of flood 
     control, rescue work, repair, restoration, or maintenance of 
     flood control projects threatened or destroyed by flood, as 
     authorized by law (33 U.S.C. 702a and 702g-1), $344,574,000, 
     to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 
     Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, 
     using $10,000,000 of the funds provided herein, is directed 
     to continue

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     design and real estate activities and to initiate the pump 
     supply contract for the Yazoo Basin, Yazoo Backwater Pumping 
     Plant, Mississippi: Provided further, That the pump supply 
     contract shall be performed by awarding continuing contracts 
     in accordance with 33 U.S.C. Sec. 621.

                   Operation and Maintenance, General

       For expenses necessary for the preservation, operation, 
     maintenance, and care of existing river and harbor, flood 
     control, and related works, including such sums as may be 
     necessary for the maintenance of harbor channels provided by 
     a State, municipality or other public agency, outside of 
     harbor lines, and serving essential needs of general commerce 
     and navigation; surveys and charting of northern and 
     northwestern lakes and connecting waters; clearing and 
     straightening channels; and removal of obstructions to 
     navigation, $1,940,167,000, to remain available until 
     expended, of which such sums as become available in the 
     Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to Public Law 99-662, 
     may be derived from that Fund, and of which such sums as 
     become available from the special account established by the 
     Land and Water Conservation Act of 1965, as amended (16 
     U.S.C. 460l), may be derived from that account for 
     construction, operation, and maintenance of outdoor 
     recreation facilities: Provided, That using $888,000 of the 
     funds appropriated herein, the Secretary of the Army, acting 
     through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to undertake 
     recreation improvements associated with the pool raise at 
     Waco Lake, Texas: Provided further, That the Secretary of the 
     Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to 
     use $3,160,000 of the funds appropriated herein to undertake 
     work to expand or improve recreational facilities and 
     undertake environmental restoration activities at the Hansen 
     Dam Recreation Area, California, consistent with the Hansen 
     Dam Recreation Area Master Plan: Provided further, That of 
     funds appropriated herein, for the Intracoastal Waterway, 
     Delaware River to Chesapeake Bay, Delaware and Maryland, the 
     Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, 
     is directed to reimburse the State of Delaware for normal 
     operation and maintenance costs incurred by the State of 
     Delaware for the SR1 Bridge from station 58+00 to station 
     293+00 between October 1, 2002, and September 30, 2003: 
     Provided further, That the Secretary of the Army, acting 
     through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to use funds 
     appropriated herein to rehabilitate the existing dredged 
     material disposal site for the project for navigation, Bodega 
     Bay Harbor, California, and to initiate maintenance dredging 
     of the Federal channel: Provided further, That the Secretary 
     shall make suitable material excavated from the site as part 
     of the rehabilitation effort available to the non-Federal 
     sponsor, at no cost to the Federal Government, for use by the 
     non-Federal sponsor in the development of public facilities.

                 Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies

       For expenses necessary for emergency flood control, 
     hurricane response, and emergency shore protection and 
     related activities, $15,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended.

                           Regulatory Program

       For expenses necessary for administration of laws 
     pertaining to regulation of navigable waters and wetlands, 
     $139,000,000, to remain available until expended.

            Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program

       For expenses necessary to clean up contamination from sites 
     throughout the United States resulting from work performed as 
     part of the Nation's early atomic energy program, 
     $145,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                            General Expenses

       For expenses necessary for general administration and 
     related functions in the Office of the Chief of Engineers and 
     offices of the Division Engineers, activities of the 
     Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activity, the Institute for 
     Water Resources, and headquarters support functions at the 
     USACE Finance Center, $155,151,000, to remain available until 
     expended: Provided, That no part of any other appropriation 
     provided in title I of this Act shall be available to fund 
     the activities of the Office of the Chief of Engineers or the 
     executive direction and management activities of the division 
     offices: Provided further, That none of these funds shall be 
     available to support an office of congressional affairs 
     within the executive office of the Chief of Engineers.

                       Administrative Provisions

       Appropriations in this title shall be available for 
     official reception and representation expenses (not to exceed 
     $5,000); and during the current fiscal year the Revolving 
     Fund, Corps of Engineers, shall be available for purchase 
     (not to exceed 100 for replacement only) and hire of 
     passenger motor vehicles.

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

                       Corps of Engineers--Civil

       Sec. 101. Agreements proposed for execution by the 
     Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works or the United 
     States Army Corps of Engineers after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act pursuant to section 4 of the Rivers and 
     Harbor Act of 1915, Public Law 64-291; section 11 of the 
     River and Harbor Act of 1925, Public Law 68-585; the Civil 
     Functions Appropriations Act, 1936, Public Law 75-208; 
     section 215 of the Flood Control Act of 1968, as amended, 
     Public Law 90-483; sections 104, 203, and 204 of the Water 
     Resources Development Act of 1986, as amended, Public Law 99-
     662; section 206 of the Water Resources Development Act of 
     1992, as amended, Public Law 102-580; section 211 of the 
     Water Resources Development Act of 1996, Public Law 104-303; 
     and any other specific project authority, shall be limited to 
     credits and reimbursements per project not to exceed 
     $10,000,000 in each fiscal year, and total credits and 
     reimbursements for all applicable projects not to exceed 
     $50,000,000 in each fiscal year.
       Sec. 102. None of the funds appropriated in this or any 
     other Act may be used by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to 
     support activities, including reconnaissance and feasibility 
     studies, and planning, engineering and design, related to the 
     Chicago Harbor Visitors Center.
       Sec. 103. St. Georges Bridge, Delaware. None of the funds 
     made available in this Act may be used to carry out any 
     activity relating to closure or removal of the St. Georges 
     Bridge across the Intracoastal Waterway, Delaware River to 
     Chesapeake Bay, Delaware and Maryland, including a hearing or 
     any other activity relating to preparation of an 
     environmental impact statement concerning the closure or 
     removal.
       Sec. 104. Section 595(h)(1) of Public Law 106-53 is amended 
     by striking ``$25,000,000'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
     ``$100,000,000''.
       Sec. 105. St. Paul Island Harbor, St. Paul, Alaska 
     Technical Corrections. Section 101(b)(3) of Public Law 104-
     303 (the Water Resources Development Act of 1996), (110 Stat. 
     3667) is amended by--
       (1) striking ``$18,981,000'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
     ``$52,300,000''; and
       (2) striking ``$12,239,000'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
     ``$45,558,000''.
       Sec. 106. Abiquiu Dam, New Mexico. Section 1112 of Public 
     Law 99-662 (the Water Resources Development Act of 1986), 
     (100 Stat. 4232) is amended by striking ``$2,700,000'' and 
     inserting in lieu thereof ``$10,000,000''.
       Sec. 107. The project for flood control, Las Vegas Wash and 
     Tributaries (Flamingo and Tropicana Washes), Nevada, 
     authorized by section 101(13) of Public Law 102-580 is 
     modified to include as a part of the project channel 
     crossings that are necessary for those existing and proposed 
     highways and roads shown on the Clark County Comprehensive 
     Plan Transportation Element, approved by the Clark County 
     Board of County Commissioners on October 1, 1996. The 
     performance of work required for construction of such channel 
     crossings and the costs incurred in performing such work 
     shall be considered part of the non-Federal sponsor's 
     responsibility to provide lands, easements, and rights-of-
     way, and to perform relocations for the project. Costs 
     incurred in performing such work may not exceed $16,000,000.
       Sec. 108. Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Bridge Replacement 
     at Great Bridge, Chesapeake, Virginia. The project for 
     replacement of the bridge at Great Bridge, Chesapeake, 
     Virginia, authorized by Section 339(h) of Public Law 104-59 
     is modified to authorize the Secretary to construct the 
     project at an estimated cost of $46,000,000.
       Sec. 109. None of the funds appropriated in this Act, or 
     any other Act, shall be used to study or implement any plans 
     privatizing, divesting or transferring of any Civil Works 
     missions, functions, or responsibilities for the U.S. Army 
     Corps of Engineers to other government agencies without 
     specific direction in a subsequent Act of Congress.
       Sec. 110. The project for flood control for Terminus Dam, 
     Kaweah River, California, authorized by Section 101(b)(5) of 
     the Water Resources Development Act of 1996, is modified to 
     authorize the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief 
     of Engineers, to construct the project at a total cost of 
     $50,000,000, with an estimated Federal share of $28,600,000 
     and an estimated non-Federal share of $21,400,000.
       Sec. 111. The project for flood control, Little Calumet 
     River Basin (Cady Marsh Ditch), Indiana, authorized by 
     section 401(a) of Public Law 99-662 is modified to authorize 
     the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of 
     Engineers, to construct the project at a total cost of 
     $23,146,000, with an estimated Federal cost of $17,359,000 
     and an estimated non-Federal cost of $5,787,000.
       Sec. 112. The non-Federal interest shall receive credit 
     toward the non-Federal share of the cost of the feasibility 
     study for work performed prior to the date that the Secretary 
     of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, enters 
     into the feasibility cost-sharing agreement with the non-
     Federal sponsor for the Indiana Harbor Environmental 
     Dredging, Indiana, feasibility study. The Secretary shall 
     provide credit for work only if the Secretary determines such 
     work integral to the feasibility study.
       Sec. 113. In satisfaction of any normal requirement for 
     mitigation identified by the pending Environmental Impact 
     Study for the deepening of the Brownsville Navigation 
     Channel, Texas, the Secretary of the Army, acting through the 
     Chief of Engineers, shall provide credit to the Brownsville 
     Navigation District for work performed before the completion 
     of the Environmental Impact Study to restore the wetlands at 
     Bahia Grande, Lower Laguna Madre, and Vadia Ancha. Such 
     credit shall be at a ratio determined by the Secretary, 
     considering the environmental value of the wetlands impacted 
     by the project and the environmental value of the restored 
     wetlands. The Secretary shall provide credit for work only if 
     the Secretary determines such work integral to the project.
       Sec. 114. The Secretary of the Army, acting through the 
     Chief of Engineers, shall carry out the project for inland 
     navigation, Chickamauga Lock and Dam, Tennessee, 
     substantially in accordance with the plans, and subject to 
     the conditions, described in the report of the Chief of 
     Engineers, dated May 30, 2002, except that the Secretary 
     shall construct the project in accordance with the plan that 
     includes a 110-foot by 600-foot replacement lock at a total 
     cost of $267,167,000. The costs of such construction shall be 
     paid one-half from amounts appropriated from the general fund 
     of the Treasury and one-

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     half from amounts appropriated from the Inland Waterways 
     Trust Fund.
       Sec. 115. The Secretary of the Army, acting through the 
     Chief of Engineers, shall conduct a study for the James 
     River, Greene County, Missouri, project for flood damage 
     reduction, Greene County, Missouri, and, if the Secretary 
     determines that such project is feasible, may carry out the 
     project under section 205 of the Flood Control Act of 1948 
     (33 U.S.C. 701s).
       Sec. 116. Section 101(a)(21), ``Amite River and 
     Tributaries, Louisiana,'' of the Water Resources Development 
     Act of 1999 is amended in subsection (a)(21) by striking 
     ``$112,900,000'' and inserting ``$150,257,000'', and by 
     striking ``$39,500,000'' and inserting ``$52,589,950''.
       Sec. 117. None of the funds appropriated in this or any 
     other Act may be used by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to 
     support activities related to the proposed Ridge Landfill in 
     Tuscarawas County, Ohio.
       Sec. 118. Section 101(a)(19) of the Water Resources 
     Development Act of 1999 is hereby amended to increase the 
     total project cost to $78,879,000 with an estimated Federal 
     cost of $51,271,000 and an estimated non-Federal cost of 
     $27,608,000 in accordance with the Corps of Engineers Post 
     Authorization Change Report, dated January 2003, as amended 
     by the Chief of Engineers.
       Sec. 119. The Secretary of the Army, acting through the 
     Chief of Engineers, is authorized to credit toward the non-
     Federal share of the cost of the Savannah Harbor Expansion, 
     Georgia, project, authorized by section 101(b)(9) of the 
     Water Resources Development Act of 1999, an amount equal to 
     the Federal share of the costs incurred by the non-Federal 
     interests subsequent to project authorization to the extent 
     that the Secretary determines that such costs were necessary 
     to ensure compliance with the conditions of the project 
     authorization.
       Sec. 120. The project for aquatic ecosystem restoration, 
     Rose Bay, Volusia County, Florida, being carried out under 
     section 206 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 
     (33 U.S.C. 2330), is modified to direct the Secretary of the 
     Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to credit toward 
     the non-Federal share of the cost of the project the costs 
     incurred by the Florida Department of Transportation in 
     constructing that portion of the United States Highway 1 
     bridge that the Secretary determines is required for the 
     proper functioning of the project.
       Sec. 121. The Secretary of the Army, acting through the 
     Chief of Engineers, shall modify the shoreline management 
     plan for Lake Cumberland, Kentucky, to allow for construction 
     of a privately owned moorage facility at Woodson Bend 
     Peninsula on the South Fork of the Cumberland River at Lake 
     Cumberland.
       Sec. 122. The non-Federal sponsor shall receive credit in 
     an amount not to exceed $10,000,000 toward their share of the 
     cost of Des Moines Recreational River and Greenbelt, Iowa, 
     projects for work performed by the sponsor, or others on 
     behalf of the sponsor, including planning, design, and 
     construction performed after October 1, 2002, provided the 
     Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, 
     determines that such work is completed in accordance with 
     U.S. Army Corps of Engineers standards and procedures and is 
     integral to the Des Moines Recreational River and Greenbelt 
     project.
       Sec. 123. The project for flood damage reduction, Turkey 
     Creek Basin, Kansas City, Missouri, and Kansas City, Kansas, 
     authorized by Section 101(a)(24) of Public Law 106-53, is 
     modified to authorize the Secretary of the Army, acting 
     through the Chief of Engineers, to construct the project 
     substantially in accordance with the plans and subject 
     conditions, recommended in a final report of the Chief of 
     Engineers if a favorable report of the Chief is completed by 
     December 31, 2003, at a total project cost of $73,380,000 
     with an estimated Federal cost of $45,304,000 and an 
     estimated non-Federal cost of $28,076,000. The non-Federal 
     interest shall receive credit toward the non-Federal share of 
     project costs for construction work performed by the non-
     Federal interest before execution of the project cooperation 
     agreement if the Secretary finds that the work performed by 
     the non-Federal interest is integral to the project.
       Sec. 124. The Secretary of the Army, acting through the 
     Chief of Engineers, is authorized and directed to design and 
     construct portions of the Long Lake Environmental Restoration 
     Project, Indiana, that are located on non-Federally owned 
     land in accordance with Section 206 of Public Law 104-303, as 
     amended. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 206, the 
     Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, 
     is authorized and directed to design and construct all the 
     components of the Long Lake, Indiana, environmental 
     restoration project that are located on Federal land at full 
     Federal expense as identified in the Long Lake, Indiana, 
     Reconnaissance Report, dated October 2002, and as further 
     modified by subsequent study. After completion of the 
     project, the Secretary of the Army shall seek reimbursement 
     from the Secretary of the Interior of an amount equal to the 
     costs of the project allocated to benefits to the Indiana 
     Dunes National Lakeshore.
       Sec. 125. Section 514 of the Water Resources Development 
     Act of 1999 is amended by striking ``2000 and 2001'' in 
     subsection (g) and inserting ``2003 and 2004''.
       Sec. 126. Section 595 of the Water Resources Development 
     Act of 1999 is amended by striking ``Sec. 595. Rural Nevada 
     and Montana.'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``Sec. 595. 
     Rural Nevada, Montana, and Idaho.'' and in (b) strike ``and 
     Montana.'' and insert in lieu thereof ``, Montana, and 
     Idaho.'' and in (c) strike ``and Montana,'' and insert in 
     lieu thereof ``, Montana, and Idaho,'' and in (h)(1) strike 
     ``and'' and insert after (h)(2) ``and; (3) $25,000,000 for 
     Idaho;''.
       Sec. 127. Southern and Eastern Kentucky. (a) Project 
     Purposes.--Section 531(b) of the Water Resources Development 
     Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3773) is amended by inserting before 
     ``and resource'' the following: ``, environmental 
     restoration,''.
       (b) Definition.--Section 531(g) of such Act (110 Stat. 
     3774) is amended by inserting after ``Lee,'' the following: 
     ``Bath, Rowan,''.
       (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 531(h) of 
     such Act (110 Stat. 3774; 113 Stat. 348) is amended by 
     striking ``$25,000,000'' and inserting ``$40,000,000''.
       Sec. 128. With respect to the pre-construction engineering 
     and design for the environmental dredging project at 
     Ashtabula River, Ohio, for which funds are made available 
     under this heading, the non-Federal interest shall receive 
     credit toward the non-Federal share of the cost of the pre-
     construction engineering and design work performed in-kind 
     after the date of execution of the design agreement.
       Sec. 129. Section 313(h)(2) of the Water Resources 
     Development Act of 1992 is amended by striking ``Armstrong, 
     Beford, Blair, Cambria, Clearfield, Fayette, Franklin, 
     Fulton, Huntingdon, Indiana, Juniata, Mifflin, Somerset, 
     Snyder and Westmoreland Counties'' and inserting ``Allegheny, 
     Armstrong, Beford, Blair, Cambria, Clearfield, Fayette, 
     Franklin, Fulton, Greene, Huntingdon, Indiana, Juniata, 
     Mifflin, Somerset, Snyder, Washington, and Westmoreland 
     Counties''.
       Sec. 130. Herring Creek-Tall Timbers, Maryland. (a) In 
     General.--Using funds made available by this Act, the 
     Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, 
     may provide immediate corrective maintenance to the project 
     at Herring Creek-Tall Timbers, Maryland, at full Federal 
     expense.
       (b) Inclusions.--The corrective maintenance described in 
     subsection (a), and any other maintenance performed after the 
     date of enactment of this Act with respect to the project 
     described in that subsection, may include repair or 
     replacement, as appropriate, of the foundation and structures 
     adjacent and structurally integral to the project.

                                TITLE II

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                          Central Utah Project


                central utah project completion account

       For carrying out activities authorized by the Central Utah 
     Project Completion Act, $34,902,000, to remain available 
     until expended, of which $11,259,000 shall be deposited into 
     the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Account for 
     use by the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation 
     Commission.
       In addition, for necessary expenses incurred in carrying 
     out related responsibilities of the Secretary of the 
     Interior, $1,326,000, to remain available until expended.

                         Bureau of Reclamation

       The following appropriations shall be expended to execute 
     authorized functions of the Bureau of Reclamation:


                      water and related resources

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For management, development, and restoration of water and 
     related natural resources and for related activities, 
     including the operation, maintenance, and rehabilitation of 
     reclamation and other facilities, participation in fulfilling 
     related Federal responsibilities to Native Americans, and 
     related grants to, and cooperative and other agreements with, 
     State and local governments, Indian tribes, and others, 
     $813,491,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
     $36,400,000 shall be available for transfer to the Upper 
     Colorado River Basin Fund and $34,327,000 shall be available 
     for transfer to the Lower Colorado River Basin Development 
     Fund; of which such amounts as may be necessary may be 
     advanced to the Colorado River Dam Fund; of which $4,600,000 
     shall be for on-reservation water development, feasibility 
     studies, and related administrative costs under Public Law 
     106-163; and of which not more than $500,000 is for high 
     priority projects which shall be carried out by the Youth 
     Conservation Corps, as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1706: 
     Provided, That such transfers may be increased or decreased 
     within the overall appropriation under this heading: Provided 
     further, That of the total appropriated, the amount for 
     program activities that can be financed by the Reclamation 
     Fund or the Bureau of Reclamation special fee account 
     established by 16 U.S.C. 460l-6a(i) shall be derived from 
     that Fund or account: Provided further, That funds 
     contributed under 43 U.S.C. 395 are available until expended 
     for the purposes for which contributed: Provided further, 
     That funds advanced under 43 U.S.C. 397a shall be credited to 
     this account and are available until expended for the same 
     purposes as the sums appropriated under this heading: 
     Provided further, That $10,000,000 of the funds appropriated 
     herein shall be deposited in the San Gabriel Basin 
     Restoration Fund established by section 110 of division B, 
     title I of Public Law 106-554, as amended: Provided further, 
     That funds available for expenditure for the Departmental 
     Irrigation Drainage Program may be expended by the Bureau of 
     Reclamation for site remediation on a non-reimbursable basis: 
     Provided further, That section 301 of Public Law 102-250, 
     Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991, as 
     amended, is amended further by inserting ``2002, and 2003'' 
     in lieu of ``and 2002'': Provided further, That the Bureau of 
     Reclamation is authorized hereafter to negotiate and enter 
     into financial assistance agreements with public and private 
     agencies, organizations, and institutions for activities 
     under the Lake Tahoe Regional Wetlands Development Program: 
     Provided further, That the costs associated with such 
     activities will be nonreimbursable.


                central valley project restoration fund

       For carrying out the programs, projects, plans, and habitat 
     restoration, improvement,

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     and acquisition provisions of the Central Valley Project 
     Improvement Act, $48,904,000, to be derived from such sums as 
     may be collected in the Central Valley Project Restoration 
     Fund pursuant to sections 3407(d), 3404(c)(3), 3405(f ), and 
     3406(c)(1) of Public Law 102-575, to remain available until 
     expended: Provided, That the Bureau of Reclamation is 
     directed to assess and collect the full amount of the 
     additional mitigation and restoration payments authorized by 
     section 3407(d) of Public Law 102-575.


                       policy and administration

       For necessary expenses of policy, administration, and 
     related functions in the Office of the Commissioner, the 
     Denver office, and offices in the five regions of the Bureau 
     of Reclamation, to remain available until expended, 
     $54,870,000, to be derived from the Reclamation Fund and be 
     nonreimbursable as provided in 43 U.S.C. 377: Provided, That 
     no part of any other appropriation in this Act shall be 
     available for activities or functions budgeted as policy and 
     administration expenses.


                        administrative provision

       Appropriations for the Bureau of Reclamation shall be 
     available for purchase of not to exceed 16 passenger motor 
     vehicles, of which 12 are for replacement only.

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

       Sec. 201. In order to increase opportunities for Indian 
     tribes to develop, manage, and protect their water resources, 
     in fiscal year 2003 and thereafter, the Secretary of the 
     Interior, acting through the Commissioner of the Bureau of 
     Reclamation, is authorized to enter into grants and 
     cooperative agreements with any Indian tribe, institution of 
     higher education, national Indian organization, or tribal 
     organization pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 6301-6308. Nothing in this 
     Act is intended to modify or limit the provisions of the 
     Indian Self Determination Act (25 U.S.C. 45 et seq.).
       Sec. 202. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
     made available by this Act may be used to determine the final 
     point of discharge for the interceptor drain for the San Luis 
     Unit until development by the Secretary of the Interior and 
     the State of California of a plan, which shall conform to the 
     water quality standards of the State of California as 
     approved by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency, to minimize any detrimental effect of the San Luis 
     drainage waters.
       (b) The costs of the Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Program 
     and the costs of the San Joaquin Valley Drainage Program 
     shall be classified by the Secretary of the Interior as 
     reimbursable or nonreimbursable and collected until fully 
     repaid pursuant to the ``Cleanup Program--Alternative 
     Repayment Plan'' and the ``SJVDP--Alternative Repayment 
     Plan'' described in the report entitled ``Repayment Report, 
     Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Program and San Joaquin Valley 
     Drainage Program, February 1995'', prepared by the 
     Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation. Any 
     future obligations of funds by the United States relating 
     to, or providing for, drainage service or drainage studies 
     for the San Luis Unit shall be fully reimbursable by San 
     Luis Unit beneficiaries of such service or studies 
     pursuant to Federal reclamation law.
       Sec. 203. Section 212 of the Energy and Water Development 
     Appropriations Act, 2001 (114 Stat. 1441B-13) is amended as 
     follows:
       (1) In subsection (a)(2)--
       (A) by inserting ``all real and personal property rights 
     and interests associated with such conduits and canals, all 
     water rights of whatever nature or kind associated therewith, 
     and'' before ``all recreational facilities''; and
       (B) by inserting ``and improvements'' after ``recreational 
     facilities''.
       (2) In subsection (b)--
       (A) by striking ``as soon as practicable after date of 
     enactment of this Act'' and inserting ``by no later than June 
     30, 2003,''; and
       (B) by inserting ``including all real and personal property 
     rights, water rights, and facilities held by or appropriated 
     to the United States'' after ``all right, title, and interest 
     in and to the Sly Park Unit to the District''.
       (3) In subsection (c)--
       (A) by striking ``The Secretary'' and inserting ``(1) 
     Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary'';
       (B) by inserting ``and subsequent interim renewal contracts 
     associated therewith'' after ``contract number 14-06-200-
     949IR3''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(2) The amount the Secretary is authorized to receive 
     under paragraph (1) shall be reduced by an amount equal to 
     any payments received by the United States from the District 
     under the contracts referred to in paragraph (1) in the 
     period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and 
     ending on the date of conveyance of the Sly Park Unit under 
     this section.''.
       Sec. 204. Section 110(a)(3)(A)(i) of division B of the 
     Miscellaneous Appropriations Act, 2001 (as enacted into law 
     by section 1(a)(4) of Public Law 106-554), is further amended 
     by inserting ``, including all expenditures made by the 
     Central Basin Municipal Water District between February 11, 
     1993, and December 21, 2000'' before the semi-colon.
       Sec. 205. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this or any other Act may be used to pay the 
     salaries and expenses of personnel to purchase or lease water 
     in the Middle Rio Grande or the Carlsbad Projects in New 
     Mexico unless said purchase or lease is in compliance with 
     the purchase requirements of section 202 of Public Law 106-
     60.
       Sec. 206. Funds under this title for Drought Emergency 
     Assistance shall be made available primarily for leasing of 
     water for specified drought related purposes from willing 
     lessors, in compliance with existing State laws and 
     administered under State water priority allocation. Such 
     leases may be entered into with an option to purchase: 
     Provided, That such purchase is approved by the State in 
     which the purchase takes place and the purchase does not 
     cause economic harm within the State in which the purchase is 
     made.
       Sec. 207. Restoration of Fish, Wildlife, and Associated 
     Habitats in Watersheds of Certain Lakes. (a) In General.--In 
     carrying out section 2507 of Public Law 107-171, the 
     Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of 
     Reclamation, shall--
       (1) subject to paragraph (3), provide water and assistance 
     under that section only for the Pyramid, Summit, and Walker 
     Lakes in the State of Nevada;
       (2) use $1,000,000 for the creation of a fish hatchery at 
     Walker Lake to benefit the Walker River Paiute Tribe; and
       (3) use $2,000,000 to provide grants, to be divided 
     equally, to the State of Nevada, the State of California, the 
     Truckee Meadows Water Authority, and the Pyramid Lake Paiute 
     Tribe, to implement the Truckee River Settlement Act, Public 
     Law 101-618.
       (b) Administration.--The Secretary of the Interior, acting 
     through the Commissioner of Reclamation, may provide 
     financial assistance to State and local public agencies, 
     Indian tribes, nonprofit organizations, and individuals to 
     carry out this section and section 2507 of Public Law 107-
     171.
       Sec. 208. The Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation is 
     directed to increase the use of the private sector in 
     performing planning, engineering and design work for Bureau 
     of Reclamation projects to 10 percent in fiscal year 2003, 
     and in each subsequent year until the level of work is at 
     least 40 percent for the planning, engineering and design 
     work conducted by the Bureau of Reclamation.
       Sec. 209. Using previously appropriated funds, the Bureau 
     of Reclamation is directed to undertake activities related to 
     the development of the North Central Montana Rural Water 
     Supply system. Such sums shall remain available, without 
     fiscal year limitation, until expended.
       Sec. 210. Section 8 of Public Law 104-298 (the Water 
     Desalination Act of 1996) is amended further by--
       (1) in paragraph (a) by striking ``2002'' and inserting in 
     lieu thereof ``2004''; and
       (2) in paragraph (b) by striking ``2002'' and inserting in 
     lieu thereof ``2004''.
       Sec. 211. (a) North Las Vegas Water Reuse Project.--
       (1) Authorization.--The Secretary of the Interior, in 
     cooperation with the appropriate local authorities, may 
     participate in the design, planning, and construction of the 
     North Las Vegas Water Reuse Project (hereinafter referred to 
     as the ``Project'') to reclaim and reuse water in the service 
     area of the North Las Vegas Utility Division Service Area of 
     the City of North Las Vegas and County of Clark, Nevada.
       (2) Cost share.--The Federal share of the cost of the 
     Project shall not exceed 25 percent of the total cost.
       (3) Limitation.--Funds provided by the Secretary shall not 
     be used for the operation or maintenance of the Project.
       (4) Funding.--Funds appropriated pursuant to section 1631 
     of the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and 
     Facilities Act (43 U.S.C. 390h-13) may be used for the 
     Project.
       (b) Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and 
     Facilities Act.--Design, planning, and construction of the 
     Project authorized by this Act shall be in accordance with, 
     and subject to the limitations contained in, the Reclamation 
     Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act (43 
     U.S.C. 390h et seq.), as amended.
       Sec. 212. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available in this Division or any prior Energy and Water 
     Development Appropriations Act may be used for the settlement 
     agreement of Sumner Peck Ranch, Inc. v. Bureau of Reclamation 
     (Civ. No F-91-048 OWW (E.D. Cal)).
       Sec. 213. Section 201(d) of the Salton Sea Reclamation Act 
     of 1998 (Public Law 105-372) is amended by striking 
     ``$3,000,000'' and inserting in lieu thereof, 
     ``$10,000,000''.
       Sec. 214. The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the 
     Bureau of Reclamation, shall conduct a feasibility study of 
     options for additional water storage in the Yakima River 
     Basin, Washington, with emphasis on the feasibility of 
     storage of Columbia River water in the potential Black Rock 
     Reservoir and the benefit of additional storage to endangered 
     and threatened fish, irrigated agriculture, and municipal 
     water supply. There are authorized to be appropriated such 
     sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act.
       Sec. 215. The Secretary of the Interior, in carrying out 
     CALFED-related activities, may undertake feasibility studies 
     for Sites Reservoir, Los Vaqueros Reservoir Enlargement, and 
     Upper San Joaquin Storage projects. These storage studies 
     should be pursued along with ongoing environmental and other 
     projects in a balanced manner.

                               TITLE III

                          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

                            ENERGY PROGRAMS

                             Energy Supply

       For Department of Energy expenses including the purchase, 
     construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment, 
     and other expenses necessary for energy supply activities in 
     carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy 
     Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the 
     acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any 
     facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, 
     or expansion, $701,477,000, to remain available until 
     expended.

                  Non-Defense Environmental Management

       For Department of Energy expenses, including the purchase, 
     construction and acquisition of plant and capital equipment 
     and other expenses

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     necessary for non-defense environmental management activities 
     in carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy 
     Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the 
     acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any 
     facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, 
     or expansion, $215,100,000, to remain available until 
     expended.

             Uranium Facilities Maintenance and Remediation

       For necessary expenses to maintain, decontaminate, 
     decommission, and otherwise remediate uranium processing 
     facilities, $456,539,000, of which $340,329,000, shall be 
     derived from the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and 
     Decommissioning Fund, all of which shall remain available 
     until expended.

                                Science

       For Department of Energy expenses including the purchase, 
     construction and acquisition of plant and capital equipment, 
     and other expenses necessary for science activities in 
     carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy 
     Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the 
     acquisition or condemnation of any real property or facility 
     or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or 
     expansion, and purchase of not to exceed 28 passenger motor 
     vehicles for replacement only, $3,305,894,000, to remain 
     available until expended.

                         Nuclear Waste Disposal

       For nuclear waste disposal activities to carry out the 
     purposes of Public Law 97-425, as amended, including the 
     acquisition of real property or facility construction or 
     expansion, $145,000,000, to remain available until expended 
     and to be derived from the Nuclear Waste Fund: Provided, That 
     not to exceed $2,500,000 shall be provided to the State of 
     Nevada solely for expenditures, other than salaries and 
     expenses of State employees, to conduct scientific oversight 
     responsibilities and participate in licensing activities 
     pursuant to the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, Public Law 
     97-425, as amended: Provided further, That $7,000,000 shall 
     be provided to affected units of local governments, as 
     defined in Public Law 97-425, to conduct appropriate 
     activities pursuant to the Act: Provided further, That the 
     distribution of the funds as determined by the units of local 
     government shall be approved by the Department of Energy: 
     Provided further, That the funds for the State of Nevada 
     shall be made available solely to the Nevada Division of 
     Emergency Management by direct payment and units of local 
     government by direct payment: Provided further, That within 
     90 days of the completion of each Federal fiscal year, the 
     Nevada Division of Emergency Management and the Governor of 
     the State of Nevada and each local entity shall provide 
     certification to the Department of Energy that all funds 
     expended from such payments have been expended for activities 
     authorized by Public Law 97-425 and this Act. Failure to 
     provide such certification shall cause such entity to be 
     prohibited from any further funding provided for similar 
     activities: Provided further, That none of the funds herein 
     appropriated may be: (1) used directly or indirectly to 
     influence legislative action on any matter pending before 
     Congress or a State legislature or for lobbying activity as 
     provided in 18 U.S.C. 1913; (2) used for litigation expenses; 
     or (3) used to support multi-State efforts or other coalition 
     building activities inconsistent with the restrictions 
     contained in this Act: Provided further, That all proceeds 
     and recoveries realized by the Secretary in carrying out 
     activities authorized by the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 
     1982, Public Law 97-425, as amended, including but not 
     limited to, any proceeds from the sale of assets, shall be 
     available without further appropriation and shall remain 
     available until expended.

                      Departmental Administration

       For salaries and expenses of the Department of Energy 
     necessary for departmental administration in carrying out the 
     purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 
     U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the hire of passenger motor 
     vehicles and official reception and representation expenses 
     (not to exceed $35,000), $207,404,000, to remain available 
     until expended, plus such additional amounts as necessary to 
     cover increases in the estimated amount of cost of work for 
     others notwithstanding the provisions of the Anti-Deficiency 
     Act (31 U.S.C. 1511 et seq.): Provided, That such increases 
     in cost of work are offset by revenue increases of the same 
     or greater amount, to remain available until expended: 
     Provided further, That moneys received by the Department for 
     miscellaneous revenues estimated to total $120,000,000 in 
     fiscal year 2003 may be retained and used for operating 
     expenses within this account, and may remain available until 
     expended, as authorized by section 201 of Public Law 95-238, 
     notwithstanding the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 3302: Provided 
     further, That the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced by 
     the amount of miscellaneous revenues received during fiscal 
     year 2003 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2003 
     appropriation from the General Fund estimated at not more 
     than $87,404,000.

                    Office of the Inspector General

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector 
     General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
     General Act of 1978, as amended, $37,671,000, to remain 
     available until expended.

                    ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES

                NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

                           Weapons Activities

       For Department of Energy expenses, including the purchase, 
     construction and acquisition of plant and capital equipment 
     and other incidental expenses necessary for atomic energy 
     defense weapons activities in carrying out the purposes of 
     the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et 
     seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of any real 
     property or any facility or for plant or facility 
     acquisition, construction, or expansion; and the purchase of 
     passenger motor vehicles (not to exceed one for replacement 
     only), $5,954,204,000, to remain available until expended: 
     Provided, That $12,000,000 is authorized to be appropriated 
     for Project 03-D-102, LANL administration building, Los 
     Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico: Provided 
     further, That $113,000,000 is authorized to be appropriated 
     for Project 01-D-108, Microsystems and engineering sciences 
     applications (MESA), Sandia National Laboratories, 
     Albuquerque, New Mexico.

                    Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation

       For Department of Energy expenses, including the purchase, 
     construction and acquisition of plant and capital equipment 
     and other incidental expenses necessary for atomic energy 
     defense, Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation activities, in 
     carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy 
     Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the 
     acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any 
     facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, 
     or expansion, $1,113,630,000, to remain available until 
     expended.

                             Naval Reactors

       For Department of Energy expenses necessary for naval 
     reactors activities to carry out the Department of Energy 
     Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the 
     acquisition (by purchase, condemnation, construction, or 
     otherwise) of real property, plant, and capital equipment, 
     facilities, and facility expansion, $706,790,000, to remain 
     available until expended.

                      Office of the Administrator

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Administrator 
     of the National Nuclear Security Administration, including 
     official reception and representation expenses (not to exceed 
     $12,000), $330,929,000, to remain available for obligation 
     until September 30, 2003.

               ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES

         Defense Environmental Restoration and Waste Management

       For Department of Energy expenses, including the purchase, 
     construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment 
     and other expenses necessary for atomic energy defense 
     environmental restoration and waste management activities in 
     carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy 
     Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the 
     acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any 
     facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, 
     or expansion; and the purchase of not to exceed 24 passenger 
     motor vehicles, for replacement only, $5,470,180,000, to 
     remain available until expended.

                  Defense Facilities Closure Projects

       For expenses of the Department of Energy to accelerate the 
     closure of defense environmental management sites, including 
     the purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and 
     capital equipment and other necessary expenses, 
     $1,138,314,000, to remain available until expended.

             Defense Environmental Management Privatization

       For Department of Energy expenses for privatization 
     projects necessary for atomic energy defense environmental 
     management activities authorized by the Department of Energy 
     Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), $158,399,000, to 
     remain available until expended.

                        Other Defense Activities

       For Department of Energy expenses, including the purchase, 
     construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment 
     and other expenses necessary for atomic energy defense, other 
     defense activities, in carrying out the purposes of the 
     Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et 
     seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of any real 
     property or any facility or for plant or facility 
     acquisition, construction, or expansion, $546,554,000, to 
     remain available until expended.

                     Defense Nuclear Waste Disposal

       For nuclear waste disposal activities to carry out the 
     purposes of Public Law 97-425, as amended, including the 
     acquisition of real property or facility construction or 
     expansion, $315,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                    POWER MARKETING ADMINISTRATIONS

                  Bonneville Power Administration Fund

       Expenditures from the Bonneville Power Administration Fund, 
     established pursuant to Public Law 93-454, are approved for 
     official reception and representation expenses in an amount 
     not to exceed $1,500.
       During fiscal year 2003, no new direct loan obligations may 
     be made.

      Operation and Maintenance, Southeastern Power Administration

       For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance of 
     power transmission facilities and of marketing electric power 
     and energy, including transmission wheeling and ancillary 
     services, pursuant to the provisions of section 5 of the 
     Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the 
     southeastern power area, $4,534,000, to remain available 
     until expended; in addition, notwithstanding the provisions 
     of 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to $14,463,000 collected by the 
     Southeastern Power Administration pursuant to the Flood 
     Control Act to recover purchase power and wheeling expenses 
     shall be credited to this account as offsetting collections, 
     to remain available until expended for the sole purpose of 
     making purchase power and wheeling expenditures.

      Operation and Maintenance, Southwestern Power Administration

       For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance of 
     power transmission facilities

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     and of marketing electric power and energy, and for 
     construction and acquisition of transmission lines, 
     substations and appurtenant facilities, and for 
     administrative expenses, including official reception and 
     representation expenses in an amount not to exceed $1,500 in 
     carrying out the provisions of section 5 of the Flood Control 
     Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the southwestern 
     power area, $27,378,000, to remain available until expended; 
     in addition, notwithstanding the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 
     3302, not to exceed $16,455,000 in reimbursements, to remain 
     available until expended: Provided, Notwithstanding the 
     provisions of 31 U.S.C. 3302, that up to $1,512,000 collected 
     by the Southwestern Power Administration pursuant to the 
     Flood Control Act to recover purchase power and wheeling 
     expenses shall be credited to this account as offsetting 
     collections, to remain available until expended for the sole 
     purpose of making purchase power and wheeling expenditures.

 Construction, Rehabilitation, Operation and Maintenance, Western Area 
                          Power Administration

       For carrying out the functions authorized by title III, 
     section 302(a)(1)(E) of the Act of August 4, 1977 (42 U.S.C. 
     7152), and other related activities including conservation 
     and renewable resources programs as authorized, including 
     official reception and representation expenses in an amount 
     not to exceed $1,500, $168,858,000, to remain available until 
     expended, of which $158,605,000 shall be derived from the 
     Department of the Interior Reclamation Fund: Provided, That 
     of the amount herein appropriated, $6,100,000 is for deposit 
     into the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Account 
     pursuant to title IV of the Reclamation Projects 
     Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992: Provided further, 
     That up to $156,124,000 collected by the Western Area Power 
     Administration pursuant to the Flood Control Act of 1944 and 
     the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 to recover purchase power 
     and wheeling expenses shall be credited to this account as 
     offsetting collections, to remain available until expended 
     for the sole purpose of making purchase power and wheeling 
     expenditures: Provided further, That, of the amounts 
     appropriated in Public Law 107-66, not less than $400,000 to 
     be spent as described in House Report 107-258 under this 
     heading shall be nonreimbursable: Provided further, That, of 
     the amount appropriated in Public Law 107-66 for corridor 
     review and environmental review required for the construction 
     of a 230 kv transmission line between Belfield and Hettinger, 
     not less than $200,000 shall be provided for corridor review 
     and environmental review for the construction of a high 
     voltage line in Western North Dakota that would facilitate 
     the upgrade of the Miles City DC tie.

           Falcon and Amistad Operating and Maintenance Fund

       For operation, maintenance, and emergency costs for the 
     hydroelectric facilities at the Falcon and Amistad Dams, 
     $2,734,000, to remain available until expended, and to be 
     derived from the Falcon and Amistad Operating and Maintenance 
     Fund of the Western Area Power Administration, as provided in 
     section 423 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
     Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995.

                  Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Federal Energy Regulatory 
     Commission to carry out the provisions of the Department of 
     Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including 
     services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, the hire of 
     passenger motor vehicles, and official reception and 
     representation expenses (not to exceed $3,000), $192,000,000, 
     to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to exceed 
     $192,000,000 of revenues from fees and annual charges, and 
     other services and collections in fiscal year 2003 shall be 
     retained and used for necessary expenses in this account, and 
     shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That 
     the sum herein appropriated from the General Fund shall be 
     reduced as revenues are received during fiscal year 2003 so 
     as to result in a final fiscal year 2003 appropriation from 
     the General Fund estimated at not more than $0.

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

                          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

       Sec. 301. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
     may be used to award a management and operating contract, or 
     a contract for environmental remediation or waste management 
     in excess of $100 million in annual funding at a current or 
     former management and operating contract site or facility, or 
     award a significant extension or expansion to an existing 
     management and operating contract, or other contract covered 
     by this section, unless such contract is awarded using 
     competitive procedures or the Secretary of Energy grants, on 
     a case-by-case basis, a waiver to allow for such a deviation. 
     The Secretary may not delegate the authority to grant such a 
     waiver.
       (b) Within 30 days of formally notifying an incumbent 
     contractor that the Secretary intends to grant such a waiver, 
     the Secretary shall submit to the Subcommittees on Energy and 
     Water Development of the Committees on Appropriations of the 
     House of Representatives and the Senate a report notifying 
     the Subcommittees of the waiver and setting forth, in 
     specificity, the substantive reasons why the Secretary 
     believes the requirement for competition should be waived 
     for this particular award.
       Sec. 302. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
     used to--
       (1) develop or implement a workforce restructuring plan 
     that covers employees of the Department of Energy; or
       (2) provide enhanced severance payments or other benefits 
     for employees of the Department of Energy,

     under section 3161 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
     for Fiscal Year 1993 (Public Law 102-484; 42 U.S.C. 7274h).
       Sec. 303. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
     used to augment the $21,183,000 made available for obligation 
     by this Act for severance payments and other benefits and 
     community assistance grants under section 3161 of the 
     National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 
     (Public Law 102-484; 42 U.S.C. 7274h) unless the Department 
     of Energy submits a reprogramming request subject to approval 
     by the appropriate Congressional committees.
       Sec. 304. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
     used to prepare or initiate Requests For Proposals (RFPs) for 
     a program if the program has not been funded by Congress.


                   (transfers of unexpended balances)

       Sec. 305. The unexpended balances of prior appropriations 
     provided for activities in this Act may be transferred to 
     appropriation accounts for such activities established 
     pursuant to this title. Balances so transferred may be merged 
     with funds in the applicable established accounts and 
     thereafter may be accounted for as one fund for the same time 
     period as originally enacted.
       Sec. 306. None of the funds in this or any other Act for 
     the Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration may 
     be used to enter into any agreement to perform energy 
     efficiency services outside the legally defined Bonneville 
     service territory, with the exception of services provided 
     internationally, including services provided on a 
     reimbursable basis, unless the Administrator certifies in 
     advance that such services are not available from private 
     sector businesses.
       Sec. 307. When the Department of Energy makes a user 
     facility available to universities and other potential users, 
     or seeks input from universities and other potential users 
     regarding significant characteristics or equipment in a user 
     facility or a proposed user facility, the Department shall 
     ensure broad public notice of such availability or such need 
     for input to universities and other potential users. When the 
     Department of Energy considers the participation of a 
     university or other potential user as a formal partner in the 
     establishment or operation of a user facility, the Department 
     shall employ full and open competition in selecting such a 
     partner. For purposes of this section, the term ``user 
     facility'' includes, but is not limited to: (1) a user 
     facility as described in section 2203(a)(2) of the Energy 
     Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13503(a)(2)); (2) a National 
     Nuclear Security Administration Defense Programs Technology 
     Deployment Center/User Facility; and (3) any other 
     Departmental facility designated by the Department as a user 
     facility.
       Sec. 308. The Administrator of the National Nuclear 
     Security Administration may authorize the plant manager of a 
     covered nuclear weapons production plant to engage in 
     research, development, and demonstration activities with 
     respect to the engineering and manufacturing capabilities at 
     such plant in order to maintain and enhance such capabilities 
     at such plant: Provided, That of the amount allocated to a 
     covered nuclear weapons production plant each fiscal year 
     from amounts available to the Department of Energy for such 
     fiscal year for national security programs, not more than an 
     amount equal to 2 percent of such amount may be used for 
     these activities: Provided further, That for purposes of this 
     section, the term ``covered nuclear weapons production 
     plant'' means the following:
       (1) the Kansas City Plant, Kansas City, Missouri;
       (2) the Y-12 Plant, Oak Ridge, Tennessee;
       (3) the Pantex Plant, Amarillo, Texas; and
       (4) the Savannah River Plant, South Carolina.
       Sec. 309. The Administrator of the National Nuclear 
     Security Administration may authorize the manager of the 
     Nevada Operations Office to engage in research, development, 
     and demonstration activities with respect to the development, 
     test, and evaluation capabilities necessary for operations 
     and readiness of the Nevada Test Site: Provided, That of the 
     amount allocated to the Nevada Operations Office each fiscal 
     year from amounts available to the Department of Energy for 
     such fiscal year for national security programs at the Nevada 
     Test Site, not more than an amount equal to 2 percent of such 
     amount may be used for these activities.
       Sec. 310. Section 310 of the Energy and Water Development 
     Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106-60), is hereby 
     repealed.
       Sec. 311. Funds appropriated by this or any other Act, or 
     made available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for 
     intelligence activities are deemed to be specifically 
     authorized by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the 
     National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal 
     year 2003 until the enactment of the Intelligence 
     Authorization Act for fiscal year 2003.
       Sec. 312. None of the funds in this Act may be used to 
     dispose of transuranic waste in the Waste Isolation Pilot 
     Plant which contains concentrations of plutonium in excess of 
     20 percent by weight for the aggregate of any material 
     category on the date of enactment of this Act, or is 
     generated after such date. For the purposes of this section, 
     the material categories of transuranic waste at the Rocky 
     Flats Environmental Technology Site include: (1) ash 
     residues; (2) salt residues; (3) wet residues; (4) direct 
     repackage residues; and (5) scrub alloy as referenced in the 
     ``Final Environmental Impact Statement on Management of 
     Certain Plutonium Residues and Scrub Alloy Stored at the 
     Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site''.
       Sec. 313. Funds appropriated in Public Law 107-066 for the 
     Kachemak Bay submarine cable project may be available to 
     reimburse the local sponsor for the federal share of the 
     project costs assumed by the local sponsor prior to final 
     passage of that Act.

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       Sec. 314. Stay and Reinstatement of FERC License No. 11393. 
     (a) Upon the request of the licensee for FERC Project No. 
     11393, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission shall 
     issue an order staying the license.
       (b) Upon the request of the licensee for FERC Project No. 
     11393, but not later than 6 years after the date that the 
     Federal Energy Regulatory Commission receives written notice 
     that construction of the Swan-Tyee transmission line is 
     completed, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission shall 
     issue an order lifting the stay and make the effective date 
     of the license the date on which the stay is lifted.
       (c) Upon request of the licensee for FERC Project No. 11393 
     and notwithstanding the time period specified in section 13 
     of the Federal Power Act for the commencement of 
     construction, the Commission shall, after reasonable notice 
     and in accordance with the good faith, due diligence, and 
     public interest requirements of that section, extend the time 
     period during which licensee is required to commence the 
     construction of the project for not more than one 2-year time 
     period.
       Sec. 315. (a) None of the funds made available under the 
     accounts ``non-defense environmental management'', ``uranium 
     facilities maintenance and remediation'', ``defense 
     environmental restoration and waste management'', or 
     ``defense facilities closure projects'' may be obligated at a 
     Department of Energy site or laboratory, or in association 
     with a site or laboratory, if the effect of such would result 
     in the Department of Energy exceeding for that site or 
     laboratory the comparable current-year level of funding, or 
     the amount of the fiscal year 2003 budget request, whichever 
     is greater.
       (b) The limitation of subsection (a) will not apply to a 
     site or laboratory after such time that the Department has 
     entered into a site performance management plan for that site 
     or laboratory consistent with the intent of the Department's 
     environmental management acceleration and reform initiative.
       Sec. 316. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     National Nuclear Security Administration is prohibited from 
     taking any actions adversely affecting employment at the 
     Nevada Operations Office for a period of not less than 365 
     days, unless the Administrator seeks and is granted a waiver, 
     in writing, from the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations.
       Sec. 317. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, 
     using funds appropriated in this title, the Secretary of 
     Energy shall proceed with planning and analyses for external 
     regulation of the Department's laboratories under the Office 
     of Science as directed in the statement of managers 
     accompanying this bill.

                                TITLE IV

                          INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                    Appalachian Regional Commission

       For expenses necessary to carry out the programs authorized 
     by the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965, as 
     amended, and, for necessary expenses for the Federal Co-
     Chairman and the alternate on the Appalachian Regional 
     Commission, for payment of the Federal share of the 
     administrative expenses of the Commission, including services 
     as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and hire of passenger motor 
     vehicles, $71,290,000, to remain available until expended.

                Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Defense Nuclear Facilities 
     Safety Board in carrying out activities authorized by the 
     Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended by Public Law 100-456, 
     section 1441, $19,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended.

                        Delta Regional Authority


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Delta Regional Authority and 
     to carry out its activities, as authorized by the Delta 
     Regional Authority Act of 2000, notwithstanding section 382N 
     of said Act, $8,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                           Denali Commission

       For expenses of the Denali Commission including the 
     purchase, construction and acquisition of plant and capital 
     equipment as necessary and other expenses, $48,000,000, to 
     remain available until expended.

                     Nuclear Regulatory Commission


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Commission in carrying out 
     the purposes of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, as 
     amended, and the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, 
     including official representation expenses (not to exceed 
     $15,000), and purchase of promotional items for use in the 
     recruitment of individuals for employment, $578,184,000, to 
     remain available until expended: Provided, That of the amount 
     appropriated herein, $24,900,000 shall be derived from the 
     Nuclear Waste Fund: Provided further, That revenues from 
     licensing fees, inspection services, and other services and 
     collections estimated at $520,087,000 in fiscal year 2003 
     shall be retained and used for necessary salaries and 
     expenses in this account, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, and 
     shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That 
     the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced by the amount of 
     revenues received during fiscal year 2003 so as to result in 
     a final fiscal year 2003 appropriation estimated at not more 
     than $58,097,000.

                      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, $6,800,000, to remain available until 
     expended: Provided, That revenues from licensing fees, 
     inspection services, and other services and collections 
     estimated at $6,392,000 in fiscal year 2003 shall be retained 
     and be available until expended, for necessary salaries and 
     expenses in this account notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302: 
     Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated shall be 
     reduced by the amount of revenues received during fiscal year 
     2003 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2003 
     appropriation estimated at not more than $408,000.

                  Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Nuclear Waste Technical 
     Review Board, as authorized by Public Law 100-203, section 
     5051, $3,200,000, to be derived from the Nuclear Waste Fund, 
     and to remain available until expended.

                                TITLE V

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 501. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
     used in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence 
     congressional action on any legislation or appropriation 
     matters pending before Congress, other than to communicate to 
     Members of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C. 1913.
       Sec. 502. (a) Purchase of American-Made Equipment and 
     Products.--It is the sense of the Congress that, to the 
     greatest extent practicable, all equipment and products 
     purchased with funds made available in this Act should be 
     American-made.
       (b) Notice Requirement.--In providing financial assistance 
     to, or entering into any contract with, any entity using 
     funds made available in this Act, the head of each Federal 
     agency, to the greatest extent practicable, shall provide to 
     such entity a notice describing the statement made in 
     subsection (a) by the Congress.
        (c) Prohibition of Contracts With Persons Falsely Labeling 
     Products as Made in America.--If it has been finally 
     determined by a court or Federal agency that any person 
     intentionally affixed a label bearing a ``Made in America'' 
     inscription, or any inscription with the same meaning, to any 
     product sold in or shipped to the United States that is not 
     made in the United States, the person shall be ineligible to 
     receive any contract or subcontract made with funds made 
     available in this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, 
     and ineligibility procedures described in sections 9.400 
     through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.
       Sec. 503. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality 
     of the United States Government, except pursuant to a 
     transfer made by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act 
     or any other appropriation Act.
       Sec. 504. Section 309 of Title III--Denali Commission of 
     Division C--Other Matters of Public Law 105-277, as amended, 
     is further amended by striking ``2003'' and inserting in lieu 
     thereof ``thereafter''.
       Sec. 505. Extension of Prohibition of Oil and Gas Drilling 
     in the Great Lakes. Section 503 of the Energy and Water 
     Development Appropriations Act, 2002 (115 Stat. 512), is 
     amended by striking ``2002 and 2003'' and inserting ``2002 
     through 2005''.
       Sec. 506. Clarification of Indemnification to Promote 
     Economic Development. Title 42 U.S.C. Sec. 7274q is amended 
     in subsection (b)(2), by adding the following new subsection:
       ``(D) Any successor, assignee, transferee, lender or lessee 
     of a person or entity described in subparagraphs (A) through 
     (C).''.
       Sec. 507. The Director of the Office of Management and 
     Budget shall transmit to the Congress by April 1, 2003, a 
     cross-cut budget displaying, by fiscal year, all CALFED Bay-
     Delta Program related expenditures by the Federal government, 
     actual and projected, for fiscal years 1996 through 2004.
       This division may be cited as the ``Energy and Water 
     Development Appropriations Act, 2003''.

DIVISION E--FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCING, AND RELATED PROGRAMS 
                          APPROPRIATIONS, 2003

  Making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and 
related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, and for 
                            other purposes.

     That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in 
     the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year 
     ending September 30, 2003, and for other purposes, namely:

               TITLE I--EXPORT AND INVESTMENT ASSISTANCE


                export-import bank of the united states

       The Export-Import Bank of the United States is authorized 
     to make such expenditures within the limits of funds and 
     borrowing authority available to such corporation, and in 
     accordance with law, and to make such contracts and 
     commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations, as 
     provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation Control 
     Act, as may be necessary in carrying out the program for the 
     current fiscal year for such corporation: Provided, That none 
     of the funds available during the current fiscal year may be 
     used to make expenditures, contracts, or commitments for the 
     export of nuclear equipment, fuel, or technology to any 
     country, other than a nuclear-weapon state as defined in 
     Article IX of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear 
     Weapons eligible to receive economic or military assistance 
     under this Act, that has detonated a nuclear explosive after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act: Provided further, That 
     notwithstanding section 1(c) of Public Law 103-428, as 
     amended, sections 1(a) and (b) of Public Law 103-428 shall 
     remain in effect through September 30, 2003.


                         subsidy appropriation

       For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, insurance, 
     and tied-aid grants as authorized by section 10 of the 
     Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, as amended, $512,900,000, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2006: 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: Provided further, That such sums shall remain 
     available

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     until September 30, 2021 for the disbursement of direct 
     loans, loan guarantees, insurance and tied-aid grants 
     obligated in fiscal years 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006: 
     Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated by this 
     Act or any prior Act appropriating funds for foreign 
     operations, export financing, and related programs for tied-
     aid credits or grants may be used for any other purpose 
     except through the regular notification procedures of the 
     Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That funds 
     appropriated by this paragraph are made available 
     notwithstanding section 2(b)(2) of the Export-Import Bank Act 
     of 1945, in connection with the purchase or lease of any 
     product by any East European country, any Baltic State or any 
     agency or national thereof.


                        administrative expenses

       For administrative expenses to carry out the direct and 
     guaranteed loan and insurance programs, including hire of 
     passenger motor vehicles and services as authorized by 5 
     U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $30,000 for official reception 
     and representation expenses for members of the Board of 
     Directors, $68,300,000: Provided, That the Export-Import Bank 
     may accept, and use, payment or services provided by 
     transaction participants for legal, financial, or technical 
     services in connection with any transaction for which an 
     application for a loan, guarantee or insurance commitment has 
     been made: Provided further, That, notwithstanding subsection 
     (b) of section 117 of the Export Enhancement Act of 1992, 
     subsection (a) thereof shall remain in effect until October 
     1, 2003.


                overseas private investment corporation

                           noncredit account

       The Overseas Private Investment Corporation is authorized 
     to make, without regard to fiscal year limitations, as 
     provided by 31 U.S.C. 9104, such expenditures and commitments 
     within the limits of funds available to it and in accordance 
     with law as may be necessary: Provided, That the amount 
     available for administrative expenses to carry out the credit 
     and insurance programs (including an amount for official 
     reception and representation expenses which shall not exceed 
     $35,000) shall not exceed $39,885,000: Provided further, That 
     project-specific transaction costs, including direct and 
     indirect costs incurred in claims settlements, and other 
     direct costs associated with services provided to specific 
     investors or potential investors pursuant to section 234 of 
     the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, shall not be considered 
     administrative expenses for the purposes of this heading.


                            program account

       For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, $24,000,000, 
     as authorized by section 234 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961, to be derived by transfer from the Overseas Private 
     Investment Corporation Non-Credit Account: 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: Provided further, That such sums shall be available 
     for direct loan obligations and loan guaranty commitments 
     incurred or made during fiscal years 2003 and 2004: Provided 
     further, That such sums shall remain available through fiscal 
     year 2011 for the disbursement of direct and guaranteed loans 
     obligated in fiscal year 2003, and through fiscal year 2012 
     for the disbursement of direct and guaranteed loans obligated 
     in fiscal year 2004.
       In addition, such sums as may be necessary for 
     administrative expenses to carry out the credit program may 
     be derived from amounts available for administrative expenses 
     to carry out the credit and insurance programs in the 
     Overseas Private Investment Corporation Noncredit Account and 
     merged with said account.

                  Funds Appropriated to the President


                      trade and development agency

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
     section 661 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
     $44,512,000, to remain available until September 30, 2004.
       In addition, for an additional amount for ``Trade and 
     Development Agency'' for trade capacity building assistance, 
     $2,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2003: 
     Provided, That any funds made available by this paragraph 
     shall be made available subject to the regular notification 
     procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.

                TITLE II--BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

                  Funds Appropriated to the President

       For expenses necessary to enable the President to carry out 
     the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and for 
     other purposes, to remain available until September 30, 
     2003, unless otherwise specified herein, as follows:


           united states agency for international development

                child survival and health programs fund

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
     chapters 1 and 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961, for child survival, health, and family planning/
     reproductive health activities, in addition to funds 
     otherwise available for such purposes, $1,836,500,000, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2005: Provided, That 
     this amount shall be made available for such activities as: 
     (1) immunization programs; (2) oral rehydration programs; (3) 
     health, nutrition, water and sanitation programs which 
     directly address the needs of mothers and children, and 
     related education programs; (4) assistance for displaced and 
     orphaned children; (5) programs for the prevention, 
     treatment, and control of, and research on, HIV/AIDS, 
     tuberculosis, malaria, polio and other infectious diseases; 
     and (6) family planning/reproductive health: Provided 
     further, That none of the funds appropriated under this 
     heading may be made available for nonproject assistance, 
     except that funds may be made available for such assistance 
     for ongoing health activities: Provided further, That of the 
     funds appropriated under this heading, not to exceed 
     $150,000, in addition to funds otherwise available for such 
     purposes, may be used to monitor and provide oversight of 
     child survival, maternal and family planning/reproductive 
     health, and infectious disease programs: Provided further, 
     That the following amounts should be allocated as follows: 
     $324,000,000 for child survival and maternal health; 
     $27,000,000 for vulnerable children; $591,500,000 for HIV/
     AIDS including not less than $18,000,000 which should be made 
     available to support the development of microbicides as a 
     means for combating HIV/AIDS; $155,500,000 for other 
     infectious diseases; $368,500,000 for family planning/
     reproductive health, including in areas where population 
     growth threatens biodiversity or endangered species; and 
     $120,000,000 for UNICEF: Provided further, That of the funds 
     appropriated under this heading, and in addition to funds 
     allocated under the previous proviso, not less than 
     $250,000,000 shall be made available, notwithstanding any 
     other provision of law, for a United States contribution to 
     the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and 
     shall be expended at the minimum rate necessary to make 
     timely payment for projects and activities: Provided further, 
     That the cumulative amount of United States contributions to 
     the Global Fund may not exceed the total resources provided 
     by other donors and available for use by the Global Fund: 
     Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 
     heading that are available for HIV/AIDS programs and 
     activities, up to $10,500,000 should be made available for 
     the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, and up to 
     $100,000,000 should be made available for the International 
     Mother and Child HIV Prevention Initiative: Provided further, 
     That of the funds appropriated under this heading, up to 
     $60,000,000 may be made available for a United States 
     contribution to the Vaccine Fund, and up to $6,000,000 may be 
     transferred to and merged with funds appropriated by this Act 
     under the heading ``Operating Expenses of the United States 
     Agency for International Development'' for costs directly 
     related to international health, but funds made available for 
     such costs may not be derived from amounts made available for 
     contribution under the preceding provisos: Provided further, 
     That notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, funds 
     appropriated under this heading that are available for child 
     survival and health programs shall be apportioned to the 
     United States Agency for International Development, and the 
     authority of sections 632(a) or 632(b) of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961, or any comparable provision of law, 
     may not be used to transfer or allocate any part of such 
     funds to the Department of Health and Human Services 
     including any office of that agency, except that the 
     authority of those sections may be used to transfer or 
     allocate up to $25,000,000 of such funds to the Centers for 
     Disease Control and Prevention: Provided further, That of the 
     funds appropriated under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be 
     made available to continue to support the provision of 
     wheelchairs for needy persons in developing countries: 
     Provided further, That none of the funds made available in 
     this Act nor any unobligated balances from prior 
     appropriations may be made available to any organization or 
     program which, as determined by the President of the United 
     States, supports or participates in the management of a 
     program of coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization: 
     Provided further, That none of the funds made available under 
     this Act may be used to pay for the performance of abortion 
     as a method of family planning or to motivate or coerce any 
     person to practice abortions: Provided further, That none of 
     the funds made available under this Act may be used to lobby 
     for or against abortion: Provided further, That in order to 
     reduce reliance on abortion in developing nations, funds 
     shall be available only to voluntary family planning projects 
     which offer, either directly or through referral to, or 
     information about access to, a broad range of family planning 
     methods and services, and that any such voluntary family 
     planning project shall meet the following requirements: (1) 
     service providers or referral agents in the project shall not 
     implement or be subject to quotas, or other numerical 
     targets, of total number of births, number of family planning 
     acceptors, or acceptors of a particular method of family 
     planning (this provision shall not be construed to include 
     the use of quantitative estimates or indicators for budgeting 
     and planning purposes); (2) the project shall not include 
     payment of incentives, bribes, gratuities, or financial 
     reward to: (A) an individual in exchange for becoming a 
     family planning acceptor; or (B) program personnel for 
     achieving a numerical target or quota of total number of 
     births, number of family planning acceptors, or acceptors of 
     a particular method of family planning; (3) the project shall 
     not deny any right or benefit, including the right of access 
     to participate in any program of general welfare or the right 
     of access to health care, as a consequence of any 
     individual's decision not to accept family planning services; 
     (4) the project shall provide family planning acceptors 
     comprehensible information on the health benefits and risks 
     of the method chosen, including those conditions that might 
     render the use of the method inadvisable and those adverse 
     side effects known to be consequent to the use of the method; 
     and (5) the project shall ensure that experimental 
     contraceptive drugs and devices and medical procedures are 
     provided only in the context of a scientific study in 
     which participants are advised of potential risks and 
     benefits; and, not less than 60 days after the date on 
     which the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
     International Development determines that there has been a 
     violation of the requirements

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     contained in paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (5) of this 
     proviso, or a pattern or practice of violations of the 
     requirements contained in paragraph (4) of this proviso, 
     the Administrator shall submit to the Committees on 
     Appropriations a report containing a description of such 
     violation and the corrective action taken by the Agency: 
     Provided further, That in awarding grants for natural 
     family planning under section 104 of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961 no applicant shall be discriminated 
     against because of such applicant's religious or 
     conscientious commitment to offer only natural family 
     planning; and, additionally, all such applicants shall 
     comply with the requirements of the previous proviso: 
     Provided further, That for purposes of this or any other 
     Act authorizing or appropriating funds for foreign 
     operations, export financing, and related programs, the 
     term ``motivate'', as it relates to family planning 
     assistance, shall not be construed to prohibit the 
     provision, consistent with local law, of information or 
     counseling about all pregnancy options: Provided further, 
     That nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to alter 
     any existing statutory prohibitions against abortion under 
     section 104 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: 
     Provided further, That the funds under this heading that 
     are available for the treatment and prevention of HIV/AIDS 
     should also include programs and activities that are 
     designed to maintain and preserve the families of those 
     persons living with HIV/AIDS and to reduce the numbers of 
     orphans created by HIV/AIDS.


                         development assistance

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
     sections 103, 105, 106, and 131, and chapter 10 of part I of 
     the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $1,389,000,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2004: Provided, That none of 
     the funds appropriated under title II of this Act that are 
     managed by or allocated to the United States Agency for 
     International Development's Global Development Secretariat, 
     may be made available except through the regular notification 
     procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided 
     further, That $159,000,000 should be allocated for trade 
     capacity building: Provided further, That $218,000,000 should 
     be allocated for basic education, of which $20,000,000 should 
     be made available only for programs to increase the 
     professional competence of national and regional education 
     administrators: Provided further, That none of the funds 
     appropriated under this heading may be made available for any 
     activity which is in contravention to the Convention on 
     International Trade in Endangered Species of Flora and Fauna: 
     Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 
     heading that are made available for assistance programs for 
     displaced and orphaned children and victims of war, not to 
     exceed $32,500, in addition to funds otherwise available for 
     such purposes, may be used to monitor and provide oversight 
     of such programs: Provided further, That of the aggregate 
     amount of the funds appropriated by this Act that are made 
     available for agriculture and rural development programs, 
     $25,000,000 should be made available for plant biotechnology 
     research and development: Provided further, That not less 
     than $2,300,000 should be made available for core support for 
     the International Fertilizer Development Center: Provided 
     further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 
     not less than $18,000,000 should be made available for the 
     American Schools and Hospitals Abroad program: Provided 
     further, That of the funds appropriated by this Act, 
     $100,000,000 shall be made available for drinking water 
     supply projects and related activities.


                   international disaster assistance

       For necessary expenses for international disaster relief, 
     rehabilitation, and reconstruction assistance pursuant to 
     section 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as 
     amended, $230,000,000, to remain available until expended.
       In addition, for assistance for Afghanistan, $60,000,000 to 
     remain available until expended: Provided, That these funds 
     shall be used for humanitarian and reconstruction assistance 
     for the Afghan people including health and education 
     programs, housing, to improve the status of women, 
     infrastructure, and assistance for victims of war and 
     displaced persons.


                         transition initiatives

       For necessary expenses for international disaster 
     rehabilitation and reconstruction assistance pursuant to 
     section 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
     $50,000,000, to remain available until expended, to support 
     transition to democracy and to long-term development of 
     countries in crisis: Provided, That such support may include 
     assistance to develop, strengthen, or preserve democratic 
     institutions and processes, revitalize basic infrastructure, 
     and foster the peaceful resolution of conflict: Provided 
     further, That the United States Agency for International 
     Development shall submit a report to the Committees on 
     Appropriations at least 5 days prior to beginning a new 
     program of assistance.


                      development credit authority

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For the cost of direct loans and loan guarantees, as 
     authorized by sections 108 and 635 of the Foreign Assistance 
     Act of 1961, funds may be derived by transfer from funds 
     appropriated by this Act to carry out part I of such Act and 
     under the heading ``Assistance for Eastern Europe and the 
     Baltic States'': Provided, That such funds when added to the 
     funds transferred pursuant to the authority contained under 
     this heading in Public Law 107-115, shall not exceed 
     $24,500,000, which shall be made available only for micro and 
     small enterprise programs, urban programs, and other programs 
     which further the purposes of part I of the Act: Provided 
     further, That such costs shall be as defined in section 502 
     of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, 
     That the provisions of section 107A(d) (relating to general 
     provisions applicable to the Development Credit Authority) of 
     the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as contained in section 
     306 of H.R. 1486 as reported by the House Committee on 
     International Relations on May 9, 1997, shall be applicable 
     to direct loans and loan guarantees provided under this 
     heading. In addition, for administrative expenses to carry 
     out credit programs administered by the United States Agency 
     for International Development, $7,591,000, which may be 
     transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 
     Operating Expenses of the United States Agency for 
     International Development: Provided further, That funds made 
     available under this heading shall remain available until 
     September 30, 2007.


     payment to the foreign service retirement and disability fund

       For payment to the ``Foreign Service Retirement and 
     Disability Fund'', as authorized by the Foreign Service Act 
     of 1980, $45,200,000.


   operating expenses of the united states agency for international 
                              development

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
     section 667, $572,000,000: Provided, That none of the funds 
     appropriated under this heading and under the heading 
     ``Capital Investment Fund'' may be made available to finance 
     the construction (including architect and engineering 
     services), purchase, or long term lease of offices for use by 
     the United States Agency for International Development, 
     unless the Administrator has identified such proposed 
     construction (including architect and engineering services), 
     purchase, or long term lease of offices in a report submitted 
     to the Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days prior to 
     the obligation of these funds for such purposes: Provided 
     further, That the previous proviso shall not apply where the 
     total cost of construction (including architect and 
     engineering services), purchase, or long term lease of 
     offices does not exceed $1,000,000.


                        Capital investment fund

       For necessary expenses for overseas construction and 
     related costs, and for the procurement and enhancement of 
     information technology and related capital investments, 
     pursuant to section 667, $43,000,000, to remain available 
     until expended: Provided, That this amount is in addition to 
     funds otherwise available for such purposes: Provided 
     further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 
     up to $10,000,000 may be made available for costs related to 
     the construction of temporary, secure facilities for United 
     States Agency for International Development personnel in 
     Afghanistan: Provided further, That the Administrator of the 
     United States Agency for International Development shall 
     assess fair and reasonable rental payments for the use of 
     space by employees of other United States Government agencies 
     in buildings constructed using funds appropriated under this 
     heading, and such rental payments shall be deposited into 
     this account as an offsetting collection: Provided further, 
     That the rental payments collected pursuant to the previous 
     proviso and deposited as an offsetting collection shall be 
     available for obligation only pursuant to the regular 
     notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: 
     Provided further, That the assignment of United States 
     Government employees or contractors to space in buildings 
     constructed using funds appropriated under this heading shall 
     be subject to the concurrence of the Administrator of the 
     United States Agency for International Development: Provided 
     further, That funds appropriated under this heading shall be 
     available for obligation only pursuant to the regular 
     notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.


   operating expenses of the united states agency for international 
                development office of inspector general

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
     section 667, $33,300,000, to remain available until September 
     30, 2004, which sum shall be available for the Office of the 
     Inspector General of the United States Agency for 
     International Development.

                  Other Bilateral Economic Assistance


                         economic support fund

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
     chapter 4 of part II, $2,270,000,000, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2004: Provided, That of the funds 
     appropriated under this heading, not less than $600,000,000 
     shall be available only for Israel, which sum shall be 
     available on a grant basis as a cash transfer and shall be 
     disbursed within 30 days of the enactment of this Act: 
     Provided further, That not less than $615,000,000 shall be 
     available only for Egypt, which sum shall be provided on a 
     grant basis, and of which sum cash transfer assistance shall 
     be provided with the understanding that Egypt will undertake 
     significant economic reforms which are additional to those 
     which were undertaken in previous fiscal years, and of which 
     not less than $200,000,000 shall be provided as Commodity 
     Import Program assistance: Provided further, That in 
     exercising the authority to provide cash transfer assistance 
     for Israel, the President shall ensure that the level of such 
     assistance does not cause an adverse impact on the total 
     level of nonmilitary exports from the United States to such 
     country and that Israel enters into a side letter agreement 
     in an amount proportional to the fiscal year 1999 agreement: 
     Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 
     heading, $250,000,000 should be made available for assistance 
     for Jordan: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 
     under this heading, up to $1,000,000 should be used to 
     further legal reforms in the West Bank and Gaza, including 
     judicial training on commercial disputes and ethics: Provided 
     further, That not to exceed $200,000,000 of the funds 
     appropriated under this heading in this Act may be made 
     available for the costs, as defined in section 502 of the 
     Congressional Budget

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     Act of 1974, of modifying direct loans and guarantees for 
     Pakistan: Provided further, That not to exceed $15,000,000 of 
     the funds appropriated under this heading in Public Law 
     107-206, the Supplemental Appropriations Act for Further 
     Recovery From and Response To Terrorist Attacks on the 
     United States, FY 2002, may be made available for the 
     costs, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974, of modifying direct loans and 
     guarantees for Jordan: Provided further, That not less 
     than $15,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this 
     heading shall be made available for Cyprus to be used only 
     for scholarships, administrative support of the 
     scholarship program, bicommunal projects, and measures 
     aimed at reunification of the island and designed to 
     reduce tensions and promote peace and cooperation between 
     the two communities on Cyprus: Provided further, That not 
     less than $35,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this 
     heading shall be made available for assistance for Lebanon 
     to be used, among other programs, for scholarships and 
     direct support of the American educational institutions in 
     Lebanon: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 
     534(a) of this Act, funds appropriated under this heading 
     that are made available for assistance for the Central 
     Government of Lebanon shall be subject to the regular 
     notification procedures of the Committees on 
     Appropriations: Provided further, That the Government of 
     Lebanon should enforce the custody and international 
     pickup orders, issued during calendar year 2001, of 
     Lebanon's civil courts regarding abducted American 
     children in Lebanon: Provided further, That of the funds 
     appropriated under this heading, $60,000,000 shall be made 
     available for the United States Agency for International 
     Development for assistance for Indonesia: Provided 
     further, That of the funds appropriated under this 
     heading, not less than $25,000,000 shall be made available 
     for assistance for the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste 
     of which up to $1,000,000 may be available for 
     administrative expenses of the United States Agency for 
     International Development: Provided further, That of the 
     funds appropriated under this heading, not less than 
     $2,000,000 should be made available for assistance for 
     countries to implement and enforce the Kimberley Process 
     Certification Scheme: Provided further, That $3,000,000 
     should be made available for the international youth 
     exchange program for secondary school students from 
     countries with significant Muslim populations: Provided 
     further, That funds appropriated under this heading may be 
     used, notwithstanding any other provision of law, to 
     provide assistance to the National Democratic Alliance of 
     Sudan to strengthen its ability to protect civilians from 
     attacks, slave raids, and aerial bombardment by the 
     Sudanese Government forces and its militia allies, and the 
     provision of such funds shall be subject to the regular 
     notification procedures of the Committees on 
     Appropriations: Provided further, That in the previous 
     proviso, the term ``assistance'' includes non-lethal, non-
     food aid such as blankets, medicine, fuel, mobile clinics, 
     water drilling equipment, communications equipment to 
     notify civilians of aerial bombardment, non-military 
     vehicles, tents, and shoes: Provided further, That of the 
     funds appropriated under this heading, not less than 
     $10,000,000 should be made available during fiscal year 
     2003 for a contribution to the Special Court for Sierra 
     Leone: Provided further, That with respect to funds 
     appropriated under this heading in this Act or prior Acts 
     making appropriations for foreign operations, export 
     financing, and related programs, the responsibility for 
     policy decisions and justifications for the use of such 
     funds, including whether there will be a program for a 
     country that uses those funds and the amount of each such 
     program, shall be the responsibility of the Secretary of 
     State and the Deputy Secretary of State and this 
     responsibility shall not be delegated.


                     international fund for ireland

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
     chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
     $25,000,000, which shall be available for the United States 
     contribution to the International Fund for Ireland and shall 
     be made available in accordance with the provisions of the 
     Anglo-Irish Agreement Support Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-
     415): Provided, That such amount shall be expended at the 
     minimum rate necessary to make timely payment for projects 
     and activities: Provided further, That funds made available 
     under this heading shall remain available until September 30, 
     2004.


          assistance for eastern europe and the baltic states

       (a) For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
     the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Support for East 
     European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989, $525,000,000, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2004, which shall be 
     available, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for 
     assistance and for related programs for Eastern Europe and 
     the Baltic States: Provided, That funds made available for 
     assistance for Kosovo from funds appropriated under this 
     heading and under the headings ``Economic Support Fund'' and 
     ``International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement'' 
     should not exceed 15 percent of the total resources pledged 
     by all donors for calendar year 2003 for assistance for 
     Kosovo as of March 31, 2003: Provided further, That none of 
     the funds made available under this Act for assistance for 
     Kosovo shall be made available for large scale physical 
     infrastructure reconstruction: Provided further, That of the 
     funds made available under this heading for assistance for 
     Kosovo, up to $1,000,000 should be made available for 
     assistance to support training programs for Kosovar women: 
     Provided further, That not less than $5,000,000 shall be made 
     available for assistance for the Baltic States: Provided 
     further, That of the funds made available under this heading 
     for assistance for Bulgaria, $2,000,000 should be made 
     available to enhance safety at nuclear power plants.
       (b) Funds appropriated under this heading or in prior 
     appropriations Acts that are or have been made available for 
     an Enterprise Fund may be deposited by such Fund in interest-
     bearing accounts prior to the Fund's disbursement of such 
     funds for program purposes. The Fund may retain for such 
     program purposes any interest earned on such deposits without 
     returning such interest to the Treasury of the United States 
     and without further appropriation by the Congress. Funds made 
     available for Enterprise Funds shall be expended at the 
     minimum rate necessary to make timely payment for projects 
     and activities.
       (c) Funds appropriated under this heading shall be 
     considered to be economic assistance under the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961 for purposes of making available the 
     administrative authorities contained in that Act for the use 
     of economic assistance.
       (d) With regard to funds appropriated under this heading 
     for the economic revitalization program in Bosnia and 
     Herzegovina, and local currencies generated by such funds 
     (including the conversion of funds appropriated under this 
     heading into currency used by Bosnia and Herzegovina as 
     local currency and local currency returned or repaid under 
     such program) the Administrator of the United States 
     Agency for International Development shall provide written 
     approval for grants and loans prior to the obligation and 
     expenditure of funds for such purposes, and prior to the 
     use of funds that have been returned or repaid to any 
     lending facility or grantee.
       (e) The provisions of section 529 of this Act shall apply 
     to funds made available under subsection (d) and to funds 
     appropriated under this heading: Provided, That 
     notwithstanding any provision of this or any other Act, 
     including provisions in this subsection regarding the 
     application of section 529 of this Act, local currencies 
     generated by, or converted from, funds appropriated by this 
     Act and by previous appropriations Acts and made available 
     for the economic revitalization program in Bosnia may be used 
     in Eastern Europe and the Baltic States to carry out the 
     provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the 
     Support for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989.
       (f) The President is authorized to withhold funds 
     appropriated under this heading made available for economic 
     revitalization programs in Bosnia and Herzegovina, if he 
     determines and certifies to the Committees on Appropriations 
     that the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina has not 
     complied with article III of annex 1-A of the General 
     Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina 
     concerning the withdrawal of foreign forces, and that 
     intelligence cooperation on training, investigations, and 
     related activities between state sponsors of terrorism and 
     terrorist organizations and Bosnian officials has not been 
     terminated.


    assistance for the independent states of the former soviet union

       (a) For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
     chapters 11 and 12 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961 and the FREEDOM Support Act, for assistance for the 
     Independent States of the former Soviet Union and for related 
     programs, $760,000,000, to remain available until September 
     30, 2004: Provided, That the provisions of such chapters 
     shall apply to funds appropriated by this paragraph: Provided 
     further, That of the funds made available for the Southern 
     Caucasus region, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     funds may be used for confidence-building measures and other 
     activities in furtherance of the peaceful resolution of the 
     regional conflicts, especially those in the vicinity of 
     Abkhazia and Nagorno-Karabagh: Provided further, That of the 
     funds appropriated under this heading, not less than 
     $1,500,000 should be available only to meet the health and 
     other assistance needs of victims of trafficking in persons: 
     Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 
     heading $17,500,000 shall be made available solely for 
     assistance for the Russian Far East: Provided further, That, 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
     appropriated under this heading in this Act or prior Acts 
     making appropriations for foreign operations, export 
     financing, and related programs, that are made available 
     pursuant to the provisions of section 807 of the FREEDOM 
     Support Act (Public Law 102-511) shall be subject to a 6 
     percent ceiling on administrative expenses.
       (b) Of the funds appropriated under this heading that are 
     made available for assistance for Ukraine, not less than 
     $20,000,000 should be made available for nuclear reactor 
     safety initiatives, and not less than $1,500,000 shall be 
     made available for coal mine safety programs, including mine 
     ventilation and fire prevention and control.
       (c) Of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less 
     than $90,000,000 shall be made available for assistance for 
     Armenia.
       (d)(1) Of the funds appropriated under this heading that 
     are allocated for assistance for the Government of the 
     Russian Federation, 60 percent shall be withheld from 
     obligation until the President determines and certifies in 
     writing to the Committees on Appropriations that the 
     Government of the Russian Federation:
       (A) has terminated implementation of arrangements to 
     provide Iran with technical expertise, training, technology, 
     or equipment necessary to develop a nuclear reactor, related 
     nuclear research facilities or programs, or ballistic missile 
     capability; and
       (B) is providing full access to international non-
     government organizations providing humanitarian relief to 
     refugees and internally displaced persons in Chechnya.

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       (2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to--
       (A) assistance to combat infectious diseases, child 
     survival activities, or assistance for victims of trafficking 
     in persons; and
       (B) activities authorized under title V (Nonproliferation 
     and Disarmament Programs and Activities) of the FREEDOM 
     Support Act.
       (e) Of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less 
     than $60,000,000 should be made available, in addition to 
     funds otherwise available for such purposes, for assistance 
     for child survival, basic education, environmental and 
     reproductive health/family planning, and to combat HIV/AIDS, 
     tuberculosis and other infectious diseases, and for related 
     activities.
       (f) None of the funds appropriated under this heading may 
     be made available for assistance for the Government of 
     Ukraine unless the Secretary of State determines and 
     certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that, since 
     September 30, 2000, the Government of Ukraine has not 
     facilitated or engaged in arms sales or arms transfers to 
     Iraq: Provided, That this paragraph shall not apply to 
     assistance to combat infectious diseases, nuclear safety 
     programs and activities, or assistance for victims of 
     trafficking in persons, and to activities authorized under 
     title V (Nonproliferation and Disarmament Programs and 
     Activities) of the FREEDOM Support Act.
       (g) Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act shall not apply 
     to--
       (1) activities to support democracy or assistance under 
     title V of the FREEDOM Support Act and section 1424 of Public 
     Law 104-201 or non-proliferation assistance;
       (2) any assistance provided by the Trade and Development 
     Agency under section 661 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961 (22 U.S.C. 2421);
       (3) any activity carried out by a member of the United 
     States and Foreign Commercial Service while acting within his 
     or her official capacity;
       (4) any insurance, reinsurance, guarantee or other 
     assistance provided by the Overseas Private Investment 
     Corporation under title IV of chapter 2 of part I of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2191 et seq.);
       (5) any financing provided under the Export-Import Bank Act 
     of 1945; or
       (6) humanitarian assistance.

                          Independent Agencies


                       INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION

       For necessary expenses to carry out the functions of the 
     Inter-American Foundation in accordance with the provisions 
     of section 401 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1969, 
     $16,200,000, to remain available until September 30, 2004.


                     AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION

       For necessary expenses to carry out title V of the 
     International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 
     1980, Public Law 96-533, $18,689,000, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2004: Provided, That funds made available 
     to grantees may be invested pending expenditure for project 
     purposes when authorized by the board of directors of the 
     Foundation: Provided further, That interest earned shall be 
     used only for the purposes for which the grant was made: 
     Provided further, That this authority applies to interest 
     earned both prior to and following enactment of this 
     provision: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 
     505(a)(2) of the African Development Foundation Act, in 
     exceptional circumstances the board of directors of the 
     Foundation may waive the $250,000 limitation contained in 
     that section with respect to a project: Provided further, 
     That the Foundation shall provide a report to the Committees 
     on Appropriations after each time such waiver authority is 
     exercised.


                              peace corps

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the 
     Peace Corps Act (75 Stat. 612), $297,000,000, including the 
     purchase of not to exceed five passenger motor vehicles for 
     administrative purposes for use outside of the United States: 
     Provided, That none of the funds appropriated under this 
     heading shall be used to pay for abortions: Provided further, 
     That funds appropriated under this heading shall remain 
     available until September 30, 2004: Provided further, That 
     the Director of the Peace Corps may make appointments or 
     assignments, or extend current appointments or assignments, 
     to permit United States citizens to serve for periods in 
     excess of five years in the case of individuals whose 
     appointment or assignment, such as regional safety security 
     officers and employees within the Office of the Inspector 
     General, involves the safety of Peace Corps volunteers: 
     Provided further, That the Director of the Peace Corps may 
     make such appointments or assignments notwithstanding the 
     provisions of section 7 of the Peace Corps Act limiting the 
     length of an appointment or assignment, the circumstances 
     under which such an appointment or assignment may exceed five 
     years, and the percentage of appointments or assignments that 
     can be made in excess of five years.

                          Department of State


          international narcotics control and law enforcement

       For necessary expenses to carry out section 481 of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $197,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended: Provided, That during fiscal year 
     2003, the Department of State may also use the authority of 
     section 608 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, without 
     regard to its restrictions, to receive excess property from 
     an agency of the United States Government for the purpose of 
     providing it to a foreign country under chapter 8 of part I 
     of that Act subject to the regular notification procedures of 
     the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That of 
     the funds appropriated under this heading, not less than 
     $5,000,000 shall be apportioned directly to the Department of 
     the Treasury, International Affairs Technical Assistance, to 
     be used for financial crimes and law enforcement technical 
     assistance programs: Provided further, That of the funds 
     appropriated under this heading, $10,000,000 should be made 
     available for the demand reduction program: Provided further, 
     That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 
     $10,000,000 should be made available for anti-trafficking in 
     persons programs, including trafficking prevention, 
     protection and assistance for victims, and prosecution of 
     traffickers: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 
     under this heading, not more than $24,180,000 may be 
     available for administrative expenses.


                     andean counterdrug initiative

       For necessary expenses to carry out section 481 of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to support counterdrug 
     activities in the Andean region of South America, 
     $700,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
     That in addition to the funds appropriated under this heading 
     and subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
     Committees on Appropriations, the President may make 
     available up to an additional $31,000,000 for the Andean 
     Counterdrug Initiative, which may be derived from funds 
     appropriated under the heading ``International Narcotics 
     Control and Law Enforcement'' in this Act and in prior Acts 
     making appropriations for foreign operations, export 
     financing, and related programs: Provided further, That in 
     fiscal year 2003, funds available to the Department of State 
     for assistance to the Government of Colombia shall be 
     available to support a unified campaign against narcotics 
     trafficking, against activities by organizations designated 
     as terrorist organizations such as the Revolutionary Armed 
     Forces of Colombia (FARC), the National Liberation Army 
     (ELN), and the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC), 
     and to take actions to protect human health and welfare in 
     emergency circumstances, including undertaking rescue 
     operations: Provided further, That this authority shall cease 
     to be effective if the Secretary of State has credible 
     evidence that the Colombian Armed Forces are not conducting 
     vigorous operations to restore government authority and 
     respect for human rights in areas under the effective control 
     of paramilitary and guerrilla organizations: Provided 
     further, That the President shall ensure that if any 
     helicopter procured with funds under this heading is used to 
     aid or abet the operations of any illegal self-defense group 
     or illegal security cooperative, such helicopter shall be 
     immediately returned to the United States: Provided further, 
     That none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be made 
     available to support a Peruvian air interdiction program 
     until the Secretary of State and Director of Central 
     Intelligence certify to the Congress, 30 days before any 
     resumption of United States involvement in a Peruvian air 
     interdiction program, that an air interdiction program 
     that permits the ability of the Peruvian Air Force to 
     shoot down aircraft will include enhanced safeguards and 
     procedures to prevent the occurrence of any incident 
     similar to the April 20, 2001 incident: Provided further, 
     That the Secretary of State, in consultation with the 
     Administrator of the United States Agency for 
     International Development, shall provide to the Committees 
     on Appropriations not later than 45 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act and prior to the initial 
     obligation of funds appropriated under this heading, a 
     report on the proposed uses of all funds under this 
     heading on a country-by-country basis for each proposed 
     program, project, or activity: Provided further, That of 
     the amount appropriated under this heading, not less than 
     $250,000,000 shall be apportioned directly to the United 
     States Agency for International Development, to be used 
     for economic and social programs: Provided further, That 
     of the funds appropriated under this heading and under the 
     heading ``Foreign Military Financing Program'', not less 
     than $5,000,000 should be made available to support a 
     Colombian Armed Forces unit dedicated to apprehending the 
     leaders of paramilitary organizations: Provided further, 
     That of the funds made available for assistance for 
     Colombia under this heading, up to $3,000,000 should be 
     made available for commercially developed, web monitoring 
     software, and training on the usage thereof, for the 
     Colombian National Police: Provided further, That of the 
     funds made available for assistance for Colombia under 
     this heading, not less than $1,500,000 should be made 
     available for vehicles, equipment, and other assistance 
     for the human rights unit of the Procurador General: 
     Provided further, That not more than 20 percent of the 
     funds appropriated by this Act that are used for the 
     procurement of chemicals for aerial coca and poppy 
     fumigation programs may be made available for such 
     programs unless the Secretary of State, after consultation 
     with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency (EPA), certifies to the Committees on 
     Appropriations that (1) the herbicide mixture is being 
     used in accordance with EPA label requirements for 
     comparable use in the United States and any additional 
     controls recommended by the EPA for this program, and with 
     the Colombian Environmental Management Plan for aerial 
     fumigation; (2) the herbicide mixture, in the manner it is 
     being used, does not pose unreasonable risks or adverse 
     effects to humans or the environment; (3) complaints of 
     harm to health or licit crops caused by such fumigation 
     are evaluated and fair compensation is being paid for 
     meritorious claims; and such funds may not be made 
     available for such purposes unless programs are being 
     implemented by the United States Agency for International 
     Development, the Government of Colombia, or other 
     organizations, in consultation with local communities, to 
     provide alternative sources of income in areas where 
     security permits for small-acreage growers whose illicit 
     crops are targeted for fumigation: Provided further, That 
     section 482(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall 
     not apply to funds appropriated under this heading: 
     Provided further,

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     That assistance provided with funds appropriated under 
     this heading that is made available notwithstanding 
     section 482(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as 
     amended, shall be made available subject to the regular 
     notification procedures of the Committees on 
     Appropriations: Provided further, That the provisions of 
     section 3204(b) through (d) of Public Law 106-246, as 
     amended by Public Law 107-115, shall be applicable to 
     funds appropriated for fiscal year 2003: Provided further, 
     That no United States Armed Forces personnel or United 
     States civilian contractor employed by the United States 
     will participate in any combat operation in connection 
     with assistance made available by this Act for Colombia: 
     Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under 
     this heading, not less than $3,500,000 shall be made 
     available for assistance for the Colombian National Park 
     Service for training, equipment, and other assistance to 
     protect Colombia's national parks and reserves: Provided 
     further, That of the funds appropriated under this 
     heading, not more than $15,680,000 may be available for 
     administrative expenses of the Department of State, and 
     not more than $4,500,000 may be available, in addition to 
     amounts otherwise available for such purposes, for 
     administrative expenses of the United States Agency for 
     International Development.


                    migration and refugee assistance

       For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to 
     enable the Secretary of State to provide, as authorized by 
     law, a contribution to the International Committee of the Red 
     Cross, assistance to refugees, including contributions to the 
     International Organization for Migration and the United 
     Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and other activities 
     to meet refugee and migration needs; salaries and expenses of 
     personnel and dependents as authorized by the Foreign Service 
     Act of 1980; allowances as authorized by sections 5921 
     through 5925 of title 5, United States Code; purchase and 
     hire of passenger motor vehicles; and services as authorized 
     by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, $787,000,000, 
     which shall remain available until expended: Provided, That 
     not more than $16,565,000 may be available for administrative 
     expenses: Provided further, That not less than $60,000,000 of 
     the funds made available under this heading shall be made 
     available for refugees from the former Soviet Union and 
     Eastern Europe and other refugees resettling in Israel: 
     Provided further, That funds appropriated under this heading 
     may be made available for a headquarters contribution to the 
     International Committee of the Red Cross only if the 
     Secretary of State determines (and so reports to the 
     appropriate committees of Congress) that the Magen David Adom 
     Society of Israel is not being denied participation in the 
     activities of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent 
     Movement.


     united states emergency refugee and migration assistance fund

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
     section 2(c) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 
     1962, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2601(c)), $26,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended.


    nonproliferation, anti-terrorism, demining and related programs

       For necessary expenses for nonproliferation, anti-
     terrorism, demining and related programs and activities, 
     $306,400,000, to carry out the provisions of chapter 8 of 
     part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for anti-
     terrorism assistance, chapter 9 of part II of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961, section 504 of the FREEDOM Support 
     Act, section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act or the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961 for demining activities, the 
     clearance of unexploded ordnance, the destruction of small 
     arms, and related activities, notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, including activities implemented through 
     nongovernmental and international organizations, and 
     section 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for a 
     voluntary contribution to the International Atomic Energy 
     Agency (IAEA) and a voluntary contribution to the Korean 
     Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO), 
     consistent with the provisions of section 562 of this Act, 
     and for a United States contribution to the Comprehensive 
     Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Preparatory Commission: Provided 
     further, That of this amount not to exceed $15,000,000, to 
     remain available until expended, may be made available for 
     the Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund, notwithstanding 
     any other provision of law, to promote bilateral and 
     multilateral activities relating to nonproliferation and 
     disarmament: Provided further, That such funds may also be 
     used for such countries other than the Independent States 
     of the former Soviet Union and international organizations 
     when it is in the national security interest of the United 
     States to do so following consultation with the 
     appropriate committees of Congress: Provided further, That 
     funds appropriated under this heading may be made 
     available for the International Atomic Energy Agency only 
     if the Secretary of State determines (and so reports to 
     the Congress) that Israel is not being denied its right to 
     participate in the activities of that Agency: Provided 
     further, That of the funds made available for demining and 
     related activities, not to exceed $675,000, in addition to 
     funds otherwise available for such purposes, may be used 
     for administrative expenses related to the operation and 
     management of the demining program: Provided further, That 
     the Secretary of State is authorized to provide not to 
     exceed $250,000 for public-private partnerships for mine 
     action by grant, cooperative agreement, or contract.

                       Department of the Treasury


               International Affairs Technical Assistance

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
     section 129 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (relating 
     to international affairs technical assistance activities), 
     $10,800,000, to remain available until expended, which shall 
     be available notwithstanding any other provision of law.

                     TITLE III--MILITARY ASSISTANCE

                  Funds Appropriated to the President


             international military education and training

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
     section 541 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
     $80,000,000, of which up to $3,000,000 may remain available 
     until expended: Provided, That the civilian personnel for 
     whom military education and training may be provided under 
     this heading may include civilians who are not members of a 
     government whose participation would contribute to improved 
     civil-military relations, civilian control of the military, 
     or respect for human rights: Provided further, That funds 
     appropriated under this heading for military education and 
     training for Guatemala may only be available for expanded 
     international military education and training and funds made 
     available for Algeria, Nigeria and Guatemala may only be 
     provided through the regular notification procedures of the 
     Committees on Appropriations.


                   foreign military financing program

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For expenses necessary for grants to enable the President 
     to carry out the provisions of section 23 of the Arms Export 
     Control Act, $4,072,000,000: Provided, That of the funds 
     appropriated under this heading, not less than $2,100,000,000 
     shall be available for grants only for Israel, and not less 
     than $1,300,000,000 shall be made available for grants only 
     for Egypt: Provided further, That the funds appropriated by 
     this paragraph for Israel shall be disbursed within 30 days 
     of the enactment of this Act: Provided further, That to the 
     extent that the Government of Israel requests that funds be 
     used for such purposes, grants made available for Israel by 
     this paragraph shall, as agreed by Israel and the United 
     States, be available for advanced weapons systems, of which 
     not less than $550,000,000 shall be available for the 
     procurement in Israel of defense articles and defense 
     services, including research and development: Provided 
     further, That except as provided in the following proviso, 
     none of the funds appropriated by this paragraph may be made 
     available for helicopters and related support costs for 
     Colombia: Provided further, That up to $93,000,000 of the 
     funds appropriated by this paragraph may be transferred to 
     and merged with funds appropriated under the heading ``Andean 
     Counterdrug Initiative'' for helicopters, training and other 
     assistance for the Colombian Armed Forces for security for 
     the Cano Limon pipeline: Provided further, That funds 
     appropriated by this paragraph shall be nonrepayable 
     notwithstanding any requirement in section 23 of the Arms 
     Export Control Act: Provided further, That funds made 
     available under this paragraph shall be obligated upon 
     apportionment in accordance with paragraph (5)(C) of title 
     31, United States Code, section 1501(a).
       None of the funds made available under this heading shall 
     be available to finance the procurement of defense articles, 
     defense services, or design and construction services that 
     are not sold by the United States Government under the Arms 
     Export Control Act unless the foreign country proposing to 
     make such procurements has first signed an agreement with the 
     United States Government specifying the conditions under 
     which such procurements may be financed with such funds: 
     Provided, That all country and funding level increases in 
     allocations shall be submitted through the regular 
     notification procedures of section 515 of this Act: Provided 
     further, That none of the funds appropriated under this 
     heading shall be available for assistance for Sudan and 
     Liberia: Provided further, That funds made available under 
     this heading may be used, notwithstanding any other provision 
     of law, for demining, the clearance of unexploded ordnance, 
     and related activities, and may include activities 
     implemented through nongovernmental and international 
     organizations: Provided further, That none of the funds 
     appropriated under this heading shall be available for 
     assistance for Guatemala: Provided further, That only those 
     countries for which assistance was justified for the 
     ``Foreign Military Sales Financing Program'' in the fiscal 
     year 1989 congressional presentation for security assistance 
     programs may utilize funds made available under this heading 
     for procurement of defense articles, defense services or 
     design and construction services that are not sold by the 
     United States Government under the Arms Export Control Act: 
     Provided further, That funds appropriated under this 
     heading shall be expended at the minimum rate necessary to 
     make timely payment for defense articles and services: 
     Provided further, That not more than $38,000,000 of the 
     funds appropriated under this heading may be obligated for 
     necessary expenses, including the purchase of passenger 
     motor vehicles for replacement only for use outside of the 
     United States, for the general costs of administering 
     military assistance and sales: Provided further, That not 
     more than $356,000,000 of funds realized pursuant to 
     section 21(e)(1)(A) of the Arms Export Control Act may be 
     obligated for expenses incurred by the Department of 
     Defense during fiscal year 2003 pursuant to section 43(b) 
     of the Arms Export Control Act, except that this 
     limitation may be exceeded only through the regular 
     notification procedures of the Committees on 
     Appropriations: Provided further, That foreign military 
     financing program funds estimated to be outlayed for Egypt 
     during fiscal year 2003 shall be transferred to an 
     interest bearing account for Egypt in the Federal Reserve 
     Bank of New York within 30 days of enactment of this Act .

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                        peacekeeping operations

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
     section 551 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
     $115,000,000: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 
     under this heading shall be obligated or expended except as 
     provided through the regular notification procedures of the 
     Committees on Appropriations.

               TITLE IV--MULTILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE


                  funds appropriated to the president

                  international financial institutions

                      global environment facility

       For the United States contribution for the Global 
     Environment Facility, $147,812,533, to the International Bank 
     for Reconstruction and Development as trustee for the Global 
     Environment Facility, by the Secretary of the Treasury, to 
     remain available until expended.


       contribution to the international development association

       For payment to the International Development Association by 
     the Secretary of the Treasury, $850,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended.


      contribution to the multilateral investment guarantee agency

       For payment to the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency 
     by the Secretary of the Treasury, $1,631,000, for the United 
     States paid-in share of the increase in capital stock, to 
     remain available until expended.


              limitation on callable capital subscriptions

       The United States Governor of the Multilateral Investment 
     Guarantee Agency may subscribe without fiscal year limitation 
     for the callable capital portion of the United States share 
     of such capital stock in an amount not to exceed $7,609,793.


       Contribution to the Inter-American Investment Corporation

       For payment to the Inter-American Investment Corporation, 
     by the Secretary of the Treasury, $18,351,667, for the United 
     States share of the increase in subscriptions to capital 
     stock, to remain available until expended.


contribution to the enterprise for the americas multilateral investment 
                                  fund

       For payment to the Enterprise for the Americas Multilateral 
     Investment Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury, for the 
     United States contribution to the fund, $24,590,667, to 
     remain available until expended.


               contribution to the asian development fund

       For the United States contribution by the Secretary of the 
     Treasury to the increase in resources of the Asian 
     Development Fund, as authorized by the Asian Development Bank 
     Act, as amended, $97,886,133, to remain available until 
     expended.


              Contribution to the African Development Bank

       For payment to the African Development Bank by the 
     Secretary of the Treasury, $5,104,473, for the United States 
     paid-in share of the increase in capital stock, to remain 
     available until expended.


              limitation on callable capital subscriptions

       The United States Governor of the African Development Bank 
     may subscribe without fiscal year limitation for the callable 
     capital portion of the United States share of such capital 
     stock in an amount not to exceed $79,602,688.


              contribution to the african development fund

       For the United States contribution by the Secretary of the 
     Treasury to the increase in resources of the African 
     Development Fund, $108,073,333, to remain available until 
     expended.


  contribution to the european bank for reconstruction and development

       For payment to the European Bank for Reconstruction and 
     Development by the Secretary of the Treasury, $35,804,955 for 
     the United States share of the paid-in portion of the 
     increase in capital stock, to remain available until 
     expended.


              limitation on callable capital subscriptions

       The United States Governor of the European Bank for 
     Reconstruction and Development may subscribe without fiscal 
     year limitation to the callable capital portion of the 
     United States share of such capital stock in an amount not 
     to exceed $123,328,178.

  contribution to the international fund for agricultural development

       For the United States contribution by the Secretary of the 
     Treasury to increase the resources of the International Fund 
     for Agricultural Development, $15,003,667, to remain 
     available until expended.

                international organizations and programs

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
     section 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and of 
     section 2 of the United Nations Environment Program 
     Participation Act of 1973, $195,150,000: Provided, That none 
     of the funds appropriated under this heading may be made 
     available to the Korean Peninsula Energy Development 
     Organization (KEDO) or the International Atomic Energy Agency 
     (IAEA): Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 
     under this heading, not less than $500,000 should be made 
     available for a United States contribution to the 
     International Coffee Organization (ICO) if the United States 
     becomes a member of the ICO prior to June 1, 2003: Provided 
     further, That if the United States does not rejoin the 
     International Coffee Organization by June 1, 2003, the amount 
     allocated under the previous proviso should be made available 
     for the United Nations Center for Human Settlements (UN-
     HABITAT) in addition to other funds made available for UN-
     HABITAT under this heading.

                      TITLE V--GENERAL PROVISIONS


             obligations during last month of availability

       Sec. 501. Except for the appropriations entitled 
     ``International Disaster Assistance'', and ``United States 
     Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund'', not more 
     than 15 percent of any appropriation item made available by 
     this Act shall be obligated during the last month of 
     availability.


                  private and voluntary organizations

       Sec. 502. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
     made available by this Act for development assistance may be 
     made available to any United States private and voluntary 
     organization, except any cooperative development 
     organization, which obtains less than 20 percent of its total 
     annual funding for international activities from sources 
     other than the United States Government: Provided, That the 
     Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
     Development, after informing the Committees on 
     Appropriations, may, on a case-by-case basis, waive the 
     restriction contained in this subsection, after taking into 
     account the effectiveness of the overseas development 
     activities of the organization, its level of volunteer 
     support, its financial viability and stability, and the 
     degree of its dependence for its financial support on the 
     agency.
       (b) Funds appropriated or otherwise made available under 
     title II of this Act should be made available to private and 
     voluntary organizations at a level which is at least 
     equivalent to the level provided in fiscal year 1995.


                    limitation on residence expenses

       Sec. 503. Of the funds appropriated or made available 
     pursuant to this Act, not to exceed $100,500 shall be for 
     official residence expenses of the United States Agency for 
     International Development during the current fiscal year: 
     Provided, That appropriate steps shall be taken to assure 
     that, to the maximum extent possible, United States-owned 
     foreign currencies are utilized in lieu of dollars.


                         limitation on expenses

       Sec. 504. Of the funds appropriated or made available 
     pursuant to this Act, not to exceed $5,000 shall be for 
     entertainment expenses of the United States Agency for 
     International Development during the current fiscal year.


               limitation on representational allowances

       Sec. 505. Of the funds appropriated or made available 
     pursuant to this Act, not to exceed $125,000 shall be 
     available for representation allowances for the United States 
     Agency for International Development during the current 
     fiscal year: Provided, That appropriate steps shall be taken 
     to assure that, to the maximum extent possible, United 
     States-owned foreign currencies are utilized in lieu of 
     dollars: Provided further, That of the funds made available 
     by this Act for general costs of administering military 
     assistance and sales under the heading ``Foreign Military 
     Financing Program'', not to exceed $2,000 shall be available 
     for entertainment expenses and not to exceed $125,000 shall 
     be available for representation allowances: Provided further, 
     That of the funds made available by this Act under the 
     heading ``International Military Education and Training'', 
     not to exceed $50,000 shall be available for entertainment 
     allowances: Provided further, That of the funds made 
     available by this Act for the Inter-American Foundation, not 
     to exceed $2,000 shall be available for entertainment and 
     representation allowances: Provided further, That of the 
     funds made available by this Act for the Peace Corps, not to 
     exceed a total of $4,000 shall be available for entertainment 
     expenses: Provided further, That of the funds made available 
     by this Act under the heading ``Trade and Development 
     Agency'', not to exceed $2,000 shall be available for 
     representation and entertainment allowances.


                 prohibition on financing nuclear goods

       Sec. 506. None of the funds appropriated or made available 
     (other than funds for ``Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, 
     Demining and Related Programs'') pursuant to this Act, for 
     carrying out the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, may be used, 
     except for purposes of nuclear safety, to finance the export 
     of nuclear equipment, fuel, or technology.


        prohibition against direct funding for certain countries

       Sec. 507. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or expended 
     to finance directly any assistance or reparations to Cuba, 
     Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Iran, Sudan, or Syria: Provided, 
     That for purposes of this section, the prohibition on 
     obligations or expenditures shall include direct loans, 
     credits, insurance and guarantees of the Export-Import Bank 
     or its agents: Provided further, That assistance or other 
     financing under this Act or under prior foreign operations, 
     export financing, and related programs appropriations Acts 
     may be provided for humanitarian and relief assistance for 
     Iraq notwithstanding the provisions of this section or any 
     other provision of law, including comparable provisions 
     contained in prior foreign operations, export financing, and 
     related programs appropriations Acts, if the President 
     determines that the provision of assistance or other 
     financing for Iraq is important to the national security 
     interests of the United States: Provided further, That 
     such assistance or financing shall be subject to the 
     regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
     Appropriations, except that notifications shall be 
     transmitted at least 5 days in advance of obligations of 
     funds: Provided further, That the President shall submit a 
     report to the Committees on Appropriations on the status 
     of the allocation, obligation and expenditure of funds 
     made available for Iraq not later than every 60 days 
     during fiscal year 2003, beginning on March 1, 2003:

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     Provided further, That each such report shall include 
     information on programs, projects, and activities that are 
     being funded or will be funded with such assistance or 
     financing, and the departments and agencies responsible 
     for managing each such program, project, and activity: 
     Provided further, That the authority of the second proviso 
     of this section to provide assistance for Iraq shall 
     expire on the date of enactment of the first subsequent 
     supplemental appropriations Act for fiscal year 2003 that 
     contains supplemental funding for appropriations accounts 
     contained in this Act.


                             military coups

       Sec. 508. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or expended 
     to finance directly any assistance to the government of any 
     country whose duly elected head of government is deposed by 
     decree or military coup: Provided, That assistance may be 
     resumed to such government if the President determines and 
     certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that subsequent 
     to the termination of assistance a democratically elected 
     government has taken office: Provided further, That the 
     provisions of this section shall not apply to assistance to 
     promote democratic elections or public participation in 
     democratic processes: Provided further, That funds made 
     available pursuant to the previous provisos shall be subject 
     to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
     Appropriations.


                       transfers between accounts

       Sec. 509. (a) None of the funds made available by this Act 
     may be transferred to any department, agency, or 
     instrumentality of the United States Government, except 
     pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority 
     provided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act.
       (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), in addition to 
     transfers made by, or authorized elsewhere in, this Act, 
     funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the purposes of 
     the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be allocated or 
     transferred to agencies of the United States Government 
     pursuant to the provisions of sections 109, 610, and 632 of 
     the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
       (c) None of the funds made available by this Act may be 
     obligated under an appropriation account to which they were 
     not appropriated, except for transfers specifically provided 
     for in this Act, unless the President, not less than five 
     days prior to the exercise of any authority contained in the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to transfer funds, consults 
     with and provides a written policy justification to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
     and the Senate.
       (d) Any agreement for the transfer or allocation of funds 
     appropriated by this Act, or prior Acts, entered into between 
     the United States Agency for International Development and 
     another agency of the United States Government under the 
     authority of section 632(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961 or any comparable provision of law, shall expressly 
     provide that the Office of the Inspector General for the 
     agency receiving the transfer or allocation of such funds 
     shall perform periodic program and financial audits of the 
     use of such funds: Provided, That funds transferred under 
     such authority may be made available for the cost of such 
     audits.


                  deobligation/reobligation authority

       Sec. 510. Obligated balances of funds appropriated to carry 
     out section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act as of the end 
     of the fiscal year immediately preceding the current fiscal 
     year are, if deobligated, hereby continued available during 
     the current fiscal year for the same purpose under any 
     authority applicable to such appropriations under this Act: 
     Provided, That the authority of this section may not be used 
     in fiscal year 2003.


                         availability of funds

       Sec. 511. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
     Act shall remain available for obligation after the 
     expiration of the current fiscal year unless expressly so 
     provided in this Act: Provided, That funds appropriated for 
     the purposes of chapters 1, 8, 11, and 12 of part I, section 
     667, chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961, as amended, section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act, 
     and funds provided under the heading ``Assistance for Eastern 
     Europe and the Baltic States'', shall remain available for an 
     additional four years from the date on which the availability 
     of such funds would otherwise have expired, if such funds are 
     initially obligated before the expiration of their respective 
     periods of availability contained in this Act: Provided 
     further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of this 
     Act, any funds made available for the purposes of chapter 1 
     of part I and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance 
     Act of 1961 which are allocated or obligated for cash 
     disbursements in order to address balance of payments or 
     economic policy reform objectives, shall remain available 
     until expended.


            limitation on assistance to countries in default

       Sec. 512. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
     Act shall be used to furnish assistance to the government of 
     any country which is in default during a period in excess of 
     one calendar year in payment to the United States of 
     principal or interest on any loan made to the government of 
     such country by the United States pursuant to a program for 
     which funds are appropriated under this Act unless the 
     President determines, following consultations with the 
     Committees on Appropriations, that assistance to such country 
     is in the national interest of the United States.


                           commerce and trade

       Sec. 513. (a) None of the funds appropriated or made 
     available pursuant to this Act for direct assistance and none 
     of the funds otherwise made available pursuant to this Act to 
     the Export-Import Bank and the Overseas Private Investment 
     Corporation shall be obligated or expended to finance any 
     loan, any assistance or any other financial commitments for 
     establishing or expanding production of any commodity for 
     export by any country other than the United States, if the 
     commodity is likely to be in surplus on world markets at the 
     time the resulting productive capacity is expected to become 
     operative and if the assistance will cause substantial injury 
     to United States producers of the same, similar, or competing 
     commodity: Provided, That such prohibition shall not apply to 
     the Export-Import Bank if in the judgment of its Board of 
     Directors the benefits to industry and employment in 
     the United States are likely to outweigh the injury to 
     United States producers of the same, similar, or competing 
     commodity, and the Chairman of the Board so notifies the 
     Committees on Appropriations.
       (b) None of the funds appropriated by this or any other Act 
     to carry out chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance 
     Act of 1961 shall be available for any testing or breeding 
     feasibility study, variety improvement or introduction, 
     consultancy, publication, conference, or training in 
     connection with the growth or production in a foreign country 
     of an agricultural commodity for export which would compete 
     with a similar commodity grown or produced in the United 
     States: Provided, That this subsection shall not prohibit--
       (1) activities designed to increase food security in 
     developing countries where such activities will not have a 
     significant impact in the export of agricultural commodities 
     of the United States; or
       (2) research activities intended primarily to benefit 
     American producers.


                          surplus commodities

       Sec. 514. The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the 
     United States Executive Directors of the International Bank 
     for Reconstruction and Development, the International 
     Development Association, the International Finance 
     Corporation, the Inter-American Development Bank, the 
     International Monetary Fund, the Asian Development Bank, the 
     Inter-American Investment Corporation, the North American 
     Development Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and 
     Development, the African Development Bank, and the African 
     Development Fund to use the voice and vote of the United 
     States to oppose any assistance by these institutions, using 
     funds appropriated or made available pursuant to this Act, 
     for the production or extraction of any commodity or mineral 
     for export, if it is in surplus on world markets and if the 
     assistance will cause substantial injury to United States 
     producers of the same, similar, or competing commodity.


                       notification requirements

       Sec. 515. For the purposes of providing the executive 
     branch with the necessary administrative flexibility, none of 
     the funds made available under this Act for ``Child Survival 
     and Health Programs Fund'', ``Development Assistance'', 
     ``International Organizations and Programs'', ``Trade and 
     Development Agency'', ``International Narcotics Control and 
     Law Enforcement'', ``Andean Counterdrug 
     Initiative'',``Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic 
     States'', ``Assistance for the Independent States of the 
     Former Soviet Union'', ``Economic Support Fund'', 
     ``Peacekeeping Operations'', ``Capital Investment Fund'', 
     ``Operating Expenses of the United States Agency for 
     International Development'', ``Operating Expenses of the 
     United States Agency for International Development Office of 
     Inspector General'', ``Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, 
     Demining and Related Programs'', ``Foreign Military Financing 
     Program'', ``International Military Education and Training'', 
     ``Peace Corps'', and ``Migration and Refugee Assistance'', 
     shall be available for obligation for activities, programs, 
     projects, type of materiel assistance, countries, or other 
     operations not justified or in excess of the amount justified 
     to the Appropriations Committees for obligation under any of 
     these specific headings unless the Committees on 
     Appropriations of both Houses of Congress are previously 
     notified 15 days in advance: Provided, That the President 
     shall not enter into any commitment of funds appropriated for 
     the purposes of section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act for 
     the provision of major defense equipment, other than 
     conventional ammunition, or other major defense items defined 
     to be aircraft, ships, missiles, or combat vehicles, not 
     previously justified to Congress or 20 percent in excess of 
     the quantities justified to Congress unless the Committees on 
     Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance of such 
     commitment: Provided further, That this section shall not 
     apply to any reprogramming for an activity, program, or 
     project under chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance 
     Act of 1961 of less than 10 percent of the amount previously 
     justified to the Congress for obligation for such activity, 
     program, or project for the current fiscal year: Provided 
     further, That the requirements of this section or any similar 
     provision of this Act or any other Act, including any prior 
     Act requiring notification in accordance with the regular 
     notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, 
     may be waived if failure to do so would pose a substantial 
     risk to human health or welfare: Provided further, That in 
     case of any such waiver, notification to the Congress, or the 
     appropriate congressional committees, shall be provided as 
     early as practicable, but in no event later than 3 days after 
     taking the action to which such notification requirement was 
     applicable, in the context of the circumstances necessitating 
     such waiver: Provided further, That any notification provided 
     pursuant to such a waiver shall contain an explanation of the 
     emergency circumstances.

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limitation on availability of funds for international organizations and 
                                programs

       Sec. 516. Subject to the regular notification procedures of 
     the Committees on Appropriations, funds appropriated under 
     this Act or any previously enacted Act making appropriations 
     for foreign operations, export financing, and related 
     programs, which are returned or not made available for 
     organizations and programs because of the implementation of 
     section 307(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, shall 
     remain available for obligation until September 30, 2004.


             independent states of the former soviet union

       Sec. 517. (a) None of the funds appropriated under the 
     heading ``Assistance for the Independent States of the Former 
     Soviet Union'' shall be made available for assistance for a 
     government of an Independent State of the former Soviet 
     Union--
       (1) unless that government is making progress in 
     implementing comprehensive economic reforms based on market 
     principles, private ownership, respect for commercial 
     contracts, and equitable treatment of foreign private 
     investment; and
       (2) if that government applies or transfers United States 
     assistance to any entity for the purpose of expropriating or 
     seizing ownership or control of assets, investments, or 
     ventures.

     Assistance may be furnished without regard to this subsection 
     if the President determines that to do so is in the national 
     interest.
       (b) None of the funds appropriated under the heading 
     ``Assistance for the Independent States of the Former Soviet 
     Union'' shall be made available for assistance for a 
     government of an Independent State of the former Soviet Union 
     if that government directs any action in violation of the 
     territorial integrity or national sovereignty of any other 
     Independent State of the former Soviet Union, such as 
     those violations included in the Helsinki Final Act: 
     Provided, That such funds may be made available without 
     regard to the restriction in this subsection if the 
     President determines that to do so is in the national 
     security interest of the United States.
       (c) None of the funds appropriated under the heading 
     ``Assistance for the Independent States of the Former Soviet 
     Union'' shall be made available for any state to enhance its 
     military capability: Provided, That this restriction does not 
     apply to demilitarization, demining or nonproliferation 
     programs.
       (d) Funds appropriated under the heading ``Assistance for 
     the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union'' for the 
     Russian Federation, Armenia, Georgia, and Ukraine shall be 
     subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
     Committees on Appropriations.
       (e) Funds made available in this Act for assistance for the 
     Independent States of the former Soviet Union shall be 
     subject to the provisions of section 117 (relating to 
     environment and natural resources) of the Foreign Assistance 
     Act of 1961.
       (f) Funds appropriated in this or prior appropriations Acts 
     that are or have been made available for an Enterprise Fund 
     in the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union may be 
     deposited by such Fund in interest-bearing accounts prior to 
     the disbursement of such funds by the Fund for program 
     purposes. The Fund may retain for such program purposes any 
     interest earned on such deposits without returning such 
     interest to the Treasury of the United States and without 
     further appropriation by the Congress. Funds made available 
     for Enterprise Funds shall be expended at the minimum rate 
     necessary to make timely payment for projects and activities.
       (g) In issuing new task orders, entering into contracts, or 
     making grants, with funds appropriated in this Act or prior 
     appropriations Acts under the heading ``Assistance for the 
     Independent States of the Former Soviet Union'' and under 
     comparable headings in prior appropriations Acts, for 
     projects or activities that have as one of their primary 
     purposes the fostering of private sector development, the 
     Coordinator for United States Assistance to the New 
     Independent States and the implementing agency shall 
     encourage the participation of and give significant weight to 
     contractors and grantees who propose investing a significant 
     amount of their own resources (including volunteer services 
     and in-kind contributions) in such projects and activities.


   PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR ABORTIONS AND INVOLUNTARY STERILIZATION

       Sec. 518. None of the funds made available to carry out 
     part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may 
     be used to pay for the performance of abortions as a method 
     of family planning or to motivate or coerce any person to 
     practice abortions. None of the funds made available to carry 
     out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, 
     may be used to pay for the performance of involuntary 
     sterilization as a method of family planning or to coerce or 
     provide any financial incentive to any person to undergo 
     sterilizations. None of the funds made available to carry out 
     part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may 
     be used to pay for any biomedical research which relates in 
     whole or in part, to methods of, or the performance of, 
     abortions or involuntary sterilization as a means of family 
     planning. None of the funds made available to carry out part 
     I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be 
     obligated or expended for any country or organization if the 
     President certifies that the use of these funds by any such 
     country or organization would violate any of the above 
     provisions related to abortions and involuntary 
     sterilizations.


                 export financing transfer authorities

       Sec. 519. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation 
     other than for administrative expenses made available for 
     fiscal year 2003, for programs under title I of this Act may 
     be transferred between such appropriations for use for any of 
     the purposes, programs, and activities for which the funds in 
     such receiving account may be used, but no such 
     appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, 
     shall be increased by more than 25 percent by any such 
     transfer: Provided, That the exercise of such authority shall 
     be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
     Committees on Appropriations.


                   special notification requirements

       Sec. 520. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall 
     be obligated or expended for Colombia, Liberia, Serbia, 
     Sudan, Zimbabwe, Pakistan, or the Democratic Republic of the 
     Congo except as provided through the regular notification 
     procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.


              definition of program, project, and activity

       Sec. 521. For the purpose of this Act, ``program, project, 
     and activity'' shall be defined at the appropriations Act 
     account level and shall include all appropriations and 
     authorizations Acts earmarks, ceilings, and limitations with 
     the exception that for the following accounts: Economic 
     Support Fund and Foreign Military Financing Program, 
     ``program, project, and activity'' shall also be considered 
     to include country, regional, and central program level 
     funding within each such account; for the development 
     assistance accounts of the United States Agency for 
     International Development ``program, project, and activity'' 
     shall also be considered to include central, country, 
     regional, and program level funding, either as: (1) justified 
     to the Congress; or (2) allocated by the executive branch in 
     accordance with a report, to be provided to the Committees on 
     Appropriations within 30 days of the enactment of this Act, 
     as required by section 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act 
     of 1961.


                  child survival and health activities

       Sec. 522. Up to $13,500,000 of the funds made available by 
     this Act for assistance under the heading ``Child Survival 
     and Health Programs Fund'', may be used to reimburse United 
     States Government agencies, agencies of State governments, 
     institutions of higher learning, and private and voluntary 
     organizations for the full cost of individuals (including for 
     the personal services of such individuals) detailed or 
     assigned to, or contracted by, as the case may be, the United 
     States Agency for International Development for the purpose 
     of carrying out activities under that heading: Provided, That 
     up to $3,500,000 of the funds made available by this Act for 
     assistance under the heading ``Development Assistance'' may 
     be used to reimburse such agencies, institutions, and 
     organizations for such costs of such individuals carrying 
     out other development assistance activities: Provided 
     further, That funds appropriated by this Act that are made 
     available for child survival activities or disease 
     programs including activities relating to research on, and 
     the prevention, treatment and control of, HIV/AIDS may be 
     made available notwithstanding any other provision of law: 
     Provided further, That funds appropriated under title II 
     of this Act may be made available pursuant to section 301 
     of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 if a primary purpose 
     of the assistance is for child survival and related 
     programs: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 
     under title II of this Act, not less than $446,500,000 
     shall be made available for family planning/reproductive 
     health.


                              afghanistan

       Sec. 523. Of the funds appropriated by title II of this 
     Act, not less than $295,500,000 shall be made available for 
     humanitarian, reconstruction, and related assistance for 
     Afghanistan: Provided, That of the funds made available 
     pursuant to this section, not less than $50,000,000 should be 
     from funds appropriated under the heading ``Economic Support 
     Fund'' for rehabilitation of primary roads, implementation of 
     the Bonn Agreement and women's development, of which not less 
     than $5,000,000 is to support activities coordinated by the 
     Afghan Ministry of Women's Affairs, including the 
     establishment and support of multi-service women's centers in 
     Afghanistan: Provided further, That of the funds made 
     available pursuant to this section from ``Development 
     Assistance'', ``International Disaster Assistance'' and 
     ``Transition Initiatives'', high priority should be placed on 
     girls' and women's education, health, legal and social 
     rights, economic opportunities, and political participation 
     by women: Provided further, That assistance should be made 
     available to communities and families that were adversely 
     affected by the military operations: Provided further, That 
     of the funds made available pursuant to this section, up to 
     $9,850,000 may be transferred to and merged with funds 
     appropriated by this Act under the headings ``Operating 
     Expenses of the United States Agency for International 
     Development'' and ``Operating Expenses of the United States 
     Agency for International Development Inspector General''.


                NOTIFICATION ON EXCESS DEFENSE EQUIPMENT

       Sec. 524. Prior to providing excess Department of Defense 
     articles in accordance with section 516(a) of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961, the Department of Defense shall 
     notify the Committees on Appropriations to the same extent 
     and under the same conditions as are other committees 
     pursuant to subsection (f) of that section: Provided, That 
     before issuing a letter of offer to sell excess defense 
     articles under the Arms Export Control Act, the Department of 
     Defense shall notify the Committees on Appropriations in 
     accordance with the regular notification procedures of such 
     Committees if such defense articles are significant military 
     equipment (as defined in section 47(9) of the Arms Export 
     Control Act) or are valued (in terms of original acquisition 
     cost) at $7,000,000 or more, or if notification is required 
     elsewhere in this Act for the use of appropriated funds for 
     specific countries that would receive such excess defense 
     articles: Provided further, That such Committees shall also

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     be informed of the original acquisition cost of such defense 
     articles.


                       AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENT

       Sec. 525. Funds appropriated by this Act, except funds 
     appropriated under the headings ``Trade and Development 
     Agency'', ``International Military Education and Training'', 
     ``Foreign Military Financing Program'', ``Migration and 
     Refugee Assistance'', ``Peace Corps'', and 
     ``Nonproliferation, Anti-Terrorism, Demining and Related 
     Programs'', may be obligated and expended notwithstanding 
     section 10 of Public Law 91-672 and section 15 of the State 
     Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956.


                           democracy programs

       Sec. 526. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     of the funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the 
     provisions of chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance 
     Act of 1961, not less than $15,000,000 shall be made 
     available for assistance for activities to support democracy, 
     human rights, and the rule of law in the People's Republic of 
     China, Hong Kong and Tibet: Provided, That not to exceed 
     $3,000,000 may be made available to nongovernmental 
     organizations to support activities which preserve cultural 
     traditions and promote sustainable development and 
     environmental conservation in Tibetan communities in the 
     Tibetan Autonomous Region and in other Tibetan communities in 
     China: Provided further, That funds appropriated under the 
     heading ``Economic Support Fund'' should be made available 
     for assistance for Taiwan for the purposes of furthering 
     political and legal reforms: Provided further, That such 
     funds shall only be made available to the extent that they 
     are matched from sources other than the United States 
     Government: Provided further, That funds made available 
     pursuant to the authority of this subsection shall be subject 
     to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
     Appropriations.
       (b) In addition to the funds made available in subsection 
     (a), of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
     ``Economic Support Fund'' not less than $15,000,000 shall be 
     made available for programs and activities to foster 
     democracy, human rights, civic education, women's 
     development, press freedoms, and the rule of law in countries 
     with a significant Muslim population, and where such 
     programs and activities would be important to United 
     States efforts to respond to, deter, or prevent acts of 
     international terrorism: Provided, That funds made 
     available pursuant to the authority of this subsection 
     should support new initiatives or bolster ongoing programs 
     and activities in those countries: Provided further, That 
     not less than $3,000,000 should be made available for 
     programs and activities that provide professional training 
     for journalists: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
     any other provision of law, funds made available pursuant 
     to the authority of this subsection may be made available 
     to support the advancement of democracy and human rights 
     in Iran: Provided further, That funds made available 
     pursuant to this subsection shall be subject to the 
     regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
     Appropriations.
       (c) Of the funds made available under subsection (a), not 
     less than $9,000,000 shall be made available for the Human 
     Rights and Democracy Fund of the Bureau of Democracy, Human 
     Rights and Labor, Department of State, to support the 
     activities described in subsection (a), and of the funds made 
     available under subsection (b), not less than $7,000,000 
     shall be made available for such Fund to support the 
     activities described in subsection (b): Provided, That funds 
     made available in this section for such Fund are in addition 
     to the $12,000,000 requested by the President for the Fund 
     for fiscal year 2003.
       (d) Of the funds made available under subsection (a), not 
     less than $3,000,000 shall be made available for the National 
     Endowment for Democracy to support the activities described 
     in subsection (a), and of the funds made available under 
     subsection (b), not less than $5,000,000 shall be made 
     available for the National Endowment for Democracy to support 
     the activities described in subsection (b): Provided, That 
     the funds appropriated by this Act that are made available 
     for the National Endowment for Democracy may be made 
     available notwithstanding any other provision of law or 
     regulation, and the Secretary of State shall provide a report 
     to the Committees on Appropriations within 120 days of the 
     date of enactment of this Act on the status of the 
     allocation, obligation, and expenditure of such funds.


       PROHIBITION ON BILATERAL ASSISTANCE TO TERRORIST COUNTRIES

       Sec. 527. (a) Funds appropriated for bilateral assistance 
     under any heading of this Act and funds appropriated under 
     any such heading in a provision of law enacted prior to the 
     enactment of this Act, shall not be made available to any 
     country which the President determines--
       (1) grants sanctuary from prosecution to any individual or 
     group which has committed an act of international terrorism; 
     or
       (2) otherwise supports international terrorism.
       (b) The President may waive the application of subsection 
     (a) to a country if the President determines that national 
     security or humanitarian reasons justify such waiver. The 
     President shall publish each waiver in the Federal Register 
     and, at least 15 days before the waiver takes effect, shall 
     notify the Committees on Appropriations of the waiver 
     (including the justification for the waiver) in accordance 
     with the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
     Appropriations.


                          DEBT-FOR-DEVELOPMENT

       Sec. 528. In order to enhance the continued participation 
     of nongovernmental organizations in debt-for-development and 
     debt-for-nature exchanges, a nongovernmental organization 
     which is a grantee or contractor of the United States Agency 
     for International Development may place in interest bearing 
     accounts local currencies which accrue to that organization 
     as a result of economic assistance provided under title II of 
     this Act and any interest earned on such investment shall be 
     used for the purpose for which the assistance was provided to 
     that organization.


                           SEPARATE ACCOUNTS

       Sec. 529. (a) Separate Accounts for Local Currencies.--(1) 
     If assistance is furnished to the government of a foreign 
     country under chapters 1 and 10 of part I or chapter 4 of 
     part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 under 
     agreements which result in the generation of local currencies 
     of that country, the Administrator of the United States 
     Agency for International Development shall--
       (A) require that local currencies be deposited in a 
     separate account established by that government;
       (B) enter into an agreement with that government which sets 
     forth--
       (i) the amount of the local currencies to be generated; and
       (ii) the terms and conditions under which the currencies so 
     deposited may be utilized, consistent with this section; and
       (C) establish by agreement with that government the 
     responsibilities of the United States Agency for 
     International Development and that government to monitor and 
     account for deposits into and disbursements from the separate 
     account.
       (2) Uses of Local Currencies.--As may be agreed upon with 
     the foreign government, local currencies deposited in a 
     separate account pursuant to subsection (a), or an equivalent 
     amount of local currencies, shall be used only--
       (A) to carry out chapter 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 4 of 
     part II (as the case may be), for such purposes as--
       (i) project and sector assistance activities; or
       (ii) debt and deficit financing; or
       (B) for the administrative requirements of the United 
     States Government.
       (3) Programming Accountability.--The United States Agency 
     for International Development shall take all necessary steps 
     to ensure that the equivalent of the local currencies 
     disbursed pursuant to subsection (a)(2)(A) from the separate 
     account established pursuant to subsection (a)(1) are used 
     for the purposes agreed upon pursuant to subsection (a)(2).
       (4) Termination of Assistance Programs.--Upon termination 
     of assistance to a country under chapter 1 or 10 of part I or 
     chapter 4 of part II (as the case may be), any unencumbered 
     balances of funds which remain in a separate account 
     established pursuant to subsection (a) shall be disposed of 
     for such purposes as may be agreed to by the government of 
     that country and the United States Government.
       (5) Reporting Requirement.--The Administrator of the United 
     States Agency for International Development shall report on 
     an annual basis as part of the justification documents 
     submitted to the Committees on Appropriations on the use of 
     local currencies for the administrative requirements of the 
     United States Government as authorized in subsection 
     (a)(2)(B), and such report shall include the amount of local 
     currency (and United States dollar equivalent) used and/or to 
     be used for such purpose in each applicable country.
       (b) Separate Accounts for Cash Transfers.--(1) If 
     assistance is made available to the government of a foreign 
     country, under chapter 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 4 of part 
     II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as cash transfer 
     assistance or as nonproject sector assistance, that country 
     shall be required to maintain such funds in a separate 
     account and not commingle them with any other funds.
       (2) Applicability of Other Provisions of Law.--Such funds 
     may be obligated and expended notwithstanding provisions of 
     law which are inconsistent with the nature of this assistance 
     including provisions which are referenced in the Joint 
     Explanatory Statement of the Committee of Conference 
     accompanying House Joint Resolution 648 (House Report No. 98-
     1159).
       (3) Notification.--At least 15 days prior to obligating any 
     such cash transfer or nonproject sector assistance, the 
     President shall submit a notification through the regular 
     notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, 
     which shall include a detailed description of how the funds 
     proposed to be made available will be used, with a discussion 
     of the United States interests that will be served by the 
     assistance (including, as appropriate, a description of the 
     economic policy reforms that will be promoted by such 
     assistance).
       (4) Exemption.--Nonproject sector assistance funds may be 
     exempt from the requirements of subsection (b)(1) only 
     through the notification procedures of the Committees on 
     Appropriations.


  compensation for united states executive directors to international 
                         financial institutions

       Sec. 530. (a) No funds appropriated by this Act may be made 
     as payment to any international financial institution while 
     the United States Executive Director to such institution is 
     compensated by the institution at a rate which, together with 
     whatever compensation such Director receives from the United 
     States, is in excess of the rate provided for an individual 
     occupying a position at level IV of the Executive Schedule 
     under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, or while 
     any alternate United States Director to such institution is 
     compensated by the institution at a rate in excess of the 
     rate provided for an individual occupying a position at level 
     V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, 
     United States Code.
       (b) For purposes of this section, ``international financial 
     institutions'' are: the International Bank for Reconstruction 
     and Development, the Inter-American Development Bank,

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     the Asian Development Bank, the Asian Development Fund, the 
     African Development Bank, the African Development Fund, the 
     International Monetary Fund, the North American Development 
     Bank, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and 
     Development.


         compliance with united nations sanctions against iraq

       Sec. 531. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available pursuant to this Act to carry out the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961 (including title IV of chapter 2 of 
     part I, relating to the Overseas Private Investment 
     Corporation) or the Arms Export Control Act may be used to 
     provide assistance to any country that is not in compliance 
     with the United Nations Security Council sanctions against 
     Iraq unless the President determines and so certifies to the 
     Congress that--
       (1) such assistance is in the national interest of the 
     United States;
       (2) such assistance will directly benefit the needy people 
     in that country; or
       (3) the assistance to be provided will be humanitarian 
     assistance for foreign nationals who have fled Iraq and 
     Kuwait.


authorities for the peace corps, inter-american foundation and african 
                         development foundation

       Sec. 532. Unless expressly provided to the contrary, 
     provisions of this or any other Act, including provisions 
     contained in prior Acts authorizing or making appropriations 
     for foreign operations, export financing, and related 
     programs, shall not be construed to prohibit activities 
     authorized by or conducted under the Peace Corps Act, the 
     Inter-American Foundation Act or the African Development 
     Foundation Act. The agency shall promptly report to the 
     Committees on Appropriations whenever it is conducting 
     activities or is proposing to conduct activities in a country 
     for which assistance is prohibited.


                  impact on jobs in the united states

       Sec. 533. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
     obligated or expended to provide--
       (a) any financial incentive to a business enterprise 
     currently located in the United States for the purpose of 
     inducing such an enterprise to relocate outside the United 
     States if such incentive or inducement is likely to reduce 
     the number of employees of such business enterprise in the 
     United States because United States production is being 
     replaced by such enterprise outside the United States; or
       (b) assistance for any program, project, or activity that 
     contributes to the violation of internationally recognized 
     workers rights, as defined in section 507(4) of the Trade Act 
     of 1974, of workers in the recipient country, including any 
     designated zone or area in that country: Provided, That the 
     application of section 507(4)(D) and (E) of such Act should 
     be commensurate with the level of development of the 
     recipient country and sector, and shall not preclude 
     assistance for the informal sector in such country, micro and 
     small-scale enterprise, and smallholder agriculture.


                          special authorities

       Sec. 534. (a) Afghanistan, Lebanon, Montenegro, Victims of 
     War, Displaced Children, and Displaced Burmese.--Funds 
     appropriated by this Act that are made available for 
     assistance for Afghanistan may be made available 
     notwithstanding section 512 of this Act and any similar 
     provision of law, and funds appropriated in titles I and II 
     of this Act that are made available for Lebanon, Montenegro, 
     and for victims of war, displaced children, and displaced 
     Burmese, and to assist victims of trafficking in persons and, 
     subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
     Committees on Appropriations, to combat such trafficking, may 
     be made available notwithstanding any other provision of law.
       (b) Tropical Forestry and Biodiversity Conservation 
     Activities.--Funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the 
     provisions of sections 103 through 106, and chapter 4 of part 
     II, of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be used, 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the purpose 
     of supporting tropical forestry and biodiversity conservation 
     activities and energy programs aimed at reducing greenhouse 
     gas emissions: Provided, That such assistance shall be 
     subject to sections 116, 502B, and 620A of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961.
       (c) Personal Services Contractors.--Funds appropriated by 
     this Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I, chapter 4 of part 
     II, and section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
     and title II of the Agricultural Trade Development and 
     Assistance Act of 1954, may be used by the United States 
     Agency for International Development to employ up to 20 
     personal services contractors in the United States, 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the purpose 
     of providing direct, interim support for new or expanded 
     overseas programs and activities managed by the agency until 
     permanent direct hire personnel are hired and trained: 
     Provided, That not more than 7 of such contractors shall be 
     assigned to any bureau or office: Provided further, That such 
     funds appropriated to carry out the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961 may be made available for personal services contractors 
     assigned only to the Office of Procurement; the Bureau for 
     Africa; and the Bureau for Asia and the Near East: Provided 
     further, That such funds appropriated to carry out title II 
     of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 
     1954, may be made available only for personal services 
     contractors assigned to the Office of Food for Peace.
       (d)(1) Waiver.--The President may waive the provisions of 
     section 1003 of Public Law 100-204 if the President 
     determines and certifies in writing to the Speaker of the 
     House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the 
     Senate that it is important to the national security 
     interests of the United States.
       (2) Period of Application of Waiver.--Any waiver pursuant 
     to paragraph (1) shall be effective for no more than a period 
     of 6 months at a time and shall not apply beyond 12 months 
     after the enactment of this Act.
       (e) Contingencies.--During fiscal year 2003, the President 
     may use up to $45,000,000 under the authority of section 451 
     of the Foreign Assistance Act, notwithstanding the funding 
     ceiling in section 451(a).
       (f) Small Business.--In entering into multiple award 
     indefinite-quantity contracts with funds appropriated by this 
     Act, the United States Agency for International Development 
     may provide an exception to the fair opportunity process for 
     placing task orders under such contracts when the order is 
     placed with any category of small or small disadvantaged 
     business.
       (g) Shipment of Humanitarian Assistance.--During fiscal 
     year 2003, of the amounts made available by the United States 
     Agency for International Development to carry out the 
     provisions of section 123(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961, funds may be made available to nongovernmental 
     organizations for administrative costs necessary to implement 
     a program to obtain available donated space on commercial 
     ships for the shipment of humanitarian assistance overseas.
       (h) Reconstituting Civilian Police Authority.--In providing 
     assistance with funds appropriated by this Act under section 
     660(b)(6) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, support for 
     a nation emerging from instability may be deemed to mean 
     support for regional, district, municipal, or other sub-
     national entity emerging from instability, as well as a 
     nation emerging from instability.
       (i) Repeal.--Section 545(d) of Public Law 106-429, and 
     comparable provisions contained in prior Acts making 
     appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and 
     related programs, are hereby repealed.
       (j) World Food Program.--Of the funds managed by the Bureau 
     for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance of the 
     United States Agency for Intenational Development, from this 
     or any other Act, not less than $6,000,000 should be made 
     available as a general contribution to the World Food 
     Program, notwithstanding any other provision of law.


                     ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL

       Sec. 535. It is the sense of the Congress that--
       (1) the Arab League boycott of Israel, and the secondary 
     boycott of American firms that have commercial ties with 
     Israel, is an impediment to peace in the region and to United 
     States investment and trade in the Middle East and North 
     Africa;
       (2) the Arab League boycott, which was regrettably 
     reinstated in 1997, should be immediately and publicly 
     terminated, and the Central Office for the Boycott of Israel 
     immediately disbanded;
       (3) the three Arab League countries with diplomatic and 
     trade relations with Israel should return their ambassadors 
     to Israel, should refrain from downgrading their relations 
     with Israel, and should play a constructive role in securing 
     a peaceful resolution of the Israeli-Arab conflict;
       (4) the remaining Arab League states should normalize 
     relations with their neighbor Israel;
       (5) the President and the Secretary of State should 
     continue to vigorously oppose the Arab League boycott of 
     Israel and find concrete steps to demonstrate that opposition 
     by, for example, taking into consideration the participation 
     of any recipient country in the boycott when determining to 
     sell weapons to said country; and
       (6) the President should report to Congress annually on 
     specific steps being taken by the United States to encourage 
     Arab League states to normalize their relations with Israel 
     to bring about the termination of the Arab League boycott of 
     Israel, including those to encourage allies and trading 
     partners of the United States to enact laws prohibiting 
     businesses from complying with the boycott and penalizing 
     businesses that do comply.


                  administration of justice activities

       Sec. 536. Of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act for ``Economic Support Fund'', 
     assistance may be provided to strengthen the administration 
     of justice in countries in Latin America and the Caribbean 
     and in other regions consistent with the provisions of 
     section 534(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, except 
     that programs to enhance protection of participants in 
     judicial cases may be conducted notwithstanding section 660 
     of that Act. Funds made available pursuant to this section 
     may be made available notwithstanding section 534(c) and the 
     second and third sentences of section 534(e) of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961.


                       eligibility for assistance

       Sec. 537. (a) Assistance Through Nongovernmental 
     Organizations.--Restrictions contained in this or any other 
     Act with respect to assistance for a country shall not be 
     construed to restrict assistance in support of programs of 
     nongovernmental organizations from funds appropriated by this 
     Act to carry out the provisions of chapters 1, 10, 11, and 12 
     of part I and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance 
     Act of 1961, and from funds appropriated under the heading 
     ``Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States'': 
     Provided, That before using the authority of this subsection 
     to furnish assistance in support of programs of 
     nongovernmental organizations, the President shall notify the 
     Committees on Appropriations under the regular notification 
     procedures of those committees, including a description of 
     the program to be assisted, the assistance to be provided, 
     and the reasons for furnishing such assistance: Provided 
     further, That nothing in this subsection shall be construed 
     to alter any existing statutory prohibitions against abortion 
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     involuntary sterilizations contained in this or any other 
     Act.
       (b) Public Law 480.--During fiscal year 2003, restrictions 
     contained in this or any other Act with respect to assistance 
     for a country shall not be construed to restrict assistance 
     under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act 
     of 1954: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated to 
     carry out title I of such Act and made available pursuant to 
     this subsection may be obligated or expended except as 
     provided through the regular notification procedures of the 
     Committees on Appropriations.
       (c) Exception.--This section shall not apply--
       (1) with respect to section 620A of the Foreign Assistance 
     Act of 1961 or any comparable provision of law prohibiting 
     assistance to countries that support international terrorism; 
     or
       (2) with respect to section 116 of the Foreign Assistance 
     Act of 1961 or any comparable provision of law prohibiting 
     assistance to the government of a country that violates 
     internationally recognized human rights.


                                earmarks

       Sec. 538. (a) Funds appropriated by this Act which are 
     earmarked may be reprogrammed for other programs within the 
     same account notwithstanding the earmark if compliance with 
     the earmark is made impossible by operation of any provision 
     of this or any other Act: Provided, That any such 
     reprogramming shall be subject to the regular notification 
     procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided 
     further, That assistance that is reprogrammed pursuant to 
     this subsection shall be made available under the same terms 
     and conditions as originally provided.
       (b) In addition to the authority contained in subsection 
     (a), the original period of availability of funds 
     appropriated by this Act and administered by the United 
     States Agency for International Development that are 
     earmarked for particular programs or activities by this or 
     any other Act shall be extended for an additional fiscal year 
     if the Administrator of such agency determines and reports 
     promptly to the Committees on Appropriations that the 
     termination of assistance to a country or a significant 
     change in circumstances makes it unlikely that such earmarked 
     funds can be obligated during the original period of 
     availability: Provided, That such earmarked funds that are 
     continued available for an additional fiscal year shall be 
     obligated only for the purpose of such earmark.


                         ceilings and earmarks

       Sec. 539. Ceilings and earmarks contained in this Act shall 
     not be applicable to funds or authorities appropriated or 
     otherwise made available by any subsequent Act unless such 
     Act specifically so directs. Earmarks or minimum funding 
     requirements contained in any other Act shall not be 
     applicable to funds appropriated by this Act.


                 prohibition on publicity or propaganda

       Sec. 540. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
     Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes within 
     the United States not authorized before the date of the 
     enactment of this Act by the Congress: Provided, That not to 
     exceed $750,000 may be made available to carry out the 
     provisions of section 316 of Public Law 96-533.


           prohibition of payments to united nations members

       Sec. 541. None of the funds appropriated or made available 
     pursuant to this Act for carrying out the Foreign Assistance 
     Act of 1961, may be used to pay in whole or in part any 
     assessments, arrearages, or dues of any member of the United 
     Nations or, from funds appropriated by this Act to carry out 
     chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
     the costs for participation of another country's delegation 
     at international conferences held under the auspices of 
     multilateral or international organizations.


              nongovernmental organizations--documentation

       Sec. 542. None of the funds appropriated or made available 
     pursuant to this Act shall be available to a nongovernmental 
     organization which fails to provide upon timely request any 
     document, file, or record necessary to the auditing 
     requirements of the United States Agency for International 
     Development.


  Prohibition on Assistance to Foreign Governments that Export Lethal 
   Military Equipment to Countries Supporting International Terrorism

       Sec. 543. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
     made available by this Act may be available to any foreign 
     government which provides lethal military equipment to a 
     country the government of which the Secretary of State has 
     determined is a terrorist government for purposes of section 
     6(j) of the Export Administration Act. The prohibition under 
     this section with respect to a foreign government shall 
     terminate 12 months after that government ceases to provide 
     such military equipment. This section applies with respect to 
     lethal military equipment provided under a contract entered 
     into after October 1, 1997.
       (b) Assistance restricted by subsection (a) or any other 
     similar provision of law, may be furnished if the President 
     determines that furnishing such assistance is important to 
     the national interests of the United States.
       (c) Whenever the waiver authority of subsection (b) is 
     exercised, the President shall submit to the appropriate 
     congressional committees a report with respect to the 
     furnishing of such assistance. Any such report shall include 
     a detailed explanation of the assistance to be provided, 
     including the estimated dollar amount of such assistance, and 
     an explanation of how the assistance furthers United States 
     national interests.


 withholding of assistance for parking fines owed by foreign countries

       Sec. 544. (a) In General.--Of the funds appropriated under 
     this Act that are made available for a foreign country under 
     part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, an amount 
     equivalent to 110 percent of the total unpaid fines 
     determined to be owed under the parking programs in the 
     District of Columbia and New York City, New York by such 
     country as of September 30, 2002 that were incurred after the 
     first day of the fiscal year preceding the current fiscal 
     year shall be withheld from obligation for such country until 
     the Secretary of State certifies and reports in writing to 
     the appropriate congressional committees that such fines and 
     penalties are fully paid to the governments of the District 
     of Columbia and New York City, New York.
       (b) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the term 
     ``appropriate congressional committees'' means the Committee 
     on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of 
     the Senate and the Committee on International Relations and 
     the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives.


    limitation on assistance for the plo for the west bank and gaza

       Sec. 545. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
     obligated for assistance for the Palestine Liberation 
     Organization for the West Bank and Gaza unless the President 
     has exercised the authority under section 604(a) of the 
     Middle East Peace Facilitation Act of 1995 (title VI of 
     Public Law 104-107) or any other legislation to suspend or 
     make inapplicable section 307 of the Foreign Assistance Act 
     of 1961 and that suspension is still in effect: Provided, 
     That if the President fails to make the certification under 
     section 604(b)(2) of the Middle East Peace Facilitation Act 
     of 1995 or to suspend the prohibition under other 
     legislation, funds appropriated by this Act may not be 
     obligated for assistance for the Palestine Liberation 
     Organization for the West Bank and Gaza.


                     war crimes tribunals drawdown

       Sec. 546. If the President determines that doing so will 
     contribute to a just resolution of charges regarding genocide 
     or other violations of international humanitarian law, the 
     President may direct a drawdown pursuant to section 552(c) of 
     the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, of up to 
     $30,000,000 of commodities and services for the United 
     Nations War Crimes Tribunal established with regard to the 
     former Yugoslavia by the United Nations Security Council or 
     such other tribunals or commissions as the Council may 
     establish or authorize to deal with such violations, without 
     regard to the ceiling limitation contained in paragraph (2) 
     thereof: Provided, That the determination required under this 
     section shall be in lieu of any determinations otherwise 
     required under section 552(c): Provided further, That the 
     drawdown made under this section for any tribunal shall not 
     be construed as an endorsement or precedent for the 
     establishment of any standing or permanent international 
     criminal tribunal or court: Provided further, That funds made 
     available for tribunals other than Yugoslavia or Rwanda shall 
     be made available subject to the regular notification 
     procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.


                               landmines

       Sec. 547. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     demining equipment available to the United States Agency for 
     International Development and the Department of State and 
     used in support of the clearance of landmines and unexploded 
     ordnance for humanitarian purposes may be disposed of on a 
     grant basis in foreign countries, subject to such terms and 
     conditions as the President may prescribe.


           restrictions concerning the palestinian authority

       Sec. 548. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
     obligated or expended to create in any part of Jerusalem a 
     new office of any department or agency of the United States 
     Government for the purpose of conducting official United 
     States Government business with the Palestinian Authority 
     over Gaza and Jericho or any successor Palestinian governing 
     entity provided for in the Israel-PLO Declaration of 
     Principles: Provided, That this restriction shall not apply 
     to the acquisition of additional space for the existing 
     Consulate General in Jerusalem: Provided further, That 
     meetings between officers and employees of the United States 
     and officials of the Palestinian Authority, or any successor 
     Palestinian governing entity provided for in the Israel-PLO 
     Declaration of Principles, for the purpose of conducting 
     official United States Government business with such 
     authority should continue to take place in locations other 
     than Jerusalem. As has been true in the past, officers and 
     employees of the United States Government may continue to 
     meet in Jerusalem on other subjects with Palestinians 
     (including those who now occupy positions in the Palestinian 
     Authority), have social contacts, and have incidental 
     discussions.


               prohibition of payment of certain expenses

       Sec. 549. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act under the heading ``International 
     Military Education and Training'' or ``Foreign Military 
     Financing Program'' for Informational Program activities or 
     under the headings ``Child Survival and Health Programs 
     Fund'', ``Development Assistance'', and ``Economic Support 
     Fund'' may be obligated or expended to pay for--
       (1) alcoholic beverages; or
       (2) entertainment expenses for activities that are 
     substantially of a recreational character, including but not 
     limited to entrance fees at sporting events, theatrical and 
     musical productions, and amusement parks.


   restrictions on voluntary contributions to united nations agencies

       Sec. 550. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
     made available to pay any voluntary contribution of the 
     United States to the

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     United Nations (including the United Nations Development 
     Program) if the United Nations implements or imposes any 
     taxation on any United States persons.


                            caribbean basin

       Sec. 551. (a) The Government of Haiti shall be eligible to 
     purchase defense articles and services under the Arms Export 
     Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.), for the Coast Guard.
       (b) Of the funds appropriated by title II of this Act and 
     of the funds appropriated to carry out food assistance 
     programs managed by the United States Agency for 
     International Development, a total of not less than 
     $52,500,000 should be allocated for assistance for Haiti in 
     fiscal year 2003.
       (c) Of the funds appropriated by title II of this Act, a 
     total of $37,680,000 should be allocated for assistance for 
     Nicaragua and $40,130,000 should be allocated for assistance 
     for Honduras, to address the conditions of increasing poverty 
     in the rural sectors of those countries through programs that 
     support, among other things, increased agricultural 
     production and other income generating opportunities, 
     improved health, and expanded education opportunities, 
     especially for disadvantaged youth.


         limitation on assistance to the palestinian authority

       Sec. 552. (a) Prohibition of Funds.--None of the funds 
     appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of 
     chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
     may be obligated or expended with respect to providing funds 
     to the Palestinian Authority.
       (b) Waiver.--The prohibition included in subsection (a) 
     shall not apply if the President certifies in writing to the 
     Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro 
     tempore of the Senate that waiving such prohibition is 
     important to the national security interests of the United 
     States.
       (c) Period of Application of Waiver.--Any waiver pursuant 
     to subsection (b) shall be effective for no more than a 
     period of 6 months at a time and shall not apply beyond 12 
     months after the enactment of this Act.


              limitation on assistance to security forces

       Sec. 553. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be provided to any unit of the security forces of a foreign 
     country if the Secretary of State has credible evidence that 
     such unit has committed gross violations of human rights, 
     unless the Secretary determines and reports to the Committees 
     on Appropriations that the government of such country is 
     taking effective measures to bring the responsible members of 
     the security forces unit to justice: Provided, That nothing 
     in this section shall be construed to withhold funds made 
     available by this Act from any unit of the security forces of 
     a foreign country not credibly alleged to be involved in 
     gross violations of human rights: Provided further, That in 
     the event that funds are withheld from any unit pursuant to 
     this section, the Secretary of State shall promptly inform 
     the foreign government of the basis for such action and 
     shall, to the maximum extent practicable, assist the foreign 
     government in taking effective measures to bring the 
     responsible members of the security forces to justice.


            PROTECTION OF BIODIVERSITY AND TROPICAL FORESTS

       Sec. 554. Of the funds appropriated under the heading 
     ``Development Assistance'', not less than $145,000,000 should 
     be made available for programs and activities which directly 
     protect biodiversity, including forests, in developing 
     countries: Provided, That of the funds made available under 
     this section, $50,000,000 shall be made available to carry 
     out tropical forest conservation activities authorized by the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, of which amount up to 
     $40,000,000 may be made available for the cost, as defined in 
     section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of 
     modifying loans and loan guarantees, pursuant to the 
     provisions of part V of such Act, the Tropical Forest 
     Conservation Act of 1998.


    energy conservation, energy efficiency and clean energy programs

       Sec. 555. (a) Funding.--Of the funds appropriated by this 
     Act, not less than $175,000,000 should be made available to 
     support policies and programs in developing countries and 
     countries in transition that directly (1) promote a wide 
     range of energy conservation, energy efficiency and clean 
     energy programs and activities, including the transfer of 
     clean and environmentally sustainable energy technologies; 
     (2) measure, monitor, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions; 
     (3) increase carbon sequestration activities; and (4) 
     enhance climate change mitigation and adaptation programs.
       (b) Greenhouse Gas Emissions Report.--Not later than 45 
     days after the date on which the President's fiscal year 2004 
     budget request is submitted to Congress, the President shall 
     submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations 
     describing in detail the following--
       (1) all Federal agency obligations and expenditures, 
     domestic and international, for climate change programs and 
     activities in fiscal year 2003, including an accounting of 
     expenditures by agency with each agency identifying climate 
     change activities and associated costs by line item as 
     presented in the President's Budget Appendix; and
       (2) all fiscal year 2002 obligations and estimated 
     expenditures, fiscal year 2003 estimated expenditures and 
     estimated obligations, and fiscal year 2004 requested funds 
     by the United States Agency for International Development, by 
     country and central program, for each of the following: (1) 
     to promote the transfer and deployment of a wide range of 
     United States clean energy and energy efficiency 
     technologies; (2) to assist in the measurement, monitoring, 
     reporting, verification, and reduction of greenhouse gas 
     emissions; (3) to promote carbon capture and sequestration 
     measures; (4) to help meet such countries' responsibilities 
     under the Framework Convention on Climate Change; and (5) to 
     develop assessments of the vulnerability to impacts of 
     climate change and mitigation and adaptation response 
     strategies.


                                ZIMBABWE

       Sec. 556. The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the 
     United States executive director to each international 
     financial institution to vote against any extension by the 
     respective institution of any loans, to the Government of 
     Zimbabwe, except to meet basic human needs or to promote 
     democracy, unless the Secretary of State determines and 
     certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that the rule 
     of law has been restored in Zimbabwe, including respect for 
     ownership and title to property, freedom of speech and 
     association.


                                NIGERIA

       Sec. 557. None of the funds appropriated under the headings 
     ``International Military Education and Training'' and 
     ``Foreign Military Financing Program'' may be made available 
     for assistance for Nigeria until the President certifies to 
     the Committees on Appropriations that the Nigerian Minister 
     of Defense, the Chief of the Army Staff, and the Minister of 
     State for Defense/Army are suspending from the Armed Forces 
     those members, of whatever rank, against whom there is 
     credible evidence of gross violations of human rights in 
     Benue State in October 2001, and the Government of Nigeria 
     and the Nigerian Armed Forces are taking effective measures 
     to bring such individuals to justice: Provided, That the 
     President may waive such prohibition if he determines that 
     doing so is in the national security interest of the United 
     States: Provided further, That prior to exercising such 
     waiver authority, the President shall submit a report to the 
     Committees on Appropriations describing the involvement of 
     the Nigerian Armed Forces in the incident in Benue State, the 
     measures that are being taken to bring such individuals to 
     justice, and whether any Nigerian Armed Forces units involved 
     with the incident in Benue State are receiving United States 
     assistance.


                                 burma

       Sec. 558. Of the funds appropriated under the heading 
     ``Economic Support Fund'', not less than $7,000,000 shall be 
     made available to support democracy activities in Burma, 
     along the Burma-Thailand border, for activities of Burmese 
     student groups and other organizations located outside Burma, 
     and for the purpose of supporting the provision of 
     humanitarian assistance to displaced Burmese along Burma's 
     borders: Provided, That of this amount $500,000 should be 
     made available to support newspapers, publications, and other 
     media activities promoting democracy inside Burma: Provided 
     further, That funds made available under this heading may be 
     made available notwithstanding any other provision of law: 
     Provided further, That funds made available by this section 
     shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of 
     the Committees on Appropriations.


                      enterprise fund restrictions

       Sec. 559. Prior to the distribution of any assets resulting 
     from any liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of an 
     Enterprise Fund, in whole or in part, the President shall 
     submit to the Committees on Appropriations, in accordance 
     with the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
     Appropriations, a plan for the distribution of the assets of 
     the Enterprise Fund.


                                cambodia

       Sec. 560. (a) The Secretary of the Treasury should instruct 
     the United States executive directors of the international 
     financial institutions to use the voice and vote of the 
     United States to oppose loans to the Central Government of 
     Cambodia, except loans to meet basic human needs.
       (b)(1) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
     made available for assistance for the Central Government of 
     Cambodia.
       (2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to assistance for basic 
     education, reproductive and maternal and child health, 
     cultural and historic preservation, programs for the 
     prevention, treatment, and control of, and research on, HIV/
     AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, polio and other infectious 
     diseases, programs to combat human trafficking that are 
     provided through nongovernmental organizations, and for the 
     Ministry of Women and Veterans Affairs to combat human 
     trafficking.
       (c) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
     ``Economic Support Fund'', up to $5,000,000 may be made 
     available for activities to support democracy, including 
     assistance for democratic political parties.
       (d) Of the funds appropriated by this Act, $3,750,000 shall 
     be made available, notwithstanding subsection (b), as a 
     contribution for an endowment to sustain rehabilitation 
     programs for Cambodians suffering from physical disabilities 
     that are administered by an American nongovernmental 
     organization that is directly supported by the United States 
     Agency for International Development: Provided, That such 
     funds may be made available only if an amount at least equal 
     to one-half the United States contribution is provided for 
     the endowment from sources other than the United States 
     Government.


                    FOREIGN MILITARY TRAINING REPORT

       Sec. 561. (a) The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of 
     State shall jointly provide to the Congress by May 1, 2003, a 
     report on all military training provided to foreign military 
     personnel (excluding sales, and excluding training provided 
     to the military personnel of countries belonging to the North 
     Atlantic Treaty Organization) under programs administered by 
     the Department of Defense and the Department of State during 
     fiscal years 2002 and 2003, including those proposed for 
     fiscal year 2003. This report shall include, for each such 
     military training activity, the foreign policy justification 
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     purpose for the training activity, the cost of the training 
     activity, the number of foreign students trained and their 
     units of operation, and the location of the training. In 
     addition, this report shall also include, with respect to 
     United States personnel, the operational benefits to United 
     States forces derived from each such training activity and 
     the United States military units involved in each such 
     training activity. This report may include a classified annex 
     if deemed necessary and appropriate.
       (b) For purposes of this section a report to Congress shall 
     be deemed to mean a report to the Appropriations and Foreign 
     Relations Committees of the Senate and the Appropriations and 
     International Relations Committees of the House of 
     Representatives.


            korean peninsula energy development organization

       Sec. 562. None of the funds appropriated by this Act, or 
     prior Acts making appropriations for foreign operations, 
     export financing, and related programs, may be made available 
     for assistance to the Korean Peninsula Energy Organization 
     (KEDO): Provided, That the President may waive this 
     restriction and provide up to $5,000,000 of funds 
     appropriated under the heading ``Nonproliferation, Anti-
     Terrorism, Demining and Related Programs'' for assistance to 
     KEDO for administrative expenses only notwithstanding any 
     other provision of law, if he determines that it is vital to 
     the national security interests of the United States and 
     provides a written policy justification to the appropriate 
     congressional committees: Provided further, That funds may be 
     obligated for assistance to KEDO subject to the regular 
     notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.


                         palestinian statehood

       Sec. 563. (a) Limitation on Assistance.--None of the funds 
     appropriated by this Act may be provided to support a 
     Palestinian state unless the Secretary of State determines 
     and certifies to the appropriate congressional committees 
     that--
       (1) a new leadership of a Palestinian governing entity has 
     been democratically elected through credible and competitive 
     elections;
       (2) the elected governing entity of a new Palestinian 
     state--
       (A) has demonstrated a firm commitment to peaceful co-
     existence with the State of Israel;
       (B) is taking appropriate measures to counter terrorism and 
     terrorist financing in the West Bank and Gaza, including the 
     dismantling of terrorist infrastructures;
       (C) is establishing a new Palestinian security entity that 
     is fully cooperative with appropriate Israeli and other 
     appropriate security organizations; and
       (3) the Palestinian Authority (or the governing body of a 
     new Palestinian state) is working with other countries in the 
     region to vigorously pursue efforts to establish a just, 
     lasting, and comprehensive peace in the Middle East that will 
     enable Israel and an independent Palestinian state to exist 
     within the context of full and normal relationships, which 
     should include--
       (A) termination of all claims or states of belligerency;
       (B) respect for and acknowledgement of the sovereignty, 
     territorial integrity, and political independence of every 
     state in the area through measures including the 
     establishment of demilitarized zones;
       (C) their right to live in peace within secure and 
     recognized boundaries free from threats or acts of force;
       (D) freedom of navigation through international waterways 
     in the area; and
       (E) a framework for achieving a just settlement of the 
     refugee problem.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
     the newly elected governing entity should enact a 
     constitution assuring the rule of law, an independent 
     judiciary, and respect for human rights for its citizens, and 
     should enact other laws and regulations assuring transparent 
     and accountable governance.
       (c) Waiver.--The President may waive subsection (a) if he 
     determines that it is vital to the national security 
     interests of the United States to do so.
       (d) Exemption.--The restriction in subsection (a) shall not 
     apply to assistance intended to help reform the Palestinian 
     Authority and affiliated institutions, or a newly elected 
     governing entity, in order to help meet the requirements of 
     subsection (a), consistent with the provisions of section 552 
     of this Act (``Limitation on Assistance to the Palestinian 
     Authority'').


                                COLOMBIA

       Sec. 564. (a) Determination and Certification Required.--
     Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
     appropriated by this Act that are available for assistance 
     for the Colombian Armed Forces, may be made available as 
     follows:
       (1) Up to 75 percent of such funds may be obligated prior 
     to a determination and certification by the Secretary of 
     State pursuant to paragraph (2).
       (2) Up to 12.5 percent of such funds may be obligated only 
     after the Secretary of State certifies and reports to the 
     appropriate congressional committees that:
       (A) The Commander General of the Colombian Armed Forces is 
     suspending from the Armed Forces those members, of whatever 
     rank, who have been credibly alleged to have committed gross 
     violations of human rights, including extra-judicial 
     killings, or to have aided or abetted paramilitary 
     organizations.
       (B) The Colombian Government is prosecuting those members 
     of the Colombian Armed Forces, of whatever rank, who have 
     been credibly alleged to have committed gross violations of 
     human rights, including extra-judicial killings, or to have 
     aided or abetted paramilitary organizations, and is punishing 
     those members of the Colombian Armed Forces found to have 
     committed such violations of human rights or to have aided or 
     abetted paramilitary organizations.
       (C) The Colombian Armed Forces are cooperating with 
     civilian prosecutors and judicial authorities in such cases 
     (including providing requested information, such as the 
     identity of persons suspended from the Armed Forces and the 
     nature and cause of the suspension, and access to witnesses, 
     relevant military documents, and other requested 
     information).
       (D) The Colombian Armed Forces are severing links 
     (including denying access to military intelligence, vehicles, 
     and other equipment or supplies, and ceasing other forms of 
     active or tacit cooperation) at the command, battalion, and 
     brigade levels, with paramilitary organizations.
       (E) The Colombian Armed Forces are executing orders for 
     capture of leaders of paramilitary organizations that 
     continue armed conflict.
       (3) The balance of such funds may be obligated after July 
     31, 2003, if the Secretary of State certifies and reports to 
     the appropriate congressional committees, after such date, 
     that the Colombian Armed Forces are continuing to meet the 
     conditions contained in paragraph (2) and are conducting 
     vigorous operations to restore government authority and 
     respect for human rights in areas under the effective control 
     of paramilitary and guerrilla organizations.
       (b) Consultative Process.--At least 10 days prior to making 
     the certifications required by subsection (a), the Secretary 
     of State shall consult with internationally recognized human 
     rights organizations regarding progress in meeting the 
     conditions contained in that subsection.
       (c) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Aided or abetted.--The term ``aided or abetted'' means 
     to provide any support to paramilitary groups, including 
     taking actions which allow, facilitate, or otherwise foster 
     the activities of such groups.
       (2) Paramilitary groups.--The term ``paramilitary groups'' 
     means illegal self-defense groups and illegal security 
     cooperatives.


                          ILLEGAL ARMED GROUPS

       Sec. 565. (a) Denial of Visas to Supporters of Colombian 
     Illegal Armed Groups.--Subject to subsection (b), the 
     Secretary of State shall not issue a visa to any alien who 
     the Secretary determines, based on credible evidence--
       (1) has willfully provided any support to the Revolutionary 
     Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the National Liberation Army 
     (ELN), or the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC), 
     including taking actions or failing to take actions which 
     allow, facilitate, or otherwise foster the activities of such 
     groups; or
       (2) has committed, ordered, incited, assisted, or otherwise 
     participated in the commission of gross violations of human 
     rights, including extra-judicial killings, in Colombia.
       (b) Waiver.--Subsection (a) shall not apply if the 
     Secretary of State determines and certifies to the 
     appropriate congressional committees, on a case-by-case 
     basis, that the issuance of a visa to the alien is necessary 
     to support the peace process in Colombia or for urgent 
     humanitarian reasons.


 PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION

       Sec. 566. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act may be used to provide equipment, 
     technical support, consulting services, or any other form of 
     assistance to the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation.


                                  IRAQ

       Sec. 567. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
     appropriated under the heading ``Economic Support Fund'' may 
     be made available for programs benefitting the Iraqi people 
     and to support efforts to bring about a political transition 
     in Iraq: Provided, That none of the funds made available 
     pursuant to the authorities provided in this section may be 
     made available to any organization to reimburse or pay for 
     costs incurred by such organization in prior fiscal years: 
     Provided further, That funds made available under this 
     section are made available subject to the regular 
     notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.


                       west bank and gaza program

       Sec. 568. (a) Oversight.--For fiscal year 2003, 30 days 
     prior to the initial obligation of funds for the bilateral 
     West Bank and Gaza Program, the Secretary of State shall 
     certify to the appropriate committees of Congress that 
     procedures have been established to assure the Comptroller 
     General of the United States will have access to appropriate 
     United States financial information in order to review the 
     uses of United States assistance for the Program funded under 
     the heading ``Economic Support Fund'' for the West Bank and 
     Gaza.
       (b) Vetting.--Prior to the obligation of funds appropriated 
     by this Act under the heading ``Economic Support Fund'' for 
     assistance for the West Bank and Gaza, the Secretary of State 
     shall take all appropriate steps to ensure that such 
     assistance is not provided to or through any individual or 
     entity that the Secretary knows or has reason to believe 
     advocates, plans, sponsors, engages in, or has engaged in, 
     terrorist activity. The Secretary of State shall, as 
     appropriate, establish procedures specifying the steps to be 
     taken in carrying out this subsection.
       (c) Audits.--(1) The Administrator of the United States 
     Agency for International Development shall ensure that 
     Federal or non-Federal audits of all contractors and 
     grantees, and significant subcontractors and subgrantees, 
     under the West Bank and Gaza Program, are conducted at least 
     on an annual basis to ensure, among other things, compliance 
     with this section.
       (2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
     ``Economic Support Fund'' that are made available for 
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     West Bank and Gaza, up to $1,000,000 may be used by the 
     Office of the Inspector General of the United States Agency 
     for International Development for audits, inspections, and 
     other activities in furtherance of the requirements of this 
     subsection. Such funds are in addition to funds otherwise 
     available for such purposes.


                               INDONESIA

       Sec. 569. Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
     ``Foreign Military Financing Program'' may be made available 
     for assistance for Indonesia, and licenses may be issued for 
     the export of lethal defense articles for the Indonesian 
     Armed Forces, only if the President certifies to the 
     appropriate congressional committees that--
       (1) the Indonesia Minister of Defense is suspending from 
     the Armed Forces those members, of whatever rank, who have 
     been credibly alleged to have committed gross violations of 
     human rights, or to have aided or abetted militia groups;
       (2) the Indonesian Government is prosecuting those members 
     of the Indonesian Armed Forces, of whatever rank, who have 
     been credibly alleged to have committed gross violations of 
     human rights, or to have aided or abetted militia groups, and 
     is punishing those members of the Indonesian Armed Forces 
     found to have committed such violations of human rights or to 
     have aided or abetted militia groups;
       (3) the Indonesian Armed Forces are cooperating with 
     civilian prosecutors and judicial authorities in such cases 
     (including providing access to witnesses, relevant military 
     documents, and other requested information); and
       (4) the Minister of Defense is making publicly available 
     audits of receipts and expenditures of the Indonesian Armed 
     Forces.


  restrictions on assistance to governments destabilizing sierra leone

       Sec. 570. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
     may be made available for assistance for the government of 
     any country for which the Secretary of State determines there 
     is credible evidence that such government has aided or 
     abetted, within the previous 6 months, in the illicit 
     distribution, transportation, or sale of diamonds mined in 
     Sierra Leone.
       (b) Whenever the prohibition on assistance required under 
     subsection (a) is exercised, the Secretary of State shall 
     notify the Committees on Appropriations in a timely manner.


                    voluntary separation incentives

       Sec. 571. Section 579(c)(2)(D) of the Foreign Operations, 
     Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
     2000, as enacted by section 1000(a)(2) of the Consolidated 
     Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106-113), as amended, is 
     amended by striking ``December 31, 2002'' and inserting in 
     lieu thereof ``January 1, 2003''.


            contributions to united nations population fund

       Sec. 572. Funds appropriated in Public Law 107-115 that 
     were available for the United Nations Population Fund 
     (UNFPA), and an equal amount in this Act, shall be made 
     available for the UNFPA if the President determines that the 
     UNFPA no longer supports or participates in the management of 
     a program of coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization: 
     Provided, That none of the funds made available for the UNFPA 
     may be used in the People's Republic of China: Provided 
     further, That the other conditions on availability of funds 
     for abortion and abortion-related activities contained in 
     either this Act or Public Law 107-115, including but not 
     limited to section 576(c), shall apply to any assistance 
     provided for the UNFPA in this Act or Public Law 107-115, 
     respectively: Provided further, That the conditions on 
     availability of funds for the UNFPA as contained in section 
     576 (c) of Public Law 107-115 shall apply to any assistance 
     provided for the UNFPA in this Act: Provided further, That 
     the amount of funds that the UNFPA plans to spend in the 
     People's Republic of China in calendar years 2002 and 2003, 
     as determined by the Secretary of State, shall be deducted 
     from funds made available to the UNFPA under Public Law 107-
     115 and this Act.


              procurement and financial management reform

       Sec. 573. (a) Funding Conditions.--Of the funds made 
     available under the heading ``International Financial 
     Institutions'' in this Act, 10 percent of the United States 
     portion or payment to such International Financial 
     Institution shall be withheld by the Secretary of the 
     Treasury, until the Secretary certifies to the Committees on 
     Appropriations that, to the extent pertinent to its lending 
     programs, the institution is--
       (1) implementing procedures for conducting annual audits by 
     qualified independent auditors for all new investment 
     lending;
       (2) implementing procedures for annual independent external 
     audits of central bank financial statements for countries 
     making use of International Monetary Fund resources under new 
     arrangements or agreements with the Fund;
       (3) taking steps to establish an independent fraud and 
     corruption investigative organization or office;
       (4) implementing a process to assess a recipient country's 
     procurement and financial management capabilities including 
     an analysis of the risks of corruption prior to initiating 
     new investment lending; and
       (5) taking steps to fund and implement programs and 
     policies to improve transparency and anti-corruption programs 
     and procurement and financial management controls in 
     recipient countries.
       (b) Definitions.--The term ``International Financial 
     Institutions'' means the International Bank for 
     Reconstruction and Development, the International Development 
     Association, the International Finance Corporation, the 
     Inter-American Development Bank, the Inter-American 
     Investment Corporation, the Enterprise for the Americas 
     Multilateral Investment Fund, the Asian Development Bank, the 
     Asian Development Fund, the African Development Bank, the 
     African Development Fund, the European Bank for 
     Reconstruction and Development, and the International 
     Monetary Fund.


                              central asia

       Sec. 574. (a) Funds appropriated by this Act may be made 
     available for assistance for the Government of Uzbekistan 
     only if the Secretary of State determines and reports to the 
     Committees on Appropriations that the Government of 
     Uzbekistan is making substantial and continuing progress in 
     meeting its commitments under the ``Declaration on the 
     Strategic Partnership and Cooperation Framework Between the 
     Republic of Uzbekistan and the United States of America''.
       (b) Funds appropriated by this Act may be made available 
     for assistance for the Government of Kazakhstan only if the 
     Secretary of State determines and reports to the Committees 
     on Appropriations that the Government of Kazakhstan has made 
     significant improvements in the protection of human rights 
     during the preceding six month period.
       (c) The Secretary of State may waive the requirements under 
     subsection (b) if he determines and reports to the Committees 
     on Appropriations that such a waiver is in the national 
     security interests of the United States.
       (d) Not later than October 1, 2003, the Secretary of State 
     shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations 
     describing the following:
       (1) The defense articles, defense services, and financial 
     assistance provided by the United States to the countries of 
     Central Asia during the six-month period ending 30 days prior 
     to submission of each such report.
       (2) The use during such period of defense articles, defense 
     services, and financial assistance provided by the United 
     States by units of the armed forces, border guards, or other 
     security forces of such countries.
       (e) For purposes of this section, the term ``countries of 
     Central Asia'' means Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, 
     Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan.


                 COMMERCIAL LEASING OF DEFENSE ARTICLES

       Sec. 575. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and 
     subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
     Committees on Appropriations, the authority of section 23(a) 
     of the Arms Export Control Act may be used to provide 
     financing to Israel, Egypt and NATO and major non-NATO allies 
     for the procurement by leasing (including leasing with an 
     option to purchase) of defense articles from United States 
     commercial suppliers, not including Major Defense Equipment 
     (other than helicopters and other types of aircraft having 
     possible civilian application), if the President determines 
     that there are compelling foreign policy or national security 
     reasons for those defense articles being provided by 
     commercial lease rather than by government-to-government sale 
     under such Act.


                             WAR CRIMINALS

       Sec. 576. (a)(1) None of the funds appropriated or 
     otherwise made available pursuant to this Act may be made 
     available for assistance, and the Secretary of the Treasury 
     shall instruct the United States executive directors to the 
     international financial institutions to vote against any new 
     project involving the extension by such institutions of any 
     financial or technical assistance, to any country, entity, or 
     municipality whose competent authorities have failed, as 
     determined by the Secretary of State, to take necessary and 
     significant steps to implement its international legal 
     obligations to apprehend and transfer to the International 
     Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (the 
     ``Tribunal'') all persons in their territory who have been 
     indicted by the Tribunal and to otherwise cooperate with the 
     Tribunal.
       (2) The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to 
     humanitarian assistance or assistance for democratization.
       (b) The provisions of subsection (a) shall apply unless the 
     Secretary of State determines and reports to the appropriate 
     congressional committees that the competent authorities of 
     such country, entity, or municipality are--
       (1) cooperating with the Tribunal, including access for 
     investigators to archives and witnesses, the provision of 
     documents, and the surrender and transfer of indictees or 
     assistance in their apprehension; and
       (2) are acting consistently with the Dayton Accords.
       (c) Not less than 10 days before any vote in an 
     international financial institution regarding the extension 
     of any new project involving financial or technical 
     assistance or grants to any country or entity described in 
     subsection (a), the Secretary of the Treasury, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of State, shall provide to 
     the Committees on Appropriations a written justification for 
     the proposed assistance, including an explanation of the 
     United States position regarding any such vote, as well as a 
     description of the location of the proposed assistance by 
     municipality, its purpose, and its intended beneficiaries.
       (d) In carrying out this section, the Secretary of State, 
     the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
     International Development, and the Secretary of the Treasury 
     shall consult with representatives of human rights 
     organizations and all government agencies with relevant 
     information to help prevent indicted war criminals from 
     benefiting from any financial or technical assistance or 
     grants provided to any country or entity described in 
     subsection (a).
       (e) The Secretary of State may waive the application of 
     subsection (a) with respect to projects within a country, 
     entity, or municipality upon a written determination to the 
     Committees on Appropriations that such assistance

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     directly supports the implementation of the Dayton Accords.
       (f) Definitions.--As used in this section--
       (1) Country.--The term ``country'' means Bosnia and 
     Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia.
       (2) Entity.--The term ``entity'' refers to the Federation 
     of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro and the 
     Republika Srpska.
       (3) Municipality.--The term ``municipality'' means a city, 
     town or other subdivision within a country or entity as 
     defined herein.
       (4) Dayton accords.--The term ``Dayton Accords'' means the 
     General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and 
     Herzegovina, together with annexes relating thereto, done at 
     Dayton, November 10 through 16, 1995.


                               User Fees

       Sec. 577. The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the 
     United States Executive Director at each international 
     financial institution (as defined in section 1701(c)(2) of 
     the International Financial Institutions Act) and the 
     International Monetary Fund to oppose any loan, grant, 
     strategy or policy of these institutions that would require 
     user fees or service charges on poor people for primary 
     education or primary healthcare, including prevention and 
     treatment efforts for HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, and 
     infant, child, and maternal well-being, in connection with 
     the institutions' financing programs.


                           funding for serbia

       Sec. 578. (a) Funds appropriated by this Act may be made 
     available for assistance for Serbia after June 15, 2003, if 
     the President has made the determination and certification 
     contained in subsection (c).
       (b) After June 15, 2003, the Secretary of the Treasury 
     should instruct the United States executive directors to the 
     international financial institutions to support loans and 
     assistance to the Government of the Federal Republic of 
     Yugoslavia (or a government of a successor state) subject to 
     the conditions in subsection (c): Provided, That section 576 
     of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related 
     Programs Appropriations Act, 1997, as amended, shall not 
     apply to the provision of loans and assistance to the Federal 
     Republic of Yugoslavia (or a successor state) through 
     international financial institutions.
       (c) The determination and certification referred to in 
     subsection (a) is a determination by the President and a 
     certification to the Committees on Appropriations that the 
     Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (or a 
     government of a successor state) is--
       (1) cooperating with the International Criminal Tribunal 
     for the former Yugoslavia including access for investigators, 
     the provision of documents, and the surrender and transfer of 
     indictees or assistance in their apprehension;
       (2) taking steps that are consistent with the Dayton 
     Accords to end Serbian financial, political, security and 
     other support which has served to maintain separate Republika 
     Srpska institutions; and
       (3) taking steps to implement policies which reflect a 
     respect for minority rights and the rule of law, including 
     the release of political prisoners from Serbian jails and 
     prisons.
       (d) This section shall not apply to Montenegro, Kosovo, 
     humanitarian assistance or assistance to promote democracy in 
     municipalities.


          prohibition on taxation of united states assistance

       Sec. 579. (a) Prohibition on Taxation.--None of the funds 
     appropriated by this Act may be made available to provide 
     assistance for a foreign country under a new bilateral 
     agreement governing the terms and conditions under which such 
     assistance is to be provided unless such agreement includes a 
     provision stating that assistance provided by the United 
     States shall be exempt from taxation, or reimbursed, by the 
     foreign government, and the Secretary of State shall 
     expeditiously seek to negotiate amendments to existing 
     bilateral agreements, as necessary, to conform with this 
     requirement.
       (b) Reimbursement of Foreign Taxes.--An amount equivalent 
     to 200 percent of the total taxes assessed during fiscal year 
     2003 by a foreign government or entity against commodities 
     financed under United States assistance programs for which 
     funds are appropriated by this Act, either directly or 
     through grantees, contractors and subcontractors, as of the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, shall be withheld from 
     obligation from funds appropriated for assistance for fiscal 
     year 2004 and allocated for the central government of such 
     country and for the West Bank and Gaza Program to the extent 
     that the Secretary of State certifies and reports in writing 
     to the Committees on Appropriations that such taxes have not 
     been reimbursed to the Government of the United States.
       (c) De Minimis Exception.--Foreign taxes of a de minimis 
     nature shall not be subject to the provisions of subsection 
     (b).
       (d) Refund to the Treasury and Reprogramming of Funds.--Of 
     the funds withheld from obligation for each country or entity 
     pursuant to subsection (b), one-half may become available for 
     reprogramming for other purposes (pursuant to section 515 of 
     this Act and consistent with the purposes for which such 
     funds were originally appropriated) and one-half shall be 
     deposited in the General Fund of the Treasury on, or within 5 
     days after, September 1, 2004, pursuant to the certification 
     required under subsection (b).
       (e) Implementation.--The Secretary of State shall issue 
     rules, regulations, or policy guidance, as appropriate, to 
     implement the prohibition against the taxation of assistance 
     contained in this section.
       (f) Report.--Not later than February 1, 2004, the 
     Comptroller General of the United States shall submit a 
     report to the Committees on Appropriations which assesses the 
     following--
       (1) the extent to which existing bilateral agreements 
     provide exemption from taxation;
       (2) the status of negotiations of new framework bilateral 
     agreements or modifications of existing framework bilateral 
     agreements;
       (3) the reasons why new framework bilateral agreements or 
     modifications of existing bilateral agreements, entered into 
     within the previous 5 years, have (as appropriate) failed to 
     include exemption from taxation; and
       (4) the administrative procedures that foreign governments 
     use to ensure that United States assistance commodities are 
     not taxed or, if they are, that such taxes are reimbursed to 
     the United States Government, and the adequacy of those 
     procedures.
       (g) Definitions.--As used in this section--
       (1) the terms ``taxes'' and ``taxation'' refer to value 
     added taxes and customs duties imposed on commodities 
     financed with United States assistance for programs for which 
     funds are appropriated by this Act; and
       (2) the term ``bilateral agreement'' refers to a framework 
     bilateral agreement between the Government of the United 
     States and the government of the country receiving assistance 
     that describes the privileges and immunities applicable to 
     United States foreign assistance for such country generally, 
     or an individual agreement between the Government of the 
     United States and such government that describes, among other 
     things, the treatment for tax purposes that will be accorded 
     the United States assistance provided under that agreement.


                               gao report

       Sec. 580. Not later than November 1, 2003, the Comptroller 
     General of the United States shall provide a report to the 
     Committees on Appropriations on the extent to which the 
     Department of State is complying with section 301(c) of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and on the implementation of 
     procedures that have been established to meet the 
     standards of the Department of State regarding compliance 
     with the requirements of section 301(c).


                      TRAINING PROGRAM EVALUATION

       Sec. 581. Not later than June 30, 2003, the Secretary of 
     State, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall 
     submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations 
     describing in detail the steps that the Departments of State 
     and Defense are making to improve performance evaluation 
     procedures for the International Military Education and 
     Training (IMET) program and the progress that the Departments 
     of State and Defense are making in implementing section 548 
     of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.


                   Community-Based Police Assistance

       Sec. 582. (a) Authority.--Funds made available to carry out 
     the provisions of chapter 1 of part I and chapter 4 of part 
     II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, may be used, 
     notwithstanding section 660 of that Act, to enhance the 
     effectiveness and accountability of civilian police authority 
     in Jamaica and El Salvador through training and technical 
     assistance in human rights, the rule of law, strategic 
     planning, and through assistance to foster civilian police 
     roles that support democratic governance including assistance 
     for programs to prevent conflict and foster improved police 
     relations with the communities they serve.
       (b) Report.--
       (1) The Administrator of the United States Agency for 
     International Development shall submit, at the time of 
     submission of the agency's Congressional Budget Justification 
     Document for fiscal year 2004, and annually thereafter, a 
     report to the Committees on Appropriations describing the 
     progress these programs are making toward improving police 
     relations with the communities they serve and 
     institutionalizing an effective community-based police 
     program.
       (2) The requirements of paragraph (1) are in lieu of the 
     requirements contains in section 587(b) of Public Law 107-
     115.
       (c) Notification.--Assistance provided under subsection (a) 
     shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of 
     the Committees on Appropriations.


    OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION AND EXPORT-IMPORT BANK 
                              RESTRICTIONS

       Sec. 583. (a) Limitation on Use of Funds by OPIC.--None of 
     the funds made available in this Act may be used by the 
     Overseas Private Investment Corporation to insure, reinsure, 
     guarantee, or finance any investment in connection with a 
     project involving the mining, polishing or other processing, 
     or sale of diamonds in a country that fails to meet the 
     requirements of subsection (c).
       (b) Limitation on Use of Funds by the Export-Import Bank.--
     None of the funds made available in this Act may be used by 
     the Export-Import Bank of the United States to guarantee, 
     insure, extend credit, or participate in an extension of 
     credit in connection with the export of any goods to a 
     country for use in an enterprise involving the mining, 
     polishing or other processing, or sale of diamonds in a 
     country that fails to meet the requirements of subsection 
     (c).
       (c) Requirements.--The requirements referred to in 
     subsections (a) and (b) are that the country concerned is 
     implementing the recommendations, obligations and 
     requirements developed by the Kimberley Process on conflict 
     diamonds, or taking other measures that the Secretary of 
     State determines to contribute effectively to preventing and 
     eliminating the trade in conflict diamonds.


                        trade capacity building

       Sec. 584. Of the funds appropriated by this Act, under the 
     headings ``Trade and Development Agency'', ``Development 
     Assistance'', ``Transition Initiatives'', ``Economic Support 
     Fund'', ``International Affairs Technical Assistance'', and 
     ``International Organizations and Programs'', not less than 
     $452,000,000 should be made available for trade capacity 
     building assistance.


                    TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY

       Sec. 585. (a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--

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       (1) There is a lack of transparency in the revenues and 
     expenditures of the national budgets of many developing 
     countries that receive United States assistance.
       (2) In such countries, official revenues--particularly from 
     natural resource extraction--are often unreported, under-
     reported, or inaccurately recorded by foreign government 
     agencies.
       (3) Such inefficiencies--which in some instances mask 
     outright theft--result in the failure of such governments to 
     adequately provide their citizens with social, political, 
     economic, and legal benefits and opportunities, and undermine 
     the effectiveness of assistance provided to such countries by 
     the United States and other international donors.
       (4) Good governance and respect for the rule of law are 
     critical to a nation's development.
       (b) Report.--Not more than 90 days after enactment of this 
     Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the 
     Committees on Appropriations, describing in detail--
       (1) Those countries whose central governments receive 
     foreign assistance from the United States;
       (2) Relevant laws and regulations in such countries 
     governing the public disclosure of revenues and expenditures 
     in national budgets;
       (3) The adequacy of those laws and regulations, and the 
     extent to which they are implemented and enforced;
       (4) Those countries receiving such assistance where no such 
     laws or regulations exist, and the extent to which such 
     revenues and expenditures are publicly disclosed; and
       (5) Programs and activities sponsored by the United States 
     Government to promote accurate disclosure of revenues and 
     expenditures in the national budgets of such countries, and 
     the results of those programs and activities.


  AMERICAN CHURCHWOMEN AND OTHER CITIZENS IN EL SALVADOR AND GUATEMALA

       Sec. 586. (a) Information relevant to the December 2, 1980, 
     murders of four American churchwomen in El Salvador, and the 
     May 5, 2001, murder of Sister Barbara Ann Ford and the 
     murders of other American citizens in Guatemala since 
     December 1999, should be investigated and made public.
       (b) Not later than 45 days after enactment of this Act, the 
     President shall order all Federal agencies and departments, 
     including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, that possess 
     relevant information, to expeditiously declassify and release 
     to the victims' families such information, consistent with 
     existing standards and procedures on classification, and 
     shall provide a copy of such order to the Committees on 
     Appropriations.
       (c) In making determinations concerning declassification 
     and release of relevant information, all Federal agencies and 
     departments should use the discretion contained within such 
     existing standards and procedures on classification in 
     support of releasing, rather than withholding, such 
     information.
       (d) All reasonable efforts should be taken by the American 
     Embassy in Guatemala to work with relevant agencies of the 
     Guatemalan Government to protect the safety of American 
     citizens in Guatemala, and to assist in the investigations of 
     violations of human rights.
       This division may be cited as the ``Foreign Operations, 
     Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
     2003''.

     DIVISION F--INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS, 2003

 Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related 
 agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, and for other 
                               purposes.

     That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in 
     the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Department 
     of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year 
     ending September 30, 2003, and for other purposes, namely:

                  TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                       Bureau of Land Management


                   management of lands and resources

       For expenses necessary for protection, use, improvement, 
     development, disposal, cadastral surveying, classification, 
     acquisition of easements and other interests in lands, and 
     performance of other functions, including maintenance of 
     facilities, as authorized by law, in the management of lands 
     and their resources under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of 
     Land Management, including the general administration of the 
     Bureau, and assessment of mineral potential of public lands 
     pursuant to Public Law 96-487 (16 U.S.C. 3150(a)), 
     $825,712,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
     $1,000,000 is for high priority projects which shall be 
     carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps; of which 
     $2,500,000 shall be available for assessment of the mineral 
     potential of public lands in Alaska pursuant to section 1010 
     of Public Law 96-487 (16 U.S.C. 3150); and of which not to 
     exceed $1,000,000 shall be derived from the special receipt 
     account established by the Land and Water Conservation Act of 
     1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l-6a(i)); and of which 
     $3,000,000 shall be available in fiscal year 2003 subject to 
     a match by at least an equal amount by the National Fish and 
     Wildlife Foundation, to such Foundation for cost-shared 
     projects supporting conservation of Bureau lands and such 
     funds shall be advanced to the Foundation as a lump sum grant 
     without regard to when expenses are incurred; in addition, 
     $32,696,000 for Mining Law Administration program operations, 
     including the cost of administering the mining claim fee 
     program; to remain available until expended, to be reduced by 
     amounts collected by the Bureau and credited to this 
     appropriation from annual mining claim fees so as to result 
     in a final appropriation estimated at not more than 
     $825,712,000, and $2,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended, from communication site rental fees established by 
     the Bureau for the cost of administering communication site 
     activities: Provided, That appropriations herein made shall 
     not be available for the destruction of healthy, unadopted, 
     wild horses and burros in the care of the Bureau or its 
     contractors.


                        wildland fire management

       For necessary expenses for fire preparedness, suppression 
     operations, fire science and research, emergency 
     rehabilitation, hazardous fuels reduction, and rural fire 
     assistance by the Department of the Interior, $654,406,000, 
     to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed 
     $12,374,000 shall be for the renovation or construction of 
     fire facilities: Provided, That such funds are also available 
     for repayment of advances to other appropriation accounts 
     from which funds were previously transferred for such 
     purposes: Provided further, That persons hired pursuant to 43 
     U.S.C. 1469 may be furnished subsistence and lodging without 
     cost from funds available from this appropriation: Provided 
     further, That notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 1856d, sums received 
     by a bureau or office of the Department of the Interior for 
     fire protection rendered pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1856 et seq., 
     protection of United States property, may be credited to the 
     appropriation from which funds were expended to provide that 
     protection, and are available without fiscal year limitation: 
     Provided further, That using the amounts designated under 
     this title of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior may 
     enter into procurement contracts, grants, or cooperative 
     agreements, for hazardous fuels reduction activities, and for 
     training and monitoring associated with such hazardous fuels 
     reduction activities, on Federal land, or on adjacent non-
     Federal land for activities that benefit resources on Federal 
     land: Provided further, That the costs of implementing any 
     cooperative agreement between the Federal Government and any 
     non-Federal entity may be shared, as mutually agreed on by 
     the affected parties: Provided further, That in entering into 
     such grants or cooperative agreements, the Secretary may 
     consider the enhancement of local and small business 
     employment opportunities for rural communities, and that in 
     entering into procurement contracts under this section on a 
     best value basis, the Secretary may take into account the 
     ability of an entity to enhance local and small business 
     employment opportunities in rural communities, and that the 
     Secretary may award procurement contracts, grants, or 
     cooperative agreements under this section to entities that 
     include local non-profit entities, Youth Conservation Corps 
     or related partnerships, or small or disadvantaged 
     businesses: Provided further, That funds appropriated under 
     this head may be used to reimburse the United States Fish and 
     Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service 
     for the costs of carrying out their responsibilities under 
     the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) 
     to consult and conference, as required by section 7 of such 
     Act in connection with wildland fire management 
     activities: Provided further, That the Secretary of the 
     Interior may use wildland fire appropriations to enter 
     into non-competitive sole source leases of real property 
     with local governments, at or below fair market value, to 
     construct capitalized improvements for fire facilities on 
     such leased properties, including but not limited to fire 
     guard stations, retardant stations, and other initial 
     attack and fire support facilities, and to make advance 
     payments for any such lease or for construction activity 
     associated with the lease.


                    central hazardous materials fund

       For necessary expenses of the Department of the Interior 
     and any of its component offices and bureaus for the remedial 
     action, including associated activities, of hazardous waste 
     substances, pollutants, or contaminants pursuant to the 
     Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
     Liability Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), 
     $9,978,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
     That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, sums recovered from or 
     paid by a party in advance of or as reimbursement for 
     remedial action or response activities conducted by the 
     Department pursuant to section 107 or 113(f) of such Act, 
     shall be credited to this account to be available until 
     expended without further appropriation: Provided further, 
     That such sums recovered from or paid by any party are not 
     limited to monetary payments and may include stocks, bonds or 
     other personal or real property, which may be retained, 
     liquidated, or otherwise disposed of by the Secretary and 
     which shall be credited to this account.


                              construction

       For construction of buildings, recreation facilities, 
     roads, trails, and appurtenant facilities, $11,976,000, to 
     remain available until expended.


                       payments in lieu of taxes

       For expenses necessary to implement the Act of October 20, 
     1976, as amended (31 U.S.C. 6901-6907), $220,000,000, of 
     which not to exceed $400,000 shall be available for 
     administrative expenses: Provided, That no payment shall be 
     made to otherwise eligible units of local government if the 
     computed amount of the payment is less than $100.


                            land acquisition

       For expenses necessary to carry out sections 205, 206, and 
     318(d) of Public Law 94-579, including administrative 
     expenses and acquisition of lands or waters, or interests 
     therein, $33,450,000, to be derived from the Land and Water 
     Conservation Fund and to remain available until expended.


                   oregon and california grant lands

       For expenses necessary for management, protection, and 
     development of resources and for construction, operation, and 
     maintenance of access roads, reforestation, and other 
     improvements on the revested Oregon and California

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     Railroad grant lands, on other Federal lands in the Oregon 
     and California land-grant counties of Oregon, and on adjacent 
     rights-of-way; and acquisition of lands or interests therein 
     including existing connecting roads on or adjacent to such 
     grant lands; $105,633,000, to remain available until 
     expended: Provided, That 25 percent of the aggregate of all 
     receipts during the current fiscal year from the revested 
     Oregon and California Railroad grant lands is hereby made a 
     charge against the Oregon and California land-grant fund and 
     shall be transferred to the General Fund in the Treasury in 
     accordance with the second paragraph of subsection (b) of 
     title II of the Act of August 28, 1937 (50 Stat. 876).


               forest ecosystems health and recovery fund

                   (revolving fund, special account)

       In addition to the purposes authorized in Public Law 102-
     381, funds made available in the Forest Ecosystem Health and 
     Recovery Fund can be used for the purpose of planning, 
     preparing, implementing and monitoring salvage timber sales 
     and forest ecosystem health and recovery activities such as 
     release from competing vegetation and density control 
     treatments. The Federal share of receipts (defined as the 
     portion of salvage timber receipts not paid to the counties 
     under 43 U.S.C. 1181f and 43 U.S.C. 1181f-1 et seq., and 
     Public Law 106-393) derived from treatments funded by this 
     account shall be deposited into the Forest Ecosystem Health 
     and Recovery Fund.


                           range improvements

       For rehabilitation, protection, and acquisition of lands 
     and interests therein, and improvement of Federal rangelands 
     pursuant to section 401 of the Federal Land Policy and 
     Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701), notwithstanding any 
     other Act, sums equal to 50 percent of all moneys received 
     during the prior fiscal year under sections 3 and 15 of the 
     Taylor Grazing Act (43 U.S.C. 315 et seq.) and the amount 
     designated for range improvements from grazing fees and 
     mineral leasing receipts from Bankhead-Jones lands 
     transferred to the Department of the Interior pursuant to 
     law, but not less than $10,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended: Provided, That not to exceed $600,000 shall be 
     available for administrative expenses.


               service charges, deposits, and forfeitures

       For administrative expenses and other costs related to 
     processing application documents and other authorizations for 
     use and disposal of public lands and resources, for costs of 
     providing copies of official public land documents, for 
     monitoring construction, operation, and termination of 
     facilities in conjunction with use authorizations, and for 
     rehabilitation of damaged property, such amounts as may be 
     collected under Public Law 94-579, as amended, and Public Law 
     93-153, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
     notwithstanding any provision to the contrary of section 
     305(a) of Public Law 94-579 (43 U.S.C. 1735(a)), any moneys 
     that have been or will be received pursuant to that section, 
     whether as a result of forfeiture, compromise, or settlement, 
     if not appropriate for refund pursuant to section 305(c) of 
     that Act (43 U.S.C. 1735(c)), shall be available and may be 
     expended under the authority of this Act by the Secretary to 
     improve, protect, or rehabilitate any public lands 
     administered through the Bureau of Land Management which have 
     been damaged by the action of a resource developer, 
     purchaser, permittee, or any unauthorized person, without 
     regard to whether all moneys collected from each such action 
     are used on the exact lands damaged which led to the action: 
     Provided further, That any such moneys that are in excess of 
     amounts needed to repair damage to the exact land for which 
     funds were collected may be used to repair other damaged 
     public lands.


                       miscellaneous trust funds

       In addition to amounts authorized to be expended under 
     existing laws, there is hereby appropriated such amounts as 
     may be contributed under section 307 of the Act of October 
     21, 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701), and such amounts as may be 
     advanced for administrative costs, surveys, appraisals, 
     and costs of making conveyances of omitted lands under 
     section 211(b) of that Act, to remain available until 
     expended.


                       administrative provisions

       Appropriations for the Bureau of Land Management shall be 
     available for purchase, erection, and dismantlement of 
     temporary structures, and alteration and maintenance of 
     necessary buildings and appurtenant facilities to which the 
     United States has title; up to $100,000 for payments, at the 
     discretion of the Secretary, for information or evidence 
     concerning violations of laws administered by the Bureau; 
     miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement 
     activities authorized or approved by the Secretary and to be 
     accounted for solely on her certificate, not to exceed 
     $10,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501, the 
     Bureau may, under cooperative cost-sharing and partnership 
     arrangements authorized by law, procure printing services 
     from cooperators in connection with jointly produced 
     publications for which the cooperators share the cost of 
     printing either in cash or in services, and the Bureau 
     determines the cooperator is capable of meeting accepted 
     quality standards.

                United States Fish and Wildlife Service


                          resource management

       For necessary expenses of the United States Fish and 
     Wildlife Service, for scientific and economic studies, 
     conservation, management, investigations, protection, and 
     utilization of fishery and wildlife resources, except whales, 
     seals, and sea lions, maintenance of the herd of long-horned 
     cattle on the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, general 
     administration, and for the performance of other authorized 
     functions related to such resources by direct expenditure, 
     contracts, grants, cooperative agreements and reimbursable 
     agreements with public and private entities, $917,429,000, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2004, except as 
     otherwise provided herein: Provided, That not less than 
     $2,000,000 shall be provided to local governments in southern 
     California for planning associated with the Natural 
     Communities Conservation Planning (NCCP) program and shall 
     remain available until expended: Provided further, That 
     $2,000,000 is for high priority projects which shall be 
     carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps: Provided 
     further, That not to exceed $9,077,000 shall be used for 
     implementing subsections (a), (b), (c), and (e) of section 4 
     of the Endangered Species Act, as amended, for species that 
     are indigenous to the United States (except for processing 
     petitions, developing and issuing proposed and final 
     regulations, and taking any other steps to implement actions 
     described in subsection (c)(2)(A), (c)(2)(B)(i), or 
     (c)(2)(B)(ii)), of which not to exceed $6,000,000 shall be 
     used for any activity regarding the designation of critical 
     habitat, pursuant to subsection (a)(3), excluding litigation 
     support, for species already listed pursuant to subsection 
     (a)(1) as of the date of enactment this Act: Provided 
     further, That of the amount available for law enforcement, up 
     to $400,000 to remain available until expended, may at the 
     discretion of the Secretary, be used for payment for 
     information, rewards, or evidence concerning violations of 
     laws administered by the Service, and miscellaneous and 
     emergency expenses of enforcement activity, authorized or 
     approved by the Secretary and to be accounted for solely on 
     her certificate: Provided further, That of the amount 
     provided for environmental contaminants, up to $1,000,000 may 
     remain available until expended for contaminant sample 
     analyses.


                              construction

       For construction, improvement, acquisition, or removal of 
     buildings and other facilities required in the conservation, 
     management, investigation, protection, and utilization of 
     fishery and wildlife resources, and the acquisition of lands 
     and interests therein; $54,427,000, to remain available until 
     expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision 
     of law, a single procurement for the expansion of the Clark 
     R. Bavin Forensics Laboratory in Oregon may be issued, which 
     includes the full scope of the project: Provided further, 
     That the solicitation and the contract shall contain the 
     clause ``availability of funds'' found at 48 CFR 52.232.18: 
     Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, a single procurement for the construction of the Kodiak 
     National Wildlife Refuge visitor center may be issued which 
     includes the full scope of the project: Provided further, 
     That the solicitation and the contract shall contain the 
     clause ``availability of funds'' found at 48 CFR 52.232.18.

                            land acquisition

       For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and Water 
     Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l-4 
     through 11), including administrative expenses, and for 
     acquisition of land or waters, or interest therein, in 
     accordance with statutory authority applicable to the United 
     States Fish and Wildlife Service, $73,370,000, to be derived 
     from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and to remain 
     available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds 
     appropriated for specific land acquisition projects can be 
     used to pay for any administrative overhead, planning or 
     other management costs.


                      landowner incentive program

                         (including rescission)

       For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and Water 
     Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l-4 
     through 11), including administrative expenses, and for 
     private conservation efforts to be carried out on private 
     lands, $40,000,000, to be derived from the Land and Water 
     Conservation Fund and to remain available until expended: 
     Provided, That the amount provided herein is for a Landowner 
     Incentive Program established by the Secretary that provides 
     matching, competitively awarded grants to States, the 
     District of Columbia, Tribes, Puerto Rico, Guam, the United 
     States Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, and 
     American Samoa, to establish, or supplement existing, 
     landowner incentive programs that provide technical and 
     financial assistance, including habitat protection and 
     restoration, to private landowners for the protection and 
     management of habitat to benefit federally listed, proposed, 
     or candidate species, or other at-risk species on private 
     lands: Provided further, That from unobligated balances of 
     prior year appropriations, an amount of $40,000,000 is 
     rescinded.


                           stewardship grants

                         (including rescission)

       For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and Water 
     Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l-4 
     through 11), including administrative expenses, and for 
     private conservation efforts to be carried out on private 
     lands, $10,000,000, to be derived from the Land and Water 
     Conservation Fund and to remain available until expended: 
     Provided, That the amount provided herein is for the 
     Secretary to establish a Private Stewardship Grants Program 
     to provide grants and other assistance to individuals and 
     groups engaged in private conservation efforts that benefit 
     federally listed, proposed, or candidate species, or other 
     at-risk species: Provided further, That from unobligated 
     balances of prior year appropriations, an amount of 
     $10,000,000 is rescinded.

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            cooperative endangered species conservation fund

       For expenses necessary to carry out section 6 of the 
     Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531-1543), as 
     amended, $81,000,000, of which $29,529,000 is to be derived 
     from the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund and 
     $51,471,000 is to be derived from the Land and Water 
     Conservation Fund and to remain available until expended.


                     national wildlife refuge fund

       For expenses necessary to implement the Act of October 17, 
     1978 (16 U.S.C. 715s), $14,414,000.


               north american wetlands conservation fund

       For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the 
     North American Wetlands Conservation Act, Public Law 101-233, 
     as amended, $38,560,000, to remain available until expended.


                neotropical migratory bird conservation

       For financial assistance for projects to promote the 
     conservation of neotropical migratory birds in accordance 
     with the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act, Public 
     Law 106-247 (16 U.S.C. 6101-6109), $3,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended.


                multinational species conservation fund

       For expenses necessary to carry out the African Elephant 
     Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4201-4203, 4211-4213, 4221-4225, 
     4241-4245, and 1538), the Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 
     1997 (Public Law 105-96; 16 U.S.C. 4261-4266), the Rhinoceros 
     and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 5301-5306), and 
     the Great Ape Conservation Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 6301), 
     $4,800,000, to remain available until expended.


                    state and tribal wildlife grants

       For wildlife conservation grants to States and to the 
     District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the United States 
     Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, 
     and federally recognized Indian tribes under the provisions 
     of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 and the Fish and 
     Wildlife Coordination Act, for the development and 
     implementation of programs for the benefit of wildlife and 
     their habitat, including species that are not hunted or 
     fished, $65,000,000, to be derived from the Land and Water 
     Conservation Fund and to remain available until expended: 
     Provided, That of the amount provided herein, $5,000,000 is 
     for a competitive grant program for Indian tribes not subject 
     to the remaining provisions of this appropriation: Provided 
     further, That the Secretary shall, after deducting said 
     $3,000,000 and administrative expenses, apportion the amount 
     provided herein in the following manner: (A) to the District 
     of Columbia and to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, each a 
     sum equal to not more than one-half of 1 percent thereof: and 
     (B) to Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin 
     Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
     Islands, each a sum equal to not more than one-fourth of 1 
     percent thereof: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
     apportion the remaining amount in the following manner: (A) 
     one-third of which is based on the ratio to which the land 
     area of such State bears to the total land area of all such 
     States; and (B) two-thirds of which is based on the ratio to 
     which the population of such State bears to the total 
     population of all such States: Provided further, That the 
     amounts apportioned under this paragraph shall be adjusted 
     equitably so that no State shall be apportioned a sum which 
     is less than 1 percent of the amount available for 
     apportionment under this paragraph for any fiscal year or 
     more than 5 percent of such amount: Provided further, That 
     the Federal share of planning grants shall not exceed 75 
     percent of the total costs of such projects and the Federal 
     share of implementation grants shall not exceed 50 percent of 
     the total costs of such projects: Provided further, That the 
     non-Federal share of such projects may not be derived from 
     Federal grant programs: Provided further, That no State, 
     territory, or other jurisdiction shall receive a grant unless 
     it has developed, or committed to develop by October 1, 2005, 
     a comprehensive wildlife conservation plan, consistent with 
     criteria established by the Secretary of the Interior, that 
     considers the broad range of the State, territory, or other 
     jurisdiction's wildlife and associated habitats, with 
     appropriate priority placed on those species with the 
     greatest conservation need and taking into consideration the 
     relative level of funding available for the conservation of 
     those species: Provided further, That any amount apportioned 
     in 2003 to any State, territory, or other jurisdiction that 
     remains unobligated as of September 30, 2004, shall be 
     reapportioned, together with funds appropriated in 2005, in 
     the manner provided herein: Provided further, That balances 
     from amounts previously appropriated under the heading 
     ``State Wildlife Grants'' shall be transferred to and merged 
     with this appropriation and shall remain available until 
     expended.


                       administrative provisions

       Appropriations and funds available to the United States 
     Fish and Wildlife Service shall be available for purchase of 
     not to exceed 102 passenger motor vehicles, of which 75 are 
     for replacement only (including 39 for police-type use); 
     repair of damage to public roads within and adjacent to 
     reservation areas caused by operations of the Service; 
     options for the purchase of land at not to exceed $1 for each 
     option; facilities incident to such public recreational uses 
     on conservation areas as are consistent with their primary 
     purpose; and the maintenance and improvement of aquaria, 
     buildings, and other facilities under the jurisdiction of the 
     Service and to which the United States has title, and which 
     are used pursuant to law in connection with management and 
     investigation of fish and wildlife resources: Provided, That 
     notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501, the Service may, under 
     cooperative cost sharing and partnership arrangements 
     authorized by law, procure printing services from cooperators 
     in connection with jointly produced publications for which 
     the cooperators share at least one-half the cost of printing 
     either in cash or services and the Service determines the 
     cooperator is capable of meeting accepted quality standards: 
     Provided further, That the Service may accept donated 
     aircraft as replacements for existing aircraft: Provided 
     further, That the United States Fish and Wildlife Service is 
     authorized to grant $500,000 appropriated in Public Law 107-
     63 for land acquisition to the Narragansett Indian Tribe for 
     acquisition of the Great Salt Pond burial tract: Provided 
     further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     Secretary of the Interior may not spend any of the funds 
     appropriated in this Act for the purchase of lands or 
     interests in lands to be used in the establishment of any new 
     unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System unless the 
     purchase is approved in advance by the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations in compliance with the 
     reprogramming procedures contained in Senate Report 105-56.

                         National Park Service


                 operation of the national park system

       For expenses necessary for the management, operation, and 
     maintenance of areas and facilities administered by the 
     National Park Service (including special road maintenance 
     service to trucking permittees on a reimbursable basis), and 
     for the general administration of the National Park Service, 
     $1,565,565,000, of which $10,878,000 for planning and 
     interagency coordination in support of Everglades restoration 
     shall remain available until expended; of which $85,280,000, 
     to remain available until September 30, 2004, is for 
     maintenance repair or rehabilitation projects for 
     constructed assets, operation of the National Park Service 
     automated facility management software system, and 
     comprehensive facility condition assessments; and of which 
     $2,000,000 is for the Youth Conservation Corps for high 
     priority projects: Provided, That the only funds in this 
     account which may be made available to support United 
     States Park Police are those funds approved for emergency 
     law and order incidents pursuant to established National 
     Park Service procedures, those funds needed to maintain 
     and repair United States Park Police administrative 
     facilities, and those funds necessary to reimburse the 
     United States Park Police account for the unbudgeted 
     overtime and travel costs associated with special events 
     for an amount not to exceed $10,000 per event subject to 
     the review and concurrence of the Washington headquarters 
     office.


                       United States Park Police

       For expenses necessary to carry out the programs of the 
     United States Park Police, $78,431,000.


                  national recreation and preservation

       For expenses necessary to carry out recreation programs, 
     natural programs, cultural programs, heritage partnership 
     programs, environmental compliance and review, international 
     park affairs, statutory or contractual aid for other 
     activities, and grant administration, not otherwise provided 
     for, $61,667,000.


                     urban park and recreation fund

       For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the 
     Urban Park and Recreation Recovery Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 
     2501 et seq.), $300,000, to remain available until expended.


                       historic preservation fund

       For expenses necessary in carrying out the Historic 
     Preservation Act of 1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470), and the 
     Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 (Public 
     Law 104-333), $69,000,000, to be derived from the Historic 
     Preservation Fund, to remain available until September 30, 
     2004: Provided, That, of the amount provided herein, 
     $2,000,000, to remain available until expended, is for a 
     grant for the perpetual care and maintenance of National 
     Trust Historic Sites, as authorized under 16 U.S.C. 
     470a(e)(2), to be made available in full upon signing of a 
     grant agreement: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any 
     other provision of law, these funds shall be available for 
     investment with the proceeds to be used for the same purpose 
     as set out herein: Provided further, That of the total amount 
     provided, $30,000,000 shall be for Save America's Treasures 
     for priority preservation projects, of nationally significant 
     sites, structures, and artifacts: Provided further, That any 
     individual Save America's Treasures grant shall be matched by 
     non-Federal funds: Provided further, That individual projects 
     shall only be eligible for one grant, and all projects to be 
     funded shall be approved by the House and Senate Committees 
     on Appropriations and the Secretary of the Interior in 
     consultation with the President's Committee on the Arts and 
     Humanities prior to the commitment of grant funds: Provided 
     further, That Save America's Treasures funds allocated for 
     Federal projects shall be available by transfer to 
     appropriate accounts of individual agencies, after approval 
     of such projects by the Secretary of the Interior, in 
     consultation with the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations and the President's Committee on the Arts and 
     Humanities.


                              construction

       For construction, improvements, repair or replacement of 
     physical facilities, including the modifications authorized 
     by section 104 of the Everglades National Park Protection and 
     Expansion Act of 1989, $327,843,000, to remain available 
     until expended, of which $1,800,000 for the Virginia City 
     Historic District and $500,000 for the Fort Osage National 
     Historic Landmark shall be derived from the Historic 
     Preservation Fund pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 470a, of which not to 
     exceed $3,000,000 is for site acquisition for the proposed 
     Morris Thompson Cultural and Visitors Center, to be made 
     available to the Tanana Chiefs Conference under an Annual 
     Funding

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     Agreement through the Indian Self-Determination and Education 
     Assistance Act, and of which $400,000 is for the Alice 
     Ferguson Foundation for facility upgrade and rehabilitation 
     at the Hard Bargain Farm: Provided, That none of the funds in 
     this or any other Act, may be used to pay the salaries and 
     expenses of more than 160 Full Time Equivalent personnel 
     working for the National Park Service's Denver Service Center 
     funded under the construction program management and 
     operations activity: Provided further, That none of the funds 
     provided in this or any other Act may be used to pre-design, 
     plan, or construct any new facility (including visitor 
     centers, curatorial facilities, administrative buildings), 
     for which appropriations have not been specifically provided 
     if the net construction cost of such facility is in excess of 
     $5,000,000, without prior approval of the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That this 
     restriction applies to all funds available to the National 
     Park Service, including partnership and fee demonstration 
     projects: Provided further, That the National Park Service 
     may transfer to the City of Carlsbad, New Mexico, funds for 
     the construction of the National Cave and Karst Research 
     Institute to be built and operated in accordance with 
     provisions in Public Law 105-325 and all other applicable 
     laws and regulations. Title to the Institute will be held by 
     the City of Carlsbad.


                    land and water conservation fund

                              (rescission)

       The contract authority provided for fiscal year 2003 by 16 
     U.S.C. 460l-10a is rescinded.


                 land acquisition and state assistance

       For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and Water 
     Conservation Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l-4 
     through 11), including administrative expenses, and for 
     acquisition of lands or waters, or interest therein, in 
     accordance with the statutory authority applicable to the 
     National Park Service, $172,468,000, to be derived from the 
     Land and Water Conservation Fund and to remain available 
     until expended, of which $98,000,000 is for the State 
     assistance program including $3,000,000 to administer the 
     State assistance program: Provided, That of the amounts 
     provided under this heading, $15,000,000 may be for Federal 
     grants, including Federal administrative expenses, to the 
     State of Florida for the acquisition of lands or waters, or 
     interests therein, within the Everglades watershed 
     (consisting of lands and waters within the boundaries of 
     the South Florida Water Management District, Florida Bay 
     and the Florida Keys, including the areas known as the 
     Frog Pond, the Rocky Glades and the Eight and One-Half 
     Square Mile Area) under terms and conditions deemed 
     necessary by the Secretary to improve and restore the 
     hydrological function of the Everglades watershed: 
     Provided further, That funds provided under this heading 
     for assistance to the State of Florida to acquire lands 
     within the Everglades watershed are contingent upon new 
     matching non-Federal funds by the State, or are matched by 
     the State pursuant to the cost-sharing provisions of 
     section 316(b) of Public Law 104-303, and shall be subject 
     to an agreement that the lands to be acquired will be 
     managed in perpetuity for the restoration of the 
     Everglades: Provided further, That none of the funds 
     provided for the State Assistance program may be used to 
     establish a contingency fund.


                       administrative provisions

       Appropriations for the National Park Service shall be 
     available for the purchase of not to exceed 301 passenger 
     motor vehicles, of which 273 shall be for replacement only, 
     including not to exceed 226 for police-type use, 10 buses, 
     and 8 ambulances: Provided, That none of the funds 
     appropriated to the National Park Service may be used to 
     process any grant or contract documents which do not include 
     the text of 18 U.S.C. 1913: Provided further, That none of 
     the funds appropriated to the National Park Service may be 
     used to implement an agreement for the redevelopment of the 
     southern end of Ellis Island until such agreement has been 
     submitted to the Congress and shall not be implemented prior 
     to the expiration of 30 calendar days (not including any day 
     in which either House of Congress is not in session because 
     of adjournment of more than 3 calendar days to a day certain) 
     from the receipt by the Speaker of the House of 
     Representatives and the President of the Senate of a full and 
     comprehensive report on the development of the southern end 
     of Ellis Island, including the facts and circumstances relied 
     upon in support of the proposed project.
       None of the funds in this Act may be spent by the National 
     Park Service for activities taken in direct response to the 
     United Nations Biodiversity Convention.
       The National Park Service may distribute to operating units 
     based on the safety record of each unit the costs of programs 
     designed to improve workplace and employee safety, and to 
     encourage employees receiving workers' compensation benefits 
     pursuant to chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, to 
     return to appropriate positions for which they are medically 
     able.
       Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in fiscal year 
     2003 and thereafter, sums provided to the National Park 
     Service by private entities for utility services shall be 
     credited to the appropriate account and remain available 
     until expended: Provided, That heretofore and hereafter, in 
     carrying out the work under reimbursable agreements with any 
     State, local or tribal government, the National Park Service 
     may, without regard to 31 U.S.C. 1341 or any other provision 
     of law or regulation, record obligations against accounts 
     receivable from such entities, and shall credit amounts 
     received from such entities to the appropriate account, such 
     credit to occur within 90 days of the date of the original 
     request by the National Park Service for payment.

                    United States Geological Survey


                 surveys, investigations, and research

       For expenses necessary for the United States Geological 
     Survey to perform surveys, investigations, and research 
     covering topography, geology, hydrology, biology, and the 
     mineral and water resources of the United States, its 
     territories and possessions, and other areas as authorized by 
     43 U.S.C. 31, 1332, and 1340; classify lands as to their 
     mineral and water resources; give engineering supervision to 
     power permittees and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
     licensees; administer the minerals exploration program (30 
     U.S.C. 641); and publish and disseminate data relative to the 
     foregoing activities; and to conduct inquiries into the 
     economic conditions affecting mining and materials processing 
     industries (30 U.S.C. 3, 21a, and 1603; 50 U.S.C. 98g(1)) and 
     related purposes as authorized by law and to publish and 
     disseminate data; $925,287,000, of which $64,855,000 shall be 
     available only for cooperation with States or municipalities 
     for water resources investigations; and of which $15,499,000 
     shall remain available until expended for conducting 
     inquiries into the economic conditions affecting mining and 
     materials processing industries; and of which $8,000,000 
     shall remain available until expended for satellite 
     operations; and of which $24,623,000 shall be available until 
     September 30, 2004, for the operation and maintenance of 
     facilities and deferred maintenance; and of which 
     $170,926,000 shall be available until September 30, 2004, for 
     the biological research activity and the operation of the 
     Cooperative Research Units: Provided, That none of these 
     funds provided for the biological research activity shall be 
     used to conduct new surveys on private property, unless 
     specifically authorized in writing by the property owner: 
     Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be 
     used to pay more than one-half the cost of topographic 
     mapping or water resources data collection and investigations 
     carried on in cooperation with States and municipalities.


                       administrative provisions

       The amount appropriated for the United States Geological 
     Survey shall be available for the purchase of not to exceed 
     53 passenger motor vehicles, of which 48 are for replacement 
     only; reimbursement to the General Services Administration 
     for security guard services; contracting for the furnishing 
     of topographic maps and for the making of geophysical or 
     other specialized surveys when it is administratively 
     determined that such procedures are in the public interest; 
     construction and maintenance of necessary buildings and 
     appurtenant facilities; acquisition of lands for gauging 
     stations and observation wells; expenses of the United States 
     National Committee on Geology; and payment of compensation 
     and expenses of persons on the rolls of the Survey duly 
     appointed to represent the United States in the negotiation 
     and administration of interstate compacts: Provided, That 
     activities funded by appropriations herein made may be 
     accomplished through the use of contracts, grants, or 
     cooperative agreements as defined in 31 U.S.C. 6302 et seq.: 
     Provided further, That notwithstanding the provisions of the 
     Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreement Act of 1977 (31 
     U.S.C. 6301-6308), the U.S. Geological Survey is authorized 
     to continue existing, and hereafter, to enter into new 
     cooperative agreements directed towards a particular 
     cooperator, in support of joint research and data 
     collection activities with Federal, State, and academic 
     partners funded by appropriations herein, including those 
     that provide for space in cooperator facilities.

                      Minerals Management Service

                royalty and offshore minerals management

       For expenses necessary for minerals leasing and 
     environmental studies, regulation of industry operations, and 
     collection of royalties, as authorized by law; for enforcing 
     laws and regulations applicable to oil, gas, and other 
     minerals leases, permits, licenses and operating contracts; 
     and for matching grants or cooperative agreements; including 
     the purchase of not to exceed eight passenger motor vehicles 
     for replacement only, $165,321,000, of which $83,284,000, 
     shall be available for royalty management activities; and an 
     amount not to exceed $100,230,000, to be credited to this 
     appropriation and to remain available until expended, from 
     additions to receipts resulting from increases to rates in 
     effect on August 5, 1993, from rate increases to fee 
     collections for Outer Continental Shelf administrative 
     activities performed by the Minerals Management Service over 
     and above the rates in effect on September 30, 1993, and from 
     additional fees for Outer Continental Shelf administrative 
     activities established after September 30, 1993: Provided, 
     That to the extent $100,230,000 in additions to receipts are 
     not realized from the sources of receipts stated above, the 
     amount needed to reach $100,230,000 shall be credited to this 
     appropriation from receipts resulting from rental rates for 
     Outer Continental Shelf leases in effect before August 5, 
     1993: Provided further, That $3,000,000 for computer 
     acquisitions shall remain available until September 30, 2004: 
     Provided further, That funds appropriated under this Act 
     shall be available for the payment of interest in accordance 
     with 30 U.S.C. 1721(b) and (d): Provided further, That not to 
     exceed $3,000 shall be available for reasonable expenses 
     related to promoting volunteer beach and marine cleanup 
     activities: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, $15,000 under this heading shall be 
     available for refunds of overpayments in connection with 
     certain Indian leases in which the Director of the Minerals 
     Management Service (MMS) concurred with the claimed refund 
     due, to pay amounts owed to Indian allottees or tribes, or to 
     correct

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     prior unrecoverable erroneous payments: Provided further, 
     That MMS may under the royalty-in-kind pilot program, or 
     under its authority to transfer oil to the Strategic 
     Petroleum Reserve, use a portion of the revenues from 
     royalty-in-kind sales, without regard to fiscal year 
     limitation, to pay for transportation to wholesale market 
     centers or upstream pooling points, to process or otherwise 
     dispose of royalty production taken in kind, and to recover 
     MMS transportation costs, salaries, and other administrative 
     costs directly related to filling the Strategic Petroleum 
     Reserve: Provided further, That MMS shall analyze and 
     document the expected return in advance of any royalty-in-
     kind sales to assure to the maximum extent practicable that 
     royalty income under the pilot program is equal to or greater 
     than royalty income recognized under a comparable royalty-in-
     value program.


                           oil spill research

       For necessary expenses to carry out title I, section 1016, 
     title IV, sections 4202 and 4303, title VII, and title VIII, 
     section 8201 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $6,105,000, 
     which shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust 
     Fund, to remain available until expended.

          Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement


                       regulation and technology

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the 
     Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Public 
     Law 95-87, as amended, including the purchase of not to 
     exceed 10 passenger motor vehicles, for replacement only; 
     $105,092,000: Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior, 
     pursuant to regulations, may use directly or through grants 
     to States, moneys collected in fiscal year 2003 for civil 
     penalties assessed under section 518 of the Surface Mining 
     Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1268), to 
     reclaim lands adversely affected by coal mining practices 
     after August 3, 1977, to remain available until expended: 
     Provided further, That appropriations for the Office of 
     Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement may provide for 
     the travel and per diem expenses of State and tribal 
     personnel attending Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and 
     Enforcement sponsored training.


                    abandoned mine reclamation fund

       For necessary expenses to carry out title IV of the Surface 
     Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Public Law 95-87, 
     as amended, including the purchase of not more than 10 
     passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, $191,745,000, 
     to be derived from receipts of the Abandoned Mine Reclamation 
     Fund and to remain available until expended; of which up to 
     $10,000,000, to be derived from the Federal Expenses Share of 
     the Fund, shall be for supplemental grants to States for the 
     reclamation of abandoned sites with acid mine rock drainage 
     from coal mines, and for associated activities, through the 
     Appalachian Clean Streams Initiative: Provided, That grants 
     to minimum program States will be $1,500,000 per State in 
     fiscal year 2003: Provided further, That of the funds herein 
     provided up to $18,000,000 may be used for the emergency 
     program authorized by section 410 of Public Law 95-87, as 
     amended, of which no more than 25 percent shall be used for 
     emergency reclamation projects in any one State and funds for 
     federally administered emergency reclamation projects under 
     this proviso shall not exceed $11,000,000: Provided further, 
     That prior year unobligated funds appropriated for the 
     emergency reclamation program shall not be subject to the 25 
     percent limitation per State and may be used without fiscal 
     year limitation for emergency projects: Provided further, 
     That pursuant to Public Law 97-365, the Department of the 
     Interior is authorized to use up to 20 percent from the 
     recovery of the delinquent debt owed to the United States 
     Government to pay for contracts to collect these debts: 
     Provided further, That funds made available under title IV of 
     Public Law 95-87 may be used for any required non-Federal 
     share of the cost of projects funded by the Federal 
     Government for the purpose of environmental restoration 
     related to treatment or abatement of acid mine drainage from 
     abandoned mines: Provided further, That such projects must be 
     consistent with the purposes and priorities of the Surface 
     Mining Control and Reclamation Act: Provided further, That 
     the State of Maryland may set aside the greater of $1,000,000 
     or 10 percent of the total of the grants made available to 
     the State under title IV of the Surface Mining Control and 
     Reclamation Act of 1977, as amended (30 U.S.C. 1231 et 
     seq.), if the amount set aside is deposited in an acid 
     mine drainage abatement and treatment fund established 
     under a State law, pursuant to which law the amount 
     (together with all interest earned on the amount) is 
     expended by the State to undertake acid mine drainage 
     abatement and treatment projects, except that before any 
     amounts greater than 10 percent of its title IV grants are 
     deposited in an acid mine drainage abatement and treatment 
     fund, the State of Maryland must first complete all 
     Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act priority one 
     projects.

                        Bureau of Indian Affairs


                      operation of indian programs

       For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian 
     programs, as authorized by law, including the Snyder Act of 
     November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), the Indian Self-
     Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 
     450 et seq.), as amended, the Education Amendments of 1978 
     (25 U.S.C. 2001-2019), and the Tribally Controlled Schools 
     Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), as amended, 
     $1,857,319,000, to remain available until September 30, 2004 
     except as otherwise provided herein, of which not to exceed 
     $87,857,000 shall be for welfare assistance payments and 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, including but not 
     limited to the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975, as 
     amended, not to exceed $133,209,000 shall be available for 
     payments to tribes and tribal organizations for contract 
     support costs associated with ongoing contracts, grants, 
     compacts, or annual funding agreements entered into with the 
     Bureau prior to or during fiscal year 2003, as authorized by 
     such Act, except that tribes and tribal organizations may use 
     their tribal priority allocations for unmet indirect costs of 
     ongoing contracts, grants, or compacts, or annual funding 
     agreements and for unmet welfare assistance costs; and up to 
     $2,000,000 shall be for the Indian Self-Determination Fund 
     which shall be available for the transitional cost of initial 
     or expanded tribal contracts, grants, compacts or cooperative 
     agreements with the Bureau under such Act; and of which not 
     to exceed $447,985,000 for school operations costs of Bureau-
     funded schools and other education programs shall become 
     available on July 1, 2003, and shall remain available until 
     September 30, 2004; and of which not to exceed $57,686,000 
     shall remain available until expended for housing 
     improvement, road maintenance, attorney fees, litigation 
     support, the Indian Self-Determination Fund, land records 
     improvement, and the Navajo-Hopi Settlement Program: 
     Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     including but not limited to the Indian Self-Determination 
     Act of 1975, as amended, and 25 U.S.C. 2008, not to exceed 
     $45,065,000 within and only from such amounts made available 
     for school operations shall be available to tribes and tribal 
     organizations for administrative cost grants associated with 
     the operation of Bureau-funded schools: Provided further, 
     That any forestry funds allocated to a tribe which remain 
     unobligated as of September 30, 2004, may be transferred 
     during fiscal year 2005 to an Indian forest land assistance 
     account established for the benefit of such tribe within the 
     tribe's trust fund account: Provided further, That any such 
     unobligated balances not so transferred shall expire on 
     September 30, 2005: Provided further, That ISEP contingency 
     funds may be used to cover expenses for negotiated rulemaking 
     required by Public Law 107-110.


                              construction

       For construction, repair, improvement, and maintenance of 
     irrigation and power systems, buildings, utilities, and other 
     facilities, including architectural and engineering services 
     by contract; acquisition of lands, and interests in lands; 
     and preparation of lands for farming, and for construction of 
     the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project pursuant to Public Law 
     87-483, $348,252,000, to remain available until expended: 
     Provided, That such amounts as may be available for the 
     construction of the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project may be 
     transferred to the Bureau of Reclamation: Provided further, 
     That not to exceed 6 percent of contract authority available 
     to the Bureau of Indian Affairs from the Federal Highway 
     Trust Fund may be used to cover the road program management 
     costs of the Bureau: Provided further, That any funds 
     provided for the Safety of Dams program pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 
     13 shall be made available on a nonreimbursable basis: 
     Provided further, That for fiscal year 2003, in implementing 
     new construction or facilities improvement and repair project 
     grants in excess of $100,000 that are provided to tribally 
     controlled grant schools under Public Law 100-297, as 
     amended, the Secretary of the Interior shall use the 
     Administrative and Audit Requirements and Cost Principles for 
     Assistance Programs contained in 43 CFR part 12 as the 
     regulatory requirements: Provided further, That such grants 
     shall not be subject to section 12.61 of 43 CFR; the 
     Secretary and the grantee shall negotiate and determine a 
     schedule of payments for the work to be performed: Provided 
     further, That in considering applications, the Secretary 
     shall consider whether the Indian tribe or tribal 
     organization would be deficient in assuring that the 
     construction projects conform to applicable building 
     standards and codes and Federal, tribal, or State health and 
     safety standards as required by 25 U.S.C. 2005(a), with 
     respect to organizational and financial management 
     capabilities: Provided further, That if the Secretary 
     declines an application, the Secretary shall follow the 
     requirements contained in 25 U.S.C. 2505(f): Provided 
     further, That any disputes between the Secretary and any 
     grantee concerning a grant shall be subject to the disputes 
     provision in 25 U.S.C. 2508(e).


 indian land and water claim settlements and miscellaneous payments to 
                                indians

       For miscellaneous payments to Indian tribes and individuals 
     and for necessary administrative expenses, $60,949,000, to 
     remain available until expended; of which $24,870,000 shall 
     be available for implementation of enacted Indian land and 
     water claim settlements pursuant to Public Laws 101-618 and 
     102-575, and for implementation of other enacted water rights 
     settlements; of which $5,068,000 shall be available for 
     future water supplies facilities under Public Law 106-163; 
     and of which $31,011,000 shall be available pursuant to 
     Public Laws 99-264, 100-580, 106-263, 106-425, and 106-554: 
     Provided, That of the amount provided for implementation of 
     Public Law 106-263, $3,000,000 for a water rights and habitat 
     acquisition program shall be derived from the Land and Water 
     Conservation Fund.


                 indian guaranteed loan program account

       For the cost of guaranteed and insured loans, $5,000,000, 
     as authorized by the Indian Financing 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: Provided further, That 
     these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, 
     any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed 
     $72,464,000.
       In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
     guaranteed and insured loan programs, $493,000.

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                       administrative provisions

       The Bureau of Indian Affairs may carry out the operation of 
     Indian programs by direct expenditure, contracts, cooperative 
     agreements, compacts and grants, either directly or in 
     cooperation with States and other organizations.
       Notwithstanding 25 U.S.C. 15, the Bureau of Indian Affairs 
     may contract for services in support of the management, 
     operation, and maintenance of the Power Division of the San 
     Carlos Irrigation Project.
       Appropriations for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (except the 
     revolving fund for loans, the Indian loan guarantee and 
     insurance fund, and the Indian Guaranteed Loan Program 
     account) shall be available for expenses of exhibits, and 
     purchase of not to exceed 229 passenger motor vehicles, of 
     which not to exceed 187 shall be for replacement only.
       Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 
     available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for central office 
     operations, pooled overhead general administration (except 
     facilities operations and maintenance), or provided to 
     implement the recommendations of the National Academy of 
     Public Administration's August 1999 report shall be available 
     for tribal contracts, grants, compacts, or cooperative 
     agreements with the Bureau of Indian Affairs under the 
     provisions of the Indian Self-Determination Act or the Tribal 
     Self-Governance Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-413).
       In the event any tribe returns appropriations made 
     available by this Act to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for 
     distribution to other tribes, this action shall not diminish 
     the Federal Government's trust responsibility to that tribe, 
     or the government-to-government relationship between the 
     United States and that tribe, or that tribe's ability to 
     access future appropriations.
       Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 
     available to the Bureau, other than the amounts provided 
     herein for assistance to public schools under 25 U.S.C. 452 
     et seq., shall be available to support the operation of any 
     elementary or secondary school in the State of Alaska.
       Appropriations made available in this or any other Act for 
     schools funded by the Bureau shall be available only to the 
     schools in the Bureau school system as of September 1, 1996. 
     No funds available to the Bureau shall be used to support 
     expanded grades for any school or dormitory beyond the grade 
     structure in place or approved by the Secretary of the 
     Interior at each school in the Bureau school system as of 
     October 1, 1995. Funds made available under this Act may not 
     be used to establish a charter school at a Bureau-funded 
     school (as that term is defined in section 1146 of the 
     Education Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2026)), except that a 
     charter school that is in existence on the date of the 
     enactment of this Act and that has operated at a Bureau-
     funded school before September 1, 1999, may continue to 
     operate during that period, but only if the charter school 
     pays to the Bureau a pro rata share of funds to reimburse the 
     Bureau for the use of the real and personal property 
     (including buses and vans), the funds of the charter school 
     are kept separate and apart from Bureau funds, and the Bureau 
     does not assume any obligation for charter school programs of 
     the State in which the school is located if the charter 
     school loses such funding. Employees of Bureau-funded schools 
     sharing a campus with a charter school and performing 
     functions related to the charter school's operation and 
     employees of a charter school shall not be treated as Federal 
     employees for purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, United 
     States Code (commonly known as the ``Federal Tort Claims 
     Act'').

                          Departmental Offices

                            Insular Affairs


                       assistance to territories

       For expenses necessary for assistance to territories under 
     the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior, 
     $76,217,000, of which: (1) $70,922,000 shall be available 
     until expended for technical assistance, including 
     maintenance assistance, disaster assistance, insular 
     management controls, coral reef initiative activities, and 
     brown tree snake control and research; grants to the 
     judiciary in American Samoa for compensation and expenses, as 
     authorized by law (48 U.S.C. 1661(c)); grants to the 
     Government of American Samoa, in addition to current local 
     revenues, for construction and support of governmental 
     functions; grants to the Government of the Virgin Islands as 
     authorized by law; grants to the Government of Guam, as 
     authorized by law; and grants to the Government of the 
     Northern Mariana Islands as authorized by law (Public Law 94-
     241; 90 Stat. 272); and (2) $5,295,000 shall be available for 
     salaries and expenses of the Office of Insular Affairs: 
     Provided, That all financial transactions of the territorial 
     and local governments herein provided for, including such 
     transactions of all agencies or instrumentalities established 
     or used by such governments, may be audited by the General 
     Accounting Office, at its discretion, in accordance with 
     chapter 35 of title 31, United States Code: Provided further, 
     That Northern Mariana Islands Covenant grant funding shall be 
     provided according to those terms of the Agreement of the 
     Special Representatives on Future United States Financial 
     Assistance for the Northern Mariana Islands approved by 
     Public Law 104-134: Provided further, That of the amounts 
     provided for technical assistance, sufficient funding shall 
     be made available for a grant to the Close Up Foundation: 
     Provided further, That the funds for the program of 
     operations and maintenance improvement are appropriated to 
     institutionalize routine operations and maintenance 
     improvement of capital infrastructure with territorial 
     participation and cost sharing to be determined by the 
     Secretary based on the grantee's commitment to timely 
     maintenance of its capital assets: Provided further, That any 
     appropriation for disaster assistance under this heading in 
     this Act or previous appropriations Acts may be used as non-
     Federal matching funds for the purpose of hazard mitigation 
     grants provided pursuant to section 404 of the Robert 
     T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 5170c).

                      compact of free association

       For economic assistance and necessary expenses for the 
     Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the 
     Marshall Islands as provided for in sections 122, 221, 223, 
     232, and 233 of the Compact of Free Association, and for 
     economic assistance and necessary expenses for the Republic 
     of Palau as provided for in sections 122, 221, 223, 232, and 
     233 of the Compact of Free Association, $20,985,000, to 
     remain available until expended, as authorized by Public Law 
     99-239 and Public Law 99-658.

                        Departmental Management


                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses for management of the Department of 
     the Interior, $72,427,000, of which not to exceed $8,500 may 
     be for official reception and representation expenses, and of 
     which up to $1,000,000 shall be available for workers 
     compensation payments and unemployment compensation payments 
     associated with the orderly closure of the United States 
     Bureau of Mines.

                        Office of the Solicitor


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor, 
     $47,773,000.

                      Office of Inspector General


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, 
     $36,239,000, of which $3,812,000 shall be for procurement by 
     contract of independent auditing services to audit the 
     consolidated Department of the Interior annual financial 
     statement and the annual financial statement of the 
     Department of the Interior bureaus and offices funded in this 
     Act.

             Office of Special Trustee for American Indians


                         federal trust programs

       For operation of trust programs for Indians by direct 
     expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, compacts, and 
     grants, $141,277,000, to remain available until expended, of 
     which $15,000,000 is for historical accounting: Provided, 
     That funds for trust management improvements may be 
     transferred, as needed, to the Bureau of Indian Affairs 
     ``Operation of Indian Programs'' account and to the 
     Departmental Management ``Salaries and Expenses'' account: 
     Provided further, That funds made available to Tribes and 
     Tribal organizations through contracts or grants obligated 
     during fiscal year 2003, as authorized by the Indian Self-
     Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.), shall 
     remain available until expended by the contractor or grantee: 
     Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, the statute of limitations shall not commence to run on 
     any claim, including any claim in litigation pending on the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, concerning losses to or 
     mismanagement of trust funds, until the affected tribe or 
     individual Indian has been furnished with an accounting of 
     such funds from which the beneficiary can determine whether 
     there has been a loss: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
     any other provision of law, the Secretary shall not be 
     required to provide a quarterly statement of performance for 
     any Indian trust account that has not had activity for at 
     least 18 months and has a balance of $1.00 or less: Provided 
     further, That the Secretary shall issue an annual account 
     statement and maintain a record of any such accounts and 
     shall permit the balance in each such account to be withdrawn 
     upon the express written request of the account holder: 
     Provided further, That not to exceed $50,000 is available for 
     the Secretary to make payments to correct administrative 
     errors of either disbursements from or deposits to Individual 
     Indian Money or Tribal accounts after September 30, 2002: 
     Provided further, That erroneous payments that are recovered 
     shall be credited to this account.


                       indian land consolidation

       For consolidation of fractional interests in Indian lands 
     and expenses associated with redetermining and redistributing 
     escheated interests in allotted lands, and for necessary 
     expenses to carry out the Indian Land Consolidation Act of 
     1983, as amended, by direct expenditure or cooperative 
     agreement, $7,980,000, to remain available until expended and 
     which may be transferred to the Bureau of Indian Affairs and 
     Departmental Management.

           Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration


                natural resource damage assessment fund

       To conduct natural resource damage assessment and 
     restoration activities by the Department of the Interior 
     necessary to carry out the provisions of the Comprehensive 
     Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as 
     amended (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), Federal Water Pollution 
     Control Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), the Oil 
     Pollution Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-380) (33 U.S.C. 2701 et 
     seq.), and Public Law 101-337, as amended (16 U.S.C. 19jj et 
     seq.), $5,538,000, to remain available until expended.


                       administrative provisions

       There is hereby authorized for acquisition from available 
     resources within the Working Capital Fund, 15 aircraft, 10 of 
     which shall be for replacement and which may be obtained by 
     donation, purchase or through available excess surplus 
     property: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision 
     of law, existing aircraft being replaced may be sold, with 
     proceeds derived or trade-in value used to offset the

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     purchase price for the replacement aircraft: Provided 
     further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     Office of Aircraft Services shall transfer to the Sheriff's 
     Office, Kane County, Utah, without restriction, a Cessna 
     U206G, identification number N211S, serial number 20606916, 
     for the purpose of facilitating more efficient law 
     enforcement activities at Glen Canyon National Recreation 
     Area and the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument: 
     Provided further, That no programs funded with appropriated 
     funds in the ``Departmental Management'', ``Office of the 
     Solicitor'', and ``Office of Inspector General'' may be 
     augmented through the Working Capital Fund or the 
     Consolidated Working Fund.

             GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

       Sec. 101. Appropriations made in this title shall be 
     available for expenditure or transfer (within each bureau or 
     office), with the approval of the Secretary, for the 
     emergency reconstruction, replacement, or repair of aircraft, 
     buildings, utilities, or other facilities or equipment 
     damaged or destroyed by fire, flood, storm, or other 
     unavoidable causes: Provided, That no funds shall be made 
     available under this authority until funds specifically made 
     available to the Department of the Interior for emergencies 
     shall have been exhausted: Provided further, That all funds 
     used pursuant to this section are hereby designated by 
     Congress to be ``emergency requirements'' pursuant to 
     section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
     Deficit Control Act of 1985, and must be replenished by a 
     supplemental appropriation which must be requested as 
     promptly as possible.
       Sec. 102. The Secretary may authorize the expenditure or 
     transfer of any no year appropriation in this title, in 
     addition to the amounts included in the budget programs of 
     the several agencies, for the suppression or emergency 
     prevention of wildland fires on or threatening lands under 
     the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior; for the 
     emergency rehabilitation of burned-over lands under its 
     jurisdiction; for emergency actions related to potential or 
     actual earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, storms, or other 
     unavoidable causes; for contingency planning subsequent to 
     actual oil spills; for response and natural resource damage 
     assessment activities related to actual oil spills; for the 
     prevention, suppression, and control of actual or potential 
     grasshopper and Mormon cricket outbreaks on lands under the 
     jurisdiction of the Secretary, pursuant to the authority in 
     section 1773(b) of Public Law 99-198 (99 Stat. 1658); for 
     emergency reclamation projects under section 410 of Public 
     Law 95-87; and shall transfer, from any no year funds 
     available to the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and 
     Enforcement, such funds as may be necessary to permit 
     assumption of regulatory authority in the event a primacy 
     State is not carrying out the regulatory provisions of the 
     Surface Mining Act: Provided, That appropriations made in 
     this title for wildland fire operations shall be available 
     for the payment of obligations incurred during the preceding 
     fiscal year, and for reimbursement to other Federal agencies 
     for destruction of vehicles, aircraft, or other equipment in 
     connection with their use for wildland fire operations, such 
     reimbursement to be credited to appropriations currently 
     available at the time of receipt thereof: Provided further, 
     That for wildland fire operations, no funds shall be made 
     available under this authority until the Secretary determines 
     that funds appropriated for ``wildland fire operations'' 
     shall be exhausted within 30 days: Provided further, That all 
     funds used pursuant to this section are hereby designated by 
     Congress to be ``emergency requirements'' pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985, and must be replenished by a 
     supplemental appropriation which must be requested as 
     promptly as possible: Provided further, That such 
     replenishment funds shall be used to reimburse, on a pro rata 
     basis, accounts from which emergency funds were transferred.
       Sec. 103. Appropriations made in this title shall be 
     available for operation of warehouses, garages, shops, and 
     similar facilities, wherever consolidation of activities will 
     contribute to efficiency or economy, and said appropriations 
     shall be reimbursed for services rendered to any other 
     activity in the same manner as authorized by sections 1535 
     and 1536 of title 31, United States Code: Provided, That 
     reimbursements for costs and supplies, materials, equipment, 
     and for services rendered may be credited to the 
     appropriation current at the time such reimbursements are 
     received.
       Sec. 104. Appropriations made to the Department of the 
     Interior in this title shall be available for services as 
     authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, when authorized by the 
     Secretary, in total amount not to exceed $500,000; hire, 
     maintenance, and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger 
     motor vehicles; purchase of reprints; payment for telephone 
     service in private residences in the field, when authorized 
     under regulations approved by the Secretary; and the payment 
     of dues, when authorized by the Secretary, for library 
     membership in societies or associations which issue 
     publications to members only or at a price to members lower 
     than to subscribers who are not members.
       Sec. 105. Appropriations available to the Department of the 
     Interior for salaries and expenses shall be available for 
     uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 
     U.S.C. 5901-5902 and D.C. Code 4-204).
       Sec. 106. Annual appropriations made in this title shall be 
     available for obligation in connection with contracts issued 
     for services or rentals for periods not in excess of 12 
     months beginning at any time during the fiscal year.
       Sec. 107. No funds provided in this title may be expended 
     by the Department of the Interior for the conduct of offshore 
     preleasing, leasing and related activities placed under 
     restriction in the President's moratorium statement of June 
     12, 1998, in the areas of northern, central, and southern 
     California; the North Atlantic; Washington and Oregon; and 
     the eastern Gulf of Mexico south of 26 degrees north latitude 
     and east of 86 degrees west longitude.
       Sec. 108. No funds provided in this title may be expended 
     by the Department of the Interior for the conduct of offshore 
     oil and natural gas preleasing, leasing, and related 
     activities, on lands within the North Aleutian Basin planning 
     area.
       Sec. 109. No funds provided in this title may be expended 
     by the Department of the Interior to conduct offshore oil and 
     natural gas preleasing, leasing and related activities in the 
     eastern Gulf of Mexico planning area for any lands located 
     outside Sale 181, as identified in the final Outer 
     Continental Shelf 5-Year Oil and Gas Leasing Program, 1997-
     2002.
       Sec. 110. No funds provided in this title may be expended 
     by the Department of the Interior to conduct oil and natural 
     gas preleasing, leasing and related activities in the Mid-
     Atlantic and South Atlantic planning areas.
       Sec. 111. Advance payments made under this title to Indian 
     tribes, tribal organizations, and tribal consortia pursuant 
     to the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act 
     (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.) or the Tribally Controlled Schools 
     Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.) may be invested by the 
     Indian tribe, tribal organization, or consortium before such 
     funds are expended for the purposes of the grant, compact, or 
     annual funding agreement so long as such funds are--
       (1) invested by the Indian tribe, tribal organization, or 
     consortium only in obligations of the United States, or in 
     obligations or securities that are guaranteed or insured by 
     the United States, or mutual (or other) funds registered with 
     the Securities and Exchange Commission and which only invest 
     in obligations of the United States or securities that are 
     guaranteed or insured by the United States; or
       (2) deposited only into accounts that are insured by an 
     agency or instrumentality of the United States, or are fully 
     collateralized to ensure protection of the funds, even in 
     the event of a bank failure.
       Sec. 112. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the 
     National Park Service shall not develop or implement a 
     reduced entrance fee program to accommodate non-local travel 
     through a unit. The Secretary may provide for and regulate 
     local non-recreational passage through units of the National 
     Park System, allowing each unit to develop guidelines and 
     permits for such activity appropriate to that unit.
       Sec. 113. Appropriations made in this Act under the 
     headings Bureau of Indian Affairs and Office of Special 
     Trustee for American Indians and any available unobligated 
     balances from prior appropriations Acts made under the same 
     headings, shall be available for expenditure or transfer for 
     Indian trust management and reform activities.
       Sec. 114. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     Secretary of the Interior hereafter has ongoing authority to 
     negotiate and enter into agreements and leases, without 
     regard to section 321 of chapter 314 of the Act of June 30, 
     1932 (40 U.S.C. 303b), with any person, firm, association, 
     organization, corporation, or governmental entity, for all or 
     part of the property within Fort Baker administered by the 
     Secretary as part of the Golden Gate National Recreation 
     Area. The proceeds of the agreements or leases or any 
     statutorily authorized fees, hereafter shall be retained by 
     the Secretary and such proceeds shall remain available until 
     expended, without further appropriation, for the 
     preservation, restoration, operation, maintenance, 
     interpretation, public programs, and related expenses of the 
     National Park Service and nonprofit park partners incurred 
     with respect to Fort Baker properties.
       Sec. 115. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for 
     the purpose of reducing the backlog of Indian probate cases 
     in the Department of the Interior, the hearing requirements 
     of chapter 10 of title 25, United States Code, are deemed 
     satisfied by a proceeding conducted by an Indian probate 
     judge, appointed by the Secretary without regard to the 
     provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing the 
     appointments in the competitive service, for such period of 
     time as the Secretary determines necessary: Provided, That 
     the basic pay of an Indian probate judge so appointed may be 
     fixed by the Secretary without regard to the provisions of 
     chapter 51, and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5, 
     United States Code, governing the classification and pay of 
     General Schedule employees, except that no such Indian 
     probate judge may be paid at a level which exceeds the 
     maximum rate payable for the highest grade of the General 
     Schedule, including locality pay.
       Sec. 116. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     Secretary of the Interior is authorized to redistribute any 
     Tribal Priority Allocation funds, including tribal base 
     funds, to alleviate tribal funding inequities by transferring 
     funds to address identified, unmet needs, dual enrollment, 
     overlapping service areas or inaccurate distribution 
     methodologies. No tribe shall receive a reduction in Tribal 
     Priority Allocation funds of more than 10 percent in fiscal 
     year 2003. Under circumstances of dual enrollment, 
     overlapping service areas or inaccurate distribution 
     methodologies, the 10 percent limitation does not apply.
       Sec. 117. Funds appropriated for the Bureau of Indian 
     Affairs for postsecondary schools for fiscal year 2003 shall 
     be allocated among the schools proportionate to the unmet 
     need of the schools as determined by the Postsecondary 
     Funding Formula adopted by the Office of Indian Education 
     Programs.
       Sec. 118. (a) The Secretary of the Interior shall take such 
     action as may be necessary to

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     ensure that the lands comprising the Huron Cemetery in Kansas 
     City, Kansas (as described in section 123 of Public Law 106-
     291) are used only in accordance with this section.
       (b) The lands of the Huron Cemetery shall be used only: (1) 
     for religious and cultural uses that are compatible with the 
     use of the lands as a cemetery; and (2) as a burial ground.
       Sec. 119. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in 
     conveying the Twin Cities Research Center under the authority 
     provided by Public Law 104-134, as amended by Public Law 104-
     208, the Secretary may accept and retain land and other forms 
     of reimbursement: Provided, That the Secretary may retain and 
     use any such reimbursement until expended and without further 
     appropriation: (1) for the benefit of the National Wildlife 
     Refuge System within the State of Minnesota; and (2) for all 
     activities authorized by Public Law 100-696; 16 U.S.C. 460zz.
       Sec. 120. Notwithstanding other provisions of law, the 
     National Park Service may authorize, through cooperative 
     agreement, the Golden Gate National Parks Association to 
     provide fee-based education, interpretive and visitor service 
     functions within the Crissy Field and Fort Point areas of the 
     Presidio.
       Sec. 121. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302(b), sums received 
     by the Bureau of Land Management for the sale of seeds or 
     seedlings including those collected in fiscal year 2002, may 
     be credited to the appropriation from which funds were 
     expended to acquire or grow the seeds or seedlings and are 
     available without fiscal year limitation.
       Sec. 122. Tribal School Construction Demonstration Program. 
     (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Construction.--The term ``construction'', with respect 
     to a tribally controlled school, includes the construction or 
     renovation of that school.
       (2) Indian tribe.--The term ``Indian tribe'' has the 
     meaning given that term in section 4(e) of the Indian Self-
     Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 
     450b(e)).
       (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of the Interior.
       (4) Tribally controlled school.--The term ``tribally 
     controlled school'' has the meaning given that term in 
     section 5212 of the Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988 
     (25 U.S.C. 2511).
       (5) Department.--The term ``Department'' means the 
     Department of the Interior.
       (6) Demonstration program.--The term ``demonstration 
     program'' means the Tribal School Construction Demonstration 
     Program.
       (b) In General.--The Secretary shall carry out a 
     demonstration program for fiscal years 2003 through 2007 to 
     provide grants to Indian tribes for the construction of 
     tribally controlled schools.
       (1) In general.--Subject to the availability of 
     appropriations, in carrying out the demonstration program 
     under subsection (b), the Secretary shall award a grant to 
     each Indian tribe that submits an application that is 
     approved by the Secretary under paragraph (2). The Secretary 
     shall ensure that an Indian tribe that agrees to fund all 
     future operation and maintenance costs of the tribally 
     controlled school constructed under the demonstration program 
     from other than federal funds receives the highest priority 
     for a grant under this section.
       (2) Grant applications.--An application for a grant under 
     the section shall--
       (A) include a proposal for the construction of a tribally 
     controlled school of the Indian tribe that submits the 
     application; and
       (B) be in such form as the Secretary determines 
     appropriate.
       (3) Grant agreement.--As a condition to receiving a grant 
     under this section, the Indian tribe shall enter into an 
     agreement with the Secretary that specifies--
       (A) the costs of construction under the grant;
       (B) that the Indian tribe shall be required to contribute 
     towards the cost of the construction a tribal share equal to 
     50 percent of the costs; and
       (C) any other term or condition that the Secretary 
     determines to be appropriate.
       (4) Eligibility.--Grants awarded under the demonstration 
     program shall be used only for construction or replacement of 
     a tribally controlled school.
       (c) Effect of Grant.--A grant received under this section 
     shall be in addition to any other funds received by an Indian 
     tribe under any other provision of law. The receipt of a 
     grant under this section shall not affect the eligibility of 
     an Indian tribe receiving funding, or the amount of funding 
     received by the Indian tribe, under the Tribally Controlled 
     Schools Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.) or the Indian 
     Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 
     450 et seq.).
       (d) Report.--At the conclusion of the five-year 
     demonstration program, the Secretary shall report to Congress 
     as to whether the demonstration program has achieved its 
     purposes of providing additional tribes fair opportunities to 
     construct tribally controlled schools, accelerating 
     construction of needed educational facilities in Indian 
     Country, and permitting additional funds to be provided for 
     the Department's priority list for construction of 
     replacement educational facilities.
       Sec. 123. White River Oil Shale Mine, Utah. Sale.--Subject 
     to the terms and conditions of section 126 of the Department 
     of the Interior and Related Agencies Act, 2002, the 
     Administrator of General Services shall sell all right, 
     title, and interest of the United States in and to the 
     improvements and equipment of the White River Oil Shale Mine.
       Sec. 124. The Secretary of the Interior may use or contract 
     for the use of helicopters or motor vehicles on the Sheldon 
     and Hart National Wildlife Refuges for the purpose of 
     capturing and transporting horses and burros. The provisions 
     of subsection (a) of the Act of September 8, 1959 (73 Stat. 
     470; 18 U.S.C. 47(a)) shall not be applicable to such use. 
     Such use shall be in accordance with humane procedures 
     prescribed by the Secretary.
       Sec. 125. Funds provided in this Act for Federal land 
     acquisition by the National Park Service for Shenandoah 
     Valley Battlefields National Historic District, and Ice Age 
     National Scenic Trail may be used for a grant to a State, a 
     local government, or any other governmental land management 
     entity for the acquisition of lands without regard to any 
     restriction on the use of Federal land acquisition funds 
     provided through the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 
     1965 as amended.
       Sec. 126. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be obligated or expended by the National Park Service to 
     enter into or implement a concession contract which permits 
     or requires the removal of the underground lunchroom at the 
     Carlsbad Caverns National Park.
       Sec. 127. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used: (1) to demolish the bridge between Jersey City, New 
     Jersey, and Ellis Island; or (2) to prevent pedestrian use of 
     such bridge, when such pedestrian use is consistent with 
     generally accepted safety standards.
       Sec. 128. None of the funds made available in this or any 
     other Act for any fiscal year may be used to designate, or to 
     post any sign designating, any portion of Canaveral National 
     Seashore in Brevard County, Florida, as a clothing-optional 
     area or as an area in which public nudity is permitted, if 
     such designation would be contrary to county ordinance.
       Sec. 129. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     United States Fish and Wildlife Service may use funds 
     appropriated in this Act for incidental expenses related to 
     promoting and celebrating the Centennial of the National 
     Wildlife Refuge System.
       Sec. 130. The National Park Service may in fiscal year 2003 
     and thereafter enter into a cooperative agreement with and 
     transfer funds to Capital Concerts, a nonprofit organization, 
     for the purpose of carrying out programs pursuant to 31 
     U.S.C. 6305.
       Sec. 131. No later than 30 days after enactment of this 
     Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall provide to the House 
     and Senate Committees on Appropriations and the House 
     Committee on Resources and the Senate Committee on Indian 
     Affairs a summary of the Ernst and Young report on the 
     historical accounting for the five named plaintiffs in Cobell 
     v. Norton. The summary shall not provide individually 
     identifiable financial information, but shall fully describe 
     the aggregate results of the historical accounting.
       Sec. 132. None of the funds in this or any other Act for 
     the Department of the Interior or the Department of Justice 
     can be used to compensate the Special Master and the Special 
     Master-Monitor, and all variations thereto, appointed by the 
     United States District Court for the District of Columbia in 
     the Cobell v. Norton litigation at an annual rate that 
     exceeds 200 percent of the highest Senior Executive Service 
     rate of pay for the Washington-Baltimore locality pay 
     area.
       Sec. 133. Within 90 days of enactment of this Act the 
     Special Trustee for American Indians, in consultation with 
     the Secretary of the Interior and the Tribes, shall appoint 
     new members to the Special Trustee Advisory Board.
       Sec. 134. The Secretary of the Interior may use 
     discretionary funds to pay private attorneys fees and costs 
     for employees and former employees of the Department of the 
     Interior reasonably incurred in connection with Cobell v. 
     Norton to the extent that such fees and costs are not paid by 
     the Department of Justice or by private insurance. In no case 
     shall the Secretary make payments under this section that 
     would result in payment of hourly fees in excess of the 
     highest hourly rate approved by the District Court for the 
     District of Columbia for counsel in Cobell v. Norton.
       Sec. 135. Section 124(a) of the Department of the Interior 
     and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1997 (16 U.S.C. 1011 
     (a)), as amended, is further amended by inserting after the 
     phrase ``appropriations made for the Bureau of Land 
     Management'' the phrase ``including appropriations for the 
     Wildland Fire Management account allocated to the National 
     Park Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, and Bureau of Indian 
     Affairs''.
       Sec. 136. Public Law 107-106 is amended as follows: in 
     section 5(a) strike ``9 months after the date of enactment of 
     the Act'' and insert in lieu thereof ``September 30, 2003''.
       Sec. 137. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     funds provided in the Labor, Health and Human Services, 
     Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2002, 
     Public Law 107-116, for the National Museum of African 
     American History and Culture Plan for Action Presidential 
     Commission shall remain available until expended.
       Sec. 138. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shall, in 
     carrying out its responsibilities to protect threatened and 
     endangered species of salmon, implement a system of mass 
     marking of salmonid stocks, intended for harvest, that are 
     released from Federally operated or Federally financed 
     hatcheries including but not limited to fish releases of 
     coho, chinook, and steelhead species. Marked fish must have a 
     visible mark that can be readily identified by commercial and 
     recreational fishers.
       Sec. 139. The visitor center at the Bitter Lake National 
     Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico shall be named for Joseph R. 
     Skeen and, hereafter, shall be referred to in any law, 
     document, or record of the United States as the ``Joseph R. 
     Skeen Visitor Center''.
       Sec. 140. In fiscal year 2003 and each fiscal year 
     thereafter, notwithstanding any other provision of law, with 
     respect to a service contract for the provision solely of 
     transportation services at Zion National Park or Rocky 
     Mountain

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     National Park, the Secretary of the Interior may obligate the 
     expenditure of fees expected to be received in that fiscal 
     year before the fees are received, so long as total 
     obligations do not exceed fee collections retained at Zion 
     National Park or Rocky Mountain National Park, respectively, 
     by the end of that fiscal year.
       Sec. 141. Section 6(f) of Public Law 88-578 as amended 
     shall not apply to LWCF program #02-00010.
       Sec. 142. Notwithstanding section 1(d) of Public Law 107-
     62, the National Park Service is authorized to obligate 
     $1,000,000 made available in fiscal year 2002 to plan the 
     John Adams Presidential memorial in cooperation with non-
     Federal partners.
       Sec. 143. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
     appropriated and remaining available in the Construction 
     (Trust Fund) account of the National Park Service at the 
     completion of all authorized projects, shall be available for 
     the rehabilitation and improvement of Going-to-the-Sun Road 
     in Glacier National Park.
       Sec. 144. Hereafter, the Department of the Interior 
     National Business Center may continue to enter into grants, 
     cooperative agreements, and other transactions, under the 
     Defense Conversion, Reinvestment, and Transition Assistance 
     Act of 1992, and other related legislation.
       Sec. 145. (a) In General.--Nothing in section 134 of the 
     Department of the Interior and Related Agencies 
     Appropriations Act, 2002 (115 Stat. 443) affects the decision 
     of the United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit in 
     Sac and Fox Nation v. Norton, 240 F.3d 1250 (2001).
       (b) Use of Certain Indian Land.--Nothing in this section 
     permits the conduct of gaming under the Indian Gaming 
     Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) on land described in 
     section 123 of the Department of the Interior and Related 
     Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (114 Stat. 944), or land 
     that is contiguous to that land, regardless of whether the 
     land or contiguous land has been taken into trust by the 
     Secretary of the Interior.
       Sec. 146. Section 3(f)(2)(B) of Public Law 99-548 (100 
     Stat. 3061; 113 Stat. 1501A-168) is amended by striking 
     ``(iv) Sec. 8.'' and inserting the following:
       ``(iv) Sec. 7.
       ``(v) Sec. 8.''.
       Sec. 147. Not to exceed $650,000 of the funds made 
     available under the heading ``United States Fish and Wildlife 
     Service, Construction'' in Public Law 107-63 for hangar roof 
     replacement at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, and 
     such sums as may be necessary from ``Departmental Management, 
     Salaries and Expenses'', may be transferred to ``United 
     States Fish and Wildlife Service, Resource Management'' for 
     operational needs at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge.
       Sec. 148. Public Law 107-331 is amended in Sections 301(b) 
     and 301(d) by striking the word ``Secretary'' each place it 
     appears and inserting in lieu thereof the word ``Director'', 
     and by striking the text of Section 301(c)(3) and inserting 
     in lieu thereof ``Director.--The term `Director' means the 
     Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services.''.
       Sec. 149. Section 113 of Public Law 104-208 (31 U.S.C. 501 
     note.) is amended by deleting ``That such fund shall be paid 
     in advance'' and inserting ``That such fund may be paid in 
     advance''.
       Sec. 150. Historically Black Colleges and Universities. (a) 
     Decreased Cost-Sharing Requirement.--Section 507(c) of the 
     Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 (16 
     U.S.C. 470a note) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``(1) Except'' and inserting the following:
       ``(1) In general.--Except'';
       (2) by striking ``paragraph (2)'' and inserting 
     ``paragraphs (2) and (3)'';
       (3) by striking ``(2) The Secretary'' and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(2) Waiver.--The Secretary'';
       (4) by striking ``paragraph (1)'' and inserting 
     ``paragraphs (1) and (3)''; and
       (5) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(3) Exception.--The Secretary shall not obligate funds 
     made available under subsection (d)(2) for a grant with 
     respect to a building or structure listed on, or eligible for 
     listing on, the National Register of Historic Places unless 
     the grantee agrees to provide, from funds derived from non-
     Federal sources, an amount that is equal to 30 percent of the 
     total cost of the project for which the grant is provided.''.
       (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 507(d) of the 
     Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 (16 
     U.S.C. 470a note) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``Pursuant to'' and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(1) In general.--Under''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(2) Additional funding.--In addition to amounts made 
     available under paragraph (1), there is authorized to be 
     appropriated from the Historic Preservation Fund to carry out 
     this section $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2003 
     through 2008.''.
       Sec. 151. The document entitled ``Final Environmental 
     Impact Statement for the Renewal of the Federal Grant for the 
     Trans-Alaska Pipeline System Right-of-Way (FEIS)'' dated 
     November 2002, shall be deemed sufficient to meet the 
     requirements of section 102(2)(C) of the National 
     Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)) with respect 
     to the determination contained in the Record of Decision 
     dated January 8, 2003 relating to the renewal of the Federal 
     right-of-way for the Trans-Alaska Pipeline and related 
     facilities.
       Sec. 152. Missouri River. It is the sense of the Congress 
     that the member States and tribes of the Missouri River Basin 
     Association are strongly encouraged to reach agreement on a 
     flow schedule for the Missouri River as soon as practicable 
     for 2003.
       Sec. 153. Treatment of Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund 
     Interest. (a) In General.--In addition to the transfer 
     provided for in section 402(h) of the Surface Mining Control 
     and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1232(h)), interest 
     credited to the fund established by section 401 of such Act 
     (30 U.S.C. 1231) shall be transferred to the Combined Fund 
     identified in section 402(h)(2) up to such amount as is 
     estimated by the trustees of such Combined Fund to offset the 
     amount of any deficit in net assets in the Combined Fund. The 
     cumulative additional amount that may be transferred under 
     this section from the date of enactment of this Act through 
     September 30, 2004 shall not exceed $34,000,000.
       (b) Prohibition on Other Transfers.--Except as provided in 
     subsection (a), no principal amounts in or credited to the 
     fund established by section 401 of the Surface Mining Control 
     and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1231) may be 
     transferred to the Combined Fund identified in section 
     402(h)(2) of such Act (30 U.S.C. 1232(h)(2)).
       (c) Limitation.--This section shall cease to have any force 
     and effect after September 30, 2004.
       Sec. 154. Section 511(g)(2)(A) of the Omnibus Parks and 
     Public Lands Management Act of 1996 (16 U.S.C. 
     410ddd(g)(2)(A)) is amended by striking ``$2,000,000'' and 
     inserting ``$5,000,000''.
       Sec. 155. Replacement of Coastal Barrier Resources System 
     Map. (a) In General.--The map described in subsection (b) is 
     replaced, in the maps depicting the Coastal Barrier Resources 
     System that are referred to in section 4(a) of the Coastal 
     Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3503(a)), by the map 
     entitled ``Plum Tree Island Unit VA-59P, Long Creek Unit VA-
     60/VA-60P'' and dated May 1, 2002.
       (b) Description of Replaced Map.--The map referred to in 
     subsection (a) is the map that--
       (1) relates to Plum Island Unit VA-59P and Long Creek Unit 
     VA-60/VA-60P located in Poquoson and Hampton, Virginia; and
       (2) is included in a set of maps entitled `Coastal Barrier 
     Resources System'', dated October 24, 1990, revised on 
     October 23, 1992, and referred to in section 4(a) of the 
     Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3503(a)).
       (c) Availability.--The Secretary of the Interior shall keep 
     the replacement map described in subsection (b) on file and 
     available for inspection in accordance with section 4(b) of 
     the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3503(b)).
       Sec. 156. Sense of the Congress Regarding Southern 
     California Offshore Oil Leases. (a) Findings.--Congress finds 
     that--
       (1) there are 36 undeveloped oil leases on land in the 
     southern California planning area of the outer Continental 
     Shelf that--
       (A) have been under review by the Secretary of the Interior 
     for an extended period of time, including some leases that 
     have been under review for over 30 years; and
       (B) have not been approved for development under the Outer 
     Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.);
       (2) the oil companies that hold the 36 leases--
       (A) have expressed an interest in retiring the leases in 
     exchange for equitable compensation; and
       (B) are engaged in settlement negotiations with the 
     Secretary of the Interior for the retirement of the leases; 
     and
       (3) it would be a waste of the taxpayer's money to continue 
     the process for approval or permitting of the 36 leases while 
     the Secretary of the Interior and the lessees are negotiating 
     to retire the leases.
       (b) Sense of the Congress.--It is the sense of the Congress 
     that no funds made available by this Act or any other Act for 
     any fiscal year should be used by the Secretary of the 
     Interior to approve any exploration, development, or 
     production plan for, or application for a permit to drill on, 
     the 36 undeveloped leases in the southern California planning 
     area of the outer Continental Shelf during any period in 
     which the lessees are engaged in settlement negotiations with 
     the Secretary of the Interior for the retirement of the 
     leases.
       Sec. 157. Modified Water Delivery Project in the State of 
     Florida. (a) Authority.--The Corps of Engineers, using funds 
     made available for modifications authorized by section 104 of 
     the Everglades National Park Protection and Expansion Act of 
     1989 (16 U.S.C. 410r-8), shall immediately carry out 
     alternative 6D (including paying 100 percent of the cost of 
     acquiring land or an interest in land) for the purpose of 
     providing a flood protection system for the 8.5 square mile 
     area described in the report entitled ``Central and South 
     Florida Project, Modified Water Deliveries to Everglades 
     National Park, Florida, 8.5 Square Mile Area, General 
     Reevaluation Report and Final Supplemental Environmental 
     Impact Statement'' and dated July 2000.
       (b) Condition.--
       (1) In general.--The Corps of Engineers may only acquire 
     real property used as a residence for the purpose of carrying 
     out the project described in subsection (a) if the Corps of 
     Engineers or the non-Federal sponsor first offers the owner 
     of such real property comparable real property within the 
     part of the 8.5 square mile area that will be provided flood 
     protection under such project. This paragraph does not affect 
     the authority of the Corps of Engineers to acquire property 
     for which this condition has been met or to which this 
     condition does not apply.
       (2) Authority to acquire land and provide assistance.--The 
     Corps of Engineers is authorized to acquire such land in the 
     flood protected portion of the 8.5 square mile area from 
     willing sellers, and provide such financial assistance, as 
     may be necessary to carry out this subsection.

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       (3) Funding.--The Corps of Engineers and the non-Federal 
     sponsor may carry out this subsection with funds made 
     available to carry out the project described in subsection 
     (a) and funds provided by the Department of the Interior for 
     land acquisition assistance for Everglades restoration 
     purposes.
       Sec. 158. No funds appropriated for the Department of the 
     Interior by this Act or any other Act shall be used to study 
     or implement any plan to drain Lake Powell or to reduce the 
     water level of the lake below the range of water levels 
     required for the operation of the Glen Canyon Dam.
       Sec. 159. Notwithstanding the limitation in subparagraph 
     (2)(B) of section 18(a) of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act 
     (25 U.S.C. 2717(a)), the total amount of all fees imposed by 
     the National Indian Gaming Commission for fiscal year 2004 
     shall not exceed $12,000,000.
       Sec. 160. Moccasin Bend National Archeological District 
     Act. (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the 
     ``Moccasin Bend National Archeological District Act''.
       (b) Definitions.--As used in this section:
       (1) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of the Interior.
       (2) Archeological district.--The term ``archeological 
     district'' means the Moccasin Bend National Archeological 
     District.
       (3) State.--The term ``State'' means the State of 
     Tennessee.
       (4) Map.--The term ``Map'' means the map entitled, 
     ``Boundary Map Moccasin Bend National Archeological 
     District'', numbered 301/80098, and dated September 2002.
       (c) Establishment.--
       (1) In general.--In order to preserve, protect, and 
     interpret for the benefit of the public the nationally 
     significant archeological and historic resources located on 
     the peninsula known as Moccasin Bend, Tennessee, there is 
     established as a unit of Chickamauga and Chattanooga National 
     Military Park, the Moccasin Bend National Archeological 
     District.
       (2) Boundaries.--The archeological district shall consist 
     of approximately 780 acres generally depicted on the Map. The 
     Map shall be on file and available for public inspection in 
     the appropriate offices of the National Park Service, 
     Department of the Interior.
       (3) Acquisition of land and interests in land.--
       (A) In general.--The Secretary may acquire by donation, 
     purchase from willing sellers using donated or appropriated 
     funds, or exchange, lands and interests in lands within the 
     exterior boundary of the archeological district. The 
     Secretary may acquire the State, county and city-owned land 
     and interests in land for inclusion in the archeological 
     district only by donation.
       (B) Easement outside boundary.--To allow access between 
     areas of the archeological district that on the date of the 
     enactment of this section are noncontiguous, the Secretary 
     may acquire by donation or purchase from willing owners using 
     donated or appropriated funds, or exchange, easements 
     connecting the areas generally depicted on the Map.
       (d) Administration.--
       (1) In general.--The archeological district shall be 
     administered by the Secretary in accordance with this 
     section, with laws applicable to Chickamauga and Chattanooga 
     National Military Park, and with the laws generally 
     applicable to units of the National Park System.
       (2) Cooperative agreement.--The Secretary may consult and 
     enter into cooperative agreements with culturally affiliated 
     federally recognized Indian tribes, governmental entities, 
     and interested persons to provide for the restoration, 
     preservation, development, interpretation, and use of the 
     archeological district.
       (3) Visitor interpretive center.--For purposes of 
     interpreting the historical themes and cultural resources of 
     the archeological district, the Secretary may establish and 
     administer a visitor center in the archeological district.
       (4) General management plan.--Not later than three years 
     after funds are made available under this section, the 
     Secretary shall develop a general management plan for the 
     archeological district. The general management plan shall 
     describe the appropriate protection and preservation of 
     natural, cultural, and scenic resources, visitor use, and 
     facility development within the archeological district 
     consistent with the purposes of this section, while ensuring 
     continued access by private landowners to their property.
       (e) Repeal of Previous Acquisition Authority.--The Act of 
     August 3, 1950 (Chapter 532; 16 U.S.C. 424a-4) is repealed.
       Sec. 161. Section 6 of Public Law 102-495 (106 Stat. 3173) 
     is amended by removing subsections 6(b) and (c) in their 
     entirety and substituting the following:
       ``(b) Lands Transfer to the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe.--
     Subject to valid existing rights, all right, title, and 
     interest of the United States in and to the following 
     described land, consisting of 1.7 acres, more or less, 
     situated in the County of Clallam, State of Washington, are 
     hereby conveyed to the Lower Elwha Klallam Indian Tribe: the 
     parcel lying south of the existing roadway and extending 
     southward to the Inner Harbor line of the Port Angeles 
     Tidelands, and beginning at the north-south line 1,106 feet 
     west of the eastern boundary of Out Lot 6 and running 
     easterly 1,671 feet to the north-south line 565 feet east of 
     the eastern boundary of Out Lot 6, to be further described on 
     a detailed legal description and map filed later with the 
     Oregon/Washington Office of the Bureau of Land Management. 
     Said legal description and map shall be provided by the 
     tribe, at its cost and expense, within ninety (90) days of 
     the enactment of this Act. This conveyance shall be subject 
     to the following provisions:
       ``(1) There shall be public access to the beach along the 
     south side of the parcel at all times.
       ``(2) The City of Port Angeles shall have the right to 
     construct and maintain a waterfront trail adjacent to the 
     existing roadway along the north side of the parcel, the 
     location of which shall be determined in conjunction with the 
     Secretary.
       ``(3) Parking facilities on the parcel shall be open to the 
     public at all times.
       ``(4) The Agreement entered into on August 11, 1992, 
     between the City of Port Angeles and the Tribe regarding the 
     use of the adjacent leaseholds.
       ``(5) Easements shall be are hereby reserved in favor of 
     the United States upon, over, under, through, and across the 
     lands conveyed under this section allowing the United States, 
     its successors, assigns, and agents, unrestricted and 
     uninterrupted access to any adjoining lands owned or 
     controlled by the United States, including but not limited 
     to, the U.S. Coast Guard Air Station located on Ediz Hook, 
     and allowing the United States, its successors, assigns, and 
     agents, to install, construct, operate, maintain, repair, and 
     replace utility lines and other related equipment upon, over, 
     under, through, and across the lands conveyed under this 
     section in order to operate said air station or to conduct 
     any other Federal mission, operation, or activity upon lands 
     owned or controlled by the United States.
       ``(6) A navigation easement shall be hereby reserved in 
     favor of the United States over the lands conveyed under this 
     section for the continued aircraft operations at the adjacent 
     U.S. Coast Guard Air Station on Ediz Hook. Said navigation 
     easement shall be based on the Federal Aviation 
     Administration (FAA) standards contained in FAA Advisory 
     Circular 150/5390-2A, ``Heliport Design,'' dated January 20, 
     1994. In any event, the Lower Elwha Klallam Indian Tribe 
     shall not construct any building or structure that intrudes 
     into navigable airspace, as defined in FAA regulations.''.

                       TITLE II--RELATED AGENCIES

                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

                             Forest Service


                     Forest and Rangeland Research

       For necessary expenses of forest and rangeland research as 
     authorized by law, $251,685,000, to remain available until 
     expended.


                       state and private forestry

       For necessary expenses of cooperating with and providing 
     technical and financial assistance to States, territories, 
     possessions, and others, and for forest health management 
     including treatments of pests, pathogens and invasive or 
     noxious plants, cooperative forestry, and education and land 
     conservation activities and conducting an international 
     program as authorized, $286,574,000, to remain available 
     until expended, as authorized by law: Provided, That none of 
     the funds provided under this heading for the acquisition of 
     lands or interests in lands shall be available until the 
     Forest Service notifies the House Committee on Appropriations 
     and the Senate Committee on Appropriations, in writing, of 
     specific acquisition of lands or interests in lands to be 
     undertaken with such funds: Provided further, That each 
     forest legacy grant shall be for a specific project or set of 
     specific tasks: Provided further, That grants for acquisition 
     of lands or conservation easements shall require that the 
     State demonstrates that 25 percent of the total value of the 
     project is comprised of a non-Federal cost share: Provided 
     further, That funds provided in this Act and in Public Laws 
     106-113, 106-291, and 107-63, for the West Branch Forest 
     Legacy Project in the State of Maine, consisting of at least 
     45,000 acres of fee simple purchase and at least 275,000 
     acres in a conservation easement, that have not been expended 
     by January 31, 2004, shall be transferred to the Wildland 
     Fire Management account and shall be available to perform 
     rehabilitation and restoration activities: Provided further, 
     That notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the funds 
     provided under this heading, $1,000,000 shall be made 
     available to Kake Tribal Corporation as an advance direct 
     lump sum payment to implement the Kake Tribal Corporation 
     Land Transfer Act (Public Law 106-283).


                         National Forest System

       For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not otherwise 
     provided for, for management, protection, improvement, and 
     utilization of the National Forest System, $1,362,299,000, to 
     remain available until expended, which shall include 50 
     percent of all moneys received during prior fiscal years as 
     fees collected under the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act 
     of 1965, as amended, in accordance with section 4 of the Act 
     (16 U.S.C. 460l-6a(i)): Provided, That unobligated balances 
     available at the start of fiscal year 2003 shall be displayed 
     by budget line item in the fiscal year 2004 budget 
     justification: Provided further, That the Secretary may 
     authorize the expenditure or transfer of such sums as 
     necessary to the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land 
     Management for removal, preparation, and adoption of excess 
     wild horses and burros from National Forest System lands: 
     Provided further, That of the funds provided under this 
     heading for Forest Products, $4,000,000 shall be allocated to 
     the Alaska Region, in addition to its normal allocation for 
     the purposes of preparing additional timber for sale, to 
     establish a 3-year timber supply and such funds may be 
     transferred to other appropriations accounts as necessary to 
     maximize accomplishment: Provided further, That within funds 
     available for the purpose of implementing the Valles Caldera 
     Preservation Act, notwithstanding the limitations of section 
     107(e)(2) of the Valles Caldera Preservation Act (Public Law 
     106-248), for fiscal year 2003, the Chair of the Board of 
     Trustees of the Valles Caldera Trust may receive, upon 
     request, compensation for each day (including travel time) 
     that the Chair is engaged in the performance of the functions 
     of the Board, except that compensation shall not exceed the

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     daily equivalent of the annual rate in effect for members of 
     the Senior Executive Service at the ES-1 level, and shall be 
     in addition to any reimbursement for travel, subsistence 
     and other necessary expenses incurred by the Chair in the 
     performance of the Chair's duties.


                        wildland fire management

       For necessary expenses for forest fire presuppression 
     activities on National Forest System lands, for emergency 
     fire suppression on or adjacent to such lands or other lands 
     under fire protection agreement, hazardous fuel reduction on 
     or adjacent to such lands, and for emergency rehabilitation 
     of burned-over National Forest System lands and water, 
     $1,379,938,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
     That such funds including unobligated balances under this 
     head, are available for repayment of advances from other 
     appropriations accounts previously transferred for such 
     purposes: Provided further, That not less than 50 percent of 
     any unobligated balances remaining (exclusive of amounts for 
     hazardous fuels reduction) at the end of fiscal year 2002 
     shall be transferred, as repayment for past advances that 
     have not been repaid, to the fund established pursuant to 
     section 3 of Public Law 71-319 (16 U.S.C. 576 et seq.): 
     Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, $8,000,000 of funds appropriated under this 
     appropriation shall be used for Fire Science Research in 
     support of the Joint Fire Science Program: Provided further, 
     That all authorities for the use of funds, including the use 
     of contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements, available 
     to execute the Forest and Rangeland Research appropriation, 
     are also available in the utilization of these funds for the 
     Joint Fire Science Program: Provided further, That funds 
     provided shall be available for emergency rehabilitation and 
     restoration, hazard reduction activities in the urban-
     wildland interface, support to Federal emergency response, 
     and wildfire suppression activities of the Forest Service: 
     Provided further, That of the funds provided, $228,109,000 is 
     for hazardous fuel treatment, $7,124,000 is for 
     rehabilitation and restoration, $1,850,000 is for capital 
     improvement and maintenance of fire facilities, $21,427,000 
     is for research activities and to make competitive research 
     grants pursuant to the Forest and Rangeland Renewable 
     Resources Research Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1641 et seq.), 
     $46,555,000 is for state fire assistance, $8,240,000 is for 
     volunteer fire assistance, $16,934,000 is for forest health 
     activities on State, private, and Federal lands, and 
     $5,000,000 is for economic action programs: Provided further, 
     That amounts in this paragraph may be transferred to the 
     ``State and Private Forestry'', ``National Forest System'', 
     ``Forest and Rangeland Research'', and ``Capital Improvement 
     and Maintenance'' accounts to fund state fire assistance, 
     volunteer fire assistance, and forest health management, 
     vegetation and watershed management, heritage site 
     rehabilitation, wildlife and fish habitat management, trails 
     and facilities maintenance and restoration: Provided further, 
     That transfers of any amounts in excess of those authorized 
     in this paragraph, shall require approval of the House and 
     Senate Committees on Appropriations in compliance with 
     reprogramming procedures contained in House Report No. 105-
     163: Provided further, That the costs of implementing any 
     cooperative agreement between the Federal Government and any 
     non-Federal entity may be shared, as mutually agreed on by 
     the affected parties: Provided further, That in entering into 
     such grants or cooperative agreements, the Secretary may 
     consider the enhancement of local and small business 
     employment opportunities for rural communities, and that in 
     entering into procurement contracts under this section on a 
     best value basis, the Secretary may take into account the 
     ability of an entity to enhance local and small business 
     employment opportunities in rural communities, and that the 
     Secretary may award procurement contracts, grants, or 
     cooperative agreements under this section to entities that 
     include local non-profit entities, Youth Conservation Corps 
     or related partnerships with State, local or non-profit youth 
     groups, or small or disadvantaged businesses: Provided 
     further, That in addition to funds provided for State Fire 
     Assistance programs, and subject to all authorities available 
     to the Forest Service under the State and Private Forestry 
     Appropriations, up to $15,000,000 may be used on adjacent 
     non-Federal lands for the purpose of protecting communities 
     when hazard reduction activities are planned on national 
     forest lands that have the potential to place such 
     communities at risk: Provided further, That included in 
     funding for hazardous fuel reduction is $5,000,000 for 
     implementing the Community Forest Restoration Act, Public Law 
     106-393, title VI, and any portion of such funds shall be 
     available for use on non-Federal lands in accordance with 
     authorities available to the Forest Service under the State 
     and Private Forestry Appropriation: Provided further, That in 
     expending the funds provided with respect to this Act for 
     hazardous fuels reduction, the Secretary of the Interior and 
     the Secretary of Agriculture may conduct fuel reduction 
     treatments on Federal lands using all contracting and hiring 
     authorities available to the Secretaries applicable to 
     hazardous fuel reduction activities under the wildland fire 
     management accounts: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
     Federal Government procurement and contracting laws, the 
     Secretaries may conduct fuel reduction treatments, 
     rehabilitation and restoration, and other activities 
     authorized under this heading on and adjacent to Federal 
     lands using grants and cooperative agreements: Provided 
     further, That notwithstanding Federal Government procurement 
     and contracting laws, in order to provide employment and 
     training opportunities to people in rural communities, the 
     Secretaries may award contracts, including contracts for 
     monitoring activities, to local private, nonprofit, or 
     cooperative entities; Youth Conservation Corps crews or 
     related partnerships, with State, local and non-profit youth 
     groups; small or micro-businesses; or other entities that 
     will hire or train a significant percentage of local people 
     to complete such contracts: Provided further, That the 
     authorities described above relating to contracts, grants, 
     and cooperative agreements are available until all funds 
     provided in this title for hazardous fuels reduction 
     activities in the urban wildland interface are obligated.

                  capital improvement and maintenance

       For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not otherwise 
     provided for, $552,039,000, to remain available until 
     expended for construction, reconstruction, maintenance and 
     acquisition of buildings and other facilities, and for 
     construction, reconstruction, repair and maintenance of 
     forest roads and trails by the Forest Service as authorized 
     by 16 U.S.C. 532-538 and 23 U.S.C. 101 and 205: Provided, 
     That up to $15,000,000 of the funds provided herein for road 
     maintenance shall be available for the decommissioning of 
     roads, including unauthorized roads not part of the 
     transportation system, which are no longer needed: Provided 
     further, That no funds shall be expended to decommission any 
     system road until notice and an opportunity for public 
     comment has been provided on each decommissioning project: 
     Provided further, That the Forest Service shall transfer 
     $500,000 appropriated in Public Law 107-63 within the Capital 
     Improvement and Maintenance appropriation, to the State and 
     Private Forestry appropriation, and shall provide these funds 
     in an advance direct lump sum payment to Purdue University 
     for planning and construction of a hardwood tree improvement 
     and generation facility: Provided further, That 
     notwithstanding any provision of law, funds provided for 
     construction of facilities at Purdue University in Indiana in 
     this Act, in the amount of $1,700,000 shall be available to 
     the University, and $1,000,000 provided in this Act for 
     construction of facilities in Cordova, Alaska shall be 
     available to the city.


                            land acquisition

       For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the 
     Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16 
     U.S.C. 460l-4 through 11), including administrative expenses, 
     and for acquisition of land or waters, or interest therein, 
     in accordance with statutory authority applicable to the 
     Forest Service, $133,815,000 to be derived from the Land and 
     Water Conservation Fund and to remain available until 
     expended: Provided, That from amounts previously 
     appropriated under this heading for the acquisition of 
     lands in the Tongass National Forest, $350,000 shall be 
     provided as an advance direct lump sum payment to the City 
     of Juneau for the acquisition of 10.5 acres of land in 
     Southeastern Alaska for a wild bird rehabilitation clinic 
     and nature education center.


         acquisition of lands for national forests special acts

       For acquisition of lands within the exterior boundaries of 
     the Cache, Uinta, and Wasatch National Forests, Utah; the 
     Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada; and the Angeles, San 
     Bernardino, Sequoia, and Cleveland National Forests, 
     California, as authorized by law, $1,069,000, to be derived 
     from forest receipts.


            acquisition of lands to complete land exchanges

       For acquisition of lands, such sums, to be derived from 
     funds deposited by State, county, or municipal governments, 
     public school districts, or other public school authorities 
     pursuant to the Act of December 4, 1967, as amended (16 
     U.S.C. 484a), and for authorized expenditures from funds 
     deposited by non-federal parties pursuant to related Land 
     Sale and Exchange Acts, to remain available until expended.

                         range betterment fund

       For necessary expenses of range rehabilitation, protection, 
     and improvement, 50 percent of all moneys received during the 
     prior fiscal year, as fees for grazing domestic livestock on 
     lands in National Forests in the 16 Western States, pursuant 
     to section 401(b)(1) of Public Law 94-579, as amended, to 
     remain available until expended, of which not to exceed 6 
     percent shall be available for administrative expenses 
     associated with on-the-ground range rehabilitation, 
     protection, and improvements.

    gifts, donations and bequests for forest and rangeland research

       For expenses authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1643(b), $92,000, to 
     remain available until expended, to be derived from the fund 
     established pursuant to the above Act.


        Management of National Forest Lands for Subsistence Uses

       For necessary expenses of the Forest Service to manage 
     federal lands in Alaska for subsistence uses under title VIII 
     of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act 
     (Public Law 96-487), $5,542,000, to remain available until 
     expended.


               ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, FOREST SERVICE

       Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current fiscal 
     year shall be available for: (1) purchase of not to exceed 
     113 passenger motor vehicles of which 10 will be used 
     primarily for law enforcement purposes and of which 113 shall 
     be for replacement; acquisition of 25 passenger motor 
     vehicles from excess sources, and hire of such vehicles; 
     operation and maintenance of aircraft, the purchase of not to 
     exceed seven for replacement only, and acquisition of 
     sufficient aircraft from excess sources to maintain the 
     operable fleet at 195 aircraft for use in Forest Service 
     wildland fire programs and other Forest Service programs; 
     notwithstanding other provisions of law, existing aircraft 
     being replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived or trade-in 
     value used to offset the purchase price for the replacement 
     aircraft; (2) services pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2225, and not to 
     exceed $100,000

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     for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; (3) purchase, erection, 
     and alteration of buildings and other public improvements (7 
     U.S.C. 2250); (4) acquisition of land, waters, and interests 
     therein pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 428a; (5) for expenses pursuant 
     to the Volunteers in the National Forest Act of 1972 (16 
     U.S.C. 558a, 558d, and 558a note); (6) the cost of uniforms 
     as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; and (7) for debt 
     collection contracts in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3718(c).
       None of the funds made available under this Act shall be 
     obligated or expended to abolish any region, to move or close 
     any regional office for National Forest System administration 
     of the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture without the 
     consent of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
       Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service 
     may be transferred to the Wildland Fire Management 
     appropriation for forest firefighting, emergency 
     rehabilitation of burned-over or damaged lands or waters 
     under its jurisdiction, and fire preparedness due to severe 
     burning conditions if and only if all previously appropriated 
     emergency contingent funds under the heading ``Wildland Fire 
     Management'' have been released by the President and 
     apportioned and all funds under the heading ``Wildland Fire 
     Management'' are obligated.
       Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available 
     for assistance to or through the Agency for International 
     Development and the Foreign Agricultural Service in 
     connection with forest and rangeland research, technical 
     information, and assistance in foreign countries, and shall 
     be available to support forestry and related natural resource 
     activities outside the United States and its territories and 
     possessions, including technical assistance, education and 
     training, and cooperation with United States and 
     international organizations.
       None of the funds made available to the Forest Service 
     under this Act shall be subject to transfer under the 
     provisions of section 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture 
     Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) or 7 U.S.C. 147b unless 
     the proposed transfer is approved in advance by the House and 
     Senate Committees on Appropriations in compliance with the 
     reprogramming procedures contained in House Report No. 105-
     163.
       None of the funds available to the Forest Service may be 
     reprogrammed without the advance approval of the House and 
     Senate Committees on Appropriations in accordance with the 
     procedures contained in House Report No. 105-163.
       No funds available to the Forest Service shall be 
     transferred to the Working Capital Fund of the Department of 
     Agriculture that exceed the total amount transferred during 
     fiscal year 2000 for such purposes without the advance 
     approval of the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations.
       Funds available to the Forest Service shall be available to 
     conduct a program of not less than $2,000,000 for high 
     priority projects within the scope of the approved budget 
     which shall be carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps.
       Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $2,500 is 
     available to the Chief of the Forest Service for official 
     reception and representation expenses.
       Pursuant to sections 405(b) and 410(b) of Public Law 101-
     593, of the funds available to the Forest Service, up to 
     $3,000,000 may be advanced in a lump sum as Federal financial 
     assistance to the National Forest Foundation, without regard 
     to when the Foundation incurs expenses, for administrative 
     expenses or projects on or benefitting National Forest System 
     lands or related to Forest Service programs: Provided, That 
     of the Federal funds made available to the Foundation, no 
     more than $400,000 shall be available for administrative 
     expenses: Provided further, That the Foundation shall obtain, 
     by the end of the period of Federal financial assistance, 
     private contributions to match on at least one-for-one basis 
     funds made available by the Forest Service: Provided further, 
     That the Foundation may transfer Federal funds to a non-
     Federal recipient for a project at the same rate that the 
     recipient has obtained the non-Federal matching funds: 
     Provided further, That authorized investments of Federal 
     funds held by the Foundation may be made only in interest-
     bearing obligations of the United States or in obligations 
     guaranteed as to both principal and interest by the United 
     States.
       Pursuant to section 2(b)(2) of Public Law 98-244, 
     $2,650,000 of the funds available to the Forest Service shall 
     be available for matching funds to the National Fish and 
     Wildlife Foundation, as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 3701-3709, 
     and may be advanced in a lump sum as Federal financial 
     assistance, without regard to when expenses are incurred, 
     for projects on or benefitting National Forest System 
     lands or related to Forest Service programs: Provided, 
     That the Foundation shall obtain, by the end of the period 
     of Federal financial assistance, private contributions to 
     match on at least one-for-one basis funds advanced by the 
     Forest Service: Provided further, That the Foundation may 
     transfer Federal funds to a non-Federal recipient for a 
     project at the same rate that the recipient has obtained 
     the non-Federal matching funds.
       Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available 
     for interactions with and providing technical assistance to 
     rural communities for sustainable rural development purposes.
       Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 80 percent of 
     the funds appropriated to the Forest Service in the 
     ``National Forest System'' and ``Capital Improvement and 
     Maintenance'' accounts and planned to be allocated to 
     activities under the ``Jobs in the Woods'' program for 
     projects on National Forest land in the State of Washington 
     may be granted directly to the Washington State Department of 
     Fish and Wildlife for accomplishment of planned projects. 
     Twenty percent of said funds shall be retained by the Forest 
     Service for planning and administering projects. Project 
     selection and prioritization shall be accomplished by the 
     Forest Service with such consultation with the State of 
     Washington as the Forest Service deems appropriate.
       Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available 
     for payments to counties within the Columbia River Gorge 
     National Scenic Area, pursuant to sections 14(c)(1) and (2), 
     and section 16(a)(2) of Public Law 99-663.
       For fiscal years 2003 through 2007, the Secretary of 
     Agriculture is authorized to enter into grants, contracts, 
     and cooperative agreements as appropriate with the Pinchot 
     Institute for Conservation, as well as with public and other 
     private agencies, organizations, institutions, and 
     individuals, to provide for the development, administration, 
     maintenance, or restoration of land, facilities, or Forest 
     Service programs, at the Grey Towers National Historic 
     Landmark: Provided, That, subject to such terms and 
     conditions as the Secretary of Agriculture may prescribe, any 
     such public or private agency, organization, institution, or 
     individual may solicit, accept, and administer private gifts 
     of money and real or personal property for the benefit of, or 
     in connection with, the activities and services at the Grey 
     Towers National Historic Landmark: Provided further, That 
     such gifts may be accepted notwithstanding the fact that a 
     donor conducts business with the Department of Agriculture in 
     any capacity.
       Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 
     available, as determined by the Secretary, for payments to 
     Del Norte County, California, pursuant to sections 13(e) and 
     14 of the Smith River National Recreation Area Act (Public 
     Law 101-612).
       Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
     appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service not 
     to exceed $500,000 may be used to reimburse the Office of the 
     General Counsel (OGC), Department of Agriculture, for travel 
     and related expenses incurred as a result of OGC assistance 
     or participation requested by the Forest Service at meetings, 
     training sessions, management reviews, land purchase 
     negotiations and similar non-litigation related matters. 
     Future budget justifications for both the Forest Service and 
     the Department of Agriculture should clearly display the sums 
     previously transferred and the requested funding transfers.
       Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service 
     may be used for necessary expenses in the event of law 
     enforcement emergencies as necessary to protect natural 
     resources and public or employee safety: Provided, That such 
     amounts shall not exceed $1,000,000.
       The Secretary of Agriculture may authorize the sale of 
     excess buildings, facilities, and other properties owned by 
     the Forest Service and located on the Green Mountain National 
     Forest, the revenues of which shall be retained by the Forest 
     Service and available to the Secretary without further 
     appropriation and until expended for maintenance and 
     rehabilitation activities on the Green Mountain National 
     Forest.
       The Secretary of Agriculture may transfer or reimburse 
     funds available to the Forest Service, not to exceed 
     $15,000,000, to the Secretary of the Interior or the 
     Secretary of Commerce to expedite conferencing and 
     consultations as required under section 7 of the Endangered 
     Species Act, 16 U.S.C. 1536. The amount of the transfer or 
     reimbursement shall be as mutually agreed by the Secretary of 
     Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior or Secretary of 
     Commerce, as applicable, or their designees. The amount shall 
     in no case exceed the actual costs of consultation and 
     conferencing.
       Beginning on June 30, 2001 and concluding on December 31, 
     2003, an eligible individual who is employed in any project 
     funded under Title V of the Older American Act of 1965 (42 
     U.S.C. 3056 et seq.) and administered by the Forest Service 
     shall be considered to be a Federal employee for purposes of 
     chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code.

                          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


                         Clean Coal Technology

                               (deferral)

       Of the funds made available under this heading for 
     obligation in prior years, $87,000,000 shall not be available 
     until October 1, 2003: Provided, That funds made available in 
     previous appropriations Acts shall be available for any 
     ongoing project regardless of the separate request for 
     proposal under which the project was selected.


                 Fossil Energy Research and Development

       For necessary expenses in carrying out fossil energy 
     research and development activities, under the authority of 
     the Department of Energy Organization Act (Public Law 95-91), 
     including the acquisition of interest, including defeasible 
     and equitable interests in any real property or any facility 
     or for plant or facility acquisition or expansion, and for 
     conducting inquiries, technological investigations and 
     research concerning the extraction, processing, use, and 
     disposal of mineral substances without objectionable social 
     and environmental costs (30 U.S.C. 3, 1602, and 1603), 
     $624,900,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
     $4,000,000 is to continue a multi-year project for 
     construction, renovation, furnishing, and demolition or 
     removal of buildings at National Energy Technology Laboratory 
     facilities in Morgantown, West Virginia and Pittsburgh, 
     Pennsylvania; and of which $150,000,000 are to be made 
     available, after coordination with the private sector, for a 
     request for proposals for a Clean Coal Power Initiative 
     providing for competitively-awarded research, development, 
     and demonstration projects to reduce the barriers to 
     continued and expanded coal use: Provided, That no project 
     may be selected for which sufficient funding is not available 
     to provide for the total project: Provided further, That 
     funds shall be expended in accordance with the provisions 
     governing the use of funds contained under the

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     heading ``Clean Coal Technology'' in prior appropriations: 
     Provided further, That the Department may include provisions 
     for repayment of Government contributions to individual 
     projects in an amount up to the Government contribution to 
     the project on terms and conditions that are acceptable to 
     the Department including repayments from sale and licensing 
     of technologies from both domestic and foreign transactions: 
     Provided further, That such repayments shall be retained by 
     the Department for future coal-related research, development 
     and demonstration projects: Provided further, That any 
     technology selected under this program shall be considered a 
     Clean Coal Technology, and any project selected under this 
     program shall be considered a Clean Coal Technology Project, 
     for the purposes of 42 U.S.C. Sec. 7651n, and Chapters 51, 
     52, and 60 of title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations: 
     Provided further, That no part of the sum herein made 
     available shall be used for the field testing of nuclear 
     explosives in the recovery of oil and gas: Provided 
     further, That up to 4 percent of program direction funds 
     available to the National Energy Technology Laboratory may 
     be used to support Department of Energy activities not 
     included in this account.

                 naval petroleum and oil shale reserves

       For expenses necessary to carry out naval petroleum and oil 
     shale reserve activities, $17,831,000, to remain available 
     until expended: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, unobligated funds remaining from prior 
     years shall be available for all naval petroleum and oil 
     shale reserve activities.


                      Elk Hills School Lands Fund

       For necessary expenses in fulfilling installment payments 
     under the Settlement Agreement entered into by the United 
     States and the State of California on October 11, 1996, as 
     authorized by section 3415 of Public Law 104-106, 
     $36,000,000, to become available on October 1, 2003 for 
     payment to the State of California for the State Teachers' 
     Retirement Fund from the Elk Hills School Lands Fund.


                          Energy Conservation

       For necessary expenses in carrying out energy conservation 
     activities, $897,603,000, to remain available until expended: 
     Provided, That $270,000,000 shall be for use in energy 
     conservation grant programs as defined in section 3008(3) of 
     Public Law 99-509 (15 U.S.C. 4507): Provided further, That 
     notwithstanding section 3003(d)(2) of Public Law 99-509, such 
     sums shall be allocated to the eligible programs as follows: 
     $225,000,000 for weatherization assistance grants and 
     $45,000,000 for State energy conservation grants.


                          economic regulation

       For necessary expenses in carrying out the activities of 
     the Office of Hearings and Appeals, $1,487,000, to remain 
     available until expended.


                      strategic petroleum reserve

       For necessary expenses for Strategic Petroleum Reserve 
     facility development and operations and program management 
     activities pursuant to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act 
     of 1975, as amended (42 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.), $172,856,000, 
     to remain available until expended.


                         spr petroleum account

                         (including rescission)

       For the acquisition and transportation of petroleum and for 
     other necessary expenses pursuant to the Energy Policy and 
     Conservation Act of 1975, as amended (42 U.S.C. 6201 et 
     seq.), $7,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
     Provided, That from unobligated balances of prior year 
     appropriations, an amount of $5,000,000 is rescinded.


                   Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve

       For necessary expenses for Northeast Home Heating Oil 
     Reserve storage, operations, and management activities 
     pursuant to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 2000, 
     $6,000,000, to remain available until expended.


                   energy information administration

       For necessary expenses in carrying out the activities of 
     the Energy Information Administration, $80,611,000, to remain 
     available until expended.

            administrative provisions, department of energy

       Appropriations under this Act for the current fiscal year 
     shall be available for hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
     hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; purchase, 
     repair, and cleaning of uniforms; and reimbursement to the 
     General Services Administration for security guard services.
       From appropriations under this Act, transfers of sums may 
     be made to other agencies of the Government for the 
     performance of work for which the appropriation is made.
       None of the funds made available to the Department of 
     Energy under this Act shall be used to implement or finance 
     authorized price support or loan guarantee programs unless 
     specific provision is made for such programs in an 
     appropriations Act.
       The Secretary is authorized to accept lands, buildings, 
     equipment, and other contributions from public and private 
     sources and to prosecute projects in cooperation with other 
     agencies, Federal, State, private or foreign: Provided, That 
     revenues and other moneys received by or for the account of 
     the Department of Energy or otherwise generated by sale of 
     products in connection with projects of the Department 
     appropriated under this Act may be retained by the Secretary 
     of Energy, to be available until expended, and used only for 
     plant construction, operation, costs, and payments to cost-
     sharing entities as provided in appropriate cost-sharing 
     contracts or agreements: Provided further, That the remainder 
     of revenues after the making of such payments shall be 
     covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: Provided 
     further, That any contract, agreement, or provision thereof 
     entered into by the Secretary pursuant to this authority 
     shall not be executed prior to the expiration of 30 calendar 
     days (not including any day in which either House of Congress 
     is not in session because of adjournment of more than 3 
     calendar days to a day certain) from the receipt by the 
     Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of 
     the Senate of a full comprehensive report on such project, 
     including the facts and circumstances relied upon in 
     support of the proposed project.
       No funds provided in this Act may be expended by the 
     Department of Energy to prepare, issue, or process 
     procurement documents for programs or projects for which 
     appropriations have not been made.
       In addition to other authorities set forth in this Act, the 
     Secretary may accept fees and contributions from public and 
     private sources, to be deposited in a contributed funds 
     account, and prosecute projects using such fees and 
     contributions in cooperation with other Federal, State or 
     private agencies or concerns.

                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

                         Indian Health Service


                         indian health services

       For expenses necessary to carry out the Act of August 5, 
     1954 (68 Stat. 674), the Indian Self-Determination Act, the 
     Indian Health Care Improvement Act, and titles II and III of 
     the Public Health Service Act with respect to the Indian 
     Health Service, $2,492,115,000, together with payments 
     received during the fiscal year pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 238(b) 
     for services furnished by the Indian Health Service: 
     Provided, That funds made available to tribes and tribal 
     organizations through contracts, grant agreements, or any 
     other agreements or compacts authorized by the Indian Self-
     Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 
     450), shall be deemed to be obligated at the time of the 
     grant or contract award and thereafter shall remain available 
     to the tribe or tribal organization without fiscal year 
     limitation: Provided further, That $18,000,000 shall remain 
     available until expended, for the Indian Catastrophic Health 
     Emergency Fund: Provided further, That $460,130,000 for 
     contract medical care shall remain available for obligation 
     until September 30, 2004: Provided further, That contract 
     medical care funds appropriated heretofore and hereafter for 
     tribes recognized after January 1, 1995, may be used to 
     provide medical services directly or through contract medical 
     care: Provided further, That of the funds provided, up to 
     $25,000,000 shall be used to carry out the loan repayment 
     program under section 108 of the Indian Health Care 
     Improvement Act: Provided further, That funds provided in 
     this Act may be used for one-year contracts and grants which 
     are to be performed in two fiscal years, so long as the total 
     obligation is recorded in the year for which the funds are 
     appropriated: Provided further, That the amounts collected by 
     the Secretary of Health and Human Services under the 
     authority of title IV of the Indian Health Care Improvement 
     Act shall remain available until expended for the purpose of 
     achieving compliance with the applicable conditions and 
     requirements of titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security 
     Act (exclusive of planning, design, or construction of new 
     facilities): Provided further, That funding contained herein, 
     and in any earlier appropriations Acts for scholarship 
     programs under the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 
     U.S.C. 1613) shall remain available for obligation until 
     September 30, 2004: Provided further, That amounts received 
     by tribes and tribal organizations under title IV of the 
     Indian Health Care Improvement Act shall be reported and 
     accounted for and available to the receiving tribes and 
     tribal organizations until expended: Provided further, That, 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the amounts 
     provided herein, not to exceed $270,734,000 shall be for 
     payments to tribes and tribal organizations for contract or 
     grant support costs associated with contracts, grants, self-
     governance compacts or annual funding agreements between the 
     Indian Health Service and a tribe or tribal organization 
     pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975, as 
     amended, prior to or during fiscal year 2003, of which not to 
     exceed $2,500,000 may be used for contract support costs 
     associated with new or expanded self-determination contracts, 
     grants, self-governance compacts or annual funding 
     agreements: Provided further, That funds appropriated under 
     the Special Diabetes Program for Indians (42 U.S.C. 254c-
     3(c)) for fiscal year 2003 and thereafter for the purpose of 
     making grants shall remain available until expended: Provided 
     further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     contributions authorized by 10 U.S.C. 1111 for the Uniformed 
     Service of the Public Health Service shall be paid in fiscal 
     year 2003 and thereafter from the Department of Health and 
     Human Services' Retirement Pay and Medical Benefits for 
     Commissioned Officers account without charges billed to the 
     Indian Health Service: Provided further, That heretofore and 
     hereafter the provisions of 10 U.S.C. 1116 shall not apply to 
     the Indian Health Service: Provided further, That funds 
     available for the Indian Health Care Improvement Fund may be 
     used, as needed, to carry out activities typically funded 
     under the Indian Health Facilities account: Provided further, 
     That of the amounts provided for Indian Health Services, 
     $15,000,000 is provided to the Alaska Federation of Natives 
     for alcohol control, prevention, treatment, sobriety and 
     wellness, of which at least $100,000 shall be available for 
     an independent third party to conduct an evaluation of the 
     program and $5,000,000 shall be available to the Alaska 
     Native Tribal Health Consortium for substance abuse and 
     behavioral health counselors through the Counselor in Every 
     Village Program: Provided further, That no more than 10 
     percent may be used by any entity receiving funding for

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     administrative overhead including indirect costs: Provided 
     further, That prior to the release of funds to a regional 
     Native non-profit entity, it must enter into an agreement 
     with the regional Native health corporation on allocation of 
     resources to avoid duplication of effort and to foster 
     cooperation.


                        Indian Health Facilities

       For construction, repair, maintenance, improvement, and 
     equipment of health and related auxiliary facilities, 
     including quarters for personnel; preparation of plans, 
     specifications, and drawings; acquisition of sites, purchase 
     and erection of modular buildings, and purchases of trailers; 
     and for provision of domestic and community sanitation 
     facilities for Indians, as authorized by section 7 of the Act 
     of August 5, 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2004a), the Indian Self-
     Determination Act, and the Indian Health Care Improvement 
     Act, and for expenses necessary to carry out such Acts and 
     titles II and III of the Public Health Service Act with 
     respect to environmental health and facilities support 
     activities of the Indian Health Service, $376,190,000, to 
     remain available until expended: Provided, That 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
     appropriated for the planning, design, construction or 
     renovation of health facilities for the benefit of an Indian 
     tribe or tribes may be used to purchase land for sites to 
     construct, improve, or enlarge health or related facilities: 
     Provided further, That from the funds appropriated herein, 
     $5,000,000 shall be designated by the Indian Health Service 
     as a contribution to the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation 
     (YKHC) to continue a priority project for the acquisition of 
     land, planning, design and construction of 79 staff quarters 
     in the Bethel service area, pursuant to the negotiated 
     project agreement between the YKHC and the Indian Health 
     Service: Provided further, That this project shall not be 
     subject to the construction provisions of the Indian Self-
     Determination and Education Assistance Act and shall be 
     removed from the Indian Health Service priority list upon 
     completion: Provided further, That the Federal Government 
     shall not be liable for any property damages or other 
     construction claims that may arise from YKHC undertaking this 
     project: Provided further, That the land shall be owned or 
     leased by the YKHC and title to quarters shall remain vested 
     with the YKHC: Provided further, That not to exceed $500,000 
     shall be used by the Indian Health Service to purchase 
     TRANSAM equipment from the Department of Defense for 
     distribution to the Indian Health Service and tribal 
     facilities: Provided further, That none of the funds 
     appropriated to the Indian Health Service may be used for 
     sanitation facilities construction for new homes funded with 
     grants by the housing programs of the U.S. Department of 
     Housing and Urban Development: Provided further, That not to 
     exceed $1,000,000 from this account and the ``Indian Health 
     Services'' account shall be used by the Indian Health Service 
     to obtain ambulances for the Indian Health Service and tribal 
     facilities in conjunction with an existing interagency 
     agreement between the Indian Health Service and the General 
     Services Administration: Provided further, That not to exceed 
     $500,000 shall be placed in a Demolition Fund, available 
     until expended, to be used by the Indian Health Service for 
     demolition of Federal buildings: Provided further, That 
     notwithstanding the provisions of title III, section 306, of 
     the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (Public Law 94-437, as 
     amended), construction contracts authorized under title I of 
     the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 
     1975, as amended, may be used rather than grants to fund 
     small ambulatory facility construction projects: Provided 
     further, That if a contract is used, the IHS is authorized to 
     improve municipal, private, or tribal lands, and that at no 
     time, during construction or after completion of the project 
     will the Federal Government have any rights or title to any 
     real or personal property acquired as a part of the contract: 
     Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law or regulation, for purposes of acquiring sites for a 
     new clinic and staff quarters in St. Paul Island, Alaska, 
     the Secretary of Health and Human Services may accept land 
     donated by the Tanadgusix Corporation.


            administrative provisions, indian health service

       Appropriations in this Act to the Indian Health Service 
     shall be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
     3109 but at rates 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 and aircraft; 
     purchase of medical equipment; purchase of reprints; 
     purchase, renovation and erection of modular buildings and 
     renovation of existing facilities; payments for telephone 
     service in private residences in the field, when authorized 
     under regulations approved by the Secretary; and for uniforms 
     or allowances therefor as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; 
     and for expenses of attendance at meetings which are 
     concerned with the functions or activities for which the 
     appropriation is made or which will contribute to improved 
     conduct, supervision, or management of those functions or 
     activities.
       In accordance with the provisions of the Indian Health Care 
     Improvement Act, non-Indian patients may be extended health 
     care at all tribally administered or Indian Health Service 
     facilities, subject to charges, and the proceeds along with 
     funds recovered under the Federal Medical Care Recovery Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 2651-2653) shall be credited to the account of the 
     facility providing the service and shall be available without 
     fiscal year limitation. Notwithstanding any other law or 
     regulation, funds transferred from the Department of Housing 
     and Urban Development to the Indian Health Service shall be 
     administered under Public Law 86-121 (the Indian Sanitation 
     Facilities Act) and Public Law 93-638, as amended.
       Funds appropriated to the Indian Health Service in this 
     Act, except those used for administrative and program 
     direction purposes, shall not be subject to limitations 
     directed at curtailing Federal travel and transportation.
       Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
     previously or herein made available to a tribe or tribal 
     organization through a contract, grant, or agreement 
     authorized by title I or title III of the Indian Self-
     Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 
     450), may be deobligated and reobligated to a self-
     determination contract under title I, or a self-governance 
     agreement under title III of such Act and thereafter shall 
     remain available to the tribe or tribal organization without 
     fiscal year limitation.
       None of the funds made available to the Indian Health 
     Service in this Act shall be used to implement the final rule 
     published in the Federal Register on September 16, 1987, by 
     the Department of Health and Human Services, relating to the 
     eligibility for the health care services of the Indian Health 
     Service until the Indian Health Service has submitted a 
     budget request reflecting the increased costs associated with 
     the proposed final rule, and such request has been included 
     in an appropriations Act and enacted into law.
       Funds made available in this Act are to be apportioned to 
     the Indian Health Service as appropriated in this Act, and 
     accounted for in the appropriation structure set forth in 
     this Act.
       With respect to functions transferred by the Indian Health 
     Service to tribes or tribal organizations, the Indian Health 
     Service is authorized to provide goods and services to those 
     entities, on a reimbursable basis, including payment in 
     advance with subsequent adjustment. The reimbursements 
     received therefrom, along with the funds received from those 
     entities pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination Act, may 
     be credited to the same or subsequent appropriation account 
     which provided the funding. Such amounts shall remain 
     available until expended.
       Reimbursements for training, technical assistance, or 
     services provided by the Indian Health Service will contain 
     total costs, including direct, administrative, and overhead 
     associated with the provision of goods, services, or 
     technical assistance.
       The appropriation structure for the Indian Health Service 
     may not be altered without advance approval of the House and 
     Senate Committees on Appropriations.

                         OTHER RELATED AGENCIES

              Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation


                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Navajo and Hopi 
     Indian Relocation as authorized by Public Law 93-531, 
     $14,491,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
     That funds provided in this or any other appropriations Act 
     are to be used to relocate eligible individuals and groups 
     including evictees from District 6, Hopi-partitioned lands 
     residents, those in significantly substandard housing, and 
     all others certified as eligible and not included in the 
     preceding categories: Provided further, That none of the 
     funds contained in this or any other Act may be used by the 
     Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation to evict any 
     single Navajo or Navajo family who, as of November 30, 1985, 
     was physically domiciled on the lands partitioned to the Hopi 
     Tribe unless a new or replacement home is provided for such 
     household: Provided further, That no relocatee will be 
     provided with more than one new or replacement home: Provided 
     further, That the Office shall relocate any certified 
     eligible relocatees who have selected and received an 
     approved homesite on the Navajo reservation or selected a 
     replacement residence off the Navajo reservation or on the 
     land acquired pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 640d-10.

    Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts 
                              Development


                        payment to the institute

       For payment to the Institute of American Indian and Alaska 
     Native Culture and Arts Development, as authorized by title 
     XV of Public Law 99-498, as amended (20 U.S.C. 56 part A), 
     $5,490,000, of which $1,000,000 shall remain available until 
     expended for construction of the Library Technology Center.

                        Smithsonian Institution


                         Salaries and Expenses

                         (including rescission)

       For necessary expenses of the Smithsonian Institution, as 
     authorized by law, including research in the fields of art, 
     science, and history; development, preservation, and 
     documentation of the National Collections; presentation of 
     public exhibits and performances; collection, preparation, 
     dissemination, and exchange of information and publications; 
     conduct of education, training, and museum assistance 
     programs; maintenance, alteration, operation, lease (for 
     terms not to exceed 30 years), and protection of buildings, 
     facilities, and approaches; not to exceed $100,000 for 
     services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; up to five 
     replacement passenger vehicles; purchase, rental, repair, and 
     cleaning of uniforms for employees, $463,205,000, of which 
     not to exceed $53,634,000 for the instrumentation program, 
     collections acquisition, exhibition reinstallation, security 
     improvements, the National Museum of the American Indian, and 
     the repatriation of skeletal remains program shall remain 
     available until expended, and including such funds as may be 
     necessary to support American overseas research centers and a 
     total of $125,000 for the Council of American Overseas 
     Research Centers: Provided, That funds appropriated herein 
     are available for advance payments to independent contractors 
     performing research services or participating in official

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     Smithsonian presentations: Provided further, That the 
     Smithsonian Institution may expend Federal appropriations 
     designated in this Act for lease or rent payments for long 
     term and swing space, as rent payable to the Smithsonian 
     Institution, and such rent payments may be deposited into the 
     general trust funds of the Institution to the extent that 
     federally supported activities are housed in the 900 H 
     Street, N.W. building in the District of Columbia: Provided 
     further, That this use of Federal appropriations shall not be 
     construed as debt service, a Federal guarantee of, a transfer 
     of risk to, or an obligation of, the Federal Government: 
     Provided further, That no appropriated funds may be used 
     to service debt which is incurred to finance the costs of 
     acquiring the 900 H Street building or of planning, 
     designing, and constructing improvements to such building: 
     Provided further, That from unobligated balances of prior 
     year appropriations, an amount of $14,100,000 is 
     rescinded.


            repair, restoration and alteration of facilities

       For necessary expenses of maintenance, repair, restoration, 
     and alteration of facilities owned or occupied by the 
     Smithsonian Institution, including necessary personnel, by 
     contract or otherwise, as authorized by section 2 of the Act 
     of August 22, 1949 (63 Stat. 623), $83,425,000, to remain 
     available until expended, of which $18,875,000 is provided 
     for maintenance, repair, rehabilitation and alteration of 
     facilities at the National Zoological Park, and of which not 
     to exceed $10,000 is for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
     3109: Provided, That contracts awarded for environmental 
     systems, protection systems, and repair or restoration of 
     facilities of the Smithsonian Institution may be negotiated 
     with selected contractors and awarded on the basis of 
     contractor qualifications as well as price: Provided further, 
     That notwithstanding any other provision of law, a single 
     procurement contract for the repair and renovation of the 
     Patent Office Building may be issued which includes the full 
     scope of the project: Provided further, That the solicitation 
     of the contract and the contract shall contain the clause 
     ``availability of funds'' found at 48 C.F.R. 52.232-18.


                              construction

       For necessary expenses for construction of the National 
     Museum of the American Indian, including necessary personnel, 
     $16,000,000, to remain available until expended.


           administrative provisions, smithsonian institution

       None of the funds in this or any other Act may be used to 
     make any changes to the existing Smithsonian science programs 
     including closure of facilities, relocation of staff or 
     redirection of functions and programs without approval from 
     the Board of Regents of recommendations received from the 
     Science Commission.
       None of the funds in this or any other Act may be used to 
     initiate the design for any proposed expansion of current 
     space or new facility without consultation with the House and 
     Senate Appropriations Committees.
       None of the funds in this or any other Act may be used for 
     the Holt House located at the National Zoological Park in 
     Washington, D.C., unless identified as repairs to minimize 
     water damage, monitor structure movement, or provide interim 
     structural support.
       None of the funds available to the Smithsonian may be 
     reprogrammed without the advance written approval of the 
     House and Senate Committees on Appropriations in accordance 
     with the procedures contained in House Report No. 105-163.

                        National Gallery of Art


                         salaries and expenses

       For the upkeep and operations of the National Gallery of 
     Art, the protection and care of the works of art therein, and 
     administrative expenses incident thereto, as authorized by 
     the Act of March 24, 1937 (50 Stat. 51), as amended by the 
     public resolution of April 13, 1939 (Public Resolution 9, 
     Seventy-sixth Congress), including services as authorized by 
     5 U.S.C. 3109; payment in advance when authorized by the 
     treasurer of the Gallery for membership in library, museum, 
     and art associations or societies whose publications or 
     services are available to members only, or to members at a 
     price lower than to the general public; purchase, repair, and 
     cleaning of uniforms for guards, and uniforms, or allowances 
     therefor, for other employees as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 
     5901-5902); purchase or rental of devices and services for 
     protecting buildings and contents thereof, and maintenance, 
     alteration, improvement, and repair of buildings, approaches, 
     and grounds; and purchase of services for restoration and 
     repair of works of art for the National Gallery of Art by 
     contracts made, without advertising, with individuals, firms, 
     or organizations at such rates or prices and under such terms 
     and conditions as the Gallery may deem proper, $77,219,000, 
     of which not to exceed $3,026,000 for the special exhibition 
     program shall remain available until expended.


            repair, restoration and renovation of buildings

       For necessary expenses of repair, restoration and 
     renovation of buildings, grounds and facilities owned or 
     occupied by the National Gallery of Art, by contract or 
     otherwise, as authorized, $16,230,000, to remain available 
     until expended: Provided, That contracts awarded for 
     environmental systems, protection systems, and exterior 
     repair or renovation of buildings of the National Gallery of 
     Art may be negotiated with selected contractors and awarded 
     on the basis of contractor qualifications as well as price.

             John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts


                       operations and maintenance

       For necessary expenses for the operation, maintenance and 
     security of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing 
     Arts, $16,310,000.


                              construction

       For necessary expenses for capital repair and restoration 
     of the existing features of the building and site of the John 
     F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, $17,600,000, to 
     remain available until expended.

            Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars


                         salaries and expenses

       For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions of 
     the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 1356) 
     including hire of passenger vehicles and services as 
     authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $8,488,000.

           National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

                    National Endowment for the Arts


                       grants and administration

       For necessary expenses to carry out the National Foundation 
     on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, as amended, 
     $116,489,000, shall be available to the National Endowment 
     for the Arts for the support of projects and productions in 
     the arts through assistance to organizations and individuals 
     pursuant to sections 5(c) and 5(g) of the Act, including 
     $17,000,000 for support of arts education and public outreach 
     activities through the Challenge America program, for program 
     support, and for administering the functions of the Act, to 
     remain available until expended: Provided, That funds 
     previously appropriated to the National Endowment for the 
     Arts ``Matching Grants'' account and ``Challenge America'' 
     account may be transferred to and merged with this account.

                 National Endowment for the Humanities


                       grants and administration

       For necessary expenses to carry out the National Foundation 
     on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, as amended, 
     $109,632,000, shall be available to the National Endowment 
     for the Humanities for support of activities in the 
     humanities, pursuant to section 7(c) of the Act, and for 
     administering the functions of the Act, to remain available 
     until expended.


                            matching grants

       To carry out the provisions of section 10(a)(2) of the 
     National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 
     1965, as amended, $16,122,000, to remain available until 
     expended, of which $10,436,000 shall be available to the 
     National Endowment for the Humanities for the purposes of 
     section 7(h): Provided, That this appropriation shall be 
     available for obligation only in such amounts as may be 
     equal to the total amounts of gifts, bequests, and devises 
     of money, and other property accepted by the chairman or 
     by grantees of the Endowment under the provisions of 
     subsections 11(a)(2)(B) and 11(a)(3)(B) during the current 
     and preceding fiscal years for which equal amounts have 
     not previously been appropriated.

                       Administrative Provisions

       None of the funds appropriated to the National Foundation 
     on the Arts and the Humanities may be used to process any 
     grant or contract documents which do not include the text of 
     18 U.S.C. 1913: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 
     to the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities may 
     be used for official reception and representation expenses: 
     Provided further, That funds from nonappropriated sources may 
     be used as necessary for official reception and 
     representation expenses: Provided further, That the 
     Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts may 
     approve grants up to $10,000, if in the aggregate this amount 
     does not exceed 5 percent of the sums appropriated for grant 
     making purposes per year: Provided further, That such small 
     grant actions are taken pursuant to the terms of an expressed 
     and direct delegation of authority from the National Council 
     on the Arts to the Chairperson.

                        Commission of Fine Arts


                         salaries and expenses

       For expenses made necessary by the Act establishing a 
     Commission of Fine Arts (40 U.S.C. 104), $1,224,000: 
     Provided, That the Commission is authorized to charge fees to 
     cover the full costs of its publications, and such fees shall 
     be credited to this account as an offsetting collection, to 
     remain available until expended without further 
     appropriation.


               national capital arts and cultural affairs

       For necessary expenses as authorized by Public Law 99-190 
     (20 U.S.C. 956(a)), as amended, $7,000,000.


                        administrative provision

       None of the funds appropriated in this or any other Act, 
     except funds appropriated to the Office of Management and 
     Budget, shall be available to study the alteration or 
     transfer of the National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs 
     program.

               Advisory Council on Historic Preservation


                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Advisory Council on Historic 
     Preservation (Public Law 89-665, as amended), $3,667,000: 
     Provided, That none of these funds shall be available for 
     compensation of level V of the Executive Schedule or higher 
     positions.

                  National Capital Planning Commission


                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses, as authorized by the National 
     Capital Planning Act of 1952 (40 U.S.C. 71-71i), including 
     services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $7,253,000: 
     Provided, That all appointed members of the Commission will 
     be compensated at a rate not to exceed the daily equivalent 
     of the annual rate of pay for positions at level IV of the 
     Executive Schedule for each day such member is engaged in the 
     actual performance of duties.

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                United States Holocaust Memorial Museum


                       Holocaust Memorial Museum

       For expenses of the Holocaust Memorial Museum, as 
     authorized by Public Law 106-292 (36 U.S.C. 2301-2310), 
     $38,663,000, of which $1,900,000 for the museum's repair and 
     rehabilitation program and $1,264,000 for the museum's 
     exhibitions program shall remain available until expended.

                             Presidio Trust


                          Presidio Trust fund

       For necessary expenses to carry out title I of the Omnibus 
     Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996, $21,327,000 
     shall be available to the Presidio Trust, to remain available 
     until expended.

                     TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 301. The expenditure of any appropriation under this 
     Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those 
     contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public 
     record and available for public inspection, except where 
     otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing 
     Executive Order issued pursuant to existing law.
       Sec. 302. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
     Act shall be available for any activity or the publication or 
     distribution of literature that in any way tends to promote 
     public support or opposition to any legislative proposal on 
     which congressional action is not complete.
       Sec. 303. 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. 304. 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 except as otherwise provided by law.
       Sec. 305. No assessments may be levied against any program, 
     budget activity, subactivity, or project funded by this Act 
     unless advance notice of such assessments and the basis 
     therefor are presented to the Committees on Appropriations 
     and are approved by such committees.
       Sec. 306. None of the funds in this Act may be used to 
     plan, prepare, or offer for sale timber from trees classified 
     as giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) which are located 
     on National Forest System or Bureau of Land Management lands 
     in a manner different than such sales were conducted in 
     fiscal year 2002.
       Sec. 307. (a) Limitation of Funds.--None of the funds 
     appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant to this Act 
     shall be obligated or expended to accept or process 
     applications for a patent for any mining or mill site claim 
     located under the general mining laws.
       (b) Exceptions.--The provisions of subsection (a) shall not 
     apply if the Secretary of the Interior determines that, for 
     the claim concerned: (1) a patent application was filed with 
     the Secretary on or before September 30, 1994; and (2) all 
     requirements established under sections 2325 and 2326 of the 
     Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 29 and 30) for vein or lode 
     claims and sections 2329, 2330, 2331, and 2333 of the Revised 
     Statutes (30 U.S.C. 35, 36, and 37) for placer claims, and 
     section 2337 of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 42) for mill 
     site claims, as the case may be, were fully complied with by 
     the applicant by that date.
       (c) Report.--On September 30, 2003, the Secretary of the 
     Interior shall file with the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations and the Committee on Resources of the House of 
     Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources of the Senate a report on actions taken by the 
     Department under the plan submitted pursuant to section 
     314(c) of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies 
     Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 104-208).
       (d) Mineral Examinations.--In order to process patent 
     applications in a timely and responsible manner, upon the 
     request of a patent applicant, the Secretary of the Interior 
     shall allow the applicant to fund a qualified third-party 
     contractor to be selected by the Bureau of Land Management to 
     conduct a mineral examination of the mining claims or mill 
     sites contained in a patent application as set forth in 
     subsection (b). The Bureau of Land Management shall have the 
     sole responsibility to choose and pay the third-party 
     contractor in accordance with the standard procedures 
     employed by the Bureau of Land Management in the retention of 
     third-party contractors.
       Sec. 308. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     amounts appropriated to or earmarked in committee reports for 
     the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service 
     by Public Laws 103-138, 103-332, 104-134, 104-208, 105-83, 
     105-277, 106-113, 106-291, and 107-63 for payments to 
     tribes and tribal organizations for contract support costs 
     associated with self-determination or self-governance 
     contracts, grants, compacts, or annual funding agreements 
     with the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Indian Health 
     Service as funded by such Acts, are the total amounts 
     available for fiscal years 1994 through 2002 for such 
     purposes, except that, for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 
     tribes and tribal organizations may use their tribal 
     priority allocations for unmet indirect costs of ongoing 
     contracts, grants, self-governance compacts or annual 
     funding agreements.
       Sec. 309. Of the funds provided to the National Endowment 
     for the Arts--
       (1) The Chairperson shall only award a grant to an 
     individual if such grant is awarded to such individual for a 
     literature fellowship, National Heritage Fellowship, or 
     American Jazz Masters Fellowship.
       (2) The Chairperson shall establish procedures to ensure 
     that no funding provided through a grant, except a grant made 
     to a State or local arts agency, or regional group, may be 
     used to make a grant to any other organization or individual 
     to conduct activity independent of the direct grant 
     recipient. Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit payments 
     made in exchange for goods and services.
       (3) No grant shall be used for seasonal support to a group, 
     unless the application is specific to the contents of the 
     season, including identified programs and/or projects.
       Sec. 310. The National Endowment for the Arts and the 
     National Endowment for the Humanities are authorized to 
     solicit, accept, receive, and invest in the name of the 
     United States, gifts, bequests, or devises of money and other 
     property or services and to use such in furtherance of the 
     functions of the National Endowment for the Arts and the 
     National Endowment for the Humanities. Any proceeds from such 
     gifts, bequests, or devises, after acceptance by the National 
     Endowment for the Arts or the National Endowment for the 
     Humanities, shall be paid by the donor or the representative 
     of the donor to the Chairman. The Chairman shall enter the 
     proceeds in a special interest-bearing account to the credit 
     of the appropriate endowment for the purposes specified in 
     each case.
       Sec. 311. (a) In providing services or awarding financial 
     assistance under the National Foundation on the Arts and the 
     Humanities Act of 1965 from funds appropriated under this 
     Act, the Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts 
     shall ensure that priority is given to providing services or 
     awarding financial assistance for projects, productions, 
     workshops, or programs that serve underserved populations.
       (b) In this section:
       (1) The term ``underserved population'' means a population 
     of individuals, including urban minorities, who have 
     historically been outside the purview of arts and humanities 
     programs due to factors such as a high incidence of income 
     below the poverty line or to geographic isolation.
       (2) The term ``poverty line'' means the poverty line (as 
     defined by the Office of Management and Budget, and revised 
     annually in accordance with section 673(2) of the Community 
     Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2)) applicable to a 
     family of the size involved.
       (c) In providing services and awarding financial assistance 
     under the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act 
     of 1965 with funds appropriated by this Act, the Chairperson 
     of the National Endowment for the Arts shall ensure that 
     priority is given to providing services or awarding financial 
     assistance for projects, productions, workshops, or programs 
     that will encourage public knowledge, education, 
     understanding, and appreciation of the arts.
       (d) With funds appropriated by this Act to carry out 
     section 5 of the National Foundation on the Arts and 
     Humanities Act of 1965--
       (1) the Chairperson shall establish a grant category for 
     projects, productions, workshops, or programs that are of 
     national impact or availability or are able to tour several 
     States;
       (2) the Chairperson shall not make grants exceeding 15 
     percent, in the aggregate, of such funds to any single State, 
     excluding grants made under the authority of paragraph (1);
       (3) the Chairperson shall report to the Congress annually 
     and by State, on grants awarded by the Chairperson in each 
     grant category under section 5 of such Act; and
       (4) the Chairperson shall encourage the use of grants to 
     improve and support community-based music performance and 
     education.
       Sec. 312. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
     Act shall be expended or obligated to complete and issue the 
     5-year program under the Forest and Rangeland Renewable 
     Resources Planning Act.
       Sec. 313. None of the funds in this Act may be used to 
     support Government-wide administrative functions unless such 
     functions are justified in the budget process and funding is 
     approved by the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations.
       Sec. 314. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 
     of the funds in this Act may be used for GSA 
     Telecommunication Centers.
       Sec. 315. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for 
     fiscal year 2003 the Secretaries of Agriculture and the 
     Interior are authorized to limit competition for watershed 
     restoration project contracts as part of the ``Jobs in the 
     Woods'' Program established in Region 10 of the Forest 
     Service to individuals and entities in historically timber-
     dependent areas in the States of Washington, Oregon, northern 
     California, Idaho, Montana, and Alaska that have been 
     affected by reduced timber harvesting on Federal lands. The 
     Secretaries shall consider the benefits to the local economy 
     in evaluating bids and designing procurements which create 
     economic opportunities for local contractors.
       Sec. 316. Amounts deposited during fiscal year 2002 in the 
     roads and trails fund provided for in the 14th paragraph 
     under the heading ``FOREST SERVICE'' of the Act of March 4, 
     1913 (37 Stat. 843; 16 U.S.C. 501), shall be used by the 
     Secretary of Agriculture, without regard to the State in 
     which the amounts were derived, to repair or reconstruct 
     roads, bridges, and trails on National Forest System lands or 
     to carry out and administer projects to improve forest health 
     conditions, which may include the repair or reconstruction of 
     roads, bridges, and trails on National Forest System lands in 
     the wildland-community interface where there is an abnormally 
     high risk of fire. The projects shall emphasize reducing 
     risks to human safety and public health and property and 
     enhancing ecological functions, long-term forest 
     productivity, and biological integrity. The projects may be 
     completed in a subsequent fiscal year. Funds shall not be 
     expended under this section to replace funds which would 
     otherwise appropriately be expended from the timber salvage 
     sale fund. Nothing in this section shall be construed to 
     exempt any project from any environmental law.
       Sec. 317. Other than in emergency situations, none of the 
     funds in this Act may be used to operate telephone answering 
     machines during core

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     business hours unless such answering machines include an 
     option that enables callers to reach promptly an individual 
     on-duty with the agency being contacted.
       Sec. 318. No timber sale in Region 10 shall be advertised 
     if the indicated rate is deficit when appraised using a 
     residual value approach that assigns domestic Alaska 
     values for western redcedar. Program accomplishments shall 
     be based on volume sold. Should Region 10 sell, in fiscal 
     year 2003, the annual average portion of the decadal 
     allowable sale quantity called for in the current Tongass 
     Land Management Plan in sales which are not deficit when 
     appraised using a residual value approach that assigns 
     domestic Alaska values for western redcedar, all of the 
     western redcedar timber from those sales which is surplus 
     to the needs of domestic processors in Alaska, shall be 
     made available to domestic processors in the contiguous 48 
     United States at prevailing domestic prices. Should Region 
     10 sell, in fiscal year 2003, less than the annual average 
     portion of the decadal allowable sale quantity called for 
     in the Tongass Land Management Plan in sales which are not 
     deficit when appraised using a residual value approach 
     that assigns domestic Alaska values for western redcedar, 
     the volume of western redcedar timber available to 
     domestic processors at prevailing domestic prices in the 
     contiguous 48 United States shall be that volume: (i) 
     which is surplus to the needs of domestic processors in 
     Alaska, and (ii) is that percent of the surplus western 
     redcedar volume determined by calculating the ratio of the 
     total timber volume which has been sold on the Tongass to 
     the annual average portion of the decadal allowable sale 
     quantity called for in the current Tongass Land Management 
     Plan. The percentage shall be calculated by Region 10 on a 
     rolling basis as each sale is sold (for purposes of this 
     amendment, a ``rolling basis'' shall mean that the 
     determination of how much western redcedar is eligible for 
     sale to various markets shall be made at the time each 
     sale is awarded). Western redcedar shall be deemed 
     ``surplus to the needs of domestic processors in Alaska'' 
     when the timber sale holder has presented to the Forest 
     Service documentation of the inability to sell western 
     redcedar logs from a given sale to domestic Alaska 
     processors at a price equal to or greater than the log 
     selling value stated in the contract. All additional 
     western redcedar volume not sold to Alaska or contiguous 
     48 United States domestic processors may be exported to 
     foreign markets at the election of the timber sale holder. 
     All Alaska yellow cedar may be sold at prevailing export 
     prices at the election of the timber sale holder.
       Sec. 319. A project undertaken by the Forest Service under 
     the Recreation Fee Demonstration Program as authorized by 
     section 315 of the Department of the Interior and Related 
     Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1996, as amended, 
     shall not result in--
       (1) displacement of the holder of an authorization to 
     provide commercial recreation services on Federal lands. 
     Prior to initiating any project, the Secretary shall consult 
     with potentially affected holders to determine what impacts 
     the project may have on the holders. Any modifications to the 
     authorization shall be made within the terms and conditions 
     of the authorization and authorities of the impacted agency.
       (2) the return of a commercial recreation service to the 
     Secretary for operation when such services have been provided 
     in the past by a private sector provider, except when--
       (A) the private sector provider fails to bid on such 
     opportunities;
       (B) the private sector provider terminates its relationship 
     with the agency; or
       (C) the agency revokes the permit for non-compliance with 
     the terms and conditions of the authorization.
     In such cases, the agency may use the Recreation Fee 
     Demonstration Program to provide for operations until a 
     subsequent operator can be found through the offering of a 
     new prospectus.
       Sec. 320. Prior to October 1, 2003, the Secretary of 
     Agriculture shall not be considered to be in violation of 
     subparagraph 6(f)(5)(A) of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable 
     Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1604(f)(5)(A)) 
     solely because more than 15 years have passed without 
     revision of the plan for a unit of the National Forest 
     System. Nothing in this section exempts the Secretary from 
     any other requirement of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable 
     Resources Planning Act (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.) or any other 
     law: Provided, That if the Secretary is not acting 
     expeditiously and in good faith, within the funding 
     available, to revise a plan for a unit of the National Forest 
     System, this section shall be void with respect to such plan 
     and a court of proper jurisdiction may order completion of 
     the plan on an accelerated basis.
       Sec. 321. Until September 30, 2005, the authority of the 
     Secretary of Agriculture to enter into an agreement under the 
     first section of Public Law 94-148 (16 U.S.C. 565a-1) for a 
     purpose described in such section includes the authority to 
     use that legal instrument when the principal purpose of the 
     resulting relationship is to the mutually significant benefit 
     of the Forest Service and the other party or parties to the 
     agreement, including nonprofit entities. An agreement entered 
     into under this section shall not be subject to Public Law 
     95-224, Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreement Act (1977).
       Sec. 322. No funds provided in this Act may be expended to 
     conduct preleasing, leasing and related activities under 
     either the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) or the 
     Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) 
     within the boundaries of a National Monument established 
     pursuant to the Act of June 8, 1906 (16 U.S.C. 431 et seq.) 
     as such boundary existed on January 20, 2001, except where 
     such activities are allowed under the Presidential 
     proclamation establishing such monument.
       Sec. 323. Section 347 of the Department of the Interior and 
     Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (as contained in 
     section 101(e) of division A of Public Law 105-277; 16 U.S.C. 
     2104 note), is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``September 30, 2004'' 
     and all that follows and inserting ``September 30, 2013, the 
     Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management, via 
     agreement or contract as appropriate, may enter into 
     stewardship contracting projects with private persons or 
     other public or private entities to perform services to 
     achieve land management goals for the national forests and 
     the public lands that meet local and rural community 
     needs.'';
       (2) in subsection (b)(4)--
       (A) by striking ``noncommercial cutting or removing of 
     trees'' and inserting ``removing vegetation''; and
       (B) by striking ``non-commercial objectives'' and inserting 
     ``land management objectives'';
       (3) in subsection (c), by adding at the end a new paragraph 
     as follows:
       ``(5) Contracting officer.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, the Secretary of Agriculture or the 
     Secretary of the Interior may determine the appropriate 
     contracting officer to enter into and administer an agreement 
     or contract under subsection (a).'';
       (4) in subsections (c)(3), (d), (f), and (g), by inserting 
     ``and the Bureau of Land Management'' after ``Forest 
     Service'' each place it appears;
       (5) in the section heading, by striking ``DEMONSTRATION 
     PROJECT'' and inserting ``PROJECTS'';
       (6) in subsections (d)(2) and (f)(2)(B), by striking 
     ``demonstration'' each place it appears;
       (7) in subsection (d)(3), by striking ``the Secretary'' 
     both places it appears and inserting ``the Forest Service or 
     the Bureau of Land Management'' and by inserting ``or the 
     public lands'' after ``National Forest System''; and
       (8) in subsection (g), by striking ``each individual 
     stewardship pilot project'' and inserting ``the stewardship 
     contracting projects''.
       Sec. 324. Technical Correction Related to Cabin User 
     Fees.--Section 608(b)(2) of the Cabin User Fee Fairness Act 
     of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 6207(b)(2); Public Law 106-291) is amended 
     by striking ``value influences'' and inserting in lieu 
     thereof ``criteria'' and striking ``section 606(b)(3)'' and 
     inserting in lieu thereof ``section 606(b)(2)''.
       Sec. 325. Extension of Forest Service Conveyances Pilot 
     Program.--Section 329 of the Department of the Interior and 
     Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002 (16 U.S.C. 580d 
     note; Public Law 107-63) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (b), by striking ``10'' and inserting 
     ``20'';
       (2) in subsection (c) by inserting at the end of the 
     subsection ``Additionally, proceeds from the sale of 
     conveyances on no more than 3 sites shall be available for 
     construction of replacement facilities.''; and
       (3) in subsection (d), by striking ``2005'' and inserting 
     ``2006''.
       Sec. 326. Employees of the foundations established by Acts 
     of Congress to solicit private sector funds on behalf of 
     Federal land management agencies shall, in fiscal year 2004, 
     qualify for General Service Administration contract airfares.
       Sec. 327. In entering into agreements with foreign 
     countries pursuant to the Wildfire Suppression Assistance Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 1856m) the Secretary of Agriculture and the 
     Secretary of the Interior are authorized to enter into 
     reciprocal agreements in which the individuals furnished 
     under said agreements to provide wildfire services are 
     considered, for purposes of tort liability, employees of the 
     country receiving said services when the individuals are 
     fighting fires. The Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary 
     of the Interior shall not enter into any agreement under this 
     provision unless the foreign country (either directly or 
     through its fire organization) agrees to assume any and all 
     liability for the acts or omissions of American firefighters 
     engaged in firefighting in a foreign country. When an 
     agreement is reached for furnishing fire fighting services, 
     the only remedies for acts or omissions committed while 
     fighting fires shall be those provided under the laws of the 
     host country and those remedies shall be the exclusive 
     remedies for any claim arising out of fighting fires in a 
     foreign country. Neither the sending country nor any 
     organization associated with the firefighter shall be subject 
     to any action whatsoever pertaining to or arising out of 
     fighting fires.
       Sec. 328. A grazing permit or lease issued by the Secretary 
     of the Interior or a grazing permit issued by the Secretary 
     of Agriculture where National Forest System lands are 
     involved that expires, is transferred, or waived during 
     fiscal year 2003 shall be renewed under section 402 of the 
     Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, as amended 
     (43 U.S.C. 1752), section 19 of the Granger-Thye Act, as 
     amended (16 U.S.C. 580l), title III of the Bankhead-Jones 
     Farm Tenant Act (7 U.S.C. 1010 et seq.), or, if applicable, 
     section 510 of the California Desert Protection Act (16 
     U.S.C. 410aaa-50). The terms and conditions contained in the 
     expired, transferred, or waived permit or lease shall 
     continue in effect under the renewed permit or lease until 
     such time as the Secretary of the Interior or Secretary of 
     Agriculture as appropriate completes processing of such 
     permit or lease in compliance with all applicable laws and 
     regulations, at which time such permit or lease may be 
     canceled, suspended or modified, in whole or in part, to meet 
     the requirements of such applicable laws and regulations. 
     Nothing in this section shall be deemed to alter the 
     statutory authority of the Secretary of the Interior or the 
     Secretary of Agriculture: Provided, That where National 
     Forest System lands are involved and the Secretary of 
     Agriculture has renewed an expired or waived grazing permit 
     prior to or during fiscal year 2003 under the authority of 
     section 504 of the Rescissions Act of 1995 (Public Law 104-
     19), the terms and conditions of the renewed grazing

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     permit shall remain in effect until such time as the 
     Secretary of Agriculture completes processing of the renewed 
     permit in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations 
     or until the expiration of the renewed permit, whichever 
     comes first. Upon completion of the processing, the permit 
     may be canceled, suspended or modified, in whole or in part, 
     to meet the requirements of applicable laws and regulations. 
     Nothing in this section shall be deemed to alter the 
     Secretary of Agriculture's statutory authority.
       Sec. 329. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or 
     regulation, to promote the more efficient use of the health 
     care funding allocation for fiscal year 2003, the Eagle Butte 
     Service Unit of the Indian Health Service, at the request of 
     the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, may pay base salary rates to 
     health professionals up to the highest grade and step 
     available to a physician, pharmacist, or other health 
     professional and may pay a recruitment or retention bonus of 
     up to 25 percent above the base pay rate.
       Sec. 330. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality 
     of the United States Government except pursuant to a transfer 
     made by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any 
     other appropriations Act.
       Sec. 331. Prohibition of Oil and Gas Drilling in the Finger 
     Lakes National Forest, New York.--None of the funds in this 
     Act may be used to prepare or issue a permit or lease for oil 
     or gas drilling in the Finger Lakes National Forest, New 
     York, during fiscal year 2003.
       Sec. 332. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used for the planning, design, or construction of 
     improvements to Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White 
     House without the advance approval of the Committees on 
     Appropriations.
       Sec. 333. In awarding a Federal Contract with funds made 
     available by this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture and the 
     Secretary of the Interior (the ``Secretaries'') may, in 
     evaluating bids and proposals, give consideration to local 
     contractors who are from, and who provide employment and 
     training for, dislocated and displaced workers in an 
     economically disadvantaged rural community, including those 
     historically timber-dependent areas that have been affected 
     by reduced timber harvesting on Federal lands and other 
     forest-dependent rural communities isolated from significant 
     alternative employment opportunities: Provided, That the 
     contract is for forest hazardous fuels reduction, watershed 
     or water quality monitoring or restoration, wildlife or fish 
     population monitoring, or habitat restoration or management: 
     Provided further, That the terms ``rural community'' and 
     ``economically disadvantaged'' shall have the same meanings 
     as in section 2374 of Public Law 101-624: Provided further, 
     That the Secretaries shall develop guidance to implement this 
     section: Provided further, That nothing in this section shall 
     be construed as relieving the Secretaries of any duty under 
     applicable procurement laws, except as provided in this 
     section.
       Sec. 334. Section 401(e)(4)(B) of Public Law 105-83 is 
     amended after ``Not more than'' by striking ``5 percent'' and 
     inserting ``15 percent''.
       Sec. 335. The Record of Decision for the 2003 Supplemental 
     Environmental Impact Statement for the 1997 Tongass Land 
     Management Plan shall not be reviewed under any Forest 
     Service administrative appeal process, and its adequacy shall 
     not be subject to judicial review by any court of the United 
     States.
       Sec. 336. Section 7(c) of Public Law 106-143 is amended by 
     striking ``2001'' and inserting ``2004''.
       Sec. 337. Clarification of Alaska Native Settlement Trusts. 
     (a) Section 1629b of title 43, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (1) at subsection (d)(1) by striking ``An'' and inserting 
     in its place ``Except as otherwise set forth in subsection 
     (d)(3) of this section, an'';
       (2) by creating the following new subsection:
       ``(d)(3) A resolution described in subsection (a)(3) of 
     this section shall be considered to be approved by the 
     shareholders of a Native Corporation if it receives the 
     affirmative vote of shares representing--
       ``(A) a majority of the shares present or represented by 
     proxy at the meeting relating to such resolution, or
       ``(B) an amount of shares greater than a majority of the 
     shares present or represented by proxy at the meeting 
     relating to such resolution (but not greater than two-thirds 
     of the total voting power of the corporation) if the 
     corporation establishes such a level by an amendment to its 
     articles of incorporation.'';
       (3) by creating the following new subsection:
       ``(f) Substantially All of the Assets.--For purposes of 
     this section and section 1629e of this title, a Native 
     Corporation shall be considered to be transferring all or 
     substantially all of its assets to a Settlement Trust only if 
     such assets represent two-thirds or more of the fair market 
     value of the Native Corporation's total assets.''.
       (b) Section 1629e(a)(3) of title 43, United States Code, is 
     amended by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting in its 
     place the following:
       ``(B) shall give rise to dissenters rights to the extent 
     provided under the laws of the State only if--
       ``(i) the rights of beneficiaries in the Settlement Trust 
     receiving a conveyance are inalienable; and
       ``(ii) a shareholder vote on such transfer is required by 
     (a)(4) of section 1629b of this title.''.
       Sec. 338. Congress reaffirms its original intent that the 
     Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery Act of 
     1998 be implemented, and hereby extends the expiration of the 
     Quincy Library Group Act by 5 years.
       Sec. 339. Amendment to Titles I and II of the Energy Policy 
     and Conservation Act. (a) Title I of the Energy Policy and 
     Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6231-6247b) is amended--
       (1) by amending section 166 (42 U.S.C. 6246) to read as 
     follows:
       ``Sec. 166. There are authorized to be appropriated such 
     sums as may be necessary to implement this part, to remain 
     available until expended.'';
       (2) in section 186 (42 U.S.C. 6250e), by striking ``for 
     fiscal years 2001, 2002, and 2003''; and
       (3) in section 191 (42 U.S.C. 6251), by striking 
     ``September 30, 2003'' each time it appears and inserting 
     ``September 30, 2008''.
       (b) Title II of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 
     U.S.C. 6211-6251) is amended--
       (1) by amending section 256(h) (42 U.S.C. 6276) to read as 
     follows:
       ``(h) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are 
     authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary 
     to implement this part, to remain available until 
     expended.''; and
       (2) in section 281 (42 U.S.C. 6285), by striking 
     ``September 30, 2003'' each time it appears and inserting 
     ``September 30, 2008''.
       Sec. 340. No funds appropriated in this Act for the 
     acquisition of lands or interests in lands may be expended 
     for the filing of declarations of taking or complaints in 
     condemnation without the approval of the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That this provision 
     shall not apply to funds appropriated to implement the 
     Everglades National Park Protection and Expansion Act of 
     1989, or to funds appropriated for federal assistance to the 
     State of Florida to acquire lands for Everglades restoration 
     purposes.
       Sec. 341. Designation of Panthertown Valley Tract of 
     Nantahala National Forest, Jackson County, North Carolina, in 
     Honor of James and Elspeth McClure Clarke. The portion of the 
     Nantahala National Forest in Jackson County, North Carolina, 
     known as the Panthertown Valley tract and consisting of 
     approximately 6,294 acres is hereby designated as the ``James 
     and Elspeth McClure Clarke Forest'' in honor of James and 
     Elspeth McClure Clarke.
            TITLE IV--T'UF SHUR BIEN PRESERVATION TRUST AREA

     SEC. 401. SHORT TITLE.

       This title may be cited as the ``T'uf Shur Bien 
     Preservation Trust Area Act''.

     SEC. 402. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

       (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
       (1) in 1748, the Pueblo of Sandia received a grant from a 
     representative of the King of Spain, which grant was 
     recognized and confirmed by Congress in 1858 (11 Stat. 374); 
     and
       (2) in 1994, the Pueblo filed a civil action against the 
     Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture in 
     the United States District Court for the District of Columbia 
     (Civil No. 1:94CV02624), asserting that Federal surveys of 
     the grant boundaries erroneously excluded certain land within 
     the Cibola National Forest, including a portion of the Sandia 
     Mountain Wilderness.
       (b) Purposes.--The purposes of this title are--
       (1) to establish the T'uf Shur Bien Preservation Trust Area 
     in the Cibola National Forest;
       (2) to confirm the status of national forest land and 
     wilderness land in the Area while resolving issues associated 
     with the civil action referred to in subsection (a)(2) and 
     the opinions of the Solicitor of the Department of the 
     Interior dated December 9, 1988 (M-36963; 96 I.D. 331) and 
     January 19, 2001 (M-37002); and
       (3) to provide the Pueblo, the parties to the civil action, 
     and the public with a fair and just settlement of the 
     Pueblo's claim.

     SEC. 403. DEFINITIONS.

       In this title:
       (1) Area.--
       (A) In general.--The term ``Area'' means the T'uf Shur Bien 
     Preservation Trust Area, comprised of approximately 9890 
     acres of land in the Cibola National Forest, as depicted on 
     the map.
       (B) Exclusions.--The term ``Area'' does not include--
       (i) the subdivisions;
       (ii) Pueblo-owned land;
       (iii) the crest facilities; or
       (iv) the special use permit area.
       (2) Crest facilities.--The term ``crest facilities'' 
     means--
       (A) all facilities and developments located on the crest of 
     Sandia Mountain, including the Sandia Crest Electronic Site;
       (B) electronic site access roads;
       (C) the Crest House;
       (D) the upper terminal, restaurant, and related facilities 
     of Sandia Peak Tram Company;
       (E) the Crest Observation Area;
       (F) parking lots;
       (G) restrooms;
       (H) the Crest Trail (Trail No. 130);
       (I) hang glider launch sites;
       (J) the Kiwanis cabin; and
       (K) the land on which the facilities described in 
     subparagraphs (A) through (J) are located and the land 
     extending 100 feet along terrain to the west of each such 
     facility, unless a different distance is agreed to in writing 
     by the Secretary and the Pueblo and documented in the survey 
     of the Area.
       (3) Existing use.--The term ``existing use'' means a use 
     that--
       (A) is occurring in the Area as of the date of enactment of 
     this Act; or
       (B) is authorized in the Area after November 1, 1995, but 
     before the date of enactment of this Act.
       (4) La luz tract.--The term ``La Luz tract'' means the 
     tract comprised of approximately 31 acres of land owned in 
     fee by the Pueblo and depicted on the map.
       (5) Local public body.--The term ``local public body'' 
     means a political subdivision of the State of New Mexico (as 
     defined in New Mexico Code 6-5-1).
       (6) Map.--The term ``map'' means the Forest Service map 
     entitled ``T'uf Shur Bien Preservation Trust Area'' and dated 
     April 2000.

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       (7) Modified use.--
       (A) In general.--The term ``modified use'' means an 
     existing use that, at any time after the date of enactment of 
     this Act, is modified or reconfigured but not significantly 
     expanded.
       (B) Inclusions.--The term ``modified use'' includes--
       (i) a trail or trailhead being modified, such as to 
     accommodate handicapped access;
       (ii) a parking area being reconfigured (but not expanded); 
     and
       (iii) a special use authorization for a group recreation 
     use being authorized for a different use area or time period.
       (8) New use.--
       (A) In general.--The term ``new use'' means--
       (i) a use that is not occurring in the Area as of the date 
     of enactment of this Act; and
       (ii) an existing use that is being modified so as to be 
     significantly expanded or altered in scope, dimension, or 
     impact on the land, water, air, or wildlife resources of the 
     Area.
       (B) Exclusions.--The term ``new use'' does not include a 
     use that--
       (i) is categorically excluded from documentation 
     requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act of 
     1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); or
       (ii) is carried out to comply with the Endangered Species 
     Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
       (9) Piedra lisa tract.--The term ``Piedra Lisa tract'' 
     means the tract comprised of approximately 160 acres of land 
     owned by the Pueblo and depicted on the map.
       (10) Pueblo.--The term ``Pueblo'' means the Pueblo of 
     Sandia in its governmental capacity.
       (11) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest 
     Service.
       (12) Settlement agreement.--The term ``Settlement 
     Agreement'' means the Agreement of Compromise and Settlement 
     dated April 4, 2000, among the United States, the Pueblo, and 
     the Sandia Peak Tram Company.
       (13) Special use permit.--The term ``special use permit'' 
     means the Special Use Permit issued December 1, 1993, by the 
     Secretary to Sandia Peak Tram Company and Sandia Peak Ski 
     Company
       (14) Special use permit area.--
       (A) In general.--The term ``special use permit area'' means 
     the land and facilities subject to the special use permit.
       (B) Inclusions.--The term ``special use permit area'' 
     includes--
       (i) approximately 46 acres of land used as an aerial 
     tramway corridor;
       (ii) approximately 945 acres of land used as a ski area; 
     and
       (iii) the land and facilities described in Exhibit A to the 
     special use permit, including--

       (I) the maintenance road to the lower tram tower;
       (II) water storage and water distribution facilities; and
       (III) 7 helispots.

       (15) Subdivision.--The term ``subdivision'' means--
       (A) the subdivision of--
       (i) Sandia Heights Addition;
       (ii) Sandia Heights North Unit I, II, or 3;
       (iii) Tierra Monte;
       (iv) Valley View Acres; or
       (v) Evergreen Hills; and
       (B) any additional plat or privately-owned property 
     depicted on the map.
       (16) Traditional or cultural use.--The term ``traditional 
     or cultural use'' means--
       (A) a ceremonial activity (including the placing of 
     ceremonial materials in the Area); and
       (B) the use, hunting, trapping, or gathering of plants, 
     animals, wood, water, and other natural resources for a 
     noncommercial purpose.

     SEC. 404. T'UF SHUR BIEN PRESERVATION TRUST AREA.

       (a) Establishment.--The T'uf Shur Bien Preservation Trust 
     Area is established within the Cibola National Forest and the 
     Sandia Mountain Wilderness as depicted on the map--
       (1) to recognize and protect in perpetuity the rights and 
     interests of the Pueblo in and to the Area, as specified in 
     section 405(a);
       (2) to preserve in perpetuity the national forest and 
     wilderness character of the Area; and
       (3) to recognize and protect in perpetuity the longstanding 
     use and enjoyment of the Area by the public.
       (b) Administration and Applicable Law.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary shall continue to administer 
     the Area as part of the National Forest System subject to and 
     consistent with the provisions of this title affecting 
     management of the Area.
       (2) Traditional or cultural uses.--Traditional or cultural 
     uses by Pueblo members and members of other federally-
     recognized Indian tribes authorized to use the Area by the 
     Pueblo under section 405(a)(4) shall not be restricted except 
     by--
       (A) the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) (including 
     regulations promulgated under that Act) as in effect on the 
     date of enactment of this Act; and
       (B) applicable Federal wildlife protection laws, as 
     provided in section 406(a)(2).
       (3) Later enactments.--To the extent that any law enacted 
     or amended after the date of enactment of this Act is 
     inconsistent with this title, the law shall not apply to the 
     Area unless expressly made applicable by Congress.
       (4) Trust.--The use of the word ``Trust'' in the name of 
     the Area--
       (A) is in recognition of the specific rights and interests 
     of the Pueblo in the Area; and
       (B) does not confer on the Pueblo the ownership interest 
     that exists in a case in which the Secretary of the Interior 
     accepts the title to land held in trust for the benefit of an 
     Indian tribe.
       (c) Map.--
       (1) Filing.--As soon as practicable after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall file the map and a 
     legal description of the Area with the Committee on Resources 
     of the House of Representatives and with the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate.
       (2) Public availability.--The map and legal description 
     shall be on file and available for public inspection in the 
     Office of the Chief of the Forest Service, Washington, 
     District of Columbia.
       (3) Effect.--The map and legal description filed under 
     paragraph (1) shall have the same effect as if the map and 
     legal description were included in this title, except that--
       (A) technical and typographical errors shall be corrected;
       (B) changes that may be necessary under subsection (b), 
     (d), or (e) of section 409 or subsection (b) or (c) of 
     section 413 shall be made; and
       (C) to the extent that the map and the language of this 
     title conflict, the language of this title shall control.
       (d) No Conveyance of Title.--No right, title, or interest 
     of the United States in or to the Area or any part of the 
     Area shall be conveyed to or exchanged with any person, 
     trust, or governmental entity, including the Pueblo, without 
     specific authorization of Congress.
       (e) Prohibited Uses.--
       (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law--
       (A) no use prohibited by the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 
     et seq.) as of the date of enactment of this Act shall be 
     permitted in the wilderness portion of the Area; and
       (B) none of the following uses shall be permitted in any 
     portion of the Area:
       (i) Gaming or gambling.
       (ii) Mineral production.
       (iii) Timber production.
       (iv) Any new use to which the Pueblo objects under section 
     405(a)(3).
       (2) Mining claims.--The Area is closed to the location of 
     mining claims under section 2320 of the Revised Statutes (30 
     U.S.C. 23) (commonly known as the ``Mining Law of 1872'').
       (f) No Modification of Boundaries.--Establishment of the 
     Area shall not--
       (1) affect the boundaries of or repeal or disestablish the 
     Sandia Mountain Wilderness or the Cibola National Forest; or
       (2) modify the existing boundary of the Pueblo grant.

     SEC. 405. PUEBLO RIGHTS AND INTERESTS IN THE AREA.

       (a) In General.--The Pueblo shall have the following rights 
     and interests in the Area:
       (1) Free and unrestricted access to the Area for 
     traditional or cultural uses, to the extent that those uses 
     are not inconsistent with--
       (A) the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) (including 
     regulations promulgated under that Act) as in effect on the 
     date of enactment of this Act; or
       (B) applicable Federal wildlife protection laws as provided 
     in section 406(a)(2).
       (2) Perpetual preservation of the national forest and 
     wilderness character of the Area under this title.
       (3) Rights in the management of the Area as specified in 
     section 407, including--
       (A) the right to consent or withhold consent to a new use;
       (B) the right to consultation regarding a modified use;
       (C) the right to consultation regarding the management and 
     preservation of the Area; and
       (D) the right to dispute resolution procedures.
       (4) Exclusive authority, in accordance with the customs and 
     laws of the Pueblo, to administer access to the Area for 
     traditional or cultural uses by members of the Pueblo and of 
     other federally-recognized Indian tribes.
       (5) Such other rights and interests as are recognized in 
     sections 404, 405(c), 407, 408, and 409.
       (b) Access.-- Except as provided in subsection (a)(4), 
     access to and use of the Area for all other purposes shall 
     continue to be administered by the Secretary.
       (c) Compensable Interest.--
       (1) In general.--If, by an Act of Congress enacted after 
     the date of enactment of this Act, Congress diminishes the 
     national forest or wilderness designation of the Area by 
     authorizing a use prohibited by section 404(e) in all or any 
     portion of the Area, or denies the Pueblo access for any 
     traditional or cultural use in all or any portion of the 
     Area--
       (A) the United States shall compensate the Pueblo as if the 
     Pueblo held a fee title interest in the affected portion of 
     the Area and as though the United States had acquired such an 
     interest by legislative exercise of the power of eminent 
     domain; and
       (B) the restrictions of sections 404(e) and 406(a) shall be 
     disregarded in determining just compensation owed to the 
     Pueblo.
       (2) Effect.--Any compensation made to the Pueblo under 
     paragraph (c) shall not affect the extinguishment of claims 
     under section 410.

     SEC. 406. LIMITATIONS ON PUEBLO RIGHTS AND INTERESTS IN THE 
                   AREA.

       (a) Limitations.--The rights and interests of the Pueblo 
     recognized in this title do not include--
       (1) any right to sell, grant, lease, convey, encumber, or 
     exchange land or any interest in land in the Area (and any 
     such conveyance shall not have validity in law or equity);
       (2) any exemption from applicable Federal wildlife 
     protection laws;
       (3) any right to engage in a use prohibited by section 
     404(e); or
       (4) any right to exclude persons or governmental entities 
     from the Area.
       (b) Exception.--No person who exercises traditional or 
     cultural use rights as authorized by section 405(a)(4) may be 
     prosecuted for a Federal wildlife offense requiring proof of 
     a violation of a State law (including regulations).

     SEC. 407. MANAGEMENT OF THE AREA.

       (a) Process.--

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       (1) In general.--The Secretary shall consult with the 
     Pueblo not less than twice each year, unless otherwise 
     mutually agreed, concerning protection, preservation, and 
     management of the Area (including proposed new uses and 
     modified uses in the Area and authorizations that are 
     anticipated during the next 6 months and were approved in the 
     preceding 6 months).
       (2) New uses.--
       (A) Request for consent after consultation.--
       (i) Denial of consent.--If the Pueblo denies consent for a 
     new use within 30 days after completion of the consultation 
     process, the Secretary shall not proceed with the new use.
       (ii) Granting of consent.--If the Pueblo consents to the 
     new use in writing or fails to respond within 30 days after 
     completion of the consultation process, the Secretary may 
     proceed with the notice and comment process and the 
     environmental analysis.
       (B) Final request for consent.--
       (i) Request.--Before the Secretary (or a designee) signs a 
     record of decision or decision notice for a proposed new use, 
     the Secretary shall again request the consent of the Pueblo.
       (ii) Denial of consent.--If the Pueblo denies consent for a 
     new use within 30 days after receipt by the Pueblo of the 
     proposed record of decision or decision notice, the new use 
     shall not be authorized.
       (iii) Failure to respond.--If the Pueblo fails to respond 
     to the consent request within 30 days after receipt of the 
     proposed record of decision or decision notice--

       (I) the Pueblo shall be deemed to have consented to the 
     proposed record of decision or decision notice; and
       (II) the Secretary may proceed to issue the final record of 
     decision or decision notice.

       (3) Public involvement.--
       (A) In general.--With respect to a proposed new use or 
     modified use, the public shall be provided notice of--
       (i) the purpose and need for the proposed new use or 
     modified use;
       (ii) the role of the Pueblo in the decisionmaking process; 
     and
       (iii) the position of the Pueblo on the proposal.
       (B) Court challenge.--Any person may bring a civil action 
     in the United States District Court for the District of New 
     Mexico to challenge a determination by the Secretary 
     concerning whether a use constitutes a new use or a modified 
     use.
       (b) Emergencies and Emergency Closure Orders.--
       (1) Authority.--The Secretary shall retain the authority of 
     the Secretary to manage emergency situations, to--
       (A) provide for public safety; and
       (B) issue emergency closure orders in the Area subject to 
     applicable law.
       (2) Notice.--The Secretary shall notify the Pueblo 
     regarding emergencies, public safety issues, and emergency 
     closure orders as soon as practicable.
       (3) No consent.--An action of the Secretary described in 
     paragraph (1) shall not require the consent of the Pueblo.
       (c) Disputes Involving Forest Service Management and Pueblo 
     Traditional Uses.--
       (1) In general.--In a case in which the management of the 
     Area by the Secretary conflicts with a traditional or 
     cultural use, if the conflict does not pertain to a new use 
     subject to the process specified in subsection (a)(2), the 
     process for dispute resolution specified in this subsection 
     shall apply.
       (2) Dispute resolution process.--
       (A) In general.--In the case of a conflict described in 
     paragraph (1)--
       (i) the party identifying the conflict shall notify the 
     other party in writing addressed to the Governor of the 
     Pueblo or the Regional Forester, as appropriate, specifying 
     the nature of the dispute; and
       (ii) the Governor of the Pueblo or the Regional Forester 
     shall attempt to resolve the dispute for a period of at least 
     30 days after notice has been provided before bringing a 
     civil action in the United States District Court for the 
     District of New Mexico.
       (B) Disputes requiring immediate resolution.--In the case 
     of a conflict that requires immediate resolution to avoid 
     imminent, substantial, and irreparable harm--
       (i) the party identifying the conflict shall notify the 
     other party and seek to resolve the dispute within 3 days of 
     the date of notification; and
       (ii) if the parties are unable to resolve the dispute 
     within 3 days--

       (I) either party may bring a civil action for immediate 
     relief in the United States District Court for the District 
     of New Mexico; and
       (II) the procedural requirements specified in subparagraph 
     (A) shall not apply.

     SEC. 408. JURISDICTION OVER THE AREA.

       (a) Criminal Jurisdiction.--
       (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, jurisdiction over crimes committed in the Area shall be 
     allocated as provided in this paragraph.
       (2) Jurisdiction of the pueblo.--The Pueblo shall have 
     jurisdiction over an offense committed by a member of the 
     Pueblo or of another federally-recognized Indian tribe who is 
     present in the Area with the permission of the Pueblo under 
     section 405(a)(4).
       (3) Jurisdiction of the united states.--The United States 
     shall have jurisdiction over--
       (A) an offense described in section 1153 of title 18, 
     United States Code, committed by a member of the Pueblo or 
     another federally-recognized Indian tribe;
       (B) an offense committed by any person in violation of the 
     laws (including regulations) pertaining to the protection and 
     management of national forests;
       (C) enforcement of Federal criminal laws of general 
     applicability; and
       (D) any other offense committed by a member of the Pueblo 
     against a person not a member of the Pueblo.
       (4) Jurisdiction of the state of new mexico.--The State of 
     New Mexico shall have jurisdiction over an offense under the 
     law of the State committed by a person not a member of the 
     Pueblo.
       (5) Overlapping jurisdiction.--To the extent that the 
     respective allocations of jurisdiction over the Area under 
     paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) overlap, the governments shall 
     have concurrent jurisdiction.
       (6) Federal use of state law.--Under the jurisdiction of 
     the United States described in paragraph (3)(D), Federal law 
     shall incorporate any offense defined and punishable under 
     State law that is not so defined under Federal law.
       (b) Civil Jurisdiction.--
       (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and 
     (3), the United States, the State of New Mexico, and local 
     public bodies shall have the same civil adjudicatory, 
     regulatory, and taxing jurisdiction over the Area as was 
     exercised by those entities on the day before the date of 
     enactment of this Act.
       (2) Jurisdiction of the pueblo.--
       (A) In general.--The Pueblo shall have exclusive civil 
     adjudicatory jurisdiction over--
       (i) a dispute involving only members of the Pueblo;
       (ii) a civil action brought by the Pueblo against a member 
     of the Pueblo; and
       (iii) a civil action brought by the Pueblo against a member 
     of another federally-recognized Indian tribe for a violation 
     of an understanding between the Pueblo and the other tribe 
     regarding use of or access to the Area for traditional or 
     cultural uses.
       (B) Regulatory jurisdiction.--The Pueblo shall have no 
     regulatory jurisdiction over the Area, except that the Pueblo 
     shall have exclusive authority to--
       (i) regulate traditional or cultural uses by the members of 
     the Pueblo and administer access to the Area by other 
     federally-recognized Indian tribes for traditional or 
     cultural uses, to the extent such regulation is consistent 
     with this title; and
       (ii) regulate hunting and trapping in the Area by members 
     of the Pueblo, to the extent that the hunting or trapping is 
     related to traditional or cultural uses, except that such 
     hunting and trapping outside of that portion of the Area in 
     sections 13, 14, 23, 24, and the northeast quarter of section 
     25 of T12N, R4E, and section 19 of T12N, R5E, N.M.P.M., 
     Sandoval County, New Mexico, shall be regulated by the Pueblo 
     in a manner consistent with the regulations of the State of 
     New Mexico concerning types of weapons and proximity of 
     hunting and trapping to trails and residences.
       (C) Taxing jurisdiction.--The Pueblo shall have no 
     authority to impose taxes within the Area.
       (3) State and local taxing jurisdiction.--The State of New 
     Mexico and local public bodies shall have no authority within 
     the Area to tax the uses or the property of the Pueblo, 
     members of the Pueblo, or members of other federally-
     recognized Indian tribes authorized to use the Area under 
     section 405(a)(4).

     SEC. 409. SUBDIVISIONS AND OTHER PROPERTY INTERESTS.

       (a) Subdivisions.--
       (1) In general.--The subdivisions are excluded from the 
     Area.
       (2) Jurisdiction.--
       (A) In general.--The Pueblo shall have no civil or criminal 
     jurisdiction for any purpose, including adjudicatory, taxing, 
     zoning, regulatory or any other form of jurisdiction, over 
     the subdivisions and property interests therein, and the laws 
     of the Pueblo shall not apply to the subdivisions.
       (B) State jurisdiction.--The jurisdiction of the State of 
     New Mexico and local public bodies over the subdivisions and 
     property interests therein shall continue in effect, except 
     that on application of the Pueblo a tract comprised of 
     approximately 35 contiguous, nonsubdivided acres in the 
     northern section of Evergreen Hills owned in fee by the 
     Pueblo at the time of enactment of this Act, shall be 
     transferred to the United States and held in trust for the 
     Pueblo by the United States and administered by the Secretary 
     of the Interior.
       (3) Limitations on trust land.--Trust land described in 
     paragraph (2)(B) shall be subject to all limitations on use 
     pertaining to the Area contained in this title.
       (b) Piedra Lisa.--
       (1) In general.--The Piedra Lisa tract is excluded from the 
     Area.
       (2) Declaration of trust title.--The Piedra Lisa tract--
       (A) shall be transferred to the United States;
       (B) is declared to be held in trust for the Pueblo by the 
     United States; and
       (C) shall be administered by the Secretary of the Interior 
     subject to all limitations on use pertaining to the Area 
     contained in this title.
       (3) Applicability of certain restriction.--The restriction 
     contained in section 406(a)(4) shall not apply outside of 
     Forest Service System trails.
       (c) Crest Facilities.--
       (1) In general.--The land on which the crest facilities are 
     located is excluded from the Area.
       (2) Jurisdiction.--The Pueblo shall have no civil or 
     criminal jurisdiction for any purpose, including 
     adjudicatory, taxing, zoning, regulatory or any other form of 
     jurisdiction, over the land on which the crest facilities are 
     located and property interests therein, and the laws of the 
     Pueblo, shall not apply to that land. The preexisting 
     jurisdictional status of that land shall continue in effect.
       (d) Special Use Permit Area.--
       (1) In general.--The land described in the special use 
     permit is excluded from the Area.

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       (2) Jurisdiction.--
       (A) In general.--The Pueblo shall have no civil or criminal 
     jurisdiction for any purpose, including adjudicatory, taxing, 
     zoning, regulatory, or any other form of jurisdiction, over 
     the land described in the special use permit, and the laws of 
     the Pueblo shall not apply to that land.
       (B) Preexisting status.--The preexisting jurisdictional 
     status of that land shall continue in effect.
       (3) Amendment to plan.--In the event the special use 
     permit, during its existing term or any future terms or 
     extensions, requires amendment to include other land in the 
     Area necessary to realign the existing or any future 
     replacement tram line, associated structures, or facilities, 
     the land subject to that amendment shall thereafter be 
     excluded from the Area and shall have the same status under 
     this title as the land currently described in the special use 
     permit.
       (4) Land dedicated to aerial tramway and related uses.--Any 
     land dedicated to aerial tramway and related uses and 
     associated facilities that are excluded from the special use 
     permit through expiration, termination or the amendment 
     process shall thereafter be included in the Area, but only 
     after final agency action no longer subject to any appeals.
       (e) La Luz Tract.--
       (1) In general.--The La Luz tract now owned in fee by the 
     Pueblo is excluded from the Area and, on application by the 
     Pueblo, shall be transferred to the United States and held in 
     trust for the Pueblo by the United States and administered by 
     the Secretary of the Interior subject to all limitations on 
     use pertaining to the Area contained in this title.
       (2) Nonapplicability of certain restriction.--The 
     restriction contained in section 406(a)(4) shall not apply 
     outside of Forest Service System trails.
       (f) Evergreen Hills Access.--The Secretary shall ensure 
     that Forest Service Road 333D, as depicted on the map, is 
     maintained in an adequate condition in accordance with 
     section 1323(a) of the Alaska National Interest Lands 
     Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3210(a)).
       (g) Pueblo Fee Land.--Those properties not specifically 
     addressed in subsections (a) or (e) that are owned in fee by 
     the Pueblo within the subdivisions are excluded from the Area 
     and shall be subject to the jurisdictional provisions of 
     subsection (a).
       (h) Rights-of-Way.--
       (1) Road rights-of-way.--
       (A) In general.--In accordance with the Pueblo having given 
     its consent in the Settlement Agreement, the Secretary of the 
     Interior shall grant to the County of Bernalillo, New Mexico, 
     in perpetuity, the following irrevocable rights-of-way for 
     roads identified on the map in order to provide for public 
     access to the subdivisions, the special use permit land and 
     facilities, the other leasehold and easement rights and 
     interests of the Sandia Peak Tram Company and its affiliates, 
     the Sandia Heights South Subdivision, and the Area--
       (i) a right-of-way for Tramway Road;
       (ii) a right-of-way for Juniper Hill Road North;
       (iii) a right-of-way for Juniper Hill Road South;
       (iv) a right-of-way for Sandia Heights Road; and
       (v) a right-of-way for Juan Tabo Canyon Road (Forest Road 
     No. 333).
       (B) Conditions.--The road rights-of-way shall be subject to 
     the following conditions:
       (i) Such rights-of-way may not be expanded or otherwise 
     modified without the Pueblo's written consent, but road 
     maintenance to the rights-of-way shall not be subject to 
     Pueblo consent.
       (ii) The rights-of-way shall not authorize uses for any 
     purpose other than roads without the Pueblo's written 
     consent.
       (iii) Except as provided in the Settlement Agreement, 
     existing rights-of-way or leasehold interests and obligations 
     held by the Sandia Peak Tram Company and its affiliates, 
     shall be preserved, protected, and unaffected by this title.
       (2) Utility rights-of-way.--In accordance with the Pueblo 
     having given its consent in the Settlement Agreement, the 
     Secretary of the Interior shall grant irrevocable utility 
     rights-of-way in perpetuity across Pueblo land to appropriate 
     utility or other service providers serving Sandia Heights 
     Addition, Sandia Heights North Units I, II, and 3, the 
     special use permit land, Tierra Monte, and Valley View Acres, 
     including rights-of-way for natural gas, power, water, 
     telecommunications, and cable television services. Such 
     rights-of-way shall be within existing utility corridors as 
     depicted on the map or, for certain water lines, as described 
     in the existing grant of easement to the Sandia Peak Utility 
     Company: Provided, That use of water line easements outside 
     the utility corridors depicted on the map shall not be used 
     for utility purposes other than water lines and associated 
     facilities. Except where above-ground facilities already 
     exist, all new utility facilities shall be installed 
     underground unless the Pueblo agrees otherwise. To the extent 
     that enlargement of existing utility corridors is required 
     for any technologically-advanced telecommunication, 
     television, or utility services, the Pueblo shall not 
     unreasonably withhold agreement to a reasonable enlargement 
     of the easements described above.
       (3) Forest service rights-of-way.--In accordance with the 
     Pueblo having given its consent in the Settlement Agreement, 
     the Secretary of the Interior shall grant to the Forest 
     Service the following irrevocable rights-of-way in perpetuity 
     for Forest Service trails crossing land of the Pueblo in 
     order to provide for public access to the Area and through 
     Pueblo land--
       (A) a right-of-way for a portion of the Crest Spur Trail 
     (Trail No. 84), crossing a portion of the La Luz tract, as 
     identified on the map;
       (B) a right-of-way for the extension of the Foothills Trail 
     (Trail No. 365A), as identified on the map; and
       (C) a right-of-way for that portion of the Piedra Lisa 
     North-South Trail (Trail No. 135) crossing the Piedra Lisa 
     tract.

     SEC. 410. EXTINGUISHMENT OF CLAIMS.

       (a) In General.--Except for the rights and interests in and 
     to the Area specifically recognized in sections 404, 405, 
     407, 408, and 409, all Pueblo claims to right, title and 
     interest of any kind, including aboriginal claims, in and to 
     land within the Area, any part thereof, and property 
     interests therein, as well as related boundary, survey, 
     trespass, and monetary damage claims, are permanently 
     extinguished. The United States' title to the Area is 
     confirmed.
       (b) Subdivisions.--Any Pueblo claims to right, title and 
     interest of any kind, including aboriginal claims, in and to 
     the subdivisions and property interests therein (except for 
     land owned in fee by the Pueblo as of the date of enactment 
     of this Act), as well as related boundary, survey, trespass, 
     and monetary damage claims, are permanently extinguished.
       (c) Special Use and Crest Facilities Areas.--Any Pueblo 
     right, title and interest of any kind, including aboriginal 
     claims, and related boundary, survey, trespass, and monetary 
     damage claims, are permanently extinguished in and to--
       (1) the land described in the special use permit; and
       (2) the land on which the crest facilities are located.
       (d) Pueblo Agreement.--As provided in the Settlement 
     Agreement, the Pueblo has agreed to the relinquishment and 
     extinguishment of those claims, rights, titles and interests 
     extinguished pursuant to subsection (a), (b) and (c).
       (e) Consideration.--The recognition of the Pueblo's rights 
     and interests in this title constitutes adequate 
     consideration for the Pueblo's agreement to the 
     extinguishment of the Pueblo's claims in this section and the 
     right-of-way grants contained in section 409, and it is the 
     intent of Congress that those rights and interests may only 
     be diminished by a future Act of Congress specifically 
     authorizing diminishment of such rights, with express 
     reference to this title.

     SEC. 411. CONSTRUCTION.

       (a) Strict Construction.--This title recognizes only 
     enumerated rights and interests, and no additional rights, 
     interests, obligations, or duties shall be created by 
     implication.
       (b) Existing Rights.--To the extent there exist within the 
     Area as of the date of enactment of this Act any valid 
     private property rights associated with private land that are 
     not otherwise addressed in this title, such rights are not 
     modified or otherwise affected by this title, nor is the 
     exercise of any such right subject to the Pueblo's right to 
     withhold consent to new uses in the Area as set forth in 
     section 405(a)(3)(A).
       (c) Not Precedent.--The provisions of this title creating 
     certain rights and interests in the National Forest System 
     are uniquely suited to resolve the Pueblo's claim and the 
     geographic and societal situation involved, and shall not be 
     construed as precedent for any other situation involving 
     management of the National Forest System.
       (d) Fish and Wildlife.--Except as provided in section 
     408(b)(2)(B), nothing in this title shall be construed as 
     affecting the responsibilities of the State of New Mexico 
     with respect to fish and wildlife, including the regulation 
     of hunting, fishing, or trapping within the Area.
       (e) Federal Land Policy and Management Act.--Section 316 of 
     the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 
     1746) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``Any 
     corrections authorized by this section which affect the 
     boundaries of, or jurisdiction over, land administered by 
     another Federal agency shall be made only after consultation 
     with, and the approval of, the head of such other agency.''

     SEC. 412. JUDICIAL REVIEW.

       (a) Enforcement.--A civil action to enforce the provisions 
     of this title may be brought to the extent permitted under 
     chapter 7 of title 5, United States Code. Judicial review 
     shall be based on the administrative record and subject to 
     the applicable standard of review set forth in section 706 of 
     title 5, United States Code.
       (b) Waiver.--A civil action may be brought against the 
     Pueblo for declaratory judgment or injunctive relief under 
     this title, but no money damages, including costs or 
     attorney's fees, may be imposed on the Pueblo as a result of 
     such judicial action.
       (c) Venue.--Venue for any civil action provided for in this 
     section, as well as any civil action to contest the 
     constitutionality of this title, shall lie only in the United 
     States District Court for the District of New Mexico.

     SEC. 413. PROVISIONS RELATING TO CONTRIBUTIONS AND LAND 
                   EXCHANGE.

       (a) Contributions.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary may accept contributions 
     from the Pueblo, or from other persons or governmental 
     entities--
       (A) to perform and complete a survey of the Area; or
       (B) to carry out any other project or activity for the 
     benefit of the Area in accordance with this title.
       (2) Deadline.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall complete the 
     survey of the Area under paragraph (1)(A).
       (b) Land Exchange.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, after consultation with the Pueblo, 
     the Secretary shall, in accordance with applicable laws, 
     prepare and offer a land exchange of National Forest land 
     outside the Area and contiguous to the northern

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     boundary of the Pueblo's Reservation within sections 10, 11, 
     and 14 of T12N, R4E, N.M.P.M., Sandoval County, New Mexico 
     excluding wilderness land, for land owned by the Pueblo in 
     the Evergreen Hills subdivision in Sandoval County contiguous 
     to National Forest land, and the La Luz tract in Bernalillo 
     County.
       (2) Acceptance of payment.--Notwithstanding section 206(b) 
     of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (43 U.S.C. 
     1716(b)), the Secretary may either make or accept a cash 
     equalization payment in excess of 25 percent of the total 
     value of the land or interests transferred out of Federal 
     ownership.
       (3) Funds received.--Any funds received by the Secretary as 
     a result of the exchange shall be deposited in the fund 
     established under the Act of December 4, 1967, known as the 
     Sisk Act (16 U.S.C. 484a), and shall be available to purchase 
     non-Federal land within or adjacent to the National Forests 
     in the State of New Mexico.
       (4) Treatment of land exchanged or conveyed.--All land 
     exchanged or conveyed to the Pueblo is declared to be held in 
     trust for the Pueblo by the United States and added to the 
     Pueblo's Reservation subject to all existing and outstanding 
     rights and shall remain in its natural state and shall not be 
     subject to commercial development of any kind. Land exchanged 
     or conveyed to the Forest Service shall be subject to all 
     limitations on use pertaining to the Area under this title.
       (5) Failure to make offer.--If the land exchange offer is 
     not made by the date that is 180 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United 
     States Senate and the Committee on Resources of the United 
     States House of Representatives, a report explaining the 
     reasons for the failure to make the offer including an 
     assessment of the need for any additional legislation that 
     may be necessary for the exchange. If additional legislation 
     is not necessary, the Secretary, consistent with this 
     section, should proceed with the exchange pursuant to 
     existing law.
       (c) Land Acquisition and Other Compensation.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary may acquire land owned by 
     the Pueblo within the Evergreen Hills Subdivision in Sandoval 
     County or any other privately held land inside of the 
     exterior boundaries of the Area. The boundaries of the Cibola 
     National Forest and the Area shall be adjusted to encompass 
     any land acquired pursuant to this section.
       (2) Piedra lisa tract.--Subject to the availability of 
     appropriations, the Secretary shall compensate the Pueblo for 
     the fair market value of--
       (A) the right-of-way established pursuant to section 
     409(h)(3)(C); and
       (B) the conservation easement established by the 
     limitations on use of the Piedra Lisa tract pursuant to 
     section 409(b)(2).
       (d) Reimbursement of Certain Costs.--
       (1) In general.--The Pueblo, the County of Bernalillo, New 
     Mexico, and any person that owns or has owned property inside 
     of the exterior boundaries of the Area as designated on the 
     map, and who has incurred actual and direct costs as a result 
     of participating in the case of Pueblo of Sandia v. Babbitt, 
     Civ. No. 94-2624 HHG (D.D.C.), or other proceedings directly 
     related to resolving the issues litigated in that case, may 
     apply for reimbursement in accordance with this section. 
     Costs directly related to such participation which shall 
     qualify for reimbursement shall be--
       (A) dues or payments to a homeowner association for the 
     purpose of legal representation; and
       (B) legal fees and related expenses.
       (2) Treatment of reimbursement.--Any reimbursement provided 
     in this subsection shall be in lieu of that which might 
     otherwise be available pursuant to the Equal Access to 
     Justice Act (24 U.S.C. 2412).
       (3) Payments.--Subject to the availability of appropriated 
     funds the Secretary of the Treasury shall make reimbursement 
     payments as provided in this section.
       (4) Applications.--Not later than 180 days after the date 
     of enactment of this Act, applications for reimbursement 
     shall be filed with the Department of the Treasury, Financial 
     Management Service, Washington, D.C.
       (5) Maximum reimbursement.--No party shall be reimbursed in 
     excess of $750,000 under this section, and the total amount 
     reimbursed in accordance with this section shall not exceed 
     $3,000,000.

     SEC. 414. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

       There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are 
     necessary to carry out this title, including such sums as are 
     necessary for the Forest Service to carry out 
     responsibilities of the Forest Service in accordance with 
     section 413(c).

     SEC. 415. EFFECTIVE DATE.

       The provisions of this title shall take effect immediately 
     on enactment of this Act.

  TITLE V--NATIONAL FOREST ORGANIZATIONAL CAMP FEE IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 
                                  2003

     SECTION 501. SHORT TITLE.

       This title may be cited as the ``National Forest 
     Organizational Camp Fee Improvement Act of 2003''.

     SEC. 502. FINDINGS, PURPOSE, AND DEFINITIONS.

       (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
       (1) Organizational camps, such as those administered by the 
     Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, and faith-based and community-based 
     organizations, provide a valuable service to young people, 
     individuals with a disability, and their families by 
     promoting physical, mental, and spiritual health through 
     activities conducted in a natural environment.
       (2) The 192,000,0000 acres of national forests and 
     grasslands of the National Forest System managed for multiple 
     uses by the Forest Service provides an ideal setting for such 
     organizational camps.
       (3) The Federal Government should charge land use fees for 
     the occupancy and use of National Forest System lands by such 
     organizational camps that, while based on the fair market 
     value of the land in use, also recognize the benefits 
     provided to society by such organizational camps, do not 
     preclude the ability of such organizational camps from 
     utilizing these lands, and permit capital investment in, and 
     maintenance of, camp facilities by such organizational camps 
     or their sponsoring organizations.
       (4) Organizational camps should--
       (A) ensure that their facilities meet applicable building 
     and safety codes, including fire and health codes;
       (B) have annual inspections as required by local law, 
     including at a minimum inspections for fire and food safety; 
     and
       (C) have in place safety plans that address fire and 
     medical emergencies and encounters with wildlife.
       (b) Purpose.--It is the purpose of this Act to establish a 
     land use fee system that provides for an equitable return to 
     the Federal Government for the occupancy and use of National 
     Forest System lands by organizational camps that serve young 
     people or individuals with a disability.
       (c) Definitions.--In this Act:
       (1) The term ``organizational camp'' means a public or 
     semipublic camp that--
       (A) is developed on National Forest System lands by a 
     nonprofit organization or governmental entity;
       (B) provides a valuable service to the public by using such 
     lands as a setting to introduce young people or individuals 
     with a disability to activities that they may not otherwise 
     experience and to educate them on natural resource issues; 
     and
       (C) does not have as its primary purpose raising revenue 
     through commercial activities.
       (2) The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of 
     Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service.
       (3) The term ``individual with a disability'' has the 
     meaning given the term in section 7(20) of the Rehabilitation 
     Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 705(20)).
       (4) The term ``children at risk'' means children who are 
     raised in poverty or in single-parent homes or are subject to 
     such circumstances as parental drug abuse, homelessness, or 
     child abuse.
       (5) The term ``change in control'' means--
       (A) for a corporation, the sale or transfer of a 
     controlling interest in the corporation;
       (B) for a partnership or limited liability company, the 
     sale or transfer of a controlling interest in the partnership 
     or limited liability company; and
       (C) for an individual, the sale or transfer or an 
     organizational camp subject to this Act to another party.

     SEC. 503. FEES FOR OCCUPANCY AND USE OF NATIONAL FOREST 
                   SYSTEM LANDS AND FACILITIES BY ORGANIZATIONAL 
                   CAMPS.

       (a) Land Use Fee.--
       (1) Percentage of land value.--The Secretary shall charge 
     an annual land use fee for each organizational camp for its 
     occupancy and use of National Forest System lands equal to 
     five percent of the product of the following:
       (A) The total number of acres of National Forest System 
     lands authorized for the organizational camp.
       (B) The estimated per-acre market value of land and 
     buildings in the county where the camp is located, as 
     reported in the most recent Census of Agriculture conducted 
     by the National Agricultural Statistics Service.
       (2) Annual adjustment.--The land use fee determined under 
     paragraph (1) for an organizational camp shall be adjusted 
     annually by the annual compounded rate of change between the 
     two most recent Censuses of Agriculture.
       (3) Reduction in fees.--
       (A) Type of participants.--The Secretary shall reduce the 
     land use fee determined under paragraph (1) proportionate to 
     the number of individuals with a disability and children at 
     risk who annually attend the organizational camp.
       (B) Type of programs.--After making the reduction required 
     by subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall reduce the remaining 
     land use fee amount by up to 60 percent, proportionate to the 
     number of persons who annually attend the organizational camp 
     who participate in youth programs through organized and 
     supervised social, citizenship, character-building, or faith-
     based activities oriented to outdoor-recreation experiences.
       (C) Relation to minimum fee.--The reductions made under 
     this paragraph may not reduce the land use fee for an 
     organizational camp below the minimum land use fee required 
     to be charged under paragraph (4).
       (D) Special considerations.--For purposes of determining 
     the amount of the land use fee reduction required under 
     subparagraph (A) or (B), the Secretary may not take into 
     consideration the existence of sponsorships or scholarships 
     to assist persons in attending the organizational camp.
       (4) Minimum land use fee.--The Secretary shall charge a 
     minimum land use fee under paragraph (1) that represents, on 
     average, the Secretary's cost annually to administer an 
     organizational camp special use authorization in the National 
     Forest Region in which the organizational camp is located. 
     Notwithstanding paragraph (3) or subsection (d), the minimum 
     land use fee shall not be subject to a reduction or waiver.
       (b) Facility Use Fee.--
       (1) Percentage of facilities value.--If an organizational 
     camp uses a Government-owned facility on National Forest 
     System lands pursuant to section 7 of the Act of April 24, 
     1950 (commonly known as the Granger-Thye Act; 16

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     U.S.C. 580d), the Secretary shall charge, in addition to the 
     land use fee imposed under subsection (a), a facility use fee 
     equal to five percent of the value of the authorized 
     facilities, as determined by the Secretary.
       (2) Reduction in fees prohibited.--Notwithstanding 
     subsection (d), the facility use fees determined under 
     paragraph (1) shall not be subject to a reduction or waiver.
       (c) Fee Related to Receipt of Other Revenues.--If an 
     organizational camp derives revenue from the use of National 
     Forest System lands or authorized facilities described in 
     subsection (b) for purposes other than to introduce young 
     people or individuals with a disability to activities that 
     they may not otherwise experience and to educate them on 
     natural resource issues, the Secretary shall charge, in 
     addition to the land use fee imposed under subsection (a) and 
     the facility use fee imposed under subsection (b), an 
     additional fee equal to five percent of that revenue.
       (d) Work-In-Lieu Program.--Subject to subsections (a)(4) 
     and (b)(2), section 3 of the Federal Timber Contract Payment 
     Modification Act (16 U.S.C. 539f) shall apply to the use fees 
     imposed under this section.

     SEC. 504. IMPLEMENTATION.

       (a) Prompt Implementation.--The Secretary shall issue 
     direction regarding implementation of this Act by interim 
     directive within 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act. The Secretary shall implement this Act beginning 
     with the first billing cycle for organizational camp special 
     use authorizations occurring more than 180 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act.
       (b) Phase-In of Use Fee Increases.--In issuing any 
     direction regarding implementation of this Act under 
     subsection (a), the Secretary shall consider whether to 
     phase-in any significant increases in annual land or facility 
     use fees for organizational camps.

     SEC. 505. RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS.

       Except as specifically provided by this Act, nothing in 
     this Act supersedes or otherwise affects any provision of 
     law, regulation, or policy regarding the issuance or 
     administration of authorizations for organizational camps 
     regarding the occupancy and use of National Forest System 
     lands.

     SEC. 506. DEPOSIT AND EXPENDITURE OF USE FEES.

       (a) Deposit and Availability.--Unless subject to section 7 
     of the Act of April 24, 1950 (commonly known as the Granger-
     Thye Act; 16 U.S.C. 580d), use fees collected by the 
     Secretary under this Act shall be deposited in a special 
     account in the Treasury and shall remain available to the 
     Secretary for expenditure, without further appropriation 
     until expended, for the purposes described in subsection (c).
       (b) Transfer.--Upon request of the Secretary, the Secretary 
     of the Treasury shall transfer to the Secretary from the 
     special account such amounts as the Secretary may request. 
     The Secretary shall accept and use such amounts in accordance 
     with subsection (c).
       (c) Use.--Use fees deposited pursuant to subsection (a) and 
     transferred to the Secretary under subsection (b) shall be 
     expended for monitoring of Forest Service special use 
     authorizations, administration of the Forest Service's 
     special program, interpretive programs, environmental 
     analysis, environmental restoration, and similar purposes.

     SEC. 507. MINISTERIAL ISSUANCE, OR AMENDMENT AUTHORIZATION.

       (a) NEPA Exception.--The ministerial issuance or amendment 
     of an organizational camp special use authorization shall not 
     be subject to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
     (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).
       (b) Rule of Construction.--For purposes of subsection (a), 
     the ministerial issuance or amendment of an authorization 
     occurs only when the issuance or amendment of the 
     authorization would not change the physical environment or 
     the activities, facilities, or program of the operations 
     governed by the authorization, and at least one of the 
     following apply:
       (1) The authorization is issued upon a change in control of 
     the holder of an existing authorization.
       (2) The holder, upon expiration of an authorization, is 
     issued a new authorization.
       (3) The authorization is amended--
       (A) to effectuate administrative changes, such as 
     modification of the land use fee or conversion to a new 
     special use authorization form; or
       (B) to include nondiscretionary environmental standards or 
     to conform with current law.
       This division may be cited as the ``Department of the 
     Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003''.

   DIVISION G--LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND 
                 RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS, 2003

 Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human 
   Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
           ending September 30, 2003, and for other purposes.

     That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in 
     the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Departments 
     of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and 
     related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
     2003, and for other purposes, namely:

                      TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

                 Employment and Training Administration


                    Training and Employment Services

       For necessary expenses of the Workforce Investment Act of 
     1998, including the purchase and hire of passenger motor 
     vehicles, the construction, alteration, and repair of 
     buildings and other facilities, and the purchase of real 
     property for training centers as authorized by the Workforce 
     Investment Act of 1998 and the Women in Apprenticeship and 
     Nontraditional Occupations Act; and the National Skill 
     Standards Act of 1994; $2,755,070,000 plus reimbursements, of 
     which $1,651,055,000 is available for obligation for the 
     period July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2004; of which 
     $1,045,465,000 is available for obligation for the period 
     April 1, 2003 through June 30, 2004, including $1,000,965,000 
     to carry out chapter 4 of the Workforce Investment Act of 
     1998 and $44,500,000 to carry out section 169 of such Act; of 
     which $30,000,000 is available on October 1, 2002 until 
     expended to carry out section 173(a)(4)(A) of the Workforce 
     Investment Act of 1998; and of which $27,550,000 is available 
     for the period July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2006 for 
     necessary expenses of construction, rehabilitation, and 
     acquisition of Job Corps centers: Provided, That 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the funds 
     provided herein under section 137(c) of the Workforce 
     Investment Act of 1998, $306,608,000 shall be for activities 
     described in section 132(a)(2)(A) of such Act and 
     $1,157,162,000 shall be for activities described in section 
     132(a)(2)(B) of such Act: Provided further, That $9,098,000 
     shall be for carrying out section 172 of the Workforce 
     Investment Act of 1998: Provided further, That, 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law or related 
     regulation, $77,836,000 shall be for carrying out section 167 
     of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, including 
     $72,686,000 for formula grants, $4,640,000 for migrant and 
     seasonal housing, and $510,000 for other discretionary 
     purposes: Provided further, That notwithstanding the transfer 
     limitation under section 133(b)(4) of the Workforce 
     Investment Act of 1998, up to 30 percent of such funds may be 
     transferred by a local board if approved by the Governor: 
     Provided further, That funds provided to carry out section 
     171(d) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 may be used 
     for demonstration projects that provide assistance to new 
     entrants in the workforce and incumbent workers: Provided 
     further, That funding provided to carry out projects under 
     section 171 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 that are 
     identified in the Conference Agreement, shall not be subject 
     to the requirements of section 171(b)(2)(B) of such Act, the 
     requirements of section 171(c)(4)(D) of such Act, or the 
     joint funding requirements of sections 171(b)(2)(A) and 
     171(c)(4)(A) of such Act: Provided further, That no funds 
     from any other appropriation shall be used to provide meal 
     services at or for Job Corps centers.
       For necessary expenses of the Workforce Investment Act of 
     1998, including the purchase and hire of passenger motor 
     vehicles, the construction, alteration, and repair of 
     buildings and other facilities, and the purchase of real 
     property for training centers as authorized by the Workforce 
     Investment Act of 1998; $2,463,000,000 plus reimbursements, 
     of which $2,363,000,000 is available for obligation for the 
     period October 1, 2003 through June 30, 2004, and of which 
     $100,000,000 is available for the period October 1, 2003 
     through June 30, 2006, for necessary expenses of 
     construction, rehabilitation, and acquisition of Job Corps 
     centers.
       Of the funds provided under this heading in Public Law 107-
     116 for the Employment and Training Administration, funding 
     shall be restored to the prior grantee, no later than March 
     28, 2003, for a period of performance of twenty-four months 
     at an annualized level equivalent to fiscal year 2000 funding 
     levels, for the following grants: Building a High Skills 
     Workforce Development System, Building a High Skills Cities/
     Counties Consortium, and Increasing Academic and 
     Employability Skills: Applying New Standards in Job Corps 
     Centers.


            Community Service Employment for Older Americans

       To carry out title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965, as 
     amended, $445,200,000.


              Federal Unemployment Benefits and Allowances

       For payments during the current fiscal year of trade 
     adjustment benefit payments and allowances under part I; and 
     for training, allowances for job search and relocation, and 
     related State administrative expenses under part II, 
     subchapters B and D, chapter 2, title II of the Trade Act of 
     1974, as amended, $972,200,000, together with such amounts as 
     may be necessary to be charged to the subsequent 
     appropriation for payments for any period subsequent to 
     September 15 of the current year.


     State Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service Operations

       For authorized administrative expenses, $143,452,000, 
     together with not to exceed $3,475,451,000 (including not to 
     exceed $1,228,000 which may be used for amortization payments 
     to States which had independent retirement plans in their 
     State employment service agencies prior to 1980), which may 
     be expended from the Employment Security Administration 
     Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund including the cost of 
     administering section 51 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986, as amended, section 7(d) of the Wagner-Peyser Act, as 
     amended, the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, the Immigration 
     Act of 1990, and the Immigration and Nationality Act, as 
     amended, and of which the sums available in the allocation 
     for activities authorized by title III of the Social Security 
     Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 502-504), and the sums available 
     in the allocation for necessary administrative expenses for 
     carrying out 5 U.S.C. 8501-8523, shall be available for 
     obligation by the States through December 31, 2003, except 
     that funds used for automation acquisitions shall be 
     available for obligation by the States through September 30, 
     2005; of which $143,452,000, together with not to exceed 
     $773,283,000 of the amount which may be expended from said 
     trust fund, shall be available for obligation for the 
     period July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2004, to fund 
     activities under the Act of June 6, 1933, as

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     amended, including the cost of penalty mail authorized 
     under 39 U.S.C. 3202(a)(1)(E) made available to States in 
     lieu of allotments for such purpose: Provided, That to the 
     extent that the Average Weekly Insured Unemployment (AWIU) 
     for fiscal year 2003 is projected by the Department of 
     Labor to exceed 4,526,000, an additional $28,600,000 shall 
     be available for obligation for every 100,000 increase in 
     the AWIU level (including a pro rata amount for any 
     increment less than 100,000) from the Employment Security 
     Administration Account of the Unemployment Trust Fund: 
     Provided further, That funds appropriated in this Act 
     which are used to establish a national one-stop career 
     center system, or which are used to support the national 
     activities of the Federal-State unemployment insurance 
     programs, may be obligated in contracts, grants or 
     agreements with non-State entities: Provided further, That 
     funds appropriated under this Act for activities 
     authorized under the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended, and 
     title III of the Social Security Act, may be used by the 
     States to fund integrated Employment Service and 
     Unemployment Insurance automation efforts, notwithstanding 
     cost allocation principles prescribed under Office of 
     Management and Budget Circular A-87.


        Advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund and Other Funds

       For repayable advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund as 
     authorized by sections 905(d) and 1203 of the Social Security 
     Act, as amended, and to the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund 
     as authorized by section 9501(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue 
     Code of 1954, as amended; and for nonrepayable advances to 
     the Unemployment Trust Fund as authorized by section 8509 of 
     title 5, United States Code, and to the ``Federal 
     unemployment benefits and allowances'' account, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2004, $463,000,000.
       In addition, for making repayable advances to the Black 
     Lung Disability Trust Fund in the current fiscal year after 
     September 15, 2003, for costs incurred by the Black Lung 
     Disability Trust Fund in the current fiscal year, such sums 
     as may be necessary.


                         Program Administration

       For expenses of administering employment and training 
     programs, $121,424,000, including $4,711,000 to administer 
     welfare-to-work grants, together with not to exceed 
     $54,228,000, which may be expended from the Employment 
     Security Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust 
     Fund.

              Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses for the Pension and Welfare Benefits 
     Administration, $117,044,000.

                  Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation


               Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Fund

       The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation is authorized to 
     make such expenditures, including financial assistance 
     authorized by section 104 of Public Law 96-364, within limits 
     of funds and borrowing authority available to such 
     Corporation, and in accord with law, and to make such 
     contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 
     limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government 
     Corporation Control Act, as amended (31 U.S.C. 9104), as may 
     be necessary in carrying out the program through September 
     30, 2003, for such Corporation: Provided, That not to exceed 
     $13,050,000 shall be available for administrative expenses of 
     the Corporation: Provided further, That expenses of such 
     Corporation in connection with the termination of pension 
     plans, for the acquisition, protection or management, and 
     investment of trust assets, and for benefits administration 
     services shall be considered as non-administrative expenses 
     for the purposes hereof, and excluded from the above 
     limitation.

                  Employment Standards Administration


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses for the Employment Standards 
     Administration, including reimbursement to State, Federal, 
     and local agencies and their employees for inspection 
     services rendered, $381,578,000, together with $2,029,000 
     which may be expended from the Special Fund in accordance 
     with sections 39(c), 44(d) and 44(j) of the Longshore and 
     Harbor Workers' Compensation Act: Provided, That $2,000,000 
     shall be for the development of an alternative system for the 
     electronic submission of reports required to be filed under 
     the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, as 
     amended, and for a computer database of the information for 
     each submission by whatever means, that is indexed and easily 
     searchable by the public via the Internet: Provided further, 
     That the Secretary of Labor is authorized to accept, retain, 
     and spend, until expended, in the name of the Department of 
     Labor, all sums of money ordered to be paid to the Secretary 
     of Labor, in accordance with the terms of the Consent 
     Judgment in Civil Action No. 91-0027 of the United States 
     District Court for the District of the Northern Mariana 
     Islands (May 21, 1992): Provided further, That the Secretary 
     of Labor is authorized to establish and, in accordance with 
     31 U.S.C. 3302, collect and deposit in the Treasury fees for 
     processing applications and issuing certificates under 
     sections 11(d) and 14 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
     1938, as amended (29 U.S.C. 211(d) and 214) and for 
     processing applications and issuing registrations under title 
     I of the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection 
     Act (29 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.).


                            Special Benefits

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For the payment of compensation, benefits, and expenses 
     (except administrative expenses) accruing during the current 
     or any prior fiscal year authorized by title 5, chapter 81 of 
     the United States Code; continuation of benefits as provided 
     for under the heading ``Civilian War Benefits'' in the 
     Federal Security Agency Appropriation Act, 1947; the 
     Employees' Compensation Commission Appropriation Act, 1944; 
     sections 4(c) and 5(f) of the War Claims Act of 1948 (50 
     U.S.C. App. 2012); and 50 percent of the additional 
     compensation and benefits required by section 10(h) of the 
     Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, as amended, 
     $163,000,000, together with such amounts as may be necessary 
     to be charged to the subsequent year appropriation for the 
     payment of compensation and other benefits for any period 
     subsequent to August 15 of the current year: Provided, That 
     amounts appropriated may be used under section 8104 of title 
     5, United States Code, by the Secretary of Labor to reimburse 
     an employer, who is not the employer at the time of injury, 
     for portions of the salary of a reemployed, disabled 
     beneficiary: Provided further, That balances of 
     reimbursements unobligated on September 30, 2002, shall 
     remain available until expended for the payment of 
     compensation, benefits, and expenses: Provided further, That 
     in addition there shall be transferred to this appropriation 
     from the Postal Service and from any other corporation or 
     instrumentality required under section 8147(c) of title 5, 
     United States Code, to pay an amount for its fair share of 
     the cost of administration, such sums as the Secretary 
     determines to be the cost of administration for employees of 
     such fair share entities through September 30, 2003: Provided 
     further, That of those funds transferred to this account from 
     the fair share entities to pay the cost of administration of 
     the Federal Employees' Compensation Act, $37,657,000 shall be 
     made available to the Secretary as follows: (1) for the 
     operation of and enhancement to the automated data processing 
     systems, including document imaging and conversion to a 
     paperless office, $24,928,000; (2) for medical bill review 
     and periodic roll management, $12,027,000; (3) for 
     communications redesign, $702,000; and (4) the remaining 
     funds shall be paid into the Treasury as miscellaneous 
     receipts: Provided further, That the Secretary may require 
     that any person filing a notice of injury or a claim for 
     benefits under chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, 
     or 33 U.S.C. 901 et seq., provide as part of such notice 
     and claim, such identifying information (including Social 
     Security account number) as such regulations may 
     prescribe.


    administrative expenses, energy employees occupational illness 
                           compensation fund

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses to administer the Energy Employees 
     Occupational Illness Compensation Act, $104,867,000, to 
     remain available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary 
     of Labor is authorized to transfer to any Executive agency 
     with authority under the Energy Employees Occupational 
     Illness Compensation Act, including within the Department of 
     Labor, such sums as may be necessary in fiscal year 2003 to 
     carry out those authorities: Provided further, That the 
     Secretary may require that any person filing a claim for 
     benefits under the Act provide as part of such claim, such 
     identifying information (including Social Security account 
     number) as may be prescribed.


                    Black Lung Disability Trust Fund

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Beginning in fiscal year 2003 and thereafter, such sums as 
     may be necessary from the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund, 
     to remain available until expended, for payment of all 
     benefits authorized by section 9501(d)(1), (2), (4), and (7) 
     of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended; and 
     interest on advances, as authorized by section 9501(c)(2) of 
     that Act. In addition, the following amounts shall be 
     available from the Fund for fiscal year 2003 for expenses of 
     operation and administration of the Black Lung Benefits 
     program, as authorized by section 9501(d)(5): $31,987,000 for 
     transfer to the Employment Standards Administration, 
     ``Salaries and Expenses''; $22,952,000 for transfer to 
     Departmental Management, ``Salaries and Expenses''; $334,000 
     for transfer to Departmental Management, ``Office of 
     Inspector General''; and $356,000 for payments into 
     miscellaneous receipts for the expenses of the Department of 
     Treasury.

             Occupational Safety and Health Administration


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses for the Occupational Safety and 
     Health Administration, $453,256,000, including not to exceed 
     $91,139,000 which shall be the maximum amount available for 
     grants to States under section 23(g) of the Occupational 
     Safety and Health Act (the ``Act''), which grants shall be no 
     less than 50 percent of the costs of State occupational 
     safety and health programs required to be incurred under 
     plans approved by the Secretary under section 18 of the Act; 
     and, in addition, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the 
     Occupational Safety and Health Administration may retain up 
     to $750,000 per fiscal year of training institute course 
     tuition fees, otherwise authorized by law to be collected, 
     and may utilize such sums for occupational safety and health 
     training and education grants: Provided, That, 
     notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Secretary of Labor is 
     authorized, during the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, 
     to collect and retain fees for services provided to 
     Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories, and may utilize 
     such sums, in accordance with the provisions of 29 U.S.C. 9a, 
     to administer national and international laboratory 
     recognition programs that ensure the safety of equipment and 
     products used by workers in the workplace: Provided further, 
     That none of the funds appropriated under this paragraph 
     shall be obligated or expended to prescribe, issue, 
     administer, or enforce any standard, rule, regulation, or 
     order under the Act which is applicable

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     to any person who is engaged in a farming operation which 
     does not maintain a temporary labor camp and employs 10 or 
     fewer employees: Provided further, That no funds appropriated 
     under this paragraph shall be obligated or expended to 
     administer or enforce any standard, rule, regulation, or 
     order under the Act with respect to any employer of 10 or 
     fewer employees who is included within a category having an 
     occupational injury lost workday case rate, at the most 
     precise Standard Industrial Classification Code for which 
     such data are published, less than the national average rate 
     as such rates are most recently published by the Secretary, 
     acting through the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in accordance 
     with section 24 of that Act (29 U.S.C. 673), except--
       (1) to provide, as authorized by such Act, consultation, 
     technical assistance, educational and training services, and 
     to conduct surveys and studies;
       (2) to conduct an inspection or investigation in response 
     to an employee complaint, to issue a citation for violations 
     found during such inspection, and to assess a penalty for 
     violations which are not corrected within a reasonable 
     abatement period and for any willful violations found;
       (3) to take any action authorized by such Act with respect 
     to imminent dangers;
       (4) to take any action authorized by such Act with respect 
     to health hazards;
       (5) to take any action authorized by such Act with respect 
     to a report of an employment accident which is fatal to one 
     or more employees or which results in hospitalization of two 
     or more employees, and to take any action pursuant to such 
     investigation authorized by such Act; and
       (6) to take any action authorized by such Act with respect 
     to complaints of discrimination against employees for 
     exercising rights under such Act:

     Provided further, That the foregoing proviso shall not apply 
     to any person who is engaged in a farming operation which 
     does not maintain a temporary labor camp and employs 10 or 
     fewer employees: Provided further, That not less than 
     $3,200,000 shall be used to extend funding for the 
     Institutional Competency Building training grants which 
     commenced in September 2000, for program activities for the 
     period of September 30, 2003 to September 30, 2004, provided 
     that a grantee has demonstrated satisfactory performance.

                 Mine Safety and Health Administration


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and Health 
     Administration, $274,741,000, including purchase and bestowal 
     of certificates and trophies in connection with mine rescue 
     and first-aid work, and the hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
     including $3,000,000 for an award to the National Technology 
     Transfer Center for a coal slurry impoundment pilot project 
     in Southern West Virginia; including up to $2,000,000 for 
     mine rescue and recovery activities; and including 
     $10,000,000 for digitizing mine maps and developing 
     technologies to detect mine voids, through contracts, 
     grants, or other arrangements, to remain available until 
     expended; in addition, not to exceed $750,000 may be 
     collected by the National Mine Health and Safety Academy 
     for room, board, tuition, and the sale of training 
     materials, otherwise authorized by law to be collected, to 
     be available for mine safety and health education and 
     training activities, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302; and, 
     in addition, the Mine Safety and Health Administration may 
     retain up to $1,000,000 from fees collected for the 
     approval and certification of equipment, materials, and 
     explosives for use in mines, and may utilize such sums for 
     such activities; the Secretary is authorized to accept 
     lands, buildings, equipment, and other contributions from 
     public and private sources and to prosecute projects in 
     cooperation with other agencies, Federal, State, or 
     private; the Mine Safety and Health Administration is 
     authorized to promote health and safety education and 
     training in the mining community through cooperative 
     programs with States, industry, and safety associations; 
     and any funds available to the department may be used, 
     with the approval of the Secretary, to provide for the 
     costs of mine rescue and survival operations in the event 
     of a major disaster.

                       Bureau of Labor Statistics


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses for the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 
     including advances or reimbursements to State, Federal, and 
     local agencies and their employees for services rendered, 
     $415,855,000, together with not to exceed $72,029,000, which 
     may be expended from the Employment Security Administration 
     Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund; and $2,570,000 which 
     shall be available for obligation for the period July 1, 2003 
     through September 30, 2003, for Occupational Employment 
     Statistics, and $5,000,000 to be used to fund the mass layoff 
     statistics program under section 15 of the Wagner-Peyser Act 
     (29 U.S.C. 49l-2).

                 Office of Disability Employment Policy


                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses for the Office of Disability 
     Employment Policy to provide leadership, develop policy and 
     initiatives, and award grants furthering the objective of 
     eliminating barriers to the training and employment of people 
     with disabilities, $47,487,000.

                        Departmental Management


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses for Departmental Management, 
     including the hire of three sedans, and including the 
     management or operation, through contracts, grants or other 
     arrangements of Departmental activities conducted by or 
     through the Bureau of International Labor Affairs, including 
     bilateral and multilateral technical assistance and other 
     international labor activities, of which the funds designated 
     to carry out bilateral assistance under the international 
     child labor initiative shall be available for obligation 
     through September 30, 2004, and $55,000,000, for the 
     acquisition of Departmental information technology, 
     architecture, infrastructure, equipment, software and related 
     needs which will be allocated by the Department's Chief 
     Information Officer in accordance with the Department's 
     capital investment management process to assure a sound 
     investment strategy; $390,069,000; together with not to 
     exceed $310,000, which may be expended from the Employment 
     Security Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust 
     Fund: Provided, That no funds made available by this Act may 
     be used by the Solicitor of Labor to participate in a review 
     in any United States court of appeals of any decision made by 
     the Benefits Review Board under section 21 of the Longshore 
     and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (33 U.S.C. 921) where 
     such participation is precluded by the decision of the United 
     States Supreme Court in Director, Office of Workers' 
     Compensation Programs v. Newport News Shipbuilding, 115 S. 
     Ct. 1278 (1995), notwithstanding any provisions to the 
     contrary contained in Rule 15 of the Federal Rules of 
     Appellate Procedure: Provided further, That no funds made 
     available by this Act may be used by the Secretary of 
     Labor to review a decision under the Longshore and Harbor 
     Workers' Compensation Act (33 U.S.C. 901 et seq.) that has 
     been appealed and that has been pending before the 
     Benefits Review Board for more than 12 months: Provided 
     further, That any such decision pending a review by the 
     Benefits Review Board for more than 1 year shall be 
     considered affirmed by the Benefits Review Board on the 1-
     year anniversary of the filing of the appeal, and shall be 
     considered the final order of the Board for purposes of 
     obtaining a review in the United States courts of appeals: 
     Provided further, That these provisions shall not be 
     applicable to the review or appeal of any decision issued 
     under the Black Lung Benefits Act (30 U.S.C. 901 et seq.).


                    Veterans Employment and Training

       Not to exceed $188,537,000 may be derived from the 
     Employment Security Administration Account in the 
     Unemployment Trust Fund to carry out the provisions of 38 
     U.S.C. 4100-4110A, 4212, 4214, and 4321-4327, and Public Law 
     103-353, and which shall be available for obligation by the 
     States through December 31, 2003. To carry out the Stewart B. 
     McKinney Homeless Assistance Act and section 168 of the 
     Workforce Investment Act of 1998, $25,675,000, of which 
     $7,425,000 shall be available for obligation for the period 
     July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2004.


                      Office of Inspector General

       For salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector 
     General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
     General Act of 1978, as amended, $56,659,000, together with 
     not to exceed $5,597,000, which may be expended from the 
     Employment Security Administration Account in the 
     Unemployment Trust Fund.

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

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


                          (transfer of funds)

       Sec. 102. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary 
     funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985, as amended) which are appropriated for 
     the current fiscal year for the Department of Labor in this 
     Act may be transferred between appropriations, but no such 
     appropriation shall be increased by more than 3 percent by 
     any such transfer: Provided, That the Appropriations 
     Committees of both Houses of Congress are notified at least 
     15 days in advance of any transfer.
       Sec. 103. In accordance with Executive Order No. 13126, 
     none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
     pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or expended for the 
     procurement of goods mined, produced, manufactured, or 
     harvested or services rendered, whole or in part, by forced 
     or indentured child labor in industries and host countries 
     already identified by the U.S. Department of Labor prior to 
     enactment of this Act.
       Sec. 104. There is authorized to be appropriated such sums 
     as may be necessary to the Denali Commission through the 
     Department of Labor to conduct job training of the local 
     workforce where Denali Commission projects will be 
     constructed.
       This title may be cited as the ``Department of Labor 
     Appropriations Act, 2003''.

           TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

              Health Resources and Services Administration


                     Health Resources and Services

       For carrying out titles II, III, IV, VII, VIII, X, XII, 
     XIX, and XXVI of the Public Health Service Act, section 
     427(a) of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act, title 
     V (including section 510), and sections 1128E and 1820 of the 
     Social Security Act, the Health Care Quality Improvement Act 
     of 1986, as amended, the Native Hawaiian Health Care Act of 
     1988, as amended, the Cardiac Arrest Survival Act of 2000, 
     and the Poison Control Center Enhancement and Awareness Act, 
     $6,472,630,000, of which $298,153,000 shall be available for 
     construction and renovation (including equipment) of health 
     care and other facilities, and of which $40,000,000 from 
     general revenues, notwithstanding section 1820(j) of the 
     Social Security Act, shall be available for carrying out the 
     Medicare rural hospital flexibility grants program under 
     section 1820 of such Act: Provided, That of the funds made 
     available under this heading, $250,000 shall be available 
     until expended for facilities renovations at the Gillis W.

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     Long Hansen's Disease Center: Provided further, That in 
     addition to fees authorized by section 427(b) of the Health 
     Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986, fees shall be collected 
     for the full disclosure of information under the Act 
     sufficient to recover the full costs of operating the 
     National Practitioner Data Bank, and shall remain available 
     until expended to carry out that Act: Provided further, That 
     fees collected for the full disclosure of information under 
     the ``Health Care Fraud and Abuse Data Collection Program'', 
     authorized by section 1128E(d)(2) of the Social Security Act, 
     shall be sufficient to recover the full costs of operating 
     the program, and shall remain available until expended to 
     carry out that Act: Provided further, That no more than 
     $40,000,000 is available for carrying out the provisions of 
     Public Law 104-73: Provided further, That of the funds made 
     available under this heading, $275,138,000 shall be for the 
     program under title X of the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide for voluntary family planning projects: Provided 
     further, That amounts provided to said projects under such 
     title shall not be expended for abortions, that all pregnancy 
     counseling shall be nondirective, and that such amounts shall 
     not be expended for any activity (including the publication 
     or distribution of literature) that in any way tends to 
     promote public support or opposition to any legislative 
     proposal or candidate for public office: Provided further, 
     That $719,000,000 shall be for State AIDS Drug Assistance 
     Programs authorized by section 2616 of the Public Health 
     Service Act: Provided further, That of the amount provided 
     under this heading, $46,000 is available for Catholic 
     Social Services, The Bridge, Wilkes Barre, PA for 
     abstinence education and related services, $500,000 is 
     available for CentraCare Health Foundation for 
     administration, St. Cloud, Minnesota, to increase the 
     ability of educational institutions to produce nurses in a 
     region with high demand, $41,000 is available for Chester 
     County Health Department, Chester County Government 
     Services Center, West Chester, PA, for abstinence 
     education and related services, $105,000 is available for 
     the City of Chester, Bureau of Health, SABER Project, 
     Chester, PA, for abstinence education and related 
     services, $86,000 is available for George Washington 
     Carver Community Center, Project A.C.E., Norristown, PA, 
     for abstinence education and related services, $51,000 is 
     available for Heart Beat, New Bloomfield, PA, for 
     abstinence education and related services, $79,000 is 
     available for Keystone Central School District, Central 
     Mountain Middle School East, Loc Haven, PA, for abstinence 
     education and related services, $88,000 is available for 
     Keystone Economic Development Corporation, Johnstown, PA, 
     for abstinence education and related services, $92,000 is 
     available for L.V.C.P.T.P., St. Luke's Health Network, 
     CHOICE program, Bethlehem, PA, for abstinence education 
     and related services, $74,000 is available for Lackawanna 
     Trail School District, Factoryville, PA, for abstinence 
     education and related services, $112,000 is available for 
     LaSalle University, Philadelphia, PA, for abstinence 
     education and related services, $111,000 is available for 
     Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, for 
     abstinence education and related services, $136,000 is 
     available for Neighborhood United Against Drugs, 
     Philadelphia, PA, for abstinence education and related 
     services, $23,000 is available for New Brighton School 
     District, New Brighton, PA, for abstinence education and 
     related services, $1,250,000 is available for Northeastern 
     Ohio Universities College of medicine, Rootstown, Ohio, 
     for the Center for Leadership in Public Health and 
     Community Medicine, $72,000 is available for Nueva 
     Esperanza, Philadelphia, for abstinence education and 
     related services, $72,000 is available for Partners in 
     Family and Community Development, Athens, PA, for 
     abstinence education and related services, $50,000 is 
     available for Potter County Human Services, Routleet, PA, 
     for abstinence education and related services, $71,000 is 
     available for Rape and Victim Assistance Center of 
     Schuykill County, Pottsville, PA, for abstinence education 
     and related services, $82,000 is available for Real 
     Commitment, Gettysburg, PA, for abstinence education and 
     related services, $101,000 is available for the School 
     District of Lancaster, Project IMPACT, Lancaster, PA, for 
     abstinence education and related services, $102,000 is 
     available for the School District of Philadelphia, 
     Philadelphia, PA, for abstinence education and related 
     services, $700,000 is available for the Silver Ring Thing 
     Program, Sewickley, Pennsylvania, for expansion of a 
     program promoting abstinence, $74,000 is available for the 
     Guidance Center, project RAPPORT, Smethport, PA, for 
     abstinence education and related services, $109,000 is 
     available for To Our Children's Future with Health, Inc., 
     Philadelphia, PA, for abstinence education and related 
     services, $136,000 is available for Tressler Lutheran 
     Services, Harrisburg, PA, for abstinence education and 
     related services, $84,000 is available for Tuscarora 
     Intermediate Unit, Mcveytown, PA, for abstinence education 
     and related services, $500,000 is available for the 
     University of Akron, Ohio, for a nursing study, $1,000,000 
     is available for the University of Florida, Gainesville, 
     Florida, for Consortium to Promote Nursing Faculty, 
     $300,000 is available for the University of Louisville 
     Research Foundation, Kentucky, to establish a Center for 
     Cancer Nursing Education and Research, $126,000 is 
     available for the Urban Family Council, Philadelphia, PA, 
     for abstinence education and related services, $41,000 is 
     available for Venago County Area Vo-Tech, Oil City, PA, 
     for abstinence education and related services, $136,000 is 
     available for Washington Hospital Teen Outreach, Academy 
     for Adolescent Health, Washington, PA, for abstinence 
     education and related services, $300,000 is available for 
     William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan, for the 
     Beaumont Nurse Anesthesia Education Rural Initiative, 
     $136,000 is available for the Women's Care Center for Erie 
     County, Inc., Abstinence Advantage Program, Erie, PA, for 
     abstinence education and related services, $50,000 is 
     available for York County, Human Life Services, Inc., 
     York, PA, for abstinence education and related services, 
     $95,000 is available for Community Ministries of the 
     Lutheran Home at Topton, Reading, PA, for abstinence 
     education and related services, $50,000 is available for 
     Clarke College in Dubuque, IA, for the planning of a 
     community health center, $700,000 is available for 
     Clinical Pharmacy Training Program at University of Hawaii 
     at Hilo, $100,000 is available for Iowa Dept of Public 
     Health to continue the Center for Healthcare Workforce 
     Shortages, $350,000 is available for Nationally Health 
     Start Association, Baltimore, Maryland, to gather and 
     disseminate information on best practices under the 
     Healthy Start program and provide technical assistance to 
     Healthy Start grantees, $125,000 is available for the 
     Tulsa Coalition for Children's Health in Tulsa, Oklahoma 
     for a study regarding delivery of pediatric health care in 
     northeastern Oklahoma, and $50,000 is available for 
     Waianae Coast Community Health Center leadership 
     training: Provided further, That, notwithstanding section 
     502(a)(1) of the Social Security Act, not to exceed 
     $115,900,000 is available for carrying out special 
     projects of regional and national significance pursuant to 
     section 501(a)(2) of such Act, of which $500,000 is 
     available for the City of Milwaukee Health Department for 
     a pilot program providing health services to at-risk 
     children in day care and $10,000 is available for the Dane 
     County Neighborhood Child Health Clinic in Madison, 
     Wisconsin to provide child dental services: Provided 
     further, That in addition to amounts provided herein, 
     $25,000,000 shall be available from amounts available 
     under section 241 of the Public Health Service Act to 
     carry out Parts A, B, C, and D of Title XXVI of the Public 
     Health Service Act to fund section 2691 Special Projects 
     of National Significance: Provided further, That 
     $55,000,000 is available for special projects of regional 
     and national significance under section 501(a)(2) of the 
     Social Security Act, which shall not be counted toward 
     compliance with the allocation required in section 
     502(a)(1) of such Act, and which shall be used only for 
     making competitive grants to provide abstinence education 
     (as defined in section 510(b)(2) of such Act) to 
     adolescents and for evaluations (including longitudinal 
     evaluations) of activities under the grants and for 
     Federal costs of administering the grants: Provided 
     further, That grants under the immediately preceding 
     proviso shall be made only to public and private entities 
     which agree that, with respect to an adolescent to whom 
     the entities provide abstinence education under such 
     grant, the entities will not provide to that adolescent 
     any other education regarding sexual conduct, except that, 
     in the case of an entity expressly required by law to 
     provide health information or services the adolescent 
     shall not be precluded from seeking health information or 
     services from the entity in a different setting than the 
     setting in which the abstinence education was provided: 
     Provided further, That the funds expended for such 
     evaluations may not exceed 3.5 percent of such amount.


           Health Education Assistance Loans Program Account

       Such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of 
     the program, as authorized by title VII of the Public Health 
     Service Act, as amended. For administrative expenses to carry 
     out the guaranteed loan program, including section 709 of the 
     Public Health Service Act, $3,914,000.


             Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Trust Fund

       For payments from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program 
     Trust Fund, such sums as may be necessary for claims 
     associated with vaccine-related injury or death with respect 
     to vaccines administered after September 30, 1988, pursuant 
     to subtitle 2 of title XXI of the Public Health Service Act, 
     to remain available until expended: Provided, That for 
     necessary administrative expenses, not to exceed $2,991,000 
     shall be available from the Trust Fund to the Secretary of 
     Health and Human Services.

               Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


                Disease Control, Research, and Training

       To carry out titles II, III, VII, XI, XV, XVII, XIX, XXI, 
     and XXVI of the Public Health Service Act, sections 101, 102, 
     103, 201, 202, 203, 301, and 501 of the Federal Mine Safety 
     and Health Act of 1977, sections 20, 21, and 22 of the 
     Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, title IV of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act, and section 501 of the 
     Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980; including insurance 
     of official motor vehicles in foreign countries; and hire, 
     maintenance, and operation of aircraft, $4,296,566,000, of 
     which $268,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 
     equipment, and construction and renovation of facilities, and 
     of which $183,763,000 for international HIV/AIDS shall remain 
     available until September 30, 2004, and in addition, such 
     sums as may be derived from authorized user fees, which shall 
     be credited to this account: Provided, That in addition to 
     amounts provided herein, $14,000,000 shall be available from 
     amounts available under section 241 of the Public Health 
     Service Act to carry out the National Immunization Surveys: 
     Provided further, That in addition to amounts provided 
     herein, $125,899,000 shall be available from amounts 
     available under section 241 of the Public Health Service Act 
     to carry out the National Center for Health Statistics 
     surveys: Provided further, That none of the funds made 
     available for injury prevention and control at the Centers 
     for Disease Control and Prevention may be used, in whole or 
     in part, to advocate or promote gun control: Provided 
     further, That in addition to amounts provided herein, 
     $28,600,000

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     shall be available from amounts available under section 241 
     of the Public Health Service Act to carry out information 
     systems standards development and architecture and 
     applications-based research used at local public health 
     levels: Provided further, That in addition to amounts 
     provided herein, $41,900,000 shall be available from amounts 
     available under section 241 of the Public Health Service Act 
     to carry out Research Tools and Approaches activities within 
     the National Occupational Research Agenda: Provided further, 
     That the Director may redirect the total amount made 
     available under authority of Public Law 101-502, section 3, 
     dated November 3, 1990, to activities the Director may so 
     designate: Provided further, That the Congress is to be 
     notified promptly of any such transfer: Provided further, 
     That not to exceed $12,500,000 may be available for making 
     grants under section 1509 of the Public Health Service Act to 
     not more than 15 States: Provided further, That without 
     regard to existing statute, funds appropriated may be used to 
     proceed, at the discretion of the Centers for Disease Control 
     and Prevention, with property acquisition, including a long-
     term ground lease for construction on non-federal land, to 
     support the construction of a replacement laboratory in the 
     Fort Collins, Colorado area: Provided further, That 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, a single contract 
     or related contracts for development and construction of 
     facilities may be employed which collectively include the 
     full scope of the project: Provided further, That the 
     solicitation and contract shall contain the clause 
     ``availability of funds'' found at 48 CFR 52.232-18.

                     National Institutes of Health


                       National Cancer Institute

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
     Health Service Act with respect to cancer, $4,622,394,000.


               National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
     Health Service Act with respect to cardiovascular, lung, and 
     blood diseases, and blood and blood products, $2,812,011,000.


         National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
     Health Service Act with respect to dental disease, 
     $374,067,000.


    National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
     Health Service Act with respect to diabetes and digestive and 
     kidney disease, $1,633,347,000.


        National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
     Health Service Act with respect to neurological disorders and 
     stroke, $1,466,005,000.


         National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
     Health Service Act with respect to allergy and infectious 
     diseases, $3,730,973,000: Provided, That $100,000,000 may be 
     made available to International Assistance Programs, ``Global 
     Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and Tuberculosis'', to 
     remain available until expended: Provided further, That up to 
     $375,000,000 shall be for extramural facilities construction 
     grants to enhance the Nation's capability to do research on 
     biological and other agents.


             National Institute of General Medical Sciences

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
     Health Service Act with respect to general medical sciences, 
     $1,859,084,000.


        National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
     Health Service Act with respect to child health and human 
     development, $1,213,817,000.


                         National Eye Institute

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
     Health Service Act with respect to eye diseases and visual 
     disorders, $637,290,000.


          National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

       For carrying out sections 301 and 311 and title IV of the 
     Public Health Service Act with respect to environmental 
     health sciences, $618,258,000.


                      National Institute on Aging

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
     Health Service Act with respect to aging, $1,000,099,000.


 National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
     Health Service Act with respect to arthritis and 
     musculoskeletal and skin diseases, $489,324,000.


    National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
     Health Service Act with respect to deafness and other 
     communication disorders, $372,805,000.


                 National Institute of Nursing Research

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
     Health Service Act with respect to nursing research, 
     $131,438,000.


           National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
     Health Service Act with respect to alcohol abuse and 
     alcoholism, $418,773,000.


                    National Institute on Drug Abuse

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
     Health Service Act with respect to drug abuse, $968,013,000.


                  National Institute of Mental Health

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
     Health Service Act with respect to mental health, 
     $1,349,788,000.


                National Human Genome Research Institute

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
     Health Service Act with respect to human genome research, 
     $468,037,000.


      National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
     Health Service Act with respect to biomedical imaging and 
     bioengineering research, $280,100,000.


                 National Center for Research Resources

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
     Health Service Act with respect to research resources and 
     general research support grants, $1,146,272,000: Provided, 
     That none of these funds shall be used to pay recipients of 
     the general research support grants program any amount for 
     indirect expenses in connection with such grants: Provided 
     further, That $120,000,000 shall be for extramural facilities 
     construction grants.


       National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
     Health Service Act with respect to complementary and 
     alternative medicine, $114,149,000.


       National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
     Health Service Act with respect to minority health and health 
     disparities research, $186,929,000.


                  John E. Fogarty International Center

       For carrying out the activities at the John E. Fogarty 
     International Center, $63,880,000.


                      National Library of Medicine

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
     Health Service Act with respect to health information 
     communications, $302,099,000, of which $4,000,000 shall be 
     available until expended for improvement of information 
     systems: Provided, That in fiscal year 2003, the Library may 
     enter into personal services contracts for the provision of 
     services in facilities owned, operated, or constructed under 
     the jurisdiction of the National Institutes of Health: 
     Provided further, That in addition to amounts provided 
     herein, $8,200,000 shall be available from amounts available 
     under section 241 of the Public Health Service Act to carry 
     out National Information Center on Health Services Research 
     and Health Care Technology and related health services.


                         Office of the Director

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For carrying out the responsibilities of the Office of the 
     Director, National Institutes of Health, $267,974,000: 
     Provided, That funding shall be available for the purchase of 
     not to exceed 29 passenger motor vehicles for replacement 
     only: Provided further, That the Director may direct up to 1 
     percent of the total amount made available in this or any 
     other Act to all National Institutes of Health appropriations 
     to activities the Director may so designate: Provided 
     further, That no such appropriation shall be decreased by 
     more than 1 percent by any such transfers and that the 
     Congress is promptly notified of the transfer: Provided 
     further, That the National Institutes of Health is authorized 
     to collect third party payments for the cost of clinical 
     services that are incurred in National Institutes of Health 
     research facilities and that such payments shall be credited 
     to the National Institutes of Health Management Fund: 
     Provided further, That all funds credited to the National 
     Institutes of Health Management Fund shall remain available 
     for 1 fiscal year after the fiscal year in which they are 
     deposited: Provided further, That up to $500,000 shall be 
     available to carry out section 499 of the Public Health 
     Service Act.


                        buildings and facilities

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For the study of, construction of, renovation of, and 
     acquisition of equipment for, facilities of or used by the 
     National Institutes of Health, including the acquisition of 
     real property, $632,800,000, to remain available until 
     expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision 
     of law, single contracts or related contracts, which 
     collectively include the full scope of the project, may be 
     employed for the development and construction of the first 
     and second phases of the John Edward Porter Neuroscience 
     Research Center: Provided further, That the solicitations and 
     contracts shall contain the clause ``availability of funds'' 
     found at 48 CFR 52.232-18.

       Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


               Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services

       For carrying out titles V and XIX of the Public Health 
     Service Act with respect to substance abuse and mental health 
     services, the Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill 
     Individuals Act of 1986, and section 301 of the Public Health 
     Service Act with respect to program management, 
     $3,158,068,000, of which $21,461,000 shall be available for 
     the projects and in the amounts specified in the statement of 
     the managers on the conference report accompanying this Act: 
     Provided, That $955,000, to remain available until expended, 
     shall be for protection, maintenance, and environmental 
     remediation of the Federally owned facilities at St. 
     Elizabeths Hospital: Provided further, That in addition to 
     amounts provided herein, $62,200,000 shall be available from 
     amounts available under section 241 of the Public Health 
     Service Act to carry out Subpart II of Title XIX of the 
     Public Health Service Act to fund section 1935(b) technical 
     assistance, national data, data collection and evaluation 
     activities, and further that the total available under this 
     Act for section 1935(b) activities shall not exceed 5 percent 
     of the amounts

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     appropriated for Subpart II of Title XIX: Provided further, 
     That in addition to amounts provided herein, $12,000,000 
     shall be made available from amounts available under section 
     241 of the Public Health Service Act to carry out data 
     collection activities supporting the annual National 
     Household Survey.

               Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality


                    healthcare research and quality

       For carrying out titles III and IX of the Public Health 
     Service Act, and part A of title XI of the Social Security 
     Act, amounts received from Freedom of Information Act fees, 
     reimbursable and interagency agreements, and the sale of data 
     shall be credited to this appropriation and shall remain 
     available until expended: Provided, That the amount made 
     available pursuant to section 927(c) of the Public Health 
     Service Act shall not exceed $303,695,000.

               Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services


                     Grants to States for Medicaid

       For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles XI 
     and XIX of the Social Security Act, $112,090,218,000, to 
     remain available until expended.
       For making, after May 31, 2003, payments to States under 
     title XIX of the Social Security Act for the last quarter of 
     fiscal year 2003 for unanticipated costs, incurred for the 
     current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary.
       For making payments to States or in the case of section 
     1928 on behalf of States under title XIX of the Social 
     Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 2004, 
     $51,861,386,000, to remain available until expended.
       Payment under title XIX may be made for any quarter with 
     respect to a State plan or plan amendment in effect during 
     such quarter, if submitted in or prior to such quarter and 
     approved in that or any subsequent quarter.


                  Payments to Health Care Trust Funds

       For payment to the Federal Hospital Insurance and the 
     Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds, as 
     provided under section 1844 of the Social Security Act, 
     sections 103(c) and 111(d) of the Social Security Amendments 
     of 1965, section 278(d) of Public Law 97-248, and for 
     administrative expenses incurred pursuant to section 201(g) 
     of the Social Security Act, $81,462,700,000.


                           Program Management

       For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles XI, 
     XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act, titles XIII 
     and XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, and the Clinical 
     Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988, not to exceed 
     $2,581,672,000, to be transferred from the Federal Hospital 
     Insurance and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance 
     Trust Funds, as authorized by section 201(g) of the Social 
     Security Act; together with all funds collected in accordance 
     with section 353 of the Public Health Service Act and section 
     1857(e)(2) of the Social Security Act, and such sums as may 
     be collected from authorized user fees and the sale of data, 
     which shall remain available until expended, and together 
     with administrative fees collected relative to Medicare 
     overpayment recovery activities, which shall remain available 
     until expended: Provided, That all funds derived in 
     accordance with 31 U.S.C. 9701 from organizations established 
     under title XIII of the Public Health Service Act shall be 
     credited to and available for carrying out the purposes of 
     this appropriation: Provided further, That from amounts 
     appropriated under this heading, $3,000,000 for the managed 
     care system redesign shall remain available until 
     expended: Provided further, That $51,000,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2004, is for contract costs 
     for the Healthcare Integrated General Ledger Accounting 
     System: Provided further, That of the amounts made 
     available for research, demonstration and evaluation, 
     $1,500,000 is available for AIDS Healthcare Foundation in 
     Los Angeles for a demonstration of residential and 
     outpatient treatment facilities, $500,000 is available for 
     Bucks County Health Improvement Project, Langhorne, 
     Pennsylvania, $464,000 is available for Children's Hospice 
     International demonstration program to provide a continuum 
     of care for children with life-threatening conditions and 
     their families, $350,000 is available for Children's 
     Hospitals and Clinics of Minneapolis/St. Paul, in 
     partnership with the National Hospice and Palliative Care 
     Organization, for a demonstration project to provide 
     pediatric palliative care education and consultation 
     services, $100,000 is available for Community Catalyst 
     Inc. in Boston, MA to expand a benefits management program 
     to improve the delivery of healthcare benefits to low-
     income individuals, $75,000 is available for Cook County 
     Illinois Bureau of Health Services to improve the 
     management of the vulnerable patients with poorly 
     controlled diabetes, $700,000 is available for the County 
     of Sacramento, California for implementation of the 
     SacAdvantage pilot program to increase availability of 
     health insurance for uninsured workers and their 
     dependents through premium subsidies and purchasing pools, 
     $200,000 is available for Equip for Equality in Chicago, 
     Illinois for a demonstration project to document the 
     impact of an independent investigative unit to examine 
     deaths and serious allegations of abuse and neglect of 
     people with disabilities at facilities in Illinois, 
     $300,000 is available for Hamot Medical Center, Erie, PA, 
     for a demonstration project for the evaluation of advanced 
     illness coordinated care for Medicare beneficiaries, 
     $100,000 is available for Hope House Day Care Center in 
     Memphis, Tennessee for a demonstration project on 
     improving the overall well-being of HIV positive children, 
     $500,000 is available for the Hospice of Metro Denver in 
     Denver, Colorado to establish a clinical and training 
     affiliation with the University of Colorado's Health 
     Science Center and to develop cutting-edge palliative care 
     practices, $350,000 is available for Illinois Primary 
     Health Care Association, in Springfield, Illinois, to 
     implement the Shared Integrated Management Information 
     System, $100,000 is available for Jefferson Area Board for 
     Aging, Charlottesville, Virginia, for continuation of the 
     recruitment, retention, training, and support of nursing 
     assistants, $100,000 is available for Johns Hopkins School 
     of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, for an advanced respiratory 
     medicine project to study in-home, self-administered high 
     frequency chest wall oscillation therapy, $130,000 is 
     available for Medical Care for Children Partnership, 
     Fairfax, Virginia to provide outreach to increase access 
     to medical and dental care for children, and $325,000 is 
     available for The Breast Cancer Fund in San Francisco, 
     California (in collaboration with Shanti) for the 
     ``Lifelines'' project to increase access to breast cancer 
     treatment for medically underserved women: Provided 
     further, That to the extent Medicare claims volume is 
     projected by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid 
     Services (CMS) to exceed 223,500,000 Part A claims and/or 
     870,000,000 Part B claims, an additional $46,800,000 shall 
     be available for obligation for every 50,000,000 increase 
     in Medicare claims volume (including a pro rata amount for 
     any increment less than 50,000,000) from the Federal 
     Hospital Insurance and the Federal Supplementary Medical 
     Insurance Trust Fund: Provided further, That the Secretary 
     of Health and Human Services is directed to collect fees 
     in fiscal year 2003 from Medicare+Choice organizations 
     pursuant to section 1857(e)(2) of the Social Security Act 
     and from eligible organizations with risk-sharing 
     contracts under section 1876 of that Act pursuant to 
     section 1876(k)(4)(D) of that Act.


      Health Maintenance Organization Loan and Loan Guarantee Fund

       For carrying out subsections (d) and (e) of section 1308 of 
     the Public Health Service Act, any amounts received by the 
     Secretary in connection with loans and loan guarantees under 
     title XIII of the Public Health Service Act, to be available 
     without fiscal year limitation for the payment of outstanding 
     obligations. During fiscal year 2003, no commitments for 
     direct loans or loan guarantees shall be made.

                Administration for Children and Families


  Payments to States for Child Support Enforcement and Family Support 
                                Programs

       For making payments to States or other non-Federal entities 
     under titles I, IV-D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social 
     Security Act and the Act of July 5, 1960 (24 U.S.C. ch. 9), 
     $2,475,800,000, to remain available until expended; and for 
     such purposes for the first quarter of fiscal year 2004, 
     $1,100,000,000, to remain available until expended.
       For making payments to each State for carrying out the 
     program of Aid to Families with Dependent Children under 
     title IV-A of the Social Security Act before the effective 
     date of the program of Temporary Assistance for Needy 
     Families (TANF) with respect to such State, such sums as may 
     be necessary: Provided, That the sum of the amounts available 
     to a State with respect to expenditures under such title IV-A 
     in fiscal year 1997 under this appropriation and under such 
     title IV-A as amended by the Personal Responsibility and Work 
     Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 shall not exceed the 
     limitations under section 116(b) of such Act.
       For making, after May 31 of the current fiscal year, 
     payments to States or other non-Federal entities under titles 
     I, IV-D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act and 
     the Act of July 5, 1960 (24 U.S.C. ch. 9), for the last 3 
     months of the current fiscal year for unanticipated costs, 
     incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums as may be 
     necessary.


                   Low Income Home Energy Assistance

       For making payments under title XXVI of the Omnibus Budget 
     Reconciliation Act of 1981, $1,700,000,000.


                     Refugee and Entrant Assistance

       For making payments for refugee and entrant assistance 
     activities authorized by title IV of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act and section 501 of the Refugee Education 
     Assistance Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-422), $436,724,000: 
     Provided, That funds appropriated pursuant to section 414(a) 
     of the Immigration and Nationality Act for fiscal year 2003 
     shall be available for the costs of assistance provided and 
     other activities through September 30, 2005: Provided 
     further, That up to $10,000,000 is available to carry out the 
     Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000.
       For carrying out section 5 of the Torture Victims Relief 
     Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-320), $10,000,000.


   Payments to States for the Child Care and Development Block Grant

       For carrying out sections 658A through 658R of the Omnibus 
     Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (The Child Care and 
     Development Block Grant Act of 1990), $2,099,994,000 shall be 
     used to supplement, not supplant state general revenue funds 
     for child care assistance for low-income families: Provided, 
     That $19,120,000 shall be available for child care resource 
     and referral and school-aged child care activities, of which 
     $1,000,000 shall be for the Child Care Aware toll free 
     hotline: Provided further, That, in addition to the amounts 
     required to be reserved by the States under section 658G, 
     $272,672,000 shall be reserved by the States for activities 
     authorized under section 658G, of which $100,000,000 shall be 
     for activities that improve the quality of infant and toddler 
     care: Provided further, That $10,000,000 shall be for use by 
     the Secretary for child care research, demonstration, and 
     evaluation activities.


                      Social Services Block Grant

       For making grants to States pursuant to section 2002 of the 
     Social Security Act, $1,700,000,000: Provided, That 
     notwithstanding subparagraph (B) of section 404(d)(2) of such

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     Act, the applicable percent specified under such subparagraph 
     for a State to carry out State programs pursuant to title XX 
     of such Act shall be 10 percent.


                Children and Families Services Programs

       For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, the Runaway 
     and Homeless Youth Act, the Developmental Disabilities 
     Assistance and Bill of Rights Act, the Head Start Act, the 
     Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, sections 310 and 
     316 of the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, as 
     amended, the Native American Programs Act of 1974, title II 
     of Public Law 95-266 (adoption opportunities), the Adoption 
     and Safe Families Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-89), sections 
     1201 and 1211 of the Children's Health Act of 2000, the 
     Abandoned Infants Assistance Act of 1988, the Early Learning 
     Opportunities Act, part B(1) of title IV and sections 413, 
     429A, 1110, and 1115 of the Social Security Act, and sections 
     40155, 40211, and 40241 of Public Law 103-322; for making 
     payments under the Community Services Block Grant Act, 
     sections 439(h), 473A, and 477(i) of the Social Security Act, 
     and title IV of Public Law 105-285, and for necessary 
     administrative expenses to carry out said Acts and titles I, 
     IV, X, XI, XIV, XVI, and XX of the Social Security Act, the 
     Act of July 5, 1960 (24 U.S.C. ch. 9), the Omnibus Budget 
     Reconciliation Act of 1981, title IV of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act, section 501 of the Refugee Education 
     Assistance Act of 1980, section 5 of the Torture Victims 
     Relief Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-320), sections 40155, 
     40211, and 40241 of Public Law 103-322, and section 126 and 
     titles IV and V of Public Law 100-485, $8,643,117,000, of 
     which $43,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
     2004, shall be for grants to States for adoption incentive 
     payments, as authorized by section 473A of title IV of the 
     Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 670-679) and may be made for 
     adoptions completed in fiscal years 2001 and 2002; of which 
     $6,667,533,000 shall be for making payments under the Head 
     Start Act, of which $1,400,000,000 shall become available 
     October 1, 2003 and remain available through September 30, 
     2004; and of which $739,315,000 shall be for making payments 
     under the Community Services Block Grant Act: Provided, That 
     not less than $7,250,000 shall be for section 680(3)(B) of 
     the Community Services Block Grant Act, as amended: Provided 
     further, That in addition to amounts provided herein, 
     $6,000,000 shall be available from amounts available under 
     section 241 of the Public Health Service Act to carry out the 
     provisions of Section 1110 of the Social Security Act: 
     Provided further, That to the extent Community Services Block 
     Grant funds are distributed as grant funds by a State to an 
     eligible entity as provided under the Act, and have not been 
     expended by such entity, they shall remain with such entity 
     for carryover into the next fiscal year for expenditure by 
     such entity consistent with program purposes: Provided 
     further, That the Secretary shall establish procedures 
     regarding the disposition of intangible property which 
     permits grant funds, or intangible assets acquired with funds 
     authorized under section 680 of the Community Services Block 
     Grant Act, as amended, to become the sole property of such 
     grantees after a period of not more than 12 years after the 
     end of the grant for purposes and uses consistent with the 
     original grant: Provided further, That funds appropriated for 
     section 680(a)(2) of the Community Services Block Grant Act, 
     as amended, shall be available for financing construction and 
     rehabilitation and loans or investments in private business 
     enterprises owned by community development corporations: 
     Provided further, That $90,567,000 shall be for activities 
     authorized by the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, 
     notwithstanding the allocation requirements of section 388(a) 
     of such Act, of which $40,770,000 is for the transitional 
     living program: Provided further, That $35,000,000 is for a 
     compassion capital fund to provide grants to charitable 
     organizations to emulate model social service programs and to 
     encourage research on the best practices of social service 
     organizations.


                   Promoting Safe and Stable Families

       For carrying out section 436 of the Social Security Act, 
     $305,000,000 and for section 437, $100,000,000.


       Payments to States for Foster Care and Adoption Assistance

       For making payments to States or other non-Federal entities 
     under title IV-E of the Social Security Act, $4,855,000,000.
       For making payments to States or other non-Federal entities 
     under title IV-E of the Act, for the first quarter of fiscal 
     year 2004, $1,745,600,000.
       For making, after May 31 of the current fiscal year, 
     payments to States or other non-Federal entities under 
     section 474 of title IV-E, for the last 3 months of the 
     current fiscal year for unanticipated costs, incurred for the 
     current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary.

                        Administration on Aging


                        Aging Services Programs

       For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the 
     Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended, and section 398 of 
     the Public Health Service Act, $1,376,001,000, of which 
     $5,500,000 shall be available for activities regarding 
     medication management, screening, and education to prevent 
     incorrect medication and adverse drug reactions: Provided, 
     That $149,670,000 shall be available for carrying out section 
     311 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 consistent with the 
     formula of such Act (as amended by section 217 of this 
     Act).

                        Office of the Secretary


                    General Departmental Management

       For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for general 
     departmental management, including hire of six sedans, and 
     for carrying out titles III, XVII, and XX of the Public 
     Health Service Act, and the United States-Mexico Border 
     Health Commission Act, $361,364,000, together with $5,851,000 
     to be transferred and expended as authorized by section 
     201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act from the Hospital 
     Insurance Trust Fund and the Supplemental Medical Insurance 
     Trust Fund: Provided, That of the funds made available under 
     this heading for carrying out title XX of the Public Health 
     Service Act, $11,885,000 shall be for activities specified 
     under section 2003(b)(2), of which $10,157,000 shall be for 
     prevention service demonstration grants under section 
     510(b)(2) of title V of the Social Security Act, as amended, 
     without application of the limitation of section 2010(c) of 
     said title XX: Provided further, That of this amount, 
     $50,000,000 is for minority AIDS prevention and treatment 
     activities; and $20,000,000 shall be for an Information 
     Technology Security and Innovation Fund for Department-wide 
     activities involving cybersecurity, information technology 
     security, and related innovation projects.


                      Office of Inspector General

       For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General 
     in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act 
     of 1978, as amended, $37,300,000: Provided, That, of such 
     amount, necessary sums are available for providing protective 
     services to the Secretary and investigating non-payment of 
     child support cases for which non-payment is a Federal 
     offense under 18 U.S.C. 228.


                        office for civil rights

       For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights, 
     $30,328,000, together with not to exceed $3,314,000 to be 
     transferred and expended as authorized by section 201(g)(1) 
     of the Social Security Act from the Hospital Insurance Trust 
     Fund and the Supplemental Medical Insurance Trust Fund.


                            policy research

       For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, 
     research studies under section 1110 of the Social Security 
     Act and title III of the Public Health Service Act, 
     $2,499,000: Provided, That in addition to amounts provided 
     herein, $18,000,000 shall be available from amounts available 
     under section 241 of the Public Health Service Act to carry 
     out national health or human services research and evaluation 
     activities: Provided further, That the expenditure of any 
     funds available under section 241 of the Public Health 
     Service Act are subject to the requirements of section 205 of 
     this Act.


     Retirement Pay and Medical Benefits for Commissioned Officers

       For retirement pay and medical benefits of Public Health 
     Service Commissioned Officers as authorized by law, for 
     payments under the Retired Serviceman's Family Protection 
     Plan and Survivor Benefit Plan, for medical care of 
     dependents and retired personnel under the Dependents' 
     Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. ch. 55 and 56), and for payments 
     pursuant to section 229(b) of the Social Security Act (42 
     U.S.C. 429(b)), such amounts as may be required during the 
     current fiscal year. The following are definitions for the 
     medical benefits of the Public Health Service Commissioned 
     Officers that apply to 10 U.S.C. chapter 56, section 1116(c). 
     The source of funds for the monthly accrual payments into the 
     Department of Defense Medicare-Eligible Retiree Health Care 
     Fund shall be the Retirement Pay and Medical Benefits for 
     Commissioned Officers account. For purposes of this Act, the 
     term ``pay of members'' shall be construed to be synonymous 
     with retirement payments to U.S. Public Health Service 
     officers who are retired for age, disability, or length of 
     service; payments to survivors of deceased officers; medical 
     care to active duty and retired members and dependents and 
     beneficiaries; and for payments to the Social Security 
     Administration for military service credits; all of which 
     payments are provided for by the Retirement Pay and Medical 
     Benefits for Commissioned Officers account.


            public health and social services emergency fund

       For expenses necessary to support activities related to 
     countering potential biological, disease and chemical threats 
     to civilian populations, $2,246,680,000: Provided, That this 
     amount is distributed as follows: Centers for Disease Control 
     and Prevention, $1,543,440,000 of which $300,000,000 shall 
     remain available until expended for the National 
     Pharmaceutical Stockpile; Office of the Secretary, 
     $152,240,000; Health Resources and Services Administration; 
     $546,000,000; and the Agency for Healthcare Research and 
     Quality, $5,000,000, to remain available until expended; 
     Provided further, That at the discretion of the Secretary, 
     these amounts may be transferred between categories subject 
     to normal reprogramming procedures: Provided further, That 
     employees of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
     or the Public Health Service, both civilian and Commissioned 
     Officers, detailed to States, municipalities or other 
     organizations under authority of Section 214 of the Public 
     Health Service Act for purposes related to homeland security, 
     shall be treated as non-Federal employees for reporting 
     purposes only and shall not be included within any personnel 
     ceiling applicable to the Agency, Service, or the Department 
     of Health and Human Services during the period of detail or 
     assignment.

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 201. Funds appropriated in this title shall be 
     available for not to exceed $50,000 for official reception 
     and representation expenses when specifically approved by the 
     Secretary.
       Sec. 202. The Secretary shall make available through 
     assignment not more than 60 employees of the Public Health 
     Service to assist in child survival activities and to work in 
     AIDS programs through and with funds provided by the Agency 
     for International Development, the United Nations 
     International Children's Emergency Fund or the World Health 
     Organization.

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       Sec. 203. None of the funds appropriated under this Act may 
     be used to implement section 399F(b) of the Public Health 
     Service Act or section 1503 of the National Institutes of 
     Health Revitalization Act of 1993, Public Law 103-43.
       Sec. 204. None of the funds appropriated in this Act for 
     the National Institutes of Health, the Agency for Healthcare 
     Research and Quality, and the Substance Abuse and Mental 
     Health Services Administration shall be used to pay the 
     salary of an individual, through a grant or other 
     extramural mechanism, at a rate in excess of Executive 
     Level I.
       Sec. 205. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be 
     expended pursuant to section 241 of the Public Health Service 
     Act, except for funds specifically provided for in this Act, 
     or for other taps and assessments made by any office located 
     in the Department of Health and Human Services, prior to the 
     Secretary's preparation and submission of a report to the 
     Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and of the House 
     detailing the planned uses of such funds.
       Sec. 206. Notwithstanding section 241(a) of the Public 
     Health Service Act, such portion as the Secretary shall 
     determine, but not more than 2.1 percent, of any amounts 
     appropriated for programs authorized under said Act shall be 
     made available for the evaluation (directly, or by grants or 
     contracts) of the implementation and effectiveness of such 
     programs.


                          (transfer of funds)

       Sec. 207. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary 
     funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985, as amended) which are appropriated for 
     the current fiscal year for the Department of Health and 
     Human Services in this or any other Act may be transferred 
     between appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be 
     increased by more than 3 percent by any such transfer: 
     Provided, That an appropriation may be increased by up to an 
     additional 2 percent subject to approval by the House and 
     Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That 
     the Appropriations Committees of both Houses of Congress are 
     notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer.
       Sec. 208. The Director of the National Institutes of 
     Health, jointly with the Director of the Office of AIDS 
     Research, may transfer up to 3 percent among institutes, 
     centers, and divisions from the total amounts identified by 
     these two Directors as funding for research pertaining to the 
     human immunodeficiency virus: Provided, That the Congress is 
     promptly notified of the transfer.
       Sec. 209. Of the amounts made available in this Act for the 
     National Institutes of Health, the amount for research 
     related to the human immunodeficiency virus, as jointly 
     determined by the Director of the National Institutes of 
     Health and the Director of the Office of AIDS Research, shall 
     be made available to the ``Office of AIDS Research'' account. 
     The Director of the Office of AIDS Research shall transfer 
     from such account amounts necessary to carry out section 
     2353(d)(3) of the Public Health Service Act.
       Sec. 210. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be 
     made available to any entity under title X of the Public 
     Health Service Act unless the applicant for the award 
     certifies to the Secretary that it encourages family 
     participation in the decision of minors to seek family 
     planning services and that it provides counseling to minors 
     on how to resist attempts to coerce minors into engaging in 
     sexual activities.
       Sec. 211. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
     (including funds appropriated to any trust fund) may be used 
     to carry out the Medicare+Choice program if the Secretary 
     denies participation in such program to an otherwise eligible 
     entity (including a Provider Sponsored Organization) because 
     the entity informs the Secretary that it will not provide, 
     pay for, provide coverage of, or provide referrals for 
     abortions: Provided, That the Secretary shall make 
     appropriate prospective adjustments to the capitation payment 
     to such an entity (based on an actuarially sound estimate of 
     the expected costs of providing the service to such entity's 
     enrollees): Provided further, That nothing in this section 
     shall be construed to change the Medicare program's coverage 
     for such services and a Medicare+Choice organization 
     described in this section shall be responsible for informing 
     enrollees where to obtain information about all Medicare 
     covered services.
       Sec. 212. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
     provider of services under title X of the Public Health 
     Service Act shall be exempt from any State law requiring 
     notification or the reporting of child abuse, child 
     molestation, sexual abuse, rape, or incest.
       Sec. 213. The Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and 
     Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1990 (Public Law 101-
     167) is amended--
       (1) in section 599D (8 U.S.C. 1157 note)--
       (A) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ``1997, 1998, 1999, 
     2000, and 2001'' and inserting ``1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 
     2001, 2002 and 2003''; and
       (B) in subsection (e), by striking ``October 1, 2002'' each 
     place it appears and inserting ``October 1, 2003''; and
       (2) in section 599E (8 U.S.C. 1255 note) in subsection 
     (b)(2), by striking ``September 30, 2002'' and inserting 
     ``September 30, 2003''.
       Sec. 214. (a) Except as provided by subsection (e) none of 
     the funds appropriated by this Act may be used to withhold 
     substance abuse funding from a State pursuant to section 1926 
     of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300x-26) if such 
     State certifies to the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
     by May 1, 2003 that the State will commit additional State 
     funds, in accordance with subsection (b), to ensure 
     compliance with State laws prohibiting the sale of tobacco 
     products to individuals under 18 years of age.
       (b) The amount of funds to be committed by a State under 
     subsection (a) shall be equal to 1 percent of such State's 
     substance abuse block grant allocation for each percentage 
     point by which the State misses the retailer compliance rate 
     goal established by the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services under section 1926 of such Act.
       (c) The State is to maintain State expenditures in fiscal 
     year 2003 for tobacco prevention programs and for compliance 
     activities at a level that is not less than the level of such 
     expenditures maintained by the State for fiscal year 2002, 
     and adding to that level the additional funds for tobacco 
     compliance activities required under subsection (a). The 
     State is to submit a report to the Secretary on all fiscal 
     year 2002 State expenditures and all fiscal year 2003 
     obligations for tobacco prevention and compliance activities 
     by program activity by July 31, 2003.
       (d) The Secretary shall exercise discretion in enforcing 
     the timing of the State obligation of the additional funds 
     required by the certification described in subsection (a) 
     as late as July 31, 2003.
       (e) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used 
     to withhold substance abuse funding pursuant to section 1926 
     from a territory that receives less than $1,000,000.
       Sec. 215. In order for the Centers for Disease Control and 
     Prevention to carry out international health activities, 
     including HIV/AIDS and other infectious disease, chronic and 
     environmental disease, and other health activities abroad 
     during fiscal year 2003, the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services is authorized to provide such funds by advance or 
     reimbursement to the Secretary of State as may be necessary 
     to pay the costs of acquisition, lease, alteration, 
     renovation, and management of facilities outside of the 
     United States for the use of the Department of Health and 
     Human Services. The Department of State shall cooperate fully 
     with the Secretary of Health and Human Services to ensure 
     that the Department of Health and Human Services has secure, 
     safe, functional facilities that comply with applicable 
     regulation governing location, setback, and other facilities 
     requirements and serve the purposes established by this Act. 
     The Secretary of Health and Human Services is authorized, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of State, through grant or 
     cooperative agreement, to make available to public or 
     nonprofit private institutions or agencies in participating 
     foreign countries, funds to acquire, lease, alter, or 
     renovate facilities in those countries as necessary to 
     conduct programs of assistance for international health 
     activities, including activities relating to HIV/AIDS and 
     other infectious diseases, chronic and environmental 
     diseases, and other health activities abroad.
       Sec. 216. The Division of Federal Occupational Health may 
     utilize personal services contracting to employ professional 
     management/administrative and occupational health 
     professionals.
       Sec. 217. (a) Section 311 of the Older Americans Act of 
     1965 (42 U.S.C. 3030a) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (b)--
       (A) in the caption, by striking ``of cash or commodities'' 
     and inserting ``and payment''; and
       (B) in paragraph (1)--
       (i) by striking ``The Secretary of Agriculture shall allot 
     and provide in the form of cash or commodities or a 
     combination thereof (at the discretion of the State) to each 
     State agency'' and inserting ``The Secretary shall allot and 
     provide, in accordance with this section, to or on behalf of 
     each State agency''; and
       (ii) by striking ``to each grantee'' and inserting ``to or 
     on behalf of each grantee''; and
       (2) in subsection (d)--
       (A) in the caption, to read as follows: ``Option to obtain 
     commodities from Secretary of Agriculture'';
       (B) in paragraph (1), to read as follows: ``Each State 
     agency and each grantee under title VI shall be entitled to 
     use all or any part of amounts allotted under subsection (b) 
     to obtain from the Secretary of Agriculture commodities 
     available through any Federal food commodity processing 
     program, at the rates at which such commodities are valued 
     for purposes of such program.'';
       (C) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (4) as paragraphs 
     (4) and (5), respectively;
       (D) by striking paragraph (3);
       (E) by adding after paragraph (1) the following new 
     paragraphs:
       ``(2) The Secretary of Agriculture shall determine and 
     report to the Secretary, by such date as the Secretary may 
     require, the amount (if any) of its allotment under 
     subsection (b) which each State agency and title VI grantee 
     has elected to receive in the form of commodities. Such 
     amount shall include an amount bearing the same ratio to the 
     costs to the Secretary of Agriculture of providing such 
     commodities under this subsection as the value of commodities 
     received by such State agency or title VI grantee under this 
     subsection bears to the total value of commodities so 
     received.
       ``(3) From the allotment under subsection (b) for each 
     State agency and title VI grantee, the Secretary shall first 
     reimburse the Secretary of Agriculture for costs of 
     commodities received by such State agency or grantee under 
     this subsection, and shall then pay the balance (if any) to 
     such State agency or grantee.'';
       (F) in paragraph (4), as redesignated, in the first 
     sentence, to read as follows: ``Each State agency shall 
     promptly and equitably disburse amounts received under this 
     subsection to recipients of grants and contracts.''; and
       (G) in paragraph (5), as redesignated, by striking 
     ``donation'' and inserting ``provision''.
       Sec. 218. Notwithstanding section 409B(c) of the Public 
     Health Service Act regarding a limitation on the number of 
     such grants, funds appropriated in this Act may be expended 
     by the Director of the National Institutes of Health to

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     award Core Center Grants to encourage the development of 
     innovative multidisciplinary research and provide training 
     concerning Parkinson's disease. Each center funded under such 
     grants shall be designated as a Morris K. Udall Center for 
     Research on Parkinson's Disease.
       Sec. 219. The Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public 
     Law 107-20) is amended, in the matter under the heading ``low 
     income home energy assistance'' under the heading 
     ``Administration for Children and Families'' under the 
     heading ``DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES'', in 
     chapter 7 of title II, by striking ``$300,000,000'' and 
     inserting in lieu thereof, ``$200,000,000'', and by adding 
     under such heading the following new paragraph: ``For an 
     additional amount for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance 
     Program authorized under title XXVI of the Omnibus Budget 
     Reconciliation Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8621(e)), $100,000,000, 
     to remain available until expended.''.
       Sec. 220. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
     the $6,667,533,000 provided for the Head Start Act shall be 
     exempt from the across-the-board rescission under section 601 
     of division N.
       This title may be cited as the ``Department of Health and 
     Human Services Appropriations Act, 2003''.

                   TITLE III--DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


                    Education for the Disadvantaged

       For carrying out title I of the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965 (``ESEA'') and section 418A of the 
     Higher Education Act of 1965, $13,853,400,000, of which 
     $4,651,199,000 shall become available on July 1, 2003, and 
     shall remain available through September 30, 2004, and of 
     which $9,027,301,000 shall become available on October 1, 
     2003, and shall remain available through September 30, 2004, 
     for academic year 2003-2004: Provided, That $7,172,971,000 
     shall be available for basic grants under section 1124: 
     Provided further, That up to $3,500,000 of these funds shall 
     be available to the Secretary of Education on October 1, 
     2002, to obtain updated educational-agency-level census 
     poverty data from the Bureau of the Census: Provided further, 
     That $1,365,031,000 shall be available for concentration 
     grants under section 1124A: Provided further, That 
     $1,670,239,000 shall be available for targeted grants under 
     section 1125: Provided further, That $1,541,759,000 shall be 
     available for education finance incentive grants under 
     section 1125A: Provided further, That $235,000,000 shall be 
     available for comprehensive school reform grants under part F 
     of the ESEA.


                               Impact Aid

       For carrying out programs of financial assistance to 
     federally affected schools authorized by title VIII of the 
     Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, 
     $1,196,000,000, of which $1,032,000,000 shall be for basic 
     support payments under section 8003(b), $51,000,000 shall be 
     for payments for children with disabilities under section 
     8003(d), $45,000,000 shall be for construction under section 
     8007 and shall remain available through September 30, 2004, 
     $60,000,000 shall be for Federal property payments under 
     section 8002, and $8,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended, shall be for facilities maintenance under section 
     8008.


                      School Improvement Programs

       For carrying out school improvement activities authorized 
     by titles II, IV, V, VI, and parts B and C of title VII of 
     the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
     (``ESEA''); part B of title II of the Higher Education Act; 
     the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act; and the Civil 
     Rights Act of 1964, $8,052,957,000, of which $508,100,000 
     shall become available October 1, 2002, and shall remain 
     available through September 30, 2004, of which $4,132,167,000 
     shall become available on July 1, 2003, and remain available 
     through September 30, 2004, and of which $1,765,000,000 shall 
     become available on October 1, 2003, and shall remain 
     available through September 30, 2004, for academic year 2003-
     2004: Provided, That up to $12,000,000 may be used to carry 
     out section 2345 of the ESEA: Provided further, That of the 
     amount made available for subpart 3, part C, of title II of 
     the ESEA, $3,000,000 shall be used by the Center for Civic 
     Education to implement a comprehensive program to improve 
     public knowledge, understanding, and support of the Congress 
     and the state legislatures: Provided further, That of the 
     funds made available for subpart 2 of part A of title IV of 
     the ESEA, $5,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
     shall be for the Project School Emergency Response to 
     Violence program to provide education-related services to 
     local educational agencies in which the learning environment 
     has been disrupted due to a violent or traumatic crisis: 
     Provided further, That $75,000,000 for continuing and new 
     grants to demonstrate effective approaches to comprehensive 
     school reform shall be allocated and expended in the same 
     manner as the funds provided under the Fund for the 
     Improvement of Education for this purpose were allocated and 
     expended in fiscal year 2002: Provided further, That 
     $162,000,000 shall be available to support the activities 
     authorized under subpart 4 of part D of title V of the 
     ESEA, of which up to 5 percent shall become available 
     October 1, 2002, for evaluation, technical assistance, 
     school networking, peer review of applications, and 
     program outreach activities and of which not less than 95 
     percent shall become available on July 1, 2003, and remain 
     available through September 30, 2004, for grants to local 
     educational agencies: Provided further, That funds made 
     available to local educational agencies under this subpart 
     shall be used only for activities related to establishing 
     smaller learning communities in high schools: Provided 
     further, That funds made available to carry out part C of 
     title VII of the ESEA may be used for construction: 
     Provided further, That funds made available to carry out 
     part B of title VII of the ESEA may be used for 
     construction, renovation and modernization of any 
     elementary school, secondary school, or structure related 
     to an elementary school or secondary school, run by the 
     Department of Education of the State of Hawaii, that 
     serves a predominantly Native Hawaiian student body: 
     Provided further, That $387,000,000 shall be for subpart l 
     of part A of title VI of the ESEA: Provided further, That 
     no funds appropriated under this heading may be used to 
     carry out section 5494 under the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act: Provided further, That $814,660,000 shall 
     be available to carry out part D of title V of the ESEA: 
     Provided further, That $212,160,000 of the funds for 
     subpart l, part D of title V of the ESEA shall be 
     available for the projects and in the amounts specified in 
     the statement of the managers on the conference report 
     accompanying this Act.


                            Indian Education

       For expenses necessary to carry out, to the extent not 
     otherwise provided, title VII, part A of the Elementary and 
     Secondary Education Act of 1965, $122,368,000.


                      English Language Acquisition

       For carrying out title III, part A of the ESEA, 
     $690,000,000, of which $494,000,000 shall become available on 
     July 1, 2003, and shall remain available through September 
     30, 2004.


                           Special Education

       For carrying out the Individuals with Disabilities 
     Education Act, $10,095,639,000, of which $4,135,233,000 shall 
     become available for obligation on July 1, 2003, and shall 
     remain available through September 30, 2004, and of which 
     $5,672,000,000 shall become available on October 1, 2003, and 
     shall remain available through September 30, 2004, for 
     academic year 2003-2004: Provided, That $10,000,000 shall be 
     for Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic to support the 
     development, production, and circulation of recorded 
     educational materials: Provided further, That $1,500,000 
     shall be for the recipient of funds provided by Public Law 
     105-78 under section 687(b)(2)(G) of the Act to provide 
     information on diagnosis, intervention, and teaching 
     strategies for children with disabilities: Provided further, 
     That the amount for section 611(c) of the Act shall be equal 
     to the amount available for that section in the Department of 
     Education Appropriations Act, 2002, increased by the amount 
     of inflation as specified in section 611(f)(1)(B)(ii) of the 
     Act: Provided further, That $7,715,000 of the funds for 
     section 672 of the Act shall be available for the projects 
     and in the amounts specified in the statement of the managers 
     of the conference report accompanying this Act.


            Rehabilitation Services and Disability Research

       For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the 
     Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Assistive Technology Act of 
     1998, and the Helen Keller National Center Act, 
     $2,956,382,000, of which $1,000,000 shall be used to improve 
     the quality of applied orthotic and prosthetic research and 
     help meet the demand for provider services: Provided, That 
     the funds provided for title I of the Assistive Technology 
     Act of 1998 (``the AT Act'') shall be allocated 
     notwithstanding section 105(b)(1) of the AT Act: Provided 
     further, That section 101(f) of the AT Act shall not limit 
     the award of an extension grant to three years: Provided 
     further, That no State or outlying area awarded funds under 
     section 101 shall receive less than the amount received in 
     fiscal year 2002: Provided further, That $3,540,000 of the 
     funds for section 303 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 shall 
     be available for the projects and in the amounts specified in 
     the statement of the managers on the conference report 
     accompanying this Act.

           Special Institutions for Persons With Disabilities


                 american printing house for the blind

       For carrying out the Act of March 3, 1879, as amended (20 
     U.S.C. 101 et seq.), $15,500,000.


               national technical institute for the deaf

       For the National Technical Institute for the Deaf under 
     titles I and II of the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 (20 
     U.S.C. 4301 et seq.), $54,050,000, of which $1,600,000 shall 
     be for construction and shall remain available until 
     expended: Provided, That from the total amount available, the 
     Institute may at its discretion use funds for the endowment 
     program as authorized under section 207.


                          gallaudet university

       For the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, the Model 
     Secondary School for the Deaf, and the partial support of 
     Gallaudet University under titles I and II of the Education 
     of the Deaf Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4301 et seq.), 
     $98,438,000: Provided, That from the total amount 
     available, the University may at its discretion use funds 
     for the endowment program as authorized under section 207.


                     Vocational and Adult Education

       For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the 
     Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education 
     Act, and the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act, and 
     title VIII-D of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, 
     and Public Law 102-73, $1,956,060,000, of which 
     $1,158,060,000 shall become available on July 1, 2003 and 
     shall remain available through September 30, 2004 and of 
     which $791,000,000 shall become available on October 1, 2003 
     and shall remain available through September 30, 2004: 
     Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law or 
     any regulation, the Secretary of Education shall not require 
     the use of a restricted indirect cost rate for grants issued 
     pursuant to section 117 of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and 
     Applied Technology Education Act: Provided further, That of 
     the amount provided for Adult Education State Grants, 
     $70,000,000 shall be made available for integrated English 
     literacy and civics education

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     services to immigrants and other limited English proficient 
     populations: Provided further, That of the amount reserved 
     for integrated English literacy and civics education, 
     notwithstanding section 211 of the Adult Education and Family 
     Literacy Act, 65 percent shall be allocated to States based 
     on a State's absolute need as determined by calculating each 
     State's share of a 10-year average of the Immigration and 
     Naturalization Service data for immigrants admitted for legal 
     permanent residence for the 10 most recent years, and 35 
     percent allocated to States that experienced growth as 
     measured by the average of the 3 most recent years for which 
     Immigration and Naturalization Service data for immigrants 
     admitted for legal permanent residence are available, except 
     that no State shall be allocated an amount less than $60,000: 
     Provided further, That of the amounts made available for the 
     Adult Education and Family Literacy Act, $9,500,000 shall be 
     for national leadership activities under section 243 and 
     $6,560,000 shall be for the National Institute for Literacy 
     under section 242: Provided further, That $23,500,000 shall 
     be for Youth Offender Grants, of which $5,000,000 shall be 
     used in accordance with section 601 of Public Law 102-73 as 
     that section was in effect prior to the enactment of Public 
     Law 105-220.


                      Student Financial Assistance

       For carrying out subparts 1, 3 and 4 of part A, section 
     428K, part C and part E of title IV of the Higher Education 
     Act of 1965, as amended, $13,450,500,000, which shall remain 
     available through September 30, 2004.
       The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall be 
     eligible during award year 2003-2004 shall be $4,050.


                            Higher Education

       For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, 
     section 121 and titles II, III, IV, V, VI, and VII of the 
     Higher Education Act of 1965 (``HEA''), as amended, section 
     1543 of the Higher Education Amendments of 1992, title VIII 
     of the Higher Education Amendments of 1998, and the Mutual 
     Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, 
     $2,100,701,000, of which $3,000,000 for interest subsidies 
     authorized by section 121 of the HEA, shall remain available 
     until expended: Provided, That $10,000,000, to remain 
     available through September 30, 2004, shall be available to 
     fund fellowships for academic year 2004-2005 under part A, 
     subpart 1 of title VII of said Act, under the terms and 
     conditions of part A, subpart 1: Provided further, That 
     $1,000,000 is for data collection and evaluation activities 
     for programs under the HEA, including such activities needed 
     to comply with the Government Performance and Results Act of 
     1993: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, funds made available in this Act to carry 
     out title VI of the HEA and section 102(b)(6) of the Mutual 
     Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 may be used to 
     support visits and study in foreign countries by individuals 
     who are participating in advanced foreign language training 
     and international studies in areas that are vital to United 
     States national security and who plan to apply their language 
     skills and knowledge of these countries in the fields of 
     government, the professions, or international development: 
     Provided further, That up to one percent of the funds 
     referred to in the preceding proviso may be used for program 
     evaluation, national outreach, and information dissemination 
     activities: Provided further, That $140,599,000 of the funds 
     for part B of title VII of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     shall be available for the projects and in the amounts 
     specified in the statement of the managers on the conference 
     report accompanying this Act.


                           Howard University

       For partial support of Howard University (20 U.S.C. 121 et 
     seq.), $240,000,000, of which not less than $3,600,000 shall 
     be for a matching endowment grant pursuant to the Howard 
     University Endowment Act (Public Law 98-480) and shall remain 
     available until expended.


         College Housing and Academic Facilities Loans Program

       For Federal administrative expenses authorized under 
     section 121 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, $762,000 to 
     carry out activities related to existing facility loans 
     entered into under the Higher Education Act of 1965.


  Historically Black College and University Capital Financing Program 
                                Account

       The aggregate principal amount of outstanding bonds insured 
     pursuant to section 344 of title III, part D of the Higher 
     Education Act of 1965 shall not exceed $357,000,000, and the 
     cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
     Act of 1974, of such bonds shall not exceed zero.
       For administrative expenses to carry out the Historically 
     Black College and University Capital Financing Program 
     entered into pursuant to title III, part D of the Higher 
     Education Act of 1965, as amended, $208,000.


                    institute of education sciences

       For carrying out activities authorized by Public Law 107-
     279, $450,887,000: Provided, That of the amount appropriated, 
     $140,000,000 shall be available for obligation through 
     September 30, 2004: Provided further, That $5,000,000 shall 
     be available to extend for one additional year the contract 
     for the Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and 
     Science Education authorized under section 2102(a)(2) of the 
     Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, prior to its 
     amendment by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, Public Law 
     107-110.

                        Departmental Management


                         Program Administration

       For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the 
     Department of Education Organization Act, including rental of 
     conference rooms in the District of Columbia and hire of 
     three passenger motor vehicles, $412,545,000, of which 
     $12,795,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for 
     building alterations and related expenses for the 
     modernization of the Mary E. Switzer Building in Washington, 
     D.C.


                        Office for Civil Rights

       For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights, as 
     authorized by section 203 of the Department of Education 
     Organization Act, $86,276,000.


                    Office of the Inspector General

       For expenses necessary for the Office of the Inspector 
     General, as authorized by section 212 of the Department of 
     Education Organization Act, $41,000,000.


                       STUDENT AID ADMINISTRATION

       For Federal administrative expenses (in addition to funds 
     made available under section 458), to carry out part D of 
     title I, and subparts 1, 3, and 4 of part A, and parts B, C, 
     D and E of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as 
     amended, $105,388,000.

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

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


                          (transfer of funds)

       Sec. 304. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary 
     funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985, as amended) which are appropriated for 
     the Department of Education in this Act may be transferred 
     between appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be 
     increased by more than 3 percent by any such transfer: 
     Provided, That the Appropriations Committees of both Houses 
     of Congress are notified at least 15 days in advance of any 
     transfer.
       Sec. 305. Section 1202 of the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965 is amended by inserting the following 
     subsection at the end thereof:
       ``(g) Supplement, not Supplant.--A State or local 
     educational agency shall use funds received under this 
     subpart only to supplement the level of non-Federal funds 
     that, in the absence of funds under this subpart, would be 
     expended for activities authorized under this subpart, and 
     not to supplant those non-Federal funds.''.
       This title may be cited as the ``Department of Education 
     Appropriations Act, 2003''.

                       TITLE IV--RELATED AGENCIES

                      Armed Forces Retirement Home

       For expenses necessary for the Armed Forces Retirement Home 
     to operate and maintain the Armed Forces Retirement Home--
     Washington and the Armed Forces Retirement Home--Gulfport, to 
     be paid from funds available in the Armed Forces Retirement 
     Home Trust Fund, $68,013,000, of which $5,769,000 shall 
     remain available until expended for construction and 
     renovation of the physical plants at the Armed Forces 
     Retirement Home--Washington and the Armed Forces Retirement 
     Home--Gulfport: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, a single contract or related contracts for 
     development and construction, to include construction of a 
     facility at the United States Naval Home, may be employed 
     which collectively include the full scope of the project: 
     Provided further, That the solicitation and contract shall 
     contain the clause ``availability of funds'' found at 48 CFR 
     52.232-18 and 252.232-7007, Limitation of Government 
     Obligations.

             Corporation for National and Community Service


        Domestic Volunteer Service Programs, Operating Expenses

       For expenses necessary for the Corporation for National and 
     Community Service to carry out the provisions of the Domestic 
     Volunteer Service Act of 1973, as amended, $356,205,000: 
     Provided, That none of the funds made available to the 
     Corporation for National and Community Service in this Act 
     shall be used to provide stipends or other monetary 
     incentives to volunteers or volunteer leaders whose incomes 
     exceed 125 percent of the national poverty level.

                  Corporation for Public Broadcasting

       For payment to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, as 
     authorized by the Communications Act of 1934, an amount which 
     shall be available within limitations specified by that Act, 
     for the fiscal year 2005, $390,000,000: Provided, That no 
     funds made available to the Corporation for Public 
     Broadcasting by this Act shall be used to pay for receptions, 
     parties, or similar forms of entertainment for Government 
     officials or employees: Provided further, That none of the 
     funds contained in this paragraph shall be available or used 
     to aid or support any program or activity from which any 
     person is

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     excluded, or is denied benefits, or is discriminated against, 
     on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, or 
     sex: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2003, in addition 
     to the amounts provided above, $48,744,000, for costs related 
     to digital program production, development, and distribution, 
     associated with the transition of public broadcasting 
     to digital broadcasting, to be awarded as determined by 
     the Corporation in consultation with public radio and 
     television licensees or permittees, or their designated 
     representatives: Provided further, That in addition to the 
     funds provided under this heading in Public Law 106-554, 
     $183,000 shall be available for administrative costs for 
     fiscal year 2003, notwithstanding section 396(k)(3)(A) of 
     the Public Broadcasting Act.

               Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For expenses necessary for the Federal Mediation and 
     Conciliation Service to carry out the functions vested in it 
     by the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947 (29 U.S.C. 171-
     180, 182-183), including hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
     for expenses necessary for the Labor-Management Cooperation 
     Act of 1978 (29 U.S.C. 175a); and for expenses necessary for 
     the Service to carry out the functions vested in it by the 
     Civil Service Reform Act, Public Law 95-454 (5 U.S.C. ch. 
     71), $41,425,000, including $1,500,000, to remain available 
     through September 30, 2004, for activities authorized by the 
     Labor-Management Cooperation Act of 1978 (29 U.S.C. 175a): 
     Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, fees charged, 
     up to full-cost recovery, for special training activities and 
     other conflict resolution services and technical assistance, 
     including those provided to foreign governments and 
     international organizations, and for arbitration services 
     shall be credited to and merged with this account, and shall 
     remain available until expended: Provided further, That fees 
     for arbitration services shall be available only for 
     education, training, and professional development of the 
     agency workforce: Provided further, That the Director of the 
     Service is authorized to accept and use on behalf of the 
     United States gifts of services and real, personal, or other 
     property in the aid of any projects or functions within the 
     Director's jurisdiction.

            Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For expenses necessary for the Federal Mine Safety and 
     Health Review Commission (30 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), $7,178,000.

                Institute of Museum and Library Services

       For carrying out the Museum and Library Services Act, 
     $245,485,000, of which $10,000,000 shall remain available 
     until expended for the Recruiting and Educating Librarians 
     for the 21st Century Initiative: Provided, That of the amount 
     provided, $25,000 shall be awarded to the Abington Art 
     Center, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, for a work-study program 
     for at-risk junior and high school students, $100,000 shall 
     be awarded to the Aleutian World War II Museum in Alaska for 
     interactive media display, $75,000 shall be awarded to the 
     Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, Pennsylvania, for 
     educational programs for 25 school districts in 7 
     Pennsylvania counties, $25,000 shall be awarded to the Alley 
     Pond Environmental Center, Douglaston, New York, for 
     environmental education programs, $500,000 shall be awarded 
     to the American Village Project in Montevallo, Alabama, 
     $100,000 shall be awarded to the Army Aviation Heritage 
     Foundation in Ozark, Alabama, for educational programs, 
     $175,000 shall be awarded to the Arts Council of New Orleans, 
     $500,000 shall be awarded to the Asian Art Museum, San 
     Francisco, California, for exhibits and education programs, 
     $575,000 shall be awarded to the Berkshire Museum, 
     Pittsfield, Massachusetts, for climate control systems to 
     preserve collections, $400,000 shall be awarded to the 
     Bishops Museum in Honolulu, Hawaii, $400,000 shall be awarded 
     to the Boston Public Library Foundation, Boston, 
     Massachusetts, for preservation and enhancement of the John 
     Adams Presidential Library and for related educational 
     programs, $250,000 shall be awarded to the Bowers Museum, 
     City of Santa Ana, California, for education programs, 
     publications and technology, $500,000 shall be awarded to 
     the Brooklyn Children's Museum, Brooklyn, New York, for 
     equipment and technology, exhibits and education programs, 
     $100,000 shall be awarded to the Butler Area Public 
     Library, Pennsylvania, for program enhancements, $275,000 
     shall be awarded to the California State University, San 
     Marcos, California, to upgrade electronic catalog and to 
     provide computer stations for the library, $175,000 shall 
     be awarded to the Cape Cod Maritime Museum to develop 
     exhibits and academic programs, $200,000 shall be awarded 
     to the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to 
     purchase library materials and upgrade technology at the 
     East Liberty Branch Library, $250,000 shall be awarded to 
     the Carnegie Library, Union Springs, Alabama, for program 
     development, $75,000 shall be awarded to the Chicago State 
     University Gwendolyn Brooks Center to expand its 
     repository of the literary works of Gwendolyn Brooks, 
     $100,000 shall be awarded to the Chickasaw Cultural Center 
     in Chickasaw, Oklahoma, $100,000 shall be awarded to the 
     Children's Museum of Manhattan, New York, New York, to 
     establish early childhood education programs and exhibits, 
     $100,000 shall be awarded to the Children's Museum of 
     Stockton, Stockton, California, for a Delta Region 
     Exhibit, $100,000 shall be awarded to the City of Abilene, 
     Texas, for the collection and display of artifacts, and 
     for exhibits at the Texas Forts Trail Museum, $50,000 
     shall be awarded to the City of Anatuvik Pass Museum in 
     Alaska for museum exhibits, $200,000 shall be awarded to 
     the City of Dallas, Texas, for the Dallas Public Library, 
     to establish ``Teen Wise Centers'' for at-risk youth, 
     $150,000 shall be awarded to the Clark County Heritage 
     Center Springfield, Ohio, for technology upgrades an 
     exhibit development, $250,000 shall be awarded to the 
     Cleveland Health Museum, Ohio, for exhibits, $400,000 
     shall be awarded to the Commonwealth Zoological 
     Corporation (Zoo New England), Boston, Massachusetts, for 
     the ``Living Classroom'' science education program and for 
     outreach, $800,000 shall be awarded to the Davenport Music 
     History Museum in Davenport, Iowa, $300,000 shall be 
     awarded to the Dayton Aviation Heritage National 
     Historical Park in Ohio for education and cultural 
     programs, $75,000 shall be awarded to the Delaware and 
     Lehigh National Heritage Corridor, Easton, Pennsylvania, 
     to establish a National Museum of Industrial History in 
     Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, to display a repository of 
     industrial machines, equipment and technology of the 19th 
     and 20th centuries focusing on steel, $75,000 shall be 
     awarded to the Delaware County Historical Society, Media, 
     Pennsylvania, to develop and expand educational programs 
     highlighting historical themes and sites relating to the 
     Delaware County, $2,200,000 shall be awarded to the 
     Discovery Center, Springfield, Missouri, $250,000 shall be 
     awarded to the Downtown Chambersburg, Inc., Pennsylvania, 
     $50,000 shall be awarded to the Eleanor Roosevelt's Papers 
     at George Washington University for related program 
     development, $100,000 shall be awarded to the Exploris 
     Museum, for the Global Awareness Program, including 
     exhibits, a film program, and educational programs, 
     $100,000 shall be awarded to the Fine Arts Museums of San 
     Francisco to expand educational programming and technology 
     improvements at the de Young Museum, $1,000,000 shall be 
     awarded to the Florida International Museum, St. 
     Petersburg, Florida, for the Centennial Russian Museum 
     Exhibit, $200,000 shall be awarded to the Franklin 
     Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for exhibits, 
     professional development and educational programming to 
     students to explore bioscience and biotechnology, $200,000 
     shall be awarded to the Frederick C. Crawford Museum of 
     Transportation Industry, Cleveland, Ohio, for educational 
     programming, planning and exhibits, $900,000 shall be 
     awarded to the Fresno Metropolitan Museum of Art, History 
     and Science, Fresno, California, for technology, exhibits, 
     educational and outreach programs, and to develop a 
     science-based exhibition and learning center, $100,000 
     shall be awarded to the Gadsden Museum of Art in Alabama 
     for museum programs, $278,000 shall be awarded to the 
     George Eastman House, Rochester, New York, for the 
     ``Picture Link'' project, $100,000 shall be awarded to the 
     Georgia Hall of Fame at Museum of Aviation in Warner 
     Robins, Georgia, for educational activities and programs, 
     $62,000 shall be awarded to the Glendale Public Library, 
     Glendale, California, for personnel, equipment and other 
     expenses to implement the Homework AssisTeens program, 
     $200,000 shall be awarded to the Hesperia Community 
     Library, Hesperia, California, to purchase library 
     materials and upgrade technology, $150,000 shall be 
     awarded to the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, 
     for exhibits in conjunction with the 250th anniversary of 
     the French and Indian War, $250,000 shall be awarded to 
     the Holmdel Township Library, Monmouth County, New Jersey, 
     for technology equipment and upgrades, $25,000 shall be 
     awarded to the Hudson Waterfront Museum, Brooklyn, New 
     York, to expand exhibits, education, arts and outreach 
     programs, $200,000 shall be awarded to the Huntsville 
     Museum of Art, Huntsville, Alabama, for exhibits and 
     educational programs, $50,000 shall be awarded to the 
     Imaginarium Science Center in Anchorage, Alaska, to 
     develop science exhibits and distance delivery modules, 
     $150,000 shall be awarded to the Interboro Public Library, 
     Pennsylvania, for library programs, $150,000 shall be 
     awarded to the International Wolf Center, Minneapolis, 
     Minnesota, for education, outreach, and teacher training 
     programs, $300,000 shall be awarded to the Iowa Radio 
     Reading Information Service (IRRIS), $150,000 shall be 
     awarded to the Italian-American Cultural Center of Iowa in 
     Des Moines, Iowa, for exhibits, multi-media collections 
     and for displays, $500,000 shall be awarded to the Kendall 
     County Forest Preserve District, Yorkville, Illinois, for 
     the consolidation and preservation of the collection at 
     the Old Barn Museum, $2,000,000 shall be awarded to the 
     Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, for an Institute for 
     Library and Information Literacy Education project, 
     $50,000 shall be awarded to the Kodiak Maritime Museum in 
     Alaska, $150,000 shall be awarded to the Lafayette 
     College, Easton, Pennsylvania, for technology updates to 
     the Skillman Library, $375,000 shall be awarded to the 
     Leon County, Florida, for purchase of equipment and books 
     for the Ft. Braden Branch Library, $300,000 shall be 
     awarded to the Lewis and Clark College Bicentennial Hall 
     in Portland, Oregon, for program and equipment support, 
     $300,000 shall be awarded to the MacKay Library of Union 
     County, Cranford, New Jersey, $75,000 shall be awarded to 
     the Magic Library in Kirkwood, Missouri, for design and 
     development of interactive exhibits and software, $50,000 
     shall be awarded to the Marion County Library, Marion, 
     South Carolina, to establish a computer lab, $45,000 shall 
     be awarded to the McKinley Museum, Canton, Ohio, for 
     equipment, $200,000 shall be awarded to the Mexic-Arte 
     Museum, Austin, Texas, $250,000 shall be awarded to the 
     Middletown Township Public Library, Monmouth County, New 
     Jersey, for technology equipment and upgrades, $300,000 
     shall be awarded to the Monterey County Youth Museum, 
     Monterey, California, for interactive mobile exhibits and 
     educational programs, $250,000 shall be awarded to the 
     Museum of African Art, New York, New York, for exhibits 
     and educational programs, $750,000 shall be awarded to the 
     National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Cooperstown,

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     New York, for educational outreach using baseball to teach 
     students through distance learning technology, $300,000 
     shall be awarded to the National Civil War Museum, 
     Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, to develop and enhance 
     educational exhibits and programs for area K-12 schools 
     focusing on U.S. Civil War history, $90,000 shall be 
     awarded to the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame, 
     Fort Worth, Texas, for creation of and equipment for an 
     audio tour of the permanent exhibition, $325,000 shall be 
     awarded to the National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia, 
     Pennsylvania, to institute a teacher-training program 
     which will assist educators in responding to classroom 
     challenges and establish a pilot program to address 
     violence in schools, $650,000 shall be awarded to the 
     National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium in Dubuque, 
     Iowa, $1,500,000 shall be awarded to the National Museum 
     of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C., $775,000 shall be 
     awarded to the Native American Cultural and Educational 
     Authority, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for exhibits for the 
     museum, $75,000 shall be awarded to the Natural History 
     Museum of Los Angeles, California, for its ``Earth 
     Odyssey'' environmental science program, $350,000 shall be 
     awarded to the Nevada State Historic Preservation Office, 
     $500,000 shall be awarded to the New York Botanical 
     Garden's Virtual Herbarium imaging project in Bronx, New 
     York, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to the New York Hall of 
     Science to develop, expand, and display science-related 
     educational materials, $300,000 shall be awarded to the 
     North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, 
     North Carolina, for development of environmental exhibits 
     and educational programs, $250,000 shall be awarded to the 
     North Dakota Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Foundation 
     in Washburn, North Dakota, for exhibits and other 
     interpretation, $250,000 shall be awarded to the Ogden 
     Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans, Louisiana, $90,000 
     shall be awarded to the Oneonta City Library, Blount 
     County, Alabama, for books, internet, audiovisual and 
     reading aids, $220,000 shall be awarded to the Orangevale 
     Library, Sacramento, California, for evaluation and 
     analysis of existing library service, program and 
     facilities, $400,000 shall be awarded to the Pennsylvania 
     Trolley Museum for exhibit development and educational 
     programs, $221,000 shall be awarded to the Pittsburgh 
     Children's Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to develop 
     and enhance educational exhibits and programs for area K-
     12 schools, $725,000 shall be awarded to the Please Touch 
     Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to develop educational 
     programs focusing on hands-on learning experiences, 
     $75,000 shall be awarded to Rivertownes, Pennsylvania, 
     $350,000 shall be awarded to the Rock and Roll Hall of 
     Fame and Museum, Cleveland, Ohio, for music education 
     programs for at-risk youth, $250,000 shall be awarded to 
     Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, New 
     Brunswick, New Jersey, to catalog, organize and preserve 
     collections at the Carey Library, $500,000 shall be 
     awarded to the San Bernardino County Museum, California, 
     to develop the Inland Empire Archival Heritage Center and 
     Web Module, $50,000 shall be awarded to the Schoharie Free 
     Library in Schoharie County, New York, to purchase books 
     and equipment, $155,000 shall be awarded to the Science 
     Center of Penellas County, Inc., St. Petersburg, Florida, 
     for a planetarium project $450,000 shall be awarded to the 
     Shaker Museum and Library, Old Chatham, New York, $100,000 
     shall be awarded to the Simon Wiesenthal Center's Los 
     Angeles Museum for Tolerance, Los Angeles, California, for 
     the Tools for Tolerance for Educators program to provide 
     teacher training in diversity, tolerance and cooperation, 
     $150,000 shall be awarded to the Smith Robertson Museum in 
     Jackson, Mississippi, for the development of exhibits 
     regarding civil rights, $25,000 shall be awarded to the 
     St. Paul Public Library, Minnesota, to expand its School 
     Work and Mentoring Place Program and its Small Business 
     Resource Center, $200,000 shall be awarded to the Standing 
     Bear Museum and Learning Center in Ponca City, Oklahoma, 
     $75,000 shall be awarded to the State Historical Society 
     of Iowa for Civil War flag restoration, $1,000,000 shall 
     be awarded to the State Historical Society of Iowa in Des 
     Moines, Iowa, for the development of exhibits for the 
     World Food Prize, $100,000 shall be awarded to the State 
     Theater of Easton, Easton, Pennsylvania, for technological 
     infrastructure improvements and the development of 
     educational programming, $125,000 shall be awarded to The 
     International Storytelling Center in Jonesborough, 
     Tennessee, $250,000 shall be awarded to The Museum of 
     Science and Industry, Chicago, Illinois, for exhibits, 
     education and outreach programs, $75,000 shall be awarded 
     to the Tillamook County Library, Oregon, for modernization 
     of library service, $200,000 shall be awarded to the Union 
     city Public Library, New Jersey, for personnel, books and 
     technology to improve library services for low-income 
     individuals, $100,000 shall be awarded to the Union County 
     Historical Society & Heritage Museum in Mississippi, for 
     exhibit and program development, $400,000 shall be awarded 
     to the University of Idaho for digital archiving, $200,000 
     shall be awarded to the University of Maine at Fort Kent 
     to house the Acadian Archives which preserves, celebrates 
     and disseminates information about the region's history, 
     $400,000 shall be awarded to the Vietnam Archive Center, 
     Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, for digitization, 
     $150,000 shall be awarded to the Virginia Living Museum 
     for the expansion of its educational programs in its 
     capital campaign project, $50,000 shall be awarded to the 
     Wayne Art Center, Wayne, Pennsylvania, to develop programs 
     in partnership with area K-12 schools for teacher training 
     workshops and specialized workshops for students, $100,000 
     shall be awarded to the Westchester Library System, 
     Ardsley, New York, for its digital divide online services 
     project, $450,000 shall be awarded to the Whitney Museum 
     of American Art to establish a touring exhibition program 
     in Iowa, $300,000 shall be awarded to the Whittier Public 
     Library, City of Whittier, California, to establish a 
     children's homework center and family literacy center, 
     $100,000 shall be awarded to the Willet Memorial Library 
     in Macon, Georgia, for library enhancements, $150,000 
     shall be awarded to the Witte Museum of San Antonio, 
     Texas, to develop the ``American Originals'' exhibit and 
     educational programs, $100,000 shall be awarded to the 
     Zimmer Children's Museum of Jewish Community Centers of 
     Greater Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, for the 
     expansion of the YouThink program, $100,000 shall be 
     awarded to the Zoological Society of Philadelphia, 
     Pennsylvania, for educational programs for elementary and 
     secondary students, and $500,000 shall be awarded to the 
     St. Louis Children's Museum, St. Louis, Missouri, for a 
     collaborative project with the St. Louis Public Library to 
     create interactive exhibits and educational programs

                  Medicare Payment Advisory Commission


                         salaries and expenses

       For expenses necessary to carry out section 1805 of the 
     Social Security Act, $8,585,000, to be transferred to this 
     appropriation from the Federal Hospital Insurance and the 
     Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds.

        National Commission on Libraries and Information Science


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses for the National Commission on 
     Libraries and Information Science, established by the Act of 
     July 20, 1970 (Public Law 91-345, as amended), $1,010,000.

                     National Council on Disability


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For expenses necessary for the National Council on 
     Disability as authorized by title IV of the Rehabilitation 
     Act of 1973, as amended, $2,858,000.

                     National Labor Relations Board


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For expenses necessary for the National Labor Relations 
     Board to carry out the functions vested in it by the Labor-
     Management Relations Act, 1947, as amended (29 U.S.C. 141-
     167), and other laws, $238,982,000: Provided, That no part of 
     this appropriation shall be available to organize or assist 
     in organizing agricultural laborers or used in connection 
     with investigations, hearings, directives, or orders 
     concerning bargaining units composed of agricultural laborers 
     as referred to in section 2(3) of the Act of July 5, 1935 (29 
     U.S.C. 152), and as amended by the Labor-Management Relations 
     Act, 1947, as amended, and as defined in section 3(f) of the 
     Act of June 25, 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203), and including in said 
     definition employees engaged in the maintenance and operation 
     of ditches, canals, reservoirs, and waterways when maintained 
     or operated on a mutual, nonprofit basis and at least 95 
     percent of the water stored or supplied thereby is used for 
     farming purposes.

                        National Mediation Board


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the 
     Railway Labor Act, as amended (45 U.S.C. 151-188), including 
     emergency boards appointed by the President, $11,315,000.

            Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For expenses necessary for the Occupational Safety and 
     Health Review Commission (29 U.S.C. 661), $9,673,000.

                       Railroad Retirement Board


                     dual benefits payments account

       For payment to the Dual Benefits Payments Account, 
     authorized under section 15(d) of the Railroad Retirement Act 
     of 1974, $132,000,000, which shall include amounts becoming 
     available in fiscal year 2003 pursuant to section 
     224(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 98-76; and in addition, an amount, 
     not to exceed 2 percent of the amount provided herein, shall 
     be available proportional to the amount by which the product 
     of recipients and the average benefit received exceeds 
     $132,000,000: Provided, That the total amount provided herein 
     shall be credited in 12 approximately equal amounts on the 
     first day of each month in the fiscal year.


          Federal Payments to the Railroad Retirement Accounts

       For payment to the accounts established in the Treasury for 
     the payment of benefits under the Railroad Retirement Act for 
     interest earned on unnegotiated checks, $150,000, to remain 
     available through September 30, 2004, which shall be the 
     maximum amount available for payment pursuant to section 417 
     of Public Law 98-76.


                      Limitation on Administration

       For necessary expenses for the Railroad Retirement Board 
     for administration of the Railroad Retirement Act and the 
     Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, $100,000,000, to be 
     derived in such amounts as determined by the Board from the 
     railroad retirement accounts and from moneys credited to the 
     railroad unemployment insurance administration fund.


             Limitation on the Office of Inspector General

       For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General 
     for audit, investigatory and review activities, as authorized 
     by the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, not more 
     than $6,363,000, to be derived from the railroad retirement 
     accounts and railroad unemployment insurance account: 
     Provided, That none of the funds made available in any other 
     paragraph of this Act may be transferred to the Office; used 
     to carry out any such transfer; used to provide any office 
     space, equipment, office supplies, communications facilities 
     or services, maintenance services, or administrative services 
     for the

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     Office; used to pay any salary, benefit, or award for any 
     personnel of the Office; used to pay any other operating 
     expense of the Office; or used to reimburse the Office for 
     any service provided, or expense incurred, by the Office.

                     Social Security Administration


                Payments to Social Security Trust Funds

       For payment to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance 
     and the Federal Disability Insurance trust funds, as provided 
     under sections 201(m), 228(g), and 1131(b)(2) of the Social 
     Security Act, $20,400,000.


               Special Benefits for Disabled Coal Miners

       For carrying out title IV of the Federal Mine Safety and 
     Health Act of 1977, $300,177,000, to remain available until 
     expended.
       For making, after July 31 of the current fiscal year, 
     benefit payments to individuals under title IV of the Federal 
     Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, for costs incurred in the 
     current fiscal year, such amounts as may be necessary.
       For making benefit payments under title IV of the Federal 
     Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 for the first quarter of 
     fiscal year 2004, $97,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended.


                  Supplemental Security Income Program

       For carrying out titles XI and XVI of the Social Security 
     Act, section 401 of Public Law 92-603, section 212 of Public 
     Law 93-66, as amended, and section 405 of Public Law 95-216, 
     including payment to the Social Security trust funds for 
     administrative expenses incurred pursuant to section 
     201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, $23,914,392,000, to 
     remain available until expended: Provided, That any portion 
     of the funds provided to a State in the current fiscal year 
     and not obligated by the State during that year shall be 
     returned to the Treasury.
       For making, after June 15 of the current fiscal year, 
     benefit payments to individuals under title XVI of the Social 
     Security Act, for unanticipated costs incurred for the 
     current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary.
       For making benefit payments under title XVI of the Social 
     Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 2004, 
     $11,080,000,000, to remain available until expended.


                 Limitation on Administrative Expenses

       For necessary expenses, including the hire of two passenger 
     motor vehicles, and not to exceed $20,000 for official 
     reception and representation expenses, not more than 
     $7,825,000,000 may be expended, as authorized by section 
     201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, from any one or all of 
     the trust funds referred to therein: Provided, That not less 
     than $1,800,000 shall be for the Social Security Advisory 
     Board: Provided further, That unobligated balances of funds 
     provided under this paragraph at the end of fiscal year 2003 
     not needed for fiscal year 2003 shall remain available until 
     expended to invest in the Social Security Administration 
     information technology and telecommunications hardware and 
     software infrastructure, including related equipment and non-
     payroll administrative expenses associated solely with this 
     information technology and telecommunications infrastructure: 
     Provided further, That reimbursement to the trust funds under 
     this heading for expenditures for official time for employees 
     of the Social Security Administration pursuant to section 
     7131 of title 5, United States Code, and for facilities or 
     support services for labor organizations pursuant to 
     policies, regulations, or procedures referred to in section 
     7135(b) of such title shall be made by the Secretary of the 
     Treasury, with interest, from amounts in the general fund not 
     otherwise appropriated, as soon as possible after such 
     expenditures are made.
       In addition, $111,000,000 to be derived from administration 
     fees in excess of $5.00 per supplementary payment collected 
     pursuant to section 1616(d) of the Social Security Act or 
     section 212(b)(3) of Public Law 93-66, which shall remain 
     available until expended. To the extent that the amounts 
     collected pursuant to such section 1616(d) or 212(b)(3) in 
     fiscal year 2003 exceed $111,000,000, the amounts shall be 
     available in fiscal year 2004 only to the extent provided in 
     advance in appropriations Acts.
       From funds previously appropriated for this purpose, any 
     unobligated balances at the end of fiscal year 2002 shall be 
     available to continue Federal-State partnerships which will 
     evaluate means to promote Medicare buy-in programs targeted 
     to elderly and disabled individuals under titles XVIII and 
     XIX of the Social Security Act.


                      Office of Inspector General

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General 
     in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act 
     of 1978, as amended, $21,000,000, together with not to exceed 
     $62,000,000, to be transferred and expended as authorized by 
     section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act from the Federal 
     Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal 
     Disability Insurance Trust Fund.
       In addition, an amount not to exceed 3 percent of the total 
     provided in this appropriation may be transferred from the 
     ``Limitation on Administrative Expenses'', Social Security 
     Administration, to be merged with this account, to be 
     available for the time and purposes for which this account is 
     available: Provided, That notice of such transfers shall be 
     transmitted promptly to the Committees on Appropriations of 
     the House and Senate.

                    United States Institute of Peace


                           Operating Expenses

       For necessary expenses of the United States Institute of 
     Peace as authorized in the United States Institute of Peace 
     Act, $16,362,000.

                      TITLE V--GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 501. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and Human 
     Services, and Education are authorized to transfer unexpended 
     balances of prior appropriations to accounts corresponding to 
     current appropriations provided in this Act: Provided, That 
     such transferred balances are used for the same purpose, and 
     for the same periods of time, for which they were originally 
     appropriated.
       Sec. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
     Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 
     fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
       Sec. 503. (a) No part of any appropriation contained in 
     this Act shall be used, other than for normal and recognized 
     executive-legislative relationships, for publicity or 
     propaganda purposes, for the preparation, distribution, or 
     use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, 
     television, or video presentation designed to support or 
     defeat legislation pending before the Congress or any State 
     legislature, except in presentation to the Congress or any 
     State legislature itself.
       (b) No part of any appropriation contained in this Act 
     shall be used to pay the salary or expenses of any grant or 
     contract recipient, or agent acting for such recipient, 
     related to any activity designed to influence legislation or 
     appropriations pending before the Congress or any State 
     legislature.
       Sec. 504. The Secretaries of Labor and Education are 
     authorized to make available not to exceed $28,000 and 
     $20,000, respectively, from funds available for salaries and 
     expenses under titles I and III, respectively, for official 
     reception and representation expenses; the Director of the 
     Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service is authorized to 
     make available for official reception and representation 
     expenses not to exceed $5,000 from the funds available for 
     ``Salaries and expenses, Federal Mediation and Conciliation 
     Service''; and the Chairman of the National Mediation Board 
     is authorized to make available for official reception and 
     representation expenses not to exceed $5,000 from funds 
     available for ``Salaries and expenses, National Mediation 
     Board''.
       Sec. 505. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
     no funds appropriated under this Act shall be used to carry 
     out any program of distributing sterile needles or syringes 
     for the hypodermic injection of any illegal drug.
       Sec. 506. (a) 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.
       (c) If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal 
     agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bearing 
     a ``Made in America'' inscription, or any inscription with 
     the same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped to the 
     United States that is not made in the United States, the 
     person shall be ineligible to receive any contract or 
     subcontract made with funds made available in this Act, 
     pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineligibility 
     procedures described in sections 9.400 through 9.409 of title 
     48, Code of Federal Regulations.
       Sec. 507. When issuing statements, press releases, requests 
     for proposals, bid solicitations and other documents 
     describing projects or programs funded in whole or in part 
     with Federal money, all grantees receiving Federal funds 
     included in this Act, including but not limited to State and 
     local governments and recipients of Federal research grants, 
     shall clearly state: (1) the percentage of the total costs of 
     the program or project which will be financed with Federal 
     money; (2) the dollar amount of Federal funds for the project 
     or program; and (3) percentage and dollar amount of the total 
     costs of the project or program that will be financed by non-
     governmental sources.
       Sec. 508. (a) None of the funds appropriated under this 
     Act, and none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds 
     are appropriated under this Act, shall be expended for any 
     abortion.
       (b) None of the funds appropriated under this Act, and none 
     of the funds in any trust fund to which funds are 
     appropriated under this Act, shall be expended for health 
     benefits coverage that includes coverage of abortion.
       (c) The term ``health benefits coverage'' means the package 
     of services covered by a managed care provider or 
     organization pursuant to a contract or other arrangement.
       Sec. 509. (a) The limitations established in the preceding 
     section shall not apply to an abortion--
       (1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or 
     incest; or
       (2) in the case where a woman suffers from a physical 
     disorder, physical injury, or physical illness, including a 
     life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from 
     the pregnancy itself, that would, as certified by a 
     physician, place the woman in danger of death unless an 
     abortion is performed.
       (b) Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed as 
     prohibiting the expenditure by a State, locality, entity, or 
     private person of State, local, or private funds (other than 
     a State's or locality's contribution of Medicaid matching 
     funds).
       (c) Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed as 
     restricting the ability of any managed care provider from 
     offering abortion coverage or the ability of a State or 
     locality to contract separately with such a provider for such 
     coverage with State funds (other than a State's or locality's 
     contribution of Medicaid matching funds).
       Sec. 510. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
     may be used for--
       (1) the creation of a human embryo or embryos for research 
     purposes; or

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       (2) research in which a human embryo or embryos are 
     destroyed, discarded, or knowingly subjected to risk of 
     injury or death greater than that allowed for research on 
     fetuses in utero under 45 CFR 46.208(a)(2) and section 498(b) 
     of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g(b)).
       (b) For purposes of this section, the term ``human embryo 
     or embryos'' includes any organism, not protected as a human 
     subject under 45 CFR 46 as of the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, that is derived by fertilization, parthenogenesis, 
     cloning, or any other means from one or more human gametes or 
     human diploid cells.
       Sec. 511. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
     may be used for any activity that promotes the legalization 
     of any drug or other substance included in schedule I of the 
     schedules of controlled substances established by section 202 
     of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 812).
       (b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not apply when 
     there is significant medical evidence of a therapeutic 
     advantage to the use of such drug or other substance or that 
     federally sponsored clinical trials are being conducted to 
     determine therapeutic advantage.
       Sec. 512. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be obligated or expended to enter into or renew a contract 
     with an entity if--
       (1) such entity is otherwise a contractor with the United 
     States and is subject to the requirement in section 4212(d) 
     of title 38, United States Code, regarding submission of 
     an annual report to the Secretary of Labor concerning 
     employment of certain veterans; and
       (2) such entity has not submitted a report as required by 
     that section for the most recent year for which such 
     requirement was applicable to such entity.
       Sec. 513. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to promulgate or adopt any final standard under 
     section 1173(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320d-
     2(b)) providing for, or providing for the assignment of, a 
     unique health identifier for an individual (except in an 
     individual's capacity as an employer or a health care 
     provider), until legislation is enacted specifically 
     approving the standard.
       Sec. 514. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality 
     of the United States Government, except pursuant to a 
     transfer made by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act 
     or any other appropriation Act.
       Sec. 515. Section 1708 of the United States Institute of 
     Peace Act (22 U.S.C. 4607) is amended in subsection (g), by 
     striking ``on or before December 31, 1970''.
       This division may be cited as the ``Departments of Labor, 
     Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related 
     Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003''.

          DIVISION H--LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS, 2003

 Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year 
           ending September 30, 2003, and for other purposes.

     That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in 
     the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Legislative 
     Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, and for 
     other purposes, namely:

               TITLE I--LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS

                                 SENATE

      Payment to Widows and Heirs of Deceased Members of Congress

       For a payment to Paul David Wellstone, Jr., son of Paul 
     David Wellstone, late a Senator from Minnesota, $50,000; Mark 
     D. Wellstone, son of Paul David Wellstone, late a Senator 
     from Minnesota, $50,000; and Michael Kerner, Guardian of the 
     Estate of Joshua Kerner, for Joshua Kerner, minor, son of 
     Marcia Wellstone Markuson, deceased, daughter of Paul David 
     Wellstone, late a Senator from Minnesota, $50,000.

                           Expense Allowances

       For expense allowances of the Vice President, $20,000; the 
     President Pro Tempore of the Senate, $20,000; Majority Leader 
     of the Senate, $20,000; Minority Leader of the Senate, 
     $20,000; Majority Whip of the Senate, $10,000; Minority Whip 
     of the Senate, $10,000; President Pro Tempore emeritus, 
     $7,500; Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Conference 
     Committees, $5,000 for each Chairman; and Chairmen of the 
     Majority and Minority Policy Committees, $5,000 for each 
     Chairman; in all, $127,500.

    Representation Allowances for the Majority and Minority Leaders

       For representation allowances of the Majority and Minority 
     Leaders of the Senate, $15,000 for each such Leader; in all, 
     $30,000.

                    Salaries, Officers and Employees

       For compensation of officers, employees, and others as 
     authorized by law, including agency contributions, 
     $117,041,000, which shall be paid from this appropriation 
     without regard to the following limitations:


                      office of the vice president

       For the Office of the Vice President, $1,949,000.


                  office of the president pro tempore

       For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, $518,000.

              office of the president pro tempore emeritus

       For the Office of the President Pro Tempore emeritus, 
     $150,000.


              offices of the majority and minority leaders

       For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, 
     $3,094,000.


               offices of the majority and minority whips

       For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, $2,042,000.


                      committee on appropriations

       For salaries of the Committee on Appropriations, 
     $11,266,000.


                         conference committees

       For the Conference of the Majority and the Conference of 
     the Minority, at rates of compensation to be fixed by the 
     Chairman of each such committee, $1,305,000 for each such 
     committee; in all, $2,610,000.


 offices of the secretaries of the conference of the majority and the 
                       conference of the minority

       For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of the 
     Majority and the Conference of the Minority, $648,000.


                           policy committees

       For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and the 
     Minority Policy Committee, $1,362,000 for each such 
     committee; in all, $2,724,000.


                         office of the chaplain

       For Office of the Chaplain, $315,000.


                        office of the secretary

       For Office of the Secretary, $17,079,000.


             office of the sergeant at arms and doorkeeper

       For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, 
     $43,161,000.


        offices of the secretaries for the majority and minority

       For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the 
     Secretary for the Minority, $1,410,000.


               agency contributions and related expenses

       For agency contributions for employee benefits, as 
     authorized by law, and related expenses, $30,075,000.

            Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate

       For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative 
     Counsel of the Senate, $4,581,000.

                     Office of Senate Legal Counsel

       For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal 
     Counsel, $1,176,000.

Expense Allowances of the Secretary of the Senate, Sergeant at Arms and 
Doorkeeper of the Senate, and Secretaries for the Majority and Minority 
                             of the Senate

       For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Senate, 
     $3,000; Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, 
     $3,000; Secretary for the Majority of the Senate, $3,000; 
     Secretary for the Minority of the Senate, $3,000; in all, 
     $12,000.

                   Contingent Expenses of the Senate


                      inquiries and investigations

       For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the 
     Senate, or conducted under section 134(a) of Public Law 601, 
     Seventy-ninth Congress section 112 of Public Law 96-304 and 
     Senate Resolution 281, agreed to March 11, 1980, 
     $109,450,000.


expenses of the united states senate caucus on international narcotics 
                                control

       For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on 
     International Narcotics Control, $520,000.


                        secretary of the senate

       For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Senate, 
     $7,077,000, of which $5,000,000 shall remain available until 
     September 30, 2007.


             sergeant at arms and doorkeeper of the senate

       For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and 
     Doorkeeper of the Senate, $114,423,000, of which $9,570,000 
     shall remain available until September 30, 2005, and of which 
     $13,574,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2007.


                          miscellaneous items

       For miscellaneous items, $18,355,500, of which up to 
     $500,000 shall be made available for a pilot program for 
     mailings of postal patron postcards by Senators for the 
     purpose of providing notice of a town meeting by a Senator in 
     a county (or equivalent unit of local government) with a 
     population of less than 250,000 and at which the Senator will 
     personally attend: Provided, That any amount allocated to a 
     Senator for such mailing shall not exceed 50 percent of the 
     cost of the mailing and the remaining cost shall be paid by 
     the Senator from other funds available to the Senator: 
     Provided further, That not later than October 31, 2003, the 
     Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate shall submit a 
     report to the Committee on Rules and Administration and 
     Committee on Appropriations of the Senate on the results of 
     the program.


        senators' official personnel and office expense account

       For Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expense 
     Account, $294,545,000.


                          official mail costs

       For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the 
     Senate, $300,000.


                       administrative provisions

       Sec. 1. (a) Section 111 of title 3, United States Code, is 
     amended by striking ``$10,000'' and inserting ``$20,000''.
       (b) The matter under the subheading ``expense allowances of 
     the vice president, president pro tempore, majority and 
     minority leaders and majority and minority whips'' under the 
     heading ``LEGISLATIVE BRANCH'' under chapter VI of title I of 
     the Second Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1978 (Public Law 
     95-355; 92 Stat. 532) is amended--
       (1) in the second sentence (2 U.S.C. 31a-1) (relating to 
     the Majority and Minority Leaders of the Senate) by striking 
     ``$10,000'' and inserting ``$20,000''; and
       (2) in the third sentence (2 U.S.C. 32b) (relating to the 
     President pro tempore) by striking ``$10,000'' and inserting 
     ``$20,000''.
       (c) The matter under the subheading ``expense allowances of 
     the vice president, the president pro tempore, majority and 
     minority leaders, and majority and minority

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     whips'' under the heading ``LEGISLATIVE BRANCH'' under 
     chapter IX of title I of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 
     1983 (2 U.S.C. 31a-1; Public Law 98-63; 97 Stat. 333) 
     (relating to the Majority and Minority Whips) is amended by 
     striking ``not exceed $5,000'' and inserting ``not exceed 
     $10,000''.
       (d) The matter under the subheading ``Expense Allowances of 
     the Vice President, the President pro tempore, Majority and 
     Minority Leaders, the Majority and Minority Whips, and the 
     Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Conference Committees'' 
     under the heading ``LEGISLATIVE BRANCH'' under chapter IX of 
     title I of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1985 (2 
     U.S.C. 31a-3; Public Law 99-88; 99 Stat. 348) (relating to 
     the Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Conference 
     Committees) is amended by striking ``not exceed $3,000'' and 
     inserting ``not exceed $5,000''.
       (e) Section 5 of title I of the Legislative Branch 
     Appropriations Act, 2001, as enacted into law by section 1(a) 
     of Public Law 106-554 (2 U.S.C. 31a-4; 114 Stat. 2763A-97) 
     (relating to the Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Policy 
     Committees) is amended by striking ``$3,000'' and inserting 
     ``$5,000''.
       (f) The amendments made by this section shall apply to 
     fiscal year 2003 and each fiscal year thereafter.
       Sec. 2. (a) The matter under the subheading ``stationery 
     (revolving fund)'' under the heading ``Contingent Expenses of 
     the Senate'' under the heading ``LEGISLATIVE BRANCH'' under 
     chapter VII of title I of the Second Supplemental 
     Appropriations Act, 1975 (2 U.S.C. 46a; Public Law 94-32; 89 
     Stat. 182) is amended by striking ``$4,500'' and inserting 
     ``$8,000''.
       (b) The amendment made by this section shall apply to 
     fiscal year 2003 and each fiscal year thereafter.
       Sec. 3. Effective on and after October 1, 2002, each of the 
     dollar amounts contained in the table under section 
     105(d)(1)(A) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
     1968 (2 U.S.C. 61-1(d)(1)(A)) shall be deemed to be the 
     dollar amounts in that table, as adjusted by law and in 
     effect on September 30, 2002, increased by an additional 
     $50,000 each.
       Sec. 4. Public Safety Exception to Inscriptions Requirement 
     on Mobile Offices. (a) In General.--Section 3(f)(3) under the 
     subheading ``administrative provisions'' under the heading 
     ``SENATE'' in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1975 
     (2 U.S.C. 59(f)(3)) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following flush sentence:
     ``The Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate may 
     prescribe regulations to waive or modify the requirement 
     under subparagraph (B) if such waiver or modification is 
     necessary to provide for the public safety of a Senator and 
     the Senator's staff and constituents.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section 
     shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act and 
     apply to fiscal year 2003 and each fiscal year thereafter.
       Sec. 5. Multi-year Contracting Authority. (a) Subject to 
     regulations prescribed by the Committee on Rules and 
     Administration of the Senate, the Secretary and the Sergeant 
     at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate may--
       (1) enter into contracts for the acquisition of severable 
     services for a period that begins in one fiscal year and ends 
     in the next fiscal year to the same extent and under the same 
     conditions as the head of an executive agency under the 
     authority of section 303L of the Federal Property and 
     Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 253l); and
       (2) enter into multiyear contracts for the acquisition of 
     property and services to the same extent and under the same 
     conditions as the head of an executive agency under the 
     authority of section 304B of the Federal Property and 
     Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 254c).
       (b) This section shall take effect on October 1, 2002, and 
     shall apply in fiscal year 2003 and successive fiscal years.
       Sec. 6. Consultants. (a) In General.--Section 101 of the 
     Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1977 (2 U.S.C. 61h-6) is 
     amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), in the first sentence by striking 
     ``six individual consultants'' and inserting ``eight 
     individual consultants''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(C) Each appointing authority under subsection (a) may 
     designate the title of the position of any individual 
     appointed under that subsection.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--This section shall apply to fiscal 
     year 2003 and each fiscal year thereafter.
       Sec. 7. Office of the President Pro Tempore Emeritus of the 
     Senate. (a) Establishment.--There is established the Office 
     of the President pro tempore emeritus of the Senate.
       (b) Designation.--Any Member of the Senate who--
       (1) is designated by the Senate as the President pro 
     tempore emeritus of the United States Senate; and
       (2) is serving as a Member of the Senate,
     shall be the President pro tempore emeritus of the United 
     States Senate.
       (c) Appointment and Compensation of Employees.--The 
     President pro tempore emeritus is authorized to appoint and 
     fix the compensation of such employees as the President pro 
     tempore emeritus determines appropriate.
       (d) Expense Allowance.--There is authorized an expense 
     allowance for the President pro tempore emeritus which shall 
     not exceed $7,500 each fiscal year. The President pro tempore 
     emeritus may receive the expense allowance (1) as 
     reimbursement for actual expenses incurred upon certification 
     and documentation of such expenses by the President pro 
     tempore emeritus, or (2) in equal monthly payments. Such 
     amounts paid to the President pro tempore emeritus as 
     reimbursement of actual expenses incurred upon certification 
     and documentation under this subsection, shall not be 
     reported as income, and the expenses so reimbursed shall not 
     be allowed as a deduction under the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986.
       (e) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect on the 
     date of enactment of this Act and shall apply only with 
     respect to the 108th Congress.
       Sec. 8. Administration of Across-the-Board Reduction. In 
     the administration of section 601 of title VI of division N 
     of this Act, with respect to the budget authority provided 
     under the heading ``Senate'' under this title--
       (1) the percentage rescission under subsection (a) of that 
     section shall apply to the total amount of all funds 
     appropriated under that heading; and
       (2) the rescission may be applied without regard to 
     subsection (b) of that section.

                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                         Salaries and Expenses

       For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives, 
     $956,086,000, as follows:


                        house leadership offices

       For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, 
     $16,530,000, including: Office of the Speaker, $1,979,000, 
     including $25,000 for official expenses of the Speaker; 
     Office of the Majority Floor Leader, $1,899,000, including 
     $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority Leader; Office 
     of the Minority Floor Leader, $2,309,000, including $10,000 
     for official expenses of the Minority Leader; Office of the 
     Majority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Majority Whip, 
     $1,624,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the 
     Majority Whip; Office of the Minority Whip, including the 
     Chief Deputy Minority Whip, $1,214,000, including $5,000 for 
     official expenses of the Minority Whip; Speaker's Office for 
     Legislative Floor Activities, $446,000; Republican Steering 
     Committee, $834,000; Republican Conference, $1,397,000; 
     Democratic Steering and Policy Committee, $1,490,000; 
     Democratic Caucus, $741,000; nine minority employees, 
     $1,337,000; training and program development--majority, 
     $290,000; training and program development--minority, 
     $290,000; Cloakroom Personnel--majority, $340,000; and 
     Cloakroom Personnel--minority, $340,000.

                  Members' Representational Allowances

   Including Members' Clerk Hire, Official Expenses of Members, and 
                             Official Mail

       For Members' representational allowances, including 
     Members' clerk hire, official expenses, and official mail, 
     $476,536,000.

                          Committee Employees

                Standing Committees, Special and Select

       For salaries and expenses of standing committees, special 
     and select, authorized by House resolutions, $103,421,000: 
     Provided, That such amount shall remain available for such 
     salaries and expenses until December 31, 2004.

                      Committee on Appropriations

       For salaries and expenses of the Committee on 
     Appropriations, $24,200,000, including studies and 
     examinations of executive agencies and temporary personal 
     services for such committee, to be expended in accordance 
     with section 202(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 
     1946 and to be available for reimbursement to agencies for 
     services performed: Provided, That such amount shall remain 
     available for such salaries and expenses until December 31, 
     2004.

                    Salaries, Officers and Employees

       For compensation and expenses of officers and employees, as 
     authorized by law, $152,027,000, including: for salaries and 
     expenses of the Office of the Clerk, including not more than 
     $13,000, of which not more than $10,000 is for the Family 
     Room, for official representation and reception expenses, 
     $20,032,000, of which $2,500,000 shall remain available until 
     expended; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
     Sergeant at Arms, including the position of Superintendent of 
     Garages, and including not more than $3,000 for official 
     representation and reception expenses, $5,097,000; for 
     salaries and expenses of the Office of the Chief 
     Administrative Officer, $105,363,000, of which $7,693,000 
     shall remain available until expended; for salaries and 
     expenses of the Office of the Inspector General, $3,947,000; 
     for salaries and expenses of the Office of Emergency 
     Planning, Preparedness and Operations, $6,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended; for salaries and expenses of the 
     Office of General Counsel, $894,000; for the Office of the 
     Chaplain, $149,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office 
     of the Parliamentarian, including the Parliamentarian and 
     $2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules, $1,464,000; for 
     salaries and expenses of the Office of the Law Revision 
     Counsel of the House, $2,168,000; for salaries and expenses 
     of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the House, 
     $5,852,000; for salaries and expenses of the Corrections 
     Calendar Office, $915,000; and for other authorized 
     employees, $146,000: Provided, That of the amounts provided 
     under this heading to the Office of the Chief Administrative 
     Officer, up to $660,000 may be transferred to the Office of 
     the Architect of the Capitol, subject to the approval of the 
     Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.


                        allowances and expenses

       For allowances and expenses as authorized by House 
     resolution or law, $183,372,000, including: supplies, 
     materials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims, 
     $3,384,000; official mail for committees, leadership offices, 
     and administrative offices of the House, $410,000; Government 
     contributions for health, retirement, Social Security, and 
     other applicable employee benefits, $178,888,000; and 
     miscellaneous items including purchase, exchange, 
     maintenance, repair and operation of House motor vehicles, 
     interparliamentary receptions, and gratuities to heirs of 
     deceased employees of the House, $690,000.

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                           child care center

       For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives 
     Child Care Center, such amounts as are deposited in the 
     account established by section 312(d)(1) of the Legislative 
     Branch Appropriations Act, 1992 (40 U.S.C. 184g(d)(1)), 
     subject to the level specified in the budget of the Center, 
     as submitted to the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
     of Representatives.

                       Administrative Provisions

       Sec. 101. (a) Requiring Amounts Remaining in Members' 
     Representational Allowances To Be Used for Deficit Reduction 
     or To Reduce the Federal Debt.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, any amounts appropriated under this Act for 
     ``HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES--Salaries and Expenses--Members' 
     Representational Allowances'' shall be available only for 
     fiscal year 2003. Any amount remaining after all payments are 
     made under such allowances for fiscal year 2003 shall be 
     deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit reduction (or, 
     if there is no Federal budget deficit after all such payments 
     have been made, for reducing the Federal debt, in such manner 
     as the Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate).
       (b) Regulations.--The Committee on House Administration of 
     the House of Representatives shall have authority to 
     prescribe regulations to carry out this section.
       (c) Definition.--As used in this section, the term ``Member 
     of the House of Representatives'' means a Representative in, 
     or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress.
       Sec. 102. (a) There is hereby established in the Treasury 
     of the United States a revolving fund for the House of 
     Representatives to be known as the Net Expenses of Equipment 
     Revolving Fund (hereafter in this section referred to as the 
     ``Revolving Fund''), consisting of funds deposited by the 
     Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives 
     from amounts provided by offices of the House of 
     Representatives to purchase, lease, obtain, and maintain the 
     equipment located in such offices, and amounts provided by 
     Members of the House of Representatives (including Delegates 
     and Resident Commissioners to the Congress) to purchase, 
     lease, obtain, and maintain furniture for their district 
     offices.
       (b) Amounts in the Revolving Fund shall be used by the 
     Chief Administrative Officer without fiscal year limitation 
     to purchase, lease, obtain, and maintain equipment for 
     offices of the House of Representatives and furniture for the 
     district offices of Members of the House of Representatives 
     (including Delegates and Resident Commissioners to the 
     Congress).
       (c) The Revolving Fund shall be treated as a category of 
     allowances and expenses for purposes of section 101(a) of the 
     Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1993 (2 U.S.C. 
     95b(a)).
       (d) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 
     2003 and each succeeding fiscal year, except that for 
     purposes of making deposits into the Revolving Fund under 
     subsection (a), the Chief Administrative Officer may deposit 
     amounts provided by offices of the House of Representatives 
     during fiscal year 2002 or any succeeding fiscal year.
       Sec. 103. Effective with respect to fiscal year 2003 and 
     each succeeding fiscal year, any amount received by House 
     Information Resources from any office of the House of 
     Representatives as reimbursement for services provided shall 
     be deposited in the Treasury for credit to the account of the 
     Office of the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of 
     Representatives.
       Sec. 104. Section 3709 of the Revised Statutes of the 
     United States (41 U.S.C. 5) does not apply to purchases and 
     contracts for supplies or services for any office of the 
     House of Representatives in any fiscal year.
       Sec. 105. (a) Establishment.--The Chief Administrative 
     Officer shall establish a program under which an employing 
     office of the House of Representatives may agree to repay (by 
     direct payment on behalf of the employee) any student loan 
     previously taken out by an employee of the office. For 
     purposes of this section, a Member of the House of 
     Representatives (including a Delegate or Resident 
     Commissioner to the Congress) shall not be considered to be 
     an employee of the House of Representatives.
       (b) Regulations.--The Committee on House Administration 
     shall promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to 
     carry out the program under this section.
       (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized 
     to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out 
     the program under this section during fiscal year 2003 and 
     each succeeding fiscal year.


       program to increase employment opportunities in house of 
           representatives for individuals with disabilities

       Sec. 106. (a) In General.--In order to promote an increase 
     in opportunities for individuals with disabilities to provide 
     services to the House of Representatives, the Chief 
     Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives is 
     authorized to--
       (1) enter into 1 or more contracts with nongovernmental 
     entities to provide for the performance of services for 
     offices of the House of Representatives by individuals with 
     disabilities who are employees of, or under contract with, 
     such entities; and
       (2) provide reasonable accommodations, including assistive 
     technology devices and assistive technology services, to 
     enable such individuals to perform such services under such 
     contracts.
       (b) Elements of Program.--The Chief Administrative Officer 
     of the House of Representatives, in entering into any 
     contract under subsection (a), shall seek to ensure that--
       (1) traditional and nontraditional outreach efforts are 
     used to attract individuals with disabilities for educational 
     benefit and employment opportunities in the House;
       (2) the non-governmental entity provides adequate education 
     and training for individuals with disabilities to enhance 
     such employment opportunities; and
       (3) efforts are made to educate employing offices in the 
     House about opportunities to employ individuals with 
     disabilities.
       (c) Funding.--There are authorized to be appropriated from 
     the applicable accounts of the House of Representatives 
     $500,000 to carry out this section for each of the fiscal 
     years 2003 through 2007.
       Sec. 107. (a) At any time on or after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Chief Administrative Officer of 
     the House of Representatives may incur obligations and make 
     expenditures out of available appropriations for meals, 
     refreshments, and other support and maintenance for Members, 
     officers, and employees of the House of Representatives when, 
     in the judgment of the Chief Administrative Officer, such 
     obligations and expenditures are necessary to respond to 
     emergencies involving the safety of human life or the 
     protection of property.
       (b) Nothing in this section may be construed to affect any 
     other authority of the Chief Administrative Officer to incur 
     obligations and make expenditures for the items and services 
     described in subsection (a) for Members, officers, and 
     employees of the House of Representatives.
       Sec. 108. (a) Section 312(d) of the Legislative Branch 
     Appropriations Act, 1992 (2 U.S.C. 2112(d)), is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``paragraph (2)'' and 
     inserting ``paragraphs (2) and (3)''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(3) The House of Representatives shall make payments from 
     amounts provided in appropriations acts for salaries and 
     expenses of the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer 
     for the following activities carried out under this section:
       ``(A) The payment of the salary of the director of the 
     center.
       ``(B) The reimbursement of individuals employed by the 
     center for the cost of training classes and conferences in 
     connection with the provision of child care services, 
     together with the cost of travel (including transportation 
     and subsistence) incurred in connection with such classes and 
     conferences.''.
       (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with 
     respect to fiscal year 2003 and each succeeding fiscal year.
       Sec. 109. (a) Section 101 of the Legislative Branch 
     Appropriations Act, 1993 (2 U.S.C. 95b) is amended by 
     striking ``upon approval of the Committee on Appropriations 
     of the House of Representatives'' each place it appears and 
     inserting the following: ``effective upon the expiration of 
     the 21-day period (or such alternative period that may be 
     imposed by the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives) which begins on the date such Committee has 
     been notified of the transfer''.
       (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with 
     respect to fiscal year 2003 and each succeeding fiscal year.
       Sec. 110. (a) Section 202(b)(5) of the 21st Century 
     Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act 
     (Public Law 107-273; 116 Stat. 1775) is amended to read as 
     follows:
       ``(5) Section 101(b) of the Legislative Branch 
     Appropriations Act, 2000 (2 U.S.C. 130f(b)) is amended by 
     striking `with respect to any proceeding' and all that 
     follows and inserting `as required by section 530D of title 
     28, United States Code.'.''.
       (b) Section 712(b) of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 
     (2 U.S.C. 288k(b)), as amended by section 202(b)(2) of the 
     21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations 
     Authorization Act, is amended by inserting ``, United States 
     Code'' after ``title 28''.
       (c) The amendments made by this section shall take effect 
     as if included in the enactment of the 21st Century 
     Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act.

                              JOINT ITEMS

       For Joint Committees, as follows:

                        Joint Economic Committee

       For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Committee, 
     $3,658,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.

                      Joint Committee on Taxation

       For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on 
     Taxation, $7,643,000, to be disbursed by the Chief 
     Administrative Officer of the House.
       For other joint items, as follows:

                   Office of the Attending Physician

       For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent expenses of 
     the emergency rooms, and for the Attending Physician and his 
     assistants, including: (1) an allowance of $2,175 per month 
     to the Attending Physician; (2) an allowance of $725 per 
     month each to four medical officers while on duty in the 
     Office of the Attending Physician; (3) an allowance of $725 
     per month to two assistants and $580 per month each not to 
     exceed 11 assistants on the basis heretofore provided for 
     such assistants; and (4) $1,414,000 for reimbursement to the 
     Department of the Navy for expenses incurred for staff and 
     equipment assigned to the Office of the Attending Physician, 
     which shall be advanced and credited to the applicable 
     appropriation or appropriations from which such salaries, 
     allowances, and other expenses are payable and shall be 
     available for all the purposes thereof, $3,000,000, of which 
     $300,000 shall remain available until expended, to be 
     disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of 
     Representatives.

           Capitol Guide Service and Special Services Office

       For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Service and 
     Special Services Office, $3,035,000, to

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     be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That 
     no part of such amount may be used to employ more than 58 
     individuals: Provided further, That the Capitol Guide Board 
     is authorized, during emergencies, to employ not more than 
     two additional individuals for not more than 120 days each, 
     and not more than 10 additional individuals for not more than 
     6 months each, for the Capitol Guide Service.

                      Statements of Appropriations

       For the preparation, under the direction of the Committees 
     on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
     Representatives, of the statements for the second session of 
     the One Hundred Seventh Congress, showing appropriations 
     made, indefinite appropriations, and contracts authorized, 
     together with a chronological history of the regular 
     appropriations bills as required by law, $30,000, to be paid 
     to the persons designated by the chairmen of such 
     committees to supervise the work.

                             CAPITOL POLICE

                                Salaries

       For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, including 
     overtime, hazardous duty pay differential, and Government 
     contributions for health, retirement, Social Security, and 
     other applicable employee benefits, $175,675,000, to be 
     disbursed by the Chief of the Capitol Police or his designee.

                            General Expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, including 
     motor vehicles, communications and other equipment, security 
     equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, supplies, 
     materials, training, medical services, forensic services, 
     stenographic services, personal and professional services, 
     the employee assistance program, the awards program, postage, 
     communication services, travel advances, relocation of 
     instructor and liaison personnel for the Federal Law 
     Enforcement Training Center, and not more than $5,000 to be 
     expended on the certification of the Chief of the Capitol 
     Police in connection with official representation and 
     reception expenses, $28,100,000, of which $1,400,000 shall 
     remain available until expended, to be disbursed by the Chief 
     of the Capitol Police or his designee: Provided, That, 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, the cost of basic 
     training for the Capitol Police at the Federal Law 
     Enforcement Training Center for fiscal year 2003 shall be 
     paid by the Secretary of Homeland Security from funds 
     available to the Department of Homeland Security.

                       Administrative Provisions


                     (including transfer of funds)

       Sec. 1001. Transfer Authority.--Amounts appropriated for 
     fiscal year 2003 for the Capitol Police may be transferred 
     between the headings ``salaries'' and ``general expenses'' 
     upon the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the 
     Senate and the House of Representatives.
       Sec. 1002. Capitol Police Contract Authority. (a) In 
     General.--The United States Capitol Police may--
       (1) enter into contracts for the acquisition of severable 
     services for a period that begins in 1 fiscal year and ends 
     in the next fiscal year to the same extent as the head of an 
     executive agency under the authority of section 303L of the 
     Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 
     U.S.C. 253l); and
       (2) enter into multiyear contracts for the acquisitions of 
     property and nonaudit-related services to the same extent as 
     executive agencies under the authority of section 304B of the 
     Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 
     U.S.C. 254c).
       (b) Effective Date.--This section shall apply to fiscal 
     year 2003 and each fiscal year thereafter.
       Sec. 1003. Disposal of Surplus Property. (a) In General.--
     Within the limits of available appropriations, the Capitol 
     Police may dispose of surplus or obsolete property of the 
     Capitol Police by interagency transfer, donation, sale, 
     trade-in, or other appropriate method.
       (b) Amounts Received.--Any amounts received by the Capitol 
     Police from the disposition of property under subsection (a) 
     shall be credited to the account established for the general 
     expenses of the Capitol Police, and shall be available to 
     carry out the purposes of such account during the fiscal year 
     in which the amounts are received and the following fiscal 
     year.
       (c) Effective Date.--This section shall apply to fiscal 
     year 2003 and each fiscal year thereafter.
       Sec. 1004. Recruitment and Relocation Bonuses. Section 909 
     of the Emergency Supplemental Act, 2002 (Public Law 107-117; 
     115 Stat. 2320) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)--
       (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``the Board determines 
     that the Capitol Police would be likely, in the absence of 
     such a bonus, to encounter difficulty in filling the 
     position'' and inserting ``the Chief, in the Chief's sole 
     discretion, determines that such a bonus will assist the 
     Capitol Police in recruitment efforts''; and
       (B) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(6) Determination not appealable or reviewable.--Any 
     determination of the Chief under this subsection shall not be 
     appealable or reviewable in any manner.'';
       (2) by striking subsections (e) and (f)(2); and
       (3) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as subsections 
     (e) and (f), respectively.
       Sec. 1005. Recruitment of Individuals Without Regard to 
     Age. (a) In General.--The Chief of the Capitol Police shall 
     carry out any activities and programs to recruit individuals 
     to serve as members of the Capitol Police without regard to 
     the age of the individuals.
       (b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this subsection may 
     be construed to affect any provision of law of any rule or 
     regulation providing for the mandatory separation of members 
     of the Capitol Police on the basis of age, or any provision 
     of law or any rule or regulation regarding the calculation of 
     retirement or other benefits for members of the Capitol 
     Police.
       Sec. 1006. Retention Allowances. Section 909(b) of the 
     Emergency Supplemental Act, 2002 (Public Law 107-117; 115 
     Stat. 2320) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1)--
       (A) by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B); and
       (B) by striking ``if--'' and inserting ``if the Chief, in 
     the Chief's sole discretion, determines that such a bonus 
     will assist the Capitol Police in retention efforts.''; and
       (2) in paragraph (3), by striking ``the reduction or the 
     elimination of a retention allowance may not be appealed'' 
     and inserting ``any determination of the Chief under this 
     subsection, or the reduction or elimination of a retention 
     allowance, shall not be appealable or reviewable in any 
     manner''.
       Sec. 1007. Educational Assistance Program. Section 908 of 
     the Emergency Supplemental Act, 2002 (2 U.S.C. 1924; Public 
     Law 107-117; 115 Stat. 2319) is amended to read as follows:


             ``educational assistance program for employees

       ``Sec. 908. (a) Establishment.--In order to recruit or 
     retain qualified personnel, the Chief of the Capitol Police 
     may establish an educational assistance program for employees 
     of the Capitol Police under which the Capitol Police may 
     agree--
       ``(1) to repay (by direct payments on behalf of the 
     participating employee) all or any portion of a student loan 
     previously taken out by the employee;
       ``(2) to make direct payments to an educational institution 
     on behalf of a participating employee or to reimburse a 
     participating employee for all or any portion of any tuition 
     or related educational expenses paid by the employee.
       ``(b) Special Rules For Student Loan Repayments.--
       ``(1) Application of regulations under executive branch 
     program.--In carrying out subsection (a)(1), the Chief of the 
     Capitol Police may, by regulation, make applicable such 
     provisions of section 5379 of title 5, United States Code, as 
     the Chief determines necessary to provide for such program.
       ``(2) Restrictions on prior reimbursements.--The Capitol 
     Police may not reimburse any individual under subsection 
     (a)(1) for any repayments made by the individual prior to 
     entering into an agreement with the Capitol Police to 
     participate in the program under this section.
       ``(3) Use of recovered amounts.--Any amount repaid by, or 
     recovered from, an individual under subsection (a)(1) and its 
     implementing regulations shall be credited to the 
     appropriation account available for salaries or general 
     expenses of the Capitol Police at the time of repayment or 
     recovery. Such credited amount may be used for any authorized 
     purpose of the account and shall remain available until 
     expended.
       ``(c) Limit on Amount of Payments.--The total amount paid 
     by the Capitol Police with respect to any individual under 
     the program under this section may not exceed $40,000.
       ``(d) No Review of Determinations.--Any determination made 
     under the program under this section shall not be reviewable 
     or appealable in any manner.
       ``(e) Effective Date.--This section shall apply with 
     respect to fiscal year 2003 and each succeeding fiscal 
     year.''.
       Sec. 1008. Applicable Pay Rate Upon Appointment. (a) In 
     General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     rate of basic pay payable to an individual upon appointment 
     to a position with the Capitol Police shall be at a rate 
     within the minimum and maximum pay rates applicable to the 
     position.
       (b) Effective Date.--This section shall apply to fiscal 
     year 2003 and each fiscal year thereafter.
       Sec. 1009. Overtime Compensation For Officers at Rank of 
     Lieutenant or Higher. (a) In General.--The Chief of the 
     Capitol Police may provide for the compensation of overtime 
     work of officers of the Capitol Police at the rank of 
     lieutenant and higher. Nothing in this subsection may be 
     construed to affect the compensation of overtime work of 
     officers of the Capitol Police at any rank not described in 
     the previous sentence.
       (b) Terms and Conditions.--In providing for the 
     compensation of overtime work under this section, the Chief 
     shall provide the compensation in the same manner and subject 
     to the same terms and conditions which are applicable to the 
     compensation of overtime work of officers and members of the 
     United States Secret Service Uniformed Division and the 
     United States Park Police who serve at the rank of lieutenant 
     and higher, in accordance with section 1 of the Act entitled 
     ``An Act to provide a 5-day week for officers and members of 
     the Metropolitan Police force, the United States Park Police 
     force, and the White House Police force, and for other 
     purposes'', approved August 15, 1950 (sec. 5-1304, D.C. 
     Official Code).
       Sec. 1010. Training Programs For Personnel. (a) In 
     General.--Chapter 41 of title 5, United States Code, is 
     amended by adding at the end the following new section:

     ``Sec. 4120. Training for employees of the Capitol Police

       ``(a) The Chief of the Capitol Police may, by regulation, 
     make applicable such provisions of this chapter as the Chief 
     determines necessary to provide for training of employees of 
     the Capitol Police. The regulations shall provide for 
     training which, in the determination of the

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     Chief, is consistent with the training provided by agencies 
     under the preceding sections of this chapter.
       ``(b) The Office of Personnel Management shall provide the 
     Chief of the Capitol Police with such advice and assistance 
     as the Chief may request in order to enable the Chief to 
     carry out the purposes of this section.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 
     41 of such title is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:

``4120. Training for employees of the Capitol Police.''.

       Sec. 1011. Additional Compensation for Employees With 
     Specialty Assignments and Proficiencies. (a) Establishment of 
     Positions.--The Chief of the Capitol Police may establish and 
     determine, from time to time, positions in salary classes of 
     employees of the Capitol Police to be designated as employees 
     with specialty assignments or proficiencies, based on the 
     experience, education, training, or other appropriate factors 
     required to carry out the duties of such employees.
       (b) Additional Compensation.--In addition to the regularly 
     scheduled rate of basic pay, each employee holding a position 
     designated under this section shall receive an amount 
     determined by the Chief, except that--
       (1) such amount may not exceed 25 percent of the employee's 
     annual rate of basic pay; and
       (2) such amount may not be paid in a calendar year to the 
     extent that, when added to the total basic pay paid or 
     payable to such employee for service performed in the year, 
     such amount would cause the total to exceed the annual rate 
     of basic pay payable for level II of the Executive Schedule, 
     as of the end of such year.
       (c) Manner of Payment.--The additional compensation 
     authorized by this subsection shall be paid to an employee in 
     a manner determined by the Chief or his designee except when 
     the employee ceases to be assigned to the specialty 
     assignment or ceases to maintain the required proficiency. 
     The loss of such additional compensation shall not constitute 
     an adverse action for any purpose.
       (d) Determination Not Appealable or Reviewable.--Any 
     determination under section (a) shall not be appealable or 
     reviewable in any manner.
       Sec. 1012. Application of Premium Pay Limits on Annualized 
     Basis. (a) In General.--Any limits on the amount of premium 
     pay which may be earned by officers and members of the 
     Capitol Police during emergencies (as determined by the 
     Capitol Police Board) shall be applied by the Chief of the 
     Capitol Police on an annual basis and not on a pay period 
     basis. Any determination under this subsection shall not be 
     reviewable or appealable in any manner.
       (b) Effective Date.--Subsection (a) shall apply with 
     respect to hours of duty occurring on or after September 11, 
     2001.
       Sec. 1013. (a) Subsection (c) of the first section of 
     Public Law 96-152 (2 U.S.C. 1902) is amended to read as 
     follows:
       ``(c) The annual rate of pay for the Chief of the Capitol 
     Police shall be the amount equal to $1,000 less than the 
     lower of the annual rate of pay in effect for the Sergeant-
     at-Arms of the House of Representatives or the annual rate of 
     pay in effect for the Sergeant-at-Arms and Doorkeeper of the 
     Senate.''.
       (b) Section 907(b) of the Emergency Supplemental Act, 2002 
     (2 U.S.C. 1901 note) is amended to read as follows:
       ``(b) The annual rate of pay for the Assistant Chief of the 
     Capitol Police shall be the amount equal to $1,000 less than 
     the annual rate of pay in effect for the Chief of the Capitol 
     Police.''.
       (c) Section 108(a)(4) of the Legislative Branch 
     Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C. 1903(a)(4)) is amended to 
     read as follows:
       ``(4) The annual rate of pay for the Chief Administrative 
     Officer shall be the amount equal to $1,000 less than the 
     annual rate of pay in effect for the Chief of the Capitol 
     Police.''.
       (d) The amendments made by this section shall apply with 
     respect to the first pay period beginning on or after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act.
       Sec. 1014. (a) Capitol Police Board; Composition; 
     Redefining Mission.--
       (1) Purpose.--The purpose of the Capitol Police Board is to 
     oversee and support the Capitol Police in its mission and to 
     advance coordination between the Capitol Police and the 
     Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives and the 
     Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, in their law 
     enforcement capacities, and the Congress. Consistent with 
     this purpose, the Capitol Police Board shall establish 
     general goals and objectives covering its major functions and 
     operations to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of its 
     operations.
       (2) Composition.--The Capitol Police Board shall consist of 
     the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives, the 
     Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, the Chief of 
     the Capitol Police, and the Architect of the Capitol. The 
     Chief of Capitol Police shall serve in an ex-officio capacity 
     and be a non-voting member of the Board.
       (b) Initial Review and Report.--Not later than 180 days 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Capitol 
     Police Board shall--
       (1) examine the mission of the Capitol Police Board and, 
     based on that analysis, redefine the Capitol Police Board's 
     mission, mission-related processes, and administrative 
     processes;
       (2) conduct an assessment of the effectiveness and 
     usefulness of its statutory functions in contributing to the 
     Capitol Police Board's ability to carry out its mission and 
     meet its goals, including an explanation of the reasons for 
     any determination that the statutory functions are 
     appropriate and advisable in terms of its purpose, mission, 
     and long-term goals; and
       (3) submit to the Speaker and minority leader of the House 
     of Representatives and the President pro tempore and minority 
     leader of the Senate a report on the results of its 
     examination and assessment, including recommendations for any 
     legislation that the Capitol Police Board considers 
     appropriate and necessary.
       (c) Executive Assistant.--
       (1) Establishment.--There shall be established in the 
     Capitol Police an Executive Assistant for the Capitol Police 
     Board to act as a central point for communication and enhance 
     the overall effectiveness and efficiency of the Capitol 
     Police Board's administrative activities.
       (2) Appointment.--The Executive Assistant shall be 
     appointed by the Chief of the Capitol Police in consultation 
     with the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives and 
     the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate.
       (3) Duties.--The Executive Assistant shall be assigned to, 
     and report to, the Chairman of the Board. The Executive 
     Assistant shall assist the Capitol Police Board in 
     developing, documenting, and implementing a clearly defined 
     process for additional tasks assigned to the Capitol Police 
     Board under this section, and shall perform any additional 
     duties assigned by the Capitol Police Board.
       (d) Documentation.--
       (1) Functions and processes.--The Capitol Police Board 
     shall document its functions and processes, including its 
     mission statement, policies, directives, and operating 
     procedures established or revised under subsection (a)(1) or 
     (b), and make such documentation available for examination to 
     the Speaker and minority leader of the House of 
     Representatives, the President pro tempore and minority 
     leader of the Senate, the Chief of the Capitol Police, and 
     the Comptroller General.
       (2) Meetings.--The Capitol Police Board shall document 
     Board meetings and make the documentation available for 
     distribution to the Speaker and minority leader of the House 
     of Representatives and the President pro tempore and minority 
     leader of the Senate.
       (e) Assistance of Comptroller General.--Upon request, the 
     Comptroller General shall provide assistance to the Capitol 
     Police Board in carrying out its responsibilities under this 
     subsection.
       (f) References in Law; Effect on Other Laws.--(1) Any 
     reference in any law or resolution in effect as of the date 
     of the enactment of this Act to the ``Capitol Police Board'' 
     shall be deemed to refer to the Capitol Police Board as 
     composed under subsection (a)(2).
       (2) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect 
     the jurisdiction, powers, or prerogatives of the Capitol 
     Police Board or its individual members unless specifically 
     provided herein.
       Sec. 1015. Transfer of Library of Congress Police to the 
     United States Capitol Police. (a) Transfer of Library of 
     Congress Police to the United States Capitol Police.--
       (1) Transfer of personnel and functions.--There are 
     transferred to the United States Capitol Police--
       (A) each Library of Congress Police employee; and
       (B) any functions performed under the first section of the 
     Act of August 4, 1950 (2 U.S.C. 167) and section 9 of that 
     Act (2 U.S.C. 167h) (as in effect immediately before the 
     effective date of this section).
       (2) Effect on personnel.--
       (A) Annual and sick leave.--Any annual or sick leave to the 
     credit of an individual transferred under paragraph (1) shall 
     be transferred to the credit of that individual as an 
     employee of the United States Capitol Police.
       (B) Service performed for retirement purposes.--For those 
     Library of Congress Police employees transferred under 
     paragraph (1)(A), any period of service performed by a 
     Library of Congress Police employee shall be deemed to be 
     service performed as a member of the United States Capitol 
     Police for purposes of chapters 83 and 84 of title 5, United 
     States Code.
       (C) Vacancies.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     upon the date of enactment of this section and until 
     completion of the transfer under paragraph (1), vacancies in 
     Library of Congress police employee positions, if filled, 
     shall be filled in accordance with the employment standards 
     of the United States Capitol Police, to the extent 
     practicable as determined by the Chief of the Capitol Police.
       (3) Effective date of transfer of personnel and 
     functions.--Library of Congress employees transferred to the 
     United States Capitol Police under paragraph (1)(A), and 
     Library of Congress functions transferred under paragraph 
     (1)(B) shall be transferred to the United States Capitol 
     Police upon approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 
     the House and Senate and the appropriate authorizing 
     committees.
       (b) Transition.--
       (1) Implementation plan.--
       (A) Plan.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     enactment of this section, the Chief of the Capitol Police 
     shall prepare and submit to the appropriate committees of 
     Congress for approval, and to the Capitol Police Board and 
     the Librarian of Congress, a plan--
       (i) describing the policies and procedures, and actions the 
     Chief of the Capitol Police will take in implementing the 
     transfer provisions under this section;
       (ii) establishing dates by which Library of Congress 
     personnel and functions authorized to be transferred under 
     subsection (a)(1) shall be transferred to the United States 
     Capitol Police;
       (iii) in consultation with the Librarian of Congress, 
     providing for the performance of law enforcement and 
     protection functions relating to the buildings and grounds of 
     the Library of Congress, including collections security, 
     within the overall security responsibilities of the United 
     States Capitol Police;
       (iv) recommending legislative changes needed to implement 
     the transfers under subsection (a)(1), including--

       (I) identifying options for addressing how to apply United 
     States Capitol Police retirement provisions to such 
     transferred personnel;

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       (II) identifying options related to providing voluntary 
     separation incentives to transferred personnel; and
       (III) identifying options to ensure the Librarian of 
     Congress maintains appropriate authority to execute his 
     security responsibilities;

       (v) detailing the mechanisms to be used by the Chief of the 
     Capitol Police for ensuring that Library of Congress 
     employees transferred to the United States Capitol Police 
     under subsection (a)(1) are not adversely affected by the 
     transfer with respect to pay;
       (vi) addressing--

       (I) how United States Capitol Police training and 
     qualification requirements will be applied to Library of 
     Congress employees transferred under subsection (a)(1); and
       (II) the overall training needs of the merged police force; 
     and

       (vii) providing an analysis of the cost implications of 
     implementing the plan.
       (2) Implementation report.--Not later than 1 year after the 
     date of enactment of this section, and annually thereafter 
     until the transfer is fully implemented, the Chief of the 
     Capitol Police shall prepare and submit a report to the 
     appropriate committees of Congress, the Capitol Police Board, 
     and the Librarian of Congress, on the Chief of the Capitol 
     Police's progress in implementing the plan required in 
     paragraph (1)(A) of this subsection, including any 
     adjustments to cost estimates or legislative changes needed 
     to implement the provisions of this section.
       (c) Definitions.--In this section--
       (1) the term ``Act of August 4, 1950'' means the Act 
     entitled ``An Act relating to the policing of the buildings 
     and grounds of the Library of Congress'', approved August 4, 
     1950 (2 U.S.C. 167 et seq.); and
       (2) the term ``Library of Congress Police employee''--
       (A) means an employee of the Library of Congress designated 
     as police under the first section of the Act of August 4, 
     1950 (2 U.S.C. 167) (as in effect immediately before the 
     effective date of this section); and
       (B) does not include any civilian employee performing 
     police support functions.
       (d) Effective Date.--Except as otherwise provided in this 
     section, this section shall take effect on the date of 
     enactment of this section.
       Sec. 1016. Clarification of Authority of Capitol Police to 
     Police Botanic Garden. (a) Buildings.--Section 5101 of title 
     40, United States Code, is amended by inserting ``all 
     buildings on the real property described under section 
     5102(c) (including the Administrative Building of the United 
     States Botanic Garden),'' after ``Capitol Power Plant,''.
       (b) Grounds.--Section 5102 of title 40, United States Code, 
     is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(c) National Garden of the United States Botanic 
     Garden.--
       ``(1) In general.--Except as provided under paragraph (2), 
     the United States Capitol Grounds shall include--
       ``(A) the National Garden of the United States Botanic 
     Garden;
       ``(B) all grounds contiguous to the Administrative Building 
     of the United States Botanic Garden, including Bartholdi 
     Park; and
       ``(C) all grounds bounded by the curblines of First Street, 
     Southwest on the east; Washington Avenue, Southwest to its 
     intersection with Independence Avenue, and Independence 
     Avenue from such intersection to its intersection with Third 
     Street, Southwest on the south; Third Street, Southwest on 
     the west; and Maryland Avenue, Southwest on the north.
       ``(2) Maintenance and improvements.--Notwithstanding 
     subsections (a) and (b), jurisdiction and control over the 
     buildings on the grounds described in paragraph (1) shall be 
     retained by the Joint Committee on the Library, and the Joint 
     Committee on the Library shall continue to be solely 
     responsible for the maintenance and improvement of the 
     grounds described in such paragraph.
       ``(3) Authority not limited.--Nothing in this subsection 
     shall limit the authority of the Architect of the Capitol 
     under section 307E of the Legislative Branch Appropriations 
     Act, 1989 (40 U.S.C. 216c).''.
       (c) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--Section 9(a) of 
     the Act of July 31, 1946 (2 U.S.C. 1961(a)) is amended by 
     striking ``sections 193a to 193m, 212a, 212a-2, and 212b of 
     this title and regulations promulgated under section 212b of 
     this title,'' and inserting ``this Act (and regulations 
     promulgated under section 14 of this Act (2 U.S.C. 1969)), 
     and chapter 51 of title 40, United States Code,''.
       (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this subsection 
     shall apply to fiscal year 2003 and each fiscal year 
     thereafter.
       Sec. 1017. Capitol Police Special Officers. (a) In 
     General.--In the event of an emergency, as determined by the 
     Capitol Police Board or in a concurrent resolution of 
     Congress, the Chief of the Capitol Police may appoint--
       (1) any law enforcement officer from any Federal agency or 
     State or local government agency made available by that 
     agency to serve as a special officer of the Capitol Police 
     within the authorities of the Capitol Police in policing the 
     Capitol buildings and grounds; and
       (2) any member of the uniformed services, including members 
     of the National Guard, made available by the appropriate 
     authority to serve as a special officer of the Capitol Police 
     within the authorities of the Capitol Police in policing the 
     Capitol buildings and grounds.
       (b) Conditions of Appointment.--An individual appointed as 
     a special officer under this section shall--
       (1) serve without pay for service performed as a special 
     officer (other than pay received from the applicable 
     employing agency or service);
       (2) serve as a special officer no longer than a period 
     specified at the time of appointment;
       (3) not be a Federal employee by reason of service as a 
     special officer, except as provided under paragraph (4); and
       (4) shall be an employee of the Government for purposes of 
     chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, if that 
     individual is acting within the scope of his office or 
     employment in service as a special officer.
       (c) Qualifications.--Any individual appointed under 
     subsection (a) shall be subject to--
       (1) qualification requirements as the Chief of the Capitol 
     Police determines necessary; and
       (2) approval by the Capitol Police Board.
       (d) Reimbursement Agreements.--Nothing in this section 
     shall prohibit the Capitol Police from entering into an 
     agreement for the reimbursement of services provided under 
     this section with any Federal, State, or local agency.
       (e) Any appointment under this section shall be subject to 
     initial approval by the Capitol Police Board and to final 
     approval by the Speaker of the House of Representatives (in 
     consultation with the Minority Leader of the House of 
     Representatives) and the President pro tempore of the Senate 
     (in consultation with the Minority Leader of the Senate), 
     acting jointly.
       (f) Subject to approval by the Speaker of the House of 
     Representatives (in consultation with the Minority Leader of 
     the House of Representatives) and the President pro tempore 
     of the Senate (in consultation with the Minority Leader of 
     the Senate), acting jointly, the Capitol Police Board may 
     prescribe regulations to carry out this section.
       (g) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect on the 
     date of enactment of this Act and shall apply to fiscal year 
     2003 and each fiscal year thereafter.
       Sec. 1018. Transfer of Disbursing Function. (a) In 
     General.--
       (1) Disbursing officer.--The Chief of the Capitol Police 
     shall be the disbursing officer for the Capitol Police. Any 
     reference in any law or resolution before the date of 
     enactment of this section to funds paid or disbursed by the 
     Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives 
     and the Secretary of the Senate relating to the pay and 
     allowances of Capitol Police employees shall be deemed to 
     refer to the Chief of the Capitol Police.
       (2) Transfer.--Any statutory function, duty, or authority 
     of the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of 
     Representatives or the Secretary of the Senate as disbursing 
     officers for the Capitol Police shall transfer to the Chief 
     of the Capitol Police as the single disbursing officer for 
     the Capitol Police.
       (3) Continuity of function during transition.--Until such 
     time as the Chief notifies the Chief Administrative Officer 
     of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the 
     Senate that systems are in place for discharging the 
     disbursing functions under this subsection, the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate shall continue to serve as the 
     disbursing authority on behalf of the Capitol Police.
       (b) Treasury Accounts.--
       (1) Salaries.--
       (A) In general.--There is established in the Treasury of 
     the United States a separate account for the Capitol Police, 
     into which shall be deposited appropriations received by the 
     Chief of the Capitol Police and available for the salaries of 
     the Capitol Police.
       (B) Transfer authority during transition.--Until such time 
     as the Chief notifies the Chief Administrative Officer of the 
     House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate that 
     systems are in place for discharging the disbursing functions 
     under subsection (a), the Chief shall have the authority to 
     transfer amounts in the account to the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate to the extent necessary to 
     enable the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of 
     Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate to continue 
     to serve as the disbursing authority on behalf of the Capitol 
     Police pursuant to subsection (a)(3).
       (2) General expenses.--There is established in the Treasury 
     of the United States a separate account for the Capitol 
     Police, into which shall be deposited appropriations received 
     by the Chief of the Capitol Police and available for the 
     general expenses of the Capitol Police.
       (c) Transfer of Funds, Assets, Accounts, Records, and 
     Authority.--
       (1) In general.--The Chief Administrative Officer of the 
     House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate are 
     authorized and directed to transfer to the Chief of the 
     Capitol Police all funds, assets, accounts, and copies of 
     original records of the Capitol Police that are in the 
     possession or under the control of the Chief Administrative 
     Officer of the House of Representatives or the Secretary of 
     the Senate in order that all such items may be available for 
     the unified operation of the Capitol Police. Any funds so 
     transferred shall be deposited in the Treasury accounts 
     established under subsection (b) and be available to the 
     Chief of the Capitol Police for the same purposes as, and in 
     like manner and subject to the same conditions as, the funds 
     prior to the transfer.
       (2) Existing transfer authority.--Any transfer authority 
     existing before the date of enactment of this Act granted to 
     the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of 
     Representatives or the Secretary of the Senate for salaries, 
     expenses, and operations of the Capitol Police shall be 
     transferred to the Chief of the Capitol Police.
       (d) Unexpended Balances.--Except as may otherwise be 
     provided in law, the unexpended balances of appropriations 
     for the fiscal year 2003 and succeeding fiscal years that are 
     subject to disbursement by the Chief of the Capitol Police 
     shall be withdrawn as of September 30 of the fifth fiscal 
     year following the period or year for which provided. Unpaid 
     obligations chargeable to any of the balances so withdrawn or 
     appropriations for prior years shall be liquidated from

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     any appropriations for the same general purpose, which, at 
     the time of payment, are available for disbursement.
       (e) Hiring Authority; Eligibility for Same Benefits as 
     House Employees.--
       (1) Authority.--
       (A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), the Chief of 
     the Capitol Police, in carrying out the duties of office, is 
     authorized to appoint, hire, discharge, and set the terms, 
     conditions, and privileges of employment of employees of the 
     Capitol Police, subject to and in accordance with applicable 
     laws and regulations.
       (B) Review and approval.--In carrying out the authority 
     under this paragraph, the Chief of the Capitol Police shall 
     be subject to the following requirements:
       (i) The appointment and termination of any officer, member, 
     or employee shall be subject to the approval of the Committee 
     on House Administration of the House of Representatives and 
     the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate.
       (ii) The promotion of any noncivilian officer, member, or 
     employee to any rank higher than Private First Class, and the 
     promotion of any civilian employee to any position, shall be 
     subject to the approval of the Committees referred to in 
     clause (i).
       (iii) The establishment of any new position for officers, 
     members, or employees shall be subject to the approval of the 
     Committees referred to in clause (i).
       (2) Benefits.--Employees of the Capitol Police who are 
     appointed by the Chief under the authority of this subsection 
     shall be subject to the same type of benefits (including the 
     payment of death gratuities, the withholding of debt, and 
     health, retirement, Social Security, and other applicable 
     employee benefits) as are provided to employees of the House 
     of Representatives, and any such individuals serving as 
     employees of the Capitol Police as of the date of enactment 
     of this Act shall be subject to the same rules governing 
     rights, protections, pay, and benefits in effect immediately 
     before such date until such rules are changed under 
     applicable laws or regulations.
       (f) Worker's Compensation.--
       (1) Account.--There shall be established a separate account 
     in the Capitol Police for purposes of making payments for 
     employees of the Capitol Police under section 8147 of title 
     5, United States Code.
       (2) Payments without fiscal year limitation.--
     Notwithstanding any other provision of law, payments may be 
     made from the account established under paragraph (1) of this 
     subsection without regard to the fiscal year for which the 
     obligation to make such payments is incurred.
       (g) Effect on Existing Law.--
       (1) In general.--The provisions of this section shall not 
     be construed to reduce the pay or benefits of any employee of 
     the Capitol Police whose pay was disbursed by the Chief 
     Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives or the 
     Secretary of the Senate before the date of enactment of this 
     Act.
       (2) Superseding provisions.--All provisions of law 
     inconsistent with this section are hereby superseded to the 
     extent of the inconsistency.
       (h) Conforming Amendments.--(1) Section 1821 of the Revised 
     Statutes of the United States (2 U.S.C. 1901) is amended by 
     striking the third sentence.
       (2) Section 1822 of the Revised Statutes of the United 
     States (2 U.S.C. 1921) is repealed.
       (3) Section 111 of title I of the Act entitled ``Making 
     supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending 
     September 30, 1977, and for other purposes'', approved May 4, 
     1977 (2 U.S.C. 64-3), is amended--
       (A) by striking ``Secretary of the Senate'' and inserting 
     ``Chief of the Capitol Police''; and
       (B) by striking ``United States Senate'' and inserting 
     ``Capitol Police''.
       (i) Effective Date.--This section and the amendments made 
     by this section shall take effect on the date of enactment of 
     this Act and shall apply to fiscal year 2003 and each fiscal 
     year thereafter.
       Sec. 1019. (a) Long Term Strategic Plan.--
       (1) In general.--The Chief of the United States Capitol 
     Police, in consultation with the Comptroller General, shall 
     develop a long term strategic plan which outlines the goals 
     and objectives of the Capitol Police.
       (2) Annual update.--During the period in which the 
     strategic plan developed under this subsection is in effect, 
     the Chief shall annually update the plan.
       (3) Period covered by plan.--The strategic plan under this 
     subsection shall cover the first 5 fiscal years which begin 
     after the plan is developed.
       (b) Annual Performance Plan.--
       (1) In general.--With respect to each year which is covered 
     by the strategic plan developed under subsection (a), the 
     Chief of the Capitol Police, in consultation with the 
     Comptroller General, shall develop an annual performance plan 
     for implementing the goals and objectives of the strategic 
     plan during the year.
       (2) Contents.--The annual performance plan developed under 
     this subsection for a year shall include performance goals 
     for each of the goals and objectives of the strategic plan 
     which apply during the year, and shall include (to the extent 
     practicable) quantifiable performance measures for 
     determining the success of the Capitol Police in meeting each 
     such performance goal.
       (3) Evaluation by comptroller general.--The Comptroller 
     General shall annually evaluate the implementation of the 
     plan and the extent to which the Capitol Police have met the 
     performance goals of the plan, and shall provide the results 
     of the evaluation to the Capitol Police Board, the Committees 
     on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate, 
     the Committee on House Administration of the House of 
     Representatives, and the Committee on Rules and 
     Administration of the Senate.
       (c) Initial Action Plan.--Not later than 180 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief of the Capitol 
     Police shall develop an initial action plan describing the 
     policies, procedures, and actions the Chief will carry out to 
     meet the requirements of this section and setting forth a 
     timetable for carrying out each such policy, procedure, and 
     action, and shall submit such plan (upon the approval of the 
     Capitol Police Board) to the Committees on Appropriations of 
     the House of Representatives and Senate, the Committee on 
     House Administration of the House of Representatives, and the 
     Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate.
       Sec. 1020. Deadline for Regulations. Not later than 60 days 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief of the 
     Capitol Police shall promulgate any regulations required by 
     Sections 1004, 1006, 1007 and 1011 of this Act.

                          OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE

                         Salaries and Expenses

       For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compliance, as 
     authorized by section 305 of the Congressional Accountability 
     Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1385), $2,059,000, of which $254,000 
     shall remain available until September 30, 2004: Provided, 
     That the Executive Director of the Office of Compliance may 
     have the authority, within the limits of available 
     appropriations, to dispose of surplus or obsolete personal 
     property by interagency transfer, donation, or discarding.

                      CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

                         Salaries and Expenses

       For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of the 
     Congressional Budget Office, including not more than $3,000 
     to be expended on the certification of the Director of the 
     Congressional Budget Office in connection with official 
     representation and reception expenses, $32,101,000, of which 
     not more than $100,000 is to remain available until September 
     30, 2006, for the acquisition and partial support for 
     implementation of a Central Financial Management System: 
     Provided, That no part of such amount may be used for the 
     purchase or hire of a passenger motor vehicle.

                       Administrative Provisions

       Sec. 1101. (a) The Director of the Congressional Budget 
     Office may, by regulation, make applicable such provisions of 
     section 3396 of title 5, United States Code, as the Director 
     determines necessary to establish a program providing 
     opportunities for employees of the Office to engage in 
     details or other temporary assignments in other agencies, 
     study, or uncompensated work experience which will contribute 
     to the employees' development and effectiveness.
       (b) Effective Date.--This section shall apply to fiscal 
     year 2003 and each fiscal year thereafter.
       Sec. 1102. (a) The Director of the Congressional Budget 
     Office may enter into agreements or contracts without regard 
     to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes of the United States 
     (41 U.S.C. 5).
       (b) Effective Date.--This section shall apply to fiscal 
     year 2003 and each fiscal year thereafter.

                        ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

                         General Administration

       For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and other 
     personal services, at rates of pay provided by law; for 
     surveys and studies in connection with activities under the 
     care of the Architect of the Capitol; for all necessary 
     expenses for the general and administrative support of the 
     operations under the Architect of the Capitol including the 
     Botanic Garden; electrical substations of the Capitol, Senate 
     and House office buildings, and other facilities under the 
     jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol; including 
     furnishings and office equipment; including not more than 
     $5,000 for official reception and representation expenses, to 
     be expended as the Architect of the Capitol may approve; for 
     purchase or exchange, maintenance, and operation of a 
     passenger motor vehicle, $59,343,000, of which $450,000 shall 
     remain available until September 30, 2007.

                            Capitol Building

       For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and 
     operation of the Capitol, $32,094,000, of which $19,065,000 
     shall remain available until September 30, 2007.

                            Capitol Grounds

       For all necessary expenses for care and improvement of 
     grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House office 
     buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant, $8,356,000, of which 
     $1,780,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2007.

                        Senate Office Buildings

       For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and 
     operation of Senate office buildings; and furniture and 
     furnishings to be expended under the control and supervision 
     of the Architect of the Capitol, $64,871,000, of which 
     $21,600,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2007.

                         House Office Buildings

       For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and 
     operation of the House office buildings, $60,960,000, of 
     which $25,610,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
     2007.

                          Capitol Power Plant

       For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and 
     operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heating, 
     power (including the purchase of electrical energy) and water 
     and sewer services for the Capitol, Senate and House office 
     buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and the grounds 
     about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate garage, and air 
     conditioning refrigeration not supplied from plants in any of 
     such buildings; heating the Government Printing Office and 
     Washington City Post Office, and heating and chilled water 
     for air conditioning for

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     the Supreme Court Building, the Union Station complex, the 
     Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the Folger 
     Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be advanced or 
     reimbursed upon request of the Architect of the Capitol and 
     amounts so received shall be deposited into the Treasury to 
     the credit of this appropriation, $102,286,000, of which 
     $61,739,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2007: 
     Provided, That not more than $4,400,000 of the funds credited 
     or to be reimbursed to this appropriation as herein provided 
     shall be available for obligation during fiscal year 2003.

                     Library Buildings and Grounds

       For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and 
     structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library 
     buildings and grounds, $37,521,000, of which $18,014,000 
     shall remain available until September 30, 2007 and 
     $5,500,000 shall remain available until expended.

                  Capitol Police Buildings and Grounds


                     (including transfer of funds)

       For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care, and 
     operation of buildings and grounds of the United States 
     Capitol Police, $23,900,000, of which $23,500,000 shall 
     remain available until September 30, 2007: Provided, That 
     $22,000,000 of the amount provided is withheld from 
     obligation subject to the notification of the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate: 
     Provided further, That any amounts provided to the Architect 
     of the Capitol prior to the date of the enactment of this Act 
     for maintenance, care, and operation of buildings of the 
     United States Capitol Police which remain unobligated as of 
     the date of the enactment of this Act shall be transferred to 
     the account under this heading.

                             Botanic Garden

       For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and 
     operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, buildings, 
     grounds, and collections; and purchase and exchange, 
     maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger motor 
     vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Committee on 
     the Library, $6,103,000, of which $120,000 shall remain 
     available until September 30, 2007: Provided, That this 
     appropriation shall not be available for any activities of 
     the National Garden.

                       Administrative Provisions

       Sec. 1201. Small Purchase Contracting Authority. (a) In 
     General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law--
       (1) section 3709 of the Revised Statutes of the United 
     States (41 U.S.C. 5) shall apply with respect to purchases 
     and contracts for the Architect of the Capitol as if the 
     reference to ``$25,000'' in paragraph (1) of such section 
     were a reference to ``$100,000''; and
       (2) the Architect may procure services, equipment, and 
     construction for security related projects in the most 
     efficient manner he determines appropriate.
       (b) Effective Date.--This section shall apply to fiscal 
     year 2003 and each fiscal year thereafter.
       Sec. 1202. Multi-year Contract Authority. (a) In General.--
     The Architect of the Capitol may--
       (1) enter into contracts for the acquisition of severable 
     services for a period that begins in 1 fiscal year and ends 
     in the next fiscal year to the same extent as the head of an 
     executive agency under the authority of section 303L of the 
     Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 
     U.S.C. 253l); and
       (2) enter into multiyear contracts for the acquisitions of 
     property and nonaudit-related services to the same extent as 
     executive agencies under the authority of section 304B of the 
     Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 
     U.S.C. 254c).
       (b) Effective Date.--This section shall apply to fiscal 
     year 2003 and each fiscal year thereafter.
       Sec. 1203. Deputy Architect of the Capitol/Chief Operating 
     Officer. (a) Establishment of Deputy Architect of the 
     Capitol.--There shall be a Deputy Architect of the Capitol 
     who shall serve as the Chief Operating Officer of the Office 
     of the Architect of the Capitol. The Deputy Architect of the 
     Capitol shall be appointed by the Architect of the Capitol 
     and shall report directly to the Architect of the Capitol and 
     shall be subject to the authority of the Architect of the 
     Capitol. The Architect of the Capitol shall appoint the 
     Deputy Architect of the Capitol not later than 90 days after 
     the date of enactment of this Act. The Architect of the 
     Capitol shall consult with the Comptroller General or his 
     designee before making the appointment.
       (b) Qualifications.--The Deputy Architect of the Capitol 
     shall have strong leadership skills and demonstrated ability 
     in management, including in such areas as strategic planning, 
     performance management, worker safety, customer satisfaction, 
     and service quality.
       (c) Responsibilities.--
       (1) In general.--The Deputy Architect of the Capitol shall 
     be responsible to the Architect of the Capitol for the 
     overall direction, operation, and management of the Office of 
     the Architect of the Capitol, including implementing the 
     Office's goals and mission; providing overall organization 
     management to improve the Office's performance; and assisting 
     the Architect of the Capitol in promoting reform, and 
     measuring results.
       (2) Responsibilities.--The Deputy Architect's 
     responsibilities include--
       (A) developing, implementing, annually updating, and 
     maintaining a long-term strategic plan covering a period of 
     not less than 5 years for the Office of the Architect of the 
     Capitol;
       (B) developing and implementing an annual performance plan 
     that includes annual performance goals covering each of the 
     general goals and objectives in the strategic plan and 
     including to the extent practicable quantifiable performance 
     measures for the annual goals;
       (C) proposing organizational changes and staffing needed to 
     carry out the Office of the Architect of the Capitol's 
     mission and strategic and annual performance goals; and
       (D) reviewing and directing the operational functions of 
     the Office of the Architect of the Capitol.
       (d) Additional Responsibilities.--The Architect of the 
     Capitol may delegate to the Deputy Architect such additional 
     duties as the Architect determines are necessary or 
     appropriate.
       (e) Action Plan.--
       (1) In general.--No later than 90 days after the 
     appointment, the Deputy Architect shall prepare and submit to 
     the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and Senate and the Committee on Rules and 
     Administration of the Senate, an action plan describing the 
     policies, procedures, and actions the Deputy Architect will 
     implement and timeframes for carrying out the 
     responsibilities under this section.
       (2) Action plan.--The action plan shall be--
       (A) approved and signed by both the Architect of the 
     Capitol and the Deputy Architect; and
       (B) developed concurrently and consistent with the 
     development of a strategic plan.
       (3) Additional senior positions.--Notwithstanding section 
     108(a) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1991 (2 
     U.S.C. 1839), as amended by section 129(c) of the Legislative 
     Branch Appropriations Act, 2002, the Architect of the Capitol 
     may fix the rate of basic pay for not more than 3 additional 
     positions at a rate not to exceed the highest total rate of 
     pay for the Senior Executive Service under subchapter VIII of 
     chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code, for the locality 
     involved.
       (f) Evaluation.--The General Accounting Office shall 
     evaluate annually the implementation of the action plan and 
     provide the results of the evaluation to the Architect of the 
     Capitol, the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and Senate and the Committee on Rules and 
     Administration of the Senate.
       (g) Removal.--The Deputy Architect of the Capitol may be 
     removed by the Architect of the Capitol for misconduct or 
     failure to meet performance goals set forth in the 
     performance agreement in subsection (i). Upon the removal of 
     the Deputy Architect of the Capitol, the Architect of the 
     Capitol shall immediately notify in writing the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate, 
     and the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, 
     stating the specific reasons for the removal.
       (h) Compensation.--The Deputy Architect of the Capitol 
     shall be paid at an annual rate of pay to be determined by 
     the Architect but not to exceed $1,500 less than the annual 
     rate of pay for the Architect of the Capitol.
       (i) Annual Performance Report.--The Deputy Architect of the 
     Capitol shall prepare and transmit to the Architect of the 
     Capitol an annual performance report. This report shall 
     contain an evaluation of the extent to which the Office of 
     the Architect of the Capitol met its goals and objectives.
       (j) Termination of Role.--As of October 1, 2006, the role 
     of the Comptroller General and the General Accounting Office, 
     as established by this section, will cease.
       Sec. 1204. Deputy Architect to Act in Case of Absence, 
     Disability, or Vacancy. The proviso under the subheading 
     ``salaries'' under the heading ``Office of the Architect of 
     the Capitol'' under the heading ``ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL'' 
     of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1971 (2 U.S.C. 
     1805) is amended by striking ``Assistant Architect'' and 
     inserting ``Deputy Architect''.
       Sec. 1205. Delegation of Authority by Architect of the 
     Capitol. The matter under the subheading ``Office of the 
     Architect of the Capitol'' under the heading ``ARCHITECT OF 
     THE CAPITOL'' of the Legislative Appropriation Act, 1956 (2 
     U.S.C. 1804) is amended by striking ``Architect of the 
     Capitol is authorized'' through ``proper'' and inserting 
     ``Architect of the Capitol may delegate to the assistants of 
     the Architect such authority of the Architect as the 
     Architect may determine proper, except those authorities, 
     duties, and responsibilities specifically assigned to the 
     Deputy Architect of the Capitol by the Legislative Branch 
     Appropriations Act, 2003''.
       Sec. 1206. Assistant Architect. Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, the compensation of the Assistant Architect 
     who is incumbent in that position when the position of 
     Assistant Architect is abolished shall not be reduced so long 
     as the former Assistant Architect is employed at the Office 
     of the Architect of the Capitol. Whenever the Architect of 
     the Capitol receives a pay adjustment after the date of 
     enactment of this section, the compensation of such former 
     Assistant Architect shall be adjusted by the same percentage 
     as the compensation of the Architect of the Capitol. The 
     authority granted in this section shall be in addition to the 
     authority the Architect of the Capitol has in section 
     129(c)(1)(A) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
     2002, as amended by this Act, to fix the rate of basic pay 
     for not more than 15 positions at a rate not to exceed the 
     highest total rate of pay for the Senior Executive Service 
     under subchapter VIII of chapter 53 of title 5, United States 
     Code, for the locality involved.
       Sec. 1207. Senate Staff Health and Fitness Facility. 
     Section 4 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 
     (2 U.S.C. 121f) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ``Staff'' after 
     ``Senate'';
       (2) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting ``Staff'' after 
     ``Senate'';
       (3) in subsection (c), by inserting ``Staff'' after ``costs 
     of the Senate'';
       (4) in subsection (d), by inserting ``Staff'' after 
     ``Senate''; and

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       (5) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the following:
       ``(e) The Committee on Rules and Administration of the 
     Senate shall promulgate regulations pertaining to the 
     operation and use of the Senate Staff Health and Fitness 
     Facility.''.
       Sec. 1208. Allocation of Responsibility for Library 
     Buildings and Grounds. (a) In General.--The first section of 
     the Act of June 29, 1922 (2 U.S.C. 141) is amended to read as 
     follows:

     ``SECTION 1. ALLOCATION OF RESPONSIBILITIES FOR LIBRARY 
                   BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS.

       ``(a) Architect of the Capitol.--
       ``(1) In general.--The Architect of the Capitol shall have 
     charge of all work at the Library of Congress buildings and 
     grounds (as defined in section 11 of the Act entitled `An Act 
     relating to the policing of the buildings of the Library of 
     Congress' approved August 4, 1950 (2 U.S.C. 167(j)) that 
     affects--
       ``(A) the structural integrity of the buildings;
       ``(B) buildings systems, including mechanical, electrical, 
     plumbing, and elevators;
       ``(C) the architectural features of the buildings;
       ``(D) compliance with building and fire codes, laws, and 
     regulations with respect to the specific responsibilities set 
     for under this paragraph;
       ``(E) the care and maintenance of Library grounds; and
       ``(F) purchase of all equipment necessary to fulfill the 
     responsibilities set forth under this paragraph.
       ``(2) Employees.--The employees required for the 
     performance of the duties under paragraph (1) shall be 
     appointed by the Architect of the Capitol.
       ``(b) Librarian of Congress.--The Librarian of Congress 
     shall have charge of all work (other than work under 
     subsection (a)) at the Library of Congress buildings and 
     grounds.
       ``(c) Transfer of Funds.--The Architect of the Capitol and 
     the Librarian of Congress may enter into agreements with each 
     other to perform work under this section, and, subject to the 
     approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate and the Joint Committee on the 
     Library, may transfer between themselves appropriations or 
     other available funds to pay the costs therefor.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall apply to fiscal year 2003 and each fiscal year 
     thereafter.
       Sec. 1209. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     Architect of the Capitol may accept appropriations and 
     services from other federal agencies for the purpose of 
     enhancing security for projects under his jurisdiction upon 
     the prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the 
     House and the Senate.

                          LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress not 
     otherwise provided for, including development and maintenance 
     of the Union Catalogs; custody and custodial care of the 
     Library buildings; special clothing; cleaning, laundering and 
     repair of uniforms; preservation of motion pictures in the 
     custody of the Library; operation and maintenance of the 
     American Folklife Center in the Library; preparation and 
     distribution of catalog records and other publications of the 
     Library; hire or purchase of one passenger motor vehicle; and 
     expenses of the Library of Congress Trust Fund Board not 
     properly chargeable to the income of any trust fund held by 
     the Board, $358,474,000, of which not more than $6,500,000 
     shall be derived from collections credited to this 
     appropriation during fiscal year 2003, and shall remain 
     available until expended, under the Act of June 28, 1902 
     (chapter 1301; 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150) and not more than 
     $350,000 shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 
     2003 and shall remain available until expended for the 
     development and maintenance of an international legal 
     information database and activities related thereto: 
     Provided, That the Library of Congress may not obligate or 
     expend any funds derived from collections under the Act of 
     June 28, 1902, in excess of the amount authorized for 
     obligation or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided 
     further, That the total amount available for obligation shall 
     be reduced by the amount by which collections are less than 
     the $6,850,000: Provided further, That of the total amount 
     appropriated, $10,886,000 is to remain available until 
     expended for acquisition of books, periodicals, newspapers, 
     and all other materials including subscriptions for 
     bibliographic services for the Library, including $40,000 to 
     be available solely for the purchase, when specifically 
     approved by the Librarian, of special and unique materials 
     for additions to the collections: Provided further, That of 
     the total amount appropriated, not more than $12,000 may be 
     expended, on the certification of the Librarian of Congress, 
     in connection with official representation and reception 
     expenses for the Overseas Field Offices: Provided further, 
     That of the total amount appropriated, $911,000 shall remain 
     available until expended for the acquisition and partial 
     support for implementation of an Integrated Library System 
     (ILS): Provided further, That of the total amount 
     appropriated, $11,100,000 shall remain available until 
     expended for the purpose of teaching educators how to 
     incorporate the Library's digital collections into school 
     curricula and shall be transferred to the educational 
     consortium formed to conduct the ``Joining Hands Across 
     America: Local Community Initiative'' project as approved by 
     the Library: Provided further, That of the amount 
     appropriated, $500,000 shall remain available until expended, 
     and shall be transferred to the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial 
     Commission for carrying out the purposes of Public Law 106-
     173, of which amount $10,000 may be used for official 
     representation and reception expenses of the Abraham Lincoln 
     Bicentennial Commission: Provided further, That of the total 
     amount appropriated, $4,250,000 shall remain available until 
     September 30, 2007 for the acquisition and partial support 
     for implementation of a Central Financial Management System: 
     Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, 
     $789,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2004 for 
     the Lewis and Clark Exhibition and an additional $200,000 
     shall remain available until expended, and shall be 
     transferred to Southern Illinois University for the purpose 
     of developing a permanent commemoration of the Lewis and 
     Clark Expedition: Provided further, That of the total amount 
     appropriated, $10,000,000 shall remain available until 
     expended for the purpose of developing a high-speed data 
     transmission between the Library of Congress and educational 
     facilities, libraries, or networks serving Western North 
     Carolina: Provided further, That, of the total amount 
     appropriated, $500,000 shall remain available until expended 
     and shall be equally divided and transferred to the 
     Alexandria Museum of Art and the New Orleans Museum of Art 
     for activities relating to the Louisiana Purchase 
     Bicentennial Celebration.

                            Copyright Office


                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, 
     $39,226,000, of which not more than $23,321,000, to remain 
     available until expended, shall be derived from collections 
     credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2003 under 
     section 708(d) of title 17, United States Code: Provided, 
     That the Copyright Office may not obligate or expend any 
     funds derived from collections under such section, in excess 
     of the amount authorized for obligation or expenditure in 
     appropriations Acts: Provided further, That not more than 
     $6,191,000 shall be derived from collections during fiscal 
     year 2003 under sections 111(d)(2), 119(b)(2), 802(h), and 
     1005 of such title: Provided further, That the total amount 
     available for obligation shall be reduced by the amount by 
     which collections are less than $29,512,000: Provided 
     further, That not more than $100,000 of the amount 
     appropriated is available for the maintenance of an 
     ``International Copyright Institute'' in the Copyright Office 
     of the Library of Congress for the purpose of training 
     nationals of developing countries in intellectual property 
     laws and policies: Provided further, That not more than 
     $4,250 may be expended, on the certification of the Librarian 
     of Congress, in connection with official representation and 
     reception expenses for activities of the International 
     Copyright Institute and for copyright delegations, visitors, 
     and seminars.

                     Congressional Research Service


                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
     section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 
     U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Annotated 
     Constitution of the United States of America, $86,952,000: 
     Provided, That no part of such amount may be used to pay any 
     salary or expense in connection with any publication, or 
     preparation of material therefor (except the Digest of Public 
     General Bills), to be issued by the Library of Congress 
     unless such publication has obtained prior approval of either 
     the Committee on House Administration of the House of 
     Representatives or the Committee on Rules and 
     Administration of the Senate.

             Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped


                         salaries and expenses

       For salaries and expenses to carry out the Act of March 3, 
     1931 (chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C. 135a), 
     $50,963,000, of which $14,697,000 shall remain available 
     until expended: Provided, That, of the total amount 
     appropriated, $1,000,000 shall remain available until 
     expended to reimburse the National Federation of the Blind 
     for costs incurred in the operation of its ``NEWSLINE'' 
     program.

                       Administrative Provisions

       Sec. 1301. Of the amounts appropriated to the Library of 
     Congress in this Act, not more than $5,000 may be expended, 
     on the certification of the Librarian of Congress, in 
     connection with official representation and reception 
     expenses for the incentive awards program.
       Sec. 1302. (a) For fiscal year 2003, the obligational 
     authority of the Library of Congress for the activities 
     described in subsection (b) may not exceed $109,929,000.
       (b) The activities referred to in subsection (a) are 
     reimbursable and revolving fund activities that are funded 
     from sources other than appropriations to the Library in 
     appropriations Acts for the legislative branch.
       (c) During fiscal year 2003, the Librarian of Congress may 
     temporarily transfer funds appropriated in this Act under the 
     heading ``LIBRARY OF CONGRESS--Salaries and Expenses'' to the 
     revolving fund for the FEDLINK Program and the Federal 
     Research Program established under section 103 of the Library 
     of Congress Fiscal Operations Improvement Act of 2000 (Public 
     Law 106-481; 2 U.S.C. 182c): Provided, That the total amount 
     of such transfers may not exceed $1,900,000: Provided 
     further, That the appropriate revolving fund account shall 
     reimburse the Library for any amounts transferred to it 
     before the period of availability of the Library 
     appropriation expires.
       Sec. 1303. National Digital Information Infrastructure and 
     Preservation Program.--The Miscellaneous Appropriations Act, 
     2001 (as enacted by section 1(a)(4) of Public Law 106-554, 
     114 Stat. 2763A-194), division A, chapter 9, under the 
     heading ``Library of Congress'' ``Salaries and Expenses'' is 
     amended by striking ``March 31, 2003'' and inserting ``March 
     31, 2005''.

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       Sec. 1304. Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission. The 
     Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission Act (36 U.S.C. note 
     prec. 101; Public Law 106-173) is amended--
       (1) in section 6(b), by striking paragraph (2) and 
     inserting the following:
       ``(2) Staff.--Consistent with all other applicable Federal 
     laws governing appointments and compensation, the staff of 
     the Commission may be appointed without regard to the 
     provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing 
     appointments in the competitive service, and may be paid 
     without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter 
     III of chapter 53 of that title relating to classification 
     and General Schedule pay rates.''; and
       (2) in section 7(h)(3), by striking ``subsection (b)(2)'' 
     and inserting ``section 6(b)(2)''.
       Sec. 1305. Section 2(c)(3) of the History of the House 
     Awareness and Preservation Act (2 U.S.C. 183(c)(3)) is 
     amended by inserting ``excerpts of'' after ``dissemination 
     of''.

                       GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

                   Congressional Printing and Binding


                     (including transfer of funds)

       For authorized printing and binding for the Congress and 
     the distribution of Congressional information in any format; 
     printing and binding for the Architect of the Capitol; 
     expenses necessary for preparing the semimonthly and session 
     index to the Congressional Record, as authorized by law 
     (section 902 of title 44, United States Code); printing and 
     binding of Government publications authorized by law to be 
     distributed to Members of Congress; and printing, binding, 
     and distribution of Government publications authorized by law 
     to be distributed without charge to the recipient, 
     $90,143,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall not be 
     available for paper copies of the permanent edition of the 
     Congressional Record for individual Representatives, Resident 
     Commissioners or Delegates authorized under section 906 of 
     title 44, United States Code: Provided further, That this 
     appropriation shall be available for the payment of 
     obligations incurred under the appropriations for similar 
     purposes for preceding fiscal years: Provided further, That 
     notwithstanding the 2-year limitation under section 718 of 
     title 44, United States Code, none of the funds appropriated 
     or made available under this Act or any other Act for 
     printing and binding and related services provided to 
     Congress under chapter 7 of title 44, United States Code, may 
     be expended to print a document, report, or publication after 
     the 27-month period beginning on the date that such document, 
     report, or publication is authorized by Congress to be 
     printed, unless Congress reauthorizes such printing in 
     accordance with section 718 of title 44, United States Code: 
     Provided further, That any unobligated or unexpended balances 
     in this account or accounts for similar purposes for 
     preceding fiscal years may be transferred to the Government 
     Printing Office revolving fund for carrying out the purposes 
     of this heading, subject to the approval of the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate.

                 Office of Superintendent of Documents


                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Documents 
     necessary to provide for the cataloging and indexing of 
     Government publications and their distribution to the public, 
     Members of Congress, other Government agencies, and 
     designated depository and international exchange libraries as 
     authorized by law, $29,661,000: Provided, That amounts of not 
     more than $2,000,000 from current year appropriations are 
     authorized for producing and disseminating Congressional 
     serial sets and other related publications for  2001 and 2002 
     to depository and other designated libraries: Provided 
     further, That any unobligated or unexpended balances in this 
     account or accounts for similar purposes for preceding fiscal 
     years may be transferred to the Government Printing Office 
     revolving fund for carrying out the purposes of this heading, 
     subject to the approval of the Committees on Appropriations 
     of the House of Representatives and Senate.

               Government Printing Office Revolving Fund

       The Government Printing Office is hereby authorized to make 
     such expenditures, within the limits of funds available and 
     in accord with the law, and to make such contracts and 
     commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as 
     provided by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, as 
     may be necessary in carrying out the programs and purposes 
     set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for the 
     Government Printing Office revolving fund: Provided, That not 
     more than $2,500 may be expended on the certification of the 
     Public Printer in connection with official representation and 
     reception expenses: Provided further, That the revolving fund 
     shall be available for the hire or purchase of not more than 
     12 passenger motor vehicles: Provided further, That 
     expenditures in connection with travel expenses of the 
     advisory councils to the Public Printer shall be deemed 
     necessary to carry out the provisions of title 44, United 
     States Code: Provided further, That the revolving fund shall 
     be available for temporary or intermittent services under 
     section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but at rates 
     for individuals not more than the daily equivalent of the 
     annual rate of basic pay for level V of the Executive 
     Schedule under section 5316 of such title: Provided further, 
     That the revolving fund and the funds provided under the 
     headings ``Office of Superintendent of Documents'' and 
     ``salaries and expenses'' together may not be available for 
     the full-time equivalent employment of more than 3,219 
     workyears (or such other number of workyears as the Public 
     Printer may request, subject to the approval of the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
     and Senate): Provided further, That activities financed 
     through the revolving fund may provide information in any 
     format.

                       GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses of the General Accounting Office, 
     including not more than $12,500 to be expended on the 
     certification of the Comptroller General of the United States 
     in connection with official representation and reception 
     expenses; temporary or intermittent services under section 
     3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but at rates for 
     individuals not more than the daily equivalent of the annual 
     rate of basic pay for level IV of the Executive Schedule 
     under section 5315 of such title; hire of one passenger motor 
     vehicle; advance payments in foreign countries in accordance 
     with section 3324 of title 31, United States Code; benefits 
     comparable to those payable under section 901(5), (6), and 
     (8) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081(5), 
     (6), and (8)); and under regulations prescribed by the 
     Comptroller General of the United States, rental of living 
     quarters in foreign countries, $451,134,000: Provided, That 
     not more than $2,210,000 of payments received under section 
     782 of title 31, United States Code, shall be available for 
     use in fiscal year 2003: Provided further, That not more than 
     $790,000 of reimbursements received under section 9105 of 
     title 31, United States Code, shall be available for use in 
     fiscal year 2003: Provided further, That this appropriation 
     and appropriations for administrative expenses of any other 
     department or agency which is a member of the National 
     Intergovernmental Audit Forum or a Regional Intergovernmental 
     Audit Forum shall be available to finance an appropriate 
     share of either Forum's costs as determined by the respective 
     Forum, including necessary travel expenses of non-Federal 
     participants: Provided further, That payments hereunder to 
     the Forum may be credited as reimbursements to any 
     appropriation from which costs involved are initially 
     financed: Provided further, That this appropriation and 
     appropriations for administrative expenses of any other 
     department or agency which is a member of the American 
     Consortium on International Public Administration (ACIPA) 
     shall be available to finance an appropriate share of ACIPA 
     costs as determined by the ACIPA, including any expenses 
     attributable to membership of ACIPA in the International 
     Institute of Administrative Sciences.

         PAYMENT TO THE OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER TRUST FUND

       For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center Trust 
     Fund for financing activities of the Open World Leadership 
     Center, $13,000,000.

                        Administrative Provision

       Sec. 1401. Open World Leadership Center. (a) In General.--
     Section 313 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
     2001 (2 U.S.C. 1151) is amended--
       (1) in the section heading, by striking ``Center for 
     Russian Leadership Development'' and inserting ``Open World 
     Leadership Center'';
       (2) in subsection (a)--
       (A) in paragraph (1), by striking all after ``Government'' 
     and inserting ``a center to be known as the `Open World 
     Leadership Center (the `Center').''; and
       (B) in paragraph (2)--
       (i) by inserting ``(the `Board')'' after ``Board of 
     Trustees''; and
       (ii) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``United States and 
     Russian relations'' and inserting ``relations between the 
     United States and eligible foreign states'';
       (3) in subsection (b)--
       (A) in paragraph (1)--
       (i) by striking ``Russia'' and inserting ``eligible foreign 
     states''; and
       (ii) by striking the period at the end and inserting the 
     following: ``and to establish and administer a program to 
     enable cultural leaders of Russia to gain significant, 
     firsthand exposure to the operation of American cultural 
     institutions.'';
       (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``Russian nationals'' and 
     inserting ``nationals of eligible foreign states''; and
       (C) in paragraph (3)--
       (i) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``3,000'' and 
     inserting ``3,500''; and
       (ii) in subparagraph (C)(i), by striking ``Russia'' and 
     inserting ``an eligible foreign state'';
       (4) in subsection (c)--
       (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``Russian Leadership 
     Development Center Trust Fund'' and inserting ``Open World 
     Leadership Center Trust Fund''; and
       (B) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking ``of Trustees of the 
     Center'';
       (5) in subsection (h)(2), by striking ``of Trustees of the 
     Center''; and
       (6) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(j) Eligible Foreign State Defined.--In this section, the 
     term `eligible foreign state' means--
       ``(1) any country specified in section 3 of the FREEDOM 
     Support Act (22 U.S.C. 5801); and
       ``(2) Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall take effect 90 days after the date of enactment of this 
     Act.

                      TITLE II--GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 201. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act 
     shall be used for the maintenance or care of private 
     vehicles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as may 
     be provided under regulations relating to parking facilities 
     for the House of Representatives issued by the Committee on 
     House Administration and for the Senate issued by the 
     Committee on Rules and Administration.
       Sec. 202. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act 
     shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 2003 
     unless expressly so provided in this Act.

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       Sec. 203. Whenever in this Act any office or position not 
     specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 
     is appropriated for or the rate of compensation or 
     designation of any office or position appropriated for is 
     different from that specifically established by such Act, the 
     rate of compensation and the designation in this Act shall be 
     the permanent law with respect thereto: Provided, That the 
     provisions in this Act for the various items of official 
     expenses of Members, officers, and committees of the Senate 
     and House of Representatives, and clerk hire for Senators and 
     Members of the House of Representatives shall be the 
     permanent law with respect thereto.
       Sec. 204. The expenditure of any appropriation under this 
     Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, 
     under section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, shall be 
     limited to those contracts where such expenditures are a 
     matter of public record and available for public inspection, 
     except where otherwise provided under existing law, or under 
     existing Executive order issued under existing law.
       Sec. 205. Such sums as may be necessary are appropriated to 
     the account described in subsection (a) of section 415 of the 
     Congressional Accountability Act to pay awards and 
     settlements as authorized under such subsection.
       Sec. 206. Amounts available for administrative expenses of 
     any legislative branch entity which participates in the 
     Legislative Branch Financial Managers Council (LBFMC) 
     established by charter on March 26, 1996, shall be available 
     to finance an appropriate share of LBFMC costs as determined 
     by the LBFMC, except that the total LBFMC costs to be shared 
     among all participating legislative branch entities (in such 
     allocations among the entities as the entities may determine) 
     may not exceed $2,000.
       Sec. 207. Section 316 of Public Law 101-302 is amended in 
     the first sentence of subsection (a) by striking ``2002'' and 
     inserting ``2003''.
       Sec. 208. The Architect of the Capitol, in consultation 
     with the District of Columbia, is authorized to maintain and 
     improve the landscape features, excluding streets and 
     sidewalks, in the irregular shaped grassy areas bounded by 
     Washington Avenue, SW on the northeast, Second Street SW on 
     the west, Square 582 on the south, and the beginning of the 
     I-395 tunnel on the southeast.
       Sec. 209. John C. Stennis Center for Public Service 
     Training and Development. There are appropriated, out of any 
     funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $300,000, 
     to remain available until expended, to the John C. Stennis 
     Center for Public Service Training and Development.
       Sec. 210. Title II of the Congressional Award Act. There 
     are appropriated, out of any funds in the Treasury not 
     otherwise appropriated, $250,000, to remain available until 
     expended, to carry out title II of the Congressional Award 
     Act (2 U.S.C. 811 et seq.): Provided, That funds appropriated 
     for this purpose do not exceed 100 percent of funds donated 
     to the Board in cash or in kind under section 208(c) of the 
     Congressional Award Act: Provided further, That such funds 
     are used for staff salaries and overhead, postage, travel, 
     equipment, and accounting costs.
       Sec. 211. (a) Each office in the legislative branch, except 
     the House and the Senate, which is responsible for preparing 
     any written statement furnished under part 3 of subchapter A 
     of chapter 61 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 on behalf 
     of a person shall make the statement available to the person 
     in an electronic format (at the direction of the person) 
     which will enable the person to provide the statement 
     electronically to a tax preparer or other provider of 
     financial services.
       (b) Subsection (a) shall apply with respect to statements 
     prepared for taxable years ending on or after December 31, 
     2004.
       Sec. 212. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality 
     of the United States Government, except pursuant to a 
     transfer made by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act 
     or any other appropriation Act.
       This division may be cited as the ``Legislative Branch 
     Appropriations Act, 2003''.

  DIVISION I--TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS, 2003

Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related 
 agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, and for other 
                               purposes.

     That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in 
     the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Department 
     of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year 
     ending September 30, 2003, and for other purposes, namely:

                                TITLE I

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

                        OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 
     $89,447,000, of which not to exceed $2,211,000 shall be 
     available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not to 
     exceed $809,000 shall be available for the immediate Office 
     of the Deputy Secretary; not to exceed $15,657,000 shall be 
     available for the Office of the General Counsel; not to 
     exceed $12,452,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
     Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy; not to exceed 
     $8,375,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant 
     Secretary for Budget and Programs; not to exceed $2,453,000 
     shall be available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary 
     for Governmental Affairs; not to exceed $29,071,000 shall be 
     available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for 
     Administration; not to exceed $1,926,000 shall be available 
     for the Office of Public Affairs; not to exceed $1,391,000 
     shall be available for the Office of the Executive 
     Secretariat; not to exceed $611,000 shall be available for 
     the Board of Contract Appeals; not to exceed $1,304,000 shall 
     be available for the Office of Small and Disadvantaged 
     Business Utilization; not to exceed $13,187,000 shall be 
     available for the Office of the Chief Information Officer: 
     Provided, That the Secretary of Transportation is authorized 
     to transfer funds appropriated for any office of the Office 
     of the Secretary to any other office of the Office of the 
     Secretary: Provided further, That no appropriation for any 
     office shall be increased or decreased by more than 5 percent 
     by all such transfers: Provided further, That any change in 
     funding greater than 5 percent shall be submitted for 
     approval to the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations: Provided further, That not to exceed $60,000 
     shall be for allocation within the Department for official 
     reception and representation expenses as the Secretary may 
     determine: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, excluding fees authorized in Public Law 
     107-71, there may be credited to this appropriation up to 
     $2,500,000 in funds received in user fees: Provided further, 
     That none of the funds provided in this Act shall be 
     available for the position of Assistant Secretary for Public 
     Affairs.

                         Office of Civil Rights

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 
     $8,700,000.

           Transportation Planning, Research, and Development

       For necessary expenses for conducting transportation 
     planning, research, systems development, development 
     activities, and making grants, to remain available until 
     expended, $21,000,000.

                          Working Capital Fund

       Necessary expenses for operating costs and capital outlays 
     of the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed $131,766,000, 
     shall be paid from appropriations made available to the 
     Department of Transportation: Provided, That such services 
     shall be provided on a competitive basis to entities within 
     the Department of Transportation: Provided further, That the 
     above limitation on operating expenses shall not apply to 
     non-DOT entities: Provided further, That no funds 
     appropriated in this Act to an agency of the Department shall 
     be transferred to the Working Capital Fund without the 
     approval of the agency modal administrator: Provided further, 
     That no assessments may be levied against any program, budget 
     activity, subactivity or project funded by this Act unless 
     notice of such assessments and the basis therefor are 
     presented to the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations and are approved by such Committees.

               Minority Business Resource Center Program

       For the cost of guaranteed loans, $500,000, as authorized 
     by 49 U.S.C. 332: 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: Provided 
     further, That these funds are available to subsidize total 
     loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to 
     exceed $18,367,000. In addition, for administrative expenses 
     to carry out the guaranteed loan program, $400,000.

                       Minority Business Outreach

       For necessary expenses of Minority Business Resource Center 
     outreach activities, $3,000,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2004: Provided, That notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 
     332, these funds may be used for business opportunities 
     related to any mode of transportation.

                        Payments to Air Carriers


                    (Airport and Airway Trust Fund)

       In addition to funds made available from any other source 
     to carry out the essential air service program under 49 
     U.S.C. 41731 through 41742, $52,100,000, to be derived from 
     the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, to remain available until 
     expended.

                 TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

                           Aviation Security

       For necessary expenses of the Transportation Security 
     Administration related to providing civil aviation security 
     services pursuant to Public Law 107-71, $4,516,300,000, to 
     remain available until expended, of which $3,037,900,000 
     shall be available for screening activities and of which 
     $1,478,400,000 shall be available for airport support and 
     enforcement presence: Provided, That $144,000,000 shall be 
     derived by reimbursement from ``Federal Aviation 
     Administration, Facilities and equipment,'' for explosives 
     detection systems: Provided further, That security service 
     fees authorized under 49 U.S.C. 44940 shall be credited to 
     this appropriation as offsetting collections and used for 
     providing civil aviation security services authorized by that 
     section: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated 
     from the General Fund shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar 
     basis as such offsetting collections are received during 
     fiscal year 2003, so as to result in a final fiscal year 
     appropriation from the General Fund estimated at not more 
     than $1,866,300,000: Provided further, That any security 
     service fees collected in excess of the amount appropriated 
     under this heading shall be treated as offsetting collections 
     in fiscal year 2004: Provided further, That none of the funds 
     in this Act shall be used to recruit or hire personnel into 
     the Transportation Security Administration which would cause 
     the agency to exceed a staffing level of 45,000 full-time 
     permanent positions: Provided further, That of the total 
     amount provided herein, $265,000,000 shall be available only 
     for physical modification of commercial service airports for 
     the purpose of installing checked baggage explosive detection 
     systems and $174,500,000 shall be available only for 
     procurement of checked baggage explosive detection systems, 
     including explosive trace detection systems.

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                       Maritime and Land Security

       For necessary expenses of the Transportation Security 
     Administration related to maritime and land transportation 
     security grants and services pursuant to Public Law 107-71, 
     $244,800,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
     That of the total amount provided herein, $150,000,000 shall 
     be available only to make port security grants, which shall 
     be distributed under the same terms and conditions as 
     provided for under Public Law 107-117; $4,000,000 shall be 
     available only for radiation detection and monitoring system 
     evaluation and procurement; and $30,000,000 shall be 
     available only to execute grants, contracts, and interagency 
     agreements for the purpose of deploying Operation Safe 
     Commerce.

                        Research and Development

       For necessary expenses of the Transportation Security 
     Administration for research and development related to 
     transportation security, $110,200,000, to remain available 
     until expended: Provided, That of the total amount provided 
     herein, $10,000,000 shall be available only to make research 
     and development grants for port security pursuant to the 
     terms and conditions of section 70107(i) of Public Law 107-
     295.

                             Administration

       For necessary administrative expenses of the Transportation 
     Security Administration, including intelligence activities, 
     pursuant to Public Law 107-71, $308,700,000, to remain 
     available until expended.

                              COAST GUARD

                           Operating Expenses

       For necessary expenses for the operation and maintenance of 
     the Coast Guard, not otherwise provided for; purchase of not 
     to exceed five passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; 
     payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97-377, as 
     amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), and section 229(b) of the 
     Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 429(b)); and recreation and 
     welfare, $4,322,122,000, of which $340,000,000 shall be 
     available for defense-related activities; and of which 
     $25,000,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability 
     Trust Fund: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated in 
     this or any other Act shall be available for pay of 
     administrative expenses in connection with shipping 
     commissioners in the United States: Provided further, That 
     none of the funds provided in this Act shall be available to 
     compensate in excess of 37 active duty flag officer billets: 
     Provided further, That none of the funds provided in this Act 
     shall be available for expenses incurred for yacht 
     documentation under 46 U.S.C. 12109, except to the extent 
     fees are collected from yacht owners and credited to this 
     appropriation: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 
     1116(c) of title 10, United States Code, amounts made 
     available under this heading may be used to make payments 
     into the Department of Defense Medicare-Eligible Retiree 
     Health Care Fund for fiscal year 2003 under section 1116(a) 
     of title 10, United States Code: Provided further, That of 
     the amounts made available under this heading, not less than 
     $15,686,000 shall be used solely to increase staffing at 
     search and rescue stations, surf stations and command 
     centers; increase the training and experience level of 
     individuals serving in said stations through targeted 
     retention efforts; revise personnel policies and expand 
     training programs; and to modernize and improve the quantity 
     and quality of personal safety equipment, including survival 
     suits, for personnel assigned to said stations: Provided 
     further, That the Comptroller General of the United States 
     shall audit and certify to the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations that the funding described in the preceding 
     proviso is being used solely to supplement and not supplant 
     the Coast Guard's level of effort in this area in fiscal year 
     2002.

              Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements

       For necessary expenses of acquisition, construction, 
     renovation, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore 
     facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including equipment 
     related thereto, $742,100,000, of which $20,000,000 shall be 
     derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; of which 
     $25,600,000 shall be available to acquire, repair, 
     renovate or improve vessels, small boats and related 
     equipment, to remain available until September 30, 2007; 
     $4,000,000 shall be available to acquire new aircraft and 
     increase aviation capability, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2005; $121,300,000 shall be available for 
     other equipment, to remain available until September 30, 
     2005; $50,200,000 shall be available for shore facilities 
     and aids to navigation facilities, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2005; $63,000,000 shall be available 
     for personnel compensation and benefits and related costs, 
     to remain available until September 30, 2004; and 
     $478,000,000 shall be available for the Integrated 
     Deepwater Systems program, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2006: Provided, That the Commandant of the 
     Coast Guard is authorized to dispose of surplus real 
     property, by sale or lease, and the proceeds shall be 
     credited to this appropriation as offsetting collections 
     and made available only for the National Distress and 
     Response System Modernization program, to remain available 
     for obligation until September 30, 2004: Provided further, 
     That none of the funds provided under this heading may be 
     obligated or expended for the Integrated Deepwater Systems 
     (IDS) system integration contract in fiscal year 2003 
     until the Secretary or Deputy Secretary of Transportation 
     and the Director, Office of Management and Budget jointly 
     certify to the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations that funding for the IDS program for fiscal 
     years 2004 through 2008, funding for the National Distress 
     and Response System Modernization program to allow for 
     full deployment of said system by 2006, and funding for 
     other essential search and rescue procurements, are fully 
     funded in the Coast Guard Capital Investment Plan and 
     within the Office of Management and Budget's budgetary 
     projections for the Coast Guard for those years: Provided 
     further, That the Director, Office of Management and 
     Budget shall submit the budget request for the IDS 
     integration contract delineating sub-headings which 
     include the following: systems integrator, ship 
     construction, aircraft, equipment, and communication, 
     providing specific assets and costs under each subheading: 
     Provided further, That upon initial submission to the 
     Congress of the fiscal year 2004 President's budget, the 
     Secretary of Transportation shall transmit to the Congress 
     a comprehensive capital investment plan for the United 
     States Coast Guard which includes funding for each budget 
     line item for fiscal years 2004 through 2008, with total 
     funding for each year of the plan constrained to the 
     funding targets for those years as estimated and approved 
     by the Office of Management and Budget: Provided further, 
     That the amount herein appropriated shall be reduced by 
     $150,000 per day for each day after initial submission of 
     the President's budget that the plan has not been 
     submitted to the Congress.

              Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements


                              (rescission)

       Of the available balances under this heading, $17,000,000 
     are rescinded.

                Environmental Compliance and Restoration

       For necessary expenses to carry out the Coast Guard's 
     environmental compliance and restoration functions under 
     chapter 19 of title 14, United States Code, $17,000,000, to 
     remain available until expended.

                         Alteration of Bridges

       For necessary expenses for alteration or removal of 
     obstructive bridges, $17,200,000, to remain available until 
     expended: Provided, That funds for bridge alteration projects 
     conducted pursuant to 33 U.S.C. 511 are available only to the 
     extent that the steel, iron, and manufactured products used 
     in such projects are produced in the United States, unless 
     contrary to law or international agreement, or unless the 
     Commandant of the Coast Guard determines such action to be 
     inconsistent with the public interest or the cost 
     unreasonable.

                              Retired Pay

       For retired pay, including the payment of obligations 
     therefor otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for 
     this purpose, payments under the Retired Serviceman's Family 
     Protection and Survivor Benefits Plans, payments for career 
     status bonuses under the National Defense Authorization Act, 
     and for payments for medical care of retired personnel and 
     their dependents under the Dependents Medical Care Act (10 
     U.S.C. ch. 55), $889,000,000.

                            Reserve Training

       For all necessary expenses of the Coast Guard Reserve, as 
     authorized by law; maintenance and operation of facilities; 
     and supplies, equipment, and services, $86,495,000.

              Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation

       For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 
     applied scientific research, development, test, and 
     evaluation; maintenance, rehabilitation, lease and operation 
     of facilities and equipment, as authorized by law, 
     $22,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
     $3,500,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability 
     Trust Fund: Provided, That there may be credited to and used 
     for the purposes of this appropriation funds received from 
     State and local governments, other public authorities, 
     private sources, and foreign countries, for expenses incurred 
     for research, development, testing, and evaluation.

                    FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

                               Operations

       For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation 
     Administration, not otherwise provided for, including 
     operations and research activities related to commercial 
     space transportation, administrative expenses for research 
     and development, establishment of air navigation facilities, 
     the operation (including leasing) and maintenance of 
     aircraft, subsidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and 
     maps sold to the public, lease or purchase of passenger motor 
     vehicles for replacement only, in addition to amounts made 
     available by Public Law 104-264, $7,069,019,000, of which 
     $3,799,278,000 shall be derived from the Airport and Airway 
     Trust Fund, of which not to exceed $5,716,046,000 shall be 
     available for air traffic services program activities; not to 
     exceed $836,007,000 shall be available for aviation 
     regulation and certification program activities; not to 
     exceed $207,600,000 shall be available for research and 
     acquisition program activities; not to exceed $12,325,000 
     shall be available for commercial space transportation 
     program activities; not to exceed $48,782,000 shall be 
     available for financial services program activities; not to 
     exceed $69,307,000 shall be available for human resources 
     program activities; not to exceed $83,392,000 shall be 
     available for regional coordination program activities; not 
     to exceed $82,974,000 shall be available for staff offices; 
     and not to exceed $29,650,000 shall be available for 
     information services: Provided, That none of the funds in 
     this Act shall be available for the Federal Aviation 
     Administration to finalize or implement any regulation that 
     would promulgate new aviation user fees not specifically 
     authorized by law after the date of the enactment of this 
     Act: Provided further, That there may be credited to this 
     appropriation funds received from States, counties, 
     municipalities, foreign authorities, other public 
     authorities, and private sources, for expenses incurred in 
     the provision

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     of agency services, including receipts for the maintenance 
     and operation of air navigation facilities, and for issuance, 
     renewal or modification of certificates, including airman, 
     aircraft, and repair station certificates, or for tests 
     related thereto, or for processing major repair or alteration 
     forms: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under 
     this heading, not less than $6,000,000 shall be for the 
     contract tower cost-sharing program: Provided further, That 
     funds may be used to enter into a grant agreement with a 
     nonprofit standard-setting organization to assist in the 
     development of aviation safety standards: Provided further, 
     That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for new 
     applicants for the second career training program: Provided 
     further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be 
     available for paying premium pay under 5 U.S.C. 5546(a) to 
     any Federal Aviation Administration employee unless such 
     employee actually performed work during the time 
     corresponding to such premium pay: Provided further, That 
     none of the funds in this Act may be obligated or expended to 
     operate a manned auxiliary flight service station in the 
     contiguous United States: Provided further, That none of the 
     funds in this Act for aeronautical charting and cartography 
     are available for activities conducted by, or coordinated 
     through, the Working Capital Fund.

                        Facilities and Equipment


                    (airport and airway trust fund)

       For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 
     acquisition, establishment, and improvement by contract or 
     purchase, and hire of air navigation and experimental 
     facilities and equipment as authorized under part A of 
     subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code, including 
     initial acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant; 
     engineering and service testing, including construction of 
     test facilities and acquisition of necessary sites by lease 
     or grant; construction and furnishing of quarters and related 
     accommodations for officers and employees of the Federal 
     Aviation Administration stationed at remote localities where 
     such accommodations are not available; and the purchase, 
     lease, or transfer of aircraft from funds available under 
     this heading; to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust 
     Fund, $2,981,022,000, of which $2,576,366,760 shall remain 
     available until September 30, 2005, and of which $404,655,240 
     shall remain available until September 30, 2003: Provided, 
     That there may be credited to this appropriation funds 
     received from States, counties, municipalities, other public 
     authorities, and private sources, for expenses incurred in 
     the establishment and modernization of air navigation 
     facilities: Provided further, That upon initial submission to 
     the Congress of the fiscal year 2004 President's budget, the 
     Secretary of Transportation shall transmit to the Congress a 
     comprehensive capital investment plan for the Federal 
     Aviation Administration which includes funding for each 
     budget line item for fiscal years 2004 through 2008, with 
     total funding for each year of the plan constrained to the 
     funding targets for those years as estimated and approved by 
     the Office of Management and Budget.

                        Facilities and Equipment


                    (airport and airway trust fund)

                              (rescission)

       Of the available balances under this heading, $20,000,000 
     are rescinded.

                 Research, Engineering, and Development


                    (airport and airway trust fund)

       For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 
     research, engineering, and development, as authorized under 
     part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code, 
     including construction of experimental facilities and 
     acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant, 
     $148,450,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust 
     Fund and to remain available until September 30, 2005: 
     Provided, That there may be credited to this appropriation 
     funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other 
     public authorities, and private sources, for expenses 
     incurred for research, engineering, and development.

                       Grants-in-Aid for Airports


                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                      (limitation on obligations)

                    (airport and airway trust fund)

       For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in-aid 
     for airport planning and development, and noise compatibility 
     planning and programs as authorized under subchapter I of 
     chapter 471 and subchapter I of chapter 475 of title 49, 
     United States Code, and under other law authorizing such 
     obligations; for procurement, installation, and commissioning 
     of runway incursion prevention devices and systems at 
     airports of such title; for implementation of section 203 of 
     Public Law 106-181; and for inspection activities and 
     administration of airport safety programs, including those 
     related to airport operating certificates under section 44706 
     of title 49, United States Code, $3,100,000,000, to be 
     derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and to remain 
     available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds 
     under this heading shall be available for the planning or 
     execution of programs the obligations for which are in excess 
     of $3,400,000,000 in fiscal year 2003, notwithstanding 
     section 47117(g) of title 49, United States Code: Provided 
     further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, not 
     more than $63,620,000 of funds limited under this heading 
     shall be obligated for administration and not less than 
     $20,000,000 shall be for the Small Community Air Service 
     Development Pilot Program.

                   Aviation Insurance Revolving Fund

       The Secretary of Transportation is hereby authorized to 
     make such expenditures and investments, within the limits of 
     funds available pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 44307, and in 
     accordance with section 104 of the Government Corporation 
     Control Act, as amended (31 U.S.C. 9104), as may be necessary 
     in carrying out the program for aviation insurance activities 
     under chapter 443 of title 49, United States Code.

                     FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION

                 Limitation on Administrative Expenses

       Necessary expenses for administration and operation of the 
     Federal Highway Administration, not to exceed $316,126,000, 
     shall be paid in accordance with law from appropriations made 
     available by this Act to the Federal Highway Administration 
     together with advances and reimbursements received by the 
     Federal Highway Administration: Provided, That of the funds 
     available under section 104(a)(1)(A) of title 23, United 
     States Code: $7,500,000 shall be available for ``Child 
     Passenger Protection Education Grants'' under section 2003(b) 
     of Public Law 105-178, as amended; $47,000,000 shall be 
     available for construction of state border safety inspection 
     facilities at the United States/Mexico border, and shall 
     remain available until expended; $59,967,000 shall be 
     available for border enforcement activities required by 
     section 350 of Public Law 107-87, and shall remain available 
     until expended; $269,700,000 shall be available in addition 
     to funds made available by section 330 of this Act, to enable 
     the Secretary of Transportation to make grants for surface 
     transportation projects, and shall remain available until 
     expended; and $7,000,000 shall be available for environmental 
     streamlining activities, which may include making grants to, 
     or entering into contracts, cooperative agreements, and other 
     transactions, with a Federal agency, State agency, local 
     agency, authority, association, nonprofit or for-profit 
     corporation, or institution of higher education: Provided 
     further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     surface transportation projects identified in the Joint 
     Explanatory Statement of the Committee of Conference 
     accompanying this Act are eligible for funding made available 
     for surface transportation projects under this heading: 
     Provided further, That the Federal share payable on account 
     of any such project carried out with funds made available 
     under this heading shall be 100 percent.

                          Federal-Aid Highways


                      (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

                          (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

       None of the funds in this Act shall be available for the 
     implementation or execution of programs, the obligations for 
     which are in excess of $31,800,000,000 for Federal-aid 
     highways and highway safety construction programs for fiscal 
     year 2003: Provided, That within the $31,800,000,000 
     obligation limitation on Federal-aid highways and highway 
     safety construction programs, not more than $462,500,000 
     shall be available for the implementation or execution of 
     programs for transportation research (sections 502, 503, 504, 
     506, 507, and 508 of title 23, United States Code, as 
     amended; section 5505 of title 49, Unites States Code, as 
     amended; and sections 5112 and 5204-5209 of Public Law 105-
     178) for fiscal year 2003: Provided further, That this 
     limitation on transportation research programs shall not 
     apply to any authority previously made available for 
     obligation: Provided further, That within the $232,000,000 
     obligation limitation on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 
     the following sums shall be made available for Intelligent 
     Transportation System projects that are designed to achieve 
     the goals and purposes set forth in section 5203 of the 
     Intelligent Transportation Systems Act of 1998 (subtitle C of 
     title V of Public Law 105-178; 112 Stat. 453; 23 U.S.C. 502 
     note) in the following specified areas:
       Advance Traveler Information System & Smart Card System, 
     Ohio, $1,000,000;
       Advanced Traffic Analysis Center, North Dakota State 
     University, $1,000,000;
       Alaska Statewide: Smart Emergency Medical Access System, 
     $1,000,000;
       Automated Vehicle Location (AVL) and Mobile Data 
     Terminals--PalmTran, Palm Beach, Florida, $850,000;
       Baton Rouge, Louisiana, $750,000;
       Bozeman Pass Wildlife Channelization Study, Montana, 
     $250,000;
       Capital District Transportation Authority, Customer 
     Information ITS Project, New York, $800,000;
       CCTA Burlington Multimodal Transit Center, Vermont, 
     $500,000;
       C-DOT ITS for I-70 Tunnels, Colorado, $3,700,000;
       Center for Injury Sciences UAB Crash Notification, Alabama, 
     $3,000,000
       Central Florida Regional Trans. Authority Orange/Seminole 
     ITS, $1,500,000;
       Chapel Hill Transit, North Carolina, real time passenger 
     information system and vehicle location system, $750,000;
       Chattanooga (CARTA) ITS, Tennessee, $1,875,000;
       Cicero Avenue travel information system, Illinois, 
     $300,000;
       City of Austin, Texas ITS Deployment Program, Texas, 
     $500,000;
       City of Boston intelligent transportation system, 
     Massachusetts, $1,000,000;
       City of Inglewood, California intelligent transportation 
     system deployment project, $500,000;
       CVISN, New Mexico, $525,000;
       DelDOT Integrated Transportation Management System, 
     DelTrac, Statewide Transit Passenger Information System, 
     Delaware, $1,000,000;
       Elkhorn Boulevard Project, Sacramento, California, 
     $125,000;
       Emergency Vehicle Access Program, Antrim, Pennsylvania, 
     $60,000;
       Emergency Vehicle Optical Pre-Emption, Town of Islip, New 
     York, $595,000;
       Flint Mass Transportation Authority ITS program, Michigan, 
     $1,000,000;

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       Fog Detection Improvements and Traffic Monitoring, Rural 
     Mountain Region, North Carolina, $200,000;
       Gettysburg Borough Signal Coordination and Upgrade-
     Signalization; Adams County, Pennsylvania, $1,500,000;
       GMU ITS Research, Virginia, $1,000,000;
       Great Lakes ITS program, Michigan, $1,500,000;
       Harrison County Sheriff's Department ITS, Mississippi, 
     $750,000;
       HART Bus Tracking & Communication, Florida, $4,000,000;
       Hoosier SAFE-T, Indiana, $500,000;
       Houma, Louisiana, $1,250,000;
       Huntsville, Alabama, $1,500,000;
       I-80 Dynamic Message Signs, Southern Wyoming, $3,000,000;
       I-90 Truck Wind Warning System, Columbia River, Washington, 
     $125,000;
       Idaho Commercial Vehicle Systems and Networks (CVISN), 
     $750,000;
       Illinois Statewide, $2,500,000;
       Intelligent transportation, Autonomous dial-a-ride transit 
     (ADART) phase IV implementation, Corpus Christi, Texas, 
     $500,000;
       Intermodal ITS center, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, $500,000;
       Interstate 95/Interstate 40 travel information 
     improvements, Johnston County, North Carolina, $500,000;
       Iowa Statewide ITS, Iowa, $1,400,000;
       Kansas City Scout Advanced Traffic Management System, 
     Missouri, $1,500,000;
       Kansas City, Kansas Smart Port, $500,000;
       Kent Intracity Transit Project, Washington, $1,500,000;
       Law Enforcement Communications for Security, Biometrics, 
     Iowa, $2,550,000;
       Lynnwood ITS, Washington, $2,000,000;
       Macomb County ITS Integration, Michigan, $250,000;
       Maine Statewide Rural Advanced Traveler Info. System, 
     $1,000,000;
       Maryland Statewide ITS, $1,000,000;
       Metrolina Traffic Management Center Communication, North 
     Carolina, $2,000,000;
       MetroLink Los Angeles Union Station (LAUS) passenger 
     information delivery system project, California, $500,000;
       Minnesota Guidestar, $9,100,000;
       Missouri Statewide Rural ITS, $2,150,000;
       Montachusett Area Regional Transit (MART) advanced vehicle 
     located system, Massachusetts, $200,000;
       Monterey-Salinas Transit, intelligent transportation 
     system, California, $750,000;
       Nebraska statewide ITS, $3,000,000;
       New Bedford ITS Port Information Center, Massachusetts, 
     $1,000,000;
       New York Metropolitan Area enhanced operations, New York, 
     $655,000;
       Northern Virginia ITS, Virginia, $750,000;
       Oklahoma Statewide ITS, $2,750,000;
       Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, Pennsylvania, $2,000,000;
       Program of Projects, Washington, $5,000,000;
       Providence Transportation Information Center ITS, Rhode 
     Island, $1,500,000;
       Richmond Highway intelligent transportation system project, 
     Virginia, $400,000;
       Round Rock, Texas, Williamson County, Communications 
     Integration, $500,000;
       Rural Highway Information System, Kentucky, $6,000,000;
       Sacramento Area Council of Governments, Sacramento region 
     intelligent transportation system projects, California, 
     $1,000,000;
       Salem, New Hampshire ITS, $900,000;
       San Diego Joint Transportation Operations Center, 
     California, $2,000,000;
       Santa Teresa Border Tech Center, New Mexico State 
     University, $1,000,000;
       Shreveport ITS, Louisiana, $1,000,000;
       Sierra Madre Intermodal Transportation Center, California, 
     $1,500,000;
       South Carolina DOT Statewide ITS, $1,500,000;
       South Com Regional Dispatch Trauma Center, Matteson, 
     Olympia Fields, and Richton Park, Illinois, $100,000;
       SR-68/Riverside Dr. ITS, Espanola, New Mexico, $500,000;
       State of Wisconsin, deployment of commercial vehicle 
     information system and networks, level one capability, 
     $500,000;
       Statewide Transportation Operations Center, Kentucky, 
     $1,365,000;
       Surface Transportation Institute, University of North 
     Dakota, $1,000,000;
       Surveillance Camera and Transportation Management Center, 
     Des Moines, Iowa, $400,000;
       The Rapid, Grand Rapids, Michigan Public Transportation, 
     $1,000,000;
       Traffic Corridor Communications System, Lake County, 
     Illinois, $2,000,000;
       Tri-Cities Advanced Traffic Management System, Washington, 
     $500,000;
       Tucson ER-LINK ITS project, Arizona, $625,000;
       UALR Intelligent transportation system, Little Rock, 
     Arkansas, $250,000;
       University of Nebraska Lincoln SMART Transportation, 
     $1,000,000;
       University of Kentucky Transportation Center, $1,500,000;
       US-395 Columbia River Bridge Traffic Operations and 
     Traveler Information System, Washington, $250,000;
       Utah ITS Commuter Link, Davis and Utah Counties, 
     $1,000,000;
       Vermont Statewide Rural Advanced Traveler System, 
     $1,500,000;
       Vermont Variable Message Signs, $1,000,000;
       Washington, DC Metro ITS, $2,000,000;
       Wisconsin State Patrol Mobile Data Communications Network 
     Upgrade, $2,000,000.

                          Federal-Aid Highways


                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                          (highway trust fund)

       For carrying out the provisions of title 23, United States 
     Code, that are attributable to Federal-aid highways, 
     including the National Scenic and Recreational Highway as 
     authorized by 23 U.S.C. 148, not otherwise provided, 
     including reimbursement for sums expended pursuant to the 
     provisions of 23 U.S.C. 308, $32,000,000,000 or so much 
     thereof as may be available in and derived from the Highway 
     Trust Fund, to remain available until expended.


                              (rescission)

       Of the unobligated balances made available under Public Law 
     103-331, Public Law 102-388, Public Law 102-240, Public Law 
     102-143, Public Law 101-516, Public Law 97-424, Public Law 
     101-164, Public Law 100-17, and Public Law 95-599, $5,609,337 
     is rescinded.


                              (RESCISSION)

       Of the unobligated balances of funds apportioned to each 
     state under the programs authorized under sections 
     1101(a)(1), 1101(a)(2), 1101(a)(3), 1101(a)(4) and 1101(a)(5) 
     of Public Law 105-178, as amended, $250,000,000 are 
     rescinded.

                 Appalachian Development Highway System

       For necessary expenses for the Appalachian Development 
     Highway System as authorized under section 1069(y) of Public 
     Law 102-240, as amended, $188,000,000, to remain available 
     until expended.

              FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION


                          Motor Carrier Safety

                 limitation on administrative expenses

                          (highway trust fund)

       For necessary expenses for administration of motor carrier 
     safety programs and motor carrier safety research, pursuant 
     to section 104(a)(1)(B) of title 23, United States Code, not 
     to exceed $117,464,000 shall be paid in accordance with law 
     from appropriations made available by this Act and from any 
     available take-down balances to the Federal Motor Carrier 
     Safety Administration, together with advances and 
     reimbursements received by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
     Administration: Provided, That such amounts shall be 
     available to carry out the functions and operations of the 
     Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

                 National Motor Carrier Safety Program


                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                      (limitation on obligations)

                          (highway trust fund)

        Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for payment of 
     obligations incurred in carrying out 49 U.S.C. 31102, 31106 
     and 31309, $190,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust 
     Fund and to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
     none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the 
     implementation or execution of programs the obligations for 
     which are in excess of $190,000,000 for ``Motor Carrier 
     Safety Grants'', and ``Information Systems''.

             NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

                        Operations and Research

       For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the 
     Secretary, with respect to traffic and highway safety under 
     chapter 301 of title 49, United States Code, and part C of 
     subtitle VI of title 49, United States Code, $138,288,000, of 
     which $98,161,131 shall remain available until September 30, 
     2005: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated by this 
     Act may be obligated or expended to plan, finalize, or 
     implement any rulemaking to add to section 575.104 of title 
     49 of the Code of Federal Regulations any requirement 
     pertaining to a grading standard that is different from the 
     three grading standards (treadwear, traction, and temperature 
     resistance) already in effect.

                        Operations and Research


                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                      (limitation on obligations)

                          (highway trust fund)

       For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the 
     provisions of 23 U.S.C. 403, to remain available until 
     expended, $72,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust 
     Fund: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be 
     available for the planning or execution of programs the total 
     obligations for which, in fiscal year 2003, are in excess of 
     $72,000,000 for programs authorized under 23 U.S.C. 403.

                        National Driver Register


                          (highway trust fund)

       For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the 
     Secretary with respect to the National Driver Register under 
     chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code, $2,000,000, 
     to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund, and to remain 
     available until expended.

                     Highway Traffic Safety Grants


                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                      (limitation on obligations)

                          (highway trust fund)

       Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for payment of 
     obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions of 23 
     U.S.C. 402, 405, and 410, to remain available until expended, 
     $225,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund: 
     Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be 
     available for the planning or execution of programs the total 
     obligations for which, in fiscal year 2003, are in excess of 
     $225,000,000 for programs authorized under 23 U.S.C. 402, 
     405, and 410, of which $165,000,000 shall be for ``Highway 
     Safety Programs'' under 23 U.S.C. 402, $20,000,000 shall be 
     for ``Occupant Protection Incentive Grants'' under 23 U.S.C. 
     405, and $40,000,000 shall be for ``Alcohol-Impaired Driving 
     Countermeasures Grants'' under 23 U.S.C. 410: Provided 
     further, That none of these funds shall be used for 
     construction, rehabilitation, or

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     remodeling costs, or for office furnishings and fixtures for 
     State, local, or private buildings or structures: Provided 
     further, That not to exceed $8,150,000 of the funds made 
     available for section 402, not to exceed $1,000,000 of the 
     funds made available for section 405, and not to exceed 
     $2,000,000 of the funds made available for section 410 shall 
     be available to NHTSA for administering highway safety grants 
     under chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code: Provided 
     further, That not to exceed $500,000 of the funds made 
     available for section 410 ``Alcohol-Impaired Driving 
     Countermeasures Grants'' shall be available for technical 
     assistance to the States.

                    FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION

                         Safety and Operations

       For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad 
     Administration, not otherwise provided for, $117,363,000, of 
     which $6,636,000 shall remain available until expended.

                   Railroad Research and Development

       For necessary expenses for railroad research and 
     development, $29,325,000, to remain available until expended.

            Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Program

        The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to issue to 
     the Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obligations 
     pursuant to section 512 of the Railroad Revitalization and 
     Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 94-210), as 
     amended, in such amounts and at such times as may be 
     necessary to pay any amounts required pursuant to the 
     guarantee of the principal amount of obligations under 
     sections 511 through 513 of such Act, such authority to exist 
     as long as any such guaranteed obligation is outstanding: 
     Provided, That pursuant to section 502 of such Act, as 
     amended, no new direct loans or loan guarantee commitments 
     shall be made using Federal funds for the credit risk premium 
     during fiscal year 2003: Provided further, That no payments 
     of principal or interest shall be collected during fiscal 
     year 2003 for the direct loan made to the National Railroad 
     Passenger Corporation under section 502 of such Act.

                    Next Generation High-Speed Rail

       For necessary expenses for the Next Generation High-Speed 
     Rail program as authorized under 49 U.S.C. 26101 and 26102, 
     $30,450,000,  to remain available until expended.

                     Alaska Railroad Rehabilitation

       To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to 
     the Alaska Railroad, $22,000,000 shall be for capital 
     rehabilitation and improvements benefiting its passenger 
     operations, to remain available until expended.


         grants to the national railroad passenger corporation

       To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to 
     the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, $1,050,000,000, 
     to remain available until September 30, 2003, including 
     $522,000,000 for quarterly grants for operating expenses, 
     $295,000,000 for quarterly grants for capital expenses along 
     the Northeast Corridor Mainline, and $233,000,000 for 
     quarterly grants for general capital improvements: Provided, 
     That the Secretary of Transportation shall approve funding to 
     cover operating losses and a long-distance train of the 
     National Railroad Passenger Corporation only after receiving 
     and reviewing a grant request for each specific train route: 
     Provided further, That each such grant request shall be 
     accompanied by a detailed financial analysis and revenue 
     projection justifying the federal support to the Secretary's 
     satisfaction: Provided further, That the Secretary of 
     Transportation and the Amtrak Board of Directors shall ensure 
     that, of the amount made available under this heading, 
     sufficient sums are reserved to satisfy the contractual 
     obligations of the National Railroad Passenger Corporation 
     for commuter and intercity passenger rail service: Provided 
     further, That within 60 days of enactment of this Act but not 
     later than May 1, 2003, Amtrak shall transmit to the 
     Secretary of Transportation and the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations a business plan for operating 
     and capital improvements to be funded in fiscal year 2003 
     under section 24104(a) of title 49, United States Code: 
     Provided further, That the business plan shall include a 
     description of the work to be funded, along with cost 
     estimates and an estimated timetable for completion of the 
     projects covered by this business plan: provided further, 
     That not later than June 1, 2003 and each month thereafter, 
     Amtrak shall submit to the Secretary of Transportation and 
     the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations a 
     supplemental report regarding the business plan, which shall 
     describe the work completed to date, any changes to the 
     business plan, and the reasons for such changes: Provided 
     further, That excluding payments made before March 1, 2003, 
     none of the funds in this Act may be used for operating 
     expenses and capital projects not approved by the Secretary 
     of Transportation nor on the National Railroad Passenger 
     Corporation's fiscal year 2003 business plan: Provided 
     further, That none of the funds under this heading may be 
     obligated or expended until the National Railroad Passenger 
     Corporation agrees to continue abiding by the provisions of 
     paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 5, 9, and 11 of the summary of conditions 
     for the direct loan agreement of June 28, 2002, in the same 
     manner as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act.

                     FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION

                        Administrative Expenses

       For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal 
     Transit Administration's programs authorized by chapter 53 of 
     title 49, United States Code, $14,600,000: Provided, That no 
     more than $73,000,000 of budget authority shall be available 
     for these purposes: Provided further, That of the funds in 
     this Act available for the execution of contracts under 
     section 5327(c) of title 49, United States Code, $2,000,000 
     shall be reimbursed to the Department of Transportation's 
     Office of Inspector General for costs associated with audits 
     and investigations of transit-related issues, including 
     reviews of new fixed guideway systems: Provided further, That 
     not to exceed $2,600,000 for the National transit database 
     shall remain available until expended.

                             Formula Grants


                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5307, 5308, 
     5310, 5311, 5327, and section 3038 of Public Law 105-178, 
     $767,800,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
     That no more than $3,839,000,000 of budget authority shall be 
     available for these purposes: Provided further, That 
     notwithstanding section 3008 of Public Law 105-178, 
     $50,000,000 of the funds to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5308 shall be 
     transferred to and merged with funding provided for the 
     replacement, rehabilitation, and purchase of buses and 
     related equipment and the construction of bus-related 
     facilities under ``Federal Transit Administration, Capital 
     investment grants''.

                   University Transportation Research

       For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5505, 
     $1,200,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
     That no more than $6,000,000 of budget authority shall be 
     available for these purposes.

                     Transit Planning and Research

       For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5303, 5304, 
     5305, 5311(b)(2), 5312, 5313(a), 5314, 5315, and 5322, 
     $24,200,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
     That no more than $122,000,000 of budget authority shall be 
     available for these purposes: Provided further, That 
     $5,250,000 is available to provide rural transportation 
     assistance (49 U.S.C. 5311(b)(2)), $4,000,000 is available to 
     carry out programs under the National Transit Institute (49 
     U.S.C. 5315), $8,250,000 is available to carry out transit 
     cooperative research programs (49 U.S.C. 5313(a)), 
     $60,385,600 is available for metropolitan planning (49 U.S.C. 
     5303, 5304, and 5305), $12,614,400 is available for State 
     planning (49 U.S.C. 5313(b)); and $31,500,000 is available 
     for the national planning and research program (49 U.S.C. 
     5314).

                      Trust Fund Share of Expenses


                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                          (highway trust fund)

       Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for payment of 
     obligations incurred in carrying out 49 U.S.C. 5303-5308, 
     5310-5315, 5317(b), 5322, 5327, 5334, 5505, and sections 3037 
     and 3038 of Public Law 105-178, $5,781,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended, and to be derived from the Mass 
     Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund: Provided, That 
     $3,071,200,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit 
     Administration's formula grants account: Provided further, 
     That $97,800,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit 
     Administration's transit planning and research account: 
     Provided further, That $58,400,000 shall be paid to the 
     Federal Transit Administration's administrative expenses 
     account: Provided further, That $4,800,000 shall be paid to 
     the Federal Transit Administration's university 
     transportation research account: Provided further, That 
     $120,000,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit 
     Administration's job access and reverse commute grants 
     program: Provided further, That $2,428,800,000 shall be paid 
     to the Federal Transit Administration's capital investment 
     grants account.

                       Capital Investment Grants


                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5308, 5309, 
     5318, and 5327, $607,200,000, to remain available until 
     expended: Provided, That no more than $3,036,000,000 of 
     budget authority shall be available for these purposes: 
     Provided further, That there shall be available for fixed 
     guideway modernization, $1,214,400,000; there shall be 
     available for the replacement, rehabilitation, and purchase 
     of buses and related equipment and the construction of bus-
     related facilities, $607,200,000, which shall include 
     $50,000,000 made available under 5309(m)(3)(C) of this title, 
     plus $50,000,000 transferred from ``Federal Transit 
     Administration, Formula Grants''; and there shall be 
     available for new fixed guideway systems $1,214,400,000, 
     together with $45,000,000 transferred from the Job Access and 
     Reverse Commute Grants Program account and all unobligated 
     balances made available in Public Law 105-277 to carry out 
     section 3037 of Public Law 105-178, as amended; to be 
     available as follows:
       Alaska-Hawaii Setaside, $10,296,000;
       Altamont, CA, Commuter Express Maintenance Facility San 
     Joaquin Rail Commission, $1,000,000;
       Atlanta North Springs, GA (North Line Extension), 
     $16,110,000;
       Baltimore, MD, Central LRT Double Tracking Project, 
     $18,000,000;
       Birmingham, AL, Transit Corridor Study, $2,000,000;
       Boston, MA, North Shore Corridor Project, $338,000;
       Boston, MA, South Boston Piers Transitway, $681,000;
       Bridgeport, CT, Intermodal Transportation Center Project, 
     $2,500,000;
       Burlington-Middlebury, VT, Commuter Rail, $1,500,000;
       Central Phoenix/East Valley, AZ, Light Rail, $12,000,000;
       Charlotte, NC, South Corridor Light Rail Transit Project, 
     $11,000,000;
       Chicago Transit Authority, IL, Dougals Branch 
     Reconstruction, $55,000,000;
       Chicago Transit Authority, IL, Ravenswood Reconstruction, 
     $3,000,000;
       Cleveland, OH, Euclid Corridor Transportation Project, 
     $6,000,000;
       Dallas, TX, North Central Light Rail Extension, 
     $60,000,000;

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       Denver, CO, Southeast Center LRT (T-REX), $70,000,000;
       Fort Lauderdale, Tri-County Commuter Rail Upgrades, 
     $29,250,000;
       Houston, TX, Advanced Metro Transit Plan, $11,000,000;
       Las Vegas, NV, Resort Corridor Fixed Guideway, $7,000,000;
       Little Rock, AR, River Rail Streetcar Project, $1,700,000;
       Los Angeles, CA, Eastside Corridor LRT, $4,000,000;
       Los Angeles, CA, North Hollywood Red Line, $40,490,000;
       Lowell, MA to Nashua, NH, Commuter Rail Extension, 
     $3,000,000;
       Maryland, MARC Commuter Rail Improvements, $11,750,000;
       Memphis, TN, Medical Center Rail Extension, $15,610,000;
       Metra Commuter Rail and Line Extension Projects (North 
     Central, Union Pacific West, SouthWest), $52,000,000;
       Metro North Rolling Stock, CT, $4,000,000;
       Minneapolis, MN, Hiawatha Corridor LRT, $60,000,000;
       Minneapolis, MN, Northstar Corridor, $5,000,000;
       Nashville, TN, East Corridor Commuter Rail, $4,000,000;
       New Jersey, Hudson-Bergen Light Rail--MOS1, $19,200,000;
       New Jersey, Hudson-Bergen Light Rail--MOS2, $50,000,000;
       New Orleans, LA, Canal Street Streetcar Project, 
     $22,000,000;
       New York, Long Island Railroad East Side Access Project, 
     $13,500,000;
       New York, Second Avenue Subway, $2,000,000;
       Newark-Elizabeth, NJ, Rail Link, $60,000,000;
       Northern Indiana South Shore Commuter Rail Project, 
     $2,500,000;
       Oceanside-Escondido, CA, Rail Corridor, $13,600,000;
       Ogden to Provo, UT, Commuter Rail Corridor, $5,000,000;
       Orange County, CA, Centerline Light Rail Project, 
     $1,500,000;
       Pawtucket, RI, Layover Facility, $4,500,000;
       Pittsburgh, PA, North Shore Connector, $7,025,000;
       Pittsburgh, PA, Stage II LRT Reconstruction, $26,250,000;
       Portland, OR, Interstate MAX Light Rail Extension, 
     $70,000,000;
       Puget Sound, WA, Sounder Commuter Rail, $30,000,000;
       Raleigh, NC, Triangle Transit Regional Rail Service, 
     $9,000,000;
       Salt Lake City, UT, CBD to University LRT, $68,760,000;
       Salt Lake City, UT, Medical Center LRT, $12,000,000;
       Salt Lake City, UT, North/South LRT, $720,000;
       San Diego, CA, Trolley Mission Valley East LRT Extension, 
     $65,000,000;
       San Francisco, CA, BART Extension to San Francisco Airport, 
     $100,000,000;
       San Francisco, CA, Third Street Light Rail Extension (Phase 
     II), $1,500,000;
       San Jose, CA, Silicon Valley Rapid Transit Corridor 
     Project, $250,000;
       San Juan, PR, Tren Urbano, $40,000,000;
       Scranton, PA to New York City, NY, Passenger Rail Service, 
     $2,000,000;
       SEPTA, PA, Schuylkill Valley Metro Line, $9,000,000;
       St. Louis, MO, Metrolink, St. Clair Extension, $3,370,000;
       Stamford, CT, Urban Transitway, $10,000,000;
       Vermont Transportation Authority Rolling Stock, $500,000;
       Virginia Railway Express project, $2,000,000;
       Washington, DC, Dulles Corridor Rapid Transit Project, 
     $26,500,000;
       Washington, DC/MD, Largo Extension, $60,000,000;
       Wilmington, DE, Train Station improvements, $2,000,000;
       Wilsonville-Beaverton Commuter Rail Line, OR, $2,500,000.

                 Job Access and Reverse Commute Grants

       Notwithstanding section 3037(l)(3) of Public Law 105-178, 
     as amended, for necessary expenses to carry out section 3037 
     of the Federal Transit Act of 1998, $30,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended: Provided, That no more than 
     $150,000,000 of budget authority shall be available for these 
     purposes: Provided further, That up to $300,000 of the funds 
     provided under this heading may be used by the Federal 
     Transit Administration for technical assistance and support 
     and performance reviews of the Job Access and Reverse Commute 
     Grants program: Provided further, That $45,000,000 of the 
     funds provided under this heading together with all 
     unobligated balances made available in Public Law 105-277 to 
     carry out section 3037 of Public Law 105-178 shall be 
     transferred to and merged with funds for new fixed guideway 
     systems under the Federal Transit Administration's Capital 
     Investment Grants account.

             SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

             Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation

       The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation is hereby 
     authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of 
     funds and borrowing authority available to the Corporation, 
     and in accord with law, and to make such contracts and 
     commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as 
     provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation Control 
     Act, as amended, as may be necessary in carrying out the 
     programs set forth in the Corporation's budget for the 
     current fiscal year.

                       Operations and Maintenance


                    (harbor maintenance trust fund)

       For necessary expenses for operations and maintenance of 
     those portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway operated and 
     maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development 
     Corporation, $14,086,000, to be derived from the Harbor 
     Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to Public Law 99-662.

              RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION

                     Research and Special Programs

       For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the 
     Research and Special Programs Administration, $40,980,000, of 
     which $645,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety 
     Fund, and of which $3,250,000 shall remain available until 
     September 30, 2005: Provided, That up to $1,200,000 in fees 
     collected under 49 U.S.C. 5108(g) shall be deposited in the 
     general fund of the Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided 
     further, That there may be credited to this appropriation, to 
     be available until expended, funds received from States, 
     counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and 
     private sources for expenses incurred for training, for 
     reports publication and dissemination, and for travel 
     expenses incurred in performance of hazardous materials 
     exemptions and approvals functions.

                            Pipeline Safety


                         (pipeline safety fund)

                    (oil spill liability trust fund)

       For expenses necessary to conduct the functions of the 
     pipeline safety program, for grants-in-aid to carry out a 
     pipeline safety program, as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 60107, 
     and to discharge the pipeline program responsibilities of the 
     Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $63,842,000, of which $7,472,000 
     shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund and 
     shall remain available until September 30, 2005; of which 
     $56,370,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund, 
     of which $24,823,000 shall remain available until September 
     30, 2005.

                     Emergency Preparedness Grants


                     (emergency preparedness fund)

       For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5127(c), 
     $200,000, to be derived from the Emergency Preparedness Fund, 
     to remain available until September 30, 2005: Provided, That 
     not more than $14,300,000 shall be made available for 
     obligation in fiscal year 2003 from amounts made available by 
     49 U.S.C. 5116(i) and 5127(d): Provided further, That none of 
     the funds made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i) and 5127(d) 
     shall be made available for obligation by individuals other 
     than the Secretary of Transportation, or his designee.

                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
     to carry out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 
     1978, as amended, $57,421,000: Provided, That the Inspector 
     General shall have all necessary authority, in carrying out 
     the duties specified in the Inspector General Act, as amended 
     (5 U.S.C. App. 3) to investigate allegations of fraud, 
     including false statements to the government (18 U.S.C. 
     1001), by any person or entity that is subject to regulation 
     by the Department: Provided further, That the funds made 
     available under this heading shall be used to investigate, 
     pursuant to section 41712 of title 49, United States Code: 
     (1) unfair or deceptive practices and unfair methods of 
     competition by domestic and foreign air carriers and ticket 
     agents; and (2) the compliance of domestic and foreign air 
     carriers with respect to item (1) of this proviso.

                      SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Surface Transportation Board, 
     including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $19,450,000: 
     Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     not to exceed $1,000,000 from fees established by the 
     Chairman of the Surface Transportation Board shall be 
     credited to this appropriation as offsetting collections and 
     used for necessary and authorized expenses under this 
     heading: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated 
     from the general fund shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar 
     basis as such offsetting collections are received during 
     fiscal year 2003, to result in a final appropriation from the 
     general fund estimated at no more than $18,450,000.

                                TITLE II

                            RELATED AGENCIES

       ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS COMPLIANCE BOARD

                         Salaries and Expenses

       For expenses necessary for the Architectural and 
     Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, as authorized by 
     section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended 
     $5,194,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, there may be credited to this appropriation 
     funds received for publications and training expenses.

                  NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD

                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses of the National Transportation 
     Safety Board, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and 
     aircraft; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at 
     rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate 
     equivalent to the rate for a GS-15; uniforms, or allowances 
     therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902) 
     $72,450,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 may be used for 
     official reception and representation expenses.

                               TITLE III

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS


                     (including transfers of funds)

       Sec. 301. During the current fiscal year applicable 
     appropriations to the Department of

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     Transportation shall be available for maintenance and 
     operation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor vehicles and 
     aircraft; purchase of liability insurance for motor vehicles 
     operating in foreign countries on official department 
     business; and uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized 
     by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902).
       Sec. 302. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 
     2003 pay raises for programs funded in this Act shall be 
     absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act or 
     previous appropriations Acts.
       Sec. 303. Appropriations contained in this Act for the 
     Department of Transportation shall be available for services 
     as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals 
     not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for an 
     Executive Level IV.
       Sec. 304. None of the funds in this Act shall be available 
     for salaries and expenses of more than 106 political and 
     Presidential appointees in the Department of Transportation: 
     Provided, That none of the personnel covered by this 
     provision or political and Presidential appointees in an 
     independent agency funded in this Act may be assigned on 
     temporary detail outside the Department of Transportation or 
     such independent agency.
       Sec. 305. 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 intervening 
     in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings funded in this Act.
       Sec. 306. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall 
     remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal 
     year, nor may any be transferred to other appropriations, 
     unless expressly so provided herein.
       Sec. 307. The expenditure of any appropriation under this 
     Act for any consulting service through procurement contract 
     pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 
     shall be limited to those contracts where such expenditures 
     are a matter of public record and available for public 
     inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing 
     law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to 
     existing law.
       Sec. 308. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to 
     implement section 404 of title 23, United States Code.
       Sec. 309. The limitations on obligations for the programs 
     of the Federal Transit Administration shall not apply to any 
     authority under 49 U.S.C. 5338, previously made available for 
     obligation, or to any other authority previously made 
     available for obligation.
       Sec. 310. (a) For fiscal year 2003, the Secretary of 
     Transportation shall--
       (1) not distribute from the obligation limitation for 
     Federal-aid Highways amounts authorized for administrative 
     expenses and programs funded from the administrative takedown 
     authorized by section 104(a)(1)(A) of title 23, United States 
     Code, for the highway use tax evasion program and for the 
     Bureau of Transportation Statistics;
       (2) not distribute an amount from the obligation limitation 
     for Federal-aid Highways that is equal to the unobligated 
     balance of amounts made available from the Highway Trust Fund 
     (other than the Mass Transit Account) for Federal-aid 
     highways and highway safety programs for the previous fiscal 
     year the funds for which are allocated by the Secretary;
       (3) determine the ratio that--
       (A) the obligation limitation for Federal-aid Highways less 
     the aggregate of amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) 
     and (2), bears to
       (B) the total of the sums authorized to be appropriated for 
     Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs 
     (other than sums authorized to be appropriated for sections 
     set forth in paragraphs (1) through (7) of subsection (b) and 
     sums authorized to be appropriated for section 105 of title 
     23, United States Code, equal to the amount referred to in 
     subsection (b)(8)) for such fiscal year less the aggregate of 
     the amounts not distributed under paragraph (1) of this 
     subsection;
       (4) distribute the obligation limitation for Federal-aid 
     Highways less the aggregate amounts not distributed under 
     paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 117 of title 23, United 
     States Code (relating to high priority projects program), 
     section 201 of the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 
     1965, the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge Authority Act of 
     1995, and $2,000,000,000 for such fiscal year under section 
     105 of title 23, United States Code (relating to minimum 
     guarantee) so that the amount of obligation authority 
     available for each of such sections is equal to the amount 
     determined by multiplying the ratio determined under 
     paragraph (3) by the sums authorized to be appropriated for 
     such section (except in the case of section 105, 
     $2,000,000,000) for such fiscal year;
       (5) distribute the obligation limitation provided for 
     Federal-aid Highways less the aggregate amounts not 
     distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) and amounts 
     distributed under paragraph (4) for each of the programs that 
     are allocated by the Secretary under title 23, United States 
     Code (other than activities to which paragraph (1) applies 
     and programs to which paragraph (4) applies) by multiplying 
     the ratio determined under paragraph (3) by the sums 
     authorized to be appropriated for such program for such 
     fiscal year: Provided, That the amount of obligation 
     limitation distributed for each program does not exceed 90 
     percent of the amount authorized to be appropriated for such 
     program, except that for each of the programs authorized 
     under section 129(c) of title 23, United States Code and 
     section 1064 of Public Law 102-240, as amended, sections 1118 
     and 1119 of Public Law 105-178, as amended, section 
     1101(a)(11) of Public Law 105-178, as amended, section 118(c) 
     of title 23, United States Code, section 144(g) of title 23, 
     United States Code, section 1221 of Public Law 105-178, as 
     amended, section 1101(a)(15) of Public Law 105-178, as 
     amended, section 104(b)(1)(A) of title 23, United States 
     Code, section 104(d)(1) of title 23, United States Code, and 
     section 202(b) of title 23, United States Code (excluding the 
     portion to be made available for Forest Highways under such 
     subsection), the amount of obligation limitation distributed 
     for each program shall equal the amount authorized to be 
     appropriated for such program; and
       (6) distribute the obligation limitation provided for 
     Federal-aid Highways less the aggregate amounts not 
     distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) and amounts 
     distributed under paragraphs (4) and (5) for Federal-aid 
     highways and highway safety construction programs (other 
     than the minimum guarantee program, but only to the extent 
     that amounts apportioned for the minimum guarantee program 
     for such fiscal year exceed $2,639,000,000, and the 
     Appalachian development highway system program) that are 
     apportioned by the Secretary under title 23, United States 
     Code, in the ratio that--
       (A) sums authorized to be appropriated for such programs 
     that are apportioned to each State for such fiscal year, bear 
     to
       (B) the total of the sums authorized to be appropriated for 
     such programs that are apportioned to all States for such 
     fiscal year.
       (b) The obligation limitation for Federal-aid Highways 
     shall not apply to obligations: (1) under section 125 of 
     title 23, United States Code; (2) under section 147 of the 
     Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1978; (3) under 
     section 9 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1981; (4) under 
     sections 131(b) and 131(j) of the Surface Transportation 
     Assistance Act of 1982; (5) under sections 149(b) and 149(c) 
     of the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation 
     Assistance Act of 1987; (6) under sections 1103 through 1108 
     of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 
     1991; (7) under section 157 of title 23, United States Code, 
     as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of 
     the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century; and (8) 
     under section 105 of title 23, United States Code (but, only 
     in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for such fiscal year).
       (c) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall 
     after August 1 for such fiscal year revise a distribution of 
     the obligation limitation made available under subsection (a) 
     if a State will not obligate the amount distributed during 
     that fiscal year and redistribute sufficient amounts to those 
     States able to obligate amounts in addition to those 
     previously distributed during that fiscal year giving 
     priority to those States having large unobligated balances of 
     funds apportioned under sections 104 and 144 of title 23, 
     United States Code, section 160 (as in effect on the day 
     before the enactment of the Transportation Equity Act for the 
     21st Century) of title 23, United States Code, and under 
     section 1015 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation 
     Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 1943-1945).
       (d) The obligation limitation shall apply to transportation 
     research programs carried out under chapter 5 of title 23, 
     United States Code, except that obligation authority made 
     available for such programs under such limitation shall 
     remain available for a period of 3 fiscal years.
       (e) Not later than 30 days after the date of the 
     distribution of obligation limitation under subsection (a), 
     the Secretary shall distribute to the States any funds: (1) 
     that are authorized to be appropriated for such fiscal year 
     for Federal-aid highways programs (other than the program 
     under section 160 of title 23, United States Code) and for 
     carrying out subchapter I of chapter 311 of title 49, United 
     States Code, and highway-related programs under chapter 4 of 
     title 23, United States Code; and (2) that the Secretary 
     determines will not be allocated to the States, and will not 
     be available for obligation, in such fiscal year due to the 
     imposition of any obligation limitation for such fiscal year. 
     Such distribution to the States shall be made in the same 
     ratio as the distribution of obligation authority under 
     subsection (a)(6). The funds so distributed shall be 
     available for any purposes described in section 133(b) of 
     title 23, United States Code.
       (f) Obligation limitation distributed for a fiscal year 
     under subsection (a)(4) of this section for a section set 
     forth in subsection (a)(4) shall remain available until used 
     and shall be in addition to the amount of any limitation 
     imposed on obligations for Federal-aid highway and highway 
     safety construction programs for future fiscal years.
       Sec. 311. (a) No recipient of funds made available in this 
     Act shall disseminate personal information (as defined in 18 
     U.S.C. 2725(3)) obtained by a State department of motor 
     vehicles in connection with a motor vehicle record as defined 
     in 18 U.S.C. 2725(1), except as provided in 18 U.S.C. 2721 
     for a use permitted under 18 U.S.C. 2721.
       (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall not 
     withhold funds provided in this Act for any grantee if a 
     State is in noncompliance with this provision.
       Sec. 312. None of the funds in this Act shall be available 
     to plan, finalize, or implement regulations that would 
     establish a vessel traffic safety fairway less than five 
     miles wide between the Santa Barbara Traffic Separation 
     Scheme and the San Francisco Traffic Separation Scheme.
       Sec. 313. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     airports may transfer, without consideration, to the Federal 
     Aviation Administration (FAA) instrument landing systems 
     (along with associated approach lighting equipment and runway 
     visual range equipment) which conform to FAA design and 
     performance specifications, the purchase of which was 
     assisted by a Federal airport-aid program, airport 
     development aid program or airport improvement program grant: 
     Provided, That, the Federal Aviation Administration shall 
     accept such equipment, which shall thereafter be operated 
     and maintained by FAA in accordance with agency criteria.
       Sec. 314. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and 
     except for fixed guideway modernization projects, funds made 
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     Act under ``Federal Transit Administration, Capital 
     investment grants'' for projects specified in this Act or 
     identified in reports accompanying this Act not obligated by 
     September 30, 2005, and other recoveries, shall be made 
     available for other projects under 49 U.S.C. 5309.
       Sec. 315. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
     funds appropriated before October 1, 2002, under any section 
     of chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, that remain 
     available for expenditure may be transferred to and 
     administered under the most recent appropriation heading for 
     any such section.
       Sec. 316. None of the funds in this Act may be used to 
     compensate in excess of 350 technical staff-years under the 
     federally funded research and development center contract 
     between the Federal Aviation Administration and the Center 
     for Advanced Aviation Systems Development during fiscal year 
     2003.
       Sec. 317. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     whenever an allocation is made of the sums authorized to be 
     appropriated for expenditure on the Federal lands highway 
     program, and whenever an apportionment is made of the sums 
     authorized to be appropriated for expenditure on the surface 
     transportation program, the congestion mitigation and air 
     quality improvement program, the National Highway System, the 
     Interstate maintenance program, the bridge program, the 
     Appalachian development highway system, and the minimum 
     guarantee program, the Secretary of Transportation shall--
       (1) deduct a sum in such amount not to exceed .45 percent 
     of all sums so made available, as the Secretary determines 
     necessary, to administer the provisions of law to be financed 
     from appropriations for motor carrier safety programs and 
     motor carrier safety research: Provided, That any deduction 
     by the Secretary of Transportation in accordance with this 
     subsection shall be deemed to be a deduction under section 
     104(a)(1)(B) of title 23, United States Code, and the sum so 
     deducted shall remain available until expended; and
       (2) deduct a sum in such amount not to exceed 2.65 percent 
     of all sums so made available, as the Secretary determines 
     necessary to administer the provisions of law to be financed 
     from appropriations for the programs authorized under 
     chapters 1 and 2 of title 23, United States Code, and to make 
     transfers in accordance with section 104(a)(1)(A)(ii) of 
     title 23, United States Code: Provided, That any deduction by 
     the Secretary of Transportation in accordance with this 
     subsection shall be deemed to be a deduction under section 
     104(a)(1)(A) of title 23, United States Code, and the sum so 
     deducted shall remain available until expended.
       Sec. 318. Funds received by the Federal Highway 
     Administration, Federal Transit Administration, and Federal 
     Railroad Administration from States, counties, 
     municipalities, other public authorities, and private sources 
     for expenses incurred for training may be credited 
     respectively to the Federal Highway Administration's 
     ``Federal-Aid Highways'' account, the Federal Transit 
     Administration's ``Transit Planning and Research'' account, 
     and to the Federal Railroad Administration's ``Safety and 
     Operations'' account, except for State rail safety inspectors 
     participating in training pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 20105.
       Sec. 319. Funds made available for Alaska or Hawaii ferry 
     boats or ferry terminal facilities pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 
     5309(m)(2)(B) may be used to construct new vessels and 
     facilities, or to improve existing vessels and facilities, 
     including both the passenger and vehicle-related elements of 
     such vessels and facilities, and for repair facilities: 
     Provided, That not more than $3,000,000 of the funds made 
     available pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 5309(m)(2)(B) may be used by 
     the State of Hawaii to initiate and operate a passenger 
     ferryboat services demonstration project to test the 
     viability of different intra-island and inter-island ferry 
     boat routes and technology: Provided further, That 
     notwithstanding-49 U.S.C. 5302(a)(7), funds made available 
     for Alaska or Hawaii ferry boats may be used to acquire 
     passenger ferry boats and to provide passenger ferry 
     transportation services within areas of the State of Hawaii 
     under the control or use of the National Park Service.
       Sec. 320. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received by 
     the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the sale of data 
     products, for necessary expenses incurred pursuant to 49 
     U.S.C. 111 may be credited to the Federal-aid highways 
     account for the purpose of reimbursing the Bureau for such 
     expenses: Provided, That such funds shall be subject to the 
     obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways and highway 
     safety construction.
       Sec. 321. (a) Section 47107 of title 49, United States 
     Code, is amended by inserting after section 47107(p) the 
     following:
       ``(q) Notwithstanding any written assurances prescribed in 
     subsections (a) through (p), a general aviation airport with 
     more than 300,000 annual operations may be exempt from having 
     to accept scheduled passenger air carrier service, provided 
     that the following conditions are met:
       ``(1) No scheduled passenger air carrier has provided 
     service at the airport within five years prior to January 1, 
     2002;
       ``(2) The airport is located within the Class B airspace of 
     an airport that maintains an airport operating certificate 
     pursuant to Section 44706 of title 49; and,
       ``(3) The certificated airport operating under Section 
     44706 of title 49 has sufficient capacity and does not 
     contribute to significant delays as defined by DOT/FAA in the 
     `Airport Capacity Benchmark Report 2001'.
       ``(r) An airport that meets the conditions of subsections 
     (q)(1) through (3) is not subject to Section 47524 of title 
     49 with respect to a prohibition on all scheduled passenger 
     service.''.
       (b) This section shall be effective upon enactment, 
     notwithstanding any other section of title 49.
       Sec. 322. None of the funds in this Act shall, in the 
     absence of express authorization by Congress, be used 
     directly or indirectly to pay for any personal service, 
     advertisement, telegraph, telephone, letter, printed or 
     written material, radio, television, video presentation, 
     electronic communications, or other device, intended or 
     designed to influence in any manner a Member of Congress or 
     of a State legislature to favor or oppose by vote or 
     otherwise, any legislation or appropriation by Congress or a 
     State legislature after the introduction of any bill or 
     resolution in Congress proposing such legislation or 
     appropriation, or after the introduction of any bill or 
     resolution in a State legislature proposing such legislation 
     or appropriation: Provided, That this shall not prevent 
     officers or employees of the Department of Transportation or 
     related agencies funded in this Act from communicating to 
     Members of Congress or to Congress, on the request of any 
     Member, or to members of a State legislature, or to a State 
     legislature, through the proper official channels, requests 
     for legislation or appropriations which they deem necessary 
     for the efficient conduct of business.
       Sec. 323. (a) Funds provided in Public Law 106-69 for the 
     Wilmington, Delaware downtown transit connector and funds 
     provided in Public Law 106-346 for the Wilmington downtown 
     corridor project shall be available for Wilmington, Delaware 
     commuter rail improvements.
       (b) Funds provided in Public Law 106-346 for Missoula 
     Ravalli Transportation Management Administration buses shall 
     be available for Missoula Ravalli Transportation Management 
     Administration buses and bus facilities.
       Sec. 324. (a) In General.--Hereafter, none of the funds 
     made available in this Act may be expended by an entity 
     unless the entity agrees that in expending the funds the 
     entity will comply with the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a-
     10c).
       (b) Sense of the Congress; Requirement Regarding Notice.--
       (1) Purchase of american-made equipment and products.--In 
     the case of any equipment or product that may be authorized 
     to be purchased with financial assistance provided using 
     funds made available in this Act, it is the sense of the 
     Congress that entities receiving the assistance should, in 
     expending the assistance, purchase only American-made 
     equipment and products to the greatest extent practicable.
       (2) Notice to recipients of assistance.--In providing 
     financial assistance using funds made available in this Act, 
     the head of each Federal agency shall provide to each 
     recipient of the assistance a notice describing the statement 
     made in paragraph (1) by the Congress.
       (c) Prohibition of Contracts With Persons Falsely Labeling 
     Products as Made in America.--If it has been finally 
     determined by a court or Federal agency that any person 
     intentionally affixed a label bearing a ``Made in America'' 
     inscription, or any inscription with the same meaning, to any 
     product sold in or shipped to the United States that is not 
     made in the United States, the person shall be ineligible to 
     receive any contract or subcontract made with funds made 
     available in this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, 
     and ineligibility procedures described in sections 9.400 
     through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.
       Sec. 325. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     Walnut Ridge Regional Airport shall transfer to the Federal 
     Aviation Administration (FAA) their localizer instrument 
     landing system, which shall thereafter be operated and 
     maintained by FAA in accordance with agency criteria.
       Sec. 326. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     Williams Gateway Airport shall transfer to the Federal 
     Aviation Administration (FAA) air traffic control tower 
     equipment, which shall thereafter be operated and maintained 
     by FAA in accordance with agency criteria.
       Sec. 327. Section 218(a) of Title 23, United States Code, 
     is amended by inserting ``reauthorization of the'' before 
     ``Transportation''.
       Sec. 328. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule 
     or regulation, the Secretary of Transportation is authorized 
     to allow the issuer of any preferred stock heretofore sold to 
     the Department to redeem or repurchase such stock upon the 
     payment to the Department of an amount determined by the 
     Secretary.
       Sec. 329. None of the funds in this Act may be used to make 
     a grant unless the Secretary of Transportation, or the 
     Secretary of Department in which the Transportation Security 
     Administration is operating, notifies the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations not less than 3 full business 
     days before any discretionary grant award, letter of intent, 
     or full funding grant agreement totaling $1,000,000 or more 
     is announced by the department or its modal administrations 
     from: (1) any discretionary grant program of the Federal 
     Highway Administration other than the emergency relief 
     program; (2) the airport improvement program of the Federal 
     Aviation Administration; (3) any program of the Federal 
     Transit Administration other than the formula grants and 
     fixed guideway modernization programs; or (4) any port 
     security grants totaling $500,000 or more of the 
     Transportation Security Administration: Provided, That no 
     notification shall involve funds that are not available for 
     obligation.
       Sec. 330. In addition to amounts otherwise made available 
     in this Act, to enable the Secretary of Transportation to 
     make grants for surface transportation projects, $90,600,000, 
     to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, the surface 
     transportation projects identified in the Joint Explanatory 
     Statement of the Committee of Conference accompanying this 
     Act are eligible for funding made available by the 
     immediately preceding clause of this provision.
       Sec. 331. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used for engineering work related to an additional runway 
     at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport.

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       Sec. 332. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
     shall be available for the design or construction of a light 
     rail system in Houston, Texas;
       (b) Notwithstanding (a), amounts made available in this Act 
     or previous Acts under the heading ``Federal Transit 
     Administration, Capital investment grants'' for a Houston, 
     Texas, Metro advanced transit plan project shall be available 
     for obligation or expenditure subject to the following 
     conditions:
       (1) Sufficient amounts shall be used for major investment 
     studies in 4 major corridors.
       (2) The Texas Department of Transportation shall review and 
     comment on the findings of the studies under paragraph (1). 
     Any comments by such department on such findings shall be 
     included in any final report on such studies.
       (3) If a final report on the studies under paragraph (1) is 
     not available for at least the 1-month period preceding the 
     date of any referendum held by the City of Houston, Texas, or 
     by a county of Texas, regarding approval of the issuance of 
     bonds for funding a light rail system in Houston, Texas, all 
     information developed by such studies regarding passenger and 
     cost estimates for such a system shall be made available to 
     the public at least 1 month before the date of the 
     referendum.
       Sec. 333. Of the funds provided in section 101(a)(2) of 
     Public Law 107-42, $90,000,000 are rescinded.
       Sec. 334. (a) The Secretary of Transportation shall enter 
     into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences under 
     which agreement the National Academy of Sciences shall 
     conduct a study of the procedures by which the Department of 
     Energy, together with the Department of Transportation and 
     the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, selects routes for the 
     shipment of spent nuclear fuel from research nuclear 
     reactors between or among existing Department of Energy 
     facilities currently licensed to accept such spent nuclear 
     fuel.
       (b) In conducting the study under subsection (a), the 
     National Academy of Sciences shall analyze the manner in 
     which the Department of Energy--
       (1) selects potential routes for the shipment of spent 
     nuclear fuel from research nuclear reactors between or among 
     existing Department facilities currently licensed to accept 
     such spent nuclear fuel;
       (2) selects such a route for a specific shipment of such 
     spent nuclear fuel; and
       (3) conducts assessments of the risks associated with 
     shipments of such spent nuclear fuel along such a route.
       (c) The analysis under subsection (b) shall include a 
     consideration whether, and to what extent, the procedures 
     analyzed for purposes of that subsection take into account 
     the following:
       (1) The proximity of the routes under consideration to 
     major population centers and the risks associated with 
     shipments of spent nuclear fuel from research nuclear 
     reactors through densely populated areas.
       (2) Current traffic and accident data with respect to the 
     routes under consideration.
       (3) The quality of the roads comprising the routes under 
     consideration.
       (4) Emergency response capabilities along the routes under 
     consideration.
       (5) The proximity of the routes under consideration to 
     places or venues (including sports stadiums, convention 
     centers, concert halls and theaters, and other venues) where 
     large numbers of people gather.
       (d) In conducting the study under subsection (a), the 
     National Academy of Sciences shall also make such 
     recommendations regarding the matters studied as the National 
     Academy of Sciences considers appropriate.
       (e) The Secretary shall disburse to the National Academy of 
     Sciences the funds for the cost of the study required by 
     subsection (a) not later than 30 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act.
       (f) Not later than six months after the date of the 
     disbursal of funds under subsection (e), the National Academy 
     of Sciences shall submit to the appropriate committees of 
     Congress a report on the study conducted under subsection 
     (a), including the recommendations required by subsection 
     (d).
       (g) In this section, the term ``appropriate committees of 
     Congress'' means--
       (1) the Committees on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation, Energy and Natural Resources, and Environment 
     and Public Works of the Senate;
       (2) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 
     Representatives; and
       (3) the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate.
       Sec. 335. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to 
     pursue or adopt guidelines or regulations requiring airport 
     sponsors to provide to the Federal Aviation Administration 
     and the Transportation Security Administration without cost 
     building construction, maintenance, utilities and expenses, 
     or space in airport sponsor-owned buildings for services 
     relating to air traffic control, air navigation, aviation 
     security or weather reporting: Provided, That the prohibition 
     of funds in this section does not apply to negotiations 
     between the agency and airport sponsors to achieve agreement 
     on ``below-market'' rates for these items or to grant 
     assurances that require airport sponsors to provide land 
     without cost to the FAA for air traffic control facilities 
     and the TSA for necessary security checkpoints.
       Sec. 336. For the purpose of any applicable law, for fiscal 
     year 2003, the city of Norman, Oklahoma, shall be considered 
     to be part of the Oklahoma City Transportation Management 
     Area.
       Sec. 337. For an airport project that the Administrator of 
     the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) determines will add 
     critical airport capacity to the national air transportation 
     system, the Administrator is authorized to accept funds from 
     an airport sponsor, including entitlement funds provided 
     under the ``Grants-in-Aid for Airports'' program, for the FAA 
     to hire additional staff or obtain the services of 
     consultants: Provided, That the Administrator is authorized 
     to accept and utilize such funds only for the purpose of 
     facilitating the timely processing, review, and completion of 
     environmental activities associated with such project.
       Sec. 338. (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of subchapter I of Chapter 471 of title 49, the 
     Secretary of Transportation may provide grants under such 
     subchapter I of chapter 471 to the airport sponsor of the 
     Double Eagle II Airport in Albuquerque, New Mexico, for--
       (1) the construction of an air traffic control tower; and
       (2) the acquisition and installation of air traffic control 
     equipment to be used in the air traffic control tower that 
     will assist in sustaining or improving the safe and efficient 
     movement of air traffic.
       (b) Eligibility.--The sponsor shall be eligible for a grant 
     under this section if--
       (1) the sponsor would otherwise be eligible to participate 
     in the pilot program established under section 47124(b)(3) of 
     title 49 except for the lack of the air traffic control tower 
     proposed to be constructed under this section; and
       (2) the sponsor agrees to fund not less than 10 percent of 
     the costs of construction of the air traffic control tower.
       (c) Project Costs.--Grants under this act shall be paid 
     only from amounts apportioned to the sponsor or for airports 
     in the state under section 47114(d) of title 49, United 
     States Code.
       (d) Federal Cost.--The Federal cost of construction of an 
     air traffic control tower under this section may not exceed 
     $1,800,000.
       Sec. 339. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     States may use funds provided in this Act under section 402 
     of title 23, United States Code, to produce and place highway 
     safety public service messages in television, radio, cinema, 
     and print media, and on the Internet in accordance with 
     guidance issued by the Secretary of Transportation: Provided, 
     That any state that uses funds for such public service 
     messages shall submit to the Secretary a report describing 
     and assessing the effectiveness of the messages: Provided 
     further, That $10,000,000 of the funds allocated for 
     innovative seat belt projects under section 157 of title 23, 
     United States Code, and $11,000,000 of funds allocated under 
     section 163 of title 23, United States Code, shall be used as 
     directed by the National Highway Traffic Safety 
     Administrator, to purchase advertising in broadcast media to 
     support the national mobilizations conducted in all fifty 
     states, aimed at increasing seat belt use and reducing 
     impaired driving: Provided further, That up to $1,000,000 of 
     the funds allocated under section 163 of title 23, United 
     States Code, shall be used by the Administrator to evaluate 
     the effectiveness of alcohol-impaired driving programs that 
     purchase advertising as provided by this section.
       Sec. 340. For purposes of entering into joint public-
     private partnerships and other cooperative arrangements for 
     the performance of work, the Coast Guard Yard and other Coast 
     Guard specialized facilities designated by the Commandant may 
     enter into agreements or other arrangements, receive and 
     retain funds from and pay funds to such public and private 
     entities, and may accept contributions of funds, materials, 
     services, and the use of facilities from such entities: 
     Provided, That amounts received under this section may be 
     credited to appropriate Coast Guard accounts.
       Sec. 341. None of the funds in this Act may be obligated 
     for the Office of the Secretary of Transportation to approve 
     assessments or reimbursable agreements pertaining to funds 
     appropriated to the modal administrations in this Act, except 
     for activities underway on the date of enactment of this Act, 
     unless such assessments or agreements have completed the 
     normal reprogramming process for Congressional notification.
       Sec. 342. None of the funds in this Act may be expended to 
     issue, implement, or enforce a regulation that diminishes or 
     revokes an exemption authorized under section 345 of the 
     National Highway System Designation Act of 1995 (Public Law 
     104-59; 109 Stat. 613; 49 U.S.C. 31136 note) before the 
     Secretary of Transportation determines by a rulemaking 
     proceeding that the exemptions granted are not in the public 
     interest and adversely affects the safety of commercial motor 
     vehicles with respect to such exemption that is required 
     under subsection (c) of such section and, as under subsection 
     (d), if a result of monitoring the safety performance of 
     drivers of commercial vehicles that are subject to an 
     exemption under section 345, the Secretary determines that 
     public safety has been severely affected by an exemption 
     granted under this section, the Secretary shall report to 
     Congress that determination: Provided, That this limitation 
     shall not preclude the Secretary from revoking an exemption 
     granted to an individual, farm, company, or other entity 
     under section 345 of Public Law 104-59 for national security 
     reasons.
       Sec. 343. (a) From the unexpended balances of the Local 
     Rail Freight Assistance program under chapter 221 of title 
     49, U.S.C., $690,287 are rescinded.
       (b) For the necessary expenses of the State of Iowa for a 
     rail infrastructure rehabilitation project on the Iowa 
     Northern Railway, $690,287, to remain available until 
     expended.
       Sec. 344. In addition to amounts otherwise made available 
     in this Act, to enable the Secretary of Transportation to 
     make grants for surface transportation projects, 
     $285,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund 
     (other than the Mass Transit Account) and to remain available 
     until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, the surface transportation projects 
     identified in the Joint Explanatory Statement of the 
     Committee

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     of Conference accompanying this Act are eligible for funding 
     made available by the immediately preceding clause of this 
     provision.
       Sec. 345. Notwithstanding any other provision of law--
       (1) in section 1602 of the Transportation Equity Act for 
     the 21st Century--
       (A) item number 426 (112 Stat. 272) is amended by striking 
     ``Louisiana Highway 16'' and inserting the following: 
     ``Louisiana Highway 1026'';
       (B) item number 696 (112 Stat. 383), relating to 
     Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, is amended by inserting after 
     ``Gettysburg comprehensive road improvement study'' the 
     following: ``and construction of projects identified in the 
     study'';
       (C) item number 230 is amended by striking ``Construct new 
     exit 46A on I-90 at route 170 in North Chili'' and inserting 
     ``Monroe County transportation improvements on Long Pond 
     Road, Pattonwood Road, and Leyll road'';
       (D) item number 1344 (112 Stat. 306) is amended by striking 
     ``Upgrade'' and all that follows through ``City'' and 
     inserting the following, ``Upgrade Frederic Douglas Circle 
     and Manhattan Avenue from West 110th Street to West 125th 
     Street, New York City'';
       (E) item number 1108 is amended by striking ``Construct'' 
     and all that follows through ``Brownsville'' and inserting 
     ``Construct west Rail Project in or near Brownsville, 
     including a new railroad international bridge crossing over 
     the Rio Grande River'';
       (F) item number 1269 (112 Stat. 303) is amended by striking 
     ``Implement'' and all that follows through ``system'' and 
     inserting the following: ``New York City Department of Parks 
     and Recreation, Bronx, NY Center Transportation Project'';
       (G) item number 933 (112 Stat. 291) is amended by striking 
     ``Redesign'' and all that follows through ``City'' and 
     inserting the following: ``Design, construction and related 
     enhancement of the Grand Concourse between E. 161st St. and 
     E. 166th St., New York City'';
       (H) item number 75 (112 Stat. 259) is amended by striking 
     ``Construct'' and all that follows through ``Route'' and 
     inserting the following: ``Bronx, NY River Greenway''; and
       (I) item number 1735 (112 Stat. 320) is amended by 
     inserting: ``, and/or, notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, design, and construction of Type II noise abatement 
     projects south of the new interchange and Neshaminy Creek, 
     along Interstate 95 between Exit 25 and 26 in Bensalem 
     Township, Bucks County'' after ``improvements'';
       (2) section 3030(d)(3) of the Transportation Equity Act for 
     the 21st Century (Public Law 105-178) is amended by 
     redesignating the second subparagraph (D) (as added by 
     section 361 of Public Law 107-87) as subparagraph (E) and by 
     inserting at the end:
       ``(F) Port of Anchorage Intermodal passenger and freight 
     facility.
       ``(G) Mobile Waterfront Terminal and Maritime Center of the 
     Gulf.''.
       (3) of the $668,000 appropriated under the heading 
     ``Surface Transportation Projects'' in Public Law 103-331 for 
     CA 113 railroad grade separation, California, the unobligated 
     share shall be available for railroad grade separation for 
     the City of Dixon, Solano County, California;
       (4) the $500,000 appropriated under the heading ``Surface 
     Transportation Projects'' in Public Law 103-331 for 6th and 
     7th Sts. improvements Brownsville, TX may be used to 
     construct the West Rail project in or near Brownsville, 
     including a new international railroad bridge crossing over 
     the Rio Grande River;
       (5) section 610, section 609(c), and the last sentence of 
     section 604(b)(1) of Public Law 97-468 are repealed; and
       (6) for the purpose of further leveraging Federal resources 
     and enhancing private investment supporting the financing of 
     public toll roads in Orange County, California, authorized by 
     section 129(d) of title 23, United States Code, the Secretary 
     of Transportation shall modify the agreements entered into 
     with the San Joaquin Hills Transportation Corridor Agency and 
     the Foothill Eastern Transportation Corridor Agency pursuant 
     to section 339 of Public Law 102-388, section 336 of Public 
     Law 103-331 and section 356 of Public Law 104-50, to extend 
     the term of coverage provided by such lines throughout the 
     term of the revenue bonds issued to acquire, finance or 
     refinance those facilities, including revenue bonds issued by 
     a new joint powers agency to finance the acquisition of 
     assets from the existing Transportation Corridor Agencies: 
     Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     such modifications shall be deemed eligible under section 184 
     of title 23, United States Code, and shall be funded under 
     section 188 of title 23, United States Code: Provided 
     further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
     amounts of the original Federal lines of credit not drawn 
     upon, up to the combined original principal amount of 
     $240,000,000, shall continue to be available for draws until 
     such revenue bonds have been retired: Provided further, That 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, not more than 20 
     percent of the combined original principal amount shall be 
     available for draws in any one year: Provided further, That 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, any draw (except 
     for operation and maintenance expenses) shall be repaid not 
     later than five years following the year in which such 
     revenue bonds have been retired. In implementing this 
     section, the Secretary may modify other terms of the existing 
     Federal lines of credit, including by combining them into a 
     single line of credit the principal amount of which is 
     limited to $240,000,000, provided that the marginal budgetary 
     cost of any such additional modifications is funded under 
     section 188 of title 23, United States Code.
       Sec. 346. None of the funds in this Act may be obligated or 
     expended by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration 
     for the development or implementation of a pilot program for 
     the purpose of allowing commercial drivers 18 to 20 years of 
     age to operate the trucks and buses of motor carriers in 
     interstate commerce.
       Sec. 347. Section 1023(h) of the Intermodal Surface 
     Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (23 U.S.C. 127 note, 
     Public Law 102-240) is amended--
       (1) in the subsection heading, by inserting ``Over-the-Road 
     Buses and'' before ``Public''; and
       (2) in paragraph (1), by striking ``to any vehicle which'' 
     and inserting the following: ``to--
       ``(A) any over-the-road bus (as defined in section 301 of 
     the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 
     12181)); or
       ``(B) any vehicle that''.
       Sec. 348. Funds appropriated or limited in this Act shall 
     be subject to the terms and conditions stipulated in section 
     350 of Public Law 107-87, including that the Secretary 
     submit a report to the House and Senate Appropriations 
     Committees annually on the safety and security of 
     transportation into the United States by Mexico-domiciled 
     motor carriers.
       Sec. 349. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality 
     of the United States Government, except pursuant to a 
     transfer made by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act 
     or any other appropriations Act.
       Sec. 350. On February 15, 2003, and on each year 
     thereafter, the National Railroad Passenger Corporation shall 
     submit to the appropriate Congressional Committees a report 
     detailing the per passenger operating loss on each rail line.
       Sec. 351. Deputation of Law Enforcement Officers. (a) 
     Deputation Authority.--Subchapter I of chapter 449 of title 
     49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:

     ``SEC. 44922. DEPUTATION OF STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT 
                   OFFICERS.

       ``(a) Deputation Authority.--The Under Secretary of 
     Transportation for Security may deputize a State or local law 
     enforcement officer to carry out Federal airport security 
     duties under this chapter.
       ``(b) Fulfillment of Requirements.--A State or local law 
     enforcement officer who is deputized under this section shall 
     be treated as a Federal law enforcement officer for purposes 
     of meeting the requirements of this chapter and other 
     provisions of law to provide Federal law enforcement officers 
     to carry out Federal airport security duties.
       ``(c) Agreements.--To deputize a State or local law 
     enforcement officer under this section, the Under Secretary 
     shall enter into a voluntary agreement with the appropriate 
     State or local law enforcement agency that employs the State 
     or local law enforcement officer.
       ``(d) Reimbursement.--
       ``(1) In general.--The Under Secretary shall reimburse a 
     State or local law enforcement agency for all reasonable, 
     allowable, and allocable costs incurred by the State or local 
     law enforcement agency with respect to a law enforcement 
     officer deputized under this section.
       ``(2) Authorization of appropriations.--There are 
     authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary 
     to carry out this subsection.
       ``(e) Federal Tort Claims Act.--A State or local law 
     enforcement officer who is deputized under this section shall 
     be treated as an `employee of the Government' for purposes of 
     sections 1346(b), 2401(b), and chapter 171 of title 28, 
     United States Code, while carrying out Federal airport 
     security duties within the course and scope of the officer's 
     employment, subject to federal supervision and control, and 
     in accordance with the terms of such deputation.
       ``(f) Stationing of Officers.--The Under Secretary may 
     allow law enforcement personnel to be stationed other than at 
     the airport security screening location if that would be 
     preferable for law enforcement purposes and if such personnel 
     would still be able to provide prompt responsiveness to 
     problems occurring at the screening location.''.
       (b) Security Service Fee.--Section 44940(a)(1) of title 49, 
     United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
     following: ``For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term 
     `Federal law enforcement personnel' includes State and local 
     law enforcement officers who are deputized under section 
     44922.''.
       (c) Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for 
     chapter 449 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
     adding at the end of the items relating to subchapter I the 
     following:

``44922. Deputation of State and local law enforcement officers.''.

       (d) Deputation of Federal Law Enforcement Officers.--
     Section 114(q)(1) of title 49, United States Code, is amended 
     by adding ``or other federal agency'' after ``Transportation 
     Security Administration''.
       Sec. 352. FAA Notice to Airmen FDC 2/0199. (a) In 
     General.--The Secretary of Transportation--
       (1) shall maintain in full force and effect, for a period 
     of one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
     restrictions imposed under Federal Aviation Administration 
     Notice to Airmen FDC 2/0199 and the restrictions that had 
     been in effect on September 26, 2002 and that were imposed 
     under local Notices to Airmen based on or derived from Notice 
     to Airmen FDC 1/3353;
       (2) shall rescind immediately any waivers or exemptions 
     from those restrictions that are in effect on the date of 
     enactment of this Act; and
       (3) may not grant any waivers or exemptions from those 
     restrictions, except--
       (A) as authorized by air traffic control for operational or 
     safety purposes;
       (B) for operational purposes of an event, stadium, or other 
     venue, including (in the case of

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     a sporting event) equipment or parts, transport of team 
     members, officials of the governing body and immediate family 
     members and guests of such teams and officials to and from 
     the event, stadium, or other venue;
       (C) for broadcast coverage for any broadcast rights holder;
       (D) for safety and security purposes of the event, stadium, 
     or other venue; or
       (E) to operate an aircraft in restricted airspace to the 
     extent necessary to arrive at or depart from an airport using 
     standard air traffic procedures.
       (b) Waivers.--Beginning no earlier than one year after the 
     date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary may modify or 
     terminate such restrictions, or issue waivers or exemptions 
     from such restrictions, if the Secretary promulgates, after 
     public notice and an opportunity for comment, a rule setting 
     forth the standards under which the Secretary may grant a 
     waiver or exemption. Such standards shall provide a level of 
     security at least equivalent to that provided by the waiver 
     policy applied by the Secretary as of the date of enactment 
     of this Act.
       (c) Funding Limitation.--Unless and until the Secretary 
     promulgates a rule in accordance with subsection (b) above, 
     none of the funds made available in this Act or any other Act 
     may be used to terminate or limit the restrictions described 
     in paragraph (a)(1) above or to grant waivers of, or 
     exemptions from, such restrictions except as provided in 
     paragraph (a)(3) above.
       (d) Broadcast Contracts Not Affected.--Nothing in this 
     section shall be construed to affect contractual rights 
     pertaining to any broadcasting agreement.
       Sec. 353. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to 
     procure Coast Guard ships, including main diesel engines, 
     unless such procurement is in compliance with the Buy 
     American Act, 41 U.S.C. 10(a)-10(d).
       Sec. 354. Title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
     striking subsection (d) of section 13703 and relettering 
     subsequent subsections accordingly.
       Sec. 355. No funds appropriated in this Act may be used to 
     apply or enforce a regulatory requirement for strengthening 
     of flight deck doors on classes of aircraft not specifically 
     required to take such action under Public Law 107-71, section 
     104(a)(1), unless and until the Under Secretary of 
     Transportation for Security, after opportunity for notice and 
     comment, determines that such strengthening is necessary for 
     aviation security purposes.
       Sec. 356. Insert the following new section at the end of 
     chapter 53 of Title 49, United States Code:
       ``Sec. 5339. Effective for funds not yet expended on the 
     effective date of this section, the federal share for funds 
     under this chapter for a grantee named in section 603(14) of 
     Public Law 97-468 shall be the same as the federal share 
     under 23 U.S.C. section 120(b) for federal aid highway funds 
     apportioned to the state in which it operates.''.
       Sec. 357. (a) In General.--As soon as practicable after the 
     date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
     Transportation shall enter into an agreement with the State 
     of Nevada, the State of Arizona, or both, to provide a method 
     of funding for construction of a Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge 
     from funds allocated for the Federal Lands Highway Program 
     under section 202(b) of title 23, United States Code.
       (b) Methods of Funding.--
       (1) The agreement entered into under subsection (a) shall 
     provide for funding in a manner consistent with the advance 
     construction and debt instrument financing procedures for 
     Federal-aid Highways set forth in sections 115 and 122 of 
     title 23, except that the funding source may include funds 
     made available under the Federal Lands Highway Program.
       (2) Eligibility for funding under this subsection shall not 
     be construed as a commitment, guarantee, or obligation on the 
     part of the United States to provide for payment of principal 
     or interest of an eligible debt financing instrument as so 
     defined in section 122, nor create a right of a third party 
     against the United States for payment under an eligible debt 
     financing instrument. The agreement entered into pursuant to 
     subsection (a) shall make specific reference to this 
     provision of law.
       (3) The provisions of this section do not limit the use of 
     other available funds for which the project referenced in 
     subsection (a) is eligible.
       Sec. 358. Hereafter, none of the funds appropriated or 
     otherwise made available in this Act may be made available to 
     any person or entity convicted of violating the Buy American 
     Act (41 U.S.C. 10a-10c).
       Sec. 359. For fiscal year 2003, notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, historic covered bridges eligible for 
     Federal assistance under section 1224 of the Transportation 
     Equity Act for the 21st Century, as amended, may be funded 
     from amounts set aside for the discretionary bridge program.
       Sec. 360. None of the funds provided in this Act or prior 
     Appropriations Acts for Coast Guard ``Acquisition, 
     construction, and improvements'' shall be available after the 
     fifteenth day of any quarter of any fiscal year, unless the 
     Commandant of the Coast Guard first submits to the House and 
     Senate Committees on Appropriations a quarterly report on the 
     agency's mission hour emphasis and a quarterly report on all 
     major Coast Guard acquisition projects including projects 
     executed for the Coast Guard by the United States Navy and 
     vessel traffic service projects: Provided, That such 
     acquisition reports shall include an acquisition schedule, 
     estimated current and year funding requirements, and a 
     schedule of anticipated obligations and outlays for each 
     major acquisition project: Provided further, That such 
     acquisition reports shall rate on a relative scale the cost 
     risk, schedule risk, and technical risk associated with each 
     acquisition project and include a table detailing unobligated 
     balances to date and anticipated unobligated balances at the 
     close of the fiscal year and the close of the following 
     fiscal year should the Administration's pending budget 
     request for the acquisition, construction, and improvements 
     account be fully funded: Provided further, That such 
     acquisition reports shall also provide abbreviated 
     information on the status of shore facility construction and 
     renovation projects: Provided further, That all information 
     submitted in such mission hour emphasis and acquisition 
     reports shall be current as of the last day of the preceding 
     quarter.
       Sec. 361. Of the funds made available for fiscal year 2003 
     in section 188(a)(1) of title 23, United States Code, along 
     with any available unobligated balances of funds made 
     available in prior years, $115,000,000 shall instead be 
     available for the programs authorized in section 1101(a)(9) 
     of Public Law 105-178, as amended, and $65,000,000 shall 
     instead be made available for section 1221 of Public Law 105-
     178, as amended.
       Sec. 362. Funds provided in this Act for the Working 
     Capital Fund shall be reduced by $12,600,000, which limits 
     fiscal year 2003 Working Capital Fund obligational authority 
     for elements of the Department of Transportation funded in 
     this Act to no more than $119,166,000: Provided, That such 
     reductions from the budget request shall be allocated by the 
     Department of Transportation to each appropriations account 
     in proportion to the amount included in each account for the 
     Working Capital Fund.
       Sec. 363. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     and subject to the requirements of this section, the 
     Secretary of Transportation is authorized to waive any of the 
     terms, conditions, reservations, and restrictions contained 
     in the deeds of conveyance and subsequent corrections to the 
     deeds of conveyance under which the United States conveyed 
     certain property to Gadsden, Alabama, for airport purposes.
       (b) No waiver may be granted under subsection (a) if the 
     waiver would result in the closure of an airport.
       (c) Gadsden, Alabama, shall agree that in selling, leasing, 
     or conveying any interest in, the property for which waivers 
     are granted under subsection (a), the amount received by the 
     city shall be used by the city for the development, 
     improvement, operation, or maintenance of the Gadsden 
     Municipal Airport.
       Sec. 364. Of the funds made available under section 
     1101(a)(12) and section 1503 of Public Law 105-178, as 
     amended, $8,000,000 are rescinded.
       Sec. 365. Transfer of Funds Between Highway Projects, Lake 
     Charles, Louisiana.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, funds made available for construction of roads and a 
     bridge to provide access to the Rose Bluff industrial area, 
     Lake Charles, Louisiana, under section 149(a)(87) of the 
     Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act 
     of 1987 (101 Stat. 194; 109 Stat. 607) and item 17 of the 
     table contained in section 1106(a)(2) of the Intermodal 
     Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 
     2038) shall be made available for the project in Lake 
     Charles, Louisiana, consisting of--
       (1) construction of Nelson Access Road to the Port of Lake 
     Charles as described in item 1596 of the table contained in 
     section 1602 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st 
     Century (112 Stat. 315);
       (2) planning, design, and reconstruction of Cove Lane exit 
     from Interstate 210; and
       (3) planning, design, and construction of West Prien Lake 
     Road.
       Sec. 366. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of 
     the funds available under section 104(a)(1)(A) of title 23, 
     United States Code, for surface transportation projects, 
     $13,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary to make 
     grants to the Kentucky Turnpike Authority to pay the debt on 
     bonds issued by the Kentucky Turnpike Authority before 
     January 1, 2003, for the Daniel Boone Parkway, Kentucky, and 
     the Cumberland Parkway, Kentucky.
       Sec. 367. Letters of Intent for Airport Security 
     Improvement Projects.--(a) The Under Secretary of 
     Transportation for Security may issue a letter of intent to 
     an airport committing to obligate from future budget 
     authority an amount, not more than the Federal Government's 
     share of the project's cost, for an airport security 
     improvement project (including interest costs and costs of 
     formulating the project) at the airport. The letter shall 
     establish a schedule under which the Under Secretary will 
     reimburse the airport for the Government's share of the 
     project's costs, as amounts become available, if the airport, 
     after the Under Secretary issues the letter, carries out the 
     project without receiving amounts under Chapter 471 of title 
     49.
       (b) The airport shall notify the Under Secretary of the 
     airport's intent to carry out the airport security 
     improvement project before the project begins.
       (c) A letter of intent may be issued under this section 
     only if--
       (1) The airport security improvement project to which the 
     letter applies involves the replacement of baggage conveyer 
     systems or the reconfiguration of terminal baggage areas in 
     order to install explosive detection systems; and
       (2) The Under Secretary determines that the project will 
     improve security or will improve the efficiency of the 
     airport without lessening security.
       (d) A letter of intent issued under this section is not an 
     obligation of the Government under section 1501 of title 31, 
     and the letter is not deemed to be an administrative 
     commitment for financing. An obligation or administrative 
     commitment may be made only as amounts are provided in 
     authorization and appropriations laws.
       (e) The Government's share of the project's cost shall be 
     75 percent for a project at an airport having at least 0.25 
     percent of the total

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     number of passenger boardings each year at all airports and 
     90 percent for a project at any other airport.
       (f) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit 
     the obligation of amounts pursuant to a letter of intent 
     under this section in the same fiscal year as the letter of 
     intent is issued.
       (g) The Under Secretary shall notify the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations, the House Transportation and 
     Infrastructure Committee, and the Senate Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation Committee at least 3 days prior to the 
     issuance of a letter of intent under this section.
       (h) There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
     this section $500,000,000 in each of fiscal years 2003, 2004, 
     2005, 2006, and 2007.
       Sec. 368. Section 342 of the Department of Transportation 
     and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002, is amended by 
     striking ``Passenger only ferry to serve Kitsap and King 
     Counties to Seattle'' and inserting ``Ferry/tunnel project in 
     Bremerton, Washington''.
       Sec. 369. Section 343 of the Department of Transportation 
     and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002, is amended by 
     striking ``Passenger only ferry to serve Kitsap and King 
     Counties to Seattle'' and inserting ``Ferry/tunnel project in 
     Bremerton, Washington''.
       Sec. 370. (a) Inclusion of Towers in Airport Development.--
     Section 47102(3) of title 49, United States Code, is amended 
     by adding at the end the following:
       ``(M) constructing an air traffic control tower or 
     acquiring and installing air traffic control, communications, 
     and related equipment at an air traffic control tower under 
     the terms specified in section 47124(b)(4).''.
       (b) Construction of Air Traffic Control Towers.--
       (1) In general.--Section 47124(b)(4) of title 49, United 
     States Code, is amended to read as follows:
       ``(4) Construction of air traffic control towers.--
       ``(A) Grants.--The Secretary may provide grants to a 
     sponsor of--
       ``(i) a primary airport--

       ``(I) from amounts made available under sections 
     47114(c)(1) and 47114(c)(2) for the construction or 
     improvement of a nonapproach control tower, as defined by the 
     Secretary, and for the acquisition and installation of air 
     traffic control, communications, and related equipment to be 
     used in that tower;
       ``(II) from amounts made available under sections 
     47114(c)(1) and 47114(c)(2) for reimbursement for the cost of 
     construction or improvement of a nonapproach control tower, 
     as defined by the Secretary, incurred after October 1, 1996, 
     if the sponsor complied with the requirements of sections 
     47107(e), 47112(b), and 47112(c) in constructing or improving 
     that tower; and
       ``(III) from amounts made available under sections 
     47114(c)(1) and 47114(c)(2) for reimbursement for the cost of 
     acquiring and installing in that tower air traffic control, 
     communications, and related equipment that was acquired or 
     installed after October 1, 1996; and

       ``(ii) a public-use airport that is not a primary airport--

       ``(I) from amounts made available under sections 
     47114(c)(2) and 47114(d) for the construction or improvement 
     of a nonapproach control tower, as defined by the Secretary, 
     and for the acquisition and installation of air traffic 
     control, communications, and related equipment to be used in 
     that tower;
       ``(II) from amounts made available under sections 
     47114(c)(2) and 47114(d)(3)(A) for reimbursement for the cost 
     of construction or improvement of a nonapproach control 
     tower, as defined by the Secretary, incurred after October 1, 
     1996, if the sponsor complied with the requirements of 
     sections 47107(e), 47112(b), and 47112(c) in constructing or 
     improving that tower; and
       ``(III) from amounts made available under sections 
     47114(c)(2) and 47114(d)(3)(A) for reimbursement for the cost 
     of acquiring and installing in that tower air traffic 
     control, communications, and related equipment that was 
     acquired or installed after October 1, 1996.

       ``(B) Eligibility.--An airport sponsor shall be eligible 
     for a grant under this paragraph only if--
       ``(i)(I) the sponsor is a participant in the Federal 
     Aviation Administration contract tower program established 
     under subsection (a) and continued under paragraph (1) or the 
     pilot program established under paragraph (3); or
       ``(II) construction of a nonapproach control tower would 
     qualify the sponsor to be eligible to participate in such 
     program;
       ``(ii) the sponsor certifies that it will pay not less than 
     10 percent of the cost of the activities for which the 
     sponsor is receiving assistance under this paragraph;
       ``(iii) the Secretary affirmatively accepts the proposed 
     contract tower into a contract tower program under this 
     section and certifies that the Secretary will seek future 
     appropriations to pay the Federal Aviation Administration's 
     cost of the contract to operate the tower to be constructed 
     under this paragraph;
       ``(iv) the sponsor certifies that it will pay its share of 
     the cost of the contract to operate the tower to be 
     constructed under this paragraph; and
       ``(v) in the case of a tower to be constructed under this 
     paragraph from amounts made available under section 
     47114(d)(2) or 47114(d)(3)(B), the Secretary certifies that--

       ``(I) the Federal Aviation Administration has consulted the 
     State within the borders of which the tower is to be 
     constructed and the State supports the construction of the 
     tower as part of its State airport capital plan; and
       ``(II) the selection of the tower for funding is based on 
     objective criteria.

       ``(C) Limitation on federal share.--The Federal share of 
     the cost of construction of a nonapproach control tower under 
     this paragraph may not exceed $1,100,000.''.
       (2) Conforming amendments.--Section 47124(b) of such title 
     is amended--
       (A) in paragraph (3)(A) by striking ``Level I air traffic 
     control towers, as defined by the Secretary,'' and inserting 
     ``nonapproach control towers, as defined by the Secretary,''; 
     and
       (B) in paragraph (3)(E) by striking ``Subject to paragraph 
     (4)(D), of'' and inserting ``Of''.
       (3) Savings clause.--Notwithstanding the amendments made by 
     this section, the towers for which assistance is being 
     provided on the day before the date of enactment of this Act 
     under section 47124(b)(4) of title 49, United States Code, as 
     in effect on such day, may continue to be provided such 
     assistance under the terms of such section.
       (c) Nonapproach Control Towers.--
       (1) In general.--The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
     Administration may enter into a lease agreement or contract 
     agreement with a private entity to provide for construction 
     and operation of a nonapproach control tower as defined by 
     the Secretary of Transportation.
       (2) Terms and conditions.--An agreement entered into under 
     this section--
       (A) shall be negotiated under such procedures as the 
     Administrator considers necessary to ensure the integrity of 
     the selection process, the safety of air travel, and to 
     protect the interests of the United States;
       (B) may provide a lease option to the United States, to be 
     exercised at the discretion of the Administrator, to occupy 
     any general-purpose space in a facility covered by the 
     agreement;
       (C) shall not require, unless specifically determined 
     otherwise by the Administrator, Federal ownership of a 
     facility covered under the agreement after the expiration of 
     the agreement;
       (D) shall describe the consideration, duties, and 
     responsibilities for which the United States and the private 
     entity are responsible;
       (E) shall provide that the United States will not be liable 
     for any action, debt, or liability of any entity created by 
     the agreement;
       (F) shall provide that the private entity may not execute 
     any instrument or document creating or evidencing any 
     indebtedness with respect to a facility covered by the 
     agreement unless such instrument or document specifically 
     disclaims any liability of the United States under the 
     instrument or document; and
       (G) shall include such other terms and conditions as the 
     Administrator considers appropriate.
       (d) Use of Apportionments to Pay Non-Federal Share of 
     Operation Costs.--
       (1) Study.--The Secretary of Transportation shall conduct a 
     study of the feasibility, costs, and benefits of allowing the 
     sponsor of an airport to use not to exceed 10 percent of 
     amounts apportioned to the sponsor under section 47114 to pay 
     the non-Federal share of the cost of operation of an air 
     traffic control tower under section 47124(b) of title 49, 
     United States Code.
       (2) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit to 
     Congress a report on the results of the study.
       Sec. 371. In addition to amounts otherwise made available 
     by this Act, there is hereby appropriated $3,500,000, to 
     remain available until expended, to enable the Secretary to 
     maintain operations of the Midway Island airfield.
       Sec. 372. Section 145(c) of Public Law 107-71 is amended by 
     striking the number (18) and inserting the number (27).
       Sec. 373. Susquehanna Greenway, Maryland. The table 
     contained in section 1602 of the Transportation Equity Act 
     for the 21st Century is amended in item 1603 (112 Stat. 316) 
     by striking ``Construct pedestrian bicycle bridge across 
     Susquehanna River between Havre de Grace and Perryville'' and 
     inserting ``Develop Lower Susquehanna Heritage Greenway, 
     including acquisition of property, construction of hiker-
     biker trails, and construction or use of docks, ferry boats, 
     bridges, or vans to convey bikers and pedestrians across the 
     Susquehanna River between Cecil County and Harford County''.
       Sec. 374. Item number 1320 in the table contained in 
     section 1602 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st 
     Century (112 Stat. 305) is amended by striking ``Reconstruct 
     79th Street Traffic Circle, New York City'' and inserting 
     ``Cross Harbor Freight Movement Project EIS, New York City''.
       Sec. 375. Of the $3,400,000 appropriated under the heading 
     ``Highway Demonstration Projects'' in Public Law 101-516 for 
     Pennsylvania State Route 711 Bypass (Ligonier), the 
     unobligated share shall be available for transportation 
     projects in the counties of Allegheny, Armstrong, Cambria, 
     Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Somerset, Washington and 
     Westmoreland, Pennsylvania.
       Sec. 376. Of the $900,000 appropriated under the heading 
     ``Federal Highway Demonstration Projects'' in Public Law 102-
     143 for Pennsylvania State Route 711 Bypass (Ligonier), the 
     unobligated share shall be available for transportation 
     projects in the counties of Allegheny, Armstrong, Cambria, 
     Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Somerset, Washington and 
     Westmoreland, Pennsylvania.
       Sec. 377. Of the funds made available in Public Law 107-87 
     under the Federal-aid Highways account to carry out 23 U.S.C. 
     129(c) and section 1064 of the Intermodal Surface 
     Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, as amended, $2,000,000 
     shall be transferred to the Federal Transit Administration's 
     Formula Grant account and made available to the Jersey City 
     Pier redevelopment and terminal construction project: 
     Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     including 23 U.S.C. 104(k), such funds shall be administered 
     under terms and conditions deemed appropriate by the 
     Secretary.
       This division may be cited as the ``Department of 
     Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
     2003''.

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    DIVISION J--TREASURY AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS, 2003

 Making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United States 
  Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain 
 Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, 
                        and for other purposes.

     That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in 
     the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Treasury 
     Department, the United States Postal Service, the Executive 
     Office of the President, and certain Independent Agencies, 
     for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, and for other 
     purposes, namely:

                  TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

                          Departmental Offices


                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices 
     including operation and maintenance of the Treasury Building 
     and Annex; hire of passenger motor vehicles; maintenance, 
     repairs, and improvements of, and purchase of commercial 
     insurance policies for, real properties leased or owned 
     overseas, when necessary for the performance of official 
     business; not to exceed $3,500,000 for official travel 
     expenses; not to exceed $3,813,000, to remain available until 
     expended for information technology modernization 
     requirements; not to exceed $150,000 for official reception 
     and representation expenses; not to exceed $258,000 for 
     unforeseen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be 
     allocated and expended under the direction of the Secretary 
     of the Treasury and to be accounted for solely on his 
     certificate, $189,201,000: Provided, That the Office of 
     Foreign Assets Control shall be funded at no less than 
     $21,206,000 and 120 full time equivalent positions: Provided 
     further, That of these amounts $2,900,000 is available for 
     grants to State and local law enforcement groups to help 
     fight money laundering: Provided further, That of these 
     amounts, $5,893,000 shall be for the Treasury-wide Financial 
     Statement Audit Program, of which such amounts as may be 
     necessary may be transferred to accounts of the Department's 
     offices and bureaus to conduct audits: Provided further, That 
     this transfer authority shall be in addition to any other 
     provided in this Act.


        Department-Wide Systems and Capital Investments Programs

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For development and acquisition of automatic data 
     processing equipment, software, and services for the 
     Department of the Treasury, $65,628,000, to remain available 
     until expended: Provided, That these funds shall be 
     transferred to accounts and in amounts as necessary to 
     satisfy the requirements of the Department's offices, 
     bureaus, and other organizations: Provided further, That this 
     transfer authority shall be in addition to any other transfer 
     authority provided in this Act: Provided further, That none 
     of the funds appropriated shall be used to support or 
     supplement the Internal Revenue Service appropriations for 
     Information Systems or Business Systems Modernization.


                      Office of Inspector General

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
     in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act 
     of 1978, as amended, not to exceed $2,000,000 for official 
     travel expenses, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
     and not to exceed $100,000 for unforeseen emergencies of a 
     confidential nature, to be allocated and expended under the 
     direction of the Inspector General of the Treasury, 
     $35,736,000, of which not to exceed $2,500 shall be available 
     for official reception and representation expenses.


           Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector General 
     for Tax Administration in carrying out the Inspector General 
     Act of 1978, as amended, including purchase (not to exceed 
     150 for replacement only for police-type use) and hire of 
     passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); services 
     authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be 
     determined by the Inspector General for Tax Administration; 
     not to exceed $6,000,000 for official travel expenses; and 
     not to exceed $500,000 for unforeseen emergencies of a 
     confidential nature, to be allocated and expended under the 
     direction of the Inspector General for Tax Administration, 
     $125,011,000.


                Air Transportation Stabilization Program

       For necessary expenses to administer the Air Transportation 
     Stabilization Board established by section 102 of the Air 
     Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act (Public 
     Law 107-42), $6,041,000, to remain available until expended.


           Treasury Building and Annex Repair and Restoration

       For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the Treasury 
     Building and Annex, $28,932,000, to remain available until 
     expended.


                 Expanded Access to Financial Services

                     (including transfer of funds)

       To develop and implement programs to expand access to 
     financial services for low- and moderate-income individuals, 
     $2,000,000, such funds to become available upon authorization 
     of this program as provided by law and to remain available 
     until expended: Provided, That of these funds, such sums as 
     may be necessary may be transferred to accounts of the 
     Department's offices, bureaus, and other organizations: 
     Provided further, That this transfer authority shall be in 
     addition to any other transfer authority provided in this 
     Act.


                         Counterterrorism Fund

       For necessary expenses, as determined by the Secretary, 
     $10,000,000, to remain available until expended, to reimburse 
     any Department of the Treasury organization for the costs of 
     providing support to counter, investigate, or prosecute 
     unexpected threats or acts of terrorism, including payment of 
     rewards in connection with these activities: Provided, That 
     the entire dollar amount shall be available only to the 
     extent that an official request for a specific dollar amount 
     is transmitted by the President to the Congress.


                  Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes Enforcement 
     Network, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel 
     expenses of non-Federal law enforcement personnel to attend 
     meetings concerned with financial intelligence activities, 
     law enforcement, and financial regulation; not to exceed 
     $14,000 for official reception and representation expenses; 
     and for assistance to Federal law enforcement agencies, with 
     or without reimbursement, $51,752,000, of which not to exceed 
     $3,400,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
     2005; and of which $8,338,000 shall remain available until 
     September 30, 2004: Provided, That funds appropriated in 
     this account may be used to procure personal services 
     contracts.

                Federal Law Enforcement Training Center


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforcement 
     Training Center, as a bureau of the Department of the 
     Treasury, including materials and support costs of Federal 
     law enforcement basic training; purchase (not to exceed 52 
     for police-type use, without regard to the general purchase 
     price limitation) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; for 
     expenses for student athletic and related activities; 
     uniforms without regard to the general purchase price 
     limitation for the current fiscal year; the conducting of and 
     participating in firearms matches and presentation of awards; 
     for public awareness and enhancing community support of law 
     enforcement training; not to exceed $11,500 for official 
     reception and representation expenses; room and board for 
     student interns; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
     $134,986,000, of which $650,000 shall be available for an 
     interagency effort to establish written standards on 
     accreditation of Federal law enforcement training; and of 
     which up to $24,266,000 for materials and support costs of 
     Federal law enforcement basic training shall remain available 
     until September 30, 2005, and of which up to 20 percent of 
     the $24,266,000 also shall be available for travel, room and 
     board costs for participating agency basic training during 
     the first quarter of a fiscal year, subject to full 
     reimbursement by the benefitting agency: Provided, That the 
     Center is authorized to accept and use gifts of property, 
     both real and personal, and to accept services, for 
     authorized purposes, including funding of a gift of intrinsic 
     value which shall be awarded annually by the Director of the 
     Center to the outstanding student who graduated from a basic 
     training program at the Center during the previous fiscal 
     year, which shall be funded only by gifts received through 
     the Center's gift authority: Provided further, That the 
     Center is authorized to accept detailees from other Federal 
     agencies, on a non-reimbursable basis, to staff the 
     accreditation function: Provided further, That 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, students 
     attending training at any Center site shall reside in on-
     Center or Center-provided housing, insofar as available and 
     in accordance with Center policy: Provided further, That 
     funds appropriated in this account shall be available, at the 
     discretion of the Director, for the following: training 
     United States Postal Service law enforcement personnel and 
     Postal police officers; State and local government law 
     enforcement training on a space-available basis; training of 
     foreign law enforcement officials on a space-available basis 
     with reimbursement of actual costs to this appropriation, 
     except that reimbursement may be waived by the Secretary for 
     law enforcement training activities in foreign countries 
     undertaken pursuant to section 801 of the Antiterrorism and 
     Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, (Public Law 104-32); 
     training of private sector security officials on a space-
     available basis with reimbursement of actual costs to this 
     appropriation; and travel expenses of non-Federal personnel 
     to attend course development meetings and training sponsored 
     by the Center: Provided further, That the Center is 
     authorized to obligate funds in anticipation of 
     reimbursements from agencies receiving training sponsored by 
     the Center, except that total obligations at the end of the 
     fiscal year shall not exceed total budgetary resources 
     available at the end of the fiscal year: Provided further, 
     That the Center is authorized to provide training for the 
     Gang Resistance Education and Training program to Federal and 
     non-Federal personnel at any facility in partnership with the 
     Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms: Provided further, 
     That the Center is authorized to provide short-term medical 
     services for students undergoing training at the Center.


     Acquisition, Construction, Improvements, and Related Expenses

       For expansion of the Federal Law Enforcement Training 
     Center, for acquisition of necessary additional real property 
     and facilities, and for ongoing maintenance, facility 
     improvements, and related expenses, $36,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended.

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                      Interagency Law Enforcement


                 interagency crime and drug enforcement

       For expenses necessary to conduct investigations and 
     convict offenders involved in organized crime drug 
     trafficking, including cooperative efforts with State and 
     local law enforcement, as it relates to the Treasury 
     Department law enforcement violations such as money 
     laundering, violent crime, and smuggling, $107,576,000.

                      Financial Management Service


                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Financial Management Service, 
     $222,078,000, of which not to exceed $9,220,000 shall remain 
     available until September 30, 2005, for information systems 
     modernization initiatives; and of which not to exceed $2,500 
     shall be available for official reception and representation 
     expenses.

                Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco 
     and Firearms, including purchase of not to exceed 822 
     vehicles for police-type use, of which 650 shall be for 
     replacement only, and hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire 
     of aircraft; services of expert witnesses at such rates as 
     may be determined by the Director; for payment of per diem 
     and/or subsistence allowances to employees where a major 
     investigative assignment requires an employee to work 16 
     hours or more per day or to remain overnight at his or her 
     post of duty; not to exceed $20,000 for official reception 
     and representation expenses; for training of State and local 
     law enforcement agencies with or without reimbursement, 
     including training in connection with the training and 
     acquisition of canines for explosives and fire accelerants 
     detection; not to exceed $50,000 for cooperative research and 
     development programs for Laboratory Services and Fire 
     Research Center activities; and provision of laboratory 
     assistance to State and local agencies, with or without 
     reimbursement, $886,430,000, of which not to exceed 
     $1,000,000 shall be available for the payment of attorneys' 
     fees as provided by 18 U.S.C. 924(d)(2); of which up to 
     $2,000,000 shall be available for the equipping of any 
     vessel, vehicle, equipment, or aircraft available for 
     official use by a State or local law enforcement agency if 
     the conveyance will be used in joint law enforcement 
     operations with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms 
     and for the payment of overtime salaries including Social 
     Security and Medicare, travel, fuel, training, equipment, 
     supplies, and other similar costs of State and local law 
     enforcement personnel, including sworn officers and support 
     personnel, that are incurred in joint operations with the 
     Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; of which 
     $13,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 
     available for disbursements through grants, cooperative 
     agreements or contracts to local governments for Gang 
     Resistance Education and Training; and of which $3,200,000 
     for a new headquarters shall remain available until September 
     30, 2004: Provided, That no funds appropriated herein shall 
     be available for salaries or administrative expenses in 
     connection with consolidating or centralizing, within the 
     Department of the Treasury, the records, or any portion 
     thereof, of acquisition and disposition of firearms 
     maintained by Federal firearms licensees: Provided further, 
     That no funds appropriated herein shall be used to pay 
     administrative expenses or the compensation of any officer or 
     employee of the United States to implement an amendment or 
     amendments to 27 CFR 178.118 or to change the definition of 
     ``Curios or relics'' in 27 CFR 178.11 or remove any item from 
     ATF Publication 5300.11 as it existed on January 1, 1994: 
     Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated herein 
     shall be available to investigate or act upon applications 
     for relief from Federal firearms disabilities under 18 U.S.C. 
     925(c): Provided further, That such funds shall be available 
     to investigate and act upon applications filed by 
     corporations for relief from Federal firearms disabilities 
     under 18 U.S.C. 925(c): Provided further, That no funds under 
     this Act may be used to electronically retrieve information 
     gathered pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 923(g)(4) by name or any 
     personal identification code.

                     United States Customs Service


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses of the United States Customs 
     Service, including purchase and lease of up to 1,535 motor 
     vehicles of which 550 are for replacement only and of which 
     1,500 are for police-type use and commercial operations; hire 
     of motor vehicles; contracting with individuals for personal 
     services abroad; not to exceed $40,000 for official reception 
     and representation expenses; and awards of compensation to 
     informers, as authorized by any Act enforced by the United 
     States Customs Service, $2,527,155,000, of which such sums as 
     become available in the Customs User Fee Account, except sums 
     subject to section 13031(f)(3) of the Consolidated Omnibus 
     Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended (19 U.S.C. 
     58c(f)(3)), shall be derived from that Account; of the total, 
     not to exceed $150,000 shall be available for payment for 
     rental space in connection with preclearance operations; not 
     to exceed $4,000,000 shall be available until expended for 
     research; not less than $100,000 shall be available to 
     promote public awareness of the child pornography tipline; 
     not less than $200,000 shall be available for Project Alert; 
     not to exceed $5,000,000 shall be available until expended 
     for conducting special operations pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 2081; 
     not to exceed $8,000,000 shall be available until expended 
     for the procurement of automation infrastructure items, 
     including hardware, software, and installation; not to exceed 
     $1,250,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2004 
     for strengthened enforcement of U.S. trade laws pertaining to 
     steel; and not to exceed $5,000,000 shall be available until 
     expended for repairs to Customs facilities: Provided, That of 
     the total amount of funds made available for forced child 
     labor activities in fiscal year 2003, not to exceed 
     $5,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 
     operations and support of such activities: Provided further, 
     That uniforms may be purchased without regard to the general 
     purchase price limitation for the current fiscal year: 
     Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, the fiscal year aggregate overtime limitation prescribed 
     in subsection 5(c)(1) of the Act of February 13, 1911 (19 
     U.S.C. 261 and 267) shall be $30,000.


                   HARBOR MAINTENANCE FEE COLLECTION

                     (Including Transfer of funds)

       For administrative expenses related to the collection of 
     the Harbor Maintenance Fee, pursuant to Public Law 103-182, 
     $3,000,000, to be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust 
     Fund and to be transferred to and merged with the Customs 
     ``Salaries and Expenses'' account for such purposes.


  operation, maintenance and procurement, air and marine interdiction 
                                programs

       For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
     operation and maintenance of marine vessels, aircraft, and 
     other related equipment of the Air and Marine Programs, 
     including operational training and mission-related travel, 
     and rental payments for facilities occupied by the air or 
     marine interdiction and demand reduction programs, the 
     operations of which include the following: the interdiction 
     of narcotics and other goods; the provision of support to 
     Customs and other Federal, State, and local agencies in the 
     enforcement or administration of laws enforced by the Customs 
     Service; and, at the discretion of the Commissioner of 
     Customs, the provision of assistance to Federal, State, and 
     local agencies in other law enforcement and emergency 
     humanitarian efforts, $181,829,000, which shall remain 
     available until expended: Provided, That no aircraft or 
     other related equipment, with the exception of aircraft 
     which is one of a kind and has been identified as excess 
     to Customs requirements and aircraft which has been 
     damaged beyond repair, shall be transferred to any other 
     Federal agency, department, or office outside of the 
     Department of Homeland Security, during fiscal year 2003 
     without the prior approval of the Committees on 
     Appropriations.


                        automation modernization

       For expenses not otherwise provided for Customs automated 
     systems, $435,332,000, to remain available until expended, of 
     which not less than $312,900,000 shall be for the development 
     of the Automated Commercial Environment: Provided, That none 
     of the funds appropriated under this heading may be obligated 
     for the Automated Commercial Environment until the United 
     States Customs Service prepares and submits to the Committees 
     on Appropriations a plan for expenditure that: (1) meets the 
     capital planning and investment control review requirements 
     established by the Office of Management and Budget, including 
     OMB Circular A-11, part 3; (2) complies with the United 
     States Customs Service's Enterprise Information Systems 
     Architecture; (3) complies with the acquisition rules, 
     requirements, guidelines, and systems acquisition management 
     practices of the Federal Government; (4) is reviewed and 
     approved by the Customs Investment Review Board, the 
     Department of the Treasury, and the Office of Management and 
     Budget; and (5) is reviewed by the General Accounting Office: 
     Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated under 
     this heading may be obligated for the Automated Commercial 
     Environment until such expenditure plan has been approved by 
     the Committees on Appropriations.

                           United States Mint


               united states mint public enterprise fund

       Pursuant to section 5136 of title 31, United States Code, 
     the United States Mint is provided funding through the United 
     States Mint Public Enterprise Fund for costs associated with 
     the production of circulating coins, numismatic coins, and 
     protective services, including both operating expenses and 
     capital investments. The aggregate amount of new liabilities 
     and obligations incurred during fiscal year 2003 under such 
     section 5136 for circulating coinage and protective service 
     capital investments of the United States Mint shall not 
     exceed $34,900,000.

                       Bureau of the Public Debt


                     administering the public debt

       For necessary expenses connected with any public-debt 
     issues of the United States, $194,468,000, of which not to 
     exceed $2,500 shall be available for official reception and 
     representation expenses, and of which not to exceed 
     $2,000,000 shall remain available until expended for systems 
     modernization; and of which not to exceed $4,000,000 shall 
     remain available until September 30, 2004 for the purpose of 
     completing the shut-down of the savings bond marketing 
     activity: Provided, That the sum appropriated herein from the 
     General Fund for fiscal year 2003 shall be reduced by not 
     more than $4,400,000 as definitive security issue fees and 
     Treasury Direct Investor Account Maintenance fees are 
     collected, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2003 
     appropriation from the General Fund estimated at 
     $190,068,000. In addition, $40,000 to be derived from the Oil 
     Spill Liability Trust Fund to reimburse the Bureau for 
     administrative and personnel expenses for financial 
     management of the Fund, as authorized by section 1012 of 
     Public Law 101-380.

                        Internal Revenue Service


                 Processing, Assistance, and Management

       For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service for 
     pre-filing taxpayer assistance and education, filing and 
     account services, shared services support, general management 
     and administration; and services as authorized

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     by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the 
     Commissioner, $3,955,777,000, of which up to $3,950,000 shall 
     be for the Tax Counseling for the Elderly Program, of which 
     $7,000,000 shall be available for low-income taxpayer clinic 
     grants, and of which not to exceed $25,000 shall be for 
     official reception and representation expenses.


                          tax law enforcement

       For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service for 
     determining and establishing tax liabilities; providing 
     litigation support; conducting criminal investigation and 
     enforcement activities; securing unfiled tax returns; 
     collecting unpaid accounts; conducting a document matching 
     program; resolving taxpayer problems through prompt 
     identification, referral and settlement; compiling statistics 
     of income and conducting compliance research; purchase (for 
     police-type use, not to exceed 850) and hire of passenger 
     motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and services as 
     authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be 
     determined by the Commissioner, $3,729,072,000, of which not 
     to exceed $1,000,000 shall remain available until September 
     30, 2005, for research, and of which not less than 
     $60,000,000 shall be used to combat abusive tax shelters.


             earned income tax credit compliance initiative

       For funding essential earned income tax credit compliance 
     and error reduction initiatives, $146,000,000, of which not 
     to exceed $10,000,000 may be used to reimburse the Social 
     Security Administration for the costs of implementing section 
     1090 of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997.


                          Information Systems

       For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service for 
     information systems and telecommunications support, including 
     developmental information systems and operational information 
     systems; the hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 
     1343(b)); and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at 
     such rates as may be determined by the Commissioner, 
     $1,632,444,000, which shall remain available until September 
     30, 2004.


                     business systems modernization

       For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service, 
     $366,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2005, 
     for the capital asset acquisition of information technology 
     systems, including management and related contractual costs 
     of said acquisitions, including contractual costs associated 
     with operations authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided, That 
     none of these funds may be obligated until the Internal 
     Revenue Service submits to the Committees on Appropriations, 
     and such Committees approve, a plan for expenditure that: (1) 
     meets the capital planning and investment control review 
     requirements established by the Office of Management and 
     Budget, including Circular A-11 part 3; (2) complies with the 
     Internal Revenue Service's enterprise architecture, including 
     the modernization blueprint; (3) conforms with the Internal 
     Revenue Service's enterprise life cycle methodology; (4) is 
     approved by the Internal Revenue Service, the Department of 
     the Treasury, and the Office of Management and Budget; (5) 
     has been reviewed by the General Accounting Office; and (6) 
     complies with the acquisition rules, requirements, 
     guidelines, and systems acquisition management practices of 
     the Federal Government.


               HEALTH INSURANCE TAX CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

       For necessary expenses to implement the health insurance 
     tax credit included in the Trade Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-
     210), $70,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
     2004.


          Administrative Provisions--Internal Revenue Service

       Sec. 101. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
     available in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service may be 
     transferred to any other Internal Revenue Service 
     appropriation upon the advance approval of the Committees on 
     Appropriations.
       Sec. 102. The Internal Revenue Service shall maintain a 
     training program to ensure that Internal Revenue Service 
     employees are trained in taxpayers' rights, in dealing 
     courteously with the taxpayers, and in cross-cultural 
     relations.
       Sec. 103. The Internal Revenue Service shall institute and 
     enforce policies and procedures that will safeguard the 
     confidentiality of taxpayer information.
       Sec. 104. Funds made available by this or any other Act to 
     the Internal Revenue Service shall be available for improved 
     facilities and increased manpower to provide sufficient and 
     effective 1-800 help line service for taxpayers. The 
     Commissioner shall continue to make the improvement of the 
     Internal Revenue Service 1-800 help line service a priority 
     and allocate resources necessary to increase phone lines and 
     staff to improve the Internal Revenue Service 1-800 help line 
     service.

                      United States Secret Service


                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the United States Secret Service, 
     including purchase of not to exceed 610 vehicles for police-
     type use for replacement only, and hire of passenger motor 
     vehicles; purchase of American-made side-car compatible 
     motorcycles; hire of aircraft; training and assistance 
     requested by State and local governments, which may be 
     provided without reimbursement; services of expert witnesses 
     at such rates as may be determined by the Director; rental of 
     buildings in the District of Columbia, and fencing, lighting, 
     guard booths, and other facilities on private or other 
     property not in Government ownership or control, as may be 
     necessary to perform protective functions; for payment of per 
     diem and/or subsistence allowances to employees where a 
     protective assignment during the actual day or days of the 
     visit of a protectee require an employee to work 16 hours per 
     day or to remain overnight at his or her post of duty; the 
     conducting of and participating in firearms matches; 
     presentation of awards; for travel of Secret Service 
     employees on protective missions without regard to the 
     limitations on such expenditures in this or any other Act if 
     approval is obtained in advance from the Committees on 
     Appropriations; for research and development; for making 
     grants to conduct behavioral research in support of 
     protective research and operations; not to exceed $25,000 for 
     official reception and representation expenses; not to exceed 
     $100,000 to provide technical assistance and equipment to 
     foreign law enforcement organizations in counterfeit 
     investigations; for payment in advance for commercial 
     accommodations as may be necessary to perform protective 
     functions; and for uniforms without regard to the 
     general purchase price limitation for the current fiscal 
     year, $1,029,150,000, of which $1,633,000 shall be 
     available for forensic and related support of 
     investigations of missing and exploited children, and of 
     which $4,583,000 shall be available as a grant for 
     activities related to the investigations of exploited 
     children and shall remain available until expended: 
     Provided, That up to $18,000,000 provided for protective 
     travel shall remain available until September 30, 2004.


     acquisition, construction, improvements, and related expenses

       For necessary expenses of construction, repair, alteration, 
     and improvement of facilities, $3,519,000, to remain 
     available until expended.

             General Provisions--Department of the Treasury

       Sec. 110. Any obligation or expenditure by the Secretary of 
     the Treasury in connection with law enforcement activities of 
     a Federal agency or a Department of the Treasury law 
     enforcement organization in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 
     9703(g)(4)(B) from unobligated balances remaining in the Fund 
     on September 30, 2003, shall be made in compliance with 
     reprogramming guidelines.
       Sec. 111. Appropriations to the Department of the Treasury 
     in this Act shall be available for uniforms or allowances 
     therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), including 
     maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of insurance for 
     official motor vehicles operated in foreign countries; 
     purchase of motor vehicles without regard to the general 
     purchase price limitations for vehicles purchased and used 
     overseas for the current fiscal year; entering into contracts 
     with the Department of State for the furnishing of health and 
     medical services to employees and their dependents serving in 
     foreign countries; and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
       Sec. 112. The funds provided to the Bureau of Alcohol, 
     Tobacco and Firearms for fiscal year 2003 in this Act for the 
     enforcement of the Federal Alcohol Administration Act shall 
     be expended in a manner so as not to diminish enforcement 
     efforts with respect to section 105 of the Federal Alcohol 
     Administration Act.
       Sec. 113. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropriations in 
     this Act made available to the Federal Law Enforcement 
     Training Center, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, Bureau 
     of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, United States Customs 
     Service, Interagency Crime and Drug Enforcement, and United 
     States Secret Service may be transferred between such 
     appropriations upon the advance approval of the Committees on 
     Appropriations. No transfer may increase or decrease any such 
     appropriation by more than 2 percent.
       Sec. 114. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropriations in 
     this Act made available to the Departmental Offices--Salaries 
     and Expenses, Office of Inspector General, Treasury Inspector 
     General for Tax Administration, Financial Management Service, 
     and Bureau of the Public Debt, may be transferred between 
     such appropriations upon the advance approval of the 
     Committees on Appropriations. No transfer may increase or 
     decrease any such appropriation by more than 2 percent.
       Sec. 115. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropriation made 
     available in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service may be 
     transferred to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax 
     Administration's appropriation upon the advance approval of 
     the Committees on Appropriations. No transfer may increase or 
     decrease any such appropriation by more than 2 percent.
       Sec. 116. Of the funds available for the purchase of law 
     enforcement vehicles, no funds may be obligated until the 
     Secretary of the Treasury certifies that the purchase by the 
     respective Treasury bureau is consistent with Departmental 
     vehicle management principles: Provided, That the Secretary 
     may delegate this authority to the Assistant Secretary for 
     Management.
       Sec. 117. None of the funds appropriated in this Act or 
     otherwise available to the Department of the Treasury or the 
     Bureau of Engraving and Printing may be used to redesign the 
     $1 Federal Reserve note.
       Sec. 118. The Secretary of the Treasury may transfer funds 
     from ``Salaries and Expenses'', Financial Management Service, 
     to the Debt Services Account as necessary to cover the costs 
     of debt collection: Provided, That such amounts shall be 
     reimbursed to such Salaries and Expenses account from debt 
     collections received in the Debt Services Account.
       Sec. 119. Section 122(g)(1) of Public Law 105-119 (5 U.S.C. 
     3104 note), is further amended by striking ``4 years'' and 
     inserting ``5 years''.
       Sec. 120. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this or any other Act may be used by the United 
     States Mint to construct or operate any museum without the 
     explicit approval of the House Committee on Financial 
     Services and the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
       Sec. 121. None of the funds appropriated or made available 
     by this Act may be used for the production of Customs 
     Declarations that do not inquire whether the passenger had 
     been in the proximity of livestock.

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       Sec. 122. The Federal Law Enforcement Training Center is 
     directed to establish an accrediting body that will include 
     representatives from the Federal law enforcement community, 
     as well as non-Federal accreditation experts involved in law 
     enforcement training. The purpose of this body will be to 
     establish standards for measuring and assessing the quality 
     and effectiveness of Federal law enforcement training 
     programs, facilities, and instructors.
       Sec. 123. The Treasury Department Appropriations Act, 1997 
     (as contained in section 101(f) of Division A of Public Law 
     104-208), under the heading ``Treasury Franchise Fund'', as 
     amended by section 120 of the Treasury Department 
     Appropriations Act, 2001 (enacted pursuant to section 1(a)(3) 
     of Public Law 106-554), is further amended by striking 
     ``until October 1, 2002'' and inserting ``until October 1, 
     2004''.
       Sec. 125. Amendment to John C. Stennis Center for Public 
     Service Training and Development Act.--For fiscal year 2003 
     and thereafter, section 116 of the John C. Stennis Center for 
     Public Service Training and Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1105) 
     is amended--
       (1) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:
       ``(b) Investment of Fund Assets.--
       ``(1) At the request of the Center, it shall be the duty of 
     the Secretary of the Treasury to invest in full the amounts 
     appropriated to the fund. Such investments may be made only 
     in interest-bearing obligations of the United States issued 
     directly to the fund.
       ``(2) The purposes for which obligations of the United 
     States may be issued under chapter 31 of Title 31 are hereby 
     extended to authorize the issuance at par of special 
     obligations directly to the fund. Such special obligations 
     shall bear interest at a rate equal to the average rate of 
     interest, computed as to the end of the calendar month next 
     preceding the date of such issue, borne by all marketable 
     interest-bearing obligations of the United States then 
     forming a part of the public debt; except that where such 
     average rate is not a multiple of one-eighth of 1 per centum, 
     the rate of interest of such special obligations shall be the 
     multiple of one-eighth of 1 per centum next lower than such 
     average rate. All requests of the Center to the Secretary of 
     the Treasury provided for in this section shall be binding 
     upon the Secretary.''; and
       (2) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:
       ``(c) Authority to Sell Obligations.--At the request of the 
     Center, the Secretary of the Treasury shall redeem any 
     obligation issued directly to the fund. Obligations issued to 
     the fund under subsection (b)(2) shall be redeemed at par 
     plus accrued interest. Any other obligations issued directly 
     to the fund shall be redeemed at the market price.''.
       Sec. 126. Amendment to James Madison Memorial Fellowship 
     Act.--For fiscal year 2003 and thereafter, section 811 of the 
     James Madison Memorial Fellowship Act (20 U.S.C. 4510) is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:
       ``(b) Investment of Amounts Appropriated.--
       ``(1) At the request of the Trust Fund, it shall be the 
     duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to invest in full the 
     amounts appropriated and contributed to the fund. Such 
     investments may be made only in interest-bearing obligations 
     of the United States issued directly to the fund.
       ``(2) The purposes for which obligations of the United 
     States may be issued under chapter 31 of Title 31 are hereby 
     extended to authorize the issuance at par of special 
     obligations directly to the fund. Such special obligations 
     shall bear interest at a rate equal to the average rate of 
     interest, computed as to the end of the calendar month next 
     preceding the date of such issue, borne by all marketable 
     interest-bearing obligations of the United States then 
     forming a part of the public debt; except that where such 
     average rate is not a multiple of one-eighth of 1 per centum, 
     the rate of interest of such special obligations shall be the 
     multiple of one-eighth of 1 per centum next lower than such 
     average rate. All requests of the Trust Fund to the Secretary 
     of the Treasury provided for in this section shall be binding 
     upon the Secretary.''; and
       (2) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:
       ``(c) Sale of Obligations Acquired by Fund.--At the request 
     of the Trust Fund, the Secretary of the Treasury shall redeem 
     any obligation issued directly to the fund. Obligations 
     issued to the fund under subsection (b)(2) shall be redeemed 
     at par plus accrued interest. Any other obligations issued 
     directly to the fund shall be redeemed at the market 
     price.''.
       Sec. 127. Authority for the Creation of Integrated Border 
     Inspection Areas and Designation of Foreign Law Enforcement 
     Officers. (a) Creation of Integrated Border Inspection 
     Areas.--
       (1) The Commissioner of Customs, in consultation with the 
     Canadian Customs and Revenue Agency (CCRA), shall seek to 
     establish Integrated Border Inspection Areas (IBIAs), i.e., 
     areas on either side of the United States-Canada border in 
     which the United States Customs officers can inspect vehicles 
     entering the United States from Canada before they enter the 
     United States, or Canadian officers can inspect vehicles 
     entering Canada from the United States before they enter 
     Canada. This may include, where appropriate, employment of 
     reverse inspection techniques.
       (2) The Commissioner of Customs, in consultation with the 
     Administrator of the General Services Administration when 
     appropriate, shall endeavor to carry out the IBIA program in 
     a manner that minimizes adverse impacts on the surrounding 
     community.
       (b) Section 1401(i) of title 19, United States Code, is 
     amended by inserting ``, including foreign law enforcement 
     officers,'' after ``or other person''.
       (c) Section 1629 of title 19, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (1) in paragraph (a) by inserting ``, or subsequent to 
     their exit from,'' after ``prior to their arrival in'';
       (2) in paragraph (c) by inserting ``or exportation'' after 
     ``relating to the importation'' and by inserting ``or exit'' 
     after ``port of entry'';
       (3) in paragraph (e), by--
       (A) inserting ``and agriculture inspection'' after 
     ``customs'' in each instance where reference is currently 
     made to ``customs officers'' or ``customs officials'' in this 
     subsection;
       (B) inserting ``and the Secretary of Agriculture'' after 
     ``in coordination with the Secretary'';
       (C) inserting ``or that have gone directly from that 
     country to the United States'' after ``to that country from 
     the United States'';
       (D) inserting ``or exportation'' after ``governing the 
     importation'';
       (E) deleting ``and'' and inserting a comma (``,'') after 
     ``such functions'';
       (F) inserting ``, and enjoy such privileges and 
     immunities'' after ``such duties'';
       (G) inserting ``or are afforded'' after ``authorized to 
     perform''; and
       (H) deleting ``under reciprocal agreement'' and inserting 
     ``by treaty, agreement or law''.
       (4) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(g) Persons designated to perform the duties of an 
     officer of the Customs Service pursuant to section 1401 (i) 
     of this title shall be entitled to the same privileges and 
     immunities as an officer of the Customs Service with respect 
     to any actions taken by the designated person in the 
     performance of such duties.''.
       This title may be cited as the ``Treasury Department 
     Appropriations Act, 2003''.

                        TITLE II--POSTAL SERVICE

                   Payment to the Postal Service Fund

       For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue forgone 
     on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to subsections (c) 
     and (d) of section 2401 of title 39, United States Code, 
     $60,014,000, of which $31,014,000 shall not be available for 
     obligation until October 1, 2003: Provided, That mail for 
     overseas voting and mail for the blind shall continue to be 
     free: Provided further, That 6-day delivery and rural 
     delivery of mail shall continue at not less than the 1983 
     level: Provided further, That none of the funds made 
     available to the Postal Service by this Act shall be used to 
     implement any rule, regulation, or policy of charging any 
     officer or employee of any State or local child support 
     enforcement agency, or any individual participating in a 
     State or local program of child support enforcement, a fee 
     for information requested or provided concerning an address 
     of a postal customer: Provided further, That none of the 
     funds provided in this Act shall be used to consolidate or 
     close small rural and other small post offices in fiscal year 
     2003.
       This title may be cited as the ``Postal Service 
     Appropriations Act, 2003''.

TITLE III--EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO 
                             THE PRESIDENT

        Compensation of the President and the White House Office


                     compensation of the president

       For compensation of the President, including an expense 
     allowance at the rate of $50,000 per annum as authorized by 3 
     U.S.C. 102, $450,000: Provided, That none of the funds made 
     available for official expenses shall be expended for any 
     other purpose and any unused amount shall revert to the 
     Treasury pursuant to section 1552 of title 31, United States 
     Code: Provided further, That none of the funds made available 
     for official expenses shall be considered as taxable to the 
     President.


                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses for the White House as authorized by 
     law, including not to exceed $3,850,000 for services as 
     authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 105; subsistence 
     expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 105, which shall be 
     expended and accounted for as provided in that section; hire 
     of passenger motor vehicles, newspapers, periodicals, 
     teletype news service, and travel (not to exceed $100,000 to 
     be expended and accounted for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 103); 
     and not to exceed $19,000 for official entertainment 
     expenses, to be available for allocation within the Executive 
     Office of the President, $50,715,000: Provided, That 
     $8,650,000 of the funds appropriated shall be available for 
     reimbursements to the White House Communications Agency.

                      Office of Homeland Security


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Homeland Security, 
     pursuant to Executive Order No. 13288, $19,398,000: Provided, 
     That the Office of Homeland Security shall submit a report 
     identifying estimated obligations for each function assigned 
     to this Office pursuant to Executive Order No. 13288 to the 
     Committees on Appropriations no later than November 1, 2002.

                 Executive Residence at the White House


                           operating expenses

       For the care, maintenance, repair and alteration, 
     refurnishing, improvement, heating, and lighting, including 
     electric power and fixtures, of the Executive Residence at 
     the White House and official entertainment expenses of the 
     President, $12,228,000, to be expended and accounted for as 
     provided by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109, 110, and 112-114.


                         reimbursable expenses

       For the reimbursable expenses of the Executive Residence at 
     the White House, such sums as may be necessary: Provided, 
     That all reimbursable operating expenses of the Executive 
     Residence shall be made in accordance with the provisions of 
     this paragraph: Provided further,

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     That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, such amount 
     for reimbursable operating expenses shall be the exclusive 
     authority of the Executive Residence to incur obligations and 
     to receive offsetting collections, for such expenses: 
     Provided further, That the Executive Residence shall require 
     each person sponsoring a reimbursable political event to pay 
     in advance an amount equal to the estimated cost of the 
     event, and all such advance payments shall be credited to 
     this account and remain available until expended: Provided 
     further, That the Executive Residence shall require the 
     national committee of the political party of the President to 
     maintain on deposit $25,000, to be separately accounted for 
     and available for expenses relating to reimbursable political 
     events sponsored by such committee during such fiscal year: 
     Provided further, That the Executive Residence shall ensure 
     that a written notice of any amount owed for a reimbursable 
     operating expense under this paragraph is submitted to the 
     person owing such amount within 60 days after such expense is 
     incurred, and that such amount is collected within 30 days 
     after the submission of such notice: Provided further, 
     That the Executive Residence shall charge interest and 
     assess penalties and other charges on any such amount that 
     is not reimbursed within such 30 days, in accordance with 
     the interest and penalty provisions applicable to an 
     outstanding debt on a United States Government claim under 
     section 3717 of title 31, United States Code: Provided 
     further, That each such amount that is reimbursed, and any 
     accompanying interest and charges, shall be deposited in 
     the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: Provided further, 
     That the Executive Residence shall prepare and submit to 
     the Committees on Appropriations, by not later than 90 
     days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this Act, 
     a report setting forth the reimbursable operating expenses 
     of the Executive Residence during the preceding fiscal 
     year, including the total amount of such expenses, the 
     amount of such total that consists of reimbursable 
     official and ceremonial events, the amount of such total 
     that consists of reimbursable political events, and the 
     portion of each such amount that has been reimbursed as of 
     the date of the report: Provided further, That the 
     Executive Residence shall maintain a system for the 
     tracking of expenses related to reimbursable events within 
     the Executive Residence that includes a standard for the 
     classification of any such expense as political or 
     nonpolitical: Provided further, That no provision of this 
     paragraph may be construed to exempt the Executive 
     Residence from any other applicable requirement of 
     subchapter I or II of chapter 37 of title 31, United 
     States Code.


                   white house repair and restoration

       For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the 
     Executive Residence at the White House, $1,200,000, to remain 
     available until expended, for required maintenance, safety 
     and health issues, and continued preventative maintenance.

 Special Assistance to the President and the Official Residence of the 
                             Vice President


                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President to 
     provide assistance to the President in connection with 
     specially assigned functions; services as authorized by 5 
     U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 106, including subsistence expenses 
     as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, which shall be expended and 
     accounted for as provided in that section; and hire of 
     passenger motor vehicles, $4,066,000.


                           operating expenses

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement, heating 
     and lighting, including electric power and fixtures, of the 
     official residence of the Vice President; the hire of 
     passenger motor vehicles; and not to exceed $90,000 for 
     official entertainment expenses of the Vice President, to be 
     accounted for solely on his certificate, $324,000: Provided, 
     That advances or repayments or transfers from this 
     appropriation may be made to any department or agency for 
     expenses of carrying out such activities.

                      Council of Economic Advisers


                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Council of Economic Advisors 
     in carrying out its functions under the Employment Act of 
     1946 (15 U.S.C. 1021), $3,763,000.

                      Office of Policy Development


                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Policy Development, 
     including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 
     U.S.C. 107, $3,251,000.

                       National Security Council


                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the National Security Council, 
     including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
     $7,821,000.

                        Office of Administration


                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Administration, 
     including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 
     U.S.C. 107, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
     $91,505,000, of which $17,470,000 shall remain available 
     until expended for the Capital Investment Plan for continued 
     modernization of the information technology infrastructure 
     within the Executive Office of the President: Provided, That 
     the Executive Office of the President shall submit a report 
     to the Committees on Appropriations that includes a current 
     description of: (1) the Enterprise Architecture, as defined 
     in OMB Circular A-130 and the Federal Chief Information 
     Officers Council guidance; (2) the Information Technology 
     (IT) Human Capital Plan; (3) the capital investment plan for 
     implementing the Enterprise Architecture; and (4) the IT 
     capital planning and investment control process: Provided 
     further, That this report shall be reviewed and approved by 
     the Office of Management and Budget, and reviewed by the 
     General Accounting Office.

                    Office of Management and Budget


                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Management and 
     Budget, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and 
     services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $62,394,000, of 
     which not to exceed $5,000,000 shall be available to carry 
     out the provisions of chapter 35 of title 44, United States 
     Code, and of which not to exceed $3,000 shall be available 
     for official representation expenses: Provided, That, as 
     provided in 31 U.S.C. 1301(a), appropriations shall be 
     applied only to the objects for which appropriations were 
     made except as otherwise provided by law: Provided further, 
     That none of the funds appropriated in this Act for the 
     Office of Management and Budget may be used for the purpose 
     of reviewing any agricultural marketing orders or any 
     activities or regulations under the provisions of the 
     Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 601 et 
     seq.): Provided further, That none of the funds made 
     available for the Office of Management and Budget by this Act 
     may be expended for the altering of the transcript of actual 
     testimony of witnesses, except for testimony of officials of 
     the Office of Management and Budget, before the Committees on 
     Appropriations or the Committees on Veterans' Affairs or 
     their subcommittees: Provided further, That the preceding 
     shall not apply to printed hearings released by the 
     Committees on Appropriations or the Committees on Veterans' 
     Affairs: Provided further, That none of the funds 
     appropriated in this Act may be available to pay the salary 
     or expenses of any employee of the Office of Management and 
     Budget who, after February 15, 2003, calculates, prepares, 
     or approves any tabular or other material that proposes 
     the sub-allocation of budget authority or outlays by the 
     Committees on Appropriations among their subcommittees.

                 Office of National Drug Control Policy


                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug 
     Control Policy; for research activities pursuant to the 
     Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 
     1998 (21 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); not to exceed $10,000 for 
     official reception and representation expenses; and for 
     participation in joint projects or in the provision of 
     services on matters of mutual interest with nonprofit, 
     research, or public organizations or agencies, with or 
     without reimbursement, $26,456,000; of which $2,350,000 shall 
     remain available until expended, consisting of $1,350,000 for 
     policy research and evaluation, and $1,000,000 for the 
     National Alliance for Model State Drug Laws: Provided, That 
     the Office is authorized to accept, hold, administer, and 
     utilize gifts, both real and personal, public and private, 
     without fiscal year limitation, for the purpose of aiding or 
     facilitating the work of the Office: Provided further, That 
     $5,000,000 of these funds shall not be obligated until the 
     Director submits performance measures of effectiveness for 
     the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas program to the 
     House Committee on Appropriations: Provided further, That 
     $2,000,000 of these funds shall not be obligated until the 
     Director submits, and the Committees on Appropriations 
     approve, a human capital strategy for the Office.


                counterdrug technology assessment center

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses for the Counterdrug Technology 
     Assessment Center for research activities pursuant to the 
     Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 
     1998 (21 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), $48,000,000, which shall 
     remain available until expended, consisting of $22,000,000 
     for counternarcotics research and development projects, and 
     $26,000,000 for the continued operation of the technology 
     transfer program: Provided, That the $22,000,000 for 
     counternarcotics research and development projects shall be 
     available for transfer to other Federal departments or 
     agencies.

                     Federal Drug Control Programs


             high intensity drug trafficking areas program

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug 
     Control Policy's High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas 
     Program, $226,350,000, for drug control activities consistent 
     with the approved strategy for each of the designated High 
     Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas, of which no less than 51 
     percent shall be transferred to State and local entities for 
     drug control activities, which shall be obligated within 120 
     days of the date of the enactment of this Act: Provided, That 
     up to 49 percent, to remain available until September 30, 
     2004, may be transferred to Federal agencies and departments 
     at a rate to be determined by the Director, of which not less 
     than $2,100,000 shall be used for auditing services and 
     associated activities, and at least $500,000 of the 
     $2,100,000 shall be used to develop and implement a data 
     collection system to measure the performance of the High 
     Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program: Provided further, 
     That High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Programs 
     designated as of September 30, 2002, shall be funded at no 
     less than the fiscal year 2002 initial allocation levels 
     unless the Director submits to the Committees on 
     Appropriations, and the Committees approve, justification for 
     changes in those levels based on clearly articulated 
     priorities for the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas 
     Programs, as well as published Office of National Drug 
     Control Policy performance measures of effectiveness: 
     Provided

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     further, That no funds of an amount in excess of the fiscal 
     year 2003 budget request shall be obligated prior to the 
     approval of the Committee on Appropriations: Provided 
     further, That no funds shall be used for any further or 
     additional consolidation of the Southwest Border High 
     Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, except for the operation of 
     an office with a coordinating role, until the Office submits 
     a report on the structure of the Southwest Border High 
     Intensity Drug Trafficking Area.


                        special forfeiture fund

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For activities to support a national anti-drug campaign for 
     youth, and for other purposes, authorized by the Office of 
     National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998 (21 
     U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), $223,200,000, to remain available until 
     expended, of which the following amounts are available as 
     follows: $150,000,000 to support a national media campaign, 
     as authorized by the Drug-Free Media Campaign Act of 1998; 
     $60,000,000 to continue a program of matching grants to drug-
     free communities, of which $2,000,000 shall be a directed 
     grant to the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America for 
     the National Community Anti-Drug Coalition Institute, as 
     authorized in chapter 2 of the National Narcotics Leadership 
     Act of 1988, as amended; $3,000,000 for the Counterdrug 
     Intelligence Executive Secretariat; $2,000,000 for 
     evaluations and research related to National Drug Control 
     Program performance measures; $1,000,000 for the National 
     Drug Court Institute; $6,400,000 for the United States Anti-
     Doping Agency for anti-doping activities; and $800,000 for 
     the United States membership dues to the World Anti-Doping 
     Agency: Provided, That such funds may be transferred to other 
     Federal departments and agencies to carry out such 
     activities.

                          Unanticipated Needs

       For expenses necessary to enable the President to meet 
     unanticipated needs, in furtherance of the national interest, 
     security, or defense which may arise at home or abroad during 
     the current fiscal year, as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 108, 
     $1,000,000.
       This title may be cited as the ``Executive Office 
     Appropriations Act, 2003''.

                     TITLE IV--INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

 Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled


                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Committee for Purchase From 
     People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled established by 
     Public Law 92-28, $4,658,000.

                      Federal Election Commission


                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the 
     Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended, 
     $49,866,000, of which no less than $5,866,700 shall be 
     available for internal automated data processing systems, and 
     of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be available for 
     reception and representation expenses.

                   Federal Labor Relations Authority


                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
     Federal Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorganization 
     Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service Reform Act of 
     1978, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and 
     including hire of experts and consultants, hire of passenger 
     motor vehicles, and rental of conference rooms in the 
     District of Columbia and elsewhere, $28,950,000: Provided, 
     That public members of the Federal Service Impasses Panel may 
     be paid travel expenses and per diem in lieu of subsistence 
     as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5703) for persons employed 
     intermittently in the Government service, and compensation as 
     authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That 
     notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received from fees 
     charged to non-Federal participants at labor-management 
     relations conferences shall be credited to and merged with 
     this account, to be available without further appropriation 
     for the costs of carrying out these conferences.

                    General Services Administration


                        real property activities

                         federal buildings fund

                 limitations on availability of revenue

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For an additional amount to be deposited in, and to be used 
     for the purposes of, the Fund established pursuant to section 
     210(f) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services 
     Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C. 490(f)), $375,711,000. The 
     revenues and collections deposited into the Fund shall be 
     available for necessary expenses of real property management 
     and related activities not otherwise provided for, including 
     operation, maintenance, and protection of federally owned and 
     leased buildings; rental of buildings in the District of 
     Columbia; restoration of leased premises; moving governmental 
     agencies (including space adjustments and telecommunications 
     relocation expenses) in connection with the assignment, 
     allocation and transfer of space; contractual services 
     incident to cleaning or servicing buildings, and moving; 
     repair and alteration of federally owned buildings including 
     grounds, approaches and appurtenances; care and safeguarding 
     of sites; maintenance, preservation, demolition, and 
     equipment; acquisition of buildings and sites by purchase, 
     condemnation, or as otherwise authorized by law; acquisition 
     of options to purchase buildings and sites; conversion and 
     extension of federally owned buildings; preliminary planning 
     and design of projects by contract or otherwise; construction 
     of new buildings (including equipment for such buildings); 
     and payment of principal, interest, and any other obligations 
     for public buildings acquired by installment purchase and 
     purchase contract; in the aggregate amount of $7,006,033,000, 
     of which: (1) $717,488,000 shall remain available until 
     expended for construction (including funds for sites and 
     expenses and associated design and construction services) of 
     additional projects at the following locations:
       New Construction:
       Arkansas:
       Little Rock, United States Courthouse Annex, $77,154,000
       California:
       San Diego, United States Courthouse Annex, $23,901,000
       District of Columbia:
       Washington, Southeast Federal Center Site Remediation, 
     $6,472,000
       Florida:
       Fort Pierce, United States Courthouse, $2,744,000
       Orlando, United States Courthouse, $79,261,000
       Iowa:
       Cedar Rapids, United States Courthouse, $5,167,000
       Maine:
       Jackman, Border Station, $9,194,000
       Maryland:
       Montgomery County, FDA consolidation, $37,600,000
       Suitland, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
     II, $9,461,000
       Suitland, United States Census Bureau, $176,919,000
       Mississippi:
       Jackson, United States Courthouse, $7,276,000
       Missouri:
       Cape Girardeau, United States Courthouse, $49,300,000
       Montana:
       Raymond, Border Station, $7,753,000
       New York:
       Brooklyn, United States Courthouse Annex--GPO, $39,500,000
       Champlain, Border Station, $4,000,000.
       Massena, Border Station, $1,646,000
       New York, United States Mission to the United Nations, 
     $57,053,000
       North Dakota:
       Portal, Border Station, $2,201,000
       Oregon:
       Eugene, United States Courthouse, $77,374,000
       Tennessee:
       Nashville, United States Courthouse, $7,095,000
       Texas:
       Austin, United States Courthouse, $13,809,000
       Utah:
       Salt Lake City, United States Courthouse, $9,783,000
       Washington:
       Oroville, Border Station, $6,572,000
       Nationwide:
       Nonprospectus Construction, $6,253,000:
     Provided, That funding for any project identified above may 
     be exceeded to the extent that savings are effected in other 
     such projects, but not to exceed 10 percent of the amounts 
     included in an approved prospectus, if required, unless 
     advance approval is obtained from the Committees on 
     Appropriations of a greater amount: Provided further, That 
     all funds for direct construction projects shall expire on 
     September 30, 2004, and remain in the Federal Buildings Fund 
     except for funds for projects as to which funds for design or 
     other funds have been obligated in whole or in part prior to 
     such date; (2) $951,529,000 shall remain available until 
     expended for repairs and alterations, of which $358,340,000 
     shall be available for basic repairs and alterations and 
     $593,189,000 shall be available for the following repairs and 
     alterations projects, which includes associated design and 
     construction services:
       California:
       Los Angeles, Federal Building, 300 North Los Angeles Street
       San Francisco, Appraisers Building
       San Francisco, 50 United Nations Plaza Federal Building 
     (design)
       Tecate, Tecate United States Border Station
       Colorado:
       Denver, Byron G. Rogers Federal Building and Courthouse
       Lakewood, Denver Federal Center, Building 53 (design)
       Connecticut:
       New Haven, Robert N. Gaimo Federal Building
       District of Columbia:
       Federal Office Building 10A Garage
       Harry S Truman Building (State)
       GSA Central Office (design)
       GSA Regional Office Building (design)
       Herbert C. Hoover Building (design)
       Hawaii:
       Hilo, Federal Building and Post Office (design)
       Illinois:
       Chicago, United States Custom House
       Iowa:
       Davenport, Federal Building and United States Courthouse
       Maryland:
       Baltimore, Metro West
       Baltimore, George H. Fallon Federal Building (design)
       Woodlawn, Operations Building
       Massachusetts:
       Boston, John F. Kennedy Federal Building Plaza
       Minnesota:
       St. Paul, Warren E. Burger Federal Building and U.S. 
     Courthouse (design)
       Missouri:
       Kansas City, Bannister Federal Complex, Building 1
       Kansas City, Bannister Federal Complex, Building 2
       New Hampshire:
       Manchester, Norris Cotton Federal Building
       Portsmouth, Thomas J. McIntyre Federal Building

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       New York:
       New York, Jacob K. Javits Federal Building
       Ohio:
       Cleveland, Howard M. Metzenbaum United States Courthouse
       Columbus, John W. Bricker Federal Building (design)
       Pennsylvania:
       Pittsburgh, William S. Moorhead Federal Building
       Texas:
       Dallas, Earle Cabell Federal Building--Courthouse and Santa 
     Fe Federal Building
       Fort Worth, Fritz Garland Lanham Federal Building
       Washington:
       Seattle, Henry M. Jackson Federal Building
       Seattle, William Kenzo Nakamura, U.S. Courthouse (design)
       Auburn Warehouse Complex (design)
       Nationwide:
       Elevator Program, Glass Fragmentation Program and Anti-
     Terrorism Program:
     Provided further, That funds made available in any previous 
     Act in the Federal Buildings Fund for Repairs and Alterations 
     shall, for prospectus projects, be limited to the amount 
     identified for each project, except each project in any 
     previous Act may be increased by an amount not to exceed 10 
     percent unless advance approval is obtained from the 
     Committees on Appropriations of a greater amount: Provided 
     further, That additional projects for which prospectuses have 
     been fully approved may be funded under this category only if 
     advance approval is obtained from the Committees on 
     Appropriations: Provided further, That the amounts provided 
     in this or any prior Act for ``Repairs and Alterations'' may 
     be used to fund costs associated with implementing security 
     improvements to buildings necessary to meet the minimum 
     standards for security in accordance with current law and in 
     compliance with the reprogramming guidelines of the 
     appropriate Committees of the House and Senate: Provided 
     further, That the difference between the funds appropriated 
     and expended on any projects in this or any prior Act, under 
     the heading `` Repairs and Alterations'', may be transferred 
     to Basic Repairs and Alterations or used to fund authorized 
     increases in prospectus projects: Provided further, That all 
     funds for repairs and alterations prospectus projects shall 
     expire on September 30, 2004 and remain in the Federal 
     Buildings Fund except funds for projects as to which funds 
     for design or other funds have been obligated in whole or in 
     part prior to such date: Provided further, That the amount 
     provided in this or any prior Act for Basic Repairs and 
     Alterations may be used to pay claims against the Government 
     arising from any projects under the heading ``Repairs and 
     Alterations'' or used to fund authorized increases in 
     prospectus projects; (3) $178,960,000 for installment 
     acquisition payments including payments on purchase contracts 
     which shall remain available until expended; (4) 
     $3,113,211,000 for rental of space which shall remain 
     available until expended; and (5) $1,965,160,000 for building 
     operations which shall remain available until expended: 
     Provided further, That funds available to the General 
     Services Administration shall not be available for expenses 
     of any construction, repair, alteration and acquisition 
     project for which a prospectus, if required by the Public 
     Buildings Act of 1959, as amended, has not been approved, 
     except that necessary funds may be expended for each project 
     for required expenses for the development of a proposed 
     prospectus: Provided further, That funds available in the 
     Federal Buildings Fund may be expended for emergency repairs 
     when advance approval is obtained from the Committees on 
     Appropriations: Provided further, That amounts necessary to 
     provide reimbursable special services to other agencies under 
     section 210(f)(6) of the Federal Property and Administrative 
     Services Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C. 490(f)(6)) and 
     amounts to provide such reimbursable fencing, lighting, guard 
     booths, and other facilities on private or other property not 
     in Government ownership or control as may be appropriate to 
     enable the United States Secret Service to perform its 
     protective functions pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3056, shall be 
     available from such revenues and collections: Provided 
     further, That revenues and collections and any other sums 
     accruing to this Fund during fiscal year 2003, excluding 
     reimbursements under section 210(f)(6) of the Federal 
     Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 
     490(f)(6)) in excess of $7,006,033,000 shall remain in the 
     Fund and shall not be available for expenditure except as 
     authorized in appropriations Acts.


                           general activities

                      policy and citizen services

       For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided for, 
     for Government-wide policy and evaluation activities 
     associated with the management of real and personal property 
     assets and certain administrative services; Government-wide 
     policy support responsibilities relating to acquisition, 
     telecommunications, information technology management, and 
     related technology activities; providing Internet access to 
     Federal information and services; and services as authorized 
     by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $66,304,000.


                           operating expenses

       For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided for, 
     for Government-wide activities associated with utilization 
     and donation of surplus personal property; disposal of real 
     property; telecommunications, information technology 
     management, and related technology activities; agency-wide 
     policy direction and management, and Board of Contract 
     Appeals; accounting, records management, and other support 
     services incident to adjudication of Indian Tribal Claims 
     by the United States Court of Federal Claims; services as 
     authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed $7,500 for 
     official reception and representation expenses, 
     $83,663,000, of which $17,463,000 shall remain available 
     until expended.


                      office of inspector general

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
     and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $37,916,000: 
     Provided, That not to exceed $15,000 shall be available for 
     payment for information and detection of fraud against the 
     Government, including payment for recovery of stolen 
     Government property: Provided further, That not to exceed 
     $2,500 shall be available for awards to employees of other 
     Federal agencies and private citizens in recognition of 
     efforts and initiatives resulting in enhanced Office of 
     Inspector General effectiveness.


                       electronic government fund

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses in support of interagency projects 
     that enable the Federal Government to expand its ability to 
     conduct activities electronically, through the development 
     and implementation of innovative uses of the Internet and 
     other electronic methods, $5,000,000, to remain available 
     until expended: Provided, That these funds may be transferred 
     to Federal agencies to carry out the purposes of the Fund: 
     Provided further, That this transfer authority shall be in 
     addition to any other transfer authority provided in this 
     Act: Provided further, That such transfers may not be made 
     until 10 days after a proposed spending plan and 
     justification for each project to be undertaken has been 
     submitted to the Committees on Appropriations.

           allowances and office staff for former presidents


                     (including transfer of funds)

       For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August 25, 
     1958, as amended (3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public Law 95-138, 
     $3,339,000: Provided, That the Administrator of General 
     Services shall transfer to the Secretary of the Treasury such 
     sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of such 
     Acts.


                     Election Reform Reimbursements

       For necessary expenses to carry out a program under which a 
     one-time payment shall be made to the chief election 
     authority of each State which, on a Statewide basis, obtained 
     optical scan or electronic voting equipment for the 
     administration of elections for Federal office in the State 
     prior to the regularly scheduled general election for Federal 
     office in November 2000, $15,000,000: Provided, That the 
     amount of the payment made with respect to a State under such 
     program shall be equal to the costs incurred by the State in 
     obtaining optical scan or electronic voting equipment used to 
     administer the most recent regularly scheduled general 
     election for Federal office in the State, except that in no 
     case may the amount of the payment exceed $4,000 per voting 
     precinct in the State at the time of the election: Provided 
     further, That total payments made under such program shall 
     not exceed $15,000,000.


          General Services Administration--General Provisions

       Sec. 401. The appropriate appropriation or fund available 
     to the General Services Administration shall be credited with 
     the cost of operation, protection, maintenance, upkeep, 
     repair, and improvement, included as part of rentals received 
     from Government corporations pursuant to law (40 U.S.C. 129).
       Sec. 402. Funds available to the General Services 
     Administration shall be available for the hire of passenger 
     motor vehicles.
       Sec. 403. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund made 
     available for fiscal year 2003 for Federal Buildings Fund 
     activities may be transferred between such activities only to 
     the extent necessary to meet program requirements: Provided, 
     That any proposed transfers shall be approved in advance by 
     the Committees on Appropriations.
       Sec. 404. No funds made available by this Act shall be used 
     to transmit a fiscal year 2004 request for United States 
     Courthouse construction that: (1) does not meet the design 
     guide standards for construction as established and approved 
     by the General Services Administration, the Judicial 
     Conference of the United States, and the Office of Management 
     and Budget; and (2) does not reflect the priorities of the 
     Judicial Conference of the United States as set out in its 
     approved 5-year construction plan: Provided, That the fiscal 
     year 2004 request must be accompanied by a standardized 
     courtroom utilization study of each facility to be 
     constructed, replaced, or expanded.
       Sec. 405. None of the funds provided in this Act may be 
     used to increase the amount of occupiable square feet, 
     provide cleaning services, security enhancements, or any 
     other service usually provided through the Federal Buildings 
     Fund, to any agency that does not pay the rate per square 
     foot assessment for space and services as determined by the 
     General Services Administration in compliance with the Public 
     Buildings Amendments Act of 1972 (Public Law 92-313).
       Sec. 406. Funds provided to other Government agencies by 
     the Information Technology Fund, General Services 
     Administration, under section 110 of the Federal Property and 
     Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 757) and 
     sections 5124(b) and 5128 of the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996 
     (40 U.S.C. 1424(b) and 1428), for performance of pilot 
     information technology projects which have potential for 
     Government-wide benefits and savings, may be repaid to this 
     Fund from any savings actually incurred by these projects or 
     other funding, to the extent feasible.
       Sec. 407. From funds made available under the heading 
     ``Federal Buildings Fund, Limitations on Availability of 
     Revenue'', claims against the Government of less than 
     $250,000 arising from direct construction projects and 
     acquisition of buildings may be liquidated from savings 
     effected in other construction projects with prior 
     notification to the Committees on Appropriations.

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       Sec. 408. Designation of the Judge Dan M. Russell, Jr. 
     Federal Building and United States Courthouse. (a) The 
     Federal building and United States courthouse located at 2015 
     15th Street in Gulfport, Mississippi, shall be known and 
     designated as the ``Judge Dan M. Russell, Jr. Federal 
     Building and United States Courthouse''.
       (b) Any reference in law, map, regulation, document, paper, 
     or other record of the United States to the Federal building 
     and United States courthouse referred to in subsection (a) 
     shall be deemed to be a reference to the ``Judge Dan M. 
     Russell, Jr. Federal Building and United States Courthouse''.
       Sec. 409. Designation. (a) The United States courthouse 
     located at 100 Federal Plaza in Central Islip, New York, 
     shall be known and designated as the ``Alfonse M. D'Amato 
     United States Courthouse''.
       (b) Any reference in law, map, regulation, document, paper, 
     or other record of the United States to the United States 
     courthouse referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to 
     be a reference to the ``Alfonse M. D'Amato United States 
     Courthouse''.
       Sec. 410. Designation of Cesar E. Chavez Memorial Building. 
     (a) The building known as the Colonnade Center, located at 
     1244 Speer Boulevard, Denver, Colorado, shall be known and 
     designated as the ``Cesar E. Chavez Memorial Building''.
       (b) Any reference in law, map, regulation, document, paper, 
     or other record of the United States to the building referred 
     to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the 
     ``Cesar E. Chavez Memorial Building''.
       Sec. 411. For gross obligations for the principal amount of 
     a direct loan as defined by Section 502 of the Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974, not to exceed $250,000, to be available 
     from amounts transferred by Treasury to the ``Disposal of 
     surplus real and related personal property'' account of the 
     General Services Administration.
       Sec. 412. Designation of Richard Sheppard Arnold United 
     States Courthouse. (a) The United States courthouse located 
     at 600 West Capitol Avenue in Little Rock, Arkansas, and any 
     addition to the courthouse that may hereafter be constructed, 
     shall be known and designated as the ``Richard Sheppard 
     Arnold United States Courthouse''.
       (b) Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 
     paper, or other record of the United States courthouse 
     referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a 
     reference to the ``Richard Sheppard Arnold United States 
     Courthouse''.
       Sec. 413. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     the Administrator of General Services is authorized to 
     acquire, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, the 
     properties known as 26 West Market Street, 30 West Market 
     Street, 39 West Market Street, and 40 West Market Street in 
     Salt Lake City, Utah. In so acquiring, the Administrator 
     shall comply with applicable environmental and historical 
     preservation statutes. This authority is in addition to the 
     authority of the Administrator to acquire any sites necessary 
     for construction of the new United States Courthouse in Salt 
     Lake City, Utah.
       (b) In addition, the Administrator is authorized to 
     relocate the historical building currently located at 39 West 
     Market Street, Salt Lake City, Utah, to the parcels known as 
     26, 30, and 40 West Market Street, Salt Lake City, Utah, and 
     after the relocation the Administrator is authorized to sell 
     by auction, or upon such other terms and conditions as the 
     Administrator deems proper, the properties known as 26, 30, 
     and 40 West Market Street. All proceeds from such sale shall 
     be deposited into the fund established under section 592 of 
     title 40, United States Code, and shall not be available for 
     obligation until authorized by a future appropriations Act.
       (c) Funds made available in previous appropriations Acts 
     for site, design and construction of a new Courthouse in Salt 
     Lake City, as well as funds that may be made available for 
     such project in fiscal year 2003 appropriations Acts, may be 
     used to carry out the purposes of subsections (a) and (b).
       Sec. 414. Designation of Nathaniel R. Jones Federal 
     Building and United States Courthouse. (a) In General.--The 
     Federal building and United States courthouse located at 10 
     East Commerce Street in Youngstown, Ohio, shall be known and 
     designated as the ``Nathaniel R. Jones Federal Building and 
     United States Courthouse''.
       (b) References.--Any reference in a law, map, regulation, 
     document, paper, or other record of the United States to the 
     Federal building and United States courthouse referred to in 
     subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the 
     Nathaniel R. Jones Federal Building and United States 
     Courthouse.
       Sec. 415. Designation of Eldon B. Mahon United States 
     Courthouse. (a) The United States Courthouse located at 501 
     West 10th Street in Fort Worth, Texas, shall be known and 
     designated as the ``Eldon B. Mahon United States 
     Courthouse''.
       (b) Any references in law, map, regulation, document, 
     paper, or other record of the United States to the building 
     referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a 
     reference to the ``Eldon B. Mahon United States Courthouse''.

                     Merit Systems Protection Board


                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Merit 
     Systems Protection Board pursuant to Reorganization Plan 
     Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, 
     including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of 
     conference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, 
     hire of passenger motor vehicles, and direct procurement of 
     survey printing, $32,027,000 together with not to exceed 
     $2,626,000 for administrative expenses to adjudicate 
     retirement appeals to be transferred from the Civil Service 
     Retirement and Disability Fund in amounts determined by the 
     Merit Systems Protection Board.

 Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental 
                           Policy Foundation


 morris k. udall scholarship and excellence in national environmental 
                           policy trust fund

       For payment to the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and 
     Excellence in National Environmental Policy Trust Fund, 
     pursuant to the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in 
     National Environmental and Native American Public Policy Act 
     of 1992 (20 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.), $1,996,000, to remain 
     available until expended: Provided, That up to 60 percent of 
     such funds may be transferred by the Morris K. Udall 
     Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy 
     Foundation for the necessary expenses of the Native Nations 
     Institute.


                 environmental dispute resolution fund

       For payment to the Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund to 
     carry out activities authorized in the Environmental Policy 
     and Conflict Resolution Act of 1998, $1,309,000, to remain 
     available until expended.

              National Archives and Records Administration


                           operating expenses

       For necessary expenses in connection with the 
     administration of the National Archives (including the 
     Information Security Oversight Office) and archived Federal 
     records and related activities, as provided by law, and for 
     expenses necessary for the review and declassification of 
     documents, and for the hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
     $249,875,000: Provided, That the Archivist of the United 
     States is authorized to use any excess funds available from 
     the amount borrowed for construction of the National Archives 
     facility, for expenses necessary to provide adequate storage 
     for holdings: Provided further, That of the funds made 
     available, $11,837,000 is for the electronic records archive, 
     $10,137,000 of which shall be available until September 30, 
     2005: Provided further, That, of the funds provided in this 
     paragraph, $600,000 shall be for the preservation of the 
     records of the Freedmen's Bureau, as required by section 2910 
     of title 44, United States Code, and as authorized by section 
     3 of the Freedmen's Bureau Records Preservation Act of 2000 
     (Public Law 106-444).


                        repairs and restoration

       For the repair, alteration, and improvement of archives 
     facilities, and to provide adequate storage for holdings, 
     $14,208,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
     $1,250,000 is for the Military Personnel Records Center 
     preliminary design studies, $3,250,000 is for repairs to the 
     Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library Plaza, and 
     $3,750,000 is for locating, purchasing, and other related 
     site location expenses for the site of a new regional 
     archives facility to be constructed in Anchorage, Alaska.

        National Historical Publications and Records Commission


                             grants program

       For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for 
     historical publications and records as authorized by 44 
     U.S.C. 2504, as amended, $6,500,000, to remain available 
     until expended.

                      Office of Government Ethics


                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Office 
     of Government Ethics pursuant to the Ethics in Government Act 
     of 1978, as amended and the Ethics Reform Act of 1989, 
     including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of 
     conference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, 
     hire of passenger motor vehicles, and not to exceed $1,500 
     for official reception and representation expenses, 
     $10,557,000.

                     Office of Personnel Management


                         salaries and expenses

                  (including transfer of trust funds)

       For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Office 
     of Personnel Management pursuant to Reorganization Plan 
     Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, 
     including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; medical 
     examinations performed for veterans by private physicians on 
     a fee basis; rental of conference rooms in the District of 
     Columbia and elsewhere; hire of passenger motor vehicles; not 
     to exceed $2,500 for official reception and representation 
     expenses; advances for reimbursements to applicable funds of 
     the Office of Personnel Management and the Federal Bureau of 
     Investigation for expenses incurred under Executive Order No. 
     10422 of January 9, 1953, as amended; and payment of per diem 
     and/or subsistence allowances to employees where Voting 
     Rights Act activities require an employee to remain overnight 
     at his or her post of duty, $129,486,000, of which 
     $24,000,000 shall remain available until expended for the 
     cost of the government-wide human resources data network 
     project, and $2,500,000 shall remain available until expended 
     for the cost of leading the government-wide initiative to 
     modernize the Federal payroll systems and service delivery; 
     and in addition $120,791,000 for administrative expenses, to 
     be transferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office 
     of Personnel Management without regard to other statutes, 
     including direct procurement of printed materials, for the 
     retirement and insurance programs, of which $27,640,000 shall 
     remain available until expended for the cost of automating 
     the retirement recordkeeping systems: Provided, That the 
     provisions of this appropriation shall not affect the 
     authority to use applicable trust funds as provided by 
     sections 8348(a)(1)(B), 8909(g), and 9004(f)(1)(A) and (2)(A) 
     of title 5, United States

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     Code: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation 
     shall be available for salaries and expenses of the Legal 
     Examining Unit of the Office of Personnel Management 
     established pursuant to Executive Order No. 9358 of July 1, 
     1943, or any successor unit of like purpose: Provided 
     further, That the President's Commission on White House 
     Fellows, established by Executive Order No. 11183 of October 
     3, 1964, may, during fiscal year 2003, accept donations of 
     money, property, and personal services in connection with the 
     development of a publicity brochure to provide information 
     about the White House Fellows, except that no such donations 
     shall be accepted for travel or reimbursement of travel 
     expenses, or for the salaries of employees of such 
     Commission.


                      office of inspector general

                         salaries and expenses

                  (including transfer of trust funds)

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
     in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act, 
     as amended, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
     3109, hire of passenger motor vehicles, $1,519,000, and in 
     addition, not to exceed $10,886,000 for administrative 
     expenses to audit, investigate, and provide other oversight 
     of the Office of Personnel Management's retirement and 
     insurance programs, to be transferred from the appropriate 
     trust funds of the Office of Personnel Management, as 
     determined by the Inspector General: Provided, That the 
     Inspector General is authorized to rent conference rooms in 
     the District of Columbia and elsewhere.


      government payment for annuitants, employees health benefits

         For payment of Government contributions with respect to 
     retired employees, as authorized by chapter 89 of title 5, 
     United States Code, and the Retired Federal Employees Health 
     Benefits Act (74 Stat. 849), as amended, such sums as may be 
     necessary.


       government payment for annuitants, employee life insurance

       For payment of Government contributions with respect to 
     employees retiring after December 31, 1989, as required by 
     chapter 87 of title 5, United States Code, such sums as may 
     be necessary.


        payment to civil service retirement and disability fund

       For financing the unfunded liability of new and increased 
     annuity benefits becoming effective on or after October 20, 
     1969, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8348, and annuities under 
     special Acts to be credited to the Civil Service Retirement 
     and Disability Fund, such sums as may be necessary: Provided, 
     That annuities authorized by the Act of May 29, 1944, as 
     amended, and the Act of August 19, 1950, as amended (33 
     U.S.C. 771-775), may hereafter be paid out of the Civil 
     Service Retirement and Disability Fund.

                       Office of Special Counsel


                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Office 
     of Special Counsel pursuant to Reorganization Plan Numbered 2 
     of 1978, the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-
     454), the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 (Public Law 
     101-12), Public Law 103-424, and the Uniformed Services 
     Employment and Reemployment Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-353), 
     including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, payment of 
     fees and expenses for witnesses, rental of conference rooms 
     in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and hire of 
     passenger motor vehicles; $12,449,000.

                        United States Tax Court


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses, including contract reporting and 
     other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $37,305,000: 
     Provided, That travel expenses of the judges shall be paid 
     upon the written certificate of the judge.

      White House Commission on the National Moment of Remembrance

       For necessary expenses of the White House Commission on the 
     National Moment of Remembrance, as authorized by Public Law 
     106-579, $250,000.
       This title may be cited as the ``Independent Agencies 
     Appropriations Act, 2003''.

                      TITLE V--GENERAL PROVISIONS

                                This Act

       Sec. 501. 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. 502. The expenditure of any appropriation under this 
     Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those 
     contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public 
     record and available for public inspection, except where 
     otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing 
     Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.
       Sec. 503. None of the funds made available by this Act 
     shall be available for any activity or for paying the salary 
     of any Government employee where funding an activity or 
     paying a salary to a Government employee would result in a 
     decision, determination, rule, regulation, or policy that 
     would prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of the Tariff 
     Act of 1930.
       Sec. 504. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
     Act shall be available to pay the salary for any person 
     filling a position, other than a temporary position, formerly 
     held by an employee who has left to enter the Armed Forces of 
     the United States and has satisfactorily completed his period 
     of active military or naval service, and has within 90 days 
     after his release from such service or from hospitalization 
     continuing after discharge for a period of not more than 1 
     year, made application for restoration to his former position 
     and has been certified by the Office of Personnel Management 
     as still qualified to perform the duties of his former 
     position and has not been restored thereto.
       Sec. 505. No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act may be 
     expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in 
     expending the assistance the entity will comply with sections 
     2 through 4 of the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a-10c).
       Sec. 506. (a) Purchase of American-Made Equipment and 
     Products.--In the case of any equipment or products that may 
     be authorized to be purchased with financial assistance 
     provided under this Act, it is the sense of the Congress that 
     entities receiving such assistance should, in expending the 
     assistance, purchase only American-made equipment and 
     products.
       (b) Notice to Recipients of Assistance.--In providing 
     financial assistance under this Act, the Secretary of the 
     Treasury shall provide to each recipient of the assistance a 
     notice describing the statement made in subsection (a) by the 
     Congress.
       Sec. 507. If it has been finally determined by a court or 
     Federal agency that any person intentionally affixed a label 
     bearing a ``Made in America'' inscription, or any inscription 
     with the same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped to 
     the United States that is not made in the United States, such 
     person shall be ineligible to receive any contract or 
     subcontract made with funds provided pursuant to this Act, 
     pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineligibility 
     procedures described in sections 9.400 through 9.409 of title 
     48, Code of Federal Regulations.
       Sec. 508. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, 
     not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances remaining 
     available at the end of fiscal year 2003 from appropriations 
     made available for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2003 
     in this Act, shall remain available through September 30, 
     2004, for each such account for the purposes authorized: 
     Provided, That a request shall be submitted to the Committees 
     on Appropriations for approval prior to the expenditure of 
     such funds: Provided further, That these requests shall be 
     made in compliance with reprogramming guidelines.
       Sec. 509. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used by the Executive Office of the President to request 
     from the Federal Bureau of Investigation any official 
     background investigation report on any individual, except 
     when--
       (1) such individual has given his or her express written 
     consent for such request not more than 6 months prior to the 
     date of such request and during the same presidential 
     administration; or
       (2) such request is required due to extraordinary 
     circumstances involving national security.
       Sec. 510. The cost accounting standards promulgated under 
     section 26 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act 
     (Public Law 93-400; 41 U.S.C. 422) shall not apply with 
     respect to a contract under the Federal Employees Health 
     Benefits Program established under chapter 89 of title 5, 
     United States Code.
       Sec. 511. For the purpose of resolving litigation and 
     implementing any settlement agreements regarding the 
     nonforeign area cost-of-living allowance program, the Office 
     of Personnel Management may accept and utilize (without 
     regard to any restriction on unanticipated travel expenses 
     imposed in an Appropriations Act) funds made available to the 
     Office pursuant to court approval.
       Sec. 512. No funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
     under this Act shall be made available to any person or 
     entity that has been convicted of violating the Buy American 
     Act (41 U.S.C. 10a-10c).
       Sec. 513. Endowment for Presidential Libraries. Section 
     2112(g) of title 44, United States Code, is amended by adding 
     at the end the following:
       ``(5)(A) Notwithstanding paragraphs (3) and (4) (to the 
     extent that such paragraphs are inconsistent with this 
     paragraph), this subsection shall be administered in 
     accordance with this paragraph with respect to any 
     Presidential archival depository created as a depository for 
     the papers, documents, and other historical materials and 
     Presidential records pertaining to any President who takes 
     the oath of office as President for the first time on or 
     after July 1, 2002.
       ``(B) For purposes of subparagraphs (A)(ii), (B)(i)(II), 
     and (B)(ii)(II) of paragraph (3) the percentage of 40 percent 
     shall apply instead of 20 percent.
       ``(C)(i) In this subparagraph, the term `base endowment 
     amount' means the amount of the endowment required under 
     paragraph (3).
       ``(ii)(I) The Archivist may give credits against the base 
     endowment amount if the Archivist determines that the 
     proposed Presidential archival depository will have 
     construction features or equipment that are expected to 
     result in quantifiable long-term savings to the Government 
     with respect to the cost of facility operations.
       ``(II) The features and equipment described under subclause 
     (I) shall comply with the standards promulgated by the 
     Archivist under subsection (a)(2).
       ``(III) The Archivist shall promulgate standards to be used 
     in calculating the dollar amount of any credit to be given, 
     and shall consult with all donors of the endowment before 
     giving any credits. The total dollar amount of credits given 
     under this paragraph may not exceed 20 percent of the base 
     endowment amount.
       ``(D)(i) In calculating the additional endowment amount 
     required under paragraph (4), the Archivist shall take into 
     account credits given under subparagraph (C), and may also 
     give credits against the additional endowment amount required 
     under paragraph (4), if the Archivist determines that 
     construction features or equipment used in making or 
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     physical or material change or addition are expected to 
     result in quantifiable long-term savings to the Government 
     with respect to the cost of facility operations.
       ``(ii) The features and equipment described under clause 
     (i) shall comply with the standards promulgated by the 
     Archivist under subsection (a)(2).
       ``(iii) The Archivist shall promulgate standards to be used 
     in calculating the dollar amount of any credit to be given, 
     and shall consult with all donors of the endowment before 
     giving any credits. The total dollar amount of credits given 
     under this paragraph may not exceed 20 percent of the 
     additional endowment amount required under paragraph (4).''.
       Sec. 514. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality 
     of the United States Government, except pursuant to a 
     transfer made by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act 
     or any other appropriations Act.
       Sec. 515. None of the funds made available by this Act 
     shall be available for the purpose of transferring control 
     over the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center located at 
     Glynco, Georgia, and Artesia, New Mexico, out of the 
     Department of Homeland Security.
       Sec. 516. No funds appropriated by this Act shall be 
     available to pay for an abortion, or the administrative 
     expenses in connection with any health plan under the Federal 
     employees health benefit program which provides any benefits 
     or coverage for abortions.
       Sec. 517. The provision of section 516 shall not apply 
     where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus 
     were carried to term, or the pregnancy is the result of an 
     act of rape or incest.
       Sec. 518. None of the funds provided in this Act may be 
     used to procure any products, articles, goods, or wares 
     mined, manufactured, or produced wholly or in part by forced 
     or indentured child labor as identified in the 1995 U.S. 
     Department of Labor Report on Forced and Bonded Child Labor, 
     the 2002 U.S. Department of Labor Findings on the Worst Forms 
     of Child Labor, or the most recent U.S. Department of State 
     Human Rights Country Reports.

                      TITLE VI--GENERAL PROVISIONS

                Departments, Agencies, and Corporations

       Sec. 601. Funds appropriated in this or any other Act may 
     be used to pay travel to the United States for the immediate 
     family of employees serving abroad in cases of death or life 
     threatening illness of said employee.
       Sec. 602. No department, agency, or instrumentality of the 
     United States receiving appropriated funds under this or any 
     other Act for fiscal year 2003 shall obligate or expend any 
     such funds, unless such department, agency, or 
     instrumentality has in place, and will continue to administer 
     in good faith, a written policy designed to ensure that all 
     of its workplaces are free from the illegal use, possession, 
     or distribution of controlled substances (as defined in the 
     Controlled Substances Act) by the officers and employees of 
     such department, agency, or instrumentality.
       Sec. 603. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the 
     maximum amount allowable during the current fiscal year in 
     accordance with section 16 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (60 
     Stat. 810), for the purchase of any passenger motor vehicle 
     (exclusive of buses, ambulances, law enforcement, and 
     undercover surveillance vehicles), is hereby fixed at $8,100 
     except station wagons for which the maximum shall be $9,100: 
     Provided, That these limits may be exceeded by not to exceed 
     $3,700 for police-type vehicles, and by not to exceed $4,000 
     for special heavy-duty vehicles: Provided further, That the 
     limits set forth in this section may not be exceeded by more 
     than 5 percent for electric or hybrid vehicles purchased for 
     demonstration under the provisions of the Electric and Hybrid 
     Vehicle Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1976: 
     Provided further, That the limits set forth in this section 
     may be exceeded by the incremental cost of clean alternative 
     fuels vehicles acquired pursuant to Public Law 101-549 over 
     the cost of comparable conventionally fueled vehicles.
       Sec. 604. Appropriations of the executive departments and 
     independent establishments for the current fiscal year 
     available for expenses of travel, or for the expenses of the 
     activity concerned, are hereby made available for quarters 
     allowances and cost-of-living allowances, in accordance with 
     5 U.S.C. 5922-5924.
       Sec. 605. Unless otherwise specified during the current 
     fiscal year, no part of any appropriation contained in this 
     or any other Act shall be used to pay the compensation of any 
     officer or employee of the Government of the United States 
     (including any agency the majority of the stock of which is 
     owned by the Government of the United States) whose post of 
     duty is in the continental United States unless such person: 
     (1) is a citizen of the United States; (2) is a person in the 
     service of the United States on the date of the enactment of 
     this Act who, being eligible for citizenship, has filed a 
     declaration of intention to become a citizen of the United 
     States prior to such date and is actually residing in the 
     United States; (3) is a person who owes allegiance to the 
     United States; (4) is an alien from Cuba, Poland, South 
     Vietnam, the countries of the former Soviet Union, or the 
     Baltic countries lawfully admitted to the United States for 
     permanent residence; (5) is a South Vietnamese, Cambodian, or 
     Laotian refugee paroled in the United States after January 1, 
     1975; or (6) is a national of the People's Republic of China 
     who qualifies for adjustment of status pursuant to the 
     Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992: Provided, That for 
     the purpose of this section, an affidavit signed by any such 
     person shall be considered prima facie evidence that the 
     requirements of this section with respect to his or her 
     status have been complied with: Provided further, That any 
     person making a false affidavit shall be guilty of a felony, 
     and, upon conviction, shall be fined no more than $4,000 or 
     imprisoned for not more than 1 year, or both: Provided 
     further, That the above penal clause shall be in addition to, 
     and not in substitution for, any other provisions of existing 
     law: Provided further, That any payment made to any officer 
     or employee contrary to the provisions of this section shall 
     be recoverable in action by the Federal Government. This 
     section shall not apply to citizens of Ireland, Israel, or 
     the Republic of the Philippines, or to nationals of those 
     countries allied with the United States in a current defense 
     effort, or to international broadcasters employed by the 
     United States Information Agency, or to temporary employment 
     of translators, or to temporary employment in the field 
     service (not to exceed 60 days) as a result of emergencies.
       Sec. 606. Appropriations available to any department or 
     agency during the current fiscal year for necessary expenses, 
     including maintenance or operating expenses, shall also be 
     available for payment to the General Services Administration 
     for charges for space and services and those expenses of 
     renovation and alteration of buildings and facilities which 
     constitute public improvements performed in accordance with 
     the Public Buildings Act of 1959 (73 Stat. 749), the Public 
     Buildings Amendments of 1972 (87 Stat. 216), or other 
     applicable law.
       Sec. 607. In addition to funds provided in this or any 
     other Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to receive and 
     use funds resulting from the sale of materials, including 
     Federal records disposed of pursuant to a records schedule 
     recovered through recycling or waste prevention programs. 
     Such funds shall be available until expended for the 
     following purposes:
       (1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention, and 
     recycling programs as described in Executive Order No. 13101 
     (September 14, 1998), including any such programs adopted 
     prior to the effective date of the Executive order.
       (2) Other Federal agency environmental management programs, 
     including, but not limited to, the development and 
     implementation of hazardous waste management and pollution 
     prevention programs.
       (3) Other employee programs as authorized by law or as 
     deemed appropriate by the head of the Federal agency.
       Sec. 608. Funds made available by this or any other Act for 
     administrative expenses in the current fiscal year of the 
     corporations and agencies subject to chapter 91 of title 31, 
     United States Code, shall be available, in addition to 
     objects for which such funds are otherwise available, for 
     rent in the District of Columbia; services in accordance with 
     5 U.S.C. 3109; and the objects specified under this head, all 
     the provisions of which shall be applicable to the 
     expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in the 
     Act by which they are made available: Provided, That in the 
     event any functions budgeted as administrative expenses are 
     subsequently transferred to or paid from other funds, the 
     limitations on administrative expenses shall be 
     correspondingly reduced.
       Sec. 609. No part of any appropriation for the current 
     fiscal year contained in this or any other Act shall be paid 
     to any person for the filling of any position for which he or 
     she has been nominated after the Senate has voted not to 
     approve the nomination of said person.
       Sec. 610. No part of any appropriation contained in this or 
     any other Act shall be available for interagency financing of 
     boards (except Federal Executive Boards), commissions, 
     councils, committees, or similar groups (whether or not they 
     are interagency entities) which do not have a prior and 
     specific statutory approval to receive financial support from 
     more than one agency or instrumentality.
       Sec. 611. Funds made available by this or any other Act to 
     the Postal Service Fund (39 U.S.C. 2003) shall be available 
     for employment of guards for all buildings and areas owned or 
     occupied by the Postal Service and under the charge and 
     control of the Postal Service, and such guards shall have, 
     with respect to such property, the powers of special 
     policemen provided by the first section of the Act of June 1, 
     1948, as amended (62 Stat. 281; 40 U.S.C. 318), and, as to 
     property owned or occupied by the Postal Service, the 
     Postmaster General may take the same actions as the 
     Administrator of General Services may take under the 
     provisions of sections 2 and 3 of the Act of June 1, 1948, as 
     amended (62 Stat. 281; 40 U.S.C. 318a and 318b), attaching 
     thereto penal consequences under the authority and within the 
     limits provided in section 4 of the Act of June 1, 1948, as 
     amended (62 Stat. 281; 40 U.S.C. 318c).
       Sec. 612. None of the funds made available pursuant to the 
     provisions of this Act shall be used to implement, 
     administer, or enforce any regulation which has been 
     disapproved pursuant to a resolution of disapproval duly 
     adopted in accordance with the applicable law of the United 
     States.
       Sec. 613. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     and except as otherwise provided in this section, no part of 
     any of the funds appropriated for fiscal year 2003, by this 
     or any other Act, may be used to pay any prevailing rate 
     employee described in section 5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, 
     United States Code--
       (1) during the period from the date of expiration of the 
     limitation imposed by section 613 of the Treasury and General 
     Government Appropriations Act, 2002, until the normal 
     effective date of the applicable wage survey adjustment that 
     is to take effect in fiscal year 2003, in an amount that 
     exceeds the rate payable for the applicable grade and step of 
     the applicable wage schedule in accordance with such section 
     613; and
       (2) during the period consisting of the remainder of fiscal 
     year 2003, in an amount that exceeds, as a result of a wage 
     survey adjustment,

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     the rate payable under paragraph (1) by more than the sum 
     of--
       (A) the percentage adjustment taking effect in fiscal year 
     2003 under section 5303 of title 5, United States Code, in 
     the rates of pay under the General Schedule; and
       (B) the difference between the overall average percentage 
     of the locality-based comparability payments taking effect in 
     fiscal year 2003 under section 5304 of such title (whether by 
     adjustment or otherwise), and the overall average percentage 
     of such payments which was effective in fiscal year 2002 
     under such section.
       (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
     prevailing rate employee described in subparagraph (B) or (C) 
     of section 5342(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code, and no 
     employee covered by section 5348 of such title, may be paid 
     during the periods for which subsection (a) is in effect at a 
     rate that exceeds the rates that would be payable under 
     subsection (a) were subsection (a) applicable to such 
     employee.
       (c) For the purposes of this section, the rates payable to 
     an employee who is covered by this section and who is paid 
     from a schedule not in existence on September 30, 2002, shall 
     be determined under regulations prescribed by the Office of 
     Personnel Management.
       (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rates of 
     premium pay for employees subject to this section may not be 
     changed from the rates in effect on September 30, 2002, 
     except to the extent determined by the Office of Personnel 
     Management to be consistent with the purpose of this section.
       (e) This section shall apply with respect to pay for 
     service performed after September 30, 2002.
       (f) For the purpose of administering any provision of law 
     (including any rule or regulation that provides premium pay, 
     retirement, life insurance, or any other employee benefit) 
     that requires any deduction or contribution, or that imposes 
     any requirement or limitation on the basis of a rate of 
     salary or basic pay, the rate of salary or basic pay payable 
     after the application of this section shall be treated as the 
     rate of salary or basic pay.
       (g) Nothing in this section shall be considered to permit 
     or require the payment to any employee covered by this 
     section at a rate in excess of the rate that would be payable 
     were this section not in effect.
       (h) The Office of Personnel Management may provide for 
     exceptions to the limitations imposed by this section if the 
     Office determines that such exceptions are necessary to 
     ensure the recruitment or retention of qualified employees.
       Sec. 614. During the period in which the head of any 
     department or agency, or any other officer or civilian 
     employee of the Government appointed by the President of the 
     United States, holds office, no funds may be obligated or 
     expended in excess of $5,000 to furnish or redecorate the 
     office of such department head, agency head, officer, or 
     employee, or to purchase furniture or make improvements for 
     any such office, unless advance notice of such furnishing or 
     redecoration is expressly approved by the Committees on 
     Appropriations. For the purposes of this section, the term 
     ``office'' shall include the entire suite of offices assigned 
     to the individual, as well as any other space used primarily 
     by the individual or the use of which is directly controlled 
     by the individual.
       Sec. 615. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
     executive branch agency shall purchase, construct, and/or 
     lease any additional facilities, except within or contiguous 
     to existing locations, to be used for the purpose of 
     conducting Federal law enforcement training without the 
     advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations, except 
     that the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center is 
     authorized to obtain the temporary use of additional 
     facilities by lease, contract, or other agreement for 
     training which cannot be accommodated in existing Center 
     facilities.
       Sec. 616. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31, United 
     States Code, or section 610 of this Act, funds made available 
     for the current fiscal year by this or any other Act shall be 
     available for the interagency funding of national security 
     and emergency preparedness telecommunications initiatives 
     which benefit multiple Federal departments, agencies, or 
     entities, as provided by Executive Order No. 12472 (April 3, 
     1984).
       Sec. 617. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this or any 
     other Act may be obligated or expended by any Federal 
     department, agency, or other instrumentality for the salaries 
     or expenses of any employee appointed to a position of a 
     confidential or policy-determining character excepted from 
     the competitive service pursuant to section 3302 of title 5, 
     United States Code, without a certification to the Office of 
     Personnel Management from the head of the Federal department, 
     agency, or other instrumentality employing the Schedule C 
     appointee that the Schedule C position was not created solely 
     or primarily in order to detail the employee to the White 
     House.
       (b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to 
     Federal employees or members of the armed services detailed 
     to or from--
       (1) the Central Intelligence Agency;
       (2) the National Security Agency;
       (3) the Defense Intelligence Agency;
       (4) the offices within the Department of Defense for the 
     collection of specialized national foreign intelligence 
     through reconnaissance programs;
       (5) the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of the 
     Department of State;
       (6) any agency, office, or unit of the Army, Navy, Air 
     Force, and Marine Corps, the Federal Bureau of Investigation 
     and the Drug Enforcement Administration of the Department of 
     Justice, the Department of Transportation, the Department of 
     the Treasury, and the Department of Energy performing 
     intelligence functions; and
       (7) the Director of Central Intelligence.
       Sec. 618. No department, agency, or instrumentality of the 
     United States receiving appropriated funds under this or any 
     other Act for the current fiscal year shall obligate or 
     expend any such funds, unless such department, agency, or 
     instrumentality has in place, and will continue to administer 
     in good faith, a written policy designed to ensure that all 
     of its workplaces are free from discrimination and sexual 
     harassment and that all of its workplaces are not in 
     violation of title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as 
     amended, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, 
     and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
       Sec. 619. None of the funds made available in this Act for 
     the United States Customs Service may be used to allow--
       (1) the importation into the United States of any good, 
     ware, article, or merchandise mined, produced, or 
     manufactured by forced or indentured child labor, as 
     determined pursuant to section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 
     (19 U.S.C. 1307); or
       (2) the release into the United States of any good, ware, 
     article, or merchandise on which the United States Customs 
     Service has in effect a detention order, pursuant to such 
     section 307, on the basis that the good, ware, article, or 
     merchandise may have been mined, produced, or manufactured by 
     forced or indentured child labor.
       Sec. 620. No part of any appropriation contained in this or 
     any other Act shall be available for the payment of the 
     salary of any officer or employee of the Federal Government, 
     who--
       (1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threatens to 
     prohibit or prevent, any other officer or employee of the 
     Federal Government from having any direct oral or written 
     communication or contact with any Member, committee, or 
     subcommittee of the Congress in connection with any matter 
     pertaining to the employment of such other officer or 
     employee or pertaining to the department or agency of such 
     other officer or employee in any way, irrespective of whether 
     such communication or contact is at the initiative of such 
     other officer or employee or in response to the request or 
     inquiry of such Member, committee, or subcommittee; or
       (2) removes, suspends from duty without pay, demotes, 
     reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or performance of 
     efficiency rating, denies promotion to, relocates, reassigns, 
     transfers, disciplines, or discriminates in regard to any 
     employment right, entitlement, or benefit, or any term or 
     condition of employment of, any other officer or employee of 
     the Federal Government, or attempts or threatens to commit 
     any of the foregoing actions with respect to such other 
     officer or employee, by reason of any communication or 
     contact of such other officer or employee with any Member, 
     committee, or subcommittee of the Congress as described in 
     paragraph (1).
       Sec. 621. (a) None of the funds made available in this or 
     any other Act may be obligated or expended for any employee 
     training that--
       (1) does not meet identified needs for knowledge, skills, 
     and abilities bearing directly upon the performance of 
     official duties;
       (2) contains elements likely to induce high levels of 
     emotional response or psychological stress in some 
     participants;
       (3) does not require prior employee notification of the 
     content and methods to be used in the training and written 
     end of course evaluation;
       (4) contains any methods or content associated with 
     religious or quasi-religious belief systems or ``new age'' 
     belief systems as defined in Equal Employment Opportunity 
     Commission Notice N-915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or
       (5) is offensive to, or designed to change, participants' 
     personal values or lifestyle outside the workplace.
       (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or 
     otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training bearing 
     directly upon the performance of official duties.
       Sec. 622. No funds appropriated in this or any other Act 
     may be used to implement or enforce the agreements in 
     Standard Forms 312 and 4414 of the Government or any other 
     nondisclosure policy, form, or agreement if such policy, 
     form, or agreement does not contain the following provisions: 
     ``These restrictions are consistent with and do not 
     supersede, conflict with, or otherwise alter the employee 
     obligations, rights, or liabilities created by Executive 
     Order No. 12958; section 7211 of title 5, United States Code 
     (governing disclosures to Congress); section 1034 of title 
     10, United States Code, as amended by the Military 
     Whistleblower Protection Act (governing disclosure to 
     Congress by members of the military); section 2302(b)(8) 
     of title 5, United States Code, as amended by the 
     Whistleblower Protection Act (governing disclosures of 
     illegality, waste, fraud, abuse or public health or safety 
     threats); the Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 
     1982 (50 U.S.C. 421 et seq.) (governing disclosures that 
     could expose confidential Government agents); and the 
     statutes which protect against disclosure that may 
     compromise the national security, including sections 641, 
     793, 794, 798, and 952 of title 18, United States Code, 
     and section 4(b) of the Subversive Activities Act of 1950 
     (50 U.S.C. 783(b)). The definitions, requirements, 
     obligations, rights, sanctions, and liabilities created by 
     said Executive order and listed statutes are incorporated 
     into this agreement and are controlling.'': Provided, That 
     notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, a nondisclosure 
     policy form or agreement that is to be executed by a 
     person connected with the conduct of an intelligence or 
     intelligence-related activity, other than an employee or 
     officer of the United States Government, may contain 
     provisions appropriate to the particular activity for 
     which such document is to be used. Such form or agreement 
     shall, at a minimum, require that the person will not 
     disclose any classified information received in the course 
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     unless specifically authorized to do so by the United 
     States Government. Such nondisclosure forms shall also 
     make it clear that they do not bar disclosures to Congress 
     or to an authorized official of an executive agency or the 
     Department of Justice that are essential to reporting a 
     substantial violation of law.
       Sec. 623. No part of any funds appropriated in this or any 
     other 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. 624. None of the funds appropriated by this or any 
     other Act may be used by an agency to provide a Federal 
     employee's home address to any labor organization except when 
     the employee has authorized such disclosure or when such 
     disclosure has been ordered by a court of competent 
     jurisdiction.
       Sec. 625. None of the funds made available in this Act or 
     any other Act may be used to provide any non-public 
     information such as mailing or telephone lists to any person 
     or any organization outside of the Federal Government without 
     the approval of the Committees on Appropriations.
       Sec. 626. No part of any appropriation contained in this or 
     any other Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda 
     purposes within the United States not heretofore authorized 
     by the Congress.
       Sec. 627. (a) In this section the term ``agency''--
       (1) means an Executive agency as defined under section 105 
     of title 5, United States Code;
       (2) includes a military department as defined under section 
     102 of such title, the Postal Service, and the Postal Rate 
     Commission; and
       (3) shall not include the General Accounting Office.
       (b) Unless authorized in accordance with law or regulations 
     to use such time for other purposes, an employee of an agency 
     shall use official time in an honest effort to perform 
     official duties. An employee not under a leave system, 
     including a Presidential appointee exempted under section 
     6301(2) of title 5, United States Code, has an obligation to 
     expend an honest effort and a reasonable proportion of such 
     employee's time in the performance of official duties.
       Sec. 628. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and section 610 of 
     this Act, funds made available for the current fiscal year by 
     this or any other Act to any department or agency, which is a 
     member of the Joint Financial Management Improvement Program 
     (JFMIP), shall be available to finance an appropriate share 
     of JFMIP administrative costs, as determined by the JFMIP, 
     but not to exceed a total of $800,000 including the salary of 
     the Executive Director and staff support.
       Sec. 629. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and section 610 of 
     this Act, the head of each Executive department and agency is 
     hereby authorized to transfer to or reimburse the ``Policy 
     and Citizen Services'' account, General Services 
     Administration, with the approval of the Director of the 
     Office of Management and Budget, funds made available for the 
     current fiscal year by this or any other Act, including 
     rebates from charge card and other contracts. These funds 
     shall be administered by the Administrator of General 
     Services to support Government-wide financial, information 
     technology, procurement, and other management innovations, 
     initiatives, and activities, as approved by the Director of 
     the Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with the 
     appropriate interagency groups designated by the Director 
     (including the Chief Financial Officers Council and the Joint 
     Financial Management Improvement Program for financial 
     management initiatives, the Chief Information Officers 
     Council for information technology initiatives, and the 
     Procurement Executives Council for procurement initiatives). 
     The total funds transferred or reimbursed shall not exceed 
     $17,000,000. Such transfers or reimbursements may only be 
     made 15 days following notification of the Committees on 
     Appropriations by the Director of the Office of Management 
     and Budget.
       Sec. 630. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a 
     woman may breastfeed her child at any location in a Federal 
     building or on Federal property, if the woman and her child 
     are otherwise authorized to be present at the location.
       Sec. 631. Nothwithstanding section 1346 of title 31, United 
     States Code, or section 610 of this Act, funds made available 
     for the current fiscal year by this or any other Act shall be 
     available for the interagency funding of specific projects, 
     workshops, studies, and similar efforts to carry out the 
     purposes of the National Science and Technology Council 
     (authorized by Executive Order No. 12881), which benefit 
     multiple Federal departments, agencies, or entities: 
     Provided, That the Office of Management and Budget shall 
     provide a report describing the budget of and resources 
     connected with the National Science and Technology Council to 
     the Committees on Appropriations, the House Committee on 
     Science; and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation 90 days after enactment of this Act.
       Sec. 632. Any request for proposals, solicitation, grant 
     application, form, notification, press release, or other 
     publications involving the distribution of Federal funds 
     shall indicate the agency providing the funds and the amount 
     provided. This provision shall apply to direct payments, 
     formula funds, and grants received by a State receiving 
     Federal funds.
       Sec. 633. Section 403(f) of Public Law 103-356 (31 U.S.C. 
     501 note) is amended by striking ``October 1, 2002'' and 
     inserting ``October 1, 2003''.
       Sec. 634. (a) Prohibition of Federal Agency Monitoring of 
     Personal Information on Use of Internet.--None of the funds 
     made available in this or any other Act may be used by any 
     Federal agency--
       (1) to collect, review, or create any aggregate list, 
     derived from any means, that includes the collection of any 
     personally identifiable information relating to an 
     individual's access to or use of any Federal Government 
     Internet site of the agency; or
       (2) to enter into any agreement with a third party 
     (including another government agency) to collect, review, or 
     obtain any aggregate list, derived from any means, that 
     includes the collection of any personally identifiable 
     information relating to an individual's access to or use of 
     any nongovernmental Internet site.
       (b) Exceptions.--The limitations established in subsection 
     (a) shall not apply to--
       (1) any record of aggregate data that does not identify 
     particular persons;
       (2) any voluntary submission of personally identifiable 
     information;
       (3) any action taken for law enforcement, regulatory, or 
     supervisory purposes, in accordance with applicable law; or
       (4) any action described in subsection (a)(1) that is a 
     system security action taken by the operator of an Internet 
     site and is necessarily incident to the rendition of the 
     Internet site services or to the protection of the rights or 
     property of the provider of the Internet site.
       (c) Definitions.--For the purposes of this section:
       (1) The term ``regulatory'' means agency actions to 
     implement, interpret or enforce authorities provided in law.
       (2) The term ``supervisory'' means examinations of the 
     agency's supervised institutions, including assessing safety 
     and soundness, overall financial condition, management 
     practices and policies and compliance with applicable 
     standards as provided in law.
       Sec. 635. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
     may be used to enter into or renew a contract which includes 
     a provision providing prescription drug coverage, except 
     where the contract also includes a provision for 
     contraceptive coverage.
       (b) Nothing in this section shall apply to a contract 
     with--
       (1) any of the following religious plans:
       (A) Personal Care's HMO; and
       (B) OSF Health Plans, Inc.; and
       (2) any existing or future plan, if the carrier for the 
     plan objects to such coverage on the basis of religious 
     beliefs.
       (c) In implementing this section, any plan that enters into 
     or renews a contract under this section may not subject any 
     individual to discrimination on the basis that the individual 
     refuses to prescribe or otherwise provide for contraceptives 
     because such activities would be contrary to the individual's 
     religious beliefs or moral convictions.
       (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require 
     coverage of abortion or abortion-related services.
       Sec. 636. The Congress of the United States recognizes the 
     United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) as the official 
     anti-doping agency for Olympic, Pan American, and Paralympic 
     sport in the United States.
       Sec. 637. (a) The adjustment in rates of basic pay for the 
     statutory pay systems that takes effect in fiscal year 2003 
     under sections 5303 and 5304 of title 5, United States Code, 
     shall be an increase of 4.1 percent and shall be effective as 
     of the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning 
     on or after January 1, 2003.
       (b) Funds used to carry out this section shall be paid from 
     appropriations which are made to each applicable department 
     or agency for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2003.
       Sec. 638. Not later than 6 months after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of each 
     applicable department or agency shall submit to the Committee 
     on Appropriations a report detailing what policies and 
     procedures are in place for each department or agency to give 
     first priority to the location of new offices and other 
     facilities in rural areas, as directed by the Rural 
     Development Act of 1972.
       Sec. 639. United States Postal Service. (a) The United 
     States Postal Service (USPS) is required under title 5, 
     chapter 83, United States Code, to fund Civil Service 
     Retirement System benefits attributable to USPS employment 
     since 1971.
       (b) The Office of Personnel Management has reviewed the 
     USPS financing of the Civil Service Retirement System and 
     determined current law payments overfund USPS liability.
       (c) Therefore, it is the Sense of the Congress that the 
     Congress should address the USPS funding of the Civil Service 
     Retirement System pension benefits.
       Sec.  640. Sense of Congress on Pay Parity. It is the sense 
     of Congress that there should be parity between the 
     adjustments in the compensation of members of the uniformed 
     services and the adjustments in the compensation of civilian 
     employees of the United States, including blue collar Federal 
     employees paid under the Federal Wage System.
       Sec. 641. (a) In General.--The Administrator of General 
     Services shall accept all right, title and interest in the 
     property described in subsection (b)--
       (1) if written offer therefor (accompanied by such proof of 
     title, property descriptions, and other information as the 
     Administration may require) is received by the Administrator 
     from the owner of such property within 12 months after the 
     date of enactment of this Act;
       (2) if all liability with respect to such property and the 
     owner of such property will remain with the owner;
       (3) if the private sector is unable to dispose of 
     contaminants in the building on such property;
       (4) if the Administrator determines that a significant 
     public health risk exists from such property; and

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       (5) if the Administrator identifies an appropriate Federal 
     agency to accept all right, title, and interest in such 
     property.
       (b) Property Location.--The property described in this 
     subsection is the property located at 5401 NW Broken Sound 
     Boulevard, Boca Raton, Florida, and all improvements thereon.
       (c) Consideration.--The United States shall pay an amount 
     that does not exceed $1 in consideration of any right, title, 
     or interest received by the United States under this section.
       (d) Report.--Not later than 270 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall transmit to 
     Congress a comprehensive report describing the efforts made 
     by the Administrator to fulfill the conditions described in 
     subsection (a).
       Sec. 642. (a) Notwithstanding paragraph (17) of subsection 
     (a) of the Policemen and Firemen's Retirement and Disability 
     Act (sec. 5-701(17), D.C. Official Code) or any other 
     provision of such Act to the contrary, for purposes of 
     determining the amount of an annuity required to be paid 
     under such Act with respect to a United States Secret Service 
     member who retired during the period from November 1, 1994, 
     through October 29, 1995 and who received availability pay 
     under 5 U.S.C. 5545a during that period, the member's average 
     pay shall be computed as if the member received availability 
     pay for the 12 consecutive months during which the highest 
     salary was earned prior to retirement.
       (b) Subsection (a) shall apply with respect to an annuity 
     paid--
       (1) on or after November 1, 1994, in the case of a 
     survivor's annuity paid with respect to a Secret Service 
     member described in subsection (a); or
       (2) on or after October 1, 2002, with respect to a Secret 
     Service member described in subsection (a).
       Sec. 643. Section 902(b) of the Law Enforcement Pay Equity 
     Act of 2000 (as enacted into law by Public Law 106-554), 
     shall cease to be effective on the first day of the first pay 
     period on or after January 1, 2003.
       Sec. 644. No funds appropriated under this Act or any other 
     Act with respect to any fiscal year shall be available to 
     take any action based upon any provision of 5 U.S.C. 552 with 
     respect to records collected or maintained pursuant to 18 
     U.S.C. 846(b), 923(g)(3) or 923(g)(7), or provided by 
     Federal, State, local, or foreign law enforcement agencies in 
     connection with arson or explosives incidents or the tracing 
     of a firearm, except that such records may continue to be 
     disclosed to the extent and in the manner that records so 
     collected, maintained, or obtained have been disclosed under 
     5 U.S.C. 552 prior to the date of the enactment of this Act.
       Sec. 645. (a) Section 9505(d) of title 5, United States 
     Code, is amended by striking the second sentence and 
     inserting the following: ``Such amount may not exceed the 
     maximum amount which would be allowable under paragraph (3) 
     of section 5384(b) if such paragraph were applied by 
     substituting `the Internal Revenue Service' for `an agency'. 
     ''.
       (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with 
     respect to fiscal years beginning after September 30, 2002.
       Sec. 646. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to finalize, implement, administer, or enforce--
       (1) the proposed rule relating to the determination that 
     real estate brokerage is an activity that is financial in 
     nature or incidental to a financial activity published in the 
     Federal Register on January 3, 2001 (66 Fed. Reg. 307 et 
     seq.); or
       (2) the revision proposed in such rule to section 1501.2 of 
     title 12 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
       Sec.  647. While nothing in this section shall prevent any 
     agency of the executive branch from subjecting work performed 
     by Federal Government employees or private contractors to 
     public-private competition or conversions, none of the funds 
     made available in this Act may be used by an agency of the 
     executive branch to establish, apply, or enforce any 
     numerical goal, target, or quota for subjecting the employees 
     of the executive agency to public-private competitions or for 
     converting such employees or the work performed by such 
     employees to private contractor performance under the Office 
     of Management and Budget Circular A-76 or any other 
     administrative regulation, directive, or policy unless the 
     goal, target, or quota is based on considered research and 
     sound analysis of past activities and is consistent with the 
     stated mission of the executive agency. Nothing in this 
     section shall limit the use of such funds for the 
     administration of the Government Performance and Results Act 
     of 1993 or for the administration of any other provision of 
     law.
       Sec. 648. (a) Section 8335(a) of title 5, United States 
     Code, is amended by striking ``8336'' and inserting 
     ``8336(e)''.
       (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall be effective 
     as of January 1, 2003.
       This division may be cited as the ``Treasury and General 
     Government Appropriations Act, 2003''.

  DIVISION K--VETERANS AFFAIRS AND HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND 
               INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS, 2003

   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, 2003, and for other purposes.

     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, 2003, 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), $28,949,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed 
     $17,138,000 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), 
     $2,264,808,000, 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, $27,530,000, 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 
     2003, 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, $168,207,000, 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, $70,000, which may be 
     transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 
     ``General operating expenses''.


            vocational rehabilitation loans program account

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For the cost of direct loans, $55,000, as authorized by 38 
     U.S.C. chapter 31, as amended: Provided, That such costs, 
     including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as 
     defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
     1974, as amended: Provided further, That funds made available 
     under this heading are available to subsidize gross 
     obligations for the principal amount of direct loans not to 
     exceed $3,626,000.
       In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
     out the direct loan program, $289,000, 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, $558,000, which may be transferred to and merged 
     with the appropriation for ``General operating expenses'': 
     Provided, That no new loans in excess of $5,000,000 may be 
     made in fiscal year 2003.

  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

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     operating expenses'' and ``Medical care'' may be expended.

                     Veterans Health Administration


                              medical care

       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., $23,889,304,000, plus reimbursements: 
     Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may establish a priority 
     for treatment for veterans who are service-connected 
     disabled, lower income, or have special needs: Provided 
     further, That of the funds made available under this heading, 
     not to exceed $900,000,000 shall be available until September 
     30, 2004: 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.


                     medical care collections fund

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Amounts deposited during the current fiscal year in the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Care Collections Fund 
     under section 1729A of title 38, United States Code, may be 
     transferred to ``Medical care'', to remain available until 
     expended.


                    medical and prosthetic research

                     (including transfer of funds)

       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, 
     2004, $400,000,000, plus reimbursements: Provided, That of 
     the funds available under this heading $5,000,000 shall be 
     transferred to ``Medical care'' for research oversight 
     activities.


      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, $74,716,000, of which $3,000,000 shall be 
     available until September 30, 2004, plus reimbursements: 
     Provided, That technical and consulting services offered by 
     the Facilities Management Field Support 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, 2003.

                      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, 
     $1,254,000,000: 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 the Veterans Benefits Administration shall be funded at 
     not less than $992,100,000: Provided further, That of the 
     funds made available under this heading, not to exceed 
     $66,000,000 shall be available for obligation until September 
     30, 2004: Provided further, That from the funds made 
     available under this heading, the Veterans Benefits 
     Administration may purchase up to two passenger motor 
     vehicles for use in operations of that Administration in 
     Manila, Philippines: Provided further, That travel expenses 
     for this account shall not exceed $17,082,000.


                    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, $133,149,000, of which 
     $6,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2004.


                      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, $58,000,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2004.


                      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, $99,777,000, to remain 
     available until expended, of which $5,000,000 shall be for 
     Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services (CARES) 
     activities; and of which $10,000,000 shall be to make 
     reimbursements as provided in 41 U.S.C. 612 for claims paid 
     for contract disputes: Provided, 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 2003, for each approved project (except those for CARES 
     activities referenced above) shall be obligated: (1) by the 
     awarding of a construction documents contract by September 
     30, 2003; and (2) by the awarding of a construction contract 
     by September 30, 2004: 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, $226,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended, along with unobligated balances of previous 
     ``Construction, minor projects'' appropriations which are 
     hereby made available for any project where the estimated 
     cost is less than $4,000,000, of which $35,000,000 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, 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.

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        grants for the 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, $32,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                       administrative provisions


                     (including transfer of funds)

       Sec. 101. Any appropriation for fiscal year 2003 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 2003 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 2003 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 2002.
       Sec. 106. Appropriations accounts available to the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2003 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 2003, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
     shall, from the National Service Life Insurance Fund (38 
     U.S.C. 1920), the Veterans' Special Life Insurance Fund (38 
     U.S.C. 1923), and the United States Government Life Insurance 
     Fund (38 U.S.C. 1955), reimburse the ``General operating 
     expenses'' account for the cost of administration of the 
     insurance programs financed through those accounts: Provided, 
     That reimbursement shall be made only from the surplus 
     earnings accumulated in an insurance program in fiscal year 
     2003 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 2003 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, 2003: 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, 2003.
       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 2003 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 $29,318,000 for the 
     Office of Resolution Management and $3,010,000 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. No appropriations in this Act for the Department 
     of Veterans Affairs shall be available 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. 112. No appropriations in this Act for the Department 
     of Veterans Affairs shall be available for hospitalization or 
     treatment of any person by reason of eligibility under 
     section 1710(a)(3) of title 38, United States Code, unless 
     that person has disclosed to the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs, in such form as the Secretary may require--
       (1) current, accurate third-party reimbursement information 
     for purposes of section 1729 of such title; and
       (2) annual income information for purposes of section 1722 
     of such title.
       Sec. 113. (a)(1) Section 1729B of title 38, United States 
     Code, is repealed. Any balance as of the date of the 
     enactment of this Act in the Department of Veterans Affairs 
     Health Services Improvement Fund established under such 
     section shall be transferred to the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs Medical Care Collections Fund established under 
     section 1729A of title 38, United States Code.
       (2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 17 of 
     such title is amended by striking the item relating to 
     section 1729B.
       (b) Section 1729A(b) of such title is amended--
       (1) by redesignating paragraph (8) as paragraph (10); and
       (2) by inserting after paragraph (7) the following new 
     paragraphs:
       ``(8) Section 8165(a) of this title.
       ``(9) Section 113 of the Veterans Millennium Health Care 
     and Benefits Act (Public Law 106-117; 38 U.S.C. 8111 
     note).''.
       (c) Section 1722A of such title is amended--
       (1) in subsection (c)--
       (A) in the first sentence, by striking ``under subsection 
     (a)'' and inserting ``under this section''; and
       (B) by striking the second sentence; and
       (2) by striking subsection (d).
       (d)(1) Section 8165 of such title is amended by striking 
     ``Department of Veterans Affairs Health Services Improvement 
     Fund established under section 1729B of this title'' and 
     inserting ``Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Care 
     Collections Fund established under section 1729A of this 
     title''.
       (2) Section 113(b) of the Veterans Millennium Health Care 
     and Benefits Act (Public Law 106-117; 38 U.S.C. 8111 note) is 
     amended by striking ``Department of Veterans Affairs Health 
     Services Improvement Fund established under section 1729B of 
     title 38, United States Code, as added by section 202'' and 
     inserting ``Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Care 
     Collections Fund established under section 1729A of title 38, 
     United States Code''.
       Sec. 114. Of the amounts provided in this Act, $19,900,000 
     shall be for information technology initiatives to support 
     the enterprise architecture of the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs.
       Sec. 115. None of the funds in this Act may be used to 
     implement sections 2 and 5 of Public Law 107-287.
       Sec. 116. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
     the $23,889,304,000 provided for ``Medical care'' under this 
     title shall be exempt from the across-the-board rescission 
     under section 601 of division N.

         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 under the United States 
     Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) 
     (``the Act'' herein), not otherwise provided for, 
     $17,223,566,000, and amounts that are recaptured in this 
     account, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
     of the amounts made available under this heading, 
     $13,023,566,000 and the aforementioned recaptures shall be 
     available on October 1, 2002 and $4,200,000,000 shall be 
     available on October 1, 2003: Provided further, That amounts 
     made available under this heading are provided as follows:
       (1) $15,278,370,500 for expiring or terminating section 8 
     project-based subsidy contracts (including section 8 moderate 
     rehabilitation contracts), for amendments to section 8 
     project-based subsidy contracts, for contracts entered into 
     pursuant to section 441 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless 
     Assistance Act, 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, and for renewals of 
     expiring section 8 tenant-based annual contributions 
     contracts (including amendments and renewals of enhanced 
     vouchers under any provision of law authorizing such 
     assistance under section 8(t) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1437f(t))): Provided, That notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, the Secretary shall renew expiring section 
     8 tenant-based annual contributions contracts for each public 
     housing agency (including for agencies participating in the 
     Moving to Work demonstration, unit months representing 
     section 8 tenant-based assistance funds committed by the 
     public housing agency for specific purposes, other than 
     reserves, that are authorized pursuant to any agreement and 
     conditions entered into under such demonstration, and 
     utilized in compliance with any applicable program obligation 
     deadlines) based on the total number of unit months which 
     were under lease as reported on the most recent end-of-year 
     financial statement submitted by the public housing agency to 
     the Department, adjusted by such additional information 
     submitted by the public housing agency to the Secretary which 
     the Secretary determines to be timely and reliable regarding 
     the total number of unit months under lease at the time of 
     renewal of the annual contributions contract, and by applying 
     an inflation factor based on local or regional factors to the 
     actual per unit cost as reported on such statement: Provided 
     further, That none of the funds made available in this 
     paragraph may be used to support a total number of unit 
     months under lease which exceeds a public housing agency's 
     authorized level of units under contract;
       (2) $391,922,000 for a central fund to be allocated by the 
     Secretary for amendments to section 8 tenant-based annual 
     contributions contracts for such purposes set forth in this 
     paragraph: Provided, That subject to the following proviso, 
     the Secretary may use amounts made available in such fund, as 
     necessary, for contract amendments resulting from a 
     significant increased in the per unit cost of vouchers or an

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     increase in the total number of unit months under lease as 
     compared to the per unit cost or the total number of unit 
     months provided for by the annual contributions contract: 
     Provided further, That if a public housing agency, at any 
     point in time during their fiscal year, has obligated the 
     amounts made available to such agency pursuant to paragraph 
     (1) under this heading for the renewal of expiring section 8 
     tenant-based annual contributions contracts, and if such 
     agency has expended fifty percent of the amounts available to 
     such agency in its annual contributions contract reserve 
     account, the Secretary shall make available such amounts as 
     are necessary from amounts available from such central fund 
     to fund amendments under the preceding proviso within thirty 
     days of a request from such agency: Provided further, That 
     none of the funds made available in this paragraph may be 
     used to support a total number of unit months under lease 
     which exceeds a public housing agency's authorized level 
     of units under contract: Provided further, That the 
     Secretary shall provide quarterly reports to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House and the Senate 
     on the obligation of funds provided in this paragraph in 
     accordance with the directions specified in the joint 
     explanatory statement of the managers accompanying this 
     Act;
       (3) $234,016,500 for section 8 rental assistance for 
     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), conversion of section 23 projects to 
     assistance under section 8, the family unification program 
     under section 8(x) of the Act, 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, enhanced vouchers under any provision 
     of law authorizing such assistance under section 8(t) of the 
     Act (42 U.S.C.1437f(t)), and tenant protection assistance, 
     including replacement and relocation assistance;
       (4) $48,000,000 for family self-sufficiency coordinators 
     under section 23 of the Act;
       (5) not to exceed $1,072,257,000 for administrative and 
     other expenses of public housing agencies in administering 
     the section 8 tenant-based rental assistance program, of 
     which $69,547,000 is for such expenses associated with 
     section 8 tenant-based assistance provided under this heading 
     in paragraphs (2) and (3): Provided, 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 none of 
     the funds made available in this paragraph shall be provided 
     to any public housing agency unless such agency reports to 
     the Secretary the amounts remaining available as of January 
     31, 2003 in such agency's administrative reserve fee account: 
     Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision 
     of law or regulation, the amount of fiscal year 2003 fee 
     payments otherwise authorized pursuant to the first proviso 
     in this paragraph for a public housing agency shall be 
     reduced accordingly by any such amounts remaining in such 
     agency's administrative fee reserve account as of January 31, 
     2003 which exceed 105 percent of the amount of fees paid to 
     such agency from funds made available in fiscal year 2002: 
     Provided fruther, That the preceding proviso shall not apply 
     to any public housing agency if the amount of fiscal year 
     2003 fee payments otherwise authorized to be provided to such 
     agency pursuant to the first proviso in this paragraph does 
     not exceed $100,000: Provided further, That, hereafter, the 
     Secretary shall recapture any funds provided in this 
     paragraph from a public housing agency which are in excess of 
     the amounts expended by such agency for the section 8 tenant-
     based rental assistance program and not otherwise needed to 
     maintain an administrative fee reserve account balance of not 
     to exceed five percent: Provided further, That the Secretary 
     shall provide a report to the Committees on Appropriations of 
     the House of Representatives and the Senate no later than 
     July 1, 2003, on the administrative costs and other expenses 
     associated with the section 8 tenant-based rental assistance 
     program in accordance with the directions included in the 
     statement of the managers accompanying this conference 
     report;
       (6) $196,000,000 for contract administrators for section 8 
     project-based assistance; and
       (7) not less than $3,000,000 shall be transferred to the 
     Working Capital Fund for the development of and modifications 
     to information technology systems which serve activities 
     under ``Public and Indian Housing'': Provided, That the 
     Secretary may transfer up to 15 percent of funds provided 
     under paragraphs (1), (2) or (5), herein to paragraphs (1), 
     (2) or (5), if the Secretary determines that such action is 
     necessary because the funding provided under one such 
     paragraph otherwise would be depleted and as a result, the 
     maximum utilization of section 8 tenant-based assistance with 
     the funds appropriated for this purpose by this Act would not 
     be feasible: Provided further, That prior to undertaking the 
     transfer of funds in excess of 10 percent from any 
     paragraph pursuant to the previous proviso, the Secretary 
     shall notify the Chairman and Ranking Member of the 
     Subcommittees on Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban 
     Development, and Independent Agencies of the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
     Senate and shall not transfer any such funds until 30 days 
     after such notification: Provided further, That, 
     hereafter, the Secretary shall require public housing 
     agencies to submit accounting data for funds disbursed 
     under this heading in this Act and prior Acts by source 
     and purpose of such funds: Provided further, That 
     incremental vouchers previously made available under this 
     heading for non-elderly disabled families shall, to the 
     extent practicable, continue to be provided to non-elderly 
     disabled families upon turnover: Provided further, That 
     $1,600,000,000 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 2002 and prior years, to 
     be effected by the Secretary no later than September 30, 
     2003: Provided further, That any such balances governed by 
     reallocation provisions under the statute authorizing the 
     program for which the funds were originally appropriated 
     shall be available for the rescission: Provided further, 
     That any obligated balances of contract authority from 
     fiscal year 1974 and prior that have been terminated shall 
     be cancelled.


                      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), 
     $2,730,000,000 (the ``Act''), to remain available until 
     September 30, 2006: Provided, That of the total amount 
     provided under this heading, in addition to amounts otherwise 
     allocated under this heading, $447,000,000 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, 1999, 2000, and 2001 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 2003, 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, 2002, or 
     2003: Provided further, That with respect to any amounts made 
     available under the Ppublic Housing Capital Fund for fiscal 
     year 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, or 2003 that 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 
     determined under 6(j) of the Act to be high-performing: 
     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 
     the Secretary shall issue final regulations to carry out 
     section 9(j) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
     U.S.C. 1437g(j)), not later than August 1, 2003: 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 
     $11,000,000 shall be for the provision of remediation 
     services to public housing agencies identified as 
     ``troubled'' under the Section 8 Management Assessment 
     Program and for surveys used to calculate local Fair Market 
     Rents and assess housing conditions in connection with rental 
     assistance under section 8 of the Act: 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 $18,600,000 shall be transferred 
     to the Working Capital Fund for the development of and 
     modifications to information technology systems which serve 
     programs or activities under ``Public and Indian housing'': 
     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 $50,000,000 shall be available for the 
     Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants to 
     public housing agencies for emergency capital needs resulting 
     from emergencies and natural disasters in fiscal year 2003: 
     Provided further, That of the total amount provided under 
     this heading, $15,000,000 shall be for Neighborhood Networks 
     grants 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: Provided further, That 
     of the total amount provided under this heading, $55,000,000 
     shall be for supportive services, service coordinators and 
     congregate services as authorized by section 34 of the Act 
     and the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-
     Determination Act of 1996.


                     public housing operating fund

       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)), $3,600,000,000: Provided, 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, which shall be administered by the Department of 
     Justice through a reimbursable agreement with the Department 
     of Housing and Urban Development: Provided further, That up 
     to $250,000,000 shall be made available for payments to 
     public housing agencies that are eligible for additional 
     funds for fiscal year 2002 payments for the operation and 
     management of public housing: Provided further, That no funds 
     may be made

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     available under this heading in fiscal year 2004 and 
     subsequent fiscal years may be provided for fiscal year 
     2003 payments to public housing agencies for the operation 
     and management of public housing: 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.


     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, 
     $574,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2004, 
     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.), $649,000,000, 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 $4,000,000 
     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 $600,000 shall be 
     transferred to the Working Capital Fund for development of 
     and modifications to information technology systems which 
     serve programs or activities under ``Public and Indian 
     housing'': Provided, That of the amount provided under this 
     heading, $2,000,000 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 
     $16,658,000: 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), $5,300,000, to remain available until 
     expended, of which $100,000 shall be for necessary expenses 
     of the Land Title Report Commission pursuant to section 
     501(a) of Public Law 106-569: 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 $197,243,000.
       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 program account

                     (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), $1,035,000, 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 $39,712,000.
       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.), $292,000,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2004: 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, 2003, 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, $30,000,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2005, for ``Urban Empowerment 
     Zones'', as authorized in section 1391(g) of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 1391(g)), including 
     $2,000,000 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, $4,937,000,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2005: Provided, That of the 
     amount provided, $4,367,930,000 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 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: Provided further, That $71,000,000 shall be 
     for grants to Indian tribes notwithstanding section 106(a)(1) 
     of such Act; $3,300,000 shall be for a grant to the Housing 
     Assistance Council; $2,400,000 shall be for 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; $49,100,000 shall be for grants 
     pursuant to section 107 of the Act; $9,000,000 shall be made 
     available to the Neighborhood House, St. Paul, Minnesota for 
     construction costs of the Paul and Sheila Wellstone Center 
     for Community Building; no less than $3,400,000 shall be 
     transferred to the Working Capital Fund for the development 
     of and modification to information technology systems which 
     serve programs or activities under ``Community planning and 
     development''; $25,250,000 shall be for grants pursuant to 
     the Self Help Homeownership Opportunity Program; $32,500,000 
     shall be for capacity building, of which $28,250,000 shall be 
     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 $4,250,000 shall be for 
     capacity building activities administered by Habitat for 
     Humanity International; $60,000,000 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 10 percent of any grant 
     award under the YouthBuild program may be used for 
     administrative costs: Provided further, That of the amount 
     made available for YouthBuild not less than $10,000,000 is 
     for grants to establish YouthBuild programs in underserved 
     and rural areas and $2,000,000 is to be 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, 
     $42,120,000 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

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     determine whether housing benefits can be integrated more 
     effectively with welfare reform initiatives: Provided, That 
     these grants shall be provided in accordance with the terms 
     and conditions specified in the joint explanatory statement 
     of the managers accompanying this Act.
       Of the amount made available under this heading, 
     $261,000,000 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 joint explanatory statement of 
     the managers accompanying this Act.
       The referenced statement of the managers under this heading 
     in Public Law 107-73 is deemed to be amended with respect to 
     the amount made available to the City of Rome, New York, by 
     striking ``related to the South Rome Industrial Park'' and 
     inserting ``and building renovations at the Rome business and 
     tech park''.
       The referenced statement of the managers under this heading 
     in Public Law 107-73 is deemed to be amended with respect to 
     a grant made available to the Community Medical Centers of 
     Fresno, California by striking all after ``$300,000'' and 
     inserting ``to the City of Fresno, California for 
     rehabilitation of the Fresno Community Regional Medical 
     Center neighborhood.''.
       The referenced statement of the managers under this heading 
     in Public Law 106-377 and 107-73 is deemed to be amended with 
     respect to grants made to the City of Mt. Clemens, Michigan 
     by striking ``City of Mt. Clemens, Michigan'' and inserting 
     ``Mt. Clemens Community Schools in Mt. Clemens, Michigan''.
       The referenced statement of the managers under the heading 
     ``Community development block grants'' in title II of Public 
     Law 105-277 is deemed to be amended by striking ``$750,000 to 
     the Maryland State Department of Housing and Community 
     Development for relocation of residents of Wagners Point 
     community in Baltimore, Maryland'' and insert in lieu 
     thereof ``$750,000 to the Maryland State Department of 
     Housing and Community Development for relocation of 
     residents of Wagners Point community in Baltimore, 
     Maryland ($514,000) and for recovery efforts that occurred 
     on or after the April 28, 2002 tornado in Charles and 
     Calvert Counties ($236,000)''.
       The referenced statement of the managers under this heading 
     in Public Law 107-73 is deemed to be amended with respect to 
     a grant made to the Metropolitan Development Association in 
     Syracuse, New York by adding after the words ``Genesee Street 
     Armory study'' the words ``and other development projects 
     undertaken by the Association within the City of Syracuse''.


         community development loan guarantees program account

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For the cost of guaranteed loans, $6,325,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2004, 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 $275,000,000, notwithstanding any aggregate limitation 
     on outstanding obligations guaranteed in section 108(k) of 
     the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as 
     amended.
       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, 2004: 
     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, $1,925,000,000, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2005: Provided, That of the total amount 
     provided in this paragraph, up to $40,000,000 shall be 
     available for housing counseling under section 106 of the 
     Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968; and no less than 
     $1,100,000 shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund 
     for the development of, maintenance of, and modification to 
     information technology systems which serve programs or 
     activities under ``Community planning and development''.
       In addition to amounts otherwise made available under this 
     heading, $75,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
     2005, for assistance to homebuyers as authorized under title 
     II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, 
     as amended: Provided, That the Secretary shall provide such 
     assistance in accordance with a formula to be established by 
     the Secretary that considers a participating jurisdiction's 
     need for, and prior commitment to, assistance to homebuyers.


                       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, $1,225,000,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2005: 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 $11,000,000 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 $1,500,000 of the funds appropriated under this 
     heading shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund for 
     the development of and modifications to information 
     technology systems which serve activities under ``Community 
     planning and development'': Provided further, That of the 
     total amount provided under this heading, $10,000,000 shall 
     be made available for a two-year grant demonstration program 
     to be conducted in consultation with the Interagency Council 
     on the Homeless.

                            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, 
     $1,033,801,000, to remain available until September 30, 2006: 
     Provided, That $783,286,000, plus recaptures or cancelled 
     commitments, 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 up to $25,000,000 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, $250,515,000 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 of the amount made 
     available under this heading, $25,000,000 shall be 
     available to the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
     Development only for making grants to private nonprofit 
     organizations and consumer cooperatives for covering costs 
     of architectural and engineering work, site control, and 
     other planning relating to the development of supportive 
     housing for the elderly that is eligible for assistance 
     under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 
     1701q): Provided further, That amounts made available in 
     the previous proviso shall be awarded on a competitive 
     basis as provided in section 102 of the Department of 
     Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989: Provided 
     further, That the Secretary shall provide a report to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate not 
     later than July 15, 2003, in accordance with the direction 
     included in the joint explanatory statement of the 
     managers accompanying this Act: Provided further, That no 
     less than $500,000, 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 of and modifications to information 
     technology systems which serve activities under ``Housing 
     programs'' or ``Federal housing administration'': 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

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     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 5 years 
     in duration: Provided further, That the Secretary may 
     waive the provisions governing the terms and conditions of 
     project rental assistance and tenant-based rental 
     assistance for such section 202 and such section 811, 
     except that the initial contract term for such assistance 
     shall not exceed 5 years in duration: Provided further, 
     That all balances and recaptures, as of October 1, 2002, 
     remaining in the ``Congregate housing services'' account 
     as authorized by the Housing and Community Development 
     Amendments of 1978, as amended, shall be transferred to 
     and merged with the amounts for those purposes under this 
     heading.


                         flexible subsidy fund

                          (transfer of funds)

       From the Rental Housing Assistance Fund, all uncommitted 
     balances of excess rental charges as of September 30, 2002, 
     and any collections made during fiscal year 2003, shall be 
     transferred to the Flexible Subsidy Fund, as authorized by 
     section 236(g) of the National Housing Act, as amended.


                       rental housing assistance

                              (rescission)

       Up to $100,000,000 of recaptured section 236 budget 
     authority resulting from prepayment of mortgages subsidized 
     under section 236 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 
     1715z-1) shall be rescinded in fiscal year 2003: Provided, 
     That the limitation otherwise applicable to the maximum 
     payments that may be required in any fiscal year by all 
     contracts entered into under section 236 is reduced in fiscal 
     year 2003 by not more than $100,000,000 in uncommitted 
     balances of authorizations of contract authority provided for 
     this purpose in appropriations Acts.


                  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.), $13,000,000, 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 2003 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2003 
     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 2003 
     appropriation.

                     Federal Housing Administration


               mutual mortgage insurance program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

       During fiscal year 2003, 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 
     $165,000,000,000.
       During fiscal year 2003, obligations to make direct loans 
     to carry out the purposes of section 204(g) of the National 
     Housing Act, as amended, shall not exceed $100,000,000: 
     Provided, That the foregoing amount shall be for loans to 
     nonprofit and governmental entities in connection with sales 
     of single family real properties owned by the Secretary and 
     formerly insured under the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund.
       For administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 
     guaranteed and direct loan program, $347,829,000, of which 
     not to exceed $343,807,000 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, $85,720,000, of which no 
     less than $21,360,000 shall be transferred to the Working 
     Capital Fund for the development of and modifications to 
     information technology systems which serve programs or 
     activities under ``Housing programs'' or ``Federal housing 
     administration'': Provided, That to the extent guaranteed 
     loan commitments exceed $65,500,000,000 on or before April 1, 
     2003, 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 $23,000,000,000.
       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, $223,716,000, of 
     which $204,395,000, shall be transferred to the appropriation 
     for ``Salaries and expenses''; and of which $19,321,000 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, 
     $93,780,000, of which no less than $14,240,000 shall be 
     transferred to the Working Capital Fund for the development 
     of and modifications to information technology systems which 
     serve activities under ``Housing programs'' or ``Federal 
     housing administration'': Provided, That to the extent 
     guaranteed loan commitments exceed $8,426,000,000 on or 
     before April 1, 2003, 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


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, 
     2004.
       For administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 
     guaranteed mortgage-backed securities program, $10,343,000, 
     to be derived from the GNMA guarantees of mortgage-backed 
     securities guaranteed loan receipt account, of which not to 
     exceed $10,343,000, 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, $47,000,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2004: Provided, That of the 
     total amount provided under this heading, $7,500,000 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, 2004, 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, $176,000,000, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2004, 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 total amount made available 
     under this heading, $50,000,000 shall be made available on a 
     competitive basis for areas with the highest lead paint 
     abatement needs, as identified by the Secretary as having: 
     (1) the highest number of pre-1940 units of rental housing; 
     and (2) a disproportionately high number of documented cases 
     of lead-poisoned children: Provided further, That each 
     grantee receiving funds under the previous proviso shall 
     target those privately owned units and multifamily buildings 
     that are occupied by low-income families as defined under 
     section 3(b)(2) of the United States Housing Act of 1937: 
     Provided further, That not less than 90 percent of the funds 
     made available under this paragraph shall be used exclusively 
     for abatement, inspections, risk assessments, temporary 
     relocations and interim control of lead-based hazards as 
     defined by 42 U.S.C. 4851: Provided further, That each 
     recipient of funds provided under the first proviso shall 
     make a matching contribution in an amount not less than 25 
     percent: Provided further, That each applicant shall submit a 
     detailed plan and strategy that demonstrates adequate 
     capacity that is acceptable to the Secretary of the 
     Department of Housing and Urban Development to carry out the 
     proposed use of funds pursuant to a Notice of Funding 
     Availability.

                     Management and Administration


                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary administrative and non-administrative 
     expenses of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
     not otherwise provided for, including purchase of uniforms, 
     or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; 
     hire of passenger motor vehicles; services as authorized by 5 
     U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed $25,000 for official reception 
     and representation expenses, $1,090,229,000, of which 
     $20,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2004, 
     for funds control improvements; and of which $548,202,000 
     shall be provided from

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     the various funds of the Federal Housing Administration, 
     $10,343,000 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 funds made 
     available under this heading shall only be allocated in 
     the manner specified in the report accompanying this Act 
     unless the Committees on Appropriations of both the House 
     of Representatives and the Senate are notified of any 
     changes in an operating plan or reprogramming: Provided 
     further, That no less than $10,500,000 shall be 
     transferred to the Working Capital Fund for the 
     development of and modifications to information technology 
     systems: Provided further, That of the total amount made 
     available under this heading, not less than $21,000,000 is 
     to be made available to the Chief Financial Officer 
     exclusively for activities to implement appropriate funds 
     control systems, including improvements in automated 
     financial management systems, additional training of 
     departmental employees in proper fund control procedures, 
     and establishment of a division of appropriations law 
     within the Office of the Chief Financial Officer: Provided 
     further, That the Chief Financial Officer shall submit a 
     revised departmental funds control handbook to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate no 
     later than 30 days after enactment of this Act: Provided 
     further, That no official or employee of the Department 
     shall be designated as an allotment holder unless the 
     Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO) has 
     determined that such allotment holder has implemented an 
     adequate system of funds control and has received training 
     in funds control procedures and directives: Provided 
     further, That the Secretary shall, within 30 days of 
     enactment of this Act, permanently transfer no fewer than 
     four appropriations law attorneys from the Legislative 
     Division of the Office of Legislation and Regulations, 
     Office of General Counsel to the OCFO: Provided further, 
     That personnel transferred pursuant to the previous 
     proviso shall report directly to the Chief Financial 
     Officer: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, hereafter, the Chief Financial Officer 
     of the Department of Housing and Urban Development shall, 
     in consultation with the Budget Officer, have sole 
     authority to investigate potential or actual violations 
     under the Anti-Deficiency Act (31 U.S.C. 1341 et seq.) and 
     all other statutes and regulations related to the 
     obligation and expenditure of funds made available in 
     this, or any other Act; shall determine whether violations 
     exist; and shall submit final reports on violations to the 
     Secretary, the President, the Office of Management and 
     Budget and the Congress in accordance with applicable 
     statutes and Office of Management and Budget circulars: 
     Provided further, That the Chief Financial Officer shall 
     establish positive control of and maintain adequate 
     systems of accounting for appropriations and other 
     available funds as required by 31 U.S.C. 1514: Provided 
     further, That for the purpose of determining whether a 
     violation exists under the Anti-Deficiency Act (31 U.S.C. 
     1341 et seq.), the point of obligation shall be the 
     executed agreement or contract: Provided further, That the 
     Chief Financial Officer shall: (a) appoint qualified 
     personnel to conduct investigations of potential or actual 
     violations; (b) establish minimum training requirements 
     and other qualifications for personnel that may be 
     appointed to conduct investigations; (c) establish 
     guidelines and timeframes for the conduct and completion 
     of investigations; (d) prescribe the content, format and 
     other requirements for the submission of final reports on 
     violations; and (e) prescribe such additional policies and 
     procedures as may be required for conducting 
     investigations of, and administering, processing, and 
     reporting on, potential and actual violations of the Anti-
     Deficiency Act and all other statutes and regulations 
     governing the obligation and expenditure of funds made 
     available in this or any other Act: 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 2\1/2\ percent: 
     Provided further, That the Secretary shall submit a 
     staffing plan for the Department by March 15, 2003.


                          working capital fund

       For additional capital for the Working Capitol Fund (42 
     U.S.C. 3535) for the development of, modifications to, and 
     infrastructure for Department-wide information technology 
     systems, and for the continuing operation of both Department-
     wide and program-specific information systems, $276,300,000, 
     to remain available until September 30, 2004: Provided, That 
     any amounts transferred to this Fund under this Act shall 
     remain available until expended: Provided further, That none 
     of the funds made available to the Department in this Act, or 
     any other Act, may be used to award a new contract for the 
     HUD Information Technology Services (HITS) project until 90 
     days after the Department has submitted to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
     a comprehensive five-year information technology plan in 
     accordance with the direction included in the report 
     accompanying this Act.


                      office of inspector general

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
     in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 
     amended, $97,499,000, of which $23,343,000 shall be provided 
     from the various funds of the Federal Housing Administration: 
     Provided, That the Inspector General shall have independent 
     authority over all personnel issues within this office: 
     Provided further, That no less than $300,000 shall be 
     transferred to the Working Capital Fund for the development 
     of and modifications to information technology systems for 
     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 on October 1, 2002, $8,000,000 are 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, 
     $30,000,000, 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.

                       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 2003 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 
     2003 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 2003 under such clause (ii) because the areas in the 
     State outside of the metropolitan statistical areas that 
     qualify under clause (i) in fiscal year 2003 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 2003, 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 striking ``year 2000, and the 
     amounts that would otherwise be allocated for fiscal year 
     2001 and fiscal year 2002'', and inserting ``years 2000, 
     2001, 2002, and 2003''.
       (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 2003 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. (a) During fiscal year 2003, 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

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     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. 206. 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. 207. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
     funds in this Act or in any other Act in any fiscal year, 
     including all future and prior fiscal years, may be used 
     hereafter by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
     to provide any assistance or other funds for housing units 
     defined in section 9(n) of the United States Housing Act of 
     1937 (as in effect immediately before the enactment of this 
     Act) as ``covered locally developed public housing units''. 
     The States of New York and Massachusetts shall reimburse any 
     funds already made available under any appropriations Act for 
     these units to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
     for reallocation to public housing agencies: Provided, That, 
     if either State fails to make such reimbursement within 12 
     months, the Secretary shall recapture such funds through 
     reductions from the amounts allocated to each State under 
     section 106 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 
     1974.
       Sec. 208. 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. 209. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act or 
     through a reprogramming of funds, no part of any 
     appropriation for the Department of Housing and Urban 
     Development shall be available for any program, project or 
     activity in excess of amounts set forth in the budget 
     estimates submitted to Congress.
       Sec. 210. 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 accordance 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 2003 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. 211. None of the funds provided in this title 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 program, project or activity as part of 
     the Budget Justifications. For fiscal year 2003, HUD shall 
     transmit this information to the Committees by March 15, 2003 
     for 30 days of review.
       Sec. 212. (a) Section 9(n)(1) of the United States Housing 
     Act of 1937 is hereby repealed.
       (b) Section 226 of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and 
     Housing and Urban development, and Independent Agencies 
     Appropriations Act, 1999, is hereby repealed.
       (c) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall be deemed to 
     have taken effect on October 1, 1998.
       (d) The amendment made by subsection (b) shall be deemed to 
     have taken effect on October 21, 1998.
       Sec. 213. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in 
     fiscal year 2003, 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 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. 214. A public housing agency or such other entity that 
     administers Federal housing assistance in the states of 
     Alaska, Iowa, and Mississippi shall not be required to 
     include a resident of public housing or a recipient of 
     assistance provided under section 8 of the United States 
     Housing Act of 1937 on the board of directors or a similar 
     governing board of such agency or entity as required under 
     section (2)(b) of such Act. Each public housing agency or 
     other entity that administers Federal housing assistance 
     under section 8 in the states of Alaska, Iowa and Mississippi 
     shall establish an advisory board of not less than 6 
     residents of public housing or recipients of section 8 
     assistance to provide advice and comment to the public 
     housing agency or other administering entity on issues 
     related to public housing and section 8. Such advisory board 
     shall meet not less than quarterly.
       Sec. 215. (a) Section 24(m)(1) of the United States Housing 
     Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v(m)(1)) is amended by striking 
     ``$600,000,000'' and all that follows through ``2002'' and 
     inserting the following: ``$574,000,000 for fiscal year 
     2003''.
       (b) Section 24(n) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
     (42 U.S.C. 1437v(n)) is amended by striking ``September 30, 
     2002'' and inserting ``September 30, 2004''.
       Sec. 216. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
     shall provide quarterly reports to the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations regarding all uncommitted, 
     unobligated, and excess funds in each program and activity 
     within the jurisdiction of the Department and shall submit 
     additional, updated budget information to these committees 
     upon request.
       Sec. 217. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
     shall submit an annual report no later than August 30, 2003 
     and annually thereafter to the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations regarding the number of Federally assisted 
     units under lease and the per unit cost of these units to the 
     Department of Housing and Urban Development.
       Sec. 218. Notwithstanding the requirements regarding first-
     time homebuyers in section 104 of the National Affordable 
     Housing Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12704), the Enterprise Housing 
     Corporation of Maryland may use the remaining balance of the 
     grant award, H3-95MD0005-I-N, within the East Baltimore 
     Community of the City of Baltimore, Maryland.
       Sec. 219. In applying the across-the-board rescission under 
     section 601 of division N to amounts made available under the 
     heading ``Housing certificate fund'', the Secretary shall 
     have discretion in applying such rescission among the 
     programs, projects, or activities within the account 
     notwithstanding section 601(b).

                    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, $35,246,000, to remain available until 
     expended.

             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 
     therefore, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. Sec. 5901-5902, and for 
     services authorized by 5 U.S.C. Sec. 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. Sec. 5376, $7,850,000, of which $1,400,000 shall be 
     derived from unobligated balances: Provided, That of the 
     amounts appropriated, $500,000 is available until September 
     30, 2004: Provided further, That the Chemical Safety and 
     Hazard Investigation Board shall have not more than three 
     career Senior Executive Service positions.

                       Department of the Treasury

              Community Development Financial Institutions


   community development financial institutions fund program account

       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, 
     $75,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2004, of 
     which $5,000,000 shall be for financial assistance, technical 
     assistance, training and outreach programs designed to 
     benefit Native American, Native Hawaiian, and Alaskan Native 
     communities and provided primarily through qualified 
     community development lender organizations with experience 
     and expertise in community development banking and lending in 
     Indian country, Native American organizations, tribes and 
     tribal organizations and other suitable providers, and up to 
     $10,750,000 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 $250,000 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 $11,000,000.

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                   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, $57,000,000.

             Corporation for National and Community Service


       national and community service programs operating expenses

              (including rescission and transfer of funds)

       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.), $429,000,000, to remain available until September 
     30, 2004: Provided, That the Corporation shall enroll no more 
     than 50,000 AmeriCorps members in the National Service Trust: 
     Provided further, That not more than $32,500,000 shall be 
     available for administrative expenses authorized under 
     section 501(a)(4): Provided further, That not more than 
     $2,500 shall be for official reception and representation 
     expenses: Provided further, That not more than 
     $275,000,000 of the amount provided under this heading 
     shall be available for grants under the National Service 
     Trust program authorized under subtitle C of title I of 
     the Act (42 U.S.C. 12571 et seq.) (relating to activities 
     including the AmeriCorps program), of which $100,000,000, 
     to remain available without fiscal year limitation, shall 
     be transferred to the National Service Trust for 
     educational awards authorized under subtitle D of title I 
     of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12601), and of which up to 
     $5,000,000 shall be available to support national service 
     scholarships for high school students performing community 
     service: Provided further, That of the amount provided 
     under this heading for grants under the National Service 
     Trust program authorized under subtitle C of title I of 
     the Act, not more than $50,000,000 may be used to 
     administer, reimburse, or support any national service 
     program authorized under section 121(d)(2) of such Act (42 
     U.S.C. 12581(d)(2)): Provided further, That 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 
     $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 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 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 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 $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 $35,500,000 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.), of which $6,000,000 shall be available for 
     challenge grants to non-profit organizations: Provided 
     further, That not more than $5,000,000 of the funds made 
     available under this heading shall be made available to 
     America's Promise--The Alliance for Youth, Inc.: Provided 
     further, That not more than $3,000,000 shall be available 
     for audits and other evaluations authorized under section 
     179 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12639): Provided further, That 
     of the unobligated balances remaining from funds 
     appropriated under this heading during fiscal year 2002 
     and prior years, $48,000,000 are rescinded.


                      office of inspector general

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
     in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 
     amended, $6,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
     2004.


                       administrative provisions

       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, 
     insured, or guaranteed 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.
       Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds made 
     available under section 129(d)(5)(B) of the National and 
     Community Service Act to assist entities in placing 
     applicants who are individuals with disabilities may be 
     provided to any entity that receives a grant under section 
     121 of the Act.

               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, $14,326,000 of which $1,045,000 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, $32,445,000, 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, and section 126(g) of the Superfund Amendments and 
     Reauthorization Act of 1986, $84,074,000.

            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, $82,800,000, 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 2003, 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, $720,261,000, which shall 
     remain available until September 30, 2004: Provided, That 
     the Office of Research and Development of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency may hereafter contract 
     directly with individuals or indirectly with institutions 
     or nonprofit organizations, without regard to 41 U.S.C. 5, 
     for the temporary or intermittent personal services of 
     students or recent graduates, who shall be considered 
     employees for the purposes of chapters 57 and 81 of title 
     5, United States Code, relating to compensation for travel 
     and work injuries, and chapter 171 of title 28, United 
     States Code, relating to tort claims, but shall not be 
     considered to be Federal employees for any other purposes.


                 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 in societies or associations which issue 
     publications to members only or at a price to members

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     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 $19,000 for official reception and representation 
     expenses, $2,111,604,000, which shall remain available until 
     September 30, 2004, including administrative costs of the 
     brownfields program under the Small Business Liability Relief 
     and Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2002: Provided, That 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Administrator 
     of the Environmental Protection Agency shall certify grant 
     amendments for grant numbers C-340461-02 and C-340461-03.


                      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, $36,000,000, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2004.


                        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, 
     $42,918,000, 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; 
     $1,272,888,000, to remain available until expended, 
     consisting of $636,444,000, as authorized by section 517(a) 
     of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 
     (SARA), as amended by Public Law 101-508, and $636,444,000 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, 
     $12,742,000 shall be transferred to the ``Office of Inspector 
     General'' appropriation to remain available until September 
     30, 2004, and $86,168,000 shall be transferred to the 
     ``Science and technology'' appropriation to remain available 
     until September 30, 2004.


                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, 
     $72,313,000, 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, $15,581,000, 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, $3,859,994,000, 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''), of which up to 
     $75,000,000 shall be available for loans, including interest 
     free loans as authorized by 33 U.S.C. 1383(d)(1)(A), to 
     municipal, inter-municipal, interstate, or State agencies or 
     nonprofit entities for projects that provide treatment for or 
     that minimize sewage or stormwater discharges using one or 
     more approaches which include, but are not limited to, 
     decentralized or distributed stormwater controls, 
     decentralized wastewater treatment, low-impact development 
     practices, conservation easements, stream buffers, or 
     wetlands restoration; $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; 
     $50,000,000 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; $43,000,000 shall be for grants to the State of 
     Alaska to address drinking water and wastewater 
     infrastructure needs of rural and Alaska Native Villages; 
     $3,000,000 shall be for remediation of above ground 
     leaking fuel tanks pursuant to Public Law 106-554; 
     $314,887,000 shall be for making grants for the 
     construction of drinking water, wastewater and storm water 
     infrastructure and for water quality protection in 
     accordance with the terms and conditions specified for 
     such grants in the joint explanatory statement of the 
     managers accompanying this Act; $8,225,000 for grants for 
     construction of alternative decentralized wastewater 
     facilities under the National Decentralized Wastewater 
     Demonstration program, in accordance with the terms and 
     conditions specified in the joint explanatory statement of 
     the managers accompanying this Act; $90,500,000 shall be 
     to carry out section 104(k) of the Comprehensive 
     Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 
     1980 (CERCLA), as amended, including grants, interagency 
     agreements, and associated program support costs; and 
     $1,150,382,000 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 subject to terms and conditions 
     specified by the Administrator, of which $50,000,000 shall 
     be for carrying out section 128 of CERCLA, as amended, and 
     $19,999,900 shall be for Environmental Information 
     Exchange Network grants, including associated program 
     support costs: Provided, That for fiscal year 2003, 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 2003 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 2003, and notwithstanding section 518(f) of 
     the Act, 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 
     sections 319(h) and 518(e) of that Act: Provided further, 
     That for fiscal year 2003, 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: Provided 
     further, That the referenced statements of the managers 
     under this heading in Public Laws 105-276, 106-74, and 
     106-377 are deemed to be amended by striking everything 
     after ``Creek'' in reference to item numbers 27, 38, and 
     59, respectively, and inserting, ``and the Upper Ocmulgee 
     River Watersheds, Georgia'': Provided further, That the 
     referenced statement of the managers under this heading in 
     Public Law 107-73 is deemed to be amended by adding the 
     words ``water and'' before the word ``wastewater'' in 
     reference to item number 205: Provided further, That the 
     referenced statement of the managers under this heading in 
     Public Law 106-74 is deemed to be amended by striking 
     everything after ``improvement'' in reference to item 
     number 137 and inserting, ``and extensions to the Indian 
     Ridge Industrial Park;'': Provided further, That the 
     referenced statement of the managers under this heading in 
     Public Law 107-73 is deemed to be amended by striking 
     everything after ``wastewater'' in reference to item 
     number 103 and inserting, ``and drinking water 
     infrastructure improvements;'': Provided further, That the 
     referenced statement of the managers under this heading in 
     Public Law 107-73 is deemed to be amended by striking 
     everything after ``for'' in reference to item number 283 
     and inserting, ``the Mount Pleasant Waterworks Commission, 
     South Carolina, for the Snowden Community Wastewater 
     Collection Project;'': Provided further, That the 
     referenced statement of the managers under this heading in 
     Public Law 106-377 is deemed to be amended in reference to 
     item number 216 by inserting before the period, ``, and, 
     after February 1, 2003, any remaining unobligated funds to 
     the City of Wendover, Utah for water and wastewater 
     infrastructure improvements''.


                       administrative provisions

       For fiscal year 2003, 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.
       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.
       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

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     fees pursuant to FIFRA section 4(i)(5) is extended for at 
     least 1 year beyond September 30, 2002.
       Section 136a-1 of title 7, U.S.C. is amended--
       (1) in subsection (i)(5)(C)(i) by striking ``$17,000,000 
     fiscal year 2002'' and inserting ``$21,500,000 for fiscal 
     year 2003'';
       (2) in subsection (i)(5)(H) by striking ``2002'' and 
     inserting ``2003'';
       (3) in subsection (i)(6) by striking ``2002'' and inserting 
     ``2003''; and
       (4) in subsection (k)(3)(A) by striking ``2002'' and 
     inserting ``2003''.
       As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this 
     Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
     shall enter into a cooperative agreement with the National 
     Academy of Sciences to evaluate the impact of the final rule 
     relating to prevention of significant deterioration and 
     nonattainment new source review, published at 67 Fed. Reg. 
     80186 (December 31, 2002). The study shall include--
       (1) increases or decreases in emissions of pollutants 
     regulated under the New Source Review program;
       (2) impacts on human health;
       (3) pollution control and prevention technologies installed 
     after the effective date of the rule at facilities covered 
     under the rulemaking;
       (4) increases or decreases in efficiency of operations, 
     including energy efficiency, at covered facilities; and
       (5) other relevant data.
       The National Academy of Sciences shall submit an interim 
     report to Congress no later than March 3, 2004, and shall 
     submit a final report on implementation of the rules.

                   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, $5,368,000.


  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, $3,031,000: 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, $30,848,000, 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.), $800,000,000, 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; and not to 
     exceed $21,577,000 may be transferred to the Office of 
     Inspector General for audits and investigations: Provided, 
     That notwithstanding any other provision of law, for disaster 
     declaration FEMA-1379-DR and hereafter, the Texas Medical 
     Center is to be considered for FEMA Public Assistance and 
     Hazard Mitigation grants as if it were an eligible 
     applicant: Provided further, That the funds made available 
     under this heading in Public Law 105-276 for a pilot 
     project of seismic retrofit technology at California State 
     University, San Bernardino, are reduced to $3,559,500, the 
     funds made available under this heading in Public Law 106-
     74 for a pilot project of seismic retrofit technology at 
     California State University, San Bernardino, are reduced 
     to $0, and that the funds made available as a result of 
     this action shall be used to mitigate fire danger in the 
     area of the San Bernardino National Forest due to bark 
     beetle infestation.


                 national pre-disaster mitigation fund

       For a pre-disaster mitigation grant program pursuant to 42 
     U.S.C. 5131 et seq., $150,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended: Provided, That grants shall be awarded on a 
     competitive basis subject to the criteria in 42 U.S.C. 
     5133(g): Provided further, That notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 
     5133(f), grant awards shall be made without reference to 
     State allocations, quotas, or other formula-based allocations 
     of funds.


            disaster assistance direct loan program account

       For the cost of direct loans, $557,000 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, $557,000.


                         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, $245,690,000.


                      office of inspector general

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
     in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 
     amended, $14,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
     other provision of law, the Inspector General of the Federal 
     Emergency Management Agency shall hereafter also serve as the 
     Inspector General of the Chemical Safety and Hazard 
     Investigation Board.


              emergency management planning and assistance

       For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to 
     carry out activities under the National Flood Insurance Act 
     of 1968, as amended, and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 
     1973, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Robert T. 
     Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
     U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 
     1977, as amended (42 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), the Federal Fire 
     Prevention and Control Act of 1974, as amended (15 U.S.C. 
     2201 et seq.), the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended 
     (50 U.S.C. App. 2061 et seq.), sections 107 and 303 of the 
     National Security Act of 1947, as amended (50 U.S.C. 404-
     405), and Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978, $388,299.000: 
     Provided, That of the amount provided under this heading: 
     $25,000,000 shall be for grants for interoperable 
     communications equipment; $25,000,000 shall be for grants for 
     emergency operations centers; $60,000,000 shall be for 
     existing Urban Search and Rescue Teams; $165,000,000 shall be 
     for emergency management performance grants; $20,000,000 
     shall be for Community Emergency Response Teams.


                     firefighter assistance grants

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 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.), $750,000,000 to remain available through 
     September 30, 2004: 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 2003, 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, 
     2003, and remain available until expended.


                        CERRO GRANDE FIRE CLAIMS

       For an additional amount for ``Cerro Grande Fire Claims'', 
     up to $90,000,000 shall be made available for claims 
     resulting from the Cerro Grande fires: Provided, That up to 
     $5,000,000 may be made available for administrative purposes.


                   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, $153,000,000, 
     to remain available until expended: Provided, That total 
     administrative costs shall not exceed 3\1/2\ percent of the 
     total appropriation.


                      flood map modernization fund

       For necessary expenses pursuant to section 1360 of the 
     National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, $150,000,000, and such 
     additional sums as may be provided by State and local 
     governments or other political subdivisions for cost-shared 
     mapping activities under section 1360(f)(2), to remain 
     available until expended.


                     national flood insurance fund

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For activities under the National Flood Insurance Act of 
     1968 (``Act'') and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, 
     as amended, not to exceed $32,393,000 for salaries and 
     expenses associated with flood mitigation and flood insurance 
     operations, and not to exceed $77,666,000 for flood 
     mitigation, to remain available until September 30, 2004, 
     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, 2004, 
     and which amounts shall be derived from offsetting 
     collections assessed and collected pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 
     4014, and shall be retained and used for necessary expenses 
     under this heading: Provided, That beginning in fiscal year 
     2003 and thereafter, fees authorized in 42 U.S.C. 
     4014(a)(1)(B)(iii) shall be collected only if provided in 
     advance in appropriations acts. In fiscal year 2003, no funds 
     in excess of: (1) $55,000,000 for operating expenses; (2) 
     $529,380,000 for agents' commissions and taxes; and (3) 
     $40,000,000 for interest on Treasury borrowings shall be 
     available from the National

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     Flood Insurance Fund without prior notice to the Committees 
     on Appropriations.


                     national flood mitigation fund

                     (including transfer of funds)

       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, 2004, 
     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.


                       administrative provisions

       Nothwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
     appropriated to the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
     (FEMA) for disaster relief for the terrorist attacks of 
     September 11, 2001, in Public Law 107-117, may be used to 
     provide funds to the City of New York and the State of New 
     York for costs associated with such attacks that are 
     unreimbursable under the Stafford Act, including but not 
     limited to the non-federal share of relevant programs: 
     Provided, That of the amounts made available, $90,000,000 
     shall be available upon enactment of this Act to administer 
     baseline and follow-up screening and clinical examinations 
     and long-term health monitoring and analysis for emergency 
     services personnel and rescue and recovery personnel, of 
     which not less than $25,000,000 shall be made available for 
     such services for current and retired firefighters.
       Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including 
     sections 403 and 407 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
     Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (43 U.S.C. 5170b and 42 
     U.S.C. 5173), the Federal Emergency Management Agency is 
     directed to provide, from funds appropriated to the Federal 
     Emergency Management Agency for disaster relief for the 
     terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, in Public Law 107-
     117, up to $1,000,000,000 to establish a captive insurance 
     company or other appropriate insurance mechanism for claims 
     arising from debris removal, which may include claims made by 
     city employees.
       FEMA is hereby directed to recognize that a hospital 
     building has met the ``immediate occupancy'' requirements of 
     the Seismic Hazard Mitigation Program for Hospitals (SHMPH) 
     if such building is approved by California's Office of 
     Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) for 
     occupancy until 2030 or beyond under the Alfred E. Alquist 
     Hospital Facilities Seismic Safety Act of 1983 now in effect.

                    General Services Administration


                federal citizen information center fund

       For necessary expenses of the Federal Citizen Information 
     Center, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
     $11,541,000, to be deposited into the Federal Citizen 
     Information Center Fund: Provided, That the appropriations, 
     revenues, and collections deposited into the Fund shall be 
     available for necessary expenses of Federal Citizen 
     Information Center activities in the aggregate amount of 
     $18,000,000. Appropriations, revenues, and collections 
     accruing to this Fund during fiscal year 2003 in excess of 
     $18,000,000 shall remain in the Fund and shall not be 
     available for expenditure except as authorized in 
     appropriations Acts.

                  Interagency Council on the Homeless


                           OPERATING EXPENSES

       For necessary expenses (including payment of salaries, 
     authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the 
     rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, and 
     the employment of experts and consultants under section 3109 
     of title 5, United States Code) of the Interagency Council on 
     the Homeless in carrying out the functions pursuant to title 
     II of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as amended, 
     $1,500,000.

             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 $35,000 
     for official reception and representation expenses; and 
     purchase, lease, charter, maintenance and operation of 
     mission and administrative aircraft, $6,180,900,000, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2004, 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 $35,000 
     for official reception and representation expenses; and 
     purchase, lease, charter, maintenance and operation of 
     mission and administrative aircraft, $9,207,665,000, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2004, 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.


                      office of inspector general

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
     in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 
     amended, $25,600,000.


                       administrative provisions

       Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the 
     $3,836,000,000 provided for the Shuttle program shall be 
     exempt from the across-the-board rescission under section 601 
     in division N.
       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 flight'', or ``Science, 
     aeronautics and technology'' by this appropriations Act, the 
     amounts appropriated for construction of facilities shall 
     remain available until September 30, 2005.
       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, 
     2003 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.
       NASA is authorized to proceed with establishment of a Non-
     Governmental Organization for International Space Station 
     research: Provided, That no funds in this Act or any other 
     appropriations Act may be expended for establishment of a 
     Non-Governmental Organization that includes engineering and 
     integration functions identified as Phase 2 in the Report of 
     NASA's International Space Station Utilization Management 
     Concept Development Study submitted on January 10, 2003.
       There is hereby established in the United States Treasury a 
     National Aeronautics and Space Administration working capital 
     fund. Amounts in the fund are available for financing 
     activities, services, equipment, information, and facilities 
     as authorized by law to be provided within the 
     Administration; to other agencies or instrumentalities of the 
     United States; to any State, Territory, or possession or 
     political subdivision thereof; to other public or private 
     agencies; or to any person, firm, association, corporation, 
     or educational institution on a reimbursable basis. The fund 
     shall also be available for the purpose of funding capital 
     repairs, renovations, rehabilitation, sustainment, 
     demolition, or replacement of NASA real property, on a 
     reimbursable basis within the Administration. Amounts in the 
     fund are available without regard to fiscal year limitation. 
     The capital of the fund consists of amounts appropriated to 
     the fund; the reasonable value of stocks of supplies, 
     equipment, and other assets and inventories on order that the 
     Administrator transfers to the fund, less the related 
     liabilities and unpaid obligations; and payments received for 
     loss or damage to property of the fund. The fund shall be 
     reimbursed, in advance, for supplies and services at rates 
     that will approximate the expenses of operation, such as the 
     accrual of annual leave, depreciation of plant, property and 
     equipment, and overhead.

                  National Credit Union Administration


                       central liquidity facility

       During fiscal year 2003, 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 in 
     fiscal year 2003 shall not exceed $309,000.


               community development revolving loan fund

       For the Community Development Revolving Loan Fund program 
     as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 9812, 9822 and 9910, $1,000,000 
     shall be available: Provided, That of this amount $700,000, 
     together with amounts of principal and interest on loans 
     repaid, is available until expended for loans to

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     community development credit unions, and $300,000 is 
     available until September 30, 2004 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; 
     maintenance and operation of aircraft and purchase of flight 
     services for research support; acquisition of aircraft; and 
     authorized travel; $4,083,000,000, of which not to exceed 
     $320,000,000 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, 2004: 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 $85,000,000 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, $149,510,000, to remain 
     available until expended.


                     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, $909,080,000, 
     to remain available until September 30, 2004: 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; and 
     reimbursement of the General Services Administration for 
     security guard services; $190,352,000: Provided, That 
     contracts may be entered into under ``Salaries and expenses'' 
     in fiscal year 2003 for maintenance and operation of 
     facilities, and for other services, to be provided during the 
     next fiscal year.


                  office of the NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD

       For necessary expenses (including payment of salaries, 
     authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the 
     rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, and 
     the employment of experts and consultants under section 3109 
     of title 5, United States Code) involved in carrying out 
     section 4 of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 
     U.S.C. 1863) and Public Law 86-209 (42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.), 
     $3,500,000: Provided, That not more than $9,000 shall be 
     available for official reception and representation expenses.


                      office of inspector general

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
     as authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 
     amended, $9,250,000, to remain available until September 30, 
     2004.

                 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 $5,000,000 
     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; and of which $5,000,000 
     shall be for a multi-family rental housing program.

                        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; purchase of uniforms, or allowances therefor, as 
     authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; hire of passenger motor 
     vehicles; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and not to 
     exceed $750 for official reception and representation 
     expenses; $26,480,000: 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. 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. 402. 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. 403. None of the funds provided in this Act to any 
     department or agency may be obligated or expended for: (1) 
     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 or (2) to provide a cook, 
     chauffeur, or other personal servants to any officer or 
     employee of such department or agency.
       Sec. 404. 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. 405. 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.
       Sec. 406. 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. 407. 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. 408. 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. 409. (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. 410. 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. 411. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 
     2003 pay raises for programs funded by this Act shall be 
     absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act.
       Sec. 412. 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. 413. 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

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     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. 414. 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. 415. 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. 416. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality 
     of the United States Government that is established after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, except pursuant to a 
     transfer made by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act 
     or any other appropriation Act.
       Sec. 417. Section 404(a) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
     Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c) is 
     amended by striking ``15 percent'' and inserting ``7.5 
     percent''.
       Sec. 418. The National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, 
     as amended (42 U.S.C. 2451, et seq.), is amended by adding at 
     the end of title III a new section 315 as follows:


          ``Enhanced-Use Lease of Real Property Demonstration

       ``Sec. 315. (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, the Administrator may enter into a lease 
     under this section with any person or entity (including 
     another department or agency of the Federal Government or an 
     entity of a State or local government) with regard to any 
     real property under the jurisdiction of the Administrator at 
     no more than two (2) National Aeronautics and Space 
     Administration (NASA) centers.
       ``(b) Consideration.--
       ``(1) A person or entity entering into a lease under this 
     section shall provide consideration for the lease at fair 
     market value as determined by the Administrator, except that 
     in the case of a lease to another department or agency of the 
     Federal Government, that department or agency shall provide 
     consideration for the lease equal to the full costs to NASA 
     in connection with the lease.
       ``(2) Consideration under this subsection may take one or a 
     combination of the following forms:
       ``(A) the payment of cash.
       ``(B) the maintenance, construction, modification or 
     improvement of facilities on real property under the 
     jurisdiction of the Administrator.
       ``(C) the provision of services to NASA, including launch 
     services and payload processing services; or
       ``(D) use by NASA of facilities on the property.
       ``(3)(A) The Administrator may utilize amounts of cash 
     consideration received under this subsection for a lease 
     entered into under this section to cover the full costs to 
     NASA in connection with the lease. These funds shall remain 
     available until expended.
       ``(B) Any amounts of cash consideration received under this 
     subsection that are not utilized in accordance with 
     subparagraph (A) shall be deposited in a capital asset 
     account to be established by the Administrator, shall be 
     available for maintenance, capital revitalization, and 
     improvements of the real property assets of the centers 
     selected for this demonstration program, and shall remain 
     available until expended.
       ``(c) Additional Terms and Conditions.--The Administrator 
     may require such terms and conditions in connection with a 
     lease under this section as the Administrator considers 
     appropriate to protect the interests of the United States.
       ``(d) Relationship to Other Lease Authority.--The authority 
     under this section to lease property of NASA is in addition 
     to any other authority to lease property of NASA under law.
       ``(e) Lease Restrictions.--NASA is not authorized to lease 
     back property under this section during the term of the out-
     lease or enter into other contracts with the lessee 
     respecting the property.
       ``(f) Plan and Reporting Requirements.--At least 15 days 
     prior to the Administrator entering into the first lease 
     under this section, the Administrator shall submit a plan to 
     the Congress on NASA's proposed implementation of this 
     demonstration. The Administrator shall submit an annual 
     report by January 31st of each year regarding the status of 
     the demonstration.''.
       Sec. 419. Notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 5196c, amounts provided 
     in Public Law 107-117 and subsequent appropriations Acts for 
     the construction of emergency operations centers (or similar 
     facilities) shall only require a 25 percent non-Federal cost 
     share.
       Sec. 420. 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. 421. Subsection (b) of section 33 of the Federal Fire 
     Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229) is 
     amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph 
     (12):
       ``(12) Eligible grantee on behalf of alaska native 
     villages.--The Alaska Village Initiatives, a non-profit 
     organization incorporated in the State of Alaska, shall be 
     considered an eligible grantee for purposes of receiving 
     assistance under this section on behalf of Alaska Native 
     villages.''.
       Sec. 422. The Secretary of the Department of Homeland 
     Security is authorized to acquire fee title to up to 178.5 
     acres of undeveloped property on the North and West sides of 
     Virginia Routes 601 and 605 in Clarke County and Loudoun 
     County, Virginia, adjacent to a Federal Emergency Management 
     Agency facility in Clarke County and Loudoun County, 
     Virginia.
       Sec. 423. Section 1344(b) of title 31, United States Code, 
     is amended by striking paragraph (6) and inserting in lieu 
     thereof the following new paragraph (6):
       ``(6) the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, the 
     Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the 
     Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the 
     Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space 
     Administration;''.
       This division may be cited as the ``Departments of Veterans 
     Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent 
     Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003''.

          DIVISION L--HOMELAND SECURITY ACT OF 2002 AMENDMENTS

       Sec. 101. General.--The Homeland Security Act of 2002 
     (Public Law 107-296) is amended--
       (1) in section 308, by striking subsections (a) through 
     (c)(1) and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
       ``(a) In General.--The Secretary, acting through the Under 
     Secretary for Science and Technology, shall carry out the 
     responsibilities under section 302(4) through both extramural 
     and intramural programs.
       ``(b) Extramural Programs.--
       ``(1) In general.--The Secretary, acting through the Under 
     Secretary for Science and Technology, shall operate 
     extramural research, development, demonstration, testing, and 
     evaluation programs so as to--
       ``(A) ensure that colleges, universities, private research 
     institutes, and companies (and consortia thereof) from as 
     many areas of the United States as practicable participate;
       ``(B) ensure that the research funded is of high quality, 
     as determined through merit review processes developed under 
     section 302(14); and
       ``(C) distribute funds through grants, cooperative 
     agreements, and contracts.
       ``(2) University-based centers for homeland security.--
       ``(A) Designation.--The Secretary, acting through the Under 
     Secretary for Science and Technology, shall designate a 
     university-based center or several university-based centers 
     for homeland security. The purpose of the center or these 
     centers shall be to establish a coordinated, university-based 
     system to enhance the Nation's homeland security.
       ``(B) Criteria for designation.--Criteria for the 
     designation of colleges or universities as a center for 
     homeland security, shall include, but are not limited to, 
     demonstrated expertise in--
       ``(i) The training of first responders.
       ``(ii) Responding to incidents involving weapons of mass 
     destruction and biological warfare.
       ``(iii) Emergency and diagnostic medical services.
       ``(iv) Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear 
     countermeasures or detection.
       ``(v) Animal and plant health and diagnostics.
       ``(vi) Food safety.
       ``(vii) Water and wastewater operations.
       ``(viii) Port and waterway security.
       ``(ix) Multi-modal transportation.
       ``(x) Information security and information engineering.
       ``(xi) Engineering.
       ``(xii) Educational outreach and technical assistance.
       ``(xiii) Border transportation and security.
       ``(xiv) The public policy implications and public 
     dissemination of homeland security related research and 
     development.
       ``(C) Discretion of secretary.--To the extent that 
     exercising such discretion is in the interest of homeland 
     security, and with respect to the designation of any given 
     university-based center for homeland security, the Secretary 
     may except certain criteria as specified in section 
     308(b)(2)(B) and consider additional criteria beyond those 
     specified in section 308(b)(2)(B). Upon designation of a 
     university-based center for homeland security, the Secretary 
     shall that day publish in the Federal Register the criteria 
     that were excepted or added in the selection process and the 
     justification for the set of criteria that were used for that 
     designation.
       ``(D) Report to congress.--The Secretary shall report 
     annually, from the date of enactment, to Congress concerning 
     the implementation of this section. That report shall 
     indicate which center or centers have been designated and how 
     the designation or designations enhance homeland security, as 
     well as report any decisions to revoke or modify such 
     designations.
       ``(E) Authorization of appropriations.--There are 
     authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary 
     to carry out this paragraph.
       ``(c) Intramural Programs.--
       ``(1) Consultation.--In carrying out the duties under 
     section 302, the Secretary, acting through the Under 
     Secretary for Science and Technology, may draw upon the 
     expertise of any laboratory of the Federal Government, 
     whether operated by a contractor or the Government.''; and
       (2) in subsection 835(d) by striking all after the word 
     ``security'' and inserting in lieu thereof a period.
       Sec. 102. Non-Prejudicial Repeal of Sections 1714 Through 
     1717 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002. (a) Repeal.--In 
     accordance with subsection (c), sections 1714 through 1717 of 
     the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-296) are 
     repealed.
       (b) Application of the Public Health Service Act.--The 
     Public Health Service Act (42

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     U.S.C. 201 et seq.) shall be applied and administered as if 
     the sections repealed by subsection (a) had never been 
     enacted.
       (c) Rule of Construction.--No inference shall be drawn from 
     the enactment of sections 1714 through 1717 of the Homeland 
     Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-296), or from this 
     repeal, regarding the law prior to enactment of sections 1714 
     through 1717 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 
     107-296). Further, no inference shall be drawn that 
     subsection (a) or (b) affects any change in that prior law, 
     or that Leroy v. Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
     Office of Special Master, No. 02-392V (October 11, 2002), was 
     incorrectly decided.
       (d) Sense of the Congress.--It is the sense of the Congress 
     that--
       (1) the Nation's ability to produce and develop new and 
     effective vaccines faces significant challenges, and 
     important steps are needed to revitalize our immunization 
     efforts in order to ensure an adequate supply of vaccines and 
     to encourage the development of new vaccines;
       (2) these steps include ensuring that patients who have 
     suffered vaccine-related injuries have the opportunity to 
     seek fair and timely redress, and that vaccine manufacturers, 
     manufacturers of components or ingredients of vaccines, and 
     physicians and other administrators of vaccines have adequate 
     protections;
       (3) prompt action is particularly critical given that 
     vaccines are a front line of defense against common childhood 
     and adult diseases, as well as against current and future 
     biological threats; and
       (4) not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of 
     this Act, the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce of the House of Representatives should report a bill 
     addressing the issues described in paragraphs (1) through 
     (3).
       Sec. 103. General.--The Homeland Security Act of 2002 
     (Public Law 107-296) is amended--
       (1) in subsection 232(f), by striking the period at the end 
     of the sentence and inserting: ``: Provided, That any such 
     transfer or provision of funding shall be carried out in 
     accordance with section 605 of Public Law 107-77.'';
       (2) in subsection 234(b), by striking the period at the end 
     of the sentence and inserting: ``: Provided, That any such 
     transfer shall be carried out in accordance with section 605 
     of Public Law 107-77.'';
       (3) in subsection 873(b)--
       (A) by inserting ``Except as authorized by section 2601 of 
     title 10, United States Code, and by section 93 of title 14, 
     United States Code,'' before the word ``Gifts'' in the second 
     place it appears; and
       (B) by striking the letter ``G'' and inserting in lieu 
     thereof ``g'' in the word ``Gifts'' in the second place it 
     appears;
       (4) in subsection 1511(e)(2), after the word 
     ``development'' and before the period, by inserting: ``, and 
     to any funds provided to the Coast Guard from the Aquatic 
     Resources Trust Fund of the Highway Trust Fund for boating 
     safety programs''; and
       (5) at the end of the Act, by adding the following new 
     section:
       ``Sec. 1714. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
     Act, any report, notification, or consultation addressing 
     directly or indirectly the use of appropriated funds and 
     stipulated by this Act to be submitted to, or held with, the 
     Congress or any Congressional committee shall also be 
     submitted to, or held with, the Committees on Appropriations 
     of the Senate and the House of Representatives under the same 
     conditions and with the same restrictions as stipulated by 
     this Act.''.
       Sec. 104. Inspector General of the Department of Homeland 
     Security. (a) In General.--Section 103(b) of the Homeland 
     Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-296) is amended to read 
     as follows:
       ``(b) Inspector General.--There shall be in the Department 
     an Office of Inspector General and an Inspector General at 
     the head of such office, as provided in the Inspector General 
     Act of 1978 (5 App. U.S.C.).''.
       (b) Special Provisions Concerning the Inspector General.--
     The Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 App. U.S.C.) is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking section 8J;
       (2) by redesignating section 8I as section 8J; and
       (3) by inserting after section 8H the following:


  ``SPECIAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

       ``Sec. 8I. (a)(1) Notwithstanding the last two sentences of 
     section 3(a), the Inspector General of the Department of 
     Homeland Security shall be under the authority, direction, 
     and control of the Secretary of Homeland Security with 
     respect to audits or investigations, or the issuance of 
     subpoenas, that require access to sensitive information 
     concerning--
       ``(A) intelligence, counterintelligence, or 
     counterterrorism matters;
       ``(B) ongoing criminal investigations or proceedings;
       ``(C) undercover operations;
       ``(D) the identity of confidential sources, including 
     protected witnesses;
       ``(E) other matters the disclosure of which would, in the 
     Secretary's judgment, constitute a serious threat to the 
     protection of any person or property authorized protection by 
     section 3056 of title 18, United States Code, section 202 of 
     title 3 of such Code, or any provision of the Presidential 
     Protection Assistance Act of 1976 (18 U.S.C. 3056 note); or
       ``(F) other matters the disclosure of which would 
     constitute a serious threat to national security.
       ``(2) With respect to the information described in 
     paragraph (1), the Secretary of Homeland Security may 
     prohibit the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland 
     Security from carrying out or completing any audit or 
     investigation, or from issuing any subpoena, after such 
     Inspector General has decided to initiate, carry out, or 
     complete such audit or investigation or to issue such 
     subpoena, if the Secretary determines that such prohibition 
     is necessary to prevent the disclosure of any information 
     described in paragraph (1), to preserve the national 
     security, or to prevent a significant impairment to the 
     interests of the United States.
       ``(3) If the Secretary of Homeland Security exercises any 
     power under paragraph (1) or (2), the Secretary shall notify 
     the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security 
     in writing within seven days stating the reasons for such 
     exercise. Within 30 days after receipt of any such notice, 
     the Inspector General shall transmit to the President of 
     the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, 
     and appropriate committees and subcommittees of Congress 
     the following:
       ``(A) A copy of such notice.
       ``(B) A written response to such notice that includes a 
     statement regarding whether the Inspector General agrees or 
     disagrees with such exercise, and the reasons for any 
     disagreement.
       ``(b) The exercise of authority by the Secretary described 
     in paragraph (2) should not be construed as limiting the 
     right of Congress or any committee of Congress to access any 
     information it seeks.
       ``(c) Subject to the conditions established in subsections 
     (a) and (b) above, in carrying out the duties and 
     responsibilities specified in this Act, the Inspector General 
     of the Department of Homeland Security may initiate, conduct, 
     and supervise such audits and investigations in the 
     Department of Homeland Security as the Inspector General 
     considers appropriate.
       ``(d) Any report required to be transmitted by the 
     Secretary of Homeland Security to the appropriate committees 
     or subcommittees of Congress under section 5(d) shall be 
     transmitted, within the seven-day period specified under such 
     section, to the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the 
     House of Representatives, and appropriate committees and 
     subcommittees of Congress.
       ``(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in 
     carrying out the duties and responsibilities specified in 
     this Act, the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland 
     Security shall have oversight responsibility for the internal 
     investigations performed by the Office of Internal Affairs of 
     the United States Customs Service, the Office of Inspections 
     of the United States Secret Service, the Bureau of Border 
     Security, and the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration 
     Services. The head of each such office or bureau shall 
     promptly report to the Inspector General the significant 
     activities being carried out by such office or bureau.''.
       (c) Conforming Amendments.--
       (1) Section 811 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
     (Public Law 107-296) is repealed.
       (2) Section 8D of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 
     U.S.C. App.) is amended--
       (A) in subsection (b)(1)--
       (i) in the first sentence, by striking ``, the Office of 
     Internal Affairs of the United States Customs Service, and 
     the Office of Inspections of the United States Secret 
     Service,''; and
       (ii) in the second sentence, by striking ``each'';
       (B) in subsection (c), by striking ``bureaus and services'' 
     and inserting ``bureau''; and
       (C) in subsection (d)--
       (i) by striking ``a bureau or service'' and inserting ``the 
     bureau''; and
       (ii) by striking ``or service'' after ``such bureau''.
       Sec. 105. Executive Office for Immigration Review. (a) The 
     Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-296) is 
     amended--
       (1) in subsection 1102(2), by inserting new paragraphs (A) 
     and (B) as follows, and by redesignating current paragraphs 
     (A) and (B) as paragraphs ``(C)'' and ``(D)'' respectively--
       ``(A) by striking `Attorney General' in the title and 
     inserting in lieu thereof `Secretary of Homeland Security';
       ``(B) by striking `The Attorney General' in subsection 
     (a)(1) and inserting in lieu thereof `The Secretary of 
     Homeland Security';'' and
       (2) by adding, at the end of title XI, subtitle A, a new 
     section as follows--

     ``SEC. 1104. EFFECTIVE DATE.

       ``The provisions of this subtitle shall take effect on the 
     date of the transfer of functions from the Commissioner of 
     Immigration and Naturalization to officials of the Department 
     of Homeland Security.''.
       Sec.  106. Savings Provision of Certain Transfers Made 
     Under the Homeland Security Act of 2002. The transfer of 
     functions under subtitle B of title XI of the Homeland 
     Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-296) shall not affect 
     any pending or completed administrative actions, including 
     orders, determinations, rules, regulations, personnel 
     actions, permits, agreements, grants, contracts, 
     certificates, licenses, or registrations, in effect on the 
     date immediately prior to the date of such transfer, or any 
     proceeding, unless and until amended, modified, superseded, 
     terminated, set aside, or revoked. Pending civil actions 
     shall not be affected by such transfer of functions.
       Sec.  107. Restoration of Provision Regarding Fees to Cover 
     the Full Costs of All Adjudication Services. The Homeland 
     Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-296) is amended by 
     striking section 457, including the amendment made by such 
     section: Provided, That no court shall have jurisdiction over 
     any cause or claim arising under the provisions of section 
     457 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-
     296), this section, or any regulations promulgated 
     thereunder.
       This division may be cited as the ``Homeland Security Act 
     Amendments of 2003''.

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                       DIVISION M--OTHER MATTERS

                 DEFENSE RELATED TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS

       Sec. 101. Section 8126 of Public Law 107-248 is amended to 
     read as follows: ``Of the amounts appropriated in Public Law 
     107-206, under the heading `Defense Emergency Response Fund', 
     $4,500,000 may be made available to settle the disputed 
     takings of property adjacent to the Army Tooele Depot, Utah: 
     Provided, That none of these funds may be used to acquire fee 
     title to the properties.''.
       Sec. 102. Of the amounts appropriated in Public Law 107-
     248, under the heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Navy'', 
     $20,000,000 shall be available for use only in the disposal 
     of obsolete vessels in the Maritime Administration National 
     Defense Reserve Fleet. Further, the Secretary of the Navy and 
     the Secretary of Transportation shall report to the 
     congressional defense committees no later than March 1, 2003, 
     regarding the total number of obsolete vessels in the 
     Maritime Administration National Defense Reserve Fleet 
     designated for disposal, the comparative condition of the 
     vessels, the method of disposal, and the projected costs for 
     disposal of each vessel.
       Sec. 103. Section 124 of Public Law 107-249 is amended by 
     adding at the end before the period the following new 
     proviso: ``: Provided, That not more than $1,000,000 may be 
     used to provide connectivity between the various North 
     Atlantic Treaty Organization headquarters and the capitals of 
     the New Independent States of the former Soviet Union''.
       Sec. 104. In Public Law 107-249, the total amount 
     appropriated under the heading ``Military Construction, Air 
     Force'' is reduced by $18,600,000, and the total amount 
     appropriated under the heading ``Military Construction, Air 
     Force Reserve'' is increased by $18,600,000.
       Sec. 105. (a) Of the funds appropriated in Public Law 107-
     249 for ``Military Construction, Air Force'', $15,000,000 for 
     land acquisition at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, may be 
     transferred by the Secretary of the Air Force to the United 
     States Fish and Wildlife Service to fulfill the obligations 
     of the Air Force under section 3011(b)(5)(F) of the Military 
     Lands Withdrawal Act of 1999. Upon receipt by the Service of 
     the funds transferred in this paragraph, the obligations of 
     the Department of the Air Force shall be considered 
     fulfilled.
       (b) The United States Fish and Wildlife Service may grant 
     funds received by the Service under subsection (a) in a lump 
     sum to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation for use in 
     accomplishing the purposes of section 3011(b)(5)(F) of the 
     Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 1999. Funds received by the 
     Foundation under the previous paragraph shall be subject to 
     the provisions of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation 
     Establishment Act (16 U.S.C. 3701 et seq.), other than 
     section 10(a) of that Act (16 U.S.C. 3709(a)).
       Sec. 106. Section 8040 of Public Law 107-248 is amended by 
     striking ``$100,000'' and inserting ``$250,000'': Provided, 
     That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Office 
     of Economic Adjustment (OEA) is authorized to make grants 
     using funds made available under the heading ``Operation and 
     Maintenance, Defense-Wide'' in accordance with the guidance 
     provided in the Joint Explanatory Statement of the Committee 
     of Conference for the Conference Report to accompany H.R. 
     5010 (House Report 107-732) and these projects shall 
     hereafter be considered to be authorized by law.


                          (transfer of funds)

       Sec. 107. Upon enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
     Defense shall make the following transfers of funds: 
     Provided, That the amounts transferred shall be made 
     available for the same purpose as the appropriations to which 
     transferred, and for the same time period as the 
     appropriation from which transferred: Provided further, That 
     the amounts shall be transferred between the following 
     appropriations in the amount specified:
       To:
       Under the heading, ``Procurement, Defense-Wide, 2003/
     2005'', $48,900,000; and
       ``Procurement, Defense-Wide, 2002/2004'', $55,100,000;
       From:
       Under the heading, ``Defense Emergency Response Fund, 
     2002'', $40,000,000;
       ``Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army, 
     2003/2005'', $5,000,000;
       ``Procurement of Ammunition, Army, 2002/2004'', 
     $10,100,000;
       ``Other Procurement, Air Force, 2003/2005'', $7,000,000;
       ``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army, 2002/
     2003'', $5,000,000; and
       ``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide, 
     2003/2004'', $36,900,000.
       Sec. 108. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, from 
     funds made available to the Department of Defense under the 
     heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide'' in the 
     Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2003 (Public Law 
     107-248), the Secretary of Defense shall award a grant in the 
     amount of $2,000,000 to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for 
     Quecreek Mine disaster rescue and recovery efforts and a 
     grant in the amount of $600,000 to the City of Philadelphia 
     for safety and security lighting of the Platt Bridge.


                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       Sec. 109. In addition to amounts appropriated in Public Law 
     107-248, there are hereby appropriated the following amounts 
     for the following accounts: Provided, That funds included in 
     this provision may be transferred to and merged with 
     appropriations previously made available to the Department of 
     Defense for the same time period and for the same purposes as 
     required to carry out the intent of Congress as expressed in 
     the Classified Annex accompanying the Statement of the 
     Managers:
       ``Military Personnel, Army'', $771,200,000;
       ``Military Personnel, Navy'', $213,800,000;
       ``Military Personnel, Marine Corps'', $68,600,000;
       ``Military Personnel, Air Force'', $563,400,000;
       ``Operation and Maintenance, Army'', $1,340,347,000;
       ``Operation and Maintenance, Navy'', $435,813,000;
       ``Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps'', $202,100,000;
       ``Operation and Maintenance, Air Force'', $1,766,958,000;
       ``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide'', 
     $1,377,313,000;
       ``Missile Procurement, Air Force'', $115,000,000;
       ``Other Procurement, Air Force'', $2,271,657,000;
       ``Procurement, Defense-Wide'', $33,448,000;
       ``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy'', 
     $2,000,000;
       ``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force'', 
     $311,980,000;
       ``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-
     Wide'', $416,284,000;
       ``Defense Health Program'', $95,100,000; and
       ``Intelligence Community Management Account'', $15,000,000, 
     of which $5,000,000 shall be transferred to the Department of 
     Justice for the National Drug Intelligence Center.
       Sec. 110. Funds appropriated by this Act or by Public Law 
     107-248, or made available by the transfer of funds in this 
     Act or in Public Law 107-248, for intelligence activities are 
     deemed to be specifically authorized by the Congress for 
     purposes of section 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 
     (50 U.S.C. 414).
       Sec. 111. (a) Limitation on Use of Funds for Research and 
     Development on Total Information Awareness Program.--
     Notwithstanding any other provision of law, commencing 90 
     days after the date of the enactment of this Act, no funds 
     appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department of 
     Defense, whether to an element of the Defense Advanced 
     Research Projects Agency or any other element, or to any 
     other department, agency, or element of the Federal 
     Government, may be obligated or expended on research and 
     development on the Total Information Awareness program 
     unless--
       (1) the report described in subsection (b) is submitted to 
     Congress not later than 90 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act; or
       (2) the President certifies to Congress in writing, that--
       (A) the submittal of the report to Congress within 90 days 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act is not 
     practicable; and
       (B) the cessation of research and development on the Total 
     Information Awareness program would endanger the national 
     security of the United States.
       (b) Report.--The report described in this subsection is a 
     report, in writing, of the Secretary of Defense, the Attorney 
     General, and the Director of Central Intelligence, acting 
     jointly, that--
       (1) contains--
       (A) a detailed explanation of the actual and intended use 
     of funds for each project and activity of the Total 
     Information Awareness program, including an expenditure plan 
     for the use of such funds;
       (B) the schedule for proposed research and development on 
     each project and activity of the Total Information Awareness 
     program; and
       (C) target dates for the deployment of each project and 
     activity of the Total Information Awareness program;
       (2) assesses the likely efficacy of systems such as the 
     Total Information Awareness program in providing practically 
     valuable predictive assessments of the plans, intentions, or 
     capabilities of terrorists or terrorist groups;
       (3) assesses the likely impact of the implementation of a 
     system such as the Total Information Awareness program on 
     privacy and civil liberties;
       (4) sets forth a list of the laws and regulations that 
     govern the information to be collected by the Total 
     Information Awareness program, and a description of any 
     modifications of such laws that will be required to use the 
     information in the manner proposed under such program; and
       (5) includes recommendations, endorsed by the Attorney 
     General, for practices, procedures, regulations, or 
     legislation on the deployment, implementation, or use of the 
     Total Information Awareness program to eliminate or minimize 
     adverse effects of such program on privacy and other civil 
     liberties.
       (c) Limitation on Deployment of Total Information Awareness 
     Program.--(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law and 
     except as provided in paragraph (2), if and when research and 
     development on the Total Information Awareness program, or 
     any component of such program, permits the deployment or 
     implementation of such program or component, no department, 
     agency, or element of the Federal Government may deploy or 
     implement such program or component, or transfer such program 
     or component to another department, agency, or element of the 
     Federal Government, until the Secretary of Defense--
       (A) notifies Congress of that development, including a 
     specific and detailed description of--
       (i) each element of such program or component intended to 
     be deployed or implemented; and
       (ii) the method and scope of the intended deployment or 
     implementation of such program or component (including the 
     data or information to be accessed or used); and
       (B) has received specific authorization by law from 
     Congress for the deployment or implementation of such program 
     or component, including--
       (i) a specific authorization by law for the deployment or 
     implementation of such program or component; and
       (ii) a specific appropriation by law of funds for the 
     deployment or implementation of such program or component.

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       (2) The limitation in paragraph (1) shall not apply with 
     respect to the deployment or implementation of the Total 
     Information Awareness program, or a component of such 
     program, in support of the following:
       (A) Lawful military operations of the United States 
     conducted outside the United States.
       (B) Lawful foreign intelligence activities conducted wholly 
     against non-United States persons.
       (d) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) the Total Information Awareness program should not be 
     used to develop technologies for use in conducting 
     intelligence activities or law enforcement activities against 
     United States persons without appropriate consultation with 
     Congress or without clear adherence to principles to protect 
     civil liberties and privacy; and
       (2) the primary purpose of the Defense Advanced Research 
     Projects Agency is to support the lawful activities of the 
     Department of Defense and the national security programs 
     conducted pursuant to the laws assembled for codification 
     purposes in title 50, United States Code.
       (e) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Total information awareness program.--The term ``Total 
     Information Awareness program''--
       (A) means the computer hardware and software components of 
     the program known as Total Information Awareness, any related 
     information awareness program, or any successor program under 
     the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency or another 
     element of the Department of Defense; and
       (B) includes a program referred to in subparagraph (1), or 
     a component of such program, that has been transferred from 
     the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency or another 
     element of the Department of Defense to any other department, 
     agency, or element of the Federal Government.
       (2) Non-united states person.--The term ``non-United States 
     person'' means any person other than a United States person.
       (3) United states person.--The term ``United States 
     person'' has the meaning given that term in section 101(i) of 
     the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 
     1801(i)).


                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       Sec. 112. Section 8005 of the Department of Defense 
     Appropriations Act, 2003 (Public Law 107-248) is amended by 
     inserting before the period at the end the following: ``: 
     Provided further, That, in addition to the transfer authority 
     provided in this section, and subject to the terms and 
     conditions of this section except the limitation in the 
     fourth proviso, the Secretary of Defense may, only to meet 
     unforeseen fuel costs borne by the Defense Working Capital 
     Fund resulting from fuel cost increases and the global war on 
     terrorism, transfer up to an additional $500,000,000 of funds 
     made available in this Act to the Department of Defense for 
     military functions (except military construction), from such 
     appropriations or funds or any subdivision thereof, to be 
     merged with and to be available for the same purposes, and 
     for the same time period, as the appropriation or fund within 
     the Defense Working Capital Fund to which transferred: 
     Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, none of the funds provided in this or any other 
     appropriations Act for the Department of Defense may be used 
     for the drawdown authority in section 202 of the Afghanistan 
     Freedom Support Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-327) prior to 
     notifying the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
     of the source of funds to be used for such purpose''.

                DIVISION N--EMERGENCY RELIEF AND OFFSETS

       Section 1. Short Title.--This division may be cited as the 
     ``Miscellaneous Appropriations Act, 2003''.
       That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money 
     in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal 
     year ending September 30, 2003, and for other purposes, 
     namely:

                        TITLE I--ELECTION REFORM

                     Election Assistance Commission


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       For necessary expenses to carry out the Help America Vote 
     Act of 2002, $2,000,000.

                     Election Assistance Commission


                        ELECTION REFORM PROGRAMS

       For necessary expenses to carry out programs as authorized 
     by the Help America Vote Act of 2002, $833,000,000, of which 
     $830,000,000 shall be for requirements payments under Section 
     257 of that Act, of which $1,500,000 shall be available for a 
     Help America Vote College Program, and of which $1,500,000 
     shall be available for the establishment of a Help America 
     Vote foundation: Provided, That no more than \1/10\ of 1 
     percent of funds available for requirements payments under 
     Section 257 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 shall be 
     allocated to any territory.

                    General Services Administration


                        ELECTION REFORM PAYMENTS

       For necessary expenses to carry out programs of payments to 
     states as authorized by Title I of the Help America Vote Act 
     of 2002, $650,000,000, of which not to exceed $500,000 shall 
     be available to the General Services Administration for 
     necessary administrative expenses.

                Department of Health and Human Services


                        DISABLED VOTER SERVICES

       For necessary expenses to carry out programs as authorized 
     by the Help America Vote Act of 2002, $15,000,000, of which 
     $13,000,000 shall be for payments to states to promote 
     disabled voter access, and of which $2,000,000 shall be for 
     payments to states for disabled voters protection and 
     advocacy systems.
                   TITLE II--AGRICULTURAL ASSISTANCE

     SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE.

       This title may be cited as the ``Agricultural Assistance 
     Act of 2003''.

     SEC. 202. CROP DISASTER ASSISTANCE.

       (a) Assistance Available.--The Secretary of Agriculture (in 
     this title referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall use such 
     sums as are necessary of funds of the Commodity Credit 
     Corporation to make emergency financial assistance available 
     to producers on a farm that have incurred qualifying losses 
     for the 2001 or 2002 crop of an agricultural commodity (other 
     than sugar or tobacco) due to damaging weather or related 
     condition, as determined by the Secretary.
       (b) Administration.--
       (1) Use of former administrative authority.--Except as 
     provided in paragraph (2), the Secretary shall make 
     assistance available under this section in the same manner as 
     provided under section 815 of the Agriculture, Rural 
     Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
     Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 106-387; 114 
     Stat. 1549A-55), including using the same loss thresholds for 
     quantity and quality losses as were used in administering 
     that section.
       (2) Payment rate.--The payment rate for a crop for 
     assistance provided under this section to the producers on a 
     farm shall be calculated as follows:
       (A) If the producers obtained a policy or plan of 
     insurance, including a catastrophic risk protection plan, for 
     the crop under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 
     et seq.), 50 percent of the applicable price for the crop.
       (B) If a policy or plan of insurance, including a 
     catastrophic risk protection plan, for the crop was not 
     available to the producers under the Federal Crop Insurance 
     Act, 50 percent of the applicable price for the crop.
       (C) Subject to subsections (e) and (f), if the producers 
     did not obtain a policy or plan of insurance, including a 
     catastrophic risk protection plan, available for the crop 
     under the Federal Crop Insurance Act, 45 percent of the 
     applicable price for the crop.
       (c) Election of Crop Year.--If a producer incurred 
     qualifying crop losses in both the 2001 and 2002 crop years, 
     the producer shall elect to receive assistance under this 
     section for losses incurred in either the 2001 crop year 
     or the 2002 crop year, but not both.
       (d) Payment Limitation.--
       (1) Limitation.--Assistance provided under this section to 
     a producer for losses to a crop, together with the amounts 
     specified in paragraph (2) applicable to the same crop, may 
     not exceed 95 percent of what the value of the crop would 
     have been in the absence of the losses, as estimated by the 
     Secretary.
       (2) Other payments.--In applying the limitation in 
     paragraph (1), the Secretary shall include the following:
       (A) Any crop insurance payment made under the Federal Crop 
     Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) or payment under 
     section 196 of the Federal Agricultural Improvement and 
     Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333) that the producer receives 
     for losses to the same crop.
       (B) The value of the crop that was not lost (if any), as 
     estimated by the Secretary.
       (e) Ineligibility for Assistance.--Except as provided in 
     subsection (f), the producers on a farm shall not be eligible 
     for assistance under this section with respect to losses to 
     an insurable commodity or noninsurable commodity if the 
     producers on the farm--
       (1) in the case of an insurable commodity, did not obtain a 
     policy or plan of insurance for the insurable commodity under 
     the Federal Crop Insurance Act for the crop incurring the 
     losses; and
       (2) in the case of a noninsurable commodity, did not file 
     the required paperwork, and pay the administrative fee by the 
     applicable State filing deadline, for the noninsurable 
     commodity under section 196 of the Federal Agriculture 
     Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 for the crop incurring the 
     losses.
       (f) Contract Waiver.--The Secretary may waive subsection 
     (e) with respect to the producers on a farm if the producers 
     enter into a contract with the Secretary under which the 
     producers agree--
       (1) in the case of an insurable commodity, to obtain a 
     policy or plan of insurance under the Federal Crop Insurance 
     Act providing additional coverage for the insurable commodity 
     for each of the next two crops; and
       (2) in the case of a noninsurable commodity, to file the 
     required paperwork, and pay the administrative fee by the 
     applicable State filing deadline, for the noninsurable 
     commodity for each of the next two crops under section 196 of 
     the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996.
       (g) Effect of Violation.--In the event of the violation of 
     a contract under subsection (f) by a producer, the producer 
     shall reimburse the Secretary for the full amount of the 
     assistance provided to the producer under this section.
       (h) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Additional coverage.--The term ``additional coverage'' 
     has the meaning given the term in section 502(b)(1) of the 
     Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1502(b)(1)).
       (2) Insurable commodity.--The term ``insurable commodity'' 
     means an agricultural commodity (excluding livestock) for 
     which the producers on a farm are eligible to obtain a policy 
     or plan of insurance under the Federal Crop Insurance Act.
       (3) Noninsurable commodity.--The term ``noninsurable 
     commodity'' means an eligible crop for which the producers on 
     a farm are eligible to obtain assistance under section 196 of 
     the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996.

     SEC. 203. LIVESTOCK ASSISTANCE.

       (a) Livestock Compensation Program.--
       (1) Use of commodity credit corporation funds.--Effective 
     beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
     shall use

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     funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out the 
     2002 Livestock Compensation Program announced by the 
     Secretary on October 10, 2002 (67 Fed. Reg. 63070).
       (2) Eligible applicants.--Subject to subsection (c), in 
     carrying out the Program, the Secretary shall--
       (A) provide assistance to any applicant that--
       (i) conducts a livestock operation that is physically 
     located in a disaster county; and
       (ii) meets all other eligibility requirements established 
     by the Secretary for the Program; and
       (B) provide assistance to any applicant that--
       (i) produces an animal described in section 10806(a)(1) of 
     the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (21 U.S.C. 
     321d(a)(1)); and
       (ii) meets all other eligibility requirements established 
     by the Secretary for the Program.
       (b) Livestock Assistance Program.--
       (1) Assistance available.--Subject to paragraph (2) and 
     subsection (c), the Secretary shall use $250,000,000 of funds 
     of the Commodity Credit Corporation to establish a program 
     under which payments are made to livestock producers for 
     losses in a disaster county. To carry out the program, the 
     Secretary shall use the criteria established to carry out the 
     1999 Livestock Assistance Program, except that, in lieu of 
     the gross revenue criteria used for the 1999 Livestock 
     Assistance Program, the Secretary shall use the adjusted 
     gross income limitation contained in section 1001D of the 
     Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308-3a).
       (2) Choice of payments.--If the livestock operation of the 
     producers is located in a county that was declared to be a 
     disaster county for both calendar year 2001 and calendar year 
     2002, the producers shall elect to receive payments under 
     this subsection for losses in either calendar year 2001 or 
     calendar year 2002, but not both. If the livestock operation 
     is located in a county that was declared to be a disaster 
     county in just one of those calendar years, the producers may 
     still elect to receive payments under this subsection for 
     losses in either calendar year, but not both.
       (c) Relationship of Livestock Assistance Programs.--
       (1) Reduction in payments.--The amount of assistance that 
     the producers would otherwise receive for a loss under a 
     livestock assistance program described in paragraph (2) shall 
     be reduced by the amount of the assistance that the producers 
     receive under any other livestock assistance program 
     described in such paragraph.
       (2) Covered livestock assistance programs.--Paragraph (1) 
     applies to the following livestock assistance programs:
       (A) The 2002 Cattle Feed Program announced by the Secretary 
     on September 3, 2002 (67 Fed. Reg. 56260).
       (B) The 2002 Livestock Compensation Program, as announced 
     by the Secretary on October 10, 2002 (67 Fed. Reg. 63070), 
     and modified in accordance with subsection (a).
       (C) The livestock assistance program established under 
     subsection (b).
       (D) Any other livestock assistance program, as determined 
     by the Secretary.
       (d) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Disaster county.--The term ``disaster county'' means a 
     county included in the geographic area covered by a 
     qualifying natural disaster declaration for calendar year 
     2001 or calendar year 2002 for which the request for such 
     declaration was submitted during the period beginning on 
     January 1, 2001, and ending on the date of enactment of this 
     Act. However, the term does not include a contiguous county.
       (2) Qualifying natural disaster declaration.--The term 
     ``qualifying natural disaster declaration'' means--
       (A) a natural disaster declared by the Secretary under 
     section 321(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 
     Act (7 U.S.C. 1961(a)); or
       (B) a major disaster or emergency designated by the 
     President under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
     Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.).

     SEC. 204. EMERGENCY SURPLUS REMOVAL.

        The Secretary shall transfer $250,000,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to the fund established by 
     section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), to 
     carry out emergency surplus removal of agricultural 
     commodities.

     SEC. 205. TOBACCO PAYMENTS.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Eligible person.--The term ``eligible person'' means a 
     person that--
       (A) owns a farm for which, irrespective of temporary 
     transfers or undermarketings, a basic quota or allotment for 
     eligible tobacco is established for the 2002 crop year under 
     part I of subtitle B of title III of the Agricultural 
     Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1311 et seq.);
       (B) controls the farm from which, under the quota or 
     allotment for the relevant period, eligible tobacco is 
     marketed, could have been marketed, or can be marketed, 
     taking into account temporary transfers; or
       (C) grows, could have grown, or can grow eligible tobacco 
     that is marketed, could have been marketed, or can be 
     marketed under the quota or allotment for the 2002 crop year, 
     taking into account temporary transfers.
       (2) Eligible tobacco.--The term ``eligible tobacco'' means 
     each of the following kinds of tobacco:
       (A) Flue-cured tobacco, comprising types 11, 12, 13, and 
     14.
       (B) Fire-cured tobacco, comprising types 21, 22, and 23.
       (C) Dark air-cured tobacco, comprising types 35 and 36.
       (D) Virginia sun-cured tobacco, comprising type 37.
       (E) Burley tobacco, comprising type 31.
       (F) Cigar-filler and cigar-binder tobacco, comprising types 
     42, 43, 44, 54, and 55.
       (b) Payments.--Not later than June 1, 2003, the Secretary 
     shall use funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make 
     payments under this section.
       (c) Poundage Payment Quantities.--
       (1) In general.--
       (A) Flue-cured and cigar tobacco.--In the case of Flue-
     cured tobacco (types 11, 12, 13, and 14) and cigar-filler and 
     cigar-binder tobacco (types 42, 43, 44, 54, and 55), the 
     poundage payment quantity under this section shall equal the 
     number of pounds of the basic poundage quota of the kind of 
     tobacco, irrespective of temporary transfers or 
     undermarketings, under part I of subtitle B of title III of 
     the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1311 et 
     seq.) for the 2002 crop year.
       (B) Other kinds of eligible tobacco.--In the case of each 
     other kind of eligible tobacco, the poundage payment quantity 
     under this section shall equal--
       (i) in the case of eligible persons that are owners 
     described in subsection (a)(1)(A), the number of pounds of 
     the basic poundage quota of the kind of tobacco, irrespective 
     of temporary transfers or undermarketings, as determined 
     under paragraph (2); and
       (ii) in the case of eligible persons that are controllers 
     described in subsection (a)(1)(B) or growers described in 
     subsection (a)(1)(C), the number of pounds of effective 
     poundage quota of the kind of tobacco, including temporary 
     transfers or undermarketings, as determined under paragraph 
     (2).
       (2) Conversion of individual allotments to poundage payment 
     quantities.--In the case of each kind of eligible tobacco 
     other than Flue-cured tobacco (types 11, 12, 13, and 14) and 
     Burley tobacco (type 31), individual allotments shall be 
     converted to poundage payment quantities by multiplying--
       (A) the number of acres that may, irrespective of temporary 
     transfers or undermarketings, be devoted, without penalty, to 
     the production of the kind of tobacco under the allotment 
     under part I of subtitle B of title III of the Agricultural 
     Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1311 et seq.) for the 2002 
     crop year; by
       (B)(i) in the case of fire-cured tobacco (type 21), 1,746 
     pounds per acre;
       (ii) in the case of fire-cured tobacco (types 22 and 23), 
     2,676 pounds per acre;
       (iii) in the case of dark air-cured tobacco (types 35 and 
     36), 2,475 pounds per acre;
       (iv) in the case of Virginia sun-cured tobacco (type 37), 
     1,502 pounds per acre; and
       (v) in the case of cigar-filler and cigar-binder tobacco 
     (types 42, 43, 44, 54, and 55), 2,230 pounds per acre.
       (d) Available Payment Amounts.--The available payment 
     amount for each kind of eligible tobacco under subsection (b) 
     shall not exceed the amount obtained by multiplying--
       (1) 5.55 cents per pound; and
       (2) the national basic poundage quota for the applicable 
     kind for the 2002 marketing year, as determined under 
     subsection (c)(2).
       (e) Division of Payments Among Eligible Persons.--
       (1) In general.--Payments available with respect to a pound 
     of payment quantity, as determined under subsection (d), 
     shall be made available to eligible persons in accordance 
     with this paragraph, as determined by the Secretary.
       (2) Flue-cured and cigar tobacco.--In the case of payments 
     made available in a State under subsection (b) for Flue-cured 
     tobacco (types 11, 12, 13, and 14) and cigar-filler and 
     cigar-binder tobacco (types 42, 43, 44, 54, and 55), the 
     Secretary shall distribute (as determined by the Secretary)--
       (A) 50 percent of the payments to eligible persons that are 
     owners described in subsection (a)(1)(A); and
       (B) 50 percent of the payments to eligible persons that are 
     growers described in subsection (a)(1)(C).
       (3) Other kinds of eligible tobacco.--In the case of 
     payments made available in a State under subsection (b) for 
     each other kind of eligible tobacco not covered by paragraph 
     (2), the Secretary shall distribute (as determined by the 
     Secretary)--
       (A) 33\1/3\ percent of the payments to eligible persons 
     that are owners described in subsection (a)(1)(A);
       (B) 33\1/3\ percent of the payments to eligible persons 
     that are controllers described in subsection (a)(1)(B); and
       (C) 33\1/3\ percent of the payments to eligible persons 
     that are growers described in subsection (a)(1)(C).
       (f) Special Rule for Georgia.--The Secretary may make 
     payments under this section to eligible persons in Georgia 
     only if the State of Georgia agrees to use $13,000,000 to 
     make payments at the same time, or subsequently, to the same 
     persons in the same manner as provided for the Federal 
     payments under this section, as required by section 204(b)(6) 
     of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (7 U.S.C. 
     1421 note; Public Law 106-224).
       (g) Judicial Review.--A determination by the Secretary 
     under this section shall not be subject to judicial review.

     SEC. 206. COTTONSEED.

       The Secretary shall use $50,000,000 of funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to provide assistance to 
     producers and first-handlers of the 2002 crop of cottonseed.

     SEC. 207. HURRICANE ASSISTANCE.

       (a) In General.--In a State in a which a qualifying natural 
     disaster declaration has been made during a calendar year, 
     the Secretary shall make available to first processors that 
     are eligible to obtain a loan under section 156(a) of the 
     Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 
     U.S.C. 7272(a)) assistance in the form of payments, or 
     commodities in the inventory of the Commodity Credit 
     Corporation from carrying out that section, to partially 
     compensate producers and first processors for crop

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     and other losses that are related to the qualifying natural 
     disaster declaration.
       (b) Administration.--Assistance under this section shall 
     be--
       (1) shared by an affected first processor with affected 
     producers that provide commodities to the processor in a 
     manner that reflects contracts entered into between the 
     processor and the producers; and
       (2) made available under such terms and conditions as the 
     Secretary determines are necessary to carry out this section.
       (c) Quantity.--To carry out this section, the Secretary 
     shall--
       (1) use 150,000 tons of commodities in the inventory of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation under section 156(a) of the 
     Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 
     U.S.C. 7272(a));
       (2) make payments in an aggregate amount equal to the 
     market value of 150,000 tons of commodities described in 
     paragraph (1); or
       (3) take any combination of actions described in paragraphs 
     (1) and (2) using commodities or payments with a total market 
     value of 150,000 tons of commodities described in paragraph 
     (1).
       (d) Limitations.--The Secretary shall provide assistance 
     under this section only in a State described in section 
     359f(c)(1)(A) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 
     U.S.C. 1359ff(c)(1)(A)) in which a qualifying natural 
     disaster declaration was made during calendar year 2002.
       (e) Qualifying Natural Disaster Declaration.--In this 
     section, the term ``qualifying natural disaster declaration'' 
     means--
       (1) a natural disaster declared by the Secretary under 
     section 321(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 
     Act (7 U.S.C. 1961(a)); or
       (2) a major disaster or emergency designated by the 
     President under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
     Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.).

     SEC. 208. WEATHER-RELATED LOSSES.

       The Secretary shall use not more than $60,000,000 of funds 
     of the Commodity Credit Corporation to provide assistance to 
     sugar beet producers that suffered production losses 
     (including quality losses), as determined by the Secretary, 
     for either the 2001 crop year or the 2002 crop year, but not 
     both, as elected by the producers.

     SEC. 209. ASSISTANCE TO AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS LOCATED ALONG 
                   RIO GRANDE FOR WATER LOSSES.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary shall use $10,000,000 of 
     funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make a grant to 
     the State of Texas, acting through the Texas Department of 
     Agriculture, to provide assistance to agricultural producers 
     in the State of Texas with farming operations along the Rio 
     Grande that have suffered economic losses during the 2002 
     crop year due to the failure of Mexico to deliver water to 
     the United States in accordance with the Treaty Relating to 
     the Utilization of Waters of the Colorado and Tijuana Rivers 
     and of the Rio Grande, and Supplementary Protocol signed 
     November 14, 1944, signed at Washington, February 3, 1944 (59 
     Stat. 1219; TS 994).
       (b) Amount.--The amount of assistance provided to 
     individual agricultural producers under this section shall be 
     proportional to the amount of economic losses described in 
     subsection (a) that were incurred by the producers.

     SEC. 210. ASSISTANCE TO AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS LOCATED IN NEW 
                   MEXICO FOR TEBUTHIURON APPLICATION LOSSES.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary shall use not more than 
     $1,650,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to 
     reimburse agricultural producers on farms located in the 
     vicinity of Malaga, New Mexico, for losses incurred during 
     calendar years 2002 and 2003 as the result of the application 
     by the Federal Government of tebuthiuron on land on or near 
     the farms of the producers during August 2002. The funds made 
     available under this subsection shall remain available until 
     expended.
       (b) Amount.--The amount of assistance provided to 
     individual agricultural producers under this section shall be 
     proportional to the amount of losses described in subsection 
     (a) that were incurred by the producers.

     SEC. 211. ASSISTANCE TO CITRUS AND LIME GROWERS FOR LOST 
                   PRODUCTION FROM TREES REMOVED TO CONTROL CITRUS 
                   CANKER.

       (a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary 
     shall use not more than $18,200,000 of the funds of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation, to remain available until 
     expended, to compensate commercial citrus and lime growers in 
     the State of Florida for lost production with respect to 
     trees removed to control citrus canker, and with respect to 
     certified citrus nursery stocks within the citrus canker 
     quarantine areas, as determined by the Secretary.
       (b) Removal of Trees.--For a grower to receive assistance 
     for a tree under this section, the tree must have been 
     removed after September 30, 2001.

     SEC. 212. ADMINISTRATION.

       Section 1232(a)(7)(A)(iii) of the Food Security Act of 1985 
     (16 U.S.C. 3832(a)(7)(A)(iii)) is amended by inserting before 
     the semicolon the following: ``, except that this clause 
     shall not apply to the 2002 calendar year, and the Secretary 
     shall repay the owner or operator (in a manner determined by 
     the Secretary) for any reduction in rental payments made to 
     the owner or operator as the result of the application of 
     this clause to the 2002 calendar year''.

     SEC. 213. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.

       Section 1241 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
     3841) is amended--
       (1) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following 
     new subsection (b):
       ``(b) Technical Assistance.--
       ``(1) Date of enactment through september 30, 2003.--During 
     the period beginning on the date of enactment of the 
     Agricultural Assistance Act of 2003 and ending on September 
     30, 2003, Commodity Credit Corporation funds made available 
     under paragraphs (4) through (7) of subsection (a) shall be 
     available for the provision of technical assistance (subject 
     to section 1242) for the conservation programs specified in 
     subsection (a).
       ``(2) Subsequent fiscal years.--Effective beginning on 
     October 1, 2003, Commodity Credit Corporation funds made 
     available under paragraphs (3) through (7) of subsection (a) 
     shall be available for the provision of technical assistance 
     (subject to section 1242) for the conservation programs 
     specified in subsection (a).''; and
       (2) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d) and 
     inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection 
     (c):
       ``(c) Relationship to Other Law.--The use of Commodity 
     Credit Corporation funds under subsection (b) to provide 
     technical assistance shall not be considered an allotment or 
     fund transfer from the Commodity Credit Corporation for 
     purposes of the limit on expenditures for technical 
     assistance imposed by section 11 of the Commodity Credit 
     Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i).''.

     SEC. 214. PRODUCER-OWNED COOPERATIVE MARKETING ASSOCIATION 
                   LOAN FORFEITURE AUTHORITY.

       (a) In General.--Section 844 of the Agriculture, Rural 
     Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
     Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (as enacted into law by 
     Public Law 106-387 (114 Stat. 1549, 1549A-160), and amended 
     by section 101(9) of the Miscellaneous Appropriations Act, 
     2001 (114 Stat. 2763, 2763A-172)), is amended--
       (1) in the section heading, by striking ``burley, flue-
     cured, and cigar binder type 54-55''; and
       (2) in subsection (a)--
       (A) in paragraph (1)--
       (i) by inserting ``, or the 1999, 2000, and 2001 crops of 
     type 21 Fire-cured tobacco or type 37 Virginia sun-cured 
     tobacco'' after ``tobacco'' the first place it appears; and
       (ii) by striking ``Burley, Flue-cured, or Cigar Binder Type 
     54-55'' the second place it appears;
       (B) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ``Burley, Flue-cured, 
     Cigar Binder Type 54-55, or any other kind of tobacco'' and 
     inserting ``any kind of tobacco''; and
       (C) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking ``the Burley, Flue-
     cured, or Cigar Binder Type 54-55 tobacco'' and inserting 
     ``any tobacco''.
       (b) Application.--The amendments made by subsection (a) 
     apply during fiscal year 2003.

     SEC. 215. BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS ERADICATION.

       In addition to funds made available under section 106 of 
     the Miscellaneous Appropriations Act, 2001 (114 Stat. 2763, 
     2763A-173), the Secretary shall use not more than $15,000,000 
     of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make 
     payments to agricultural producers for incidental costs 
     incurred by the producers as a result of payments received 
     under that section.

     SEC. 216. FUNDING.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary shall use the funds, 
     facilities, and authorities of the Commodity Credit 
     Corporation to carry out this title, to remain available 
     until expended.
       (b) Administration.--The Secretary, acting through the Farm 
     Service Agency, may use not more than $70,000,000 of funds of 
     the Commodity Credit Corporation to cover administrative 
     costs associated with the implementation of this title and 
     title I of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 
     (7 U.S.C. 7901 et seq.), to remain available until expended.
       (c) Limitation.--Section 1241(a)(3) of the Food Security 
     Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)(3)) is amended by inserting 
     before the period at the end the following: ``, using not 
     more than $3,773,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2003 
     through 2013''.

     SEC. 217. REGULATIONS.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary may promulgate such 
     regulations as are necessary to implement this title.
       (b) Procedure.--The promulgation of the regulations and 
     administration of this title shall be made without regard 
     to--
       (1) the notice and comment provisions of section 553 of 
     title 5, United States Code;
       (2) the Statement of Policy of the Secretary of Agriculture 
     effective July 24, 1971 (36 Fed. Reg. 13804), relating to 
     notices of proposed rulemaking and public participation in 
     rulemaking; and
       (3) chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly 
     known as the ``Paperwork Reduction Act'').
       (c) Congressional Review of Agency Rulemaking.--In carrying 
     out this section, the Secretary shall use the authority 
     provided under section 808 of title 5, United States Code.
       Sec. 218. Notwithstanding Rule 3 of the Budget Scorekeeping 
     Guidelines set forth in the joint explanatory statement of 
     the committee of conference accompanying Conference Report 
     105-217, the provisions of this title that would have been 
     estimated by the Office of Management and Budget as changing 
     direct spending or receipts under section 252 of the Balanced 
     Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 were they 
     included in an Act other than an appropriations Act shall be 
     treated as direct spending or receipts legislation, as 
     appropriate, under section 252 of the Balanced Budget and 
     Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, and by the Chairmen of 
     the House and Senate Budget Committees, as appropriate, under 
     the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.

                   TITLE III--WILDLAND FIRE EMERGENCY

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                       Bureau of Land Management


                        wildland fire management

       For an additional amount to repay prior year advances from 
     other appropriations transferred

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     for wildfire suppression and emergency rehabilitation by the 
     Department of the Interior, $189,000,000, to remain available 
     until expended.

                             RELATED AGENCY

                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

                             Forest Service


                        wildland fire management

       For an additional amount to repay advances from other 
     appropriations from which funds were transferred for wildfire 
     suppression and emergency rehabilitation activities, 
     $636,000,000, to remain available until expended. Of the 
     funds provided, $70,000,000 shall be transferred to the 
     Knutson Vandenburg fund, $30,000,000 shall be transferred to 
     the Salvage Sale fund, $143,000,000 shall be transferred to 
     the Land Acquisition account, $132,000,000 shall be 
     transferred to the Capital Improvement and Maintenance 
     account, $30,000,000 shall be transferred to the Timber 
     Purchaser Election account, $77,000,000 shall be transferred 
     to the State and Private Forestry account, $23,000,000 shall 
     be transferred to the Forest and Rangeland Research account, 
     $62,000,000 shall be transferred to the National Forest 
     System account, $20,000,000 shall be transferred to the Brush 
     Disposal Account, $30,000,000 shall be transferred to the 
     Working Capital Fund of the Forest Service, $4,000,000 shall 
     be transferred to the Receipts for Road and Trail fund, 
     $1,000,000 shall be transferred to the Operations and 
     Maintenance of Quarters fund, and $14,000,000 shall be 
     transferred to the Forest Service Recreation Fee 
     Demonstration fund.

                      TITLE IV--TANF AND MEDICARE

       Sec. 401. Section 114 of Public Law 107-229, as amended by 
     section 3 of Public Law 107-240 and by section 2 of Public 
     Law 107-294, is amended--
       (1) by striking ``the date specified in section 107(c) of 
     this joint resolution'' and inserting ``June 30, 2003''; and
       (2) by striking ``: Provided further, That 
     notwithstanding'' and all that follows through the period and 
     inserting a period.
       Sec. 402. (a) Section 1848(i)(1)(C) of the Social Security 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-4(i)(1)(C) is amended to read as 
     follows:
       ``(C) the determination of conversion factors under 
     subsection (d), including without limitation a prospective 
     redetermination of the sustainable growth rates for any or 
     all previous fiscal years,''.
       (b)(1) Notwithstanding the determination of the applicable 
     standardized amounts under paragraph (3)(A) of section 
     1886(d) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)), for 
     purposes of making payments under such section for discharges 
     occurring during the period beginning on April 1, 2003, and 
     ending on September 30, 2003, the standardized amount 
     applicable under such paragraph for hospitals located other 
     than in a large urban area for that period shall be increased 
     to an amount equal to the standardized amount otherwise 
     applicable under such paragraph for hospitals located in a 
     large urban area for that period.
       (2) The increase in the standardized amount for hospitals 
     located other than in a large urban area provided for under 
     paragraph (1) for the period beginning on April 1, 2003, and 
     ending on September 30, 2003, shall not apply to discharges 
     occurring after such period, and shall not be taken into 
     account in calculating the payment amounts applicable for 
     discharges occurring after such period.
       Sec. 403. Section 136 of Public Law 107-229, as added by 
     section 5 of Public Law 107-240, is amended by striking ``60 
     days after the date specified in section 107(c) of Public Law 
     107-229, as amended'' and inserting ``September 30, 2003''.
       Sec. 404. Notwithstanding Rule 3 of the Budget Scorekeeping 
     Guidelines set forth in the joint explanatory statement of 
     the committee of conference accompanying Conference Report 
     105-217, the provisions of this title that would have been 
     estimated by the Office of Management and Budget as changing 
     direct spending or receipts under section 252 of the Balanced 
     Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 were they 
     included in an Act other than an appropriations Act shall be 
     treated as direct spending or receipts legislation, as 
     appropriate, under section 252 of the Balanced Budget and 
     Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, and by the Chairmen of 
     the House and Senate Budget Committees, as appropriate, under 
     the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.

                      TITLE V--FISHERIES DISASTERS

       Sec. 501. Fisheries Disasters.--In addition to amounts 
     appropriated or otherwise made available, $100,000,000 is 
     appropriated to the Department of Commerce for fisheries 
     disaster assistance. Not more than 5 percent of such funds 
     may be used for administrative expenses, and no funds may be 
     used for lobbying activities or representational expenses.
       (a) Western Pacific and North Pacific.--$5,000,000 shall be 
     made available as a direct lump sum payment to the State of 
     Hawaii for economic assistance to fisheries affected by 
     federal closures or fishing restrictions and $35,000,000 
     shall be made available as a direct lump sum payment to the 
     State of Alaska no later than 30 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act to make payments to persons or entities 
     which have experienced significant economic hardship. Funds 
     in Alaska shall be used to provide (A) personal assistance 
     with priority given to food, energy needs, housing 
     assistance, transportation fuel including subsistence 
     activities, and other urgent needs; (B) assistance for small 
     businesses including fishermen, fish processors, and related 
     businesses serving the fishing industry; (C) and assistance 
     for local and borough governments adversely affected by 
     reductions in fish landing fees and other fishing-related 
     revenue; and (D) product development and marketing.
       (b) Northeast and West Coast.--$10,000,000 shall be made 
     available to conduct a voluntary fishing capacity reduction 
     program in the Northeast multispecies fishery and $10,000,000 
     shall be made available to conduct a voluntary fishing 
     capacity reduction program in the West Coast groundfish 
     fishery. Such sums shall supplement the voluntary capacity 
     reduction program authorized for the fishery in Sec. 211 of 
     Public Law 107-206 and be consistent with section 312(b) of 
     the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act 
     and the requirements relating to the capacity program in 
     section 211 of Public Law 107-206 that shall--
       (1) permanently revoke all fishery licenses, fishery 
     permits, area and species endorsements, and any other fishery 
     privileges issued to a vessel or vessels (or to persons on 
     the basis of their operation or ownership of that vessel or 
     vessels) removed under the program; and
       (2) ensure that vessels removed under the program are made 
     permanently ineligible to participate in any fishery 
     worldwide, and that the owners of such vessels will operate 
     only under the United States flag or be scrapped as a 
     reduction vessel pursuant to section 600.1011(c) of title 50, 
     Code of Federal Regulations.
       (c) Gulf and South Atlantic.--
       (1) $17,500,000 shall be made available for assistance to 
     the shrimp industries in the states of South Carolina, 
     Georgia, North Carolina, and Florida in proportion to the 
     percentage of the shrimp catch landed by each state for 
     economic assistance to the South Atlantic shrimp fishery: 
     Provided, That the State of Florida shall receive only that 
     proportion associated with landings of the Florida east coast 
     fishery; and
       (2) $17,500,000 shall be made available for assistance to 
     the shrimp industries in the states of Mississippi, Texas, 
     Alabama, Louisiana, and Florida in proportion to the 
     percentage of the shrimp catch landed by each state for 
     economic assistance to the Gulf shrimp fishery: Provided, 
     That the State of Florida shall receive only that proportion 
     associated with landings of the Florida gulf coast fishery. 
     Provided further, That 2 percent of funds received by each 
     state shall be retained by the state for distribution of 
     additional payments to fishermen with a demonstrated record 
     of compliance with turtle excluder and bycatch reduction 
     device regulations, and that the remainder of the funds may 
     be used only for: (A) personal assistance with priority given 
     to food, energy needs, housing assistance, transportation 
     fuel, and other urgent needs; (B) assistance for small 
     businesses including fishermen, fish processors, and related 
     businesses serving the fishing industry; (C) domestic product 
     marketing and seafood promotion; (D) state seafood testing 
     programs; (E) development of limited entry programs for the 
     fishery; (F) funding or other incentives to ensure widespread 
     and proper use of turtle excluder devices and bycatch 
     reduction devices in the fishery; and (G) voluntary capacity 
     reduction programs for shrimp fisheries under limited access.
       (d) Blue Crab Fishery.--$5,000,000 shall be made available 
     for assistance to blue crab fisheries affected by reduced 
     harvests and sales of blue crab in proportion to the amount 
     of the catch landed by each state, Provided, That such funds 
     may be used only for: (A) personal assistance with priority 
     given to food, energy needs, housing assistance, 
     transportation fuel, and other urgent needs; (B) assistance 
     for small businesses including fishermen, fish processors, 
     and related businesses serving the fishing industry; (C) 
     domestic product marketing and seafood promotion; and (D) 
     state seafood testing programs: Provided further, That the 
     Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Commandant of 
     the Coast Guard, shall provide coordinated, enhanced and 
     routine support for fisheries monitoring and enforcement 
     through use of remote sensing, aircraft and communications 
     assets, with particular emphasis on federal waters seaward of 
     the coasts of South Carolina and Georgia, including the 
     Charleston Bump closed area.

                           TITLE VI--OFFSETS

       Sec. 601. (a) Across-the-Board Rescissions.--There is 
     hereby rescinded an amount equal to 0.65 percent of--
       (1) the budget authority provided (or obligation limitation 
     imposed) for fiscal year 2003 for any discretionary account 
     in divisions A through K of this joint resolution;
       (2) the budget authority provided in any advance 
     appropriation for fiscal year 2003 for any discretionary 
     account in any prior fiscal year appropriations Act; and
       (3) the contract authority provided in fiscal year 2003 for 
     any program subject to limitation contained in this joint 
     resolution.
       (b) Proportionate Application.--Any rescission made by 
     subsection (a) shall be applied proportionately--
       (1) to each discretionary account and each item of budget 
     authority described in subsection (a); and
       (2) within each such account and item, to each program, 
     project, and activity (with programs, projects, and 
     activities as delineated in the appropriation Act or 
     accompanying reports for the relevant fiscal year covering 
     such account or item, or for accounts and items not included 
     in appropriation Acts, as delineated in the most recently 
     submitted President's budget).
       (c) The rescission in subsection (a) shall not apply to 
     budget authority appropriated or otherwise made available by 
     this joint resolution in the following amounts in the 
     following activities or accounts:
       $4,696,000,000 provided for the Special Supplemental 
     Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) in 
     the Department of Agriculture in division A;
       $6,667,533,000 provided for the Head Start Act in the 
     Department of Education in division G;

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       $23,889,304,000 provided for medical care in the Department 
     of Veterans Affairs in division K; and
       $3,836,000,000 provided for the Shuttle program in the 
     National Aeronautics and Space Administration in division K.

     TITLE VII--BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION BORROWING AUTHORITY

       Sec. 701. For the purposes of providing funds to assist in 
     financing the construction, acquisition, and replacement of 
     the transmission system of the Bonneville Power 
     Administration and to implement the authority of the 
     Administrator under the Pacific Northwest Electric Power 
     Planning and Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 839 et seq.), an 
     additional $700,000,000 in borrowing authority is made 
     available under the Federal Columbia River Transmission 
     System Act (16 U.S.C. 838 et seq.), to remain outstanding at 
     any time: Provided, That the Bonneville Power Administration 
     shall not use more than $531,000,000 of its permanent 
     borrowing authority in fiscal year 2003.
       Sec. 702. Notwithstanding Rule 3 of the Budget Scorekeeping 
     Guidelines set forth in the joint explanatory statement of 
     the committee of conference accompanying Conference Report 
     105-217, the provisions of this title that would have been 
     estimated by the Office of Management and Budget as changing 
     direct spending or receipts under section 252 of the Balanced 
     Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 were they 
     included in an Act other than an appropriations Act shall be 
     treated as direct spending or receipts legislation, as 
     appropriate, under section 252 of the Balanced Budget and 
     Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, and by the Chairmen of 
     the House and Senate Budget Committees, as appropriate, under 
     the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.

                               DIVISION O

                     PRICE-ANDERSON ACT AMENDMENTS

     SEC. 101. EXTENSION OF INDEMNIFICATION AUTHORITY.

       Indemnification of Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
     Licensees.--Section 170 c. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 
     (42 U.S.C. 2210(c)) is amended by striking ``August 1, 2002'' 
     each place it appears and inserting ``December 31, 2003''.

                               DIVISION P

      UNITED STATES-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION

       Section 1. Short Title.--This division may be cited as the 
     ``United States-China Economic and Security Review 
     Commission''.
       Sec. 2. (a) Appropriations.--There are appropriated, out of 
     any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
     $1,800,000, to remain available until expended, to the United 
     States-China Economic and Security Review Commission.
       (b) Name Change.--
       (1) In general.--Section 1238 of the Floyd D. Spence 
     National Defense Authorization Act of 2001 (22 U.S.C. 7002) 
     is amended--
       (A) in the section heading by inserting ``ECONOMIC AND'' 
     before ``SECURITY'';
       (B) in subsection (a)--
       (i) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``Economic and'' before 
     ``Security''; and
       (ii) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``Economic and'' before 
     ``Security'';
       (C) in subsection (b)--
       (i) in the subsection heading, by inserting ``Economic 
     and'' before ``Security'';
       (ii) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``Economic and'' before 
     ``Security'';
       (iii) in paragraph (3)--

       (I) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting 
     ``Economic and'' before ''Security''; and
       (II) in subparagraph (H), by inserting ``Economic and'' 
     before ``Security''; and

       (iv) in paragraph (4), by inserting ``Economic and'' before 
     ``Security'' each place it appears; and
       (D) in subsection (e)--
       (i) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``Economic and'' before 
     ``Security'';
       (ii) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``Economic and'' before 
     ``Security'';
       (iii) in paragraph (3)--

       (I) in the first sentence, by inserting ``Economic and'' 
     before ``Security''; and
       (II) in the second sentence, by inserting ``Economic and'' 
     before ``Security'';

       (iv) in paragraph (4), by inserting ``Economic and'' before 
     ``Security''; and
       (v) in paragraph (6), by inserting ``Economic and'' before 
     ``Security'' each place it appears.
       (2) References.--Any reference in any Federal law, 
     Executive order, rule, regulation, or delegation of 
     authority, or any document of or relating to the United 
     States-China Security Review Commission shall be deemed to 
     refer to the United States-China Economic and Security Review 
     Commission.
       (c) Membership, Responsibilities, and Terms.--
       (1) In general.--Section 1238(b)(3) of the Floyd D. Spence 
     National Defense Authorization Act of 2001 (22 U.S.C. 7002) 
     is amended by striking subparagraph (F) and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(F) each appointing authority referred to under 
     subparagraphs (A) through (D) of this paragraph shall--
       ``(i) appoint 3 members to the Commission;
       ``(ii) make the appointments on a staggered term basis, 
     such that--

       ``(I) 1 appointment shall be for a term expiring on 
     December 31, 2003;
       ``(II) 1 appointment shall be for a term expiring on 
     December 31, 2004; and
       ``(III) 1 appointment shall be for a term expiring on 
     December 31, 2005;

       ``(iii) make all subsequent appointments on an approximate 
     2-year term basis to expire on December 31 of the applicable 
     year; and
       ``(iv) make appointments not later than 30 days after the 
     date on which each new Congress convenes;''.
       (2) Responsibilities of the Commission.--The United States-
     China Commission shall focus, in lieu of any other areas of 
     work or study, on the following:
       (A) Proliferation practices.--The Commission shall analyze 
     and assess the Chinese role in the proliferation of weapons 
     of mass destruction and other weapons (including dual use 
     technologies) to terrorist-sponsoring states, and suggest 
     possible steps which the United States might take, including 
     economic sanctions, to encourage the Chinese to stop such 
     practices.
       (B) Economic reforms and united states economic 
     transfers.--The Commission shall analyze and assess the 
     qualitative and quantitative nature of the shift of United 
     States production activities to China, including the 
     relocation of high-technology, manufacturing, and R&D 
     facilities; the impact of these transfers on United States 
     national security, including political influence by the 
     Chinese Government over American firms, dependence of the 
     United States national security industrial base on Chinese 
     imports, the adequacy of United States export control laws, 
     and the effect of these transfers on United States economic 
     security, employment, and the standard of living of the 
     American people; analyze China's national budget and assess 
     China's fiscal strength to address internal instability 
     problems and assess the likelihood of externalization of such 
     problems.
       (C) Energy.--The Commission shall evaluate and assess how 
     China's large and growing economy will impact upon world 
     energy supplies and the role the United States can play, 
     including joint R&D efforts and technological assistance, in 
     influencing China's energy policy.
       (D) United states capital markets.--The Commission shall 
     evaluate the extent of Chinese access to, and use of United 
     States capital markets, and whether the existing disclosure 
     and transparency rules are adequate to identify Chinese 
     companies which are active in United States markets and are 
     also engaged in proliferation activities or other activities 
     harmful to U.S. security interests.
       (E) Corporate reporting.--The Commission shall assess 
     United States trade and investment relationship with China, 
     including the need for corporate reporting on United States 
     investments in China and incentives that China may be 
     offering to United States corporations to relocate production 
     and R&D to China.
       (F) Regional economic and security impacts.--The Commission 
     shall assess the extent of China's ``hollowing-out'' of Asian 
     manufacturing economies, and the impact on United States 
     economic and security interests in the region; review the 
     triangular economic and security relationship among the 
     United States, Taipei and Beijing, including Beijing's 
     military modernization and force deployments aimed at Taipei, 
     and the adequacy of United States executive branch 
     coordination and consultation with Congress on United States 
     arms sales and defense relationship with Taipei.
       (G) United states-china bilateral programs.--The Commission 
     shall assess science and technology programs to evaluate if 
     the United States is developing an adequate coordinating 
     mechanism with appropriate review by the intelligence 
     community with Congress; assess the degree of non-compliance 
     by China and United States-China agreements on prison labor 
     imports and intellectual property rights; evaluate United 
     States enforcement policies; and recommend what new measures 
     the United States Government might take to strengthen our 
     laws and enforcement activities and to encourage compliance 
     by the Chinese.
       (H) World trade organization compliance.--The Commission 
     shall review China's record of compliance to date with its 
     accession agreement to the WTO, and explore what incentives 
     and policy initiatives should be pursued to promote further 
     compliance by China.
       (I) Media control.--The Commission shall evaluate Chinese 
     government efforts to influence and control perceptions of 
     the United States and its policies through the internet, the 
     Chinese print and electronic media, and Chinese internal 
     propaganda.
       (3) Effective date.--This section shall take effect on the 
     date of enactment of this Act.

       And the Senate agreed to the same.

     Bill Young,
     Ralph Regula,
     Jerry Lewis,
     Hal Rogers,
     Frank R. Wolf,
     Jim Kolbe,
     James T. Walsh,
     Charles H. Taylor,
     David L. Hobson,
     Ernest J. Istook,Jr.
     Henry Bonilla,
     Joe Knollenberg,
     Jack Kingston,
     John P. Murtha,
     Norman D. Dicks,
       (except sections 323 and 335 of Division F, and 
     conservation spending),
     Alan B. Mollohan,
     Peter J. Visclosky,
     Jose E. Serrano,
                                Managers on the Part of the House.

     Ted Stevens,
     Thad Cochran,
     Arlen Specter,
     Pete V. Domenici,
     Kit Bond,
     Mitch McConnell,
     Conrad Burns,
     Richard C. Shelby,
     Judd Gregg,
     Robert F. Bennett,

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     Ben Nighthorse Campbell,
     Larry Craig,
     Kay Bailey Hutchison,
     Mike DeWine,
     Sam Brownback,
     Robert C. Byrd,
     Daniel K. Inouye,
     Ernest F. Hollings,
     Patrick J. Leahy,
     Barbara A. Mikulski,
     Patty Murray,
       (except for sections 323 and 335 of Division F),
     Byron L. Dorgan,
     Dianne Feinstein,
     Tim Johnson,
     Mary L. Landrieu,
                               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 resolution (H.J. Res. 2) 
     making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 
     ending September 30, 2003, and for other purposes, submit the 
     following joint statement to the House and the Senate in 
     explanation of the effects of the action agreed upon by the 
     managers and recommended in the accompanying conference 
     report.
       This conference agreement includes the Agriculture, Rural 
     Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
     Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003; the Departments of 
     Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related 
     Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003; the District of Columbia 
     Appropriations Act, 2003; the Energy and Water Development 
     Appropriations Act, 2003; the Foreign Operations, Export 
     Financing, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003; the 
     Department of the Interior and Related Agencies 
     Appropriations Act, 2003; the Departments of Labor, Health 
     and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies 
     Appropriations Act, 2003; the Legislative Branch 
     Appropriations Act, 2003; the Department of Transportation 
     and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003; the Treasury 
     and General Government Appropriations Act, 2003; the 
     Departments of Veterans Affairs and Urban Development, and 
     Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003; the Homeland 
     Security Act Amendments of 2003; additional appropriations 
     for the Department of Defense; miscellaneous appropriations; 
     and amendments to the Price-Anderson Act.

       DIVISION A--AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG 
   ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS, 2003

                        Congressional Directives

       The statement of the managers remains silent on provisions 
     that were in both the House directives as contained in H. 
     Rept. 107-623, and the Senate directives as contained in the 
     Congressional Record of January 15, 2003, pages S356-S410, 
     that remain unchanged by this conference agreement, except as 
     noted in this statement of the managers.
       For many years, this Act has included bill language 
     regarding the employment of temporary personnel as authorized 
     by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and/or 7 U.S.C. 2225. The conference 
     agreement does not include this language under individual 
     accounts in this Act, because it appears that this authority 
     is no longer required. In particular, this authority was not 
     utilized by the Farm Service Agency during fiscal year 2001, 
     the most recent year for which information was provided. The 
     conferees agree to provide authority to employ temporary 
     personnel as a general provision of this Act (section 703). 
     The exercise of this authority will require detailed 
     justification, notification to the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations, and advance approval of the 
     Committees.
       The conferees agree that Federal Employees' Compensation 
     Act (FECA) costs be absorbed within appropriations provided 
     herein.

                     TITLE I--AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS

                 Production, Processing, and Marketing

                        Office of the Secretary

       The conference agreement provides $3,412,000 for the Office 
     of the Secretary as proposed by the Senate instead of 
     $31,629,000 as proposed by the House.
       The conferees are seriously concerned by the growing 
     frequency of departmental and agency initiatives for which 
     the required prior notification to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House and Senate has not been provided. 
     The conferees note the efficiencies which attach to the least 
     possible statutory requirements and the benefits which accrue 
     to the more flexible Congressional direction expressed in 
     Committee reports. However, the continuing practice of 
     reliance on Committee report language must be accompanied by 
     departmental and agency compliance with Congressional 
     directives. Section 720 of this Act, and similar language 
     included in previous acts, provide detailed guidelines to the 
     U.S. Department of Agriculture for those activities that 
     require prior notification to the Congress. Such notification 
     was not provided in the recent release of Section 32 funds 
     for the creation of a Livestock Compensation Program, the 
     establishment of a Faith-Based and Community Initiatives 
     Center, the improper use of Conservation Operations funds for 
     the implementation of Farm Bill programs, and other similar 
     violations of statutory reprogramming and prior notification 
     requirements. The conferees expect full compliance with 
     Section 720 in the areas of state office collocations, 
     administrative and information technology convergence, and 
     all other activities that fall within the scope of that 
     section. The conferees also expect that no reprogramming of 
     funds occur in the absence of an emergency or not as a 
     consequence of unforeseen events. Further, the conferees note 
     that when an agency submits a reprogramming request to the 
     House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and does not 
     receive identical responses from the House and Senate, it is 
     the responsibility of the agency to reconcile the House and 
     Senate differences before proceeding, and if reconciliation 
     is not possible, to consider the reprogramming request 
     unapproved.
       The conferees are concerned that the U.S. and Canada made 
     little progress in implementing the harmonized standards for 
     pesticide regulation as required by the North American Free 
     Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The conferees direct USDA, in 
     consultation with the Environmental Protection Agency, to 
     institute these standards so that concerns in the pricing of 
     agricultural products for the farmers will be addressed. The 
     conferees also direct USDA to report on the planned actions 
     taken to implement the harmonization standards to the 
     Committees on Appropriations within 180 days of enactment of 
     this Act.

                          Executive Operations


                            CHIEF ECONOMIST

       The conference agreement provides $8,566,000 for the Office 
     of the Chief Economist as proposed by the House instead of 
     $12,016,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The President's budget request included additional funding 
     for the Website for Commodity Market Information, Weather 
     Information and Drought Management, and to Analyze Critical 
     Farm Energy Data. The conferees provide an increase of 
     $692,000 to be applied to the highest priority needs for 
     which additional funding was requested.


                       NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION

       The conference agreement provides $13,759,000 for the 
     National Appeals Division as proposed by both the House and 
     Senate.


                 OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS

       The conference agreement provides $7,358,000 for the Office 
     of Budget and Program Analysis as proposed by both the House 
     and Senate.

                Office of the Chief Information Officer

       The conference agreement provides $15,251,000 for the 
     Office of the Chief Information Officer as proposed by the 
     House instead of $31,275,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conferees expect that increases provided above fiscal 
     year 2002 shall go toward the highest priority items 
     contained in the fiscal year 2003 budget request.


                      common computing environment

       The conference agreement provides $133,155,000 for common 
     computing environment as proposed by both the House and 
     Senate.

                 Office of the Chief Financial Officer

       The conference agreement provides $5,572,000 for the Office 
     of the Chief Financial Officer as proposed by the House 
     instead of $7,877,000 as proposed by the Senate.


                          WORKING CAPITAL FUND

       The conference agreement does not provide $41,000,000 for 
     the Working Capital Fund as proposed by the House. The Senate 
     bill contained no such provision. The conferees note that 
     $21,700,000 in fiscal year 2002 balances have been 
     transferred to the Working Capital Fund, and will be 
     available to meet the needs for which an appropriation was 
     requested.
       The conferees direct the Secretary of Agriculture to submit 
     a feasibility study to the Committees on Appropriations on 
     the need for remote mirroring backup technology of the 
     National Finance Center's data. This study should include a 
     breakdown of the costs and the timeframe associated with 
     acquiring such technology, and should designate an 
     appropriate physical location for the backup site. The study 
     shall also specify how the costs of the remote data 
     capability should be assigned and paid for by non-USDA users 
     of the National Finance Center, including the Federal 
     Retirement Thrift Investment Board. Upon approval by the 
     Committees on Appropriations, the funds appropriated to the 
     Working Capital Fund shall be made available to provide 
     mirror imaging technology for the National Finance Center.

           Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights

       The conference agreement provides $400,000 for the Office 
     of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights as proposed by 
     the Senate. The House bill contained no such provision.

          Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration

       The conference agreement provides $664,000 for the Office 
     of the Assistant Secretary for Administration as proposed by 
     the House instead of $780,000 as proposed by the Senate.

        Agriculture Buildings and Facilities and Rental Payments

       The conference agreement provides $196,781,000 for 
     agriculture buildings and facilities and rental payments 
     instead of $195,900,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $197,662,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The President's budget request includes additional funding 
     for the Fair Labor Standards and Service Contract Acts and 
     for major

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     repairs and improvements to headquarters. The conferees 
     provide an increase of $881,000 to be applied to the highest 
     priority needs for which additional funding is requested.

                     Hazardous Materials Management

       The conference agreement provides $15,685,000 for Hazardous 
     Materials Management as proposed by the House and Senate.

                      Departmental Administration

       The conference agreement provides $38,095,000 for 
     Departmental Administration as proposed by the House instead 
     of $42,479,000 as proposed by the Senate.

     Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations

       The conference agreement provides $3,821,000 for the Office 
     of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations as 
     proposed by the House instead of $4,157,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate.

                        Office of Communications

       The conference agreement provides $9,140,000 for the Office 
     of Communications as proposed by the House instead of 
     $9,637,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conferees direct the Office to provide to the 
     Committees on Appropriations, in either electronic or 
     facsimile format, as requested, copies of any open source 
     news material made available to USDA officials that is 
     purchased or otherwise obtained using appropriated funds, 
     amending licenses as necessary.

                    Office of the Inspector General

       The conference agreement provides $74,097,000 for the 
     Office of the Inspector General as proposed by the House 
     instead of $78,127,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement does not include increased funds 
     in this account for financial statement audits for the Food 
     and Nutrition Service and Rural Development programs, or the 
     increase requested for Forest Service audits. Funds for FNS 
     and RD audits are included in the accounts for those 
     programs, as requested.

                     Office of the General Counsel

       The conference agreement provides $35,017,000 for the 
     Office of the General Counsel instead of $34,446,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $35,588,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       The conferees expect that increases provided above the 
     fiscal year 2002 level shall go toward highest priority items 
     contained in the fiscal year 2003 budget request.

  Office of the Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics

       The conference agreement provides $588,000 for the Office 
     of the Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics 
     as proposed by the House instead of $780,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate.

                       Economic Research Service

       The conference agreement provides $69,123,000 for the 
     Economic Research Service instead of $73,329,000 as proposed 
     by the House and $65,123,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conferees provide $5,000,000 for ERS to carry out food 
     and nutrition studies, of which $1,000,000 is for the Small 
     Research Grants Program. The conference agreement provides 
     full funding for the ERS portion of the Agricultural Resource 
     Management Survey.
       The conferees are aware that the current primary livestock 
     model used by USDA has not been re-estimated in its entirety 
     since 1990 and much of the data used to develop this model 
     was from the 1960s and 1970s, long before packer 
     concentration, captive supplies and increasing imports. These 
     factors have had significant impacts on the livestock 
     industry. The conferees direct the Economic Research Service 
     to update, revise, and improve livestock modeling capacity.
       The conferees are concerned that ERS appears to have ceased 
     publishing regional monthly production costs for dairy 
     farmers. These monthly production calculations are a valuable 
     tool and helpful to Congress in developing dairy policy. As 
     such the conferees strongly urge the Department to publish or 
     otherwise make available regional monthly production cost 
     calculations for dairy farmers.
       The conferees request the Economic Research Service to 
     conduct a study of the Cranberry Marketing Committee and its 
     administration of the Cranberry Marketing Order and report to 
     the Committees on Appropriations by September 30, 2003. The 
     study shall focus on the economics of the cranberry industry 
     and the response of the Cranberry Marketing Committee to the 
     unprecedented losses incurred by cranberry growers since 
     1999. The report of the study shall include recommendations 
     to ensure that the Cranberry Marketing Order is administered 
     in a manner that benefits cranberry growers and promotes the 
     public interest.

                National Agricultural Statistics Service

       The conference agreement provides $139,354,000 for the 
     National Agricultural Statistics Service instead of 
     $137,858,000 as proposed by the House and $140,854,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement includes full funding for the NASS 
     portion of the Agricultural Resource Management Survey, and 
     $1,500,000 for e-government activities.

                     Agricultural Research Service


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The conference agreement provides $1,052,770,000 for the 
     Agricultural Research Service, Salaries and Expenses, instead 
     of $1,002,193,000 as proposed by the House and $1,053,597,000 
     as proposed by the Senate.
       The conferees have agreed to increased funding for the 
     following laboratories and areas of research: Genetic 
     Resources Research, Riverside, CA, Parlier, CA, Corvallis, 
     OR, Ames, IA, Davis, CA, Madison, WI, and Pullman, WA 
     $200,000 each; Agricultural Genome Sequencing at Weslaco, TX, 
     $250,000; Ithaca, NY, and Albany , CA, $400,000 each; Improve 
     Biomass Feedstock for Production of Energy and Biobased 
     Products at Albany, CA, Athens, GA, and Madison, WI, $200,000 
     each; Technologies for Biobased Products at Albany, CA, 
     $400,000, Athens, GA, $200,000, and Peoria, IL, $800,000; 
     Improve Conversion of Agricultural Materials to Biofuels at 
     Bushland, TX, Albany, CA, and Peoria, IL, $200,000 each; 
     Determine Rates of Gene Flow from Crops to Nearby Vegetation 
     at Corvallis, OR, and Ames, IA, $225,000 each; Develop and 
     Test Novel Strategies to Prevent Pest Resistance to Plant-
     Incorporated Protectants at Wapato, WA, $225,000; Limit 
     Transgene Activity to Specific Tissues at Albany, CA, and 
     Ames, IA, $400,000 each, and Ithaca, NY, and Peoria, IL, 
     $225,000 each; Develop Biocontrol Programs for Invasive Pests 
     at Davis, CA, Frederick MD, Newark, DE, $200,000 each, and 
     Wooster, OH, $250,000; Identify and Characterize Exotic Plant 
     Diseases at Wooster, OH, Frederick, MD, and Prosser, WA, 
     $200,000 each; Research on Emerging and Exotic Animal 
     Diseases for PRDC at Ames, IA, $450,000, Marek's Disease 
     Research at Athens, GA, $400,000, BSE/TSE Research at Albany, 
     CA, Ames, IA, and Pullman, WA, $400,000 each, Managing Waste 
     to Reduce Risks to the Environment and Human Health at 
     Madison, WI, and Bushland, TX, $200,000 each; Protect Water 
     and Air from Manure Nutrients and Pathogens at Ames, IA, 
     Athens, GA, Kimberly, ID,$200,000 each, and University Park, 
     PA, $225,000; Assess Risks to Agricultural Resources Arising 
     from Weather Variabilities at Coshocton, OH, $200,000; 
     Accoustics Technology, Oxford, MS, $200,000; Advanced Animal 
     Vaccines, Greenport, NY, $150,000; Aerial Application 
     Research, $120,000; Agricultural Genome Bioinformatics, Las 
     Cruces, NM, $500,000; Agricultural Law, $100,000; 
     Agroforestry Research, Booneville, AR, $50,000; Animal 
     Welfare Information Center, $80,000; Appalachian Fruit 
     Research Station, Kearneysville, WV, $250,000; Appalachian 
     Pasture Beef, Beaver, WV $100,000; Aquaculture Density 
     Research, FL $200,000; Aquaculture Research, Aberdeen, ID, 
     $250,000; Arid Lands Research, Las Cruces, NM, $250,000; 
     Arkansas Childrens' Nutrition Center, Little Rock, AR, 
     $250,000; Barley Food Health Benefits Research, Beltsville, 
     MD, $50,000; Biomass Crop Production, Brookings, SD, 
     $500,000; Biomedical Materials in Plants, Beltsville, MD, 
     $425,000; Biotechnology Research to Improve Crops and 
     Livestock, Stoneville, MS, $1,500,000; Bovine Genetics, 
     Beltsville, MD, $300,000; Broiler Production in the Mid-
     South, Mississippi State, MS, $1,000,000; Canal Point 
     Sugarcane Research, Canal Point, FL, $500,000; Catfish 
     Health, Stoneville, MS, $500,000; Central Great Plains 
     Research Station, Akron, CO, $500,000; Cereal Disease 
     Research, St. Paul, MN, $250,000; Chloroplast Genetic 
     Engineering Research, Urbana, IL, $500,000; Coffee and Cocoa, 
     $500,000; Corn Germplasm, Ames, IA, $500,000; Cotton Genetics 
     Research, Florence, SC, $250,000; Cotton Genomics, Breeding, 
     Varietal Development, and Pest Resistance, Stoneville, MS, 
     $700,000; Dairy Forage Research, Madison, WI, $1,000,000; 
     Dairy Genetics Research, Beltsville, MD, $350,000; Delta 
     Nutrition Intervention Initiative, Little Rock, AR, $750,000; 
     Endophyte Research, Booneville, AR, $250,000; Fish Disease 
     Research, Auburn, AL, $500,000; Floriculture and Nursery 
     Research, $500,000; Food Safety and Engineering, Wyndmoor, 
     PA (Purdue), $500,000; Food Safety for Listeria, E. coli, 
     and Other Food Pathogens, $350,000; Forage-Livestock 
     Systems, Lexington, KY, $800,000; Forage and Range 
     Research, Logan, UT, $250,000; Formosan Subterranean 
     Termite, New Orleans, LA, $200,000; Ft. Keogh Livestock 
     and Range Research Laboratory, Miles City, MT, $500,000; 
     Ft. Pierce Horticultural Research Laboratory, Ft. Pierce, 
     FL, $500,000; Glassy-Winged Sharp Shooter, $600,000; Grand 
     Forks Human Nutrition Laboratory, Grand Forks, ND, 
     $250,000; Grape Genetics, Geneva, NY $250,000; Grapefruit 
     Juice/Drug Interaction, Winterhaven, FL, $300,000; 
     Greenhouse Lettuce Germplasm, Salinas, CA, $40,000; Harbor 
     Branch Aquaculture Initiative, Stuttgart, AR, $250,000; 
     Harry Dupree National Aquacultural Research Center, 
     Stuttgart, AR, $250,000; Sugarcane Research, Houma, LA, 
     $250,000; Hides and Leather Research, Wyndmoor, PA, 
     $100,000; Horticulture Research, Poplarville, MS, 
     $500,000; Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, 
     Boston, MA, $400,000; Integrated Farming Systems, Ames, 
     IA, $250,000; IPM Strategies for Northern Climates, 
     Fairbanks, AK, $700,000; Johne's Disease (Bovine 
     Paratuberculosis), $1,000,000; Karnal Bunt, Manhattan, KS, 
     $250,000; Livestock Genome Sequencing, Clay Center, NE, 
     $250,000; Malignant Catarrhal Fever (MCF) Virus, Pullman, 
     WA, (Cooperation with ARS Dubois, ID Sheep Station and 
     WSU), $200,000; Microbial Genomics Initiative, Pullman, 
     WA, (Cooperation with ARS Tick Res. Unit Kerrville, TX & 
     WSU), $300,000; Michael Fields Agricultural Institute, 
     Madison, WI, $500,000; Mid-West/Mid-South Irrigation, 
     Columbia, MO, $300,000; Minor Use Pesticides (IR-4), 
     $150,000; National Cold Water Marine Aquaculture,

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     Orono, ME, $250,000; National Corn to Ethanol Research 
     Pilot Plant, ARS staffing, Wyndmoor, PA, $400,000; 
     National Nutrition Monitoring System, Beltsville, MD, 
     $500,000; National Sclerotinia Initiative, Fargo, ND, 
     $500,000; National Soil Erosion Laboratory, West 
     Lafayette, IN, $250,000; Natural Products, Oxford, MS, 
     $350,000; Northern Grains Insect Research Laboratory, 
     Brookings, SD, $500,000; Northern Great Plains Ecosystem, 
     Sidney, MT, $800,000; Noxious Weeds in the Desert 
     Southwest, Las Cruces, NM $250,000; Nutritional 
     Requirements Research at Childrens' Nutrition Research 
     Center, Houston, TX, $450,000; Ogallala Aquifer, Bushland, 
     TX, $750,000; Olive Fruit Fly Research, Parlier, CA, 
     Montpellier, France, $200,000; Ornamental Crops Research, 
     Poplarville, MS, (University of Tennessee), $750,000; Pear 
     Thrips, Ithaca, NY, (University of Vermont) $100,000; 
     Phytoestrogen Research, SRRC $750,000 (Cooperative 
     Research Tulane, Xavier, and University of Toledo $250,000 
     each); Plant Stress and Water Conservation Research, 
     Lubbock, TX, $250,000; Potato Research, Aberdeen, ID, 
     $30,000; Poultry Diseases, Athens, GA, $800,000; Precision 
     Agriculture Research, Mandan, ND, $500,000; Regional 
     Grains Genotyping Research, Raleigh, NC, $250,000; 
     Resistance Management and Risk Assessment in BT Cotton and 
     Other Plant-Incorporated Protectants, Stoneville, MS, 
     $1,100,000; Seafood Waste, Fairbanks, AK, $200,000; 
     Sedimentation Issues in Flood-Control Dam Rehabilitations, 
     Oxford, MS, $475,000; Shellfish Genetics, Newport, OR, 
     (OSU Hatfield Marine Science Center) $250,000; Small Fruit 
     Research, Corvallis, OR, $250,000; Soil Dynamics, Auburn, 
     AL, $250,000; Soil-Plant Nutrient Research, Ft. Collins, 
     CO, $100,000; Sorghum Research, $662,000 (Manhattan, KS 
     $200,000; Bushland, TX $212,000; Little Rock, AR $150,000, 
     and Stillwater, OK $100,000); Source Water Protection 
     Initiatives, (Columbus, OH, $250,000; W. Lafayette, IN, 
     $250,000) $500,000; Sudden Oak Disease Syndrome, Ft. 
     Detrick, MD, $200,000; Sugar Beet Research, Kimberly, ID, 
     $130,000; Sustainable Olive Production, Weslaco, TX, 
     $130,000; Sustainable Viticulture Research, Davis, CA, 
     $250,000; Sweet Potato Research, Stoneville, MS, $350,000; 
     Swine Lagoon Alternatives Research, Florence, SC, 
     $500,000; Trout Genome Mapping, Leetown, WV, (WV 
     University) $500,000; U.S. National Arboretum, Washington, 
     DC, $250,000; U.S. Pacific Basin Agricultural Research, 
     Hilo, HI, $200,000; U.S. Vegetable Lab staffing, 
     Charleston, SC, $500,000; Virus-Free Fruit Tree Cultivars, 
     Prosser, WA, $250,000; Viticulture Research, ($300,000 U. 
     ID Parma, $400,000 NWCSFR(U. ID/WSU/OSU)), ($150,000, 
     Prosser (WSU)) $850,000; Waste Management Research, 
     Western Kentucky University, $1,000,000; Water Use 
     Reduction/Producer Enhancement Research, (Water Quality/
     Water Use Research), Dawson, GA, $500,000; West Nile 
     Virus, Gainesville, FL, $250,000; Western Grazing Lands 
     Research, Burns, OR, $750,000; Western Wheat Quality 
     Laboratory, Pullman, WA, $75,000; Wheat and Barley Scab 
     Initiative, $600,000; pay costs, $17,689,000.
       The conference agreement provides for the redirection of 
     funding for hyperspectral imaging technology research, as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       The conferees expect that close cooperation will be 
     established and maintained among the nursery and floral 
     industry, the Agricultural Research Service, the University 
     of Tennessee, and the Tennessee State University / ARS 
     Nursery Crop Research Station in McMinnville, Tennessee, to 
     avoid duplication of effort. The conference agreement 
     includes $750,000 for this collaborative ornamental 
     horticulture program.
       The conference agreement provides an increase of $50,000 
     from the fiscal year 2002 level to continue research on 
     shiitake mushrooms at the South Central Family Farm Research 
     Center at Booneville, AR.
       The conference agreement continues the fiscal year 2002 
     level of funding for all research projects proposed to be 
     terminated in the President's budget.


                        BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

       The conference agreement provides $119,480,000 for the 
     Agricultural Research Service, Buildings and Facilities, 
     instead of $95,280,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $100,955,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The following table reflects the conference agreement:

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       National Agricultural Library.--The conferees understand 
     that a number of cracks have occurred within the brick veneer 
     structure of the Abraham Lincoln National Agricultural 
     Library in Beltsville, Maryland, posing a serious life-safety 
     concern for pedestrian traffic. The conference agreement 
     provides $1,500,000 to investigate and initiate remedy for 
     this serious issue.
       U.S. National Arboretum.--A study to determine the 
     underlying cause of water quality degradation in the Hickey 
     Run area was completed in 1999. This study provided numerous 
     recommendations to reduce the waste and pollution entering 
     the U.S. National Arboretum in the District of Columbia. The 
     conference agreement provides $1,700,000 for Hickey Run 
     pollution abatement activities to be carried out at the U.S. 
     National Arboretum.
       Completion of facilities.--The conference agreement 
     provides funding necessary to complete the construction of 
     research facilities at the following locations: Maricopa, AZ; 
     Aberdeen, ID; Manhattan, KS; Orono, ME; St. Paul, MN; Oxford, 
     MS; Poplarville, MS; Woodward, OK; Brookings, SD; Logan, UT; 
     and Madison, WI. The conferees expect that these construction 
     projects will deliver complete and useable facilities within 
     the appropriations provided under this Act.

      Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service


                   research and education activities

       The conference agreement provides $620,827,000 for research 
     and education activities instead of $572,616,000 as proposed 
     by the House and $651,411,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The following table reflects the conference agreement:

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       The conferees have included $500,000 for the Special 
     Research Grant for Agricultural Diversity in the Red River 
     Trade Corridor. Of this amount, $100,000 is intended for the 
     Northern Great Plains Inc. to initiate the establishment of 
     policies and procedures of the Northern Great Plains Regional 
     Authority as required by the Farm Security and Rural 
     Investment Act of 2002.


              native american institutions endowment fund

       The conference agreement provides $7,100,000 for the Native 
     American Institutions Endowment Fund as proposed by the 
     Senate, instead of $9,000,000 as proposed by the House.


                          extension activities

       The conference agreement provides $453,468,000 for 
     extension activities instead of $441,821,000 as proposed by 
     the House and $452,767,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The following table reflects the conference agreement:

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       Within funds provided for the farm safety program, the 
     conference agreement includes $4,200,000 for the AgrAbility 
     project.
       The conference agreement provides $3,000,000 for Youth 
     Grants as authorized under section 7412 of PL 107-171. 
     Funding for similar activities is also provided under Smith-
     Lever, Youth at Risk, and other programs funded under this 
     account. The conferees provide this funding to supplement 
     funds provided in PL 107-171 and expect that future funding 
     for Extension youth activities be provided through the other 
     established programs.
       The conference agreement provides $540,000 for urban 
     horticulture activities in Wisconsin, of which $378,000 is 
     directed to the University of Wisconsin Extension and 
     $162,000 is directed to Growing Power of Milwaukee for 
     community food systems.


                         integrated activities

       The conference agreement provides $46,743,000 for 
     integrated activities instead of $47,868,000 as proposed by 
     the House and $48,218,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The following table reflects the conference agreement:

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              outreach for socially disadvantaged farmers

       The conference agreement provides $3,493,000 for Outreach 
     for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers under CSREES as proposed 
     by the Senate. The House had proposed $8,243,000 for this 
     account elsewhere in the bill.

  Office of the Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs

       The conference agreement provides $730,000 for the Office 
     of the Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs 
     as proposed by the House instead of $780,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate.

               Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service


                         salaries and expenses

       The conference agreement provides $725,502,000 for the 
     Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) instead of 
     $735,937,000 as proposed by the House and $735,673,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       The following table reflects the conference agreement:

      Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, 2003 Conference

                       [In thousands of dollars]

Pest and Disease Exclusion:
  Agricultural quarantine inspection.............................55,988
  User fees.........................................................  -
  Cattle ticks....................................................6,354
  Foreign animal diseases/FMD.....................................7,989
  Fruit fly exclusion and detection..............................56,818
  Import-export inspection........................................9,556
  Screwworm......................................................30,679
  Trade issues resolution management.............................11,527
  Tropical bont tick................................................422
                                                             __________
                                                             
    Total, Pest and Disease Exclusion...........................179,333
                                                               ==========
_______________________________________________________________________

Plant and Animal Health Monitoring:
  Animal health monitoring & surveillance........................93,826
  Animal and plant health regulatory enforcement..................8,538
  Emergency management systems....................................9,044
  Pest detection.................................................21,794
                                                             __________
                                                             
    Total, Plant & Animal Health Monitoring.....................133,202
                                                               ==========
_______________________________________________________________________

Pest and Disease Management:
  Aquaculture.....................................................1,397
  Biological control..............................................9,118
  Boll weevil....................................................62,000
  Brucellosis....................................................10,258
  Chronic wasting disease........................................14,933
  Emerging plant pests...........................................75,289
  Golden nematode...................................................630
  Grasshopper.....................................................4,369
  Gypsy moth......................................................4,677
  Imported fire ant...............................................2,437
  Johnes disease.................................................21,000
  Noxious weeds...................................................1,911
  Pink bollworm...................................................2,000
  Plum pox........................................................4,051
  Pseudorabies....................................................4,286
  Scrapie........................................................15,474
  Tuberculosis...................................................14,895
  Wildlife services operations...................................69,036
  Witchweed.......................................................1,530
                                                             __________
                                                             
    Total, Pest and Disease Management..........................319,291
                                                               ==========
_______________________________________________________________________

Animal Care:
  Animal welfare.................................................16,408
  Horse protection..................................................493
                                                             __________
                                                             
    Total, Animal Care...........................................16,901
                                                               ==========
_______________________________________________________________________

Scientific and Technical Services:
  AITI............................................................4,242
  Biotechnology/environmental protection.........................10,997
  Plant methods development labs..................................5,373
  Veterinary biologics...........................................13,167
  Veterinary diagnostics.........................................23,921
  Wildlife services methods development..........................14,972
                                                             __________
                                                             
    Total, Scientific and Technical Services.....................72,672
                                                               ==========
_______________________________________________________________________

Contingency fund..................................................4,103
                                                             __________
                                                             
    Total, Salaries and Expenses................................725,502

       The conference agreement provides $56,818,000 for the fruit 
     fly exclusion and detection program, an increase of 
     $20,000,000 above the fiscal year 2002 funding level. The 
     increase includes $15,904,000 to enhance international 
     activities to prevent Mediterranean fruit flies from moving 
     into the United States, $3,182,000 to enhance activities at 
     domestic borders, and $150,000 for olive fruit fly trapping 
     efforts.
       The conference agreement includes $2,000,000 to conduct 
     preclearance quarantine inspections from Hawaii, Guam, Puerto 
     Rico or the U.S. Virgin Islands to the continental U.S. 
     instead of $3,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement provides $1,000,000 for the 
     cooperative agreement with the Wisconsin Animal Health 
     Consortium as proposed by the House instead of $750,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement provides $200,000 to assist in 
     creating a database of North Carolina's agriculture industry 
     for rapid response capabilities instead of $300,000 as 
     proposed by the House.
       The conference agreement provides $250,000 for the New 
     Mexico Rapid Syndrome Validation Program instead of $300,000 
     as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement provides $900,000 for alkaline 
     digesters of which $700,000 is for Auburn University College 
     of Medicine and $200,000 is for the Mississippi Animal 
     Disease and Research Diagnostic Laboratory in Jackson, MS 
     instead of $1,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement provides $9,044,000 for Emergency 
     Management Systems as proposed by the House instead of 
     $11,043,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference 
     agreement does not include language encouraging APHIS to work 
     with the North Carolina Department of Agriculture's Emergency 
     Programs Division as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement provides $1,397,000 for 
     aquaculture as proposed by the Senate instead of $1,164,000 
     as proposed by the House.
       The conference agreement appropriates $62,000,000 for the 
     boll weevil eradication program as proposed by the Senate 
     instead of $53,000,000 as proposed by the House.
       The conference agreement provides $10,258,000 for 
     brucellosis instead of $8,639,000 as proposed by the House 
     and $10,358,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference 
     agreement does not include $100,000 for the Arkansas 
     Livestock and Poultry Commission Brucellosis Program as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement provides $14,933,000 for chronic 
     wasting disease as proposed by the House instead of 
     $14,900,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement provides an increase of $9,000,000 
     for glassy-winged sharpshooter containment and control for a 
     total of $17,500,000.
       The conference agreement provides an increase of $9,251,000 
     for the Asian long-horned beetle program for a total of 
     $35,000,000.
       The conference agreement provides an increase of 
     $16,549,000 for citrus canker.
       The conference agreement provides $4,369,000 for 
     grasshopper program, of which not less than $650,000 shall be 
     for grasshopper and Mormon cricket control activities in 
     Utah; $150,000 to prepare necessary environmental documents; 
     $500,000 to continue control measures; and not less than 
     $300,000 shall be for grasshopper and Mormon cricket control 
     activities in Nevada as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement provides $2,437,000 for the 
     control, management, and eradication of the imported fire ant 
     of which $45,000 is for New Mexico and $260,000 is for 
     Tennessee.
       The conference agreement provides $1,911,000 for noxious 
     weeds instead of $1,438,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $1,611,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference 
     agreement includes $300,000 for the Kiski Basin Initiative 
     (PA); $100,000 for the Nez-Perce Bio-Control Center; and 
     $250,000 for implementation of an invasive species program to 
     prevent the spread of cogongrass in Mississippi.
       The conference agreement provides $15,474,000 for scrapie 
     instead of $20,474,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $8,178,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement provides $14,895,000 for 
     tuberculosis as proposed by the Senate instead of $18,124,000 
     as proposed by the House.
       The conference agreement provides $69,036,000 for wildlife 
     services operations instead of $65,709,000 as proposed by the 
     House and $67,144,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement includes $8,000,000 for a 
     cooperative rabies oral rabies vaccination program of which 
     $350,000 shall be for operations in Maryland.
       The conference agreement provides $5,217,000 to provide an 
     effective response to control animal diseases in U.S. wild 
     animal populations of which $1,250,000 is for remote 
     diagnostic and wildlife disease surveillance as proposed by 
     the Senate.
       The conference agreement provides $500,000 for hazing 
     programs to manage cormorants in central New York watersheds 
     instead of $1,000,000 as proposed by the House.
       The conference agreement provides $1,200,000 for wolf 
     predation management, of which $1,050,000 is for Wisconsin, 
     Minnesota, and Michigan, and $150,000 is for New Mexico and 
     Arizona.
       The conference agreement provides $1,000,000 for a 
     cooperative agreement with Miami-Dade County, FL, to assist 
     in mosquito control efforts.
       The conference agreement provides $50,000 to be used to 
     assist Missouri in eradicating feral hogs.
       The conference agreement provides $250,000 for beaver 
     management and control in North Carolina.
       The conference agreement provides $1,300,000 for predator 
     control programs in Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming instead of 
     $1,500,000 as proposed by the House.
       The conference agreement provides $200,000 to establish a 
     Wildlife Services State Office in Pennsylvania as proposed by 
     the Senate.
       The conference agreement provides $400,000 to assist the 
     Nevada Division of Wildlife with returning displaced wildlife 
     back to its natural habitat instead of $500,000 as proposed 
     by the Senate.

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       The conference agreement provides $300,000 for a 
     cooperative agreement with the Eastern Idaho Sandhill Crane 
     Lure Crop Project as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement provides an increase of $800,000 
     for animal welfare activities, as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement provides an increase of $250,000 
     to enhance existing research efforts at the National Wildlife 
     Research Center field station in Starkville, Mississippi 
     instead of $300,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement provides $600,000 to expand the 
     existing program at the Jack Berryman Institute and 
     facilitate a cooperative relationship with the Mississippi 
     Agriculture and Forestry Experiment Station instead of 
     $700,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement provides $700,000 for maintenance 
     and operations necessary to support wildlife methods 
     development at the National Wildlife Research Center in Ft. 
     Collins, CO, as proposed by the Senate.
       The conferees are aware of outbreaks in Texas of Avian 
     Influenza in poultry during 2002 and expect APHIS to provide 
     assistance to egg producers who have depopulated their 
     flocks.
       The conferees are concerned about USDA's response to the 
     outbreak and spread of chronic wasting disease in states east 
     of the Mississippi River and believe that USDA needs to do 
     much more to expand laboratory testing capacity in order to 
     help states get control of the problem. The conferees expect 
     USDA to expand testing capacity by developing appropriate 
     protocols with laboratories that are capable of doing the 
     testing and by providing the necessary resources for 
     laboratories to conduct rapid testing.


                        BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

       The conference agreement provides $9,989,000 for Animal and 
     Plant Health Inspection Service Buildings and Facilities 
     instead of $13,189,000 as proposed by both the House and 
     Senate.
       The conference agreement includes funds for all budgeted 
     items except Plum Island.

                     Agricultural Marketing Service


                           MARKETING SERVICES

       The conference agreement provides $75,702,000 for the 
     Agricultural Marketing Service as proposed by the House 
     instead of $75,411,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement includes a total of $15,759,000 
     for the pesticide data program of which not less than 
     $1,000,000 shall be added to the existing funding for the 
     drinking water initiative.


                 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

       The conference agreement provides $61,619,000 as proposed 
     by both the House and Senate.


    FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND SUPPLY (SECTION 32)

       The conference agreement provides $14,910,000 for Funds for 
     Strengthening Markets, Income, and Supply as proposed by both 
     the House and Senate.

                   Payments to States and Possessions

       The conference agreement appropriates $1,347,000 for 
     Payments to States and Possessions as proposed by the House 
     and Senate.

        Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The conference agreement provides $39,950,000 for the Grain 
     Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration instead of 
     $44,746,000 as proposed by the House and $44,475,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement includes $4,500,000, to remain 
     available until expended, for a study on the issues 
     surrounding a ban on packer ownership. The conferees direct 
     the Secretary to report the findings within 24 months of 
     enactment.
       The conference agreement includes $500,000, as proposed by 
     the House, to establish a cooperative relationship with the 
     Missouri, Iowa, and Illinois Corn Growers Associations to 
     conduct a pilot program for development of production 
     protocols.


        LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES EXPENSES

       The conference agreement provides $42,463,000 as proposed 
     by the House and Senate.

             Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety

       The conference agreement provides $603,000 for the Office 
     of the Under Secretary for Food Safety as proposed by the 
     House instead of $780,000 as proposed by the Senate.

                   Food Safety and Inspection Service

       The conference agreement provides $759,759,000 for the Food 
     Safety and Inspection Service, as proposed by the Senate, 
     instead of $755,793,000 as proposed by the House. The 
     conferees direct that no less than $649,802,000 of the total 
     is for Federal food safety inspection, as proposed by the 
     Senate, instead of $679,097,000 for Federal food safety and 
     inspection, as proposed by the House. The conference 
     agreement fully funds the budget request.
       The conference agreement includes $5,000,000 to remain 
     available through fiscal year 2004, to hire no fewer than 50 
     FTEs for enforcement of the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act 
     (HMSA) through full-time ante-mortem inspection, particularly 
     unloading, handling, stunning, and killing of animals at 
     slaughter plants. The conferees also support the ongoing 
     activities of the 17 District Veterinary Medical Specialists 
     and expect that their mission be limited to HMSA enforcement. 
     Further, the conferees also direct the General Accounting 
     Office to review and report to the Appropriations Committees 
     by July 1, 2003, on the scope and frequency of HMSA 
     violations, and provide recommendations on the extent to 
     which additional resources for inspection personnel, 
     training, and other agency functions are needed to properly 
     regulate slaughter facilities in the area of HMSA 
     enforcement.
       The conference agreement includes the following amounts.


        Food Safety and Inspection Service, funding by activity

                       (In thousands of dollars)

Food Safety Inspection:
  Federal.......................................................679,502
  State..........................................................49,702
  International..................................................16,110
Codex Alimentarius................................................2,573
FAIM.............................................................11,872
                                                             __________
                                                             
    Total.......................................................759,759
                                                               ==========
_______________________________________________________________________

Federal Food Inspection.........................................649,082
Import/Export Inspection.........................................12,767
Laboratory Services..............................................38,440
FAIM..............................................................8,005
Grants to States.................................................43,672
Special Assistance to State Programs..............................5,220
Codex Alimentarius................................................2,573
                                                             __________
                                                             
    Total.......................................................759,759
                                                               ==========
_______________________________________________________________________


    Office of the Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural 
                                Services

       The conference agreement provides $622,000 for the Office 
     of the Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural 
     Services as proposed by the House instead of $899,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       The conferees are concerned that little progress has been 
     made in implementing Sec. 3013 of P.L. 107-171 and direct the 
     Under Secretary to take action to implement this provision as 
     soon as possible this fiscal year.

                          Farm Service Agency


                         salaries and expenses

       The conference agreement provides $976,738,000 for the Farm 
     Service Agency as proposed by the House instead of 
     $986,913,000 as proposed by the Senate.


                         state mediation grants

       The conference agreement provides $4,000,000 for State 
     Mediation Grants, as proposed by both the House and Senate.


                        dairy indemnity program

       The conference agreement provides $100,000 for the Dairy 
     Indemnity Program, as proposed by both the House and the 
     Senate.


           agricultural credit insurance fund program account

       The following table reflects the conference agreement:

Farm Ownership Loans:
  Direct.................................................($130,000,000)
  Subsidy...................................................$15,093,000
  Guaranteed...........................................($1,000,000,000)
  Subsidy....................................................$7,500,000
Farm Operating Loans:
  Direct.................................................($605,000,000)
  Subsidy..................................................$104,423,000
  Unsubsidized guaranteed..............................($1,700,000,000)
  Subsidy...................................................$53,890,000
  Subsidized guaranteed..................................($400,000,000)
  Subsidy...................................................$47,200,000
Indian tribe land acquisition..............................($2,000,000)
  Subsidy......................................................$179,000
Boll weevil eradication..................................($100,000,000)
  Subsidy............................................................$0
ACIF expenses:
  Salaries and expenses (transfer to FSA)..................$279,176,000
  Administrative expenses....................................$8,000,000

                         Risk Management Agency

       The conference agreement provides $70,708,000 for the Risk 
     Management Agency as proposed by the Senate instead of 
     $70,726,000 as proposed by the House.

                              CORPORATIONS

                Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Fund

       The conference agreement provides an appropriation of such 
     sums as may be necessary for the Federal Crop Insurance 
     Corporation Fund (estimated to be $2,886,000,000 in the 
     President's fiscal year 2003 Budget Request), as proposed by 
     both the House and Senate.

                   Commodity Credit Corporation Fund


                 reimbursement for net realized losses

       The conference agreement provides an appropriation of such 
     sums as may be necessary for Reimbursement for Net Realized 
     Losses of the Commodity Credit Corporation (estimated to be 
     $16,285,000,000 in the President's fiscal year 2003 Budget 
     Request), as proposed by both the House and Senate.

                       Hazardous Waste Management


                        (limitation on expenses)

       The conference agreement provides a limitation of 
     $5,000,000 for Hazardous Waste Management, as proposed by 
     both the House and Senate.

                                TITLE II

                         CONSERVATION PROGRAMS

  Office of the Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment

       The conference agreement provides $750,000 for the Office 
     of the Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment 
     as proposed by the House instead of $902,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate.

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                 Natural Resources Conservation Service


                        conservation operations

       The conference agreement provides $825,004,000 for 
     Conservation Operations instead of $843,553,000 as proposed 
     by the House and $840,002,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement includes Senate bill language that 
     prohibits funds in this account from being used to provide 
     technical assistance for farm bill programs.
       The conference agreement provides $23,500,000 for the 
     grazing lands conservation initiative as proposed by the 
     Senate instead of $21,500,000 as proposed by the House.
       The conferees direct NRCS to treat Congressional earmarks 
     as additions to the States' funding allocation.
       Projects identified in House Report 107-275, House Report 
     107-623, Senate Report 107-223, and those identified on pages 
     S384-S386 of the Congressional Record of January 15, 2003 
     that were directed to be funded for fiscal year 2003 are not 
     funded in fiscal year 2003, unless specifically mentioned 
     herein: Sand Mountain Water Quality Project (AL)--$200,000; 
     Central AL/Birmingham Water Quality Conservation Initiative--
     $150,000; Update and digitize soil surveys in north Alabama--
     $250,000; obtain and evaluate materials for cold region seeds 
     of plants in conjunction w/ Alaska Division of Agriculture--
     $350,000; Native Plant Materials (AK) (evaluating and 
     developing)--$350,000; Kenai Streambank Restoration (AK) 
     water project--$450,000; Natural resources/rural assistance 
     activities/SWCD (AK)--$1,500,000; Juneau and Glennallen (AK) 
     Offices--$250,000; Staff for each SWCD Public Info and 
     assistance in rural AK--$500,000; Kodiak and Dillingham (AK) 
     offices--$500,000; Seward/Resurrection River (AK) watershed 
     project technical assistance--$1,000,000; Harding Lake (AK)--
     $300,000; Southwest Strategy (AZ/NM)--$150,000; National 
     Water Management Center (AR)--$2,750,000; Little Red River 
     Irrigation Project--$375,000; Walnut Bayou (AR) Irrigation 
     Project--$300,000; Contra Costa County (CA) Watershed 
     Surveys--$375,000; East Valley Conservation District/Santa 
     Ana Watershed Authority (CA) Plant Removal--$1,000,000; 
     Agricultural Non-point source water quality--San Luis Obispo 
     County (CA) Farm Bureau--$84,000; Monterey Bay Sanctuary--
     $600,000; Expand cooperative efforts with Delaware State for 
     plant materials--$290,000; Pilot projects for technology 
     systems resulting in nutrient reduction (FL/NC)--$3,000,000; 
     Manatee (FL) Agriculture Reuse System--$2,000,000; Lake 
     Okeechobee (FL) Watershed project planning--$500,000; Georgia 
     Soil and Water Conservation Commission Cooperative 
     Agreement--$2,100,000; Georgia Agricultural Water 
     Conservation Initiative--$1,500,000; PMC for Native Plants to 
     clean up the Island of Kahoolawe (HI)--$120,000; Molokai (HI) 
     Agriculture Community Committee--$250,000; Idaho One Plan 
     (ID)--$200,000; Little Wood River (ID) Irrigation District 
     delivery system--$1,750,000; Conversion to sprinkler 
     irrigation (ID)--$1,000,000; Trees Forever Program (IL)--
     $100,000; Embrass River/Shad Lake (IL)--technical assistance; 
     Illinois River Basin--EQIP; Waynewood (IL) drainage project--
     $400,000; Hungry Canyon/Loess Hills Erosion Control/Western 
     Iowa--$1,200,000; Trees Forever Program (IA)--$100,000; CEMSA 
     with Iowa Soybean Association--$300,000; Soil erosion control 
     cost-share program/soil survey program (KY)--$3,000,000; 
     Environmental study/geological investigation--Rockhouse 
     Creek-Leslie (KY)--$200,000; Knott County (KY) technical 
     assistance--$250,000; Boone County (KY) conservation 
     projects--$300,000; Kenton County (KY) flood prevention--
     $250,000; Technical assistance to provide grants to Soil 
     Conservation Districts--$800,000; Dairy waste remediation--
     Lake Ponchartrain (LA) Basin--$100,000; Lincoln Parish (LA) 
     stormwater/conservation management program--$650,000; St. 
     John the Baptist Parish (LA) Lakes bank retention project--
     $450,000; False River (LA) sedimentation project--$150,000; 
     Chesapeake Bay activities--$6,000,000; Conservation related 
     to cranberry production (MA/WI)--$600,000; Weed It Now--
     Taconic Mountains (MA/NY/CT)--$200,000; Great Lakes pilot 
     program for conservation--$500,000; Franklin County (MS) Lake 
     technical assistance--$1,500,000; Mississippi Delta Water 
     Resources Study-- $750,000; continuation of Sharkey (MS) soil 
     classification pilot project; Squirrel Branch Drainage 
     Project (MS)--$250,000; Delta Conservation Demonstration 
     Center, Washington County (MS)--$1,425,000; Soil erosion with 
     Alcorn State (MS)--$175,000; Cattle and nutrient management 
     in stream crossings (MS)--$1,000,000; Choctaw County (MS) 
     feasability study for surface impoundment--$100,000; Jamie 
     Whitten PMC--$275,000; Wildlife Habitat Management Institute 
     (MS)--$6,459,000; Humphrey's County (MS) Hospital flood 
     protection--$400,000; Drainage improvements, Petal (MS)--
     $500,000; Drainage improvements on Watkins Drive, Jackson 
     (MS)--$100,000; Drainage improvements, Port Gibson (MS)--
     $300,000; Drainage improvements, Mount Olive (MS)--$150,000; 
     Drainage improvements, Meridian (MS)--$500,000; Rankin County 
     (MS)--$300,000; Establish Upper White River Water Quality 
     Project Office in southern Missouri $355,000; Jefferson River 
     (MT) watershed $400,000; Watershed planning project (MT)--
     $1,500,000; Lake Tahoe Basin Soil Conservation Project (NV/
     CA)--$400,000; Lake Tahoe Basin area soil survey (NV/CA)--
     $200,000; State conservation cost share program (NJ)--
     $900,000; Westchester County (NY) SWCD--$350,000; Pastureland 
     Management/Rotational Grazing (NY)--$500,000; Best management 
     practices/Skaneateles and Owasco Watersheds (NY)--$250,000; 
     Address non-point pollution in Onondaga Lake Watershed (NY)--
     $250,000; Beaver Swamp Brook project (NY) implementation and 
     environmental restoration--$300,000; Phase II/Watershed 
     Agriculture Council in Walton (NY)--$650,000; Technical 
     assistance to livestock/poultry industry (NC)--$500,000; Red 
     River Flood Prevention/Energy and Environmental Research 
     Center (ND)--$1,500,000; Maumee Watershed Hydrological Study 
     and Flood Mitigation Plan (OH)--$1,000,000; Oregon Garden, 
     Silverton (OR)--$325,000; Cooperative agreement with Marion 
     County (OR) for native seed project $50,000; Increased 
     technical assistance (OR)--$1,000,000; Address drought-
     related issues (RI)--$150,000; GIS-based model to integrate 
     commodity and conservation (SC)--$800,000; Study to 
     characterize land use change while preserving natural 
     resources in cooperation with Clemson University (SC)--
     $800,000; Bexar, Medina, Uvalde Counties irrigation in 
     Edwards Aquifer (TX)--$500,000; Field office 
     telecommunications pilot program/advanced soil survey methods 
     (TX)--$1,500,000; Leon River restoration project (TX)--
     $500,000; Range vegetation pilot project, Ft. Hood (TX)--
     $500,000; AFO/CAFO Pilot Project (UT)--$250,000; Dry Creek/
     Neff's Grove project (UT)--$300,000; Reduce phosphorus 
     loading into Lake Champlain (VT)--$300,000; Walla Walla (WA) 
     watershed alliance--$500,000; Design/implement natural stream 
     restoration initiatives (WV)--$500,000; Soil survey 
     geographic database in the Mid-Atlantic Highlands (WV)--
     $200,000; Poultry Litter Composting (WV)--$160,000; Potomac 
     and Ohio River Basin Soil Nutrient Project (WV)--$300,000; 
     Appalachian Small Farmer Outreach Program (WV)--$860,000; 
     Potomac Headwaters (WV)--$550,000; Grazing Lands Initiative/
     Wisconsin Department of Agriculture--$550,000; Global 
     Environment Management Education Center at Stevens Point 
     (WI)--$2,000,000; Examine benefits of using vegetative 
     buffers with the University of Wisconsin-Madison--$500,000; 
     Conservation land internship program (WI)--$120,000; Study 
     benefits of using nutrient management plans with the 
     University of Wisconsin-Madison--$500,000; Soil survey 
     mapping project (WY)--$300,000; Audubon at Home Pilot 
     Program--$500,000; Great Lakes Basin Program for Soil and 
     Erosion Sediment--$2,500,000; Watershed management demo 
     program/NPPC--$600,000; National Fish and Wildlife Foundation 
     Partnerships--$3,000,000; and, source water protection 
     project, as a reimbursable agreement with Farm Service 
     Agency, to States that show the greatest need--$1,000,000.
       The conferees direct the agency to maintain a national 
     priority area under the guidelines of the Environmental 
     Quality Incentives Program in the Delta of the State of 
     Mississippi.
       The conference agreement includes $500,000 to the Walla 
     Walla (WA) Watershed Alliance to partner with the NRCS and 
     assist watershed planning entities in the development of 
     Comprehensive Irrigation District Management Plans by 
     engaging irrigators, landowners, and other stakeholders in 
     the watershed initiative; developing and demonstrating model 
     farm and land management plans; and monitoring results.
       The conference agreement provides $3,000,000 for the 
     continued implementation for innovative technology systems to 
     be managed by Farm Pilot Project Coordination, Inc. as 
     proposed by the House. The Secretary is directed to release 
     these funds after submitting a report that a satisfactory 
     cooperative agreement between the NRCS and Farm Pilot Project 
     Coordination, Inc. has been consummated. The conference 
     agreement does not include $150,000 for this activity as 
     proposed by the Senate.


                     watershed surveys and planning

       The conference agreement provides $11,197,000 for Watershed 
     Surveys and Planning as proposed by the House instead 
     $10,960,000 as proposed by the Senate.


               watershed and flood prevention operations

       The conference agreement provides $110,000,000 for 
     Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations as proposed by the 
     House instead of $105,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conferees expect the Department to give consideration 
     for financial and technical assistance to the following: 
     Upper Petit Jean (AR); Askalmore dam (MS); and Attoyac Bayou 
     (TX).


                    watershed rehabilitation program

       The conference agreement provides $30,000,000 for the 
     Watershed Rehabilitation Program as proposed by the Senate. 
     The House bill contained no such provision.
       The conferees direct that funding be provided for 
     rehabilitation of structures determined to be of high 
     priority need as proposed by the Senate.


                 resource conservation and development

       The conference agreement provides $51,000,000 for Resource 
     Conservation and Development instead of $55,079,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $50,000,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.

                               TITLE III

                       RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

          Office of the Under Secretary for Rural Development

       The conference agreement provides $640,000 for the Office 
     of the Under Secretary for Rural Development as proposed by 
     the House instead of $898,000 as proposed by the Senate.

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       The conferees encourage the Secretary to consider a 
     commercial off-the-shelf automated collateral management 
     system for loan origination and servicing to prevent 
     fraudulent practices including losses associated with 
     inflated appraisals.
       The conference agreement does not include $200,000 as 
     proposed by the House for a National Groundwater Association 
     study. The conference agreement includes $200,000 for the 
     National Groundwater Association to fund a pilot program 
     involving inspector training and certification relative to 
     proper well construction, maintenance, sampling and ensuring 
     the overall safety of private wells in rural areas.


                  rural community advancement program

       The conference agreement provides $907,737,000 for the 
     Rural Community Advancement Program (RCAP) instead of 
     $950,298,000 as proposed by the House and $867,176,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement adopts Senate language providing 
     $30,000,000 for rural and native villages in Alaska.
       The conference agreement provides $18,333,000 for technical 
     assistance grants for rural water and waste systems.
       The conferees provide bill language that of the funds 
     provided for technical assistance for rural water and waste 
     systems, $5,513,000 be designated for Rural Community 
     Assistance Programs.
       The conference agreement adopts language setting aside 
     $12,100,000 for the circuit rider program.
       The conference agreement adopts Senate language setting 
     aside $25,000,000 for facilities in rural communities with 
     extreme unemployment and severe economic depression.
       The conference agreement adopts Senate language setting 
     aside $30,000,000 for grants in rural communities with 
     extremely high-energy costs.
       The conferees provide $1,000,000 to carry out a 
     demonstration program on replicating and creating 
     cooperatives for home based health care and expect the 
     Department to provide this service to historically under 
     served communities.
       The following table indicates the distribution of funding 
     for the RCAP:

Community Facilities........................................$96,800,000
Business-Cooperative Development.............................87,720,000
Water and Waste.............................................723,217,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
  Total.....................................................907,737,000
Earmarks:
Federally Recognized Native American Tribes..................24,000,000
Rural Community Development Initiative........................7,000,000
Technical Assistance for Rural Transportation...................250,000
Delta Regional Authority......................................2,000,000
Colonias.....................................................25,000,000
Alaska Villages..............................................30,000,000
Technical Assistance.........................................18,333,000
Circuit Rider................................................12,100,000
EZ/EC and REAP...............................................37,624,000
Economic impact initiative grants............................25,000,000
High energy costs grants.....................................30,000,000
CF Grant Tribal Colleges......................................4,000,000
Rural Health Cooperatives.....................................1,000,000
RCAP..........................................................5,513,000

       The conferees expect the Department to give consideration 
     to the following entities for RCAP grants and/or loans: the 
     University of New Orleans for wetland aquatic plants; 
     Berkeley County (WV) Public Service Water District Project; 
     rural cooperative development grant for peanut marketing 
     cooperatives; distance learning and telemedicine broadband 
     grant from the Mississippi Economic Growth Alliance and Point 
     of Presence, Inc.; water and waste disposal loan and grant 
     for the City of Oxford (MS); rural business enterprise grant 
     for Bosque (TX); and Delaware Bay and River Authority (NJ).


                RURAL DEVELOPMENT SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The conference agreement provides $145,736,000 for Rural 
     Development Salaries and Expenses as proposed by the House 
     instead of $127,502,000 as proposed by the Senate.

                         Rural Housing Service


              RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

       The conference agreement provides a total subsidy of 
     $305,517,000 for activities under the Rural Housing Insurance 
     Fund Program Account instead of $303,567,000 as proposed by 
     the House and $282,523,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
     conference agreement provides for an estimated loan program 
     level of $5,844,862,000 instead of $4,551,457,000 as proposed 
     by the House and $3,932,173,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement provides for a transfer of 
     $432,374,000 to salaries and expenses instead of $434,980,000 
     as proposed by the House and $455,630,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       The conference agreement adopts Senate bill language 
     regarding how Section 515 program funds may be used.
       The conference agreement adopts House bill language 
     regarding funding for the Section 515 program.
       The conference agreement adopts Senate bill language 
     regarding the 502 unsubsidized guaranteed program.
       The following table indicates loan and subsidy levels 
     provided in the conference agreement:
       Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program Account:

Loan authorizations:
  Single family (sec. 502).............................($1,044,000,000)
    Unsubsidized guaranteed.............................(4,528,000,000)
  Rental housing (sec. 515)...............................(115,805,000)
  Multi-family housing guar(sec. 538).....................(100,000,000)
  Housing repair (sec. 504)................................(35,000,000)
  Credit sales of acquired property........................(12,000,000)
  Site loans (sec. 524).....................................(5,046,000)
  Self-help housing land development fund...................(5,011,000)
                                                       ________________
                                                       
    Total, Loan authorizations..........................(5,844,862,000)
                                                       ================

Loan subsidies:
  Single family (sec. 502)..................................202,350,000
    Unsubsidized guaranteed..................................32,600,000
  Rental housing (sec. 515)..................................54,000,000
  Multi-family housing guar. (sec. 538).......................4,500,000
  Housing repair (sec. 504)..................................10,857,000
  Credit sales of acquired property.............................934,000
  Site loans (sec. 524)..........................................55,000
  Self-help housing land development fund.......................221,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
    Total, Loan subsidies...................................305,517,000
                                                       ================

RHIF administration expenses (transfer to RD)...............432,374,000
                                                       ================



                       RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

       The conference agreement provides $726,000,000 for the 
     Rental Assistance Program instead of $722,000,000 as proposed 
     by the House and $730,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.


                  MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS

       The conference agreement provides $35,000,000 for Mutual 
     and Self-Help Housing Grants as proposed by the House and 
     Senate.


                    RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS

       The conference agreement provides $42,498,000 for Rural 
     Housing Assistance Grants as proposed by the House instead of 
     $47,498,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement does not adopt Senate bill 
     language regarding Demonstration Housing Grants.


                       FARM LABOR PROGRAM ACCOUNT

       The conference agreement provides $36,307,000 for the Farm 
     Labor Program Account instead of $38,000,000 as proposed by 
     the House and $34,615,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement provides $17,647,000 for loan 
     subsidies, and $18,661,000 for grants of which $15,578,000 is 
     for farm labor housing grants and $3,082,000 is for grants 
     for migrant and seasonal farm workers.

                  Rural Business--Cooperative Service


              RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

       The conference agreement provides $40,000,000, the same as 
     proposed by both the House and Senate.
       The conference agreement adopts House language providing 
     for a transfer of $4,190,000 to salaries and expenses instead 
     of $4,290,000 as proposed by the Senate.


                  RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

       The conference agreement provides $9,000,000 for Rural 
     Cooperative Development Grants, the same as proposed by both 
     the House and Senate.
       The conference agreement adopts Senate language for 
     cooperatives or associations of cooperatives, whose primary 
     focus is to provide assistance to small, minority producers 
     and whose governing board and/or membership is comprised of 
     at least 75 percent minority.


       RURAL EMPOWERMENT ZONES AND ENTERPRISE COMMUNITIES GRANTS

       The conference agreement provides $14,967,000 for Rural 
     Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities Grants as 
     proposed by the House and Senate.

                        Rural Utilities Service

   Rural Electrification and Telecommunications Loans Program Account

       The conference agreement provides a total subsidy of 
     $12,458,000 for activities under the Rural Electrification 
     and Telecommunications Loans Program Account. The conference 
     agreement provides for an estimated loan program level of 
     $5,566,132,000 as proposed by the Senate instead of 
     $4,516,136,000 as proposed by the House.
       The conference agreement adopts Senate bill language that 
     provides guaranteed underwriting loans.
       The conference agreement adopts House language providing 
     for a transfer of $37,833,000 to salaries and expenses 
     instead of $38,035,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The following table indicates loan and subsidy levels 
     provided in the conference agreement:
       Rural Electrification and Telecommunications Loans Program 
     Account:
       Loan authorizations:
Electric:
  Direct, 5 percent......................................($121,103,000)
  Direct, Muni............................................(100,000,000)
  Direct, FFB...........................................(2,600,000,000)
  Direct, Treasury rate.................................(1,150,000,000)
  Guaranteed..............................................(100,000,000)
  Guaranteed underwriting...............................(1,000,000,000)
                                                       ________________
                                                       
    Subtotal............................................(5,071,103,000)
                                                       ================

Telecommunications:
  Direct, 5 percent........................................(75,029,000)
  Direct, Treasury rate...................................(300,000,000)
  Direct, FFB.............................................(120,000,000)

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    Subtotal..............................................(495,029,000)
    Total, loan authorizations..........................(5,566,132,000)
       Loan subsidies:
Electric:
  Direct, 5 percent...........................................6,915,000
  Direct, Muni................................................4,030,000
  Guaranteed.....................................................80,000
    Subtotal.................................................11,025,000
Telecommunications:
  Direct, 5 percent...........................................1,283,000
  Direct, Treasury rate.........................................150,000
    Subtotal..................................................1,433,000
    Total, loan subsidies....................................12,458,000
RETLP administrative expenses (transfer to RD)...............37,833,000


                  Rural Telephone Bank Program Account

       The conference agreement provides $174,615,000 for the 
     Rural Telephone Bank Program Account as proposed by the 
     Senate instead of $174,638,000 as proposed by the House.
       The conference agreement provides for a transfer of 
     $3,082,000 to salaries and expenses as proposed by the House 
     and Senate.


               Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program

       The conference agreement provides $56,941,000 for the 
     Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program instead of 
     $44,128,000 as proposed by the House and $51,941,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement provides for an estimated loan 
     program level of $300,000,000 for distance learning and 
     telemedicine and $80,000,000 for broadband 
     telecommunications.
       The conference agreement provides $10,000,000 in grants to 
     support broadband transmission and local dial-up Internet 
     services for rural areas as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement provides $42,813,000 for distance 
     learning and telemedicine grants and grants for translators 
     to broadcast digital signals.

                                TITLE IV

                         DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS

Office of the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services

       The conference agreement provides $603,000 for the Office 
     of the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer 
     Services as proposed by the House instead of $774,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement includes $125,000,000 for a 
     contingency fund for the Special Supplemental Nutrition 
     Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), as proposed 
     by the Senate, instead of $150,000,000 as proposed by the 
     House.

                       Food and Nutrition Service


                        CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS

       The conference agreement provides $10,580,169,000 for Child 
     Nutrition Programs as proposed by the Senate instead of 
     $10,576,169,000 as proposed by the House.
       Included in this amount is an appropriated amount of 
     $5,834,506,000 and a transfer from section 32 of 
     $4,745,663,000. Within the appropriated amount, the conferees 
     provide $3,300,000 for a school breakfast pilot program, of 
     which no less than $1,000,000 is for Wisconsin, as proposed 
     by the Senate. The House had no similar provision. The 
     conferees note that of the appropriated funds provided in the 
     Child Nutrition Programs $200,000 for one-time costs is to be 
     directed to the Common Roots Program, as proposed by the 
     Senate. The House had no similar provision. The conferees 
     provide $500,000, as proposed by the Senate, for one-time 
     costs associated with the establishment of the Child 
     Nutrition Archive Resource Center at the National Food 
     Service Management Institute. The House had no similar 
     provision.
       The conference agreement includes a provision prohibiting 
     use of funds for studies and evaluations as proposed by the 
     House. The Senate had no similar provision. The conference 
     agreement does not include language regarding limits on and 
     transfers of funds for studies and evaluations, as proposed 
     by the Senate.
       The conference agreement includes a general provision to 
     expand the number of low-income children in child care 
     centers who receive meals through the Child and Adult Care 
     Feeding Program, as proposed by the Senate. The House had no 
     similar provision.
       The conference agreement provides the following for Child 
     Nutrition programs:

                      TOTAL OBLIGATIONAL AUTHORITY

Child Nutrition Programs:
  School lunch program...................................$6,074,648,000
  School breakfast program................................1,660,870,000
  Child and adult care food program.......................1,904,494,000
  Summer food service program...............................334,686,000
  Special milk program.......................................16,449,000
  State administrative expenses.............................133,583,000
  Commodity procurement and computer support................435,334,000
  School meals initiative/Team nutrition.....................10,025,000
  Coordinated review effort...................................5,080,000
  Food safety education.......................................1,000,000
  School breakfast pilot project..............................3,300,000
  Common Roots Program..........................................200,000
  Child Nutrition Archive Center................................500,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
    Total...............................................$10,580,169,000


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

       The conference agreement provides $4,696,000,000 for the 
     Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, 
     and Children (WIC) instead of $4,776,000,000 as proposed by 
     the House and $4,751,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. Of 
     the total, the conference agreement provides $125,000,000 for 
     a reserve account, to remain available until expended, as 
     proposed by the Senate, instead of $150,000,000, available 
     through fiscal year 2004, as proposed by the House.
       The conference agreement includes a provision prohibiting 
     use of funds for studies and evaluations, except as 
     specifically provided, as proposed by the House. The Senate 
     had no similar provision. The conference agreement does not 
     include language regarding limits on and transfers of funds 
     for studies and evaluations, as proposed by the Senate.
       The conferees provide $25,000,000 for the farmers' market 
     nutrition program, as proposed by the both the House and 
     Senate, but do not direct that the funds be obligated within 
     45 days in bill language, as proposed by the Senate. The 
     conferees strongly urge the Secretary to make these funds 
     available as soon as possible after enactment.
       The conference agreement provides $2,000,000 for the 
     evaluation of WIC vendor practices, as proposed by the House 
     and Senate.


                           FOOD STAMP PROGRAM

       The conference agreement provides $26,313,692,000 for the 
     food stamp program as proposed by the House instead of 
     $26,289,692,000 as proposed by the Senate. Included in this 
     amount is a reserve of $2,000,000,000.
       The conference agreement includes a provision prohibiting 
     use of funds for studies and evaluations as proposed by the 
     House. The Senate had no similar provision. The conference 
     agreement does not include language regarding limits on and 
     transfers of funds for studies and evaluations, as proposed 
     by the Senate.
       The conference agreement includes a provision allowing for 
     purchase of bison meat, in an amount not to exceed 
     $3,000,000, for the Food Distribution Program on Indian 
     Reservations (FDPIR), instead of not to exceed $4,000,000, as 
     proposed by the Senate. The House had no similar provision.


                      COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

       The conference agreement provides $164,500,000 for the 
     Commodity Assistance Program, instead of $170,000,000, as 
     proposed by the House, and $167,000,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. Included in that amount is $50,000,000 for 
     administration of The Emergency Food Assistance Program 
     (TEFAP), as proposed by the House, instead of $55,000,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement includes a 
     general provision that provides the Secretary with authority 
     to transfer up to $10,000,000 from TEFAP commodity purchase 
     to administration, which includes processing, storage, 
     transport and distribution.
       The conferees provide $114,500,000 for the Commodity 
     Supplemental Food Program, instead of $120,000,000, as 
     proposed by the House, and $107,000,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       The conference agreement does not include $5,000,000 for 
     senior farmers' market activities, as proposed by the Senate. 
     The House had no similar provision. The conferees note that 
     the Department provides $15,000,000 for the senior farmers' 
     market program through the Commodity Credit Corporation 
     pursuant to P.L. 107-171.
       The conference agreement does not include a provision on 
     state requests related to the TEFAP program, as proposed by 
     the Senate. The House had no similar provision.


                        FOOD DONATIONS PROGRAMS

       The conference agreement provides $1,081,000 for Food 
     Donations Programs, as proposed by the House and Senate. The 
     conferees have acceded to the administration's proposal to 
     transfer the Nutrition Services Incentives Program to the 
     Department of Health and Human Services. The conferees expect 
     these funds to be used only for meals, that they not be 
     transferred to fund other activities and that state matching 
     requirements will not be applied to the program. The 
     conferees also expect that the ability of states to request 
     commodities in lieu of cash will be retained.


                      FOOD PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION

       The conference agreement provides $136,560,000 for Food 
     Program Administration, instead of $134,397,000 as proposed 
     by the House and $136,865,000 as proposed by the Senate. 
     Included in this amount is not less than $7,500,000 to 
     improve integrity in the Food Stamp Program and Child 
     Nutrition Program, instead of $8,500,000 as proposed by the 
     House and $11,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conferees have provided a $3,195,000 increase for 
     studies and evaluations to be carried out by the Department. 
     The conferees direct the Department to report to the 
     Committees on Appropriations on the studies and evaluations 
     to be carried out. This information should include a 
     comprehensive list of planned studies, including the intent 
     and funding level of each study, and the time frame during 
     which each study will be carried out. The conferees direct 
     the agency to submit a summary of each study to the 
     Committees on Appropriations when completed.

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                                TITLE V

                FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED PROGRAMS

                      Foreign Agricultural Service


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The conference agreement provides $129,948,000 for the 
     Foreign Agricultural Service instead of $129,964,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $131,198,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       The conference agreement provides $5,049,000 for E-
     Government, and an increase of $1,000,000 for the Cochran 
     Fellowship Program.

     PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE I AND TITLE II PROGRAM AND GRANT ACCOUNTS

       The conference agreement provides $116,171,000 for Title I 
     loan subsidies for a loan level of $154,664,000 as proposed 
     by the Senate.
       The conference agreement provides $25,159,000 for Ocean 
     Freight Differential as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement provides $1,200,000,000 for Public 
     Law 480 Title II as proposed by the House instead of 
     $1,185,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement does not include House bill 
     language that requires the Secretary to submit a plan on the 
     use of $350,000,000 of Title II funds.
       The following table reflects the conference agreement for 
     Public Law 480 program accounts:


                             Public Law 480

Title 1--Program account:
  Loan authorization, direct.............................($154,664,000)
  Loan subsidies............................................116,171,000
  Ocean freight differential.................................25,159,000
Title II--Commodities for disposition abroad:
  Program level.........................................(1,200,000,000)
  Appropriation...........................................1,200,000,000
Salaries and expenses:
  Foreign Agricultural Service (transfer to FAS)..............1,033,000
  Farm Service Agency (transfer to FSA).......................1,026,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
    Subtotal..................................................2,059,000

                                TITLE VI

           RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

                      Food and Drug Administration


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The conference agreement provides total appropriations, 
     including Prescription Drug User Fee Act and Medical Device 
     User Fee Act collections, of $1,630,727,000 for the salaries 
     and expenses of the Food and Drug Administration, instead of 
     $1,599,602,000 as proposed by the House and $1,631,530,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate, and provides specific amounts by FDA 
     activity as reflected in the following table.

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                                                   Budget        Prescription    Medical device
                   Program                       authority      drug user fees     user fees          Total
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Foods.......................................      413,347,000  ...............  ...............      413,347,000
Human Drugs.................................      278,067,000      148,604,000                0      426,671,000
Biologics...................................      146,849,000       46,623,000        6,227,000      199,699,000
Animal Drugs and Feeds......................       88,972,000                0                0       88,972,000
Medical Devices.............................      194,720,000                0       13,965,000      208,685,000
NCTR........................................       40,688,000                0                0       40,688,000
Rent and Rent-related activities............       36,498,000                0          416,000       36,914,000
Other Activities............................       84,685,000       19,871,000        2,926,000      107,482,000
Rental Payments to GSA......................       98,876,000        7,802,000        1,591,000      108,269,000
Net Appropriation...........................    1,382,702,000      222,900,000       25,125,000    1,630,727,000
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       Resources for the field force of FDA, the Office of 
     Regulatory Affairs, are included in the program amounts 
     above, and total $474,315,000. Included are $264,235,000 for 
     foods, $95,155,000 for human drugs, $30,060,000 for 
     biologics, $31,097,000 for animal drugs and feeds, and 
     $53,768,000 for devices. The conferees note that the agency 
     has flexibility in using its field resources to respond to 
     public health emergencies within the existing reprogramming 
     requirements and expect the agency to use that flexibility 
     when necessary.
       The conference agreement provides the full budget authority 
     requested for counter-terrorism activities, which is an 
     increase of $152,276,000 over the regular fiscal year 2002 
     appropriation for a total of $159,048,000. The conference 
     agreement provides increases of $5,000,000 for adverse event 
     monitoring and reporting and $28,552,000 for pay cost 
     increases as requested in the President's fiscal year 2003 
     budget.
       The conference agreement makes $25,125,000 in new medical 
     device user fees available for the agency, as proposed by the 
     Senate. This provision was not in the House bill, since it 
     preceded passage of the authorizing legislation. The 
     conference agreement provides a budget authority increase of 
     $15,199,000 for the device program, which includes $4,000,000 
     over the budget request, instead of an increase of 
     $19,199,000, as proposed by the Senate, and $11,199,000 as 
     proposed by the House. The device program total including 
     user fees is $208,685,000, which represents a $29,164,000 
     increase over the fiscal year 2002 regular appropriation. The 
     conference agreement also provides an increase of $6,227,000 
     in device user fees for the biologics program. The conferees 
     expect that these substantial investments will significantly 
     reduce application review times for medical devices.
       The conference agreement funds the generic drugs program at 
     $44,532,000, an increase of $5,332,000 over the fiscal year 
     2002 level, and expect the increase provided to be applied to 
     meeting statutory timeframes for application review. The 
     generics total includes $750,000 above the budget request, 
     instead of $1,500,000 as proposed by the Senate and no 
     increase above the request as proposed by the House. The 
     conferees note that FDA should continue funding generic drug 
     education activities at no less than $400,000 and expect 
     increased consumer education in 2003.
       The conference agreement makes $222,900,000 available to 
     FDA for prescription drug user fees, a $61,184,000 increase 
     over the amount available in fiscal year 2002. The conference 
     agreement also makes mammography user fees and export 
     certification user fees available to the agency.
       The conferees do not approve the proposed transfer of the 
     Offices of Public Affairs and Legislative Affairs out of the 
     agency and include funding for those offices in the total 
     provided for this account.
       The conferees note the importance of continued support for 
     the Office of Women's Health, and direct that no less than 
     $3,000,000 be made available to that office. In addition, the 
     conferees note that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 
     has responded to the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) by 
     recommending updated labeling for the entire class of hormone 
     replacement therapy products. While the conferees believe 
     that the FDA's action was an important step in the right 
     direction, the Federal government needs to go even further in 
     communicating clear and concise information to women and 
     health professionals about hormone therapy. The conferees 
     encourage the FDA to partner with medical professional and 
     women's health groups, as well as other Federal agencies, to 
     conduct a public awareness outreach campaign about the use of 
     hormone therapy, including treatment of menopausal symptoms, 
     which was not addressed in the WHI study.
       The conferees provide an increase of $1,000,000 for the 
     CFSAN Adverse Event Reporting System (CAERS), instead of no 
     increase as proposed by the House and $2,000,000 as proposed 
     by the Senate, for a total of $6,600,000. CAERS is designed 
     to ensure prompt identification of and response to adverse 
     health events related to foods, including dietary 
     supplements.
       The conference agreement also provides an increase of 
     $250,000 for development of advanced test methods for foods 
     at New Mexico State University, instead of no increase as 
     proposed by the House and $503,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement includes a total of $8,300,000 for 
     the Unified Financial Management System, as proposed by both 
     the House and Senate. The conferees note that any additional 
     resources for this system are subject to notification and 
     approval by the Committees on Appropriations.
       The conferees direct that at least $2,100,000 of the funds 
     appropriated for FDA activities be used in support of Codex 
     Alimentarius activities, as proposed by the Senate.
       The conferees are aware that the Department of Health and 
     Human Services is currently working to ensure that health 
     care providers and first responders are vaccinated in the 
     event of a public health emergency. Recognizing that a small 
     percentage of the population may have an allergic reaction to 
     natural rubber, the conferees encourage the Secretary to 
     ensure that alternatives are readily accessible to those 
     individuals allergic to the gloves normally provided. 
     Additionally, the conferees are aware that the FDA proposed 
     regulations in 1999 to reclassify all surgeons' and patient 
     examination gloves as Class II medical devices. The conferees 
     encourage the FDA to finalize those regulations.
       The conferees are aware that the FDA has not finalized its 
     proposed rule to require manufacturer tracking of blood-
     derived products and prompt patient notification of adverse 
     events, and request a report on the status of the rule by 
     March 1, 2003.
       The conferees are aware of concerns regarding the sale of 
     turtles as pets. The occurrence of Salmonella is frequent in 
     all reptiles sold as pets, yet the FDA has banned only the 
     sale of turtles under a certain size. The conferees expect 
     the agency to respond to citizen petitions on this topic 
     promptly. The conferees expect a report by March 1, 2003, 
     describing the current regulation, and the status of the 
     agency's response to related citizen petitions.

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       The conferees believe that print advertisements for 
     pharmaceuticals should present information relating to side 
     effects, contraindications and the effectiveness of 
     advertised pharmaceuticals in the format that is most useful 
     to consumers consistent with existing law. The conferees are 
     aware that FDA addressed the issue of requirements for print 
     drug advertisements in an April 2001 draft guidance. The 
     conferees encourage FDA to work with consumers and industry 
     to revise this draft guidance as necessary and move towards 
     its finalization.
       The conferees are concerned with the number of 
     reprogramming proposals submitted for consideration by the 
     FDA, and would like to remind the Agency that reprogramming 
     requests should be submitted only in the case of an 
     unforeseeable emergency, or situation that could not have 
     been predicted when formulating the budget request for the 
     current fiscal year. Further, the conferees note that when an 
     agency submits a reprogramming request to the Committees on 
     Appropriations and does not receive identical responses from 
     the House and Senate, it is the responsibility of the agency 
     to reconcile the House and Senate differences before 
     proceeding, and if reconciliation is not possible, to 
     consider the reprogramming request unapproved.


                         BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

       The conference agreement includes $8,000,000 for buildings 
     and facilities, as proposed by the House, instead of 
     $11,000,000, as proposed by the Senate. The conference 
     agreement fully funds the budget request.

                          INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                  Commodity Futures Trading Commission

       The conference agreement provides $85,985,000 for the 
     Commodity Futures Trading Commission, instead of $79,884,000 
     as proposed by the House and $93,985,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. The total includes $8,815,000 for pay parity, as 
     authorized in P.L. 107-171, and $700,000 for retention 
     bonuses.
       The conferees understand that the Commission has undertaken 
     an investigation of Enron, its affiliates, and energy trading 
     by other entities, which has required significant resources 
     from the agency's enforcement program. The conferees further 
     understand that the agency's enforcement staff has devoted 
     the resources of 30 staff members (which is equivalent to 25 
     percent of the staff for the Division of Enforcement), 
     interviewed or taken testimony from at least 170 individuals, 
     and reviewed in excess of 2 million pages of documents. The 
     conferees direct the Commission to provide a report on its 
     activities in this area prior to the fiscal year 2004 
     appropriations hearings.

                       Farm Credit Administration


                  Limitation on administrative expenses

       The conference agreement includes a limitation of 
     $38,400,000 on administrative expenses of the Farm Credit 
     Administration (FCA), as proposed by the House, instead of 
     $38,404,000, as proposed by the Senate.
       The conferees recommend an increase in the limitation of 
     FCA's administrative expenses to allow the FCA flexibility to 
     deal with hiring and retention issues. This flexibility would 
     allow the FCA Board to make adjustments to the budget, if 
     necessary. The conferees understand that this action will not 
     result in an increase in the amount of assessments on system 
     institutions during the current fiscal year. The conferees 
     request a report on the outcome of the FCA study related to 
     hiring and retention needs, including the actual limitation 
     amount necessary, the amount of carryover funds in FCA's 
     reserve, and the change, if any, in the amount of the 
     assessments on system institutions.

                     TITLE VII--GENERAL PROVISIONS

       House and Senate Section 703.--The conference agreement 
     deletes the old Section 703 authorizing research and service 
     work under the Bankhead-Jones Act.
       House Section 736.--The conference agreement (Section 703) 
     authorizes employment pursuant to the Department of 
     Agriculture Organic Act of 1944 and 5 U.S.C. 3109.
       House and Senate Section 704.--The conference agreement 
     (Section 704) retains the existing general provision 
     regarding unobligated balance transfers to the Working 
     Capital Fund.
       House and Senate Section 705.--New obligational authority 
     language.
       House and Senate Section 713.--The conference agreement 
     (Section 713) gives permanent authority to the Agricultural 
     Marketing Service, the Grain Inspection, Packers and 
     Stockyard Administration, the Animal and Plant Health 
     Inspection Service, and the Food Safety & Inspection Service 
     to use cooperative agreements, notwithstanding chapter 63 of 
     title 31, United States Code.
       House and Senate Section 720.--The conference agreement 
     (Section 720) modifies Subsection (c) to include ``the 
     Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services, or the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading 
     Commission.'' The conferees are seriously concerned by the 
     growing frequency of departmental and agency initiatives for 
     which the required prior notification to the Committees on 
     Appropriations has not been provided. The conferees note the 
     efficiencies which attach to the least possible statutory 
     requirements and the benefits which accrue to the more 
     flexible Congressional direction expressed in Committee 
     reports. However, the continuing practice of reliance on 
     Committee report language must be accompanied by departmental 
     and agency compliance with Congressional directives. Section 
     720 of this Act, and similar language included in previous 
     acts, provide detailed guidelines to the U.S. Department of 
     Agriculture, the Food and Drug Administration, and the 
     Commodity Futures Trading Commission for those activities 
     that require prior notification to the Congress. Such 
     notification was not provided in the recent release of 
     Section 32 funds for the creation of a Livestock Compensation 
     Program; the establishment of a Faith-Based and Community 
     Initiatives Center; the improper use of Conservation 
     Operations funds for the implementation of Farm Bill 
     programs; and other similar violations of statutory 
     reprogramming and prior notification requirements. The 
     conferees expect full compliance with Section 720 in the 
     areas of state office collocations, administrative and 
     information technology convergence, and all other activities 
     that fall within the scope of that section. The conferees 
     also expect that no reprogramming of funds occur in the 
     absence of an emergency or not as a consequence of unforeseen 
     events. Further, the conferees note that when an agency 
     submits a reprogramming request to the Committees on 
     Appropriations and does not receive identical responses from 
     the House and Senate, it is the responsibility of the agency 
     to reconcile the House and Senate differences before 
     proceeding, and if reconciliation is not possible, to 
     consider the reprogramming request unapproved.
       House and Senate Section 721.--The conference agreement 
     (Section 721) does not include the date change as proposed by 
     the House.
       House and Senate Section 722.--The conference agreement 
     (Section 722) does not include the date change as proposed by 
     the House.
       House and Senate Section 726.--The conference agreement 
     (Section 726) provides $3,000,000 for Bill Emerson and Mickey 
     Leland Hunger Fellowships.
       House Section 728.--The conference agreement (Section 728) 
     provides $26,499,000 for Section 375 (e)(6)(B) of the 
     Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act.
       House Section 729 and 743, and Senate Section 732.--The 
     conference agreement (Section 729) combines these sections 
     and includes the cities of Coachella, CA, Dunkirk, NY, 
     Starkville, MS, Shawnee, OK, and Berlin, New Hampshire.
       House Section 730, 748, and 751.--The conference agreement 
     (Section 730) considers the cities of Hollister, Salinas, and 
     Watsonville, CA; Caldwell, ID; Casa Grande, AZ; Aberdeen, SD; 
     and Vicksburg, MS, as meeting the requirements of a rural 
     area in section 520 of the Housing Act of 1949.
       House Section 731.--The conference agreement (Section 731) 
     directs that watershed and flood prevention financial and 
     technical assistance shall be provided to DuPage County, IL, 
     Waynewood Drainage Improvement Project, not to exceed 
     $1,600,000.
       House Section 732.--The conference agreement (Section 732) 
     adds language that allows any current Rural Utilities Service 
     borrower within 100 miles of New York City to be eligible for 
     additional financing, refinancing, collateral flexibility, 
     and deferrals.
       House Section 733.--The conference agreement does not 
     include additional funding for payments of livestock losses 
     to producers and deletes this section.
       House Section 734--The conference agreement (Section 733) 
     prohibits any transfer of funds appropriated in this Act 
     except as authorized by this or any other appropriation Act.
       Senate Section 729--The conference agreement (Section 734) 
     prohibits the closure or relocation of the Food and Drug 
     Administration Division of Pharmaceutical Analysis in St. 
     Louis, Missouri, outside the city or county limits.
       Senate Section 730.--The conference agreement does not 
     include language that prohibits funding the salary of anyone 
     violating the ``Buy America Act.''
       Senate Section 731.--The conference agreement (Section 735) 
     amends Section 17(a)(2)(B) of the Richard B. Russell National 
     School Lund Act by striking ``2002'' and inserting ``2003''.
       Senate Section 733.--The conference agreement does not 
     provide funds for demonstration housing grants in Wisconsin.
       Senate Section 734.--The conference agreement (Section 736) 
     directs the Natural Resources Conservation Service to provide 
     financial and technical assistance to Embarras River Basin, 
     Lake County Watersheds, and DuPage County, Illinois, in a the 
     Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations program.
       Senate Section 735.--The conference agreement (Section 737) 
     gives the Secretary authority to use up to 20 percent of the 
     amount provided to carry out a competitive grants program 
     under section 401 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, 
     and Education Reform Act of 1998.
       Senate Section 736.--The conference agreement (Section 738) 
     provides watershed and flood prevention financial and 
     technical assistance to the Upper Tygart Valley Watershed, to 
     include 100 percent of the engineering assistance and 75 
     percent cost share for installation of water supply 
     components.
       Senate Section 737.--The conference agreement (Section 739) 
     authorizes the Department of Agriculture to use any 
     unobligated salaries and expenses funds to reimburse the 
     Office of General Counsel for representing such agencies in 
     the resolution of complaints by employees before the Equal 
     Employment Opportunity Commission and other employment 
     dispute agencies.
       Senate Section 738.--The conference agreement (Section 740) 
     prohibits the use of funds appropriated by this Act to pay 
     the salaries of personnel to carry out section 14(h)(1) of 
     the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act.
       Senate Section 739.--The conference agreement (Section 741) 
     prohibits the use of funds appropriated by this Act to pay 
     the salaries of personnel to carry out subtitle I of the 
     Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act.
       Senate Section 740.--The conference agreement (Section 742) 
     prohibits the use of funds appropriated by this Act to pay 
     the salaries of personnel to carry out section 6405 of Public 
     Law 107-171.
       Senate Section 741.--The conference agreement (Section 743) 
     prohibits the use of funds appropriated by this Act to pay 
     the salaries

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     of personnel to carry out section 9010 of P.L. 107-171 that 
     exceeds 77 percent of the payment that would otherwise be 
     paid to eligible producers.
       Senate Sections 742 and 743.--The conference agreement 
     (Section 744) combines these sections and authorizes 
     watershed and flood prevention operations financial and 
     technical assistance for the Kuhn Bayou (Point Remove) 
     project in AR, and the Matanuska River erosion control 
     project in AK.
       Senate Section 744.--The conference agreement (Section 745) 
     amends the Food for Progress Act of 1985.
       Senate Section 745.--The conference agreement (Section 746) 
     rescinds $795,400 under the Cooperative State Research, 
     Education, and Extension Service, Buildings and Facilities 
     appropriation.
       Senate Section 746.--The conference agreement (Section 747) 
     prohibits funds in excess of $20,000,000 that have been 
     appropriated in fiscal year 2003 or preceding years as 
     authorized under the Agricultural Trade Development and 
     Assistance Act of 1954, to be used to reimburse the Commodity 
     Credit Corporation for the release of eligible commodities 
     under the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act.
       Senate Section 747.--The conference agreement (Section 748) 
     authorizes financial and technical assistance to the Dry 
     Creek/Neff's Grove project, UT, and the Jefferson River 
     Watershed, MT.
       Senate Section 748.--The conference agreement (Section 749) 
     includes a provision regarding the Denali Commission.
       Senate Section 749 and House Section 752.--The conference 
     agreement (Section 750 rescinds $5,000,000 of experimental 
     Rural Clean Water Program funds.
       Senate Section 750.--The conference agreement (Section 751) 
     includes language regarding Alaska's dairy and milk industry.
       Senate Section 751.--The conference agreement does not 
     authorize the transfer of funds from the Food and Nutrition 
     Service to the Economic Research Service to conduct studies 
     or evaluations.
       Senate Section 752.--The conference agreement (Section 752) 
     includes language regarding the Ogonowski farm.
       Senate Section 753.--The conference agreement (Section 753) 
     provides the Secretary of Agriculture with authority to 
     authorize employees of the Department to carry and use 
     firearms for personal protection while conducting field work 
     in remote locations.
       House Section 735 and Senate Section 754.--The conference 
     agreement (Section 754) provides not more than $28,000,000 
     for the Export Enhancement Program in fiscal year 2003.
       House Section 737.--The conference agreement does not 
     include a general provision limiting the alteration and 
     repair of buildings.
       House Section 738.--The conference agreement does not 
     include language regarding citrus canker. This matter is 
     addressed in Division N of this conference agreement.
       House Section 739.--The conference agreement does not 
     include House Section 739 regarding the release of sensitive 
     information. The Senate had no similar provision. The 
     conferees fully expect that all departments and agencies for 
     which funding is made available by this Act give careful 
     scrutiny to the release of information in order to ensure 
     adequate protections are maintained for all departmental and 
     agency personnel. The conferees do not imply that there 
     should be a disruption of routine agency reporting of program 
     activities directed either through statute or agency 
     practice, but that general safeguards should be in place to 
     ensure security for all facilities and personnel.
       House Section 740.--The conference agreement (Section 755) 
     makes the municipality of Carolina, Puerto Rico, eligible for 
     grants and loans of the Rural Utilities Service.
       House Section 741.--The conference agreement (Section 756) 
     includes language prohibiting the use of funds to carry out 
     section 7404 of P.L. 107-171. This prohibition will allow the 
     Department to conduct its assessment of a National Academy of 
     Sciences study that was released on December 10, 2002. The 
     conferees agree that any similar study must be thoroughly 
     justified prior to any expenditure of funds.
       House Section 742.--The conference agreement (Section 757) 
     authorizes the Agricultural Marketing Service and the Grain 
     Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, to 
     purchase interest-bearing investments outside of Treasury 
     without posting them as obligations and outlays in the 
     records of the agency as long as they are insured and/or 
     collateralized.
       House Section 744 and Senate Section 728.--The conference 
     agreement (Section 758) provides up to $10,000,000 for costs 
     associated with the distribution of commodities under the 
     Food Stamp Act of 1977.
       House Section 745.--The conference agreement (Section 759) 
     includes the House provision regarding a Wetlands Reserve 
     Acreage limitation.
       House Section 746.--The conference agreement (Section 760) 
     includes the House provision regarding an Environmental 
     Quality Incentives Program limitation.
       House Section 747.--The conference agreement does not 
     include a Conservation Security Program limitation.
       House Section 749.--The conference agreement does not 
     include a general provision concerning the consolidation of 
     the Food and Drug Administration Office of Public Affairs and 
     Office of Legislation.
       House Section 753.--The conference agreement does not 
     include a limitation on contracts with corporations in tax 
     haven countries.
       Senate Section 755.--The conference agreement (Section 761) 
     includes language regarding the Rural Electrification 
     Administration loan program.
       Senate Section 756.--The conference agreement does not 
     include language regarding the restoration of fish, wildlife, 
     and associated habitats in watersheds of certain lakes.
       Senate Section 757.--The conference agreement (Section 762) 
     provides $250,000,000 for assistance for emergency relief 
     activities and makes the funds available through September 
     30, 2004.
       Senate Section 758.--The conference agreement (Section 763) 
     includes language regarding oilseeds.
       Senate Section 759.--The conference agreement (Section 764) 
     amends section 524 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act by 
     changing ``may'' to ``shall'' in regards to a grant to the 
     Northeast Center for Food Entrepreneurship at the University 
     of Vermont.
       Senate Section 760 and House Section 750.--The conference 
     agreement (Section 765) includes language regarding the 
     Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938.
       Senate Section 761.--The conference agreement does not 
     include language expressing the Sense of the Senate regarding 
     conservation technical assistance. The House had no similar 
     provision. The conferees very strongly concur with an opinion 
     issued by the General Accounting Office (GAO) on October 8, 
     2002, that conservation technical assistance for a number of 
     Farm Bill conservation programs should be provided from funds 
     of the Commodity Credit Corporation and that use of 
     Conservation Operations appropriations for that purpose is 
     contrary to law. Elsewhere in this Act, language is provided 
     consistent with the legal finding of the GAO on this issue. 
     The conferees direct the Administration to reconsider 
     immediately its position in order to prevent USDA from being 
     responsible for making impossible the delivery of 
     conservation programs necessary for protection of this 
     nation's natural resources.
       Senate Section 762.--The conference agreement (Section 766) 
     extends the time period for certain Rural Housing Service 
     funds.
       Senate Section 763.--The conference agreement includes 
     language (Section 767) relating to corn acreage.
       Senate Section 764.--The conference agreement does not 
     include Senate section 764 expressing the Sense of the Senate 
     regarding international humanitarian food assistance. The 
     conferees note the worsening conditions in many nations where 
     adverse weather, social upheaval, warfare, and other causes 
     have placed millions of people in dire threat of starvation. 
     In addition, increased commodity prices have further strained 
     the resources for food aid made available through direct 
     appropriations. The conferees direct the Secretary of 
     Agriculture to give immediate attention to the growing risk 
     and reality of this global tragedy, as witnessed in Africa 
     and other continents, and make use of existing authorities of 
     the Commodity Credit Corporation to assist in food assistance 
     to those areas. In addition, the Secretary should consult 
     with the President on the need to submit an emergency 
     supplemental request to the Congress to make additional 
     resources available for this purpose.
       Senate Section 765.--The conference agreement does not 
     include language on the sale of milk into California.
       The conference agreement (Section 768) rescinds $11,000,000 
     of fiscal year 2002 and prior year funds out of section 
     523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949.
       The conference agreement (Section 769) provides that the 
     Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, 
     and Children (WIC) shall be exempt from the across-the-board 
     rescission under section 601 of division N.
       The conference agreement (Section 770) includes language 
     regarding grain warehouses.
       The conference agreement (Section 771) includes language 
     regarding organic standards for meat.

                   Conference Total--With Comparisons

       The total new budget (obligations) authority for the fiscal 
     year 2003 recommended by the Committee of Conference, with 
     comparisons to the fiscal year 2002 amount, the 2003 budget 
     estimates, and the House and Senate bills for 2003 follow:

                       [In thousands of dollars]

New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2002.......$73,078,443
Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal year73,530,527
House bill, fiscal year 2003.................................74,263,068
Senate bill, fiscal year 2003................................74,701,068
Conference agreement, fiscal year 2003.......................74,391,068
Conference agreement compared with:
  New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2002......+1,312,625
  Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal year+860,541
  House bill, fiscal year 2003.................................+128,000
  Senate bill, fiscal year 2003................................-310,000

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 DIVISION B--COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED 
                     AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS, 2003

                                TITLE I

                         DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

                         General Administration


                         salaries and expenses

       The conference agreement recommends a total of $100,579,000 
     for General Administration for fiscal year 2003. This account 
     supports the development of policy objectives and the overall 
     management of the Department of Justice. The recommendation 
     provides inflationary adjustments to maintain the current 
     operating level in fiscal year 2003, and includes an increase 
     of $2,000,000 as requested for the Office of Intelligence 
     Policy and Review (OIPR) to address the increase in Foreign 
     Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) requests. The conferees 
     expect OIPR to provide quarterly briefings to the Committees 
     on Appropriations beginning April 1, 2003 on FISA-related 
     activities, issues, and compliance with Congressional 
     directives. The conferees expect that of the funding being 
     transferred to the Department of Homeland Security from 
     General Administration, that $3,000,000 shall be used for the 
     chemical plant vulnerability assessments as authorized under 
     Public Law 106-40.
       The conferees direct the Justice Department to submit a 
     report to the Committees on Appropriations by June 27, 2003 
     assessing physical security needs of all domestic and foreign 
     installations. The conferees also direct the Attorney General 
     to submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations no 
     later than June 4, 2003, that includes cost estimates and 
     timelines for developing an International Law Enforcement 
     training academy in Mexico in one of the following states: 
     Chiapas, Durango, Oaxaca, or Yucatan.
       The conferees are aware that the Justice Department intends 
     to cap the reimbursement per employee for professional 
     liability insurance (PLI) at $50, a cut of up to $65, due to 
     ``budget shortfalls''. The conferees are unaware of any 
     shortfalls. The Justice Department is directed to reimburse 
     employees for the full amount policy allows for PLI. The 
     Assistant Attorney General for Administration is directed to 
     issue a circular to components to that effect and to confirm 
     by letter, with circular attached, to the Committees on 
     Appropriations that this directive has been implemented.
       The conferees are not satisfied with the efforts of the 
     Justice Department and the State Department to repatriate 
     criminal aliens. A recent Supreme Court decision held that 
     criminal aliens cannot be detained indefinitely. The 
     conferees are concerned that potentially violent criminal 
     aliens will be released into the United States because 
     efforts to repatriate these individuals have been 
     unsuccessful. The conferees therefore include bill language 
     directing the Attorney General to notify the Secretary of 
     State in each instance when a foreign country denies or 
     unreasonably delays, under section 243 of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act, the repatriation of a criminal alien who is 
     a citizen, subject, national or resident of that country. The 
     conferees believe that this language will equip the Secretary 
     of State and the Attorney General with the legal authority to 
     prevent the release of violent criminal aliens in the United 
     States.
       The conferees support the Department's efforts to develop a 
     unified financial management system which will bring the 
     Justice Department into compliance with Federal Financial 
     Management Improvement Act accounting system standards and 
     security requirements. The conferees are aware that the 
     unified financial management system is an eligible purpose 
     for retained earnings in the Working Capital Fund and direct 
     the Justice Department to use $8,900,000 in retained earnings 
     during FY 2003 for this purpose. The conferees believe that 
     Working Capital Fund retained earnings should be used for 
     specific projects rather than being used to meet recurring 
     costs, such as audit contract expenses.
       Consistent with the report submitted to the Committees on 
     Appropriations in May 2002 regarding the number of containers 
     used for storage of classified information, the conference 
     agreement includes necessary sums to continue efforts to 
     replace locks used to store classified information.
       The Department is directed to submit a report to the 
     Committees on Appropriations by June 1, 2003 regarding the 
     feasibility of making Foreign Agents Registration Act 
     information available on line to the public, as is data from 
     the Lobbying Disclosure Act.
       The conferees remind the Department and its components that 
     the use of recoveries is subject to the requirements included 
     in section 605 of this Act.
       The conferees include bill language carried in previous 
     years regarding the position and workyear limits for the 
     Offices of Public Affairs and Legislative Affairs, and 
     include language, carried in previous years, which (1) makes 
     up to $3,317,000 of this appropriation available until 
     expended for the Departmental building, renovation, 
     maintenance, and security needs; (2) specifies the amount of 
     funding provided for the Department Leadership Office; and 
     (3) authorizes the Attorney General to transfer property to 
     state or local government agencies to support community-based 
     health and safety programs.


                     joint automated booking system

       The conference agreement includes $15,973,000 for the 
     continued deployment of a Joint Automated Booking System 
     (JABS). The conferees have not adopted the Administration's 
     request to combine JABS activities with the ongoing 
     integration of the Immigration and Naturalization Service's 
     IDENT fingerprint system with the Federal Bureau of 
     Investigation's IAFIS fingerprint system (IDENT/IAFIS). 
     Funding for IDENT/IAFIS activities is provided under a 
     separate account. The conferees expect JABS incentive funds 
     to be distributed to the component or components making the 
     best progress in installing and operating the system.
       This funding level enables Justice Department law 
     enforcement components--the U.S. Marshals Service, the 
     Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Drug Enforcement 
     Administration, and the Bureau of Prisons--to share arrest 
     information using a common information technology platform. 
     The Immigration and Naturalization Service, now part of the 
     Department of Homeland Security (DHS), is directed to 
     continue participating in JABS. The Attorney General and the 
     Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit a report to the 
     Committees on Appropriations by June 27, 2003 to determine if 
     other DHS law enforcement components should participate in 
     JABS. The report should include expected operations and 
     maintenance costs, and an assessment of whether state and 
     local law enforcement agencies should have access to JABS. 
     JABS is a secure information system that has automated the 
     booking process, allowing law enforcement agencies to 
     electronically share criminal data to improve criminal 
     identification response times and avoid duplication of 
     booking data entry.


  automated biometric identification system/integrated identification 
                           system integration

       The conferees recommend $9,000,000 for continued 
     integration of the FBI Automated Biometric Identification 
     System and the INS Integrated Automated Fingerprint 
     Identification Systems (IDENT/IAFIS). As noted previously, 
     the conferees do not adopt the Administration's request to 
     establish an Identification Systems Integration account. Of 
     the amount provided, $1,000,000 is for a pilot program for 
     software for IAFIS that is capable of expedited background 
     checks and that is capable of ten fingerprint to less than 
     ten fingerprint comparisons. This funding level will enable 
     IDENT/IAFIS to be deployed to additional sites, and will 
     provide other refinements to, and planning for, the system. 
     The Department of Justice, in cooperation with the Department 
     of Homeland (DHS), is directed to provide a cost and 
     operational effectiveness analysis, complete with 
     implementation milestones, to the Committees on 
     Appropriations by June 27, 2003. This report should determine 
     if other DHS law enforcement components should participate in 
     this ongoing integration effort.


                   legal activities office automation

       The conference agreement includes $15,942,000 in direct 
     appropriations for Legal Activities Office Automation (LAOA). 
     In addition, the conferees direct that an additional 
     $61,185,000 be derived from a transfer from the Working 
     Capital Fund, to provide a total of $77,127,000 for LAOA 
     activities.
       This account centrally funds the acquisition, deployment, 
     and maintenance of Legal Activities Office Automation (LAOA) 
     systems, the largest components of which are the Justice 
     Consolidated Network and the Justice Consolidated Office 
     Network. Funding provided supports ongoing computer 
     modernization programs for the legal divisions, including the 
     Antitrust Division, the Executive Office for Immigration 
     Review, the Community Relations Service, and General Legal 
     Activities. This year, the conference agreement directs that 
     the Bureau of Prisons and Office of Justice Programs begin 
     efforts to migrate onto this network.
       The conference agreement includes bill language to provide 
     for expenses related to design, development, engineering, 
     acquisition, and implementation of office automation systems. 
     The recommendation also includes language modified from 
     language carried in previous Appropriations acts regarding 
     the list of participating components.


                       narrowband communications

       The conference agreement includes a total of $101,757,000 
     for Narrowband Communications, including direct 
     appropriations of $81,354,000 and $20,403,000 in recoveries. 
     The conferees note that $68,043,000 remains unobligated in 
     this account from prior year appropriations, and that funds 
     for new and replacement radios and related costs are also 
     provided in the modular costs allotted to each of the law 
     enforcement components. New bill language is included 
     directing the Attorney General to transfer these modular 
     costs to the Narrowband account to ensure that funding 
     provided for radios is not diverted for other uses.
       The conferees expect the Department to continue 
     implementation of a consolidated, interagency Justice 
     Wireless Network (JWN) to meet component needs and improve 
     wireless capabilities, as such an approach will enhance 
     interoperability and reduce costs associated with narrowband 
     conversion. Amounts provided will be used to continue 
     implementation of the JWN, operate and maintain legacy 
     systems, expand the use of commercial services, and support 
     the Wireless Management Office (WMO). The conferees continue 
     to expect the Department to accommodate narrowband 
     requirements without significant additional new resources. 
     The conferees direct the WMO to continue to submit status 
     reports to the Committee as

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     directed in Public Law 106-553, to include an operational 
     plan for expenditure of funds.
       The Department shall provide a report to the Committees on 
     Appropriations by June 27, 2003 regarding the use of radios 
     and any deficiencies noted by Justice law enforcement 
     components during the events of September 11, 2001. The 
     conferees continue to support extensive efforts underway at 
     the Office of Justice Programs regarding the interoperability 
     of State and local law enforcement radios. The Department is 
     directed to determine, in coordination with the National 
     Institute of Justice, if there are interoperability solutions 
     that have been developed for state and local law enforcement 
     that could be applicable to Federal law enforcement 
     communication needs. No funding is provided under this 
     account for the Public Safety Wireless Information Network 
     (PSWIN). Instead, the conferees expect the Department's 
     participation in the PSWIN program and Project SAFECOM to be 
     funded within the resources provided under the Office of 
     Justice Programs, after consultation with the Committees on 
     Appropriations.
       The conferees recommend bill language, as carried in 
     previous years, regarding the costs of conversion to 
     narrowband communications, and the costs of operating and 
     maintaining land mobile radio legacy systems.


                         counterterrorism fund

       The conference agreement includes $1,000,000 for the 
     Counterterrorism Fund to cover extraordinary costs associated 
     with a terrorist threat or incident. This level, when 
     combined with current unobligated balances and recoveries of 
     $49,281,000, ensures a total level of $50,281,000 for fiscal 
     year 2003.
       The Counterterrorism Fund was established in the 1995 
     Supplemental Appropriations Act after the bombing of the 
     Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, and is 
     under the control and direction of the Attorney General. 
     These funds may be used to reimburse any Department of 
     Justice organization for the costs incurred from the 
     reestablishment of an office or facility damaged or destroyed 
     as a result of a domestic or international terrorist 
     incident, and to cover extraordinary expenses necessary to 
     counter, investigate, or prosecute domestic or international 
     terrorism activities. The Attorney General is required to 
     notify the Committees on Appropriations in accordance with 
     section 605 of this Act prior to obligation of any funds from 
     this account.
       The conferees recommend bill language, carried in previous 
     Appropriations acts, which makes funds available: (1) for 
     costs incurred in reestablishing the operational capacity of 
     an office or facility damaged or destroyed by a terrorist 
     incident; and (2) for support to counter, investigate, or 
     prosecute terrorism, including payments of rewards and 
     detention costs in connection with these activities.


                   administrative review and appeals

       The conference agreement includes $191,535,000 for 
     Administrative Review and Appeals. Of the total amount 
     provided, $189,713,000 is for the Executive Office of 
     Immigration Review (EOIR), and $1,822,000 is for the Pardon 
     Attorney. This level includes an increase of $8,000,000 to 
     address the growing immigration judge workload as a result of 
     increases in Immigration and Naturalization Service 
     enforcement activities.
       The Attorney General is directed to submit a report to the 
     Committees on Appropriations by April 30, 2003, regarding the 
     implementation of the changes to the Bureau of Immigration 
     Appeals process announced by the Attorney General August 23, 
     2002.
       This appropriation supports the EOIR, which includes the 
     Board of Immigration Appeals, Immigration Judges, and 
     Administrative Law Judges who decide through administrative 
     hearings on the admission or exclusion of aliens seeking to 
     enter the country, and the transportation and adjustment of 
     status of aliens whose status has been challenged; and the 
     Office of the Pardon Attorney, which receives, investigates 
     and considers petitions for all forms of Executive clemency.


                           detention trustee

       The conference agreement includes $1,366,591,000 for the 
     Federal Detention Trustee. This amount includes transfers of 
     $592,985,000 from the Immigration and Naturalization Service 
     and $773,606,000 from the Federal Prisoner Detention account. 
     Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, the Trustee is 
     directed to report to the Committees on Appropriations 
     regarding the appropriateness of transferring to the Trustee 
     any U.S. Marshals Service and Immigration and Naturalization 
     Service personnel involved in procuring detention space.
       The conferees are aware that a number of States have excess 
     prison capacity. Therefore, the Detention Trustee is directed 
     to use existing State prison capacity if it meets Federal 
     standards and is cost effective. In addition, the conferees 
     direct the Detention Trustee, in collaboration with the 
     Bureau of Prisons and the Office of Justice Programs, to 
     submit a plan to the Committees on Appropriations by April 
     30, 2003, to evaluate the health and safety of Federal 
     prisoners in non-Federal institutions. The conferees also 
     urge the Detention Trustee to continue its efforts with the 
     Federal Judicial Center regarding alternatives to detention.
       The recommendation also includes $1,000,000 for development 
     of the National Repository. The conferees direct the 
     Department's Chief Information Officer to assist the 
     Detention Trustee in establishing this clearinghouse as 
     quickly as possible. The Committees on Appropriations expect 
     to be regularly briefed on progress in establishing this 
     repository.
       The Detention Trustee shall report to the Committees on 
     Appropriations regarding its aircraft replacement procurement 
     strategy not later than 180 days after enactment of this Act.
       Section 114 of Public Law 106-113 directs that health care 
     services provided for individuals in the custody of the U.S. 
     Marshals Service (USMS) and the Immigration and 
     Naturalization Service (INS) shall not exceed the lesser of 
     the amount that would be paid for a similar service under 
     Medicare and Medicaid. The conferees direct the Detention 
     Trustee to review the impact that this language has had on 
     the delivery of health care services. The review shall 
     include: (1) an analysis of the cost of providing health care 
     to individuals in USMS and INS custody of the Federal Prison 
     System, including transportation and security costs; (2) the 
     impact section 114 has had on the availability of the health 
     care services throughout the country to individuals in the 
     custody of the Department; and (3) any recommended changes to 
     USMS, INS, FPS policies to ensure that individuals in the 
     custody of the Department have access to necessary health 
     care services at affordable rates. The conferees expect that 
     the study will be funded by the affected components. The 
     Detention Trustee shall submit its review to the Committees 
     on Appropriations no later than 180 days after the enactment 
     of this Act.
       The conferees include bill language, modified from the 
     request, which provides for the transfer of funding from the 
     Detention Trustee to the USMS or to the Immigration 
     Enforcement and Border Affairs account. The Committee also 
     (1) recommends language carried in previous years regarding 
     the authorities of the Detention Trustee; (2) modifies 
     language previously carried regarding the construction of 
     detention facilities; (3) provides that unobligated balances 
     available in prior years from funds appropriated to the 
     Federal Prisoner Detention account be transferred to the 
     Detention Trustee account; and (4) directs that the Detention 
     Trustee and the Bureau of Prisons develop a plan for 
     evaluating the health and safety of Federal prisoners in non-
     Federal facilities.

                      Office of Inspector General

       The conference agreement includes $57,937,000 for the 
     Office of Inspector General. The recommended level includes a 
     $2,000,000 increase to address additional responsibilities 
     resulting from P.L. 107-56.
       The Office of Inspector General conducts and supervises 
     audits and investigations relating to the programs and 
     operations of the Department of Justice, and keeps the 
     Attorney General and Congress informed about problems and 
     deficiencies relating to the administration of such programs 
     and activities. As the Nation's chief law enforcement agency, 
     it is essential that the motives and actions of the Justice 
     Department be above reproach. The conferees urge the 
     Inspector General to be sensitive to such concerns and to 
     continue to ensure the integrity and fairness of Justice 
     Department management processes and Federal law enforcement 
     efforts.
       The conference agreement includes bill language providing 
     up to $10,000 to meet unforeseen emergencies and for the 
     acquisition and operation of motor vehicles.

                    United States Parole Commission


                         salaries and expenses

       The conference agreement includes $10,488,000 for the U.S. 
     Parole Commission for fiscal year 2003.
       The Commission is an independent body within the Department 
     of Justice that makes decisions regarding requests for parole 
     and supervision of Federal and District of Columbia (D.C.) 
     Code prisoners. As a result of legislation that established 
     sentencing guidelines, the Parole Commission is phasing down 
     its Federal operations. In August 1998, the Commission 
     assumed jurisdiction over D.C. felony prisoners and D.C. Code 
     parolees. When the D.C. Board of Parole ceased to exist, the 
     Commission inherited a parole revocation caseload with a 
     significant backlog of warrant requests and revocation 
     hearings. In a May 2002, report to the Committee, the 
     Attorney General reported that the Commission is responsible 
     for conducting hearings and making parole decisions for over 
     3,000 Federal inmates; supervising about 4,000 Federal 
     offenders currently on parole; and rendering parole 
     revocation decisions for nearly 1,000 Federal offenders every 
     year. The Commission also conducts hearings and adjudicates 
     parole decisions for more than 7,000 eligible D.C. offenders 
     who committed their crimes before August 5, 2000.

                            Legal Activities


            Salaries and Expenses, general legal activities

       The conference agreement includes $611,325,000 for General 
     Legal Activities for fiscal year 2003. This appropriation 
     supports the Attorney General through the establishment of 
     litigation policy, conduct of litigation, and various other 
     legal responsibilities. The distribution of funding provided 
     is as follows. The conferees remind the legal divisions that 
     changes to these levels are subject to section 605 
     requirements in this Act.

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                        General Legal Activities

                       [In thousands of dollars]

          2003 appropriation
Solicitor General                                                $7,706
Tax Division                                                     75,520
Criminal Division...............................................129,766
Civil Division..................................................207,718
Environment and Natural Resources................................70,814
Office of Legal Counsel...........................................5,474
Civil Rights Division...........................................105,099
Interpol-USNCB....................................................8,862
Office of Dispute Resolution........................................366
                                                             __________
                                                             
    Total......................................................$611,325
                                                               ==========
_______________________________________________________________________

       Criminal Division.--The conference agreement provides a 
     total of $129,766,000, 810 positions and 822 workyears for 
     the Criminal Division, to address cyber-terrorism, foreign 
     legal assistance, foreign counterintelligence, and white 
     collar crime. The Criminal Division is directed to submit a 
     report to the Committee by May 2, 2003, on the $4,800,000 
     enhancement provided in Public Law 107-117 to coordinate 
     international legal activities related to the September 11, 
     2001 terrorist attacks.
       Civil Division.--The recommendation provides a total of 
     $207,718,000, 1,042 positions and 1,063 workyears for the 
     Civil Division. Included in this amount is an increase of 
     $10,000,000 for administrative expenses associated with the 
     September 11th Victim Compensation program. The conferees 
     direct the Office of the Special Master and the Civil 
     Division to submit a report to the Committee by July 7, 2003 
     containing an update on the status of awards provided from 
     the September 11th Victims Compensation Fund.
       The conferees include bill language carried in previous 
     Appropriations acts allowing the Attorney General to provide 
     additional resources to the Civil Division, if emergent 
     circumstances warrant, through transfers of funds from other 
     Department of Justice sources. The conference agreement 
     includes $23,388,000 in funding available to the Department 
     through the Working Capital Fund for the requested tobacco 
     and other litigation activities. The conferees also include 
     $1,996,000 for administrative expenses associated with the 
     Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) of 1990, as 
     amended. This program was established, in accordance with 
     RECA, to permit the payment of claims to individuals exposed 
     to radiation as a result of atmospheric nuclear tests and 
     uranium mining. Previously, these funds had been appropriated 
     under a separate account. New language is included in this 
     bill reflecting that funding is now being provided under the 
     Civil Division. The conferees expect the Civil Division to 
     absorb any additional requirements for processing RECA claims 
     from other resources available to the Civil Division.
       The conferees do not include requested programmatic 
     increases for the Commercial Litigation section. Any 
     additional requirements may be covered within existing 
     resources through the regular reprogramming process. The 
     funding level recommended for the Civil Division includes the 
     requested reduction of $1,762,000, reflecting improvements 
     achieved as a result of the Torts Litigation Division's use 
     of automated litigation support.
       Civil Rights Division.--The conferees include $105,099,000, 
     753 positions and 755 workyears, the full amount requested, 
     for the Civil Rights Division to enforce voting rights, 
     disability rights, and other civil rights policies.
       Trafficking.--An estimated 1 to 2 million people are 
     trafficked each year worldwide, with women and children 
     making up at least 700,000 of this total. It is estimated 
     that 50,000 of these women and children are trafficked into 
     the United States annually by crime rings and loosely 
     connected criminal networks. The Department of Justice is 
     directed to provide a report to the Committees on 
     Appropriations by May 9, 2003, regarding the Department's 
     litigation and law enforcement efforts to combat trafficking 
     in persons.
       Courtroom technology.--The amounts provided include 
     $5,200,000 for courtroom technology to be distributed among 
     the divisions on the basis of need.
       The conference agreement includes bill language, similar to 
     that included in previous fiscal years, which: (1) allows up 
     to $20,000 for expenses of collecting evidence; (2) makes up 
     to $10,000,000 for litigation support contracts available 
     until expended; (3) makes up to $1,000 available to the 
     INTERPOL-USNCB for reception and representation expenses; and 
     (4) allows the Attorney General to transfer funds to address 
     emergent circumstances in the Civil Division. The conferees 
     also recommend bill language, included in previous 
     Appropriations acts under a separate heading, for 
     administrative expenses in accordance with RECA. The 
     recommendation does not include requested bill language 
     making a portion of funds for certain activities available 
     until expended.


               the national childhood vaccine injury act

       The conference agreement includes a reimbursement of 
     $4,028,000 for fiscal year 2003 from the Vaccine Injury 
     Compensation Trust Fund to cover the Department of Justice's 
     expenses associated with litigating cases under the National 
     Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986.


               Salaries and Expenses, Antitrust Division

       The conference agreement provides $133,133,000 for the 
     Antitrust Division as proposed by the Senate, instead of 
     $134,295,000 as proposed by the House. This amount will be 
     offset with Hart-Scott-Rodino fee collections, regardless of 
     the year of collection, resulting in no direct 
     appropriations.
       The Conferees understand that due to changes in the Hart-
     Scott-Rodino fee structure and a reduction in merger activity 
     that the number of pre-merger filings requiring review 
     declined by 76 percent between fiscal year 2000 and fiscal 
     year 2002. In light of this decline in filings, the Conferees 
     direct the Antitrust Division to submit a financial and 
     performance plan to the Committees on Appropriations within 
     60 days of enactment of this Act. The plan shall outline how 
     the Division intends to vigorously enforce our nation's 
     antitrust laws.


             Salaries and Expenses, United States Attorneys

       The conference agreement provides $1,503,767,000 for the 
     U.S. Attorneys. This appropriation supports the Executive 
     Office of U.S. Attorneys and the 94 U.S. Attorneys Offices, 
     which serve as the principal litigators for the U.S. 
     Government for criminal, civil, and debt collection matters.
       Corporate Fraud.--To aggressively prosecute cases of 
     corporate fraud, the conference agreement includes an 
     increase of $13,000,000 to support the Justice Department's 
     Corporate Fraud Task Force.
       Intermodal Security Pilot Project.--The conferees recommend 
     $5,000,000 for Project Seahawk, an Intermodal Security pilot 
     project, to be coordinated by the Office of the U.S. 
     Attorneys. The U.S. Attorneys are directed to provide a spend 
     plan to the Committees on Appropriations not later than March 
     15, 2003.
       Legal Education.--The conference agreement provides 
     $18,842,000 for legal education and distance learning at the 
     National Advocacy Center (NAC), and if merited, the NAC may 
     expand or include antiterrorism, cybercrime and financial 
     investigation classes. The conferees also include an increase 
     of $6,000,000 to expand distance learning capabilities at the 
     NAC.
       U.S. Attorneys Anti-Terrorism Task Forces.--The conferees 
     note that the Joint Terrorism Task Forces, which were 
     established in 1980 and have since grown to be active in each 
     of the 56 FBI field offices, include representatives of 
     local, State, and Federal law enforcement, including U.S. 
     Attorneys, as well as other relevant participants from each 
     community. The conferees believe that the Joint Terrorism 
     Task Forces should play the lead Federal coordinating role 
     with respect to multi-agency counterterrorism efforts, and 
     that the U.S. Attorneys should continue to participate in 
     these Task Forces rather than maintain a separate set of U.S. 
     Attorneys task forces.
       Violent crime task forces.--The conference agreement 
     includes an additional $1,500,000 within available resources 
     to continue and expand task force activities associated with 
     Operation Streetsweeper.
       Cybercrime and Intellectual Property Enforcement.--Twenty-
     five percent of the software produced in the United States 
     has been copied illegally in violation of U.S. copyright 
     laws. The estimate of lost revenue to such industries exceeds 
     $300 billion annually. Therefore, the agreement includes 
     $10,000,000 for the continued pursuit of Federal copyright 
     law violations and software counterfeiting crimes. The U.S. 
     Attorneys shall report to the Committees on Appropriations by 
     April 30, 2003, on the number, type and location of copyright 
     prosecutions undertaken in the preceding year, including 
     those under Public Law 105-147.
       The conferees also include bill language, similar to that 
     included in previous fiscal years, which: (1) makes up to 
     $2,500,000 for debt collection purposes available through 
     fiscal year 2004; (2) makes available up to $8,000 for 
     official reception and representation expenses; (3) makes up 
     to $10,000,000 for automated litigation support contracts 
     available until expended; (4) provides not to exceed 
     $2,500,000 for the operation of the National Advocacy Center 
     to remain available until expended; and (5) specifies the 
     number of positions and workyears provided for the United 
     States Attorneys.


                   United States Trustee System Fund

       The conference agreement provides $155,736,000 for the 
     United States Trustees, to be funded entirely from offsetting 
     collections, instead of $159,161,000 as proposed by the House 
     and $150,381,000 as proposed by the Senate. The Conferees 
     understand that this account has $5,399,000 in prior year 
     unobligated balances previously appropriated to the Trustee. 
     The Conferees direct that these balances be used to offset 
     this account's fiscal year 2003 operational requirements.
       The conference agreement includes $750,000 for the 
     Bankruptcy Training Center at the National Advocacy Center, 
     in support of the Trustees' continuing education program.


      Salaries and expenses, foreign claims settlement commission

       The conference agreement includes $1,136,000 for the 
     Foreign Claims Settlement Commission for fiscal year 2003.
       The Commission settles claims of American citizens arising 
     out of nationalization, expropriation, or other takings of 
     their properties and interests by foreign governments.

                     United States Marshals Service


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The conference agreement includes $680,474,000 for this 
     account, instead of $684,174,000 as provided by the House and

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     $673,146,000 as provided by the Senate. The conference 
     agreement does not include the table included in the 
     Statement of Managers accompanying the Senate bill. However, 
     the Marshals are directed to submit a spend plan to the 
     Committees on Appropriations by March 30, 2003 for this 
     account that is as detailed as the Senate table. The 
     conference agreement includes $3,300,000 for Electronic 
     Surveillance Unit (ESU) recurring costs, $1,000,000 for hand/
     leg cuffs, and $10,015,000 for special assignments.
       Warrant Information Network. The conference agreement 
     includes not less than $2,766,000 (excluding a $500,000 
     transfer from the Justice Detainee Information System) for 
     the Warrant Information Network and subscriptions to various 
     networks and on-line systems. The Marshals, with assistance 
     from the Justice Department's Chief Information Officer, are 
     expected to implement the recommendations included the 
     Justice Department's Inspector General report (03-03) 
     concerning the Marshal Network and the Warrant Information 
     Network.
       Protection of the Judicial Process. The conference 
     agreement transfers $15,800,0000 for 106 senior Deputy U.S. 
     Marshals [DUSMs] from the ``Court Security'' account in title 
     III to this account. The conferees expect DUSMs and physical 
     security experts to regularly survey courthouses and make 
     security recommendations to the courts and the Committees on 
     Appropriations. In addition, the agreement provides 
     $5,650,000 for 40 additional personnel and equipment, as 
     requested, for the protection of the Judiciary for high 
     threat trials. In addition, the agreement includes $2,259,000 
     for 18 positions to be allocated to those districts with the 
     highest priority needs.
       Courthouse security equipment. The conference agreement 
     includes $12,061,000 for security equipment, furnishings, 
     relocations, and telephone systems and cabling to improve 
     security at the most ill-equipped courthouses. The 
     distribution of these funds shall be described in the 
     aforementioned spend plan.
       Fugitive apprehensions. The conference agreement includes 
     increases over the fiscal year 2003 request of $2,268,000 to 
     fully annualize the two existing fugitive task forces, 
     $2,916,000 to establish two additional centrally-managed 
     fugitive task forces in the heartland, and $2,750,000 for ESU 
     personnel, training, and equipment.
       Other. The conference agreement also includes increases 
     over the fiscal year 2003 request of $1,715,000 to establish 
     a permanent Marshals Service presence in Jamaica, the 
     Dominican Republic, and Mexico and $10,424,000 for vehicles. 
     The conferees encourage the USMS to minimize the financial 
     burden of Federal court security on State and local 
     jurisdictions to the degree possible.


                              CONSTRUCTION

       The conference agreement includes $15,126,000 for this 
     account.
       Construction engineering consultants.--The Committee is 
     aware that the Marshals have been using funds allocated by 
     Congress for consulting services on construction projects to 
     pay the federal salaries of nine permanent employees hired in 
     fiscal year 2000. Apparently, this diversion of funds was 
     prompted by confusion over terms and dollar amounts used by 
     the Marshals and Congress. The Conferees expect the salaries 
     of permanent employees to be paid out of the ``Salaries and 
     Expenses'' account. The Marshals are directed to report on 
     the proper execution of the construction engineering funds 
     not later than 30 days after enactment of this Act.
       Billings, MT.--The funds provided for construction for 
     Bilings shall only be available to renovate the Marshals 
     Service space, including designated prisoner movement and 
     holding areas, in the existing federal courthouse, space 
     previously occupied by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. No other 
     proposals are to be considered.


                     fees and expenses of witnesses

       The conference agreement includes $175,645,000 for Fees and 
     Expenses of Witnesses for fiscal year 2003. This 
     appropriation, which is considered mandatory for scorekeeping 
     purposes, provides for fees and expenses of witnesses who 
     appear on behalf of the Government in cases in which the 
     United States is a party, including fact and expert 
     witnesses, mental competency examinations, and witness/
     informant protection. Funds are also used to provide private 
     counsel to pay certain legal expenses of Federal employees. 
     This year, the conferees also include the costs associated 
     with the U.S. Marshals Service Witness Protection Program.
       The conferees include new bill language regarding the 
     Witness Protection Program, and include language from 
     previous Appropriations acts which allows: (1) up to 
     $6,000,000 for protected witness safesites; (2) up to 
     $1,000,000 for the purchase and maintenance of armored 
     vehicles for prisoner transportation; and (3) up to 
     $5,000,000 for installation and operation of a secure 
     automated network.


           Salaries and expenses, Community Relations Service

       The conference agreement includes $9,474,000 for the 
     Community Relations Service for fiscal year 2003. The 
     agreement continues a provision that allows the Attorney 
     General to transfer up to $1,000,000 from funds made 
     available to the Department of Justice to this account, 
     thereby providing for a total funding level of up to 
     $10,744,000.
       The Community Relations Service was established by Title X 
     of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to provide assistance to 
     communities in resolving disagreements arising from 
     discriminatory practices.
       The conference agreement includes bill language, identical 
     to that included in previous years, which allows the Attorney 
     General to provide additional resources for the Community 
     Relations Service, if emergent circumstances exist, through 
     the transfer of funds from other Department of Justice 
     programs, and subject to the requirements of section 605 of 
     this Act. The conference agreement also includes modified 
     language, as requested, clarifying the definition of the 
     activities of the Community Relations Service.


                         Assets Forfeiture Fund

       The conference agreement includes $21,901,000 for the 
     Assets Forfeiture Fund for fiscal year 2003.
       This account provides funds for additional investigative 
     expenses of the FBI, DEA, and USMS, such as purchase of 
     evidence, equipping of conveyances, and investigative 
     expenses leading to seizure. Funds for these activities are 
     provided from receipts in the Assets Forfeiture Fund 
     resulting from the forfeiture of assets. Expenses related to 
     the management and disposal of assets are also provided from 
     these receipts in the Assets Forfeiture Fund by a permanent 
     indefinite appropriation.

                      INTERAGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT

                 Interagency Crime and Drug Enforcement

       The conference agreement includes $372,131,000 for 
     Interagency Crime and Drug Enforcement (ICDE) for fiscal year 
     2003. The ICDE program was created in 1982 to ensure a 
     coordinated, multi-agency approach to attacking and 
     dismantling high-level drug enterprises. Through its nine 
     regional task forces, the ICDE program utilizes the combined 
     resources and expertise of its 11 Federal agency members, in 
     cooperation with State and local investigators and 
     prosecutors, to target and destroy major narcotics 
     trafficking and money laundering organizations. Amounts 
     provided reimburse Department of Justice components for their 
     costs to participate in ICDE task forces. Additional funding 
     for non-Justice Department agencies' participation in ICDE is 
     provided in other Appropriations acts. It is expected that 
     the Immigration and Naturalization Service will continue to 
     participate in this effort.
       The table below reflects funding levels for each of the 
     components. The Justice Department is reminded that changes 
     to these levels are subject to section 605 of this Act.

                         REIMBURSEMENT BY AGENCY
                        [In thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                       POS          FTE         Amount
------------------------------------------------------------------------
DEA..............................        1,176        1,076      135,485
FBI..............................          912          912      118,334
INS..............................          117          117       16,345
U.S. Marshals Service............           13           13        2,109
U.S. Attorneys...................          895          851       91,993
Criminal Division................           18           14        2,078
Tax Division.....................           10            8          982
Administrative Office............           12           12        4,805
    Total........................        3,153        3,003      372,131
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       The conferees have communicated concerns with regard to the 
     ability of Federal law enforcement to maintain a strong focus 
     on combating illegal drugs following the FBI's shift of some 
     567 agents away from drug investigations. The Committees on 
     Appropriations approved the FBI's restructuring, and at the 
     same time requested a comprehensive plan to ensure that all 
     of the resources available to the Department of Justice to 
     fight illegal drugs are deployed in priority locations. The 
     Committees later approved a proposal by the DEA to shift 100 
     of its agents and support staff in response to the withdrawal 
     of FBI agents. The Committee commends the DEA for taking this 
     action. However, the Committee has yet to receive a 
     comprehensive drug strategy from the Department, and urges 
     submission of this plan without further delay.
       The conference agreement includes an increase of 
     $15,000,000 for the Drug Enforcement Administration for their 
     participation in task force operations. The conferees commend 
     the management of this program for emphasizing a strong focus 
     on disrupting and dismantling the major drug trafficking 
     organizations, and expect that this infusion of DEA agents 
     and support staff will further enhance these efforts. The 
     conferees also include an increase of $6,050,000 for needs 
     associated with OCDETF wiretap investigations generated by 
     the DEA's Special Operations Division, and an increase of 
     $724,000 for the U.S. Attorney's to establish an electronic 
     surveillance tactical group to assist U.S. Attorney's offices 
     in conducting electronic surveillance. To further the Justice 
     Department's ability to investigate the links between illegal 
     drugs and terrorism, an increase of $3,000,000 is provided 
     for additional financial investigative training and support.
       The conferees include bill language, similar to that 
     included in previous Appropriations acts, which: (1) allows 
     for inter-governmental agreements with State and local law 
     enforcement agencies; (2) makes $50,000,000 available until 
     expended; (3) allows funds to be used under existing 
     authorities available to participating organizations; and (4) 
     allows the Attorney General to reallocate unobligated 
     balances among participating organizations, subject to the 
     reprogramming procedures described in Section 605 of this 
     Act.

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                    Federal Bureau of Investigation


                         Salaries and Expenses

       The conference agreement includes $4,234,587,000 for the 
     Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) salaries and expenses 
     account for fiscal year 2003. This level provides 
     programmatic increases totaling $491,281,000 to support the 
     FBI's core missions of counterterrorism, counterintelligence, 
     and cybercrime. The conferees also include increases to 
     combat violent crime and white collar crime, and for much 
     needed information technology enhancements. In addition to 
     the amounts provided to the FBI in this account, the 
     conferees have included bill language and additional funding 
     to establish a new account, the Foreign Terrorist Tracking 
     Task Force (FTTTF).
       The following distribution represents the conference 
     agreement. The conferees remind the FBI that changes in this 
     distribution are subject to the reprogramming requirements in 
     section 605 of this Act.

                        FBI SALARIES AND EXPENSES
                        [In thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Activity                  POS          FTE         Amount
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Criminal, Security and Other
 Investigations:
    Organized Crime Enterprises..        4,223        4,224      567,085
    White Collar Crime...........        4,120        3,978      516,326
    Other Field Programs.........       11,419       10,892    1,678,963
                                  --------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Criminal,               19,762       19,094    2,762,374
       Security and Other
       Investigations............
                                  ======================================
Law Enforcement Support:
    Training and Recruitment.....          930          912      140,089
    Forensic Services............          789          724      204,434
    Information Technology.......          377          344      257,117
    Technical Field Support and            669          625      408,040
     Services....................
    Criminal Justice Services....        1,902        1,913      208,698
                                  --------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Law Enforcement          4,667        4,518    1,218,378
       Support...................
Program Direction and                    2,018        1,967      253,835
 Administration:
                                  --------------------------------------
      Total, Direct                     26,447       25,579    4,234,587
       Appropriations............
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       Specific funding increases are provided as follows:
       Counterterrorism and Counterintelligence.--The conference 
     agreement includes increases of $181,431,000 to bolster 
     counterterrorism and counterintelligence activities of the 
     FBI. Of this, an increase of $20,000,000 is provided for 
     intelligence analysts and associated equipment and support; 
     and an increase of $5,000,000 is to be transferred from the 
     FBI to the DEA's Special Operations Division (SOD) to ensure 
     continued collaboration on SOD activities. The FBI is 
     expected to reinvigorate its participation in this multi-
     agency task force in order to strengthen the Justice 
     Department's ability to investigate links between the sale of 
     illegal drugs and terrorism. The conferees also include an 
     additional $38,246,000 for NIPC, including $17,221,000 to 
     fund phase II of a three-phase research and development 
     initiative being run by the Special Technologies & 
     Applications Unit. The conferees fully expect the STAU to 
     have occupied 4,000 square feet recently made available at 
     its new location in Virginia not later than March 31, 2003. 
     To ensure that these resources are completely integrated with 
     other information technology improvement programs underway at 
     the FBI, the FBI Chief Information Officer is directed to 
     review all ongoing information technology products and 
     activities of the cyber division, including the National 
     Infrastructure Protection Center, to ensure that activities 
     underway are commensurate with the mission of the FBI, and 
     that the products and techniques being developed are shared 
     with the FTTTF and other law enforcement agencies, as 
     appropriate. Finally, the conference agreement includes 
     $6,804,000 to expand the polygraph program.
       Joint Terrorism Task Forces.--The conference agreement 
     includes an increase of $20,000,000 for the Joint Terrorism 
     Task Forces (JTTF) which have been successful in enhancing 
     the coordination of law enforcement at state, local and 
     Federal levels. The conferees, while supportive of the 
     concept of the JTTFs, want to ensure that these efforts 
     complement and do not duplicate other counterterrorism 
     efforts underway at the Department. Toward that end, the 
     Bureau is directed to submit a report to the Committees on 
     Appropriations that includes a thorough discussion of JTTF 
     caseload over the last five years by type (domestic/foreign), 
     offense(s), and disposition (referred for prosecution, 
     prosecuted, convicted, etc.) on a task force by task force 
     basis. The report should also include an explicit discussion 
     of threats in existing or proposed JTTF locations. The report 
     shall be delivered not later than April 30, 2003.
       Trilogy.--To date, the Committees on Appropriations have 
     provided the FBI with $457,800,000 for Trilogy, the FBI's 
     three year information technology upgrade plan. Funding of 
     $237,000,000, $132,000,000 more than requested, was provided 
     in Public Law 107-117 to complete the three-year funding 
     stream in two years and to hasten deployment. The conferees 
     continue to urge the FBI to deploy Trilogy as quickly as 
     possible while ensuring the integrity of the program. The 
     fiscal year 2003 level includes an additional $8,000,000 as 
     requested for Trilogy contractor support. The Bureau shall 
     continue to provide quarterly status reports to the 
     Committees on Appropriations regarding Trilogy 
     implementation. In addition, the FBI CIO is directed to 
     submit a plan to the Committee by March 31, 2003 for 
     reviewing all of the FBI's some 40 plus databases, with the 
     goal of removing applications that have outlived their 
     usefulness in order for the FBI to concentrate resources 
     on the highest priority information technology needs.
       Information Technology Infrastructure.--In addition to the 
     increase provided for Trilogy, the conference agreement 
     provides increases of $126,776,000 to continue efforts to 
     provide the FBI with the most modern, efficient and effective 
     information technology tools to enable it to prevent 
     terrorist acts and further other critical priorities, 
     including counterintelligence and cybercrime. Within this 
     amount, the following increases are provided: $50,300,000 for 
     investigative data warehousing; $11,000,000 for collaborative 
     capabilities; $10,000,000 for digital storage and retrieval 
     of documents from counterterrorism investigations; 
     $17,444,000 for mainframe upgrades and continuity of 
     operations at FBI headquarters; and $3,032,000 for secure 
     video teleconferencing. The agreement also includes an 
     increase of $5,000,000 for data mining. The conferees are 
     concerned that data mining efforts underway at the FBI, the 
     DEA and the Foreign Terrorist Tracking Task Force are not 
     being coordinated or exploited to the fullest extent 
     possible. Toward that end, the Justice Department is directed 
     to provide a report to the conferees by June 13, 2003 on 
     efforts to ensure that these efforts are complimentary, and 
     not duplicative, both from a technological standpoint, and a 
     law enforcement perspective. The conferees remain committed 
     to providing the FBI with adequate resources to ensure that 
     its information technology infrastructure enhances its 
     ability to prevent or investigate acts of terrorism and other 
     crimes for which it has responsibility. Toward that end, the 
     conferees have provided an additional $30,000,000 above the 
     request for emergent information technology needs. These 
     funds are made available to the FBI subject to the submission 
     of spend plans pursuant to section 605 requirements of this 
     Act.
       Information Technology Report.--The Committees on 
     Appropriations have provided the FBI with significant 
     increases for information technology. To ensure that this 
     funding is being centrally coordinated in order to provide 
     the greatest return on investment, the conferees expect the 
     FBI to provide an updated information technology report. This 
     report shall include a complete listing of all information 
     technology projects; the stage of each project's development 
     and deployment; base funding for each project, to include all 
     sources of funding; the fiscal year 2002 and 2003 funding 
     level of each project; and the outyear cost projections for 
     each project, including recurring requirements for operations 
     and maintenance of these systems. This report should also 
     include a plan for ensuring regular technology refreshment 
     replacement cycles, as well as estimated costs for these 
     needs. This report is to be submitted to the Committees on 
     Appropriations by July 21, 2003.
       Internet cafe.--The conference agreement includes 
     $3,620,000 for Internet cafe. A combination of a virtual 
     private network and the electronic equivalent of a mail drop, 
     Internet cafe will allow the FBI to establish a very low cost 
     secure network that parallels Trilogy and protects it from 
     penetration. The Bureau shall provide a report to the 
     Committees on Appropriations on the distribution and use of 
     Internet cafe sites not later than May 1, 2003.
       The conference agreement provides an additional $12,612,000 
     above last year's level for tactical operations. The amount 
     provided should allow the FBI to keep pace with the explosion 
     of court-ordered surreptitious entries and the rapid advance 
     in easily obtained security technology and to cope with the 
     new threat of entry into facilities contaminated by 
     biological, chemical, radiological, or other hazardous 
     materials. The agreement also includes $18,435,000 as 
     requested for information assurance and $29,738,000 for the 
     Enterprise Security Operations Center to continue efforts to 
     ensure

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     that sensitive data is more effectively managed. The Security 
     Division is directed to provide an update to the Committee by 
     April 30, 2003 regarding the FBI's internal security efforts. 
     This review should include an update on the use of the new 
     information technology enhancements provided during fiscal 
     year 2002. The agreement also includes additional resources 
     above the request for intelligence production needs, as well 
     as surveillance and tactical operations.
       The conference agreement also includes an increase of 
     $5,000,000 to ensure the highest integrity language 
     translation program, and to aggressively reduce the backlog 
     of documents that need to be translated. The FBI is directed 
     to work with the Foreign Service Institute regarding 
     language-training needs of the FBI. The conferees believe 
     that the FBI needs to develop more in-house expertise with 
     regard to language translation capabilities. The FBI is also 
     directed to submit a report to the Committees on 
     Appropriations by June 2, 2003 regarding efforts to implement 
     section 323 of Public Law 107-306, development of a civilian 
     linguistic reserve corps.
       Legal Attache Program.--The FBI received funding in Public 
     Law 107-206 to establish additional Legats, update the Legat 
     information infrastructure, and provide additional resources 
     to existing Legats that have realized appreciable workload 
     increases following the September 11th, 2001 terrorist 
     attacks. Accompanying report language directed that the FBI 
     submit a review of the Legat program prior to establishing 
     additional Legats. The Committees on Appropriations have yet 
     to receive this report. The FBI is directed to consult with 
     the Committees on Appropriations within 30 days following the 
     enactment of this Act to review the plan to deploy these 
     additional resources.
       Quantico Training.--The ongoing FBI restructuring plan 
     revolves around a dramatic change in philosophy, shifting the 
     FBI's focus from investigating crimes to preventing acts of 
     terrorism. This change, coupled with the recruitment of new 
     agents, analysts and other support personnel, has created 
     significant new training requirements. The conferees 
     therefore provide $10,000,000 above the request for training 
     needs, including support for the newly created College of 
     Analytic Studies at Quantico, and for enhanced training in 
     the fields of cybercrime, counterintelligence and 
     counterterrorism. This additional funding shall also support 
     the establishment of a program to provide senior FBI agents 
     and support staff with the ability to earn advanced degrees 
     in specialized areas that will broaden and enhance their on-
     the-job effectiveness.
       Support.--The conference agreement also provides increases 
     of $9,333,000 for the Hazardous Materials Response Unit, 
     $3,272,000 for the Hazardous Devices School, and $7,919,000 
     for Evidence Response Teams.
       DNA matching.--The conference agreement includes an 
     increase of $867,000 for the Federal Convicted Offender 
     Program, which maintains a DNA database of Federal convicts 
     for cross-referencing with crime scene evidence. The 
     conference agreement also includes an increase of $4,000,000 
     to maintain or establish four regional mitochondrial DNA 
     (mtDNA) forensic labs in affiliation with the FBI Laboratory. 
     The labs will analyze mtDNA from human remains or other 
     evidence to assist law enforcement in the identification of 
     missing persons or criminal perpetrators. Affiliation with 
     the FBI Laboratory ensures that uniform standards and 
     procedures are maintained by all of the participating 
     laboratories doing mtDNA analysis. The conferees note that 
     the four scientists and technicians required to oversee 
     regional labs were funded last year, but the labs themselves 
     were not.
       Serial rapists.--The conference agreement includes an 
     increase of $1,005,000 to expand the Violent Criminal 
     Apprehension Program to include sexual assault cases, which 
     should greatly improve the ability of law enforcement at all 
     levels to identify, capture, and prosecute serial rapists.
       Forensic research.--The conference agreement includes an 
     increase of $8,056,000 over last year to fund the highest 
     priority forensic research proposals submitted to Congress by 
     the FBI Laboratory as part of its fiscal year 2002 spend 
     plan. The FBI shall report back to the Committees on 
     Appropriations on the disposition of these resources not 
     later than May 1, 2003.
       Engineering Research Facility.--Last year, Congress funded 
     the construction of a new annex at the Engineering Research 
     Facility (ERF). Since then, the conferees have become aware 
     that a flaw in the FBI's cost analysis, the failure to 
     include cabling, wiring, and equipment costs, and out-dated 
     pricing data, which failed to capture inflation through the 
     life of the construction project, resulted in an under-
     estimate of the true cost of the annex. Considering the 
     importance of this facility, the conference agreement 
     includes $7,945,000 to partially cover the full costs of the 
     ERF annex. The conferees urge the Bureau to complete this 
     project as quickly as is prudent.
       Aviation Support Program.--The conference agreement 
     includes an increase of $18,953,000, including $13,000,000 
     for additional aircraft and related equipment. The conferees 
     understand that the FBI is developing a proposal for needs 
     associated with locations in the Northeast, and direct the 
     FBI to submit this proposal in conjunction with a five year 
     aviation master plan that includes: (1) current fleet assets 
     by type, (2) logged flight hours by mission by aircraft/
     helicopter, (3) projected useful service life remaining by 
     aircraft/helicopter, (4) utilization of current fleet assets, 
     by mission type, for the last five years by year, and (5) 
     basing, by aircraft/helicopter locations. The plan should 
     also discuss the costs and benefits of maintaining versus 
     replacing current fleet assets through 2008, maldeployments 
     or other causes of underutilization of current fleet assets, 
     if applicable, and capabilities of current fleet assets 
     versus current and projected mission requirements. The report 
     shall be delivered not later than May 1, 2003.
       Violent Crime.--The conferees also include an increase of 
     $5,000,000 for the FBI's continued involvement in the 
     National Integrated Ballistics Information Network, or NIBIN. 
     Funding will support research, development and equipment for 
     these activities. The conference agreement also includes an 
     increase of $10,000,000 for efforts to combat violent crime. 
     The conferees expect the FBI to bring a national focus to 
     cases that cross jurisdictions, including the activities of 
     criminal alien gangs across the United States.
       White Collar Crime.--The conferees include an increase of 
     $10,000,000 to provide key investigative assets to fight 
     corporate fraud. This increase, along with increases provided 
     elsewhere in this bill for the Securities and Exchange 
     Commission and the U.S. Attorneys, will strengthen the 
     Federal government's capabilities to bring corporate 
     fraudsters to justice, and to protect investors, employees 
     and consumers.
       Trafficking.--The conferees support the FBI's continued 
     involvement in the Southeast European Cooperative Initiative, 
     and provide an increase of $3,000,000 above the request for 
     these purposes. As noted elsewhere in this report, the 
     Justice Department is directed to submit a report to the 
     Committees on Appropriations regarding efforts to combat 
     sexual trafficking.
       Advisory Board.--The conference agreement includes a 
     $5,000,000 increase and accompanying bill language to 
     establish an Advisory Board. The Advisory Board will be a 
     standing panel of outside experts to advise the FBI Director 
     on matters relating to science, technology, research, 
     engineering, information management, and other matters of 
     special interest to the FBI. The Committees on Appropriations 
     believe that the organizational changes and management 
     reforms being pursued by the current FBI Director would be 
     enhanced by the establishment of a panel of experts who can 
     independently and regularly advise the Director on how the 
     FBI can more effectively exploit and apply science and 
     technology to improve its operations, particularly with 
     respect to information sharing, data mining and the analysis 
     of information and evidence collected during investigations. 
     The efforts of the panel should be focused on the pressing 
     and complex technology challenges facing the FBI, 
     particularly the priorities of preventing terrorist attacks, 
     countering foreign intelligence operations, combating cyber-
     based attacks, and strengthening the FBI's collaboration with 
     other Federal law enforcement agencies and within the 
     Intelligence Community. The panel will focus exclusively on 
     strategic issues, and on suggesting and assessing 
     organizational strategies for applying technology. Not later 
     than 60 days after enactment of this legislation, the 
     Director shall report to the Committees on Appropriations 
     regarding progress toward establishing this panel.
       The conferees include bill language, similar to that 
     included in previous Appropriations acts, which provides: (1) 
     for purchase of not to exceed 1,576 passenger vehicles, of 
     which 1,085 will be for replacement only, without regard to 
     general purchase price limitations, and the acquisition and 
     operation of aircraft; (2) up to $70,000 for unforeseen 
     emergencies; (3) up to $65,000,000 for automated data 
     processing, telecommunications and technical equipment, and 
     up to $1,000,000 for undercover operations to remain 
     available until September 30, 2004; (4) not less than 
     $475,300,000 for counterterrorism investigations, foreign 
     counterintelligence, and national security activities; (5) up 
     to $10,000,000 to reimburse State and local police for 
     assistance related to violent crime, terrorism and drug 
     investigations; (6) up to $50,000 for official reception and 
     representation expenses; and (7) specifies the number of 
     positions and workyears provided for the Federal Bureau of 
     Investigation. In addition, bill language is included, as 
     carried in prior fiscal years, setting forth certain 
     authorities.

                 Foreign Terrorist Tracking Task Force

       The conference agreement establishes a separate account for 
     the Foreign Terrorist Tracking Task Force (FTTTF), and 
     includes funding of $62,000,000, the full amount requested, 
     for additional data collection and data sharing initiatives. 
     The conferees direct the Attorney General to ensure that the 
     efforts of the FTTTF are coordinated with, and not 
     duplicative of, other information technology enhancement 
     initiatives taking place throughout the Department.
       The conferees are concerned that there remain disagreements 
     within the Administration on the evidence needed to deny a 
     visa on terrorism grounds. The conferees expect the 
     Administration to develop a comprehensive set of standards by 
     which to review visa applications, and to provide training 
     for consular officers to use in reviewing visa applications. 
     More guidance about this issue is also provided under Title 
     IV of this Act. The conferees strongly support the 
     recommendations contained in GAO's report, Border Security: 
     Visa Process Should Be Strengthened as an Antiterrorism Tool, 
     and recommend that the

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     Administration implement its recommendations for 
     strengthening the visa application process.


                              construction

       The conferees include $1,250,000 for FBI construction.

                    Drug Enforcement Administration


                         Salaries and Expenses

       The conference agreement includes total budget authority of 
     $1,649,948,000 for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) 
     salaries and expenses account for fiscal year 2003, of which 
     $89,029,000 is derived from the Diversion Control Fund, 
     resulting in a direct appropriation of $1,560,919,000.
       The following distribution represents the conference 
     agreement. The DEA is reminded that any changes to this 
     distribution are subject to the reprogramming requirements in 
     section 605 of this Act.

                        DEA SALARIES AND EXPENSES
                        [In thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Activity                  POS          FTE         Amount
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Enforcement:
    Domestic Enforcement.........        2,225        2,119     $480,126
    Foreign Cooperative                    633          601      207,511
     Investigations..............
    Drug and Chemical Conversions          165          165       19,946
    State and Local Task Forces..        1,699        1,696      257,082
                                  --------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Criminal,                4,722        4,581      964,665
       Security and Other
       Investigations............
                                  ======================================
Investigative Support:
    Intelligence.................          956          973      127,133
    Laboratory Services..........          455          451       60,912
    Training.....................           99           98       25,529
    Research, Engineering, and             587          586      121,455
     Technical Operations........
    Information Technology.......          126          122      141,305
                                  --------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Law Enforcement          2,223        2,230      476,334
       Support...................
    Management and Administration          871          853      119,920
                                  --------------------------------------
      Total, Direct                      7,816        7,664    1,560,919
       Appropriations............
Division Control Fee Account.....          660          656       89,029
                                  --------------------------------------
    Total, Budget Authority......        8,476        8,320   $1,649,948
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       Additional Drug Enforcement Agents.--As noted elsewhere in 
     the conference agreement, the FBI's restructuring plan 
     shifted 567 agents away from drug investigations to focus on 
     fighting terrorism. Therefore, to compensate for this 
     reduction, the conference agreement includes $15,000,000 
     above the request to hire an additional 133 agents and 
     support staff. As noted earlier in this agreement, the 
     conferees note that the Justice Department has yet to submit 
     the plan requested by the Committees on Appropriations 
     regarding the strategy to maintain a strong focus on fighting 
     illegal drug activity. The Justice Department is directed to 
     submit this strategy as expeditiously as possible. The 
     agreement also includes $7,750,000 in available prior year 
     recoveries for vehicles, bullet proof vests, and other basic 
     equipment essential to agents in the performance of their 
     duties.
       Overseas Offices.--The DEA is directed to submit a report 
     to the Committees on Appropriations by May 23, 2003 which 
     provides a workload analysis and right sizing proposal as 
     warranted for each overseas offices to ensure that the most 
     urgent needs are being met with the limited resources 
     available.
       Financial Investigations.--The conference agreement 
     includes an increase of $4,121,000, 27 positions and 14 
     workyears, to strengthen the DEA's ability to better monitor 
     and track the financial holdings and transactions of drug 
     trafficking organizations, especially with regard to 
     investigating the links between the sale of illegal drugs and 
     terrorist organizations. Toward that end, the conference 
     agreement directs the DEA to use $25,000,000 in prior year 
     recoveries for activities of the Special Operations Division. 
     The FBI and the DEA shall brief the Committees on 
     Appropriations on a quarterly basis beginning July 7, 2003 
     regarding efforts in this area.
       Information Infrastructure.--The conference agreement 
     recommends an additional $6,683,000, 23 positions and 11 FTE 
     to further strengthen DEA's data security infrastructure. The 
     DEA should ensure that these enhancements are consistent with 
     the Department's overall information technology security 
     programs.
       Physical Security Measures.--The conference agreement 
     includes a requested increase of $18,000,000 for additional 
     anti-terrorism security measures at both domestic and foreign 
     locations. As noted earlier in this report, the conferees 
     expect the Justice Department to submit a comprehensive plan 
     to ensure the safety of employees at all installations.
       The conferees expect DEA to continue to provide quarterly 
     reports on the investigative workhours and funding, by type, 
     within major source and transit countries, including the 
     Caribbean, delineated by country and function. The DEA shall 
     report to the Committees on Appropriations, by June 1, 2003, 
     providing a trend analysis gleaned from information provided 
     in these reports.
       OxyContin.--The Committee on Appropriations continue to be 
     concerned with the availability of legal drugs that are 
     diverted for illegal use, and in particular the prescription 
     drug OxyContin, especially in Virginia, West Virginia and 
     Kentucky. This epidemic is gaining a foothold in other areas 
     of the country. To continue progress toward establishing a 
     nationwide prescription drug monitoring program, the 
     conferees include $10,000,000 under the Office of Justice 
     Programs (OJP) to continue implementation of the Harold 
     Rogers Prescription Drug Monitoring Program. The conferees 
     expect the DEA to continue to work with OJP on the 
     implementation of this program, and to continue to provide 
     the Committees on Appropriations with regular updates 
     regarding efforts to thwart the illegal diversion of 
     OxyContin and other legal drugs.
       Methamphetamines.--The conferees remain concerned with the 
     continuing problem of Ecstasy and methamphetamine use across 
     the United States. The conferees expect the DEA to continue 
     working with OJP and COPS on the implementation of its COPS 
     methamphetamine programs, and to continue participating in 
     the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas, particularly those 
     operating in the Midwest, to combat the influx of 
     methamphetamines.
       Aviation Support Program.--The conferees direct the DEA to 
     submit a five year aviation master plan that includes: (1) 
     current fleet assets by type, (2) logged flight hours by 
     mission by aircraft/helicopter, (3) projected useful service 
     life remaining by aircraft/helicopter, (4) utilization of 
     current fleet assets, by mission type, for the last five 
     years by year, and (5) basing, by aircraft/helicopter 
     locations. The plan should also discuss the costs and 
     benefits of maintaining versus replacing current fleet assets 
     through 2008, maldeployments or other causes of 
     underutilization of current fleet assets, if applicable, and 
     capabilities of current fleet assets versus current and 
     projected mission requirements. The report shall be delivered 
     not later than May 1, 2003.
       Drug Diversion Control Fee Account.--The recommendation 
     includes $89,029,000 for DEA's Drug Diversion Control Program 
     for fiscal year 2003. The conference agreement assumes that 
     the level of balances in the Fee Account are sufficient to 
     fully support diversion control programs in fiscal year 2003. 
     As was the case in previous fiscal years, no funds are 
     provided in the DEA salaries and expenses appropriation for 
     this account in fiscal year 2003.
       To control the diversion, distribution, manufacture and 
     abuse of legitimate pharmaceuticals, DEA annually registers 
     in excess of 900,000 drug handlers, of which over 1,670 are 
     manufacturers, distributors, importers, exporters, and others 
     handling large volumes of controlled substances. These 
     registrants pay fees, which fully support the cost of this 
     program. The conferees are aware that the DEA is proposing to 
     change its fee structure, and urge the DEA to consult with 
     the Committees on Appropriations regarding these changes.
       The conference agreement includes bill language which 
     provides: (1) up to $70,000 for unforeseen emergencies; (2) 
     for expenses for drug education and training programs; (3) 
     for purchase of passenger vehicles without regard to general 
     purchase price limitations, and acquisition and operation of 
     aircraft; (4) up to $33,000 for permanent change of status 
     costs; (5) up to $1,800,000 for research to remain available 
     until expended; (6) up to $4,000,000 for evidence and 
     information, up to $10,000,000 for automated data processing 
     and telecommunications, up to $2,000,000 for laboratory 
     equipment, $4,000,000 for technical equipment, and $2,000,000 
     for aircraft replacement parts to remain available until 
     September 30, 2004; and (7) up to $50,000 for official 
     reception and representation expenses. In addition, language 
     is continued which specifies the number of positions and 
     workyears provided to DEA.


                              Construction

       The conference agreement includes $7,250,000 in available 
     prior year recoveries for construction of a new laboratory 
     facility in Miami, Florida.

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                 Immigration and Naturalization Service

       The conference agreement includes total new spending 
     authority of $6,159,529,000 for the Immigration and 
     Naturalization Service (INS) for fiscal year 2003. This 
     amount includes $3,848,456,000 in direct appropriations and 
     $2,311,073,000 in anticipated fee collections. The conference 
     agreement includes funding for border enforcement and 
     immigration services under the Salaries and Expenses account, 
     but does not adopt the Administration's request to establish 
     a Support and Administration account. The conferees are aware 
     that the INS will soon transfer from the Justice Department 
     to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Guidance 
     provided below is assumed to apply to any successor 
     organizations of the INS that may be created within the DHS.


                         salaries and expenses

       Funding provided for the INS Salaries and Expenses account 
     includes a total direct appropriation of $3,589,819,000 for 
     salaries and expenses, including $2,880,819,000 for 
     Immigration Enforcement and Border Affairs, and $709,000,000 
     for Immigration Services.

               Immigration Enforcement and Border Affairs

       The conference agreement includes $2,880,819,000 for 
     Immigration Enforcement and Border Affairs. This account 
     provides for activities related to border inspections, border 
     patrol, investigations, detention and deportation, and 
     intelligence.
       Entry Exit.--The conference agreement includes an increase 
     of $362,000,000, for the Entry Exit program and related 
     information technology infrastructure upgrades. This funding 
     is available for obligation pending submission of a 
     comprehensive plan from the Secretary of Homeland Security 
     for the Entry Exit program and needed information technology 
     upgrades. The Committees on Appropriations held a series of 
     briefings throughout the fiscal year regarding the planning 
     and progress of the Entry Exit program, but have been 
     disappointed by the lack of senior management involvement and 
     oversight of this program, and by the lack of detail about 
     how funds will be used. The conferees note that the 
     Administration provided a plan for expenditure of funds in 
     January 2003, which largely included funding for 
     construction, and did not provide any detail on the 
     technological solutions that would be employed to implement 
     this program, nor any discussion regarding the involvement of 
     Mexico and Canada and how any infrastructure changes between 
     the U.S. and these countries would be accomplished. The 
     conferees expect the INS to follow the direction contained in 
     the report accompanying Public Law 107-206 regarding the 
     involvement of the General Accounting Office (GAO) in the 
     development and review of the Entry Exit program. The GAO 
     should review and make recommendations to the INS prior to 
     submission of plans to the Committees on Appropriations. The 
     INS shall report to the Committees on Appropriations on a 
     quarterly basis, beginning April 1, 2003, regarding Entry 
     Exit program development. The conferees expect the INS to 
     ensure full and open competition with regard to procurement 
     actions, and to ensure that any funding proposals for 
     subsequent years include a full analysis of expected 
     operations and maintenance costs. As part of this plan, the 
     conferees encourage the INS to explore biometric alternatives 
     for use in developing more tamper resistant passports and INS 
     re-entry documents. The conferees also direct the DHS to 
     submit a report not later than July 1, 2003, to the 
     Committees on Appropriations identifying the number of green 
     cards currently used with no expiration date or security 
     features, the original date the cards were issued, as well as 
     a proposed plan to replace these older green cards, if 
     necessary.
       Passenger and Crew Manifests.--One of the primary goals of 
     the Entry Exit Program is to improve the collection, analysis 
     and dissemination of information on passengers and crews at 
     ports-of-entry, including the verification of traveler 
     identity and access to data relevant to the determination of 
     the excludability of the traveler. Such information is 
     critical to the development of threat assessments. The INS' 
     current paper-based system and stove-piped databases limit 
     its ability to produce and coordinate such information with 
     other agencies responsible for collecting this and similar 
     critical information. The Congress enacted Public Law 107-295 
     directing the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to 
     develop and establish a Maritime Intelligence System (MIS), 
     as defined in section 70113 of the Maritime Transportation 
     Security Act of 2002 to address this very problem. The MIS 
     system is intended to integrate and analyze collected data on 
     passenger and crew manifests and any other relevant 
     information that could be construed as potential threats 
     against the United States. In order for this system to work, 
     INS and other agencies that collect data on passengers and 
     crew manifests must cooperate fully. Therefore, the 
     conference agreement directs the INS to transfer $25,000,000 
     to the TSA as a reimbursement for its MIS activities and 
     requirements. The conferees expect MIS to include the data 
     collected through the Container Security Initiative (CSI) 
     program and other passenger, crew and cargo information 
     collection systems. The conferees understand that the CSI 
     program will enable the collection of additional shipping 
     data through enhanced cooperative relationships between the 
     U.S. Customs Service and foreign customs services.
       Border Patrol Agents.--The conference agreement includes an 
     increase of $57,207,000, 570 positions and 285 FTE for new 
     Border Patrol Agents, bringing the number of Border Patrol 
     Agents to 11,000. The conferees expect the INS to submit a 
     deployment plan to the Committees on Appropriations for the 
     new agents provided, and to ensure that this plan is 
     coordinated with construction projects and ongoing Entry Exit 
     program planning. The INS should continue to provide the 
     Committees on Appropriations with quarterly status reports on 
     border patrol hiring, with the first such report due no later 
     than April 1, 2003.
       Immigration Inspectors.--The conference agreement includes 
     an increase of $25,500,000 to hire an additional 460 land 
     border ports of entry inspectors. These inspectors shall be 
     deployed along both the Northern and Southern borders. The 
     conferees are concerned with staffing levels at the 
     Ambassador Bridge/Detroit Tunnel, the Santa Teresa and 
     Columbus ports of entry in New Mexico, and urge the INS to 
     ensure that staffing levels are sufficient at these important 
     ports of entry.
       Pay Upgrades.--In response to concerns raised regarding a 
     high rate of attrition of Border Patrol Agents and 
     Immigration Inspectors, the Committees on Appropriations 
     provided emergency supplemental funding in Public Law 107-206 
     for pay upgrades. The conference agreement continues this 
     direction by including an increase of $58,550,000 for pay 
     upgrades for Border Patrol Agents and Immigration Inspectors. 
     The conferees note that this was not in the Administration's 
     request. The conferees direct the Administration to submit a 
     legislative proposal to the Congress with the FY 2004 budget 
     that establishes a comprehensive, equitable program to 
     compensate Federal law enforcement.
       Interior Enforcement.--The conferees include an increase of 
     $10,000,000 for interior enforcement needs. This increase 
     will provide the INS with additional staff to investigate and 
     deport the more than 300,000 alien fugitives who have been 
     ordered removed or deported from the U.S. but have failed to 
     comply with those orders. The conferees are aware of a 
     growing number of illegal aliens in Bettendorf and Davenport, 
     Iowa; Moline and Rock Island, Illinois; and the Roanoke area 
     in the upper Shenandoah Valley, and direct the INS to review 
     staffing levels in these areas.
       Joint Terrorism Task Forces.-The conference agreement 
     continues to support the concept of Joint Terrorism Task 
     Forces (JTTFs), and therefore includes an increase of 
     $6,000,000, 59 positions and 30 FTE for INS participation in 
     JTTFs. This funding complements funding provided to the FBI 
     and other Department of Justice components for these multi-
     agency law enforcement activities.
       Interior Checkpoints.--Bill language is retained 
     prohibiting funds for the site acquisition, design, or 
     construction of any permanent Border Patrol checkpoint in the 
     Tucson sector. The INS is reminded that it must not operate a 
     checkpoint at the same location for seven consecutive days 
     during a 14-day period in the Tucson Sector. The conferees 
     direct INS to submit a report to the Committees on 
     Appropriations by June 27, 2003, regarding the checkpoint 
     program. This report should include a list of all 
     checkpoints, when they were established, a profile of all 
     resources associated with each checkpoint, as well as current 
     and historical statistics. This review should discuss the 
     checkpoint program, and how it complements the overall border 
     security enforcement strategy in recognition of urgent 
     homeland security issues. The conferees direct the Tucson 
     Sector to continue negotiations regarding the relocation of 
     Tucson Sector helicopter operations to Sierra Vista, Arizona.
       Border Patrol Equipment.--Of the amounts provided for 
     Border Patrol equipment, the Border Patrol is directed to 
     provide no less than $5,000,000 to procure lightweight 
     handheld thermal imagers for Border Patrol field use and 
     operations. The conferees support the continuation of ISIS 
     and RVIS, and direct the INS to submit a report to the 
     Committees on Appropriations by July 7, 2003, regarding the 
     status of these initiatives, particularly in light of the 
     deployment issues that have arisen on the Northern Border 
     because of the differences in climate and terrain. The 
     conference agreement also includes $40,000,000 for vehicles. 
     The conferees note that base funding is provided for every on 
     board agent, and funding for each new agent hired includes 
     funds to purchase new vehicles. The conferees urge the INS to 
     ensure that funds provided for vehicles and other basic agent 
     needs are spent as provided by the Congress, and not diverted 
     for other uses.
       Injured Illegal Aliens.--The conferees believe hospitals in 
     Cochise, Pima, Santa Cruz and Yuma Counties, Arizona are 
     bearing an unfair burden as a result of illegal immigrants 
     injured as a result of interaction with the Border Patrol, 
     and therefore direct the INS to provide such sums as 
     necessary to reimburse hospitals in these counties, as 
     authorized by sections 562 and 563 of the Illegal Immigration 
     and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, as amended. The 
     conferees believe that this one-time funding infusion is 
     appropriate until a nation-wide solution is developed in 
     fiscal year 2003. This funding is only available to the 
     extent that these costs are not otherwise reimbursed through 
     other Federal programs or cannot be recovered from the alien 
     or another person. The conferees direct the INS, in 
     coordination with

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     the Department of Health and Human Services, to provide a 
     report by July 1, 2003 to the Committees on Appropriations 
     with recommendations to address this issue.
       Trafficking.--To continue efforts to combat the illegal 
     trafficking into this country of some 50,000 women and 
     children every year, the conference agreement includes an 
     increase of $3,662,000 for costs associated with effectively 
     implementing provisions of the Victims of Trafficking and 
     Violence Protection Act. The conferees continue to be 
     supportive of the INS' Violence Against Women Act Processing 
     Unit which is responsible for the adjudication of immigration 
     cases filed by victims of violence including battered 
     immigrants, trafficking victims and other immigrant victims 
     of crime. The conferees encourage the Administration to 
     ensure that sufficient funding is available for the Unit to 
     continue to adjudicate and process immigration cases.
       Alternatives to Detention.--The conference agreement 
     includes $3,000,000 for alternatives to detention to promote 
     community-based programs for supervised release from 
     detention such as the Vera Institute for Justice's Appearance 
     Assistance Project or other similar programs. These funds 
     shall not be available for new or existing detention 
     facilities, including non-secure detention and/or shelter 
     care detention facilities.
       Legal Orientation.--The conference agreement also includes 
     $1,000,000 for non-governmental agencies to provide ``live 
     presentations'' to persons in INS detention prior to their 
     first hearing before an immigration judge. These 
     presentations will provide immigration detainees with 
     essential information about immigration court procedures and 
     the availability of legal remedies to assist detainees in 
     distinguishing between meritorious cases and frivolous cases.
       Criminal Aliens.--The conferees understand that the INS has 
     an ongoing program to identify and deport criminal aliens in 
     local and county jails, pursuant to Public Law 105-141, which 
     requires the Attorney General to establish a program in local 
     prisons to identify, prior to arraignment, criminal aliens 
     and aliens who are unlawfully present in the United States. 
     The conferees expect that within existing resources provided 
     for detention and removal of aliens, the INS will continue to 
     support this program, and increase resources as warranted for 
     these activities. A recent Inspector General audit noted a 
     number of problems in the INS' Institutional Removal Program, 
     including the fact that INS has failed to identify all 
     deportable criminal aliens, including aggravated felons. The 
     conferees support the recommendations provided in the audit, 
     and urge the INS to adopt them as expeditiously as possible. 
     Similarly, the conferees have provided funding for the High 
     Intensity Criminal Alien Apprehension and Prosecution program 
     to use automated fingerprint technology to improve the 
     identification, apprehension, and prosecution of previously 
     deported criminal aliens in L.A. County. The conferees direct 
     INS to allocate sufficient staff, if warranted, to the Los 
     Angeles office, in order to enter the fingerprint records of 
     all deportable criminal aliens incarcerated in prisons and 
     jails into the CAL-ID database in a timely fashion.

                          Immigration Services

       The conference agreement includes $709,000,000 for 
     Immigration Services.
       Eliminating the Backlog of Immigration Applications.--The 
     June 2002 Backlog Elimination Plan states that the INS will 
     reach a national average processing time of six months or 
     less for all applications by the end of fiscal year 2003, and 
     will achieve a processing time standard of six months or less 
     at every office by the end of fiscal year 2004. From 1993 to 
     2000, more than 6,900,000 legal immigrants have applied for 
     citizenship, more than in the previous 40 years combined. The 
     Committees on Appropriations have provided more than 
     $430,000,000 in appropriations to the INS over the last six 
     years to address the backlog of applications and to improve 
     the integrity of the naturalization process; this funding is 
     in addition to the more than $4,500,000,000 in fees that the 
     INS has collected to process applications. The INS estimates 
     that it will process about 9,400,000 applications in fiscal 
     year 2003. The conferees look forward to receiving quarterly 
     updates from the INS regarding efforts to achieve these new 
     standards. The conferees expect that if the INS realigns 
     existing staff to better address workload issues, that any 
     shift in employees will be subject to reprogramming 
     requirements in this Act.
       The conferees continue to hear from Members of Congress and 
     their constituents with concerns about the lack of 
     attentiveness to requests for better service with regard to 
     the processing of immigration applications. The conferees 
     receive many requests for additional resources in the nearest 
     INS office or for the opening of new INS offices to deal with 
     backlogs. The conferees again urge the INS to review staffing 
     levels throughout the country to ensure that resources are 
     deployed to match work requirements. The conferees expect the 
     INS to direct special emphasis toward backlog reduction 
     problems in Northern Virginia; New York, New York; the Bronx, 
     New York; the state of Iowa; Northern New Jersey; Florida; 
     Arizona; and Michigan. The conferees also urge the INS to 
     make every effort to acquire space in Portland, Oregon's 
     Central Business District for its District Office.
       Inadmissable Aliens.--The conferees direct the INS to 
     remain vigilant with regard to enforcing section 212 of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, as amended. This 
     section pertains to the general classes of aliens ineligible 
     to receive visas. The conferees are particularly concerned 
     with people who are granted entrance into the United States 
     who may have been foreign intelligence operatives against the 
     United States; who have been or are involved in trafficking 
     in persons; or who are foreign government officials who have 
     engaged in particularly severe violations of human rights or 
     religious freedom. The INS, in cooperation with the State 
     Department's Bureau of Consular Affairs, is directed to 
     submit a report no later than June 27, 2003, describing 
     efforts to enforce the provisions of Section 212. The 
     conferees continue to urge the Secretary of State and the 
     Attorney General to deny immigrant or non-immigrant visas to 
     any citizens of the People's Republic of China whom they 
     determine participates in or otherwise supports organ 
     harvesting.


                       offsetting fee collections

       The conference agreement assumes a total of $2,311,073,000 
     in offsetting fee collections paid by persons who are 
     traveling internationally or who are applying for immigration 
     benefits. These fees support activities related to the legal 
     admission of persons into the United States. The conferees 
     are concerned about the findings of a recent Inspector 
     General audit which found that INS fee collection procedures 
     are poor and subject to errors and theft. Therefore, the INS 
     is directed to adopt and enforce more stringent accounting 
     procedures regarding the collection of fees for these 
     activities as noted in this recent report.
       Immigration Inspections User Fees.--The conference 
     agreement assumes $658,295,000 of spending from offsetting 
     collections in this account. Last year, the conferees 
     supported an increase in the INS user fee account to provide 
     for additional inspectors and to facilitate the use of 
     technology to improve the ability to process international 
     air travelers and provide for greater security measures. 
     Despite these increases, the Congress continues to hear 
     concerns about staffing levels at airports around the 
     country. Therefore, the conferees expect the INS to hire up 
     to an additional 615 airport immigration inspectors and 
     support staff with the expected increase in fee revenues. The 
     conferees are particularly concerned with staffing levels at 
     the Detroit International Airport and the Miami International 
     Airport, and urge the INS to review staffing at all airports 
     to ensure appropriate coverage to facilitate travel while 
     ensuring secure borders. These new inspectors are expected to 
     be deployed at new and renovated terminals, as well as at 
     high growth airports. The conferees also direct the INS to 
     hire up to an additional 85 seaport immigration inspectors 
     and 8 support staff. The conferees include language 
     clarifying that the newly established immigration inspection 
     fee is intended to be applied to cruise ship passengers, and 
     not to individuals who use ferries on a daily basis. The INS 
     should consult with the Committees on Appropriations prior to 
     the deployment of these new positions.
       Immigration Examinations Fees.--The conference agreement 
     assumes $1,443,803,000 to support the adjudication of 
     applications for immigration benefits, to be derived from 
     fees collected from persons applying for immigration 
     benefits. This funding level assumes an increase of 
     $50,496,000 to continue efforts to reduce the backlog of 
     applications and at the same time improve the integrity of 
     the process. As noted previously, the INS is expected to 
     provide quarterly updates to the Congress regarding 
     implementation of its Five Year Backlog Reduction Plan. The 
     INS is expected to provide no less than $43,000,000 for the 
     telephone customer service center and no less than $7,200,000 
     for the indexing and conversion of INS microfilm images. The 
     conferees support the ongoing efforts of the INS to index and 
     convert deteriorating records to digital format, which 
     ensures that the records will be maintained, and more readily 
     searchable.
       Land Border Inspections Fees.--The conference agreement 
     assumes $21,700,000 in spending from the Land Border 
     Inspection Fund. The revenues generated in this account are 
     from Dedicated Commuter Lanes in Blaine and Port Roberts, 
     Washington; Detroit Tunnel and Ambassador Bridge, Michigan; 
     and Otay Mesa, California; and Automated Permit Ports which 
     provide pre-screened local border residents border crossing 
     privileges by means of automated inspections. The conferees 
     fully support the concept of Dedicated Commuter Lanes, and 
     expect the INS to employ the lessons learned in this program 
     to the development of the Entry Exit program.
       Breached Bond/Detention Fund.--The conference agreement 
     assumes $171,275,000 in spending for detention of illegal 
     aliens from the Immigration Breached Bond/Detention Fund in 
     fiscal year 2003. The allowance assumes that $50,069,000 will 
     be used to fund additional detention space needs. The 
     conferees expect the INS to rely on a mix of INS, private and 
     state facilities for these additional needs. Resources 
     available in this Fund are derived from the recovery of 
     breached cash and surety bonds in excess of $8,000,000, which 
     are deposited in the Fund as offsetting collections. In 
     addition, resources are also available in this account 
     from a portion of fees charged under section 245(i) of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act. The conferees are aware 
     that the number of detainee complaints and disturbances 
     has decreased at the

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     San Pedro Service Processing Center as a result of 
     counseling and religious services being offered to 
     detainees. The INS is directed to provide no less than 
     $1,500,000 to continue to provide such services to 
     detainees at the INS Service Processing Centers.
       H-1B Fees.--The conference agreement includes $10,000,000 
     to process H-1B visas.
       The H-1B is a temporary visa category for non-immigrant, 
     highly skilled workers.
       The conference agreement includes bill language, similar to 
     that included in previous Appropriations acts, which 
     provides: (1) up to $50,000 to meet unforeseen emergencies of 
     a confidential nature; (2) for the purchase of motor vehicles 
     for police-type use and for uniforms, without regard to 
     general purchase price limitations; (3) for the acquisition 
     and operation of aircraft; (4) up to $400,000 for research to 
     be available until expended; (5) up to $5,000,000 for 
     payments to State and local law enforcement agencies engaged 
     in cooperative activities related to immigration; (6) up to 
     $5,000,000 to fund or reimburse other Federal agencies for 
     costs associated with the repatriation of smuggled aliens; 
     (7) up to $5,000 for official reception and representation 
     expenses; (8) a limit on the level of funding for the Office 
     of Legislative and Public Affairs; (9) a limit on the amount 
     of funding available for non-career positions; (10) separate 
     headings for Immigration Enforcement and Border Affairs and 
     Immigration Services; (11) revised language carried in 
     previous Appropriations acts regarding the operation of the 
     checkpoints in the Tucson Sector; and (12) deletes language 
     carried in previous Appropriations acts regarding the 
     operation of the San Clemente and Temecula checkpoints.


                              construction

       The conference agreement includes $258,637,000 for 
     construction projects for the Immigration and Naturalization 
     Service for fiscal year 2003. The conference agreement does 
     not adopt the proposal of the Administration to provide 
     funding for construction under the salaries and expenses 
     account but instead continues funding for these activities 
     under a separate account.
       This funding directly supports the Congress' commitment to 
     ensuring that adequate facilities are provided for the 
     increasing number of Border Patrol Agents and Immigration 
     Inspectors being deployed to ensure safe borders. Of the 
     amounts provided, not less than $3,000,000 shall be used on 
     border fences and other barrier construction in the Douglas, 
     Naco and Nogales corridors, and such sums as necessary to 
     continue fencing efforts in the San Diego corridor. The 
     conferees direct that not less than $1,000,000 be used for 
     the Tucson Sector Air Operations facility in Sierra Vista, 
     which the Committees on Appropriations directed be 
     implemented last year.
       The conference agreement provides the following increases:

                       [In thousands of dollars]

Border Patrol Construction
  Southern Border
    Brownsville, TX BPS..........................................10,820
    Del Rio, TX Checkpoint System.................................5,300
    Eagle Pass, TX BPS...........................................10,486
    El Centro, CA BPS............................................14,235
    El Paso, TX BPS..............................................15,250
    Laredo, TX Checkpoint System..................................5,300
    McAllen, TX BP Sector HQ.....................................18,344
    San Diego Border Barriers.....................................1,000
    SW Border Barriers............................................8,000
    Tucson, AZ BP Station HQ.....................................25,600
                                                       ________________
                                                       
    Subtotal, Southern Border...................................114,335
                                                       ================

  Northern Border
    Bonner's Ferry, WA, BPS.......................................3,118
    Billings, MT BPS................................................278
    Grand Forks, ND BP Sector HQ....................................865
    Havre, MT BP Sector HQ..........................................997
    Havre, MT BPS...................................................157
    Sweetgrass, MT, BPS.............................................350
    White Fish, MT, BPS.............................................400
    NB Planning and Design........................................2,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
    Subtotal, Northern Border.....................................8,164
                                                       ================

    Subtotal, New Infrastructure................................122,499
  Charleston Border Patrol Academy...............................14,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
    Total, Program Changes......................................136,499

                         Federal Prison System


                         salaries and expenses

       The conference agreement includes a fiscal year 2003 
     appropriation of $4,071,251,000 for the salaries and expenses 
     of the Federal Prison System. The conferees recognize the 
     critical importance of providing adequate space for the 
     incarceration of sentenced and unsentenced Federal prisoners, 
     and the need to activate newly constructed prison facilities.
       Activation and Expansion of New Prisons.--The conference 
     agreement includes an increase of $101,416,000 for the 
     activation of the new medium security facility in Glenville, 
     West Virginia; and the new high security facilities at Big 
     Sandy, Kentucky; McCreary, Kentucky; and Victorville, 
     California. This amount will provide for more than 4,400 new 
     beds. The conferees also include increases of $10,132,000 for 
     expansion at the Marion, Illinois facility and at the 
     Safford, Arizona facility. This amount will provide for more 
     than 764 new beds.
       The conferees include new bill language designating funding 
     levels provided for the activities under this account. Bill 
     language, similar to that included in previous Appropriations 
     acts, is also included which provides: (1) for the purchase 
     of motor vehicles for police-type use; (2) for the provision 
     of technical advice to foreign governments; (3) for transfer 
     of funds to the Health Resources and Services Administration; 
     (4) for the Director to enter into contracts to furnish 
     health care; (5) up to $6,000 for reception and 
     representation expenses; (6) up to $20,000,000 for contract 
     confinement expenses for the care and security of Cuban and 
     Haitian entrants; and (7) for the Federal Prison System to 
     enter into contracts and other agreements with private 
     entities for multi-year periods for the confinement of 
     Federal prisoners. The conference agreement also includes a 
     requested change in the number of new and replacement 
     automobile purchases, and includes language, as requested, 
     designating an amount to remain available for two fiscal 
     years.

                        Buildings and Facilities

       The conference agreement includes $399,227,000 for fiscal 
     year 2003 for the construction, modernization, maintenance 
     and repair of prison and detention facilities housing Federal 
     prisoners. The conferees agree that none of the funds 
     appropriated for the Federal Prison System in this or prior 
     Appropriations acts for the construction of new prison 
     facilities shall be rescinded or cancelled. Further, the 
     conferees expect all current projects to move forward as 
     planned. The conferees provide increases of $225,972,000 for 
     facilities with prior funding:

                       [In thousands of dollars]

Facilities with prior funding:
  Hazelton, West Virginia........................................66,600
  FCI Pollock, Louisiana........................................116,872
  Berlin, New Hampshire..........................................20,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
    Subtotal...................................................$203,472
Expansions:
  Sandstone, Minnesota...........................................$5,300
  FCI Otisville, New York........................................11,600
  USP Florence, Colorado..........................................5,600
    Total New Funding..........................................$225,972
       The conference agreement includes bill language, similar to 
     that included in previous Appropriations acts, which allows: 
     (1) for planning, acquisition of sites, and construction of 
     facilities; (2) for acquisition, remodeling, and equipping 
     facilities by contract or force account; (3) up to 
     $14,000,000 to construct inmate work areas; (4) for use of 
     prisoner labor; and (5) up to 10 percent of this 
     appropriation to be transferred to the salaries and expenses 
     account.


   limitation on administrative expenses, federal prison industries, 
                              incorporated

       The conference agreement continues a limitation on 
     administrative expenses of $3,429,000 for Federal Prison 
     Industries, Incorporated, for fiscal year 2003.

                       Office of Justice Programs


                           Justice Assistance

       The conference agreement includes $201,291,000 for Justice 
     Assistance. The distribution of funding is as follows:


                           Justice Assistance

                         (Dollars in thousands)                  Amount
National Institute of Justice...................................$59,879
  Office of Science and Technology............................($33,000)
  Nat. Law Enforce and Corrections Tech Centers................(17,000)
Bureau of Justice Statistics.....................................32,335
Missing Children.................................................32,847
Regional Information Sharing System..............................29,000
White Collar Crime Information Center.............................9,230
Management and Administration....................................38,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
    Total.......................................................201,291
       National Institute of Justice (NIJ).--The conference 
     agreement provides $59,879,000 for the National Institute of 
     Justice.
       Office of Science and Technology.--The conferees commend 
     the efforts of the leadership of the National Institute of 
     Justice's (NIJ) Office of Science and Technology (OS&T). This 
     office has assisted local law enforcement in making 
     significant advances in the areas of non-intrusive, concealed 
     weapons and contraband detection, vehicle stopping, DNA 
     testing, public safety standards development, officer 
     protection, less-than-lethal incapacitation, public safety 
     communications, information management, counterterrorism, 
     crime mapping, location and tracking, secure communications, 
     and noninvasive drug detection. In addition, the conferees 
     commend and encourage the continuing partnership that OS&T 
     has developed with the National Institute of Standards and 
     Technology with the goal of developing standards and carrying 
     out scientific

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     and engineering research related to the public safety 
     community.
       To implement the mission of OS&T, pursuant to The Homeland 
     Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-296), the conference 
     agreement includes $33,000,000 for OS&T from within the 
     overall amount provided for NIJ. In addition, within the 
     funds provided for the local law enforcement block grant 
     program, $20,000,000 is for OS&T to assist local law 
     enforcement units in identifying, selecting, developing, 
     modernizing, and purchasing new technologies in accordance 
     with the aforementioned Act.
       The National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology 
     Centers.--Since 1994, the National Law Enforcement and 
     Corrections Technology Centers (NLECTC) have served the State 
     and local law enforcement and corrections communities by 
     providing support, research findings, and technical expertise 
     on issues that allow them to perform their jobs safer and 
     more effectively. The NLECTC system consists of facilities 
     located across the country and each facility specializes in 
     one or more specific areas of research and development. The 
     conferees commend the work that NIJ's Office of Science and 
     Technology [OS&T], and through it the NLECTC system, has done 
     to improve the capabilities of the law enforcement and 
     corrections communities. To further the work of the NLECTC 
     system, the conferees recommend $17,000,000 for the continued 
     support of the system. These funds are to be distributed 
     equally among the Northeast Regional Center, Southeast 
     Regional Center, Rocky Mountain Regional Center, Western 
     Regional Center, Rural Law Enforcement Technology Center, and 
     Northwest Center. The conferees continue to support the 
     Centers receiving reimbursable funding from other accounts as 
     needed.
       Within available funds, the conferees recommend that NIJ 
     consider funding the Center for Civil Force Protection and 
     the Public Safety Technology Assessment Facility at Sandia 
     National Laboratories in New Mexico. The Center provides 
     important physical security counterterrorism assistance to 
     Federal, State, and local law enforcement.
       In addition, the current year level is provided for the 
     Office of Law Enforcement Technology Commercialization, Inc. 
     and Facial Recognition.
       In addition to the above activities, within the amounts 
     provided, NIJ is to provide grants for the following 
     projects:
       $300,000 for Practitioners Assistance Team (PAT) to provide 
     technical assistance to State and local agencies attempting 
     to implement integrated justice systems;
       $1,000,000 for the University of Houston to study in-car 
     law enforcement technologies;
       $1,000,000 for the State of Virginia to develop a State-
     wide emergency communications plan to address communications 
     equipment and interoperability needs of first responders 
     throughout the State. The plan should address both the new 
     equipment needs of local first responder agencies and methods 
     for making current communications systems interoperable 
     within local jurisdictions and throughout the State. The 
     State is encouraged to build upon the experiences and 
     expertise learned in the National Institute of Justice's 
     interoperable communications pilot project in the City of 
     Alexandria (Project Agile);
       $500,000 for the Center for Advanced Media Analysis to fund 
     advanced research in the area of multi-media capture and 
     analysis of authorized law enforcement capture;
       $750,000 for Lane County, Oregon's Breaking the Cycle of 
     Juvenile Drug Abuse program to decrease juvenile crime and 
     drug abuse through early identification and intervention;
       $1,500,000 is for the Center for Task Force Training 
     Program;
       $750,000 to the North Carolina Attorney General's Office 
     for Telemarketing Fraud Enforcement and Privacy Project;
       $650,000 for the Mistral Security Non-Toxic Drug Detection 
     and Identification Aerosol Technology;
       $350,000 for the Pennsylvania Task Force on Prison 
     Overcrowding; and *
       $750,000 for Operation Ceasefire in Charleston, SC for 
     overtime for response teams.
       Missing Children.--The conference agreement includes 
     $32,847,000 for the Missing Children Program for the 
     following purposes:

                        MISSING CHILDREN PROGRAM
                        [In thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                             FY 2002  FY 2003   FY 2003
                  Program                    Enacted  Request  Agreement
------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Center for Missing and Exploited     11,450   11,450    12,500
 Children
Jimmy Ryce Law Enforcement Training Center     2,700    2,700     3,000
Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force    6,500   12,500    12,500
MEC Office                                     2,347    2,347     2,347
AMBER Alert Grants                                --       --     2,500
                                            ----------------------------
    Total..................................   22,997   28,997    32,847
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       Of the funds provided for the National Center for Missing 
     and Exploited Children (NCMEC), $2,245,000 is for the 
     CyberTipline. The conferees recommend that the NCMEC consult 
     with I-Safe America to provide nationwide Internet Safety 
     Training in grades K-12.
       The conference agreement includes $2,500,000 for training 
     and technical assistance to develop an effective, coordinated 
     AMBER Alert program.
       Office of Victims of Crime.--The Office of Victims of Crime 
     (OVC) administers formula and discretionary grants designed 
     to benefit victims, provide training to professionals who 
     work with victims, develops projects to enhance victims' 
     rights and services, and undertakes public education and 
     awareness activities on behalf of crime victims. In fiscal 
     year 2002, OVC was provided $68,100,000 to respond to the 
     September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The conferees direct 
     that the OVC provide a report to the Committees on 
     Appropriations no later than 60 days after enactment on the 
     status of how the emergency funds have been spent.
       Regional Information Sharing System.--The conference 
     agreement provides $29,000,000 for the Regional Information 
     Sharing System (RISS). In addition to the amount provided 
     under this heading, there is $10,000,000 under the heading 
     ``Domestic Preparedness'' account to enhance the electronic 
     dissemination and sharing of terrorist-related information 
     among Federal, State, and local agencies. The conferees 
     expect that RISS and other information sharing systems will 
     be eligible to receive grants under this program in order to 
     enhance State and local agencies' ability to access and share 
     crime and terrorist information.
       The conferees support the current effort to link the RISS 
     system with the Law Enforcement On-Line [LEO] information 
     system, which will greatly expand access to critical law 
     enforcement information at the Federal, State, and local 
     level.
       Management and Administration.--The conference agreement 
     provides $38,000,000 for the management and administration of 
     the Office of Justice Programs (OJP). The conferees 
     understand that OJP is not backfilling vacant positions, and 
     therefore request a quarterly status report on staffing.
       The Department has reported to the Committees on 
     Appropriations on a competitive sourcing effort. To support 
     this effort, the conferees must be assured that effectiveness 
     is improved and savings are attained. The conferees direct 
     that OJP provide the Committees on Appropriations with 
     detailed plans on this effort before proceeding with changes.

                    OFFICE FOR DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS

       The conferees have long viewed State and local 
     jurisdictions' ability to detect, prevent and respond to a 
     terrorist attack as one of its highest priorities. State and 
     local responders are first to arrive on the scene when a 
     terrorist attack occurs and must be prepared to protect life 
     and property. This function is inherently non-Federal, 
     although Federal resources and expertise are needed to manage 
     the crises and provide support to State and local assets when 
     an attack overwhelms their resources.
       The amounts provided by the conferees demonstrate the 
     continued support for the Office of Domestic Preparedness 
     (ODP). ODP must continue its vital and successful program for 
     assisting State and local response agencies.


                         Domestic Preparedness

                          [$000 in thousands]

                                                                 Amount
Strategic Planning and Technical Assistance.....................$53,000
Web Site Pilot Project............................................3,000
Equipment:
  Grants........................................................400,000
  Pine Bluff.....................................................10,000
  Standards and Testing..........................................15,000
  Prepositioned Equipment........................................23,000
  Interagency Board.................................................500
  Electronic Dissemination of Terrorist Threat Info..............10,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
    Sub-total, Equipment........................................458,500
                                                       ================

Training:
  National Domestic Preparedness Consortium.....................125,000
    Center for Domestic Preparedness...........................(45,000)
    Louisiana State University.................................(20,000)
    New Mexico Institute of Mining and Tech....................(20,000)
    Texas A&M University.......................................(20,000)
    Nevada Test Site...........................................(20,000)
  Continuing and Emerging Training...............................25,000
  Discretionary Training Grants..................................30,000
  Virtual Medical Campus..........................................2,000
  Dartmouth Institute for Security and Tech. Studies.............18,000
  OCNM Inst for the Prevention of Terrorism......................18,000
  Center on Catastrophe Preparedness and Response.................7,000
  National Counterterrorism Policy Center.........................3,000
  Terrorism Prevention and Response Training Center...............5,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
    Sub-total, Training.........................................233,000
                                                       ================

Exercises:
  Grants........................................................100,000
  Top Officials Exercise Series...................................7,000
  Evaluation and After-Action Program.............................5,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
    Sub-total, Exercises........................................112,000
                                                       ================

High Threat Urban Areas.........................................100,000
Research and Development.........................................23,500

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Management and Administration....................................17,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
    Total, Domestic Preparedness..............................1,000,000
       Equipment--The conferees provide $458,500,000 for ODP 
     equipment programs. Within these amounts, $10,000,000 is 
     provided to enhance the dissemination of electronic threat 
     information among Federal, State, and local responders. The 
     conferees understand that there is a large proliferation of 
     local, State, regional, and Federal information sharing 
     initiatives. The conferees also understand that many of these 
     systems are being developed independently with no plan to 
     integrate with other information sharing systems such as RISS 
     and LEO. This funding is provided to ODP to enhance State and 
     local agencies' ability to share intelligence information 
     with each other and with the Department of Homeland Security 
     and the Department of Justice. The conferees direct that the 
     ODP coordinate this program with the Bureau of Justice 
     Assistance (BJA). The conferees also expect BJA and ODP to 
     continue to work with State, local, and Federal agencies 
     through the Global Intelligence Working Group of the Global 
     Justice Information Sharing Initiative.
       Formula Grant Program to States--Of the amounts provided, 
     $400,000,000 is for the formula based grant program to 
     States. The conferees direct that not less than 80 percent of 
     equipment funding provided to the States by formula shall 
     pass through to local governments.
       Coordination--The conferees recognize that a significant 
     portion of the funds provided under the formula grant program 
     are used to improve voice and data communications 
     interoperability among first responders. The conferees 
     support this effort, but expect ODP to coordinate closely 
     with other Federal agencies that also provide communications 
     interoperability grants to first responders (i.e., FEMA, 
     COPS, BJA, and NIJ), in order to ensure that Federal 
     resources are being used effectively to improve intra- and 
     inter-jurisdictional communications interoperability.
       Standards--The conferees understand the need for minimum 
     performance standards, testing, and evaluation in the areas 
     of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) 
     protective equipment, as well as voice/data communications 
     equipment. The conferees, therefore, expect ODP to work 
     closely with the National Institute of Standards and 
     Technology (NIST) to test, evaluate, and develop minimum 
     performance standards for CBRN protective equipment and 
     voice/data communications equipment for first responders.
       Training--The conference agreement provides $233,000,000 
     for training programs in ODP. This amount includes 
     $125,000,000 for the training consortium. In addition, the 
     conference agreement includes $5,000,000 for George 
     Washington University to work in collaboration with George 
     Mason University, Shenandoah University and other regional 
     organizations to provide terrorism prevention and response 
     training for multiple types of first responders including law 
     enforcement, fire, hazmat, EMS and other types of responders. 
     The conference agreement includes $3,000,000 for the National 
     Counterterrorism Policy Center in St. Petersburg, FL, to 
     assist State and local homeland security and law enforcement 
     officials with their strategic plans to prevent and detect 
     acts of terrorism. The conference agreement also includes 
     $7,000,000 for the Center on Catastrophe Preparedness and 
     Response at New York University (NYU), to support 
     counterterrorism activities.
       Exercises--The conference agreement provides $112,000,000 
     for State and local exercises regarding an event involving 
     weapons of mass destruction. Within this amount, $7,000,000 
     is provided for the Top Official Exercise Series (TOPOFF). 
     TOPOFF II is to be conducted in 2003, therefore, the 
     Committees will consider a reprogramming for additional 
     funds, if ODP finds it is necessary.
       High Threat Urban Areas--Recognizing the vulnerability and 
     high risk of terrorist attack in large urban areas, the 
     Department of Defense (DoD) and later ODP provided training 
     and equipment to the 120 largest U.S. cities through the 
     Nunn-Lugar-Domenici Domestic Preparedness Program. While all 
     of the cities identified in the Nunn-Lugar -Domenici Program 
     have received domestic preparedness training, the conferees 
     recognize that certain large urban areas remain high threat 
     targets and are inadequately prepared to respond to a weapon 
     of mass destruction (WMD) event. Therefore, the conferees 
     recommend $100,000,000 for ODP to develop a follow-on program 
     to the Nunn- Lugar-Domenici program that addresses the unique 
     equipment, training, planning and exercise needs of selected 
     large high threat urban areas. The conferees recognize that 
     large urban areas often cross State lines and involve 
     multiple local jurisdictions. The conferees expect these 
     plans will expand upon States' domestic preparedness 
     strategies and that no funds will be awarded under this 
     program until jurisdictions have clearly demonstrated a 
     coordinated assessment of threat, vulnerability, needs, and 
     capabilities. The conferees expect ODP to consult with the 
     appropriate Federal agencies including the FBI and agencies 
     within the Department of Homeland Security in identifying 
     urban areas to be supported through this initiative. ODP 
     should take into account credible threat; vulnerability; the 
     presence of infrastructure of national importance; 
     population; and identified needs of the jurisdiction's public 
     safety agencies when determining program eligibility. The 
     conferees expect ODP, in consultation with the appropriate 
     Federal agencies, including the FBI and agencies within the 
     Department of Homeland Security, to develop a multi-year 
     strategy for addressing the unique needs of high threat urban 
     jurisdictions to be supported by this program.
       Research and Development--The conference agreement provides 
     $23,500,000 for research and development. Within the level of 
     funding provided, ODP shall consider evaluating emerging 
     first responding technologies such as hand-held detection 
     equipment that can detect possible chemical or biological 
     attacks, and emerging mapping, assessment, rescue and 
     recovery technologies.


               State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance

       The conference agreement provides a total appropriation of 
     $2,065,269,000, of which $20,990,000 is derived from prior 
     year unobligated balances for the State and Local Law 
     Enforcement Assistance Program. The conference agreement 
     provides for the following programs:


               State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance

                         (Dollars in thousands)

                                                                 Amount
Local Law Enforcement Block Grant..............................$400,000
  (Boys and Girls Club)........................................(80,000)
  (National Institute of Justice)..............................(20,000)
  (Citizen Corps)...............................................(3,000)
State Criminal Alien Assistance Program.........................250,000
Cooperative Agreement Program.....................................5,000
Indian Assistance................................................18,000
  (Tribal Prison Construction Program)..........................(5,000)
  (Indian Tribal Courts Program)................................(8,000)
  (Alcohol and Substance Abuse).................................(5,000)
Byrne Grants:
  Discretionary Grants..........................................150,914
  Formula Grants................................................500,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
    Total, Byrne Grants.........................................650,914
Violence Against Women Grants...................................390,165
Victims of Trafficking Grants....................................10,000
State Prison Drug Treatment......................................65,000
Drug Courts......................................................45,000
Juvenile Crime Block Grant......................................190,000
  (Project ChildSafe)..........................................(25,000)
Prescription Drug Monitoring......................................7,500
Prison Rape Prosecution and Prevention...........................13,000
Terrorism Prevention and Response Training.......................15,000
Other Crime Control Programs:
  Missing Alzheimer's Patients......................................898
  Law Enforcement Family Support..................................1,497
  Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention..................................1,300
  Senior Citizens Vs. Marketing Scams.............................1,995
Unobligated Balances...........................................(20,990)
                                                       ________________
                                                       
Total, State and Local Assistance.............................2,044,279
       Local Law Enforcement Block Grant.--The conference 
     agreement includes $400,000,000 for the Local Law Enforcement 
     Block Grant program. This program provides grants to local 
     law enforcement agencies to reduce crime, including acts of 
     terrorism. Of the amount included, $20,000,000 is provided to 
     NIJ for assisting local units of government to identify, 
     select, develop, modernize, and purchase new technologies for 
     use by law enforcement and $80,000,000 is provided for Boys 
     and Girls Clubs. In addition, the conference agreement 
     includes $3,000,000 for Citizen Corps programs, including the 
     expansion of Neighborhood Watch programs and the Volunteers 
     in Policing program. No funding is provided for Operation 
     TIPS.
       State Criminal Alien Assistance Program.--The conference 
     agreement provides $250,000,000 for the State Criminal Alien 
     Assistance Program (SCAAP) for the reimbursement to States 
     for the costs of incarceration of criminal aliens. The budget 
     request proposed the elimination of this program. The 
     conferees recognize the Southwest border States incur 
     significant costs associated with criminal aliens. In 
     addition to these funds, the conference agreement includes 
     $40,000,000 for the Southwest Border Prosecution program 
     under the Community Oriented Policing Services account.
       Indian Country Grants.--The recommendation provides 
     $18,000,000 for Indian Country grants. The conferees 
     understand that the Comprehensive Indian Resources 
     for Community Law Enforcement (CIRCLE) initiative is 
     working well in the three Indian communities in which it 
     is deployed. The conferees urge the Department to consider 
     ways to expand the CIRCLE project into other communities. 
     In addition, the conferees request that not later than 60 
     days after enactment of this Act, the Department submit a 
     proposal to expand the CIRCLE project by integrating and 
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     across the Federal agencies for purposes of Indian law 
     enforcement, public safety, substance abuse, tribal 
     justice systems, and facilities construction into a small 
     grant program to Indian tribes and tribal consortia.
       Within the amount for prison construction, the conferees 
     direct that OJP shall review proposals and provide grants if 
     warranted for the following projects:
       --Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in South Dakota for a Juvenile 
     Detention and Recovery Facility;
       --Yankton Sioux Tribe in South Dakota for the construction 
     of a Juvenile Detention Facility;
       --Lower Brule Sioux Tribe for the construction of a 
     detention facility.
       Edward Byrne Grants to States.--The conference agreement 
     includes $650,914,000 for the Edward Byrne Memorial State and 
     Local Law Enforcement Assistance Program, of which 
     $150,914,000 is for discretionary grants and $500,000,000 is 
     for formula grants. Within the amounts provided for 
     discretionary grants, OJP is expected to review the following 
     proposals, provide grants if warranted, and report to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate on its 
     intentions.
       $500,000 to the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan 
     for a victims of crime program;
       $2,750,000 for the D.A.R.E. program to re-train all 
     D.A.R.E. officers nationwide and produce D.A.R.E. workbooks;
       $4,000,000 for the Eisenhower Foundation for the Youth Safe 
     Haven program;
       $3,000,000 for the National Center for Justice and the Rule 
     of Law at the University of Mississippi School of Law to 
     sponsor research and produce judicial education seminars and 
     training for judges and other criminal justice professionals;
       $5,000,000 to continue the effective crime prevention 
     program (McGruff the Crime Dog) and meet the enormous demand 
     from local law enforcement organizations regarding effective 
     crime prevention practices;
       $3,000,000 for the National Fatherhood Institute, the 
     National Physicians Center for Family Resources, and the 
     Alabama Police Institute to study the causes and consequences 
     of out-of-wedlock childbirth and its impact on criminal 
     activity;
       $750,000 for the University of Tennessee to continue the 
     development of technology, forensic training, and research;
       $350,000 for Turtle Mountain Community College's `Project 
     Peacemaker' which seeks to increase the number of American 
     Indians trained in either Tribal government or law;
       $250,000 for Riverfront District Community Policing 
     Stations in Montgomery, Alabama;
       $1,300,000 for the San Joaquin Valley, California Rural 
     Agricultural Crime Prevention Program;
       $2,000,000 for continued support for the expansion of 
     Search Group, Inc. and the National Technical Assistance and 
     Training Program to assist States, such as West Virginia and 
     Alabama, to accelerate the automation of fingerprint 
     identification processes;
       $100,000 for the Transformation Network in Ashland County, 
     OH to reduce alcohol and drug related automobile accidents;
       $250,000 for the Rural Law Enforcement Technology and 
     Training Center;
       $300,000 for the National Association of Town Watch's 
     National Night Out crime prevention program;
       $8,000,000 for the Southern and Eastern Kentucky Counter-
     Drug Initiative, to coordinate drug interdiction, prevention, 
     education and treatment initiatives in Appalachia Kentucky;
       $1,000,000 for the National Children's Alliance for the 
     Child Abuse Reporting and Evaluation System;
       $1,300,000 for the New Orleans, LA Police Department for 
     crime fighting initiatives;
       $3,000,000 for Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) for 
     victims assistance and education programs, of which 
     $1,000,000 shall be to develop Spanish language Public 
     Service Announcements;
       $117,000 for the Virginia Attorney Generals Office to 
     combat domestic violence and for the Triad Program in the 
     State of Virginia;
       $1,500,000 for the Washington Metropolitan Area Drug 
     Enforcement Task Force (MATF);
       $1,000,000 for the Fuller Theological Seminary for a 
     conflict resolution program;
       $800,000 for the Paul and Lisa Foundation;
       $661,000 for the Virginia Community Policing Institute;
       $300,000 for the Virginia CARES for a one-time grant to 
     support pre- and post-release incarceration services that 
     exist for inmates returning to communities;
       $200,000 for San Marcos, CA for a community policing 
     initiative;
       $1,250,000 for the National Correctional Industries 
     Association's grant program providing technical assistance to 
     States participating in the Private Sector Prison Industry 
     Enhancement Certification Program;
       $500,000 for Lackawanna County, PA for treatment diversion 
     for offenders in the drug court program;
       $250,000 for the National Troopers Coalition, to study 
     increased demands placed on law enforcement;
       $3,500,000 for the Center for Court Innovation;
       $1,000,000 for Pinellas County, FL for a mentally ill 
     diversion program for inmates;
       $1,780,000 for the National Clearinghouse for Science, 
     Technology, and the Law at Stetson University College of Law;
       $6,000,000 for the Police Athletic League;
       $750,000 for Kristen's Act;
       $600,000 for the ACTION team in Dallas, TX;
       $250,000 for the Kane County, IL Drug Rehabilitation Court;
       $250,000 for the Criminal justice programs at Elgin 
     Community College;
       $250,000 for DuPage County, IL State's Attorneys Office for 
     child abuse and financial crime prevention initiatives;
       $257,000 for the Rural Domestic Violence Advocacy Project 
     of NH;
       $100,000 for the Mason County, WV Sheriff's Office to 
     investigate, respond to, and investigate Oxy-Contin abuse;
       $300,000 for The Women's Center, Vienna, VA;
       $130,000 for the North Central Missouri Drug Strike Task 
     Force;
       $72,000 for the Enlace Communitaros domestic violence 
     program;
       $500,000 for the Law Enforcement Memorial Act;
       $250,000 for the Urban Justice Center, to expand the Family 
     Violence Project;
       $700,000 for Clackamas County, OR for juvenile detention 
     programs;
       $500,000 for the Huntsville, AL National Children's 
     Advocacy Center for a Child Abuse Investigation and 
     Prosecution Enhancement Initiative;
       $1,000,000 for the National Corrections and Law Enforcement 
     Training and Technology Center in Moundsville, WV;
       $1,000,000 for the National White Collar Crime Center;
       $1,500,000 for the City of Los Angeles, CA for the 
     Community Law Enforcement and Recovery anti-gang program;
       $1,000,000 to expand the Los Angeles, CA Community Law 
     Enforcement and Recovery anti-gang program to the Hollenbeck 
     division;
       $500,000 for the University of Arkansas to reduce family 
     violence through workplace interventions;
       $250,000 for the American Cities Foundation for their drug 
     and alcohol demand reduction program;
       $174,000 for the Broome County, NY Department of Government 
     Security's Computer Investigation and Technology Unit for 
     equipment, and training;
       $500,000 for the City of New York Office of Emergency 
     Management in partnership with Global Action Plan of 
     Woodstock, NY;
       $500,000 for the Local Initiatives Support Corporation in 
     Northwestern Ohio for community security initiatives;
       $200,000 for Franklin and Hampshire Counties, MA for local 
     emergency planning;
       $500,000 for Phoenix, AZ for creation of a Homicide Drug 
     Task Force Response Unit;
       $122,000 for New Jersey Motor Vehicle Service employees for 
     background and fingerprint checks;
       $500,000 for the Bergen County, NJ Sheriff's Department to 
     reduce violent crime and drug related violence;
       $1,200,000 for Minnesota's Council on Crime and Justice's 
     Racial Disparity Initiative;
       $1,000,000 for Eastern Michigan University for the Center 
     for Community Building and Civic Engagement;
       $500,000 for Miami-Dade County, FL for a decision model to 
     assess infrastructure vulnerabilities and enhance security;
       $750,000 for the Doe Fund's Ready, Willing & Able program;
       $800,000 for the Fortune Society for programs to improve 
     community safety in New York City;
       $1,000,000 for the City of San Juan, PR for law enforcement 
     technology and training needs;
       $75,000 for the Sunnyside, NY Chamber of Commerce for crime 
     prevention and anti-recidivism programs;
       $200,000 for the Suffolk County, NY Coalition to Prevent 
     Alcohol and Drug Dependencies;
       $750,000 for the Suffolk County, NY District Attorney for a 
     new anti-gang initiative;
       $275,000 for the Pace Women's Justice Center, Project DETER 
     in White Plains, NY to help victims of domestic violence;
       $500,000 for Westchester County, NY for the Westchester 
     Special Operations Task Force;
       $300,000 for the City of Norwalk, CA for the Gang-Free 
     Communities program;
       $500,000 for the distribution of Good Knight Crime and 
     Violence Prevention bilingual educational materials for crime 
     and violence prevention;
       $500,000 for the Los Angeles, CA Community Development 
     Commission to expand its crime and safety program;
       $250,000 for the University of Akron emergency management 
     and disaster response center;
       $200,000 for the City of Pittsburgh, PA Police Bureau for 
     the witness protection program;
       $400,000 for the Rock Island County, IL Sheriff's 
     Department for purchase of a jail security system;
       $750,000 for Nashville, TN Fisk University's Security 
     Enhancement Initiative;
       $185,000 for the Thin Blue Line of Michigan;
       $200,000 for the Solano County, CA multi-jurisdictional 
     response team;
       $200,000 for DeKalb County, GA for homeland security needs;
       $200,000 for the Western Missouri Public Safety Training 
     Academy in Independence, MO;
       $500,000 for the Adams County, Pennsylvania Emergency 
     Services Training Facility for program enhancements;
       $1,100,000 for an alcohol interdiction program designed to 
     investigate and prosecute bootlegging crimes as part of a 
     statewide effort to reduce fetal alcohol syndrome in Alaska;

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       $160,000 to the Alaska D.A.R.E. Drug Rehabilitation Program 
     for a statewide coordinator and for the implementation new 
     DARE curriculum;
       $1,000,000 for the Alaska Native Justice Center for a 
     restorative justice program;
       $1,540,000 for costs related to terrorism in the City of 
     Alexandria, Virginia;
       $1,000,000 for New York's Alfred University Rural Justice 
     Institute to provide support services to youths and families 
     who are victims of domestic violence;
       $1,000,000 for the An Achievable Dream in Newport News, 
     Virginia, which provides services to at-risk youth to help 
     them perform better academically and socially;
       $750,000 for the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission;
       $150,000 to the Beaverton, Oregon Police Department for the 
     Identity Theft Prevention Initiative;
       $200,000 to the Bristol, Rhode Island Police Department for 
     the outfitting of, and support training for, a mobile command 
     post;
       $300,000 for the Oglala Sioux Tribe in South Dakota to 
     automate the functions of the court system, so as to enhance 
     the capacity of the Oglala Sioux Tribe justice system to 
     arrest, prosecute, convict, and rehabilitate offenders;
       $300,000 for the Children's Medical Assessment Center in 
     South Carolina to extend forensic healthcare services to 
     outlying rural areas, and to extend the tracking and medical 
     case management programs to all law enforcement jurisdictions 
     in the local Tri-County area;
       $150,000 to the Chattanooga Endeavors program in Tennessee 
     to expand services and establish new public-private 
     partnerships;
       $450,000 for the Chicago Project for Violence Prevention in 
     Illinois;
       $750,000 to the City of Cincinnati, Ohio to improve 
     training for police recruits and current officers;
       $500,000 to the City of Ocean Springs, Mississippi to equip 
     an Emergency Management and Public Safety Facility;
       $500,000 for the Community Safety Initiative in Kansas 
     City, Missouri;
       $100,000 for the Criminal Justice Institute in Arkansas for 
     DNA training and law enforcement;
       $500,000 to Iowa State University for the creation of a 
     Cyber Protection Laboratory which will test and evaluate 
     computer crime defense mechanisms;
       $499,477 for the New Mexico Administrative Office of the 
     Courts to establish Dependency Drug Courts in three judicial 
     districts;
       $80,000 to the Marysville, California police department for 
     a mobile command center;
       $300,000 to the Metropolitan Family Services in Illinois 
     for the Domestic Violence and Substance Abuse program;
       $500,000 for Tulane University in Louisiana for a domestic 
     violence clinic;
       $150,000 to the Native American Community Board in Lake 
     Andes for the continuation of the Domestic Violence shelter 
     and Community Prevention Program;
       $300,000 to the Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic 
     Violence for the establishment of the Rhode Island Supreme 
     Court's Domestic Violence Training and Monitoring Unit (DV 
     Unit);
       $550,000 for the Albuquerque, NM DWI Resource Center to 
     fund drunk driving awareness and prevention programs;
       $215,000 to Edmunds County, South Dakota for a county-wide 
     emergency warning system;
       $1,750,000 to establish the Emergency Providers Access 
     Directory (EPAD), which provide a comprehensive list of all 
     State and local first responders so that resources can be 
     quickly marshaled in the case of future large scale disaster.
       $50,000 for the Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) 
     program in Davison, South Dakota which will provide advocates 
     for children in the First Circuit;
       $100,000 for Franklin County, New York's Domestic Violence 
     Intervention Program to establish a third shelter in Northern 
     New York and to increase the program's outreach efforts;
       $250,000 to Gallatin County, Montana for the Gallatin 
     County Re-Entry Program to provide supervision, support, and 
     training to offenders referred by Gallatin County Courts;
       $500,000 for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department's 
     Hispanic American Resources Team (HART) to provide enhanced 
     resources to Las Vegas' Hispanic community;
       $30,000 to the Huntington County, Pennsylvania court 
     security enhancements;
       $750,000 for the Sam Houston State University in Texas to 
     establish the Institute for the Study of Violent Groups;
       $450,000 for the Iowa Elderly Fraud Prevention Initiative;
       $1,000,000 to the Iowa Department of Public Health for an 
     intense drug treatment initiative aimed at nonviolent drug 
     offenders serving time in Polk, Linn, and Story counties;
       $750,000 for Jane Doe, Inc. in Massachusetts;
       $1,500,000 to Jefferson County Alabama for an county-wide 
     Emergency Warning System;
       $1,720,000 for the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Bi-State 
     Safety Project;
       $500,000 for the New Hampshire Department of Safety to 
     train safety and municipal officers in the North Country;
       $3,000,000 for the Mental Health Courts Program in 
     accordance with the America's Law Enforcement and Mental 
     Health Project Act;
       $150,000 for Louisiana's Metropolitan Battered Womens 
     Program;
       $250,000 to the University of Mississippi for TechLaw 
     online training for police;
       $350,000 to continue support for an innovative and 
     effective program which helps single head-of-household women 
     with children reject a life of crime and drugs and build a 
     self supporting lifestyle;
       $4,500,000 for the Executive Office of U.S. Attorneys to 
     support the National District Attorneys Association's 
     participation in legal education training at the National 
     Advocacy Center;
       $260,000 for the Nashua, New Hampshire Police Department to 
     purchase law enforcement technologies and equipment;
       $150,000 to the University of North Dakota's Native 
     Americans into Law program to recruit and retain American 
     Indian law students;
       $270,000 to the University of South Carolina for the 
     National Center for Prosecution Ethics;
       $300,000 to the New Hampshire Department of Corrections for 
     the purchase of digital radios to allow officers in the 
     Department to communicate with other law enforcement officers 
     around the state;
       $500,000 for program expansion at the Northeastern Illinois 
     Public Safety Training Academy;
       $185,000 for South Dakota's Northern Hills Area court 
     Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Program for the expansion 
     of the volunteer advocate network and to create an extension 
     office to serve the Fourth Circuit;
       $4,000,000 to the New York City Police Department for 
     safety equipment;
       $1,500,000 for the New Hampshire State Police's and US 
     Attorneys Office's cooperative effort to combat crime at the 
     border, gang-related crime, and in investigating outlaw 
     motorcycle gangs;
       $350,000 to Alaska's Partners for Downtown Progress for an 
     innovative program for alcohol offenders, using treatment in 
     lieu of incarceration;
       $500,000 for the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Safe Streets 
     Initiative;
       $500,000 for the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Police Bureau's 
     Virtual Perimeter Video Surveillance system, which allows 
     live monitoring of multiple locations by robotic cameras;
       $410,781 for the Colorado Springs, Colorado Police 
     Department to integrate the Police Accountability and Service 
     Standards (PASS) Model department-wide;
       $300,000 to the Rhode Island Select Commission on Race and 
     Police-Community Relations for its Police Professionalism 
     Initiative;
       $4,000,000 for the Southeast National Law Enforcement and 
     Corrections Technology Center for the implementation of 
     Project Seahawk. Funding is provided for the acquisition of 
     communications equipment, computer software and hardware 
     technology, and research and development needed to execute 
     the project;
       $2,000,000 to include New Hampshire police, medical and 
     fire services in a comprehensive public safety training and 
     communications system;
       $55,000 for the Multnomah County, Oregon sheriff's Office 
     to purchase portable radios to be used by the fifty-one 
     members of its reserve unit;
       $1,000,000 for the Ridge House Treatment Facility to 
     provide stabilization, habilitation, and re-entry skills to 
     the Nevada criminal justice population;
       $500,000 to the Robinson Community Learning Center in South 
     Bend, Indiana to support efforts at reducing the rate of 
     local youth violence and young adult homicide;
       $100,000 to the Safe Harbor Domestic Violence Shelter in 
     Aberdeen, South Dakota for equipment and programming;
       $500,000 for the Salt Lake Valley, Utah Emergency 
     Communications Center;
       $250,000 to the City of Fairfield, California for planning, 
     equipment, and training necessary for response in the event 
     of an emergency;
       $1,250,000 for Standing Against Global Exploitation (SAGE) 
     to replicate and expand training materials, regional training 
     modules, and intensive technical assistance for survivors of 
     prostitution, sexual exploitation, violence, abuse, and 
     trauma;
       $250,000 to the State of Wisconsin Court Interpreter's 
     Program for statewide training programs for current and 
     potential court interpreters;
       $1,000,000 to Stop the Violence in South Carolina for 
     programs to reduce crime and create sustainable neighborhood 
     development through a successful model of community 
     involvement;
       $180,000 for the Homeless Outreach Team (HOT) in San Diego, 
     California which assists the homeless in San Diego in being 
     placed in the appropriate social services programs;
       $1,500,000 for The National Judicial College in Reno, 
     Nevada to provide education and training to judges, focusing 
     particularly on judicial proficiency, competency, skills, and 
     productivity;
       $2,000,000 for the Tools for Tolerance Program;
       $2,000,000 for grants to implement Sections 101, 102, and 
     103 of Title I of the Indian Tribal Justice Technical and 
     Legal Assistance Act of 2000;
       $1,000,000 for the TRIAD senior fraud prevention program;
       $258,476 for the Shonshone-Bannock Tribe at the Fort Hall 
     Reservation in Idaho. Funds will be used for the 
     architectural and engineering fees associated with 
     construction of a new Justice Center;

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       $200,000 to the University of New Hampshire for the violent 
     crime against women on campus reduction program;
       $2,800,000 for the development of a security system at the 
     Emergency Operations Center located in Virginia;
       $1,000,000 for Washington County, Oregon for its County 
     Alcohol and Drug Free Housing project;
       $250,000 to the University of Southern Colorado for the 
     Western Forensic Science and Law Enforcement Training Center;
       $200,000 to the Yell County, Arkansas Juvenile Detention 
     Center for drug and alcohol detoxification, counseling, and 
     rehabilitation program;
       $300,000 for Montana's Yellowstone County Family Drug 
     Court.
       Within the level of funds provided, $5,000,000 is available 
     for independent program evaluations. The conferees are aware 
     of reports concerning the success of the Doe's Fund's Ready, 
     Willing, and Able program. Within funds provided for program 
     evaluation, OJP is directed to perform a program review of 
     the program and submit to the Committees on Appropriations a 
     report detailing the results of the review and any ``best 
     practices'' of the program that can be applied to other 
     similar grant recipients.
       Violence Against Women Act.--The conference agreement 
     includes $390,165,000 to support grants under the Violence 
     Against Women Act. The conference agreement provides funding 
     under this account as follows:


                  Violence Against Women Act Programs

                         [Dollars in thousands]

                                                                 Amount
  General Grants...............................................$184,537
  (National Institute of Justice)...............................(5,200)
  (Safe Start Program).........................................(10,000)
  (Domestic Violence Federal Case Processing Study).............(1,000)
Victims of Child Abuse:
  CASA (Special Advocates).......................................11,975
  Training for Judicial Personnel.................................2,296
  Grants for Televised Testimony....................................998
Grants to Encourage Arrests Policies                             64,925
Rural Domestic Violence Assistance Grants                        39,945
Training Programs                                                 4,989
Stalking Database                                                 3,000
Violence on College Campuses.                                    10,000
Civil Legal Assistance                                           40,000
Elder Abuse Grant Program                                         5,000
Safe Haven Project                                               15,000
Education and Training for Disabled Female Victims                7,500
                                                       ________________
                                                       
    Total.......................................................390,165

       OJP was required to submit a report detailing a plan to 
     address violence against women with particular emphasis on 
     Alaska, which ranks first in the Nation for domestic violence 
     and child abuse. The report was to be completed by May 1, 
     2002, but has yet to be received by the Committees on 
     Appropriations. The Department is directed to provide monthly 
     updates on its progress until the report is completed as 
     required.
       Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners.--The 
     conference agreement includes $65,000,000 for grants to 
     States and local governments for development and 
     implementation of residential substance abuse treatment 
     programs within State correctional facilities and certain 
     local correctional and detention facilities. Up to 10 percent 
     of the total program level maybe used for the treatment of 
     parolees. These grants should only fund treatment for 
     individuals up to 1 year after they are released from a State 
     prison.
       Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grant.--The 
     conference agreement includes $190,000,000 for the Juvenile 
     Accountability Incentive Block Grant program. The conferees 
     direct the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
     Prevention to provide $250,000 to the American Prosecutors 
     Research Institute to create and report on benchmarks to 
     measure the use of individual programs and juvenile justice 
     system performance in up to four pilot States. This funding 
     shall be provided from the 2 percent set-aside under the 
     Juvenile Accountability Block Grant program for technical 
     assistance.
       Within the level of funding provided, $25,000,000 is 
     available for Project ChildSafe, which has been merged with 
     Project HomeSafe, for the purchase and distribution of gun 
     safety locks. These funds may only be used to produce and 
     distribute gun locks based on OJP's interim standard. The 
     conferees note that no additional funding will be provided 
     until a final standard is adopted.
       Harold Rogers Prescription Drug Monitoring Program.--The 
     conferees are concerned with the growing abuse of 
     prescription drugs such as OxyContin and the devastating 
     impact it has on families and communities throughout the 
     country. In order to address this problem, the Committees on 
     Appropriations provided $2,000,000 in fiscal year 2002 for 
     OJP to provide grants to States creating new prescription 
     drug monitoring programs and to enhance current 
     prescription drug monitoring programs. Prescription 
     monitoring programs help prevent and detect the diversion 
     and abuse of pharmaceutical controlled substances. States 
     that have implemented prescription monitoring programs 
     have the capability to collect and analyze prescription 
     data much more efficiently than States without such 
     programs, where the collection of prescription information 
     requires the time consuming manual review of pharmacy 
     files. The conference agreement includes $7,500,000 to 
     expand the Harold Rogers Prescription Drug Monitoring 
     Program. Recognizing that prescription drug abusers often 
     cross multiple State borders in order to fill 
     prescriptions, the conferees encourage States to develop 
     systems that allow bordering States to share information.
       Prison Rape Prevention and Prosecution.--The conferees 
     understand that experts have conservatively estimated that at 
     least 13 percent of the inmates in the United States have 
     been sexually assaulted in prison and that many inmates have 
     suffered repeated assaults. Under this estimate, nearly 
     200,000 inmates now incarcerated have been or will be the 
     victims of prison rape. The total number of inmates who have 
     been sexually assaulted in the past 20 years likely exceeds 
     1,000,000. The conferees understand that prison rape 
     contributes to the spread of sexually transmitted diseases 
     such as HIV and AIDS. The conferees also recognize that 
     inmates with mental illness and juvenile inmates are 
     particularly vulnerable to sexual victimization. The 
     conferees further understand that most prison staff are not 
     adequately trained or prepared to prevent, report, or treat 
     inmate sexual assaults and that prison rape often goes 
     unreported. Finally, the conferees understand that Congress 
     will legislatively address this issue during the First 
     Session of the 108th Congress.
       In order to immediately address this problem, the 
     conference agreement includes $13,000,000 for a new prison 
     rape prevention and prosecution program. This funding is 
     provided for statistical data collection and analysis, the 
     establishment of a national clearinghouse of information, and 
     will provide grants to States, local authorities, prisons, 
     and prison systems to undertake more effective efforts to 
     prevent prison rape, investigate such incidents, and punish 
     the perpetrators. The conferees expect OJP to work with the 
     Committees on Appropriations in the development of this 
     program.
       Senior citizens against marketing scams.--The 
     recommendation provides $1,995,000 for this program to assist 
     law enforcement in preventing and stopping marketing scams 
     against the elderly. The conferees request that some program 
     sessions be held at the National Advocacy Center. Also, the 
     conferees direct that this effort be coordinated with the 
     Federal Trade Commission.
       Terrorism Prevention and Response Training for Law 
     Enforcement and Other Responders.--The conference agreement 
     includes $15,000,000 for terrorism prevention and response 
     training for law enforcement and other responders to be 
     administered by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA). The 
     conferees expect the grant approval process to include a 
     review of training curricula and materials to ensure that 
     grantees are using up-to-date training techniques. BJA is 
     encouraged to work with the Office of Domestic Preparedness 
     in the execution of this program. This program shall be 
     available for the costs of developing training, conducting 
     training, and procuring training equipment and materials.
       Within the amounts appropriated, the conferees expects BJA 
     to examine each of the following proposals, to provide grants 
     if warranted, and to submit a report to the Committees on 
     Appropriations on its intentions for each proposal:
       $500,000 for the Iowa Central Community College regional 
     first responder training center;
       $1,000,000 for the Onondaga Community College for a 
     Regional Anti-Terrorism Training Center;
       $1,000,000 for the University of Tennessee Center for 
     Homeland Security and First Responding Training;
       $3,000,000 for the National Terrorism Preparedness 
     Institute of the Southeastern Public Safety Institute of St. 
     Petersburg College;
       $300,000 for the City of Arcadia, CA for a regional public 
     safety training facility;
       $250,000 for Southern Kane County, IL Fire Training 
     Facility for first responders including both fire and law 
     enforcement personnel;
       $1,000,000 for the Southern Anti-terrorism Regional 
     Training Academy;
       $500,000 for the Northeast Wisconsin Technical College's 
     Tactical Training Facility in Green Bay, WI;
       $2,000,000 for the National Community Training and Response 
     Center at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids, IA;
       $500,000 for the Public Safety Academy in the Santa Clarita 
     Valley, CA;
       $1,000,000 for the Regional Counter-Drug Training Academy 
     in Meridian, MS for anti-terrorism training for first 
     responders;
       $500,000 for the Regional Public Safety Center in Erie 
     County, NY for first responder training programs in the Erie 
     and Buffalo region;
       $544,000 for the Criminal Justice Academy at Brevard 
     Community College in Coca, FL for first responder training;
       $150,000 for Williamson County, TX to purchase a portable 
     testing chamber to train officers to function under chemical 
     and biological warfare conditions;
       $100,000 for Armstrong County, PA for a centralized 
     homeland security training center;

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       $750,000 for the Essex County, NJ Office of Emergency 
     Management for response training and equipment;
       $400,000 for the Las Vegas, NV Metropolitan Police 
     Department for defense and disaster response training and 
     equipment;
       $150,000 for the Lowell, MA Police Department for civilian 
     emergency response team training;
       $250,000 for the City of Norfolk, VA Police Department's 
     Anti-terrorism and Disaster preparedness program;
       $200,000 for the New Mexico State University to develop 
     homeland security related education and training programs and 
     identify and threats;


                       weed and seed program fund

       The conference agreement includes $58,925,000 for the Weed 
     and Seed program.


                  community oriented policing services

       The conference agreement includes $928,912,000 for the 
     Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS). The conference 
     agreement provides funding under this account as follows:

                  COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES
                         [Dollars in thousands]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                Amount
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Public Safety and Community Policing:
    Law Enforcement Hiring/Overtime........................     $200,000
    Training and Technical Assistance......................       20,662
    Tribal Law Enforcement.................................       35,000
    Police Corps...........................................       15,000
    Methamphetamine Enforcement & Clean-up.................       57,132
    Bulletproof Vests......................................       25,444
                                                            ------------
      Subtotal, Public Safety and Community................      353,238
                                                            ============
Crime-Fighting Technologies:
    Law Enforcement Technology Program.....................      189,954
    Interoperability.......................................       20,000
      (Transfer to the BJA)................................      (3,000)
      (Transfer to NIST--OLES).............................      (5,000)
    Crime Identification Technology Act....................       69,075
      (Safe Schools Technology)............................     (17,000)
    National Criminal History Improvement..................       40,000
    Crime Laboratory Improvement Program...................       40,538
    DNA Backlog Elimination................................       41,000
                                                            ------------
      Subtotal, Crime-Fighting Technologies................      400,567
                                                            ============
Prosecution Assistance:
    Southwest Border Prosecutors...........................       40,000
    Gun Violence Reduction Program.........................       45,000
                                                            ------------
      Subtotal, Prosecution Assistance.....................       85,000
                                                            ============
Community Crime Prevention:
    Police Integrity.......................................       16,963
    Offender Reentry.......................................       14,934
    School Safety Initiatives..............................       15,210
    Project Sentry.........................................       10,000
                                                            ------------
      Subtotal, Community Crime Prevention.................       57,107
                                                            ============
Management and Administration..............................       33,000
                                                            ============
      Total, Community Policing Services...................      928,912
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       COPS Hiring Program.--The conference agreement includes 
     $200,000,000 for the hiring of law enforcement officers, 
     including school resource officers, to prevent acts of 
     terrorism, and other violent and drug-related crimes. The 
     budget request did not include any funding for this purpose. 
     Through its knowledge of the local communities and 
     interaction with citizens, local law enforcement plays a 
     critical role in preventing and detecting terrorism and 
     sharing this information with State and Federal law 
     enforcement. The conferees also recognize that while local 
     law enforcement responsibilities have expanded to include 
     counterterrorism since September 11th, daily crime prevention 
     and law enforcement duties must still be performed. Further, 
     the conferees recognize that it is local law enforcement's 
     role to respond to citizen concerns and alleviate fears 
     related to terrorism and other violent crimes. The conferees 
     expect the COPS Program Office to ensure the appropriate 
     emphasis on law enforcement's role in combating terrorism, 
     violence, and drug crime, and securing our nation's schools.
       In addition, the conference agreement makes 30 percent of 
     the funding available for law enforcement overtime costs for 
     training and the prevention of acts of terrorism and other 
     violent and drug-related crimes. The conferees feel that the 
     cities of New York, NY, Detroit, MI and Wayne County, MI may 
     be eligible under this program for anti-terrorism efforts.
       The conferees also recognize that State and local law 
     enforcement agencies depend on technology and communications 
     equipment to perform their jobs safely and effectively. 
     Therefore, the conference agreement includes language for a 
     new communications technology grant program under the COPS 
     Crime-Fighting Technologies section of this report.
       Within the level of funding provided, the conferees expect 
     the COPS office to provide training to assist school resource 
     officers in preventing terrorist acts aimed at schools. The 
     officers will be trained in non-intrusive defensive measures 
     to reduce the vulnerability of schools to terrorist attacks 
     and offensive measures to prevent, deter, and respond to 
     terrorism. The conferees direct that a report be provided to 
     the Committees on Appropriations no later than 60 days after 
     enactment of this Act to include a spending plan for this 
     effort and the hiring and overtime effort described above.
       Police Corps.--The conference agreement includes 
     $15,000,000 for the Police Corps program. The conferees 
     understand that sufficient prior year unobligated balances 
     exist to allow the program to maintain at least its current 
     level. The conference agreement includes bill language, as 
     requested, providing that funding agreements shall include 
     the funding for outyear program costs of new recruits. This 
     language is necessary to prevent the program from 
     incurring unfunded future liabilities as new recruits 
     enter the program.
       The conferees understand that in fiscal year 2002 there 
     were 22 States training recruits in the Police Corps 
     programs. Within the available funding, including carryover 
     balances, OJP is expected to fund additional programs as more 
     State programs meet OJP program criteria. The conferees 
     understand that Public Law 107-273 authorizes increased 
     payments for scholarships, educational reimbursements, and 
     stipends for trainees. However, the Administration's budget 
     request did not include additional funding to accommodate 
     these increased costs. Therefore, in order to ensure there 
     are sufficient resources to fund additional training 
     programs, the conference agreement directs OJP to continue to 
     provide payments at the levels authorized in fiscal year 
     2002. In addition, the conference agreement directs OJP to 
     standardize the funding provided for recruit training and 
     require State matching funds for training costs. The 
     conference agreement directs OJP to submit a Police Corps 
     financial plan no later than 180 days after enactment of this 
     Act.
       The conferees expect OJP to work with State Police Corps 
     programs to ensure these programs are providing effective and 
     up-to-date terrorism prevention and response training. The 
     conferees also recognizes that every State will not implement 
     a Police Corps program and that the vast majority of law 
     enforcement training will not be performed in Police Corps 
     programs. The conferees direct OJP to submit a report no 
     later than 180 days after enactment of this Act, describing 
     how successful Police Corps training techniques can be 
     incorporated in State and local law enforcement academies in 
     order to maximize the number of recruits that receive this 
     advanced training. The report shall also describe OJP's 
     efforts to incorporate terrorism prevention and response 
     training into the Police Corps program and discuss the 
     feasibility of establishing regional Police Corps training 
     centers.
       Indian Country.--The conference agreement includes 
     $35,000,000 to be used to improve law enforcement 
     capabilities on Indian lands and native villages, both for 
     hiring uniformed officers, including village public safety 
     officers, and for the purchase of equipment and training for 
     new and existing officers. The conferees recommend that five 
     percent of these funds be provided directly to tribal 
     judicial systems to assist Tribal courts with the increased 
     caseload associated with the increased arrests as a result of 
     the additional funds for tribal law enforcement.
       Methamphetamine Enforcement and Clean-Up.--The conference 
     agreement includes $57,132,000 for State and local law 
     enforcement programs to combat methamphetamine production and 
     distribution, to target drug ``hot spots,'' and to remove and 
     dispose of hazardous materials at clandestine methamphetamine 
     labs.
       Within the amount provided, the conference agreement 
     includes $20,000,000 to reimburse the Drug Enforcement 
     Administration (DEA) for assistance to State and local law 
     enforcement for proper removal and disposal of hazardous 
     materials at clandestine methamphetamine labs.
       In addition, within the amount provided, the conferees 
     expect the COPS Program Office, in consultation with DEA, to 
     examine each of the following proposals, to provide grants if 
     warranted, and to submit a report to the Committees on 
     Appropriations on its intentions for each proposal:
       $415,000 for the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous 
     Drug Control to properly train and equip officers for 
     operations involving clandestine methamphetamine labs;
       $150,000 for the Criminal Justice Institute at the 
     University of Arkansas at Little Rock to train rural law 
     enforcement officers in the issues of safety, investigation, 
     and evidence collection related to methamphetamine 
     production;
       $1,500,000 for the Indiana State Police to combat the 
     production, distribution, and use of methamphetamine;
       $500,000 to the Nebraska State Patrol for a Methamphetamine 
     Drug Use Enforcement and Research Program. Funding is 
     provided for drug treatment, enforcement enhancements, and 
     laboratory enhancements;
       $3,000,000 for the continuation of the Washington State 
     Methamphetamine Program;
       $2,200,000 for the Sioux City, Iowa Regional 
     Methamphetamine Training Center, to provide training to 
     officers from eight states;
       $500,000 for the Minot State University, ND, rural 
     methamphetamine project;
       $800,000 for the Meth Laboratory Eradication Program 
     located in the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and 
     Investigation, Narcotics Section;
       $500,000 for the Virginia State Police to assist their 
     efforts in combating methamphetamine;
       $100,000 for the Tangipahoa Tri-Parish Meth Task Force for 
     clean-up and equipment;
       $750,000 for Marshal, Cullman, Walker and Etowah Counties, 
     AL for methamphetamine initiatives;
       $300,000 for the South Central Missouri Drug Task Force;
       $300,000 for the Southeast Missouri Drug Task Force;
       $125,000 for Cowley County, KS Sheriff's Department for 
     methamphetamine clean-up and enforcement;
       $125,000 for Butler County, KS Sheriff's Department for 
     methamphetamine clean-up and enforcement;

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       $125,000 for Montgomery County and Independence, KS Police 
     Department for methamphetamine clean-up and enforcement;
       $1,000,000 for the Methamphetamine Task Force in East 
     Tennessee, to fight the spread of meth labs in this region;
       $500,000 for the Arkansas Methamphetamine Law Enforcement 
     Initiative, including the Arkansas State Crime Lab, and the 
     Arkansas State Crime Lab to combat methamphetamine abuse;
       $4,000,000 for the California Department of Justice, Bureau 
     of Narcotic Enforcement, for the California Methamphetamine 
     Strategy (CALMS);
       $250,000 for the Oklahoma City Police Department for a 
     Methamphetaimine/Drug Hot Spots Initiative;
       $250,000 for Polk County, FL Sheriff's Department to combat 
     methamphetamine production, distribution, and abuse;
       $750,000 for the Pennyrile Narcotics Task Force in 
     Madisonville, KY;
       $250,000 for Lincoln County, OR for methamphetamine 
     intervention and enforcement;
       $400,000 for Marion County, OR for methamphetamine 
     surveillance, search, and seizure training and equipment;
       $100,000 for the Jackson County, AL Sheriff's Office 
     Methamphetamine Enforcement Program;
       $525,000 for the Lee County, SC, Sheriff's Department 
     methamphetamine program;
       $500,000 for the Orangeburg County, SC Sheriff's Department 
     to fight methamphetamine;
       $505,000 for the Cherokee Nation Methamphetamine 
     Enforcement and Biohazard Disposal Program in Tahlequah, OK;
       $600,000 for the Jackson County, IL Sheriff's Department to 
     establish a methamphetamine lab dismantling project;
       $500,000 for Tennessee's 13th Judicial District Drug Task 
     Force to combat methamphetamine production;
       $500,000 for personnel, training, and equipment under the 
     Arizona Methamphetamine Initiative;
       $1,000,000 for the Iowa Crime Free Rural State Program;
       $1,000,000 for the Iowa Office of Drug Control Policy to 
     combat the spread of methamphetamine in east central counties 
     through intelligence gathering, enforcement, and lab clean up 
     operations;
       $4,000,000 for Hawaii County, Hawaii to carry out 
     enforcement, prosecution, and cleanup activities associated 
     with the manufacture, use, and distribution of 
     methamphetamine;
       $250,000 for the Jackson County, Mississippi Sheriff's 
     Department to combat methamphetamine;
       $200,000 to Marion County, Oregon for its Meth Lab 
     Surveillance and Eradication project, which will provide law 
     enforcement with training, equipment, and an improved 
     communications system;
       $750,000 for the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics to combat 
     methamphetamine and to train officers on the proper 
     recognition, collection, removal, and destruction of 
     methamphetamine;
       $1,000,000 for the Missouri Drug Eradication Initiative;
       $1,500,000 for MoSmart. Funding is to assist sheriffs and 
     rural drug task forces in combating methamphetamine 
     production, use, and distribution by providing needed 
     equipment, training, and lab clean up resources;
       $1,000,000 to the Central Utah Narcotics Task Force for the 
     Sevier Region Methamphetamine Project;
       $500,000 for the Iowa Office of Drug Control Policy to 
     combat the spread of methamphetamine in south central Iowa 
     through intelligence gathering, enforcement, and lab clean-up 
     operations;
       $500,000 to the Vermont Department of Public Safety to 
     support the Vermont Drug Task Force;
       $1,400,000 for the Wisconsin Methampetamine Law Enforcement 
     Initiative;
       COPS Interoperable Communications Technology Program.--The 
     conference agreement provides $20,000,000 for the Office of 
     Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Interoperable 
     Communications Technology program. This program should be 
     designed and implemented by the COPS Office, in coordination 
     with the National Institute of Justice's Advanced Generation 
     of Interoperability for Law Enforcement (AGILE) program and 
     the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA). The conferees seek to 
     utilize the expertise of all three organizations so as to 
     create a grant program that is highly responsive to the 
     immediate needs of the State and local law enforcement 
     community.
       This program should address the critical need of law 
     enforcement to improve cross-jurisdictional communication and 
     information sharing. The conferees direct the COPS Office to 
     develop and submit to the Committee, no later than 60 days 
     after the implementation of this Act, proposed guidelines for 
     the program. In addition, this program should be coordinated 
     with other Federal grant programs designed to address 
     communications interoperability, so as to develop a 
     comprehensive strategy for improving the current state of 
     public safety communications systems. Consistent with the 
     COPS Office's existing grant programs, the COPS Interoperable 
     Communications Technology program should include a 25 percent 
     match requirement.
       The conferees understand and support the need for minimum 
     standards for law enforcement communications technology. 
     Therefore, within the amount provided, the conferees direct 
     that $5,000,000 be transferred to the National Institute of 
     Standards and Technology to continue the efforts of the 
     Office of Law Enforcement Standards (OLES) regarding the 
     development of a comprehensive suite of minimum standards for 
     law enforcement communications. In addition, to continue the 
     research and development of improved communications 
     technologies, the conferees direct that within the amounts 
     provided, $3,000,000 is to enhance the current program level 
     for NIJ's AGILE program.
       Law Enforcement Technology Program.--The conference 
     agreement includes $189,954,000 for the COPS Law Enforcement 
     Technology Program for the continued development of 
     technologies, communications equipment, and automated systems 
     to assist State and local law enforcement agencies. The 
     conferees realize that a large portion of the projects funded 
     under this account are for enhanced communications systems. 
     The conferees expect that, wherever feasible, voice/data 
     communications equipment purchased with funds from this 
     account be incorporated into an intra- or inter-
     jurisdictional strategy for communications interoperability 
     among Federal, State, and local public safety first 
     responders.
       Within the amounts provided under this account, grants 
     should be provided for the following:
       $5,000,000 to I-Safe America for internet safety education 
     for grades K-12 to prevent child predation on the internet;
       $7,100,000 for the Southwest Border Anti-Drug Information 
     System of which $3,500,000 is to go to the State of Idaho;
       $1,000,000 for the Downriver Mutual Aid Data Network for an 
     800mhz digital communications system;
       $500,000 to the Sandy City, Utah Police Department for an 
     automated records storage and communications system to 
     operate in conjunction with the court system;
       $3,000,000 for Law Enforcement On-Line (LEO) information 
     system which provides criminal justice information to law 
     enforcement agencies throughout the country;
       $3,000,000 for the City of Milwaukee, Wisconsin's Police 
     Department to purchase and install mobile digital radios in 
     its squad cars, and to increase public access to data through 
     GIS crime-mapping and other technologies;
       $1,000,000 for the County of Bergen, New Jersey to 
     implement a multi-agency radio communications system that 
     will provide interoperability capability across all agencies 
     and integrate the operations of the Bergen County government;
       $1,000,000 for the New Castle County, Delaware Police 
     Department for a new records management system, additional 
     computers and software, and surveillance equipment;
       $350,000 for the City of Huntsville, Alabama to upgrade 
     computer systems in police headquarters and district 
     stations;
       $1,000,000 for Project Hoosier SAFE-T, a statewide 
     emergency response and telecommunications project;
       $800,000 to the Rockdale County, Georgia Sheriff's Office 
     to purchase mobile data computers and in-car video systems;
       $5,000,000 for the Stark County Sheriff's Department, OH 
     for a law enforcement communications system;
       $2,500,000 for the Regional Law Enforcement Technology 
     Program in KY;
       $4,000,000 for the Simulated Prison Environment Crisis 
     Aversion Tools for programs in Alabama, North Carolina, and 
     Pennsylvania;
       $100,000 for Loudoun County, VA for a court automation 
     modernization project;
       $200,000 for a New Orleans Metropolitan Crime Commission;
       $100,000 for the St. Tammany Parish, LA Sheriff's Office 
     for law enforcement technologies;
       $50,000 for the Slidell, LA Police Department for 
     technologies to increase information sharing;
       $50,000 for the Jefferson Parish, LA Sheriff's Office for 
     law enforcement technologies;
       $50,000 for the Harahan, LA Police Department for systems 
     to assist in the investigating, responding to and preventing 
     crimes;
       $219,000 for the Virginia Sheriff's Association Terrorist 
     Information Network;
       $3,000,000 for the Center for Criminal Justice Technology;
       $1,250,000 for the San Diego County, CA Sheriff's 
     Department for automation infrastructure improvements;
       $1,500,000 for Morris County, NJ for police communications 
     and law enforcement technologies;
       $765,000 for video cameras for Virginia law enforcement 
     vehicles in the jurisdictions of: $100,000 for Henry County, 
     $100,000 for Pittsylvania County, $40,000 for Franklin 
     County, $40,000 for Mecklenburg County, $40,000 for Halifax 
     County, $40,000 for Campbell County, $25,000 for Appomattox 
     County, $25,000 for Charlotte County, $25,000 for Lunenburg 
     County, $25,000 for Brunswick County, $100,000 for Albermarle 
     County, $25,000 for Bedford County, $25,000 for Cumberland 
     County, $25,000 for Prince Edward County, $25,000 for 
     Buckingham County, $25,000 for Nelson County, $25,000 for 
     Greene County, $25,000 for Fluvanna County, $15,000 for the 
     City of Bedford, and $15,000 for the Town of Rocky Mount;
       $155,000 for mobile data terminals for the Albermarle 
     County, VA Police Department ($50,000) and the cities of 
     Charlottesville VA ($40,000), Danville, VA ($40,000), and 
     Martinsville, VA ($25,000);

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       $50,000 for Pickaway County, OH Sheriff's Department for 
     law enforcement technologies;
       $500,000 for Putnam County, IL Sheriff's Department for law 
     enforcement technologies;
       $750,000 for the City of Peoria, IL Police Department for 
     law enforcement technologies;
       $800,000 for the East Valley Community Justice Center;
       $250,000 for the Redlands Police Department, CA for law 
     enforcement technologies;
       $500,000 for the City of Louisville, KY for in-car video 
     systems and mobile data terminals;
       $100,000 for the Shivley, KY Police Department for in car 
     video systems, mobile data terminals, and video surveillance 
     equipment;
       $5,000 for the Jeffersontown, KY Police Department for law 
     enforcement technologies;
       $500,000 for the Onondaga, NY Sheriff's Office for law 
     enforcement technologies;
       $200,000 for the City of Syracuse, NY Police Department for 
     law enforcement equipment and technologies;
       $1,100,000 for the National Training and Information Center 
     (NTIC);
       $1,000,000 for Pinellas County, FL for a facial recognition 
     program;
       $1,000,000 for the City of Largo, FL Police Department for 
     laptops/mobile data terminals in vehicles;
       $1,000,000 for the Florida Department of Corrections for a 
     system to electronically monitor criminal probationers and 
     link their location to crime events;
       $500,000 for the Hanover County, VA Sheriff's Office for 
     communications upgrades;
       $250,000 for the City of Winston-Salem, NC for mobile data 
     terminals;
       $250,000 for the Riverside, CA Police Department for 
     technology enhancements;
       $72,000 for the Lewis County, WV Sheriff's Department for 
     an upgraded records management system and an automated 
     dispatching system;
       $900,000 for the Concord, NC Police Department for a 
     records management project;
       $100,000 for DuPage County, IL for a geographic information 
     system;
       $500,000 for Cobb County, GA Sheriff's Department for a 
     multi-level law enforcement technology system;
       $87,000 for McHenry County, IL for equipment for the 
     McHenry Sheriff's Training Facility;
       $60,000 for the Vernon Parish, LA Sheriff's Office for law 
     enforcement technologies;
       $200,000 for the Woodland, CA Police Department for law 
     enforcement equipment and technologies;
       $150,000 for in-car video cameras and an integrated records 
     management system for the York, PA police department;
       $250,000 for the Orange County, Sheriff's Department of 
     Santa Ana, CA for mobile data terminals;
       $350,000 for the City of Fort Wayne, IL Police Department 
     for in-car video cameras and mobile data terminals;
       $500,000 for the Lafourche Parish, LA Sheriff's Department 
     for investigative equipment;
       $1,500,000 for the Maryland State Police Department for a 
     police vehicle technology system;
       $3,000,000 for the State of California for the California 
     Anti-Terrorism Information Center;
       $600,000 for the Indianapolis, IN Police Department to 
     upgrade mobile data terminals;
       $845,000 for the Williamson County, TX Sheriff's Department 
     for law enforcement technology and training equipment;
       $250,000 for Gladstone, OR for a public safety 
     communications system upgrade
       $1,000,000 for the Texas State University System to develop 
     an integrated training and information-sharing network to 
     enhance criminal information;
       $70,000 for the City of Harstelle, AL Police Department for 
     technology and equipment enhancements;
       $50,000 for the City of Rogersville, AL Police Department 
     for equipment and technology upgrades;
       $50,000 for the Limestone County, AL Sheriff's Office for 
     law enforcement technology and equipment upgrades;
       $750,000 for the East Providence, RI Police Department for 
     technology upgrade initiatives;
       $300,000 for the Lincoln, RI Police Department for 
     technology upgrade initiatives;
       $500,000 for the Woonsocket, RI Police Department for 
     technology upgrade initiatives;
       $2,000,000 for the Los Angeles, CA County Sheriff's office 
     for a training equipment;
       $600,000 for the Arkansas Crime Information Center for 
     phase II of the JailNet system;
       $250,000 for the Williamsburg County, SC Sheriff's Office 
     to implement a communications network;
       $600,000 for the City of Toledo, OH for technology upgrades 
     and enhancements for three district police stations;
       $867,000 for the Arlington County, VA Police Department to 
     obtain Mobile Data Terminals and upgrade its records 
     management system;
       $300,000 for the Fitchburg, MA Police Department for online 
     booking/laser technology;
       $1,500,000 for the Phoenix, AZ police department for law 
     enforcement equipment including laptop replacements;
       $550,000 for Avondale, AZ for a new police data retrieval 
     and records management system;
       $100,000 for Lake County, IN to enhance the Law Enforcement 
     Management System;
       $600,000 for Porter County, IN to install a Tiburon 
     integrated public safety computer system;
       $350,000 for the City of New Bedford, MA Police Department 
     for technology upgrades;
       $500,000 for Broward County, FL for technological security 
     improvements at Port Everglades, FL;
       $1,000,000 for Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 
     Worcester, MA for law enforcement and first responder 
     technologies;
       $1,000,000 for the Cities of Bayamon and Guaynabo, PR for 
     law enforcement technologies;
       $1,000,000 for the Puerto Rico Police Department to 
     purchase portable radios;
       $400,000 for the Suffolk County, NY Police Department for 
     enhancements and additions to existing communications 
     systems;
       $35,000 for the Eastchester, NY Police Department for in-
     car technologies;
       $50,000 for the City of Rialto, CA for anti-terrorist 
     technology;
       $1,000,000 for the Bayonne, NJ Police Department for radio 
     system replacement;
       $500,000 for the City of Elizabeth, NJ to equip a 
     Communication Command Center;
       $500,000 for the City of Hoboken, NJ to upgrade a radio 
     communication system;
       $250,000 for the Los Angeles County, CA Sheriff's 
     Department for a mobile communications system;
       $250,000 for Orange County, CA for Mobile Data Terminals;
       $111,000 for the San Louis County, CA Sheriff's Department 
     for law enforcement technologies;
       $250,000 for the Government of the Virgin Islands to obtain 
     high technology crime fighting equipment;
       $200,000 for the Denver, CO public safety intelligent 
     integration project;
       $500,000 for the seamless emergency communications network 
     for the Imperial Valley Emergency Communications Agency;
       $200,000 for the City of Houston, TX to implement the 
     Enhanced Video Imaging Initiative;
       $500,000 for the National Center for Rural Law 
     Enforcement's Internet Project;
       $250,000 for the Beaverton, OR Police Dept. Identity Theft 
     program;
       $1,000,000 for the City of New York, NY to equip a new 
     police laboratory;
       $200,000 for the Borough of Tinton Falls in Monmouth 
     County, NJ for law enforcement and emergency communications 
     upgrades;
       $50,000 for the Borough of Frenchtown, NJ Police Department 
     for in-car video cameras;
       $100,000 for the City of Jackson, TN to purchase and 
     install Mobile Data Terminals in police cars;
       $3,000,000 for Tucson, AZ for public safety communications 
     upgrades, of which $1,000,000 shall be for Cochise County;
       $1,000,000 for Harris County, TX for a 911 emergency 
     network;
       $1,000,000 for Placer County, CA for public safety 
     communications upgrades;
       $500,000 for the City of Roseville, CA to improve 
     communications among public safety agencies;
       $750,000 for the City of Springfield, OH for communications 
     upgrades;
       $170,000 for Delaware County, NY for a communications 
     system upgrade study;
       $250,000 for the DuPage County, IL Emergency Operations 
     Center for equipment upgrades;
       $157,000 for the City of Rancho Cucamonga, CA for an 
     emergency communications program;
       $350,000 for the City of Upland, CA communications and 
     technology upgrades;
       $500,000 for Washington County, MD for a multi-
     jurisdictional radio communications system;
       $2,000,000 for Greene County, MO for interoperable 
     communications system for first responders;
       $250,000 for Warren Township, NJ for emergency 
     communications equipment;
       $500,000 for Glades County, FL for emergency communications 
     equipment;
       $1,000,000 for the City of Chesapeake, VA public safety 
     departments for a computer aided dispatch system;
       $500,000 for Imperial County, CA for the development of an 
     inter-agency emergency communications system;
       $500,000 for Sevier County, TN for interagency 
     communications equipment;
       $500,000 for Hennepin and Caver counties, MN for a regional 
     public safety communications system;
       $250,000 for North Hempstead, NY Department of Public 
     Safety for communications upgrades;
       $500,000 for Kenosha, WI to modernize communications 
     capabilities between police, fire and public safety agencies;
       $1,000,000 for the City of Virginia Beach, VA to upgrade 
     technology and infrastructure at the city's emergency 
     communications and operations center;
       $500,000 for Stamford, CT to upgrade emergency response 
     infrastructure;
       $500,000 for Franklin County, PA Emergency Management 
     Agency for communications equipment;
       $1,000,000 for the Colorado Division of Information 
     Technologies for a seamless State-wide wireless 
     communications system;
       $500,000 for Pasco County, FL to upgrade communications 
     equipment;
       $500,000 for LaSalle County, IL for a county-wide public 
     safety communications system;
       $1,000,000 for the County of Salt Lake, UT for 
     consolidation of the 911 dispatch system;

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       $750,000 for the City of Abilene, TX for purchase of 
     emergency response and public safety communications 
     equipment;
       $500,000 for the State of Alabama for a statewide homeland 
     defense network;
       $860,000 for Matteson, IL for a SouthCom Combined Dispatch 
     Center;
       $978,000 for the South Suburban Mayors and Managers 
     Association in East Hazel Crest, IL for a pilot joint 
     dispatch center and regional law enforcement technology 
     center;
       $2,000,000 for City of Detroit, MI, homeland security 
     technology and training needs;
       $1,500,000 for the Twin Cities, MN area for communications 
     radios for the Metro Radio Board;
       $500,000 for the city of Madison, WI to create a 
     consolidated 911 Computer Aided Dispatch and Records 
     Management System;
       $1,000,000 for the Lower Rio Grande Valley Development 
     Corporation to establish a regional first responder 
     communications system;
       $250,000 for the Los Angeles County, CA Sheriff's 
     Department for a mobile communications system;
       $250,000 for the City of Belmont, CA to upgrade emergency 
     communications technology;
       $176,000 for Center Line, MI to upgrade records and 
     dispatch system;
       $250,000 for the Southwest Central Dispatch in Illinois for 
     equipment upgrades;
       $250,000 for the Lumber River Council of Governments in 
     North Carolina for a critical incident communication system;
       $1,000,000 to the City of Owensboro, Kentucky and Daviess 
     County, Kentucky to implement an improved emergency responder 
     and 911 operations system;
       $250,000 to the City of Flint, Michigan for upgrades to its 
     911 emergency response system;
       $500,000 for the Abilene, Texas Police Department to 
     upgrade and expand the emergency response and communications 
     network;
       $2,000,000 to the State of Alaska to build statewide shared 
     multi-agency communications network;
       $1,500,000 for the Alaska Department of Public Safety to 
     upgrade its communications systems;
       $100,000 for the Brooklyn, Ohio Police Department to 
     purchase a computer aided dispatch system and mobile data 
     terminals;
       $500,000 for Brown County, South Dakota to replace radio 
     equipment, modernize the telephone infrastructure, and 
     purchase computer-aided dispatch technology for the county's 
     Regional Communications Center;
       $1,310,000 to the City of Jackson, Mississippi for the 
     public safety automated technologies system;
       $300,000 for South Dakota's Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe to 
     modernize its current court system by upgrading computer 
     systems and acquiring court service processors;
       $200,000 to the Choctaw County, Alabama Emergency 
     Management Agency for a Emergency Warning Notification 
     System;
       $1,400,000 for the City of Cincinnati, Ohio to implement a 
     record management system;
       $750,000 to the City of Seattle, Washington for digital 
     video surveillance cameras;
       $2,000,000 to the City of Oceanside, California to upgrade 
     the public safety radio system;
       $30,000 to the Charter Township of Mt. Morris, Michigan for 
     closed circuit video camera technology;
       $7,500,000 for a grant to the Southeastern Law Enforcement 
     Technology Center's Coastal Plain Police Communications 
     initiative for regional law enforcement communications 
     equipment. The state capitol of Columbia should be given due 
     consideration in this year's implementation;
       $250,000 to the Columbia, Mississippi Police Department for 
     technology;
       $3,000,000 for the Consolidated Advanced Technologies for 
     Law Enforcement (CAT lab) Program;
       $910,000 for the City and Borough of Juneau, Alaska for 
     equipment and technology enhancements at the Juneau Dispatch 
     and Evidence Center;
       $300,000 for the City and Borough of Ketchikan, Alaska for 
     an Emergency and 911 Dispatch system;
       $3,000,000 to Montgomery County, Maryland to establish an 
     integrated criminal justice information system;
       $1,500,000 for the Rockville, Maryland Police Department to 
     upgrade communications, records management, and emergency 
     services systems;
       $750,000 to the City of Wasilla, Alaska for a regional 
     dispatch center;
       $800,000 for the City of Jackson, Tennessee to install 
     mobile data terminals in police vehicles;
       $1,000,000 to the City of Memphis, Tennessee to install a 
     regional law enforcement communications system;
       $350,000 for Cowlitz County, Washington to replace its 
     emergency response radio system;
       $950,000 to George Mason University in Virginia for 
     equipment for the Critical Infrastructure Protection Project 
     (CIPP);
       $150,000 for Curry County, Oregon to fund upgrades and 
     repairs needed to maintain the integrity of the 
     communications system;
       Up to $3,000,000 for the acquisition or lease and 
     installation of dashboard mounted cameras for State and local 
     law enforcement on patrol. One camera may be used in each 
     vehicle, which is used primarily for patrols. These cameras 
     are only to be used by State and local law enforcement on 
     patrol;
       $1,500,000 for the Delaware State Police to upgrade 
     communications and video capabilities, purchase a real-time 
     x-ray machine, and portable receivers;
       $250,000 to the City and County of Denver, Colorado for an 
     intelligent emergency service dispatch system;
       $1,000,000 for the City of Des Moines, Iowa to develop a 
     regional geographic information system that will enhance 
     homeland defense and emergency response capabilities;
       $500,000 to Eau Claire County, Wisconsin's Police 
     Communications Project for a computer aided dispatch and 
     records management system;
       $2,250,000 for the Montana Public Safety Services Office to 
     acquire enhanced 9-1-1 communications technology;
       $810,000 for Hamilton County, Ohio to replace and upgrade 
     the current dispatch system;
       $2,500,000 to the Harrison County, Mississippi Sheriff's 
     Department for the Public Safety Automated Systems project;
       $400,000 to the Indianapolis, Indiana Police Department to 
     upgrade the existing laptop computer system to a wireless 
     land area network;
       $850,000 to the National Center for Victims of Crime 
     INFOLINK Program;
       $500,000 for Jefferson County, Alabama to upgrade the 
     public safety radio system and improve interoperability;
       $1,000,000 to the Johnson County, Kansas Sheriff's 
     Department for a computer-aided dispatch system;
       $200,000 for the Town of Johnston, Rhode Island to acquire 
     mobile data computers, a video surveillance system for police 
     headquarters, and an automated telephone system;
       $1,000,000 to the State of Kansas for the Public Safety 
     Communications Network;
       $25,000 to Bath and Menifee Counties in Kentucky for the 
     purchase of law enforcement equipment;
       $60,000 to the Rowan County, Kentucky Sheriff's Office and 
     the Morehead Police Department for the purchase of radar 
     units, mobile cameras, communications equipment, a records 
     management system, and other investigative equipment;
       $95,000 for Leake County, Mississippi for police technology 
     and equipment;
       $1,500,000 for the Louisiana Commission on Law for a 
     Statewide Technology Coordination Project;
       $1,500,000 to the City of Madison, Wisconsin Police 
     Department's Consolidated Communications Project for new 
     hardware, software, data conversion, training, and project 
     administration;
       $1,000,000 to the Maine State Police for a new voice and 
     data communications system;
       $2,250,000 for Minnehaha County, South Dakota to upgrade 
     its existing communications system and to link with the new 
     State of South Dakota Radio System;
       $250,000 to the Madisonville, Kentucky Police Department 
     for mobile data terminals;
       $20,000 to Moody County, South Dakota for upgrades to the 
     emergency response communications system;
       $750,000 to the Town of Mountain Village, Colorado for a 
     regional public safety communications system;
       $4,750,000 to the Pegasus Research Foundation, Inc., in 
     coordination with the National Sheriff's Association for a 
     multi-state information system that will enable local law 
     enforcement agencies to share important criminal justice 
     information;
       $200,000 to the Kenton County, Kentucky Sheriff's Office 
     for communications system improvements;
       $400,000 to the New Hampshire Department of Public Safety 
     to provide equipment and technology to ten small law 
     enforcement agencies throughout New Hampshire;
       $750,000 for the New Jersey Marine Police Patrol for 
     technology upgrades.
       $300,000 to the Newago County Office of Administration for 
     the acquisition of an 800mhz digital communications system;
       $500,000 to the New Hampshire Police Standards and Training 
     Facility to purchase technology and equipment for training 
     recruits;
       $300,000 for the Billings, Montana Police Department for 
     vehicle enhancements, including automatic vehicle locators, 
     in-car report writing modules, and mobile roaming technology;
       $515,000 for the Lubbock, Texas Police Department to 
     purchase mobile data terminals and related software;
       $500,000 for the County of Passaic, New Jersey for the 
     purchase of a trunked radio system;
       $1,500,000 for the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety to 
     provide comprehensive radio and data communications 
     capabilities for all emergency response agencies units in 
     Oklahoma;
       $200,000 for the Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky 
     Public Safety Communications System to study requirements and 
     develop a plan to implement a common interoperable voice and 
     data communications system for public safety organizations in 
     the metropolitan area;
       $200,000 to the City of Santa Rosa, California for radio 
     communications and emergency response systems upgrades;
       $1,500,000 to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol for 
     the development and implementation of an interoperable Voice 
     Trunking Network (VTN) real-time voice communication system 
     throughout the state;
       $300,000 to REJIS for the establishment of a computer 
     information system to serve the St. Louis Region;

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       $2,000,000 for the Montana Sheriff's & Peace Officers 
     Association for a reverse 9-1-1 system which will allow State 
     and local officials to distribute emergency information to 
     citizens over their phone lines using auto-dialing 
     technologies;
       $750,000 to San Miguel County, New Mexico Emergency 
     Services for a county wide communications system;
       $850,000 to Simpson County, Mississippi for a public safety 
     automated technologies system;
       $1,500,000 for South Dakota's Sheriffs and Police Chiefs 
     Association to acquire communications equipment, computers, 
     and other crime-fighting technologies;
       $2,000,000 for a grant for the Southeastern Law Enforcement 
     Technology Center to partner with SPAWAR System Center 
     Charleston to advance research and development into software 
     radio technology;
       $750,000 to the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety for a 
     statewide public safety communications system;
       $1,000,000 to Wake County, North Carolina's Department of 
     Public Safety and Emergency Management for technology 
     infrastructure improvements for law enforcement vehicles;
       $200,000 for the Pike County, Illinois Sheriff's Department 
     to upgrade law enforcement technologies and modernize 
     equipment;
       $50,000 for the City of West Point, Kentucky for the 
     purchase of law enforcement equipment;
       $1,500,000 for the training of village public safety 
     officers and small village police offices and acquisition of 
     equipment and technologies;
       $250,000 to the Warren County, Mississippi Sheriff's 
     Department for technology enhancements;
       $125,000 for the Wilkinson County, Mississippi Sheriff's 
     Department for police technology and equipment;
       $1,000,000 for the Wilmington, Delaware Police Department 
     to purchase equipment and technologies;
       $300,000 to the Wyoming Law Enforcement Academy in Douglas, 
     Wyoming for technology upgrades;
       Crime Identification Technology Act.--The conference 
     agreement includes $69,075,000 to be used and distributed 
     pursuant to the Crime Identification Technology Act of 1998, 
     Public Law 105-251. Under that Act, eligible uses of the 
     funds are (1) upgrading criminal history and criminal justice 
     record systems; (2) improvement of criminal justice 
     identification systems, including fingerprint-based systems; 
     (3) promoting compatibility and integration of national, 
     State, and local systems for criminal justice purposes, 
     firearms eligibility determinations, identification of sexual 
     offenders, identification of domestic violence offenders, and 
     background checks for other authorized purposes; (4) 
     capturing information for statistical and research purposes; 
     (5) multijurisdictional, multiagency communications systems; 
     and (6) improvement of capabilities of forensic sciences, 
     including DNA.
       Within the overall amounts recommended, the conferees 
     expect OJP to examine each of the following proposals, to 
     provide grants if warranted, and to submit a report to the 
     Committees on Appropriations its intentions for each 
     proposal:
       $250,000 for Pennsylvania's Cross Current Corporation 
     Criminal Justice County Integration Project;
       $1,500,000 to the Great Cities Universities Coalition in 
     Georgia for criminal justice data gathering and analysis;
       $500,000 to the City of Montrose, Colorado for a records 
     management system and related technology to interface with 
     the public safety communications system;
       $1,000,000 for Whatcom County, Washington's Multi-
     Jurisdictional Criminal Justice Data Integration Project to 
     develop and implement an integrated county-wide 
     communications system;
       $2,000,000 for the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation to 
     purchase Live-Scan machines for use by Ohio law enforcement 
     agencies;
       $200,000 for Henderson County, NC for COPLINK;
       $1,000,000 for Harris County, TX Regional AFIS project;
       $500,000 for San Bernardino, CA for an electronic crime 
     report filing system;
       $1,000,000 for San Bernardino, CA Sheriff's Department, for 
     the SECURES gunshot detection system project;
       $1,500,000 for Pinellas County, FL for a laptop 
     interoperability project;
       $3,000,000 for the National Forensics Science Technology 
     Center in Largo, FL;
       $1,000,000 for the Washington Association of Sheriffs and 
     Police Chiefs (WASPC), for the Jail Booking an Reporting 
     System;
       $1,000,000 for the Bi-County Police Information Network in 
     Benton and Franklin Counties, WA;
       $250,000 for the Mecklenburg County, NC Criminal Justice 
     Information System project;
       $500,000 for the Jefferson County, AL Sheriff's Department 
     for an Identification Based Information System;
       $4,000,000 for the Cyber Science Laboratory for developing 
     advanced electronic crime and computer forensics technology 
     for law enforcement;
       $250,000 for the King County, WA Sheriff's Office for 
     electronic records and DNA testing;
       $500,000 for Ventura County, CA for an integrated justice 
     information system;
       $20,000 for Madison Village, OH for a records management 
     system;
       $250,000 for Sacramento County, CA Sheriff's Department for 
     records management and communications systems;
       $250,000 for the State of Illinois for a fingerprint 
     identification system;
       $1,500,000 for St. Louis County, MO, to upgrade and enhance 
     criminal ID technologies for police and sheriff's offices;
       $150,000 to the Douglas County Sheriff's Department, 
     Douglas County, WI to upgrade and expand the regional crime 
     information system;
       $25,000 for the City of Philadelphia, PA, for an electronic 
     fingerprint scanner to connect to state-wide information;
       $750,000 for the North Carolina State Attorney General, for 
     a Computer Forensics Initiative;
       $1,700,000 for Hennepin County, MN for an integrated 
     criminal database system;
       $400,000 for the City of New York to collect and provide 
     digital identification evidence to support domestic violence 
     cases;
       $40,000 for the Eastchester, NY Police Department for an 
     electronic fingerprinting ID system;
       $650,000 for the City of Portland, OR Police Department for 
     the IBIS system;
       $100,000 for Wagoner County, OK for the Sex Crime Offender 
     Registration Enforcement (SCORE) program;
       $500,000 for development of the San Diego Police 
     Department's Criminal Records Management System;
       $750,000 for Lane County/Springfield/Eugene, OR for law 
     enforcement area information records system;
       $500,000 to the Arkansas Crime Information Center and the 
     Arkansas Sheriff's Association for Phase II of the JailNet 
     project;
       $1,000,000 to the Arkansas State Police for an automated 
     fingerprint identification system;
       $500,000 to the Ogden City, Utah Police Department for an 
     automatic finger print identification system (AFIS);
       $400,000 for a Centralized Sex Offender Registry Program 
     for the State of Colorado;
       $1,000,000 for CJIS WareNET to connect all state law 
     enforcement agencies into one information database;
       $250,000 to the Ogden City, Utah Police Department for a 
     consolidated records management system;
       $2,000,000 for the Alaska Criminal Justice Information 
     System to integrate federal, state, and local criminal 
     records along with social service and other records. It 
     expects the system design to include the capability to 
     provide background checks on potential child care workers for 
     child care providers and families with the permission of the 
     job applicant. The State should consult with the National 
     Instant Check System for technical expertise;
       $7,250,000 for the South Carolina Judicial Department to 
     purchase equipment for the integration of the case docket 
     system into a state-of-the-art comprehensive database to be 
     shared between the court system and law enforcement;
       $1,000,000 to the Vermont Department of Public Safety for 
     the Criminal Justice Integration System Project;
       $1,000,000 to the Minnesota Department of Public Safety for 
     the integrated criminal justice information system titled 
     CriMNet;
       $100,000 to the Ogden City, Utah Police Department for a 
     facial recognition system;
       $250,000 to the City of Gulfport, Mississippi for the 
     Gulfport Critical Incident Response Technologies;
       $1,000,000 to the Missouri Office of the State Court 
     Administrator for computer upgrades and modernizations of the 
     juvenile court system;
       $450,000 to implement a Louisiana Statewide Sex Offender 
     Database;
       $800,000 for the Low Country Information Technology 
     Improvement Project;
       $250,000 for the Offenders' Unified Tracking for 
     Rehabilitation, Enforcement, Assistance, and Community Health 
     (OUTREACH) program at the University of Pennsylvania Lee 
     Center of Criminology;
       $2,800,000 for the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division 
     to obtain equipment, convert existing databases and integrate 
     systems for accurate and rapid processing of information to 
     support identifications for criminal and civil purposes;
       $250,000 to the South Bend, Indiana Police Department for 
     the purchase of an automated fingerprint imaging system 
     (AFIS);
       $500,000 for the Syracuse University Cross-Information 
     Language Retrieval system to assist law enforcement in the 
     search and analysis of foreign Internet document databases;
       $1,800,000 to upgrade automated fingerprint identification 
     systems (AFIS) in Hawaii;
       $850,000 for the University of Southern Mississippi for 
     crime identification technology training;
       Crime Laboratory Improvement Program.--The conference 
     agreement includes $40,538,000 for the crime laboratory 
     improvement program.
       DNA Backlog Elimination.--The conference agreement includes 
     $41,000,000 to reduce the DNA sample backlog including the 
     testing of date rape kits. Within this amount, $5,000,000 is 
     available for Paul Coverdell Forensics Sciences Improvement 
     grants.
       Within the overall amounts recommended for the Crime 
     Laboratory Improvement and DNA Backlog Elimination Programs, 
     the OJP should examine each of the following proposals, 
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     submit a report to the Committees on its intentions for each 
     proposal:
       $1,250,000 for the Florida Gulf Coast Univerisity for DNA 
     testing center to help train students to work in DNA 
     laboratories;
       $1,500,000 for the Commonwealth of Virginia to enhance 
     existing state forensics laboratory capabilities for analysis 
     and training;
       $1,500,000 for the Northeast Regional Forensic Institute in 
     Albany, NY;
       $500,000 for the Northern Illinois Police Crime Laboratory 
     for forensic science equipment;
       $2,000,000 for the State of Maryland and the City of 
     Baltimore DNA Labs to be evenly divided among each;
       $3,000,000 for the Iowa State University Midwest Forensics 
     Science Center;
       $2,000,000 for the New Jersey State Police for forensics 
     equipment;
       $250,000 for the DuPage County, IL Crime Laboratory;
       $500,000 for the Center for Forensic Service in Indian 
     Country in Arizona;
       $500,000 for the City of Whittier, CA for forensic science 
     equipment;
       $2,000,000 for the Department of Justice of the State of 
     California for the Integrated Laboratory Information 
     Management System;
       $1,500,000 for the Indiana State Police for the Forensic 
     DNA Analysis Unit to address the backlog;
       $500,000 for the Institute for Forensic Imaging at Indiana 
     University Purdue University at Indianapolis;
       $30,000 for Williamson County, TX for equipment to analyze 
     both finger and palm prints;
       $750,000 for the Forensic Science Center at California 
     State University, Los Angeles;
       $1,000,000 for Phoenix, AZ to expand the crime lab's DNA 
     capabilities;
       $350,000 for the City of New York, NY to develop a forensic 
     evidence collection training program;
       $250,000 for the Sacramento County, CA Sheriff's Department 
     to modernize its data infrastructure;
       $250,000 to Allegheny County, Pennsylvania for the 
     Allegheny County Forensics Laboratory for improvements;
       $142,900 to the Broome County, New York Government Security 
     Division for a computer and video forensics laboratory;
       $1,500,000 to establish the Metropolitan Forensic Science 
     Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico which will serve law 
     enforcement agencies involved in Indian Country;
       $800,000 for the Central Piedmont Community College 
     Forensics Lab in North Carolina;
       $400,000 for the Birmingham Police Department to improve 
     and update their forensic laboratory;
       $400,000 for the Forensics Laboratory at East Stroudsburg 
     University, Pennsylvania to assist Pennsylvania's law 
     enforcement community by expediting the processing of the 
     state's DNA backlog;
       $500,000 to the Indiana State Police, Laboratory Division 
     for personnel, equipment, supplies, and contractual needs in 
     order to meet the increased demands on the DNA Analysis Unit;
       $400,000 to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation for lab 
     equipment and an information management system to track 
     evidence;
       $3,000,000 for the Marshall University (MU) Forensic 
     Science Program in West Virginia;
       $750,000 for the Mississippi Crime Lab to improve the 
     state's capability to analyze DNA evidence;
       $800,000 to the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation for 
     improvements to its Forensic Science Lab;
       $500,000 to the Pikes Peak Metro Crime Lab in Colorado for 
     renovations necessary to meet the demand for DNA analysis 
     services;
       $1,500,000 to the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division 
     for equipment to support a federal and state collaboration of 
     investigators and forensics experts to solve high technology 
     crimes through one center;
       $2,500,000 to the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division 
     for continued funding to support the growing state and local 
     law enforcement needs in the only full service forensic 
     laboratory in South Carolina;
       $970,000 to the Southeast Missouri Crime Lab for 
     modernizations and equipment;
       $250,000 to Texas Tech University for the Southwest 
     Institute for Forensic Sciences;
       $4,000,000 for the West Virginia University (WVU) Forensic 
     Identification Program;
        Southwest Border Prosecutions.--The conference agreement 
     includes $40,000,000 for assistance to State and local 
     prosecutors located along the Southwest border, including the 
     integration and automation of court management systems. This 
     program will provide financial assistance to Texas, New 
     Mexico, Arizona, and California for the State and local costs 
     associated with the handling and processing of drug and alien 
     cases referred from Federal arrests. If additional funding is 
     required for this program, the Committees on Appropriations 
     will consider a reprogramming request under section 605 of 
     this Act.
       Offender Reentry.--The conference agreement includes 
     $14,934,000 for the law enforcement costs related to 
     establishing offender reentry programs. Offender reentry 
     programs establish partnerships among institutional 
     corrections, community corrections, social services programs, 
     community policing, and community leaders to prepare for the 
     successful return of inmates to their home neighborhoods. The 
     amount recommended is provided to fund law enforcement 
     participation and coordination of offender reentry programs. 
     The conferees are pleased that the OJP is working in 
     collaboration with the Departments of Labor, Health and Human 
     Services, Housing and Urban Development, and Education in the 
     execution of this program. The conferees encourage OJP to 
     expand its collaboration with these departments to coordinate 
     the resources provided by multiple agencies of the Federal 
     government to address the needs of local communities.
       Safe Schools Initiative.--The conference agreement includes 
     $15,210,000 for programs aimed at preventing violence in 
     public schools, and to support the assignment of officers to 
     work in collaboration with schools and community-based 
     organizations to address the threat of terrorism, crime, 
     disorder, gangs, and drug activities.
       Within the amount provided, the COPS office should examine 
     each of the following proposals, provide grants if warranted, 
     and submit a report to the Committees on its intentions for 
     each proposal:
       $500,000 for the Family, Career and Community Leaders of 
     America (FCCLA) ``Stop the Violence'' program;
       $350,000 for the Virginia Attorney General's Office for 
     Class Action and other educational programs in Virginia's 
     schools;
       $125,000 for the Rappahannock County, VA Sheriff's Office 
     for a school resource officer program;
       $125,000 for the Town of Stanley, VA Sheriff's Office for a 
     school resource officer program;
       $500,000 for the Learning for Life program;
       $1,000,000 for Wichita, KS for a school safety programs in 
     Wichita Public Schools;
       $250,000 for the Pinellas County, FL Police Athletic 
     League;
       $500,000 for Palm Beach County, FL School District for 
     security upgrades;
       $125,000 for the Ashland County, WI Sheriff's Department 
     for school resource officer program;
       $560,000 for Rock in Prevention;
       $250,000 for development and implementation of youth mentor 
     programs for the Barrington Police Athletic League;
       $500,000 for School District of Philadelphia for school 
     violence prevention;
       $500,000 for Toledo, OH Public School's Beacon Academy to 
     serve as an alternative to suspension;
       $500,000 for Operation Quality Time;
       $1,000,000 for District 29 of Southeast Queens in New York, 
     NY, for a Dial-Up system to strengthen home-school-community 
     communication;
       $500,000 for the Anaheim, CA Police Department for their 
     School Gang Officers Division
       $150,000 for the City of Rialto, CA for the Police 
     Activities League program;
       $500,000 for the Alaska Community in Schools Mentoring 
     Program;
       $1,000,000 for the Police Athletic League of New Jersey to 
     implement a short term residential summer camp program for 
     youth;
       $850,000 for the East Orange Police Athletics League to 
     provide services and programs, including parenting classes, 
     computer training, GED preparation, mentoring and 
     recreational programs;
       $1,000,000 for Wisconsin's Families & Schools Together 
     (FAST) Prevention Program to provide services to at-risk 
     youth;
       $60,000 for Washington County, Oregon's Hillsboro Boys and 
     Girls Club Gang Prevention Program which is a targeted 
     outreach program to deter young people from gang involvement;
       $400,000 for the New Mexico Police Athletic League to 
     continue the statewide Law enforcement and Professional 
     Business Volunteer Technology and Mentoring program and to 
     expand its program to assist at-risk youth to 14 additional 
     sites;
       $1,300,000 for the University of Montana to facilitate a 
     statewide community based curriculum development initiative 
     that promotes responsible behavior and reduces youth violence 
     in schools and communities;
       $100,000 for the Jefferson County, Illinois Sheriff's 
     Office and Hamilton-Jefferson County Regional Office of 
     Education to implement a safe schools program;
       $500,000 for New Mexico's School Security Technology and 
     Resource Center (SSTAR) to provide public schools with 
     physical security assessments, to test existing school 
     security systems, and to implement tailored security plans;
       $1,500,000 to provide community-based, cost-effective 
     alternative programs for juveniles who are, have been or may 
     be subject to compulsory care, supervision or incarceration 
     in public or private institutions in several states including 
     South Carolina;

                       Juvenile Justice Programs

       The conference agreement includes $275,306,000 for Juvenile 
     Justice programs, instead of $257,801,000 as proposed by the 
     House and $315,425,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
     conference agreement provides for the following programs:


                       Juvenile Justice Programs

                         (Dollars in thousands)

                                                                 Amount
Management/Administration........................................$6,832
State Formula Grants.............................................83,800
Discretionary Grants.............................................89,257
Youth Gangs......................................................11,974
State Challenge Activities........................................9,978
Juvenile Mentoring...............................................15,965
Incentive Grants to Prevent Juvenile Crime.......................46,500

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  (Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws)...........................(25,000)
  (Indian Youth Grants Program)................................(12,472)
  (Safe Schools Initiative).....................................(6,500)
  Subtotal, Juvenile Prevention Programs........................264,306
Victims of Child Abuse Act Programs..............................11,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
    Total.......................................................275,306
       Discretionary Grants.--The conference agreement includes 
     $89,257,000 for this discretionary grant program. Within the 
     amounts provided, OJP is expected to review the following 
     proposals, provide grants if warranted, and report to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate on its 
     intentions.
       $840,000 for Oregon Partnership for Champions for Healthy 
     Kids and Communities initiative to combat drug abuse;
       $1,500,000 for Girls and Boys Town, USA;
       $750,000 for Yellowstone Boys and Girls Ranch for programs 
     assisting at-risk youth;
       $1,500,000 for ``I Have a Dream'' Foundation for at-risk 
     youth;
       $3,000,000 for the National Council of Juvenile and Family 
     Courts for continued support, which provides continuing legal 
     education and family and juvenile law;
       $600,000 for Prevent Child Abuse America for the programs 
     of the National Family Support Roundtable;
       $3,000,000 for Parents Anonymous;
       $2,500,000 for the South Carolina Truancy and Dropout 
     Prevention Initiative;
       $1,250,000 for the Teens, Crime and Community program;
       $1,900,000 for law related education for continued support;
       $200,000 for the Hazard, KY Buckhorn Wilderness Program;
       $3,000,000 for Hamilton Fish National Institute on School 
     and Community Violence;
       $500,000 for Youth for Tomorrow;
       $1,500,000 for the Harvard Medical School Center for Mental 
     Health and Media for a study into certain causes of youth 
     violence;
       $1,000,000 for World Vision for at-risk youth programs;
       $500,000 for the First Tee program;
       $250,000 for Operation Blue Ridge Thunder;
       $1,000,000 for Residential Care Consortium for delinquency 
     prevention programs;
       $250,000 for the Detroit Rescue Mission for its High Course 
     Youth Corrections Program for at-risk youth;
       $500,000 for the Child Endangerment Response Coalition in 
     Spokane, WA;
       $250,000 for the Interagency Family Assessment Team 
     project;
       $250,000 for Community Intensive Treatment Program 
     (C.I.T.Y.) and Skills Training Consortium in Alabama for 
     technology investments to be used by the teen centers;
       $250,000 for Page County, VA for a juvenile crime 
     prevention program;
       $500,000 for the ARISE Foundation for at-risk youth;
       $500,000 for Youth Crime Watch of America;
       $100,000 for Laurinburg, NC for a juvenile delinquency 
     program;
       $500,000 for Orange County, CA Fire F.R.I.E.N.D.S. program, 
     to help reduce juvenile fire setting;
       $300,000 for Miami-Dade County, FL Juvenile Assessment 
     Center;
       $500,000 for A Child Is Missing;
       $200,000 for the Somerville, MA Boxing Club for equipment 
     for at-risk youth programs;
       $750,000 for the Brooklyn Academy of Music to help at risk 
     youth and combat teenage delinquency;
       $500,000 for the Kennedy Kreiger Institute in MD to create 
     a juvenile delinquency prevention program;
       $400,000 for Project AVARY to support programs for at risk 
     youth in California's Bay Area;
       $1,000,000 for the Greater Heights Program to provide 
     mentoring to high-risk youth;
       $200,000 for the Sports Foundation, Inc., for a focused 
     mentoring program for at-risk youth;
       $250,000 for Bristol, RI for development and implementation 
     of an at-risk youth program;
       $2,000,000 for the Los Angeles, CA BEST youth program;
       $100,000 for the Village of Riverdale, IL for the Riverdale 
     Youth Interaction Program;
       $200,000 for the City of Alexandria, VA to implement an 
     alternative detention program for juveniles;
       $500,000 for a Family Therapy Clinic at Seton Hill College 
     to assist troubled teens;
       $100,000 for the Washington, PA Community Arts and Cultural 
     Center to provide programs for at-risk youth;
       $300,000 for the Franklin County, MA Community Coalition of 
     Teens, Youth Substance Abuse Prevention;
       $300,000 for the Christian Center's Up-Reach center in 
     Pittsfield, MA;
       $200,000 for the Juvenile Day Reporting Center in Durham, 
     NC;
       $100,000 for the Culinary Education Training for At Risk 
     Youth program at Johnson & Wales University in Miami Dade 
     County, FL;
       $1,000,000 for the Commonwealth Corporation's Diploma Plus 
     program to serve at-risk youth in Massachusetts;
       $500,000 for Mother Cabrini HS in New York City to provide 
     at-risk girls with after school tutoring, mentoring, and 
     prevention programs;
       $125,000 for the Tilles Center, Long Island University for 
     programs for at-risk youth;
       $400,000 for the Father Bellini Association to expand and 
     develop additional programs for ``at-risk'' youth in 
     Northwest Queens;
       $250,000 for the City of Mount Vernon, NY for at-risk youth 
     programs;
       $250,000 for the New Rochelle, New York City School 
     District for after school programs for at-risk youth;
       $500,000 for the Center for Alternative Sentencing and 
     Employment Services, Inc. in New York, NY to help combat 
     teenage delinquency and illiteracy;
       $500,000 for the Elysian Valley United Community Services 
     in Los Angeles, CA for youth programs;
       $500,000 for Lawrence Hall Youth Services in Chicago, IL to 
     continue delinquency prevention programs;
       $350,000 for Path Community Services, Inc. in El Paso, TX 
     for an after school program for at-risk youth;
       $150,000 for the Catholic Charities Maine Rapid Response 
     program for at-risk youth;
       $100,000 for Fresno County, CA for the Keep Kids in School 
     program;
       $180,000 for the Lafayette Parish, LA Sheriff's Office 
     Youth Academy;
       $200,000 for the Children Who Witness Violence program in 
     Cuyahoga County, OH;
       $250,000 for Orleans County, VT for a crime prevention 
     community center for at-risk youth in the Newport Derby 
     region;
       $5,000,000 for the Secure Our Schools Act;
       $450,000 to the After School and Counseling Programs for 
     At-Risk Native American Youth in South Dakota;
       $200,000 to Task Inc. for a demonstration project with the 
     Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois to serve non-violent 
     offenders who demonstrate mental illness and/or substance 
     abuse;
       $35,000 for the City of Fort Thomas, Kentucky to develop 
     and implement a drug education and prevention program in the 
     school system;
       $90,000 to Lewis County, Kentucky and the City of 
     Vanceburg, Kentucky to develop and implement a drug education 
     and prevention program in the school system and provide 
     additional resources to address law enforcement problems 
     associated with drug use;
       $100,000 to the Patriot Center in Rockford, Illinois for 
     programs for at-risk youth;
       $250,000 to the Birmingham, Alabama Education Technology 
     (BET) Center for at-risk-youth programs;
       $2,000,000 for the Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation for youth 
     prevention programs aimed at leadership, teamwork, and drug 
     prevention;
       $200,000 for the Camden City, New Jersey Housing Authority 
     to establish a drug prevention program for children in low 
     income housing developments;
       $250,000 to the United Way of Chittendon County, Vermont to 
     continue the Champlain Mentoring Initiative Project;
       $290,000 to Charles Mix County, South Dakota for a full-
     time substance abuse counselor for local youth, and for the 
     expansion of youth programs in Lake Andes and Wagner, South 
     Dakota;
       $75,000 to the Nez Perce Tribe in Lapwai, Idaho for the 
     Child Protection Program to coordinate the services of human 
     resource programs;
       $4,000,000 to the National Center for Missing and Exploited 
     Children for the Child Sexual Exploitation Campaign to expand 
     services to law enforcement in cases of child pornography, 
     child molestation, and sexual exploitation;
       $400,000 to Ohio's Children Who Witness Violence Program 
     for crisis intervention, assessment and treatment services to 
     children and families impacted by violence;
       $200,000 for Parents and Children Together (PACT) to 
     provide gang prevention services, counseling and outreach, 
     and supervised, alternative activities to youth in the Kuhio 
     Park Terrace and Kuhio Homes housing units in Honolulu, 
     Hawaii;
       $1,500,000 to the University of New Hampshire's Crimes 
     Against Children Research Center;
       $300,000 for the Elizabeth Buffum Chace Family Resource 
     Center in Warwick, Rhode Island to provide services for 
     members of the community affected by domestic violence;
       $100,000 for the Family Ties Supervised Visitation Services 
     in Wakefield, Rhode Island to provide domestic violence 
     prevention and services;
       $1,000,000 to Fox Valley Technical College of Appleton, 
     Wisconsin to increase and expand services offered to local 
     law enforcement involved in the investigation of child abuse 
     and neglect;
       $200,000 to From Darkness to Light in Charleston, South 
     Carolina which seeks to prevent child abuse and obtain 
     services for victims of child abuse by providing information 
     about the prevalence and consequences of child sexual abuse;
       $1,000,000 to expand and replicate the Beyond Bars program;
       $300,000 to the City of Jackson, Mississippi for a juvenile 
     justice program;
       $1,000,000 to Western Kentucky University for the Juvenile 
     Delinquency Project;
       $390,000 for the Juvenile Fire Setters program in New 
     Hampshire;
       $2,000,000 to the State of Alaska for a Child Abuse 
     Investigation Program;
       $750,000 to Alaska's LOVE Social Services to establish and 
     enhance after school programs in Fairbanks, AK for at risk 
     youth;
       $200,000 to the Second Judicial District Juvenile Justice 
     Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico, for a truancy prevention 
     program to help reduce juvenile delinquency and juvenile 
     crime;
       $200,000 for the Boys and Girls Home of Nebraska to expand 
     programs geared towards youth who have committed minor 
     offenses

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     and/or have unique mental, psychological and behavioral 
     problems;
       $500,000 for a statewide at-risk youth mentoring program in 
     Alaska involving community based organization, schools, and 
     non-profit entities including Boys and Girls Clubs and Big 
     Brother-Big Sisters.
       $500,000 for Juvenile Offender Treatment and Prevention 
     Project to provide mental health treatment and prevention 
     services to youth and families involved with or at high risk 
     of involvement with the Tulsa County juvenile justice system;
       $500,000 for the Kansas Big Brothers Big Sisters to expand 
     services to all 105 counties in the state;
       $500,000 to the City of Los Angeles, California for the 
     Family Violence Program;
       $100,000 for Marion County, Oregon's Life Directions Peer 
     Mentoring Partnership which seeks to break the cycle of drug 
     addiction, violent crime, and teenage pregnancy;
       $125,000 to Virginia's Lonesome Pine Office on Youth for 
     the continuation of delinquency prevention and youth 
     development programs;
       $750,000 to the Low County Children's Center in South 
     Carolina for continued support for a collaborative effort 
     among local organizations in Charleston that provide full 
     services to children who have been abused;
       $400,000 for Pennsylvania's Martin Luther King, Jr. Center 
     for Non-Violence to continue its Life Skills program which 
     enables students to work alongside business and industry 
     mentors;
       $1,000,000 for the National Child Protection Development 
     and Training Center in Minnesota;
       $2,000,000 to the National Center for Missing and Exploited 
     Children for the NETSMARTZ Initiative to expand the program 
     into schools, homes, and youth organization nationwide;
       $200,000 for Nevada Child Seekers to assist in locating 
     missing children and providing resources for the families of 
     missing children;
       $750,000 for the Afterschool Services Pilot program 
     operated by the New Mexico State University Cooperative 
     Extension Service to serve youth who are at home alone or are 
     unsupervised between 2 and 6 in the afternoon;
       $60,000 for the North Shore Youth Council in Long Island, 
     New York to provide family counseling and youth development 
     services to underserved children in the Miller Place and 
     Rocky Point school districts;
       $3,000,000 for the `Innovative Partnerships for High Risk 
     Youth' demonstration;
       $200,000 for Prairie View Prevention Services in Sioux 
     Falls, South Dakota to establish a pilot project for the 
     long-term treatment of juvenile methamphetamine abuse and 
     dependence;
       $150,000 to the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe in South Dakota for 
     Project Safe;
       $400,000 for the Rapid Response Program in Washington and 
     Hancock Counties in the State of Maine;
       $250,000 for the Safer Learning Center in Chicago, Illinois 
     for expansion of mentoring and peer-learning programs;
       $200,000 to Boysville of Michigan and SER Metro Detroit for 
     the Samaritan Center;
       $60,000 for the South Coast Inter-Agency Narcotics Team, 
     Coquilla, OR, for drug prevention;
       $580,000 for St. Joseph's Indian School in South Dakota for 
     juvenile delinquency prevention programs;
       $100,000 for the St. Louis for Kids program to provide 
     afterschool programs for at-risk elementary school students 
     in inner city St. Louis, Missouri;
       $450,000 for the State of Pennsylvania Witness Protection 
     Program;
       $900,000 for the Arkansas Boys and Girls Clubs to expand 
     after-school programs, drug and violence prevention 
     activities, and mentoring of at-risk children;
       $400,000 for a grant for the Milwaukee Summer Stars 
     Program;
       $1,500,000 to The Family Development Foundation in Las 
     Vegas, Nevada for domestic violence prevention and 
     intervention;
       $200,000 for the University of Southern Mississippi 
     Juvenile Justice Prevention Partnership program;
       $300,000 for a grant to the Vermont Coalition of Teen 
     Centers;
       $1,000,000 for the Wisconsin Safe & Sound Program which 
     combines aggressive enforcement, community organizing, and 
     the establishment of ``safe places'' for children to go 
     during non-school hours in Milwaukee's highest crime areas;
       $600,000 to Utah State University for the Youth and 
     Families with Promise Program;
       $300,000 for the Youth Center of Wyoming Valley, 
     Pennsylvania to provide preventative substance abuse 
     education programs;
       $300,000 for the Vermont Department of Employment and 
     Training to establish a statewide young offender reentry 
     system targeted at young men aged 18-21;
       $250,000 to Jefferson County, Colorado for the Youth System 
     Improvement Project;
       $500,000 for the Youth Violence Prevention Research Project 
     at the University of South Alabama;
       $150,000 for the City of Aberdeen, South Dakota to 
     establish a Youth-Adult Partnership of Aberdeen (YAPA) 
     community youth center, which will provide structured out-of-
     school activities for teens;
       $1,000,000 for Kansas YouthFriends to expand the school 
     mentorship program;
       Within the level of funds provided, $3,000,000 is available 
     for independent program evaluations.
       Youth Gangs program.--The conference agreement includes 
     $11,974,000 for the youth gang program to provide grants to 
     public and private nonprofit organizations to prevent and 
     reduce the participation of at-risk youth in the activities 
     of gangs that commit crimes. Within the level of funds 
     provided, OJP is expected to provide $520,000 for a Northern 
     Virginia multi-jurisdiction anti-gang task force.
       Juvenile Mentoring Program (Part G).--The conference 
     agreement includes $15,965,000 for the juvenile mentoring 
     program. Within the amounts provided, OJP is directed to 
     provide $5,000,000 for the Big Brothers/Big Sisters of 
     America program.
       At-Risk Children's Program (Title V).--The conference 
     agreement includes $46,500,000 for At-Risk Children's 
     Program.
       Safe Schools Initiative.--The conference agreement includes 
     $6,500,000 within Title V grants for the Safe Schools 
     initiative. Within this amount $5,000,000 is provided for 
     Project Sentry.
       Within the amounts provided for the safe schools 
     initiative, OJP is expected to review the following 
     proposals, provide grants if warranted, and report to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate on its 
     intentions.
       $100,000 for the Bronxville, NY Public School System for 
     video surveillance equipment;
       $100,000 for Barron County Restorative Justice Programs, 
     Inc. in Rice Lake, WI for a school truancy initiative.
       Tribal Youth Program.--The conference agreement includes 
     $12,472,000 within Title V grants for programs to reduce, 
     control, and prevent crime both by and against tribal and 
     Native American youth; for interventions for court-involved 
     tribal youth; for improvement to tribal and Native juvenile 
     justice systems; and for prevention programs focusing on 
     alcohol and drugs, including the Alaska Federation of Natives 
     to develop an underage drinking prevention program in rural 
     Alaska that includes assessment and education and focuses on 
     the children of alcoholics. Within this amount, the conferees 
     direct that $2,000,000 be provided for a grant to fund the 
     Alaska Illegal Drug and Alcohol Use Initiative.
       Enforcing the Underage Drinking Laws Program.--The 
     conference agreement includes $25,000,000 within Title V 
     grants to assist States in enforcing underage drinking laws. 
     Each State shall receive $360,000 and $6,640,000 shall be 
     available for discretionary grants to States. OJP is directed 
     to provide a report to the Committee no later than March 1, 
     2003 on the accomplishments of the program to date. Within 
     the amounts provided for underage drinking, OJP shall make an 
     award to the Alaska Federation of Natives to develop an 
     underage drinking prevention program in rural Alaska 
     including assessment and education, focusing on the children 
     of alcoholics.
       Victims of Child Abuse Act.--The conference agreement 
     includes $11,000,000 for the various programs authorized 
     under the Victims of Child Abuse Act as follows:
       $1,747,000 to Regional Children's Advocacy Centers, as 
     authorized by section 213 of VOCA;
       $6,008,000 to establish local Children's Advocacy Centers, 
     as authorized by section 214 of VOCA;
       $1,000,000 for the National Children's Advocacy Center in 
     Huntsville, Alabama to develop and implement a training 
     program; and
       $1,497,000 for a continuation grant to the National Center 
     for Prosecution of Child Abuse for specialized technical 
     assistance and training programs to improve the prosecution 
     of child abuse cases, as authorized by section 214a of VOCA; 
     and
       $748,000 for a continuation grant to the National 
     Children's Alliance for technical assistance and training, as 
     authorized by section 214a of VOCA.
       The conference report includes bill language allowing 
     training and technical assistance to help small, non-profit 
     organizations with the Federal grant process. The Conferees 
     direct OJP to submit a status report on the training and 
     technical assistance provided by September 20, 2003.


                    Public Safety Officers Benefits

       The conferee agreement includes $53,054,000 for this 
     account including $4,000,000 for disability benefits.


               General Provisions--Department of Justice

       The conference agreement includes the following general 
     provisions for the Department of Justice in this bill:
       Section 101 provides language, included in previous 
     Appropriations acts, which makes up to $45,000 of the funds 
     appropriated to the Department of Justice available to the 
     Attorney General for reception and representation expenses.
       Section 102 provides language, included in Appropriations 
     acts for the last six years and prior to 1994, which 
     prohibits the use of funds to perform abortions in the 
     Federal Prison System.
       Section 103 provides language, included in previous 
     Appropriations acts, which prohibits use of the funds in this 
     bill to require any person to perform, or facilitate the 
     performance of, an abortion.
       Section 104 provides language, included in previous 
     Appropriations acts, which states that nothing in the 
     previous section removes the obligation of the Director of 
     the Bureau of Prisons to provide escort services to female 
     inmates who seek to obtain abortions outside a Federal 
     facility.

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       Section 105 provides language, included in previous 
     Appropriations acts, which allows the Department of Justice 
     to spend up to $10,000,000 for rewards for information 
     regarding criminal acts and acts of terrorism against a 
     United States person or property at levels not to exceed 
     $2,000,000 per award.
       Section 106 provides language similar to language included 
     in previous Appropriations acts, which allows the Department 
     of Justice, subject to the Committee's reprogramming 
     procedures, to transfer up to 5 percent between any 
     appropriation, but limits to 10 percent the amount that can 
     be transferred into any one appropriation.
       Section 107 provides language to continue section 114 of 
     Public Law 107-77 during fiscal year 2003.
       Section 108 provides language regarding the collection of 
     certain immigration fees for commercial vessels operating on 
     regular schedules.
       Section 109 provides language regarding the establishment 
     of an advisory board for the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
       Section 110 provides language that delays implementation 
     dates for certain Juvenile Justice programs.
       Section 111 provides language regarding a permanent law 
     enforcement training facility.
       Section 112 provides language regarding an immigration 
     inspection program.

         TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND RELATED AGENCIES

                  TRADE AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT

                            RELATED AGENCIES

       The conference agreement includes a total of $5,695,127,000 
     for the programs of the United States Trade Representative, 
     the International Trade Commission and the Department of 
     Commerce for fiscal year 2003

            Office of the United States Trade Representative


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The conference agreement includes $34,999,000 for the 
     Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) for 
     fiscal year 2003. The recommendation provides additional 
     trade negotiator positions and ancillary costs to address the 
     increasing workload associated with anticipated new trade 
     agreements. The budget request recommended transferring 
     funding jurisdiction to the Executive Office of the 
     President. The conferees do not concur with this proposal.
       The Office of the United States Trade Representative is 
     responsible for developing and coordinating U.S. 
     international trade, commodity, and direct investment policy, 
     and leading or directing negotiations with other countries on 
     such matters.

                     International Trade Commission


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The conference agreement includes $54,000,000 for the 
     International Trade Commission for fiscal year 2003. The 
     recommendation provides for inflation-related costs and the 
     continuation of two IT projects.
       The International Trade Commission is an independent, 
     quasi-judicial agency responsible for conducting trade-
     related investigations; providing the Congress and the 
     President with independent, expert technical advice to assist 
     in the development and implementation of U.S. international 
     trade policy; responding to the Congress and the President on 
     various matters affecting international trade; maintaining 
     the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System of 
     internationally accepted product nomenclature; providing 
     technical assistance to eligible small businesses seeking 
     remedies and benefits under the trade laws; and performing 
     other specific statutory responsibilities ranging from 
     research and analysis to quasi-judicial functions on trade-
     related matters.

                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

                   International Trade Administration


                     OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

       The conference agreement recommends $370,192,000 in total 
     resources for the programs of the International Trade 
     Administration (ITA) for fiscal year 2003. The recommendation 
     includes $362,192,000 to be derived from direct 
     appropriations and $8,000,000 from fee collections. Of the 
     amount of fee collections, $5,000,000 is anticipated from a 
     new fee proposal requested in the budget. The agreement 
     adopts the consolidation of this effort within the Under 
     Secretary/Administration heading, as proposed.
       The conference agreement includes additional funding to 
     monitor and enforce trade agreements, and to expand access 
     for U.S. companies to foreign markets. In addition, funding 
     is provided to ensure the United States Foreign Commercial 
     Service has adequate resources to fund increased security and 
     operating costs for overseas posts. The recommendation also 
     assumes a realignment of $5,975,000 from base funds for 
     information and communication systems and merges funding 
     under the Under Secretary/Executive Administration to ensure 
     greater efficiency, as proposed in the budget.
       The following table reflects the distribution of the 
     recommendation by subactivity:
       Trade Development--The conference agreement provides a 
     total of $67,669,000 for this component and an additional 
     $450,000 is available from prior year unobligated balances. 
     The recommendation includes $500,000 for increased 
     inflationary costs. The conferees provide $10,000,000 for the 
     National Textile Centers, and $3,000,000 for the Textile/
     Technology Center (TC2); $500,000 for an international 
     competitiveness program; $500,000 for a trade processing 
     center; $250,000 for an export database; and $500,000 for a 
     travel industry statistics component, as provided in the 
     prior year.
       Of the funds provided, $500,000 is to develop a new steel 
     industry information management system. Further, the 
     recommendation assumes a transfer of $550,000 from this 
     heading to the UnderSecretary/Executive Administration 
     heading for information and communication activities, as 
     proposed.
       Market Access Compliance--The conference agreement includes 
     $31,204,000 for Market Access Compliance. Of the amounts 
     provided, $557,000 is to provide for increasing costs for 
     ongoing operations; $930,000 is provided to expand markets by 
     combating regulatory barriers; $576,000 is provided to 
     support negotiation efforts for the Free Trade Area of the 
     Americas; $900,000 is provided to support new efforts 
     relating to the Africa Growth Opportunity Act; and $850,000 
     is for new efforts relating to the Caribbean Basin Initiative 
     (CBI). The conferees determined that it is more prudent to 
     use direct appropriations for the new CBI efforts instead of 
     relying on anticipated fees for this purpose, as proposed.
       The recommendation assumes a transfer of $350,000 for 
     information and communication activities from this heading to 
     the Under Secretary/Executive Administration heading, as 
     proposed.
       Import Administration--The conference agreement includes 
     $44,229,000 for the Import Administration. Of the amounts 
     provided, $7,500,000 is to continue overseas compliance and 
     import surge monitoring and enforcement, including $3,500,000 
     to monitor import data and customs flows for surges in key 
     markets and sectors, such as steel and lumber, and take 
     immediate action when such surges are detected. Such action 
     should include using resources to expedite unfair trade cases 
     so U.S. companies can receive relief at the earliest possible 
     date. The conferees expect Import Administration to 
     vigorously monitor foreign subsidies so that action can be 
     taken if the subsidies violate trade agreements.
       Of the amounts provided, $2,500,000 is provided to review 
     and evaluate in-depth Chinese and Japanese compliance with 
     antidumping and countervailing duty commitments. China and 
     Japan represent the majority of unfair trade actions, and the 
     conferees believe there is an urgent need for greater 
     attention to both Japanese and Chinese trade practices.
       Of the amounts provided, $1,633,000 for expanded compliance 
     efforts, including $875,000 for additional personnel to 
     increase enforcement of antidumping (AD) and countervailing 
     (CV) duty laws, and $758,000 for the costs of five full-time 
     equivalents to increase legal support for increased World 
     Trade Organization litigation.
       The recommendation also includes a transfer of $775,000 for 
     information and communication activities from this heading to 
     the heading of Under Secretary/Executive Administration 
     heading, as proposed.
       U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service (US & FCS).--The 
     conference agreement includes $202,040,000 for the US & FCS. 
     Of the amounts provided, $900,000 is to be derived from 
     unobligated prior year balances. The conferees provide an 
     additional 4 full-time equivalents and $1,125,000 for 
     expanded compliance efforts. The recommendation assumes 
     $6,000,000 for increased security costs and other 
     uncontrollable costs of overseas posts, and $1,000,000 is to 
     continue funding for a rural export program.
       In addition, $1,674,000 is provided to expand U.S. 
     commercial presence throughout the continent of Africa; and 
     $1,650,000 is provided to cover the costs of a new presence 
     in El Salvador, as proposed. The conference agreement 
     includes direct appropriations for new Caribbean Basin 
     Initiative efforts instead of relying on fees for this 
     purpose, as proposed.
       The conferees direct ITA to establish a partnership with 
     communities in the City of Chicago and in Cook County, 
     Illinois, to enhance trade relationships between the United 
     States and African countries, focusing initially on efforts 
     with Nigeria.
       The conferees continue to direct that the US & FCS should 
     continue and expand its Global Diversity Initiative to 
     support minority-owned businesses in underserved areas, 
     including inner-city urban areas, empowerment zones, 
     enterprise communities, and Indian reservations. This 
     initiative should continue to include support for companies 
     that are export-ready and hoping to enter into and/or expand 
     international operations.
       Further, the conferees direct the Commercial Service to 
     continue its work on the Appalachian-Turkish Trade Project, a 
     project to promote opportunities to expand trade, encourage 
     business interests, stimulate foreign studies, and to build a 
     lasting and mutually meaningful relationship between the 
     Appalachian states and the Republic of Turkey, as well as the 
     neighboring regions, such as Greece.
       Executive Direction/Administration--A total of $25,050,000 
     is recommended for the administrative and policy functions of 
     ITA. The conference agreement includes $5,975,000 from base 
     transfers from other activities to centralize information and 
     communication activities under this heading, as proposed. In 
     addition, $1,075,000 is for increased training efforts.
       The conferees remain concerned that ITA's efforts to 
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     States and its trading partners are coming at the expense of 
     the promotion of human rights. The advancement of human 
     rights and the development of economies are not mutually 
     exclusive goals. In addition, the conferees understand that 
     the majority of employees in the US & FCS have not received 
     any formalized training to assist them in promoting human 
     rights. Therefore, the conferees direct ITA to develop a 
     comprehensive training program for all officers and employees 
     to ensure that, when counseling U.S. businesses on market 
     conditions within a particular country, they must include 
     information on human rights, in addition to information on 
     rule of law issues and corporate responsibility. Of the 
     amounts provided for training efforts, $500,000 is to 
     implement a formal human rights training program. ITA is 
     strongly urged to work with non-government organizations, the 
     State Department, and private entities to develop a 
     comprehensive training program. The conferees direct the 
     Secretary of Commerce to provide quarterly reports on the 
     progress of the implementation of this new program.
       In addition, language is included in the bill, as carried 
     since fiscal year 1999 designating the amounts available for 
     each unit within ITA. The conferees remind ITA that any 
     changes from the funding distribution provided in the bill 
     and report, including carryover balances, are subject to the 
     standard reprogramming procedures set forth in section 605 of 
     this Act. In addition, ITA is directed to report to the 
     Committees on Appropriations, not later than April 11, 2003, 
     a spending plan for all ITA units, which incorporates any 
     carryover balances from previous fiscal years.
       Trade Missions--The conferees direct all trade missions 
     involving Department of Commerce agencies must be initiated, 
     coordinated and administered through ITA.
       Buying Power Maintenance--The conferees direct ITA to 
     report on the impact of exchange rate fluctuations on ITA's 
     budget on a quarterly basis. The conferees expect that any 
     exchange rate gains reflected in this report will be reserved 
     to balance future exchange rate losses.
       Trade Show Revenues--The conferees direct ITA to submit a 
     report by the date of the budget submission on the amount of 
     trade show revenues that are collected on an annual basis, 
     expenditures from these revenues, and how they displayed in 
     the budget.

                    Bureau of Industry and Security


                     OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

       The conference agreement includes $79,328,000 for the 
     Operations and Administration of the Bureau of Industry and 
     Security (BIS), of which $4,675,000 is from prior year 
     unobligated balances. Within the total amount available, the 
     recommendation includes the following:
       Export Administration--$33,399,000 is provided for export 
     administration activities, of which $1,875,000 is from prior 
     year unobligated balances. The recommendation includes 
     $1,140,000 for export licensing personnel, as proposed.
       Export Enforcement--$31,122,000 is provided for export 
     enforcement activities. The recommendation continues funding 
     for the Dubai and Cairo attache offices, which received 
     initial funding in Public Law 107-117. Of which, the 
     recommendation provides $3,356,000 and 13 full-time 
     equivalents to maximize legal export opportunities while 
     ensuring that illegal exports are prevented.
       BIS is expected to enhance its export control efforts, 
     including a new initiative under which BIS will send a 
     limited number of export enforcement agents (attaches) 
     overseas to conduct end--use checks. The conferees direct 
     that, prior to the assignment of any attache at U.S. missions 
     overseas, BIS is expected to provide a detailed report to the 
     Committees on Appropriations detailing the location and 
     responsibilities of each attache. Additionally, the report 
     should detail the arrangement between Department of Commerce 
     and the Department of State concerning accommodations for 
     these personnel within Department of State facilities to 
     ensure there is sufficient space.
       The conferees direct BIS to conduct a comprehensive study 
     on the health, competitiveness, and the contribution of the 
     U.S. textile and apparel industry to the U.S. economy and in 
     particular to the U.S. armed forces. The study should include 
     a review of whether the United States is increasing its 
     dependency on foreign sources for critical textile-related 
     materials; potential threats to internal security from 
     increased foreign sourcing and dependency; and whether the 
     Berry amendment and other Buy-American restrictions are being 
     effectively enforced by the Department of Defense. The 
     conferees direct that the study be completed no later than 
     July 1, 2003, and direct that $750,000 be used for this 
     purpose.
       Management and Policy Coordination--$6,879,000 is provided 
     for Management and Policy Coordination, of which $2,800,000 
     is from prior year unobligated balances. The recommendation 
     includes $500,000 for a new information technology 
     initiative.
       In addition to the amounts provided under management and 
     policy coordination, $7,928,000 is provided for critical 
     infrastructure protection efforts. The conferees note that 
     the primary responsibility for non-proliferation activities 
     lies with the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy 
     and the Department of State, and believes that BIS 
     participation in such activities should be done using funds 
     provided from those agencies. Language is included to rename 
     the Bureau of Export Administration as the Bureau of Industry 
     and Security.

                  Economic Development Administration

       The conference agreement includes $320,765,000 for the 
     programs and administrative expenses of the Economic 
     Development Administration (EDA) for fiscal year 2003, as 
     described below:


                ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

       A total of $290,000,000 is included for fiscal year 2003 
     for Economic Development Assistance Programs. The conferees 
     continue the traditional programs of the Economic Development 
     Administration to provide needed assistance to communities 
     struggling with long-term economic dislocation, as well as 
     sudden and severe economic dislocation. Of the amounts 
     provided, $205,000,000 is for Public Works and Economic 
     Development, $40,900,000 is for Economic Adjustment 
     Assistance, $24,000,000 is for planning, $9,100,000 is for 
     technical assistance, including university centers, 
     $10,500,000 is for trade adjustment assistance, and $500,000 
     is for research.
       The conferees expect EDA to continue to assist communities 
     impacted by economic dislocations related to coal industry 
     downswings and timber industry downturns due to environmental 
     concerns at no less than the fiscal year 2002 level. In 
     addition, the conferees expect EDA to focus on communities 
     impacted by United States-Canadian trade-related issues, 
     communities in New England, the mid-Atlantic, Hawaii, and 
     Alaska impacted by fisheries regulations, and communities in 
     the Southeast impacted by downturns due to NAFTA.
       The conferees remind EDA that no funding is provided for a 
     special headquarters reserve fund.
       The conferees laud EDA for its continued efforts to 
     strengthen private sector business activity and development 
     on Indian lands, and urges that it act expeditiously to 
     develop an implementation plan for the recently enacted 
     Native American Business Development, Trade Promotion, and 
     Tourism Act.
       The conferees recently approved the Economic Development 
     Administration's headquarters reorganization plan, based upon 
     the agency's commitment not to involuntarily terminate 
     employees and not to increase the current number of political 
     appointees. The conferees direct EDA to report to the 
     Committees on Appropriations within 120 days from the date of 
     enactment of this Act, on the status of the reorganization, 
     including relocations.
       The conferees note that EDA was reauthorized in 1999 
     (Public Law 105-393) through fiscal year 2003. That 
     authorization locks into place the work that the 
     authorization and appropriations committees have done to 
     reform EDA programs to ensure that funds provided under this 
     account be targeted to the most severely distressed areas, 
     which, absent the assistance provided by the EDA, would have 
     little to no access to resources for critical infrastructure 
     development and capacity building. This puts the program on 
     firm ground to carry out its purpose to provide the ``seed 
     capital'' to distressed areas to allow local communities to 
     increase their ability to create new economic opportunities 
     and jobs in accordance with local priorities.
       The conferees direct EDA to discontinue the use of single 
     purpose grant loans.


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The conference agreement includes $30,765,000 for the 
     salaries and expenses of the Economic Development 
     Administration. The conferees continue direction to the 
     Administration to aggressively pursue all opportunities for 
     reimbursement, deobligations and use of non-appropriated 
     resources, including the care and protection of collateral 
     account, to be able to maximize the operating level.
       In addition, the conferees remind EDA of the requirements 
     under section 605 of this Act regarding reorganization 
     proposals.
       The conference agreement retains language in the bill to 
     provide the authority to use this appropriation to monitor 
     projects approved under Title I of the Public Works 
     Employment Act of 1976, Title II of the Trade Act of 1974, 
     and the Community Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1977.

                  Minority Business Development Agency


                     Minority Business Development

       The conference agreement includes $28,906,000 for the 
     Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) for fiscal year 
     2003. Of the amounts provided, $16,794,000 is provided for 
     business development, and $12,112,000 is provided for 
     advocacy, research, and information programs. The conference 
     agreement assumes that the Entrepreneurial Technology 
     Apprenticeship Program (ETAP) will continue to be supported 
     at the fiscal year 2002 level.

                ECONOMIC AND INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE

       The conference agreement includes under this section, the 
     Department of Commerce agencies responsible for the nation's 
     basic economic and technical information infrastructure, as 
     well as the administrative functions to oversee the 
     development of telecommunications and information policy.

                   Economic and Statistical Analysis


                         salaries and expenses

       The conference agreement includes $72,158,000 for the 
     economic and statistical analysis programs of the Department 
     of Commerce, including the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), 
     for fiscal year 2003.

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     Due to the Nation's economic situation, the conferees support 
     the request to ensure policy makers have access to better and 
     timely economic data. Therefore, the recommendation includes 
     $4,776,000 to accelerate the release of major economic 
     indicators; $2,116,000 to improve the processing systems used 
     for statistical processing; and $2,751,000 to allow the 
     United States to meet international agreements including the 
     North American Free Trade Agreement.
       The Economic and Statistics Administration (ESA) is 
     responsible for the collection, tabulation and publication of 
     a wide variety of economic, demographic and social statistics 
     and provides support to the Secretary of Commerce and other 
     Government officials in interpreting the state of the economy 
     and developing economic policy. The Bureau of Economic 
     Analysis and Under Secretary for Economic Affairs are funded 
     in this account.

                          Bureau of the Census

       The conference agreement includes a total operating level 
     of $596,299,000 for the Bureau of the Census, of which 
     $41,817,000 is from prior year unobligated balances from the 
     2000 Census.


                         salaries and expenses

       The conference agreement includes $183,000,000 for the 
     salaries and expenses of the Bureau of the Census for fiscal 
     year 2003. The agreement includes $128,234,000 for current 
     economic statistics, and $54,766,000 for current demographic 
     statistics. The conferees direct the Bureau to continue to 
     streamline and prioritize programs to ensure the highest 
     priority core activities are supported. The conferees expect 
     the Bureau to be fully reimbursed for any non-core survey by 
     any other Federal agency or private organization.
       In addition, the conferees are concerned that key reports 
     on manufacturing, general economic and foreign trade 
     statistics are maintained and issued on a timely basis.
       This recommendation provides for the current statistical 
     programs of the Bureau of the Census, which includes 
     measurement of the Nation's economy and the demographic 
     characteristics of the population. These programs are 
     intended to provide a broad base of economic, demographic, 
     and social information used for decision-making by 
     governments, private organizations, and individuals.


                     periodic censuses and programs

       The conference agreement includes a total of $413,299,000 
     for all periodic censuses and related programs funded under 
     this heading in fiscal year 2003. Of the amounts provided, 
     $41,817,000 is to be derived from prior year unobligated 
     balances.
       2000 Decennial Census Program--The recommendation includes 
     an operating level of $83,710,000, of which $41,817,000 is 
     from prior year obligations for the final year of activities 
     relating to the 2000 decennial census.
       The recommendation includes the following:

                         (Dollars in thousands)


                         Decennial Census 2000

Program Development & Mgmt.......................................$3,461
Data Content & Product...........................................42,651
Field Data Collection \1\.........................................4,630
ADP & Telecommunications.........................................12,826
Testing and Evaluation...........................................16,333
Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands & Islands.............................2,472
Marketing, Communications & Partner...............................1,337
Minus Deobligations/Unobligations..............................(41,817)
                                                             __________
                                                             
    Total, Decennial Census (Direct)............................$41,893


                         Decennial Census 2010

Operational Design Strategy.......................................6,353
Data Collection Design............................................2,804
Questionnaire & Content Design....................................1,573
System Design & Software..........................................7,220
Address List Updates................................................943
Test/Evaluation..................................................22,982
                                                             __________
                                                             
Re-engineered Design Process....................................$41,875
American Community Survey \2\...................................$57,131
Modern Processing Environment....................................11,562
Geographic Partnership Programs...................................5,447
Evaluation........................................................3,050
Street Address Location Correction...............................20,741
Community Address Updating System.................................6,500
                                                             __________
                                                             
MAF/TIGER.......................................................$47,300
Grand Total, Decennial Census..................................$146,306
Periodic Census.....................................................
Economic Censuses................................................87,392
Census of Governments.............................................6,556
                                                             __________
                                                             
    Subtotal, Economic Programs.................................$93,948
Demographic Statistics Programs:
  Intercensal Demographic Estimates...............................9,079
  Demographic Survey Sample Design...............................12,583
  Electronic Information Collection...............................6,254
  Geographic Support.............................................37,624
  Data Processing Systems........................................23,795
                                                             __________
                                                             
    Subtotal, Demographic Programs..............................$89,335

\1\ The fiscal year 2003 budget request included $9,500,000 for an 
anticipated worker's compensation payment due to the Department of 
Labor. To date, no justification has been provided to substantiate this 
request. No funding is provided for this purpose.
\2\ The budget request includes a total of $123,866,000 for the 
American Community Survey. The Census Bureau has proposed to alter the 
current process of conducting the decennial census. The current 
proposal is to abolish the long-form survey, but continue the short 
form survey as part of the 2010 census and replace the long-form survey 
with an annual survey of 3,000,000 households. The current proposal 
would require the American Community Survey to be considered a 
mandatory requirement for those households being surveyed. The 
conferees acknowledge that sufficient information is not available to 
weight the benefits of a mandatory survey versus a voluntary survey. 
Therefore, the conferees include $1,000,000 to test the response rates 
of both a voluntary and a mandatory survey. The conferees direct the 
Secretary of Commerce to report to the Committees on Appropriations as 
soon as the results of the study are available.

       Subgroup Enumeration--The conferees understand the Census 
     Bureau continues to face difficulty in accurately enumerating 
     Hispanic subgroups and urges the Census Bureau to continue to 
     work to address these concerns in preparation for the 
     decennial census.
       Hiring--The conferees recommend that the Census Bureau move 
     decisively to improve the representation of minorities in 
     senior management at the Census Bureau and to improve the 
     representation of minorities in all areas of research. The 
     conferees suggest that the Census Bureau take advantage of 
     the Presidential Management Intern program and the Joint 
     Program on Survey Methodology to achieve these goals.

       National Telecommunications and Information Administration

       The conference agreement includes a total of $73,759,000 
     for the National Telecommunications and Information 
     Administration (NTIA) for fiscal year 2003.
       The National Telecommunications and Information (NTIA) is 
     responsible for developing domestic and international 
     telecommunications and information policy for the Executive 
     Branch, ensuring the efficient and effective use of the 
     Federal radio spectrum, and administering Federal programs 
     that supports telecommunications facilities for public 
     broadcasting.


                         salaries and expenses

       The conference agreement includes $14,700,000 for the 
     Salaries and Expenses appropriation of the National 
     Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA).
       The conference agreement includes $625,000 and two full-
     time equivalents to improve NTIA's management of the Federal 
     spectrum. Due to fiscal constraints, no additional funding is 
     provided to upgrade existing facilities on the Table Mountain 
     radio quiet zone. The conferees direct the Administration to 
     aggressively pursue all opportunities for reimbursement, 
     deobligations, and use of non-appropriated resources, to be 
     able to maximize the operating level for this purpose.
       The conference agreement assumes an additional $26,270,000 
     will be available to the NTIA through reimbursements from 
     other agencies for the costs of providing spectrum 
     management, analysis and research services to those agencies, 
     reflecting implementation of a policy of 80% reimbursement 
     for such services that began in fiscal year 1999.


    public telecommunications facilities, planning and construction

       The conference agreement includes $43,556,000 for planning 
     and construction grants for public television, radio, and 
     non-broadcast facilities. This amount will allow the 
     continuation of the existing equipment and facilities 
     replacement program.
       Challenges are particularly great for those broadcasters 
     who are located in, or who serve, largely rural areas. As in 
     past years, the conferees continue to urge NTIA to place 
     emphasis on the needs of these stations, and to support 
     focusing resources on distance learning initiatives targeting 
     rural areas.


                   information infrastructure grants

       The conference agreement recommends $15,503,000 for the 
     Information Infrastructure Grant program for demonstrations 
     of new telecommunications technology applications. The 
     recommendation is the same as the fiscal year 2002 funding 
     level. The accompanying bill does not include language to 
     terminate the program, as proposed.
       The conferees note that there is some overlap between this 
     program and technology programs under the Department of 
     Justice, Community Oriented Policing Services and the 
     Regional Information Sharing System with respect to grants 
     for public safety. The conferees expect NTIA to give 
     preference to applications relating to public safety only 
     when there is no other source of funding available for such 
     applications.
       The conferees retain language making the funds provided 
     under this heading available for program administration and 
     related program support activities at the fiscal year 2002 
     level. The bill also includes language carried in previous 
     appropriation acts which will allow up to five percent of 
     this appropriation to be available for telecommunications 
     research activities directly related to the development of a 
     national information infrastructure (NII).

               United States Patent and Trademark Office


                         salaries and expenses

       The conference agreement includes $1,182,000,000 for the 
     United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in fiscal 
     year 2003. The recommendation does not include the 
     Administration's proposed language establishing a new fee 
     structure to significantly increase fees for both trademark 
     and

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     patent applications resulting in additional fee collections 
     of $197,000,000. To date, the fee structure changes and many 
     of the other changes outlined in the 21st Century Strategic 
     Plan have not been authorized.
       In fiscal year 2002, the Congress directed the PTO to 
     develop a 5-Year Strategic Plan for the PTO with three core 
     objectives: (1) prepare the agency to handle the workload 
     associated with the 21st century economy, (2) improve patent 
     quality, and (3) reduce patent and trademark pendency.
       The 21st Century Strategic Plan calls for some of the most 
     sweeping changes to the patent review process in 200 years.
       The conferees support efforts to shift resources to high 
     priority areas and a more gradual increase in staffing to 
     ensure that examiners have the expertise, tools, and training 
     necessary to produce quality patents on a timely basis. This 
     approach is consistent with the outline of the 21st Century 
     Strategic Plan released in June 2002.
       Of the amount recommended in the bill, $1,015,229,000 is to 
     be derived from offsetting fees collected in fiscal year 2003 
     and $166,771,000 is to be derived from carryover funds from 
     prior years. Of the amounts provided, $14,000,000 is for the 
     completion of the trademark electronic processing system; and 
     $4,499,000 is for increased workload costs and continued 
     implementation costs of electronic patent filing system.
       Within the amounts available, the conferees expect that 
     USPTO continue its relationship with the National Inventor's 
     Hall of Fame and Inventure Place, and the International 
     Intellectual Property Institute at least at the same level as 
     in fiscal year 2002.
       The conferees understand that funding for a global 
     intellectual program provided in fiscal year 2002 was not 
     obligated. Therefore, the conferees direct USPTO to use prior 
     year funding to offset any additional costs necessary to 
     maintain the above-mentioned partnerships. The conferees 
     remind the USPTO that any changes from the funding 
     distribution provided in the bill and report, including 
     carryover balances, are subject to the standard reprogramming 
     procedures set forth in section 605 of this Act.
       In addition, USPTO is directed to submit to the Committee, 
     not later than April 11, 2003, a spending plan, which 
     incorporates any carryover balances from previous fiscal 
     years and any increase to the patent or trademark fee 
     structure.
       The conferees commend USPTO for its successful trademark 
     telework program in support of section 359 of Public Law 106-
     346. Yet, despite this successful program, the patent 
     employees are not gaining the benefits of a similar program. 
     The conferees understand that telework programs can 
     significantly help to alleviate crowded highways in the 
     greater Washington area. Further, the private sector has 
     shown that these programs can increase the performance and 
     morale of employees. Therefore, the conferees direct the 
     USPTO to provide a report to the Committees on 
     Appropriations, not later than April 11, 2003, containing a 
     detailed plan to implement a telework program for patent 
     employees, including examiners.
       The USPTO is charged with administering the patent and 
     trademark laws of the United States. USPTO examines patent 
     applications, grants patent protection for qualified 
     inventions; and disseminates technological information 
     disclosed in patents. USPTO also examines trademark 
     applications and provides Federal registration to owners of 
     qualified trademarks.

                         SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

       The conference agreement includes under this section of 
     Title II the Department of Commerce agencies responsible for 
     scientific and technological research and programs.

                       Technology Administration


                         salaries and expenses

       The conferees recommend $9,886,000 for the Technology 
     Administration's Office of the Under Secretary/Office of 
     Technology Policy. Of the amounts provided, $1,000,000 is for 
     the Global Technology Summit, and $1,000,000 is for the 
     Networked Economy Summit.
       The conferees did not support the proposed language making 
     a portion of the funding under this account available until 
     expended.


             National Institute of standards and Technology

       The conference agreement includes $712,134,000 for the 
     appropriations accounts under the National Institute of 
     Standards and Technology (NIST) for fiscal year 2003.
       A description of each account and the Committee 
     recommendation follows:


             scientific and technical research and services

       The conference agreement includes $359,411,000 for the 
     Scientific and Technical Research and Services (core 
     programs) appropriation of the National Institute of 
     Standards and Technology.
       The following is a breakdown of the amounts provided under 
     this account by activity.


                                                            FY03 Recom.
Electronics & Electrical.........................................45,731
Manufacturing Engineering........................................21,128
Chemical.........................................................40,313
Physics..........................................................35,500
Building and Fire Research.......................................21,542
Materials Science & Engineering..................................56,532
Computer Applied Mathematics.....................................53,078
Technology Assistance............................................17,679
Baldridge Quality Awards..........................................5,205
Research Support.................................................62,703
                                                       ________________
                                                       
  Total, STRS..................................................$359,411
       Under the Building and Fire Research heading, the 
     recommendation includes $2,500,000 for a wind research 
     project, $3,000,000 for research efforts related to the World 
     Trade Center collapse investigation.
       Under the Computer and Applied Math heading, the 
     recommendation includes $1,000,000 for expert review teams, 
     $2,100,000 for wireless technologies and computer security 
     checklists and guidelines, and $500,000 in support of voting 
     machine standards.
       Under the Chemical Science and Technology Program heading, 
     the recommendation includes $1,000,000 to restore reductions 
     in environmental measurements at the Hollings Marine 
     Laboratory.
       Under the Electronics and Engineering heading, $3,000,000 
     is for salaries associated with the Office of Law Enforcement 
     Standards to ensure that NIST has the critical personnel with 
     the expertise to implement law enforcement standards 
     initiatives proposed by their partner federal agencies.
       In addition, under the Research Support heading, the 
     recommendation includes $2,400,000 for a telework project, 
     $6,500,000 for a certain critical infrastructure program, and 
     includes $15,000,000 for the Advanced Measurement Laboratory 
     in Gaithersburg, Maryland.
       Further, the conferees have heard reports that U.S. 
     companies may not be as competitive as non-U.S. companies in 
     emerging markets because U.S. standards are not incorporated 
     in many international agreements. The conferees request NIST 
     with input from the ITA, to provide to the Committees on 
     Appropriations, no later than April 11, 2003, a plan 
     detailing efforts that ensure U.S. business interests are 
     represented in new international standard negotiations.
       Competitive sourcing. The conferees understand that there 
     are efforts within the Department of Commerce and other 
     Departments, to use the implementation of the President's 
     Management Initiative for Competitive Outsourcing (the A-76 
     process) as a way to reduce staff by more than 50 percent. 
     This initiative is designed to compete or directly convert 15 
     percent of those positions identified as commercially 
     competitive. However, the conferees understand that efforts 
     are underway to identify roughly 75 percent of NIST's 
     positions as commercial for purposes of this initiative. 
     While the conferees certainly agree that there are certain 
     advantages to competitive outsourcing, there is a concern 
     that blind implementation could severely inhibit the 
     operations of the Institute in the future. The conferees 
     direct NIST to provide a detailed plan to the Committees on 
     Appropriations prior to any changes in support of 
     ``competitive outsourcing''.
       For more than a century, the scientists, engineers, and 
     supporting organizations of the Institute have established 
     standards that affect nearly every aspect of life and work in 
     America, from the doses of radiation in medical X-rays to the 
     level of protection in bullet-proof vests used by police 
     officers. NIST's mission plays an ever more critical role 
     today by supporting our homeland security efforts through the 
     development of standards for mail irradiation, guidelines for 
     cyber security for Federal IT systems, and by conducting the 
     Federal investigation of the collapse of the World Trade 
     Center buildings.
       The recommendation does not include a requested increase to 
     the allowable amount to be transferred to the working capital 
     fund.

                     Industrial Technology Services

       The conference agreement includes $286,623,000 for the 
     Industrial Technology Services appropriation of the National 
     Institute of Standards and Technology.
       Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program--Recent 
     economic downturns have had a devastating effect on the 
     manufacturing sector. Therefore, to ameliorate some of the 
     effect on this sector, the conferees have included 
     $106,623,000 for the Manufacturing Extension Partnership 
     Program to fund all existing centers.
       Advanced Technology Program--The conference agreement 
     includes $180,000,000 for the program, of which $60,700,000 
     is for new awards. This amount, when combined with 
     approximately $34,000,000 in prior year funds, provides ATP 
     awards at the fiscal year 2002 level. Within the amounts made 
     available, $45,000,000 shall be used for administrative 
     costs, internal laboratory support, and for Small Business 
     Innovation Research Program requirements.

                  Construction of Research Facilities

       The conference agreement includes $66,100,000 for 
     construction, renovation, and maintenance of NIST facilities. 
     Of the amounts provided, $11,090,000 is for urgently needed 
     construction and renovation projects at the Boulder, Colorado 
     laboratory, including a new primary electrical service and 
     the first phase of the central utility plant, these 
     investments should help minimize the number of brownouts 
     affecting the campus; $4,000,000 is to offset fit-up costs 
     related to the Advanced Measurement Laboratory in 
     Gaithersburg, Maryland, to be completed by December 2003; and 
     $22,194,000 for the backlog of safety, capacity, maintenance, 
     and major repair projects account for the two NIST campuses.
       The conferees direct NIST to report to the Committees on 
     Appropriations on the progress of these construction projects 
     on a quarterly basis.
       Up to $282,000 is available to transfer to the working 
     capital fund, as proposed.

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       This account supports all NIST activities by providing the 
     state of the art facilities necessary to carry out the NIST 
     mission.

            National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

       The conference agreement includes a total of $3,154,551,000 
     for necessary expenses for the seven appropriation items of 
     the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 
     including transfers totaling $65,000,000.
       Of the amounts provided, $479,201,000 is provided in 
     support of the separate conservation category created in 
     Title VIII of the Interior and Related Agencies 
     Appropriations Act, 2001.

                  Operations, Research, and Facilities


                     (including transfer of funds)

       The conference agreement includes $2,316,519,000 for the 
     coastal, fisheries, marine, weather, satellite, and other 
     NOAA programs funded in this account. The agreement includes 
     a transfer of $65,000,000 from balances in the account 
     entitled, ``Promote and Develop Fishery Products and Research 
     Pertaining to American Fisheries''. The recommendation 
     assumes deobligations of $17,000,000, as proposed, and 
     $3,000,000 from prior year receipts relating to the coastal 
     zone management program.
       The bill continues language to allow NOAA to retain gifts 
     and contributions made under the Marine Sanctuary Program. 
     The conferees continue to direct NOAA to fully utilize the 
     authorities provided for this program.
       Language is also included in the bill specifying the total 
     amount of direct obligations available for each of the NOAA 
     line offices and other related activities funded through this 
     account. The conferees continue to take this action to 
     provide greater clarity and accountability in budgeting and 
     management for the diverse activities funded in this account. 
     In addition, the bill also retains language regarding the 
     practice of assessing NOAA line organizations, programs, 
     projects, and activities, to support NOAA and line office 
     overhead and programs over and above the amounts specifically 
     provided, and regarding the funding and personnel in 
     Executive Direction and Administration. The conference 
     agreement caps administrative expenses at $243,000,000. NOAA 
     is directed to submit a spend plan to the Committees on 
     Appropriations for these expenses at a level of detail 
     comparable to that of the House and Senate NOAA tables. The 
     plan shall be delivered not later than March 15, 2003.
       The conferees remind NOAA that administrative charges 
     levied against certain activities assigned in the bill are 
     limited to no more than five percent. In addition, language 
     is also included regarding use of deobligations in excess of 
     amounts estimated in the budget.
       In addition to the direction given in this section of the 
     report, the conferees direct NOAA to comply with sections 
     addressing the reprogramming and transfer requirements under 
     Section 204 of this Act.
       The following identifies the activities, sub-activities, 
     and projects funded in this appropriation.

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                         national ocean service

       The conference agreement includes a total of $417,933,000 
     for activities of the National Ocean Service (NOS) for fiscal 
     year 2003.
       Mapping and Charting--The recommendation includes 
     $79,433,000 for mapping and charting activities. The 
     conferees include $20,450,000 to address the hydrographic 
     survey backlog detailed in the National Survey Plan. The 
     recommendation is consistent with the conferees decision that 
     at least 50 percent of the hydrographic surveying should be 
     contracted out to private companies. The conferees direct 
     NOAA to report to the Committees on Appropriations within six 
     months after the enactment of this Act on the progress being 
     made to reduce the backlog.
       Of the amounts provided for mapping and charting 
     activities, the conferees include $7,500,000 to allow NOAA to 
     continue its efforts to lease or charter a U.S.-purpose-built 
     U.S. flag hydrographic survey vessel, which is capable of 
     performing the full scope of necessary hydrographic services. 
     The conferees expect the vessel to be equipped with a suite 
     of state-of-the-art survey equipment capable of providing 
     quality data from inshore waters to full ocean depth. The 
     conferees direct NOAA to examine lease and charter options of 
     longer than one-year, which may reduce the annual cost. The 
     conferees direct NOAA to award the time charter contract on 
     its current schedule and report by no later than April 11, 
     2003, on options for increasing the length of a lease or 
     charter and whether savings might result from such an 
     increase. In addition, NOAA is expected to follow the 
     requirements of Section 303(b)(3) of the Hydrographic 
     Services Improvement Act and contract for hydrographers on 
     any leased or chartered vessel in accordance with title IX of 
     the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949. 
     Finally, the conferees adopts NOAA's proposal to hire a 
     vessel that is capable of work in both the Gulf of Mexico and 
     the Alaska waters. The conferees understand that the leased 
     or chartered vessel will begin its work in the Gulf of Mexico 
     no later then April 2003, but would survey in Alaska from 
     April 1, 2004, through November 1, 2004. After that, the 
     conferees expect the total vessel time to be split between 
     the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska.
       Of the amounts provided, $3,200,000 is for bathymetric 
     surveys off the Northeast Coast of the United States and 
     around the Aleutian Chain in accordance with the data needs 
     identified by a Joint Hydrographic Center on the potential 
     expansion of United States lands beyond the Exclusive 
     Economic Zone. Within the funding recommendation for 
     Shoreline Mapping, the conferees recommend that NOS focus on 
     mapping the shoreline of the North Slope of Alaska.
       Geodesy.--The conferees understand the State of Alabama has 
     begun an effort to develop a comprehensive statewide 
     Geographic Information System database and clearinghouse that 
     will reduce duplication of resources among state agencies, 
     improve quality, and reduce costs. The National Geodetic 
     Survey has begun talks with representatives of the State of 
     Alabama, including the Alabama Department of Revenue, on this 
     effort and the conferees encourage the National Geodetic 
     Survey to continue to support this effort as appropriate.
       Tide and Current Data.--The conferees include $19,750,000 
     for this activity. The recommendation will enable NOS to 
     implement and maintain the necessary quality controls for 
     real-time tide and current data systems. Funding is included 
     to continue implementation of the Physical Oceanographic 
     Real-Time System (PORTS) program and continues the National 
     Water Level Operation Network (NWLON) in the Great Lakes.
       Coral Reefs.--Prior to obligation of the funding provided 
     for this program, the conferees direct NOAA to submit a 
     spending plan to the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations. A total of $14,000,000 is provided for 
     this program, of which $2,000,000 is from unobligated 
     prior year balances.
       Ocean and Coastal Observing Systems.--The conferees support 
     the establishment of an integrated interagency ocean and 
     coastal observing system that will provide critical 
     information to a wide variety of users of ocean and coastal 
     information and services. Better information on the current 
     and future state of the ocean and its role in environmental 
     change is needed for policy makers. Adequate predictive 
     capability is a prerequisite to the development of sound 
     policies at the national and regional level, policies ranging 
     from maritime commerce to public health, from fisheries to 
     safety of life and property, from climate change to national 
     security.
       Broad scale discussions have been underway for almost three 
     decades on this topic, but coordinated attention at the 
     Federal level has begun in earnest only in recent years. The 
     Office of Science and Technology Policy was directed to 
     develop an interagency plan for the research, technology 
     demonstration, and ultimately, the implementation of an 
     integrated ocean observing system. The conferees direct NOAA 
     to work with its partners on the National Ocean Research 
     Leadership Council to submit a plan by June 30, 2003, to the 
     Committees on Appropriations. This plan will detail an 
     implementation strategy for the establishment of an 
     integrated ocean and coastal observing system. This plan 
     shall, at a minimum: (1) include an interagency governance 
     structure; (2) define the roles and responsibilities of each 
     agency in implementing and operating the system; (3) provide 
     multi-year funding estimates by agency; and (4) include a 
     process for regional coordination and technical support to 
     ensure development of integrated regional systems with a 
     national observing initiative.
       In addition, as development of an integrated long-term 
     Federal plan proceeds, the conferees urge NOAA to coordinate 
     existing or planned regional coastal observing systems, 
     particularly those for which funding has been provided or 
     those which use Federal platforms such as buoys. The 
     conferees direct NOAA to utilize the data management and 
     technical expertise of the Coastal Services Center to perform 
     this function as well as provide education and outreach to 
     participating Federal agencies, academic institutions, State 
     agencies, and other interests.
       Ocean Health Initiative.--One area where coastal observing 
     systems would be useful is in exploring the relationship 
     between the oceans and human health. In 1999, a National 
     Research Council report, From Monsoons to Microbes: 
     Understanding the Ocean's Role in Human Health, focused 
     attention on the implications of ocean phenomena for human 
     health. The phenomena include climate change, weather events, 
     coastal hazards, infectious diseases, and harmful algal 
     blooms. As the nation faces increasing coastal pressures and 
     scientists identify changes in coastal systems, including 
     sentinel species such as dolphins and fish, NOAA is uniquely 
     positioned to play a strong role in identification, 
     prediction, and prevention of such changes. In addition, 
     genetic and other characteristics of marine organisms can be 
     used for medical advances and NOAA can help build a bridge 
     between marine scientists and human health experts.
       The conferees direct the Under Secretary to establish an 
     Ocean Health Initiative to coordinate and focus agency 
     activities on critical areas of concern and identify critical 
     gaps in coverage. Of the amounts provided, $8,000,000 is for 
     critical research and projects aimed at closing identified 
     gaps. The conferees direct NOAA to: (1) work with the NSF and 
     the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in 
     developing a joint program that builds on and complements 
     existing NOAA programs; (2) establish an external peer 
     reviewed grant process; and (3) provide for the selection and 
     funding of internationally recognized ``distinguished'' 
     scholars to work in collaboration with NOAA researchers. NOAA 
     will submit a spend plan for approval by the Committees on 
     Appropriations before program funding is obligated.
       Coastal Ocean Program.--The conferees direct the program to 
     work with and continue its current levels of support for the 
     Baruch Institute's research and monitoring of small, high-
     salinity estuaries and to continue its current levels of 
     support for the LUCES program. Within the funds provided for 
     the MERHL, the conferees direct NOAA to create a scientific 
     and professional position to act as senior scientist for 
     NCCOS.
       Aquatic Resources Initiative- Of the amounts available 
     provided under this heading, up to $750,000 is for Bluegrass 
     Pride, Inc.
       Coastal Zone Management--A total of $75,144,000 is provided 
     to assist coastal states in implementing this program. The 
     Committee continues its' direction to report on the measures 
     of performance used to justify requesting funding for this 
     program. Bill language, carried in prior years, has been 
     modified.
       Marine Sanctuary Program--$34,750,000 is provided for this 
     program, of which $1,000,000 is from unobligated balances. 
     Under this heading, the recommendation includes $750,000 for 
     the activities of the Northwest Straits Citizens Advisory 
     Commission. This Commission was established to provide an 
     ecosystem focus on the marine resources in the area, mobilize 
     science and support marine resource committees, and establish 
     a forum for coordination and consensus building, in lieu of 
     Federal designation of the area as a Marine Sanctuary. The 
     conferees continue to believe that such a consensus-based 
     approach is an innovative and novel approach to promote 
     marine conservation, the goal of the Marine Sanctuary 
     Program.
       National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS)--The 
     conferees are aware that the National Centers for Coastal 
     Ocean Science (NCCOS) for several years have been cutting 
     base funds without Congressional approval from certain labs 
     that received specified program increases. The Conferees 
     direct the NCCOS to stop this practice immediately. Further 
     the Conferees direct NCCOS to report to the Committees on 
     Appropriations no later than April 15, 2003 on what purposes 
     the funding from the reductions was used and on the steps 
     being taken to restore the cuts to base that have been 
     sustained by those labs.

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                   National Marine Fisheries Service

       The conference agreement includes $580,066,000 in new 
     funding for the operations of the National Marine Fisheries 
     Service (NMFS). In addition to this amount, $19,500,000 is 
     available from prior year unobligated balances for a total 
     operating level of $599,566,000.
       Expand Stock Assessments.--The conferees have provided 
     $17,000,000 for additional stock assessments. Of the amounts 
     provided, $1,000,000 for implementation of a West Coast in-
     season harvest data collection system.
       Migratory Shark Fishery.--The conferees expect NMFS to 
     continue the funding for collaborative multi-regional 
     biological research on highly migratory species of sharks to 
     provide NMFS with the information necessary for effective 
     management of the highly migratory shark fishery and 
     conservation of imminently threatened shark fishery 
     resources.
       Cooperative Research.--In addition to the amounts shown for 
     the national cooperative research program, $1,700,000 is 
     available from unobligated prior year balances.
       National Fisheries Information System.--Funding of 
     $2,600,000 is available from prior year unobligated balances.
       Information Analysis and Dissemination.--The conferees 
     include $21,890,000 for this program, of which $400,000 is 
     from unobligated prior year balances.
       California Sport fishing.--The conferees have been advised 
     that the Republic of Mexico has closed U.S. sport fishing 
     access to the Revillagigedo Islands. The sport fishing 
     industry provides $5.5 million in direct revenue to Southern 
     California and employs hundreds of people. The United States 
     and Mexico have maintained a cooperative working relationship 
     with regard to fishing and environmental issues, and U.S. 
     boats have had access to the Revillagigego Islands under 
     permits since 1994. The conferees direct the Secretary of 
     Commerce to investigate the reason of the withdrawal of these 
     permits, and to report to the Committee on Appropriations no 
     later than April 2003.
       Northern Right Whale Preservation.--The conferees include a 
     total of $10,000,000 for North Atlantic right whale research, 
     management activities, and Atlantic coastal States' 
     implementation of cooperative Federal-state right whale 
     recovery plans, such as those concluded under section 6 of 
     the Endangered Species Act. Funding is included to assist 
     NMFS and its' partners to expedite right whale recovery in 
     consultation with the Implementation Team and the Take 
     Reduction Team.
       Of the amounts provided, $2,130,000 is for efforts to 
     reduce ship strikes, the leading cause of death of these 
     whales, including $200,000 for whale detection technologies, 
     $560,000 is for passive acoustic technologies, $295,000 is 
     for active acoustic technologies, and $200,000 is for 
     measuring whale response to approaching vessels; $2,060,000 
     is to reduce entanglement including, $666,000 is for gear 
     modification, $200,000 is for Southeast disentanglement 
     teams, $400,000 is for the New England Aquarium efforts, and 
     $800,000 is for the Center for Coastal Studies. Of the 
     funding provided for the Center, final funding allocation 
     should be based upon recommendations of the right whale 
     program coordinator.
       Of the amounts provided for NMFS base programs, funding is 
     expected to support priority management, enforcement, and 
     ship strike prevention activities, including expedited 
     development and deployment of innovative fishing gear and 
     whale tracking technologies, improved stranding response and 
     procedures, a whale-sighting advisory system, and a mandatory 
     ship-reporting system. No more than 20 percent of funds 
     provided to NMFS may be used for salaries of existing 
     personnel.
       Fisheries Research and Management.--The conferees include 
     $3,450,000 for the recreational fishing information network 
     program, and expect that the Pacific, Atlantic, and Gulf 
     States shall each receive one-third of these funds with 
     funding for inshore recreational species assessment and 
     tagging efforts in South Carolina.
       In addition, the conferees expect that $500,000 will be 
     used to continue the effort to enhance the annual collection 
     and analysis of economic data on marine recreational fishing.
       As in prior fiscal years, the conferees expect the Oceanic 
     Institute to administer funding for the Hawaii Fisheries 
     Development and for the Hawaii Stock Management Plan.
       The conferees direct that $750,000 for the Interstate Fish 
     Commissions be equally divided among the three commissions. 
     The conferees also recommend that NMFS double its effort with 
     regard to California Cooperative Fisheries Investigation 
     cruises. Of the amounts recommended for the Stellar Sea Lion 
     Recovery Plan, $1,000,000 is for Alaska Fisheries Foundation 
     to study innovative methods to deter whale predation of sea 
     lions. In addition, the Committee expects NOAA to continue 
     its research initiative on Pacific decadal oscillation, 
     predator-prey relationships with particular emphasis on 
     killer whale predation on sea lion pups, and to explore other 
     factors in the marine environment that may be contributing to 
     the decline of Stellar sea lions and other marine mammal 
     populations.
       Enforcement of International Dolphin Agreement.--Although 
     the National Marine Fisheries Service recently submitted it's 
     completed science report required by the International 
     Dolphin Conservation Program Act, the conference agreement 
     includes $2,700,000 for research on dolphin encirclement in 
     the eastern tropical Pacific (ETP). Funding is provided for 
     additional research on herd sizes on which sets are made, 
     additional biological sampling, impacts of cow-calf 
     separation, and the impacts on dolphin populations of vessels 
     with a carrying capacity of less than 400 short tons that are 
     reportedly setting on dolphins in the ETP.
       The conferees are concerned that Mexico and other non-U.S. 
     parties to the International Dolphin Conservation Program 
     [IDCP], of which the United States is a member, are not fully 
     complying with the requirements of the IDCP, particularly 
     with respect to accurate reporting of dolphin interactions 
     and mortality. The conferees direct the Department, and in 
     consultation with key U.S. stakeholders, to evaluate and 
     document any lack of compliance by the non-U.S. parties to 
     the IDCP with its provisions, including through on-site 
     visits and discussions with government officials, observers 
     and others with first-hand knowledge of country practices, 
     and to submit a written report describing the findings to the 
     Committees on Appropriations no later than May 1, 2003. The 
     report is expected to include an evaluation of compliance 
     with the on-board observer program, with a focus on national 
     observers; reporting of dolphin interactions and mortality; 
     international requirements for vessels; and actions by 
     parties to follow-up on infractions identified by the 
     international review panel.
       Endangered Species-Columbia River.--The conferees include 
     $1,590,000 to purchase two mass marking trailers for the 
     state of Idaho.
       Protected Resources Research and Management.--Of the 
     amounts provided for Native Marine Mammals, $100,000 is to 
     enable the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission to participate in 
     International Whaling Commission meetings.
       Chesapeake Bay--Of the amounts provided under this heading, 
     $500,000 is for sea grass restoration. In addition, the 
     conferees recommend that NOAA continue a micro-grant program 
     allowing local governments and non-profit organizations to 
     perform fisheries and shellfish restoration on the Chesapeake 
     Bay. In addition, $1,500,000 is for seven full-time 
     equivalents for the Oxford Laboratory to support the NOAA 
     Chesapeake Bay Office's fisheries, habitat restoration, and 
     ecosystem research needs.
       The conferees provide $2,500,000 for a bay watersheds 
     education and training program to be administered by the 
     Chesapeake Bay Office. This initiative provides funding to 
     establish an office in Virginia to better focus NOAA 
     resources on Virginia issues in the Chesapeake Bay region. 
     While cooperation between Virginia and NOAA programs is good, 
     and significant NOAA funds are dispersed to Virginia 
     programs, the physical distance between Norfolk and Annapolis 
     limits the desired level of collaboration, not only with the 
     NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office but also the Chesapeake Bay 
     Program along with other signatories of the Chesapeake Bay 
     agreement. This initiative guides NOAA to integrate existing 
     staff resources across line offices and to appoint required 
     staff to establish the program, working in concert with 
     pertinent existing local, state, and federal offices or 
     projects, academic institutions, NGOs, and the public. The 
     program should integrate existing NOAA fisheries, habitat 
     restoration, education, hazardous spill response, coastal 
     zone, coastal oceanography, and other significant components. 
     Of the amounts provided, $350,000 is available to for two 
     full-time equivalents and administrative costs, including 
     office space.
       Enforcement and Surveillance.--The conferees continue at 
     the fiscal year 2002 level funding for marine forensics and 
     southeast fisheries' law enforcement, and the conferees 
     expect cooperative laboratory activities to continue between 
     NMFS and State and local governments and the academic 
     community. The conferees recommend that three interstate 
     marine fisheries commissions may be eligible to receive a 
     portion of the Cooperative Enforcement Program funds for use 
     in providing law enforcement coordination among the States 
     and NMFS.
       The conferees provide $23,734,000 for the operations of the 
     enforcement and surveillance program, of which $14,800,000 is 
     available from unobligated prior year balances. This is an 
     increase of $3,314,000 above the fiscal year 2002 level.
       NMFS Facilities Maintenance--Of the amounts provided, 
     $325,000 is for additional costs related to the Santa Cruz 
     laboratory.
       Pacific Salmon Funding.--The conferees note the lack of 
     accountability and performance standards for resources 
     distributed to restore endangered and threatened salmon 
     through the Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund. The 
     conferees have provided hundreds of millions of dollars 
     through this fund to be distributed among certain States and 
     tribes for habitat restoration to assist in salmon population 
     recovery. The conferees understand that there are other 
     habitat restoration grant programs that fund grant proposals 
     for the same purpose. Given the austere operating climate the 
     conferees are working within, the conferees expect NOAA to 
     prioritize funding from other habitat restoration funds on 
     non-salmon related proposals.
       The conferees understand the Secretary of Commerce has 
     substantial legal obligations under the Endangered Species 
     Act because no less than twenty-six runs of Pacific salmon 
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     progress toward recovery under the Endangered Species Act 
     poses adverse legal consequences for the agency. The 
     conferees have received no assurances from the Administration 
     that these funds have actually contributed to the recovery of 
     Pacific salmon populations. This is particularly important at 
     a time when the Department is struggling to respond to a 
     tremendous litigation caseload.
       The conferees understand that some mechanism is necessary 
     to assure legal and fiscal accountability for distribution of 
     funds to States with listed salmon species. In addition, the 
     conferees direct NOAA to provide an annual report to the 
     Committee no later than April 11, of each year on the 
     projects funded through the Pacific Salmon Recovery Fund and 
     their projected and actual results, particularly focusing on 
     progress toward recovery of endangered and threatened salmon 
     species and projected ending date for funding needs based on 
     recovery schedules. The conferees allow up to one percent of 
     the amounts made available for the grants to the states under 
     the Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund be made available to 
     NOAA to accomplish this task.
       Saltonstall-Kennedy--The conference agreement includes 
     $11,325,000 for the Saltonstall-Kennedy grant program, 
     including prior-year unobligated funds. The conferees 
     understand that NOAA has refocused the S-K program to address 
     the needs of fishing communities as defined by the Magnuson-
     Stevens Act. The conferees understand that there is 
     duplication between this program and the priorities 
     identified in the accompanying NMFS table. Given the austere 
     budget constraints that conferees are operating within, the 
     conferees expect NMFS to award grants based on priorities and 
     geographic areas that are not specifically identified 
     elsewhere in this agreement.
       Therefore, the conferees expect NOAA to prioritize grant 
     proposals relating to fishing communities in non-specified 
     areas including, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic 
     of the Marshall Islands, Republic of Palau, the Federated 
     States of Micronesia, and other similar areas. Grants should 
     focus on preventing over fishing, rebuilding of fisheries, 
     and ensuring conservation, while realizing the full potential 
     of fishery resources.
       In addition, the conferees direct NOAA to assign high 
     priority to proposals for research and education efforts 
     directed at the protection of high-risk consumers from 
     naturally occurring bacteria associated with raw molluscan 
     shellfish, specifically Vibrio vulnificus. The conferees 
     strongly urge NOAA to provide no less than $250,000 to the 
     Gulf and Atlantic Foundation for their education efforts 
     regarding Vibrio vulnificus.
       Louisiana Oyster Assistance.--The conferees include 
     $2,000,000 for economic assistance to the oyster fishery 
     affected by Hurricane Isidore, and Hurricane Lili. The 
     conferees direct that funding may be used only for activities 
     to rehabilitate oyster resources or oyster reefs damaged by 
     the storms and for domestic product marketing and seafood 
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                    Oceanic and Atmospheric Research

       The conference agreement includes $374,740,000 for the 
     Oceanic and Atmospheric Research line office. This amount 
     combined with $4,920,000 from prior year unobliged balances 
     provides a total program level of $379,660,000. The 
     conference agreement includes the following amounts for basic 
     laboratory research and support under Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Research:
       Climate Change Research.--The conference agreement includes 
     a total of $166,315,000 for climate change research, 
     including $18,000,000 for the Climate Change Research 
     Initiative (CCRI), as proposed. This initiative provides 
     increases over the fiscal year 2002 level as follows: 
     $1,000,000 for the ocean observations/ocean systems; 
     $3,000,000 for ARGO-related costs; $1,000,000 for regional 
     assessments, education, and outreach; $2,000,000 for research 
     on the carbon cycle; $5,000,000 for the climate modeling 
     center; $4,000,000 for the global climate atmospheric 
     observing system; and $2,000,000 to study the aerosols/
     climate interaction.
       Of the amounts provided, $67,608,000 is available for 
     competitively awarded grants, including grants to joint 
     institutes, as determined by the Secretary of Commerce. In 
     addition, $1,000,000 is provided to continue a certain 
     program in Arizona for regional climate change research.
       Of the funding provided for climate and global change 
     activities, $12,000,000 shall only be available after the 
     Committees on Appropriation are provided with a plan for 
     completion of the national assessment required in section 106 
     of the Global Change Research Act of 1990. The plan should 
     include a completion date for the national assessment of no 
     later than September 30, 2004.
       National Sea Grant Program.--The conference agreement 
     includes $62,410,000 for the Sea Grant program, of which 
     $2,000,000 is from prior year unobligated balances. The 
     conference agreement does not include a proposal to transfer 
     the program to the National Science Foundation. Instead, the 
     recommendation appropriates the same level of funding as in 
     fiscal year 2002 for the Sea Grant program, in accordance 
     with the National Sea Grant Act, Public Law 89-688, as 
     amended. Within the amounts provided, $3,000,000 is included 
     for zebra mussel research in accordance with the Non-
     indigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act; 
     $3,000,000 is for oyster disease research, including 
     $1,000,000 to continue the Gulf of Mexico initiative on 
     oyster-related human health risks.
       National Undersea Research Program (NURP).--A total of 
     $13,770,000 is included for the National Undersea Research 
     Program, of which $220,000 is from prior year unobligated 
     balances. The conferees direct that funding is to be equally 
     split between the east coast NURP centers and the west coast 
     NURP centers, including the Hawaiian and Pacific Center and 
     the West Coast and Polar Regions Center. The conferees expect 
     level funding will be available for Aquarius, ALVIN, and 
     program administration.
       NISA Alaska.--The conferees include $1,500,000 to address 
     the proliferation of exotic species such as Atlantic salmon 
     in the marine environment in the North Pacific. Of this 
     amount, $750,000 is for the Pacific States Marine Fisheries 
     Commission to prevent the escapement of Atlantic salmon into 
     Alaska streams and to address other invasive species issues 
     including mitten crab and green crab.
       NISA/Ballast Water Demonstrations.--The conference 
     agreement includes $2,250,000 for this program, of which 
     $1,900,000 is from unobligated balances. The conferees expect 
     special attention should be given to the concerns of the 
     Chesapeake Bay and the Great Lakes.

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                        NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

       The conference agreement includes total of $698,767,000 for 
     the operations of the National Weather Service (NWS) for 
     fiscal year 2003.
       Local Warnings and Forecasts--The conferees provide 
     $555,178,000 for local warnings and forecasts. Within the 
     amounts provided, $2,500,000 is to begin a new seven-year 
     initiative to improve the accuracy and timeliness of aviation 
     warnings and forecasts.
       Of the amounts provided, the conferees direct the NWS to 
     continue the Susquehanna River Basin gauges project and 
     expand this program to include the Delaware River Basin.
       The conferees have provided sufficient funding to continue 
     operations of the Huntsville, Alabama center.
       Air Quality Initiative--The conference agreement includes 
     $3,000,000 to complete the analysis of the air quality pilot 
     program, finalize a concept of operations, and begin 
     procurement of the information technology infrastructure 
     necessary to support operational air quality forecasts by the 
     end of fiscal year 2004. In addition, $3,000,000 is provided 
     to complete the operational implementation of a temperature 
     forecasting pilot in New England. Funding should provide for 
     the modernization 200 meteorological observing stations and 
     for the operational use of high-resolution forecasts models 
     at 8 sites in fiscal year 2003.
       Flash floods.--The conferees direct NOAA to commission the 
     National Academy of Sciences to conduct a study to assess the 
     availability, performance, and capability of the NWS NEXRAD 
     located on Sulphur Mountain in Ventura County, California to 
     detect heavy precipitation and aid forecasters at the Los 
     Angeles Weather Forecast Office in providing flash flood 
     warnings and forecasts, and on the basis of that study, to 
     provide the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and 
     Atmosphere with a report on the performance of that mission 
     by the NWS. The report also should include any 
     recommendations for improving the accuracy and timeliness of 
     flash flood warnings in and around western Los Angeles and 
     Ventura Counties, California.
       Systems Operations & Maintenance--The conference agreement 
     includes $87,146,000 for systems operations and maintenance.
       In addition, the conferees continue direction from prior 
     years regarding Erie, Pennsylvania and Williston, North 
     Dakota.

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     NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE, DATA AND INFORMATION SERVICE

       The conference agreement includes $150,616,000 for the 
     operational and research and development programs of the 
     National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information 
     Service (NESDIS).
       Environmental Satellite Observing Systems--The Committee 
     recommendation has provided a total of $86,168,000 for this 
     account, including $23,771,000 for product processing and 
     distribution. Within the recommendation, $1,500,000 is 
     included for the Joint Center, and $4,000,000 is for a global 
     wind demonstration.
       Data Centers and Information Services--The conference 
     agreement includes $64,448,000 for NOAA's Data Centers and 
     Information Services, including $15,850,000 for the climate 
     database modernization efforts in Kentucky and West Virginia. 
     The conferees restore funding for the regional climate 
     centers, which was proposed for elimination. The conferees 
     recognize the value of NOAA climate data centers as the U.S. 
     repository for historical environmental data.
       The conferees direct NESDIS to continue fiscal year 2002 
     current staffing levels at the Gilmore Creek Tracking Station 
     in fiscal year 2003. NESDIS will provide a report to the 
     Committees on Appropriations by March 1, 2003 on how it plans 
     to implement the new National Polar Orbiting Environmental 
     Satellite System and its plans for the Gilmore Creek Tracking 
     Station including staffing projections.
       Within the amounts provided, $300,000 is to conduct a study 
     to assess the feasibility, costs, and timing issues of the 
     Fairmont, West Virginia location as a third site for physical 
     storage of data from the CLASS program.

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                            PROGRAM SUPPORT

       The conference agreement includes $173,397,000 for the 
     Program Support line office. The conference agreement 
     continues a limitation of the administrative costs of the 
     agency to $243,000,000. This limitation is in response to 
     NOAA's practice of assessing certain programs and activities 
     for the costs of managing those programs, including grant 
     programs.
       The recommendation includes $91,349,000 for maritime and 
     aviation fleet maintenance and operations. The recommendation 
     provides sufficient funding for routine maintenance of the 
     existing NOAA fleet.
       Program Review--The conferees laud the results of the 
     Program Review Task Force (PRT) review. In fact, a number of 
     the task forces' recommendations address longstanding 
     concerns regarding the management of NOAA. For example, the 
     grant process has been of particular interest to the 
     conferees. Many of the conferees have heard complaints from 
     grant recipients regarding unnecessary delays. For fiscal 
     year 2002 alone, these delays contributed to $462,566,000 in 
     prior year funding remaining unspent. In a number of areas, 
     the conferees have taken into account these unobligated 
     balances when determining the fiscal year 2003 levels for 
     certain programs. The conferees support the efforts of NOAA 
     management to alleviate many of these problems.
       Office Relocations--The conferees direct the Department to 
     submit quarterly reports providing details of all office 
     moves, openings, reductions and closings, which will be 
     considered as a reprogramming under section 605 of the Act. 
     The conferees expect to be notified of office relocations 
     before final agreements are made.
       Pribilof Island Cleanup--The recommendation includes 
     $8,000,000 for Pribilof Island cleanup. In 2000, Congress 
     passed the Pribilof Islands Transition Act which created the 
     framework under which NOAA was to complete the environmental 
     cleanup of the property that it currently or formerly owned 
     on the islands, and complete the transfer of that property to 
     the designated local entities. Concern has been raised 
     regarding the lack of a comprehensive cleanup plan, and firm 
     cost estimates. The conferees direct NOAA to provide 
     timetable and cost estimates to complete a cleanup and land 
     transfer no later than April 11, 2003.
       Minority Serving Institutions.--The conferees direct that 
     this program be extended to Native Hawaiian Serving 
     Institutions and Alaskan Native Serving Institutions as 
     defined in the Higher Education Act.
       Facilities.--The conference agreement includes $1,000,000 
     for necessary improvements to the National Aquarium. The 
     conferees expect the Department of Commerce to prepare a 20-
     year plan to upgrade the facility. The conferees expect a 
     plan to be provided to the Committees on Appropriations no 
     later than July 1, 2003.

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               Procurement, Acquisition and Construction


                     (including transfers of funds)

       The recommendation includes a programmatic level of 
     $832,230,000 for fiscal year 2003, of which $762,230,000 is 
     from new appropriations and $70,000,000 is from prior year 
     unobligated balances. The recommendation assumes $3,200,000 
     from prior year deobligations. This account funds capital 
     assets acquisition activities, including system and land 
     acquisition, marine sanctuary and estuarine reserve 
     construction, aircraft and vessel systems, and equipment.
       The conferees have amended section 204 regarding 
     reprogramming requirements to include all increases and 
     decreases affecting capital assets. The following 
     distribution reflects the activities funded within this 
     account:
       Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program (CELP)--The 
     conferees include $37,667,000 for the land acquisition 
     program. The conferees understand that regulations for this 
     program have not yet been finalized. For the priorities 
     identified by the conferees, the interim regulations will 
     apply as in fiscal year 2002, including funding and match 
     requirements. This program is intended to protect those 
     coastal and estuarine areas with significant conservation, 
     recreation, ecological, historical, or aesthetic value.
       Marine Sanctuaries Construction--Of the amounts provided, 
     $5,000,000 is for the final Federal costs of the efforts 
     relating to the National Monitor sanctuary center.
       National Marine Fisheries Service--The conferees continue 
     the aquatic resource program at the level of $7,000,000.
       Construction--The conferees remain concerned that there is 
     no long-term facility plan, including maintenance schedule 
     for NOAA. A five-year plan for such purposes was requested 
     during the fiscal year 2003 budget hearing before the House. 
     To date, no plan has been provided. Further, there have been 
     two separate incidents where NOAA has changed the scope of a 
     funded project, including the location, without prior 
     notification to the Committees on Appropriations. The 
     conferees expect a final plan no later than June 30, 2003.
       Geostationary Systems--Under this heading, the conferees 
     include $221,391,000, as requested, of which $50,000,000 is 
     to be derived from unobligated prior year balances. The 
     conferees understand that the launch readiness date for N, O, 
     and P, has slipped by one year. In addition, the conferees 
     understand that the earliest available launch date for the 
     GOES-R series has been revised from 2010 to 2012. The most 
     recent data available to the conferees reflect a total 
     $55,400,000 available from unobligated prior year balances to 
     be used in fiscal year 2003 therefore, $5,400,000 continues 
     to be available for any unforeseen purposes.
       Polar Orbiting Systems--Under this heading, the conferees 
     include $347,538,000, as requested, of which $25,000,000 is 
     to be derived from unobligated prior year balances. The 
     conferees understand that NOAA expects a ten-month delay in 
     launching NOAA-M as a result of the unavailability of a 
     launch pad site.
       The National Polar Orbiting Operational Environmental 
     Satellite System (NPOESS) is a joint program equally funded 
     by the Department of Commerce and the Department of Defense 
     based upon a 1994 decision to integrate civil and military 
     polar-orbiting meteorological satellites systems into a 
     single national system. This decision created a 50/50 cost-
     sharing partnership between the two departments. Due to the 
     concern raised by NPOESS program managers, the conference 
     agreement continues language formalizing this cost-sharing 
     partnership as in the fiscal year 2002. The conferees are 
     aware that NOAA did not obligate $10,200,000 of the amounts 
     provided in fiscal year 2002 for NPOESS as a result of 
     Department of Defense obligation decisions in fiscal year 
     2002.
       Fleet Replacement--The conference agreement includes 
     $50,874,000 for the second fisheries vessel. This vessel 
     would replace the 40-year-old ALBATROS IV, as proposed. In 
     addition, $9,000,000 is provided to continue construction of 
     small waterplane area twin hull vessel to be homeported in 
     New Castle, New Hampshire.
       Hurricane Surveillance Aircraft--The conference agreement 
     includes $8,400,000 for necessary instrumentation upgrades to 
     the Gulfstream IV to improve storm-tracking forecasts, as 
     proposed.


                    Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery

       The conference agreement includes $130,000,000 under this 
     heading. A total of $40,000,000 is provided to fulfill the 
     obligation of the United States under the 1999 Pacific Salmon 
     Treaty between the United States and Canada. Specifically, 
     $25,000,000 is included to complete the capitalization of the 
     Northern Boundary Fund, and $15,000,000 is included to 
     complete the capitalization of the Southern Boundary Fund. In 
     addition, $90,000,000 is provided for grants to California, 
     Oregon, Washington, Alaska, and coastal and river tribes for 
     habitat restoration.
       Of the amounts provided for the states, $28,000,000 is for 
     the State of Washington, $22,000,000 is for the State of 
     Alaska, $14,000,000 is for the State of Oregon, $14,000,000 
     is for the State of California, $9,000,000 is for the Pacific 
     Coastal tribes, and $3,000,000 is for the Columbia River 
     tribes.
       Of the funds provided for the State of Alaska, $5,000,000 
     is for the Arctic Yukon-Kushokwim Sustainable Salmon 
     initiative, $1,000,000 is for construction of salmon 
     mitigation passes, $1,000,000 is for the Cook Inlet Fishing 
     Community Assistance Program, $500,000 is for the Yukon River 
     Drainage Association, $500,000 is for Fort Richardson 
     fisheries, $500,000 is for Elmendorf AFB hatcheries, $500,000 
     is for Fort Wainwright fisheries, $450,000 is for universal 
     quality standards, $450,000 is for competitive analysis of 
     global salmon, $250,000 is to restore the king salmon runs in 
     Coffman Cove, $250,000 is to enable the State of Alaska to 
     participate in discussions regarding Columbia River hydro 
     system management, $2,000,000 is to restore salmon runs at 
     Chester Creek, Ship Creek, and Campbell Creek in Anchorage, 
     $1,000,000 is to restore salmon runs in Seward, Alaska, and 
     $100,000 is for the United Fishermen of Alaska's subsistence 
     program.
       Of the funds provided for the State of Washington, 
     $4,000,000 is for the Washington State Department of Natural 
     Resources and other State and Federal agencies for purposes 
     of implementing the State of Washington's Forest and Fish 
     Report. The funding shall be spent in accordance with the 
     terms and conditions of the Forest and Fish Report and 
     consistent with the requirements of the Endangered Species 
     and Clean Water Acts. Further, $1,590,000 is for the purchase 
     of two new mass marking trailers.
       Of the funds provided to the State of Oregon, $1,100,000 is 
     for conservation mass marking at the Columbia River 
     Hatcheries; and $2,185,000 is for the purchase of two new and 
     one used mass marking trailers.
       Bill language is included designating the entire amount 
     under the conservation category.

                      Fishermen's Contingency Fund

       The conference agreement includes a total program level of 
     $2,376,000, of which $2,375,000 is from unobligated prior 
     year funds.
       The Fishermen's Contingency Fund provides compensation to 
     U.S. fishermen for damage or loss of fishing gear and any 
     resulting loss because of natural or man-made obstructions 
     related to oil and gas exploration, development, and 
     production on the Outer Continental Shelf.


                     FOREIGN FISHING OBSERVER FUND

       The conference agreement includes $1,833,000 under this 
     heading, of which $1,832,000 is from unobligated prior year 
     funds.
       Fees paid into the Fund are collected from owners and 
     operators of certain foreign fishing vessels that fish within 
     the United States Fishery Conservation Zone and are intended 
     to be used by the Secretary of Commerce to finance the cost 
     of placing United States observers aboard such fishing 
     vessels.


                   FISHERIES FINANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

       The conferees note that an appropriation is not necessary 
     for the fisheries finance program account. Of the loan 
     authority provided through bill language, $5,000,000 is for 
     entry level and small vessel individual fishery quota [IFQ] 
     obligation guarantees in the halibut and sablefish fisheries 
     off Alaska pursuant to section 1104A(a)(7) of the Merchant 
     Marine Act of 1936. These funds are provided for IFQ loans in 
     accordance with section 303(d)(4) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act 
     and section 108(g) of the Sustainable Fisheries Act.
       In addition, $59,000,000 is for Traditional direct loan 
     authority, of which $40,000,000 may be used for the direct 
     loans to the United States distant water tuna fleet.

                        Departmental Management


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The conference agreement includes $44,954,000 for costs of 
     managing the Department of Commerce. The recommendation 
     includes $4,776,000 for the recurring costs for guard 
     contracts, security equipment upgrades and an emergency 
     communication system for the Herbert Clark Hoover Building 
     originally funded with fiscal year 2002 emergency 
     supplemental appropriations; $1,590,000 is for IT security 
     increases; and $1,200,000 is for continuity of operation 
     efforts.
       Telework Programs--The conference agreement includes 
     language, under section 208 to allow the Department of 
     Commerce to carryover unused funds into the next fiscal year, 
     saved as a consequence of the Department's implementation of 
     telecommuting programs. Telecommuting programs offer the 
     opportunity for cost-savings as well as increased 
     productivity and employee morale. By allowing the Department 
     to keep the savings from telecommuting, there should be a 
     strong incentive for the Department to increase its number of 
     telecommuters, as required by section 359 of Public Law 106-
     346. Telecommuting also can help improve traffic congestion, 
     provide energy savings and improve air quality.
       This appropriation provides for the Office of the Secretary 
     and for staff offices of the Department, which assist in the 
     formulation of policy, management, and administration.
       Office Relocations--The conference agreement continues to 
     direct the Department to submit quarterly reports providing 
     details of all office moves, opening, reductions and closing, 
     which will be considered as a reprogramming under section 605 
     of the Act.

                      Office of Inspector General

       The conference agreement includes $20,635,000 for the 
     Commerce Department's Office of Inspector General for fiscal 
     year 2003.

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               General Provisions--Department of Commerce

       The conference agreement includes the following General 
     Provisions for the Department of Commerce:
       Section 201.--The conference agreement includes section 
     201, included in both the House and Senate, regarding 
     certification of advanced payments.
       Section 202.--The conference agreement includes section 
     202, included in both the House and Senate, allowing funds 
     for hire of passenger motor vehicles, and for services, 
     uniforms and allowances as authorized by law.
       Section 203.--The conference agreement includes section 
     203, included in both the House and Senate, making permanent 
     a provision prohibiting of funds to be used to support 
     hurricane reconnaissance aircraft and activities that are 
     under the control of the United States Air Force or the 
     United States Air Force Reserve. The House section did not 
     propose to make this section permanent.
       Section 204.--The conference agreement includes section 
     204, included in both the House and Senate, regarding 
     transfer authority among Commerce Department appropriation 
     accounts. The language also makes the transfers subject to 
     the Committee's standard reprogramming procedures, including 
     the acquisition and disposal of capital assets. The Senate 
     did not contain a provision on the matter of capital assets.
       Section 205.--The conference agreement includes section 
     205, included in the House, requiring that any costs incurred 
     by the Department in response to funding reductions shall be 
     absorbed within the total budgetary resources available to 
     the Department and shall not be subject to the reprogramming 
     limitations in this Act. The Senate did not contain a similar 
     provision.
       Section 206.--The conference agreement includes section 
     206, included in both the House and Senate, making permanent 
     a provision to allow the Secretary to award contracts for 
     certain mapping and charting activities in accordance with 
     the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act. The 
     House did not make the provision permanent.
       Section 207.--The conference agreement includes section 
     207, included in both the House and Senate, allowing the 
     Department of Commerce franchise fund to retain a percentage 
     of earnings from services provided for capital investments.
       Section 208.--The conference agreement includes section 
     208, modified from a provision in the Senate, to provide 
     $28,260,000 within the ``National Institute of Standards and 
     Technology, Construction of Research Facilities'' account, 
     for five projects. The House did not contain a similar 
     provision.
       Section 209.--The conference agreement includes section 
     209, included in the Senate, to provide $10,000,000 for an 
     Alaskan Seafood marketing program. The House did not contain 
     a similar provision.
       Section 210.--The conference agreement includes section 
     210, included in the Senate, to authorize and appropriate 
     $50,000,000 for travel and tourism grant program. The House 
     did not include a similar provision.
       Section 211.--The conference agreement includes section 
     211, included in the Senate, to exempt two foreign-built 
     cruise ships to engage in service between and among the 
     islands of Hawaii. The section is modified to prohibit 
     vessels access.
       Section 212.--The conference agreement includes section 
     212, included in the Senate, designating requirements for a 
     certain fishing capacity reduction program for the West Coast 
     groundfish fishery. The House did not contain a similar 
     provision.
       Section 213.--The conference agreement includes section 
     213, a new provision, allowing the National Weather Service 
     to engage in a certain lease arrangement to be funded from 
     base resources.
       Section 214.--The conference agreement includes section 
     214, a new provision, designating certain programs under the 
     conservation category.

                        TITLE III--THE JUDICIARY

       The conferees do not agree with the practice of the 
     Judiciary of displaying significant program increases as 
     adjustments to base. The conferees direct the Judiciary to 
     discontinue this practice.
       The conferees expect the Judiciary to submit a financial 
     plan, allocating all sources of available funds including 
     appropriations, fee collections, and carryover balances. The 
     Judiciary should consider this financial plan to be the 
     baseline for reprogramming and expects the plan to be 
     submitted within 30 days after enactment of this Act.

                   Supreme Court of the United States


                         salaries and expenses

       The conference agreement includes $45,743,000 for the 
     salaries and expenses of the Supreme Court, as provided by 
     the House, instead of $44,399,000 as provided by the Senate. 
     The conference agreement provides increases for information 
     technology and security related initiatives.
       The conferees are aware of continued concerns about the 
     number of minority law clerks at the Supreme Court. The 
     Conferees are appreciative of the Court's responsiveness in 
     providing information regarding its hiring practices and 
     encourages the Court and the Judicial Conference of the 
     United States to continue to make progress in this matter.


                    CARE OF THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS

       The conference agreement includes $41,626,000 for the 
     Supreme Court ``Care of the Building and Grounds'' account, 
     as provided by the House, instead of $53,304,000 as provided 
     by the Senate. The conference agreement is $12,000,000 below 
     the request for the Supreme Court building renovation 
     project. The conferees understand that these additional 
     obligations will occur in subsequent fiscal years and 
     therefore may be budgeted in those fiscal years.
       The conferees recognize there are security concerns related 
     to the building modernization project and the Architect of 
     the Capitol is directed to ensure that the Court's security 
     concerns are addressed throughout the procurement and 
     construction of the project. The conferees direct the 
     Architect of the Capitol to submit the Committees on 
     Appropriations, no later than 60 days after enactment of this 
     Act, a financial plan and schedule for this project.

         United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit


                         salaries and expenses

       The conference agreement includes $20,313,000 for the 
     United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 
     instead of $20,490,000 as provided by the House and 
     $20,136,000 as provided by the Senate.
       The conferees recognize that the Court has additional 
     information technology and facility renovation requirements. 
     However, the conferees also understand that between March 
     1992 and March 2001, filings have decreased by 13 percent. 
     The conferees recommend the Court examine its base operating 
     budget to identify funding that could be used to meet the 
     Court's remaining information technology and facilities 
     requirements. No funding is provided to establish a deputy 
     circuit executive position.

               United States Court of International Trade


                         salaries and expenses

       The conference agreement includes $13,687,000 for the U.S. 
     Court of International Trade, as provided by the House, 
     instead of $13,529,000 as provided by the Senate. The 
     conferees are pleased with the Court's utilization of the 
     Judiciary Information Technology Fund to upgrade and enhance 
     the Court's use of information technology without requiring 
     additional appropriations.

    Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services


                         salaries and expenses

       The conference agreement provides $3,800,000,000 for the 
     salaries and expenses of the Courts of Appeals, District 
     Courts and Other Judicial Services. Within the funding 
     provided, the Conferees direct not less than $10,000,000 for 
     facilities enhancements to meet requirements associated with 
     high threat trials and to upgrade the Judiciary's mail 
     handling operations.


                 vaccine injury compensation trust fund

       The conference agreement provides $2,784,000 from the 
     Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund as provided by both 
     the House and the Senate.


                           defender services

       The conference agreement includes $538,461,000 for the 
     Federal Judiciary's Defender Services account, instead of 
     $545,129,000 as provided by the House and $531,792,000 as 
     provided by the Senate.
       The conference agreement includes an increase of 
     $30,066,000 to annualize the panel attorney rate increase 
     provided in fiscal year 2002. This increase brought panel 
     attorney hourly rates up to $90 for in-court and out-of-court 
     hours. This was the first significant increase in private 
     panel attorney hourly rates since 1986 and represents a 20 
     percent increase in the in-court rate and a 64 percent 
     increase in the out-of-court rate.
       In fiscal year 2003, the Judicial Conference requested an 
     increase in the panel attorney rate to $113 per hour, which 
     if approved would amount to a 25 percent increase over the 
     rate approved in fiscal year 2002. Because it was recently 
     implemented, the Judicial Conference is unable to document 
     the impact of the significant increase provided in fiscal 
     year 2002 to determine if that rate is sufficient to solve 
     the problem of obtaining adequate counsel for CJA 
     representations. In addition, from 1987 to 2001, the Congress 
     and the Judicial Conference provided a higher hourly rate in 
     16 districts than the standard rate provided in the other 78 
     lower-cost districts. The conferees understand that there 
     continues to be disparities throughout the country in the 
     costs to provide legal representation, and yet the Judicial 
     Conference's requested $113 hourly rate would reimburse panel 
     attorneys at the same rate nationally.
       Because of these uncertainties between localities, the size 
     of the increase approved in fiscal year 2002, and the level 
     of funding required to annualize this increase in fiscal year 
     2003, the conference agreement does not include the requested 
     additional increase in the hourly rate this fiscal year. The 
     conferees expect the Judicial Conference, before requesting 
     any future rate increases, to consider the concerns described 
     above. The conferees also expect any future rate increases 
     requested above inflation to be justified as a program 
     increase.


                    fees of jurors and commissioners

       The conference agreement includes $54,636,000 for Fees of 
     Jurors and Commissioners, as provided by the House and 
     Senate.

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                             court security

       The conference agreement includes $268,400,000 for the 
     Federal Judiciary's Court Security Account, instead of 
     $286,200,000 as provided by the House and $276,342,000 as 
     provided by the Senate. In addition, the conference agreement 
     includes $15,800,000 in the U.S. Marshals Service, Salaries 
     and Expenses account for supervisory deputy marshals 
     previously funded in this account.
       In order to address the courts' security requirements, 
     funding for this program has increased by approximately 50 
     percent since fiscal year 2001. However, the conferees are 
     concerned that as the program has grown, sufficient attention 
     has not been provided to program and budget administration, 
     especially oversight of court security officer funding, 
     positions and full-time equivalents. The conferees expect 
     that the funding provided in the conference agreement will 
     significantly improve this deficiency.
       The conferees understand that this is a unique account 
     appropriated to the Judiciary but primarily managed by the 
     Department of Justice. The Committee expects the Director of 
     the U.S. Marshals Service to provide the same level of 
     budgetary and program oversight to this program as programs 
     appropriated directly to the U.S. Marshals Service.
       Within the level of funding provided, the conferees direct 
     U.S. Marshals Service to conduct a study with an independent 
     consultant on the management of this program and the unique 
     relationship between the Federal Judiciary, the U.S. Marshals 
     Service, and the Federal Protective Service in administering 
     this program and providing facilities security for the 
     Judiciary.
       The conferees expect future budget justifications to 
     clearly display the level and types of court security 
     equipment and systems requested compared to the current year.
       Within the level of funding provided, $1,000,000 shall be 
     transferred to the U.S. Marshals Service for a courthouse 
     security survey to be conducted by the Judicial Security 
     Divison/Judicial Security Systems personnel.
       Following the September 11th and anthrax attacks, the 
     Judiciary was directed in the Conference Report accompanying 
     Public Law 107-117, to consider establishing a court 
     operations support center located outside of Washington, D.C. 
     The Judiciary's study, conducted by an independent expert and 
     endorsed by the Judicial Conference, recommends establishing 
     a small leased facility at least 20 miles outside of 
     Washington, D.C. This facility would help ensure continuity 
     of operations in the event that administrative and automation 
     support functions are shut down as a result of the closure of 
     the Thurgood Marshal Federal Judiciary Building (TMFJB). The 
     Judiciary's study recommends transferring portions of the 
     courts' payroll processing, financial disbursing, and 
     information technology support to this new facility. The 
     study also recommends that this facility be within a 
     reasonable travel range of the TMFJB so that it can be 
     utilized by essential Administrative Office and court staff 
     in the event that certain facilities located in Washington 
     D.C. are shut down. The conferees direct the Judiciary to 
     establish a judiciary automation and communications 
     operations facility consistent with its study at an 
     economically feasible location. The conferees expect costs of 
     this facility to be absorbed within existing available 
     resources as proposed by the Judiciary. The conferees 
     encourage the Judiciary to find alternative uses for the 
     facility during non-emergency periods. However, the primary 
     design goal of the facility should be continuity of 
     operations. As recommended in the study, the conferees direct 
     the Judiciary to provide telework opportunities at this 
     facility.
       As discussed in the beginning of Title III, a financial 
     plan is required to be submitted for this program.

           Administrative Office of the United States Courts


                         salaries and expenses

       The conference agreement includes $63,500,000 for the 
     Administrative Office of the United States Courts.

                        Federal Judicial Center


                         salaries and expenses

       The conference agreement includes $20,856,000 for salaries 
     and expenses of the Federal Judicial Center as provided by 
     the House, instead of $20,156,000 as provided by the Senate.

                       Judicial Retirement Funds


                   payment to judidicary trust funds

       The conference agreement includes $35,300,000 for payment 
     to various judicial retirement funds, as provided by both the 
     House and Senate.

                  United States Sentencing Commission


                         salaries and expenses

       The conference agreement includes $12,090,000 for the U.S. 
     Sentencing Commission, instead of $12,344,000 as provided by 
     the House and $11,835,000 as provided by the Senate. As part 
     of the financial plan discussed at the beginning of this 
     title, the Commission is directed to provide plan for the 
     utilization of carryover balances.

                   General Provisions--The Judiciary

       Section 301.--The conference agreement includes a provision 
     included by both the House and Senate allowing appropriations 
     to be used for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
       Section 302.--The conference agreement includes a provision 
     included in the House related to the transfer of funds. The 
     Senate included a similar provision.
       Section 303.--The conference agreement includes a provision 
     included in by the House allowing up to $11,000 of salaries 
     and expenses provided in this title to be used for official 
     representation expenses of the Judicial Conference of the 
     United States. The Senate included a similar provision.

            Title IV--Department of State and Related Agency

       In total, the conference agreement includes $7,900,660,000 
     for the Department of State and the Broadcasting Board of 
     Governors. Of the total amount provided, $7,762,460,000 is 
     derived from general purpose discretionary funds and 
     $138,200,000 is scored as mandatory spending. This funding 
     level includes significant program increases to improve 
     diplomatic readiness and security. The conference agreement 
     includes the full amount requested, $1,308,000,000, to 
     continue worldwide security activities, including the design 
     and construction of replacement facilities for the most 
     vulnerable overseas posts.

                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

       The conference agreement for the Department of State is 
     intended to continue the Department's efforts to achieve 
     diplomatic readiness, strengthen diplomatic and border 
     security, and to institute sweeping management reforms. In 
     fiscal year 2002, the Congress enacted an appropriations 
     increase of 16.8 percent to the Department's operating 
     budget, including funding to support the hiring and training 
     of an additional 910 employees.
       The conference agreement includes a total of $7,394,026,000 
     for fiscal year 2003 for the Department of State. Of the 
     total amount provided, $7,255,826,000 is derived from general 
     purpose discretionary funds and $138,200,000 is scored as 
     mandatory spending. The overall funding level for fiscal year 
     2003 represents an additional 8.6 percent increase to the 
     operating budget, which will support up to 585 additional new 
     positions. The conferees expect that this funding level will 
     allow the Department to meet critical embassy security and 
     staffing requirements, modernize its technology and 
     equipment, and continue vigorous management reform 
     initiatives to right-size America's overseas presence.
       The conference agreement includes a total of $5,587,293,000 
     for the discretionary appropriation accounts under 
     Administration of Foreign Affairs; $1,539,710,000 for 
     International Organizations and Conferences; $57,504,000 for 
     International Commissions; and $71,319,000 for Other 
     activities. The conferees' priorities for the Department of 
     State are delineated in the following paragraphs.

                   Administration of Foreign Affairs


                    diplomatic and consular programs

       The conference agreement includes $3,822,258,000 for the 
     Diplomatic and Consular Programs account, including 
     $553,000,000 to continue funding for worldwide security 
     upgrades and $292,693,000 for public diplomacy programs. The 
     conference agreement represents an increase of $192,246,000 
     above the fiscal year 2002 appropriation. Within this total, 
     the funding level for worldwide security upgrades is 
     $65,265,000 above the fiscal year 2002 level and the same 
     amount as requested.
       This appropriation provides for the formulation and 
     execution of United States foreign policy, including the 
     conduct of diplomatic and consular relations with foreign 
     countries, diplomatic relations with international 
     organizations, and related activities. The account includes 
     funding for all of the program and operations bureaus and 
     offices of the Department of State and the Foreign Service.
       The conference agreement includes funding for program 
     activities described below:
       Diplomatic Readiness Initiatives.--The conference agreement 
     includes a program increase of $70,000,000 for the diplomatic 
     readiness initiative to support the hiring and training of 
     approximately 399 new foreign service and civil service 
     employees. Before obligation of these funds the Department 
     shall provide the Committees, through the regular 
     reprogramming process, a comprehensive spending and staffing 
     plan accompanied by materials demonstrating any and all 
     right-sizing analyses and actions taken worldwide since the 
     issuance of the Overseas Presence Advisory Panel report in 
     1999. The Department may propose, through the reprogramming 
     process, to reallocate funding under the diplomatic readiness 
     initiative for critical foreign national hiring needs. The 
     conferees expect that the highest priority will be placed on 
     new positions in Near East and South Asia. The program 
     increase described below for public diplomacy includes 
     funding for additional foreign national public diplomacy 
     staffing overseas.
       Public Diplomacy Programs.--The conference agreement 
     includes language specifying that $292,693,000 is available 
     only for Public Diplomacy programs. The integration of the 
     United States Information Agency into the State Department in 
     fiscal year 2000 resulted in public diplomacy resources being 
     spread across several different bureaus. The conferees 
     believe that separately identifying total resource levels 
     will facilitate the Committees' ability to monitor funding 
     levels and trends for these activities. The amount identified 
     for public diplomacy programs includes the costs of personnel 
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     throughout the Department. The conferees expect the 
     Department to identify all organizational impediments to 
     optimal performance of public diplomacy programs, and 
     propose the necessary changes through the reprogramming 
     process.
       The conference agreement includes a program increase of 
     $10,300,000 for public diplomacy programs. This funding will 
     support expansion of InfoUSA content, and other internet-
     based information programs, including the translation of 
     content into Arabic and South Asian languages, as well as the 
     continuation of programs in the Arab and Muslim world 
     initiated with fiscal year 2002 supplemental funding. This 
     funding will also support surveys and research to improve 
     effectiveness of public diplomacy programs, and increased 
     local staffing worldwide.
       The conferees acknowledge the critical role that public 
     diplomacy will play in the global war against terror. The 
     Department will not be successful in its important public 
     diplomacy mission unless it is guided by a comprehensive, 
     sustained strategy for program execution. The Department is 
     directed to submit a Public Diplomacy Strategy to the 
     Committees on Appropriations no later than June 1, 2003. The 
     conferees understand that the need for interagency 
     coordination in international public information programs has 
     resulted in the creation of the White House Office of Global 
     Communications. The use of any funds provided to the 
     Department of State under this Act or any prior Act for 
     initiatives or programs of the Office of Global 
     Communications must be approved in advance by the Committees 
     on Appropriations.
       Africa Policy Advisory Panel.--The conference agreement 
     includes language authorizing the Secretary to create an 
     Africa Policy Advisory Panel, and provides up to $500,000 to 
     fund related costs. The conferees expect that this panel will 
     be appointed by the Secretary and will deliver its final 
     report to the Secretary no later than one year from the 
     enactment of this Act. The conferees believe that the U.S. 
     Government too frequently fails to devote sufficient 
     attention and resources to African affairs. African nations 
     today face enormous obstacles to development and political 
     stability. The United States has a vital national interest in 
     helping African nations to develop workable solutions to 
     provide people with freedom, economic opportunity, and 
     functioning governments.
       The conferees expect that the establishment of this panel 
     will generate greater interest in the importance of Sub-
     Saharan Africa. In calling for this panel, the conferees 
     recognize the complex issues facing Africa and the limited 
     budgetary resources available to help policymakers address 
     these problems.
       The conferees acknowledge the Department's increased 
     efforts in these areas, including the strengthening of the 
     trading relationships spawned by the African Growth and Trade 
     Act, substantially increasing two-way trade with Africa, 
     launching a Sovereign Credit Rating Initiative, increased 
     HIV/AIDS funding, programs to enhance African peacekeeping 
     capabilities, support for UN and regional peacekeeping 
     efforts, and assistance in ending conflicts continent-wide, 
     including in the Sudan and in the Democratic Republic of the 
     Congo.
       Assertive engagement between Africa and the United States 
     is vital to U.S. interest and necessary. Africa is a key 
     player in our global war against international terrorism. 
     Africa is also a key supplier of crucial resources, including 
     oil. The most serious challenge facing Africa today is the 
     AIDS pandemic: its social, economic, and political impact 
     will be devastating for millions of Africans for years to 
     come. In the past decade alone an estimated 17 million 
     Africans died of AIDS. Of the 40 million people infected with 
     HIV worldwide, an estimated 28 million are in sub-Saharan 
     Africa. Civil war continues to plague the continent. The 
     conflict in Sudan continues unabated with two million killed 
     and four million displaced.
       It is critically important to strengthen our relations with 
     Africa and formulate a coherent, effective Africa policy. An 
     Africa Policy Advisory Panel could help meet these objectives 
     and explore related issues, including how the United States 
     can most effectively assist in the fight against AIDS/HIV and 
     other infectious deadly diseases in Africa; what role the 
     United States should play in conflict prevention and 
     resolution in Africa; how the United States can use its 
     economic and development assistance more effectively; how the 
     United States should approach recurring natural and man-made 
     humanitarian crisis; what specific measures the United States 
     can take to promote democracy, human rights, religious 
     tolerance, and a free press in Africa; how the United States 
     can help strengthen Africa's institutional capacity to fight 
     international terrorism effectively, and U.S.-Africa security 
     relations; what specific measures the United States can take 
     to increase trade and investment between Africa and the 
     United States.
       The conferees expect that this panel will take a fresh look 
     at U.S. policy in the region, focus more attention to the 
     importance of U.S.-African affairs, and make recommendations 
     to the Secretary for specific action.
       Trafficking in Persons.--The conferees continue to be 
     concerned about the serious problem of international 
     trafficking in persons. The conferees note the important role 
     given to the Department to monitor and combat trafficking in 
     persons in the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection 
     Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-386), and the establishment of 
     the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP 
     Office) within the Department. The conference agreement 
     includes the costs to continue the operations of this office.
       The conferees believe that there must be increased 
     coordination among executive branch agencies and even within 
     the Department of State with respect to the implementation of 
     the Trafficking Victims Prevention Act of 2000 (Public Law 
     106-386). While the Committee recognizes that efforts have 
     been made by the Interagency Task Force to establish a lower 
     level group of the Senior Policy Advisers' Group, chaired by 
     the Undersecretary of State for Global Affairs, the 
     Department needs to better coordinate day-to-day activities 
     to implement the Act. Current efforts by the Office to 
     Monitor and Combat Trafficking to fulfill a similar function 
     are impeded by the inability to obtain full participation and 
     cooperation from other agencies and offices involved in 
     addressing this critical area. In particular, the Committee 
     is concerned that at times there is unnecessary duplication 
     among the agencies that implement the program and 
     inconsistent or uncoordinated approaches to combating the 
     heinous abuses inherent in trafficking in persons.
       In order to improve accountability for government-wide 
     anti-trafficking policies, the conference agreement includes 
     language establishing a Senior Policy Operating Group, 
     chaired by the Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat 
     Trafficking, who will have enhanced responsibility to help 
     coordinate these programs. It will also provide the 
     Committees and others in Congress a central point to obtain 
     information and affect anti-trafficking programs administered 
     by the U.S. Government. The conferees also expect that such a 
     group will ensure that scarce resources are wisely used. The 
     conferees believe that U.S. Government anti-trafficking 
     programs should deliver coordinated, effective assistance to 
     address all three areas of prevention, protection and 
     prosecution, and such programs should focus on both sex 
     trafficking and trafficking involving labor slavery, just as 
     the Act addresses all such trafficking abuses.
       The conferees do not intend to transfer ultimate agency 
     decision-making power to the Operating Group. Its 
     establishment is intended, however, to ensure active 
     interagency discussion and full interagency coordination 
     before and after agency decisions are made regarding 
     significant actions to combat trafficking and to implement 
     the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000. Where grants 
     are awarded by an agency's field offices abroad, the 
     Operating Group will have to work out a mechanism to ensure 
     that the making of such grants is not impeded while ensuring 
     coordination between the agencies involved and the Operating 
     Group.
       Within the amount provided under this heading, the 
     conferees expect the Department to provide sufficient staff 
     positions from within Global Affairs to the TIP Office to 
     assist in the production of the Department's annual report on 
     trafficking in persons. In addition, the recommendation 
     includes an increase of $500,000 for grants to the 
     participating organizations in the War Against Trafficking 
     Alliance for activities and services related to preparation, 
     execution and follow-up for an international conference on 
     sex trafficking to be held in Washington, DC. This conference 
     will bring additional international attention to the issues 
     related to sex trafficking, and will be an opportunity to 
     network, share best practices, and develop international 
     plans of action on prevention, prosecution and protection.
       Facilities.--The conference agreement includes $30,448,000 
     for facilities-related initiatives. This includes $14,000,000 
     for the relocation and housing of the staff of the United 
     States Mission to the United Nations in temporary space in 
     anticipation of the construction of a new headquarters 
     building. The funding level also includes an increase of 
     $16,448,000, and a total funding level of $31,305,000, to 
     continue the renovation and expansion of the Charleston 
     Financial Services Complex and to cover consolidation costs 
     for functions moving from Washington and the Financial 
     Services Center in Bangkok.
       Availability of Reports.--The conferees recommend that each 
     U.S. Embassy translate into the official language of the host 
     country the report for the host country from the ``Country 
     Reports on Human Rights Practices'', the ``Annual Report on 
     International Religious Freedom'', and the ``Trafficking in 
     Persons Report'' within 30 days of issuance, and post those 
     documents on the embassy website along with the English 
     version.
       NATO Interparliamentary Assembly.--The conference agreement 
     includes such funds as necessary for costs associated with 
     fulfilling United States responsibilities with regard to 
     hosting the NATO Interparliamentary Assembly in 2003.
       Interagency Task Force.--The conference agreement includes 
     such funds as necessary for costs associated with the 
     establishment of a U.S. Government interagency task force to 
     monitor the United Nations headquarters renovation project.
       Worldwide Security Upgrades.--The conference agreement 
     includes $553,000,000, the full amount requested under 
     Diplomatic and Consular Programs, for the costs of worldwide 
     security upgrades. This funding includes $418,501,000 to 
     provide full year costs

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     of maintaining base security activities at current levels. 
     These activities include guard services, physical security 
     equipment, armored vehicles, personnel, training and wireless 
     communications.
       In addition, the conference agreement includes $74,000,000 
     to continue the perimeter/compound security initiative. 
     Through fiscal year 2002, upgrades had been completed at 115 
     posts. With this funding and additional funding under the 
     Embassy Security, Construction and Maintenance account, 
     upgrades will be completed at an additional 71 posts. The 
     remaining 57 posts are scheduled for completion in fiscal 
     year 2004.
       The conference agreement also includes $21,000,000 for 
     domestic technical and physical security upgrades, 
     $17,302,000 to improve response to terrorist incidents and 
     potential usage of chemical and biological weapons, and 
     $22,197,000 to support additional positions in the Bureau of 
     Diplomatic Security, including security engineers, security 
     technicians, and civil service support staff. This increase 
     is on top of 389 new positions provided in fiscal year 2002, 
     which included 277 special agents, 13 security engineers, 18 
     security technicians and 81 civil service support staff. This 
     staffing increase will ensure that sufficient resources are 
     allocated to address continuing high threat levels overseas, 
     to improve the management of overseas security improvement 
     programs, and also to maintain domestic protective and other 
     responsibilities. The Department shall submit a detailed 
     spending plan by March 1, 2002, for the entire amount 
     provided for worldwide security upgrades, subject to the 
     regular reprogramming requirements. This spending plan shall 
     include a complete and thorough accounting of prior year 
     security funds.
       Right-Sizing the U.S. Government Presence Overseas.--The 
     conferees expect the Department to continue efforts to 
     develop interagency mechanisms to better coordinate, 
     rationalize and manage the overall deployment of U.S. 
     Government personnel overseas. The conferees continue to 
     expect that right-sizing can result in significant overall 
     budget savings. Right-sizing is also discussed under the 
     Embassy Security, Construction and Maintenance account.
       Border Security Program.--The Department's budget request 
     includes funding of $642,731,000 for the Department's Border 
     Security program, to be entirely funded through collection of 
     Machine Readable Visa fees. Since the submission of that 
     budget request there has been a decline in fee revenue 
     resulting from a reduction in the number of visa applications 
     received. In addition, changes in programmatic emphasis have 
     resulted from new laws as well as Departmental reviews of 
     consular processes, procedures and policies.
       These factors have led the Department to propose a new 
     fiscal year 2003 budget for the Border Security Program 
     totaling $616,821,000, a reduction of $25,910,000 from the 
     original requested level. This adjusted level of operations 
     includes a program increase of 52 new consular positions, 
     reflecting projected workload increases in relation to visa 
     applications, passport adjudications, citizen services and 
     associated management. The new budget estimate includes 
     $70,100,000, an increase of $15,000,000 over the original 
     estimate, in the modernization and support area. This 
     increase will fund software development to implement 
     collection of a biometric in the visa and to support an 
     expanded data share requirement with other agencies.
       The conferees urge the Department to continue to work on an 
     interagency basis to strengthen the visa process to make it 
     an effective anti-terrorism tool, while avoiding the creation 
     of unnecessary barriers or delays to legitimate travel to the 
     United States. In this regard, the conferees expect the 
     Department to submit a report by March 31, 2003, detailing 
     all the changes to the visa application review process since 
     September 11, 2001, and establishing a program spending plan 
     and timetable for any further improvements or enhancements.
       Based on information from the Department, the conferees 
     estimate there will be $89,727,000 in carryover funds from 
     fiscal year 2002 available to support the fiscal year 2003 
     program. The conferees continue to support Bureau of Consular 
     Affairs efforts to implement the diversity visa program.
       Saudi Arabia.--The conferees are gravely disappointed by 
     reports that American citizens seeking refuge and assistance 
     have been turned away at the U.S. Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi 
     Arabia. The conferees expect the Department and the Embassy 
     to follow the stated Department goal to support U.S. citizens 
     abroad and those concerned about them in the United States, 
     and to take every step possible within current law to ensure 
     that any American citizens seeking refuge in similar cases 
     are not treated in a similar fashion.
       Minority Recruitment and Hiring.--The Department is 
     directed to provide $1,500,000 to continue its educational 
     partnership begun in fiscal year 2001 with Hostos Community 
     College and Columbia University in New York. This model 
     program will support the Department's ongoing efforts to 
     increase minority hiring and diversity by facilitating the 
     preparation of non-traditional and minority students for 
     careers in the Foreign Service and the State Department. The 
     conferees also expect the Department to continue base funding 
     for an ongoing partnership with Howard University. With 
     regard to this partnership, the funding is provided to 
     support the Department's efforts to enhance the diversity of 
     the U.S. diplomatic corps by increasing the number of 
     underrepresented minorities in foreign relations and 
     international affairs careers. These resources are to 
     continue and expand the successful collaborative partnership 
     between the Department and Howard University to recruit and 
     prepare students from various institutions with large 
     minority populations for positions in the U.S. Foreign 
     Service.
       Overseas Schools.--The conferees commend the Consolidated 
     Overseas Schools Assistance Program for its effective work in 
     improving the quality of education for children of U.S. 
     citizens living overseas. The program fulfills a dual purpose 
     of providing a high quality, American-style education for 
     children of U.S. citizens assigned overseas and introducing 
     the best in American educational practices to children of and 
     educators of other nations. In addition, the conferees 
     commend the Overseas Schools Advisory Council, which helps 
     bring educational excellence to American-sponsored overseas 
     schools through the enhancement projects of the Council's 
     annual Educational Assistance Program. Further, the Council 
     successfully encourages financial support to these schools 
     from U.S. corporations and foundations, as well as volunteer 
     participation in activities of the schools by U.S. firms' 
     overseas employees and their spouses.
       Office of Defense Trade Controls (ODTC).--The conferees 
     note the efforts of the ODTC to streamline licensing 
     processes and to reduce response times without compromising 
     national security. However, despite improvements, the 
     conferees remain concerned that compliance with existing 
     regulations is increasingly problematic for small businesses, 
     and has contributed to a drop-off in foreign sales for the 
     U.S. satellite industry. The conferees are aware of 
     additional concerns that some small businesses active in the 
     manufacture and export of defense articles are unaware of the 
     existence of the ODTC and export regulations. To deal with 
     these concerns, the conferees expect the ODTC, within the 
     level of funding provided under this account, to provide a 
     point of contact and start-up guidance to small businesses 
     and other new registrants, and to ensure they receive 
     appropriate consideration. In addition, ODTC should develop 
     training tools accessible to such small businesses, and other 
     outreach efforts, as appropriate.
       Extradition.--The conferees expect the Department to work 
     with the Department of Justice to bolster efforts to 
     negotiate effective extradition treaties.
       Security of Classified Material.--Consistent with the 
     report submitted to the Committees on Appropriations in 2002 
     regarding the number of containers used for storage of 
     classified material that are not in compliance with Federal 
     specifications, the recommendation includes such sums as 
     necessary to continue efforts to replace such locks.
       Art in Embassies.--The conferees support efforts to conduct 
     collaborative art projects for display on-site at U.S. 
     Embassies. Such projects can create a low-cost medium for 
     dialogue and interaction, and can increase understanding of 
     common interests and the free exchange of ideas. Within 
     available funds, up to $1,000,000 may be used for this 
     initiative.
       New Post Openings.--The conferees are concerned that the 
     Department is taking actions to establish new overseas posts 
     before any request is transmitted to the appropriate 
     Congressional committees, thereby undermining the purposes of 
     Congressional review and Committee reprogramming 
     requirements. The conferees remind the Department that the 
     establishment of a new Department Office or post overseas is 
     subject to section 605 reprogramming procedures. The 
     conferees expect that any such proposals will, whenever 
     possible, be included in the Department's annual budget 
     submission, and will include a full accounting of the 
     anticipated costs of such proposals. The Conferees remind the 
     Department that decisions by the Committees on Appropriations 
     to open new posts are based on overall U.S. foreign policy 
     objectives, right-sizing considerations, and on the 
     resource limitations of the Department. Such decisions are 
     made irrespective of any unofficial or unauthorized 
     presence the post might have established prior to the 
     Department's submission of a formal request to the 
     Committees on Appropriations.
       Security Training and Enhancements.--Explosive growth in 
     numbers of personnel in the Bureau of Diplomatic Security 
     [DS] has created an imbalance between seasoned and unseasoned 
     agents that can only be solved with time. The total number of 
     DS agents now stands at 1,150, with just under half of these 
     agents having been hired in fiscal years 2001 and 2002. The 
     Committee therefore directs that DS utilize a portion of the 
     funding provided under Frontline Security Readiness for the 
     training of new agents.
       Additionally, the conferees remain concerned about the 
     Department's decisions relating to the placement of DS 
     agents. This is a time of heightened threat to our overseas 
     posts, as demonstrated by recent attacks against U.S. 
     diplomatic and military installations around the world. Given 
     this security environment, the conferees are concerned that 
     too few agents are stationed overseas compared with the 
     number on assignment in the United States. The conferees 
     direct the Secretary of State to submit a staffing plan for 
     the Bureau of Diplomatic Security to the Committees on 
     Appropriations by June 1, 2003.
       At this time of heightened threat to American posts abroad, 
     the benefits of the security enhancement funds the Committees

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     have provided to the Department since the Dar and Nairobi 
     bombings in 1998 are being realized. The most recent 
     indicator of improved physical security at U.S. posts 
     overseas came on June 14, 2002, when a suicide bomber 
     detonated a 500-pound fertilizer bomb outside the U.S. 
     Consulate General in Karachi. The physical damage to the 
     building was minimized due to recent security upgrades to the 
     embassy compound. The Consulate's perimeter wall had recently 
     been reinforced, and barriers installed between the wall and 
     the street prevented the vehicle from reaching the building. 
     Shatter resistant window film also significantly mitigated 
     damage from the blast. An earlier reconfiguration of interior 
     office space, undertaken to provide additional blast 
     separation, also proved helpful. Continual security upgrades 
     to existing properties are as important as the Department's 
     Capital Security Construction program. Accordingly, the 
     conference report includes full funding for worldwide 
     security upgrades.
       Host country relations.--The conference agreement includes 
     up to $2,000,000 out of available funds to continue the 
     Ambassador's Fund for Cultural Preservation. U.S. Ambassadors 
     serving in less developed countries may submit competitive 
     proposals for awards for one-time or recurring projects. 
     Awards will be based on the importance of the site, the 
     country's need, and the potential of the award to make a 
     meaningful contribution to the preservation of the site, 
     object, or form of expression. The Department is directed to 
     submit an annual report to the Committees on Appropriations 
     on winning projects.
       International Center for Muslim-Western Dialogue.--The 
     conference agreement for the Embassy Security Construction 
     and Maintenance account includes funding for the restoration 
     of the original U.S. consular facility in Istanbul, Turkey. 
     The conferees direct that the facility be used as an 
     International Center for Muslim-Western Dialogue, the mission 
     of which shall be to promote democracy. The conferees direct 
     the Secretary to collaborate with existing non-profit 
     organizations that focus on Western-Muslim relations such as 
     the Asia Foundation, the National Endowment for Democracy, 
     and other U.S.-based centers for Islamic studies in 
     developing a plan for the creation and administration of the 
     Center. The conferees encourage the non-profit organizations 
     involved in the planning of the Center to play a continuing 
     role both in the administration of the Center and in the 
     execution of its programs. The Department is directed to 
     submit this plan to the Committees on Appropriations no later 
     than September 1, 2003.
       Language training.--Several reports have identified a 
     serious shortage within the Federal Government of personnel 
     who possess the language skills required for their positions. 
     This challenge appears particularly acute at the Department 
     of State where language skills are directly linked to the 
     execution of the Core Missions. Reliable aggregate data on 
     the language capabilities of Foreign Service Officers [FSOs] 
     is, however, not generally available or, when available, is 
     seriously flawed. The Department has indicated that the 
     primary factor contributing to its inability to meet its 
     language staffing and proficiency goals is an overall 
     staffing shortfall of more than 1,100 people, as identified 
     in the Department's Diplomatic Hiring Report. This report led 
     the Department to propose the Diplomatic Readiness 
     Initiative, a program under which a projected 1,158 new 
     Foreign Service Officers will be hired over a 3-year period. 
     However, the Diplomatic Readiness Initiative does little to 
     address the specific problem of language proficiency at the 
     Department. Funds available for salaries should be leveraged 
     to provide pay incentives to FSOs who gain expertise in hard-
     to-learn languages, to provide an attractive career path 
     for linguists, to enhance the retention of FSOs with 
     desired language skills, and to provide ample training 
     opportunities to FSOs willing to learn a difficult 
     language mid-career. Funds provided for workforce 
     retention should also be utilized to recruit native 
     speakers of difficult and hard to fill languages, drawing 
     upon the vast human resources afforded by a 
     demographically diverse United States. Language 
     proficiency must be a criterion in the selection of FSOs. 
     If our diplomats truly are our ``first line of defense'' 
     against foreign threats, then their ability to converse 
     fluently in the languages of the countries to which they 
     are posted is critical to national security. The conferees 
     direct the Department to develop a plan to address the 
     problem of foreign language proficiency, particularly as 
     it concerns difficult languages, and to submit the plan to 
     the Committees on Appropriations no later than July 1, 
     2003. The conferees further direct the Department to 
     collaborate with the Committees during the preparation of 
     the fiscal year 2004 appropriations bill so that immediate 
     funding requirements associated with improving foreign 
     language proficiency can be met as soon as possible.
       Continuing language education.--Language skills ensure that 
     dependents of Department of State personnel are not 
     overwhelmed by isolation and alienation, resulting in lowered 
     post morale. The conference agreement includes up to 
     $10,000,000 for continuing language education programs for 
     both employees and dependents at posts worldwide. Language 
     classes should also be open to non-State Department (Federal) 
     employees on a space-available, reimbursable basis.
       Office of Foreign Missions.--The conferees are aware of 
     concerns that the Office of Foreign Missions [OFM] may be 
     more appropriately aligned organizationally with other 
     management functions, rather than with the Bureau of 
     Diplomatic Security. The conferees expect the Department to 
     submit a report to the Committees by June 1, 2003, 
     reassessing organizational issues with regard to OFM, and 
     including any recommendations for changes.
       International conservation of sea turtles.--The conferees 
     remain concerned with the increasing threat to sea turtles, 
     particularly those listed under the Convention on 
     International Trade on Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and 
     Flora [CITES], from incidental capture by foreign fishing 
     fleets, particularly in the longline fishery. The Department 
     has ignored Committee direction for the past 2 years. 
     Specifically, the Department ignored direction stating that 
     the Secretary should, on an expedited basis, negotiate 
     strong, enforceable management, reporting, and data 
     collection measures (including economic measures) focused on 
     reducing incidental capture of sea turtles in commercial 
     fisheries under regional management agreements for living 
     marine resources. These agreements include the Inter-American 
     Sea Turtle Conservation Treaty, the Inter-American Tropical 
     Tuna Convention, the International Convention for the 
     Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, and the Convention on the 
     Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks 
     in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (the Multilateral 
     High Level Conference). The conferees are concerned that no 
     international agreements specifically addressing turtle by-
     catch from longline fishing have been negotiated, and the 
     Department has negotiated only voluntary initiatives rather 
     than binding agreements to this end.
       The conferees expect the Secretary, in cooperation with the 
     Secretary of Commerce, to use all appropriate means available 
     to broaden the participation of other nations in the 
     Convention on the Conservation and Management of Highly 
     Migratory Species in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean. 
     Of the funding provided for the Bureau of Oceans and 
     International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, not less 
     than $750,000 shall be for negotiating, in consultation with 
     the Department of Commerce, a binding agreement providing for 
     annual reductions in sea turtle mortality in the longline 
     fisheries of the Western and Central Pacific, that shall, by 
     2008, result in at least a 30 percent reduction in takes, and 
     thereafter result in such fisheries meeting sea turtle take 
     levels comparable to those achieved by the U.S. longline 
     fleet.
       Conservation enhancements.--The conferees are concerned 
     that non-U.S. parties to the International Dolphin 
     Conservation Program (IDCP), of which the United States is a 
     member, are not fully complying with the requirements of the 
     IDCP, particularly with respect to accurate reporting of 
     dolphin interactions and mortality. The conferees expect the 
     Department, in conjunction with the Department of Commerce, 
     and in consultation with key U.S. stakeholders, to evaluate 
     and document any lack of compliance by the non-U.S. parties 
     to the IDCP with its provisions, including through on-site 
     visits and discussions with government officials, observers 
     and others with first-hand knowledge of country practices, 
     and to submit a written report describing the findings to the 
     Committees no later than September 30, 2003. The report 
     should include an evaluation of compliance with the on-board 
     observer program, including a comparison of the reporting 
     frequency of national observers as compared to IATTC 
     observers; reporting of dolphin interactions and mortality; 
     operational requirements for vessels; the extent to which 
     vessels with a carrying capacity of 400 short tons or less 
     are setting on dolphins, and actions by parties to report 
     and follow-up on infractions identified by the 
     international review panel. The conferees also expect the 
     Department, in conjunction with the Department of 
     Commerce, to seek measures to strengthen the IDCP to 
     reduce impacts from setting on dolphin populations in the 
     ETP other than reported mortalities, including expanding 
     the application of the IATTC observer program to include 
     vessels with a carrying capacity of 400 short tons or 
     less, requiring measures that will reduce cow-calf 
     separation, limiting the number of sets on dolphins, and 
     limiting the dolphin herd sizes on which sets are made. Of 
     the funding provided for the Bureau of Oceans and 
     International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, not 
     less than $750,000 is for these negotiations.
       International trade.--In past years the Department has 
     attempted to pursue enhancements for international trade 
     activities that fall more appropriately under the 
     jurisdiction of the Commerce Department's International Trade 
     Administration, and in particular under the jurisdiction of 
     the United States and Foreign Commercial Service. The 
     conference agreement does not include funding for any new 
     initiatives with regard to expansion of international trade 
     activities. In addition, the conferees expect that the 
     Department will not unnecessarily impede any legal and 
     appropriate technical discussions between the United States 
     Department of Agriculture and Cuba's Agriculture ministry 
     regarding health standard certifications for agricultural 
     products exported from the United States to Cuba.
       Secure Card Technology.--The conferees are aware that the 
     U.S. Embassy in Mexico City began issuing secure laser visa 
     border crossing cards to Mexican visitors in May,

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     2002. The conferees direct the Department, in consultation 
     with the Immigration and Naturalization service, to report no 
     later than May 5, 2003 on the success of this secure visa 
     issuance program in Mexico City. The report should provide 
     recommendations to the Committees regarding the expansion of 
     this visa issuance process to all visa types and the 
     potential for application of the secure card technology at 
     U.S. foreign missions.
       Fingerprint services.--The conferees expect U.S. embassies 
     and consulates with fingerprinting capabilities to 
     fingerprint aliens seeking first-time flight training in 
     aircraft weighing 12,500 pounds or more and transmit those 
     fingerprints to the Department of Justice and other relevant 
     agencies for the purposes of checking fingerprints against 
     appropriate terrorist watch-lists.
       International Child Abductions.--The conferees remain 
     concerned about the adequacy of the Department's efforts to 
     counter the serious problem of international child 
     abductions. Within 90 days of enactment of this Act, the 
     Department is directed to submit a report to the Committees 
     on Appropriations which includes the following information: 
     the country, location, and number of all known U.S. citizens 
     under the age of 18 who have been abducted by a parent or 
     relative as the result of a custody dispute and who are being 
     held abroad in contravention of U.S. laws or judicial orders; 
     a summary of actions taken by the Department of State to 
     secure the repatriation of abducted American children; and a 
     list of diplomatic measures, including treaties and 
     agreements, that can be used to facilitate the repatriation 
     of abducted American children. The conferees expect the 
     Department to complete and release the State Department's 
     report on compliance with the Hague Convention on the 
     International Aspects of Child Abduction. The Hague 
     Convention, which the United States and many of our Allies 
     have signed, is in place to facilitate the return of 
     internationally abducted children to their countries of 
     ``habitual residence'' for custody determination. The 
     conferees recognize the importance of compliance with the 
     Hague Convention and request this report be sent to the 
     Committee on Appropriations no later than March 31,2003. The 
     conference agreement includes such funds as necessary to be 
     used for an international conference on best practices in 
     adoption. The conference would promote cooperation among the 
     U.S. and other countries in support of the Hague Convention.
       Globalization.--Within available funding, up to $1,000,000 
     may be available, if merited, to support the Globalization 
     Research Network [GRN] research consortium. The consortium 
     conducts interdisciplinary, international studies of pressing 
     problems faced by humanity. Any funding allocated to this 
     activity shall be proposed through the regular reprogramming 
     process.
       Financial Operations.--Over the past several years the 
     Department of State has made significant improvements in its 
     financial operations. For the past six years, the Department 
     has had clean audited financial statements. Additionally, the 
     Department has been streamlining and centralizing its 
     overseas and domestic financial operations in Charleston, 
     South Carolina. The conferees are aware that the Office of 
     Management and Budget has undertaken an effort to consolidate 
     payroll operations among the Federal agencies. From 
     Charleston, the Department currently pays over 25,000 
     Americans both domestically and overseas and over 35,000 
     local national employees in 180 different countries, bi-
     weekly, in local currencies. Before the Department expends 
     any resources to join a consolidated payroll effort, the 
     Committees on Appropriations are to be notified through 
     the reprogramming process of any such plans and how this 
     will affect staffing, and represent a cost savings to the 
     taxpayer.
       Changes from the Budget Request.-- As in previous years, 
     the conferees expect that there will be additional savings 
     available to the Department, including exchange rate gains 
     and vacancies in funded positions. The Department will have 
     the ability to propose that savings be used for needs not 
     funded by the recommendation through the normal reprogramming 
     process.


                        capital investment fund

       The conference agreement includes $183,311,000 for the 
     Capital Investment Fund. In addition, the conferees expect 
     that $86,000,000 in expedited passport fees will be used to 
     support the information technology modernization effort, for 
     a total fiscal year 2003 spending availability of 
     $269,311,000.
       The entire amount available under this heading, including 
     fees, will support investments in new information 
     technologies and infrastructure to improve the efficiency of 
     Department operations. Costs associated with ongoing 
     information technology operations and maintenance are 
     included under the Diplomatic and Consular Programs account, 
     as in fiscal year 2002.
       The conference agreement provides the full requested 
     amounts for two major technology initiatives:
       $94,235,000 for the Classified Connectivity Project (CCP). 
     This amount will enable the Department to replace obsolete 
     computer and communications equipment that posts use for 
     classified operations. The Committee views this project as 
     the Department's highest priority technology investment 
     activity, and expects the Department to achieve installation 
     of CCP connectivity in all eligible posts by October 1, 2003. 
     The Committee is willing to consider a reprogramming of 
     funding under this account if additional resources are 
     required to achieve this timetable.
       $36,500,000 for the OpenNet Plus project. This amount will 
     enable the Department to complete the expansion of desktop 
     Internet access to all Department employees worldwide during 
     fiscal year 2003. The Committee expects that, by April 30, 
     2003, 100 percent of bureaus and eligible posts overseas will 
     have OpenNet Plus installed and operating, and 100 percent of 
     Internet users Department-wide will have only one computer 
     with Internet and Intranet access at their desktops.
       The conference agreement includes a total of $17,000,000 
     for the Integrated Messaging and Foreign Affairs Systems 
     Integration (FASI) initiatives, and $7,345,000 for public key 
     infrastructure requirements. The Department shall report to 
     the Committee no later than 30 days after the enactment of 
     this Act on results of the FASI pilots in fiscal year 2002, 
     and a program and financial plan for fiscal year 2003 to 
     establish secure interagency communications using a public 
     key infrastructure.
       The Committee directs that the Chief Information Officer of 
     the Department develop an annex to the existing IT Strategic 
     Plan which outlines in detail the Department's 5-year 
     strategy for maintaining and upgrading its existing IT 
     infrastructure. This strategy will help ensure that the 
     significant investments made in the last 2 years are not 
     lost, and that the Department's current IT infrastructure is 
     leveraged both to capitalize on these prior investments and 
     to meet the needs of the Department. The Department is 
     directed to submit this annex to the Committees on 
     Appropriations no later than September 1, 2003.
       The conferees direct the Department to submit, by April 30, 
     2003, an updated performance report for the Classified 
     Connectivity and OpenNet Plus projects. This report should 
     include a corresponding implementation timetable, a multi-
     year funding requirement table, and specific efficiencies and 
     savings resulting from each project.
       The conferees direct the Bureau of Human Resources, in 
     consultation with the Chief Information Officer of the 
     Department, to report to the Committees on Appropriations on 
     how the Department plans to meet its short and long-term 
     human capital needs in the area of information technology. 
     The report should address such issues as pay incentives, 
     specialized recruitment strategies, and preventing attrition 
     to the private sector.
       The conferees support the trend at the Department towards 
     the central management of information. The conferees are 
     aware that, at a time of increased threat to our overseas 
     posts, the ability to store and manage information, 
     particularly classified information, domestically can greatly 
     enhance the security of that information. One technology that 
     appears particularly promising is the high-assurance virtual 
     wide area network [WAN]. This technology would allow the 
     Department to minimize the information stored at post and 
     permit computer terminals to be ``sanitized'' of sensitive 
     information when not in use. Within the funds made available 
     under this account for Centrally Managed Infrastructure, the 
     Department shall institute a pilot project to develop a high-
     assurance virtual WAN architecture and prototype in support 
     of Department of State activities. Up to $8,000,000 may be 
     made available for this purpose, subject to reprogramming. 
     The conferees expect the Bureau of Information Resource 
     Management to collaborate closely with the Bureau of 
     Diplomatic Security (DS) and with other relevant agencies on 
     this pilot project. This will ensure that any technologies 
     employed by the Department to centrally manage its 
     information meet all of the security requirements set forth 
     by DS and by other relevant agencies. The conferees direct 
     the Department to present a preliminary plan for this project 
     within 60 days of enactment of this Act.


                      office of inspector general

       The conference agreement includes $29,264,000 for the 
     Office of Inspector General (OIG). The Inspector General 
     conducts oversight at the State Department and the 
     Broadcasting Board of Governors. The conference agreement 
     includes funding for OIG oversight of the Department's 
     efforts to implement worldwide security upgrades.
       The conference agreement includes language, as in previous 
     years, waiving the statutory requirement that every post be 
     inspected every five years, in order to provide greater 
     flexibility to the Inspector General to use resources in the 
     most productive areas. The Department shall report to the 
     Committees by July 4, 2003 on the OIG's post inspection 
     regime, and the need for the continuation of waiver language 
     in future fiscal years. The conferees believe that the OIG 
     can achieve the statutory post inspection requirements within 
     existing resource levels by re-engineering inspection 
     processes and reprioritizing tasks.


               educational and cultural exchange programs

       The conference agreement includes a total of $245,306,000 
     for the Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs of the 
     Department of State. In addition to the amount provided under 
     this heading, the Department expects to receive transfers 
     from accounts in other appropriations acts for exchange 
     programs, primarily with nations of east and central Europe, 
     and of the former Soviet Union. The

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     following chart displays the conference agreement on the 
     distribution of funds by program or activity under this 
     account, including an estimated $5,754,000 in prior year 
     recoveries:


                                                  Amount (in thousands)
Academic Programs:
  Fulbright Students, Scholars, Teachers........................123,000
  Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowships..................................6,000
  Foreign Study Grants for U.S. Undergraduates....................1,575
  Educational Advising and Student Services.......................3,600
  English Language Programs.......................................4,335
  American Overseas Research Centers..............................2,500
  South Pacific Exchanges...........................................500
  Tibet Exchanges...................................................500
  East Timor Exchanges..............................................500
  Disability Exchange Clearinghouse.................................500
                                                       ________________
                                                       
    Subtotal, Academic Programs.................................143,010

Professional and Cultural Programs:
  International Visitor Program..................................50,365
  Citizen Exchange Program.......................................17,000
  Congress Bundestag Youth Exchange...............................3,000
  Mike Mansfield Fellowship Program...............................2,200
  Youth Science Leadership Institute of the Americas................100
  Special Olympics..................................................150
  Africa Workforce Development Exchanges............................300
  National Forensics League.........................................250
  George Mitchell Scholarship Program...............................500
  PSC US-Pakistan Educator Development..............................250
  Institute for Representative Government...........................500
  Irish Institute...................................................275
  Rule of Law Forum--SMU............................................800
  Winter Cities Conference..........................................100
  Girls International Forum.........................................200
  Atlantic Corridor.................................................275
  Interparliamentary Exchanges with Asia/Africa.....................400
                                                       ________________
                                                       
    Subtotal, Professional and Cultural Exchanges:...............76,665
  North/South Center................................................500
  Exchanges Support..............................................30,885
                                                       ================

  Prior Year Balances Applied:..................................(5,754)
                                                       ================

    Total Exchange Programs:....................................245,306

       Deviations from this distribution of funds will be subject 
     to the normal reprogramming procedures under section 605 of 
     this Act.
       The Committee recognizes that international education and 
     exchange programs are critical components of U.S. national 
     security and foreign policy. In light of the tragic events of 
     September 11, 2001 this type of engagement with the world is 
     more important than ever. International educational and 
     exchange programs enable the United States to augment the 
     foreign language and foreign area expertise of each 
     successive generation of rising leaders, prepare U.S. 
     students to function effectively in a global environment 
     through study abroad, and promote international understanding 
     through professional, scholarly, and citizen exchanges.
       The Conference agreement includes funding for citizen 
     exchange programs (including continued base funding for the 
     American Council of Young Political Leaders exchanges and the 
     Congress-Bundestag Program). With respect to the Congress-
     Bundestag Program, the conferees intend that the amount 
     provided will support 380 exchanges in fiscal year 2003, the 
     same level as in fiscal year 2002. The conference agreement 
     also includes funding for African workforce development 
     exchanges (including funding for the AFTECH virtual 
     university initiative) and funding for the Disability 
     Exchange Clearinghouse. The conferees continue to support the 
     goal of increasing the number and quality of exchange 
     opportunities for people with disabilities. The conferees 
     expect the Department to submit a report to the Committees on 
     Appropriations within 90 days of enactment of this Act 
     detailing current efforts to make exchange opportunities 
     available for people with disabilities and a plan to increase 
     such opportunities in the future.
       The conference agreement includes funding for enhanced 
     programs to engage Arab and Muslim audiences through 
     educational and cultural exchanges. The conferees expect this 
     funding to continue and expand the programs funded from 
     fiscal year 2002 supplemental appropriations, including 
     Fulbright Exchanges (including American Studies), English 
     Language Programs (including English Language Fellows), US/
     Afghan Women's Council exchanges, Values/Religious Tolerance 
     programs, Media Training Exchanges, and American Studies 
     programs. The conferees expect the Department to allocate at 
     least 15 percent of the fiscal year 2003 appropriations 
     provided under this heading to the Near East region, and at 
     least 10 percent of such funds to the South Asia region. 
     Should additional recoveries become available under this 
     heading, the conferees expect the Department to allocate such 
     funds to programs to engage Arab and Muslim audiences on a 
     priority basis.
       Of the funds provided for the Council of American Overseas 
     Research Centers, the conferees expect that necessary funds 
     will be for a grant for research to develop a diamond 
     fingerprinting technology that will facilitate the monitoring 
     of the international trade in conflict diamonds.
       The conferees expect the Department to submit a proposal 
     for the programmatic and geographic distribution of available 
     resources (including all unobligated balances and recoveries) 
     through the normal reprogramming process within 60 days from 
     the date of enactment of this Act. Within available funds 
     under this account, the conferees encourage the Department to 
     consider supporting the Israel/Arab Peace Partners, and 
     African Career Internship Immersion Programs.
       The conferees expect that the overall funding distribution 
     will conform to the geographical guidance above. The 
     conferees further expect that this distribution of available 
     resources will separately identify any amounts allocated to 
     subsidize the administrative expenses of programs that are 
     not funded by amounts appropriated under this heading.
       The conferees support the continuation of regional scholars 
     and graduate exchange fellowship programs with the former 
     Soviet Union, such as the Muskie Ph.D. program, and expect 
     that these activities will be funded from within amounts 
     transferred from other appropriations. In the event that 
     these programs are not adequately funded from other 
     appropriations, the conferees would entertain a proposal to 
     fund such programs from this appropriation through the 
     regular reprogramming process.
       The conference agreement includes a limitation of not to 
     exceed $2,000,000 on the use of fees or other payments 
     received from or in connection with English teaching, 
     educational advising and counseling, and exchange visitor 
     programs as authorized by law.
       The conferees are aware of the economic and cultural 
     exchange program, as well as the proposed ``sister state'' 
     relationship being developed between the Tver Region of the 
     Russian Federation and the State of Louisiana. The conferees 
     support these efforts and encourage the Department to 
     consider providing assistance to the Louisiana-Tver Region of 
     Russia international exchange program.


                       representation allowances

       The conference agreement includes $6,485,000 for 
     representation allowances. These funds are used to reimburse 
     Foreign Service Officers for expenditures incurred in their 
     official capacities abroad in establishing and maintaining 
     relations with officials of foreign governments and 
     appropriate members of local communities.


              protection of foreign missions and officials

       The conference agreement includes $11,000,000 for the 
     Protection of Foreign Missions and Officials account. The 
     increase under this heading reflects the addition of 
     protection requirements after September 11th, including 
     additional fixed guard posts and increased motorcade, 
     demonstration and protective detail costs.
       This account reimburses local governments and communities 
     for the extraordinary costs incurred in providing protection 
     for international organizations, foreign missions and 
     officials, and foreign dignitaries under certain 
     circumstances. The Committee believes that local 
     jurisdictions incurring such costs must submit a certified 
     billing for such costs in accordance with program 
     regulations. The Committee also believes that in those 
     instances where a local jurisdiction will realize a financial 
     benefit from a visit by a foreign dignitary through increased 
     tax revenues, such circumstances should be taken into account 
     by the Department in assessing the need for reimbursement 
     under this program. The conferees expect the Department to 
     treat such submissions diligently and provide reimbursement 
     to local jurisdictions on a timely basis if claims are fully 
     justified.
       Of the total amount recommended, $2,300,000 is available 
     for protection of foreign diplomats and their families 
     throughout the United States. The Foreign Missions Act of 
     1982 authorizes the provision of such services when necessary 
     either at the request of a foreign mission or on the 
     initiative of the Secretary of State. In these situations, 
     where State and local authorities cannot provide the security 
     required, the Act permits the Department of State to employ 
     the services of private security firms.
       Of the total amount recommended, $8,700,000 is allocated to 
     reimburse New York City for the protection of foreign 
     missions and officials accredited to the United Nations and 
     other international organizations. These funds provide for 
     the costs of guard posts and security escort and motorcade 
     services to foreign missions and personnel assigned to the 
     United Nations.
       The conference agreement includes language making these 
     funds available until September 30, 2004.

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            embassy security, construction, and maintenance

       The conference agreement includes a total appropriation of 
     $1,263,500,000 for Embassy Security, Construction, and 
     Maintenance. The conference agreement designates $755,000,000 
     as available only for priority worldwide security upgrades, 
     acquisition, and construction, the full amount requested for 
     such activities. The conference agreement includes 
     $508,500,000 for non-security related costs. The conference 
     agreement includes full requested wage and price increases 
     for the Department's Office of Overseas Buildings Operations 
     (OBO) totaling $12,936,000, which will support 787 positions 
     in fiscal year 2003.
       This account provides funding to manage U.S. Government 
     real property worth more than $10,000,000,000 in over 200 
     countries, including maintaining 3,000 Government-owned and 
     long-term leased properties at 250 posts and leasing 
     approximately 1,100 office and functional facilities and 
     8,000 residential units, not only for the Department of 
     State, but for all U.S. employees overseas. The Department's 
     latest inspection survey identified in excess of 4,200 
     maintenance and repair needs, as well as major rehabilitation 
     requirements.
       Worldwide Security Upgrades.--The conference agreement 
     includes $755,000,000 for security projects, including 
     $608,550,000 to continue the capital security program of 
     constructing new secure replacement facilities for the 
     Department's most vulnerable embassies and consulates. 
     Projects undertaken under this program will address the 
     highest priority facilities from a security standpoint. The 
     conferees are concerned that specific projects proposed in 
     the budget request may not meet this criterion, and that in 
     previous fiscal years the Department has proposed to 
     reprogram funds under this activity for projects that do not 
     address top priority security vulnerabilities and for 
     projects that will not result, when complete, in a facility 
     that meets existing security standards.
       The conference agreement also includes $146,450,000 to 
     complete worldwide perimeter security projects and begin a 
     new initiative to upgrade compound security, including 
     installation of forced entry/ballistic resistant roof 
     hatches, vault doors and power-assisted vehicle barriers.
       A proposed spending plan for the entire amount of available 
     resources provided for worldwide security upgrades will be 
     submitted through the normal reprogramming process within 60 
     days from the date of enactment of this Act. The Department 
     shall notify the Committees immediately if there are any 
     facilities that the Department believes face serious security 
     risks.
       Non-Security Base Programs.--The Committee expects the 
     Department to propose an allocation of any proposed funding 
     for non-security capital projects through the normal 
     reprogramming process.
       The conference agreement includes up to $53,500,000 for 
     facility rehabilitation and up to $90,000,000 for maintenance 
     and repair of buildings. Within the amounts provided, the 
     conferees expect the Department to allocate funds as 
     necessary: to renovate the Istanbul consulate to serve as a 
     center for mutual cultural understanding; to carry out 
     upgrades at the U.S. Embassy in Luxembourg; and to conduct 
     renovations at the U.S. Embassies in Dili and Belgrade 
     necessary to establish and maintain classified activities at 
     post. In addition, the conferees are aware of proposals to 
     address facilities and security requirements with regard to 
     the U.S. presence in Rome. The conferees expect the 
     Department to assess these proposals and requirements and 
     allocate funding as appropriate within the funding provided 
     under this heading. The conference agreement includes full 
     funding for the leasehold program. Within available funds, 
     the conferees expect the Department to allocate up to 
     $20,000,000 for the buyout of uneconomic leases.
       The conference agreement funding level includes the full 
     amount requested for Security Management. This amount will 
     support additional site security measures and cleared 
     American guards to supervise an increasing number of capital 
     projects.
       The conference agreement also assumes $6,000,000 for 
     headquarters operations, $17,500,000 for information 
     management and support, and $23,000,000 for renovations of 
     the Harry S Truman Building.
       Right-Sizing the Overseas U.S. Government Presence.--The 
     conferees continue to be disappointed at the failure to make 
     discernable progress in the pursuit of an Administration-wide 
     process of determining the right size and makeup of overseas 
     posts, including the explosive staffing projections at posts 
     scheduled for new office buildings. The conferees continue to 
     define ``right-sizing'' as the reconfiguration of overseas 
     U.S. Government staff to the minimum number necessary to meet 
     critical U.S. foreign policy goals. The notion of right-
     sizing as a desirable means to improve security and gain 
     efficiencies implies that the current number of overseas 
     staff is greater than the minimum number necessary, and that 
     the presence of a number greater than the minimum number 
     presents an unnecessary financial and security burden. The 
     conferees are not aware of any right-sizing analysis to date 
     that has resulted in a proposed reduction to a country-wide 
     staffing presence.
       The conferees strongly encourage the Department to continue 
     to work toward an interagency mechanism that can result in 
     meaningful right-sizing. The conferees urge the Department to 
     adapt, as appropriate, the basic right-sizing framework 
     developed by the General Accounting Office to link embassy 
     staffing levels to physical security considerations, mission 
     priorities, and costs. In this regard, the conferees support 
     the Department's effort to initiate a consolidation, 
     streamlining and regionalization of country and multi-
     regional staffing in Frankfurt, Germany. The success of this 
     initiative will be measured largely by the staffing 
     reductions made possible at less secure locations throughout 
     Germany, Europe, Eurasia, Africa and the Near East.
       It costs two to three times as much to maintain an employee 
     outside of the United States as it does within the United 
     States. The conferees agree with the recommendation of the 
     Overseas Presence Advisory Panel, that rationalizing staffing 
     and operations abroad has the potential for large budgetary 
     savings. The justification for all facilities projects funded 
     under this account must include a full explanation of 
     regional efficiency and security planning, and related 
     staffing assumptions, and such projects will not be approved 
     for funding absent evidence of the application of a uniform 
     right-sizing methodology.
       Assets Management.--The budget request designates 
     $80,000,000 in assets management funds planned for 
     expenditure in fiscal year 2003. The conferees expect that 
     these funds will be used for opportunity purchases to replace 
     uneconomical leases and for other priority capital 
     acquisition purposes. In addition, as in previous years, the 
     conferees expect that assets management funds will continue 
     to be allocated in part to security construction needs. Any 
     use of these or additional assets management funds in fiscal 
     year 2003 is subject to reprogramming. In addition, with 
     respect to the requirement that a reprogramming for any major 
     new start be submitted, the conferees understand that 
     requirement to mean that rehabilitation or construction of 
     projects involving ambassador's residences will be subject 
     to the requirement.
       The conference agreement continues language carried in the 
     bill in previous years that prohibits funds from being used 
     for acquisition of furniture and furnishings and generators 
     for other departments and agencies.
       Soft Targets.--Recent terrorist attacks have brought into 
     focus a new kind of threat against our interests abroad, 
     specifically, threats against so-called ``soft targets''. The 
     conferees direct the Department to formulate a strategy for 
     addressing such threats to locales that are either frequented 
     by Americans or are symbolic of the United States. The 
     conferees are particularly concerned about the safety of 
     American schools abroad, as well as international schools 
     attended by American children. The conferees direct the 
     Department to undertake a review of the security of all 
     overseas schools attended by the children of non-military 
     United States government employees. The report shall include 
     information on each individual facility, including but not 
     limited to the number of American children enrolled at the 
     school; an accounting of all financial assistance provided to 
     the school by the Department of State for the past 5 fiscal 
     years; threat and risk assessments; an evaluation of the 
     adequacy of the school's security in light of these threat 
     and risk assessments; and recommendations for immediate steps 
     the school can take, with the support of the Department, to 
     enhance its security posture. The conferees expect the 
     Department to propose a corresponding spending plan of up to 
     $15,000,000 to address such vulnerabilities from within the 
     resources provided under this account.
       Consular workspace improvement initiative.--The 
     Department's consular mission is critical to our national 
     security. Consular workspace must be adequately sized and 
     outfitted in order to ensure that the processing of visas and 
     visa applicants takes place in an organized and efficient 
     manner. To ensure this, and to improve the overall working 
     environment for Consular Affairs Officers, the conferees 
     direct the Office of Overseas Buildings Operations [OBO] to 
     undertake a 3-year Consular Workspace Improvement Initiative. 
     The conferees are aware that, traditionally, OBO considers 
     posts' facilities requirements in a holistic manner, and does 
     not single out specific bureaus for workspace improvements. 
     However, the conferees are also aware of the direct link 
     between the quality of consular workspace and the efficiency 
     and accuracy of consular work. There is a pressing need for 
     additional consular windows and interview space, enlarged 
     reception and waiting areas, office space, and document 
     storage space. The Initiative should identify posts for 
     consular workspace rehabilitation where errors in visa 
     issuance present the greatest threat to our national 
     security, as determined by OBO in consultation with the 
     Bureau of Consular Affairs. The conferees expect construction 
     to begin on priority projects no later than 60 days after the 
     enactment of this Act. The Committee expects that up to 
     $8,000,000 within the funds available under this account for 
     facilities rehabilitation may be used for this initiative.
       Marine Security Guard housing.--Marine Security Guards are 
     essential to the Department's ability to carry out its 
     mission overseas. In fiscal year 2002, the Department 
     completed the final phase of a multi-year effort, undertaken 
     at the insistence of the Committees, to address the long-
     neglected capital needs of many Marine Security

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     Guard [MSG] housing facilities worldwide. The conferees 
     support the Department's new policy of incorporating MSG 
     housing costs into the initial cost estimates, and thus the 
     budget requests, for overseas construction or rehabilitation 
     projects. The conferees note that MSG housing costs for 
     fiscal year 2003 are embedded within the capital projects 
     account.
       Reprogramming Requirements.--The conferees agree that the 
     reprogramming requirements that have been applied in prior 
     years regarding programs under this heading shall continue to 
     apply during fiscal year 2003.


           emergencies in the diplomatic and consular service

       The conference agreement includes $6,500,000 to enable the 
     Secretary of State to meet unforeseen emergencies arising in 
     the Diplomatic and Consular Service. This funding level 
     anticipates that carryover balances from fiscal year 2002 
     will be available for obligation in fiscal year 2003. Funding 
     provided in this account is available until expended.
       The conference agreement includes a provision in the bill 
     that permits up to $1,000,000 to be transferred from this 
     account to the Repatriation Loans Program account. This 
     provision will ensure an adequate level of resources for 
     loans to American citizens through the Repatriation Loans 
     Program account should that account require additional funds 
     in fiscal year 2003 due to an unanticipated increase in the 
     number of loans.
       This appropriation provides resources for the Department of 
     State to meet emergency requirements in the conduct of 
     foreign affairs. The Committee recommendation provides funds 
     for: (1) travel and subsistence expenses for relocation of 
     American employees of the United States Government and their 
     families from troubled areas to the United States and/or 
     safe-haven posts; (2) allowances granted to State 
     Department employees and their dependents evacuated to the 
     United States for the convenience of the Government; and 
     (3) payment of rewards for information concerning 
     terrorist activities.


                   repatriation loans program account

       The conference agreement includes $612,000 for the subsidy 
     cost of repatriation loans and $607,000 for administrative 
     costs of the program.
       This account provides emergency loans to assist destitute 
     Americans abroad who have no other source of funds to return 
     to the United States.
       In the past, less than 20 percent of repatriation loans 
     have ever been repaid. The conferees endorse efforts by 
     consular services to limit assistance only to victims of 
     unforeseen circumstances or travelers whose mental 
     instability presents a risk to themselves or others.


              payment to the american institute in taiwan

       The conference agreement includes $18,450,000 for the 
     ``Payment to the American Institute in Taiwan''. The 
     conference agreement provides for the Institute's pay and 
     inflationary base adjustments. In addition, the Institute is 
     authorized to collect Machine Readable Visa fees, which are 
     expected to generate an additional $14,000,000 in revenues in 
     fiscal year 2003, as well as reimbursements from agencies and 
     user fees from trade show exhibitors.
       The conferees expect that the American Institute in Taiwan 
     (AIT) will cover anticipated operating expenses in fiscal 
     year 2003 through a combination of appropriations and visa 
     fee revenues, and encourages the Institute to continue to 
     pursue cost saving measures. The conferees expect the 
     Department to submit by March 31, 2003, an AIT spending plan 
     for fiscal year 2003, indicating the total amount of 
     estimated fee collections, the amount of such fee collections 
     allocated for operating expenses, and the total amount 
     planned for operating expenses from all funding sources.
       The Taiwan Relations Act requires that programs concerning 
     Taiwan be carried out by the American Institute in Taiwan and 
     authorizes funds to be appropriated to the Secretary of State 
     to carry out the provisions of the Act. The Institute 
     administers programs in the areas of economic and commercial 
     services, cultural affairs, travel services, and logistics. 
     The Department of State contracts with the American Institute 
     in Taiwan to carry out these activities.


     payment to the foreign service retirement and disability fund

       The conference agreement includes $138,200,000 for the 
     appropriation entitled ``Payment to the Foreign Service 
     Retirement and Disability Fund''. The amount provided in the 
     Committee recommendation is required to amortize the unfunded 
     liability in the system, as documented by the annual 
     evaluation of Fund balances.

              International Organizations and Conferences


              contributions to international organizations

       The conference agreement includes a total of $866,000,000 
     for payment of the obligations of United States membership in 
     international organizations as authorized by conventions, 
     treaties, or specific Acts of Congress for fiscal year 2003.
       The amount provided in the bill is intended to cover 
     anticipated assessments for membership in international 
     organizations, including the United Nations. In addition, the 
     amount provides full funding for anticipated assessments for 
     membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the 
     related North Atlantic Assembly, International War Crimes 
     Tribunals for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia, the 
     Organization of American States, and the Pan American Health 
     Organization, among others.
       The conference agreement is based on a upward adjustment of 
     the fiscal year 2003 request based on exchange rate 
     fluctuations, and also reflects the application of an 
     estimated $46,739,000 in available balances from fiscal year 
     2002 that the Committee has directed the Department to apply 
     to the fiscal year 2003 assessment for the United Nations 
     regular budget.
       Reassesment of U.S. Membership in International 
     Organizations.--The conferees note, with approval, the 
     Department's recent actions to formally withdraw from certain 
     international organizations where continued U.S. 
     participation was determined to be a low priority in the 
     context of overall U.S. national interests. The conferees 
     continue to support the comprehensive reassessment of U.S. 
     membership in each of the 50 international organizations for 
     which funding is requested under this account. The 
     Department shall notify the Committees in advance of 
     taking any action to join, or rejoin any international 
     organization.
       Reform and Budget Discipline.--The conferees continue to 
     insist on reform and budget discipline as the highest 
     priorities for all of the international organizations, 
     including the development of processes to evaluate, 
     prioritize and terminate programs. The conferees believe that 
     the onus is on each international organization and the State 
     Department representatives to those organizations to reduce 
     overall budgets and eliminate duplicative activities, 
     excessive administrative costs, and inefficient operations.
       United Nations Regular Budget.--As indicated, the funding 
     level assumes full payment of the U.S. assessment to the 
     United Nations (UN) regular budget, as has been provided 
     every year since fiscal year 1989. This assessment is 
     estimated at $279,327,000 for calendar year 2002. In order to 
     assure that the UN achieves the fiscal discipline that the 
     Congress has insisted upon, the Committee strongly urges the 
     Department to ensure that the UN takes no action to increase 
     funding for any program without identifying an offsetting 
     decrease elsewhere in the regular budget. Toward this end, 
     the Committee expects the Department to insist on the 
     prioritization of ongoing UN programs and activities, so that 
     in the event of unanticipated requirements, budget offsets 
     may be taken from activities and programs that have already 
     been determined to be lower-priority by the organization.
       The Committee expects the Department to certify to the 
     Committee by March 1, 2003 that the UN has taken no action to 
     exceed the approved 2002-2003 budget of $2.63 billion, which 
     is an increase of $90 million from the previous biennium. Any 
     proposal to exceed this budget level should be communicated 
     to the Committee far in advance of the formal consideration 
     and adoption of such a proposal. The Department shall also 
     report to the Committees by April 30, 2003, describing any 
     and all programmatic or administrative reductions adopted in 
     the current UN biennial budget.
       For nine of the international organizations funded under 
     this account, including the United Nations regular budget, 
     the payment of the United States assessment for a given 
     calendar year is deferred until the subsequent fiscal year. 
     As a result, United States assessment payments for membership 
     in such organizations are not made until the fourth quarter 
     of the calendar year. The conferees expect the Department to 
     report to the Committees by September 30, 2003, on the 
     significance of this practice with regard to the achievement 
     of United States multilateral diplomacy goals and the 
     financial operations of such international organizations. The 
     report should include recommendations, as appropriate, for 
     addressing any negative impacts. The report should also 
     address any cost implications associated with such 
     recommendations.
       OECD.--The recommended funding level includes requested 
     funding for future renovations to the Organization for 
     Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) headquarters 
     building in Paris. The conferees remain concerned about the 
     scope and cost of this project, and the need for the United 
     States to assume the largest funding share for an undefined 
     capital project in Paris with costs that could exceed 
     $200,000,000. The Committees expect to review detailed plans, 
     cost estimates, and potential financing methods through the 
     reprogramming process before these funds are obligated for 
     this project. Should the Department experience further 
     exchange rate losses during fiscal year 2003, the Committees 
     would entertain a reprogramming of this funding toward other 
     comparatively higher-priority activities.
       IAEA.--The conference agreement includes full funding for 
     the adjusted request level for anticipated assessments for 
     the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The conferees 
     recognize the importance of the role played by the IAEA in 
     efforts to enact stronger global measures to protect nuclear 
     material and facilities against potential acts of terrorism.
       PAHO.--The conferees continue to support the work done by 
     the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). PAHO has 
     continued to take the lead in health issues, including border 
     health concerns, emerging diseases and bio-terrorism that 
     have an impact on citizens of the United States and all 
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     of the Americas. The conferees encourage the Department to 
     continue to support PAHO's efforts.

        CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING ACTIVITIES

       The conference agreement includes $673,710,000 for United 
     States payments for Contributions for International 
     Peacekeeping Activities for fiscal year 2003. The conference 
     agreement provides for the full payment of anticipated fiscal 
     year 2003 assessments for United Nations peacekeeping 
     missions. The conferees are aware that prior year balances of 
     $46,000,000, plus additional UN credits are available to 
     offset the cost of fiscal year 2003 assessments.
       The conferees are concerned about the continuing lack of 
     demonstrable progress toward resolution of the Western Sahara 
     dispute, despite an enormous investment of funds over the 
     past decade in the UN's MINURSO peacekeeping mission. The 
     conferees urge the Department to push for a negotiated 
     settlement to the dispute, and to terminate the costly UN 
     presence. MINURSO was established to oversee a referendum and 
     settlement program that has failed to materialize over the 
     past decade and which the Secretary General and his Personal 
     Envoy have recognized as unworkable.
       The establishment of several large, complex missions over 
     the past few years has tested the capacity of the U.N. to 
     plan and manage such operations successfully. The Brahimi 
     report addressed many deficiencies in U.N. peacekeeping 
     efforts, including problems in doctrine, strategy, decision-
     making, planning, deployment, support and information 
     technology. The conferees support efforts to improve the 
     performance and efficiency of U.N. peacekeeping missions 
     through structural and procedural reforms. The conferees also 
     support efforts to better limit and focus the goals of such 
     missions, and to set specific benchmarks for performance and 
     mission termination.
       The conferees are concerned that clear, realistic 
     benchmarks be established and enforced for the performance of 
     the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the 
     Congo (MONUC). The conference agreement includes funding to 
     cover anticipated fiscal year 2003 assessments for MONUC 
     totaling $273,226,000. The conferees expect the department to 
     consult with the Committees on Appropriations, and to submit 
     the required notifications, prior to any increase or mandate 
     change in this mission. Specifically, the conferees expect 
     the Department to certify that the following conditions have 
     been met with regard to this mission. First, firm benchmarks 
     for what constitutes a successful mission must be determined, 
     articulated, and followed. Second, the security of The 
     Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DROC) neighbors must be 
     factored in to all of MONUC's strategic and contingency 
     planning, and must be heavily considered in the negotiation 
     of a final political settlement. Third, the UN must construct 
     an arrangement for the withdrawal of foreign forces from the 
     DROC that, to the greatest degree possible, does not 
     destabilize DROC's neighbors. Fourth, contingency plans must 
     be developed and implemented for the safe withdrawal of 
     peacekeepers in the event of a resumption of hostilities.
       The conferees are encouraged by the significant progress 
     made over the past year toward the establishment of peace in 
     Sierra Leone. The conference agreement includes full funding 
     for anticipated assessments for the UNAMSIL mission in Sierra 
     Leone. In addition, the conferees strongly support the work 
     of the Special Court for Sierra Leone to prosecute those who 
     bear the greatest responsibility for serious violations of 
     human rights and international law. The conferees expect the 
     Department to consider ways it can support, and encourage 
     international and private organizations to undertake new 
     efforts to prevent, respond to, and document crimes, 
     particularly crimes involving sexual violence, and violations 
     in West Africa and the Congo.
       The conferees continue to support the efforts of the UN's 
     Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) to identify 
     waste, fraud and abuse with regard to peacekeeping 
     operations, and to recommend specific reforms to ensure that 
     such practices are brought to an end. The conferees expect 
     the Department to provide the necessary support to ensure 
     that the work of the OIOS is maintained and strengthened as 
     it relates to oversight of peacekeeping operations.
       The conference agreement also includes full funding for 
     anticipated assessments for the UNMISET mission in East 
     Timor. As East Timor begins to establish a criminal justice 
     system, basic social services, and professional police and 
     defense forces, the conferees support the continued presence 
     and gradual drawdown of the UN peacekeeping force.
       The conferees direct the Department to resume transmission 
     of UN Security Council reports on peacekeeping missions to 
     the Committees on Appropriations.
       The conference agreement includes language carried in 
     previous years requiring 15-day advance notice of any new or 
     expanded mission, together with a statement of cost, 
     duration, exit strategy, vital national interest, and source 
     of funds to pay the cost. The conference agreement also 
     retains language requiring certification that American 
     manufacturers and suppliers are provided equal procurement 
     opportunities, and language prohibiting the use of funds 
     under this account for the costs of court monitoring.

                       International Commissions

 INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION, UNITED STATES AND MEXICO

       The conference agreement includes a total of $30,932,000 
     for the International Boundary and Water Commission, United 
     States and Mexico (IBWC). The total amount provided includes 
     $25,482,000 for Salaries and Expenses and $5,450,000 for 
     construction. The conference agreement includes language 
     authorizing not to exceed $6,000 for representation expenses.


                         salaries and expenses

       The conference agreement for the Salaries and Expenses 
     account includes $25,482,000. The Committee notes that 
     fluctuations in the Commission's operations and maintenance 
     budgets can result in unanticipated cost savings. Should the 
     Commission experience such savings, the Commission may 
     propose, through the section 605 reprogramming process, the 
     use of surplus funds for items not included in the Committee 
     recommendation.


                              construction

       The conference agreement for IBWC construction provides 
     $5,450,000 for ongoing projects including: $2,500,000 for 
     Boundary-wide construction and $2,950,000 for Rio Grande 
     construction. The conferees note that the Rio Grande American 
     Canal Extension project and the Colorado River project are 
     both currently delayed by required, and extensive, 
     environmental studies. No funding has been provided for those 
     projects for fiscal year 2003. Reallocation of funding may be 
     proposed to the Committees under the reprogramming procedures 
     set forth in section 605 of this Act.
       The conferees note that the IBWC has initiated formal 
     negotiations with the Mexican Section of the IBWC concerning 
     the provision of secondary treatment to Tijuana sewage in 
     Mexico. The agreement that results from these negotiations 
     will represent a significant long-term measure to address 
     Tijuana sewage. The conferees are aware of concerns over the 
     lack of progress in this regard, and strongly encourages the 
     IBWC to forge a workable agreement to ensure secondary 
     treatment of Tijuana sewage.


              american sections, international commissions

       The conference agreement includes a total of $9,472,000 to 
     fund the U.S. share of expenses of the International Boundary 
     Commission, the International Joint Commission, United States 
     and Canada, and the Border Environment Cooperation Commission 
     for fiscal year 2003. This amount includes $1,143,000 for the 
     International Boundary Commission, $6,246,000 for the 
     International Joint Commission and $2,083,000 for the Border 
     Environment Cooperation Commission. The funding level for the 
     International Joint Commission includes $2,294,000 for the 
     third year costs of a five-year study of the water regulation 
     plan governing Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River.


                  international fisheries commissions

       The conference agreement includes $17,100,000 to fund the 
     U.S. share of the expenses of international fisheries 
     commissions or related organizations, as well as the travel 
     expenses of the United States commissioners.
       The conference agreement includes $2,100,000 for the Inter-
     American Tropical Tuna Commission, $12,248,000 for the Great 
     Lakes Fishery Commission, $2,100,000 for the International 
     Pacific Halibut Commission, $90,000 for the International 
     Whaling Commission, $121,000 for the International Commission 
     for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, $70,000 for the 
     Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living 
     Resources, $150,000 for the Inter-American Sea Turtle 
     Convention Commission, and $100,000 for Expenses of the U.S. 
     Commissioners. The balance of funds in this account may be 
     allocated, on a priority basis, to other international 
     fisheries commissions.

                                 Other


                     payment to the asia foundation

       The conference agreement includes $10,444,000 for payment 
     to the Asia Foundation for fiscal year 2003. The conference 
     agreement includes funding for enhanced Foundation programs 
     on human rights, higher education, democratic governance, 
     ethnic harmony, religious tolerance and legal/judicial reform 
     in Nepal, Indonesia, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. The Committee 
     expects the Foundation to provide a program and spending plan 
     for these special initiatives to the Committee by June 30, 
     2003.
       The conferees support the Foundation's efforts to 
     reestablish its program and presence in Afghanistan. The 
     conferees encourage the Foundation to use its expertise in 
     developing programs to encourage women's political 
     participation in Central Asia, and specifically 
     Afghanistan.


                 eisenhower exchange fellowship program

       The conference agreement includes an appropriation for 
     fiscal year 2003 of interest and earnings from the Eisenhower 
     Exchange Fellowship Program Trust Fund, expected to total 
     $500,000. The conferees recognize the important and unique 
     role of the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships in the U.S. 
     Government's worldwide public diplomacy effort. The conferees 
     therefore expect that Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships, 
     Incorporated, (EEF) will fashion its exchange programs for 
     fiscal year 2003 to reflect the priority within

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     all public diplomacy programs of building mutual 
     understanding with Arab and Muslim populations worldwide. In 
     this regard, the conferees expect that the selection of 
     foreign and United States fellows will reflect this priority. 
     In addition, the conferees support a nation-wide, merit-based 
     recruitment and selection process for United States Fellows.


                    israeli arab scholarship program

       The conference agreement includes language that will 
     appropriate for fiscal year 2003 interest and earnings of the 
     Israeli Arab Scholarship Endowment Fund, expected to total 
     $375,000.


                            east-west center

       The conference agreement includes $18,000,000 for the costs 
     of maintaining and operating the East-West Center. Of the 
     amount provided, up to $2,500,000 is intended for one-time 
     costs associated with improvements to Center facilities.


                    national endowment for democracy

       The conference agreement includes $42,000,000 for the 
     National Endowment for Democracy (NED) for fiscal year 2003. 
     The conferees expect that funding provided will allow NED to 
     provide additional targeted grants to indigenous groups to 
     build and strengthen democratic institutions in the Muslim 
     world. The conference agreement also continues funding for 
     grants to foster Africa's dynamic democracy movements, 
     including groups in Sudan and the Democratic Republic of 
     Congo. Within funds provided under this account the conferees 
     expect the Endowment to increase democratization programs 
     with Romania.
       The conferees reaffirm the role that NED plays in 
     strengthening democratic institutions around the world. Any 
     perception that funds are used to directly support a 
     particular party or candidate, or to support the removal of 
     elected leaders through unconstitutional means, undermines 
     the credibility and effectiveness of NED programs. The 
     Committee expects NED to take all necessary measures to 
     continue to ensure that all sponsored activities adhere to 
     the core NED principles.
       In order to be successful in its global fight against 
     terrorism, the U.S. must develop a long-term response that 
     addresses the root causes of terrorism. This response must 
     include support to developing countries in the Middle East, 
     Africa, South and Central Asia, and other regions where 
     terrorism has flourished over the last decade. NED has an 
     established network of organizations and professionals in 
     these regions that work to promote democracy in ways that are 
     consistent with Islamic tradition. These existing networks 
     can be used to further the U.S.'s broader objectives in the 
     war on terror. The conference agreement includes $6,000,000 
     above the request for programs that encourage the development 
     of ties with modernist Muslim groups, foster pro-democracy 
     networks, support independent journalism, and assist women's 
     business organizations. The distribution of these additional 
     funds should be guided by the following four goals: (1) 
     ending repression, permitting freedom of expression, and 
     introducing genuine political parties; (2) modernizing 
     economies and, as a consequence, reducing poverty and 
     inequality; (3) controlling corruption and establishing a 
     genuine rule of law; and (4) ending the political abuse of 
     religion and reconciling Islam with modern concepts of 
     citizenship and individual rights. The Conferees expect that 
     this funding increase will be distributed throughout NED's 
     four core institutes in the same manner as NED's core budget.
       The conference agreement includes up to $1,000,000 above 
     current funding levels to expand a women's rights and 
     democracy training program for Lebanon's female Shiite 
     educators, students, and mothers. The conference agreement 
     also includes up to $2,000,000 above current funding levels 
     for NED to establish a program for women's rights in 
     Afghanistan. Within available funds, the NED should increase 
     its support for independent women's cultural and human rights 
     organizations in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sierra 
     Leone, Sudan, and Nigeria and for enhanced programs in The 
     People's Republic of China, including Tibet, Burma, and North 
     Korea.
       The conferees expect the NED to submit to the Committees on 
     Appropriations a financial plan for the entire amount made 
     available under this heading prior to obligation.

                             RELATED AGENCY

 Broadcasting Board of Governors International Broadcasting Operations

       The conference agreement includes $468,898,000 to carry out 
     United States International Broadcasting Operations for 
     fiscal year 2003. This account funds the operating and 
     engineering costs of Voice of America [VOA], Radio Free 
     Europe/Radio Liberty [RFE/RL], Radio Free Asia [RFA], 
     Worldnet Television/VOA-TV, and the Broadcasting Board of 
     Governors [BBG]. The conference agreement provides all 
     requested adjustments to base for all entities funded under 
     this account and full requested funding to continue the 
     Middle East Radio Network (Radio Sawa) initiative.
       Of the funds made available under this heading, $965,000 is 
     recommended for the Office of the General Counsel.
       Arabic Television.--The United States continues to face an 
     enormous challenge to provide the people of Arab and Muslim 
     countries with accurate information about our policies and 
     values. The conferees support the Board's efforts to expand 
     its ability to reach audiences in the Middle East. The 
     conference agreement includes up to $2,500,000 for the 
     development of an Arabic language television initiative in 
     the Middle East. In addition, the conferees are aware of 
     prior-year recoveries in the Broadcasting Capital 
     Improvements account that may be used for the development of 
     an Arabic television initiative. Developing quality and 
     attractive news and entertainment Arabic language programs 
     should to the maximum extent possible involve the creative 
     talents of the private and not-for-profit sectors. The 
     conferees urge the Board to integrate new approaches, such as 
     using private and not-for-profit content providers of Arabic 
     broadcast programming, to more effectively engage key 
     audiences.
       Reprogramming of Exchange Rate Gains/Other Savings--As in 
     past years, the conferees expect that there will be 
     additional savings available to the Board, including exchange 
     rate gains and vacancies in funded positions. The conferees 
     note that the Board will have the ability to propose that 
     savings be used for additional requirements related to the 
     Arabic broadcasting initiative, broadcasting to China and 
     North Korea, and other emerging priority programs through the 
     normal reprogramming process.
       Language Service Review and Research--The conferees 
     continue to support the Board's efforts to objectively and 
     systematically review and evaluate the performance, results, 
     and importance of every U.S. Government-sponsored 
     international broadcasting language service and to propose 
     corresponding reallocations of funds. The conferees endorse 
     this process as a means to improve broadcast quality and meet 
     emerging program priorities within limited resources. The 
     conferees commend the Board for taking steps to consolidate 
     and strengthen the research function by establishing the 
     Office of Performance Review. The conferees expect that the 
     Board will be able to establish comprehensive performance 
     measures and improve coordination of programming streams 
     across component organizations, including the grantee 
     organizations. The conferees support the continuation and 
     expansion of this effort in fiscal year 2003. The conference 
     agreement assumes total funding of at least $5,000,000 for 
     the Research function in fiscal year 2003. The conferees 
     strongly urge the Board to ensure that foreign policy 
     implications are given full consideration before adopting 
     language service review recommendations. The conferees direct 
     the Board to submit a comprehensive report on Language 
     Service Review results and corresponding reallocations of 
     funds. The conferees expect that the continuing language 
     service review effort may result in the dedication of 
     additional resources to emerging priority programs, through 
     the normal reprogramming process.
       Africa Broadcasting.--The problem of AIDS in Africa is 
     ubiquitous. Radio broadcasting is an underutilized tool in 
     the fight against the African AIDS epidemic. Its 
     accessibility to even the most impoverished communities makes 
     it an ideal way to transmit information about the disease. 
     Radio broadcasts could be a major component of sustained 
     prevention efforts undertaken by the governments of many 
     African countries, humanitarian organizations, and U.S. 
     assistance programs. The recommendation includes up to 
     $10,000,000 for Voice of America's Africa Division for 
     broadcasting to Africa. The conferees direct VOA to 
     incorporate AIDS education into its regular programming. VOA 
     is directed to report to the Committees on Appropriations on 
     its progress no later than 90 days after enactment of this 
     Act.
       Security of RFE/RL headquarters.--The conferees are aware 
     that RFE/RL and the government of the Czech Republic have 
     jointly developed a preliminary plan to relocate RFE/RL 
     headquarters from St. Wenceslas Square in Prague, the Czech 
     Republic, to a new and safer location. The BBG must 
     consult with the Committees on Appropriations on all 
     decisions concerning a future capital project as they 
     relate to security. RFE/RL is directed to report to the 
     Committees on Appropriations on all aspects of the 
     relocation currently being considered. The report should 
     explain whether it would be desirable, from both a 
     security and from an economic perspective, to move RFE/RL 
     headquarters to a location outside of the Czech Republic. 
     The BBG is encouraged to consider Turkey as a possible 
     host nation for the new RFE/RL headquarters.
       Security of worldwide broadcasting facilities.--In the 
     post-September 11 environment, the broadcasting services no 
     longer have the luxury of ignoring the security of their 
     personnel and facilities. The Broadcasting Board of Governors 
     is therefore directed to develop, in consultation with the 
     Department of State and other relevant U.S. agencies, a 5-
     year capital worldwide security plan. The plan shall be 
     transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations no later than 
     July 1, 2003.
       The conferees remain concerned that adequate transmission 
     capacity be available to support broadcasting to Iran and 
     Iraq. The conferees understand the Board is in the process of 
     identifying additional transmission capacity in the region to 
     support Radio Free Iraq and its new Radio Farda initiative. 
     The conferees direct the Board to consult with the Committees 
     on Appropriations as new transmission opportunities are 
     identified that will provide strong broadcast signals for all 
     relevant language services to Iran and Iraq.
       Anti-jamming efforts.--The conferees continue to support 
     initiatives by the BBG to

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     defeat jamming and reach a wider audience for Radio Free Asia 
     and Voice of America broadcasts to China, Tibet, Vietnam, and 
     North Korea. The conferees are aware that new technologies 
     may allow the VOA and RFA to more effectively defeat jamming 
     efforts. The conferees encourage the Board to evaluate the 
     usefulness of these technologies and will entertain proposals 
     to reprogram additional funds for anti-jamming technologies.
       The conference agreement provides funding for the principal 
     broadcasting entities as follows:
       Voice of America.--The conference agreement provides 
     $154,307,000 for VOA. The conference agreement provides for 
     adjustments to base and requested funding to continue surge 
     broadcasting in Dari, Pashto, Urdu, Farsi, Arabic, Uzbek, and 
     Turkish. The conferees expect the Board to complete the 
     merger of Worldnet and VOA-TV resources. The conferees 
     understand that the BBG is in the process of determining 
     final organizational changes to complete this merger and 
     direct the Board to submit these proposed changes to the 
     Committees on Appropriations in accordance with Section 605 
     of this Act.
       Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.--The conference agreement 
     provides the full requested amount of $73,086,000 for RFE/RL, 
     including the requested amounts for broadcasting to Iran and 
     Iraq. The conference agreements provides for adjustments to 
     base, including $2,423,000 to continue surge programming in 
     Persian, Tajik, Uzbek, Turkmen, Arabic, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, and 
     Azeri.
       The conferees commend RFE/RL for developing programming in 
     Avar, Chechen, and Circassian, and for expanding broadcasting 
     to the Northern Caucasus. The conferees recognize the 
     continuing importance of reaching the isolated minorities of 
     the Northern Caucasus in their native languages. The Chechen 
     crisis is ongoing and there is still a great need in this 
     region for objective, uncensored information. Within the 
     funding provided for RFE/RL, $850,000 is for the North 
     Caucasus Unit.
       Radio Free Asia.--The conference agreement provides the 
     full requested amount of $27,084,000 for RFA. This amount 
     includes $1,684,000 for adjustments to base, and will allow 
     RFA to continue its expanded schedule of broadcasting to 
     China, Tibet, Burma, Vietnam, North Korea, Laos, and 
     Cambodia.
       The conference agreement includes full funding for RFA to 
     continue daily Uyghur broadcasts. Radio Free Asia's Uyghur 
     broadcasts are proving successful in northwest China in spite 
     of top-level officials' efforts to erect a steel wall against 
     ``hostile radio stations from abroad''.
       The conferees are supportive of efforts to increase the 
     number of broadcast hours of both the VOA Korean and the RFA 
     Korea services. Within the funding made available for RFA, up 
     to $1,500,000 is for the Korea Service.
       The BBG is directed to submit to the Committees on 
     Appropriations, no later than sixty days from the date of 
     enactment of this Act, a financial plan including a 
     distribution of the total resources available under this 
     account.

                          BROADCASTING TO CUBA

       The conference agreement includes $24,996,000, to remain 
     available until expended, for Broadcasting to Cuba under a 
     separate account.

                   BROADCASTING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS

       The conference agreement includes $12,740,000 in new budget 
     authority for broadcasting capital improvements. This amount 
     will provide for the continuation of base costs for 
     maintenance, improvements, replacements and repairs, digital 
     production capability development, and security upgrades at 
     transmitting stations overseas.
       The Board shall continue to keep the Committees on 
     Appropriations informed on the status of its efforts to 
     acquire additional transmission capabilities in the Middle 
     East. The Board shall also continue to keep the Committees on 
     Appropriations informed regarding costs and results of the 
     ongoing digital conversion project.

       General Provisions--Department of State and Related Agency

       The conference agreement includes section 401, permitting 
     the use of funds for allowances, differentials and 
     transportation.
       The conference agreement includes section 402 dealing with 
     transfer authority.
       The conference agreement includes section 403 prohibiting 
     the use of funds by the Department of State or the 
     Broadcasting Board of Governors to provide certain assistance 
     to the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation.
       The conference agreement includes section 404 regarding the 
     recording of place of birth on certain passport applications.
       The conference agreement includes section 405 regarding a 
     certain land transfer.
       The conference agreement includes section 406 regarding 
     coordination of programs to combat trafficking in persons. 
     The conferees have included additional guidance regarding 
     these programs under the ``Diplomatic and Consular Programs'' 
     heading in this Statement of Managers.

                       TITLE V--RELATED AGENCIES

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

                        Maritime Administration


                       Maritime Security Program

       The conference agreement includes $98,700,000 for the 
     Maritime Security Program as proposed in both the House and 
     Senate.


                        Operations and Training

       The conference agreement includes $92,696,000 for the 
     Maritime Administration Operations and Training account. 
     Within the amounts provided, $13,000,000 is for the U.S. 
     Merchant Marine Academy construction and maintenance.


                             Ship Disposal

       The conference agreement includes $11,161,000 for the 
     disposal of obsolete vessels the National Defense Reserve 
     Fleet of the Maritime Administration. This program should 
     ensure the expeditious implementation of a pilot program for 
     export and disposal of obsolete vessels during fiscal year 
     2003. Priority should be given to the most hazardous vessels, 
     including those in the James River. The conferees expect the 
     MARAD to report back to the Committees on Appropriations on 
     the vessels designated for disposal; the comparative 
     condition of the vessels; the proposed method of disposal, 
     including reefing; and the projected cost for disposal of 
     each vessel. The conferees urge MARAD to work with the 
     Environmental Protection Agency to design an environmentally 
     sound disposal program.


          MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM ACCOUNT

       The conferees include $4,126,000 for the administrative 
     expenses related to this program.


           Administrative Provisions--Maritime Administration

       The conference agreement includes provisions involving 
     Government property controlled by MARAD, the accounting for 
     certain funds received by MARAD, and a prohibition on 
     obligations from the MARAD construction account.

      Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The conference agreement includes $499,000 for the expenses 
     of the Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage 
     Abroad. The conference agreement will allow the Commission to 
     fund its administrative expenses through appropriated funds 
     while relying on privately donated funds for the actual 
     purchase and restoration of property and other project 
     implementation purposes. The conferees encourage current 
     efforts to attract private funding to support the work of the 
     Commission.
       Revolutionary War heroes--The conferees support 
     implementation of phase II of the foreign born revolutionary 
     war heroes project to the extent that private funding is 
     available for this purpose.

                       Commission on Civil Rights


                         Salaries and Expenses

       The conference agreement includes $9,096,000 for the 
     salaries and expenses of the Commission on Civil Rights for 
     fiscal year 2003. The Commission investigates charges of 
     citizens being deprived of voting rights, and collects, 
     studies and disseminates information on the impact of Federal 
     laws and policies on civil rights. The Commission was 
     established by the Civil Rights Act of 1957 and is directed 
     by eight part-time commissioners. The Commission was created 
     to protect the civil rights of people within the U.S. and was 
     intended to be an independent, bipartisan, fact-finding 
     agency. The conferees are concerned about the present state 
     of affairs at the Commission, and the Commission's apparent 
     inability to fulfill its mission. The conferees note that 
     recent Commission meetings have been held without a quorum of 
     5 Commissioners. The conferees are surprised by the 
     Commission's decision to incur additional expense to hold 
     monthly meetings in cities other than Washington, D.C. The 
     Commission has stated in its budget request and in briefings 
     with Committees on Appropriations staff that it may be unable 
     to meet basic operational requirements such as payroll 
     processing and rent increases in fiscal year 2003 at the 
     budget level in the President's request. The conferees expect 
     the Commission to meet its requirements in fiscal year 2003 
     through savings realized in salary expenses and other 
     operational costs, including travel and other costs related 
     to Commission meetings. The conferees direct the Commission 
     to submit, within 60 days after the enactment of this Act, a 
     spending plan for the costs of conducting all Commission 
     meetings in fiscal year 2003, making note of any meeting the 
     Commission plans to hold in a city other than Washington, 
     D.C. This spending plan shall be submitted to the Committees 
     on Appropriations pursuant to section 605 of this Act.
       The conference agreement includes language as included in 
     previous years, which provides (1) $50,000 to employ 
     consultants; (2) a prohibition against reimbursing 
     commissioners for more than 75 billable days, with the 
     exception of the chairwoman, who is permitted 125 billable 
     days; and (3) a limitation of four full-time positions under 
     schedule C of the Excepted Service, exclusive of one special 
     assistant for each commissioner.

             Commission on International Religious Freedom


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The conference agreement includes $2,884,000 for the 
     Commission on International Religious Freedom, the amount 
     identified by the Commission as necessary to carry out all 
     requested activities for fiscal year 2003.
       The conferees note that the Commission held only three 
     public hearings in fiscal year

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     2002. As an authoritative and unique resource on religious 
     freedom issues, the conferees expect the Commission to be 
     more active in fiscal year 2003 in holding hearings, 
     seminars, and other events involving public audiences. This 
     may include holding Commission hearings and events in 
     locations around the United States.

                       Commission on Ocean Policy


                         Salaries and Expenses

       The conference agreement includes $2,000,000 for necessary 
     expenses of the Commission of Ocean Policy, to remain 
     available until expended.

            Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The conference agreement includes $1,582,000 for the 
     Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, the amount 
     identified by the Commission as necessary to carry out all 
     requested Commission activities for fiscal year 2003.

 Congressional--Executive Commission on the People's Republic of China


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The conference agreement includes $1,380,000 for the 
     Congressional-Executive Commission on the People's Republic 
     of China, an increase of $380,000 above the amount provided 
     in fiscal year 2002. Within this amount, the conference 
     agreement includes $3,000 to be available for the purposes of 
     official representation, upon the joint certification of the 
     Chairman and Co-Chairman.
       Victims Lists Database--Of the total amounts available in 
     fiscal year 2003, including fiscal year 2002 carryover of 
     $621,813, the conferees expect that $500,000 will be used by 
     the Commission to develop, populate, and operate a database 
     of information on political and religious prisoners in China, 
     pursuant to section 302(b) of Public Law 106-286. The 
     conferees believe that a comprehensive and accessible 
     database of prisoners of conscience in China can be a 
     powerful tool for Members of Congress, the Administration, 
     NGOs, scholars, and the public to monitor and call attention 
     to human rights abuses in the People's Republic of China, 
     including specific cases.
       The conferees encourage the Commission to continue building 
     a staff composed of personnel with comprehensive experience 
     in the field of human rights, the core component of the 
     Commission's work. Within the amounts appropriated under this 
     heading, the conferees expect the Commission to strengthen 
     staff expertise in this area to better serve as an 
     authoritative voice on human rights and human rights-related 
     rule of law issues in China. The conferees urge that the 
     Commission model itself on the Helsinki Commission, which has 
     served as a visible and effective advocate for democratic and 
     human rights development in OSCE member countries since 1976.
       The Congressional-Executive Commission on the People's 
     Republic of China was authorized as part of the United 
     States-China Relations Act of 2000 that established permanent 
     normal trade relations with China. The Commission monitors 
     the acts of the People's Republic of China that reflect 
     compliance with or violation of international human rights 
     standards and monitors the development of the rule of law, 
     including the development of democratic institutions, reform 
     of legal procedures, transparency of the legal system, and 
     the establishment of an independent judiciary.

                Equal Employment Opportunity Commission


                         Salaries and Expenses

       The conference agreement includes $308,822,000 for the 
     salaries and expenses of the Equal Employment Opportunity 
     Commission (EEOC) for fiscal year 2003.
       The conferees note with concern the apparent lack of sound 
     managerial and fiscal practices that have resulted in the 
     Commission's projected shortfall in fiscal year 2003. The 
     conferees expect the Commission to meet its requirements in 
     fiscal year 2003 through savings realized in salary expenses 
     and other operational costs.
       The EEOC is directed to submit to the Committees on 
     Appropriations, no later than sixty days from the enactment 
     of this Act, a financial plan, including steps the Commission 
     intends to take to control costs and stay within its fiscal 
     year 2003 appropriation level.
       The conference agreement includes language similar to that 
     included in previous Appropriations Acts allowing not to 
     exceed $33,000,000 for payments to State and local FEPAs. 
     This level of funding will allow the Commission to ensure 
     that State and local FEPAs receive a contract rate of $500 
     per charge. The conferees again encourage the EEOC to use the 
     experience the FEPAs have in mediation, as the Commission 
     expands its ADR programs.
       The conference agreement also includes language similar to 
     that included in previous Appropriations Acts allowing non-
     monetary awards to private citizens, and up to $2,500 for 
     official reception and representation expenses.

                   Federal Communications Commission


                         Salaries and Expenses

       The conference agreement includes a total budget authority 
     of $271,000,000 for the salaries and expenses of the Federal 
     Communications Commission (FCC) for fiscal year 2003, of 
     which $269,000,000 is to be derived from offsetting 
     collections, resulting in a direct appropriation of 
     $2,000,000.
       The conferees note with concern the apparent lack of sound 
     managerial and fiscal practices that have resulted in the FCC 
     exceeding its authorized full-time equivalent (FTE) level and 
     the consequent budget shortfall projected in fiscal year 
     2003. The conferees direct the FCC to consult with the 
     Committees on Appropriations on the Commission's plan to 
     control costs and remain within its fiscal year 2003 
     appropriation and FTE levels.
       The conferees are concerned about the declining standards 
     of broadcast television and the impact this decline is having 
     on America's children. An analysis of all prime-time 
     programming has found that overall sexual content, foul 
     language and violence have tripled over the past decade. In 
     December 1999, the FCC issued a notice of inquiry regarding 
     the public interest obligations of broadcasters during and 
     after the transition to digital transmission. The conferees 
     direct the Commission to continue to report to Congress on 
     the issues associated with resurrecting a broadcast industry 
     code of conduct of programming, that if adhered to by the 
     broadcast industry, would protect against the further erosion 
     of broadcasting standards.
       The conferees continue to emphasize the importance of the 
     FCC's commitment to the availability of high quality 
     communications. In addition to technical quality, the 
     conferees hope the Commission will continue to take steps 
     toward carrying out its responsibilities under Title 18 of 
     the United States Code, Section 1464. The conferees commend 
     recent FCC efforts to take a more aggressive stance in 
     curbing an assault of obscene matter over the airwaves while 
     remaining cognizant of the Constitutional rights of our 
     citizens.
       In addition, the conferees laud the recent FCC enforcement 
     actions against telephone companies operating ``fat finger'' 
     dialing scams. The conferees encourage the FCC to continue 
     working to make consumers aware of these scams and to take 
     appropriate actions against companies operating them.

                      Federal Maritime Commission


                         Salaries and Expenses

       The conference agreement includes $16,700,000 for the 
     salaries and expenses of the Federal Maritime Commission 
     (FMC) for fiscal year 2003. The conferees expect that any pay 
     and inflationary increases shall be absorbed through hiring 
     below attrition and other cost-cutting measures.
       The Federal Maritime Commission is directed to provide a 
     report to the Committees on Appropriation no later than June 
     1, 2003, on the Far Eastern Shipping Company's (FESCO) 
     participation in the Grand Alliance Agreement in providing 
     service in the United States-Russian Far East trade. 
     Specifically, the FMC should report to the Committees on 
     Appropriation whether or not FESCO should be reclassified as 
     a controlled carrier.

                        Federal Trade Commission

                         salaries and expenses

       The conference agreement includes $176,608,000 for the 
     Federal Trade Commission (FTC), instead of $174,508,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $175,148,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       The conference agreement provides a $2,100,000 increase, as 
     requested, to address the physical security needs of the 
     Commission's headquarters building. The Conferees direct the 
     Commission to coordinate its physical security enhancements 
     with GSA to ensure that these upgrades are consistent with 
     other security upgrades being implemented throughout 
     Washington, D.C.
       The Conferees direct the Commission to study the impact on 
     underage consumers of the significant expansion of new ads 
     for liquor-branded ``alcopops'' and report the Commission's 
     finding to the Committee within six months of enactment of 
     this Act. The Conferees are also concerned that the 
     alcoholic-beverage industry has not implemented all of the 
     recommendations of the 1999 Commission report, ``Self 
     Regulation and the Alcohol Industry,'' and that only one 
     industry member has taken action to provide for independent 
     review of complaints about its advertising. The Conferees 
     urge the Commission to encourage the industry to adopt 
     stricter advertising placement standards as well as establish 
     an independent third-party review mechanism to limit the 
     appeal and exposure of alcohol advertising to underage 
     consumers and report back to the Committees on Appropriations 
     no later than six months from enactment of this bill on the 
     status of the implementation of these recommendations and 
     whether further rule-making by the Commission is required.
       The Conferees are aware of steps the Commission is taking 
     to address consumer issues of particular concern to Hispanic 
     Americans, including the hiring of bilingual outreach and 
     legal staff, as well as the increased monitoring of Spanish-
     language advertisements, enforcement actions and education 
     initiatives. The Conferees commend the Commission for its 
     efforts to respond to the concerns of Hispanic Americans and 
     encourages the Commission to continue its efforts to render 
     effective consumer assistance.
       The recommendation retains requested bill language 
     prohibiting the use of funds to implement section 151 of the 
     Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvements Act of 
     1991 (FDICIA). The Conferees are concerned that the consumer 
     protection intent of this law may be going largely 
     unenforced. Further, the Conferees recognize that the 
     Commission, who is assigned enforcement responsibility under 
     section 151, may not be the appropriate Federal agency to 
     regulate non-

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     federally insured depository institutions. The Conferees 
     direct the General Accounting Office to study enforcement of 
     this provision, evaluate the risk to consumers if this 
     provision is not enforced, and make recommendations on which 
     Federal agency could most effectively enforce this provision. 
     The Conferees expect this report to be submitted 180 days 
     after enactment of this Act.
       The Conferees are concerned that consumers are not 
     adequately protected against telephone companies operating 
     ``fat finger'' scams. The Conferees direct the Commission to 
     work with the Federal Communications Commission to make 
     consumers aware of these scams and take appropriate actions 
     against companies operating them.
       The Commission released a report two years ago that was 
     very critical of the entertainment industry and their 
     persistent and calculated marketing of violent games, movies, 
     and music to children. In response to this report the 
     entertainment industry has promised to place tougher 
     regulations on itself and voluntarily comply with the 
     report's recommendations. The Conferees believe that the FTC 
     should continue and expand its efforts in this area and 
     directs the Commission to continue to engage in consumer 
     research and workshops, underage shopper-retail compliance 
     surveys, and marketing data collection.
       The Commission is charged with monitoring compliance with 
     the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act. The conference 
     agreement ensures the agency is adequately prepared to meet 
     the challenges of increased fraud on the Internet and the 
     agency's recognition that Internet fraud is an international 
     phenomenon since the Internet has no borders.
       The conference agreement includes additional funding and 
     authority to collect offsetting fees for the Commission's Do-
     Not-Call initiative under its Telemarketing Sales Rule. The 
     Do-Not-Call initiative will establish a national database of 
     telephone numbers of consumers who choose not to receive 
     telephone solicitations from telemarketers. The Conferees 
     understand that the Commission has adopted, prior to 
     enactment of this legislation, the Do-Not-Call initiative as 
     an amendment to its Telemarketing Sales Rule. The Conferees 
     further understand that the Commission has developed a 
     spending plan for the Do-Not-Call initiative. The Conferees 
     recognize that these additional funds and fee collection 
     authority are needed to implement the Do-Not-Call initiative, 
     which has received broad support from, and will provide 
     significant benefits to, consumers throughout the United 
     States.

                       Legal Services Corporation

               Payment to the Legal Services Corporation

       The conference agreement includes $338,848,000 for the 
     payment to the Legal Services Corporation. The Legal Services 
     Corporation will provide $9,500,000 in one-time grants 
     equitably distributed among those service areas that will 
     receive less funding in FY 2003 than they did in FY 2002 
     because of census-based reallocations.

                        Administrative Provision

       The conference agreement includes language to continue the 
     terms and conditions included under this section in previous 
     Appropriations Acts, except that section 501(a)(1) of Public 
     Law 104-134 shall not apply to the use of $9,500,000.

                        Marine Mammal Commission

                         salaries and expenses

       The conference agreement includes $3,050,000 for the 
     necessary expense of the Marine Mammal Commission. Of the 
     amounts provided, up to $1,000,000 is available to fund an 
     international conference, or series of conferences, to share 
     findings, survey acoustic ``threats'' to marine mammals and 
     develop means of reducing those threats while maintaining the 
     oceans as a global highway of international commerce.

           NATIONAL VETERANS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

       The conference agreement includes $2,000,000 for the 
     National Veterans Business Development Corporation. The 
     conferees note that the Corporation's authorizing legislation 
     mandates that it institute a plan to raise private funds and 
     become a self-sustaining corporation. The conferees encourage 
     efforts by the Corporation to meet this goal.

                   Securities and Exchange Commission

                         salaries and expenses

       The conference agreement includes $716,350,000 for the 
     Securities and Exchange Commission, instead of $776,000,0000 
     as provided by the House and $656,700,000 as provided by the 
     Senate. In addition, $29,439,000 in unobligated prior year 
     balances previously appropriated is available to the 
     Commission for a fiscal year 2003 operating level of 
     $745,789,000.
       The conference agreement supports the continuation of pay 
     parity for the SEC's staff, adds additional staff, and 
     provides the funds necessary to improve the agency's 
     monitoring systems. The conferees expect the SEC to provide 
     quarterly reports to the Committees on Appropriations on the 
     status of the implementation of these funds and the measures 
     it is taking to restore the public's confidence in the 
     financial markets.
       The conferees understand the Commission plans on receiving 
     700 new staff and that the majority of these new staff would 
     be allocated to the Divisions of Enforcement and Corporation 
     Finance and the agency's inspection and examination program. 
     The conferees require a spending plan be provided and 
     approved.
       The inability of Commission staff to conduct data-intensive 
     analyses and examinations has hampered the Commission's 
     investigative and enforcement efforts. In particular, the 
     Commission has continued to struggle with the massive inflows 
     of paper documents received in the course of its 
     investigations. For this reason, the Committee recommendation 
     includes an increase of not less than $47,200,000 for 
     information technology. This funding increase will allow for 
     the development of a pilot document management system and the 
     deployment of substantially more robust analytical tools for 
     SEC examination staff. This increase also will allow the 
     Commission to undertake a requirements analysis to determine 
     how best to improve its corporate disclosure review 
     activities so that investors are provided with enhanced 
     protections and assurances of the validity of corporate 
     financial disclosures.
       The recommendation funds the necessary costs of additional 
     security measures now required at the Commission's new 
     headquarters building as a result of the September 11 attack 
     and continuing threats to Federal facilities.
       Exercise of options--The Conferees continue to be concerned 
     that corporate insiders are enriching themselves at the 
     expense of the commercial enterprises and stockholders for 
     whom they work by exercising stock options immediately prior 
     to companies' financial collapse. In fact, exercising stock 
     options at times may actually contribute to the bankruptcy of 
     teetering corporations. Therefore, the Conferees recommend 
     that the SEC provide monthly updates regarding the exercise 
     of stock options by corporate officers and directors both 
     electronically to the Senate Appropriations Committee as well 
     as publicly on the Commission's Electronic, Data Gathering, 
     Analysis, and Retrieval system (EDGAR). Specifically, the 
     information shall include every corporate officer or director 
     whose exercise of options under section 12 of the Securities 
     and Exchange Act exceeds $100,000 during each 30 day 
     reporting period. The Committee recognizes the SEC's effort 
     to begin making these disclosures available electronically in 
     fiscal 2003 and expects the Commission to keep the Committee 
     apprized of its progress in this regard.
       The conference agreement includes bill language, similar to 
     that included in previous appropriations acts, which: (1) 
     allows for the rental of space; (2) makes up to $3,000 
     available for official reception and representation expenses; 
     (3) makes up to $10,000 available for a permanent secretariat 
     for the International Organization of Securities Commissions; 
     and (4) makes up to $100,000 available for governmental and 
     regulatory officials.

                     SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

       The conference agreement provides a total of $736,459,000 
     for the four appropriations accounts of the Small Business 
     Administration (SBA). Detailed guidance for the four SBA 
     appropriation accounts is contained in the following 
     paragraphs.

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The conference agreement includes $314,457,000 for the 
     salaries and expenses account of the SBA. Of the amount 
     provided under this heading, $176,882,000 is for operating 
     expenses of the SBA. In addition, a total of $138,854,000 
     from other SBA accounts may be transferred to and merged with 
     the salaries and expenses account for indirect operating 
     costs. This amount consists of $129,000,000 from the Business 
     Loans Program account and $9,854,000 from the Disaster Loans 
     Program account for the administrative expenses related to 
     those accounts. The conferees also anticipate that the SBA 
     will have an additional $3,000,000 in fee receipts available 
     for operating expenses. This will result in a total 
     availability of $318,736,000 for the operating expenses of 
     the SBA, an increase of $15,400,000 above the comparable 
     fiscal year 2002 amount.
       In addition, the conference agreement includes language 
     under the Disaster Loans Program account providing that 
     $108,000,000 of the amount provided for administrative 
     expenses may be transferred to and merged with the salaries 
     and expenses account for the direct administrative costs of 
     disaster loan making and servicing.
       The conference agreement includes requested language 
     authorizing $3,500 for official reception and representation 
     expenses, as well as language authorizing the SBA to charge 
     fees to cover the cost of publications and certain loan 
     servicing activities. The language also permits revenues 
     received from all such activities to be credited to the 
     salaries and expenses account to be available for carrying 
     out these purposes without further appropriations. The 
     conference agreement includes the full amount requested for 
     Low Documentation Processing Centers.
       The conferees support efforts by the SBA to examine and 
     implement organizational changes, both in Washington, DC and 
     in the field, that result in greater operational 
     efficiencies, cost savings, and improved delivery of SBA 
     services to small businesses nationwide and look forward to 
     the submission of subsequent detailed workforce 
     transformation plans.
       The conference agreement does not include requested 
     language allowing the SBA to retain up to $3,000,000 of 
     increased collections of delinquent debt for qualified 
     expenses.

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       Systems Modernization--The conferees note that $32,000,000 
     has been appropriated for systems modernization at the SBA 
     over the past four years, including funding for the loan 
     monitoring system (LMS) and the joint accounting and 
     administrative management system project (JAAMS). The 
     conferees remain concerned about the lack of progress by the 
     SBA in delivering tangible and timely systems improvements. 
     The conferees expect that the SBA will use remaining balances 
     obligated to FEDSIM in prior fiscal years for priority 
     systems projects, including core LMS acquisitions, 
     implementation of phase II of JAAMS, or effective 
     alternatives that bring about meaningful systems 
     improvements. Systems modernization expenditures during 
     fiscal year 2003 from funds provided in previous fiscal years 
     shall be subject to the submission of project spending plans 
     through the reprogramming process in accordance with section 
     605 of this Act.
       Non-Credit Programs--The conference agreement includes the 
     following for the non-credit programs of the SBA:
Regulatory Fairness Boards/National Ombudsman...................500,000
Advocacy Research.............................................1,100,000
Veterans Programs...............................................750,000
BusinessLINC..................................................2,000,000
7(j) Technical Assistance Programs............................1,500,000
Small Business Development Centers...........................89,000,000
SCORE.........................................................5,000,000
Women's Business Centers.....................................12,500,000
Women's Business Council........................................750,000
Native American Outreach......................................2,000,000
Drug-free Workplace Program...................................2,000,000
Business Information Centers....................................475,000
Microloan Technical Assistance...............................15,000,000
PRIME Technical Assistance....................................5,000,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
  Total, non-credit initiatives.............................137,575,000
       Funding for any non-credit program not listed above shall 
     be subject to the availability of funds and will be 
     considered by the Committee on Appropriations in accordance 
     with the section 605 of this Act.
       Of the amounts provided for the Small Business Development 
     Center (SBDC) program, $2,000,000 is to continue the SBDC 
     defense transition program and $1,000,000 is for a regulatory 
     compliance simplification program to increase coordination of 
     environmental, Occupational Health and Safety Administration 
     and Internal Revenue Service compliance requirements and to 
     avoid duplication among programs for compliance assistance to 
     small businesses. The conferees believe that the Small 
     Business Development Centers provide useful services to small 
     businesses nationwide. Federal funding constitutes the seed 
     funding for this program, which is leveraged by State, local 
     and private funds.
       The conferees expect that within the overall amount 
     provided under this account, full funding will be provided 
     for the operations of the Office of Advocacy, to include 
     $1,100,000 for Advocacy Research. The conferees direct the 
     Office of Advocacy to document and report to the Committees 
     on Appropriations by September 30, 2003 the number of small 
     businesses owned by people with disabilities served by SBA 
     credit and non-credit programs.
       The conference agreement includes $2,000,000 to continue 
     funding for a drug-free workplace demonstration program to 
     provide technical assistance to small business concerns 
     seeking to start a drug-free workplace program.
       The conference agreement includes $1,500,000 for SBA's 7(j) 
     Technical Assistance programs. Within this amount, funding is 
     provided to continue executive education programs and 
     programs to help small businesses adapt to a paperless 
     procurement environment. Funding is also provided to continue 
     minority enterprise development week activities. The 
     conferees expect that the remaining balance of 7(j) funds 
     will be awarded through the grants solicitation process.
       The conference agreement includes $2,000,000 for a Native 
     American initiative. The conferees expect that this 
     initiative will assist small business and economic 
     development only in the most disadvantaged tribal areas. The 
     conferees realize that not all Native American tribes, 
     particularly those in remote areas experiencing severe 
     economic hardship, may be aware of this and other SBA 
     programs. The conferees expect the SBA to develop a strong 
     outreach capacity with this initiative to ensure that 
     underserved Native American tribes have the opportunity to 
     participate in this program and other SBA non-credit and loan 
     programs. The conferees direct the SBA to submit a spending 
     plan for this initiative by April 30, 2003, through the 
     regular reprogramming process.
       Finally, the conferees direct the SBA to submit a report to 
     the Committees on Appropriations no later than March 31, 2003 
     listing all personnel reassignments and lateral personnel 
     actions executed at the GS-15 and senior executive service 
     career civil service levels, over the past three fiscal 
     years.

                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

       The conference agreement includes $12,422,000 for the 
     Office of Inspector General of the Small Business 
     Administration. The conference agreement assumes that, as in 
     fiscal year 2002, the appropriation under this heading will 
     be supplemented by an additional $500,000, which may be 
     transferred to this account, from the administrative expenses 
     of the Disaster Loans Program account for oversight costs 
     related to that program. The conference agreement includes 
     resources for continued oversight of SBA's business loan 
     portfolio and SBA's administration of the 7(a) and disaster 
     loan programs and non-credit programs. The conferees expect 
     the office to report on its progress in reviewing and 
     auditing the agency's financial management systems.

                     BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

       The conference agreement includes $218,086,000 under this 
     account, consisting of: $85,360,000 for the Business Loans 
     Program account for subsidies for guaranteed business loans; 
     $3,726,000 for subsidies for direct business loans; and 
     $129,000,000 for administrative expenses related to business 
     loan programs. The amount provided for administrative 
     expenses may be transferred to and merged with the 
     appropriation for SBA salaries and expenses to cover the 
     common overhead expenses associated with business loans. In 
     addition, the conference agreement includes a provision, also 
     carried in previous years, which allows up to $45,000,000 to 
     remain available for two fiscal years.
       7(a) Business Loan Program--The SBA 7(a) Business Loan 
     Program serves as an important source of capital for 
     America's small businesses. Each year, 40,000 or more small 
     business concerns, who cannot obtain comparable credit 
     elsewhere, turn to the 7(a) program for critical financing. 
     The conferees have been concerned throughout the fiscal year 
     2003 budget process that the requested amount of $85,360,000 
     for 7(a) budget authority would not provide for a credible 
     business loan program level for fiscal year 2003, absent a 
     correction to the SBA's subsidy rate calculation. Further, 
     the conferees note that schemes put forth by the SBA in the 
     budget request to offset the shortfall in the 7(a) Business 
     Loan program never materialized, including high carryover 
     balance estimates. As a result, the SBA has depended on 
     solutions predicated on the enactment of separate 
     authorization and appropriation measures to achieve an 
     adequate program level. In 2001, the GAO estimated that on a 
     cumulative basis since 1992, the SBA overestimated the cost 
     of the 7(a) program by approximately $958 million using 
     inflated subsidy rate calculations, similar to those used for 
     fiscal year 2003. The conferees understand that during fiscal 
     year 2002, the SBA and the Office of Management and Budget 
     developed a new econometric model to address flaws in the 
     subsidy rate methodology to more accurately estimate defaults 
     for the 7(a) Loan Program. The conferees support a 
     recalculation of the 7(a) subsidy rate using this new 
     econometric method in fiscal year 2003. In addition, the 
     conferees direct the SBA to develop similar, more accurate 
     econometric models during this fiscal year for use in other 
     SBA loan and financing programs, especially the 504 Loan 
     Program. The conferees expect the SBA to put forward credible 
     program proposals for the 7(a) Business Loan Program account 
     in future fiscal years.
       7(a) Business Loan Cap--Beginning October 1, 2002, the SBA 
     imposed a $500,000 cap on the maximum loan size of 7(a) 
     business loans with the justification that funding under any 
     fiscal year 2003 continuing resolution would limit the amount 
     of available funds for 7(a) and require the SBA to limit the 
     size of individual loans. The conference agreement includes 
     the requested amount of new budget authority for the 7(a) 
     Loan Program for fiscal year 2003. The conferees therefore 
     expect that, upon enactment of this Act, the SBA will remove 
     the 7(a) loan cap or submit a written justification to the 
     Committees on Appropriations and the Small Business 
     Committees as to the necessity of such a cap.
       The conferees support the participation of credit unions as 
     authorized lenders for the guaranteed loan programs of the 
     SBA, in accordance with the Small Business Act, as amended, 
     and State and Federal regulatory requirements.

                     DISASTER LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

       The conference agreement includes $191,494,000 for the 
     Disaster Loans Program Account for loan subsidies and 
     associated administrative expenses. The conference agreement 
     includes new budget authority of $73,140,000 for the subsidy 
     costs of disaster loans, which when combined with estimated 
     recoveries and balances of $38,806,000 will provide for a 
     loan program level of over $800,000,000, which represents an 
     average annual disaster loan program level.
       The conference agreement includes $118,354,000 for 
     administrative expenses of carrying out the program, which 
     may be transferred to and merged with appropriations for 
     salaries and expenses. The conference agreement includes 
     language specifying that, of the amount provided for 
     administrative expenses, $108,000,000 is for the direct 
     administrative expenses of loan making and loan servicing, 
     and $9,854,000 is for indirect administrative expenses. The 
     conference agreement also includes language requiring that 
     any amount in excess of $9,854,000 transferred to the 
     salaries and expenses account for indirect administrative 
     expenses shall be subject to reprogramming requirements, as 
     detailed under section 605. In addition, the conference 
     agreement retains language transferring $500,000 of the 
     amount provided for administrative expenses to the Office of 
     Inspector General for audits and reviews of the disaster loan 
     portfolio.

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                        State Justice Institute


                         Salaries and Expenses

       The conference agreement provides $3,000,000 for the State 
     Justice Institute (SJI), as proposed by the House instead of 
     $3,100,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The SJI is a private, non-governmental organization, which 
     awards grants to improve the administration of justice in 
     State courts. In addition to grants provided by SJI, State 
     courts are also eligible to receive funding from many Office 
     of Justice Programs' accounts such as the Byrne Formula 
     program, Drug Courts, Criminal Identification Technology Act 
     programs, Southwest Border Prosecutor Initiative, the Gun 
     Violence Reduction Program, Juvenile Accountability Incentive 
     Block Grant Program, Criminal Records Upgrade programs, Child 
     Abuse Training for Judicial Personnel and Practitioners, 
     Closed-Circuit Televising of Testimony for Children, and 
     Violence Against Women--STOP Grants.
       The fiscal year 2002 Conference Report recommended 
     discontinuing Federal funding for this program in fiscal year 
     2003 and encouraged SJI to solicit private donations and 
     resources from State and local agencies. The Conferees 
     understand that the Institute has not been successful in its 
     efforts to obtain non-Federal funds and has therefore 
     included $3,000,000 to keep SJI operating. The Conferees 
     encourage SJI to continue to solicit donations in order to 
     fund its programs including asking for support from State, 
     local and national bar associations. The Committees on 
     Appropriations have received many letters of support for SJI 
     from these organizations and State court judges. The 
     Conferees feel that the bar associations and the States, who 
     are the beneficiaries of SJI's work, should contribute to 
     funding its programs.

                      TITLE VI--GENERAL PROVISIONS

       The conference agreement includes the following General 
     Provisions:
       Sec. 601.--The conference agreement includes section 601 
     regarding the use of appropriations for publicity and 
     propaganda purposes.
       Sec. 602.--The conference agreement includes section 602 
     regarding the availability of appropriations for obligation 
     beyond the current fiscal year.
       Sec. 603.--The conference agreement includes section 603 
     regarding the use of funds for consulting purposes.
       Sec. 604.--The conference agreement includes section 604 
     providing that should any provision of the Act be held to be 
     invalid, the remainder of the Act would not be affected.
       Sec. 605.--The conference agreement includes section 605 
     regarding the policy by which funding available to the 
     agencies funded under this Act may be reprogrammed for other 
     purposes.
       Sec. 606.--The conference agreement includes section 606 
     regarding the construction, repair, or modification of 
     National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration vessels in 
     overseas shipyards.
       Sec. 607.--The conference agreement includes section 607 
     regarding the purchase of American made products.
       Sec. 608.--The conference agreement includes section 608 
     prohibiting funds in the bill from being used to implement, 
     administer, or enforce any guidelines of the Equal Employment 
     Opportunity Commission (EEOC) similar to proposed guidelines 
     covering harassment based on religion published by the EEOC 
     in October 1993.
       Sec. 609.--The conference agreement includes section 609 
     prohibiting the use of funds for any United Nations 
     peacekeeping mission that involves U.S. Armed Forces under 
     the command or operational control of a foreign national 
     unless the President certifies that the involvement is in the 
     national security interest.
       Sec. 610.--The conference agreement includes section 610 
     that prohibits use of funds to expand the U.S. diplomatic 
     presence in Vietnam beyond the level in effect July 11, 1995, 
     unless the President makes a certification that several 
     conditions have been met regarding Vietnam's cooperation with 
     the United States on POW/MIA issues.
       Sec. 611.--The conference agreement includes section 611 
     prohibiting any use of funds to implement a certain 
     Memorandum of Agreement between the Federal Trade Commission 
     and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice.
       Sec. 612.--The conference agreement includes section 612 
     requiring agencies and departments funded in this Act to 
     absorb any necessary costs related to downsizing or 
     consolidation within the amounts provided to the agency or 
     department.
       Sec. 613.--The conference agreement includes section 613 
     limiting funding under the Local Law Enforcement Block Grant 
     to 90 percent to an entity that does not provide public 
     safety officers injured in the line of duty, and as a result 
     separated or retired from their jobs, with health insurance 
     benefits equal to the insurance they received while on duty.
       Sec. 614.--The conference agreement includes section 614 
     that permanently prohibits funds provided in this Act from 
     being used to promote the sale or export of tobacco or 
     tobacco products, or to seek the reduction or removal of 
     foreign restrictions on the marketing of tobacco products, 
     provided such restrictions are applied equally to all tobacco 
     or tobacco products of the same type. This provision is not 
     intended to impact routine international trade services 
     provided to all U.S. citizens, including the processing of 
     applications to establish foreign trade zones.
       Sec. 615.--The conference agreement includes section 615 
     extending the prohibition on the use of funds to issue a visa 
     to any alien involved in extrajudicial and political killings 
     in Haiti, including exemption and reporting requirements.
       Sec. 616.--The conference agreement includes section 616 
     that prohibits a user fee from being charged for background 
     checks conducted pursuant to the Brady Handgun Control Act of 
     1993, and prohibits implementation of a background check 
     system which does not require or result in destruction of 
     certain information.
       Sec. 617.--The conference agreement includes section 617 
     regarding amounts available under the Crime Victims Fund.
       Sec. 618.--The conference agreement includes section 618 
     prohibiting the use of Department of Justice funds for 
     programs that discriminate against, denigrate, or otherwise 
     undermine the religious beliefs of students participating in 
     such programs.
       Sec. 619.--The conference agreement includes section 619 
     prohibiting the use of funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available to the departments of State and Justice to process 
     visas for citizens of countries that the Attorney General has 
     determined deny or delay accepting the return of deported 
     citizens.
       Sec. 620.--The conference agreement includes section 620 
     prohibiting the use of Department of Justice funds to 
     transport a maximum or high security prisoner to any facility 
     other than a facility certified by the Bureau of Prisons as 
     appropriately secure to house such a prisoner.
       Sec. 621.--The conference agreement includes section 621 
     that prohibits the use of appropriated funds to purchase 
     certain audio-visual materials to be used by Federal 
     prisoners for primarily recreational purposes.
       Sec. 622.--The conference agreement includes section 622 
     regarding transfers of funds.
       Sec. 623.--The conference agreement includes section 623 
     regarding the implementation of telecommuting programs.
       Sec. 624.--The conference agreement includes section 624 
     making funds appropriated for a certain loan program 
     available for the general 7(a) Business Loan Program.
       Sec. 625.--The conference agreement includes section 625 
     providing additional amounts for the Small Business 
     Administration Salaries and Expenses account for certain 
     initiatives.
       Sec. 626.--The conference agreement includes section 626 
     regarding the transfer of funds for an intermodal marine 
     facility for the Port of Anchorage to the Maritime 
     Administration.

                         TITLE VII--RESCISSIONS

                         DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

                         General Administration


                          WORKING CAPITAL FUND

                              (RESCISSION)

       The conference agreement includes a rescission of 
     $78,000,000 from unobligated balances under this heading.

                            Legal Activities


                         ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND

                              (RESCISSION)

       The conference agreement includes a rescission of 
     $50,874,000 from unobligated balances under this heading.

                 Immigration and Naturalization Service


                       IMMIGRATION EMERGENCY FUND

                              (RESCISSION)

       The conference agreement includes a rescission of $580,000 
     from unobligated balances under this heading.

                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

            National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


                       COASTAL IMPACT ASSISTANCE

                              (RESCISSION)

       The conference agreement includes a rescission of 
     $7,000,000 from unobligated balances under this heading.

                        Departmental Management


         EMERGENCY OIL AND GAS GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                              (RESCISSION)

       The conference agreement includes a rescission of $920,000 
     from unobligated balances under this heading.

                            RELATED AGENCIES

                   Federal Communications Commission


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

                              (RESCISSION)

       The conference agreement includes a rescission of 
     $5,700,000 from unobligated balances under this heading. The 
     conferees agree that this rescission represents an amount 
     available in prior year excess fee collections.

                     Small Business Administration


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

                              (RESCISSION)

       The conference agreement includes a rescission of 
     $13,750,000 from unobligated balances under this heading. The 
     conferees agree that this rescission represents unobligated 
     balances remaining from appropriations for New Markets 
     Technical Assistance.


                     BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                              (RESCISSION)

       The conference agreement includes a rescission of 
     $10,500,000 from unobligated balances under this heading. The 
     conferees

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     agree that this rescission represents unobligated balances 
     remaining from appropriations for the New Markets Venture 
     Capital Program.

                   Conference Total--With Comparisons

       The total new budget (obligational) authority for the 
     fiscal year 2003 recommended by the Committee of Conference, 
     with comparisons to the fiscal year 2002 amount, the 2003 
     budget estimates, and the House and Senate bills for 2003 
     follow:

                       [in thousands of dollars]

New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2002.......$44,601,829
Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal year44,019,021
House bill, fiscal year 2003.................................44,352,872
Senate bill, fiscal year 2003................................44,939,792
Conference agreement, fiscal year 2003.......................44,773,730
  New budget (obigational) authority, fiscal year 2002.........+171,901
  Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal year+754,709
  House bill, fiscal year 2003.................................+420,858
Senate bill, fiscal year 2003..................................-166,062

                               DIVISION C

               District of Columbia Appropriations, 2003

       In implementing this agreement, the Departments and 
     agencies should comply with the language and instructions set 
     forth in House Report 107-716 and the Senate explanatory 
     statement as delineated in the Congressional Record of 
     January 15, 2003, pages S469 through S492, that are not 
     changed by the conference are approved by the committee of 
     conference.
       In the case where the language and instructions 
     specifically address the allocation of funds, the Departments 
     and agencies are to follow the funding levels specified in 
     the Congressional budget justifications accompanying the 
     fiscal year 2003 budget or the underlying authorizing statute 
     and should give full consideration to all items, including 
     items allocating specific funding included in the House 
     report and the Senate explanatory statement. With respect to 
     the provisions in the House report and the Senate explanatory 
     statement that specifically allocate funds, each has been 
     reviewed and those which are jointly concurred in have been 
     included in this joint statement.
       A summary chart appears later in this statement showing the 
     Federal appropriations by account the fiscal year 2003 
     request, the House and Senate recommendations, and the 
     conference allowance.
       The District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2003, put in 
     place by this bill, incorporates the following agreements of 
     the managers:

                         TITLE I--FEDERAL FUNDS


              FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR RESIDENT TUITION SUPPORT

       The conference agreement includes $17,000,000 for a Federal 
     payment for resident tuition support as proposed by both the 
     House and Senate.
       Language was included in the District of Columbia 
     Appropriations Act, 2002 requiring the Resident Tuition 
     Support Program Office and the Office of the Chief Financial 
     Officer to provide quarterly reports to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate on 
     the use of resident tuition support funds by object class. 
     The conferees are concerned that these reports have not been 
     forthcoming. The conferees have included this reporting 
     requirement again in the fiscal year 2003 appropriations bill 
     and expect the Chief Financial Officer to submit these 
     reports in a timely manner. The conferees request that the 
     Chief Financial Officer include with the quarterly report due 
     March 31, 2003, a second report reviewing the program, by 
     quarter and in summary, since its inception.


   FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND SECURITY COSTS IN THE 
                          DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

       The conference agreement includes $15,000,000 for a Federal 
     payment for emergency planning and security costs in the 
     District of Columbia as proposed by both the House and 
     Senate. These funds are to reimburse the District for 
     overtime expenses related to providing security at events 
     related to Federal government activities and for costs of 
     providing support to respond to immediate and specific 
     terrorist threats or attacks in the District of Columbia.
       The agreement includes a provision as proposed by the House 
     to provide that this funding is available only after notice 
     of its proposed use has been transmitted by the President to 
     the Congress and such amount has been apportioned pursuant to 
     chapter 15 of title 31, U.S.C. The Senate bill included a 
     provision to require the Chief Financial Officer to submit a 
     report, within 15 days of an expenditure, to the President 
     and the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and Senate detailing the expenditure of funds 
     for public safety purposes.
       The agreement also includes a modified provision to require 
     that the Office of Management and Budget, in consultation 
     with the United States Park Police, National Park Service, 
     Secret Service, Federal Bureau of Investigation, United 
     States Protective Service, Department of State, and the 
     General Services Administration, review the National Capital 
     Planning Commission study on ``Designing for Security in the 
     Nation's Capital'' and report on the steps each agency will 
     take to improve aesthetic the appearance of security measures 
     no later than April 11, 2003. The Senate bill included a 
     similar provision, but required the report no later than 
     February 5, 2003. The House had no similar provision.


FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR HOSPITAL BIOTERRORISM PREPAREDNESS IN THE DISTRICT 
                              OF COLUMBIA

       The conference agreement includes $10,000,000 for a Federal 
     payment for hospital bioterrorism preparedness in the 
     District of Columbia as proposed by the Senate. The House had 
     no similar provision. Of this amount, $5,000,000 is for the 
     expansion of quarantine facilities and the establishment of a 
     decontamination facility at Children's National Medical 
     Center and $5,000,000 is for construction of containment 
     facilities at the Washington Hospital Center.


           FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS

       The conference agreement includes $161,943,000 for a 
     Federal payment to the District of Columbia courts, instead 
     of $160,545,000 as proposed by the House, and $166,193,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. Included in this amount is $1,500,000 
     above the President's request for the Integrated Justice 
     Information System as proposed by both the House and Senate.
       The agreement includes a provision as proposed by the 
     Senate to allow the District of Columbia courts to reallocate 
     not more than $1,000,000 of the funds provided under this 
     heading among items and entities funded under this heading 30 
     days after providing written notification to the Committees 
     on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate. 
     The House had no similar provision.
       The agreement also includes a provision proposed by the 
     Senate to exempt the District of Columbia courts from 
     violating section 446 of the District of Columbia Home Rule 
     Act or any provision of subchapter III of chapter 13 of title 
     31, United States Code, on the use of interest earned on the 
     Federal payment provided in the 1998 appropriations Act 
     during fiscal year 1998. The House had no similar provision.
       The conference agreement does not include funding or 
     contract authority for guardian ad litem representation as 
     proposed by the Senate under this heading. The House had no 
     similar provisions. These provisions are addressed under 
     Defender Services.


            DEFENDER SERVICES IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS

       The conference agreement includes $17,100,000 for Defender 
     Services in District of Columbia courts. In addition, the 
     conferees direct Defender Services to use $16,400,000 of 
     unobligated balances to provide a total program level of 
     $33,500,000, instead of $32,000,000 as proposed by the House, 
     and $34,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. Defender Services 
     is currently carrying an unobligated balance of $20,673,000. 
     The conferees understand that costs in this program have 
     historically been difficult to predict and there is a need to 
     carryover some unobligated balances from year to year to 
     ensure adequate financing of representation for vulnerable 
     children and families and indigent defendants. However, the 
     conferees believe the courts need to develop a better way of 
     tracking these costs and request a preliminary report on how 
     to achieve this goal no later than April 30, 2003.
       The conference agreement includes $1,500,000 to provide 
     guardians ad litem to abused and neglected children in the 
     District of Columbia Family Court. The agreement also 
     includes language to allow the courts to enter into 
     contractual agreements to provide guardian ad litem 
     representation, training, technical assistance, and/or other 
     services to improve the quality of guardian ad litem 
     representation, including infrastructure development, as 
     necessary. The conferees urge the courts to enter into these 
     agreements with entities that have expertise in representing 
     abused and neglected children, child welfare, adoption, 
     guardianship, special education, and domestic violence.
       The agreement does not include a provision as proposed by 
     the House to allow unobligated funds from previous years to 
     be used toward the portion of the amount under this heading 
     which is attributable to increases in the maximum amounts 
     which may be paid for representation services in the District 
     of Columbia courts. The Senate bill contained no similar 
     provision.
       The agreement does not include a provision as proposed by 
     the Senate to provide an increase in the hourly rate of 
     defender services attorneys from $65 per hour to $75 per hour 
     in fiscal year 2003 and from $75 per hour to $90 per hour in 
     fiscal year 2004. The House contained no similar provision.


 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE COURT SERVICES AND OFFENDER SUPERVISION AGENCY 
                      FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

       The conference agreement includes $154,707,000 for a 
     Federal payment to the court services and offender 
     supervision agency for the District of Columbia as proposed 
     by both the House and Senate


       FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DEPARTMENT OF 
                             TRANSPORTATION

       The conference agreement includes $1,000,000 for a Federal 
     payment to the District of Columbia Department of 
     Transportation as proposed by both the House and Senate.

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   FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF THE DISTRICT OF 
                                COLUMBIA

       The conference agreement includes $40,300,000 for a Federal 
     payment to the Chief Financial Officer of the District of 
     Columbia, instead of $23,450,000 as proposed by the House, 
     and $15,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. These funds are 
     for programs and activities to support economic development 
     and infrastructure in the District and the health, education, 
     and job training needs of District residents and are to be 
     allocated as follows: $50,000 for the American University 
     Women & Politics Institute to contribute to the annual 
     National Education for Women Leadership D.C. Program; 
     $100,000 for Project Reality to implement the Game Plan 
     abstinence education program in the District of Columbia 
     public schools; $100,000 to Friends of Fort Dupont to restore 
     and upgrade unused Fort Dupont baseball fields; $100,000 to 
     the Association for the Preservation of Historic 
     Congressional Cemetery for repairs and renovations, including 
     the cemetery's fence and the Public Vault; $150,000 to the 
     Capital Children's Museum to conduct a feasibility study of 
     the proposed southwest waterfront site for a relocated museum 
     in Washington, D.C.; $150,000 for KidBiz 3000 for a reading 
     comprehension, fluency, and vocabulary program; $200,000 to 
     the National Maritime Heritage Foundation to establish the 
     National Maritime Heritage Program to create maritime 
     education focused on youth training and tourism promotion 
     initiatives in Washington, D.C.; $250,000 for Values First, 
     Inc. to continue to implement a values infusion program in 
     the District of Columbia public schools; $250,000 to the Best 
     Friends Foundation to provide a youth development program to 
     District of Columbia youth; $250,000 to the National Music 
     Center and Museum Foundation for a program to use the 
     performing and visual arts as teaching and learning tools in 
     the District of Columbia Public Education System; $250,000 to 
     the National Council of Negro Women, Inc. for renovations at 
     633 Pennsylvania Avenue; $250,000 for the Washington Opera 
     Education and Community Program to enhance classroom learning 
     in District of Columbia Public Schools through music 
     education and with the D.C. Arts Humanities Education 
     Collaborative; $250,000 for the Washington Lab School to 
     continue the development of methodologies for teaching 
     individuals with learning disabilities; $250,000 for the 
     Congressional Glaucoma Caucus Foundation to provide glaucoma 
     screenings in low-income District of Columbia neighborhoods; 
     $250,000 for the Perry School Community Services Center to 
     expand its job and career training programs to poor 
     individuals in the District; $275,000 for the DC Safe Kids 
     Coalition to provide a child occupant protection program and 
     to operate a child safety seat fitting station; $300,000 to 
     the International Youth Service and Development Corps for the 
     Washington, D.C. Mentoring Friends Program and the People's 
     House Hotline; $300,000 to the Public Access Corporation of 
     the District of Columbia for the Future Producers Program; 
     $300,000 to the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council for the 
     District of Columbia; $300,000 for the Washington Jesuit 
     Academy to provide hardware and software to equip the 
     Technology Innovation and Learning Lab; $350,000 to the 
     National Center for Manufacturing Sciences for a partnership 
     with the Excel Institute to develop a job training program 
     for District residents; $400,000 to the Excel Institute Adult 
     Education Program for construction; $400,000 for the Close-Up 
     Foundation Capital Connection Program to provide a multi-year 
     civic education residential program for 10th grade students 
     in District of Columbia Public Schools; $400,000 for Teach 
     for America, DC, to recruit and train qualified college 
     graduates to teach in understaffed and low-performing 
     schools; $500,000 to the Historical Society of Washington for 
     capital improvements to the City Museum; $500,000 to the 
     United Negro College Fund Special Programs for a study on how 
     the District of Columbia Public School System could improve 
     the educational performance and achievement of its students; 
     $500,000 to the American Cities Foundation to collect 
     national data and disseminate information to District 
     entities on innovative approaches to the delivery of K-12 
     education; $500,000 to the Innovative Emergency Management, 
     Inc. to assist the Emergency Management Office in developing 
     an evacuation plan for the District of Columbia; $500,000 to 
     the University of New Orleans Center for Hazards Assessment 
     and the George Washington University Institute for Crisis, 
     Disaster and Risk Management to assist the District in city 
     security and emergency preparedness; $500,000 to the Capitol 
     City Career Development and Training Partnership to provide 
     job training and career development services to District 
     residents; $500,000 to the Washington Center on Best 
     Practices for assistance to and promotion of early education 
     awareness programs; $500,000 to the Caribbean American 
     Mission for Education Research and Action to support the 
     Mission's efforts to build linkages between Caribbean 
     educational entities and District of Columbia and other 
     regional higher education institutions for the purposes of 
     sharing of U.S. expertise in educational methodologies; 
     $500,000 for Community Youth Connection to expand its 
     mentoring to disadvantaged students; $500,000 to the 
     Metropolitan Council of Governments' District of Columbia 
     Area Housing Trust Fund for development, rehabilitation, 
     and construction of affordable housing in the Washington 
     region; $500,000 to the Milton Eisenhower Foundation to 
     expand the Carver Terrace initiative and add another safe-
     haven mini-station in the District; $500,000 to the Good 
     Samaritan Foundation to acquire and renovate a building to 
     expand outreach and mentoring services to at-risk District 
     of Columbia youths; $500,000 to Reach for Tomorrow to 
     support a program that takes a multi-dimensional approach 
     to working with middle school students in the District of 
     Columbia; $500,000 to the District of Columbia 
     Metropolitan Police Department for Secures demonstration 
     project with the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police 
     Department to evaluate the effectiveness and technical 
     utility of an automated gunshot detection system; $500,000 
     to the Institute for Responsible Fatherhood to expand 
     capacity to provide home-based counseling, education, 
     training, and related services to low-income fathers and 
     their families; $600,000 to Second Chance Employment 
     Services to increase capacity to provide additional job 
     training opportunities for at-risk and low-income women in 
     the District of Columbia; $1,000,000 to Real World Schools 
     to further develop and implement advanced technology 
     curriculum models and learning reforms for secondary 
     education in the District of Columbia Public Schools; 
     $1,000,000 to the Whitman-Walker Clinic for infrastructure 
     improvements; $1,000,000 to the Metropolitan Washington 
     Council of Governments to support the Regional Incident 
     Communication and Coordination System; $1,000,000 to the 
     Council of Court Excellence to continue ongoing 
     independent oversight, which will include an annual report 
     to Congress on implementation of the District of Columbia 
     Family Court Act of 2000 and the Adoption and Safe 
     Families Act of 1997; $1,000,000 to Green Door to renovate 
     its clinic and community center to provide additional 
     services to District of Columbia residents with severe 
     mental illnesses; $1,000,000 to continue demonstration of 
     the ``Active Cap'' river cleanup technology on the 
     Anacostia River which immobilizes river sediment 
     contaminants and treats them in place; $1,225,000 to 
     Covenant House for construction of a new Community Service 
     Center at Covenant House in S.E. Washington, D.C.; 
     $1,250,000 to the Excel Institute for operations in equal 
     quarterly installments within 15 days of the beginning of 
     each quarter; $2,000,000 to the National Center for 
     Manufacturing Sciences for civil infrastructure 
     vulnerability assessment and implementation of resulting 
     protection profiles; $2,000,000 for Voyager Expanded 
     Learning to implement the Voyager Universal Literacy 
     System throughout all District of Columbia Public School 
     kindergarten and 1st grade classes; $2,000,000 to the SEED 
     Foundation Charter School, the only urban public boarding 
     school in the nation, for construction of the Academic 
     Center; $2,000,000 to St. Coletta of Greater Washington, 
     Inc. for property acquisition and construction of a 
     facility to provide services for mentally retarded and 
     multiple-handicapped adolescents and adults in the 
     District of Columbia; $2,350,000 to the National Trust for 
     Historic Preservation to restore the Lincoln Cottage and 
     to create interpretive programs and exhibits at the site; 
     $2,500,000 to the Canal Park Development Association for 
     development of a park on 2 Street between I Street and M 
     Street in Southeast Washington; and $5,000,000 to 
     Children's National Medical Center in the District of 
     Columbia for capital and equipment improvements.
       The conference agreement includes a modified provision to 
     require each entity that receives funding under this heading 
     to submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and Senate, a report on the activities 
     carried out with such funds by April 30, 2003. The House had 
     a similar provision, but required the report no later than 
     February 15, 2003. The Senate bill contained no similar 
     provision.


              federal payment for waterfront improvements

       The conference agreement includes $2,800,000 to continue 
     improvements on the historic Potomac Southwest Waterfront, 
     including rebuilding the docks, instead of $1,000,000 as 
     proposed by the House. The Senate bill contained no similar 
     provision.
       The agreement also requires the District of Columbia 
     Department of Housing and Community Development to report on 
     the activities carried out with these funds by April 30, 
     2003. The House had a similar provision, but required the 
     report no later than February 15, 2003. The Senate bill 
     contained no similar provision.


                federal payment for asbestos remediation

       The conference agreement includes $1,000,000 to reimburse 
     Fairfax County, Virginia for remediation of asbestos on the 
     former site of the Lorton Correctional Complex as proposed by 
     the House. The Senate bill contained no similar provision.
       The agreement also requires the General Services 
     Administration to report on the activities carried out with 
     these funds by April 30, 2003. The House had a similar 
     provision, but required the report no later than February 15, 
     2003. The Senate bill contained no similar provision.


 federal payment to the fire and emergency medical services department

       The conference agreement includes $2,000,000 to repair, 
     renovate, and rehabilitate fire stations in need of capital 
     improvements as proposed by the House. The Senate bill 
     contained no similar provision.

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       The agreement also requires the District of Columbia Fire 
     and Emergency Medical Services Department to report on the 
     activities carried out with these funds by April 30, 2003. 
     The House had a similar provision, but required the report no 
     later than February 15, 2003. The Senate bill contained no 
     similar provision.


                 federal payment for special education

       The conference agreement includes $3,000,000 to establish 
     special education satellite facilities in the District of 
     Columbia. The House proposed $14,000,000 for a Federal 
     payment for special education, including $5,000,000 for 
     transportation services and $9,000,000 for satellite 
     facilities. The Senate bill contained no similar provision.
       The conferees are concerned about the increasing costs of 
     delivering services to special education students. Several 
     factors are responsible for these increases, many of which 
     are interrelated, such as the increase in the special 
     education population and the number of non-public placements. 
     The conferees commend the Mayor and the Board of Education 
     for their efforts to begin to reform the special education 
     system in the District. A Special Education Task Force that 
     was recently established has adopted and presented to the 
     Mayor a Special Education Cost Savings Plan that has been 
     certified by the Chief Financial Officer. The conferees are 
     supportive of these efforts and concur with the District's 
     fiscal year 2003 budget submission to dedicate $27,000,000 in 
     local funds for special education reform. In addition, the 
     conferees provide $3,000,000 in Federal funds to create 
     additional campuses that will provide all special education 
     students who live in the District with the opportunity to 
     receive a public education in their own city. The conferees 
     will continue to monitor the efforts of the District to 
     reform the special education system.


            federal payment for the family literacy program

       The conference agreement includes $4,000,000 for the family 
     literacy program as proposed by the Senate, instead of 
     $5,000,000 as proposed by the House.


 federal payment to the district of columbia water and sewer authority

       The conference agreement includes $50,000,000 for a Federal 
     payment to the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority 
     for the Combined Sewer Overflow Long-Term Plan, as proposed 
     by both the House and Senate. The agreement also includes a 
     provision that the Water and Sewer Authority provide a 100 
     percent match for the fiscal year 2003 Federal contribution, 
     as proposed by the Senate. The House had a similar provision, 
     but required the match to be made in fiscal year 2003.


federal payment for the anacostia waterfront inititiave in the district 
                              of columbia

       The conference agreement includes $5,000,000 for 
     implementation of the Anacostia Waterfront Initiative as 
     proposed by the Senate. The House had no similar provision.


  federal payment to the district of columbia for capital development

       The conference agreement includes $10,150,000 for a Federal 
     payment to the District of Columbia for capital development, 
     instead of $24,298,000 as proposed by the House, and 
     $13,100,000 as proposed by the Senate. Included in this 
     amount is $150,000 for renovations at Eastern Market as 
     proposed by the House, instead of $100,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. Also included in this amount is $10,000,000 for the 
     Unified Communications Center as proposed by the Senate, 
     instead of $19,148,000 as proposed by the House.
       The agreement does not include funding for the forensic 
     laboratory. The House had $5,000,000 and the Senate bill 
     contained $3,000,000 for this project. The District estimates 
     the total cost of construction to be $75,000,000 over three 
     years. The conferees note that the District's capital budget 
     does not include local funding dedicated to this project. 
     While the conferees are supportive of the project, there are 
     not sufficient Federal funds available for it in fiscal year 
     2003.
       The conference agreement includes a provision to make these 
     funds available until expended as proposed by the House. The 
     Senate bill contained no similar provision.


 federal payment to the district of columbia for public charter school 
                               facilities

       The conference agreement includes $17,000,000 for a Federal 
     payment to the District of Columbia for development of public 
     charter school facilities, instead of $16,000,000 as proposed 
     by the House, and $20,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. 
     Included in this amount is $4,000,000 to supplement the per 
     pupil facilities allocation, $5,000,000 for the Direct Loan 
     Fund for Charter School Improvement, and $8,000,000 for the 
     Credit Enhancement Revolving Fund. The House provided 
     $16,000,000 for the Credit Enhancement Revolving Fund while 
     the Senate bill included $1,000,000 for the Office of Charter 
     School Financing and Support, $4,000,000 for the Per Pupil 
     Allocation, $5,000,000 for the Credit Enhancement Fund for 
     Public Charter Schools, and $10,000,000 for the Direct Loan 
     Fund for Charter School Improvement. The per pupil facilities 
     allocation will establish a minimum allocation of $1,500 per 
     charter school pupil.

        TITLE II--DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS OPERATING EXPENSES


                          division of expenses

       The conference agreement provides that operating expenses 
     for the District of Columbia for fiscal year 2003 shall not 
     exceed $6,294,522,000, of which $1,712,498,000 is from 
     Federal funds, instead of $6,434,709,000, of which 
     $1,770,948,000 is from Federal funds as proposed by the 
     House, and $6,433,359,000, of which $1,824,578,000 is from 
     Federal funds, as proposed by the Senate. The changes in the 
     amounts reflect the revised budget submitted pursuant to Sec. 
     138 of H.R. 5521 of the 107th Congress, as reported by the 
     Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
     and actions taken by the conferees in the funding levels 
     under the various appropriation headings.


                   governmental direction and support

       The conference agreement includes $307,173,000 for 
     governmental direction and support, including $207,971,000 
     from local funds, $80,854,000 from Federal funds, and 
     $18,348,000 from other funds, instead of $303,586,000, 
     including $225,234,000 from local funds, $60,004,000 from 
     Federal funds, and $18,348,000 from other funds as proposed 
     by the House, and $295,136,000, including $225,234,000 from 
     local funds, $51,554,000 from Federal funds, and $18,348,000 
     from other funds as proposed by the Senate.
       Office of the Mayor--The conference agreement includes 
     $4,000,000 from Federal funds appropriated earlier in this 
     Act for the family literacy program.
       Office of the Chief Financial Officer--The conference 
     agreement includes $40,300,000 from Federal funds 
     appropriated earlier in this Act for programs and activities 
     to support economic development and infrastructure in the 
     District and the health, education, and job training needs of 
     District residents.


                  economic development and regulation

       The conference agreement includes $244,358,000 for economic 
     development and support, including $56,872,000 from local 
     funds, $97,796,000 from Federal funds, and $89,690,000 from 
     other funds, instead of $258,539,000, including $64,553,000 
     from local funds, $97,796,000 from Federal funds, and 
     $96,190,000 from other funds as proposed by both the House 
     and Senate.
       The conference agreement earmarks $725,000 for the 
     Development of Employment Services as proposed by the House, 
     instead of $725,400 as proposed by the Senate.


                       public safety and justice

       The conference agreement includes $622,531,000 for public 
     safety and justice, including $602,678,000 from local funds, 
     $11,329,000 from Federal funds, and $8,524,000 from other 
     funds, instead of $639,892,000, including $620,039,000 from 
     local funds, $11,329,000 from Federal funds, and $8,524,000 
     from other funds as proposed by both the House and Senate.


                        public education system

       The conference agreement includes $1,206,169,000 for the 
     public education system, including $939,174,000 from local 
     funds, $208,470,000 from Federal funds, $31,525,000 from 
     other funds, and $27,000,000 from the Medicaid and Special 
     Education Reform Fund, instead of $1,257,201,000, including 
     $980,206,000 from local funds, $218,470,000 from Federal 
     funds, $31,525,000 from other funds, and $27,000,000 from the 
     Medicaid and Special Education Reform Fund as proposed by the 
     House, and $1,220,201,000, including $980,206,000 from local 
     funds, $208,870,000 from Federal funds, and $31,525,000 from 
     other funds as proposed by the Senate.
       District of Columbia Public Schools--The allocation 
     includes $902,936,000 for District of Columbia public 
     schools, including $713,494,000 from local funds, 
     $150,800,000 from Federal funds, $11,642,000 from other 
     funds, and $27,000,000 from the Medicaid and Special 
     Education Reform Fund, instead of $944,157,000, including 
     $743,715,000 from local funds, $161,800,000 from Federal 
     funds, $11,642,000 from other funds, and $27,000,000 from the 
     Medicaid and Special Education Reform Fund as proposed by the 
     House, and $903,157,000, including $743,715,000 from local 
     funds, $147,800,000 from Federal funds, and $11,642,000 from 
     other funds as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement includes $3,000,000 from Federal 
     funds appropriated earlier in this Act to establish special 
     education satellite facilities in the District of Columbia.
       State Education Office--The allocation includes $49,687,000 
     for the State education office, including $22,594,000 from 
     local funds, $26,917,000 from Federal funds, and $176,000 
     from other funds as proposed by both the House and Senate.
       District of Columbia Public Charter Schools--The allocation 
     includes $142,711,000 for District of Columbia public charter 
     schools, including $125,711,000 from local funds and 
     $17,000,000 from Federal funds, instead of $148,865,000, 
     including $132,865,000 from local funds and $16,000,000 from 
     Federal funds as proposed by the House, and $132,865,000 from 
     local funds as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement includes $17,000,000 from Federal 
     funds appropriated earlier in this Act for public charter 
     school facilities development.
       University of the District of Columbia--The allocation 
     includes $81,180,000 for the University of the District of 
     Columbia, including $49,462,000 from local funds, $12,668,000 
     from Federal funds, and $19,050,000 from other funds, instead 
     of $83,990,000, including $52,272,000 from local funds, 
     $12,668,000 from Federal funds, and $19,050,000 from other 
     funds as proposed by both the House and Senate.

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       District of Columbia Public Libraries--The allocation 
     includes $27,363,000 for District of Columbia public 
     libraries, including $26,216,000 from local funds, $610,000 
     from Federal funds, and $537,000 from other funds, instead of 
     $28,150,000, including $27,003,000 from local funds, $610,000 
     from Federal funds, and $537,000 from other funds as proposed 
     by both the House and Senate.
       Commission on the Arts and Humanities--The allocation 
     includes $2,292,000 for the commission on the arts and 
     humanities, including $1,697,000 from local funds, $475,000 
     from Federal funds, and $120,000 from other funds, instead of 
     $2,352,000, including $1,757,000 from local funds, $475,000 
     from Federal funds, and $120,000 from other funds as proposed 
     by both the House and Senate.


                         human support services

                     (Including transfer of funds)

       The conference agreement includes $2,451,818,000 for human 
     support services, including $1,002,284,000 from local funds, 
     $1,373,680,000 from Federal funds, $52,987,000 from other 
     funds, and $22,867,000 from the Medicaid and Special 
     Education Reform Fund, instead of $2,474,297,000, including 
     $1,019,763,000 from local funds, $1,378,680,000 from Federal 
     funds, $52,987,000 from other funds, and $22,867,000 from the 
     Medicaid and Special Education Reform Fund as proposed by the 
     House, and $2,500,297,000, including $1,069,630,000 from 
     local funds, $1,377,680,000 from Federal funds, and 
     $52,987,000 from other funds as proposed by the Senate.


                              PUBLIC WORKS

       The conference agreement includes $320,357,000 for public 
     works, including $304,363,000 from local funds, $5,669,000 
     from Federal funds, and $10,325,000 from other funds, instead 
     of $324,828,000, including $309,824,000 from local funds, 
     $4,669,000 from Federal funds, and $10,325,000 from other 
     funds as proposed by both the House and Senate.
       The conference agreement includes $1,000,000 from Federal 
     funds appropriated earlier in this Act to implement 
     transportation systems management initiatives and strategies.


                                reserve

       The conference agreement includes $70,000,000 for the 
     reserve from local funds as proposed by both the House and 
     Senate.


                    repayment of loans and interest

       The conference agreement includes $260,951,000 for 
     repayment of loans and interest from local funds, instead of 
     $267,451,000 from local funds as proposed by both the House 
     and Senate.


                Repayment of General fund recovery debt

       The conference agreement includes $39,300,000 for repayment 
     of general fund recovery debt from local funds as proposed by 
     both the House and Senate.


              payment of interest on short-term borrowing

       The conference agreement includes $1,000,000 for payment of 
     interest on short-term borrowing from local funds as proposed 
     by both the House and Senate.


                     certificates of participation

       The conference agreement includes $7,950,000 for 
     certificates of participation from local funds as proposed by 
     both the House and Senate.


                       settlements and judgments

       The conference agreement includes $22,822,000 for 
     settlements and judgments from local funds as proposed by 
     both the House and Senate.


                            WILSON BUILDING

       The conference agreement includes $4,194,000 for the Wilson 
     building from local funds as proposed by both the House and 
     Senate.


                         workforce investments

       The conference agreement includes $48,186,000 for workforce 
     investments from local funds, instead of $54,186,000 from 
     local funds as proposed by both the House and Senate.


                     tobacco settlement trust fund

       In November 1998, the District, 46 state governments and 
     other jurisdictions signed the agreement, ending a four-year 
     legal battle over medical treatment costs incurred for 
     smoking-related illnesses. Under the settlement, the tobacco 
     companies are scheduled to pay $253 billion over 25 or more 
     years. The receiving governments may use the funds for any 
     purpose including issuance of revenue bonds.
       In fiscal year 2001, the District securitized its 
     settlement payments in exchange for a lump-sum payment to 
     repay existing long-term debt and thereby generating relief 
     from that debt service. In fiscal year 2003, $49,867,430 in 
     savings will be achieved. Of this amount $49,867,000 will be 
     placed into the District's Medicaid and Special Education 
     Reform fund established by D.C. Law 14-190. These funds shall 
     remain available until expended. From this fund, $27,000,000 
     will be made available to the District's Public Education 
     System and $22,867,000 will be made available to the 
     District's Human Support Services to fund Medicaid and 
     special education reform activities within the District. 
     These funds will ensure that adequate resources are available 
     to support District-wide Medicaid costs.


                        NON-DEPARTMENTAL AGENCY

       The conference agreement includes $5,799,000 for the non-
     Department agency from local funds as proposed by both the 
     House and Senate.


                 EMERGENCY PLANNING AND SECURITY COSTS

       The conference agreement includes $15,000,000 for emergency 
     planning and security costs from Federal funds appropriated 
     earlier in this Act as proposed by both the House and Senate.

                       ENTERPRISE AND OTHER FUNDS


                       WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY

       The conference agreement includes $253,743,000 for the 
     water and sewer authority from other funds as proposed by 
     both the House and Senate.


                          washington aqueduct

       The conference agreement includes $57,847,000 for the 
     Washington aqueduct from other funds as proposed by both the 
     House and Senate.


              stormwater permit compliance enterprise fund

       The conference agreement includes $3,100,000 for the 
     stormwater permit compliance enterprise funds from other 
     funds as proposed by both the House and Senate.


              lottery and charitable games enterprise fund

       The conference agreement includes $232,881,000 for the 
     lottery and charitable games enterprise fund from other funds 
     as proposed by both the House and Senate.


                  sports and entertainment commission

       The conference agreement includes $20,510,000 for the 
     sports and entertainment commission, including $5,000,000 
     from Federal funds appropriated earlier in this Act for 
     implementation of the Anacostia Waterfront Initiative and 
     $15,510,000 from other funds as proposed by the Senate, 
     instead of $15,510,000 from other funds as proposed by the 
     House.
       The conferees note that the District of Columbia has 
     developed plans for the design and construction of a Regional 
     Sports Complex at Kenilworth Park, NE., Washington, D.C., a 
     portion of which is owned by the National Park Service. The 
     site, an area of approximately 50 acres, was a District 
     landfill until the late 1960's when the landfill was capped.
       The National Park Service has conducted a Preliminary 
     Assessment/Site Investigation and a Remedial Investigation/
     Feasibility Study at the site. The latter study is in draft 
     and has been coordinated with the District and the 
     Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region III. As a result 
     of regulatory reviews, the District has requested a Human 
     Health Risk Assessment from the Centers for Disease Control 
     and Prevention and the EPA Region III has extensive comments 
     that will result in further investigations and require at 
     least a year or more to complete.
       The conferees urge the District of Columbia, specifically 
     the D.C. Department of Recreation and D.C. Sports and 
     Entertainment Commission to work with the National Park 
     Service to develop a land use plan for the development of 
     Kenilworth Park that could be implemented in conjunction with 
     remediation and report the results of that effort to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
     and Senate no later than six months after enactment. The 
     conferees recognize that before any plan can be implemented 
     for this site, the environmental investigations and 
     subsequent remediation will have to be completed.


                 district of columbia retirement board

       The conference agreement includes $13,388,000 for the 
     District of Columbia retirement board from other funds as 
     proposed by both the House and Senate.


              washington convention center enterprise fund

       The conference agreement includes $78,700,000 for the 
     Washington convention center enterprise fund from other funds 
     as proposed by both the House and Senate.


              national capital revitalization corporation

       The conference agreement includes $6,745,000 for the 
     National capital revitalization corporation from other funds 
     as proposed by both the House and Senate.

                            CAPITAL OUTLAYS


                        (including rescissions)

       The conference agreement includes $671,020,000 for capital 
     outlays, including $555,097,000 from local funds, $48,132,000 
     from Highway Trust funds, $321,782,000 from Federal funds, 
     and a rescission of $253,991,000 from local funds 
     appropriated under this heading in prior years, instead of 
     $666,367,780, including $538,096,996 from local funds, 
     $48,131,855 from Highway Trust funds, $334,130,057 from 
     Federal funds, and a rescission of $253,991,128 from local 
     funds appropriated under this heading in prior years as 
     proposed by the House, and $981,527,780, including a 
     rescission of $253,991,128 from local funds appropriated 
     under this heading in prior years as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement includes $2,000,000 from Federal 
     funds appropriated earlier in this Act to repair, renovate, 
     and rehabilitate fire stations in need of capital 
     improvements; $2,800,000 from Federal funds appropriated 
     earlier in this Act to continue improvements on the historic 
     Potomac Southwest Waterfront; and $10,150,000 from Federal 
     funds appropriated earlier in this Act for capital 
     development, of which $150,000 is for renovations at Eastern 
     Market and $10,000,000 is for the Unified Communications 
     Center. The conferees request that a report on the activities 
     carried out with these funds be submitted to the Committees

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     on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate 
     by April 30, 2003.

                     TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS

       The conference agreement changes several section numbers 
     for sequential purposes and makes technical revisions to 
     several provisions.
       The conference agreement retains Sec. 105 as proposed by 
     the Senate. The House proposed to make this section permanent 
     law.
       The conference agreement makes Sec. 108 permanent law as 
     proposed by the House. The Senate bill contained no similar 
     provision.
       The conference agreement amends Sec. 112 to require the 
     Mayor report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
     of Representatives and Senate, as well as the Council, the 
     new fiscal year 2003 revenue estimates as proposed by the 
     House. The Senate bill contained no similar provision.
       The conference agreement retains Sec. 113 as proposed by 
     the Senate. The House proposed to make this section permanent 
     law.
       The conference agreement amends Sec. 120(b) to require the 
     Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia to 
     submit, by March 1, 2003, an inventory of all vehicles owned, 
     leased or operated by the D.C. government. The House had a 
     similar provision, but required the inventory by November 15, 
     2002. The Senate bill also contained a similar provision, but 
     required the inventory by February 5, 2003.
       The conference agreement includes Sec. 124 as proposed by 
     the House to prohibit the use of any funds contained in this 
     act for needle exchange programs. The Senate bill included a 
     provision to prohibit the use of Federal funds contained in 
     this Act for needle exchange programs.
       The conference agreement amends Sec. 129 to require the 
     Mayor to address access to substance and alcohol abuse 
     treatment and consult with District of Columbia Public 
     Schools and District of Columbia public charter schools on 
     education reporting as proposed by the House. The Senate bill 
     contained a similar provision, but it addressed only drug 
     abuse treatment and required consultation with District of 
     Columbia Public Schools only.
       The conference agreement includes Sec. 130 to require a 
     revised appropriated funds operating budget no later than 30 
     calendar days after the date of enactment of this Act as 
     proposed by the Senate. The House had a similar provision, 
     but required the revised operating budget no later than 30 
     days after date of enactment of this Act.
       The conference agreement includes Sec. 132 to prohibit any 
     Federal funds in this Act from being transferred to any 
     department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States 
     Government, except pursuant to authority in an appropriations 
     Act as proposed by the House. The Senate bill contained no 
     similar provision.
       The conference agreement includes Sec. 133 to allow the 
     District government to pay the settlement or judgment of a 
     claim or lawsuit in an amount less than $10,000 as proposed 
     by the Senate. The House had no similar provision.
       The conference agreement includes Sec. 137 to allow local 
     funds appropriated under this Act to be available for use by 
     the Office of Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining to 
     reimburse the cost of providing representation as proposed by 
     the House. The Senate bill contained a similar provision, but 
     allowed all funds appropriated under this Act to be used for 
     this purpose.
       The conference agreement includes Sec. 138 to amend the 
     United States Code and the D.C. Code to allow District of 
     Columbia court employees to participate in the Federal long-
     term care insurance program as proposed by the Senate. The 
     House had no similar provision.
       The conference agreement includes Sec. 139 to transfer 
     $560,000 of funds made available to the District of Columbia 
     courts in the fiscal year 2002 appropriations Act to the 
     District of Columbia Child and Family Services Agency for 
     child abuse services as proposed by the Senate. The House had 
     no similar provision.
       The conference agreement amends Sec. 140 to require a 
     report from the Comptroller General no later than June 2, 
     2003 providing a detailed analysis of the national effort to 
     establish adequate charter school facilities, including a 
     comparison of the efforts in the District of Columbia. The 
     Senate bill contained a similar provision, but required the 
     report no later than April 1, 2003. The House had no similar 
     provision.
       The conference agreement includes Sec. 141 to require the 
     Mayor and Council to conduct an assessment of all buildings 
     currently held in surplus and those that might be made 
     available within one year of the date of enactment of this 
     Act as well as a plan for occupying at least 50 percent of 
     the space available at the time the report is submitted, 
     which is within 180 days of enactment as proposed by the 
     Senate. The House had no similar provision.
       The conference agreement includes Sec. 142 to require the 
     Mayor to establish and fulfill specific performance measures 
     in administering funds provided under the heading ``Federal 
     Payment for Incentives for Adoption of Children,'' in Public 
     Law 106-113 as proposed by the Senate. The House had no 
     similar provision. The conferees are concerned that funds 
     provided in 1999 to the District of Columbia government to 
     promote the adoption of children have yet to be expended. The 
     conferees supported the extension of the availability of 
     funds in 2000 and the expansion of the purpose for which the 
     funds may be used in 2001. However, the funds have still not 
     met their original intent, to increase adoption of children 
     in the foster care system in the District of Columbia. The 
     District of Columbia shall submit quarterly reports on the 
     expenditure of these funds and the implementation of the 
     performance measures to the Committees on Appropriations of 
     the House of Representatives and Senate.
       The conference agreement includes Sec. 143 to establish an 
     Office of Public Charter School Financing and Support and a 
     Direct Loan Fund for Charter School Improvement within the 
     District of Columbia as proposed by the Senate. The House had 
     no similar provision.
       The conference agreement includes Sec. 146 to amend the 
     District of Columbia School Reform Act of 1995 to establish a 
     Charter School Fund and transfer $5,000,000 from this fund 
     into the credit enhancement revolving fund as proposed by the 
     Senate. The House had no similar provision.
       The conference agreement includes Sec. 144 as proposed by 
     the Senate to prohibit the use of any funds in this Act to 
     pay the fees of an attorney who represents a party in an 
     action or any attorney who defends any action, including an 
     administrative proceeding, brought against the District of 
     Columbia Public Schools under the Individuals with 
     Disabilities In Education Act in excess of $4,000 for that 
     action or to pay the fees of an attorney or firm whom the 
     Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia 
     determines to have a pecuniary interest, either through an 
     attorney, officer or employee of the firm, in any special 
     education diagnostic services, schools, or other special 
     education service providers. The House has no similar 
     provision.
       The conference agreement includes Sec. 145 as proposed by 
     the Senate to require attorneys in special education cases 
     brought under the Individuals with Disabilities in Education 
     Act (IDEA) to: certify in writing that the attorney rendered 
     any and all services for which they receive rewards; require 
     all attorneys in IDEA cases to disclose any financial, 
     corporate, legal, membership on boards of directors, or other 
     relationships with any special education diagnostic services, 
     schools, or other special education service providers to 
     which attorneys have referred any clients; require the Chief 
     Financial Officer of the District of Columbia to prepare and 
     submit quarterly reports on the certification of and the 
     amount paid by the District of Columbia government, including 
     the District of Columbia Public Schools, to attorneys in 
     cases brought under IDEA; and allow the Inspector General of 
     the District of Columbia to conduct investigations to 
     determine the accuracy of the certifications. The House had 
     no similar provision.
       The conference agreement does not include a provision as 
     proposed by the Senate to require District of Columbia Public 
     Schools to conduct the evaluation and, if necessary, place 
     the student in an appropriate program of special education 
     services 120 days from the time a student is referred for 
     evaluation or assessment. The House had no similar provision.
       The conference agreement does not include a provision to 
     prohibit any person or entity that violates the Buy American 
     Act from receiving funds appropriated in this Act as proposed 
     by the Senate. The House had no similar provision.
       The conference agreement does not include a provision to 
     amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to conform 
     deposit dates of the emergency and contingency reserve funds 
     as proposed by the House. The Senate bill contained no 
     similar provision.
       The conference agreement does not include a provision to 
     require the District of Columbia to submit a revised 
     financial plan and budget for the District government for 
     fiscal year 2003 not later than October 2, 2002 as proposed 
     by the House. The Senate bill contained no similar provision.

                  Conference Total--With Comparisions

       The total new budget (obligational) authority for the 
     fiscal year 2003 recommended by the Committee of Conference, 
     with comparisons to the fiscal year 2002 amount, the 2003 
     budget estimates, and the House and Senate bills for 2003 
     follow:
new budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2002...........607,415
Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal year 20378,752
House bill, fiscal year 2003....................................517,000
Senate bill, fiscal year 2003...................................512,000
Conference agreement, fiscal year 2003..........................512,000
Conference agreement compared with:....................................
  New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2002.........-95,415
  Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal year+133,248
  House bill, fiscal year 2003...................................-5,000
  Senate bill, fiscal year 2003......................................  

                               DIVISION D

           Energy and Water Development Appropriations, 2003

       The language and allocations set forth in House Report 107-
     681 and the Senate explanatory statement as delineated in the 
     Congressional Record of January 15, 2003, pages

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     S492 through S546, should be complied with unless 
     specifically addressed to the contrary in the conference 
     report and statement of the managers. Such language should be 
     considered approved by the committee of 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 
     where both the House report and Senate explanatory statement 
     address a particular issue not specifically addressed in the 
     conference report or joint statement of managers, the 
     conferees have determined that the House report and Senate 
     explanatory statement are not inconsistent and are to be 
     interpreted accordingly. In cases in 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.

                                TITLE I

                      DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--CIVIL

                         DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

                       Corps of Engineers--Civil

       The summary tables at the end of this title set forth the 
     conference agreement with respect to the individual 
     appropriations, programs, and activities of the Corps of 
     Engineers. Additional items of the conference agreement are 
     discussed below.
       The conferees remain concerned about the huge and 
     increasing backlog of infrastructure development, 
     maintenance, and repair over which the Corps of Engineers has 
     jurisdiction. The Administration's proposed fiscal year 2003 
     budget would have caused the backlog of unconstructed 
     projects to increase from $40,000,000,000 to $44,000,000,000, 
     and ignores an accelerating critical maintenance backlog 
     which would increase from $702,000,000 to $884,000,000. This 
     maintenance backlog will soon become entirely unmanageable 
     under the weight of an aging and crumbling inventory. 
     Proposing no new studies and only one new construction start, 
     under funding ongoing projects, and providing minimal 
     operation and maintenance funding for completed projects 
     leads the conferees to believe that the budget request may 
     have been influenced by very narrow interest groups rather 
     than the needs of the country. In the face of such an 
     irresponsible position, the Congress has no option but to 
     step forward in support of these vital projects.
       The conferees are concerned that Corps of Engineers 
     technical and planning capabilities have diminished over the 
     past decade. This diminished capability has been evident in 
     recent studies, such as the Upper Mississippi and Illinois 
     Waterway Navigation Study and the Delaware River Deepening 
     project. The conferees urge the Corps of Engineers to review 
     ways in which it can improve its capability, including 
     concentrating its technical and planning expertise in 
     regional centers. The Corps should report back to the House 
     and Senate Appropriations Committees within one year on its 
     findings.


                         General Investigations

       The conference agreement appropriates $135,019,000 for 
     General Investigations instead of $143,680,000 as proposed by 
     the House and $148,304,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement includes $1,000,000 for the Napa 
     River Salt Marsh Restoration project in California, $900,000 
     to complete the feasibility study, and $100,000 to initiate 
     preconstruction engineering and design.
       The conference agreement does not include funds for the 
     Port of Stockton, California, study proposed by the House. 
     Funds for this work are included in the amount provided for 
     the San Francisco Bay to Stockton, California, project in the 
     Construction, General, account.
       The conference agreement includes $3,073,000 for the Corps 
     of Engineers to complete the feasibility study and initiate 
     preconstruction engineering and design for the Sacramento and 
     San Joaquin Comprehensive Basin study in California.
       The conference agreement does not include funds in this 
     account for the Treatment of Dredged Material from Long 
     Island Sound, Connecticut, project. Funds for the project are 
     included in the Operation and Maintenance, General, account.
       The conference agreement includes $500,000 for the Corps of 
     Engineers to perform a General Reevaluation Report for the 
     Federal navigation project at St. Petersburg Harbor, Florida.
       The conferees have provided $450,000 for the Chesapeake Bay 
     Shoreline Erosion, Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania, 
     study, including $100,000 to initiate the shoreline erosion 
     portion of the feasibility study.
       The conference agreement includes $1,500,000 for the Great 
     Lakes Navigation System study. The conferees have included 
     language in the bill allowing the Secretary, in pursuing this 
     study, to partner with, and accept contributions from, the 
     St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation and agents of the 
     government of Canada. The conferees understand the need for 
     an evaluation of the existing physical structures of the St. 
     Lawrence Seaway to ensure the future viability of the system. 
     However, the conferees are concerned about the scope of the 
     ongoing study, primarily with respect to the environmental 
     impact on the Seaway system as a whole and the St. Lawrence 
     River in particular. Any significant disruption of the 
     delicate balance of the St. Lawrence/Great Lakes ecosystem 
     could have a detrimental impact on critical habitats and 
     adversely affect the region's critical recreation, commercial 
     and tourism industries. The conferees direct the Corps of 
     Engineers to take into consideration the recreational, 
     commercial, environmental and tourism impacts of any changes 
     to the Great Lakes Ecosystem, including impacts to the St. 
     Lawrence Seaway as the Corps conducts its Great Lakes 
     Navigation System study.
       The conference agreement includes $150,000 for the Corps of 
     Engineers to continue shoreline monitoring and undertake 
     other preconstruction engineering and design activities for 
     the Manteo (Shallowbag) Bay, North Carolina, project. The 
     conferees are aware that there are significant issues that 
     remain to be resolved before this project can proceed to 
     construction.
       The conference agreement includes $800,000 for the Mahoning 
     River Environmental Dredging, Ohio and Pennsylvania, study, 
     including $100,000 to study the need for environmental 
     dredging of the Mahoning River within the State of 
     Pennsylvania.
       The conferees have provided $200,000 for continuation of 
     the riverfront project in Cincinnati, Ohio. The conferees 
     understand that the City has accelerated the planning and 
     design of the project using non-Federal funds. It is the 
     sense of the conference that these funds should be counted 
     toward any non-Federal cost-sharing requirement. Therefore, 
     the funding provided is to be used for assistance with the 
     development of design and environmental compliance 
     documentation.
       The conferees have provided $650,000 for the Walla Walla 
     River Watershed, Oregon and Washington, study, including 
     $100,000 for the Corps of Engineers to work with the Walla 
     Walla Watershed Alliance to investigate restoration of 
     riparian habitat and river flow improvements in the basin.
       The conference agreement includes $1,800,000 for the Upper 
     Trinity River Basin, Texas, study, including $300,000 for the 
     Dallas Floodway portion of the project and funds to continue 
     the Trinity Visions project.
       The conference agreement includes $4,500,000 for the 
     Coastal Field Data Collection Program, including $1,000,000 
     for the Southern California Beach Processes study, and 
     $1,000,000 for hurricane evaluation studies in the State of 
     Hawaii and U.S. Territories.
       The conferees have provided $8,000,000 for the Flood Plain 
     Management Services program. Within the funds provided, the 
     conferees expect the Corps of Engineers to carry out the work 
     described in the House report and Senate explanatory 
     statement, including $1,000,000 to continue the foundational 
     geographic information system for flood plain management in 
     East Baton Rouge Parish in Louisiana.
       The conference agreement includes $5,250,000 for Other 
     Coordination Programs. Within the amount provided, the 
     conferees direct the Corps of Engineers to undertake the 
     activities described in the Senate explanatory statement.
       The conference agreement includes $6,500,000 for the 
     Planning Assistance to States program. Within the funds 
     provided, the conferees expect the Corps of Engineers to 
     undertake the activities described in the House report and 
     Senate explanatory statement except for the work described in 
     the House Report for Gwinnett County, Georgia, and the work 
     in Alaska described in the Senate explanatory statement, 
     which has been funded under the Tribal Partnership Program 
     authorized by section 203 of the Water Resources Development 
     Act of 2000. In addition, the conference agreement includes 
     $300,000 for the statewide watershed management assessment 
     for the State of Alabama.
       Within the amount provided for Research and Development, 
     $2,000,000 is provided for innovative technology 
     demonstrations for urban flooding and channel restoration. 
     The conferees encourage the Corps of Engineers to cooperate 
     with the Urban Water Research Program of the Desert Research 
     Institute of Nevada in carrying out these demonstrations. In 
     addition, $500,000 is provided for submerged aquatic 
     vegetation research as described in the Senate explanatory 
     statement.
       The conferees have agreed to include language in the bill 
     proposed by the House related to the Southwest Valley Flood 
     Damage Reduction study in New Mexico.
       The conference agreement deletes language proposed by the 
     House regarding the water resources needs of the central Gulf 
     Coast area.


                         Construction, General

       The conference agreement appropriates $1,756,012,000 for 
     Construction, General instead of $1,831,030,000 as proposed 
     by the House and $1,636,602,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       In the process of arriving at the agreed-upon distribution 
     of funding, the conferees were aware of, and took into 
     consideration, the effects on the capability of the Corps of 
     Engineers to execute its fiscal year 2003 program of having 
     functioned for nearly half the year under a series of 
     continuing resolutions. Recognition of the restrictions 
     associated with this mode of operation, and their inevitable 
     impact, compelled the conferees to make several changes from 
     the program that would have been enacted earlier.
       The conference agreement includes $19,000,000 for the Corps 
     of Engineers to continue construction of the Rio Salado 
     project in Arizona.
       The conference agreement includes $2,000,000 for the 
     Sacramento Area, California, project for the Corps of 
     Engineers to carry out the activities described in the House 
     Report.

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       The conference agreement includes $1,800,000 for the San 
     Francisco Bay to Stockton, California, project, including 
     funds for continuation of the General Reevaluation Reports on 
     the Avon Turning Basin and the minimal deepening of San 
     Francisco Bay to the Port of Stockton.
       The conference agreement includes $2,000,000 for the Tule 
     River, California, Success Reservoir enlargement project. The 
     conferees direct the Corps of Engineers to include the 
     additional rock protection required on the approaches to the 
     State Route 190 bridge as a project cost.
       The conferees have included $2,000,000 for the Broward 
     County, Florida, project, including $300,000 for the Corps of 
     Engineers to prepare a General Reevaluation Report for 
     implementation of Segment I of the project.
       The amount provided for the Jacksonville Harbor, Florida, 
     project includes $500,000 for the Corps of Engineers to 
     complete plans and specifications for the proposed extension 
     of the channel and initiate a General Reevaluation Report 
     regarding further improvements.
       The conference agreement includes $2,500,000 for the Palm 
     Beach/County, Florida, project for activities described in 
     the House Report.
       The conferees have provided $3,000,000 for a portion of the 
     Federal share of the costs of the Estero and Gasparilla 
     segments of the Lee County, Florida, shore protection 
     project. The conferees are aware that section 312 of the 
     Water Resources Development Act of 1999 directed the 
     Secretary to carry out the Captiva Island segment of the Lee 
     County project in accordance with section 206 of the Water 
     Resources Development Act of 1992; and also that section 309 
     of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 authorized the 
     Secretary to carry out the Estero and Gasparilla segments of 
     the same project in accordance with section 206 of the Water 
     Resources Development Act of 1992. The conferees urge the 
     Secretary of the Army to enter into the required project 
     cooperation agreements for the Captiva, Estero, and 
     Gasparilla segments of the Lee County, Florida, project 
     within six months of enactment of this Act into law and to 
     include funds for these segments in future annual budget 
     requests to Congress.
       None of the funds provided for the Olmsted Locks and Dam 
     project are to be used to reimburse the Claims and Judgment 
     Fund.
       The conferees continue to recognize the vital importance of 
     the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal Lock, Louisiana, project 
     and direct the Corps of Engineers to take every practicable 
     action to ensure that construction proceeds expeditiously and 
     that project benefits are delivered with dispatch.
       The conferees have provided $750,000 for the Mississippi 
     River Gulf Outlet, Louisiana, project for the Corps of 
     Engineers to continue the reevaluation study for the project.
       The conference agreement includes $200,000 for the Genessee 
     County Environmental Infrastructure project in Michigan for 
     work on the rain gauge system and the Kearsley Creek 
     interceptor.
       The conferees reiterate their support for the wastewater 
     infrastructure needs of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe and the 
     Garrison-Kathio-West Mille Lacs Lake Sanitary District 
     through continued construction of the Mille Lacs Regional 
     Wastewater System connected to the regional wastewater 
     treatment plant on the Mille Lacs Indian Reservation, as 
     established in the Treaty of 1855, 10 Stat. 1165.
       The conference agreement includes $8,000,000 for the 
     Mississippi Environmental Infrastructure project. The 
     conferees expect the Corps of Engineers to use the funds to 
     address the most critical water resources needs within the 
     State of Mississippi.
       The conferees have provided $1,000,000 for the Rural 
     Montana project. Within the funds provided, the Corps of 
     Engineers should give consideration to Grant Creek, Missoula 
     County, the cities of Belgrade, Helena, and the City of 
     Conrad as described in the House Report.
       The conference agreement includes $10,000,000 to continue 
     the Rural Nevada project. Within the funds provided, the 
     Corps of Engineers is directed to give consideration to 
     projects at Boulder City, Lyon County (Carson River Regional 
     Water System), Gerlach, Incline Village, Round Hill, 
     Mesquite, Moapa, Spanish Springs, Battle Mountain, Virgin 
     Valley, Lawton-Verdi, and Esmeralda County.
       The conferees are aware that the Corps of Engineers has 
     made significant progress during calendar year 2002 to 
     reorganize the Acequias Irrigation System construction 
     project in New Mexico. The conferees are concerned, however, 
     that the State of New Mexico's Interstate Stream Commission 
     is facing funding shortfalls and is having difficulty 
     garnering the needed resources as the non-Federal sponsor of 
     the project. In addition, the conferees are also aware that 
     there are delays in both the community ditch in northwest New 
     Mexico, as well as in the Cuchillo project. The conferees 
     continue to support this project and are hopeful that the 
     outstanding issues will soon be resolved.
       The additional funds provided for the Fire Island Inlet to 
     Montauk Point, New York, project are to be used to carry out 
     the activities described in the House Report.
       The conference agreement includes $8,000,000 for the South 
     Central Pennsylvania Environmental Improvement Program. The 
     funds are to be divided equally for work within the Corps of 
     Engineers Baltimore and Pittsburgh Districts.
       The conferees have provided $8,500,000 for the Cheyenne 
     River Sioux Tribe, Lower Brule Sioux, South Dakota, project. 
     Within the funds provided, $1,000,000 shall be provided for 
     administrative expenses. The Corps of Engineers is to 
     distribute the remaining funds as directed by Title VI of the 
     Water Resources Development Act of 1999 to the State of South 
     Dakota, the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, and the Lower Brule 
     Sioux Tribe.
       The conference agreement includes $2,000,000 for the 
     Norfolk Harbor and Channels, Virginia, project, including 
     funds to initiate deepening of the outbound channel.
       The conference agreement includes $85,000,000 for the 
     Columbia River Fish Mitigation program in Washington, Oregon, 
     and Idaho. Within the funds provided, $300,000 is for a 
     reconnaissance level investigation of Columbia River flood 
     control operations for the Corps of Engineers to determine 
     what changes, if any, would benefit endangered species, 
     particularly salmon. Evaluation beyond the reconnaissance 
     phase is subject to agency review and congressional 
     notification.
       The conferees direct the Corps of Engineers to undertake 
     the projects listed in the House report and Senate 
     explanatory statement and any additional projects described 
     below for the various continuing authorities programs. The 
     recommended funding levels for these programs are as follows: 
     Section 206--$20,000,000; Section 204--$1,500,000; Section 
     14--$10,000,000; Section 205--$45,000,000; Section 111--
     $2,000,000; Section 107--$11,000,000; Section 1135--
     $23,000,000; Section 103--$5,000,000; and Section 208--
     $1,000,000. The conferees are aware that there are funding 
     requirements for ongoing continuing authorities projects that 
     may not be accommodated within the funds provided for each 
     program. It is not the intent of the conferees that ongoing 
     projects be terminated. If additional funds are needed during 
     the year to keep ongoing work in any program on schedule, the 
     conferees urge the Corps of Engineers to reprogram funds into 
     the program.
       Under the Section 205 program, the conference agreement 
     includes $750,000 to initiate detailed plans and 
     specifications for the Jackson Brook Watershed, Morris 
     County, New Jersey, project. The conference agreement does 
     not include funds for the Wind Lake, Wisconsin, project 
     described in the House Report. In addition, $500,000 is 
     provided for the Corps of Engineers to initiate work on the 
     flood damage reduction project on the James River in Greene 
     County, Missouri.
       Under the Section 14 program, $200,000 is provided for the 
     Kenosha Harbor, Wisconsin, retaining wall project.
       Under the Section 107 program, the conference agreement 
     includes $500,000 to complete plans and specifications, 
     negotiate the project cooperation agreement, and initiate 
     construction of the Russellville Slackwater Harbor project in 
     Arkansas. In addition, the conferees urge the Corps of 
     Engineers to take whatever steps necessary within the funds 
     available under Section 107 to begin work on the small boat 
     harbor at Tatitlik, Alaska.
       Under the Section 206 program, the conference agreement 
     includes $250,000 for the Arroyo Mocho, California, project 
     for preliminary restoration planning followed by planning, 
     design, and implementation studies; $700,000 to complete the 
     ecosystem restoration report, initiate and complete plans and 
     specifications, and initiate construction of the Efroymson 
     Restoration Project, Newton County, Indiana; and $180,000 for 
     the Long Lake, Indiana, project.
       The conference agreement includes $4,000,000 for the 
     Aquatic Plant Control Program. Within the funds provided, the 
     conferees expect the Corps of Engineers to carry out the 
     activities described in the House Report and Senate 
     explanatory statement.
       The conferees have included language in the bill earmarking 
     funds for the following projects in the amounts specified: 
     San Timoteo Creek (Santa Ana River Mainstem), California, 
     $7,000,000; Southern and Eastern Kentucky, $3,000,000; Clover 
     Fork, City of Cumberland, Town of Martin, Pike County 
     (including Levisa and Tug Fork Tributaries), Bell County, 
     Harlan County in accordance with the Draft Detailed Report 
     dated January 2002, Floyd County, Martin County, and Johnson 
     County, Kentucky elements of the Levisa and Tug Forks of the 
     Big Sandy River and Upper Cumberland River, $26,100,000; 
     Grundy, Buchanan, and Dickenson County, Virginia, elements of 
     the Levisa and Tug Forks of the Big Sandy River and Upper 
     Cumberland River, $13,400,000; and Lower Mingo County, Upper 
     Mingo County, Wayne County, McDowell County, West Virginia 
     elements of the Levisa and Tug Forks of the Big Sandy River 
     and Upper Cumberland River, $5,500,000. The conference 
     agreement also includes language proposed by the Senate 
     directing the Corps of Engineers to continue the Dickenson 
     County, Virginia, Detailed Project Report as defined by Plan 
     4 of the Huntington District Engineer's Draft Supplement to 
     the Section 202 General Plan for Flood Damage Reduction, 
     dated April 1997.
       For the Pike County, Kentucky, element of the Levisa and 
     Tug Forks of the Big Sandy River and Upper Cumberland River 
     project, the conferees direct the Secretary of the Army to 
     amend the Project Cooperation Agreement and implement the 
     project described in the Pike County, Kentucky, Tug Fork 
     Tributaries Detailed Project Report Supplement, dated January 
     2002.

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       The conference agreement deletes language proposed by the 
     Senate regarding dispersal barriers in the Chicago Ship and 
     Sanitary Canal in Illinois. Funding for this work is included 
     in the amount appropriated for Construction, General.
       The conference agreement includes language proposed by the 
     House regarding the Bois Brule Drainage and Levee District 
     project in Missouri, the Dallas Floodway Extension project in 
     Texas, the Bowie County Levee project in Texas, and the Los 
     Angeles Harbor project in California.
       The conference agreement includes language proposed by the 
     Senate directing the Corps of Engineers to continue 
     construction of the Hawaii Water Management Project. The 
     conferees have provided $1,000,000 for the project.
       The conference agreement includes language proposed by the 
     Senate directing the Corps of Engineers to continue 
     construction of the Kaumalapau Harbor, Hawaii, project. The 
     conferees have provided $1,000,000 for the project.
       The conference agreement includes language proposed by the 
     Senate directing the Corps of Engineers to continue 
     construction of the Waterbury Dam, Vermont, project. The 
     conference agreement includes $2,000,000 for the project 
     within the Dam Safety and Seepage/Stability Correction 
     Program.
       The conference agreement includes language proposed by the 
     Senate regarding the Seward Harbor, Alaska, project; the 
     Wrangell Harbor, Alaska, project; the Galena Bank 
     Stabilization, Alaska, project; and the Devils Lake, North 
     Dakota, project.


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

       The conference agreement appropriates $344,574,000 for 
     Flood Control, Mississippi River and Tributaries, instead of 
     $342,071,000 as proposed by the House and $346,437,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement includes $37,790,000 for the 
     Channel Improvement program. The amount provided includes 
     $700,000 for the Caruthersville-Linwood, Missouri, dike; 
     $200,000 for the Donaldson Point, Missouri, dike; and 
     $200,000 for the Island 7 & 8, Missouri, dike.
       The conferees have provided $47,885,000 for continued 
     construction of the Mississippi River levees feature of the 
     Mississippi River and Tributaries project, including 
     $2,300,000 to construct the Nash Road, Missouri, relief 
     wells; $2,325,000 for the Birds Point-New Madrid, Missouri, 
     levee closure and box culvert; $400,000 for wave wash 
     protection along a portion of the main line levee near 
     Tiptonville, Tennessee; and $500,000 to continue engineering 
     and design of the Lower Mississippi River Museum and 
     Interpretive Site.
       The conference agreement includes $3,100,000 for the Corps 
     of Engineers to continue construction of the St. Francis 
     Basin project in Arkansas and Missouri, including $100,000 
     for constructing channel stabilization measures in Stoddard 
     and Dunklin Counties in Missouri.
       The conferees have provided $20,000,000 for the Yazoo 
     Basin, Mississippi, Delta Headwaters Project. The conferees 
     agree that the work performed to date on this program by the 
     Corps of Engineers and the Natural Resources Conservation 
     Service has shown positive results in reduction of flood 
     damages, decreased erosion and sedimentation, and 
     improvements to the environment. Therefore, the conferees 
     have agreed to rename the program to reflect the fact that it 
     has now gone beyond the demonstration phase. These positive 
     results show that continued funding for this effort is 
     important, and that the entire program should be completed. 
     This may well be a case where the completed program gives 
     results that are much greater than the sum of the individual 
     items of work. The funds included in the bill are for the 
     Corps of Engineers to continue design, real estate 
     acquisition, monitoring of completed work, and initiation of 
     continuing contracts. The conferees expect the Administration 
     to request funds for this important program until it is 
     completed.
       The conference agreement includes $9,000,000 for 
     maintenance of Mississippi River levees. The funds provided 
     above the budget request are to be used to provide gravel 
     surfacing to selected locations on levee roads in Arkansas, 
     Mississippi, and Louisiana.
       The additional funds provided for maintenance of the 
     Atchafalaya Basin, Louisiana, project are for dewatering and 
     major lock repairs to Berwick Lock.
       The conference agreement includes language proposed by the 
     Senate directing the Corps of Engineers to continue design 
     and real estate acquisition and initiate the pump supply 
     contract using continuing contracts for the Yazoo Basin, 
     Yazoo Backwater Pumping Plant, Mississippi, project. The 
     conferees have agreed to include $10,000,000 for this work.


                   Operation and Maintenance, General

       The conference agreement appropriates $1,940,167,000 for 
     Operation and Maintenance, General instead of $1,990,280,000 
     as proposed by the House and $1,956,182,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate.
       The amounts provided for the Black Warrior and Tombigbee 
     Rivers and Alabama-Coosa River projects include $250,000 and 
     $50,000 respectively, for the Corps of Engineers to perform 
     maintenance dredging of backwater areas.
       The conference agreement includes $3,174,000 for operation 
     and maintenance of the Alabama-Coosa River project in 
     Alabama. Of the total provided, $200,000 is for 
     implementation of a system-wide geographic information system 
     for the project.
       The conference agreement includes $24,000,000 for operation 
     and maintenance of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway project 
     in Alabama and Mississippi. The funds provided above the 
     budget request should be used for additional dredging of the 
     navigation channel.
       The conferees have provided $750,000 for the Cook Inlet, 
     Alaska, project for the Corps of Engineers to initiate a 
     modeling study of the Upper Cook Inlet navigation channel in 
     conjunction with the ongoing modeling study for the Anchorage 
     Harbor project.
       The conference agreement includes $1,000,000 for the Corps 
     of Engineers to continue the San Francisco Bay Long Term 
     Management Strategy, including $200,000 for the Oakland 
     Harbor operation and maintenance project.
       The conference agreement includes an additional $250,000 
     each for the Cherry Creek Lake, Chatfield Lake, and Trinidad 
     Lake projects in Colorado. Frequent inundation of recreation 
     areas is causing health and safety problems that require 
     repair or replacement of facilities. It is not the conferees' 
     intent to alter the Corps of Engineers lease and property 
     accountability policies. It is the conferees' understanding 
     that the State of Colorado has agreed to cost share these 
     projects on a 50-50 basis. It is also the understanding of 
     the conferees that the Secretary of the Army will not assume, 
     nor share in, the future cost of the operation and 
     maintenance of these recreation facilities.
       The conference agreement includes $750,000 for the Corps of 
     Engineers to plan for and enter into a continuing contract to 
     implement a demonstration project for innovative dredged 
     material treatment technology for maintenance dredging of 
     Bridgeport Harbor, Connecticut, under authority of section 
     345 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000.
       The conferees have provided $4,709,000 for operation and 
     maintenance of the Apalachicola, Chattahoochee, and Flint 
     Rivers project in Georgia, Florida, and Alabama. The amount 
     provided includes annual dredging of the channel, normal 
     operation and maintenance of the George W. Andrews lock, spot 
     dredging of shoals, continued slough mouth restorations, 
     continued restoration efforts at Corley Slough, and other 
     routine operation and maintenance of the project.
       The conference agreement includes $175,000 for the Corps of 
     Engineers to initiate design for a replacement for the 
     existing breakwater at the Grand Marais Harbor, Michigan, 
     navigation project.
       The conferees have provided an additional $500,000 for the 
     Missouri River, Rulo to the Mouth, project to continue 
     implementation of actions related to the U.S. Fish and 
     Wildlife Service biological opinion.
       The conference agreement includes $4,200,000 for operation 
     and maintenance of the Calumet Harbor and River project in 
     Illinois, including $750,000 for design, engineering, and 
     rehabilitation of the stone dock, and funds for additional 
     maintenance dredging of the project.
       The conference agreement includes $5,400,000 for operation 
     and maintenance of the Carlyle Lake, Illinois, project, 
     including $250,000 for rehabilitation of the Dam West 
     Campground.
       The conferees have provided $8,862,000 for operation and 
     maintenance of the Wolf Creek Dam, Lake Cumberland, Kentucky, 
     project. The additional funds are for the purchase and use of 
     a skimmer boat to remove trash and debris from the lake, and 
     to make safety and other necessary improvements to the boat 
     ramps at Old Fall Creek, Tate Access, Camp Attrahunt, and 
     Ramsey Point.
       The conference agreement includes $11,000,000 for the J. 
     Bennett Johnston Waterway project in Louisiana, including 
     $1,000,000 for bank stabilization repairs and $400,000 for 
     dredging entrances to oxbow lakes.
       The conferees have provided $3,360,000 for the Clearwater 
     Lake, Missouri, project. The additional funds are to be used 
     for the preparation of a new Water Control Plan, the 
     continuation of design and construction of additional high 
     water recreational facilities, and to reduce the maintenance 
     backlog at the project.
       Within the funds provided for the Morehead City Harbor, 
     North Carolina, project, $300,000 is for the Corps of 
     Engineers to complete the Section 933 study concerning 
     placement of maintenance dredging material on the beaches of 
     Bogue Banks.
       The conference agreement includes additional funds for 
     mosquito control and continued improvements to low water lake 
     accessibility at the Garrison Dam, Lake Sakakawea, North 
     Dakota, project.
       The conference agreement includes $7,000,000 for the 
     Muskingum River Lakes, Ohio, project. The additional funds 
     are for the Corps of Engineers to conduct a system operations 
     study, develop a flood warning system, and conduct a water 
     quality study of selective withdrawal concepts at Tappan 
     Lake.
       The additional funds provided for the Bonneville Lock and 
     Dam project in Oregon and Washington are for continued 
     activities related to implementation of the Federal Columbia 
     River Power System Biological Opinion.

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       The conference agreement includes $9,200,000 for the 
     Columbia River at the Mouth, Oregon and Washington, project. 
     The funds are to be used for routine operation and 
     maintenance of the project, additional dredging, jetty 
     evaluation, studies of alternative dredged material disposal, 
     and a dredged material disposal demonstration project at 
     Benson Beach.
       The additional funds provided for the Raystown Lake, 
     Pennsylvania, project are for the Corps of Engineers to make 
     improvements to the road leading to the Susquehanna 
     Campground.
       The additional funds provided for the Tionesta Lake, 
     Pennsylvania, project are for the Corps of Engineers to 
     upgrade the campground at the project.
       The conference agreement includes $6,890,000 for the Cooper 
     River, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, project. The 
     additional funds are for the Corps of Engineers to make a 
     lump sum payment to the South Carolina Department of Natural 
     Resources to perform future operations of the fish lift.
       The conference agreement includes $6,732,000 for the 
     Denison Dam, Lake Texoma, Texas, project. Pursuant to Sec. 
     838 of Public Law 99-662, the additional funds are for the 
     Corps of Engineers to study the proposed reallocation of 
     storage at the lake to water supply.
       The Corps of Engineers is directed to update the Master 
     Plans for the Ball Mountain, North Springfield, Townshend, 
     and Union Village Reservoirs in Vermont, within the funds 
     provided for each project.
       The amount provided for the The Dalles Lock and Dam project 
     in Washington and Oregon includes $250,000 for work needed to 
     meet Biological Opinion requirements.
       The conference agreement includes $11,500,000 for the Grays 
     Harbor and Chehalis River, Washington, project, including 
     funds for rehabilitation of the north jetty, the entrance 
     channel study, and maintenance of the south jetty.
       The conferees have provided additional funds for the Corps 
     of Engineers to continue the drift and debris initiative 
     being undertaken at Bluestone Lake, West Virginia.
       The conference agreement includes $5,000,000 for the Corps 
     of Engineers to complete the transfer of the locks on the Fox 
     River to the State of Wisconsin.
       The conference agreement includes language proposed by the 
     House directing the Corps of Engineers to undertake 
     recreation improvements associated with the pool raise at 
     Waco Lake, Texas.
       The conference agreement does not include language proposed 
     by the House regarding maintenance of the Tennessee-Tombigbee 
     Waterway.
       The conference agreement includes language proposed by the 
     House regarding improvements to recreational facilities and 
     environmental restoration at the Hansen Dam feature of the 
     Los Angeles County Drainage Area project in California. The 
     conferees have provided $3,160,000 for this work. The amount 
     provided for the Los Angeles County Drainage Area project 
     also includes $100,000 for additional maintenance on the 
     Compton Creek segment of the project.
       The conference agreement includes language proposed by the 
     Senate regarding operation and maintenance costs incurred by 
     the State of Delaware for the SR1 Bridge over the Chesapeake 
     and Delaware Canal. The language has been amended to provide 
     for reimbursement of those costs between October 1, 2002, and 
     September 30, 2003.
       The conference agreement includes language directing the 
     Corps of Engineers to rehabilitate the disposal area for the 
     Bodega Bay, California, project, perform maintenance 
     dredging, and make dredged material available to the non-
     Federal sponsor.
       The conferees are aware of the lead-time required to repair 
     and rehabilitate recreational facilities for the upcoming 
     Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Commemoration. Therefore, the 
     Corps of Engineers may, within available funds, perform 
     maintenance and repair of these facilities as is considered 
     necessary to accommodate the anticipated visitor population.


                 Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies

       The conference agreement appropriates $15,000,000 for Flood 
     Control and Coastal Emergencies instead of $20,000,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $20,227,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       The conferees believe that stackable, modular floodwall 
     systems that have recently been developed could provide a 
     significant advantage over traditional methods of fighting 
     floods. One such system, which utilizes a series of inter-
     connecting plastic cells to form a flood protection barrier 
     when filled with sand, has been successfully tested at the 
     Waterways Experiment Station in Vicksburg, Mississippi. 
     Accordingly, the conferees expect the Corps of Engineers to 
     utilize funds available in the Flood Control and Coastal 
     Emergencies account to invest in a stackable, modular 
     floodwall system so that, like sandbags, the material can be 
     stockpiled and be available for deployment in areas of the 
     country prone to flooding.


                           Regulatory Program

       The conference agreement appropriates $139,000,000 for the 
     Regulatory Program instead of $134,000,000 as proposed by the 
     House and $144,252,000 as proposed by the Senate.


            Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program

       The conference agreement appropriates $145,000,000 for the 
     Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program instead of 
     $150,000,000 as proposed by the House and $140,298,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       The conferees provide the Corps of Engineers with 
     reprogramming authority for FUSRAP projects of up to 15 
     percent of the base of the receiving project. Reprogrammed 
     funds must be excess to the source project.


                            General Expenses

       The conference agreement appropriates $155,151,000 for 
     General Expenses instead of $154,651,000 as proposed by the 
     House and $155,651,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement includes language proposed by the 
     House and the Senate which prohibits the use of funds to 
     support a congressional affairs office within the executive 
     office of the Chief of Engineers. This language has been 
     included in Energy and Water Development Appropriations Acts 
     since fiscal year 2000. The conferees continue to believe 
     that an office of congressional affairs is unnecessary for 
     the effective management of the Civil Works program by the 
     Corps' headquarters, and the efficient coordination of Civil 
     Works issues with Members of Congress and committee staff. 
     The conferees are concerned that, despite the language that 
     has been carried in this Act, the Office of Congressional 
     Affairs has been involved in the exchange of Civil Works 
     information between the headquarters and the Congress, at 
     times causing delays in scheduling meetings and providing 
     answers to Congressional inquiries. The conferees believe 
     that the technical knowledge and managerial expertise needed 
     for the Corps' headquarters to effectively address Civil 
     Works authorization, appropriations, and policy matters 
     resides in the Civil Works organization. Therefore, the 
     conferees direct that the Office of Congressional Affairs not 
     be part of the process by which information on Civil Works 
     projects, programs, and activities is provided to the 
     Congress.
       In 1998, the Chief of Engineers issued a Command Directive 
     transferring the oversight and management of the General 
     Expenses account, as well as the manpower associated with 
     this function, from the Civil Works Directorate to the 
     Resource Management Office. The oversight and management of 
     the Civil Works program lies solely with the Directorate of 
     Civil Works, and it is funded through the General Expenses 
     account to perform those duties. Both the House and Senate 
     Committees expressed concern that the lack of oversight by 
     the Director of Civil Works over the General Expenses account 
     could be having a detrimental impact on the performance of 
     the Civil Works mission. Information recently provided by the 
     Corps of Engineers regarding management of the General 
     Expenses account has done nothing to lessen that concern. 
     Therefore, the Corps of Engineers is directed to adhere to 
     the guidelines described in the Senate explanatory statement 
     regarding the allocation of non-labor discretionary General 
     Expenses funds.

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

                       Corps of Engineers--Civil

       Section 101.--The conference agreement includes language 
     proposed by the House and the Senate which places a limit on 
     credits and reimbursements allowable per year and per 
     project.
       Section 102.--The conference agreement includes language 
     proposed by the House prohibiting the use of funds to support 
     activities related to the Chicago Harbor Visitors Center.
       Section 103.--The conference agreement includes language 
     proposed by the Senate relating to the use of funds for 
     closure or removal of the St. Georges Bridge across the 
     Intracoastal Waterway, Delaware River to Chesapeake Bay, 
     Delaware and Maryland.
       Section 104.--The conference agreement includes language 
     proposed by the Senate amending section 595 (h) (1) of Public 
     Law 106-53.
       Section 105.--The conference agreement includes language 
     proposed by the Senate amending the authorization for the St. 
     Paul Harbor, Alaska, project.
       Section 106.--The conference agreement includes language 
     proposed by the Senate amending the authorization for the 
     Abiquiu Dam, New Mexico, emergency gate project.
       Section 107.--The conference agreement includes language 
     proposed by the Senate amending the authorization for the Las 
     Vegas Wash and Tributaries (Flamingo and Tropicana Washes), 
     Nevada, flood control project.
       Section 108.--The conference agreement includes language 
     proposed by the Senate amending the authorization for the 
     Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Bridge Replacement at Great 
     Bridge, Chesapeake, Virginia, project.
       Section 109.--The conference agreement includes language 
     proposed by the Senate regarding the Civil Works mission of 
     the Corps of Engineers. The language has been amended so that 
     it only applies to funds provided for fiscal 2003 in this or 
     any other Act.
       Section 110.--The conference agreement includes language 
     proposed by the Senate amending the authorization for the 
     Terminus Dam, Kaweah River, California, project.
       Section 111.--The conference agreement includes language 
     amending the authorization of the Little Calumet River Basin 
     (Cady Marsh Ditch) Lake County, Indiana, flood control 
     project.
       Section 112.--The conference agreement includes language 
     providing credit for environmental dredging feasibility study 
     work done by the non-Federal sponsor on the Indiana Harbor, 
     Indiana, navigation project.

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       Section 113.--The conference agreement includes language 
     providing credit to a local sponsor for wetlands restoration 
     work on the Brownsville Navigation Channel, Texas, navigation 
     project.
       Section 114.--The conference agreement includes language 
     authorizing replacement of the Chickamauga Lock in Tennessee.
       Section 115.--The conference agreement includes language 
     authorizing construction of a project under provisions of 
     section 205 of the Flood Control Act of 1948 for the James 
     River, Green County, Missouri.
       Section 116.--The conference agreement includes language 
     amending the authorization of the Amite River and 
     Tributaries, Louisiana, flood control project.
       Section 117.--The conference agreement includes language 
     prohibiting expenditure of funds related to a proposed 
     landfill in Tuscarawas County, Ohio.
       Section 118.--The conference agreement includes language 
     amending the authorization of the Brunswick Harbor, Georgia, 
     navigation project.
       Section 119.--The conference agreement includes language 
     providing credit for work done subsequent to authorization by 
     a non-Federal sponsor on the expansion of the Savannah 
     Harbor, Georgia, navigation project.
       Section 120.--The conference agreement includes language 
     providing credit for work done by a non-Federal sponsor for a 
     project being constructed under section 206 of the Water 
     Resources Development Act of 1996 at Rose Bay, Volusia 
     County, Florida.
       Section 121. The conference agreement includes language 
     requiring amendment of the shoreline management plan of Lake 
     Cumberland, Kentucky.
       Section 122. The conference agreement includes language 
     providing credit for work done after October 1, 2002, by a 
     non-Federal sponsor on the Des Moines Recreational River and 
     Greenbelt, Iowa, environmental restoration project.
       Section 123. The conference agreement includes language 
     amending the authorization of the Turkey Creek Basin, Kansas 
     City, Missouri, and Kansas City, Kansas, flood damage 
     reduction project.
       Section 124. The conference agreement includes language 
     imposing certain specific requirements for the design and 
     construction of the Long Lake Environmental Restoration, 
     Indiana, project to be constructed under section 206 of the 
     Water Resources Development Act of 1996.
       Section 125. The conference agreement includes language 
     extending the authorization for the Missouri and Middle 
     Mississippi Rivers Enhancement project.
       Section 126. The conference agreement includes language 
     establishing an environmental assistance program in Idaho.
       Section 127. The conference agreement includes language 
     amending provisions of section 531 of the Water Resources 
     Development Act of 1996 affecting Southern and Eastern 
     Kentucky.
       Section 128. The conference agreement includes language 
     providing that credit be provided a non-Federal sponsor for 
     work done after the execution of the environmental dredging 
     design amendment on the Ashtabula, Ohio, navigation project.
       Section 129.--The conference agreement includes language 
     making revisions to the geographic provisions of section 313 
     of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992, as amended.
       Section 130.--The conference agreement includes language 
     proposed by the Senate providing for corrective maintenance 
     at the Herring Creek--Tall Timbers, Maryland, project.
       Provisions not included in the conference agreement.--The 
     conference agreement does not include language proposed by 
     the House to reduce employment at the Chicago District office 
     of the Corps of Engineers, language proposed by the House and 
     Senate regarding the dredge McFARLAND, and language proposed 
     by the Senate regarding the American River Watershed project.
       The conference agreement does not include language proposed 
     by the Senate concerning private sector contracting 
     percentages by the Corps of Engineers. It is the sense of the 
     conferees that the Corps is meeting requirements in this area 
     and that the Corps should continue its emphasis on 
     ``contracting out'' work whenever that represents the best 
     use of its limited funds.

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                                TITLE II

                       Department of the Interior

                          Central Utah Project


                Central Utah Project Completion Account

       The conference agreement appropriates $36,228,000 to carry 
     out the provisions of the Central Utah Project Completion Act 
     as proposed by the House and the Senate.


                         Bureau of Reclamation

       The summary tables at the end of this title set forth the 
     conference agreement with respect to the individual 
     appropriations, programs, and activities of the Bureau of 
     Reclamation. Additional items of conference agreement are 
     discussed below.


                      Water and Related Resources

       The conference agreement appropriates $813,491,000 for 
     Water and Related Resources instead of $807,518,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $816,147,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       The conference agreement provides $1,097,000 for the South/
     Central Arizona Investigations program, including $300,000 
     for the West Salt River Valley Water Management study.
       The amount provided for the American River Division of the 
     Central Valley Project includes $500,000 for work associated 
     with the construction of a parallel pipeline to serve the 
     City of Roseville and the San Juan Water District; and 
     $750,000 for the Bureau of Reclamation to initiate 
     construction of a temperature control device on the El Dorado 
     Irrigation District water intake.
       The amount provided for the Delta Division of the Central 
     Valley Project includes $900,000 for the Bureau of 
     Reclamation to continue design of an intertie between the 
     Delta-Mendota Canal and the California Aqueduct.
       The amount provided for the East Side Division of the 
     Central Valley Project includes an additional $1,000,000 for 
     the Bureau of Reclamation to continue work to upgrade the 
     water and sewer systems at New Melones Lake and perform a 
     visitor capacity study at New Melones Lake.
       The amount provided for Miscellaneous Project Programs of 
     the Central Valley Project includes $300,000 for post-
     construction activities at the Banta-Carbona Irrigation 
     District fish screen project; $300,000 for an investigation 
     of resource problems and needs in the Mokelumne River 
     watershed; and $400,000 for phase II of the Kaweah River 
     Delta Corridor Enhancement study.
       The amount provided for the Sacramento River Division of 
     the Central Valley Project includes $2,000,000 for the 
     continuing evaluation of water diversion and fishery 
     protection options at the Red Bluff Diversion Dam; $400,000 
     for implementation of the Colusa Basin Integrated Resources 
     Management Plan for critical flood control, conjunctive use, 
     and waterfowl habitat activities; $1,500,000 for the Bureau 
     of Reclamation to accelerate investigations associated with 
     determining the feasibility of construction at the Sites 
     Reservoir and other activities described in the House Report; 
     and $500,000 for the Bureau of Reclamation to participate 
     with Butte County, California, in development of an 
     integrated resource management plan.
       The conference agreement includes $1,342,000 for the 
     Southern California Investigations Program, including 
     $200,000 for the Bureau of Reclamation to work with the 
     Antelope Valley-East Kern Water Agency as described in the 
     House Report, and $300,000 for the Bureau of Reclamation to 
     participate with the Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority in 
     the Chino Basin Conjunctive Use Program.
       The report requested in the House Report related to the 
     City of Needles, California, should be provided 30 days after 
     enactment of this Act.
       The conference agreement includes $3,000,000 for the Lake 
     Tahoe Regional Wetlands Development Program in California and 
     Nevada as proposed by the House and the Senate. The conferees 
     have also agreed to include language in the bill which 
     authorizes the Bureau of Reclamation to negotiate and enter 
     into financial assistance agreements with public and private 
     organizations for activities under the Program and which 
     provides that costs associated with such activities are non-
     reimbursable.
       The conferees direct the Bureau of Reclamation, under the 
     Santa Margarita feasibility authorization, to perform the 
     studies needed to address current and future municipal, 
     domestic, military, environmental, and other water uses from 
     the Santa Margarita River, California.
       The conference agreement includes $15,000,000 for the 
     Columbia and Snake Rivers Salmon Recovery project in Idaho, 
     Oregon, and Washington. Within the funds provided, $500,000 
     is for continued fishery habitat improvements in the John Day 
     River Subbasin project in Oregon.
       The conferees are aware of the pending biological opinion 
     in effect on the Rio Grande. In New Mexico, municipalities, 
     farmers, and the silvery minnow all compete for water, a 
     scarce resource. Add the current drought conditions, and a 
     delicate balance must be maintained. Accordingly, the 
     conference agreement for the Middle Rio Grande project 
     includes funding for the following activities: $3,834,000 for 
     habitat restoration; $1,615,000 for silvery minnow population 
     management; $480,000 for fish passage activities; $200,000 
     for non-native species management; $3,415,000 for water 
     management activities; and $507,000 for activities to improve 
     water quality. The conferees direct the Bureau of Reclamation 
     to consult with the Fish and Wildlife Service on silvery 
     minnow monitoring and habitat efforts.
       The conferees have provided $707,000 for the Oklahoma 
     Investigations Program, including $500,000 for a hydrology 
     and water resources management study of the Arbuckle-Simpson 
     Aquifer.
       The conference agreement includes $4,599,000 for the 
     Drought Emergency Assistance Program. Of the total, $400,000 
     is for drought emergency planning in Nebraska; $500,000 is to 
     rehabilitate and replace existing wells and construct new 
     wells in the City and County of Santa Fe, New Mexico; 
     $800,000 is for assistance to the State of Montana; and 
     $2,000,000 is for a regional weather modification program in 
     the states of Kansas, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and 
     Texas. The conferees also urge the Bureau of Reclamation to 
     provide full and fair consideration of the request for 
     drought assistance from the State of Hawaii.
       The conferees are in agreement that funds made available in 
     Public Law 107-117 and in this Act for increased site 
     security and other counter-terrorism activities shall be non-
     reimbursable.
       Within the funds provided for the Water Management and 
     Conservation Program, $500,000 is for water conservation 
     programs within the service area of the Metropolitan Water 
     District of Southern California.
       The conference agreement includes $3,500,000 for the Title 
     XVI Water Reclamation and Reuse Program, including $2,000,000 
     to support the WateReuse Foundation's research program, and 
     $125,000 for an appraisal level investigation of water 
     recycling opportunities in the Desert Hot Springs area of 
     California. In addition, the Bureau of Reclamation is 
     directed to undertake feasibility studies of the potential 
     for water reclamation and reuse in North Las Vegas, Nevada, 
     in cooperation with the Southern Nevada Water Authority.
       The conference agreement includes $4,000,000 for the 
     Desalination Research and Development Program. Within the 
     amount provided, $3,000,000 is for construction of a national 
     desalination research facility to be located in the Tularosa 
     Basin, New Mexico. With the funds provided, the Bureau of 
     Reclamation shall develop and implement a coordinated 
     research investment strategy based on the Tularosa Basin 
     National Desalination Research Center feasibility study 
     developed during fiscal year 2002.
       The conference agreement includes bill language which 
     provides that $10,000,000 of the funds appropriated for Water 
     and Related Resources shall be deposited in the San Gabriel 
     Basin Restoration Fund, instead of $12,000,000 as proposed by 
     the House.
       The conference agreement does not include language proposed 
     by the Senate related to drought assistance.


                Central Valley Project Restoration Fund

       The conference agreement appropriates $48,904,000 for the 
     Central Valley Project Restoration Fund as proposed by the 
     House and the Senate.
       The conferees are in agreement with the language in the 
     House Report regarding the Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District 
     Fish Screen Improvement Project and the Anadromous Fish 
     Screen Program.


               California Bay-Delta Ecosystem Restoration

       The conference agreement includes no funds in the 
     California Bay-Delta Ecosystem Restoration account as 
     proposed by the House and the Senate.
       The conferees have provided an additional $23,000,000 
     within the various units of the Central Valley Project under 
     the Water and Related Resources account for activities that 
     support the goals of the California Bay-Delta Ecosystem 
     Restoration Program, instead of $30,000,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate. The conferees are aware that legislation to 
     authorize this multi-year, multi-billion dollar program is 
     under consideration by the Congress, but has yet to be 
     enacted. Absent such an authorization, it will be difficult 
     for the Congress to continue its support for this program. 
     Therefore, the conferees strongly urge the parties involved 
     to work to enact an authorization for the program so 
     additional funding can be considered in the fiscal year 2004 
     appropriations cycle. The additional funds provided in 
     support of the program are to be used as follows:
       Delta Division: $2,500,000 for planning and management 
     activities; $250,000 to continue evaluations of the Delta 
     Wetlands project and other in-delta storage proposals; 
     $2,000,000 for planning activities associated with enlarging 
     the Los Vaqueros reservoir; and $3,500,000 to construct the 
     Tracy Fish Test Facility.
       Friant Division: $1,750,000 for storage investigations in 
     the Upper San Joaquin Watershed.
       Miscellaneous Project Programs: $9,000,000 for the 
     Environmental Water Account.
       Sacramento River Division: $1,500,000 to continue planning 
     activities related to Sites Reservoir.
       Shasta Division: $2,500,000 to continue evaluating the 
     potential impacts of the proposed Shasta Dam raise.


                        Administrative Provision

       The conference agreement provides that funds available for 
     the Bureau of Reclamation shall be available for the purchase 
     of not to exceed 16 passenger motor vehicles, of which 12 are 
     for replacement only, as proposed by the House, instead of 
     the purchase of four passenger motor vehicles for replacement 
     only as proposed by the Senate.

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                       Policy and Administration

       The conference agreement appropriates $54,870,000 for 
     Policy and Administration as proposed by the House and the 
     Senate.

                           General Provisions

                       Department of the Interior

       Section 201.--The conference agreement includes language 
     proposed by the House authorizing the Bureau of Reclamation 
     to continue its program of providing grants to institutions 
     of higher learning to support the training of Native 
     Americans to manage natural resources. The conferees have 
     agreed to make the language permanent as proposed in the 
     Administration's fiscal year 2004 budget request.
       Section 202.--The conference agreement includes language 
     proposed by the House and the Senate regarding the San Luis 
     Unit and the Kesterson Reservoir in California.
       Section 203.--The conference agreement includes language 
     proposed by the House which amends section 212 of the Energy 
     and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2001, related to 
     Sly Park Unit in California.
       Section 204.--The conference agreement includes language 
     proposed by the House which clarifies that the San Gabriel 
     Basin Restoration Fund may be used to reimburse the Central 
     Basin Municipal Water District for certain expenditures.
       Section 205.--The conference agreement includes language 
     proposed by the Senate establishing requirements for the 
     purchase or lease of water from the Middle Rio Grande or 
     Carlsbad projects in New Mexico.
       Section 206.--The conference agreement includes language 
     proposed by the Senate concerning drought emergency 
     assistance.
       Section 207.--The conference agreement includes language 
     proposed by the Senate regarding the restoration of fish, 
     wildlife, and associated habitats in watersheds of certain 
     lakes.
       Section 208.--The conference agreement includes language 
     proposed by the Senate regarding contracting percentages for 
     the Bureau of Reclamation.
       Section 209.--The conference agreement includes language 
     proposed by the Senate directing the Bureau of Reclamation to 
     undertake studies for the North Central Montana Rural Water 
     Supply project.
       Section 210.--The conference agreement includes language 
     proposed by the Senate extending the authorization for the 
     Water Desalination Act of 1996.
       Section 211.--The conference agreement includes language 
     proposed by the Senate authorizing the North Las Vegas Water 
     Reuse project.
       Section 212.--The conference agreement includes language 
     which provides that none of the funds appropriated or 
     otherwise made available in this Act or any prior any Energy 
     and Water Development Appropriations Division may be used for 
     the settlement agreement of Sumner Peck Ranch, Inc. v. Bureau 
     of Reclamation (Civ. No F-91-048 OWW (E.D. Cal)).
       Section 213.--The conference agreement includes language 
     which amends the Salton Sea Reclamation Act of 1998. The 
     conferees have also agreed to provide $2,000,000 for the 
     Bureau of Reclamation to continue the program to perform 
     research and construct water reclamation and wetlands 
     projects to improve water quality in the Alamo River and New 
     River, Imperial County, California.
       Section 214.--The conference agreement includes language 
     authorizing the Bureau of Reclamation to conduct a 
     feasibility study of options for additional water storage in 
     the Yakima River Basin with emphasis on the feasibility of 
     storage of Columbia River water in the potential Black Rock 
     Reservoir. The conferees have provided $1,000,000 for this 
     work.
       Section 215.--The conference agreement includes language 
     proposed by the Senate related to certain CALFED related 
     activities undertaken by the Secretary of the Interior. The 
     language has been amended to remove the reference to the 
     CALFED Bay-Delta Authority. The conferees agree that this 
     language does not authorize the CALFED Record of Decision.

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                               TITLE III

                          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

       The summary tables at the end of this title set forth the 
     conference agreement with respect to the individual 
     appropriations, programs, and activities of the Department of 
     Energy. Additional items of conference agreement are 
     discussed below.

                   Budget Justification Requirements

       The conferees agree with the House language regarding prior 
     approval of proposed budget structure changes. The conferees 
     also agree that budget justifications submitted by the 
     Department must include a section identifying the last year 
     that authorizing legislation was provided by Congress for 
     each program, funding within each construction project data 
     sheet for elimination of excess facilities at least equal to 
     the square footage of new replacement facilities being 
     requested, and funding to eliminate excess facilities at 
     least equal to the square footage of new replacement 
     facilities being constructed as general plant projects.

                    Safeguards and Security Funding

       The conferees direct the Department to continue to identify 
     safeguards and security funding as a separate line item in 
     the budget justifications. The conferees also direct the 
     Department to review contractor cost allocation practices to 
     ensure that contractor practices are in compliance with the 
     Cost Accounting Standards and that safeguards and security 
     costs are not being allocated a disproportionate share of 
     indirect costs. The Committees on Appropriations should be 
     informed of the results of this review upon completion.


             MANAGEMENT OF NON-NNSA WORK AT NNSA FACILITIES

       The conferees direct the Secretary to report promptly to 
     the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations regarding 
     the procedures established pursuant to Sections 3264 and 3213 
     of Public Law 106-65, as amended by Section 3157 of Public 
     Law 106-398. The report should include written copies of the 
     tasking agreements, delegations of authority, or other 
     arrangements that demonstrate compliance with these statutory 
     provisions.


                           PROJECT MANAGEMENT

       The conferees support language included in the House report 
     regarding the efforts of the Office of Engineering and 
     Construction Management (OECM) to improve the Department's 
     construction and project management.


                     FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE

       The conferees agree with House language regarding efforts 
     to strengthen and standardize management of the Department's 
     facilities and infrastructure (F&I) program and to address 
     management of all F&I assets. The conferees do not agree with 
     the House proposal to provide direct funding of all 
     maintenance in the fiscal year 2004 budget. However, the 
     Department is directed to ensure that adequate funds are 
     budgeted for facility maintenance and disposition, and that 
     the amounts reported in the Integrated Facilities and 
     Infrastructure crosscut budget will be expended solely for 
     these purposes. Use of these funds for any other purpose will 
     require advance approval by the Director, Office of 
     Management, Budget and Evaluation. The Department is also 
     directed to provide an annual year-end report on maintenance 
     expenditures to the Committees on Appropriations.


                           EXCESS FACILITIES

       The conferees agree with House language pertaining to 
     excess facilities and the requirement to procure 
     decontamination and decommissioning services and disposal of 
     excess facilities through an open competitive process.


                        AUGMENTING FEDERAL STAFF

       The conferees agree that the number of management and 
     operating contractor employees assigned to the Washington 
     metropolitan area shall not exceed 220 in fiscal year 2003, 
     the same as the fiscal year 2002 ceiling. The reporting 
     requirements remain as proposed by the House.


                        REPROGRAMMING GUIDELINES

       The conferees agree with the House language on 
     reprogramming guidelines. The conference agreement does not 
     provide the Department of Energy with any internal 
     reprogramming flexibility in fiscal year 2003 unless 
     specifically identified by the House, Senate, or conference 
     agreement. Any reallocation of new or prior year budget 
     authority or prior year deobligations must be submitted to 
     the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations in advance, 
     in writing, and may not be implemented prior to approval by 
     the Committees.


    REDUCTIONS NECESSARY TO ACCOMMODATE SPECIFIC PROGRAM DIRECTIONS

       The Department is directed to provide a report to the House 
     and Senate Committees on Appropriations by March 30, 2003, on 
     the actual application of any general reductions of funding 
     or applications of prior year balances contained in the 
     conference agreement. Such reductions are to be applied 
     proportionately against each program, project, or activity. 
     If necessary, the Department must submit a reprogramming to 
     reallocate funds if the proportional reduction unduly impacts 
     a specific program, project, or activity.

                             Energy Supply

       The conference agreement provides $701,477,000 for Energy 
     Supply instead of $633,909,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $815,306,000 as proposed by the Senate.


                       Renewable Energy Resources

       The conference agreement provides $422,300,000 instead of 
     $396,000,000 as proposed by the House and $448,062,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate for renewable energy resources. The 
     conference agreement does not include language specifying 
     funding allocations as contained in the House report and 
     Senate explanatory statement.
       Biomass/biofuels.--The conference agreement includes 
     $90,000,000 for biomass/biofuels. The conferees have combined 
     the subprograms for power systems and transportation into a 
     single program for biomass/biofuels and no longer provide 
     separate allocations for power systems and transportation. 
     The Department is directed to fund not less than the budget 
     request for Integrated Biorefinery Process Development and 
     for Cellulose to Ethanol Production Facilities. The conferees 
     direct the Department to continue the Iowa switchgrass 
     project at agreed-upon levels.
       The conference agreement includes $3,000,000 for the 
     Regional Biomass Energy Program; $3,000,000 for corn 
     bioproduct research in cooperation with the National Corn 
     Growers Association; $2,000,000 for the Consortium for Plant 
     Biotechnology Research; $3,000,000 for the Iroquois Bioenergy 
     Cooperative in Indiana; $2,000,000 for the Green Institute in 
     Minnesota for combined heat and power from biomass; $500,000 
     to continue hybrid poplar research in Wisconsin; $2,000,000 
     for the Biomass Gasification Research Facility in Birmingham, 
     Alabama; $3,000,000 for the Winona Biomass Project in 
     Mississippi; $500,000 for the Fibrowatt Mississippi biomass 
     project; $2,500,000 for a cost-shared agricultural mixed 
     waste biorefinery in Colorado using thermo-polymerization; 
     $1,000,000 for the oxydiesel demonstration program in 
     California and Nevada; $2,000,000 for the Michigan 
     Biotechnology Initiative; $500,000 for the Biomass Energy 
     Resource Center in Burlington, Vermont; $500,000 for the 
     gasification of switchgrass in Iowa; $1,000,000 for the 
     National Agricultural-Based Industrial Lubricants Center; and 
     $400,000 for the Center for Biomass Utilization at the 
     University of North Dakota.
       Geothermal.--The conference agreement includes $30,000,000 
     for geothermal activities. The conference agreement provides 
     an additional $1,400,000 for university research on 
     geothermal energy and an additional $1,800,000 for 
     Geopowering the West. The conference agreement also includes 
     $1,000,000 for the Lake County Basin geothermal project in 
     California and $1,000,000 for geothermal research at the 
     University of Nevada-Reno.
       Hydrogen.--The conference agreement includes $40,000,000 
     for hydrogen activities. From within available funds, the 
     Department is directed to spend not less than $3,000,000 for 
     the continued development and validation of advanced proton 
     exchange membrane fuel cells and metal membrane fuel 
     purification technologies. The conference agreement also 
     includes $4,000,000 for the Ohio University fuel cell pilot 
     project; $1,000,000 for fuel cell research and development at 
     the University of South Alabama Energy Center; $2,000,000 for 
     the Next Energy fuel cell demonstration project in Michigan; 
     $2,000,000 for an engineering study and evaluation of solar-
     powered thermo-chemical production of hydrogen from water; 
     $1,000,000 for the fuel cell project at Gallatin County, 
     Montana; and $1,000,000 for the University of Nevada, Las 
     Vegas, hydrogen filling station.
       Hydropower.--The conference agreement includes $5,300,000 
     for hydropower.
       Solar Energy.--The conference agreement includes 
     $95,000,000 for solar energy programs. As in fiscal year 
     2002, the conferees have combined the concentrating solar 
     power, photovoltaic energy systems, and solar building 
     technology subprograms into a single program for solar 
     energy, with the control level at the solar energy program 
     account level.
       The conference agreement includes funding for continuation 
     of the Million Solar Roofs program at the prior year level; 
     $2,500,000 for the Southeast and Southwest photovoltaic 
     experiment stations; $2,500,000 for the Navajo 
     electrification project; $1,500,000 to continue development 
     of advanced integrated power modules for photovoltaic 
     applications; $1,500,000 for the Palo Alto photovoltaic 
     demonstration project in California; and $115,000 for a 
     renewable energy demonstration at the Hard Bargain Farm 
     Environmental Center in Maryland. The conference agreement 
     also provides $4,000,000 for the National Center for Energy 
     Management and Building Technology. Within available funds, 
     the conferees direct the Department to spend not less than 
     $5,500,000 for the continuation of work on concentrating 
     solar power.
       Wind.--The conference agreement includes $44,000,000 for 
     wind programs. The Wind Powering America initiative is to be 
     continued at the fiscal year 2002 funding level. In addition, 
     the conference agreement includes $500,000 for wind 
     generating facilities for the Vermont Department of Public 
     Service; and $1,000,000 for a wind generation facility to 
     serve St. Paul and Unalaska, Alaska.
       The conferees continue to recognize the need for a set-
     aside for small wind programs.
       Electric energy systems and storage.--The conference 
     agreement includes $85,000,000 for electric energy systems 
     and storage. The conference agreement includes the budget 
     request of $9,000,000 for the joint Oak Ridge and Los Alamos 
     effort to develop high-performance, low-cost, second-
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     temperature superconducting wire. The control level is at the 
     electric energy systems and storage program account level.
       The conference agreement includes $3,000,000 to continue 
     field testing of advanced aluminum matrix composite 
     conductors; $2,000,000 for the PowerGrid project in New 
     Jersey and Pennsylvania; $3,000,000 for the automated energy 
     distribution and reliability system in Indiana; $750,000 to 
     Co-Op Plus of Western Massachusetts for installing and 
     servicing fuel cells and distributing green electricity; 
     $2,000,000 for the distributed energy systems integration, 
     demonstration and technology transition program at the Fuel 
     Cell Test and Evaluation Center in Pennsylvania; $350,000 for 
     the Microgrid distributed generation prototype in Vermont; 
     $400,000 for the Dine Power Authority in New Mexico to 
     continue development of the Navajo Transmission Project; 
     $5,000,000 for the Upper Lynn Canal power supply project in 
     Alaska; $5,000,000 for the Swan Lake-Lake Tyee segment of the 
     Southeastern Alaska Intertie System; $2,000,000 for the Tok-
     to-Chistochina transmission project in Alaska; $1,000,000 to 
     continue development of the bipolar nickel metal hydride 
     battery storage system; $2,500,000 for research, development, 
     and demonstration of advanced thermal energy storage 
     technology integrated with renewable thermal energy 
     technology; and $500,000 for the Natural Energy Laboratory in 
     Hawaii to continue development and deployment of distributed 
     energy systems.
       Renewable Support and Implementation.--The conference 
     agreement includes $21,500,000 for renewable support and 
     implementation.
       The conference agreement provides $1,500,000 for 
     departmental energy management; $4,000,000 for the 
     international renewable energy program, including $1,250,000 
     for International Utility Efficiency Partnerships; $5,000,000 
     for the renewable energy production incentive program; 
     $6,000,000 for renewable Indian energy resources, including 
     $1,000,000 for the Council of Renewable Energy Resource 
     Tribes (CERT) within available funds to provide technical 
     expertise and training of Native Americans in renewable 
     energy resource development and electrical generation 
     facilities management; and $5,000,000 for renewable program 
     support, of which $1,000,000 is to support the National 
     Alliance for Clean Energy Incubators and $4,000,000 is to 
     continue the efforts of the National Renewable Energy 
     Laboratory, through a virtual site office in Nevada, to 
     develop renewable energy resources in the Southwestern 
     United States.
       National Renewable Energy Laboratory.--The conference 
     agreement provides $5,500,000 for the National Renewable 
     Energy Laboratory (NREL), including $800,000 for construction 
     and $500,000 to reduce the maintenance backlog.
       Program direction.--The conference agreement includes 
     $16,000,000 for program direction.
       Use of prior year balances.--The conference agreement 
     includes the use of $10,000,000 of prior year funds to be 
     carried over from fiscal year 2002 to offset fiscal year 2003 
     requirements.


                             Nuclear Energy

       The conference agreement provides $261,688,000 for nuclear 
     energy activities instead of $213,698,000 as proposed by the 
     House and $324,108,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
     conference agreement does not include language specifying 
     funding allocations as contained in the House report and 
     Senate explanatory statement. The conferees revised the 
     fiscal year 2003 budget structure for Radiological Facilities 
     Management and Idaho Facilities Management to conform to the 
     structure proposed in the fiscal year 2004 budget request.
       Radiological Facilities Management.--The Office of Nuclear 
     Energy, Science and Technology operates a variety of 
     facilities and equipment to support the needs of space, 
     defense, and medical customers who obtain radiological 
     materials from the Department of Energy on a reimbursable 
     basis.
       Space and defense power systems infrastructure.--The 
     conference agreement includes $28,950,000 to maintain the 
     infrastructure necessary to support future national security 
     needs and National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
     missions. The Department is directed to provide $2,500,000 
     for Neptunium-237 storage and Plutonium-238 production 
     facilities at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
       Medical isotopes infrastructure.--The conference agreement 
     includes a total program level of $27,218,000 for the isotope 
     program. This amount is reduced by offsetting collections of 
     $6,400,000 to be received in fiscal year 2003, resulting in a 
     net appropriation of $20,818,000. The conference agreement 
     includes the request of $1,721,000 for the Isotope Production 
     Facility at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. Within 
     available funds, the Department is directed to provide 
     $600,000 in additional funding for the Cyclotron Isotope 
     Research Center at Brookhaven National Laboratory. The 
     conference agreement provides an additional $7,000,000 for 
     upgrades of the hot cells at the Bethel Valley Hot Cell 
     Complex.
       The conferees recognize the potential medical value of 
     alpha-emitting isotopes and direct the Department to proceed 
     expeditiously with the project to extract thorium-229 from 
     excess uranium-233 stored at Oak Ridge. The Department shall 
     keep the Appropriations Committees fully informed at the key 
     decision points in the project development process to ensure 
     the Department is making sound business decisions on this 
     project.
       University reactor fuel assistance and support.--The 
     conference agreement includes $18,500,000, an increase of 
     $1,000,000 over the budget request. The additional funds are 
     provided for the Department to fund additional regional 
     university reactor consortia, and the conferees strongly 
     encourage the Department to request sufficient funding in 
     future years to fund all meritorious proposals.
       Research and development.--The conference agreement 
     provides $75,000,000 for nuclear energy research and 
     development activities. The conference agreement includes 
     $5,000,000 for nuclear energy plant optimization (NEPO), 
     $25,000,000 for the nuclear energy research initiative 
     (NERI), and $45,000,000 for nuclear energy technologies.
       Within the funds provided for nuclear energy technologies, 
     the conferees recommend that $1,000,000 be allocated from 
     within the funds provided for nuclear energy technologies for 
     the joint DOE and NRC development of a licensing process that 
     would be risk-informed and technology-neutral to support the 
     future certification and licensing of advanced reactor 
     designs. The conference agreement also provides $2,000,000 
     within nuclear energy technologies for the purpose of 
     accelerating the engineering evaluation of an integrated 
     sulfur/iodine thermo-chemical water-splitting cycle for 
     coupling with a high temperature nuclear reactor power 
     source. Of this $2,000,000, the conferees direct that 
     $750,000 be provided to the Research Foundation of the 
     University of Nevada, Las Vegas, for the purpose of 
     establishing a public-private partnership to develop and 
     evaluate innovative high temperature heat exchangers. The 
     conference agreement also includes $2,000,000 within nuclear 
     energy technologies to begin design work for a plant to 
     demonstrate the viability of small modular reactors.
       Domestic Enrichment Capability.--The conferees note that 
     two private firms, the United States Enrichment Corporation 
     and Louisiana Energy Services, are moving forward with plans 
     to deploy advanced uranium enrichment technologies in the 
     United States. The Department is encouraged to make its 
     expertise available on a reimbursable basis to support these 
     private sector efforts. However, the interest and capability 
     of the private sector to address future U.S. enrichment 
     requirements obviates the need for the Department to pursue 
     its own efforts on advanced enrichment technologies. The 
     Department should reserve its limited research resources for 
     those areas that are not adequately addressed by the private 
     sector.
       Fast Flux Test Facility.--The conference agreement 
     transfers the Fast Flux Test Facility (FFTF) and its 
     associated funding to the Non-Defense Environmental 
     Management account.
       Idaho Facilities Management.--The Department recently 
     reassigned the lead responsibility for the Idaho National 
     Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) from the 
     Office of Environmental Management to the Office of Nuclear 
     Energy, Science and Technology. The conference agreement 
     provides funding for a number of infrastructure activities 
     under a new Idaho Facilities Management program account to 
     reflect the new responsibilities of the Office of Nuclear 
     Energy, Science and Technology for this site. The conference 
     agreement provides $42,770,000 for Idaho Facilities 
     Management, including $31,615,000 for ANL-West operations and 
     $8,815,000 for Test Reactor Area Landlord costs. In future 
     fiscal years, all Idaho Landlord activities should be 
     included within this account.
       Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative.--The conference agreement 
     includes $58,221,000 for spent fuel processing and advanced 
     fuel cycles. This amount includes $15,450,000 for EBR-II 
     spent fuel treatment and $2,771,000 for research and 
     development on pyroprocessing of sodium-bonded spent fuel, 
     the same as the budget request. The Department has recently 
     proposed an Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative (AFCI) that 
     defines the future research program for technologies to treat 
     spent nuclear fuel (AFCI Series One) and for advanced fuel 
     cycles (AFCI Series Two). The conference agreement provides 
     $40,000,000 to support AFCI applied research. The conferees 
     encourage the Department to seek active university 
     participation in this research.
       In order to ensure that the Department's AFCI can lead to 
     useful and practical technologies, the Office of Nuclear 
     Energy, Science and Technology is directed to provide 
     Congress with an annual AFCI Comparison Report. The report 
     will provide qualitative and quantitative information to 
     enable Congress to compare the various technology approaches 
     to managing commercial spent fuel. The first such report is 
     due by May 30, 2003, and should be updated by May 30 each 
     year thereafter so long as the Department continues its AFCI 
     research activity. This report should include comparison 
     matrices that contrast the advantages and disadvantages of 
     possible fuel treatment and advanced fuel cycle technologies. 
     The technologies should be evaluated with respect to energy 
     and chemical inputs, product and waste stream outputs, 
     proliferation considerations, estimated R&D and facility life 
     cycle costs (i.e., capital, operating, and D&D, plus disposal 
     of wastes), and the estimated number and type of facilities 
     required. If the Department cannot provide specific, 
     quantitative information (such as for yet-to-be developed 
     technologies), it should identify in

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     the matrices the estimated dates by which ongoing R&D will 
     provide the answers. Today's commercial light water reactor 
     fuel cycle and spent nuclear fuel disposition should be used 
     as the basis for comparison and to bound and define 
     performance objectives for the new technologies.
       One matrix should compare spent fuel treatment 
     technologies, comparing advanced fast reactor systems, 
     accelerator systems, and other existing and proposed 
     reprocessing and transmutation technologies (e.g., PUREX, 
     UREX, UREX+) against the current once-through approach with 
     spent fuel from light water reactors. The second matrix 
     should include a similar contrast of the advantages and 
     disadvantages and facility requirements for advanced fuel 
     cycles, and should specifically address the six innovative 
     reactor concepts that the member countries of the Generation 
     IV International Forum have agreed to pursue. The second fuel 
     cycle matrix should also include consideration of thorium-
     uranium and thorium-plutonium fuel cycles and the gas turbine 
     modular helium reactor.
       Within the funds made available for AFCI, the conference 
     agreement provides funding for the Department to pursue the 
     recommendations of the joint U.S.-Russia task force on 
     advanced reactor and fuel cycle technologies. The conference 
     agreement also includes $1,500,000 for the Idaho Accelerator 
     Center and $4,500,000 for AFCI-related research by the 
     University of Nevada at Las Vegas.
       Program direction.--The conference agreement includes 
     $23,439,000 for program direction.
       Use of prior year balances.--The conference agreement 
     includes the use of $6,000,000 of prior year funds to be 
     carried over from fiscal year 2002 to offset fiscal year 2003 
     requirements.


                     Environment, Safety and Health

       The conference agreement provides $22,700,000 for non-
     defense environment, safety and health activities, which 
     includes $15,860,000 for program direction.
       Under the Science portion of this report, the Office of 
     Science is directed to submit to the House and Senate Energy 
     and Water Development Appropriations Subcommittees a report 
     providing a detailed estimate of the cost of bringing the ten 
     DOE Office of Science laboratories (named in House Report 
     107-112) into compliance with Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
     (NRC) and Occupational Safety and Health Administration 
     (OSHA) standards for nuclear safety and worker safety, 
     respectively. To support this task, the Department is 
     directed to transfer $2,500,000 to the NRC and $1,300,000 to 
     OSHA. In addition, the Department is directed to transfer 
     $1,000,000 to OSHA to cover the costs of OSHA regulation of 
     worker health and safety at those sites transferred to non-
     Federal entities and the Department's non-nuclear facilities 
     not covered under the Atomic Energy Act.


                Technical Information Management Program

       The conference agreement moves the Technical Information 
     Management program from the Energy Supply account to the 
     Science account.


                      Energy Supply Infrastructure

       The conference agreement does not include this new program 
     as proposed by the Senate.


                          Funding Adjustments

       The conference agreement includes a general reduction of 
     $5,211,000.

                  Non-Defense Environmental Management

       The conference agreement provides $215,100,000 for Non-
     Defense Environmental Management instead of $213,259,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $176,000,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       Site closure.--The conference agreement includes 
     $95,000,000 for the West Valley site as proposed by the 
     Senate. Funding for the program was moved from the Post 2006 
     program to the site closure program as proposed by the House.
       Site/project completion.--The conference agreement provides 
     $57,425,000. This includes an additional $15,000,000 for the 
     Brookhaven National Laboratory and the transfer of $8,847,000 
     for long-term stewardship activities to a separate program.
       Post 2006 completion.--The conference agreement includes 
     $20,554,000 for Post 2006 completion activities. This 
     includes the budget request of $1,848,000 for Los Alamos and 
     $16,740,000 to continue the cleanup activities at the Energy 
     Technology Engineering Center in California.
       Funding of $4,100,000, an increase of $3,134,000, is 
     provided for the Atlas uranium mill tailings site at Moab, 
     Utah, to prepare a scientifically sound remediation plan. The 
     conferees expect the Department to undertake an objective 
     evaluation of costs, benefits, and risks associated with 
     remediation alternatives for the site, including removal and 
     stabilization in place or variations on these two options.
       Fast Flux Test Facility.--The conference agreement includes 
     the budget request of $36,100,000 for the Fast Flux Test 
     Facility at Richland, Washington, as proposed by the Senate 
     and transfers the funding from the Energy Supply 
     appropriation account as proposed by the House.
       Long-term Stewardship.--The conference agreement includes 
     $14,180,000 for long-term stewardship activities as proposed 
     by the House. The conferees are aware that the Department 
     will be consolidating long-term stewardship and legacy 
     management activities in the fiscal year 2004 budget, and 
     these activities will no longer be managed by the Office of 
     Environmental Management. Thus, the requirement for a review 
     of the long-term stewardship program will be addressed as 
     part of the fiscal year 2004 appropriation.
       Excess facilities.--The conference agreement provides the 
     budget request of $1,841,000 for excess facilities to begin 
     decontamination and decommissioning of excess facilities in 
     the environmental management program.
       Funding adjustment.--The conference agreement includes an 
     adjustment of $12,134,000 for the use of prior year balances.

             Uranium Facilities Maintenance and Remediation

       The conference agreement provides $456,539,000 for uranium 
     activities instead of $382,154,000 as proposed by the House 
     and $471,154,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning 
     Fund.--The conference agreement provides $340,329,000 for 
     activities funded from the uranium enrichment decontamination 
     and decommissioning (D&D) fund. This amount includes 
     $324,329,000 for decontamination and decommissioning 
     activities and $16,000,000 for uranium and thorium 
     reimbursements.
       The conference agreement provides an additional $34,000,000 
     for cleanup at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, an 
     additional $65,000,000 for the East Tennessee Technology Park 
     (ETTP), and an additional $15,000,000 for thorium cleanup 
     reimbursement. The amount provided for decontamination and 
     decommissioning has been reduced by $9,194,000 to pay for 
     increased safeguards and security costs that are funded under 
     the Defense Environmental Restoration and Waste Management 
     account.
       The General Accounting Office (GAO) is directed to conduct 
     a study of the cleanup progress at the Paducah Gaseous 
     Diffusion Plant in Paducah, Kentucky. Not later than six 
     months after the date of enactment of this Act, the GAO shall 
     submit a report to the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources 
     Committee, and the House Energy and Commerce Committee on the 
     results of this study. The conferees direct the GAO not to 
     displace any other requests by the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations.
       Other Uranium Activities.--The conference agreement 
     provides $141,210,000 for other uranium activities. The 
     conference agreement provides the requested amounts for the 
     East Tennessee Technology Park, the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion 
     Plant, and the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant. The amount 
     provided has been reduced by $5,421,000 to pay for increased 
     safeguards and security costs that are funded under the 
     Defense Environmental Restoration and Waste Management 
     account.
       Funding adjustment.--The conference agreement includes the 
     use of $25,000,000 of prior year balances.

                                Science

       The conference agreement provides $3,305,894,000 instead of 
     $3,271,233,000 as proposed by the House and $3,329,456,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement does not 
     include language specifying funding allocations as contained 
     in the House report and Senate explanatory statement.
       High energy physics.--The conference agreement provides 
     $726,990,000 for high energy physics. The conferees have 
     provided an additional $2,000,000 for operations and 
     activities of the program.
       Nuclear physics.--The conference agreement provides 
     $384,370,000 for nuclear physics. The conferees encourage the 
     Department to use these additional funds to enhance operation 
     of the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) at the 
     Brookhaven National Laboratory and the Continuous Electron 
     Beam Accelerator Facility at the Thomas Jefferson National 
     Accelerator Facility, and to continue research and 
     development and preconceptual design in support of the Rare 
     Isotope Accelerator.
       Biological and environmental research.--The conference 
     agreement includes $530,000,000 for biological and 
     environmental research. The conference agreement provides 
     $7,000,000 for the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, 
     $20,000,000 in total funding for the low dose effects 
     program, continues the free air carbon dioxide experiments at 
     the current year level, and provides $2,000,000 in additional 
     funding for the EMSL computer. The conference agreement also 
     includes $4,000,000 for research on arsenic removal.
       The conference agreement includes $3,800,000 for 
     infrastructure and equipment for the Wittenberg University 
     Science Center; $3,000,000 for the University of South 
     Alabama Cancer Center; $2,000,000 for the Institute for 
     Biomedical Science and Biotechnology at the University of 
     Arizona; $1,200,000 for the University of Southern Florida 
     Center for Biological Defense; $1,000,000 for the Barry 
     University Minority Science Center in Florida; $1,000,000 for 
     the Riverside Hospital Regional Cancer Center in Illinois; 
     $500,000 for the Stanley Scott Cancer Center in Louisiana; 
     $500,000 for the Western Michigan University Nanoscience 
     Research and Computational Institute; $1,000,000 for the 
     North Mississippi Health Services Positron Emission 
     Tomography Cancer Center; $500,000 to upgrade the Drew 
     University Hall of Science in New Jersey; and $500,000 for 
     the Environmental Systems Center at Syracuse University in 
     New York.
       The conference agreement includes $4,600,000 for a Purdue 
     University technology

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     incubator in northwest Indiana; $1,000,000 for the University 
     of Notre Dame College of Engineering Multidisciplinary 
     Research Facility; $500,000 for vocational education programs 
     at the Los Angeles Trade Technical College; $500,000 for the 
     fuel cell advanced materials and demonstration project at 
     Humboldt State University in California; $650,000 for the 
     National Center for Neurogenetic Research and Computational 
     Genomics at the University of Southern California; $500,000 
     for the bioengineering research program at the University of 
     Illinois at Chicago; $500,000 for the Pioneer Valley Life 
     Sciences Initiative between the University of Massachusetts 
     and the Baystate Medical Center; $250,000 for the Hampshire 
     College National Center for Science Education in 
     Massachusetts; $500,000 for the Audubon Biomedical Science 
     and Technology Park at Columbia University in New York; 
     $500,000 for the Center for Sustainable Energy at the Bronx 
     Community College in New York; and $500,000 for the Green 
     Chemistry Project at Carnegie Mellon University in 
     Pennsylvania.
       The conference agreement includes $10,000,000 for 
     operations and capital investments at the Mental Illness and 
     Neuroscience Discovery Institute; $2,000,000 for the 
     University of Missouri-Columbia nuclear medicine and cancer 
     research program; $1,000,000 for the University of Southern 
     Maine School of Applied Sciences, Engineering, and 
     Technology; $1,000,000 for the Center for Environmental 
     Radiation Studies at Texas Tech University; $500,000 for the 
     Legume Genome Initiative at the University of Oklahoma; and 
     $500,000 for the University of Northern Iowa Existing 
     Business Enhancement Program.
       The conference agreement includes $1,000,000 for the 
     University of Louisiana-LaFayette National Wetlands Research 
     Center; $1,000,000 for the Medical University of South 
     Carolina; $500,000 for a Magnetic Resonance Microscope at the 
     Children's Hospital of Los Angeles; $500,000 for a PET/CT 
     scanner at Christiana Care Health System in Delaware; 
     $500,000 for the Natural Energy Laboratory in Hawaii; 
     $500,000 for a CT scanner at Edward Hospital in Illinois; 
     $500,000 for the University of Massachusetts at Boston 
     Multidisciplinary Research Facility and Library; $1,000,000 
     for the Nevada Cancer Institute; $500,000 for the Inland 
     Northwest Natural Resources Research Center at Gonzaga 
     University; $500,000 for the Morgan State University Center 
     for Environmental Toxicology; $450,000 for nanotechnology 
     applications at Western Michigan University in partnership 
     with Altair; $250,000 for the International Water Institute; 
     $450,000 for the New York University Genomics Project; 
     $1,000,000 for the linear accelerator at the University 
     Medical Center of Southern Nevada; $500,000 for the Indiana 
     Genomics Initiative at Indiana University; $250,000 for the 
     Boston University Photonics Center; $100,000 for the Nevada 
     Space Grant Consortium at the Desert Research Institute; and 
     $500,000 for the Public Health Research Institute Rapid 
     Detection for Bioterrorism program in New Jersey.
       Basic energy sciences.--The conference agreement includes 
     $1,030,000,000 for basic energy sciences. The conference 
     agreement includes $551,378,000 for materials sciences and 
     engineering research, and $221,551,000 for chemical sciences, 
     geosciences, and energy biosciences. For purposes of 
     reprogramming in fiscal year 2003, the Department may 
     reallocate funding among all operating accounts within Basic 
     Energy Sciences.
       The conference agreement provides the requested amounts of 
     $210,571,000 for construction of the Spallation Neutron 
     Source, $6,000,000 for project engineering and design (PED) 
     for the Linac Coherent Light Source at the Stanford Linear 
     Accelerator Center, and $24,000,000 for the design and 
     construction of the Oak Ridge Center for Nanophase Materials 
     Sciences. The conference agreement provides $4,500,000 in 
     additional funding to complete PED and initiate construction 
     of the Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, and an 
     additional $1,000,000 to initiate PED in fiscal year 2003 for 
     the Brookhaven Center for Functional Nanomaterials.
       The conference agreement also provides $11,985,000 for the 
     Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research 
     (EPSCoR).
       Advanced scientific computing research.--The conference 
     agreement includes $172,625,000 for advanced scientific 
     computing research (ASCR), an increase of $3,000,000 over the 
     budget request. The conferees provide these additional funds 
     for the Department to pursue alternative approaches to 
     advance the United States capability in advanced scientific 
     computing. The recent developments by the Japanese on 
     scientific supercomputing are cause for concern. The 
     conferees strongly support DOE's role in Advanced Scientific 
     Computing development missions, and will consider a request 
     for reprogramming of fiscal year 2003 funds in order for U.S. 
     manufacturers and laboratories to address the recent 
     developments by Japan relating to the Earth Simulator.
       Energy research analyses.--This activity is transferred as 
     a subprogram under Science Program Direction.
       Science laboratories infrastructure.--The conference 
     agreement provides $45,680,000 for science laboratories 
     infrastructure, including a total of $8,000,000 for excess 
     facilities disposition.
       Fusion energy sciences.--The conference agreement includes 
     $250,000,000 for fusion energy sciences, an increase of 
     $1,505,000 over fiscal year 2002. The conferees note that the 
     fiscal year 2002 funding level included $19,604,000 for the 
     completion of decontamination and decommissioning of the 
     Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor (TFTR), leaving $228,891,000 
     available for fusion research and facility operations in 
     fiscal year 2002. By comparison, the conference agreement for 
     fiscal year 2003 makes this $19,604,000, plus an additional 
     $1,505,000, available for fusion research and facility 
     operations, an increase of 9.2 percent over the comparable 
     amount available in fiscal year 2002.
       Within the funding available for fusion energy sciences, 
     the Department should make additional funding of $1,500,000 
     available to the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory to 
     support the National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX) 
     research, NSTX operations, and preliminary design for the 
     National Compact Stellarator Experiment (NCSX). Within 
     available funding, the Department should report back to the 
     Appropriations Committees no later than August 1, 2003, with 
     an evaluation of the ``fast ignition'' concept and with any 
     recommendations regarding the schedule and milestones of the 
     High Energy Density Physics Program.
       Safeguards and security.--The conference agreement includes 
     $48,765,000 for safeguards and security activities at 
     laboratories and facilities managed by the Office of Science. 
     The additional $638,000 over the budget request represents a 
     transfer from Weapons Activities for the costs of safeguards 
     and security at Building 3019 at Oak Ridge National 
     Laboratory.
       Science workforce development.--The conference agreement 
     provides $5,460,000 for science workforce development. This 
     activity had previously been funded as the Science Education 
     subprogram within Program Direction.
       Science program direction.--The conference agreement 
     includes $136,387,000 for science program direction. This 
     amount includes $72,403,000 for field offices, $55,984,000 
     for headquarters, $7,000,000 for the Technical Information 
     Management program (transferred from the Energy Supply 
     account), and $1,000,000 for Energy Research Analyses. The 
     control level for fiscal year 2003 is at the program account 
     level of Science Program Direction.
       External regulation.--Funds are provided in the 
     Environment, Safety and Health (non-defense) account within 
     the Energy Supply appropriation for the Nuclear Regulatory 
     Commission (NRC) and the Occupational Safety and Health 
     Administration (OSHA) to conduct compliance audits of the ten 
     DOE Science laboratories. The Office of Science should use 
     this information to develop estimates of the costs needed to 
     bring these ten laboratories into compliance with NRC and 
     OSHA safety standards. The Office of Science, in cooperation 
     with NRC and OSHA, should complete the compliance audits and 
     cost estimates for an initial set of four representative 
     Science laboratories not later than September 30, 2003, and 
     for all remaining Science laboratories by March 31, 2004. The 
     Office of Science is directed to submit a report to the House 
     and Senate Energy and Water Development Appropriations 
     Subcommittees summarizing the audit results and cost 
     estimates for all ten laboratories not later than April 30, 
     2004.
       Funding adjustments.--A general reduction of $20,000,000 
     has been applied to this account.

                         Nuclear Waste Disposal

       The conference agreement provides $145,00,000 for Nuclear 
     Waste Disposal, instead of $209,702,000 as proposed by the 
     House and $56,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. When 
     combined with the $315,000,000 appropriated from the Defense 
     Nuclear Waste Disposal account, a total of $460,000,000 will 
     be available for program activities in fiscal year 2003. The 
     conference agreement includes not to exceed $2,500,000 for 
     the State of Nevada and $7,000,000 for affected units of 
     local government. The conferees direct the Department to 
     provide $2,000,000 to Clark County, Nevada, to study and 
     demonstrate the integration of emergency response planning 
     systems and advanced transportation technologies. The 
     conferees further direct that $2,500,000 be provided to the 
     Research Foundation of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 
     for continuing and expanding its efforts in ground water 
     characterization and research into the transport and fate of 
     radionuclides in the vicinity of the Yucca Mountain 
     repository.

                      Departmental Administration

       The conference agreement provides $309,872,000 for 
     Departmental Administration expenses instead of $249,259,000 
     as proposed by the House and $295,587,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. Funding adjustments include the transfer of 
     $87,468,000 from Other Defense Activities and the use of 
     $15,000,000 of prior year balances. Revenues of $120,000,000, 
     a reduction of $17,524,000 from the budget request, are 
     estimated to be received in fiscal year 2003, resulting in a 
     net appropriation of $87,404,000.
       Specific funding levels for each Departmental organization 
     are provided in the accompanying table.
       Engineering and construction management reviews.--The 
     conference agreement provides $5,000,000 for the Office of 
     Engineering and Construction Management for external 
     independent reviews of proposed projects and programs.
       Cybersecurity and secure communications.--The conferees 
     have provided $30,000,000 for cybersecurity and secure 
     communications.
       Corporate management information program.--The conferees 
     have provided $15,000,000 for the Department's Corporate 
     Management Information Program.

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       Cost of work for others.--Since initiating direct budgeting 
     and funding of safeguards and security activities, the 
     Department has used the cost of work for others program to 
     fund reimbursable safeguards and security costs incurred for 
     work performed for other Federal agencies. This was 
     originally planned to be a one-year transitional fix; 
     however, the Department has continued to use this procedure 
     beyond that time. The conferees expect the Department to 
     submit to the Committees on Appropriations a proposal that 
     would allow the direct funding of these costs within each 
     program account in fiscal year 2004.
       Reprogramming guidelines.--The conference agreement 
     provides reprogramming authority of $1,000,000 or 10 percent, 
     whichever is less, within the Departmental Administration 
     account without prior submission of a reprogramming to be 
     approved by the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations. No individual program account may be 
     increased or decreased by more than this amount during the 
     fiscal year using this reprogramming authority. Congressional 
     notification within 30 days of the use of this reprogramming 
     authority is required. Transfers which would result in 
     increases or decreases in excess of $1,000,000 or 10 percent 
     to an individual program account require prior notification 
     and approval.

                    OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

       The conference agreement provides $37,671,000 for the 
     Inspector General as proposed by the House and the Senate.

                    Atomic Energy Defense Activities

                National Nuclear Security Administration

       The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), a 
     semi-autonomous agency within the Department of Energy, 
     manages the Nation's nuclear weapons, nuclear 
     nonproliferation, and naval reactors activities.
       Availability of funds.--The conference agreement makes 
     funds appropriated to the NNSA available until expended as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       Other provisions.--The conference agreement includes 
     language authorizing $12,000,000 to be appropriated for 
     Project 03-D-102, LANL administration building, at Los Alamos 
     National Laboratory, and $113,000,000 to be appropriated for 
     Project 01-D-108, Microsystems and engineering science 
     applications (MESA), at Sandia National Laboratories, in New 
     Mexico.
       The conference agreement does not include bill language 
     proposed by the House limiting the obligation of funds until 
     the Nuclear Weapons Council certifies the Selected 
     Acquisition Reports, limiting the obligation of funds until 
     the NNSA budgets by weapons system, or providing $10,000,000 
     to upgrade financial systems to track costs by weapons 
     system. Each of these issues is addressed further in the 
     statement of the managers.
       Future Years Nuclear Security Program.--The conferees agree 
     with the House language pertaining to the inadequate multi-
     year programming and budgeting information and direct the 
     NNSA to contract for an independent assessment of the NNSA's 
     planning, programming, and budgeting system, including its 
     comparability to that of the Department of Defense.
       Strategic weapons modernization.--The conferees direct the 
     Secretary of Energy in conjunction with the Secretary of 
     Defense to provide a report to the Appropriations and Armed 
     Services Committees of Congress providing a specific 
     inventory objective for each nuclear weapon system by year 
     and in total through 2012; an indication of the likely number 
     of warheads that must be modernized and why; and an estimate 
     of the cost in then-year dollars to perform such 
     modernization. This report is due to the Congressional 
     defense committees not later than March 15, 2003.
       Selected Acquisition Reports.--The conferees direct NNSA to 
     submit Selected Acquisition Reports to Congress in fiscal 
     year 2004 and subsequent fiscal years in an identical manner 
     to those submitted by the Department of Defense. NNSA shall 
     use the title ``Selected Acquisition Report'', use the 
     Department of Defense standard format and classification 
     methodology, and include identical types of information on 
     program cost, schedule, and contractor performance.
       Budget and accounting for nuclear weapons systems.--The 
     conferees understand that the Department is implementing a 
     pilot project to budget and account for costs by weapons 
     system and expect to be kept informed by the Administrator of 
     the NNSA and the Department's Chief Financial Officer on the 
     status of this project.
       Cerro Grande Fire Funds.--The conferees direct that the 
     Secretary not defer, deobligate, withdraw to headquarters, 
     reserve for contemplated future rescissions, reprogram or 
     otherwise adversely affect the planned and continuing 
     expenditure of funds previously made available for Cerro 
     Grande fire activities unless a reprogramming is submitted in 
     advance and approval received from the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations.

                           Weapons Activities

       The conference agreement provides $5,954,204,000 for 
     Weapons Activities instead of $5,772,068,000 as proposed by 
     the House and $6,108,959,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Reprogramming.--The conference agreement provides limited 
     reprogramming authority within the Weapons Activities account 
     without submission of a reprogramming to be approved in 
     advance by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 
     The reprogramming thresholds will be as follow: directed 
     stockpile work, science campaigns, engineering campaigns, 
     inertial confinement fusion, advanced simulation and 
     computing, pit manufacturing and certification, readiness 
     campaigns, and operating expenses for readiness in technical 
     base and facilities. This should provide the needed 
     flexibility to manage these programs.
       In addition, funding of not more than $5,000,000 may be 
     transferred between each of these categories and each 
     construction project subject to the following limitations: 
     only one transfer may be made to or from any program or 
     project; the transfer must be necessary to address a risk to 
     health, safety or the environment or to assure the most 
     efficient use of weapons activities funds at a site; and 
     funds may not be used for an item for which Congress has 
     specifically denied funds or for a new program or project 
     that has not been authorized by Congress.
       Congressional notification within 15 days of the use of 
     this reprogramming authority is required. Transfers during 
     the fiscal year which would result in increases or decreases 
     in excess of $5,000,000 or which would be subject to the 
     limitations outlined in the previous paragraph require prior 
     notification and approval from the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations. Failure to notify the 
     Committees within the 15-day period will result in denial of 
     the reprogramming.
       Directed stockpile work.--The conference agreement includes 
     the budget request of $1,234,467,000 for directed stockpile 
     work as proposed by the House and the Senate.
       Campaigns.--Funding for individual campaigns is shown on 
     the accompanying table. The conferees agree with the House 
     language requesting detailed project baseline data for each 
     campaign showing the total, annual, and five-year costs, 
     schedule, scope, and deliverables for individual project 
     activities as part of the annual budget request.
       From within funds provided for the various campaigns, 
     $2,175,000 is provided for the University Research Program in 
     Robotics. An additional $2,175,000 is provided for the 
     robotics program in the environmental management program.
       For science campaigns, the conference agreement provides 
     $255,468,000, an increase of $20,000,000 over the budget 
     request. The conference agreement provides $47,159,000 for 
     primary certification as proposed by the Administration. In 
     the dynamic materials properties program, the conferees have 
     provided $5,000,000 for materials properties studies using 
     the capabilities of the Nevada Test Site and the budget 
     request of $13,110,000 for university partnerships. In the 
     advanced radiography program, funding of $20,000,000 is 
     provided to continue research, development and conceptual 
     design activities for an advanced hydrodynamics test facility 
     and an additional $5,000,000 to fund other experiments that 
     might be conducted in the Contained Firing Facility.
       For engineering campaigns, the conference agreement 
     provides $233,697,000, a reduction of $5,713,000 from the 
     budget request. Enhanced surety is funded at $32,000,000, as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       For inertial confinement fusion, the conference agreement 
     provides $504,293,000, an increase of $52,500,000 over the 
     budget request, and includes several program funding 
     adjustments. The conference agreement includes $10,000,000 
     for the Naval Research Laboratory, the same as the budget 
     request. Funding of $22,000,000 has been provided to further 
     development of high average power lasers.
       The conference agreement includes $36,400,000, the same as 
     the budget request, for the on-going program at the 
     Laboratory for Laser Energetics at the University of 
     Rochester. An increase of $13,000,000 over the budget request 
     is provided for the University of Rochester for the Omega 
     Extended Performance Facility to enhance the capabilities of 
     the Omega facility in support of the nation's stockpile 
     stewardship program by providing additional high-energy, 
     high-intensity beams to be used with the existing Omega 
     facility.
       The conference agreement provides an additional $8,000,000 
     for enhanced National Ignition Facility (NIF) diagnostics 
     and/or cryogenic target activities, and $214,045,000, the 
     same as the budget request, for continued construction of the 
     NIF.
       For petawatt laser capabilities, funding of $5,000,000 is 
     provided to modify the beamlet laser at the Sandia National 
     Laboratories and $1,000,000 is provided for technical 
     community activities in developing critical short-pulse, high 
     power laser technology.
       The conferees have provided an additional $3,500,000 for 
     university grants/other ICF support. This includes $2,500,000 
     for installation, operation, and continued research and 
     development on a petawatt laser at the University of Nevada-
     Reno, and $1,000,000 for short pulse, high power laser 
     development at the University of Texas.
       For advanced simulation and computing, the conference 
     agreement provides $704,335,000, as proposed by the Senate. 
     The NNSA is directed to commission two independent studies as 
     proposed by the Senate. These reports are due to the 
     Committees on Appropriations by August 1, 2003.
       For pit manufacturing and certification, the conference 
     agreement provides $222,000,000, an increase of $27,516,000 
     over the budget request of $194,484,000. The increase will 
     ensure that the NNSA maintains its commitment to produce a 
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     by 2003 and a certified W88 pit by 2007. The NNSA has refused 
     to request funds consistent with its own project plan 
     submitted in September 2001. As directed by the Senate 
     explanatory statement, the NNSA is to provide a revised pit 
     production and certification plan to the relevant 
     Congressional committees by March 31, 2003, and annually 
     thereafter. To ensure that all sites under study for the 
     modern pit facility receive full and equal consideration, the 
     conferees recognize that future land withdrawal action by 
     Congress may be required to proceed with construction of the 
     facility.
       For readiness campaigns, the conference agreement provides 
     $213,752,000, a reduction of $8,065,000 from the budget 
     request. Funding for the tritium readiness campaign includes 
     $42,734,000 for operating expenses as proposed by the Senate 
     and an additional $5,335,000 to complete dismantlement of the 
     Accelerator Production of Tritium program.
       Readiness in technical base and facilities.--For readiness 
     in technical base and facilities, the conference agreement 
     provides $1,832,222,000, an increase of $143,993,000 over the 
     budget request, and includes several funding adjustments.
       Within funds provided for operations of facilities, the 
     conferees direct that, at a minimum, an additional 
     $25,000,000 be provided for the Pantex Plant in Texas and an 
     additional $20,000,000 be provided for the Y-12 Plant in Oak 
     Ridge, Tennessee, as proposed by the House. The conference 
     agreement includes an additional $6,000,000 for the Z machine 
     operations at Sandia and $3,000,000 for technology transfer 
     activities as proposed by the Senate. The conferees encourage 
     the Department to utilize the UNLV Research Foundation and 
     other academic institutions to facilitate such technology 
     transfer activities at the Nevada Test Site.
       The conference agreement provides $56,725,000 for 
     activities at the Nevada Test Site and an additional 
     $23,500,000 for the National Center for Combating Terrorism 
     for facility upgrades, refurbishments, equipment, and 
     operation and maintenance.
       Funding of $638,000 has been transferred to the Office of 
     Science safeguards and security program to support weapons-
     related activities at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
       Within funds provided for program readiness, the conference 
     agreement includes $60,000,000 to maintain Nevada Test Site 
     readiness and $6,164,000 for activities related to the TA-18 
     relocation to Nevada. The conference agreement provides the 
     budget request of $15,000,000 for enhanced test readiness. 
     The Department is directed to notify the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations before any of these funds are 
     obligated in fiscal year 2003.
       Within funds provided for special projects, the conference 
     agreement includes $600,000 for the Oral History of the 
     Nevada Test Site; $6,900,000 for the New Mexico Education 
     Enrichment Foundation; $2,500,000 for the National Museum of 
     Nuclear Science and History relocation project; $500,000 for 
     the Atomic Testing History Institute; $1,000,000 for the UNLV 
     Research Foundation; $3,000,000 to update aircraft 
     navigational and other related avionics; and the budget 
     request for the Los Alamos County Schools. Within available 
     funds, the conferees urge NNSA to conduct a field 
     installation of the truck stopping device developed by 
     Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and to continue 
     research on bridges and new techniques for scanning shipping 
     containers.
       The conference agreement includes $103,816,000 for 
     materials recycling, an increase of $5,000,000 over the 
     budget request for activities at the Y-12 Plant in Tennessee 
     as proposed by the House.
       The conference agreement includes the budget request of 
     $17,721,000 for containers, $14,593,000 for storage, and 
     $91,000,000 for nuclear weapons incident response.
       Construction projects.--For construction projects, the 
     conference agreement includes adjustments proposed by the 
     Department to the budget request for several projects to 
     reflect the latest program planning assumptions. In addition, 
     the conference agreement provides $12,000,000 for Project 03-
     D-102, LANL administration building replacement project, and 
     $113,000,000 for Project 01-D-108, Microsystems and 
     Engineering Sciences Applications Complex at Sandia, in New 
     Mexico.
       Facilities and infrastructure recapitalization.--The 
     conference agreement includes the budget request of 
     $242,512,000 for the facilities and infrastructure (F&I) 
     recapitalization program. The conferees agree with the House 
     language to procure decontamination, decommissioning and 
     demolition services through an open competitive process. At 
     least $50,000,000 is to be used to dispose of excess 
     facilities.
       Secure Transportation Asset.--The conference agreement 
     provides the budget request of $152,989,000 for secure 
     transportation asset.
       Safeguards and security.--The conference agreement includes 
     $526,254,000, an increase of $16,300,000 over the budget 
     request, for safeguards and security activities at 
     laboratories and facilities managed by the National Nuclear 
     Security Administration.
       Funding adjustments.--The conference agreement includes an 
     adjustment of $28,985,000 for a security charge for 
     reimbursable work, as proposed in the budget, and a general 
     reduction of $138,800,000.

                    DEFENSE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION

       The conference agreement provides $1,113,630,000 for 
     Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation instead of $1,167,630,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $1,115,630,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       Availability of funds.--The conference agreement makes the 
     funds available for obligation until expended as proposed by 
     the Senate.
       Nonproliferation and verification research and 
     development.--The conference agreement provides the budget 
     request of $283,407,000 for nonproliferation and verification 
     research and development. This includes $20,160,000, the same 
     as the budget request, for ground-based systems for treaty 
     monitoring.
       From within available funds for research and development 
     activities, $10,000,000 is provided to support ongoing 
     activities at the Remote Sensing Test and Evaluation Center 
     at the Nevada Test Site. The conferees encourage the 
     Department to use a portion of the additional funds provided 
     to the Remote Sensing Test and Evaluation Center to support 
     applied research activities related to national security at 
     UNLV and other universities that are participating in 
     cooperative ventures at the Nevada Test Site.
       The conference agreement provides $3,000,000 for the 
     Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology PASSCAL 
     Instrument Center. The conferees expect the NNSA to conduct a 
     site-wide survey of the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant in 
     Middletown, Iowa, for radiological contamination as proposed 
     by the Senate. Within available funds, the NNSA is directed 
     to provide $10,000,000 for the sustained development of 
     advanced technologies needed to counter nuclear terrorism 
     threats and focus on improving capability through research 
     and development.
       The conferees continue to support more opportunity for open 
     competition in appropriate areas of the nonproliferation and 
     verification research and development program. The conferees 
     expect the Department to continue to implement 
     recommendations provided by the external review group in 
     support of open competition and direct the Department to 
     continue a free and open competitive process for at least 25 
     percent of its research and development activities during 
     fiscal year 2003 for ground-based systems treaty monitoring. 
     The competitive process should be open to all Federal and 
     non-Federal entities.
       The conferees direct the Department to identify ways to 
     increase competition to ensure that the best possible 
     researchers in the private sector and academia are provided 
     the opportunity to compete for nonproliferation research and 
     development funds and to contribute to these critical 
     national security programs. In this time of increased threats 
     to the nation, the Department should make every effort to 
     seek out new and innovative ideas and concepts beyond those 
     developed by the Department's own contractors.
       The conferees request an annual report on the 
     nonproliferation and verification research and development 
     program that includes each major research project with the 
     total baseline cost, cost by year, scope, schedule, 
     deliverables, entity performing the research, and proposed 
     user. This report in an unclassified form with a classified 
     appendix as necessary is due to the Committees on 
     Appropriations on March 15, 2003, and annually thereafter. 
     The Department should work with the Committees to ensure the 
     appropriate level of detail.
       Nonproliferation and international security.--The 
     conference agreement provides the budget request of 
     $92,668,000 for nonproliferation and international security.
       Nonproliferation programs with Russia.--The conferees 
     continue to be concerned that too much of the money for 
     Russian programs is being spent in the United States at the 
     Department of Energy's own facilities rather than going to 
     the facilities in Russia. The Department is directed to 
     submit a plan to the Committees on Appropriations that shows 
     how the ratio of the funding within each program that is 
     spent in Russia versus the funding that remains the United 
     States for the Department's contractors will be increased 
     significantly in each subsequent fiscal year.
       International materials protection, control and cooperation 
     (MPC&A).--The conference agreement includes $233,077,000, the 
     same as the budget request, for the MPC&A program. From 
     within available funds, the conference agreement provides at 
     least $15,000,000 for expanded activities within the Second 
     Line of Defense program that is responsible for improving 
     border and transportation security. The conferees support 
     expanded program work in major transit/transportation hubs 
     and ports in countries other than Russia and the Newly 
     Independent States. The conference agreement also provides 
     $5,000,000 for the radiological dispersion devices (RDD) 
     program to protect, control and account for RDD materials in 
     countries other than Russia and the Newly Independent States.
       Accelerated Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU) Disposition.--The 
     conference agreement provides $14,000,000 to develop and 
     implement efforts with the Russian Federation for blending or 
     otherwise securing highly enriched uranium. These efforts may 
     include the purchase of highly enriched uranium from the 
     Russian Federation and transporting it to the United States. 
     This program is in addition to the U.S./Russian HEU Agreement 
     to blend down 500 metric tons of highly enriched uranium over 
     twenty years.
       Russian Transition Initiatives.--The conference agreement 
     provides $39,334,000, the same as the budget request, for the 
     Initiatives for Proliferation Prevention program and the 
     Nuclear Cities Initiative.
       HEU transparency implementation.--The conference agreement 
     provides $17,229,000, the same as the budget request.

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       International nuclear safety.--The conference agreement 
     provides $11,576,000, a reduction of $3,000,000 from the 
     budget request, for the international nuclear safety program, 
     as proposed by the House.
       Elimination of weapons-grade plutonium production.--The 
     conference agreement includes the budget request of 
     $49,339,000 for the elimination of weapons-grade plutonium 
     production program. The conferees strongly support the 
     Department's efforts to provide an open procurement 
     competition to find the best-qualified contractor to 
     implement this program and have not included language to 
     limit repayment of program expenditures.
       Fissile materials disposition.--The conference agreement 
     provides $48,000,000 for fissile materials disposition, the 
     same as the budget request. At the request of the Department, 
     funding of $2,000,000 was transferred from operating expenses 
     to Project 99-D-141, Pit disassembly and conversion facility, 
     and $6,372,000 was transferred from Project 01-D-407, highly 
     enriched uranium blend down, to operating expenses.
       Program direction.--The conference agreement does not 
     provide any program direction funds in this account as 
     proposed by the Senate. Program direction funding for the 
     Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation office will be identified 
     separately within the Office of the Administrator account.
       Funding adjustments.--The conference agreement includes 
     funding adjustments of $75,000,000. This includes the use of 
     $68,000,000 of prior year balances and the additional 
     $7,000,00 remaining from completion of Project 00-D-192, 
     Nonproliferation and international security center.

                             Naval Reactors

       The conference agreement provides $706,790,000 for Naval 
     Reactors, the same as the budget request. These funds are to 
     remain available until expended as proposed by the Senate.

                      OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR

       The conference agreement provides $330,929,000 for the 
     Office of the Administrator instead of $261,929,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $335,929,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. These funds are available for obligation through 
     September 30, 2003, as proposed by the House. Statutory 
     language providing $12,000 for official reception and 
     representation expenses has also been included.
       The conferees urge the Administrator of NNSA to provide at 
     least $5,000,000 for the NNSA Office of Project Management 
     and Engineering Support to continue its project oversight 
     work and to provide training and mentoring programs to 
     improve the skills of NNSA program and project managers.
       Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation.--The conference agreement 
     provides $57,000,000 for the Federal employees in the Office 
     of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation. None of these funds may 
     be taxed by the NNSA for any purpose without prior 
     notification and approval by the House and Senate Committees 
     on Appropriations.

           Environmental and Other Defense Related Activities


         DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND WASTE MANAGEMENT

       The conference agreement provides $5,470,180,000 for 
     Defense Environmental Restoration and Waste Management 
     instead of $4,543,661,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $5,370,532,000 as proposed by the Senate. Additional funding 
     of $1,138,314,000 is contained in the Defense Facilities 
     Closure Projects account and $158,399,000 in the Defense 
     Environmental Management Privatization account for a total of 
     $6,766,893,000 provided for all defense environmental 
     management activities.
       Accelerated cleanup funding.--The conference agreement has 
     merged funds proposed for the Environmental Management 
     Cleanup Reform account into the appropriate existing 
     appropriation accounts rather than providing a lump sum in a 
     separate appropriation account as proposed by the 
     Administration.
       Reprogramming authority.--The conferees support the need 
     for flexibility to meet changing funding requirements and 
     have provided internal reprogramming authority as proposed by 
     the House.
       Site/project completion.--Total funding of $990,950,000 is 
     provided for site/project completion. The conference 
     agreement provides additional funding to accelerate cleanup 
     at the following sites: $40,000,000 for the Savannah River 
     Site in South Carolina; $5,000,000 for the Idaho site; 
     $141,000,000 for the Hanford site in Richland, Washington; 
     $8,000,000 for Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico; 
     $5,000,000 for the Pantex plant in Texas; and $4,000,000 to 
     expedite the remediation and conveyance of up to 2,000 acres 
     of land for the use of Pueblo of San Ildefonso and 
     approximately 100 acres to the County of Los Alamos 
     consistent with the direction of section 632 of Public Law 
     105-119.
       Funding of $7,000,000 for the Savannah River Ecology 
     Laboratory is included in the Office of Science in fiscal 
     year 2003.
       Funding of $8,800,000 is transferred from operating 
     expenses at the Savannah River Site to a new construction 
     project, Project 03-D-414, Preliminary Project Engineering 
     and Design, to initiate design activities for the salt waste 
     processing facility and an additional glass waste storage 
     building.
       Post 2006 completion.--The conference agreement provides 
     total funding of $3,322,367,000 for post 2006 completion. The 
     conference agreement provides additional funding to 
     accelerate cleanup at the following sites: $176,000,000 for 
     the Savannah River Site in South Carolina; $54,000,000 to 
     accelerate remediation, waste management, and nuclear 
     materials stewardship activities at Los Alamos National 
     Laboratory; $40,000,000 to accelerate cleanup at the Oak 
     Ridge Reservation in Tennessee; $33,000,000 to accelerate 
     cleanup at the Nevada Test Site; $22,000,000 to accelerate 
     cleanup activities at the Lawrence Livermore National 
     Laboratory; and $2,000,000 to accelerate cleanup activities 
     in Alaska.
       Additional funding of $105,000,000 is provided for the 
     Idaho site. From within these funds, $2,000,000 is for the 
     national spent nuclear fuel program; $4,000,000 is for the 
     Subsurface Science Research Institute operated by the Inland 
     Northwest Research Alliance and the INEEL; and the Department 
     is directed to pay its Title V air permitting fees at the 
     INEEL consistent with prior year levels.
       The conferees are aware that the district court has ordered 
     the parties to enter into mediation to resolve the Pit 9 
     issue at Idaho. The conferees commend that initiative and 
     encourage the pursuit of action to avert continued costly and 
     protracted litigation. The conferees expect the Department to 
     participate directly in that mediation, not through the 
     contractor. If mediation is not successful, the conferees 
     expect the Department to initiate and participate in 
     arbitration to resolve this dispute.
       Additional funding of $63,000,000 is provided for the 
     Hanford site in Richland, Washington, to accelerate cleanup 
     of the River Corridor and tank waste management activities. 
     From within available funds, $600,000 is provided for State 
     of Oregon oversight activities, and funding at the fiscal 
     year 2002 level is provided for the Hazardous Materials 
     Management and Emergency Response (HAMMER) training and 
     education center. The conferees understand that the HAMMER 
     facility will seek another source of funding and be moved 
     from the environmental management program after fiscal year 
     2003. The Department is expected to continue making PILT 
     payments at last year's level to counties that have the 
     Hanford reservation within their boundaries.
       Additional funding of $20,000,000 is provided to the 
     Carlsbad field office. This includes $14,000,000 to 
     accelerate shipping and disposing of transuranic waste 
     throughout the complex; $3,500,000 to be made available to 
     the Carlsbad community for educational support, 
     infrastructure improvements, and related initiatives to 
     address the impacts of accelerated operations; and $2,500,000 
     to continue the U.S.-Mexico Border Health Commission/
     Materials Corridor Partnership Initiative.
       From within available funds, $36,732,000 has been 
     transferred to the safeguards and security program to offset 
     increased security costs in fiscal year 2003.
       Office of River Protection.--The conference agreement 
     provides $1,126,988,000, an increase of $229,000,000 over the 
     budget request, for the Office of River Protection at the 
     Hanford site in Washington. Funding of $619,000,000 has been 
     provided for Project 01-D-416, the Hanford Waste Treatment 
     Plant, to vitrify the high-level waste in underground tanks.
       Uranium enrichment decontamination and decommissioning 
     (UED&D) fund.--The conference agreement includes the budget 
     request of $442,000,000 for the Federal government's 
     contribution to the UED&D fund.
       Science and technology development.--The conference 
     agreement provides $118,175,000 for the science and 
     technology development program. The conference agreement 
     includes $4,000,000 to continue the international agreement 
     with AEA Technology; $7,000,000 for the Department's current 
     five-year cooperative agreement with the Florida 
     International University's Hemispheric Center for 
     Environmental Technology; $750,000 for the Mid-Atlantic 
     Recycling Center for End-of-Life Electronics project; 
     $5,000,000 for the Diagnostic Instrumentation and Analysis 
     Laboratory; $2,000,000 to continue micro-sensing technology 
     development and prototype deployment of remote monitoring 
     systems for the underground test area; $2,175,000 for the 
     university robotics research program; $12,000,000 for 
     research and development at Idaho on environmental 
     technologies; and $1,000,000 for basic science experiments at 
     the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. The Department is directed 
     to continue its ongoing cooperative agreements with the 
     University of Nevada-Las Vegas and the University of Nevada-
     Reno on terms consistent with recent years. The conferees 
     urge the Department to consider continued evaluation, 
     development and demonstration of the Advanced Vitrification 
     System.
       The Office of Environmental Management is directed to 
     report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
     as soon as information is available on the projects and 
     activities which are to be performed with funding provided in 
     fiscal year 2003 to the Florida International University, AEA 
     Technology, the Mid-Atlantic Recycling Center for End-of-Life 
     Electronics project, the Diagnostic Instrumentation and 
     Analysis Laboratory, the micro-sensing technology development 
     and prototype deployment of remote monitoring systems for the 
     underground test area, the university robotics research 
     program, the Western Environmental Technology Office, and the 
     National Energy Technology Laboratory. The Department should 
     work with the Committees on the detail and format for this 
     report.
       Excess facilities.--The conference agreement includes 
     $5,000,000, an increase of $3,700,000

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     over the budget request, for excess facilities. These funds 
     are to be used to initiate decontamination and 
     decommissioning of excess facilities owned by the 
     environmental management program.
       Multi-site activities.--The conference agreement includes 
     $64,352,000, a decrease of $415,519,000 from the budget 
     request, for multi-site activities. Funding of $442,000,000 
     for the uranium enrichment decontamination and 
     decommissioning fund is transferred to a separate program; 
     $1,000,000 is provided for packaging and certification 
     activities; and $8,481,000 is provided for the hazardous 
     waste worker training program. The conferees expect the 
     Department to continue its support for a variety of small 
     programs identified in the Senate explanatory statement.
       Funding of $17,000,000 is provided for the National Energy 
     Technology Laboratory (NETL) in West Virginia, including 
     $5,000,000 for the Western Environmental Technology Office. 
     The Department is establishing an Office of Legacy Management 
     that will gain responsibility for the long-term stewardship 
     program now managed by the Office of Environmental 
     Management. The conferees expect the Department to use the 
     NETL to begin preparatory actions to ensure a smooth and 
     effective transition of people, records, and programs 
     including the responsibility for long-term stewardship of 
     records dealing with physical and human issues at current 
     sites as well as from the closure of the Ohio and Rocky Flats 
     cleanup sites. The enormous records management requirements 
     at closure sites will require solicitation and management of 
     contracts to assess both the current status of environmental 
     management records as well as performing an evaluation of 
     best practices. A critical examination of the numerous 
     complex issues of annuitant benefit continuity for retirees/
     annuitants at closure sites will also be required. 
     Preparatory work in fiscal year 2003 will ensure a smooth 
     transition of these responsibilities to the Office of Legacy 
     Management and provide the Department with an assessment of 
     its needs to provide potential bidders with sufficient data 
     to successfully compete on the forthcoming contracts to 
     institute long-term stewardship of environmental management 
     records and contractor continuity of benefits.
       Safeguards and security.--The conference agreement includes 
     $268,607,000, an increase of $40,347,000 over the budget 
     request, for safeguards and security activities at 
     laboratories and facilities managed by the Office of 
     Environmental Management. Safeguards and security costs at 
     several cleanup facilities have increased significantly since 
     the fiscal year 2003 budget request was submitted.
       Program direction.--The conferees have provided 
     $344,000,000, the same as the budget request, for the program 
     direction account.
       Funding adjustments.--The conference agreement includes 
     reduction of $80,924,000 due to funding constraints. A 
     security charge for reimbursable work of $4,347,000, the same 
     as the budget request, is included.


                ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT CLEANUP REFORM

       The conference agreement does not provide funding for 
     accelerated cleanup activities in this separate appropriation 
     account as proposed by the Administration. Funds for 
     accelerated cleanup have been allocated among the existing 
     appropriation accounts.


                  DEFENSE FACILITIES CLOSURE PROJECTS

       The conference agreement provides $1,138,314,000 instead of 
     $1,091,314,000 as proposed by the House and $1,125,314,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. The budget request of $664,000,000 is 
     provided for the Rocky Flats site in Colorado. Additional 
     funding to accelerate cleanup is provided for the following 
     projects: $25,000,000 for Fernald, Ohio; $4,000,000 for the 
     Mound site in Ohio; and $5,000,000 for the Columbus 
     environmental management project in Ohio. The conferees 
     expect the Department to request adequate funds to keep each 
     of these projects on schedule for closure by 2006 or earlier.
       From within available funds, $5,500,000 has been 
     transferred to the safeguards and security program to offset 
     increased security costs in fiscal year 2003.
       Funding of $55,651,000, an increase of $18,500,000 over the 
     budget request, is provided for safeguards and security. Any 
     savings resulting from safeguards and security costs are to 
     be retained and used for cleanup activities at the closure 
     sites.

             Defense Environmental Management Privatization

       The conference agreement provides $158,399,000, the same as 
     the budget request, for the defense environmental management 
     privatization program.

                        Other Defense Activities

       The conference agreement provides $546,554,000 for Other 
     Defense Activities instead of $485,076,000 as proposed by the 
     House and $537,664,000 as proposed by the Senate. Details of 
     the conference agreement are provided below.


                     ENERGY SECURITY AND ASSURANCE

       The conference agreement provides $56,686,000 for the 
     energy security and assurance program. Funding of $27,500,000 
     is provided for the National Infrastructure Simulation and 
     Analysis Center (NISAC) in New Mexico, and $16,000,000 to the 
     National Energy Technology Laboratory in West Virginia to 
     assist the energy assurance office, as proposed by the 
     Senate. The conference agreement includes $2,000,000 for a 
     pilot project in Washington, DC, to be carried out in 
     conjunction with the local power provider and administered by 
     the Washington Metropolitan Council of Governments to protect 
     and harden electricity infrastructure in the Nation's 
     Capital, an area uniquely susceptible to terrorist attack. 
     The conference agreement also includes $3,000,000 to 
     establish the Idaho Critical Infrastructure Testbed at the 
     Idaho National Environmental and Engineering Laboratory.


                           OFFICE OF SECURITY

       The conference agreement provides $185,515,000, the same as 
     the budget request, for the office of security.
       The conference agreement provides total safeguards and 
     security funding of $1,267,791,000 for safeguards and 
     security activities at the Department of Energy. In addition 
     to the funding provided for the office of security, the 
     conference agreement provides $30,000,000 for security and 
     safeguards activities performed by the Department's chief 
     information officer and $1,052,276,000 for safeguards and 
     security activities at the Department's field offices and 
     facilities.


                              INTELLIGENCE

       The conference agreement includes $41,246,000, the same as 
     the budget request, for the Department's intelligence 
     program.


                          COUNTERINTELLIGENCE

       The conference agreement includes $45,955,000, the same as 
     the budget request, for the Department's counterintelligence 
     program.


            INDEPENDENT OVERSIGHT AND PERFORMANCE ASSURANCE

       The conference agreement provides $22,430,000, the same as 
     the budget request, for the independent oversight and 
     performance assurance program.


                ENVIRONMENT, SAFETY AND HEALTH (DEFENSE)

       The conference agreement provides $103,850,000 for defense-
     related environment, safety and health activities including 
     $48,160,000 for health effects studies and $13,500,000 for 
     the Radiation Effects Research Foundation, the same as the 
     budget request. The conferees have provided $3,550,000 for 
     medical monitoring at the gaseous diffusion plants and 
     $5,000,000 to continue a program at the University of Nevada-
     Las Vegas for Department-wide management of electronic 
     records. From within available funds, the Department is 
     directed to complete the health studies at the Iowa Army 
     Ammunition Plant and initiate a beryllium screening and 
     outreach program for workers employed at vendors in the 
     Worchester, Massachusetts, area who supplied beryllium to the 
     Atomic Energy Commission.
       The General Accounting Office (GAO) is directed to conduct 
     a study on the effectiveness of the benefit program under 
     Subtitle D of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness 
     Compensation Program Act of 2000 in assisting the Department 
     of Energy contractor employees in obtaining compensation for 
     occupational illness. Not later than 120 days after the date 
     of enactment of this Act, the GAO shall submit a report to 
     the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, the Senate 
     Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and the House Energy 
     and Commerce Committee on the results of this study. The 
     conferees direct the GAO not to displace any other requests 
     by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
       The conference agreement includes $17,149,000 for program 
     direction, the same as the budget request.


                    WORKER AND COMMUNITY TRANSITION

       The conference agreement provides $21,183,000 for the 
     worker and community transition program instead of 
     $19,683,000 as proposed by the House and $25,683,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement includes a 
     total of $3,500,000, an increase of $1,500,000 over the 
     budget request, for workforce restructuring at the Paducah, 
     Kentucky, gaseous diffusion plant. Funding of $2,000,000 has 
     been provided for infrastructure improvements at the former 
     Pinellas weapons plant as proposed by the House.
       The conference agreement does not provide any guidance on 
     the proposed final rule implementing Part D of the Energy 
     Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program.
       No funds may be used to augment the $21,183,000 made 
     available for obligation for severance payments and other 
     benefits and community assistance grants unless the 
     Department of Energy submits a reprogramming request subject 
     to approval by the appropriate Congressional committees.


           NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT

       The conference agreement provides $87,468,000 for national 
     security programs administrative support instead of 
     $30,587,000 as proposed by the House and $50,587,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. Included within this amount is 
     $21,800,000 for the national security portion of the 
     cybersecurity and communications initiative and the corporate 
     management improvement program that are fully funded in the 
     Departmental Administration account.


                     OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS

       The conference agreement provides $2,933,000 for the Office 
     of Hearings and Appeals, the same as the budget request.


                          FUNDING ADJUSTMENTS

       Funding adjustments include a security charge for 
     reimbursable work of $712,000 and a reduction of $20,000,000 
     to be applied to those programs that have balances carried 
     over from prior fiscal years and lower priority program 
     activities.

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                     Defense Nuclear Waste Disposal

       The conference agreement provides $315,000,000 for the 
     defense contribution to the nuclear waste repository program 
     as proposed by the House instead of $280,000,000 as proposed 
     by the Senate.

                    POWER MARKETING ADMINISTRATIONS

                    Bonneville Power Administration

       The conference agreement provides $700,000,000 of new 
     borrowing authority to the Bonneville Power Administration as 
     proposed by the Senate. The bill language is included in 
     Division N of the conference report. The conferees direct the 
     Bonneville Power Administration to submit a detailed budget 
     justification, by project, for its total capital improvement 
     program to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
     not later than March 30, 2003, and to be submitted thereafter 
     as part of the annual budget request, for approval by the 
     House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
       No new direct loan obligations may be made during fiscal 
     year 2003.

      Operation and Maintenance, Southeastern Power Administration

       The conference agreement includes $4,534,000, the same as 
     the budget request, for the Southeastern Power 
     Administration. The conference agreement provides for the 
     same level of purchase power and wheeling as in fiscal year 
     2002.

      Operation and Maintenance, Southwestern Power Administration

       The conference agreement includes $27,378,000, the same as 
     the budget request, for the Southwestern Power 
     Administration. The conference agreement provides for the 
     same level of purchase power and wheeling as in fiscal year 
     2002. The conference agreement also provides Southwestern 
     with the authority to accept an additional $8,043,000 of non-
     Federal reimbursable funding to fulfill its obligations under 
     the Southwest Power Pool Open Access Transmission Tariff.

 Construction, Rehabilitation, Operation and Maintenance, Western Area 
                          Power Administration

       The conference agreement provides $168,858,000 as proposed 
     by the Senate instead of $162,758,000 as proposed by the 
     House. The conference agreement includes $6,100,000 for the 
     Utah Mitigation and Conservation Account. The conference 
     agreement also includes language as proposed by the Senate 
     regarding the Belfield-Hettinger transmission line in North 
     Dakota and includes $4,000,000 to fund high priority portions 
     of the South of Phoenix portion of the Parker-Davis Project 
     transmission system as proposed by the House.

           Falcon and Amistad Operating and Maintenance Fund

       The conference agreement includes $2,734,000, the same as 
     the budget request, for the Falcon and Amistad Operating and 
     Maintenance Fund.

                  FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION


                         salaries and expenses

       The conference agreement includes $192,000,000 for the 
     Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Revenues for 
     FERC are set at an amount equal to the budget authority, 
     resulting in a net appropriation of $0.
       The conferees are aware that the California Public 
     Utilities Commission (CPUC) has requested several FERC 
     actions in regard to investigating electricity market 
     manipulations. The conferees expect FERC to act diligently 
     upon the CPUC's requests.
       The Conferees are very concerned about the possible impact 
     on regional electricity prices of FERC's proposed rule for 
     Standard Market Design (SMD). The Secretary of Energy is 
     directed to submit to the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations, the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and 
     the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee an 
     independent analysis of the impact of the SMD rule that FERC 
     proposes to finalize. This independent analysis must compare 
     wholesale and retail electricity prices and the impact on the 
     safety and reliability of generation and transmission 
     facilities in the major regions of the country both under 
     existing conditions and under the proposed SMD rule. This 
     analysis must also address the proposed SMD rule's:
       (a) costs and benefits, including its impacts on energy 
     infrastructure development and investor confidence;
       (b) impacts on state utility regulation;
       (c) financial impact on retail customers;
       (d) impact on the reasonableness of electricity prices; and
       (e) impact on the safe, reliable, and secure operation of 
     the Nation's generation and transmission facilities.
       The Secretary shall work in consultation with the FERC so 
     that the Secretary's analysis will most accurately address 
     the contents and conclusions of the most current version of 
     the proposed rule. The Secretary shall submit the independent 
     analysis no later than April 30, 2003.

                           General Provisions

                          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

       Sec. 301.--The conference agreement modifies a provision 
     proposed by the House that none of the funds may be used to 
     award a management and operating contract, or a contract for 
     environmental remediation or waste management in excess of 
     $100,000,000 in annual funding, or award a significant 
     extension or expansion to an existing management and 
     operating contract, unless such contract is awarded using 
     competitive procedures, or the Secretary of Energy grants a 
     waiver to allow for such a deviation.
       Within 30 days of formally notifying the incumbent 
     contractor that the Secretary intends to grant such a waiver, 
     the Secretary must submit a report setting forth, in 
     specificity, the substantive reasons why the requirement for 
     competition should be waived.
       This language modifies a provision carried in previous 
     Energy and Water Development Appropriations Acts.
       Sec. 302.--The conference agreement includes a provision 
     proposed by the House and Senate that none of the funds may 
     be used to prepare or implement workforce restructuring plans 
     or provide enhanced severance payments and other benefits and 
     community assistance grants for Federal employees of the 
     Department of Energy under section 3161 of the National 
     Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 1993, Public Law 
     102-484. This provision has been carried in previous Energy 
     and Water Development Appropriations Acts.
       Sec. 303.--The conference agreement includes a provision 
     proposed by the House and Senate that none of the funds may 
     be used to augment the $21,183,000 made available for 
     obligation for severance payments and other benefits and 
     community assistance grants unless the Department of Energy 
     submits a reprogramming request subject to approval by the 
     appropriate Congressional committees. This provision has been 
     carried in previous Energy and Water Development 
     Appropriations Acts.
       Sec. 304.--The conference agreement includes a provision 
     proposed by the House and Senate that none of the funds may 
     be used to prepare or initiate Requests for Proposals for a 
     program if that program has not been funded by Congress in 
     the current fiscal year. This provision also precludes the 
     Department from initiating activities for new programs which 
     have been proposed in the budget request, but which have not 
     yet been funded by Congress. This provision has been carried 
     in previous Energy and Water Development Appropriations Acts.


                    transfers of unexpended balances

       Sec. 305.--The conference agreement includes a provision 
     proposed by the House and Senate that permits the transfer 
     and merger of unexpended balances of prior appropriations 
     with appropriation accounts established in this bill. This 
     provision has been carried in previous Energy and Water 
     Development Appropriations Acts.
       Sec. 306.--The conference agreement includes a provision 
     proposed by the House prohibiting the Bonneville Power 
     Administration from performing energy efficiency services 
     outside the legally defined Bonneville service territory 
     unless the Administrator certifies in advance that such 
     services are not available from private sector businesses. 
     This provision has been carried in previous Energy and Water 
     Development Appropriations Acts.
       Sec. 307.--The conference agreement includes a provision 
     proposed by the House establishing certain notice and 
     competition requirements for Department of Energy user 
     facilities. This provision has been carried in previous 
     Energy and Water Development Appropriations Acts.
       Sec. 308.--The conference agreement includes a provision 
     proposed by the House and Senate allowing the Administrator 
     of the National Nuclear Security Administration to authorize 
     certain nuclear weapons production plants to use not more 
     than 2 percent of available funds for research, development 
     and demonstration activities. This provision has been carried 
     in previous Energy and Water Development Appropriations Acts.
       Sec. 309.--The conference agreement includes a provision 
     proposed by the House and Senate allowing the Administrator 
     of the National Nuclear Security Administration to authorize 
     the manager of the Nevada Operations Office to use not more 
     than 2 percent of available funds for research, development 
     and demonstration activities necessary for operations and 
     readiness of the Nevada Test Site.
       Sec. 310.--The conference agreement includes a provision 
     proposed by the House that would repeal section 310 of Public 
     Law 106-60, the Energy and Water Development Appropriations 
     Act, 2000, which required submission of funding plans from 
     Department of Energy laboratories.
       Sec. 311.--The conference agreement includes a provision 
     proposed by the House which would authorize intelligence 
     activities of the Department of Energy for purposes of 
     section 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 until 
     enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal 
     year 2003.
       Sec. 312.--The conference agreement includes a provision 
     proposed by the Senate limiting the types of waste that can 
     be disposed of in the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New 
     Mexico. None of the funds may be used to dispose of 
     transuranic waste in excess of 20 percent plutonium by weight 
     for the aggregate of any material category. At the Rocky 
     Flats site, this provision includes ash residues; salt 
     residues; wet residues; direct repackage residues; and scrub 
     alloy as referenced in the ``Final Environmental Impact 
     Statement on Management of Certain Plutonium Residues and 
     Scrub Alloy Stored at the Rocky Flats Environmental 
     Technology Site''. This provision has been carried in 
     previous Energy and Water Development Appropriations Acts.
       Sec. 313.--The conference agreement includes a provision 
     proposed by the Senate

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     providing that funds appropriated in Public Law 107-66 for 
     the Kachemak Bay submarine cable project may be available to 
     reimburse the local sponsor for the Federal share of the 
     project costs assumed by the local sponsor prior to final 
     passage of that Act.
       Sec. 314.--The conference agreement includes a provision 
     proposed by the Senate requiring that upon the request of the 
     licensee for FERC License No. 11393, the Federal Energy 
     Regulatory Commission shall issue an order staying the 
     license.
       Sec. 315.--The conference agreement modifies a provision 
     proposed by the Senate providing that none of the funds for 
     Department of Energy environmental management activities may 
     be obligated at a Department of Energy site or laboratory in 
     excess of the current-year level of funding or the fiscal 
     year 2003 budget request, whichever is greater, unless the 
     site or laboratory has entered into a site performance 
     management plan consistent with the intent of the 
     Department's environmental management acceleration and reform 
     initiative.
       Sec. 316.--The conference agreement modifies a provision 
     proposed by the Senate prohibiting the National Nuclear 
     Security Administration (NNSA) from taking any actions 
     adversely affecting employment at its Nevada Operations 
     Office for a period of not less than 365 days. The conference 
     agreement includes a provision allowing the Administrator of 
     the NNSA to seek a waiver from this requirement. Similar to a 
     reprogramming action, written approval must be received from 
     the Chairmen and Ranking Members of the House and Senate 
     Energy and Water Development Appropriations Subcommittees.
       Sec. 317.--The conference agreement includes a provision 
     providing that notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     the Secretary of Energy shall proceed with planning and 
     analyses for external regulation of the Department's 
     laboratories under the Office of Science.
       Provisions not adopted by the conference.--The conference 
     agreement deletes language proposed by the Senate that: 
     requires the General Accounting Office to conduct a study of 
     the effectiveness of the benefit program under subtitle D of 
     the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation 
     Program Act of 2000; requires the General Accounting Office 
     to conduct a study of the cleanup progress at the Paducah 
     Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Paducah, Kentucky; and prohibits 
     the use of funds in this or any other Act to withdraw from 
     availability or otherwise adversely affect the planned 
     expenditure of funds previously made available for Cerro 
     Grande Fire activities.--These requirements are addressed in 
     the statement of the managers.
       Language proposed by the Senate allowing the Secretary of 
     Interior to participate in the CALFED Bay-Delta Authority has 
     been modified and moved to Title II.


                       conference recommendations

       The conference agreement's detailed funding recommendations 
     for programs in title III are contained in the following 
     table.

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                                TITLE IV

                          INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                    APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION

       The conference agreement includes $71,290,000 for the 
     Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) as proposed by the 
     House instead of $74,400,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
     conferees support the Appalachian-Turkish Trade Project to 
     promote trade and investment opportunities. From within 
     available funds, $5,000,000 has been provided for a child 
     development research center at the University of Alabama and 
     $8,000,000 for the newly authorized telecommunications 
     program within the ARC. The conferees are aware of the 
     Intermodal Industrial Park project in Wellsville, Ohio, and 
     urge the ARC to help the Columbiana County Port Authority 
     complete the project.


                defense nuclear facilities safety board

       The conference agreement includes $19,000,000 for the 
     Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board as proposed by the 
     House and Senate.


                        delta regional authority

       The conference agreement includes $8,000,000 for the Delta 
     Regional Authority instead of $15,000,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate and no funding as proposed by the House. The conferees 
     expect the Authority to submit to the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations quarterly financial reports 
     providing detailed accounting data on the expenditure of 
     funds during fiscal year 2003 and thereafter. The conferees 
     also expect to receive from the Authority a detailed budget 
     justification in fiscal year 2004. The Authority failed to 
     comply with this requirement in fiscal year 2003.


                           denali commission

       The conference agreement includes $48,000,000 for the 
     Denali Commission instead of $50,000,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate and no funding as proposed by the House. The conferees 
     expect the Denali Commission to submit to the House and 
     Senate Committees on Appropriations quarterly financial 
     reports providing detailed accounting data on the expenditure 
     of funds during fiscal year 2003 and thereafter. The 
     conferees also expect to receive from the Commission a 
     detailed budget justification in fiscal year 2004.

                     NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


                         salaries and expenses

       The conference agreement includes $578,184,000 as proposed 
     by the House and the Senate, to be offset by revenues of 
     $520,087,000, for a net appropriation of $58,097,000. This 
     reflects the statutory language adopted by the conference in 
     fiscal year 2001 to reduce the fee recovery requirement to 94 
     percent in fiscal year 2003. The conference amount provides 
     the same total amount as the budget request, including the 
     $29,300,000 requested for security expenses, but applies the 
     fee recovery requirement to this increment of funding.


                      office of inspector general

       The conference agreement includes $6,800,000 as proposed by 
     the House and Senate, to be offset by revenues of $6,392,000, 
     for a net appropriation of $408,000. This reflects the 
     statutory language adopted by the conference in fiscal year 
     2001 to reduce the fee recovery requirement to 94 percent in 
     fiscal year 2003.

                  NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD


                         salaries and expenses

       The conference agreement provides $3,200,000, the same as 
     the budget request.

                                TITLE V

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 501.--The conference agreement includes language 
     directing that none of the funds in this Act or any prior 
     appropriations Act may be used in any way, directly or 
     indirectly, to influence congressional action on any 
     legislation or appropriation matters pending before Congress, 
     other than to communicate to Members of Congress as described 
     in section 1913 of title 18, United States Code. This 
     provision has been carried in previous Energy and Water 
     Development Appropriations Acts.
       Sec. 502.--The conference agreement includes language 
     regarding the purchase of American-made equipment and 
     products, and prohibiting contracts with persons falsely 
     labeling products as made in America. This provision has been 
     carried in previous Energy and Water Development 
     Appropriations Acts.
       Sec. 503.--The conference agreement includes language 
     proposed by the House providing that none of the funds made 
     available in this Act may be transferred to any department, 
     agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government, 
     except pursuant to transfer made by, or transfer authority 
     provided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act.
       Sec. 504.--The conference agreement includes language 
     proposed by the Senate that extends the existing authority 
     for the Denali Commission until 2008.
       Sec. 505.--The conference agreement includes language 
     proposed by the Senate that amends section 503 of the Energy 
     and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2002, by extending 
     the prohibition of oil and gas drilling in the Great Lakes 
     until 2005.
       Sec. 506.--The conference agreement includes a provision 
     clarifying that the Department of Energy's discretionary 
     indemnification authority will protect communities, lenders, 
     and subsequent owners of former Department of Energy property 
     to the same extent that communities impacted by base closures 
     are protected.
       Sec. 507.--The conference agreement includes a provision 
     directing the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
     to transmit to Congress by April 1, 2003, a cross-cut budget 
     displaying, by fiscal year, all CALFED Bay-Delta Program 
     related expenditures by the Federal government for fiscal 
     years 1996 through 2004.
       Provisions not adopted.--The conference agreement deletes 
     language proposed by the House prohibiting obligation of 
     funds by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to grant 
     any public utility the authority to use market-based rates 
     until the Commission has issued a final order in all market-
     based rate cases that have been pending before the Commission 
     for more than 18 months.

                   Conference Total--With Comparisons

       The total new budget (obligational) authority for the 
     fiscal year 2003 recommended by the Committee of Conference, 
     with comparisons to the fiscal year 2002 amount, the 2003 
     budget estimates, and the House and Senate bills for 2003 
     follow:

                       [in thousands of dollars]

New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2002.......$25,795,359
Budget estimates for new (obligational) authority, fiscal yea26,163,457
House bill, fiscal year 2003.................................26,541,000
Senate bill, fiscal year 2003................................26,649,991
Conference agreement, fiscal year 2003.......................26,678,000
Conference agreement compared with:.................................
    New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2002......+882,641
    Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal year 
      2003...................................................  +514,543
    House bill, fiscal year 2003...............................+137,000
    Senate bill, fiscal year 2003...............................+28,000

                               DIVISION E

           FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCING, AND RELATED

                     PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS, 2003

       In determining Congressional intent for the obligation and 
     programming of funds for fiscal year 2003, the appropriate 
     departments and agencies funded under this Act shall rely on 
     House Report 107-663, the Senate report as printed in the 
     Congressional Record of January 15, 2003, and the statement 
     of the managers. Any ambiguity shall be resolved by 
     consulting with the Committees on Appropriations.

               TITLE I--EXPORT AND INVESTMENT ASSISTANCE

                Export-Import Bank of the United States

       The conference agreement appropriates $512,900,000 for the 
     subsidy appropriation for the Export-Import Bank.
       The managers are aware of an inter-agency agreement among 
     the Departments of State and Defense, the Export-Import Bank, 
     and USAID that establishes reporting procedures regarding 
     compliance with section 512 of the Act, the so-called Brooke 
     amendment, and section 620(q) of the Foreign Assistance Act. 
     The procedures provide a mechanism to share information among 
     those agencies regarding countries that are either in arrears 
     on loan repayments owed the United States or which may soon 
     become in arrears. Since the provision of foreign assistance 
     to countries in arrears is restricted by those sections, 
     information required by these procedures is of great 
     importance to the administration of foreign assistance funds. 
     The managers are therefore concerned about reports that the 
     Export-Import Bank has, in at least two instances this year, 
     failed to provide information on arrearages in a timely 
     fashion in accordance with its obligations under the inter-
     agency agreement. The managers direct the Export-Import Bank 
     to follow the inter-agency agreement and not allow a similar 
     lapse to occur again.
       The managers endorse House report language regarding the 
     Export-Import Bank with respect to the domestic steel market, 
     reducing global excess steel making capacity, and subsequent 
     reporting to the Committees on Appropriations.

                Overseas Private Investment Corporation

       The managers direct the President of OPIC to continue 
     current policy and consult with the Committees on 
     Appropriations before any future financing for non-
     governmental organizations or private and voluntary 
     organizations is approved.
       The managers are concerned with a number of OPIC projects 
     involving the shrimp industry in Southeast Asia. The managers 
     expect OPIC to consult with the appropriate Congressional 
     committees on this issue.

                  FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

                      Trade and Development Agency

       The conference agreement appropriates $47,012,000 for the 
     Trade and Development Agency (TDA) instead of $49,512,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $44,696,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. The level of funding includes an additional 
     $2,500,000 for trade capacity building assistance instead of 
     $5,000,000 as proposed by the House. The Senate did not 
     address the issue of trade capacity building assistance.

                TITLE II--BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

      Frequency of Executive Branch Reports on Country Allocations

       The managers insist that the Department of State and the 
     United States Agency for International Development comply 
     with the

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     provisions of section 653 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961, as amended, regarding the frequency of notifications 
     regarding the allocation of foreign assistance. Enactment of 
     any supplemental appropriations act for foreign assistance 
     requires an additional notification under section 653. When 
     feasible, the Department of State is expected to include 
     amounts from the Migration and Refugee Assistance and 
     Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance accounts. USAID is 
     expected to include International Disaster Assistance and 
     Transition Initiatives amounts for each country.
       In addition, the Department of State and USAID are 
     requested to provide comparable information on regional and 
     centrally-administered programs, and to consult in advance 
     with the relevant committees of Congress regarding reductions 
     in excess of $20,000,000 or ten percent of previously 
     reported amounts for a foreign country, international 
     organization, or regional program.

                    Compliance with Report Language

       The managers note that at times in the past, the Department 
     of State and USAID have failed to respond to recommendations 
     in the House and Senate Appropriations Committee reports, 
     choosing instead to recognize only language in the statement 
     of the managers accompanying the conference report. The 
     managers expect the Department of State and USAID to follow 
     the recommendations in the House and Senate reports, unless 
     those recommendations are modified in the statement of the 
     managers. In the event that the House and Senate 
     Appropriations Committee reports contain conflicting 
     recommendations on the same subject, the managers expect the 
     Department of State, USAID, and other appropriate agencies to 
     consult with the House and Senate Appropriations Committees 
     regarding those recommendations.

           United States Agency for International Development


                child survival and health programs fund

       The conference agreement appropriates $1,836,500,000 for 
     the Child Survival and Health Programs Fund instead of 
     $1,710,000,000 as proposed by the House and $1,970,000,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement includes language allocating 
     $1,836,500,000 among seven program categories in the Child 
     Survival and Health Programs Fund: $324,000,000 for child 
     survival and maternal health, including vaccine-preventable 
     diseases such as polio; $27,000,000 for vulnerable children; 
     $591,500,000 for HIV/AIDS; $155,500,000 for other infectious 
     diseases; $368,500,000 for reproductive health/family 
     planning; $120,000,000 for UNICEF; and $250,000,000 for the 
     Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global 
     ATM Fund). The Committee expects that any change proposed 
     subsequent to the allocation as directed in bill language 
     will be subject to the requirements of section 515 of the 
     Act. A definition of program categories and their components 
     can be found on pages 9 through 11 of House Report 107-142 
     and under the heading ``Family Planning/ Reproductive 
     Health'' on page 12 of Senate Report 107-58.
       The conference agreement provides not less than 
     $800,000,000 for assistance to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS. Of 
     this amount, $591,500,000 is funded through the Child 
     Survival and Health Programs Fund. Another $38,500,000 is 
     provided through other USAID-managed or co-managed accounts, 
     such as the Economic Support Fund, International Disaster 
     Assistance, and regional accounts for Eastern Europe and the 
     former Soviet Union. The remaining $170,000,000 is a 
     conservative estimate of the amount from the Foreign 
     Operations division of this Act that will be allocated for 
     HIV/AIDS by the Global ATM Fund and UN agencies. The estimate 
     of $800,000,000 for AIDS does not include the United States 
     share of HIV/AIDS assistance through the World Bank Group.
       The managers are concerned about the growing prevalence of 
     HIV/AIDS in countries of Eastern Europe and the Independent 
     States of the Former Soviet Union. The managers therefore 
     direct that funds from the Child Survival and Health Programs 
     Fund be available for HIV/AIDS programs in Eastern Europe and 
     the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union. The 
     managers also encourage USAID to make available funds from 
     this account for HIV/AIDS programs in ``ESF countries'' other 
     than those for whom funds are specifically mandated in this 
     Act.
       The conference agreement also provides a total of 
     $155,500,000 from the Child Survival and Health Programs Fund 
     to combat infectious diseases other than HIV/AIDS, such as 
     malaria and tuberculosis.
       In addition, the conference agreement includes $250,000,000 
     as a contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, 
     Tuberculosis, and Malaria, bringing the total United States 
     contribution to the fund to date to $725,000,000. The 
     managers note that the President's request for the Global ATM 
     Fund from Division E of this Act is $100,000,000. The timing 
     of disbursement of the full $725,000,000 is limited by 
     language requiring that the United States contribution may 
     not exceed the total resources provided by other donors and 
     available for use by the Global Fund. The managers note also 
     that, of the awards pledged thus far by the Global ATM Fund 
     to recipient countries, approximately 65 percent are for AIDS 
     interventions, 17 percent are for malaria interventions, and 
     16 percent are for tuberculosis or combined tuberculosis/AIDS 
     interventions.
       When funding through bilateral programs administered by 
     USAID is considered together with the United States 
     contribution to the Global ATM Fund, the conference agreement 
     provides a total of $120,000,000 for tuberculosis assistance. 
     Of this amount, $65,000,000 is funded through the Child 
     Survival and Health Programs account, $15,000,000 from other 
     bilateral accounts, and $40,000,000 through the contribution 
     to the Global Fund. For malaria, the conference agreement 
     provides a total of $115,000,000. Of this amount, it is 
     expected that $42,500,000 of the contribution to the Global 
     Fund will fund malaria programs, $65,000,000 is funded 
     through this account, and $7,500,000 is provided from other 
     bilateral accounts.
       The conference agreement includes bill language, proposed 
     by the Senate, regarding the development of microbicides as a 
     means of combating HIV/AIDS.
       In addition, the conference agreement includes up to 
     $100,000,000 for mother and child HIV prevention and up to 
     $10,500,000 for a United States contribution to the 
     International AIDS Vaccine Initiative.
       The managers are concerned that little progress has been 
     made toward the implementation of the micronutrient programs 
     mandated by Section 3013 of P.L. 107-171 and direct USAID to 
     implement this provision as soon as possible this fiscal 
     year.
       The managers support $27,500,000 for the multilateral 
     effort to eradicae polio in fiscal year 2003, instead of 
     $30,000,000 as recommended in the Senate report and 
     $25,000,000 as recommended in the House report.
       The managers endorse Senate report language regarding 
     malaria, and recommend that USAID provide direct support to 
     the Medicines for Malaria Venture and the Malaria Vaccine 
     Initiative.
       The conference agreement allocates $368,500,000 for family 
     planning/reproductive health within the Child Survival and 
     Health Programs Fund, as proposed by the House, instead of 
     $385,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. Section 522 of the 
     conference agreement mandates that an overall total of 
     $446,500,000 be made available for bilateral family planning/
     reproductive health from this account, the Economic Support 
     Fund, and the regional accounts for Eastern Europe and the 
     former Soviet Union, as in current law.
       The managers endorse the language of the House report with 
     respect to the Dikembe Mutombo Foundation Congolese Hospital, 
     Lott Carey International, and the Caribbean Epidemiology 
     Center.
       The managers endorse Senate report language regarding 
     programs for people with disabilities, including 
     recommendations to provide funding for Special Olympics' 
     overseas programs and for Olympic Aid.
       The managers also direct USAID to continue to provide the 
     Committees with a detailed annual report not later than March 
     31, 2003, on the programs, projects, and activities 
     undertaken by the Child Survival and Health Programs Fund 
     during fiscal year 2002.
       Funds appropriated for the Child Survival and Health 
     Programs Fund are appropriated for programs, projects and 
     activities. Funds for administrative expenses to manage Fund 
     activities are provided in a separate account, with two 
     exceptions included in the conference agreement: authority 
     for USAID's central and regional bureaus to use up to 
     $150,000 from program funds for Operating Expense-funded 
     personnel to better monitor and provide oversight of the 
     Fund; and, in section 522, authority to use up to $13,500,000 
     to reimburse other government agencies and private 
     institutions for professional services.
       The managers are aware that significant USAID resources are 
     directed toward support for the Global ATM Fund, both at its 
     Geneva headquarters and in developing countries seeking or in 
     receipt of Fund rewards. The managers have no objection to 
     such support, but request a brief written report not later 
     than March 15, 2003 on the extent and cost of such support, 
     including the cost of non-USAID direct hire staff involved in 
     such efforts. In addition, any proposed transfer of 
     appropriations from the Child Survival and Health Programs 
     Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services is 
     limited to $25,000,000 in fiscal year 2003, and such 
     transfer, as well as any transfer to USAID Operating 
     Expenses, under any authority other than this Act shall be 
     subject to section 515 of this Act.
       Any proposed obligations for Global Development Alliance 
     programs, projects or activities shall be subject to the 
     regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
     Appropriations.

                         Development Assistance

       The conference agreement appropriates $1,389,000,000 for 
     ``Development Assistance'' instead of $1,398,000,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $1,365,500,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       The managers have agreed to provide $218,000,000 for basic 
     education, including adult literacy programs, under the 
     development assistance account, as proposed by the House 
     bill, instead of $200,000,000 as proposed by the Senate 
     amendment. In addition, $32,000,000 should be derived from 
     other accounts. The managers endorse the language of the 
     House report with regard to Alfalit International.
       The conference agreement includes a provision, similar to a 
     Senate amendment, which provides that $100,000,000 shall be 
     made available for drinking water supply

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     projects and related activities. The managers request that 
     USAID report within 90 days of enactment of this Act on plans 
     for the disbursement of these funds.
       The conference agreement provides that, of the funds for 
     agriculture and rural development programs, $25,000,000 
     should be provided for plant biotechnology research and 
     development.
       The managers support programs that conserve energy and 
     promote efficient energy production and distribution in 
     developing countries. The conference agreement provides in 
     section 555 that $175,000,000 should be made available for 
     these programs. The conference agreement does not include a 
     Senate earmark of $13,000,000 for USAID's Office of Energy 
     and Information Technology. However, the managers are 
     concerned that USAID is not devoting sufficient resources to 
     promoting renewable, clean and efficient energy technologies, 
     of which the United States is the leading manufacturer. The 
     managers are also concerned that funding for USAID's Office 
     of Energy and Information Technology has declined, and that 
     it does not have the staff to adequately address the energy 
     challenges and opportunities in developing countries with 
     rapidly growing populations. The managers recommend 
     additional funding and enhanced staffing for this office in 
     fiscal year 2003.
       The managers endorse both the House report and Senate 
     report language on the Institute for Liberty and Democracy 
     (ILD), and strongly recommend that not less than $6,000,000 
     be made available for the ILD in fiscal year 2003. The 
     managers also endorse the language of the House report with 
     respect to the Education for Development and Democracy 
     Initiative (EEDI), and women's inheritance rights in Africa.
       The managers direct that not less than $500,000 be made 
     available for the United States Telecommunications Training 
     Institute, a long-standing and successful program that 
     provides communications and broadcasting training to 
     professionals around the world. The Senate amendment included 
     bill language mandating that such funds be made available for 
     this purpose. The House bill did not address this matter.
       The conference agreement provides that $18,000,000 should 
     be made available for the American Schools and Hospitals 
     Abroad program. The Senate amendment included bill language 
     stating that $19,000,000 should be made available for this 
     purpose.
       The conference agreement in section 554 includes language 
     directing that USAID should make available $145,000,000 for 
     programs and activities that directly protect biodiversity. 
     The managers strongly support these efforts and expect these 
     funds to be used to protect tropical forests, including 
     support of projects to deter illegal logging in Indonesia, 
     Central Africa and elsewhere, and other threatened 
     biologically diverse areas, both terrestrial and marine. Of 
     this amount, up to $40,000,000 may be available for the 
     subsidy cost of modifying loans and loan guarantees, pursuant 
     to the provisions of the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 
     1998. The managers commend the Administration for its Congo 
     Basin Forest Initiative and expect full funding to be made 
     available for the Central African Regional Program for the 
     Environment.
       The managers note the Committees' history of commitment to 
     USAID's Office of Women in Development. The managers conclude 
     that the office is currently an underutilized resource at the 
     Agency, and are disappointed with the lack of commitment the 
     Agency has shown to it. The managers are also disappointed 
     that USAID over many years has consistently failed to fully 
     comply with Congressional direction to provide the WID office 
     with adequate financial resources and skilled personnel.
       The managers are aware of the ways in which development 
     challenges affect men and women differently. For instance, in 
     recent years, there has been widespread recognition of the 
     importance of investments in educating girls and the unique 
     obstacles to educating girls in developing societies. The 
     managers expect that much of the work on these issues, as 
     well as the funding for these types of interventions, should 
     be derived from bureau and mission program funds. An example 
     of bureau and mission funded activities would be women's 
     leadership training programs, on behalf of which the managers 
     endorse the language and report requirement included in the 
     House report.
       The managers urge USAID to increase the capacity of the 
     Bureau for Policy and Program Coordination, in collaboration 
     with the WID office, to provide agency-wide leadership to 
     integrate concerns of women in development strategies, an 
     especially important function as USAID devises new 
     agriculture and trade strategies. The WID office should have 
     the budget, appropriately skilled personnel, and flexibility 
     to consult with overseas missions on country programs, 
     determine the need for better women's integration strategies 
     in each of the functional and regional bureaus and country 
     and regional missions, provide technical assistance in 
     strategic planning as necessary, and offer incentive funds to 
     missions to undertake new gender integration initiatives. The 
     managers remain concerned about the ability of the WID office 
     to have agency-wide impact from its current location within 
     the Bureau for Economic Growth, Agriculture and Trade, and 
     urge the Agency to take all possible steps to alleviate these 
     concerns. The managers direct the Administrator to report to 
     the Committees on Appropriations no later than 120 days after 
     the enactment of this Act on steps taken to address these 
     concerns and recommendations.
       The managers strongly support the fertilizer-related 
     research and development being conducted by the International 
     Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC) and urge USAID to make 
     at least $4,000,000 available to IFDC, including not less 
     than $2,300,000 for its core grant, as provided under the 
     Senate amendment and in the House report.
       The conference agreement does not include Senate language 
     that USAID should fund programs to provide alternative 
     livelihoods for Vietnamese coffee growers. The managers are 
     deeply concerned with the situation that confronts 
     impoverished Vietnamese coffee farmers, and have been 
     informed that USAID is already engaged in these types of 
     activities. The managers urge USAID to expand these 
     activities and other job-creation efforts in Vietnam. 
     Additionally, the managers endorse the Senate report language 
     on the coffee crisis. The managers also endorse Senate report 
     language regarding Laos.
       The managers endorse House report language directing the 
     Secretary of State to initiate discussions with Mexico 
     regarding the Revillagigedo Islands.

                   International Disaster Assistance

       The conference agreement appropriates $290,000,000 for 
     ``International Disaster Assistance'' as proposed by the 
     Senate, instead of $315,500,000 as proposed by the House. Of 
     this amount, not less than $60,000,000 above the request is 
     appropriated only for Afghanistan, and an additional 
     $25,000,000 is expected to be made available for Afghanistan. 
     The director of the Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance is 
     to consult with the Committees not less than every three 
     months, on the current status of commitments, obligations, 
     and expenditures by the Office and on any proposals to 
     augment ``International Disaster Assistance'' by transfers 
     from other accounts.

                         Transition Initiatives

       The conference agreement appropriates $50,000,000 for 
     ``Transition Initiatives'' to support USAID's Office of 
     Transition Initiatives (OTI). The House bill proposed 
     $40,000,000 and the Senate amendment $55,000,000 for this 
     account.

                      Development Credit Authority


                     (Including Transfer of Funds)

       The conference agreement does not include a Senate earmark 
     of $4,000,000 to support urban programs. However, the 
     managers note the rapid population growth and increasing 
     poverty in cities in developing countries and urge USAID to 
     expand its use of the Development Credit Authority to address 
     these growing urban needs.

   Operating Expenses of the United States Agency for International 
                              Development

       The conference agreement provides $572,000,000 for 
     Operating Expenses of the U.S. Agency for International 
     Development, instead of $572,200,000 as proposed by the House 
     and $571,087,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The managers note that events since September 11, 2001 have 
     imposed increasing administrative costs on the programs of 
     the U.S. Agency for International Development. In particular, 
     these costs have been felt in the Middle East and Asia. The 
     managers are concerned that USAID have sufficient operating 
     expenses resources to assure the safety of its employees and 
     their families in an increasingly dangerous environment. The 
     managers, therefore, request that USAID submit within 90 days 
     of enactment of this Act a report detailing these increased 
     costs agency-wide, with particular emphasis on the Asia/Near 
     East region. This report should include, but not be limited 
     to, an analysis of how the Agency is using operating expenses 
     and how operating expense costs have increased since fiscal 
     year 2001.
       The managers endorse the language of the House report with 
     respect to the USAIDLINK program.

                        Capital Investment Fund

       The conference agreement appropriates $43,000,000 as 
     proposed by the House instead of $65,000,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate.
       The conference agreement includes House language that 
     authorizes the Administrator of USAID to assess fair and 
     reasonable rental payments for the use of space by employees 
     of other government agencies; provides that the rental 
     payments shall be deposited into this account as offsetting 
     collections; requires notification for the use of such 
     offsetting collections, as well as for funds appropriated 
     under this heading; and provides that the assignment of 
     United States Government employees and contractors to space 
     in buildings shall be subject to the concurrence of the 
     Administrator of USAID.
       The conference agreement assumes $30,000,000 for a new 
     USAID building in Nairobi, as requested by the President.
       The conference agreement includes language similar to that 
     of the Senate amendment that authorizes up to $10,000,000 for 
     the costs of temporary, secure facilities in Afghanistan. The 
     managers endorse the Senate report language regarding this 
     matter. The conference report does not contain Senate 
     language that provided not less than $13,000,000 for 
     information technology and related capital investments. The 
     House bill did not address these matters.

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   Operating Expenses of the United States Agency for International 
                              Development


                      Office of Inspector General

       The conference agreement appropriates $33,300,000 for 
     Operating Expenses of the United States Agency for 
     International Development, Office of Inspector General, 
     instead of $33,046,000 as proposed by the Senate and 
     $33,700,000 as proposed by the House. The managers encourage 
     the Inspector General to continue the policy of constructive 
     and ongoing reviews of USAID's attempts to resolve its 
     serious financial and human resource management and 
     procurement challenges. The managers also request the 
     Inspector General to inform the Committee promptly of any 
     emerging deficiencies.

                  Other Bilateral Economic Assistance


                         Economic Support Fund

       The conference agreement appropriates $2,270,000,000 for 
     the Economic Support Fund instead of $2,445,000,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $2,260,000,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       The conference agreement includes Senate language providing 
     for the early disbursement of funds for Israel within 30 days 
     of enactment. The House bill included this language, along 
     with language that provided for disbursement by October 31, 
     2002, whichever was later.
       The conference agreement does not include House language 
     providing for $200,000,000 in anti-terrorism assistance for 
     Israel. The Senate amendment did not address this matter.
       The conference agreement includes language that provides 
     not less than $200,000,000 for the Commodity Import Program 
     in Egypt as proposed by the Senate. The House bill did not 
     address this matter.
       The managers recognize that Egypt is a vital and strategic 
     ally of the United States and plays an important role in the 
     Middle East peace process. However, they remain concerned 
     about the human rights situation in Egypt, especially 
     restrictions on freedom of expression and the promotion of 
     inflammatory speech by government-controlled media, as well 
     as impediments to the development of democracy and the rule 
     of law.
       The conference agreement does not include language from the 
     House bill that provided that not less than $45,000,000 
     should be made available for Afghanistan for a variety of 
     purposes. The Senate amendment did not address this matter 
     under this heading. This matter is addressed under section 
     523 of the conference report.
       The conference agreement does not include Senate language 
     providing that $5,000,000, in addition to funds previously 
     allocated, should be made available for programs that bring 
     together Arabs and Israelis, including three specified 
     organizations. The House bill did not address this matter. 
     However, the managers reiterate strong support for important 
     conflict resolution programs in the Middle East as described 
     in the House report and the Senate bill and report, including 
     Seeds of Peace, the Arava Institute, Jerusalem International 
     YMCA, Interns for Peace, and the CONTACT program, and expect 
     the allocation of up to $5,000,000 for these and similar 
     programs.
       The managers endorse the House report language regarding 
     support for the International Arid Lands Consortium. In 
     addition, the managers endorse the House report language 
     regarding the Blaustein Institute for Desert Research. The 
     managers also endorse the House and Senate report language on 
     the International Crisis Group and the Foundation for 
     Environmental Security and Sustainability.
       The conference agreement also includes language that 
     provides that not less than $250,000,000 should be made 
     available for assistance for Jordan. The Senate language 
     would have mandated this level of support. The House bill did 
     not address this matter.
       The conference agreement does not contain Senate language 
     providing that not less than $75,000,000 should be provided 
     for the West Bank and Gaza. However, it includes language 
     similar to that in the Senate amendment authorizing up to 
     $1,000,000 for further legal reforms, including judicial 
     training on commercial disputes and ethics. The managers 
     request that USAID consult with the Committees on 
     Appropriations on plans for the disbursement of funds.
       The managers also endorse the House report language in 
     support of a joint proposal of Al Quds University and the 
     Kuvin Center for Infectious and Tropical Diseases of the 
     Hebrew University in Jerusalem to establish a cooperative 
     project in health and infectious diseases for the West Bank 
     and Gaza.
       The conference agreement includes language similar to that 
     in the Senate that provides that not less $15,000,000 shall 
     be available for assistance for Cyprus. The House bill had 
     similar language, but it provided that $15,000,000 should be 
     made available rather than making this level mandatory.
       The conference report includes language similar to that in 
     the Senate amendment that provides not less than $35,000,000 
     for assistance for Lebanon. The House bill included language 
     that recommended this level of assistance for Lebanon, but 
     did not include Senate language regarding child custody and 
     international pickup orders. In addition, funding provided in 
     this account for the Central Government of Lebanon is subject 
     to Congressional notification. The Senate amendment would 
     have prohibited assistance for the central government. The 
     managers direct that funding for American educational 
     institutions in Lebanon from the bilateral assistance program 
     be provided in fiscal year 2003 at no less than the fiscal 
     year 2002 level of $3,500,000.
       The managers remain concerned with the failure of the 
     Government of Lebanon, despite repeated requests at the 
     highest levels, to enforce the orders of Lebanese courts 
     requiring the return of abducted American children in 
     Lebanon. The conference agreement provides that the 
     Government of Lebanon should enforce the custody and 
     international pickup orders, issued during calendar year 
     2001, of Lebanon's civil courts regarding abducted American 
     children in Lebanon.
       The conference agreement provides not less than $60,000,000 
     under this heading for USAID programs in Indonesia. The 
     Senate amendment had included $150,000,000 for Indonesia from 
     all accounts in the Act, including $10,000,000 for programs 
     in Aceh and not less than $5,000,000 for reconstruction and 
     recovery efforts in Bali. The House did not address this 
     matter. The managers recommend $10,000,000 for reconciliation 
     and development programs in Aceh, and $5,000,000 for 
     reconstruction and recovery efforts in Bali.
       The managers are outraged by continued reports of the 
     complicity of local Indonesian military units in the murders 
     of Americans Ted Burgon and Rick Spier in Papua last year, 
     and call upon President Megawati Sukarnoputri to use the full 
     authority of her office to bring to justice the perpetrators 
     of this crime.
       The managers expect USAID to adequately fund programs and 
     activities relating to parliamentary and presidential 
     elections scheduled in 2004. In addition, the managers 
     recommend continued funding for activities targeted toward 
     the professional development of provincial leaders and 
     institutions. The conference agreement does not include 
     Senate language prohibiting the use of funds made available 
     for Aceh to construct roads or other infrastructure that 
     threatens the habitat of orangutans or other endangered 
     species. However, the managers are concerned that plans to 
     construct a network of roads and other infrastructure in the 
     remaining forest habitat of orangutans and other endangered 
     species in Aceh could rapidly doom these animals to 
     extinction. No U.S. assistance is to be used for such 
     activities.
       The conference agreement also includes Senate language that 
     provides that not less than $25,000,000 shall be made 
     available for Timor-Leste, including up to $1,000,000, which 
     may be transferred to and merged with Operating Expenses of 
     the United States Agency for International Development. The 
     House bill did not address this matter.
       The conference agreement includes language similar to that 
     in the Senate amendment that recommends that $2,000,000 
     should be made available for assistance for countries to 
     implement and enforce the Kimberley Process Implementation 
     Scheme (KPIS). The Senate amendment would have provided 
     $3,500,000 for this purpose. The House bill did not address 
     this matter. The managers support the KPIS, an international 
     regime aimed at stopping the trade in ``conflict diamonds'', 
     and urge the diamond industry and non-governmental 
     organizations to provide financial assistance and expertise 
     to help implement KPIS. The managers endorse the Senate 
     report language on this issue.
       The conference agreement does not include Senate language 
     regarding human rights programs in North Korea. This matter 
     is addressed under section 526.
       The conference agreement contains language similar to that 
     in the Senate amendment that provides $3,000,000 for 
     international youth exchanges for secondary school students 
     from countries with significant Muslim populations. The House 
     bill did not address this matter. The managers note that the 
     allocation of these funds will fulfill a one-year, one-time 
     commitment to fund this program within the foreign operations 
     budget, absent a formal budget request in the future.
       The conference agreement does not contain Senate language 
     regarding support for the provision of wheelchairs for needy 
     persons in developing countries. This matter is addressed 
     under ``Child Survival and Health Programs Fund''.
       The conference agreement contains language similar to that 
     of the Senate amendment that provides that not less than 
     $10,000,000 should be made available in fiscal year 2003 for 
     a contribution to the Special Court for Sierra Leone. The 
     Senate amendment would have mandated this level of 
     assistance. The House bill did not address this matter. The 
     managers strongly support the efforts of the Court and the 
     Truth and Reconciliation Commission to hold accountable those 
     involved in the atrocities committed during the conflict. The 
     managers continue to be disappointed that the State 
     Department, during fiscal year 2002, ignored the managers' 
     recommendation to accelerate the disbursement of United 
     States funding for the Court to meet pressing transportation, 
     security, and other needs. The managers expect $10,000,000 to 
     be disbursed in fiscal year 2003, and understand that these 
     funds would fulfill a three-year U.S. pledge of assistance 
     for the court.
       The conference agreement includes Senate language 
     authorizing the use of not to exceed $200,000,000 for debt 
     restructuring for Pakistan, and not to exceed $15,000,000 of 
     funds appropriated under this heading in Public Law 107-296 
     for debt restructuring for Jordan. The House bill did not 
     address these matters.

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                     International Fund for Ireland

       The conference agreement appropriates $25,000,000 as 
     proposed by the House. The Senate amendment contained no 
     provision on this matter.

          Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States

       The conference agreement appropriates $525,000,000, instead 
     of $520,000,000 as proposed by the House and $530,000,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement includes language similar to that 
     from the House bill that provides that $5,000,000 shall be 
     made available for assistance for the Baltic States. The 
     House bill did not mandate this level of assistance. The 
     Senate amendment did not address this matter.
       The conference agreement contains language that provides 
     that up to $1,000,000 should be made available for training 
     programs for Kosovar women. The Senate amendment would have 
     mandated $2,000,000 for such programs. The House bill did not 
     address this matter. The managers expect sufficient funding 
     will be provided for reconstruction, reform, and 
     reconciliation efforts in Kosovo. They also endorse the 
     funding level for Serbia as recommended in the Senate report.
       The conference agreement contains language that provides 
     that $2,000,000 should be made available to enhance safety at 
     nuclear power plants. It is intended that this nuclear safety 
     program will entail the provision of full scope simulators. 
     The Senate amendment would have mandated $5,000,000 for this 
     purpose. The House bill did not address this matter.
       The conference agreement does not include Senate language 
     providing $750,000 to support regional programs and 
     activities to promote reconciliation among ethnic groups 
     within the former Yugoslavia. However, the managers recommend 
     that USAID consider funding for such programs that are 
     conducted by local nongovernmental organizations.
       The conference agreement includes Senate language regarding 
     the authority of the President to withhold certain assistance 
     for Bosnia if it has not complied with certain requirements 
     of the Dayton Accord on the withdrawal of foreign forces, and 
     has not terminated intelligence cooperation with state 
     sponsors of terrorism and terrorist organizations. The House 
     bill had similar language, but included a reference to 
     cooperation with Iranian officials rather than state sponsors 
     of terrorism and terrorist organizations.
       The managers strongly support the funding level for 
     Montenegro as recommended in the House report.
       The managers recommend up to a total of $5,000,000 for the 
     Russian, Eurasian, and East European Research and Training 
     Program (Title VIII). The managers also endorse House report 
     language in support of the East Central European Scholarship 
     Program (ECESP).

    Assistance for the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union

       The conference agreement appropriates $760,000,000, instead 
     of $755,000,000 as proposed by the House and $765,000,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement includes not less than $60,000,000 
     for child survival, environmental and other health 
     activities, and programs to reduce the incidence of HIV/AIDS, 
     tuberculosis, and other infectious diseases, including 
     $15,000,000 for reproductive health/family planning. The 
     managers direct the Coordinator and USAID to utilize the 
     higher level of health funding to expand primary and advanced 
     health programs in Central Asia, with an emphasis on reducing 
     the incidence of tuberculosis in the region, including 
     consideration of proposals to establish telemedicine 
     partnerships between United States medical institutions and 
     counterparts in Central Asia. The manager also endorse House 
     and Senate report language regarding the Primary Healthcare 
     Initiative and strongly recommend that not less than 
     $2,500,000 be made available for this program to help it to 
     become self-sustaining.
       The managers strongly support regional cooperation efforts 
     among the countries of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. To 
     further regional cooperation, the conference agreement 
     continues the current six exemptions from the statutory 
     restrictions on assistance to the Government of Azerbaijan. 
     The managers include a provision that funds available for the 
     Southern Caucasus may be used for confidence-building 
     measures and other activities related to the resolution of 
     regional conflicts, notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement includes not less than $90,000,000 
     as proposed by the Senate instead of $83,433,000 as proposed 
     by the House, for assistance for Armenia under the heading 
     ``Assistance for the Independent States of the Former Soviet 
     Union''.
       The managers strongly encourage the State Department to 
     continue discussions with the sponsors of the proposed CANDEL 
     project and relevant Armenian authorities on the economic 
     viability and sustainability of the project. The managers 
     recommend that continued funding for the project's study be 
     made available form assistance provided for Armenia in this 
     Act.
       The managers have not included a specific amount for 
     Georgia in the conference agreement, as proposed by both the 
     Senate and the House, but continue to support the sovereignty 
     and territorial integrity of Georgia, and expect that the 
     request for Georgia will be made available by the 
     Administration. The managers encourage the Government of 
     Georgia to take more effective measures to defend human 
     rights and the rule of law by protecting religious minorities 
     against mob violence. The incidence of such attacks without 
     intervention by police or other security forces is of 
     great concern to the Committees on Appropriations.
       The managers commend USAID for its thorough review and 
     consideration of the establishment of an Absorptive Capacity 
     Fund (ACF) for Georgia. Given shifting priorities in that 
     country, the managers rescind their directives in the 
     Conference Report accompanying H.R. 4811 relating to the ACF.
       The managers continue to be concerned with the murder of 
     John Alvis, a democracy worker with the International 
     Republican Institute, in Azerbaijan. The managers request 
     that within 30 days of enactment of this Act, the State 
     Department provide an update on the status of the 
     investigation. The managers expect the State Department and 
     relevant Azeri authorities to continue to make this 
     investigation a top priority.
       The managers endorse both Senate and House language 
     relating to Ukraine, and reiterate concerns about violence 
     against members of the Rada and with the reports concerning 
     Ukraine's covert transfer of the Kulchuga radar system to 
     Iraq. The conference agreement provides that not less than 
     $20,000,000 should be made available for nuclear reactor 
     safety initiatives in Ukraine, of which $12,000,000 should be 
     for simulator-related projects, and not less than $1,500,000 
     for coal mine safety programs. This is similar to a Senate 
     amendment. The House did not address this matter.
       The managers endorse Senate report language regarding the 
     study of the environmental causes of birth defects in Rivine 
     and Volyn oblasts, and unexploded ordnance and excess weapons 
     stockpiles in Ukraine.
       The conference agreement includes conditions on assistance 
     to the Government of the Russian Federation, with exceptions 
     for specified humanitarian and security programs, with 
     respect to its adherence in the Northern Caucasus to certain 
     conventional arms and human rights conventions and 
     agreements, as proposed by both the House and the Senate. The 
     managers reiterate language in the Statement of the Managers 
     from prior years with regard to other limitations on 
     assistance, ``that assistance to combat infectious diseases, 
     . . . support for regional and municipal governments, and 
     partnerships between United States hospitals, universities, 
     judicial training institutions and environmental 
     organizations and counterparts in Russia should not be 
     affected by this section.''
       The conference agreement continues current restrictions on 
     United States assistance to the Government of the Russian 
     Federation, unless it provides full access to Chechnya for 
     humanitarian relief organizations. The managers deplore the 
     violations of human rights by both rebels and Russian 
     security forces in Chechnya, as well as the forced 
     resettlement to Chechnya of refugees who are living in 
     appalling conditions. The managers urge the Administration to 
     be more vigorous in pressing the Russian Government to 
     seriously address these concerns.
       The conference agreement includes language providing 
     $17,500,000 for the Russian Far East, as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       The conference agreement again directs the Coordinator of 
     Assistance to the Independent States to obligate not less 
     than $1,500,000, primarily through locally-based and 
     indigenous private voluntary organizations, to reduce 
     trafficking in women and children.
       The managers note that request levels for several countries 
     in the former Soviet Union are declining rapidly, and request 
     that the Coordinator consult with the Committees as he works 
     with USAID to develop new country strategies leading toward 
     eventual graduation of these countries from the United States 
     foreign assistance programs.

                          Independent Agencies


                       inter-american foundation

       The conference agreement appropriates $16,200,000 instead 
     of $16,000,000 as proposed by the House and $16,385,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.


                     african development foundation

       The conference agreement appropriates $18,689,000 instead 
     of $19,689,000 as proposed by the House and $17,689,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement includes Senate language 
     pertaining to earned interest.


                              peace corps

       The conference agreement provides $297,000,000 instead of 
     $317,000,000 as proposed by the House and $285,000,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       The managers have included House language waiving the so-
     called ``five-year rule'' of employment in the case of 
     employees whose appointment involves the safety of Peace 
     Corps volunteers, such as regional safety security officers 
     and employees within the Office of Inspector General.

                          Department of State


          international narcotics control and law enforcement

       The conference agreement appropriates $197,000,00 for 
     International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement as 
     proposed by the House instead of $196,713,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate.

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       The conference agreement provides that $10,000,000 should 
     be made available for anti-trafficking in persons programs. 
     The Senate amendment provided $20,000,000 for this purpose, 
     and the House did not address this matter.
       The conference agreement also provides that $10,000,000 
     should be made available for the demand reduction program, as 
     proposed by the House. The Senate did not address this 
     matter.
       Additionally, the conference agreement includes language 
     directing that from funds provided under this heading not 
     less than $5,000,000 shall be apportioned directly to the 
     Department of the Treasury, International Affairs Technical 
     Assistance, to be used for financial crimes and law 
     enforcement technical assistance programs. The apportionment 
     of these funds will allow the Department of Treasury to 
     respond to host governments in a more expeditious manner than 
     presently is occurring.
       The managers endorse Senate and House report language 
     regarding ILEA, and expect the administration to provide 
     sufficient funding to complete construction on the Roswell 
     Center.
       The conference agreement makes available $24,180,000 for 
     administrative expenses instead of $24,062,000 as proposed by 
     the House and $24,300,000 as proposed by the Senate.


                     andean counterdrug initiative

       The conference agreement appropriates $700,000,000 for the 
     Andean Counterdrug Initiative instead of $731,000,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $650,000,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       Additionally, the conference agreement allows for the 
     authority to provide up to $31,000,000 through a permissive 
     transfer from the International Narcotics Control and Law 
     Enforcement funds. Such a transfer is subject to the regular 
     notification procedures of the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations. The managers emphasize that there are other 
     funds for Andean nations in this Act that may be made 
     available for the Andean Regional Initiative (ARI).
       The conference agreement provides that not less than 
     $250,000,000 shall be directly apportioned to U.S. Agency for 
     International Development, instead of $225,000,000 as 
     provided in the Senate amendment. This provision was not 
     included in the House bill.
       The managers have extended the availability of funds 
     provided for assistance for Colombia to support a unified 
     campaign against narcotics trafficking, against activities by 
     organizations designated as terrorist organizations, and to 
     take actions to protect health and human welfare. This 
     provision is identical to that in the House bill and similar 
     to the provision included in the Senate amendment in section 
     563. The managers are supportive of the Colombian Government 
     in its attempts to provide security for the Colombian people 
     and have provided the expansion of authorities in recognition 
     that the narcotics industry is linked to the terrorist 
     groups, including the paramilitary organizations, in 
     Colombia. However, the managers still conclude that coca 
     provides the revenue and a motive for the violence committed 
     by both the guerrilla and paramilitary groups. Therefore, the 
     managers expect counternarcotics, alternative development, 
     and judicial reform to remain the principal focus of United 
     States policy in Colombia. The expanded authority is not a 
     signal from the managers for the United States to become more 
     deeply involved in assisting the Colombian Armed Forces in 
     fighting the terrorist groups, especially not at the expense 
     of the counternarcotics programs, but to provide the means 
     for more effective intelligence gathering and fusion, and to 
     provide the flexibility to the Department of State when the 
     distinction between counternarcotics and counterterrorism is 
     not clear cut. The managers direct the Secretary of State to 
     report to the Committees on Appropriations not later than 90 
     days after enactment of the changes in United States policy, 
     including new procedures and operations, as a result of 
     implementing the expanded authorities.
       The conference agreement includes House language that 
     provides that the expanded authority shall cease to be 
     effective if the Secretary of State has credible evidence 
     that the Colombian Armed Forces are not conducting vigorous 
     operations to restore government authority and human rights 
     in areas under the effective control of paramilitary and 
     guerrilla organizations. This provision is not included in 
     the Senate amendment.
       The managers note the requirement in the Act that the 
     Secretary of State, in consultation with the Administrator of 
     U.S. Agency for International Development, shall provide to 
     the Committees on Appropriations not later than 45 days after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act and prior to the 
     initial obligation of funds appropriated under this heading, 
     a report on the proposed uses of all funds under this heading 
     on a country-by-country basis for each proposed program, 
     project, or activity. This report is similar to the report 
     required in the fiscal year 2000 emergency supplemental 
     appropriations act and is required again in fiscal year 2003 
     given the managers' disappointment in the level of pertinent 
     information included in the Department of State's 
     Congressional Budget Justification and congressional 
     notifications.
       Additionally, the conference agreement does not include 
     Senate language making all funds under this heading subject 
     to notification. The House bill did not include this 
     language. The managers note that in section 520, all funds 
     provided for Colombia are subject to notification.
       The conference agreement continues current caps on the 
     number of United States military personnel and United States 
     civilian contractors in Colombia, as well as the current 
     prohibition on participation by such persons in combat 
     operations in connection with assistance made available by 
     this Act.
       The conference agreement again includes conditions on the 
     aerial spraying of herbicide, similar to the Senate 
     amendment, to ensure that any use of such chemicals is 
     consistent with the Colombian Environmental Management Plan, 
     with Environmental Protection Agency regulations, and to 
     ensure that chemicals used in the aerial fumigation of coca 
     do not pose unreasonable health or safety risks to humans or 
     the environment. The managers intend and expect that every 
     reasonable precaution will be taken in the aerial fumigation 
     program to ensure that the exposure to humans and the 
     environment in Colombia meets Environmental Protection Agency 
     standards for comparable use in the United States.
       Additionally, the managers direct the Secretary of State to 
     submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations, not 
     later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, describing 
     (1) the steps the Department of State is taking to enhance 
     environmental safeguards of the fumigation program, including 
     implementing the recommendations of the Environmental 
     Protection Agency in the fiscal year 2002 fumigation report; 
     (2) the Department's plan to conduct an independent, long-
     term program to monitor the health and environmental effects 
     of the fumigation program, including conducting soil and 
     water tests in areas sprayed, toxicity tests on the spray 
     formulation, and ground verification missions to evaluate 
     over-spray; and (3) steps taken to implement environmental 
     training programs for fumigation pilots.
       The conference agreement includes the House language 
     prohibiting funds for the resumption of flights in support of 
     a Peruvian air interdiction program until a system of 
     enhanced safeguards are in place. The Senate did not address 
     this matter.
       The conference agreement provides that not less than 
     $5,000,000 from funds under this heading or under the heading 
     ``Foreign Military Financing'' should be made available to 
     support a Colombian Armed Forces unit dedicated to 
     apprehending the leaders of paramilitary organizations. The 
     Senate amendment included similar language but made the 
     provision of funds mandatory. The House did not address this 
     matter. The managers believe that the capture of these 
     individuals, for which there are numerous outstanding arrest 
     warrants, could contribute significantly to reducing 
     atrocities against civilians by these terrorist organizations 
     as well as enhancing public confidence in the Colombian 
     Government's ability to protect public safety.
       The conference agreement provides that not less than 
     $1,500,000 should be made available for vehicles, equipment, 
     and other assistance for the human rights unit of the 
     Procurador General, instead of language proposed by the 
     Senate that provides that not less than $2,000,000 shall be 
     made available for such assistance. The House did not address 
     this matter.
       Additionally, the conference agreement provides that not 
     less than $3,000,000 should be made available for software 
     and training for the Colombian National Police. The Senate 
     amendment included similar language but made the provision of 
     funds mandatory. The House did not address this matter.
       The conference agreement provides that not less than 
     $3,500,000 shall be made available for the Colombian National 
     Park Service. This language is identical to the provision in 
     the Senate amendment. The House did not address this matter. 
     The managers endorse Senate report language regarding this 
     issue.
       The managers endorse the language in the House report 
     directing that the Department of State immediately terminate 
     its inter-agency agreement with the Department of Justice and 
     transfer remaining funds to the U.S. Agency for International 
     Development for development, rule of law, and humanitarian 
     assistance programs.
       The conference agreement makes available $15,680,000 for 
     administrative expenses of the Department of State as 
     proposed by the House instead of $14,800,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate.


                    migration and refugee assistance

       The conference agreement appropriates $787,000,000 for 
     Migration and Refugee Assistance as proposed by the Senate, 
     instead of $800,000,000 as proposed by the House. The 
     conference agreement makes available $16,565,000, for 
     administrative expenses as proposed by the Senate instead of 
     $16,000,000 as proposed in the House.
       The conference agreement also includes language from the 
     Senate amendment that provides not less than $60,000,000 for 
     refugees from the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe and 
     other refugees resettling in Israel. The House addressed this 
     matter in the House report.
       The conference agreement does not include Senate language 
     providing that funds should be made available to 
     international organizations for assistance for refugees from 
     North Korea. However, the managers remain concerned with the 
     plight of these refugees and expect that funding will be 
     provided to safeguard the human rights and dignity of North

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     Korean refugees and asylum seekers. The managers also expect 
     that funds will be made available for assistance for those 
     Burmese exiles who have fled to Thailand. The managers 
     strongly encourage the State Department to consult on an 
     ongoing basis with the appropriate Thai authorities, 
     including through the establishment of a working group, to 
     determine how best to assist these exiles.


     United States Emergency Migration and Refugee Assistance Fund

       The conference agreement appropriates $26,000,000 for the 
     U.S. Emergency Migration and Refugee Assistance Fund (ERMA), 
     instead of $20,000,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $32,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement does not include language included 
     in the Senate amendment that provides the funds 
     notwithstanding section 2(c)(2) of the Migration and Refugee 
     Assistance Act of 1962. Section 2(c)(2) would limit 
     appropriated funds to this Fund if, when added, would cause 
     the balance of the fund to exceed $100,000,000.


    Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Programs

       The conference agreement appropriates $306,400,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate instead of $347,400,000 as proposed by 
     the House.
       The managers intend that funds in this account be allocated 
     as follows:

                                                       ($ in thousands)
Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund...........................$15,000
Export control and border security assistance....................36,000
Science Centers/BW redirection...................................52,000
International Atomic Energy Agency...............................52,900
CTBT Monitoring System...........................................17,300
Korean Peninsula Economic Development..................................
Organization (KEDO) administrative expenses.......................5,000
Anti-terrorism assistance........................................64,200
Terrorist Interdiction Program....................................5,000
Demining.........................................................46,000
International Trust Fund for Demining............................10,000
Small arms destruction............................................3,000
                                                             __________
                                                             
    Total.......................................................306,400

       The conference agreement includes a reduction of $900,000 
     from the budget request for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test 
     Ban Treaty (CTBT) Preparatory Commission monitoring system 
     based on revised information from the Department of State. 
     The managers have been informed that the amount of 
     $17,300,000 will fully fund the United States contribution to 
     the CTBT Preparatory Commission for fiscal year 2003. The 
     conference agreement does not contain House language 
     requiring a report to the Committees on Appropriations 15 
     days prior to the obligation of funds for the Commission. 
     Also, it does not contain Senate language mandating a 
     specified level of funding for the Commission.
       The conference agreement includes Senate language 
     restricting the use of assistance for the Korean Peninsula 
     Energy Development Organization (KEDO). The President is 
     authorized to waive this restriction in section 562 to 
     provide up to $5,000,000 for assistance for administrative 
     expenses only. To the extent these funds are not programmed 
     for KEDO, they should be reprogrammed for support for the 
     International Atomic Energy Agency.
       The conference agreement includes Senate language 
     authorizing not to exceed $675,000 for administrative 
     expenses associated with the demining program. The House bill 
     did not address this matter. The conference agreement does 
     not contain Senate language stating that $57,000,000 should 
     be used for demining and related activities; however, the 
     managers support $56,000,000 for these purposes, as 
     identified above.
       The conference agreement contains language similar to that 
     of the Senate amendment that authorizes not to exceed 
     $250,000 for the support of public-private partnerships for 
     mine action by grant, cooperative agreement, or contract. The 
     managers direct that the State Department provide a financial 
     plan for the use of these funds to the Committees on 
     Appropriations prior to the use of this authority. The House 
     bill did not address this matter.
       The conference agreement does not contain Senate language 
     providing that $4,000,000 should be available to support the 
     Small Arms Destruction Initiative; however, the managers 
     support $3,000,000 for this purpose, as identified above.

                       Department of the Treasury


               International Affairs Technical Assistance

       The conference agreement provides $10,800,000 for the 
     International Affairs Technical Assistance program of the 
     Department of the Treasury, instead of $11,000,000 as 
     proposed by the House, and $10,500,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       The managers support the efforts of the Department of the 
     Treasury, International Affairs Technical Assistance, to 
     assist nations in their efforts to reduce financial crimes 
     and corruption by strengthening those governmental systems. 
     The Department of the Treasury has been providing technical 
     assistance for over a decade to nations facing economic 
     disruption due to systemic weaknesses, post conflict crises, 
     terrorist influences, or criminal practices. The managers 
     urge the Department of the Treasury to continue its current 
     technical assistance program and to strengthen its law 
     enforcement program with additional resident and intermittent 
     advisors. The Committee further directs the Department of the 
     Treasury to manage its technical assistance program in 
     accordance with its own policies and to report to the 
     Committees on Appropriations in the House and Senate on the 
     status of its efforts.
       The managers endorse the language of the House report with 
     respect to the International Affairs Technical Assistance 
     program.

                     TITLE III--MILITARY ASSISTANCE

                  Funds Appropriated to the President


             International Military Education and Training

       The conference agreement does not include language proposed 
     by the Senate that would have prohibited funds for travel or 
     other purposes that do not directly expose the individual 
     participants to government officials or institutions or to 
     other individuals or organizations engaged in activities 
     involving public policy. The House bill did not address this 
     matter. The managers are aware that the Department of Defense 
     is in the process of issuing revised guidance on the 
     Information Program to address issues related to this 
     provision. The managers request that the Department maintain 
     its consultations with the Committees on this guidance.
       The conference agreement provides that funding for 
     Guatemala, Algeria and Nigeria shall be subject to the 
     regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
     Appropriations.
       The managers expect that, consistent with the letter sent 
     to the Congress by the Assistant Secretary of State for 
     Legislative Affairs, the Committees on Appropriations will be 
     consulted prior to the obligation of funds for an Indonesian 
     IMET program.
       The conference agreement does not include a Senate 
     provision directing the Department of Defense to maintain a 
     record of students that complete the IMET program for at 
     least six years after graduation. The House bill did not 
     address this matter. The managers note that the Office of 
     Management and Budget has identified shortcomings in 
     procedures to evaluate the performance of the IMET program. 
     The managers have addressed this matter by including a 
     general provision (section 581) requiring the Secretary of 
     State to submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations 
     which describes the progress being made in improving 
     performance evaluation procedures for the IMET program and 
     implementing section 548 of the Foreign Assistance Act.


                   Foreign Military Financing Program

                     (including transfer of funds)

       The conference agreement appropriates $4,072,000,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate instead of $4,080,200,000 as proposed 
     by the House.
       The conference agreement includes Senate language providing 
     for the early disbursement of funds for Israel (as well as 
     certain funds for Egypt) within 30 days of enactment. The 
     House bill included this language, along with language that 
     provided for disbursement of funds for both countries by 
     October 31, 2002, whichever was later.
       The conference agreement does not include Senate language 
     that would have provided not less than $198,000,000 for 
     assistance for Jordan. The House bill did not address this 
     matter. The managers note that these funds have already been 
     obligated for assistance for Jordan.
       The conference agreement does not contain language from the 
     Senate amendment that would have mandated not less than 
     $3,000,000 for Armenia. The managers expect the full IMET and 
     FMF funding requests for Armenia will be provided in fiscal 
     year 2003, and that a portion of the FMF funds should be used 
     to enhance communications capabilities. The House bill did 
     not address this matter.
       The conference agreement provides that up to $93,000,000 of 
     the funds appropriated under this heading may be transferred 
     to ``Andean Counterdrug Initiative'' for helicopters, 
     training and other assistance for the Columbian Armed Forces, 
     rather than up to $88,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
     House bill would have authorized the transfer of up to 
     $98,000,000 for this purpose to ``International Narcotics 
     Control and Law Enforcement''.
       The managers endorse Senate report language regarding the 
     contents of the Foreign Military Training Report, including 
     information on training activities by civilian contractors.
       The managers endorse Senate report language regarding 
     projects in the southern Philippines and increased Foreign 
     Military Financing assistance to the Philippines.


                        Peacekeeping Operations

       The conference agreement appropriates $115,000,000 instead 
     of $120,250,000 as proposed by the Senate and $125,000,000 as 
     proposed by the House.
       The conference agreement does not include Senate language 
     providing that $7,000,000 should be made available for 
     Afghanistan. The House bill did not address this matter.
       The conference agreement does not include Senate language 
     providing that not less than $50,000,000 should be made 
     available for Africa Regional Peacekeeping Operations and the 
     Africa Crisis Response Initiative. The House bill did not 
     address this matter. However, the managers are concerned that 
     adequate funding be maintained for peacekeeping operations in 
     Africa, and endorse

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     the House and Senate report language on this issue. The 
     managers recommend up to $45,000,000 for such activities.

               TITLE IV--MULTILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

                  Funds Appropriated to the President

                  International Financial Institutions


                   Global Environment Facility (GEF)

       The conference agreement appropriates $147,812,533 for the 
     Global Environment Facility as proposed by the House instead 
     of $177,812,533 as proposed by the Senate. The managers 
     intend for $107,500,000 of this amount is for the scheduled 
     United States contribution to the third replenishment of the 
     GEF, and $40,312,533 for past payments due.


       Contribution to the International Development Association

       The conference agreement appropriates $850,000,000 for the 
     International Development Association (IDA), the concessional 
     lending facility of the World Bank, instead of $874,338,333 
     as proposed by the House and $837,338,333 as proposed by the 
     Senate. The managers intend that the appropriation be made 
     available to fully provide for the first scheduled payment 
     under the Untied States commitment to the thirteenth 
     replenishment of IDA.
       The managers have not included Senate language requiring 
     the Secretary of the Treasury to accord a high priority in 
     the next replenishment of IDA to provide new grant assistance 
     to HIPC-eligible countries given that a grants agreement was 
     included in the IDA-13 replenishment.


      Contribution to the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency

       The conference agreement appropriates $1,631,000 for paid-
     in capital for the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency 
     (MIGA), the amount provided in the Senate amendment, instead 
     of $1,630,696 as proposed by the House bill. The managers 
     intend for the appropriation to be provided for past payments 
     due by the United States to MIGA. Approval for a subscription 
     to the appropriate amount of callable capital is also 
     included in the conference agreement.


       Contribution to the Inter-American Investment Corporation

       The conference agreement appropriates $18,351,667 for a 
     United States contribution to the Inter-American Investment 
     Corporation as proposed by the Senate, instead of $30,351,667 
     as proposed by the House.


Contribution to the Enterprise for the Americas Multilateral Investment 
                                  Fund

       The conference agreement appropriates $24,590,667 for past 
     due payments by the United States to the Multilateral 
     Investment Fund as proposed by the House, instead of 
     $29,590,667 as proposed by the Senate.


               Contribution to the Asian Development Fund

       The conference agreement provides $97,886,133 for the 
     United States contribution to the Asian Development Fund as 
     proposed by the House, instead of $100,386,133 as proposed by 
     the Senate.


              Contribution to the African Development Fund

       The conference agreement appropriates $108,073,333 for the 
     African Development Fund as proposed by the Senate, instead 
     of $113,073,333 as proposed by the House.


  Contribution to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

       The managers endorse Senate report language regarding the 
     European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.


                International Organizations and Programs

       The conference agreement provides $195,150,000 for 
     voluntary contributions to International Organizations and 
     Programs instead of $190,400,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $215,000,000 as proposed by Senate.
       The managers have provided $11,000,000 for the United 
     Nations Environment Program (UNEP), an increase of $250,000 
     over the fiscal year 2002 level. The managers recognize 
     UNEP's role in addressing global environmental problems, and 
     believe United States support for UNEP is necessary to 
     achieve important U.S. environmental objectives. However, the 
     managers are very concerned that UNEP's inefficient governing 
     process impedes its effectiveness and must be reformed, if 
     UNEP is to continue to receive significant U.S. support in 
     meeting the world's increasingly complex environmental 
     challenges.
       The conference agreement retains Senate language which 
     provides $500,000 for a contribution to the International 
     Coffee Organization (ICO) if the United States rejoins the 
     ICO by June 1, 2003. The House bill did not address this 
     matter. The conference agreement also provides that these 
     funds should be made available for a contribution to the 
     United Nations Center for Human Settlements (UNHABITAT), if 
     the United States does not rejoin the ICO by this date. These 
     funds are to be in addition to other funds made available for 
     UNHABITAT under this heading. The Senate bill provided 
     $1,000,000 for UNHABITAT. The House did not address this 
     matter.
       The managers do not have a position on rejoining the ICO 
     but urge the administration to consult with the Committees on 
     Appropriations in the House and Senate concerning a decision 
     on ICO membership.
       The managers support the efforts of UNHABITAT to improve 
     the lives of destitute slum dwellers in developing countries. 
     The managers note that UNHABITAT has recently been 
     revitalized through a successful restructuring that has met 
     United States Government criteria for reform.
       The managers intend that funds in this account be allocated 
     as follows:

                            ($ in thousands)

UN Fund for Tech. Cooperation in Human Rights...................$ 1,500
UN Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture..........................5,250
OAS Fund for Strengthening Democracy..............................3,500
UNDP............................................................100,000
UNIFEM............................................................1,000
OAS Development Assistance........................................5,500
WTO...............................................................2,000
ICAO Aviation Programs..............................................300
UNEP.............................................................11,000
Montreal Protocol................................................23,000
International Conservation Programs (CITES/ITTO/IUCN/Ramsar/CCD)..6,500
IPCC/UNFCCC.......................................................6,000
International Contributions for Scientific Educational & Cultural 
  Activities......................................................1,850
World Meteorological Organization.................................2,000
International Coffee Organization...................................500
UN Center for Human Settlements.....................................250
Reserve to be allocated..........................................25,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
    Total.......................................................195,150

                      TITLE V--GENERAL PROVISIONS

       (NOTE: If House and Senate language is identical except for 
     a different section number or minor technical differences, 
     the section is not discussed in the Statement of Managers.)
     Sec. 503. Limitation on Residence Expenses
       The conference agreement sets a limitation of $100,500 for 
     USAID official residence expenses as proposed by the Senate, 
     instead of $126,500 as proposed by the House.
     Sec. 505. Limitation on Representational Allowances
       The conference agreement sets a limitation of $125,000 on 
     representation allowances from funds appropriated for USAID 
     as proposed by the Senate, instead of $95,000 as proposed by 
     the House.
     Sec. 507. Prohibition Against Direct Funding for Certain 
         Countries
       The conference agreement includes language similar to that 
     included in the Senate amendment regarding assistance for 
     Iraq. The House bill did not include such a provision.
       The conference agreement provides that assistance or other 
     financing under this Act or under prior foreign operations, 
     export financing, and related programs appropriations Acts 
     may be provided for humanitarian and relief assistance for 
     Iraq notwithstanding the provisions of this section or any 
     other provision of law, including comparable provisions 
     contained in prior foreign operations, export financing, and 
     related programs appropriations Acts, if the President 
     determines that the provision of assistance or other 
     financing for Iraq is important to the national security 
     interests of the United States. Such assistance or financing 
     would be subject to the regular notification procedures of 
     the Committees on Appropriations, except that notifications 
     shall be transmitted at least 5 days in advance of 
     obligations of funds. In addition, the conference report 
     requires the President to report to the Committees on 
     Appropriations on the status of the allocation, obligation 
     and expenditure of made available for Iraq funds not later 
     than every 60 days during fiscal year 2003, beginning on 
     March 1, 2003. Each report shall include information on 
     programs, projects, and activities that are being funded or 
     will be funded with such assistance or financing, and the 
     departments and agencies responsible for managing each such 
     program, project, and activity. The authority to provide 
     assistance for Iraq will expire on the date of enactment of 
     the first subsequent supplemental appropriations Act for 
     fiscal year 2003 that contains supplemental funding for 
     appropriations accounts contained in this Act.
       It is the intention of the managers that this authority not 
     be used inside Iraq, except for assessments of humanitarian 
     and relief needs by private or nongovernmental organizations, 
     prior to any military action against Iraq or, in the absence 
     of such action, prior to a change of regime in Iraq. The 
     limitation of the waiver to humanitarian and relief 
     assistance is not intended to preclude assistance for the 
     promotion of democracy or governance if the goal of such 
     assistance is the maintenance of social services and public 
     order. The managers expect that funds drawn from accounts in 
     this Act under this waiver will be promptly reimbursed 
     through supplemental funding.
     Sec. 509. Transfers Between Accounts
       The conference report includes House language on this 
     matter. The new provisions of this section would prohibit 
     transfers to any department, agency, or instrumentality of 
     the United States unless specifically authorized in this Act, 
     except for certain transfers authorized by provisions of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act. The managers note that a limit on 
     transfers from the Child Survival and Health Programs Fund is 
     included under that heading. In addition, transfers under 
     section 632(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act shall expressly 
     provide that the Inspector General for the agency receiving 
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     audits, and allows for the cost of such audits to be covered 
     by the transfer.
     Sec. 512. Countries in Default
       The conference agreement includes House language that 
     prohibits assistance to the government of any country in 
     default on U.S. bilateral loans. The Senate amendment 
     included less restrictive provisions. This matter is 
     addressed in the Statement of the Managers under the heading 
     ``Export-Import Bank''.
     Sec. 515. Notification Requirements
       The conference agreement reflects a technical change 
     proposed by the House to include ``Capital Investment Fund'' 
     in the list of accounts that are subject to notification 
     pursuant to this section. The Senate did not address this 
     matter.
     Sec. 520. Special Notification Requirements
       The conference agreement adds ``Serbia'' as proposed in the 
     Senate amendment to the list of countries subject to the 
     special notification procedures of this section, but does not 
     include ``Haiti'' and ``Nigeria'' as recommended by the 
     Senate. The managers note that IMET assistance for Nigeria is 
     subject to notification under a provision in title III of 
     this Act.
     Sec. 521. Definition of Program, Project and Activity
       The conference agreement restates current law regarding the 
     definition of program, project and activity, instead of 
     Senate language limiting the definition.
     Sec. 522. Child Survival and Health Activities
       The conference agreement authorizes USAID to use up to 
     $13,500,000 from the ``Child Survival and Health Programs 
     Fund'' and up to $3,500,000 from ``Development Assistance'' 
     for technical experts from other government agencies, 
     universities, and other institutions. The managers have 
     decreased this authority in order to accelerate the shift to 
     USAID direct hire personnel of responsibility for 
     implementation and oversight of USAID's expanded infectious 
     disease and basic education activities.
       The conference agreement provides that not less than 
     $446,500,000, as in current law, shall be made available for 
     reproductive health/family planning activities from funds 
     appropriated by this Act, including $368,500,000 from the 
     Child Survival and Health Programs Fund, $15,000,000 from 
     Assistance to the Independent States of the Former Soviet 
     Union, and $63,000,000 from other accounts such as the 
     Economic Support Fund, International Disaster Assistance, 
     Assistance to Eastern Europe and the Baltic States, and 
     Migration and Refugee Assistance.
     Sec. 523. Afghanistan
       The conference agreement provides that not less than 
     $295,500,000 of the funds appropriated by title II shall be 
     made available for humanitarian and reconstruction assistance 
     for Afghanistan, as proposed by the House. The Senate 
     amendment proposed not less than $213,000,000 for Afghanistan 
     from titles II and III. Of this amount, not less than 
     $5,000,000 is for activities supported by the Afghan Ministry 
     of Women's Affairs including multi-service women's resource 
     centers in Afghanistan.
       The managers intend that funds provided under this section 
     be allocated as follows:

                            ($ in thousands)

Child Survival and Health Programs Fund..........................50,000
Development Assistance...........................................40,500
International Disaster Assistance................................85,000
Transition Initiatives...........................................10,000
Economic Support Fund............................................50,000
Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, etc (NADR)......................5,000
USAID Operating Expenses........................................[9,350]
USAID IG Operating Expenses.......................................[500]
Migration and Refugee Assistance.................................55,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
    Total.......................................................295,500

       The conference agreement does not include a Senate 
     provision that not less than $1,500,000 should be made 
     available for the National Human Rights Commission of 
     Afghanistan. However, the managers recognize the critical 
     need for timely and credible investigations of the full range 
     of human rights violations in Afghanistan and expect USAID to 
     continue to support the Commission.
       The conference agreement does not include Senate language 
     requiring a report by the Secretary of State that details 
     women's development programs in Afghanistan supported by the 
     United States Government, and barriers that impede women's 
     development in Afghanistan. However, the managers request the 
     Secretary to submit such a report, not later than 90 days 
     after enactment of this Act, including proposed United States 
     assistance programs and activities to overcome such barriers.
     Sec. 525. Authorization Requiremen
       The conference agreement includes language that provides 
     that funds appropriated by this Act may be obligated and 
     expended notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law 91-672 and 
     section 15 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 
     1956, as provided in the House bill and the Senate amendment. 
     It includes House language exempting the account ``Peace 
     Corps'' and Senate language exempting the accounts ``Trade 
     and Development Agency,'' ``Migration and Refugee 
     Assistance'', ``Nonproliferation, Anti-Terrorism, Demining 
     and Related Programs'', ``International Military Education 
     and Training'' and ``Foreign Military Financing Program'' 
     from these waivers.
     Sec. 526. Democracy Programs
       The conference agreement contains language in subsection 
     (a) that provides not less than $15,000,000 shall be made 
     available for activities to support democracy, human rights, 
     and the rule of law in the People's Republic of China, Hong 
     Kong, and Tibet. Of these funds, not less than $9,000,000 
     shall be provided through the Human Rights and Democracy Fund 
     of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, 
     Department of State and not less than $3,000,000 shall be 
     provided through the National Endowment for Democracy. In 
     addition, subsection (a) authorizes funding of not to exceed 
     $3,000,000 for nongovernmental organizations to support 
     activities that preserve cultural traditions and promote 
     sustainable development and environmental conservation in 
     Tibetan communities in the Tibetan Autonomous Region and in 
     Tibetan communities in China. In addition, funds should be 
     made available for Taiwan for the purposes of furthering 
     political and legal reforms to the extent that they are 
     matched from sources other than the United States Government. 
     In addition, the conference report provides not less than 
     $15,000,000 for programs and activities to foster democracy, 
     human rights, civic education, women's development, press 
     freedoms, and the rule of law in countries with a significant 
     Muslim population, and where such programs and activities 
     would be important to United States efforts to respond to, 
     deter, or prevent acts of international terrorism. Not less 
     than $3,000,000 of these funds should be made available for 
     programs and activities that provide professional training 
     for journalists. Of the funds for Muslim countries, not less 
     than $7,000,000 shall be provided through the Human Rights 
     and Democracy Fund of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights 
     and Labor, Department of State and not less than $5,000,000 
     shall be provided through the National Endowment for 
     Democracy. In addition, funds are authorized for the 
     advancement of democracy and human rights in Iran.
       Funds provided in this section for the Human Rights and 
     Democracy Fund are in addition to the $12,000,000 budget 
     request for said Fund in fiscal year 2003. In addition, the 
     conference agreement includes language requiring a report 
     from the Secretary of State with 120 days of enactment on the 
     allocation, obligation, and expenditure of funds made 
     available for the National Endowment for Democracy. The 
     Senate amendment would have required the obligation and 
     disbursement of such funds within 90 days of enactment of 
     this Act.
       Of the $12,000,000 in base funds for the Human Rights and 
     Democracy Fund, the managers direct that $1,000,000 be 
     provided (within 120 days of enactment) for the Reagan/
     Fascell Program, and $250,000 be provided for the North 
     Korean human rights and democracy program as identified in 
     the Senate amendment under ``Economic Support Fund''.
       All funds provided under this section are subject to the 
     regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
     Appropriations.
     Sec. 527. Prohibition on Bilateral Assistance to Terrorist 
         Countries
       The conference agreement includes House language on this 
     matter, which prohibits funds to any country that the 
     President determines is supporting terrorism. The Senate 
     amendment would have prohibited funds to the government of 
     any such country.
     Sec. 528. Debt for Development
       The conference agreement includes House language on this 
     matter. The Senate amendment would have authorized the use of 
     appropriated funds for endowments.
     Sec. 533. Impact on Jobs in the United States
       The conference agreement modifies the scope of this section 
     with respect to internationally recognized worker rights as 
     described in section 507 of the Trade Act of 1974, as 
     contained in the Senate amendment. The House bill did not 
     address this matter.
     Sec. 534. Special Authorities
       The conference agreement includes House language providing 
     certain authority for assistance for Lebanon and Montenegro, 
     and Senate language on authority for assistance for 
     Afghanistan, assistance to victims of trafficking, and 
     assistance to combat trafficking. The conference agreement 
     does not include House language, not in the Senate amendment, 
     that would have authorized assistance for Cambodia under 
     section 541 of the Foreign Assistance Act notwithstanding 
     certain other restrictions contained in this Act. In 
     addition, it does not contain language from the Senate 
     amendment, not in the House bill, that would subject 
     assistance for Cambodia to the provisions of section 531(e) 
     of the FAA and section 906 of the International Security and 
     Development Cooperation Act of 1985. Those provisions have 
     the effect of permanent law, and the Senate language is 
     therefore unnecessary.
       The managers have reduced current authority for certain 
     bureaus and offices in USAID to hire personal service 
     contractors, continued existing authority for USAID to 
     provide support for administrative costs of a program to 
     provide information regarding available donated space on 
     commercial ships to organizations shipping humanitarian 
     assistance, and provides for expanded authorities under 
     section 660(b)(6) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.

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       The conference agreement includes Senate language deleting 
     a requirement that the Secretary of the Treasury provide 
     certain annual reports. The House did not address this 
     matter.
     Sec. 535. Arab League Boycott of Israel
       The conference report includes Senate language on this 
     matter, except that the ``Sense of the Congress'' rather than 
     the ``Sense of the Senate'' is invoked. Among other things, 
     the language calls upon the Arab League states to normalize 
     relations (including the reinstatement of ambassadors by the 
     three Arab League nations with relations with Israel) with 
     Israel. The House bill contained current law on this matter.
     Sec. 537. Eligibility for Assistance
       The conference agreement consolidates current language 
     regarding assistance to non-governmental organizations in 
     certain countries as proposed by the Senate. The House bill 
     did not change current law.
     Sec. 543. Prohibition on Assistance to Foreign Governments 
         that Export Lethal Military Equipment to Countries 
         Supporting International Terrorism
       The conference agreement reflects the House language that 
     includes a technical correction not included in the Senate 
     amendment.
     Sec. 544. Withholding of Assistance for Parking Fines Owed by 
         Foreign Countries
       The conference agreement allows 110 percent of the total 
     amount of unpaid parking fines determined to be owed by 
     foreign countries to the District of Columbia and New York 
     City, New York, to be withheld from obligation for assistance 
     to such country, as proposed by the Senate. The language is 
     similar to that proposed by the House.
     Sec. 546. War Crimes Tribunals Drawdown
       The conference agreement includes House and Senate language 
     authorizing up to $30,000,000 in drawdowns of commodities or 
     services for war crimes tribunals. The conference agreement 
     includes House language that specifies that any drawdown made 
     under this section shall not be construed as an endorsement 
     or precedent for the establishment of any standing or 
     permanent international criminal tribunal or court. The 
     Senate amendment did not address this matter.
     Sec. 549. Prohibition of Payment of Certain Expenses
       The conference agreement includes Senate language, not in 
     the House bill, that adds theatrical and musical productions 
     to the list of activities prohibited under this section.
     Sec. 550. Restrictions on Voluntary Contributions to United 
         Nations Agencies
       The conference agreement is similar to the House bill but 
     deletes the certification requirement. The Senate did not 
     address this matter.
     Sec. 551. Caribbean Basin
       The conference agreement makes certain purchases of defense 
     articles and services available to the Haitian Coast Guard 
     but does not include House language, not in the Senate 
     amendment, requiring that such transfers be subject to 
     notification.
       The conference agreement provides that not less than 
     $52,500,000 should be allocated for assistance to Haiti from 
     funds in title II of this Act and food assistance fund 
     managed by USAID. This provision is identical to language in 
     the House bill and was not included in the Senate amendment.
       Additionally, the conference agreement includes identical 
     language as included in the House bill that provides that out 
     of funds in title II of this Act, $37,680,000 should be 
     allocated for Nicaragua and $40,130,000 should be allocated 
     for Honduras. The Senate did not address this matter.
     Sec. 554. Protection of Biodiversity Tropical and Forests
       The conference agreement includes language directing that 
     USAID should make available $145,000,000 for programs and 
     activities that directly protect biodiversity. The managers 
     strongly support these efforts and expect these funds to be 
     used to protect tropical forests, including support of 
     projects to deter illegal logging in Indonesia, Central 
     Africa and elsewhere, and other threatened biologically 
     diverse areas, both terrestrial and marine. Of this amount, 
     up to $40,000,000 may be available for the subsidy cost of 
     modifying loans and loan guarantees, pursuant to the 
     provisions of the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998. 
     The managers commend the Administration for its Congo Basin 
     Forest Initiative and expect full funding to be made 
     available for the Central African Regional Program for the 
     Environment.
     Sec. 555. Energy Conservation, Energy Efficiency and Clean 
         Energy Programs
       The managers support programs that conserve energy and 
     promote clean and efficient energy production and 
     distribution in developing countries. The conference 
     agreement provides that $175,000,000 should be made available 
     for these programs.
       This section also requires the Executive Office of the 
     President to submit an updated and revised annual government-
     wide report on federal activities and costs relating to 
     climate change and greenhouse gas emissions. The House bill 
     did not address this matter.
     Sec. 556. Zimbabwe.
       The conference agreement is the same as current law and is 
     identical to the Senate amendment. The House did not address 
     this matter.
     Sec. 557. Nigeria.
       The conference agreement includes language similar to that 
     of the Senate amendment that restricts the use of IMET and 
     FMF for Nigeria until the President certifies to the 
     Committee on Appropriations that certain specified Nigerian 
     officials are suspending from the Armed Forces those members, 
     of whatever rank, against whom there is credible evidence of 
     gross violations of human rights in Benue State in October 
     2001, and the Government of Nigeria and the Nigerian Armed 
     Forces are taking effective measures to bring such 
     individuals to justice. The President may waive such 
     prohibition if he determines that doing so is in the national 
     security interest of the United States. Prior to exercising 
     such waiver authority, the President is required to submit a 
     report to the Committees on Appropriations describing the 
     involvement of the Nigerian Armed Forces in the incident in 
     Benue State, the measures that are being taken to bring such 
     individuals to justice, and whether any Nigerian Armed Forces 
     units involved with the incident in Benue State are receiving 
     United States assistance. The managers expect the Department 
     of State will consult with the Committees on Appropriations 
     on the form the report will take.
     Sec. 558. Burma.
       The conference agreement includes a modified version of the 
     Senate's provision on the use of the Economic Support Fund in 
     Burma and along the Burma-Thailand border, and, in addition, 
     a House provision, similar to language in prior year Acts, 
     regarding independent media activities promoting democracy 
     inside Burma.
       The managers deplore the failure of Burma's State Peace and 
     Development Council (SPDC) to resume dialogue with Daw Aung 
     San Suu Kyi and the National League for Democracy, and urge 
     the immediate release of all prisoners of conscience in 
     Burma. The managers continue to expect that United States 
     Government programs and activities conducted inside Burma, 
     including HIV/AIDS programs, will be carried out in 
     consultation with the leadership of the National League for 
     Democracy.
       The managers note the systematic abuse of human rights by 
     the SPDC, especially in campaigns of violence against Burmese 
     minorities, including rape of girls and women and forced 
     evacuations of villages. These campaigns have displaced an 
     estimated one million persons inside of Burma and an equal 
     number in neighboring countries.
       In order to expand the provision of health services to 
     displaced Burmese, including those who live in appalling 
     conditions outside of refugee camps in Thailand, the managers 
     expect that $1,000,000 will be provided to continue to 
     support efforts to combat HIV/AIDS inside of Burma, and that 
     not less than $1,000,000 will be provided to support efforts 
     to limit malaria and infectious diseases among Burmese along 
     the Burma-Thailand border. These funds are to be made 
     available under the heading ``Child Survival and Health 
     Programs Fund'' in this Act, and are in addition to the 
     amounts provided under this section.
       The managers request that within 120 days of enactment of 
     the Act, the Administrator of USAID, in consultation with the 
     Department of State, provide a report to the Committees on 
     Appropriations that describes the estimated number and 
     condition of displaced persons inside Burma and Burmese 
     refugees, exiles, or migrant workers in Thailand and proposes 
     steps that the United States Government could take, working 
     with other donors and not providing direct support to the 
     SPDC, to address the root causes of this crisis and to better 
     provide for the humanitarian needs of displaced Burmese.
       The managers recommend that up to $500,000 be made 
     available to support a new initiative inside Burma that 
     utilizes the expertise of the leadership of the National 
     League for Democracy (NLD) in determining and addressing the 
     urgent needs of the people of Burma. The managers recommend 
     that the State Department consult with the NLD on the 
     development of this initiative, and request to be regularly 
     updated on its progress.
     Sec. 560. Cambodia.
       The conference agreement includes House language providing 
     that the Secretary of the Treasury should instruct U.S. 
     executive directors of international financial institutions 
     to oppose loans to the Central Government of Cambodia, except 
     loans to support basic human needs. The Senate amendment 
     would have mandated such instructions. In subsection (b), the 
     conference agreement contains language similar to that of the 
     Senate amendment that prohibits assistance for the Central 
     Government of Cambodia, except that this provision does not 
     apply to assistance for basic education, reproductive and 
     maternal and child health, cultural and historic 
     preservation, and for the Ministry of Women and Veterans 
     Affairs to combat human trafficking, and for certain 
     assistance provided through nongovernmental organizations. 
     The House bill restricted assistance except for basic 
     education and assistance provided under ``Child Survival and 
     Health Programs Fund''.
       In subsection (c), the conference agreement provides that 
     up to $5,000,000 may be made available, notwithstanding the 
     above restriction, for activities to support democracy, 
     including democratic political parties in Cambodia. In 
     subsection (d), the conference agreement provides that 
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     the funds made available in this Act shall be made available, 
     notwithstanding the above restriction, as a contribution for 
     an endowment to sustain rehabilitation programs for 
     Cambodians suffering from physical disabilities that are 
     administered by an American nongovernmental organization that 
     is directly supported by USAID. Such funds may be made 
     available only if an amount at least equal to one-half the 
     United States contribution is provided for the endowment from 
     sources other than the United States Government. The managers 
     endorse the Senate report language regarding this issue. The 
     House bill did not address these matters.
       The managers condemn the recent riots in Cambodia, and are 
     concerned with the Cambodian Government's failure to protect 
     foreign embassies and foreign-owned businesses in Phnom Penh. 
     The managers note that in a statement issued on February 6, 
     2003, the State Department stated that the United States was 
     ``particularly concerned by indications that the 
     government is using the situation to target the political 
     opposition and independent media''. The managers request 
     that within 60 days of enactment of this Act, the 
     Secretary of State report to the Committees on 
     Appropriations on the complicity of the Cambodian 
     Government in the riots (including an explanation of the 
     failure of Cambodian authorities to respond to the riots 
     in a timely and effective manner), and steps taken by the 
     governments of Thailand and Cambodia to credibly 
     investigate the riots. The managers encourage the 
     administration to continue to forcefully and publicly 
     condemn election-related violence and intimidation in the 
     run up to the July parliamentary elections.
     Sec. 562. Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization
       The conference agreement includes language similar to that 
     of the Senate amendment that prohibits funding for the Korean 
     Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO), except for 
     up to $5,000,000 for administrative expenses if the President 
     determines that it is vital to the national security 
     interests of the United States. Such funding is subject to 
     notification. The House bill would have limited funding for 
     KEDO to $50,000,000 only for administrative expenses and 
     heavy fuel oil costs associated with the Agreed Framework. In 
     addition, the House bill required several certifications by 
     the President prior to the obligation of funding for KEDO.
     Section 563. Palestinian Statehood
       The conference agreement includes House language that 
     prohibits funding to support a Palestinian state unless the 
     Secretary of State makes certain determinations, including: a 
     new leadership of a Palestinian governing entity has been 
     democratically elected through credible and competitive 
     elections; the elected governing entity has demonstrated a 
     firm commitment to peaceful co-existence with Israel; is 
     taking appropriate measures to counter terrorism; and is 
     establishing a new Palestinian security entity that is fully 
     cooperative with appropriate Israeli and other appropriate 
     security organizations; and the Palestinian Authority or its 
     successor is working with other countries in the region to 
     vigorously pursue efforts to establish a just, lasting, and 
     comprehensive peace in the Middle East, including normal 
     relations between Israel and an independent Palestinian state 
     in a number of areas. It also expresses the sense of the 
     Congress that the newly elected governing entity should enact 
     a constitution assuring the rule of law, an independent 
     judiciary, respect for human rights, and other laws and 
     regulations assuring transparent and accountable governance. 
     This section also includes a waiver of the restrictions 
     herein based on national security interests of the United 
     States, and exempts assistance to the Palestinian Authority 
     and affiliated institutions, or a newly elected governing 
     entity, in order to help meet the requirements of this 
     section, consistent with the provisions of section 552 of 
     this Act. The Senate amendment contained language similar to 
     the House bill on this matter.
     Section 564. Colombia
       The conference agreement includes a modified version of the 
     House and Senate provisions on conditioning funds for 
     Colombian Armed Forces.
     Sec. 567. Iraq
       The conference agreement includes language similar to that 
     in the House bill, which provides that funds from the 
     Economic Support Fund may be made available for programs 
     benefiting the Iraqi people and to support efforts to bring 
     about political transition in Iraq. The conference agreement 
     also includes language that provides that none of the funds 
     made available pursuant to the authorities provided in this 
     section may be made available to any organization to 
     reimburse or pay for costs incurred by such organization in 
     prior fiscal years. Funds would be subject to the regular 
     notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
     Sec. 568. West Bank and Gaza Program
       The conference report includes House language on this 
     matter. It contains prior year language (also in the Senate 
     amendment) requiring the Comptroller General of the United 
     States to certify that procedures have been established to 
     assure access to appropriate financial information in order 
     to review the uses of funds provided for the West Bank and 
     Gaza Program of the Economic Support Fund. In addition, the 
     language requires the Secretary of State to take all 
     appropriate steps to ensure that assistance is not provided 
     to entities or individuals that advocate, plan, sponsor, 
     engage in, or have engaged in, terrorist activity. Finally, 
     the language requires annual audits of all contractors and 
     grantees, and significant subcontractors and subgrantees. Up 
     to $1,000,000 is authorized to be made available to the 
     Inspector General of the United States Agency for 
     International Development for audits, inspections, and other 
     activities in furtherance of this provision.
     Sec. 569. Indonesia
       The conference agreement includes language similar to that 
     of the Senate amendment on this matter. It would allow 
     assistance for Indonesia appropriated under ``Foreign 
     Military Financing Program'' and licenses for export of 
     lethal defense articles for the Indonesian military only if 
     the President certifies that the Government of Indonesia and 
     the Indonesian Armed Forces are taking certain measures, 
     including suspending from the Armed Forces those members, of 
     whatever rank, who have been credibly alleged to have 
     committed gross violations of human rights, or aided or 
     abetted militia groups, as well as prosecuting those members 
     and punishing them, if they have been found to have committed 
     such acts. In addition, the language requires the President 
     to certify that the Indonesian Armed Forces are cooperating 
     with civilian prosecutors and judicial authorities in such 
     cases, including providing access to witnesses, relevant 
     military documents, and other requested information. Finally, 
     the language requires the President to certify that the 
     Minister of Defense is making publicly available audits of 
     receipts and expenditures of the Indonesian Armed Forces. The 
     House bill included similar language, but did not address the 
     issue of export licenses for lethal defense articles.
     Sec. 570. Restrictions on Assistance to Governments 
         Destabilizing Sierra Leone
       The conference agreement includes a provision identical to 
     the House bill that prohibits assistance to any government 
     for which the Secretary of State has credible evidence that 
     such government has aided or abetted, within the previous six 
     months, in the illicit distribution, transportation, or sale 
     of diamonds mined in Sierra Leone. The language is similar to 
     the Senate amendment.
     Sec. 572. Contributions to the United Nations Population Fund
       The managers note that $34,000,000 appropriated for the 
     United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in P.L. 107-115 has 
     not been obligated due to a determination by the Secretary of 
     State in July 2002 that UNFPA's program in the People's 
     Republic of China was in violation of the Kemp-Kasten 
     amendment. The conference agreement provides that these prior 
     year funds, and an equivalent amount from this Act, shall be 
     made available to UNFPA if the President determines that 
     UNFPA is no longer in violation of the Kemp-Kasten amendment. 
     The conference agreement also contains a prohibition on the 
     use of United States funds in China as well as all other 
     restrictions in current law.
     Sec. 573. Procurement and Financial Management Reform
       The conference agreement includes House language 
     withholding 10 percent of the funds made available for 
     international financial institutions until the Secretary of 
     the Treasury certifies that a number of procurement and 
     financial management reforms are being implemented. The 
     Senate did not address this matter.
     Sec. 574. Central Asia
       The conference agreement includes the identical provision 
     included in the Senate amendment that conditions the 
     assistance to the Government of Uzbekistan unless the 
     Secretary of State determines and reports that the Government 
     of Uzbekistan is making progress and meeting commitments of 
     the Declaration of Strategic Partnership. The House addressed 
     this matter in title II.
       The conference agreement includes a provision similar to 
     the Senate provision related to human rights and democracy in 
     Central Asia, but adds a national security interest waiver 
     for the Secretary of State with regard to assistance for 
     Kazakhstan. The managers urge the Secretary to pursue an 
     agreement with the Government of Kazakhstan similar to the 
     Declaration on the Strategic Partnership and Cooperation 
     Framework signed by the United States and the Government of 
     Uzbekistan addressing democracy, human rights and other 
     matters of mutual interest.
       The conference agreement contains a provision similar to 
     the Senate amendment requiring the Secretary of State to 
     submit periodic reports on the provision of defense articles 
     and financial assistance to the countries of Central Asia. 
     The House did not address this matter.
     Sec. 576. War Criminals
       The conference agreement contains language similar to that 
     in both the House bill and Senate amendment regarding war 
     criminals in the Balkans.
     Sec. 577. User Fees
       The conference agreement includes the Senate language that 
     expands the current law restriction requiring the Secretary 
     of Treasury to instruct the U.S. Executive Directors to 
     oppose any loan, grant strategy or policy that would require 
     user fees on poor people for primary education or healthcare

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     in connection with the institutions' financing programs. The 
     House provision reflected current law.
     Sec. 578. Funding for Serbia
       The conference agreement contains current law on this 
     matter, except that the provisions of this section affect 
     assistance for Serbia after June 15 of this year, rather than 
     after March 30 as in the fiscal year 2002 appropriations Act. 
     In addition, technical modifications have been inserted to 
     refer to a successor state to the Federal Republic of 
     Yugoslavia (FRY).
       The House bill would have applied the provisions of this 
     section to assistance for the governments of Serbia and the 
     FRY. The Senate bill would have imposed certain additional 
     requirements on the FRY beyond those in current law.
     Sec. 579. Prohibition on Taxation of United States Assistance
       The conference agreement contains language similar to that 
     of the House bill that provides that none of the funds 
     appropriated in this Act may be made available to provide 
     assistance for a foreign country under a new bilateral 
     agreement governing the terms and conditions under which such 
     assistance is to be provided unless such agreement includes a 
     provision stating that commodities purchased with assistance 
     provided by the United States shall be exempt from taxation, 
     or reimbursed, by the foreign government, and the Secretary 
     of State shall expeditiously seek to negotiate amendments to 
     existing bilateral agreements, as necessary, to conform with 
     this requirement. The language also requires that, of the 
     funds appropriated by this Act that are allocated for 
     assistance for a foreign country and for the West Bank and 
     Gaza Program, an amount equivalent to 200 percent of the 
     total taxes assessed during fiscal year 2003 against United 
     States assistance programs by a foreign government or entity, 
     either directly or through grantees, contractors and 
     subcontractors, shall be withheld from assistance for such 
     country or entity in fiscal year 2004 to the extent that the 
     Secretary of State certifies and reports in writing to the 
     Committees on Appropriations that such taxes have not been 
     reimbursed to the Government of the United States. Foreign 
     taxes of a de minimis nature are not subject to these 
     reimbursement provisions. Of the funds withheld from 
     obligation for each country or entity pursuant to this 
     section, one-half may become available for reprogramming for 
     other purposes (pursuant to section 515 of this Act and 
     consistent with the purposes for which such funds were 
     originally appropriated) and one-half shall be deposited in 
     the General Fund of the Treasury on, or within 5 days after, 
     September 1, 2004. The language also requires the Secretary 
     of State to issue rules, regulations, or policy guidance, as 
     appropriate, to implement the prohibition against the 
     taxation of assistance contained in this section. The Senate 
     amendment did not address this matter.
     Sec. 580. GAO Report
       The conference report contains language similar to that of 
     the House bill that requires a report from the Comptroller 
     General to the Committees on Appropriations no later than 
     November 1, 2003, on the extent to which the Department of 
     State is complying with section 301(c) of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act and on the implementation of procedures that 
     have been established to meet the standards of the Department 
     of State regarding compliance with the requirements of said 
     section. This audit shall review the implementation of 
     procedures by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for 
     Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) regarding this 
     provision of law. The conference agreement does not include 
     language from the House requiring a report from the Secretary 
     of State on this matter, but the managers are agreed that the 
     Secretary shall comply with the requirements of the House 
     bill in this regard.
     Sec. 582. Community-Based Police Assistance
       The conference agreement includes language similar to the 
     Senate language authorizing use of certain USAID-administered 
     funds in title II of this Act for support for civilian police 
     in Jamaica and El Salvador, but not Indonesia as included in 
     the Senate amendment, notwithstanding section 660 of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act. The House did not address this 
     matter.
     Sec. 583. Overseas Private Investment Corporation and Export-
         Import Bank Restrictions
       The conference agreement includes a provision identical to 
     the Senate amendment and current law and prohibits the use of 
     funds by OPIC and Export-Import Bank from financing 
     investments in connection with a project involving the 
     mining, polishing or other processing, or sale of diamonds in 
     a country that fails to implement the recommendations, 
     obligations and requirements developed by the Kimberley 
     Process or taking measures that the Secretary of State 
     determines to contribute effectively to preventing and 
     eliminating the trade in conflict diamonds.
     Sec. 584. Trade Capacity Building
       The conference agreement includes a provision identical to 
     the House bill that provides that not less than $452,000,000 
     should be made available for trade capacity building 
     assistance from the Trade and Development Agency, Development 
     Assistance, Transition Initiatives, ESF, International 
     Affairs Technical Assistance, and International Organizations 
     and Programs accounts. The Senate did not address this 
     matter.
     Sec. 585. Transparency and Accountability
       The conference agreement includes Senate language requiring 
     the Secretary of State to submit a report concerning the 
     public disclosure of revenues from extractive industries and 
     other sources by governments of countries that receive United 
     States assistance. The House did not address this matter. The 
     managers endorse the Senate report language regarding this 
     issue.
     Sec. 586. American Churchwomen and Other Citizens in El 
         Salvador and Guatemala
       The conference agreement contains Senate language on this 
     matter. The House bill contained similar language.

                PROVISIONS NOT ADOPTED BY THE CONFEREES:

       The conference agreement does not include section 549 of 
     the Senate amendment regarding ``Tibet'' urging U.S. 
     Executive Directors to International Financial Institutions 
     to support certain types of projects in Tibet. The House bill 
     did not address a similar provision. The managers are aware 
     of concerns raised by the Department of the Treasury about 
     this provision, however, the managers strongly support the 
     intent of this provision and expect to be consulted prior to 
     votes in the International Financial Institutions on projects 
     in Tibet.
       The conference report does not include section 554 of the 
     House bill regarding ``Discrimination Against Minority 
     Religious Faiths in the Russian Federation.'' The Senate did 
     not include this provision.
       The conference report does not include section 555 of the 
     House bill regarding ``Assistance for the Middle East.'' The 
     Senate amendment did not address this matter.
       The conference report does not include section 565 of the 
     House bill regarding ``Briefings on Potential Purchases of 
     Defense Articles or Defense Services by Taiwan.'' The Senate 
     did not address this matter. This matter is addressed in 
     permanent law.
       The conference report does not include section 578 of the 
     Senate bill regarding ``Excess Defense Articles for Central 
     and Southern European Countries and Certain Other 
     Countries.'' The House did not address this matter. These 
     authorities already exist for fiscal year 2003.
       The conference report does not include section 579 of the 
     House bill ``Tropical Forest Conservation.'' The text of this 
     provision is included in section 554 ``Protection of 
     Biodiversity and Tropical Forests.''
       The conference report does not include section 580 of the 
     House bill regarding ``Authorizations''. The Senate amendment 
     did not address this matter.
       The conference report does not include section 581 of the 
     House bill and section 580 of the Senate amendment regarding 
     Cuba.
       The conference agreement does not include section 583 of 
     the Senate amendment regarding ``Regional Democracy Programs 
     for East Asia and the Pacific.'' The House did not address 
     this matter.
       The conference agreement does not include section 585 of 
     the Senate amendment extending the prohibition of oil and gas 
     drilling in the Great Lakes of the United States. The House 
     bill did not address this matter.
       The conference agreement does not include section 586 of 
     the Senate amendment regarding the ``Sense of the Senate with 
     Respect to North Korea''. The House did not address this 
     matter.

                   Conference Total--With Comparisons

       The total new budget (obligational) authority for the 
     fiscal year 2003 recommended by the Committee of Conference, 
     with comparisons to the fiscal year 2002 amount, the 2003 
     budget estimates, and the House and Senate bills for 2003 
     follow:
New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2002.......$16,586,780
Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal year16,492,896
House bill, fiscal year 2003.................................16,594,574
Senate bill, fiscal year 2003................................16,474,739
Conference agreement, fiscal year 2003.......................16,345,186
Conference agreement compared with:                                    
  New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2002........-241,594
  Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal year-147,710
House bill, fiscal year 2003...................................-249,388
Senate bill, fiscal year 2003..................................-129,553

                               DIVISION F

     Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations

       The conference agreement on the Interior and Related 
     Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003, incorporates some of the 
     provisions of H.R. 5093 as passed by the House of 
     Representatives on July 18, 2002, and the Senate version of 
     H.J. Res. 2 (Division F and Division N) as passed by the 
     Senate on January 23, 2003. Report language and allocations 
     set forth in either House Report 107-564 or the Senate report 
     language published in the Congressional Record of January 15, 
     2003, that are not changed by the conference are approved by 
     the committee of conference. The statement of the managers, 
     while repeating some report language for emphasis, does not 
     negate the language referenced above unless expressly 
     provided herein.
       No funds in this Act are derived from the Conservation 
     Spending Category established

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     in the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies 
     Appropriations Act, 2001. However, the programs previously 
     funded under this category are, for the most part, continued 
     in fiscal year 2003.

                  TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                       Bureau of Land Management


                   management of lands and resources

       The conference agreement provides $825,712,000 for 
     management of lands and resources instead of $826,932,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $816,062,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       Increases above the House for land resources include 
     $1,000,000 for noxious weeds for the Montana State University 
     weed program, $500,000 for Idaho weed control, and a decrease 
     of $500,000 for range monitoring.
       There is a decrease below the House for wildlife and 
     fisheries of $500,000 for fisheries management.
       There is a decrease below the House for threatened and 
     endangered species of $87,000 for travel.
       Increases above the House for recreation management include 
     $1,000,000 for Missouri River undaunted stewardship, $400,000 
     for Colorado Canyons, and decreases of $250,000 for 
     recreation access, and $302,000 for conversion of certain 
     lands to fee sites.
       The managers do not concur with the House proposal 
     concerning funding for the energy and minerals program. 
     Funding for this program shall be at the level proposed for 
     activities in the request but with the following 
     modifications. An increase of $750,000 for permitting of 
     geothermal energy applications and wind energy rights-of-way 
     in Nevada, $1,000,000 for applications for permits to drill, 
     principally in the Powder River Basin, and $272,000 for the 
     Alaska minerals program.
       Increases above the House for realty and ownership 
     management include $2,000,000 for Alaska conveyance, 
     $1,100,000 for the cadastral survey program, of which 
     $750,000 is for continuation of the public lands database in 
     AK, $350,000 is for the State of Utah Automated Geographic 
     Reference Center, and $750,000 is for additional Nevada 
     personnel.
       The managers have modified the Senate language concerning 
     the Alaska conveyance program. The managers expect the Bureau 
     to develop a plan to complete work on all allotment 
     applications and all land selections under the Alaska Native 
     Claims Settlement Act of 1971 and the Alaska Statehood Act of 
     1959 by 2009, 50 years after its enactment and nearly 40 
     years after the deadline for applying for Native allotments.
       Increases above the House for resources protection and 
     maintenance include $500,000 for the Alaska resources library 
     and decreases of $200,000 for desert rangers, and $300,000 
     for the restoration of lands in Arizona.
       Increases above the House for transportation and facilities 
     maintenance include $250,000 for the Iditarod National 
     Historic Trail, $1,000,000 for capping oil wells in National 
     Petroleum Reserve Alaska and decreases of $200,000 for 
     California Desert communications, and $2,000,000 for fish 
     passage improvements.
       There is a decrease below the House for land and resources 
     information of $403,000.
       There is a decrease below the House for challenge cost 
     share of $5,000,000. The conference agreement includes an 
     increase of $5,000,000 in the challenge cost share program 
     for the Cooperative Conservation Initiative.


                        wildland fire management

       The conference agreement provides $654,406,000 for wildland 
     fire management instead of $855,332,000 as proposed by the 
     House and $654,254,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Decreases below the House for preparedness include $826,000 
     for travel and $600,000 for fire employment duration.
       There is an increase above the House for other operations 
     of $500,000 for the University of Montana fire program.
       There is a decrease below the House of $200,000,000, which 
     had been proposed as a fiscal year 2002 emergency 
     supplemental appropriation. The managers note that in lieu of 
     these funds the Department has been provided $189,000,000 for 
     fire reimbursement elsewhere in the bill.
       The managers note that the Department of the Interior and 
     the Department of Agriculture have begun full implementation 
     of the 10-Year Comprehensive Strategy to reduce wildland fire 
     risks. This strategy involves extensive collaboration with 
     communities in the selection of hazardous fuels projects. In 
     support of the strategy, the Departments have developed 
     detailed criteria for the execution of such hazardous fuels 
     reduction efforts. The managers feel that collaboration with 
     communities and the use of criteria for project selection 
     provide a suitable basis for planning the expenditure of 
     funds, and accordingly do not concur with Senate report 
     language requiring that seventy percent of hazardous fuels 
     funds be used in the wildland urban interface.
       Because of the managers continuing concern about fire 
     suppression costs during major incidents, the Forest Service 
     and the Department of the Interior are directed to contract 
     with the National Academy of Public Administration for 
     appropriate follow-up work to their study of 2002. The 
     Departments should equally share the cost of the review and 
     the review should be conducted forthwith.


                    central hazardous materials fund

       The conference agreement provides $9,978,000 for the 
     central hazardous materials fund as proposed by the House and 
     Senate.


                              construction

       The conference agreement provides $11,976,000 for 
     construction instead of $10,976,000 as proposed by the House 
     and $12,976,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       There is an increase above the House for construction of 
     $1,000,000 for the California Trail Interpretive Center, NV.


                       PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES

       The conference agreement provides $220,000,000 for payments 
     in lieu of taxes instead of $230,000,000 as proposed by the 
     House and $210,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.


                            LAND ACQUISITION

       The conference agreement provides $33,450,000 for land 
     acquisition instead of $47,486,000 as proposed by the House 
     and $30,150,000 as proposed by the Senate. Funds should be 
     distributed as follows:

        Area (State)                                             Amount
Cosumnes River Watershed (easements only)(CA)................$2,500,000
El Dorado Preserve (CA).......................................2,000,000
Golden Bair Ranch (CO)........................................1,500,000
Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks (NM)..................................1,500,000
King Range National Conservation Area (CA)....................2,000,000
Lewis and Clark NHT (ID)......................................1,000,000
Lewis and Clark NHT (MT)......................................1,000,000
Moses Coulee (WA).............................................1,000,000
Otay Mountains (Kuchamaa) (CA).........................................
Patterson Bend/Squaw Leap Management Area (CA)..................900,000
Potrero Creek (CA)............................................2,000,000
Rio Grande National Wild and Scenic River (NM)................3,500,000
Sandy River (OR)..............................................2,500,000
Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains NM (CA)..................1,000,000
Sears Point Area Critical Env'tal Concern/Juan Bautista De Anza NHT 
  (AZ)..........................................................800,000
Snake River Birds of Prey Nat'l Conservation Area (ID)........1,000,000
Upper Snake/South Fork Snake River (ID).......................2,000,000
Washington State Land Exchange (WA)...........................1,000,000
Use of carryover balances....................................-1,000,000
  Subtotal...................................................27,450,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
Land Equalization Payment.......................................500,000
Acquisition Management........................................4,000,000
Emergency/Inholdings/Relocation...............................1,500,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
  Total.....................................................$33,450,000
       The Committee has consistently supported the West Eugene 
     Wetlands acquisition program over the years, and is aware 
     that the Federal portion of the acquisition program is 
     nearing completion. In order to conclude the project 
     properly, certain issues regarding the status of lands in the 
     project area must be resolved. Should these issues be 
     resolved in a manner that warrants additional Federal 
     acquisition support, the managers will consider providing 
     funding to complete the project in future budgets.
       Funds for the Golden Bair Ranch are conditioned on BLM 
     providing public access to this property. The money for 
     Cosumnes River Watershed is restricted to conservation 
     easements only. The managers have reprogrammed Spring Gulch 
     funds to the Continental Divide NST and Devils Canyon Ranch 
     as proposed by the Senate.


                   OREGON AND CALIFORNIA GRANT LANDS

       The conference agreement provides $105,633,000 for Oregon 
     and California grant lands as proposed by the House and 
     Senate.


                           RANGE IMPROVEMENTS

       The conference agreement provides an indefinite 
     appropriation for range improvements of not less than 
     $10,000,000 as proposed by the House and Senate.


               SERVICE CHARGES, DEPOSITS, AND FORFEITURES

       The conference agreement provides an indefinite 
     appropriation for service charges, deposits, and forfeitures, 
     which is estimated to be $7,900,000 as proposed by the House 
     and Senate.


                       MISCELLANEOUS TRUST FUNDS

       The conference agreement provides an indefinite 
     appropriation of $12,405,000 for miscellaneous trust funds as 
     proposed by the House and Senate.

                UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE

                          Resource Management

       The conference agreement provides $917,429,000 for resource 
     management instead of $918,359,000 as proposed by the House 
     and $902,697,000 as proposed by the Senate. The numerical 
     changes described below are to the House recommended level.
       In endangered species programs, there are increases in 
     candidate conservation of $150,000 for the burbot population 
     in the Kootenai River in Idaho, $300,000 for the Idaho sage 
     grouse management plan through the Idaho Office of Species 
     Conservation, $750,000 for sea otter research in Alaska, and 
     $50,000 for the Idaho Department of Agriculture to study the 
     influence of herbivory on slickspot peppergrass. In ESA 
     recovery, there are increases of $1,000,000 for the Atlantic 
     salmon program administered by the National Fish and Wildlife 
     Foundation, $100,000

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     for salmon recovery in Maine, $1,000,000 for eider recovery 
     at the Alaska SeaLife Center, $50,000 for freshwater mussel 
     recovery at the White Sulphur Springs NFH in West Virginia, 
     $500,000 for Lahonton cutthroat trout, $150,000 for wolf 
     monitoring by the Nez Perce Tribe in Idaho, $75,000 for the 
     Service's Snake River Basin office's wolf monitoring efforts, 
     and $250,000 for wolf monitoring efforts at the Idaho Office 
     of Species Conservation. There are also decreases in ESA 
     recovery of $1,000,000 for the Washington State salmon 
     program administered by the National Fish and Wildlife 
     Foundation and a $1,000,000 general decrease.
       In habitat conservation, increases in the partners for fish 
     and wildlife program include $1,400,000 for the Washington 
     State regional salmon enhancement program, $700,000 for 
     invasive species control in Hawaii, $100,000 for bald eagle 
     restoration in cooperation with the Vermont Natural Heritage 
     Partners program, $400,000 for the Big Hole Watershed 
     Committee in Montana, $750,000 for the Hawaii ESA Community 
     Conservation Plan, $1,250,000 for the Nevada biodiversity 
     research and conservation project, $175,000 for the Thunder 
     Basin grasslands initiative in Wyoming, and $500,000 for the 
     Montana Water Center wild fish habitat initiative. Decreases 
     in the partners for fish and wildlife program include 
     $500,000 for nutria eradication at the Blackwater NWR, MD, 
     $550,000 for bull trout conservation in Washington State, 
     $1,400,000 for the Washington State ecosystems program, 
     $1,000,000 for invasive species control, and $300,000 for 
     spartina control at Willapa Bay, WA.
       In project planning, there are increases of $150,000 for 
     the Middle Rio Grande/Bosque research program and $474,000 
     for wildlife assessments at Yukon Flats, AK.
       In coastal programs, there is an increase of $750,000 for 
     the Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association king salmon program in 
     Alaska and a decrease of $1,000,000 for cost shared projects, 
     including invasive species control.
       There is a decrease of $500,000 for the environmental 
     contaminants program.
       In refuge operations and maintenance, there is an increase 
     of $300,000 for invasive species control at the Willapa NWR, 
     WA and decreases of $1,000,000 for invasive species control 
     with friends groups and volunteers and $5,000,000 for refuge 
     maintenance.
       In migratory bird management, there is an increase of 
     $575,000 to reduce seabird bycatch in Alaska, and decreases 
     of $1,000,000 for the Canada goose depredation program and 
     $1,000,000 for the joint ventures program. The funding level 
     for each joint venture is identical to that shown in the 
     Senate report.
       In fisheries, there is a decrease of $500,000 for the 
     Washington State hatchery improvement project in hatchery 
     operations and maintenance. In fish and wildlife management, 
     increases include $300,000 for fish passage along railroads 
     in Alaska, $118,000 for fish surveys at the White Sulphur 
     Springs NFH, WV, $850,000 for wildlife enhancement in 
     Starkville, Mississippi, $400,000 for the Wildlife Health 
     Center in Montana, $2,403,000 for Yukon River treaty 
     implementation in Alaska, and $1,200,000 for marine mammal 
     protection in Alaska. Decreases in fish and wildlife 
     management include $100,000 for salmon reproductive biology 
     research at Washington State University, $1,000,000 for 
     cooperative projects for fish passage, and $1,000,000 for 
     aquatic nuisance control.
       In general administration, there are increases of $200,000 
     for the Caddo Lake Ramsar Center in Texas and $550,000 for 
     maintenance at the National Conservation Training Center and 
     a decrease of $1,000,000 for a National Academy of Sciences 
     review of the State Wildlife Grants program.
       Within the increased funds above the fiscal year 2002 level 
     provided for resource management, $5,000,000 is in support of 
     the Cooperative Conservation Initiative proposal. These funds 
     are targeted for existing programs that have a proven record 
     in leveraging funds and delivering valuable resource 
     restoration results. The $5,000,000 increase consists of 
     $3,000,000 for the refuge challenge cost share program, 
     $1,000,000 for invasive species control projects with refuge 
     friends groups and volunteers, and $1,000,000 for cooperative 
     fish passage projects.
       The managers are very concerned by the proposed increase in 
     administrative costs charged to programs under the Service's 
     cost allocation methodology (CAM) without any justification 
     for these increases in the budget request. The managers 
     expect that the Service will charge no increase in CAM to 
     programs in fiscal year 2003 unless such increases are 
     thoroughly justified through the reprogramming process. The 
     managers suggest that any increase for CAM requested through 
     the reprogramming process be extremely modest.
       The Service needs to do a better job of explaining CAM and 
     making it more transparent and readily understandable to a 
     wide audience. Costs that are directly attributable to 
     headquarters operations and regional office operations should 
     be budgeted under general administration for those operations 
     unless there is a clear and well-justified rationale for 
     inclusion in CAM. No unbudgeted special projects, 
     headquarters or regional initiatives, or departmental 
     initiatives should be included in CAM. If there is 
     uncontrollable cost growth associated with CAM it should be 
     identified in the budget as a fixed, uncontrollable cost 
     increase and not funded at the expense of programs.
       The managers agree to the following:
       1. The funds made available for Georgia stream bank 
     restoration are for the Georgia Soil and Water Conservation 
     Commission except that $25,000 is for technical assistance by 
     the Service.
       2. The funds added for fish surveys at the White Sulphur 
     Springs NFH in West Virginia should remain in the base for 
     future budgets.
       3. Funds have not been included for a National Academy of 
     Sciences review of State wildlife grants as proposed by the 
     House. This issue will be revisited in the fiscal year 2004 
     budget process.
       4. The Service should continue to assist the Corps of 
     Engineers in its comprehensive review of alternative 
     approaches to preserving the Meadowlands wetlands area in 
     northern New Jersey. The conference agreement provides an 
     increase of $180,000 as proposed by the House for this 
     purpose.
       5. The Service should continue to support the Carhart 
     Wilderness Training Institute at the $200,000 level, which is 
     the same as in fiscal year 2002.
       6. Within available funds, the Service should address the 
     needs of the Pittsford NFH, VT and Ouray NFH, UT.
       7. The funds provided to combat whirling disease and 
     related fish health issues include $700,000 for the National 
     Partnership on the Management of Wild and Native Cold Water 
     Fisheries, $250,000 for resistant trout research coordinated 
     through the Whirling Disease Foundation, and $1,296,000 to 
     continue the National Wild Fish Health Survey, to expand 
     whirling disease investigations, and to recruit and train 
     health professionals.
       8. The issue of continued operation of the airfield at 
     Midway Atoll NWR needs to be addressed immediately. There are 
     no funds in the Service's budget to continue to operate the 
     airfield for commercial aircraft purposes. If the parties who 
     benefit from the current airport certification are unwilling 
     to pay the additional expense associated with maintaining 
     that certification, the Service should scale back its 
     operations to include only those requirements necessary for 
     refuge operations, including maintaining a reasonable level 
     of visitor access.
       9. The containment and cleanup of the recent spill of jet 
     fuel at Midway Atoll NWR should be addressed as quickly as 
     possible. The Service should keep the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations apprised of its efforts to 
     address this problem. The Department should consider 
     submitting a supplemental appropriations request to address 
     this emergency situation.
       10. The Secretary recently re-chartered the Hanford Reach 
     National Monument Federal Planning Advisory Committee and 
     increased the number of committee members from 13 to 19. In 
     the interest of continuity and assuring timely completion of 
     the committee's work, the managers expect the Secretary to 
     retain the current members when appointing members to the 
     committee. The managers are concerned that replacement of the 
     current 13 members would severely undermine the valuable work 
     completed thus far.
       Bill Language.--While the total funding for the endangered 
     species-listing program is unchanged, the conference 
     agreement earmarks $6,000,000 for critical habitat 
     designation activities within the listing program instead of 
     $5,000,000 as proposed by both the House and the Senate. The 
     managers understand that the Department believes additional 
     funding, beyond that requested in the budget, will be needed 
     for the listing program in fiscal year 2003 and the managers 
     will consider a supplemental request for additional funds if 
     one is submitted later this year.

                              CONSTRUCTION

       The conference agreement provides $54,427,000 for 
     construction instead of $53,108,000 as proposed by the House 
     and $42,882,000 as proposed by the Senate. Funds are to be 
     distributed as follows:


------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Project                    Description           Amount
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bear River NWR, UT...............  Headquarters and           $1,800,000
                                    Education Center
                                    [cc].
Bitter Lake NWR, NM..............  Visitor center/             1,100,000
                                    standard design--
                                    Phase I [d/ic].
Black-Footed Ferret Wildlife       Endangered species          3,240,000
 Research Ctr, CO.                  facility--Phase IV
                                    [cc].
Bosque del Apache NWR, NM........  Equipment for salt            400,000
                                    cedar control.
Bozeman Fish Technology Center,    Seismic safety/3              150,000
 MT.                                building rehab--
                                    Phase I[p/d].
Bozeman Fish Technology Center,    Laboratory/                   500,000
 MT.                                administration
                                    building--Phase IV
                                    [c].
Bridge Safety Inspections          ....................          560,000
 (Servicewide).
Canaan Valley NWR, WV............  Road Maintenance....          650,000
Cape Romain NWR, SC..............  Restoration of                150,000
                                    Dominick House.
Clark R. Bavin Forensics           Forensics laboratory        6,235,000
 Laboratory, OR.                    expansion--Phase
                                    III [c].
Craig Brook NFH, ME..............  Wastewater treatment          200,000
                                    compliance--Phase I
                                    [p].
Dam Safety Program (Servicewide).  ....................          705,000
Garrison Dam NFH, ND.............  Heat pump water               200,000
                                    system maintenance
                                    [c].
Harris Neck NWR, GA..............  Office renovation...          350,000

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Iron River NFH, WI...............  Replace domes at            2,000,000
                                    Schacte Creek [cc].
Jackson NFH, WY..................  Seismic safety                 80,000
                                    rehabilitation--Pha
                                    se II [d].
Jordan River NFH, MI.............  M/V Togue/Great               800,000
                                    Lakes stocking
                                    vessel--Phase II
                                    [d].
Kealia Pond NWR, HI..............  Mitigation and                800,000
                                    restoration [c].
Klamath Basin NWR Complex, CA....  Water supply and            1,000,000
                                    management--Phase
                                    IV.
Kodiak NWR, AK...................  Visitor center              3,000,000
                                    construction.
Mammoth Springs NFH, AR..........  Renovation of                 250,000
                                    education center
                                    [d].
Missisquoi NWR, VT...............  Visitor center              1,500,000
                                    completion [c].
Northwest Power Planning Area....  Fish screens, etc...        2,000,000
Ohio River Islands NWR, WV.......  Visitor center/             1,100,000
                                    standard design--
                                    Phase I [d/ic].
Orangeburg NFH, SC...............  Orangeburg                  4,144,000
                                    substation dam
                                    Phase II [cc].
Ottawa NWR, OH...................  Visitor center/             1,950,000
                                    standard design [d/
                                    cc].
Quilcene NFH, WA.................  Seismic safety rehab           45,000
                                    of hatchery
                                    building--Phase I
                                    [d].
Savannah NWR, GA.................  Visitor center/             1,950,000
                                    standard design [d/
                                    cc].
Security upgrades (Servicewide)..  ....................        1,000,000
Sevilleta NWR, NM................  Laboratory design...          600,000
Sonny Bono Salton Sea NWR, CA....  Seismic safety rehab          200,000
                                    of shop building--
                                    Phase II [cc].
Tetlin NWR, AK...................  Multi-Agency Center.          425,000
Visitor Facilities/Kiosks on NWRs  Several locations/          1,000,000
                                    standard design.
Waccamaw NWR, SC.................  Visitor center              2,000,000
                                    construction.
White Sulphur Springs NFH, WV....  Maintenance.........          625,000
Wolf Creek NFH, KY...............  Visitor center......          500,000
World Birding Center, TX.........  ....................          500,000
    Subtotal, Line Item            ....................       43,709,000
     Construction.
Nationwide Engineering Services:   ....................
Cost Allocation Methodology......  ....................        3,000,000
    Environmental Compliance       ....................        1,400,000
     Management.
    Seismic Safety Program.......    ..................          200,000
    Waste Prevention and           ....................          150,000
     Recycling.
    Other Engineering Services...  ....................        5,968,000
    Subtotal, Nationwide           ....................       10,718,000
     Engineering Services.
      Total......................  ....................      $54,427,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       The managers continue to believe that the Service should 
     focus on providing on-the-ground refuge experiences for 
     visitors and modest visitor/education centers and visitor 
     contact stations. The maximum cost for any visitor center 
     should not exceed $3 million unless there are extreme, 
     extenuating circumstances, such as the high cost of materials 
     transport and construction in Alaska. The managers expect the 
     Service to treat the maximum amount as a true ceiling and not 
     the amount that every visitor center will cost. Also, visitor 
     contact stations should have a much lower maximum funding 
     level.
       The managers agree to the following:
       1. The balance of funding needed to complete the Bitter 
     Lake NWR visitor center in New Mexico and the Ohio River 
     Islands visitor center in West Virginia should be included in 
     the fiscal year 2004 budget.
       2. This is the final year of funding for Kealia Pond 
     mitigation and restoration work in Hawaii.
       3. The funds provided for kiosks on refuges should provide 
     for at least 20 of these structures, given that the Service 
     reports that the cost of each structure generally is less 
     than $50,000. The managers encourage the Service to use 
     standard designs and pursue cost sharing with friends groups 
     and others to leverage these funds to the extent possible.

                            LAND ACQUISITION

       The conference agreement provides $73,370,000 for land 
     acquisition instead of $82,250,000 as proposed by the House 
     and $81,555,000 as proposed by the Senate. Funds should be 
     distributed as follows:

        Area (State)                                             Amount
Alaska Peninsula NWR--TDX (AK)...............................$1,500,000
Baca Ranch (CO)...............................................5,000,000
Back Bay NWR (VA).............................................1,500,000
Balcones Canyonlands NWR (TX).................................1,500,000
Bandon Marsh NWR (OR)...........................................140,000
Big Muddy NWR (MO)............................................1,000,000
Buenos Aires NWR (AZ)...........................................500,000
Cache River NWR (AR)..........................................1,500,000
Cahaba River NWR (AL).........................................3,000,000
Cape May NWR (NJ)...............................................500,000
Cat Island NWR (LA)...........................................2,500,000
Centennial Valley NWR (MT)......................................500,000
Chickasaw NWR (TN)..............................................500,000
Clarks River NWR (KY).........................................1,500,000
Cypress Creek NWR (IL)..........................................250,000
Dakota Tallgrass Prairie WMA (ND/SD)............................500,000
Detroit River IWR (MI)........................................3,500,000
Fairfield Marsh WPA (WI)......................................1,000,000
Great Bay NWR (NH)..............................................300,000
Great Meadows NWR (MA)........................................1,600,000
Great River NWR (MO)..........................................1,000,000
Great Swamp NWR (NJ)............................................750,000
James Campbell NWR (HI).......................................1,000,000
Laguna Atascosa NWR (TX)........................................750,000
Lower Hatchie NWR (TN)..........................................300,000
National Key Deer NWR (FL)......................................750,000
Neal Smith NWR (IA).............................................250,000
Northern Tallgrass Prairie NWR (MN/IA)..........................500,000
Ottawa NWR (OH).................................................600,000
Parker NWR (MA).................................................500,000
Patoka River NWR (IN)...........................................250,000
Pelican Island NWR (FL).......................................1,750,000
Prime Hook NWR (DE)...........................................1,350,000
Quinault Indian Reservation (WA)..............................5,000,000
Rachel Carson NWR (ME)........................................1,500,000
Rappahannock River Valley NWR (VA)..............................180,000
Red River NWR (LA)............................................3,900,000
Rhode Island Refuge Complex (RI)..............................2,000,000
San Diego NWR (CA)............................................2,000,000
Savannah NWR--Mulberry Grove (GA).............................2,000,000
Silvio O. Conte NFWR (VT/NH/MA/CT)............................1,000,000
St. Marks NWR (FL)............................................2,000,000
Togiak NWR (AK)...............................................1,000,000
Upper Mississippi River NFWR (MN/WI/IA/IL)......................250,000
Waccamaw NWR (SC).............................................2,500,000
Western Montana Project (MT)....................................750,000
Willapa NWR (WA)................................................750,000
Use of carryover balances....................................-7,000,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
  Subtotal...................................................55,870,000
Acquisition Management.......................................10,000,000
Emergencies and Hardship......................................2,000,000
Exchanges.....................................................1,000,000
Inholdings....................................................2,000,000
Cost Allocation Methodology (CAM).............................2,500,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
  Total.....................................................$73,370,000


                      LANDOWNER INCENTIVE PROGRAM

                         (INCLUDING RESCISSION)

       The conference agreement provides $40,000,000 for the 
     landowner incentive program as proposed by the House instead 
     of $600,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference 
     agreement also rescinds $40,000,000 in funds appropriated in 
     fiscal year 2002 for this program because there has been a 
     delay in implementing this new program. The managers expect 
     the Service to make grant awards using the existing program 
     applications.


                           STEWARDSHIP GRANTS

                         (INCLUDING RESCISSION)

       The conference agreement provides $10,000,000 for 
     stewardship grants as proposed by the House instead of 
     $200,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement 
     also rescinds $10,000,000 in funds appropriated in fiscal 
     year 2002 for this program because there has been a delay in 
     implementing this new program. The managers expect the 
     Service to make grant awards using the existing program 
     applications.


            COOPERATIVE ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND

       The conference agreement provides $81,000,000 for the 
     cooperative endangered species conservation fund as proposed 
     by the Senate instead of $121,400,000 as proposed by the 
     House. The funds for habitat conservation plan land 
     acquisition are derived from the Land and Water Conservation 
     Fund as proposed by the House.
       The managers encourage the Service to consider the Potrero 
     Creek project in California and the Black Capped Vireo 
     project in Texas if the project proposals are submitted and 
     rank within the range of high priority project proposals.


                     NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FUND

       The conference agreement provides $14,414,000 for the 
     national wildlife refuge fund as proposed by the Senate 
     instead of $19,414,000 as proposed by the House.


               NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION FUND

       The conference agreement provides $38,560,000 for the North 
     American wetlands conservation fund as proposed by the Senate 
     instead of $43,560,000 as proposed by the House.
       Since the program is funded below the 2001 level, the 
     managers have not agreed to bill language, proposed by the 
     House, limiting increased grant funding above the fiscal year 
     2001 level to projects in the United States.


                NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION

       The conference agreement provides $3,000,000 for the 
     neotropical migratory bird conservation program instead of 
     $5,000,000 as proposed by the House and $2,000,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.

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                MULTINATIONAL SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND

       The conference agreement provides $4,800,000 for the 
     multinational species conservation fund as proposed by the 
     House instead of $4,200,000 as proposed by the Senate.


                    STATE AND TRIBAL WILDLIFE GRANTS

       The conference agreement provides $65,000,000 for State and 
     tribal wildlife grants instead of $100,000,000 as proposed by 
     the House and $45,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within 
     this amount, $5,000,000 is for a competitive grant program 
     for Indian tribes as proposed by the House instead of 
     $3,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement changes the title of this account 
     from ``State Wildlife Grants'' to ``State and Tribal Wildlife 
     Grants'' as proposed by the Senate and includes statutory 
     language permitting the merger of funds in the old account 
     with funds in the new account.
       The Committee has not included $1,000,000 in the resource 
     management account as proposed by the House for a National 
     Academy of Sciences review of the State wildlife plans funded 
     under this account. This issue will be revisited in the 2004 
     budget process.


                       ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

       The conference agreement authorizes the use of $500,000 in 
     previously appropriated funds for land acquisition of the 
     Great Salt Pond burial tract for the Narragansett Tribe as 
     proposed by the Senate. The House had no similar provision.

                         NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

                 Operation of the National Park System

       The conference agreement provides $1,565,565,000 for the 
     operation of the national park system instead of 
     $1,605,593,000 as proposed by the House and $1,571,065,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement provides $344,227,000 for resource 
     stewardship. The change to the House level is a reduction of 
     $2,093,000 for uncontrollable costs. Within these totals, an 
     increase of $600,000 is provided for Vanishing Treasures.
       The conference agreement provides $319,128,000 for visitor 
     services. The change to the House level is a reduction of 
     $3,536,000 for uncontrollable costs.
       The conference agreement provides $522,823,000 for 
     maintenance. Changes to the House level include decreases of 
     $3,837,000 for uncontrollable costs, $5,000,000 for cyclic 
     maintenance, $2,000,000 for condition assessments, $3,000,000 
     for repair and rehabilitation, and $1,000,000 for a strategic 
     business advisor.
       The conference agreement provides $277,151,000 for park 
     support. Changes to the House level include decreases of 
     $2,562,000 for uncontrollable costs and $2,000,000 for the 
     challenge cost share program. The conference agreement 
     retains $5,000,000 for the challenge cost share program in 
     support of the Secretary's Cooperative Conservation 
     Initiative. The managers intend that one-third of the monies 
     provided in the base funding (before the increase for 2003) 
     for the challenge cost share program continue to be earmarked 
     for trails.
       Although the conference agreement includes a $6,000,000 
     undistributed reduction to park base operations, the managers 
     have also provided a $14,000,000 increase specifically for 
     park-based programs above the amount provided in the 
     President's budget.
       Within the maintenance account, the managers earmark the 
     following projects: $233,000 for Bachlott House, $45,000 for 
     St. Mary's Museum at Cumberland Island NS, $400,000 for 
     historic structures at Great Smokey Mountains NP, $200,000 
     for repairs at the Belle Haven marina, $500,000 for the 
     Wright Brothers National Memorial in North Carolina, $170,000 
     for Fort Piute at Mojave National Preserve and $300,000 for 
     Gettysburg NMP landscape restoration.
       The managers concur with the concerns expressed by the 
     Senate with regard to both the rehabilitation and the annual 
     opening of the Going-to-the-Sun Road at Glacier National 
     Park. The managers have retained a general provision allowing 
     for the use of certain carryover funds for road 
     rehabilitation, and strongly encourage the Administration to 
     include in its TEA-21 reauthorization proposal the resources 
     necessary for complete rehabilitation of the Road. The 
     managers have also provided additional resources to enhance 
     spring opening operations. While the managers understand that 
     these additional resources may not be entirely in place prior 
     to the 2003 opening, the Park should make every effort to 
     implement the operational changes promptly, or put in place 
     appropriate interim measures where necessary to expedite the 
     opening of the road. In lieu of the report required by the 
     Senate, the Park should incorporate into its annual road 
     opening plan the operational changes supported by the 
     additional funds provided in this Act. The plans for both 
     2003 and 2004 should be submitted to the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations upon completion. The managers 
     further urge the Park to continue efforts to involve the 
     local community in the development of the annual opening plan 
     and the road opening process in general. The managers 
     appreciate the heightened attention given to these issues by 
     Park leadership.
       The managers have not agreed to provide $750,000 for an 
     independent management, operational, performance and 
     financial review of Yellowstone National Park, as proposed by 
     the Senate. The Park is nearing completion of its business 
     plan pursuant to the Service's business plan initiative. The 
     managers intend to review carefully the information presented 
     in that document, and subsequently reconsider the need for an 
     additional, more comprehensive review. The managers are fully 
     aware that there are unmet needs within the Park, but remain 
     concerned that public comments by park staff do not reflect 
     the substantial additional resources provided to the Park in 
     recent years. The managers look forward to working with the 
     Service to ensure that these resources are being properly 
     managed for the benefit of the Park.
       The managers direct that the superintendent of Yosemite 
     National Park renew, in such form as he deems appropriate, 
     permits or authorizations for stock use by recreational 
     service providers who were previously authorized by an 
     appropriate agreement or permit to provide such recreational 
     activities and services within the Park during 2002. These 
     permits or authorizations may be renewed for one year only 
     and under the same or similar terms and conditions as the 
     activities and services authorized for that entity in 2002. 
     The Superintendent shall not issue any such permit or 
     authorization to any entity, which he determines is not 
     qualified to receive such authorization based on past 
     performance or present ability.
       Within the funds provided, the managers encourage the 
     National Park Service to maximize and enhance the marketing 
     of historic sites of the French and Indian War with those of 
     the War for Independence campaign currently underway. The 
     250th anniversary of the French and Indian War, spanning 
     2004-2010, presents a significant opportunity to tell the 
     story of America's early history leading up to the 
     Revolutionary War. The character and capacity of leadership 
     exhibited by men such as George Washington, Benjamin 
     Franklin, Daniel Morgan, Daniel Boone, Adam Stephen, Charles 
     Lee and Horatio Gates, was profoundly influenced, and in some 
     cases directly shaped, by their experiences in the French and 
     Indian War. By linking the narratives of the French and 
     Indian War and the Revolutionary War, a unique opportunity is 
     created to attract and engage citizens and international 
     visitors in developing a fresh and meaningful understanding 
     of how the values of liberty and equality came to shape our 
     nation.
       The managers note that the District of Columbia has 
     developed plans for the design and construction of a Regional 
     Sports Complex at Kenilworth Park in northeast Washington, a 
     portion of which is owned by the National Park Service. The 
     site, an area of approximately 50 acres, was a District 
     landfill until the late 1960s when the landfill was capped.
       The Service has conducted a preliminary assessment/site 
     investigation and a remedial investigation/feasibility study 
     at the site. The latter study is in draft and has been 
     coordinated with the District and EPA Region III. As a result 
     of regulatory review, the managers understand that the 
     District has requested a Human Health Risk Assessment from 
     the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Region 
     III of the Environmental Protection Agency has made extensive 
     comments that will result in further investigations and 
     require at least a year or more to complete.
       The managers direct the Service to work with the Government 
     of the District of Columbia, specifically the D.C. Department 
     of Recreation and the D.C. Sports and Entertainment 
     Commission, to develop a land use plan for the development of 
     Kenilworth Park that could be implemented in conjunction with 
     remediation, and to report the results of that effort to the 
     House and Senate Committees on Appropriations no later than 
     six months after enactment of this Act. The managers 
     recognize that, before any plan can be implemented for this 
     site, environmental investigations and subsequent remediation 
     must be completed.
       The Service is directed to provide level funding to the 
     Carhart Wilderness Training Institute.
       The managers are concerned about a recent GAO report on 
     travel expenses, both domestic and international. The report 
     states that while $37-$50 million has been expended for 
     travel in each of the last four years, the Service could not 
     give specific information on the actual costs of domestic 
     travel, international travel or travel to conferences because 
     it does not routinely record these data. The Federal Travel 
     Regulations require that agency travel accounting systems 
     capture certain data, including travel type and purpose. The 
     Service is not in compliance with these regulations.
       Over the last three years, travel has increased 29 percent, 
     including a 60 percent increase in the Washington office and 
     a 32 percent increase in foreign travel--from 355 annual 
     trips to 470 trips in fiscal year 2002. While the managers 
     understand that travel is a mission essential element, the 
     GAO study demonstrates that the Service does not have 
     sufficient controls in this area. With declining budgets, 
     major efficiencies should be achieved in this area, which 
     would free up needed resources for individual park units.
       The managers expect the Service to comply with all the GAO 
     recommendations no later than September 30, 2003, and to 
     submit annually, by October 1 of each year, a report to the 
     House and Senate Committees on Appropriations with detailed 
     data on domestic travel, international travel, and travel to 
     conferences. The data should be provided for the Washington 
     office and for each region.

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                       UNITED STATES PARK POLICE

       The conference agreement provides $78,431,000 for the 
     United States Park Police, the same as the House and the 
     Senate.


                  NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION

       The conference agreement provides $61,667,000 for national 
     recreation and preservation, instead of $56,330,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $62,978,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       The conference agreement provides $552,000 for recreation 
     programs. Within the amount provided for natural programs, 
     the managers earmark $250,000 for the Northern Forest Canoe 
     Trail.
       The conference agreement provides $20,048,000 for cultural 
     programs. Changes to the House level include decreases of 
     $1,000,000 for National Register programs and $250,000 for 
     the Heritage Education Model in Louisiana. The Service is 
     directed to provide $250,000 for the Heritage Education Model 
     in Louisiana from within available funds. The agreement 
     retains $300,000 for Heritage Preservation, Inc.
       The conference agreement provides $14,374,000 for 
     nationally designated Heritage Areas. Funds (excluding 
     $119,000 in administrative costs) are to be distributed as 
     follows:

        Project                                                  Amount
America's Agricultural Heritage Partnership (Silos & Smokestack$750,000
Augusta Canal National Heritage Area............................600,000
Automobile National Heritage Area...............................500,000
Blue Ridge Parkway National Heritage Area.......................250,000
Cache La Poudre River Corridor...................................50,000
Cane River National Heritage Area...............................995,000
Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor..................850,000
Erie Canalway National Corridor.................................400,000
Essex National Heritage Area..................................1,000,000
Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area......................600,000
Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor..........750,000
John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Center.800,000
Lackawanna Valley National Heritage Area........................650,000
National Coal Heritage Area.....................................210,000
Ohio and Erie Canal National Heritage Corridor................1,000,000
Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Center..850,000
Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area........................1,000,000
Schuykill River Valley National Heritage Area...................500,000
Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic District.......500,000
South Carolina National Heritage Corridor.....................1,000,000
Tennessee Civil War Heritage Area...............................210,000
Wheeling National Heritage Area.................................580,000
Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area............................210,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
  Project total.............................................$14,255,000
       The conference agreement provides $12,041,000 for statutory 
     or contractual aid. The funds are to be distributed as 
     follows:

        Project                                                  Amount
Aleutian World War II Historic Area............................$400,000
Brown Foundation................................................201,000
Chesapeake Bay Gateways.......................................2,000,000
Dayton Aviation Heritage Commission.............................449,000
Flight 93 Memorial..............................................300,000
Ice Age National Scientific Reserve.............................806,000
Jamestown 2007..................................................200,000
Johnstown Area Heritage Association..............................49,000
Lake Roosevelt Forum.............................................50,000
Lamprey River...................................................600,000
Louisiana Purchase Comm of Arkansas.............................200,000
Martin Luther King, Jr. Center..................................528,000
National Constitution Center....................................500,000
Native Hawaiian Culture and Arts Program........................740,000
New Orleans Jazz Commission......................................66,000
Office of Arctic Studies......................................1,500,000
Penn Center National Landmark...................................500,000
Roosevelt Campobello International Park Commission..............802,000
Sewall-Belmont House............................................400,000
Sleeping Rainbow Ranch, Capitol Reef NP.........................500,000
St. Charles Interpretive Center.................................500,000
Vancouver National Historic Reserve.............................250,000
Virginia Key Trust Miami........................................500,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
  Total.....................................................$12,041,000

       The amount provided for the Dayton Aviation Heritage 
     Commission includes $150,000 for interpretive exhibits. 
     Funding for Ft. Piute in Mojave National Preserve is 
     addressed in the operation of the national park system 
     account.


                     URBAN PARK AND RECREATION FUND

       The conference agreement provides $300,000 for the urban 
     park and recreation fund instead of $30,000,000 provided by 
     the House and $10,000,000 as provided by the Senate. The 
     managers have provided $300,000 for administrative expenses.


                       HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND

       The conference agreement provides $69,000,000 for the 
     historic preservation fund instead of $76,500,000 as provided 
     by the House and $67,000,000 as provided by the Senate. The 
     changes to the House level include a reduction of $6,000,000 
     for grants in aid to States and Territories, $1,000,000 for 
     grants in aid to Indian Tribes and a reduction of $500,000 
     for the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
       Included in the total is $30,000,000 for Save America's 
     Treasures. Half of the funds for the Save America's Treasures 
     program are to be distributed as follows:

        Project/State                                            Amount
AME Church, Madison, IN........................................$100,000
Antigo Courthouse Langlade, County, WI..........................175,000
Battlefield Park Heritage Center, GA............................300,000
Bealle Home, OH.................................................200,000
Biltmore Hotel & Complex, FL....................................800,000
Brinton House, Perryville, KY...................................250,000
Bronx Zoo, Rockefeller Fountain, NY.............................300,000
Cass Historic District, WV......................................350,000
Charles I.D. Looff Carousel, East Providence, RI................250,000
Charles W. Morgan, CT...........................................345,000
Colony Theatre, Washington County, OH...........................300,000
Daly Mansion, MT................................................300,000
Deerfield Historic Acropolis, MA................................300,000
Des Moines Library, IA..........................................300,000
Dirigible Hangar B, Tillamook, OR...............................250,000
Duquesne Incline, PA............................................200,000
Ethan Allen Firehouse, VT.......................................500,000
Eureka Springs Historic Auditorium, AR..........................250,000
Farnsley--Kauffman House, KY....................................200,000
Fort Mifflin, PA................................................250,000
Fox Theatre, CA.................................................200,000
Gillioz Theatre, MO.............................................250,000
Gordo Old Town Hall-Jail, AL.....................................15,000
Grand Opera House, Dubuque, IA..................................250,000
Great Brick Chapel, St Mary's City, MD..........................300,000
Green County Courthouse Square, AL..............................300,000
Gretna Post Office, LA..........................................200,000
Harden Gilmore House, WV........................................100,000
Historic Grafton Railroad Station, WV...........................300,000
Jefferson Barracks, MO..........................................200,000
John Jackson Center for Piedmont Blues, Fall Church, VA..........65,000
Judge Wickersham House, AK......................................300,000
Kingman Courthouse, KS..........................................200,000
Livingston Depot, MT............................................300,000
Ma Rainey Museum of the Blues, GA...............................150,000
Majestic Theatre, OH............................................200,000
Martin Luther King Jr. Central Union Terminal, Toledo, OH.......250,000
Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY..................................650,000
Minneapolis Park & Rec Board, Mill Ruins Park, MN...............250,000
Montrose City Hall, CO..........................................250,000
National Army Museum of the Southwest, Fort Sill, OK............500,000
Ogden Union Station, UT.........................................200,000
Port Angeles Carnegie Library Renovation, WA....................300,000
Roswell Museum, NM..............................................340,000
Sappa Park House, KS..............................................8,000
Silver Lake Bank Building, PA....................................50,000
Smyrna Opera House/Town Hall, DE................................300,000
Spokane Masonic Temple, WA......................................300,000
Stone County Courthouse, MS.....................................250,000
Strong Museum, NY...............................................225,000
Teeple Barn, IL.................................................150,000
Thomas Cole House, NY...........................................200,000
Henderson Courthouse, NC........................................200,000
Touro University School of Nursing, Vallejo, CA.................250,000
Vista del Rio, AZ................................................50,000
West Main Street, KY............................................242,000
Westerly Armory, RI.............................................300,000
White Island Lighthouse, Portsmouth, NH.........................250,000
Woodlawn Estate, Mt Vernon, VA..................................235,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
  Total.....................................................$15,000,000

                              CONSTRUCTION

       The conference agreement provides $327,843,000 for 
     construction instead of $325,186,000 as proposed by the House 
     and $322,826,000 as proposed by the Senate. The funds are to 
     be distributed as follows:


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                                                              Planning/
        Project                                            Construction
Acadia NP, ME (rehab bridges)................................$3,351,000
Acadia NP, ME (upgrade utilities/camp)........................5,171,000
Adams NP, MA (p/d visitor center)...............................541,000
Alice Ferguson Foundation, MD (rehabilitation)..................400,000
Apostle Islands NL, WI (lighthouse)...........................1,600,000
Apostle Islands NL, WI (upgrade utility system)...............1,030,000
Arches NP, UT (replace visitor center)........................5,600,000
Bent's Old Fort NHS, CO (new space/restrooms).................1,325,000
Big Bend NP, TX (Chisos Basin Campground).......................464,000
Big Bend NP, TX (rehabilitation)................................246,000
Big Bend NP, TX (sprinkler system)..............................673,000
Big Cypress NP, FL (rehab off-road trails)....................1,000,000
Big South Fork National River & Rec Area, KY/TN (upgrade exhibit400,000
Blue Ridge Parkway, NC........................................1,624,000
Canaveral NS, FL..............................................1,400,000
Cave & Karst, NM..............................................2,000,000
Channel Islands NP, CA (animal protection devices)............2,116,000
Chickasaw NRA, OK (construct visitor center)..................2,665,000
Colonial NP, VA (Jamestown collections).......................4,221,000
Congaree Swamp NM, SC (new maint facility)......................650,000
Cumberland Gap NHP, KY (rehab wilderness road)................5,583,000
Cumberland Island NS, GA (Plum Orchard).........................442,000
Cumberland Island NS, GA (St. Mary's).........................2,720,000
Cuyahoga NP, OH...............................................2,500,000
Death Valley NP, CA (replace maint facility)..................2,007,000
Denali NP&P, AK (complete visitor center).....................3,171,000
Eleanor Roosevelt NHS, NY (restoration).........................400,000
Everglades NP, FL (Pine Island waste water treatment).........4,594,000
Everglades NP, FL (water system).............................10,000,000
Fort Larned NHS, KS (rehab quarters).............................30,000
Fort McHenry, MD (p/d visitor center)...........................200,000
Fort Osage NHL, MO (education center)...........................500,000
Fort Stanwix NM, NY...........................................3,239,000
Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania NMP, VA (stabilize ruins).........750,000
Gateway NRA, NY (Jamaica Bay).................................3,299,000
General Grant NM, NY (rehab tomb)...............................175,000
George Washington Carver NM, MO (improvements)..................300,000
George Washington Memorial Parkway, VA (Arlington Boathouse, EA)600,000
George Washington Memorial Parkway, VA (Arlington House)........616,000
Gettysburg NMP, PA (conservation work)........................2,500,000
Gettysburg NMP, PA (Wills house)................................938,000
Glacier NP, MT (Many Glacier Hotel)...........................1,500,000
Golden Gate NRA, CA (Alcatraz barracks).......................1,210,000
Golden Gate NRA, CA (Cliff House).............................1,914,000
Grand Portage NM, MN (heritage center)..........................400,000
Great Basin NP, NV (complete visitor center)..................2,700,000
Great Sand Dunes NM & Pres, CO (renovate visitor center)......4,424,000
Harpers Ferry NP, WV (renovate bldgs).........................1,413,000
Hispanic Cultural Center, NM (complete).......................1,000,000
Homestead NHS, NE...............................................300,000
Independence NHP, PA (site rehab).............................4,923,000
Indiana Dunes NHP, IN.........................................2,389,000
Japanese American History (building 640)........................600,000
Jean Lafitte NHP, LA (Chalmette failing drainage & Barataria 
  exhibits).....................................................500,000
John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley NHC, RI (restoration)..1,000,000
Joshua Tree NP, CA (repair campgrounds)..........................70,000
Keweenaw NHP, MI (rehab bldg)...................................395,000
Lincoln Library & Museum, IL (construction)...................7,500,000
Mammoth Cave NP, KY (mitigate water pollution)..................555,000
Manassas NB, VA (stabilize structures)........................1,493,000
Mississippi Nat'l River & Rec. Area, MN (Mill City Museum exhi1,000,000
Mississippi National River & Recreation Area, MN (Twin Cities)..750,000
Morris Thompson Visitor & Native Cultural Center, AK..........3,000,000
Morristown NHS, NJ............................................3,200,000
Mt. Rainier NP, WA (seasonal dorms)...........................4,400,000
Mt. Rainier NP, WA (Guide House)................................244,000
Natchez Trace Parkway, TN (access road).........................350,000
National Capital Parks-Central, DC (Lincoln Memorial preservat5,192,000
National Capital Parks-Central, DC (Lincoln Memorial security)6,183,000
National Museum of the American Revolution, PA..................500,000
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, OH..............6,088,000
New Bedford Whaling NHP, MA (rehab Corson bldg).................500,000
New River Gorge NSR, WV (infrastructure improvements)...........868,000
Olympic NP, WA (Elwha).......................................21,781,000
Oregon Caves NP, OR...........................................1,044,000
Organ Pipe NM, AZ (fencing)...................................7,000,000
Pea Ridge NMP, AR (rehab exhibits)..............................109,000
Pea Ridge NMP, AR (replace cannon carriages)....................230,000
Rocky Mountain NP, CO.........................................2,335,000
Saratoga NHP, NY (exhibits).....................................300,000
SF Maritime NHP, CA (C.A. Thayer).............................1,000,000
Stones River NB, TN (trails)....................................250,000
SW Pennsylvania Heritage Commission, PA.......................2,500,000
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, KS.......................2,891,000
Thomas Stone NHS, MD (staff offices)............................395,000
Tuskegee Airmen NHS, AL (oral histories)........................500,000
Ulysses S. Grant NHS, MO......................................1,994,000
USS Arizona Memorial, HI......................................1,157,000
Vicksburg NMP, MS (security upgrades)...........................300,000
Virginia City NHL, MT (restoration)...........................1,800,000
Washita NB, OK (completes)....................................3,500,000
White House, DC...............................................9,582,000
Wind Cave NP, SD..............................................2,172,000
Yellowstone NP, WY (rehabilitation)...........................6,396,000
Yellowstone NP, WY (upgrade fire protection)....................757,000
                                                             __________
                                                             
    Subtotal................................................215,595,000
Emergency/Unscheduled Projects................................3,500,000
Housing replacement..........................................10,000,000
Dam safety....................................................2,700,000
Equipment replacement........................................31,960,000
Construction planning........................................25,400,000
Construction program management..............................24,792,000
General management planning..................................13,896,000
                                                             __________
                                                             
    Total Construction.....................................$327,843,000

       The managers recommend $1,600,000 for the Apostle Islands 
     National Lakeshore for erosion control at the Outer Island 
     lighthouse. These funds, combined with remaining balances in 
     the planning account for this project, will complete the 
     erosion control work.
       The managers did not retain funding for the following 
     projects, because the Service indicated that, for various 
     reasons, the funds could not be obligated in fiscal year 
     2003: Badlands National Park, Cape Cod National Seashore, 
     Craters of the Moon National Monument, Mount Rainier National 
     Park (electrical system), Petrified Forest National Park and 
     Yellowstone National Park's Old Faithful Inn project. The 
     managers will consider funding when these projects are ready 
     to move forward.
       The monies provided for Arches National Park, Colonial 
     National Historical Park, Great Basin National Park, the 
     Hispanic Cultural Center, Japanese American History (building 
     640), Morristown National Historic Site, Cumberland Island 
     National Seashore (St. Mary's) and the National Underground 
     Railroad Freedom Center complete these projects.
       The managers have included funding this year to construct a 
     new collections storage facility at Jamestown for Colonial 
     National Historical Park. The managers understand that the 
     current estimate for the next phase of the project, the 
     replacement visitor center, is approximately $7,600,000, and 
     strongly encourage the Service to include this component of 
     the Jamestown 400th anniversary celebration in the fiscal 
     year 2004 budget request. The Service should manage the 
     planning and design for the visitor center project to remain 
     within the current cost estimate.
       The managers have deferred funding for repair and 
     rehabilitation of Fort Washington, MD. The Service should 
     develop a comprehensive solution to address the issues at 
     Fort Washington, including identification of the priorities 
     for stabilization work. The Service is encouraged to include 
     funding for this project in the fiscal year 2004 budget, and 
     include a summary of the aforementioned plan in the budget 
     justification.
       The managers have agreed to $200,000 for Fort McHenry, MD 
     for a development concept plan, not for construction design. 
     It is estimated that the DCP process will take about a year 
     to complete. The DCP will look at site alternatives, as well 
     as concepts. The project will be submitted by the park for 
     consideration within the NPS five-year planning process. 
     There have not been any private partnership commitments yet, 
     although a fundraising agreement is in place. Private 
     fundraising efforts are not anticipated to begin until the 
     DCP is completed. The managers strongly urge the park to 
     downscale its expectation for a $14 million visitor center. 
     The park should work closely with the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations on the size and cost of the 
     facility, as well as private funding commitments, before 
     additional funds are provided for this project.
       The managers have included funding to initiate planning on 
     three proposed visitor center projects. Because of concerns 
     about the projected scope of these projects, and the

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     need to address increased funding to reduce the deferred 
     maintenance backlog, the managers are providing specific 
     direction to limit the size and gross cost of these 
     facilities, as follows; $3,500,000 for a new visitor facility 
     at Washita National Battlefield, $4,000,000 for Grand Portage 
     National Monument, and $4,500,000 for Homestead National 
     Historic Site. Planning costs should be limited to 10% of the 
     amounts listed above, consistent with the NAPA guidelines. 
     The Service should provide an update to the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations on its revised approach and its 
     progress on these projects by May 1, 2003.
       The managers have provided $395,000 for Thomas Stone NHS--
     $300,000 to stabilize the East Wing and $95,000 to make a 
     gravel parking lot ADA compliant. The managers have provided 
     $500,000 under the operation of the national park system 
     account for upgrades at the Wright Brothers National Memorial 
     in North Carolina. The $400,000 for Eleanor Roosevelt NHS is 
     for park restorations only as specified in the House report.
       The managers have provided planning funds for a proposed 
     educational center to be constructed at Fort Osage in 
     Missouri. The managers want to ensure that the scope and cost 
     of the project are appropriate, given the visitation at the 
     site, and that the project includes a significant private 
     cost share. The managers urge the project sponsors and the 
     Service to provide the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations with a final plan for construction, which 
     scales the project appropriately and which provides a 
     significant non-Federal cost share before additional funds 
     will be provided.
       The Administration has requested funding for the 
     construction of security structures at the Washington 
     Monument, and Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials in Washington, 
     D.C. The Congress has previously provided language that would 
     expedite the contracting process for these facilities so that 
     construction could begin in the late summer of 2002 in 
     accordance with the schedule provided by the Service. The 
     managers now understand that the planning, review and 
     clearance processes have delayed the start of construction 
     for the Washington Monument and Jefferson Memorial projects 
     (by a full year). As a result of these delays, funds 
     requested for these projects are no longer needed in fiscal 
     year 2003. The managers direct the Administration to include 
     funding for these projects in the fiscal year 2004 
     construction request.
       The managers are aware of the partnership project between 
     the National Park Service and the Valley Forge Historical 
     Society to contract and operate a National Center for the 
     American Revolution at Valley Forge National Historical Park. 
     Congress authorized the Secretary of the Interior to enter 
     into an agreement for this partnership in Public Law 106-86, 
     but made no financial commitment to the construction of the 
     project.
       While the partnership may provide opportunities to improve 
     the care of important Revolutionary War era collections and 
     enhance the educational opportunities afforded to visitors at 
     the park, the planning for this facility must proceed 
     cautiously. The project sponsors need to recognize the 
     budgetary constraints facing all levels of government, as 
     well as recent decreases in philanthropic giving. With these 
     concerns in mind, the managers expect the National Park 
     Service to report to the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations on a reasonably scaled vision for the Center, 
     with commitments for non-Federal cost share, no later than 
     June 1, 2003. Future funding for this project is unlikely if 
     the Service does not prioritize it as part of its five-year 
     line-item construction program.
       Within the funds provided for General Management Planning, 
     the Service is directed to complete the EA for the Mt. Vernon 
     Trail and a new area study for Great Falls National Park and 
     to support the Harpers Ferry National Historic Park general 
     management plan consistent with Senate guidance.
       The managers have provided $7,500,000 to enhance the 
     capacity of the Service to execute the infrastructure 
     program. The managers expect that not more than 50 percent of 
     these funds be used to hire staff in the regional offices. 
     The balance should be used for contractor support. A report 
     on the use of these funds should be provided to the House and 
     Senate Committees on Appropriations.
       The managers are concerned with the number of partnership 
     projects pursued by the National Park Service, but not 
     prioritized by the agency nor considered in the establishment 
     of the five-year line-item construction program. While 
     partnerships are important in enhancing the public 
     appreciation and understanding of the mission of all of the 
     agencies funded in the Interior appropriations bill, the 
     Federal commitment associated with such partnerships cannot 
     be considered separate and apart from other demands for 
     funding.
       The managers are troubled by the growing number of 
     partnership projects for which the non-Federal partner 
     pursues funding through the appropriations process. 
     Increasingly, if these partnership projects receive funding, 
     it will be as a trade-off against priorities identified in 
     the agency budget request. Thus, it is important that 
     agencies evaluate the priority these partnerships receive 
     vis-a-vis the program requirements prioritized in the budget 
     request, as well as the vast needs that don't make it into 
     the budget each year.
       The President and the Congress have made a significant 
     commitment to addressing the deferred maintenance backlog of 
     the National Park Service, and every public dollar pursued 
     for partnership projects involving new facilities means one 
     less dollar dedicated to reducing the backlog. In addition, 
     funding for the operational requirements of the National Park 
     Service continues to be a significant concern, and pressure 
     to provide increased funding for large construction 
     investments will result in reduced capacity to address 
     operational needs. If partnership projects are a priority for 
     the Administration, then consideration should be given to 
     adjusting the priority-setting process for line-item 
     construction to allow for their competition along with 
     deferred maintenance and other projects.
       The funds provided for equipment replacement include funds 
     to implement PMIS package #90252 regarding snow removal and 
     related activities for Going-to-the-Sun Road at Glacier 
     National Park. The managers expect that $500,000 will be used 
     for replacement boats at Isle Royale National Park.

                    Land and Water Conservation Fund


                              (RESCISSION)

       The conference agreement rescinds the contract authority 
     provided for fiscal year 2003 by 16 U.S.C. 4601-10a as 
     proposed by both the House and the Senate.

                 Land Acquisition and State Assistance

       The conference agreement provides $172,468,000 for land 
     acquisition and State assistance instead of $253,099,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $204,005,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. Funds should be distributed as follows:

        Area (State)                                             Amount
Big Thicket National Preserve (TX)...........................$3,000,000
Black Canyon NP (CO)............................................300,000
Chickamauga/Chattanooga NMP (TN)..............................1,030,000
Chickamauga/Chattanooga NMP (Moccasin Bend/Sarodino) (TN).....1,300,000
Delaware Water Gap Nat'l Recreation Area (NJ/PA)..............4,000,000
Gauley River NRA (WV).........................................1,750,000
Great Sand Dunes Nat'l Mon and Preserve (CO)..................7,000,000
Gulf Islands National Seashore (MS)...........................6,000,000
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park (HI)...........................8,500,000
Ice Age NST (WI)..............................................2,000,000
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore (IN)...........................250,000
Keweenaw Nat'l Historic Park (MI)...............................600,000
Little Rock Central HS Nat'l Historic Site (AR).................130,000
Missouri National Recreational River (SD).....................1,000,000
Mojave National Preserve (CA).................................1,000,000
Point Reyes National Seashore (CA)............................1,500,000
Richmond National Battlefield Park (VA).......................2,000,000
Saguaro National Park (AZ)....................................2,320,000
Santa Monica Mountains NRA (CA)...............................1,000,000
Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Nat'l Historic District (VA)...2,000,000
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (MI)...................1,000,000
South Florida Restoration (grant to state of FL).............15,000,000
Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve (FL)................2,000,000
Valley Forge National Historic Park (PA)......................2,500,000
Western Arctic National Parklands (AK)........................1,200,000
Wrangell-St. Elias Nat'l Park and Preserve (AK).................500,000
Use of carryover balances...................................-15,000,000
                                                             __________
                                                             
    Subtotal.................................................53,880,000
Acquisition Management.......................................12,588,000
Emergencies/Hardships.........................................4,000,000
Inholdings/Exchanges..........................................4,000,000
Stateside Grants.............................................95,000,000
Stateside Administration......................................3,000,000
                                                             __________
                                                             
    Total..................................................$172,468,000

       The managers have not provided funding for Ebey's Landing 
     NHR and Piscataway Park because there are presently no 
     options to purchase land. The managers will be pleased to 
     consider future funding requests.
       The Secretary should acquire the Bayliss property at Cedar 
     Creek and Belle Grove NHP that is now owned by the Cedar 
     Creek Battlefield Foundation for an amount equal to the 
     balance due on the current deed of trust on the property but 
     no more than $368,000. The Secretary shall use funds from the 
     National Park Service's hardship account to acquire the 
     property.
       Upon completion of a new appraisal of Cat Island, MS, the 
     Service should complete the first phase of the purchase using 
     funds provided for Gulf Islands National Seashore, together 
     with other available funds if necessary.
       The managers are aware of the concerns of the residents of 
     the 8.5 Square Mile Area regarding the plan to implement 
     section 104 of the Everglades National Park Protection and 
     Expansion Act of 1989 (16 U.S.C. 410r-8), called 
     ``Alternative 6D.'' This plan requires the acquisition of 
     additional homes. To minimize disruption in the lives of 
     these residents and to make them whole again, if the United 
     States must take their property to proceed with 
     implementation of Alternative 6D, the conference agreement 
     allows the Corps to acquire additional residential property 
     only if these residents are offered the opportunity to 
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     within the 8.5 Square Mile Area. This means that the 
     residents of the 8.5 Square Mile Area who choose to relocate 
     within that area must be offered land of equal or greater 
     size, suitable under all applicable land use regulations for 
     use that is the same as the actual use of the land on which 
     they currently reside and eligible for all necessary permits 
     required for such use. The managers also expect the financial 
     assistance provided to such residents will allow them to 
     build a replacement home of equal size, including costs of 
     moving and temporary living arrangements during a reasonable 
     period of time for design and construction. The managers 
     understand that Federal funding in the amount of $6,000,000 
     has previously been appropriated and provided to the South 
     Florida Water Management District for the purpose of 
     acquiring replacement residential property. The language in 
     the conference agreement also clarifies that this directive 
     is not intended to stop the Alternative 6D project from 
     moving forward.
       The language, specifically the text of subsection (b) (1), 
     does not require the Corps of Engineers or the non-Federal 
     sponsor to complete a relocation before completing a land 
     acquisition, once the offer required by subsection (b) (1) is 
     made. Such offers and land acquisitions may be made and 
     completed in accordance with a schedule determined by the 
     Corps of Engineers and the non-Federal sponsor and need not 
     proceed sequentially.

                       Administrative Provisions

       The managers have retained the House language regarding the 
     United Nations Biodiversity Convention.

                    UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

                 Surveys, Investigations, and Research

       The conference agreement provides $925,287,000 for surveys, 
     investigations, and research instead of $928,405,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $914,617,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       There is a decrease below the House for the national 
     mapping programs of $1,000,000 for Internet access.
       The managers recognize the need to implement The National 
     Map for the Nation's urban areas. These urban areas are the 
     home to more than 160 million citizens, located in areas 
     subject to many natural hazards, such as coastal storms and 
     wildland fires. The managers believe it is important to have 
     up-to-date information available to Federal, State, and local 
     governments, the private sector, and the public for emergency 
     response. The managers recommend that the Survey continue its 
     efforts to develop and implement The National Map, keeping 
     the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations apprised of 
     its progress and future plans through its budget submissions.
       Changes to the House for geology programs include increases 
     of $1,000,000 for volcanic hazard equipment in Shemya, 
     Alaska, $1,500,000 for the minerals at risk program which 
     completes this project, $500,000 for the coastal erosion 
     program, North Carolina, and decreases of $500,000 for the 
     coastal program, $299,000 for Lake Mead/Hoover Dam, $500,000 
     for the cooperative geological mapping program, $1,200,000 
     for EPCA studies, and $500,000 for the geothermal program.
       Changes to the House for water resources include increases 
     of $200,000 for the Berkeley Pit study in Montana, $299,000 
     for the Lake Champlain toxic materials studies, $500,000 for 
     Hawaiian water monitoring, $220,000 for an algae bloom study 
     in Hawaii, and $195,000 for the Noyes Slough study in Alaska, 
     and decreases of $1,000,000 for the Mexico border initiative, 
     $580,000 for the Long-Term Estuary Group, $400,000 for the 
     Water Resources Research Institutes, $500,000 for toxic 
     substances, and $105,000 for the Southern Maryland aquifer 
     study.
       Within the funds provided for water resources, $1,000,000 
     is earmarked for the Long-Term Estuary Assessment program.
       Funds have not been included for the Rathdrum Prairie/
     Spokane Valley aquifer study as proposed by the Senate. The 
     managers are supportive of the project generally, but 
     understand that the required State or local matching funds 
     have not yet been secured nor has an agreement been reached 
     among all interested parties, including the Survey, detailing 
     the scope and collaborative nature of the work. The managers 
     would be willing to reconsider the project at a future date 
     provided these issues are resolved.
       Increases above the House for biological research include 
     $750,000 for the continuation of the Mark Twain National 
     Forest mining study, $180,000 for the Yukon Flats salmon 
     study, $500,000 for the Pallid Sturgeon study, $100,000 for 
     the terrapin study in Maryland, $1,000,000 for a DNA bear 
     study in Montana, $300,000 for a water study at the Leetown 
     Science Center, $500,000 for Lake Tahoe decision support and 
     decreases of $800,000 for the fire science program, $500,000 
     for amphibian research, $1,000,000 for NBII nodes, $500,000 
     for the cooperative research units uncontrollable costs, and 
     $18,000 for travel and transportation.
       The managers have supported the establishment of the NBII 
     to improve access by Federal agencies, States, universities, 
     and others to biological data and to promote information 
     sharing. The managers have provided significant funding 
     increases to NBII in recent years but are concerned about an 
     apparent lack of direction and budget accountability. These 
     concerns need to be resolved before additional funding 
     increases can be considered.
       Therefore, the managers direct the Survey to prepare a 
     strategic plan outlining the prioritized vision for the 
     network including details and a time line on all new nodes, 
     expansions of existing nodes, the costs associated with each 
     node, and all other projects that are part of the NBII 
     program. The plan should explicitly address national and 
     international objectives.
       The plan should address how the existing and planned 
     network relates to the Survey's overall strategic and 
     programmatic goals for enhanced data sharing. The Survey 
     should provide information on the potential for cost sharing 
     and how NBII relates to existing, non-Federal data networks 
     such as Natureserve. As part of the strategic planning 
     process, the managers would like to see peer-review comments 
     from leading biologists and informatics specialists that are 
     not associated with the current NBII partnership.
       Finally, the report should show accomplishments to date for 
     each node, listing national and international 
     accomplishments, a list of partners involved, and how each 
     accomplishment supports the biological goals for the Survey 
     and the Department. The report should specifically address 
     which NBII accomplishments support USGS science centers and 
     Interior land management agencies. This information should be 
     provided to the Committees by April 30, 2003.
       There is a decrease below the House for science support of 
     $1,635,000 for accessible data transfer.
       Changes to the House for facilities include an increase of 
     $375,000 for the Leetown Research Center expansion, and a 
     decrease of $200,000 for the Tunison laboratory.
       The managers support strongly Survey partnerships with 
     coalitions of institutions that maintain a strong emphasis on 
     collaborative research, Federal-State partnerships, and 
     public-private partnerships. Wherever possible, the managers 
     encourage the Survey to co-locate at these institutions when 
     this furthers the goals of the Survey, the Department, and 
     the Administration.
       The managers encourage the Survey and the General Services 
     Administration (GSA) to continue to work towards completion 
     of a satisfactory plan for relocating the Survey's Western 
     programs to more adequate space. They are aware that one of 
     the most promising options is a 30-year build-to-suit lease 
     for facilities located on land at the University of 
     California Santa Cruz. The managers believe that GSA and the 
     Survey should try to reach agreement on the lease if it is in 
     the best interest of the Survey, the science programs, and is 
     a cost effective option.

                       Administrative Provisions

       The managers have made technical changes to the bill 
     language proposed by the House to make it easier for the 
     Survey to co-locate its facilities.

                      MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE

                Royalty and Offshore Minerals Management

       The conference agreement provides $165,321,000 for royalty 
     and offshore minerals management instead of $164,721,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $164,322,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       Changes to the House for royalty and offshore minerals 
     management include increases of $800,000 for the Center for 
     Marine Resources, and $800,000 for the Marine Mineral 
     Technology Center in Alaska, and a decrease of $1,000,000 for 
     the information management program.
       The managers have again provided $1,400,000 to the Offshore 
     Technology Research Center to perform critical mission 
     research for MMS through the cooperative agreement dated June 
     18, 1999.
       Within the funds provided for royalty and offshore minerals 
     management $150,000 is earmarked for the Alaska Whaling 
     Commission.

                           Oil Spill Research

       The conference agreement provides $6,105,000 for oil spill 
     research as proposed by both the House and the Senate.

          OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT

                       Regulation and Technology

       The conference agreement provides $105,367,000 for 
     regulation and technology as proposed by the House and the 
     Senate. Funding for the activities and budget instructions 
     should follow the House recommendation. The managers 
     understand that the administration's proposal to give a 
     special allotment of grants to West Virginia is no longer 
     needed. Instead, the allocation of grants to States should 
     follow the normal methodology.


                    abandoned mine reclamation fund

       The conference agreement provides $191,745,000 for the 
     abandoned mine reclamation fund as proposed by the Senate 
     instead of $184,745,000 as proposed by the House. Funding for 
     the activities and budget instructions should follow the 
     Senate recommendations. The managers have also included the 
     Senate proposed bill language included in previous years 
     concerning certain aspects of the State of Maryland program.

                        BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS

                      Operation of Indian Programs

       The conference agreement provides $1,857,319,000 for the 
     operation of Indian programs instead of $1,859,064,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $1,855,635,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       Decreases below the House for tribal priority allocations 
     include $1,120,000 for new tribes and $2,000,000 for welfare 
     assistance.

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       Increases above the House for other recurring programs 
     include $2,000,000 for tribally controlled community 
     colleges, $50,000 for Western Washington Bolt, $15,000 for 
     Great Lakes resource management, $100,000 for the Alaska Sea 
     Otter Commission, $800,000 for the Bering Sea Fisherman's 
     Association, $146,000 for the bison program, $350,000 for the 
     Chugach Regional Resources Commission, and $320,000 for the 
     upper Columbia River tribes, and decreases of $2,000,000 for 
     ISEP formula funds, $1,000,000 for student transportation, 
     $1,900,000 for facilities operation and maintenance, 
     $4,000,000 for administrative cost grants, and $441,000 for 
     the timber, fish and wildlife program.
       The funding increase included for the Chippewa/Ottawa 
     Resource Authority is to be allocated equally between the 
     Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians and the Little 
     River Band of Ottawa Indians.
       Increases above the House for non-recurring programs 
     include $1,500,000 for the distance learning program in 
     Montana, $750,000 for the Rural Alaska fire program, $50,000 
     for the North Dakota Department of Agriculture's fire 
     assistance program in Sioux County, and $350,000 for attorney 
     fees, and decreases of $200,000 for the Navajo/Hopi 
     settlement program and $314,000 for the endangered species 
     program.
       Increases above the House for special programs and pooled 
     overhead include $200,000 for the Law Institute for American 
     Indians, $100,000 for the United Sioux Tribes Development 
     Corporation, $500,000 for the Alaska native aviation training 
     program, $1,000,000 for the Yuut Elitnavuviat learning 
     center, $1,000,000 for the Western Heritage Center Distance-
     Learning and Training Program, and $2,000,000 for detention 
     center staffing.
       The managers do not understand the disparate treatment of 
     Crownpoint Institute of Technology and the United Sioux 
     Tribes Technical College related to contract support. Unless 
     there is an objection by the Navajo Nation to Crownpoint 
     being treated as a tribal organization, the managers expect 
     the Bureau to provide this funding under a P.L. 93-638 
     contract and include contract support.
       The managers direct the Bureau to develop a study dealing 
     with child abuse and child welfare. This study should detail 
     the adverse effects of child abuse on American Indians and 
     Alaska natives. As part of the study the Bureau should 
     provide recommendations for reducing incidents of child abuse 
     including the potential for developing cost-shared pilot 
     projects with tribal organizations, States, and non-profit 
     organizations. The Bureau should provide this study to the 
     Committees by April 30, 2003.
       The managers do not concur with the Senate report language 
     directing the Bureau to establish a service area for the 
     Samish Indian Nation. Currently this issue is being 
     litigated, and the Department of the Interior is in 
     settlement discussions with the tribe. The managers believe 
     that this process is the appropriate avenue for resolving 
     these issues.
       Bill language has been included under operation of Indian 
     programs to allow the use of ISEP contingency funds to cover 
     the expenses of negotiated rulemaking required by the No 
     Child Left Behind Act.

                              Construction

       The conference agreement provides $348,252,000 for 
     construction as proposed by the Senate instead of 
     $345,252,000 as proposed by the House.
       The managers have provided a $3,000,000 increase above the 
     House for the tribal school construction demonstration 
     program.
       Language has been included under Title I general provisions 
     authorizing a tribal school construction demonstration 
     program through fiscal year 2007.

 INDIAN LAND AND WATER CLAIM SETTLEMENTS AND MISCELLANEOUS PAYMENTS TO 
                                INDIANS

       The conference agreement provides $60,949,000 for Indian 
     land and water claim settlements and miscellaneous payments 
     to Indians as proposed by the House instead of $57,949,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.

                 Indian Guaranteed Loan Program Account

       The conference agreement provides $5,493,000 for the Indian 
     guaranteed loan program as proposed by the House and Senate.

                          DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES

                            Insular Affairs


                       ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES

       The conference agreement provides $76,217,000 for 
     assistance to territories instead of $73,217,000 as proposed 
     by the House and $75,217,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
     managers have agreed to Compact impact assistance funding out 
     of the technical assistance activity of $3,000,000 for Hawaii 
     and $1,000,000 for Guam. The managers have also included the 
     $1,000,000 recommended by the House for U.S. Virgin Islands 
     court mandated infrastructure needs and $1,000,000 for the 
     Prior Service Trust Fund. The managers agree with the House 
     direction to the Interior Department concerning a new, long-
     term solution to the Prior Service Trust Fund financing 
     problem and with Senate direction for a Federal-local 
     financing plan for the U.S. Virgin Islands. This latter 
     report should be submitted by April 30, 2003. The managers 
     also direct that the CNMI local matching requirement for 
     fiscal year 2003 capital improvement grants be waived due to 
     the extensive damage caused by supertyphoon Pongsona.


                      COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION

       The conference agreement provides $20,985,000 for the 
     Compact of Free Association instead of $21,045,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $20,925,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. This includes a total of $1,631,000 for Enewetak 
     support. The increase above the request is for repairs to the 
     shipping vessel which provides food to Enewetak.

                        DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The conference agreement provides $72,427,000 for 
     departmental management as proposed by the Senate instead of 
     $57,533,000 as proposed by the House. Changes to the House 
     include increases of $15,000,000 to restore funds cut on the 
     House floor, $400,000 for Departmental Direction and a 
     decrease of $506,000 for Central Services.
       The managers encourage the Federal partners responsible for 
     the Great Lakes Visitor Center, WI, to increase funding for 
     the center in fiscal year 2003, especially for important 
     initiatives such as its environmental education program.
       The conference agreement includes bill language under 
     ``Department of the Interior, General Provisions'', 
     permitting the use of Departmental Management funds to pay 
     for shortfalls at the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge.
       The managers direct the Secretary to release a plan for 
     assisting States, Federal agencies, and tribes managing 
     chronic wasting disease in wild and captive cervids within 90 
     days of enactment of this Act.

                        OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The conference agreement provides $47,773,000 for the 
     office of the solicitor as proposed by the Senate instead of 
     $47,473,000 as proposed by the House.

                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The conference agreement provides $36,239,000 for office of 
     inspector general, the same as the House and the Senate.

                   NATIONAL INDIAN GAMING COMMISSION


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The conference agreement provides no funds for salaries and 
     expenses of the National Indian Gaming Commission as proposed 
     by the Senate instead of $2,000,000 as proposed by the House.
       Language has been included under Title I general provisions 
     increasing the fees available to the National Indian Gaming 
     Commission from $8,000,000 to $12,000,000 beginning in fiscal 
     year 2004.
       The Commission is directed to consult with tribal 
     governments on both the development, pursuant to section 18 
     of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2717), of a 
     new fee schedule resulting from increasing the fee cap from 
     $8,000,000 to $12,000,000, and on the regulations published 
     at 67 Federal Register 41166 (June 17, 2002). The managers 
     concur that not more than $120,000 of the funds available to 
     the Commission be used for this consultation process.

             OFFICE OF SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN INDIANS


                         FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS

       The conference agreement provides $141,277,000 for Federal 
     trust programs as proposed by the House instead of 
     $151,027,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The managers once again express their reservations about 
     funding for the historical accounting project. The managers 
     have provided an increased level of funds over the fiscal 
     year 2002 enacted level for historical accounting. However, 
     the managers remain very concerned about appropriating 
     hundreds of millions of dollars for this project at the 
     expense of other high priority programs in this bill, 
     including other Indian programs. The managers believe that it 
     is more important to fix prospectively the trust systems 
     thereby allowing the Secretary to continue to meet her trust 
     and fiduciary responsibilities to Indian country.
       The managers have modified the bill language for the Office 
     of Special Trustee for American Indians noting that of the 
     funds provided $15,000,000 is for the historical accounting.


                       INDIAN LAND CONSOLIDATION

       The conference agreement provides $7,980,000 for Indian 
     land consolidation programs as proposed by the House instead 
     of $10,980,000 as proposed by the Senate.

           NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND RESTORATION


                NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FUND

       The conference agreement provides $5,538,000 for the 
     natural resource damage assessment fund as proposed by both 
     the House and the Senate.


                       ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

       The conference agreement retains language proposed by the 
     Senate regarding the transfer of an aircraft to Kane County, 
     UT.

             GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

       The conference agreement includes sections 101 through 111, 
     which were identical in both the House and the Senate bills.
       The conference agreement includes the text of the following 
     sections in the House bill, which contained identical text in 
     the Senate bill, but had different section numbers in the 
     Senate bill. The House section numbers were 115, 116, 117, 
     118, 119, 121, 122, 123, and 124.

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       The conference agreement retains language proposed in 
     section 112 of the House bill, which prohibits the National 
     Park Service from reducing recreation fees for non-local 
     travel through a park unit.
       The conference agreement retains language proposed in 
     section 113 of the House bill permitting the transfer of 
     funds between the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Office of 
     Special Trustee for American Indians. The Senate had a 
     similar provision.
       The conference agreement modifies House section 114 
     regarding retention of proceeds from operations at Fort 
     Baker.
       The conference agreement retains language proposed in 
     section 125 of the House bill authorizing funds for 
     Shenandoah Valley Battlefield National Historical District 
     and Ice Age National Scenic Trail to be transferred to a 
     State, local, or other governmental land management entity 
     for acquisition of lands.
       The conference agreement retains language proposed in 
     section 126 of the House bill prohibiting the closure of the 
     lunchroom at Carlsbad Caverns National Park. The Senate 
     addressed this issue in Title III.
       The conference agreement retains language proposed in 
     section 127 of the House bill preventing demolition of a 
     bridge between Ellis Island and New Jersey.
       The conference agreement retains language proposed in 
     section 128 of the House bill prohibiting clothing optional 
     usage at Canaveral National Seashore.
       The conference agreement retains language proposed in 
     section 129 of the House bill permitting the expenditure of 
     funds for incidental expenses related to the National 
     Wildlife Refuge System Centennial. The Senate had no similar 
     provision.
       The conference agreement retains language in section 130 of 
     the House bill authorizing the Park Service to enter into a 
     cooperative agreement with Capital Concerts.
       The conference agreement retains language proposed in 
     section 131 of the House bill requiring the Department of the 
     Interior to provide a summary of the Ernst and Young report 
     on the historical accounting of the named plaintiffs in 
     Cobell v. Norton. The Senate had no similar provision.
       The conference agreement modifies language proposed in 
     section 132 of the House bill limiting compensation for the 
     Special Master and Special Master-Monitor appointed by the 
     court in Cobell v. Norton to not more than 200 percent of the 
     highest Senior Executive Service rate of pay. The 
     modification changes the name of Court Monitor to the Special 
     Master-Monitor. The Senate had no similar provision.
       The conference agreement retains language proposed in 
     section 133 of the House bill requiring the Special Trustee 
     for American Indians to appoint new Advisory Board members. 
     The Senate had no similar provision.
       The conference agreement retains language proposed in 
     section 134 of the House bill allowing the Secretary of the 
     Interior to pay private attorney fees for employees and 
     former employees named in connection with Cobell v. Norton. 
     The Senate had no similar provision.
       The conference agreement retains language proposed in 
     section 135 of the House bill allowing the Interior 
     firefighting Bureaus to engage in firefighting activities on 
     non-Federal lands. The Senate had no similar provision.
       The conference agreement retains language in section 136 of 
     the House bill extending the deadline for submission of the 
     report and termination of the Commission to create a National 
     Museum of African American History and Culture.
       The conference agreement retains language proposed in 
     section 137 of the House bill, which allows funds for the 
     National Museum of African American History and Culture to 
     remain available until expended.
       The conference agreement modifies language proposed in 
     section 138 of the House bill requiring the U.S. Fish and 
     Wildlife Service to implement a system of mass marking of 
     salmonid stocks released from Federally operated or Federally 
     financed hatcheries. The modification requires that the fish 
     have a visible mark that can be readily identified by 
     commercial and recreational fishers. The Senate had no 
     similar provision.
       The conference agreement retains language proposed in 
     section 139 of the House bill naming the visitor center at 
     the Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico as the 
     ``Joseph R. Skeen Visitor Center''. The Senate had no similar 
     provision.
       Section 122--The conference agreement retains language 
     proposed in section 120 of the Senate bill continuing the 
     tribal school construction demonstration program through 
     fiscal year 2007. The House had no similar provision.
       The conference agreement does not include the text of 
     section 123 as proposed by the Senate, which prohibited the 
     use of funds to approve the transfer of lands in South Fox 
     Island, Michigan.
       Section 140--The conference agreement retains language 
     proposed in section 124 of the Senate bill making permanent 
     the contract authority for transportation at Zion NP, UT and 
     Rocky Mountain NP, CO. The House had a one-year extension for 
     Zion NP, UT, in section 120.
       Section 141--The conference agreement retains language 
     proposed in section 125 of the Senate bill removing grant 
     restrictions in a heritage education park in Fairbanks, 
     Alaska.
       The conference agreement does not retain language proposed 
     in section 126 of the Senate bill relating to a right-of-way 
     for a pipeline for the Cadiz groundwater project.
       Section 142--The conference agreement retains language 
     proposed in section 127 of the Senate bill authorizing the 
     use of previously appropriated funds to plan the John Adams 
     Presidential Memorial.
       Section 143--The conference agreement retains language 
     proposed in section 128 of the Senate bill providing that 
     funds appropriated and remaining available in the 
     Construction (Trust Fund) Account of the National Park 
     Service at the completion of all authorized projects shall be 
     available for the rehabilitation and improvement of Going-to-
     the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park.
       The conference agreement does not include language proposed 
     in section 129 of the Senate bill directing the Park Service 
     to make interim payments as part of the Glacier Bay 
     compensation program.
       Section 144--The conference agreement retains language 
     proposed in section 130 of the Senate bill dealing with 
     grants under the Defense Conversion, Reinvestment, and 
     Transition Act of 1992. The House had no similar provision.
       Section 145--The conference agreement retains language 
     proposed in section 131 of the Senate bill dealing with a 
     modification to a previous Act with respect to taking certain 
     lands into trust in Kansas.
       Section 146--The conference agreement retains language 
     proposed in section 132 of the Senate bill modifying a 
     provision from a previous Act conveying land from the Bureau 
     of Land Management to the city of Mesquite, Nevada.
       Section 147--The conference agreement modifies language 
     proposed in section 133 of the Senate bill permitting the 
     transfer of previously appropriated construction funds for 
     operations and maintenance at Midway Atoll National Wildlife 
     Refuge. The modification permits the transfer of funds from 
     Departmental Management, if necessary, to cover operational 
     and maintenance shortfalls at the refuge. The House had no 
     similar provision.
       Section 148--The conference agreement retains language 
     proposed in section 134 of the Senate bill changing the 
     authority for a museum in Oklahoma from the Secretary of the 
     Interior to the Director of the Institute of Museum and 
     Library Services. The House had no similar provision.
       Section 149--The conference agreement retains language 
     proposed in section 135 of the Senate bill allowing advance 
     payments to the Department's franchise fund. The House had no 
     similar provision.
       Section 150--The conference agreement retains language 
     proposed in section 136 of the Senate bill authorizing 
     $10,000,000 per year for six years, for restoration of 
     historically black colleges and universities, and reducing 
     cost share requirements.
       Section 151--The conference agreement retains language 
     proposed in section 137 of the Senate bill deeming the Record 
     of Decision for the Trans-Alaska Pipeline right-of-way 
     sufficient to meet NEPA requirements.
       Section 152--The conference agreement retains language 
     proposed in section 138 of the Senate bill expressing the 
     Sense of the Congress with respect to flow rates in the 
     Missouri River.
       Section 153--The conference agreement modifies language 
     proposed in section 139 of the Senate bill regarding 
     treatment of monies in the abandoned mine reclamation fund. 
     This provision allows the transfer of up to an additional 
     $34,000,000 if the United Mine Workers Combined Benefit Fund 
     has a deficit, but this section shall cease to have any force 
     and effect after September 30, 2004.
       Section 154--The conference agreement retains language in 
     section 140 as proposed by the Senate, which raises the 
     development ceiling for New Bedford Whaling National 
     Historical Park.
       The language proposed in section 141 of the Senate bill, 
     extending the Quincy Library Group project, CA, authorization 
     is addressed in Title III, section 338.
       Section 155--The conference agreement retains language 
     proposed in section 142 of the Senate bill modifying a 
     Coastal Barrier Resources Act map for land in Virginia. The 
     House had no similar provision.
       Section 156--The conference agreement modifies language 
     proposed in section 143 of the Senate bill regarding certain 
     OCS leases in California. The modification changes the 
     provision from a Sense of the Senate to a Sense of the 
     Congress. The House had a similar provision in Title III 
     general provisions.
       The conference agreement does not retain language proposed 
     in section 144 of the Senate bill requiring a study on 
     communications towers and avian mortality.
       The conference agreement modifies language proposed in 
     section 145 of the Senate bill extending the authorization 
     for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve; requiring the filling of 
     SPR to capacity as soon as practicable; and amending 
     legislation dealing with the Northeast Home Heating Oil 
     Reserve. The language in the conference agreement is limited 
     to a five-year extension of the SPR authorization. The House 
     had no similar provision. The modified language is included 
     in Title III, section 339 of this conference agreement.
       Section 157--The conference agreement modifies language in 
     section 146 of the Senate bill to provide authority to the 
     Army Corps of Engineers to assist homeowners, that are being 
     relocated because of the Modified Water Deliveries project, 
     to relocate to comparable land within the 8.5 Square Mile

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     Area. The language also clarifies that this provision is not 
     intended in any way to stop the alternative 6D project from 
     moving forward. This issue is addressed in greater detail 
     under National Park Service land acquisition.
       Section 158--The conference agreement includes language 
     prohibiting the study or implementation of a plan to drain 
     Lake Powell.
       Section 159--The conference agreement includes language 
     raising the ceiling for fees by the National Indian Gaming 
     Commission from $8,000,000 to $12,000,000 in fiscal year 
     2004.
       Section 160--The conference agreement includes language 
     establishing, as a unit of Chickamauga and Chattanooga 
     National Memorial Park, the Moccasin Bend National 
     Archaeological District.
       Section 161--The conference agreement includes language 
     authorizing a transfer of 1.7 acres of excess lands to the 
     Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe.

                       TITLE II--RELATED AGENCIES

                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

                             Forest Service


                     forest and rangeland research

       The conference agreement provides $251,685,000 for forest 
     and rangeland research instead of $252,000,000 as proposed by 
     the House and $247,804,000 as proposed by the Senate. Changes 
     to project funding from the House bill include: an increase 
     of $2,000,000 for Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA), a 
     decrease of $850,000 for the advanced housing research 
     consortium, a reduction of $500,000 for adelgid and insect 
     research in the east, an increase of $1,500,000 for sudden 
     oak death research, an increase of $500,000 for the global 
     climate change program, a decrease of $4,165,000 for fixed 
     costs, an increase of $500,000 for invasive species research, 
     $500,000 for the Joe Skeen Institute for Rangeland 
     Restoration, and an increase of $200,000 for Baltimore, MD, 
     urban watershed research.
       The managers agree to the following more specific direction 
     for the above items:
       1. The managers provide $500,000 for the development of 
     carbon sequestration rules and protocols as part of the 
     Climate Change Initiative.
       2. The managers direct $500,000 for expanded research in 
     the control and management of pests and pathogens, including 
     hemlock woolly adelgid, to the forest science laboratory at 
     Morgantown, West Virginia. The managers expect these funds to 
     address high priority work throughout the northeast.
       3. The managers provide $200,000 to the Northeastern 
     Research Station for high priority research associated with 
     the Urban Watershed Forestry Research and Demonstration 
     Cooperative in Baltimore, Maryland, as part of the program 
     direction for Revitalizing Baltimore and the Baltimore 
     Ecosystem Study.
       4. The managers encourage the Forest Service to work with 
     the Mississippi Institute for Forest Inventory in order to 
     further the goals of the FIA program and the Institute.
       5. The managers direct the Forest Service to prepare a 
     strategic plan with a national focus that will demonstrate 
     how the agency intends to address the spread of sudden oak 
     death. This strategic plan should consider the proper balance 
     between the allocation of research and eradication resources 
     and how these resources can best be coordinated within the 
     Forest Service as well as with other Federal, State, and 
     local entities.

                       State and Private Forestry

       The conference agreement provides $286,574,000 for State 
     and private forestry instead of $279,828,000 as proposed by 
     the House and $297,472,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement provides, as proposed by the 
     House, $50,374,000 for Federal lands forest health 
     management, $31,038,000 for cooperative lands forest health 
     management, and no funding for the proposed emerging pest and 
     pathogens fund. The managers agree with the concept of 
     withholding some forest health funding from immediate 
     distribution to address new problems that may emerge during 
     the year, but the managers feel that far greater management 
     efficiency and flexibility will exist if a new account is not 
     created. The agreement includes bill language proposed by the 
     House which clarifies that funding in this account should be 
     used for the treatment of invasive or noxious plants. The 
     managers have moved the $300,000 proposed by the Senate for 
     leafy spurge control in the Dakota Prairie grasslands to the 
     national forest system account. The cooperative lands forest 
     health management activity includes the $300,000 proposed by 
     the Senate for Vermont forest monitoring and a total of 
     $1,700,000 for sudden oak death control. These funds should 
     be allocated primarily to States with the most severe 
     outbreaks of sudden oak death. Funding proposed by the Senate 
     under this heading for sudden oak death research has been 
     moved to the forest and rangeland research account.
       The conference agreement includes $25,653,000 for State 
     fire assistance instead of $25,353,000 as proposed by the 
     House and $25,853,000 as proposed by the Senate, the change 
     from the House proposal being an increase of $300,000 for 
     Cook Inlet Tribal Council, AK, spruce bark beetle management. 
     The agency shall follow Senate direction concerning 
     distribution of these funds. The agreement also includes 
     $5,040,000 for volunteer fire assistance as proposed by both 
     the House and the Senate. The conference agreement also 
     includes additional funds for State fire and volunteer fire 
     assistance as part of the national fire plan funding within 
     the wildland fire management account.
       The conference agreement includes $32,221,000 for forest 
     stewardship as proposed by the Senate instead of $36,898,000 
     as proposed by the House. Changes from the House proposal are 
     increases of $250,000 for the Chesapeake Bay program and 
     $300,000 for Utah forestry education; there is a general 
     decrease of $5,227,000. The managers note that an additional 
     $20,000,000 is available for similar activities in the forest 
     land enhancement program (FLEP) from mandatory farm bill 
     funds. The managers direct the Forest Service to show clearly 
     in all future budget justifications within the text for State 
     and private forestry how mandatory funding for FLEP, provided 
     in the farm bill, will be allocated and how this funding 
     relates to forest stewardship activities.
       The conference agreement includes $68,827,000 for the 
     forest legacy program instead of $60,000,000 as proposed by 
     the House and $74,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
     conference agreement retains bill language proposed by the 
     House requiring notification to the Appropriations Committees 
     when the Forest Service makes funds available for specific 
     forest legacy projects. The conference agreement also 
     includes bill language, modifying language proposed by the 
     House, stipulating that forest legacy grants must be for 
     specific projects or for specific tasks undertaken when a 
     State joins the program. In addition, the conference 
     agreement has modified the bill language proposed by the 
     House concerning the need for a 25% cost share of the total 
     value of each project. The managers concur that the Forest 
     Service should require that a minimum 25% cost share must be 
     secured over the life of each grant.
       The conference agreement also includes bill language, which 
     gives the State of Maine until the January 31, 2004 to 
     complete the West Branch project. If this project is not 
     completed by this date, the entire amount previously 
     appropriated for this project, $20,013,145, shall be 
     transferred to the Forest Service wildland fire management 
     account and be made available for the highest national 
     priority rehabilitation and restoration projects. The 
     managers expect that the final West Branch project will 
     include a substantial fee ownership for the State of about 
     47,000 acres and that there will also be completed a 
     conservation easement to the Forest Society of Maine, or 
     similar group, of about 282,000 acres.
       The conference agreement directs the Forest Service to 
     follow the House proposed direction for the forest legacy 
     program, with the following exceptions:
       1. The managers concur with the House language requiring 
     the Forest Service to submit a five-year legacy program 
     strategy but the strategy should articulate the forest legacy 
     program's national goals, objectives, performance measures, 
     and the issues and trends affecting forests in regions across 
     the country. This strategy should also provide a national 
     perspective for the forest legacy program and assist States 
     in contributing to national and regional conservation needs. 
     The managers further direct that the Forest Service revise 
     and finalize its Forest Legacy Program Implementation 
     Guidelines by June 30, 2003. The revised guidelines should 
     include definitive guidance regarding project definition, 
     cost shares, monitoring, appraisals, and other areas of 
     concern noted in the Committee's report, dated June 14, 2002.
       2. The managers are concerned with the manner in which the 
     cost share is calculated for legacy projects. Rather than 
     requiring a 25% cost share for each project before a grant 
     may be awarded as proposed by the House, the managers concur 
     that the Forest Service should require that a minimum of 25% 
     of the total cost share of each project should come from non-
     Federal sources over the course of the grant period and that 
     each project grant must document the total value of the 
     project's non-federal cost share. The Forest Service shall 
     strictly comply with existing Office of Management and Budget 
     Circulars concerning matching requirements for federal 
     grants.
       3. The managers recognize that given the often complex and 
     lengthy nature of negotiations for the purchase of 
     conservation easements, the agency may submit a request for 
     project funding in its budget justification, which only 
     specifies a geographical area rather than a specific tract. 
     However, the managers will not appropriate funds for such 
     projects until the agency has identified the specific tracts 
     to be purchased.
       4. The managers concur that, to the greatest extent 
     possible, legacy easements should provide for public access 
     but the managers also recognize that there may be reasons why 
     such access is impractical because of natural resource or 
     public safety concerns. The managers expect the agency to 
     indicate to the Committees in advance when an easement will 
     not provide for public access and the reasons why such access 
     is inappropriate.
       5. The managers are concerned that forest legacy program 
     managers may not be able to use the Forest Service's official 
     financial accounting system, the Foundation Financial 
     Information System (FFIS), to manage forest legacy funds due 
     to the system's limitations. The managers direct the Forest 
     Service to ensure that FFIS contains accurate and complete 
     expenditure information for forest legacy grants and that it 
     supports program management information requirements. The 
     managers concur with the House proposal concerning the need 
     to track the

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     status of individual projects, to require separate grants for 
     each project, and to use a single grant authorization and 
     payment system for the forest legacy program. However, the 
     managers understand that the FFIS system may not be able to 
     manage information in this fashion. If so, the managers 
     expect the agency to develop and have fully operational, an 
     independent system which is capable of performing these 
     functions by the close of the fiscal year.
       6. The conference agreement includes new State start-up 
     funds only for Alaska and Idaho, although the House and 
     Senate Committees on Appropriations will carefully consider 
     other States for inclusion in the program in future years.
       The conference agreement includes the following 
     distribution of funds for the forest legacy program:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
             State                     Project             Conference
------------------------------------------------------------------------
AK............................  New State start-up...           $500,000
AL............................  Perdido River........          2,000,000
CO............................  Spruce Mountain Ranch          1,875,000
CT............................  Stone House Brook              1,100,000
                                 Project.
DE............................  Green Horizons, phase          1,000,000
                                 2.
GA............................  Pine Mountain........          4,000,000
GA............................  Sheffield............            100,000
HI............................  McCandless Ranch.....          1,300,000
ID............................  New State start-up...            500,000
IA............................  Yellow River Forest              700,000
                                 Project.
IL............................  Coon Creek Woods.....             95,000
IL............................  Kyte River...........            305,000
IN............................  Mt. Tea Ridge........          1,600,000
MA............................  Karner Brook Ridge...            305,000
MA............................  Camp Hi-rock.........            500,000
MA............................  Eagleville Pines.....            835,000
MD............................  Pintail..............            150,000
MD............................  Deer Creek...........            150,000
ME............................  Leavitt Plantation...            600,000
ME............................  West Branch, phase 2.          2,500,000
MN............................  North Duluth, phase              410,000
                                 1&2.
MT............................  Schiemann............            600,000
MT............................  Thompson Fisher,               4,000,000
                                 phase 4.
NC............................  RPM project..........          1,500,000
NH............................  Connecticut Lakes              8,000,000
                                 Headwaters.
NJ............................  Lake Gerard, New               3,000,000
                                 Jersey Highlands.
NM............................  Legunas Bonitas......          1,500,000
NY............................  East Branch Fish               1,500,000
                                 Creek, phase 2.
OR............................  South Eugene Hills...          1,062,000
PR............................  Rio Abajo North area,            500,000
                                 phase 2.
RI............................  Weetamoe Woods, phase            250,000
                                 2.
RI............................  DuVal Trail Corridor.            200,000
SC............................  Coastal Forest                 5,000,000
                                 Ecosystem
                                 Restoration
                                 Initiative, phase 3.
TN............................  Anderson--Tully......          3,500,000
TN............................  McGlothin tract......            800,000
UT............................  Castle Rock, phase 2.          2,000,000
UT............................  Chalk Creek                    1,600,000
                                 (Blonquist).
VA............................  Sandy Point..........            575,000
VA............................  Romine project.......            600,000
VT............................  Bull & Sable.........          2,600,000
WA............................  Skykomish River                  920,000
                                 Landscape, phase 2.
WI............................  Bad River Headwaters.          3,450,000
WI............................  Baraboo Hills........          1,000,000
                                                      ------------------
                                  ...................
    Project Subtotal..........  64,682,000...........
                                                      ==================
                                  ...................
Forest Service program admin.   4,145,000............
 & AON Planning.
    Total, Forest Legacy......  $68,827,000..........
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       The conference agreement includes $36,235,000 for the urban 
     and community forestry program as proposed by the House 
     instead of $37,750,000 proposed by the Senate. Changes from 
     the House proposal for this activity include decreases of 
     $100,000 from northeast PA community forestry and $500,000 
     from the Chicago greenstreets program, and increases of 
     $350,000 for Cook County forest preserve, IL, $200,000 for 
     Milwaukee, WI, and $250,000 for Baltimore, MD urban watershed 
     activities and a $200,000 general decrease. Senate proposed 
     funding for Baltimore urban watershed research has been moved 
     to the forest and rangeland research account.
       The conference agreement includes the following 
     distribution of funds for the economic action programs:

        Program/Project                                      Conference
Economic Recovery Base Program...............................$5,000,000
Rural Development Base Program................................4,000,000
Forest Products Conservation & Recycling......................1,300,000
Wood In Transportation........................................1,000,000
Special Projects:
  Allegheny NF Area Regional Tourism, PA........................200,000
  Arid Lands Research Consortium................................300,000
  Cradle Of Forestry Conservation Ed, NC........................590,000
  Cradle Of Forestry Sustainability Study, NC...................150,000
  Four Corners Sustainable Forestry...........................1,000,000
  Gonzaga Un. Inland NW Natural Resources Research Center, WA...900,000
  Hardwood Forestry Foundation..................................200,000
  Institute Of Forest Biotechnology Risk Analysis, NC...........150,000
  KY Mine Waste Reforestation.................................1,000,000
  Lake Tahoe Erosion Control Grants, CA NV....................2,500,000
  Little Sandy River, OR......................................1,000,000
  NY City Watershed Enhancement.................................750,000
  Univ. WA Landscape Management.................................200,000
  Univ. WA & WA St. U. Extension Forestry.......................600,000
  Kake Land Exchange, AK......................................1,000,000
  Mountain Studies Institute, Co................................500,000
  Envir. Science And Public Policy Research Center, ID..........500,000
  Fuels In Schools Biomass, MT..................................500,000
  Valdez Avalanche Control, AK..................................400,000
  Wood Education & Resource Center, WV........................2,700,000
                                                             __________
                                                             
    Subtotal, Special Projects...............................15,140,000
                                                               ==========
_______________________________________________________________________

    Total, Economic Action..................................$26,440,000

       The conference agreement includes $5,000,000 for the 
     economic recovery program as proposed by the House and 
     $4,000,000 for rural development through forestry, but does 
     not establish specific regional allocations for the Pacific 
     Northwest or the northeast-midwest as was proposed by the 
     Senate. Rather, the Forest Service should carefully consider 
     these regions when allocating grants in these activities. The 
     conference agreement includes the bill language proposed by 
     the Senate concerning a direct lump sum payment to the Kake 
     Tribal Corporation, AK, but the funding total is $1,000,000. 
     The funds provided to the City of Valdez for avalanche 
     control work shall be in the form of an advance, direct lump 
     sum payment. The funds for Little Sandy River shall be 
     provided to Clackamas County, OR, to perform the work.
       The conference agreement includes $4,996,000 for forest 
     resource information and analysis as proposed by the Senate 
     and $5,750,000 for the international forestry program.

                         National Forest System

       The conference agreement provides $1,362,299,000 for the 
     national forest system instead of $1,370,567,000 as proposed 
     by the House and $1,352,999,000 as proposed by the Senate. 
     Funds should be distributed as follows:

  Land management planning..................................$72,195,000
  Inventory and monitoring..................................175,356,000
  Recreation, heritage & wilderness.........................254,194,000
  Wildlife & fish habitat management........................133,806,000
  Grazing management.........................................40,850,000
  Forest products...........................................265,353,000
  Vegetation & watershed management.........................190,944,000
  Minerals and geology management............................52,635,000
  Landownership management...................................93,016,000
  Law enforcement operations.................................80,800,000

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  Valles Calderas National Preserve, NM.......................3,150,000
                                                             __________
                                                             
    Total................................................$1,362,299,000

       The following discussion describes funding changes from the 
     House passed bill.
       1. The land management planning activity does not include a 
     special allocation for the Black Hills National Forest, SD.
       2. The inventory and monitoring activity includes an 
     increase of $50,000 for Lake Tahoe basin adaptive management. 
     Inventory and monitoring funding includes $6,200,000 for the 
     Forest Inventory and Analysis program as directed by the 
     House.
       3. The recreation activity includes: $350,000 for 
     environmental analysis of helicopter flights on the Tongass 
     National Forest, Juneau district; an increase of $64,000 
     above the House proposal for the Carhart Wilderness Training 
     Institute, bringing its total funding to $300,000; and a 
     reduction of $664,000 for fixed costs. The managers direct 
     the Forest Service to issue a contract for $350,000 with the 
     City of Juneau, AK to prepare an environmental impact 
     statement to identify ways to mitigate the impacts of 
     helicopter charter flights in the Tongass National Forest on 
     the community of Juneau, AK. The managers encourage the 
     federal partners responsible for the Great Lakes Visitor 
     Center, WI, to increase funding for the center in fiscal year 
     2003, especially for important initiatives such as its 
     environmental education program.
       4. The wildlife and fish habitat management activity 
     includes the Senate proposed increase of $250,000 for the 
     Batten Kill River, VT, and a reduction of $392,000 for fixed 
     costs.
       5. The grazing management activity is provided $40,850,000, 
     an increase of $6,075,000 above the enacted level. This 
     increase should be used to provide range monitoring and 
     updated allotment management plan analysis.
       6. The forest products activity includes the Senate 
     proposed earmark of $4,000,000 for Tongass National Forest 
     timber sales preparation out of base funds.
       7. The vegetation and watershed management activity 
     includes the general decrease proposed by the Senate of 
     $3,790,000 and increases of: $1,450,000 for the Lake Tahoe 
     basin; $305,000 for Mark Twain National Forest pine 
     restoration, MO; $300,000 for Wasatch Canyon water quality 
     initiative, UT; $135,000 for Monongahela National Forest 
     hydrology study, WV; and $300,000 for leafy spurge control on 
     the Dakota prairie, ND. The Forest Service is encouraged to 
     work with the Canaan Valley Institute, WV, on watershed 
     projects.
       8. The minerals and geology activity is increased 
     $1,000,000 above the House proposal and the landownership 
     management activity is reduced $4,000,000 from the House 
     proposal.
       9. The law enforcement activity has a general decrease of 
     $592,000. The managers encourage the Forest Service to 
     evaluate carefully the funding for law enforcement activities 
     on national forests in Georgia, especially areas impacted by 
     high use.
       10. The Valles Caldera National Preserve, NM, is funded at 
     the Senate proposed level. The managers have provided all 
     funding for the Valles Caldera in this account. The 
     conference agreement has modified bill language proposed by 
     the Senate concerning senior executive service salary for the 
     chairman of the board of the preserve. The agreement now 
     allows SES salary to continue only for the chairman of the 
     board.
       The $5,000,000 general reduction to this account passed on 
     the House floor is not agreed to nor is the bill language 
     (reducing and increasing funding) in order to make a change 
     to grazing management. The agreement does include bill 
     language allowing fund transfers to the BLM for cadastral 
     surveys.
       The conference agreement includes a total of $8,400,000 
     from all appropriation accounts for the Land Between the 
     Lakes National Recreation Area, KY and TN.
       The managers allow the Forest Service, upon notification to 
     the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, to 
     reprogram national forest system funds within the Lake Tahoe 
     basin.
       The managers reiterate the House direction to the Forest 
     Service to reestablish an active challenge cost share 
     program. This program should be coordinated with the 
     Department of the Interior's similar efforts.

                        Wildland Fire Management

       The conference agreement provides $1,379,938,000 for 
     wildland fire management instead of $2,013,449,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $1,351,791,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. The managers note that the conference agreement also 
     includes $636,000,000 under a separate division as proposed 
     by the Senate to reimburse a portion of wildfire suppression 
     costs incurred during emergencies in fiscal year 2002 rather 
     than a contingent emergency appropriation of $500,000,000 as 
     proposed by the House. The agreement also includes 
     $420,699,000 for suppression operations as proposed by both 
     the House and the Senate and $616,000,000 for preparedness, a 
     reduction of $24,000,000 from the House recommendation.
       The managers are concerned that the allocation of funds 
     between preparedness and suppression operations mentioned 
     above and in summary tables may not maintain the levels of 
     readiness needed for public safety that were established in 
     fiscal years 2001 and 2002. The managers also feel that 
     decisive action is necessary to manage escalating fire 
     suppression costs. An important component of reducing such 
     costs is maintaining initial attack capability so that more 
     fires can be contained before they escape and cause serious 
     loss of life and property as well as natural resource damage. 
     Accordingly, the managers direct the Forest Service to 
     analyze current readiness levels to determine whether 
     maintaining preparedness resources in the field at a level 
     not less than that established in fiscal year 2002, will, 
     based on the best information available, result in lower 
     overall firefighting costs. If the agency makes such a 
     determination, the managers direct the Forest Service to 
     adjust the levels for preparedness and suppression funding 
     accordingly and these adjustments shall have the advance 
     approval from the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations. The Forest Service should advise the House 
     and Senate Committees on Appropriations in writing of their 
     decision.
       Because of the managers' continuing concern regarding fire 
     suppression costs during major incidents, the Forest Service 
     and the Department of the Interior are directed to contract 
     with the National Academy of Public Administration for 
     appropriate follow-up work to their study of 2002. The 
     Departments should equally share the cost of the review and 
     the review should be conducted forthwith.

                       Other Wildfire operations

       The conference agreement includes $343,239,000 for other 
     fire operation activities instead of $452,750,000 as proposed 
     by the House and $330,389,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
     allocation of this funding is as follows:

                                                                  Total
  Hazardous Fuels..........................................$228,109,000
  Fire Facilities.............................................1,850,000
  Rehabilitation..............................................7,124,000
  Research & Development.....................................21,427,000
  Joint Fire Science..........................................8,000,000
  Forest Health Management federal............................6,955,000
  Forest Health Management cooperative........................9,979,000
  Economic Action.............................................5,000,000
  State and community fire assistance........................46,555,000
  Volunteer fire assistance...................................8,240,000
    Total other wildfire operations........................$343,239,000

       The conference agreement includes $228,109,000 for 
     hazardous fuels treatments as proposed by both the House and 
     the Senate. Changes from the House proposed funding in this 
     activity are increases of $550,000 for the Lake Tahoe basin, 
     $1,000,000 for the Santa Fe watershed, NM, and a general 
     decrease of $1,550,000. The conference agreement does not 
     include specific bill language in this account as proposed by 
     the House allowing transfer of funds to the Interior and 
     Commerce departments for endangered species consultations. 
     Rather, the agreement includes the similar Senate proposal 
     under administrative provisions as discussed below.
       The managers note that the Department of the Interior and 
     the Department of Agriculture have begun full implementation 
     of the 10-Year comprehensive strategy to reduce wildland fire 
     risks. This strategy involves extensive collaboration with 
     communities in the selection of hazardous fuels projects. In 
     support of the strategy, the Departments have developed 
     detailed criteria for the execution of such hazardous fuels 
     reduction efforts. The managers feel that collaboration with 
     communities and the use of criteria for project selection 
     provide a suitable basis for planning the expenditure of 
     funds, and accordingly do not concur with Senate report 
     language requiring that seventy percent of hazardous fuels 
     funds be used in the wildland urban interface.
       Although the conference agreement does not include the bill 
     language proposed by the Senate concerning the county 
     partnership restoration program in AZ, NM and CO, the 
     managers agree that this is an important program and that the 
     Forest Service should continue to provide funding for it from 
     the hazardous fuels allocation.
       The conference agreement includes $1,850,000 for wildfire 
     management facilities instead of $20,376,000 as proposed by 
     the House and no funding proposed by the Senate. This 
     allocation includes $1,200,000 for the Medford, OR airtanker 
     base and $650,000 for the Pinhook, FL wildfire station. 
     Specific House instructions on these two projects should be 
     followed.
       The conference agreement includes $7,124,000 for 
     rehabilitation and restoration activities instead of 
     $63,000,000 as proposed by the House and $6,124,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. This funding includes $2,500,000 for 
     rehabilitation activities on the Apache-Sitgreaves National 
     Forest, AZ, as recommended by the Senate.
       The conference agreement includes $21,427,000 for research 
     and development activities as proposed by the Senate instead 
     of $27,265,000 as proposed by the House. Changes from the 
     House proposal include an increase of $1,000,000 for the 
     University of Montana landscape analysis center and $200,000 
     for the related University of Idaho project and a $7,038,000 
     general program decrease.
       The conference agreement includes $6,955,000 for federal 
     forest health activities and $9,979,000 for cooperative 
     forest health activities. The managers expect the Forest 
     Service to increase its forest health capabilities at 
     Asheville, NC as described in the House report. The managers 
     have included $46,555,000 for State and community fire 
     assistance as proposed by the Senate instead of

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     the $58,000,000 House recommendation. Of the funds 
     provided for State fire assistance, $4,200,000 shall be 
     provided to the Municipality of Anchorage and $1,000,000 
     shall be provided to the Matanuska-Sustitna Borough to 
     perform work in areas affected by the spruce bark beetle. 
     The agency shall follow Senate direction with respect to 
     the distribution of these two allocations.
       The conference agreement includes $5,000,000 for economic 
     action activities associated with the national fire plan 
     instead of $12,500,000 as proposed by the House and no Senate 
     funding. Volunteer fire assistance receives $8,240,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate instead of $8,500,000 as proposed by 
     the House.

                  Capital Improvement and Maintenance

       The conference agreement provides $552,039,000 for capital 
     improvement and maintenance instead of $572,731,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $543,656,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. The conference agreement provides for the following 
     distribution of funds:

                          Facilities Activity

Maintenance.................................................$93,926,000
Capital improvement..........................................86,000,000
Projects:
  Allegheny NF, Buckaloons, PA..................................436,000
  Allegheny NF, Webbs Ferry, PA.................................100,000
  Angeles NF, Rubio Canyon, CA................................1,000,000
  Backcountry Hut repairs, AK...................................350,000
  Black Kettle NG, collocation with NPS, OK.....................750,000
  Cheoah RD office reconstruction, NC.........................1,250,000
  Cherokee NF, Prince Gap, TN...................................300,000
  Chugach NF, Cordova Visitor Center, AK......................1,000,000
  Cradle of Forestry, exhibits, NC..............................150,000
  Dan. Boone NF, Cave Run lake planning, KY.....................400,000
  Dan. Boone NF, Gladie Creek center, KY........................250,000
  Forestry Science Bldg repairs, Princeton, WV..................315,000
  Franklin County Lake, MS....................................2,400,000
  Green Mountain NF, supervisor's office, VT....................750,000
  Grey Towers NHS, PA...........................................500,000
  Hardwood Technology Ct., Purdue Univ., IN...................1,700,000
  Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, HI...................1,000,000
  Lee Ranger District Center, VA................................500,000
  Lewis & Clark Ctr., MT........................................284,000
  Midewin Prairie NTP, rehab., IL.............................1,000,000
  Monongahela NF facilities improvements, WV..................1,340,000
  Mystic Ranger District Station, SD..........................1,500,000
  Nantahala NF, Cheoah Point Campground, NC.....................855,000
  Old Stoney feasibility study, WY..............................300,000
  Ouachita NF, Camp Ouachita, AR..............................1,000,000
  Pisgah NF, Lake Powhatan cmpgrd rehab., NC....................250,000
  San Bernardino NF, Big Bear center, CA........................550,000
  San Bernardino NF, dogwood cmpgrd rehab., CA................1,500,000
  Stanislaus NF, Emigrant impound. rehab., CA....................80,000
  Tongass NF, Log transfer facilities, AK.....................1,000,000
  Warren Lab Rebuild, PA........................................900,000
                                                             __________
                                                             
    Subtotal, Projects.......................................23,710,000
                                                               ==========
_______________________________________________________________________

    Total, Facilities......................................$203,636,000

        Roads Activity/Project                               Conference
  Maintenance..............................................$153,358,000
  Capital improvement........................................71,000,000
Projects:
  Highland scenic highway, Williams river, WV.................1,300,000
  Lake Tahoe basin, NV CA.......................................700,000
  Tongass NF improvements, AK.................................4,000,000
  Umatilla NF, Touchet road rehab, WA.........................2,500,000
                                                             __________
                                                             
    Subtotal, Projects........................................8,500,000
                                                               ==========
_______________________________________________________________________

    Total, Roads...........................................$232,858,000

        Trails Activity or Project                           Conference
Maintenance.................................................$36,664,000
Capital improvement..........................................30,165,000
Projects:
  Continental Divide trail....................................1,000,000
  FL National scenic trail......................................500,000
  Ocoee River-Thunder Rock trail, TN............................200,000
  Pinhoti trail, AL & GA........................................400,000
  Pike S.I. NF, Corely Mtn tunnel #3, CO........................250,000
  San Sophia Station, CO........................................500,000
                                                             __________
                                                             
    Subtotal, Projects........................................2,850,000
                                                               ==========
_______________________________________________________________________

    Total, Trails...........................................$69,679,000
    Total, Capital Improvement & Maintenance...............$552,039,000

       The managers agree with the overall program direction for 
     this account provided by both the House and the Senate. The 
     conference agreement includes bill language proposed by the 
     House continuing the authority to use funds for road 
     decommissioning and includes Senate proposed language 
     concerning a previous appropriation for improvements at 
     Purdue University, IN, for the hardwood science center. The 
     agreement also allows further direct payments to Purdue 
     University for that project and to Cordova, Alaska for a 
     shared visitor center. Furthermore, the managers reiterate 
     that funding for the Chugach visitor center in Cordova, 
     AK, shall be the final amount provided by the Forest 
     Service, and the Forest Service should be given a share of 
     the space proportional to its funding of the construction 
     cost. As proposed by the House, the conference agreement 
     does not provide any funding for the Juneau-ANM, AK, 
     building and associated roads. The managers have included 
     $400,000 for the Pinhoti trail in AL and GA; this funding 
     should be approximately evenly split between the two 
     States. The conference agreement includes a total of 
     $5,000,000 for the Forest Service to address fish passage 
     barriers. The Forest Service should follow the House 
     direction on this activity, but since the funding has been 
     reduced, this funding should focus on activities in 
     regions 6 and 5, which would benefit salmonid fish.

                            Land Acquisition

       The conference agreement provides $133,815,000 for land 
     acquisition instead of $146,336,000 as proposed by the House 
     and $145,763,000 as proposed by the Senate. Funds should be 
     distributed as follows:


        Area (State)                                             Amount
  Arapaho NF: Beaver Brook Watershed (CO)....................$2,500,000
  Beaverhead & Deerlodge NF's: Watershed, RY Timber (MT)......5,700,000
  Black Hills NF (SD/WY)......................................3,000,000
  Bridger-Teton NF (WY).......................................2,800,000
  Chattahoochee NF: Georgia Mountains (GA)....................3,200,000
  Chequamegon & Nicolet NF's: W&S Waterways (WI)..............2,000,000
  Cherokee NF: Tennessee Mountains (TN).......................4,400,000
  Chippewa & Superior NF's: WildWater/WL (MN).................1,650,000
  Cibola NF: La Madera (NM)...................................3,800,000
  Columbia River Gorge NSA (OR/WA)............................5,000,000
  Daniel Boone NF: Assorted Inholdings (KY)...................2,500,000
  Flathead NF: Swan Valley (MT)...............................6,500,000
  Florida National Scenic Trail (FL)..........................3,000,000
  Francis Marion NF (SC)......................................2,000,000
  Green Mountain NF: Recreation & Water (VT)..................1,750,000
  Hoosier NF: Unique Areas (IN)...............................1,500,000
  Huron & Ottawa NF's: Great Lakes/Great Lands (MI)...........2,500,000
  Lake Tahoe Basin: Critically Sensitive Lands (CA/NV)........4,000,000
  Lolo NF: Mt Sentinel (MT).....................................800,000
  Los Padres NF: Big Sur Ecosystem (CA).......................3,000,000
  Mark Twain NF: Streams and Lake Frontages (MO)..............1,750,000
  Midewin Tallgrass Prairie (IL)................................500,000
  Monongahela NF (WV).........................................4,000,000
  Multiple NFs: Chattooga W&SR /Chattooga River (SC/GA).......2,000,000
  Multiple NFs: Greater Yellowstone Area (MT).................6,800,000
  Multiple NFs: I-90 Corridor/Plum Creek & Cascade Conser. Partner. 
    (WA)......................................................4,000,000
  Multiple NFs: Idaho Wilderness/W&S Rivers (ID/MT)...........1,700,000
  Multiple NFs: Lewis & Clark Nat'l Historic Trail (ID/MT)......500,000
  Multiple NFs: Northwest W&S Rivers (OR/WA) (Illinois WSR & Skagit 
    Rvr)......................................................2,500,000
  Multiple NFs: Pacific Crest Trail (CA/OR/WA)................3,000,000
  Multiple NFs: Pacific Northwest Streams (OR/WA) (Siuslaw & 
    Arrowleaf)................................................3,400,000
  Ozark-St. Francis NF's: Ark Rivers & Streams (AR) (Stumpy Pt. & 
    Lake Winona)..............................................3,000,000
  San Bernardino NF (CA)......................................2,000,000
  Santa Fe NF: Gascon Point--Sawyer (NM)......................5,500,000
  Sawtooth NF: NRA Easement Program (ID)......................1,000,000
  Sumter NF: Broad River Corridor (SC)........................4,600,000
  Tahoe NF: North Fork American River--SPI (CA)...............2,000,000
  Talladega NF (AL).............................................700,000
  Uinta & Wasatch-Cache NF's: Bonneville Shoreline Trail (UT).2,265,000
  Uncompahgre & San Juan NF's: Red Mountain (CO)..............4,000,000
  Wasatch-Cache NF: High Uintas (UT)..........................3,500,000
  White Mountain NF (NH)........................................500,000
  Willamette NF: Marion County/Detroit Lake (OR)................500,000
  Use of carryover balances..................................-7,000,000
                                                             __________
                                                             
    Subtotal................................................114,315,000
                                                               ==========
_______________________________________________________________________

  Acquisition Management.....................................15,000,000
  Critical Inholdings/Wilderness Protection...................3,000,000
  Land Exchange Equalization Payment..........................1,500,000
                                                               ==========
_______________________________________________________________________

    Total..................................................$133,815,000

       The conference agreement includes bill language directing 
     the use of $350,000 in prior year funds for Tongass National 
     Forest land acquisition for a direct payment to the City of 
     Juneau, AK.

         Acquisition of Lands for National Forests Special Acts

       The conference agreement provides $1,069,000 for the 
     acquisition of lands for national forests special acts as 
     recommended by both the House and the Senate.

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            Acquisition of Lands to Complete Land Exchanges

       The conference agreement provides an indefinite 
     appropriation estimated to be $234,000 for the acquisition of 
     lands to complete land exchanges as proposed by both the 
     House and the Senate. The conference agreement also includes 
     a minor change in bill language to clarify that the Forest 
     Service has authority to use donated funds.

                         Range Betterment Fund

       The conference agreement provides an indefinite 
     appropriation estimated to be $3,402,000 for the range 
     betterment fund as proposed by both the House and the Senate.

    Gifts, Donations and Bequests For Forest and Rangeland Research

       The conference agreement provides $92,000 for gifts, 
     donations and bequests for forest and rangeland research as 
     proposed by both the House and the Senate.

        Management of National Forest Lands for Subsistence Uses

       The conference agreement provides $5,542,000 for management 
     of national forest system lands for subsistence uses in 
     Alaska as proposed by both the House and the Senate.

               Administrative Provisions, Forest Service

       The managers have retained bill language proposed by the 
     Senate, which continues to prohibit the use of funds to 
     abolish or move regional offices without Appropriations 
     Committee approval. The conference agreement retains the 
     House proposed bill language which allows funds to be 
     transferred to the wildland fire management appropriation 
     only after funds in that account are obligated. The agreement 
     allows the Forest Service to advance up to $3,000,000 to the 
     National Forest Foundation and the Foundation may use up to 
     $400,000 for administrative costs. The agreement also 
     includes the House proposal to make the language concerning 
     the Pinchot Institute for Conservation valid through fiscal 
     year 2007. The conference agreement includes language, which 
     allows employees of the senior community service employment 
     program to be considered federal employees while on the job 
     at the Forest Service. The conference agreement also includes 
     the Senate proposals on: the use of funds for law enforcement 
     emergencies; the sale of facilities on the Green Mountain 
     National Forest, VT; and the transfer of up to $15,000,000 to 
     reimburse the Departments of the Interior and Commerce for 
     endangered species act activities.

                          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

       The managers have not agreed to the budget amendment, which 
     would fund a new National Climate Change Technology 
     Initiative at the expense of important, ongoing research in 
     other areas. The House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations will consider a reprogramming request for this 
     new program should one be submitted and contain acceptable 
     offsets.

                         Clean Coal Technology


                               (DEFERRAL)

       The conference agreement provides for the deferral of 
     $87,000,000 in previously appropriated funds for the clean 
     coal technology program instead of $50,000,000 as proposed by 
     the House and $70,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. These 
     funds will become available on October 1, 2003, to complete 
     the remaining projects in this program.
       The managers agree that up to $15 million in prior year 
     funds may be used for administration of the clean coal 
     technology program in fiscal year 2003.

                 Fossil Energy Research and Development

       The conference agreement provides $624,900,000 for fossil 
     energy research and development instead of $664,205,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $625,665,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. The numerical changes described below are to the 
     House recommended level.
       In central systems, there is a decrease of $3,000,000 in 
     innovations for existing plants for mercury research and, in 
     advanced systems, there are decreases of $4,500,000 for the 
     integrated gasification combined cycle program and $1,700,000 
     for pressurized fluidized bed systems.
       In distributed generation systems/fuel cells, there is an 
     increase of $500,000 in advanced research for the 
     electrochemical engineering program at Montana State 
     University and decreases of $6,500,000 in innovative concepts 
     for the solid state energy conversion alliance and $975,000 
     in novel generation for ramjet technology.
       There is a decrease of $1,800,000 for carbon sequestration 
     research and development.
       In solid fuels and feedstocks, there is a $1,000,000 
     increase for the consortium for premium carbon products from 
     coal and a $1,000,000 decrease for the testing of byproducts 
     from coal-derived jet fuels. In advanced fuels research, 
     there are increases of $500,000 for the C-1 chemistry program 
     and $1,300,000 for the carbon products program and a decrease 
     of $2,000,000 in advanced concepts for research on sulphur 
     tolerant catalysts and cleanup technology for coal use in 
     fuel cells.
       In advanced research, there is an increase of $1,000,000 in 
     coal utilization science for the Arctic Energy Office and 
     decreases of $1,000,000 for university coal research and 
     $500,000 for HBCU education and training.
       In natural gas exploration and production, there is an 
     increase of $3,000,000 for the Arctic Energy Office of which 
     $2,000,000 is for Alaska gas pipeline research and $1,000,000 
     is for other research. For advanced drilling, completion, and 
     stimulation, there is an increase of $1,500,000 for the Deep 
     Trek program and a general reduction of $2,200,000. There is 
     also a reduction of $1,000,000 for the National laboratory/
     industry partnership.
       Other changes in natural gas technologies include an 
     increase in emerging processing technology of $80,000 to 
     complete the coal mine methane program and decreases of 
     $1,300,000 for the gas hydrates program and $950,000 for the 
     natural gas infrastructure program.
       In oil exploration and production, there is an increase of 
     $1,500,000 for the Arctic Energy Office of which $500,000 is 
     for oxygen transport membrane research and $1,000,000 is for 
     other research, and decreases of $1,000,000 for the National 
     laboratory/industry partnership, $500,000 for fundamental 
     research/PRIME, and a general reduction of $7,000,000.
       Other changes in oil technology research include decreases 
     in reservoir life extension of $4,000,000 for reservoir 
     practices and technology transfer and $1,000,000 for 
     preferred upstream management practices, and a decrease of 
     $600,000 for effective environmental protection.
       In cooperative research and development, there is an 
     increase of $240,000.
       There is a decrease of $920,000 for headquarters program 
     direction and an increase of $1,020,000 for energy technology 
     center program direction. In general plant projects, there is 
     a decrease of $7,000,000 for renovations at the National 
     Energy Technology Laboratory.
       Finally, there is a decrease of $500,000, for a National 
     Academy of Sciences review of programs, which leaves $500,000 
     in the budget for this purpose.
       The managers agree to the following:
       1. In the mercury research area, the Department should 
     consider research on mercury emissions reductions from 
     lignite-fired power plants if a competitive proposal is 
     submitted and ranks among the high priority project 
     proposals.
       2. In the central systems, advanced systems program, the 
     Department should continue the ITM oxygen project to the 
     extent possible within available funds.
       3. Within the funds provided for fuel cell systems, 
     $3,000,000 is for the molten carbonate fuel cell hybrid 
     program.
       4. The $7,000,000 increase in transportation fuels and 
     chemicals, provided by both the House and the Senate, is for 
     the ultra clean fuels program.
       5. In natural gas technologies, within the $2,000,000 
     provided for Alaska gas pipeline research at the Arctic 
     Energy Office, $500,000 is to be used for a study of a 
     pipeline spur from Anchorage to Fairbanks.
       6. The increase above the budget request for energy 
     technology center program direction should be applied as 
     necessary to cover the cost of in-house personnel and 
     contract services at the National Energy Technology 
     Laboratory.
       The conference agreement includes bill language earmarking 
     $4,000,000 for infrastructure upgrades at the National Energy 
     Technology Laboratory as proposed by the Senate instead of 
     $11,000,000 as proposed by the House.

                 Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves

       The conference agreement provides $17,831,000 for the naval 
     petroleum and oil shale reserves instead of $20,831,000 as 
     proposed by both the House and the Senate.

                      Elk Hills School Lands Fund

       The conference agreement provides $36,000,000 to become 
     available on October 1, 2003, for the Elk Hills school lands 
     fund as proposed by both the House and the Senate.

                          Energy Conservation

       The conference agreement provides $897,603,000 for energy 
     conservation instead of $984,653,000 as proposed by the House 
     and $884,293,000 as proposed by the Senate. The numerical 
     changes described below are to the House recommended level.
       In building research and standards there are decreases of 
     $1,000,000 for residential buildings integration and $500,000 
     for commercial buildings integration. For equipment materials 
     and tools, there are increases of $3,000,000 for the next 
     generation lighting initiative, $500,000 for lighting and 
     appliance standards, and $500,000 for windows research and 
     decreases of $1,500,000 for electrochromics research in the 
     windows program and $500,000 for the National Fenestration 
     Rating Council database.
       In building technology assistance there are decreases of 
     $25,000,000 for the weatherization assistance program, 
     $5,000,000 for State energy conservation grants, $1,000,000 
     for community partnerships and $2,000,000 for Energy Star.
       Funding for the cooperative programs with the States 
     ($2,000,000) and the energy efficiency science initiative 
     ($4,000,000) has been eliminated in each of the buildings, 
     industry, and transportation areas and funded at lower 
     amounts at the end of energy conservation account.
       There are also decreases of $700,000 for management and 
     planning/program direction in the buildings and technology 
     assistance program and $1,000,000 for the Federal Energy 
     Management Program.
       In industries of the future/specific, there are decreases 
     of $3,000,000 for petroleum refining, $2,000,000 for bio-
     based products consortia in the agriculture program, and 
     $500,000 for the mining program.
       In industries of the future/crosscutting there is an 
     increase of $1,000,000 for bio-based products consortia and 
     decreases of $4,000,000 for industrial gasification in the 
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     systems program, $2,000,000 for robotics in the sensors and 
     controls program, $1,000,000 for best practices in the 
     technical assistance program, $1,000,000 for industrial 
     assessment centers, $500,000 for inventions and innovations, 
     and $1,000,000 for technical and program management support.
       Funding for the cooperative programs with the States 
     ($2,000,000) and the energy efficiency science initiative 
     ($4,000,000) has been eliminated in each of the buildings, 
     industry, and transportation areas and funded at lower 
     amounts at the end of the energy conservation account.
       There is also a decrease of $1,500,000 in management and 
     planning for program direction in the industry sector 
     programs.
       In distributed generation technologies, there is an 
     increase of $500,000 for the turbines program and decreases 
     of $4,000,000 for microturbines, $1,000,000 for reciprocating 
     engines, $2,000,000 for power electronics in the advanced 
     materials and sensors program, $250,000 for oil heat research 
     in the fuel flexibility program, and $2,000,000 for 
     applications integration. There are also decreases in 
     management and planning of $200,000 for evaluation and 
     planning and $100,000 for program direction.
       In vehicle technologies research, there is a decrease of 
     $4,000,000 for heavy vehicle propulsion in the hybrid 
     program. In fuel cell programs decreases include $1,400,000 
     for fuel cell systems, $2,000,000 for stack subsystem 
     components of which $1,000,000 is for platinum substitutes 
     and $1,000,000 is a general decrease, and $600,000 for fuel 
     processor storage. In advanced combustion engine research, 
     there are decreases of $1,000,000 for light truck engines and 
     $500,000 for heavy truck engines. For off-highway engine 
     research, there is a $3,000,000 general increase and a 
     decrease of $4,500,000 for specific programs mentioned in the 
     House report. There are also decreases of $3,500,000 for 
     heavy vehicle systems optimization and $1,000,000 for 
     advanced battery development.
       Other changes in the transportation area are as follows. 
     There is a decrease of $2,000,000 for fuels utilization. In 
     the materials program, there is an increase of $500,000 for 
     automotive propulsion materials and a decrease of $2,000,000 
     for lightweight materials technologies. In technology 
     deployment, there is a decrease of $500,000 for the Clean 
     Cities program.
       Funding for the cooperative programs with the States 
     ($2,000,000) and the energy efficiency science initiative 
     ($4,000,000) has been eliminated in each of the buildings, 
     industry, and transportation areas and funded at lower 
     amounts at the end of the energy conservation account.
       There is also a decrease of $300,000 in management and 
     planning for program direction in transportation programs.
       In policy and management, there is a decrease of $1,000,000 
     for the regional support offices.
       There is a decrease of $500,000 for a National Academy of 
     Sciences review of programs, which leaves $500,000 in the 
     budget for this purpose.
       The conference agreement also includes an increase of 
     $3,000,000 to restore a general reduction to program 
     administration.
       Finally, there are increases of $3,000,000 for a 
     consolidated cooperative program with the States and 
     $5,000,000 for the energy efficiency science initiative.
       The managers agree to the following:
       1. Within the funds provided for the windows program, the 
     Department should consider increasing funds for the National 
     Fenestration Rating Council database.
       2. Within the funds provided for off-highway engine 
     research, the Department should consider emissions reduction 
     research, locomotive research, and fuel cell applications for 
     off-road vehicles.
       3. The Department recently established a five-year 
     agreement with the National Association of State Energy 
     Officials (NASEO) and the Association of State Energy 
     Research and Technology Transfer Institutions (ASERTI) to 
     implement a State Technologies Advancement Collaborative. The 
     Department, through this collaborative, should use the 
     resources of NASEO and ASERTI to implement the consolidated 
     cooperative program with the States and the consolidated 
     energy efficiency science initiative.
       4. As mandated in the fiscal year 2002 Interior 
     Appropriations Act, half of the funds for the energy 
     efficiency science initiative are for fossil energy research.
       5. Within available funds, the Department should continue 
     the robotics/repetitive systems project in the Industries of 
     the Future Program.
       The conference agreement earmarks $270,000,000 for energy 
     conservation grant programs as proposed by the Senate instead 
     of $300,000,000 as proposed by the House. Within the funds 
     provided, $225,000,000 is further earmarked for 
     weatherization assistance grants as proposed by the Senate 
     instead of $250,000,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $45,000,000 is earmarked for State energy conservation grants 
     as proposed by the Senate instead of $50,000,000 as proposed 
     by the House.

                          Economic Regulation

       The conference agreement provides $1,487,000 for economic 
     regulation as proposed by both the House and the Senate.

                      Strategic Petroleum Reserve

       The conference agreement provides $172,856,000 for the 
     strategic petroleum reserve as proposed by the Senate instead 
     of $175,856,000 as proposed by the House.

                         SPR Petroleum Account


                         (INCLUDING RESCISSION)

       The conference agreement provides $7,000,000 for the SPR 
     petroleum account as proposed by both the House and the 
     Senate. The conference agreement also rescinds $5,000,000 in 
     funds available from previous appropriations.

                   Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve

       The conference agreement provides $6,000,000 for the 
     northeast home heating oil reserve as proposed by the Senate 
     instead of $8,000,000 as proposed by the House.

                   Energy Information Administration

       The conference agreement provides $80,611,000 for the 
     energy information administration as proposed by the House 
     instead of $80,111,000 as proposed by the Senate.

                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

                         Indian Health Service

       The conference agreement provides $2,492,115,000 for Indian 
     health services instead of $2,508,756,000 as proposed by the 
     House and $2,455,881,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
     numerical changes described below are to the House 
     recommended level.
       For hospital and health clinic programs, there are 
     increases of $230,000 for the Ketchikan Native Corporation 
     and $4,435,000 to restore administrative reductions proposed 
     in the budget request and decreases of $6,788,000 for the 
     Indian health care improvement fund, $1,500,000 for the 
     Lawton, OK hospital, $500,000 for epidemiological centers, 
     and $500,000 for the Alaska telemedicine program.
       For contract health services, there is a decrease of 
     $5,000,000. For Indian health professions there is an 
     increase of $95,000 for the recruitment and retention of 
     American Indians into nursing (RAIN) program at the 
     University of North Dakota and a decrease of $4,150,000 for 
     recruitment programs. For direct operations, there is an 
     increase of $4,436,000 to restore administrative reductions 
     proposed in the budget request. For the self-governance 
     program, there is an increase of $4,500,000. Finally, there 
     is a decrease of $11,899,000 for annuitant health care 
     payments for Public Health Service personnel.
       The managers agree to the following:
       1. The direction in the House report should be followed 
     with respect to the distribution of the Indian Health Care 
     Improvement Fund. The Service should report to the House and 
     Senate Committees on Appropriations on the distribution on 
     funds.
       2. The increased funding proposed by the House for staffing 
     and operations at the Lawton Hospital in Oklahoma will be 
     phased in over two years. The $1,500,000 increase provided in 
     fiscal year 2003 should remain in the base budget for fiscal 
     year 2004 and an additional $1,500,000 should be added in 
     2004.
       3. Unless specifically identified to the contrary, any 
     increases above the fiscal year 2002 level for the direct 
     operations activity shall be used by the Indian Health 
     Service for inherently Federal functions.
       4. Payments required as the Service's portion of 
     Departmental initiatives should be included in the budget as 
     uncontrollable funding increases and not applied as across-
     the-board health program reductions.
       5. The Service should carefully review its use of funds 
     under the self-governance activity.
       6. Any Departmental efforts to consolidate functions or 
     restructure or realign programs that affect the Indian Health 
     Service must be approved through the reprogramming process by 
     the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations prior to 
     implementation.
       7. Within the fiscal year 2003 budget there is $250,000 for 
     the InPsych program at the University of Montana and $250,000 
     for the InPsych program at the University of North Dakota, 
     $750,000 for the INMED program at the University of North 
     Dakota, $1,000,000 for the dental program run by First 
     Nations Community Health Sources in cooperation with the 
     Southwest Indian Polytechnic Institute in the Albuquerque, 
     New Mexico area, and $3,500,000 for the Telehealth Initiative 
     in Alaska.
       8. The direction in the Senate report with respect to the 
     Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians is no longer necessary.
       The conference agreement provides a statutory earmark of 
     $18,000,000 for the catastrophic health emergency fund as 
     proposed by the Senate instead of $15,000,000 as proposed by 
     the House. The statutory earmark for other contract health 
     services is $460,130,000 instead of $468,130,000 as proposed 
     by the House and $450,130,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
     conference agreement also permits funds, provided to new 
     tribes through the contract health services activity, to be 
     used for direct medical services in addition to contract 
     care. The Service began funding new tribes from the contract 
     health services account several years ago and it was never 
     the intent of the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations to limit new tribes funding to contract health 
     care only.
       The ceiling for the loan repayment program is $25,000,000 
     instead of $22,000,000 as proposed by both the House and the 
     Senate. The managers expect that this increase will permit 
     the service to increase the amount made available to recruit 
     dentists, pharmacists, podiatrists, and other critical health 
     professionals.
       The conference agreement includes bill language that 
     extends the availability of funds under the Special Diabetes 
     Program

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     for Indians so that these funds remain available until 
     expended. The managers note that funding for this program was 
     recently increased substantially and encourage the Service to 
     use the additional funds to strengthen its national clinical 
     data system so that data from programs may be tracked 
     comprehensively and outcomes reported with confidence. While 
     IHS has made strides over the past five years, there remains 
     significant room for improvement. The Service should also use 
     the additional diabetes funds for a competitive grant program 
     that addresses the most compelling diabetes complications in 
     American Indians and Alaska Natives and addresses primary 
     prevention of diabetes in American Indians and Alaska Natives 
     using the latest scientific findings on this subject. These 
     competitively awarded projects should demonstrate new 
     approaches to dealing with diabetes and related health 
     complications. The managers also encourage the Service to 
     expand participation in diabetes education and prevention for 
     Native American youth through the Boys and Girls Clubs of 
     America.
       Finally, bill language is included that directs $5,000,000, 
     of the $15,000,000 provided to the Alaska Federation of 
     Natives for alcohol control, prevention, treatment, sobriety 
     and wellness, be made available to the Alaska Native Tribal 
     Health Consortium for substance abuse and behavioral health 
     counselors through the Counselors in Every Village Program.

                        Indian Health Facilities

       The conference agreement provides $376,190,000 for Indian 
     health facilities instead of $391,865,000 as proposed by the 
     House and $365,390,000 as proposed by the Senate. The changes 
     to the House level include an increase of $156,000 for 
     facilities and environmental health support and decreases of 
     $2,500,000 for maintenance and improvement, $156,000 for 
     sanitation facilities, and $1,000,000 for equipment. For 
     hospital and clinic construction, there are increases of 
     $2,100,000 to complete the Pinon, AZ clinic and $308,000 for 
     the Metlakatla, AK clinic and decreases of $4,000,000 for the 
     Fort Defiance, AZ hospital, $5,583,000 for the St. Paul, AK 
     clinic, and $5,000,000 for small ambulatory care facilities.
       The managers agree to the following distribution of 
     facilities construction funds (excluding sanitation 
     facilities):

                                                             Conference
        Project                                               agreement
Fort Defiance, AZ (complete hospital).......................$16,400,000
Pinon, AZ (complete clinic)..................................16,000,000
Winnebago, NE (complete hospital).............................8,241,000
Red Mesa, AZ (clinic construction)............................7,653,000
Pawnee, OK (complete clinic).................................12,633,000
Sisseton, SD (clinic construction)............................3,000,000
St. Paul, AK (clinic construction)............................5,584,000
Metlakatla, AK (clinic construction)............................308,000
Clinton, OK (clinic design)...................................1,300,000
Bethel, AK quarters (complete)................................5,000,000
Small ambulatory care facilities..............................5,000,000
Dental units..................................................1,000,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
    Total...................................................$82,119,000

       The managers agree to the following:
       1. The decrease to the House level for the Fort Defiance 
     Hospital still provides sufficient funds to complete this 
     project, which will be constructed for less than the previous 
     estimate.
       2. Any Departmental efforts to consolidate functions or 
     restructure or realign programs that affect the Indian Health 
     Service must be approved through the reprogramming process by 
     the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations prior to 
     implementation.
       3. Fiscal year 2003 funding for the small ambulatory 
     facilities program may be used to select projects from the 
     rank order list generated from the fiscal year 2001 
     application process. A new request for proposals should be 
     issued if funds are made available for this program in fiscal 
     year 2004.
       4. Savings from completed health care facilities 
     construction projects may be used to continue high priority 
     projects currently on the Service's health care facilities 
     construction priority lists. In fiscal year 2003, $5,000,000 
     should be made available for the Metlakatla, AK Clinic and 
     $3,000,000 should be made available for renovations at the 
     Lawton, OK Hospital.
       The conference agreement includes bill language proposed by 
     the Senate prohibiting the use of funds for sanitation 
     facilities construction associated with new homes funded 
     through Department of Housing and Urban Development grants. 
     The House addressed this issue in report language. Bill 
     language also is included permitting the Service to use up to 
     $1,000,000 to purchase ambulances as proposed by the Senate 
     instead of up to $500,000 as proposed by the House. The 
     language has been modified to permit the use of either 
     services funding or facilities funding for this purpose.

                         OTHER RELATED AGENCIES

              Office OF Navajo AND Hopi Indian Relocation

                         salaries and expenses

       The conference agreement provides $14,491,000 for salaries 
     and expenses of the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian 
     Relocation as proposed by both the House and the Senate.

    Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts 
                              Development


                        PAYMENT TO THE INSTITUTE

       The conference agreement provides $5,490,000 for payment to 
     the institute instead of $5,130,000 as proposed by both the 
     House and the Senate.

                        Smithsonian Institution


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

                         (including rescission)

       The conference agreement provides $449,105,000 for salaries 
     and expenses at the Smithsonian Institution, instead of 
     $436,660,000 as proposed by the House and the Senate. This 
     total includes a rescission of $14,100,000 as proposed in the 
     budget.
       Changes to the House proposed funding level include 
     increases of $750,000 for the National Museum of American 
     History's 9/11 initiative, $11,000,000 for additional 
     security improvements at the National Zoo and the Office of 
     Protection Services, and $945,000 to restore in full the 
     general offsetting reduction of $12,795,000 proposed in the 
     budget request. The House had provided the bulk of these 
     funds, $11,850,000, in its initial recommendations. The 
     Senate, in agreement with the Administration, had accepted 
     the reduction in full. There is a decrease of $250,000 for 
     research activities at the Tropical Research Institute, which 
     still provides an increase of $500,000 above the budget 
     request for those programs.
       The managers are aware that there has been confusion in 
     recent years regarding the Smithsonian Institution's 
     eligibility to compete for grants at the National Science 
     Foundation. This problem was recently identified as a 
     significant issue in the National Academy of Public 
     Administration's review of Smithsonian science programs 
     released in October 2002. The Appropriations Committees are 
     concerned that this confusion has persisted despite recent 
     internal NSF policy directives clarifying that the 
     Smithsonian is fully eligible to compete for National Science 
     Foundation grants. The managers urge the Secretary of the 
     Smithsonian to work with the Director of the National Science 
     Foundation to make sure that Smithsonian grant applications 
     are welcomed by all programs at the Foundation and given fair 
     consideration with all other applications based on the merits 
     of the proposals.


            REPAIR, RESTORATION AND ALTERATION OF FACILITIES

       The conference agreement provides $83,425,000 for repair, 
     restoration and alteration of facilities instead of 
     $81,300,000 as proposed by the House and $78,300,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. The changes are detailed below.
       The managers have provided an additional $2,125,000 for 
     critical repairs at the National Zoological Park including 
     $500,000 to complete roof construction planning for the 
     Elephant and Reptile Houses, $625,000 for critical structural 
     repairs at the Seal/Sea Lion area and $1,000,000 for 
     electrical repairs.


                              CONSTRUCTION

       The conference agreement provides $16,000,000 for 
     construction as proposed by the Senate instead of $10,000,000 
     as proposed by the House. This completes the Federal 
     commitment to the National Museum of the American Indian.

           Administrative Provisions, Smithsonian Institution

       The conference agreements includes language proposed by the 
     Senate prohibiting the reprogramming of funds without prior 
     approval of the Committees.

                        National Gallery of Art

                         salaries and expenses

       The conference agreement provides $77,219,000 for salaries 
     and expenses of the National Gallery of Art as proposed by 
     the Senate instead of $78,219,000 as proposed by the House.


            REPAIR, RESTORATION AND RENOVATION OF BUILDINGS

       The conference agreement provides $16,230,000 for repair, 
     restoration and renovation of buildings as proposed by both 
     the House and the Senate.

             JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS


                       OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE

       The conference agreement provides $16,310,000 for 
     operations and maintenance of the Kennedy Center as proposed 
     by both the House and the Senate.


                              CONSTRUCTION

       The conference agreement provides $17,600,000 for 
     construction as proposed by both the House and the Senate.

            Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars


                         salaries and expenses

       The conference agreement provides $8,488,000 for salaries 
     and expenses of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for 
     Scholars as proposed by both the House and the Senate. Funds 
     should be distributed as follows:

Fellowship program...........................................$1,259,000
Scholar support.................................................659,000
Public service................................................2,261,000
General administration........................................1,968,000
Smithsonian fee.................................................208,000
Conference planning...........................................1,968,000
Space...........................................................165,000
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           National Foundation on the Arts and The Humanities

                    National Endowment for The Arts


                       GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION

       The conference agreement includes $116,489,000 for grants 
     and administration of the National Endowment for the Arts as 
     proposed by the Senate instead of $99,489,000 as proposed by 
     the House. The increase above the House level is due to 
     merging the funding for the Challenge America Arts Fund into 
     this account as proposed by the Senate. This merger will 
     increase efficiency and management of this relatively new 
     arts program. The managers agree to the House proposed 
     funding levels for: direct grants, State partnerships, 
     program support and administration. The conference agreement 
     also includes, within the administrative provisions for the 
     National Foundation, the bill language proposed by the House 
     increasing efficiency for grants less than $10,000.

                 National Endowment for The Humanities


                       GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION

       The conference agreement provides $109,632,000 for grants 
     and administration of the National Endowment of the 
     Humanities as proposed by the Senate instead of $114,932,000 
     as proposed by the House. In addition to funds provided in 
     this account, further appropriations for the NEH are included 
     in the matching grants category below.


                            MATCHING GRANTS

       The conference agreement provides $16,122,000 for matching 
     grants as proposed by the House and the Senate.

                Institute of Museum and Library Services

                       Office of Museum Services


                       Grants and administration

       The conference agreement moves the jurisdiction and funding 
     for the Office of Museum Services to the Labor, Health and 
     Human Services and Education and Related Agencies 
     subcommittee as proposed by the Administration. This 
     consolidates all funding for the Institute thereby increasing 
     administrative efficiency.

                      Challenge America Arts Fund


                        CHALLENGE AMERICA GRANTS

       The conference agreement has moved funding for Challenge 
     America grants into the National Endowment for the Arts 
     grants and administration account as proposed by the Senate. 
     The funding level for this activity is $17,000,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate instead of $27,000,000 proposed by the 
     House.

                        Commission of Fine Arts


                         salaries and expenses

       The conference agreement provides $1,224,000 for salaries 
     and expenses of the Commission of Fine Arts as proposed by 
     the Senate instead of $1,255,000 as proposed by the House.

               National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs

       The conference agreement provides $7,000,000 for national 
     capital arts and cultural affairs as proposed by both the 
     House and the Senate. The agreement also includes the bill 
     language proposed by the House limiting funds for any studies 
     or actions to alter or transfer this account to funding 
     provided specifically to the Office of Management and Budget.

               Advisory Council on Historic Preservation


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The conference agreement provides $3,667,000 for salaries 
     and expenses of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation 
     as proposed by the House and the Senate.

                  National Capital Planning Commission


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The conference agreement provides $7,253,000 for salaries 
     and expenses of the National Capital Planning Commission as 
     proposed by the Senate instead of $7,553,000 as proposed by 
     the House.

                United States Holocaust Memorial Museum


                       HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM

       The conference agreement provides $38,663,000 for the 
     Holocaust Memorial Museum as proposed by the House and the 
     Senate.

                             Presidio Trust


                          PRESIDIO TRUST FUND

       The conference agreement provides $21,327,000 for the 
     Presidio Trust Fund as proposed by both the House and the 
     Senate. The Senate receded to the House language directing 
     the Presidio Trust to contract with the National Academy of 
     Public Administration. The scope of work should focus on 
     finance and business practices.

                     TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS

       The conference agreement includes sections 301 through 306, 
     which were identical in both the House and the Senate bills.
       The conference agreement includes the text of the following 
     sections in the House bill, which contained identical text in 
     the Senate bill, but had different section numbers in the 
     Senate bill. The House section numbers were 307, 308, 309, 
     310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 317, 318, 320, and 328.
       Section 314--The conference agreement includes language 
     proposed in section 316 of the Senate bill prohibiting the 
     use of funds for GSA telecommunications centers. This 
     provision was carried last year.
       Section 315--The conference agreement includes language 
     proposed in section 310 of the Senate bill, allowing 
     competition for watershed restoration projects through the 
     ``Jobs in the Woods'' program.
       Section 317--The conference agreement includes language 
     proposed in section 315 of the House bill limiting the use of 
     answering machines during core business hours. This provision 
     was carried in previous years. The Senate had no similar 
     provision.
       Section 318--The conference agreement includes language 
     proposed in section 319 of the Senate bill concerning the 
     export of western redcedar from national forest system lands 
     in Alaska rather than the similar House section 316.
       Section 321--The conference agreement modifies language 
     proposed in section 319 of the House bill, which clarifies 
     how the Forest Service should conduct cooperative agreements.
       Section 323--The conference agreement includes language 
     modifying language proposed in House section 321 and language 
     in Senate section 323 concerning stewardship contracting for 
     the Forest Service. The bill language in the conference 
     agreement is altered from the House version as follows: the 
     Bureau of Land Management is now included in the program; the 
     authority is extended a total of ten years; the program is no 
     longer a demonstration effort with a cap on the number of 
     projects; language clarifies that the program may include 
     contracts where trees have commercial value; monitoring 
     requirements are clarified at the programmatic level; and 
     language clarifies that the Secretaries may designate one 
     contracting officer to administer a contract or agreement.
       Section 324--The conference agreement includes language 
     proposed in section 322 of the House bill, which makes a 
     technical correction to the Cabin User Fee Fairness Act of 
     2000.
       Section 325--The conference agreement modifies language 
     proposed in section 323 of the House bill, which extends the 
     Forest Service conveyances pilot program and now also allows 
     the Forest Service to include 3 conveyances where the 
     receipts can be used to replace or modify facilities, upon 
     Committee approval.
       Section 326--The conference agreement includes language 
     proposed in section 324 of the Senate bill providing for the 
     use of GSA contract airfares by employees of foundations 
     established by Acts of Congress to solicit funds on behalf of 
     Federal land management agencies. The House had a similar 
     provision in section 325 of the House bill.
       Section 328--The conference agreement modifies language 
     proposed in section 324 of the House bill regarding expiring 
     grazing permits by the Bureau of Land Management and the 
     Forest Service. The modification deals with permits expiring 
     during 2003. The Senate had a similar provision.
       Section 329--The conference agreement includes language 
     proposed in section 326 of the House bill authorizing a 
     demonstration program to recruit health professionals at the 
     Eagle Butte service unit in South Dakota. The Senate had no 
     similar provision.
       Section 330--The conference agreement includes language 
     proposed in section 327 of the House bill prohibiting the 
     transfer of funds to other agencies other than provided in 
     this Act. The Senate had no similar provision.
       Section 331--The conference agreement includes language 
     proposed in section 329 of the House bill, which continues a 
     legislative provision prohibiting funds for oil or gas 
     leasing or permitting within the Finger Lakes National 
     Forest, NY.
       The conference agreement does not retain language proposed 
     in section 330 of the House bill regarding certain OCS leases 
     in California. This issue is addressed in Title I, section 
     156.
       Section 332--The conference agreement retains language 
     proposed in section 331 of the House bill prohibiting funding 
     to improve Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House 
     without prior approval by the House and Senate Appropriations 
     Committees.
       Section 333--The conference agreement includes language 
     proposed in section 327 of the Senate bill, which allows the 
     Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture to consider local 
     contractors when awarding contracts for certain activities on 
     public lands.
       Section 334--The conference agreement includes language 
     proposed in section 328 of the Senate bill increasing the cap 
     on administrative expenses of the North Pacific Research 
     Board. The House had no similar provision.
       Section 335--The conference agreement retains language 
     proposed in section 329 of the Senate bill limiting review of 
     certain elements in the land management plan for the Tongass 
     National Forest, AK.
       Section 336--The conference agreement includes language 
     proposed in section 330 of the Senate bill extending the 
     authorization for assistance to the Four Corners Interpretive 
     Center.
       Section 337--The conference agreement retains language 
     proposed in section 331 of the Senate bill amending the 
     Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to allow native 
     corporations to establish settlement trusts.
       Section 338--The conference agreement includes language 
     proposed in section 141 of the Senate bill, which extends the 
     Quincy Library Group forestry project in California for five 
     more years.
       Section 339--The conference agreement modifies language 
     proposed in section 145

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     (Title I) of the Senate bill extending the authorization for 
     the Strategic Petroleum Reserve; requiring the filling of SPR 
     to capacity as soon as practicable; and amending legislation 
     dealing with the Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve. The 
     language in the conference agreement is limited to a five-
     year extension of the SPR authorization. The House had no 
     similar provision.
       Section 340--The conference agreement includes language 
     requiring formal approval by the House and Senate Committees 
     on Appropriations of all Declarations of Taking and 
     Complaints in Condemnations with the exception of the South 
     Florida Restoration Project.
       Section 341--The conference agreement includes a new 
     provision, which names the 6,294 acre Panthertown Valley 
     Tract of the Nantahala National Forest, North Carolina, in 
     honor of James and Elspeth McClure Clarke.

            TITLE IV--T'UF SHUR BIEN PRESERVATION TRUST AREA

       The conference agreement includes the T'uf Shur Bien 
     Preservation Trust Area Act as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement does not include Title V--the 
     Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge Complex Expansion and Detroit 
     River International Wildlife Refuge Expansion Act as proposed 
     by the Senate.

  TITLE V--NATIONAL FOREST ORGANIZATIONAL CAMP FEE IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 
                                  2003

       The conference agreement includes a new Title V--The 
     National Forest Organizational Camp Fee Improvement Act of 
     2003.
       The National Forest Organizational Camp Fee Improvement Act 
     reforms and improves the fee schedules being paid to the 
     Forest Service by non-profit recreational camps, which are 
     operated by organizations such as the Girl Scouts and church 
     groups. A new fee structure is needed so that these important 
     uses of the public lands are encouraged and not excluded due 
     to new appraisal methods. This new fee system allows camps to 
     remain on national forest system lands while providing a fair 
     and equitable return to the American taxpayer.

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                   Conference Total--With Comparisons

       The total new budget (obligational) authority for the 
     fiscal year 2003 recommended by the Committee of Conference, 
     with comparisons to the fiscal year 2002 amount, the 2003 
     budget estimates, and the House and Senate bills for 2003 
     follow:

                       [in thousands of dollars]

New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2002.......$19,157,770
Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal year18,938,078
House bill, fiscal year 2003.................................20,450,125
Senate bill, fiscal year 2003................................18,973,625
Conference agreement, fiscal year 2003.......................19,078,125
Conference agreement compared with:
  New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2002.........-79,645
  Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal year+140,047
  House bill, fiscal year 2003...............................-1,372,000
  Senate bill, fiscal year 2003................................+104,500

   DIVISION G--LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND 
                  RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 2003

       In implementing this agreement, the Departments and 
     agencies should follow the language and instructions set 
     forth in the explanatory statement of the Managers in the 
     Senate accompanying H.J. Res. 2 that appears in the 
     Congressional Record of January 15, 2003. With respect to the 
     provisions in the Senate explanatory statement that 
     specifically address the allocation of funds, each has been 
     reviewed by the conferees and those that are jointly 
     concurred have been endorsed in this joint statement.
       In the cases where the Senate explanatory statement 
     requests a report, the conferees are agreed that departments 
     and agencies have up to 90 days beyond the due date specified 
     in the Senate explanatory statement to submit the report.
       The conferees are aware of several instances during the 
     past year where the Departments funded in the Labor, Health 
     and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies 
     Appropriations Act have failed to consult with, or timely 
     notify, the House and Senate Appropriations Committees about 
     significant budgetary actions and the reorganization of 
     departmental offices, programs, and activities. Moreover, 
     some Departments have become too lax in responding to the 
     requests for information or reports from the Committees. The 
     conferees believe that timely, accurate and complete 
     information is critical in order for the Appropriations 
     Committees to meet their oversight responsibilities. The 
     conferees fully expect that the Departments funded in this 
     bill will be more responsive to the Committees in this 
     regard.
       Therefore, the conferees concur with language included in 
     the explanatory statement of the Senate regarding 
     reprogramming and the initiation of new programs. The 
     conferees direct that the Departments and agencies funded 
     through this Division make a written request to the chairmen 
     of the Committees prior to the reprogramming of funds in 
     excess of 10 percent, or $500,000, whichever is less, between 
     programs, activities, or elements unless an alternate amount 
     for the agency in question is specified elsewhere in this 
     Division of this statement. The conferees further agree that 
     a reprogramming request is required for actions involving 
     less than the above-mentioned amounts if such actions would 
     have the effect of changing an agency's funding requirements 
     in future years or if the action can be construed to be the 
     initiation of a new program.
       Second, the conferees reiterate that the Committees be 
     notified regarding reorganization of offices, programs, or 
     activities prior to the planned implementation of such 
     reorganizations.
       Third, the conferees request that each Department institute 
     a tracking system for reports requested by the Committees in 
     order to ensure their timely submission.
       Finally, the conferees concur with language in the 
     explanatory statement of the Senate that statements on the 
     effect of this division of this appropriation Act be 
     submitted to the Committees within 60 days of enactment of 
     this Act.
       The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
     Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003, put 
     in place by this resolution, incorporates the following 
     agreements of the managers:

                      TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

                 Employment and Training Administration


                    training and employment services

       The conference agreement includes $5,218,070,000 for 
     training and employment services instead of $5,138,513,000 as 
     proposed by H.R. 246 and $5,120,084,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. Of the amount appropriated, $2,463,000,000 is an 
     advance appropriation for fiscal year 2004, as proposed by 
     H.R. 246 the Senate.
       The conference agreement includes $1,000,965,000 for Youth 
     Training, which is the Senate level. Funding for the Youth 
     Opportunity Grants, $44,500,000, provided within the total 
     for this activity in H.R. 246, is provided separately in the 
     conference agreement as proposed by the Senate. These grants 
     are aimed at increasing the long-term employment of youth who 
     live in empowerment zones, enterprise communities, and other 
     high-poverty areas.
       The conference agreement includes $1,463,770,000 for the 
     Dislocated Worker program instead of $1,484,500,000 as 
     proposed by H.R. 246 and $1,383,040,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. The conferees override the formula that provides that 
     80 percent of the funds provided will be used for State 
     formula grants and 20 percent for National Emergency Grants, 
     providing $1,157,162,000 for the States and $306,608,000 for 
     the National Reserve. Within the National Reserve, the 
     conference agreement includes $30,000,000 to fund National 
     Emergency Grants authorized in the Trade Act of 2002 to 
     support State administration of health insurance tax credits 
     for eligible participants.
       The conference agreement includes $56,000,000 for Native 
     Americans instead of $55,000,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 and 
     $57,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement includes $77,836,000 for 
     activities authorized under Section 167 of the Workforce 
     Investment Act, reflected in two separate line items on the 
     table accompanying the Conference Report: 'Migrant and 
     Seasonal Farmworkers' and 'National Activities/Other'. Under 
     the Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers line item, the agreement 
     provides $77,326,000. The conference agreement includes bill 
     language directing that $4,640,000 of this amount be used for 
     migrant and seasonal farmworker housing grants. This 
     agreement also provides that the remaining amount be used for 
     State service area grants, including funding grantees in 
     those States impacted by formula reductions at no less than 
     eighty-five percent of the comparable 1998 levels for such 
     States. Within the National Activities/Other line item, the 
     Conference agreement includes $510,000 to be used for Section 
     167 training, technical assistance and related activities, 
     including continuing funding for migrant rest center 
     activities at the current level.
       The conference agreement includes $1,518,550,000 for Job 
     Corps. Within the total, $1,391,000,000 is provided for 
     continuing operations of the program and $127,550,000 is for 
     renovation and construction of Job Corps centers. The 
     conferees are pleased with the prompt attention given by the 
     Department to developing the selection process for new Job 
     Corps centers. The conferees intend that the Department shall 
     give priority to communities in major metropolitan areas that 
     demonstrate strong linkages with local school systems, post-
     secondary education systems, employers, faith-based and 
     community organizations and child care facilities. In an 
     effort to maximize the U.S. taxpayer's investment in Federal 
     programs, priority should also be given to sites that 
     incorporate co-location models that may include Job Corps 
     along with programs such as Head Start and State or local 
     community colleges and vocational technical schools. 
     Additionally, priority should be given to sites that have 
     high numbers of at-risk youth and currently export the 
     majority of their State's eligible students to Job Corps 
     centers in other States and regions.
       The conferees are aware of the controversy over the 
     accuracy of financial reporting under the Workforce 
     Investment Act, and intend to carefully monitor the spending 
     situation, recognizing the vital role of the workforce system 
     at a time of economic slowdown.
       With respect to the projects listed below for pilots and 
     demonstrations, the conferees encourage the Department to 
     ensure that these projects are coordinated with local 
     Workforce Investment Boards. The conferees also encourage 
     the Department to ensure that project performance is 
     adequately documented and evaluated. The conference 
     agreement includes the following amounts for the following 
     projects and activities:

ABCD Devorris Center for Business Development..................$250,000
Advanced Electronics Technology Education Project in Alabama to educate 
  the workforce for the 21st century high tech economy..........500,000
Alaska's People (Division of Cook Inlet Tribal Council) to train 245 
  Anchorage-area low-income Natives for construction, repair jobs, 
  including gaining required certifications.....................100,000
Alcorn State University in Mississippi for training programs in support 
  of the development of minority high-tech businesses...........900,000
American Indian Science and Engineering Society for the Rural Computer 
  Utilization Training Program..................................100,000
Automated Nursery Project in Mississippi......................1,000,000
Bay Area Community Health Partnership in Green Bay, Wisconsin for nurse 
  training programs.............................................650,000
Bay Area Vidio Coalition, San Francisco, CA, to develop on-line, 
  interactive training for low income individuals...............300,000

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Bethel Community Facility, Chicago Heights, IL, for development of job 
  training initative with at-risk, homeless population..........125,000
Bishops Museum..................................................400,000
Bismarck State College in Bismarck, North Dakota, to provide training 
  and continuing education related to electric power plant technologies 
  and operations................................................400,000
Center for Career and Employment Training, Bala Cynwyd, PA, to train 
  urban, minority workers for entry-level management positions..200,000
Central Iowa Employment & Training Consortium for a resource center for 
  disabled and disadvantaged individuals........................800,000
Central PA Workforce Development Corporation....................125,000
Chattanooga State Technical Community College, Tennessee, for Tennessee 
  Valley Workforce Aging Management Program initiative..........500,000
Chester County Department of Community Developmen/The Reinvestment 
  Fund, PA......................................................250,000
Chicago Southland Alliance, Chicago Heights, IL, to recruit and train 
  health care professionals.....................................250,000
City of Peoria, Illinois, for training to unemployed and underemployed 
  individuals in biosciences workforce development..............100,000
Clark County, NV for training programs designed to move youth into 
  higher paying construction jobs...............................250,000
Clark State Community College, Springfield, Ohio, for Integrated 
  Systems Technologists Maintenance Training Program............200,000
Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio, for Ohio Center for the 
  Advancement of Women in Public Service........................100,000
Coastal Enterprises, Inc., Wiscasset, ME, for training low income rural 
  populations...................................................100,000
Collegiate Consortium for Workforce and Economic Development (formerly 
  Shipyard College) Philadelphia, PA, for workforce development and 
  training in the Philadelphia region...........................250,000
Community Economic Empowerment Corporation, Louisville, Kentucky for 
  employment training programs...................................40,000
Community Empowerment Association, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA, for data bank 
  development for jobs needed in the construction trade, health care, 
  services and manufacturing industries.........................100,000
Community Loan Fund of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, PA, to 
  expand the ``Family Wage Job Initiative,'' which will provide 
  resources and create family wage jobs in nine Southwestern PA 
  counties......................................................200,000
Contra Costa Community College District, Walnut Creek, CA, for Regional 
  Training Institute............................................275,000
Delta Center for Career and Workforce Education for workforce training 
  for adults in the Mississippi Delta.........................1,000,000
Des Moines Area Community College to create a Career Technology 250,000
Essex County College, Newark, NJ, for the Technical Training Proj70,000
Everett Community College, Everett, WA, for the Radiology Technology 
  Program.......................................................200,000
Family Service League of Suffolk County, Inc., Bay Shore, NY, for Work 
  Plus..........................................................100,000
Federation of Southern Cooperatives, for education and training of low-
  income farmers and their families.............................500,000
First Alaskans Foundation in conjunction with Alaska Works program 
  continuation to train Alaska Natives as petroleum industry wor500,000
Flathead Valley Community College in Kalispell, Montana for the 
  development of occupational and vocational programs...........700,000
Goodwill Industries of Southeast Wisconsin for a job training program 
  for disadvantaged adults in construction and other positions..100,000
Henderson Community College in Kentucky for adult educational and 
  training programs.............................................100,000
High Tech Training--Maui, Hawaii................................300,000
Homies, Initiating New Communities, Los Angeles, CA, to replicate job 
  training program for at-risk youth............................100,000
Human Services Agency, County of Ventura, California, for a Skill 
  Training Program for Welfare recipients.......................100,000
Institute for Advanced Learning and Research for curriculum development 
  and equipment to help develop and innovative high tech workforce in 
  Southside, Virginia...........................................100,000
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers L.U. 363 and Hudson 
  Vallely N.E.C.A. Regional Training Facility, Harriman, NY, for 21st 
  Century training..............................................100,000
Intertribal Bison Cooperative in Rapid City, SD to provide employment 
  training......................................................100,000
Kankakee Community College, Kankakee, Illinois, for Integrated Systems 
  Technology Pilot program to train individuals to maintain high-tech 
  industrial equipment found in manufacturing facilities........500,000
Kingston-Newburgh Enterprise Community, Newburgh, NY, to train at-risk 
  youth and expand nurse mentoring program......................400,000
Lehigh Valley Workforce Investment Board, Inc., for integrated regional 
  training and employment curriculum for skilled workers to assist the 
  manufacturing industry in the Lehigh Valley...................100,000
Louisville Central Community Center, Inc., Louisville, Kentucky, for 
  job readiness training and job placement program for adults who are 
  underemployed..................................................15,000
Maine Manufacturing Extension Partnership to provide training to the 
  manufacturing workforce in the region.........................750,000
Martin Luther King, Jr., Business Empowerment Center, Worcester, MA, 
  for job training for minority workers.........................100,000
Mat-Su School District Vocational training for youth in Mat-Su V150,000
Maui Economic Development Board for the Rural Computer Utilization 
  Training Program..............................................300,000
MECA United Cerebral Palsey, Erie, PA, to establish a job training 
  program for disabled persons...................................50,000
Michigan Technology Commercialization Cooperation, Dexter, Michigan, 
  for the implementation of a program that facilitate the creation of 
  new companies and jobs........................................500,000
Military Educational Training Enhancement Fund, Carville, Louisiana, 
  for a job challenge program for at risk youth.................300,000
Milwaukee Area Technical College to implement the new manufacturing 
  skill standards and develop a companion assessment and certification 
  system........................................................250,000
Minot State University, Minot, North Dakota, for the Minot Job Corps 
  Fellowship Training Program...................................400,000
Mississippi State University, for the Center for Advance Vehicular 
  Systems to develop workforce training systems.................950,000

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Mott Community College, Flint, MI, for complementation of the Mott 
  Workforce Development Institute for Manufacturing Simulation..830,000
Muhlenberg Resource Center, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA, for 
  programs to overcome language barriers, improve workplace ethics and 
  career development............................................100,000
National Student Partnerships, Washington, DC, for National Service 
  Program training activities...................................400,000
Nevada Women's Fund in Reno, Nevada for a comprehensive study on the 
  status of women and girls in Nevada to tailor workforce initiat50,000
North Central Wisconsin Workforce Development Board to establish 
  simulated clinical and laboratory facilities to provide training to 
  nurses and technicians........................................400,000
North Central Workforce Investment Board, Ridgway, Pennsylvania.200,000
Oklahoma University Cancer Center...............................150,000
Opportunity Inc., Highland Park, Illinois, for a job training 
  opportunities.................................................375,000
Opportunity, Inc. in Highland Park, IL to implement a model job 
  training program to integrate workers with disabilities into a 
  manufacturing workplace........................................25,000
Patrick County Education Foundation, Stuart, VA, for workforce 
  development project for rural communities.....................282,000
Pennsylvania Assosciation for Individuals with Disabilities, Johnstown, 
  PA, for development of job opportunities for persons with 
  disabilities..................................................150,000
Pennsylvania Women Work, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for job training and 
  employment services to single parents, displaced homemakers and low-
  income heads of household.....................................100,000
Petersburg/Newburg Improvement Association, Louisville, Kentucky, for 
  employment training programs...................................15,000
Philadelphia Opportunities Industrialization Center, Inc., PA...200,000
Pine Street Inn in Boston, MA to provide job skills training to the 
  homeless......................................................125,000
Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse, PA, for job training programs 
  related to growing biotech industry...........................100,000
Potential Reentry Opportunities in Business and Education (PROBE), 
  Lebanon, PA, for job training in nontraditional jobs or occupational 
  training for dislocated workers and single parents.............50,000
Pride Industries, Roseville, CA, to create long-terms jobs for persons 
  with disabilities and other barriers to employment............600,000
Project Amiga, South El Monte, CA, for the TeleVillage Program..250,000
Puget Sound Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology, Bothell, WA, 
  for Future-Ready Workforce Project............................250,000
Rebuild, Inc., Canton, Ohio, for workforce development..........250,000
Remote Rural Hawaii Job Training Project......................1,500,000
Residential Care Consortium, Easton, PA, for job placement & training 
  for young adults who are aging out of residential placements..100,000
Safer Foundation, Harvey, IL, for the Workplace Acclimation Program for 
  Ex-Offenders..................................................225,000
Samoan/Asian Pacific Job Training, Hawaii Community Foundation..500,000
San Diego Workforce Partnership, San Diego, California, for planning 
  and evaluation, and to develop a curriculum for the Pacific Ce175,000
South Carolina Manufacturing Extension Partnership, Columbia, South 
  Carolina, to train workers on the principles of lean manufactu166,000
Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Giradeau, Missouri, for 
  economic and workforce development............................500,000
Springfield Technical Center in Springfield, VT, for job training 
  activities....................................................300,000
St. Stephen Lifestyle Enrichment Center in Kentucky for adult education 
  and job training programs.....................................250,000
State of Mississippi Automotive Workforce Training Program....2,500,000
Telacu Education Foundation in Los Angeles for a Community-Based 
  Nursing Careers Program.......................................900,000
The Joblinks program............................................500,000
Thunderbird Trades Academy, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.............100,000
Training & Education Opportunities at the University of Hawaii1,800,000
Umpqua Community College E-Commerce Training Center, Roseburg, Oregon, 
  to provide job training........................................50,000
United Mine Workers of America, Fairfax, VA, for UMWA Career Centers, 
  Inc.........................................................1,000,000
University of Akron, Ohio, for Medina Campus to establish a workforce 
  development/vocational rehabilitation project to meet the needs of 
  the region's workforce......................................1,500,000
University of Alaska-Anchorage Center for Human Development for 
  training of health care personnel.............................400,000
University of Idaho Alternative Careers.........................900,000
University of Mississippi to support real time captioning efforts for 
  court reporting school........................................500,000
University of Northern Iowa Immigration Services for Iowa's Comm375,000
University Technology Park (Chester) for the administration of a 
  Computer and Internet Training Center to train working poor and youth 
  in high-tech skills............................................75,000
Urban League of Metropolitan Denver, Denver, CO, for Project Connect 
  Technical Training Program....................................150,000
Valley Economic Development Center, Van Nuys, CA, for the Pacoima 
  Workforce Development Initiative to train low-income inner-city and 
  minority families.............................................250,000
Valley Initiative for Development and Advancement, Weslaco, TX, for 
  Community Based Workforce Demonstration Project...............350,000
Valley Packaging Industries, Inc., in Appleton, Wisconsin to provide 
  job training and support for homeless shelter residents and non-
  English speaking workers.......................................83,000
Vermilion Community College, Ely, MN, for development of a Professional 
  Forest Harvester program......................................500,000
Vietnam Veterans Leadership Program of Western Pennsylvania, 
  Pittsburgh, PA, for the Jobs for Veterans Project.............250,000
W.J. Usery Center, Atlanta, Georgia, for training and technical 
  assistance seminars...........................................100,000
Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, for training and 
  recruitment....................................................50,000
West Virginia High Technology Consortium Foundation, Fairmont, West 
  Virginia, for the Collaborative Information Technology Training 
  Program.......................................................700,000
Western Wisconsin Workforce Development Boards, Inc., in La Crosse, 
  Wisconsin to provide customized training for Certified Nurse 
  Practitioners and Licensed Practical Nurses...................150,000

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Westside Industrial Retention and Expansion Network, Cleveland, Ohio, 
  for continuation of projects..................................500,000
William F. Goodling Regional Advanced Skills Center to train dislocated 
  workers in the manufacturing industry.........................200,000
Workforce Initiative Association, Canton, Ohio, for the Business 
  Services Unit Demo project....................................500,000
Wrightco Technologies, Inc., PA.................................250,000
Young Community Developers, Inc., San Francisco, CA, to train low 
  income residents as environmental remediation specialists.....350,000
Youth Opportunities in Retailing, Inc., to work in cooperation with 
  schools and community organizations to teach sales and service skills 
  to develop a future workforce.................................200,000

            Community Service Employment for Older Americans

       The conference agreement appropriates $445,200,000 for 
     Community Service Employment for Older Americans, instead of 
     $440,200,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 and the Senate.

                         Program Administration

       The conference agreement appropriates $175,652,000 for 
     Program Administration, instead of $172,061,000 as proposed 
     by H.R. 246 and $177,642,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
     detailed table at the end of this joint statement reflects 
     the activity distribution agreed to by the conferees.

                  Employment Standards Administration


                         salaries and expenses

       The conference agreement appropriates $383,607,000 for the 
     Employment Standards Administration, Salaries and Expenses, 
     instead of $380,757,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 and 
     $385,457,000 as proposed by the Senate. The detailed table at 
     the end of this joint statement reflects the activity 
     distribution agreed to by the conferees.

                            Special Benefits


                     (including transfer of funds)

       The conference agreement includes $37,657,000 to be made 
     available to the Secretary from the fair share entities to 
     pay the costs of administration of the Federal Employees' 
     Compensation Act instead of $36,986,000 as proposed by H.R. 
     246. Within that total the conference agreement includes 
     $12,027,000 for medical bill review and periodic roll 
     management as proposed by the Senate, instead of $11,356,000 
     as proposed by H.R. 246.

                    Black Lung Disability Trust Fund


                     (including transfer of funds)

       The conference agreement includes $31,987,000 to be 
     transferred to the Employment Standards Administration, 
     $22,952,000 to be transferred to Departmental Management 
     Salaries and Expenses, and $334,000 to be transferred to 
     Departmental Management Office of the Inspector General as 
     proposed by the Senate rather than $34,151,000, $24,033,000, 
     and $345,000, respectively, as proposed by H.R. 246.

             Occupational Safety and Health Administration


                         salaries and expenses

       The conference agreement includes $453,256,000 for the 
     Occupational Safety and Health Administration instead of 
     $444,194,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 and $462,314,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. The detailed table at the end of this 
     joint statement reflects the activity distribution agreed to 
     by the conferees.
       Within the total, $3,200,000 is to be used to extend 
     funding for Institutional Competency training grants provided 
     that the grantee has demonstrated satisfactory performance.
       The conference agreement does not include the $2,000,000 
     set-aside as proposed in the Senate bill pertaining to the 
     re-issuance of an ergonomics standard.
       The conferees understand that the Department has had a 
     proposed reorganization of certain field offices in Maine 
     under consideration for several months. However, the 
     Department did not formally advise the Committees on 
     Appropriations until February 10, 2003 regarding this 
     proposal. The conferees do not consider this to be timely 
     notification. Therefore, the conferees direct that the 
     Department maintain the current organization of Maine field 
     offices until the Congress has had sufficient time to review 
     this proposal.

                 Mine Safety and Health Administration


                         salaries and expenses

       The conference agreement includes $274,741,000 for the Mine 
     Safety and Health Administration instead of $254,323,000 as 
     proposed by H.R. 246 and $271,841,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. The detailed table at the end of this joint statement 
     reflects the activity distribution agreed to by the 
     conferees.
       Within the total, the conference agreement includes 
     $2,000,000 to be available for mine rescue and recovery 
     activities on a non-contingency basis as proposed by the 
     Senate. The conference agreement also includes $10,000,000 to 
     be available until expended for digitizing mine maps and for 
     developing technology related to such activities as proposed 
     by the Senate.
       The conferees agree with the Senate explanatory statement 
     included in the Congressional Record of January 15, 2003 
     pertaining to the National Academy of Sciences report on coal 
     waste impoundments, except that the due date for the required 
     study is changed from March 15, 2003 to August 15, 2003.
       The conferees have included $3,000,000 for an award to the 
     National Technology Transfer Center for a coalslurry 
     impoundment pilot project in Southern West Virginia.

                       Bureau of Labor Statistics


                         salaries and expenses

       The conference agreement includes $495,454,000 for the 
     Bureau of Labor Statistics rather than $498,164,000 as 
     provided by H.R. 246 and $497,054,000 by the Senate. The 
     detailed table at the end of this joint statement reflects 
     the activity distribution agreed to by the conferees.
       The conference agreement includes language that changes the 
     period of availability for Occupational Employment Statistics 
     funding from a program year basis to a fiscal year basis as 
     proposed by the Senate. Within the total for the Employment 
     and Unemployment Statistics activity, $5,000,000 is for the 
     Mass Layoff Statistics program. Similar language was included 
     in the Senate bill.

                 Office of Disability Employment Policy


                         salaries and expenses

       The conference agreement includes $47,465,000 for the 
     Office of Disability Employment Policy instead of $42,500,000 
     as proposed by H.R. 246 and $47,015,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.

                        Departmental Management


                         salaries and expenses

       The conference agreement includes $390,379,000 for 
     Departmental Management, Salaries and Expenses, instead of 
     $294,413,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 and $396,623,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. The detailed table at the end of this 
     joint statement reflects the activity distribution agreed to 
     by the conferees.
       The conference agreement includes $33,893,000 for 
     administration and management rather than $32,670,000 as 
     proposed by H.R. 246 and $30,191,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. Funds provided above the budget request for this 
     activity may be used for the Departmental management 
     crosscut.
       The conference agreement does not include the $3,000,000 
     set-aside for the creation of an Office of Pension 
     Participant Advocacy as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement includes $148,015,000 for the 
     Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB), instead of 
     $54,574,000 as provided by H.R. 246. Within the total 
     provided, $82,000,000 is to assist developing countries with 
     the elimination of child labor. Of this amount, $45,000,000 
     is for the International Labor Organization's International 
     Programme for the Elimination of Child Labor. In addition, 
     $37,000,000 is provided for bilateral assistance, made 
     available through September 30, 2004, to improve access to 
     basic education in international areas with a high rate of 
     abusive and exploitative child labor. The conference 
     agreement further includes $20,000,000 for multilateral 
     technical assistance and $17,000,000 for bilateral technical 
     assistance. These funds help developing countries implement 
     core labor standards, strengthen the capacities of Ministries 
     of Labor to enforce national labor laws, and protect 
     internationally-recognized worker rights. The conference 
     agreement includes $5,000,000 for ILAB to build its own 
     permanent capacity to monitor and report regularly and in-
     depth to the Congress on the extent to which foreign 
     countries with trade and investment agreements with the 
     United States respect internationally-recognized worker 
     rights and effectively promote core labor standards. The 
     conference agreement also includes $10,000,000 for global 
     workplace-based HIV/AIDS education and prevention programs 
     and $14,015,000 for Federal administration and other ILAB 
     programs.
       On June 18, 2002, the Department of Justice published final 
     regulations regarding Executive Order 13166 pertaining to 
     limited English proficiency. The conferees are concerned 
     about the potential costs of implementation to the Department 
     of Labor, State agencies, local workforce investment boards, 
     and other grant recipients. Therefore, the Department should 
     prepare a report by August 15, 2003 for the Committees on 
     Appropriations which outlines implementation of the new 
     policy guidance as interpreted by the Department including 
     enforcement policies and costs to the Department and all 
     affected entities, including State labor departments or 
     agencies. In addition, the conferees request that the report 
     also include what assistance the Department will offer to 
     assist grant recipients in complying with the revised policy 
     guidance.

                    Veterans Employment and Training

       The conference agreement appropriates $214,212,000 for 
     Veterans Employment and Training, instead of $210,337,000 as 
     proposed by H.R. 246 and $218,087,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. The detailed table at the end of this joint statement 
     reflects the activity distribution agreed to by the 
     conferees.

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

                         Executive Order 13126

       The conference agreement includes a provision proposed by 
     the Senate that none of the funds appropriated in this Act 
     shall be obligated or expended for the procurement of

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     goods produced by forced or indentured child labor. H.R. 246 
     contained no similar provision.

                           Denali Commission

       The conference agreement includes a provision proposed by 
     the Senate that authorizes to be appropriated such sums as 
     may be necessary to the Denali Commission to conduct job 
     training where Denali Commission projects will be 
     constructed. H.R. 246 contained no similar provision.

               Social Security Divided Retirement System

       The conference agreement does not include a provision 
     proposed by the Senate to extend the Social Security divided 
     retirement system authority to the State of Kentucky. H.R. 
     246 did not contain this provision.

           TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

              Health Resources and Services Administration


                     health resources and services

       The conference agreement includes $6,497,630,000 for health 
     resources and services, of which $6,472,630,000 is provided 
     as budget authority and $25,000,000 is made available from 
     the Public Health Service policy evaluation set-aside, 
     instead of $5,885,497,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 and 
     $6,280,681,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement includes bill language identifying 
     $40,000,000 for the rural hospital flexibility grants program 
     instead of the $30,000,000 in H.R. 246 and $45,000,000 in the 
     Senate bill. Within the total provided, $15,000,000 is for 
     the Small Rural Hospital Improvement Grant program.
       The conference agreement includes bill language identifying 
     $298,153,000 for the construction and renovation of health 
     care and other facilities, including the purchase of 
     equipment. The Senate and H.R. 246 contained no similar 
     provision. These funds are to be used for the following 
     projects:

A.O. Fox Memorial Hospital, Oneonta, New York..................$500,000
Access to Care Initiative, Luray, Virginia......................400,000
Achievement Centers for Children, Cuyahoga County, Ohio.........500,000
Adolescent Residential Center for Help (ARCH) in Anchorage, AK1,500,000
Advocates for a Healthy Community, Missouri.....................150,000
Aging and Health Services Center................................200,000
Alderson-Broaddus College in West Virginia......................500,000
All Children's Hospital Pediatric Clinical Research Center, St. 
  Petersburg, Florida.........................................1,033,000
Allegheny-Clarion Valley Development Corp., PA..................100,000
Alliance Community Hospital, for Endovascular surgery...........600,000
Allied Services of Scranton, Allentown, PA......................100,000
Alpha Community Ambulance Service, Inc., State College, Pennsylv100,000
Area 1 Agency on Aging, Del Norte County, California............100,000
Arkansas State University at Mountain Home....................1,100,000
Atchison County Resource Center, Maryville, Missouri............300,000
Atlantic City Behavioral Health Center, Atlantic City, New Jerse500,000
Aultman Health Foundation, Canton, Ohio.......................1,000,000
Aurora University, Aurora, Illinois, to establish an Institute for 
  Collaboration in Education and Health Services.............10,000,000
Ballarmine Health Science Center at the Bellarmine University, 
  Louisville, Kentucky..........................................800,000
Baptist Health Systems, Baptist Shelby Obstetrical Services Expansion 
  Project, Alabaster, Alabama...................................500,000
Baptist Orange Hospital, Orange, Texas..........................350,000
Barnes-Kasson County Hospital, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, for a 
  magnetic resonance imaging unit and digital radiology equipmen850,000
Barnwell County Government, Barnwell, South Carolina, for new Health 
  Services facility.............................................166,000
Barry University Institute for Community Health and Minority Medicine, 
  Miami Shores, Florida.........................................700,000
Beaverton Health Clinic, Beaverton, Oregon.......................50,000
Benedictine Hospital, Kingston, New York........................350,000
Benson Hospital, Benson, Arizona................................500,000
Bertie County Rural Health Association, Winsor, North Carolina..500,000
Bethune Cookman College in Florida..............................900,000
Bowdle Healthcare Center in Bowdle, SD for technology and equipm100,000
Boys Town Research Hospital, Lied Learning and Technology Center for 
  Childhood Deafness and Vision Disorders in Omaha, Nebraska..1,000,000
Boys Village Youth and Family Services, Milford, Connecticut....400,000
Boys' Village, Inc., Smithville, Ohio, for Health and Wellness Center 
  for middle and high school youth by keeping them from dropping out, 
  teen pregnancy, targeting drug and alcohol abuse, and treating 
  violent youths................................................500,000
Bradford Regional Medical Center, Bradford, Pennsylvania, for medical 
  equipment.....................................................100,000
Brazos Valley Family Medicine Center, Bryan, Texas..............250,000
Brownsville Community Health Center, Brownsville, Texas.........300,000
Bucktail Medical Center, Renova, Pennsylvania, for medical equip100,000
Burlington School District, Vermont.............................100,000
Butler Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island.......................300,000
Camillus House, Miami, Florida..................................500,000
Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii..............500,000
Carol G. Simon Cancer Center, Florham Park, New Jersey..........250,000
Carondelet St. Mary's Hospital, Tucson, Arizona.................600,000
Catholic Health Systems, Buffalo, New York, for Our Lady of Victory 
  Neighborhood..................................................500,000
Catskill Regional Medical Center, Harris, New York..............350,000
Center for Families and Children, Cleveland, Ohio...............300,000
Charles Cole Memorial Hospital, Coudersport, Pennsylvania, for medical 
  equipment.....................................................100,000
Children's Home of Wheeling, Inc., in Wheeling, West Virginia...150,000
Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Seattle, Washin300,000
Children's Hospital of Central California for construction of the 
  Pediatric Trauma Unit, Los Angeles, CA........................150,000
Children's Hospital of San Diego, San Diego, California.........475,000
Children's Medical Center of Dayton, Dayton, OH.................543,000
Children's Memorial Hospital and Children's Memorial Institute for 
  Education and Research, Chicago, Illinois.....................650,000
Children's National Medical Center, Washington, D.C.............300,000
Chippewa Valley Technical College, Eau Claire, Wisconsin........500,000
Christopher Rural Health Planning Corporation, Christopher, Illinois, 
  for Mt. Vernon Community Health Center........................380,000
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio.794,000
City of Abilene, Texas..........................................650,000
City of Austin, South Austin Public Health and Neighborhood Center, 
  Austin, Texas.................................................500,000
City of El Paso, Texas..........................................350,000
City of Glendale, California, for the Edison-Pacific Community Medical 
  Clinic........................................................100,000
Clark County, NV, Health District for a public health laboratory338,000
Clearfield Hospital, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, for medical equip100,000
Clearwater Valley Hospital and Clinics..........................500,000
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, for a Heart cent1,000,000
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, for a Men's Minority 
  Health Center...............................................1,000,000
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York for a Women's Cancer Genomics 
  Center........................................................500,000
Colorado State University.......................................500,000
Columbia Memorial Hospital, Hudson, New York....................825,000
Columbus Children's Hospital, Children's Research Institute (CRS), 
  Columbus, Ohio, to purchase equipment.........................921,000
Columbus Community Hospital Foundation, Columbus, Wisconsin.....650,000

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Commonwealth of Virginia, Division of Consolidated Laboratories.250,000
Community Clinics Initiative of Cook Children's Medical Center, Ft. 
  Worth, Texas..................................................600,000
Community Health Center of Franklin County, Turners Falls, 
  Massachusetts.................................................225,000
Community Health Centers in Iowa................................501,000
Community Health Centers of Pinellas, Inc., St. Petersburg, Flor500,000
Community Health Connections Family Health Center, Fitchburg, 
  Massachusetts.................................................300,000
Community Medical Center Healthcare System, Scranton, Pennsylvan800,000
Coulee Community Hospital, Grand Coulee, Washington.............700,000
County Commission of Raleigh County, West Virginia............4,000,000
County of San Mateo, California.................................650,000
Coushetta Tribe of Louisiana, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana, for a 
  tribal wellness center......................................1,000,000
Creighton University Health Sciences Complex, Omaha, Nebraska...500,000
Crouse Health Foundation, Inc., Syracuse, New York..............475,000
Cumberland Medical Center, Crossville, Tennessee................500,000
Denver Health and Trauma Center to continue its mission and update the 
  hospital for use as the designated bioterrorism response center, 
  Denver, Colorado............................................1,500,000
Department of Pediatrics, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, 
  Pennsylvania..................................................250,000
Department of Public Health, Redding, California, for a new Public 
  Health Laboratory.............................................500,000
Detroit Medical Center, Hutzel Hospital, Detroit, Michigan......800,000
Detroit Medical Center, Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan....450,000
Dixie County Health Department, Cross City, Florida.............130,000
Dominican University of California, San Rafael, California......200,000
Driscoll Children's Hospital, for its Driscoll Pediatric Clinic in 
  McAllen, Texas..............................................2,000,000
Dunlap Memorial Hospital, Wayne County, Ohio, for equipment.....750,000
DuPage County Mental Health Center, Wheaton, Illinois...........500,000
East Jefferson General Hospital, Metairie, Louisiana............300,000
East Tennessee State University James H. Quillen College of Medicine, 
  Johnson City, Tennessee.......................................200,000
Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia..............500,000
Edward Hospital, Naper-
  ville, Illinois...............................................100,000
Eisenhower Medical Center, Rancho Mirage, California............500,000
Eisner Pediatric and Family Medical Center to expand its facilities to 
  provide urgently needed care to low-income children and famili150,000
Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, Englewood, New Jersey....200,000
Erlanger Health System, Chattanooga, Tennessee, for purchase of mobile 
  carts with wireless laptop, wall-mounted computers, wireless antennas 
  network attached servers and wireless hardware and software 
  infrastructure................................................825,000
Euclid Hospital Emergency Department, Euclid, Ohio..............500,000
Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center at UMass Medical School, Waltham, 
  Massachusetts.................................................150,000
Evans Memorial Hospital, Claxton, Georgia........................50,000
Fairfield Medical Center Children's Daycare Facility, Lancaster,350,000
Family Christian Health Center, Harvey, Illinois................225,000
Family Health Center of Boone County, Missouri..................100,000
Family Health Centers of San Diego, San Diego, California.......300,000
First Choice Community Clinic, Albuquerque, New Mexico........2,300,000
FirstHealth of the Carolinas, Inc., Pinehurst, North Carolina, 
  subsidization and staff.......................................490,000
Florida Blood Services, Inc., St. Petersburg, Florida, for equipment 
  and construction costs........................................135,000
Florida Emergency Medicine Foundation, Orange County, Florida...500,000
Fontbonne University Center for Communication Disorders, Deaf Education 
  and Special Education Training for planning and design, Miss1,000,000
Fox Chase Cancer Center and The University of Maryland Greenebaum 
  Cancer Center for the American-Russian Cancer Alliance to establish a 
  long term collaborative program for research, clinical activities and 
  education that will reduce the morbidity and mortality........600,000
Freeport Family Health Center, Freeport, Ohio...................150,000
Friendship House Association of American Indians, San Francisco, 
  California....................................................250,000
Fulton County Department of Health and Wellness, Atlanta, Georgi350,000
Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia......................400,000
Gifford Medical Center, Randolph, Vermont.......................295,000
Gilda's Club of Northern New Jersey, Hackensack, New Jersey.....250,000
Glens Falls Hospital, Glens Falls, New York.....................950,000
Glide Memorial Foundation, San Francisco, California............250,000
Good Shepherd, Lehigh County, PA................................500,000
Grandview Hospital and Medical Center, Dayton, Ohio.............500,000
Greater Rockingham Area Services, Bellows Falls, Vermont.........40,000
Griffin Home, Friends of Youth, Renton, Washington..............200,000
Grinnell Regional Medical Center Indigent Care Clinic...........100,000
Grossmont College, El Cajon, California.........................200,000
Grover G. Dils Medical Center, Caliente, Nevada.................500,000
Guthrie Corning Hospital, Corning, New York.....................500,000
H. Lee Moffit Cancer Center, Tower Project, Florida.............600,000
Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey....150,000
Hamilton Community Health Network, Flint, Michigan..............200,000
HARBOR Branch Oceanographic Institution, Fort Pierce, Florida, for 
  equipment.....................................................500,000
Harlem Hospital Center, New York City...........................400,000
Hartland Regional Community Foundation, St. Joseph, Missouri, for 
  emPower Plant program.........................................200,000
Harts Health Clinic in Lincoln County, West Virginia............500,000
Haysi Medical Clinic, Virginia..................................300,000
Hazard Appalachian Regional Healthcare (ARH) Regional Medical Center, 
  Hazard, Kentucky............................................1,000,000
HealthNet, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana..........................300,000
Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, 
  Waltham, Massachusetts........................................900,000
Hi-Desert Medical Center, Joshua Tree, California...............700,000
Hillcrest Health Care Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma.................1,050,000
Holy Cross Hospital, Fort Lauderdale, Florida...................500,000
Holy Name Hospital, Teaneck, New Jersey.........................200,000
Holyoke Hospital, Holyoke, Massachusetts........................400,000
Hopeland Health Center, Dayton, Ohio............................600,000
Hospice & Palliative Care of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky.1,000,000
Hospice of Marshall County, Inc., Albertville, Alabama........1,000,000
Houston County Hospital, Crockett, Texas........................550,000
Howard Center for Human Services, Burlington, VT................250,000
Hudson Headwaters Health Network, Glens Falls, New York.........300,000
Hudson Valley Hospital Center, Cortland Manor, New York.........500,000
Humboldt Senior Resource Center, Eureka, California.............200,000

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Hunterdon Healthcare System, Flemington, New Jersey, for emergency room 
  equipment.....................................................100,000
Huntsman Cancer Institute of University of Utah, Salt Lake Cit1,750,000
Idaho State University..........................................400,000
Independence Square Foundation Building Expansion, Kingston, RI.750,000
Indiana Genomics Initiative, Indiana University School of Medicine, 
  Indianapolis................................................1,000,000
Indiana University Cancer Center, Indianapolis, Indiana, to develop the 
  Indiana University Center for Bone Cancer Research..........1,000,000
Institute for Research and Rehabilitation, Houston, Texas.......500,000
J. Joseph Moakley Medical Services Building, Boston Medical Center, 
  Boston, Massachusetts.......................................2,800,000
J.P. Carr Human Services Complex, Rockdale County, Georgia......500,000
Jackson Park Hospital Foundation, Chicago, Illinois.............450,000
Jersey City Medical Center, Jersey City, New Jersey.............600,000
Jersey Shore Hospital, Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania, for medical 
  equipment.....................................................100,000
Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center, New York, New York......500,000
Kansas City Area Life Sciences Institute, Kansas City, Missour2,450,000
Kansas University Imaging Facilities for cellular and molecula1,000,000
Katy Hospital, Katy, Texas, for acquisition of radiology and imaging 
  equipment...................................................1,700,000
Kauai Community Health Center....................................50,000
Kaukini Hospital (Hawaii) research facility......................50,000
Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, Maryland..................750,000
Kent County Hospital, Warwick, Rhode Island.....................300,000
Kentucky Communities Economic Opportunity Council, Inc., Appalachian 
  Regional Well-
  ness Center, Barbou-
  rville, Kentucky..............................................800,000
Kings County Hospital Center, Brooklyn, New York................350,000
Klamath County Integrated Health Services Building, Klamath County, 
  Oregon........................................................100,000
Lakeshore Foundation, Birmingham, Alabama.......................250,000
Lawrence General Hospital, Lawrence, Massachusetts..............500,000
Lewistown Hospital, Lewistown, Pennsylvania, for medical equipme100,000
Lexington-Fayette County Health Department for purchase of a Mammogram 
  Machine and Professor and to purchase Laboratory Information System 
  Equipment.....................................................100,000
Life Line Pregnancy Care Center, Leesburg, Virginia, for a sonogram 
  machine to help single-mother pregnancies......................50,000
LifeBridge Health, Baltimore, Maryland..........................500,000
Lighthouse Health Access Alliance, Hyannis, Massachusetts.......500,000
Los Angeles City College, Los Angeles, California...............240,000
Loudoun Healthcare, Inc., Leesburg, Virginia....................400,000
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, 
  Louisiana, for renovation of Emergency Care Center............166,000
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, 
  Louisiana, for Trauma Care Systems to process crucial information 
  about a patient's injury......................................166,000
Louisiana State University Stanley Scott Cancer Center..........100,000
Lutheran Services of South Dakota for the Canyon Hills Center in 
  Spearfish, SD.................................................200,000
Malone College School of Nursing, Canton, Ohio................1,000,000
Marcum Wallace Memorial Hospital, Irvine, Kentucky............1,000,000
Marcus Institute, Atlanta, Georgia..............................650,000
Margaretville Memorial Hospital, Margaretville, New York........200,000
Maricopa Integrated Health System, Arizona......................350,000
Marklund Children's Home, West Chicago, Illinois..............1,000,000
Marshall University Mid-Ohio Valley Center, Point Pleasant, West 
  Virginia......................................................250,000
Marshall University in West Virginia.........................11,000,000
Mary McClellan Hospital, Inc., Cambridge, New York..............575,000
Matthew Walker Comprehensive Health Center, Nashville, Tennessee450,000
Maui Community Health Center....................................100,000
Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin..............700,000
Medical University of South Carolina Oncology Center in Charle3,500,000
Memorial City Hospital, Houston, Texas..........................700,000
Memorial Health University Medical Center, Savannah, Georgia....700,000
Mental Health Association of Tarrant County, Ft. Worth, Texas, to 
  provide school-based mental health education to schools in Tarrant 
  County........................................................225,000
Mercy Health Partners, Toledo, Ohio.............................650,000
Mercy Health Partners-Hamilton, Cincinnati, Ohio................750,000
Mercy Medical Center at Durango, Colorado.....................1,000,000
Mercy Medical Center, Des Moines, Iowa........................1,700,000
Metropolitan Education and Training Center, Wellston, Missouri..500,000
Miami Children's Hospital Ambulatory Care Center, Miami, Florida267,000
Miami-Dade County, Florida, for the M.O.V.E.R.S. program........400,000
Middletown Regional Hospital Center, Middletown, Ohio...........750,000
Midwest Center for Rural Health, Terre Haute, Indiana...........700,000
Million Pines Family Health Center, Soperton, Georgia............38,000
Milwaukee Center for Independence, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.........400,000
Miriam Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island.......................700,000
Mission St. Joseph's Health System, Asheville, North Carolina, for 
  Helicopter Ambulance program................................2,800,000
Mobile Medical Unit, Pinellas County Health Department, Clearwater, 
  Florida.......................................................200,000
Model Cities Health Corporation, Kansas City, Missouri..........250,000
Moneta Gardens Improvement, Inc., Hawthorne, California.........300,000
Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia..................300,000
Morton Health Center (CHC), Oklahoma............................100,000
Moses Taylor Hospital, Scranton, Pennsylvania...................350,000
Mount Sinai Maternal-Child Care Center, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, 
  New York......................................................500,000
Mountainview Medical Center, Montana............................400,000
MultiDimensional Imaging, Inc., Newport Beach, California.....1,250,000
Muskegon Community Health Project, Muskegon, Michigan...........400,000
National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver, Colorado.1,000,000
National Nursing Centers Consortium, Philadelphia, PA...........100,000
Navidad Medical Center, Salinas, California.....................175,000
Neumann College, Aston, PA.......................................50,000
Neumann Health and Wellness Center, PA..........................100,000
Nevada Cancer Institute in Las Vegas, Nevada, for preliminary work to 
  establish a comprehensive cancer treatment center in southern 900,000
New Britain General Hospital, New Britain, Connecticut, for pyxis 
  equipment.....................................................500,000
New Horizon Youth Center, Bethesda, Ohio,.......................125,000
New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, Elmhurst Hospital 
  Center........................................................250,000
New York University Dental Clinics for the Underserved..........250,000
New York University Medical Center for construction of a vacci1,500,000

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New York-Presbyterian Hospital for the Allen Pavilion...........900,000
Newton Regional Hospital, Newton, Mississippi...................410,000
North Sunflower County Hospital, Ruleville, Mississippi.........150,000
Northeast Indiana Innovation Center Biomedical Research Center, Fort 
  Wayne, Indiana................................................500,000
Northern Cochise Community Hospital, Willcox, Arizona...........500,000
Northwest Alabama Mental Health Center, Jasper, Alabama.........250,000
Northwest Human Services, West Salem Clinic, Salem, Oregon......450,000
Northwestern Medical Center, St. Albans, Vermont.................65,000
Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois.............1,125,000
Northwestern University's Center for Genomics and Molecular Medicine, 
  Evanston, Illinois............................................600,000
NYU Downtown Hospital, New York, New York.......................500,000
Oakhurst Medical Centers, Stone Mountain, Georgia...............500,000
Oakwood Healthcare System, Dearborn, Michigan...................450,000
Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, Biomedical Research and 
  Education Center............................................1,000,000
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation to modernize existing lab space, 
  particularly labs for the arthritis and immunology program that 
  houses much of the current research into Native American genet975,000
Operation Par, Inc., Pinellas Park, Florida, for an Operation PAR 
  Developmental Center and Therapeutic Community..............4,000,000
Orthopaedic Hospital of Los Angeles...........................1,300,000
Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, Baton Rouge, Louis200,000
Palliative Care Center and Hospice of the North Shore, Evanston, 
  Illinois......................................................300,000
Paradise Valley Hospital, National City, California.............100,000
Peach County Hospital Authority, Fort Valley, Georgia............50,000
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA......1,630,000
Philipsburg Hospital, Philipsburg, Pennsylvania, for medical equ100,000
Pinnacle Health, Harrisburg, PA.................................250,000
Pioneer Valley Life Sciences Initiative joint venture between the 
  University of Massachusetts and Baystate Medical Center.....1,200,000
Placer County Children's Emergency Shelter, Auburn, California..900,000
Polk County Central 911 Dispatch Center, Bolivar, Missouri, for 
  computer aided dispatch software and global positioning satell150,000
Prentiss Regional Hospital, Prentiss, Mississippi...............150,000
Preventive Medicine Research Institute, Sausalito, California...150,000
Proctor Hospital, Peoria, Illinois..............................800,000
Puget Sound Blood Center, Seattle, Washington...................400,000
Quinnipiac University, Hamden, Connecticut......................750,000
Rainbow Babies Center for Child Health, Cleveland, Ohio.......1,025,000
Rhode Island Hospital, Hasbro Children's Hospital, Providence, Rhode 
  Island......................................................1,000,000
Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI...........................500,000
Rochelle Healthcare Clinic, Rochelle, Georgia....................50,000
Rock Island (IL) facility of Community Health Care, Inc., Davenport, 
  Iowa..........................................................450,000
Rockford Health System (RHS), Rockford, Illinois................200,000
Rocking Horse Center, Springfield, Ohio.........................350,000
Rural Health Collaborative of Southern Ohio, Georgetown, Ohio--Multi-
  Specialty Health
  care Treatment Center.......................................1,000,000
Rush-Copley Medical Center, Aurora, Illinois..................1,000,000
Rush-Presbyterian Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.............525,000
Rutgers University Genetics Building............................800,000
Sacred Heart Hospital, Allentown, PA............................750,000
Sagninaw Chippewa Tribe of Michigan for the Victims of Crime p1,100,000
Saint Anne's Hospital, Fall River, Massachusetts................775,000
Salt Lake Donated Dental Services, Salt Lake City, Utah.........100,000
Samuel U. Rodgers Community Health Center, Kansas City, Missouri, for 
  its Lexington, Missouri, facility...........................1,100,000
Sandhills Medical Foundation, Jefferson, South Carolina, for its McBee 
  facility......................................................600,000
Schenectady Family Health Services, Schenectady, New York.......500,000
Shamokin Area Community Hospital, Coal Township, PA.............250,000
Shands Jacksonville Hospital, Jacksonville, Florida...........1,000,000
Siouxland District Health.......................................800,000
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hospital, Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, for 
  medical equipment.............................................100,000
South County Hospital, Wakefield, Rhode Island..................600,000
South Shore Hospital in Weymouth MA.............................200,000
Southeast Hospital, Houston, Texas............................2,500,000
Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, Missouri...100,000
Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, Connecticut...800,000
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, Il500,000
Springfield Regional Outpatient Cancer Center...................325,000
St. Anthony Hospital, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma...................200,000
St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center, Boise, Idaho, St. Benedict's 
  Hospital, Jerome, Idaho.......................................405,000
St. Catherine College Allied Health and Science Complex, Kentuck500,000
St. Claire Medical Center, Inc., Morehead, Kentucky.............150,000
St. John Bosco Clinic, Miami, Florida...........................233,000
St. Joseph Community Center, Lorain, Ohio.......................250,000
St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Paterson, New Jersey..200,000
St. Louis Childrens Hospital in Missouri for equipment and technology 
  for the Healthy Kids Express Mobile Health Van Program........100,000
St. Luke's Hospital, Allentown, PA..............................750,000
St. Luke's Regional Medical Center..............................500,000
St. Mary's Hospital in Huntington, West Virginia..............2,000,000
St. Mary's Hospital, Waterbury, Connecticut.....................750,000
St. Mary's Regional Medical Center, St. Marys, Pennsylvania, for 
  medical equipment.............................................100,000
St. Petersburg College, Florida, for consortium dental clinic eq500,000
St. Vincent Home for Children, Lansing, Michigan................500,000
State University of New York at Binghamton Protein Dynamics Research 
  Facility......................................................200,000
State University of New York Upstate Medical University & College of 
  Environmental Science and Forestry, for equipment and program 725,000
State University of New York Upstate Medical University, for equipment 
  costs of the Institute for Cardiovascular Research and Biotechnology 
  Core Facilities Enhancement Package...........................325,000
Steele Memorial Hospital Foundation..............................50,000
Stevens Foundation for Developmental and Erichment Services, Inc., 
  Sanford, North Carolina.......................................400,000
Summa Health System, Akron, Ohio,...............................500,000
Syracuse Community Health Center, Syracuse, New York............475,000
Tattnall Community Hospital, Reidsville, Georgia.................62,000
Taylor Telfair Regional Hospital, McRae, Georgia.................50,000

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Temple University Hospital and Health System, Philadelphia, 
  Pennsylvania..................................................200,000
Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN............1,100,000
Texas for the Border Health Medical Complex, City of El Paso....750,000
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, for 
  Wellness Center...............................................900,000
Texas Tech University's Center for Biological and Geographical 
  Information Systems, Lubbock, Texas, for the purchase of medical-
  related research equipment....................................225,000
The New York Academy of Medicine, New York......................100,000
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, to purchase a 3.0 Tesla 
  full body MRI system........................................1,130,000
Tom Ridge Public Health and Safety Building at Mercyhurst College, 
  Erie, Pennsylvania............................................400,000
Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Vallejo, Calif550,000
Travelers Aid of Rhode Island, Providence, Rhode Island.........750,000
Tri-County Community Dental Clinic in Appleton, Wisconsin.......330,000
Trousdale Medical Center, Hartsville, Tennessee.................400,000
Truman Medical Center, Missouri...............................1,000,000
Tyler Memorial Hospital, Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania, for equipmen450,000
UMDNJ--Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Child Health Institute of 
  New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey.........................250,000
University Medical Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, for the Neonatal ICU 
  and Women's Service Area......................................300,000
University Medical Center, Tucson, Arizona......................800,000
University of Alabama, Birmingham, Interdisciplinary Biomedical 
  Research Institute.........................................10,000,000
University of Arizona Institute for Biomedical Science and 
  Biotechnology, Tucson, Arizona................................700,000
University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, for Bioscience and Biomedicine 
  Institute International Genomics Consortium.................1,500,000
University of California, San Diego, to purchase and install new 
  angiography equipment in a new interventional radiology unit..100,000
University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio.....1,000,000
University of Illinois College of Medicine, Rockford, Illinois1,500,000
University of Louisiana at Monroe College of Health Sciences....500,000
University of Louisville Research Foundation, Kentucky, to the Center 
  for Oral Health and Systemic Disease..........................700,000
University of Louisville's Cardiac Innovation Institute for eq1,200,000
University of Louisville's Science and Technology Research Center, 
  Kentucky....................................................1,700,000
University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, Baltimore............350,000
University of Mississippi in Jackson, Mississippi.............4,000,000
University of Mississippi in Oxford.............................950,000
University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi3,000,000
University of Nebraska Medical Center.........................2,000,000
University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, to enhance 
  distance-learning facilities that train nurses in rural areas.500,000
University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center Education buil2,000,000
University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas, for 
  CAT Scan machine..............................................800,000
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA..................1,630,000
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylva1,630,000
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA, for Mobilization for 
  Autism initiative.............................................250,000
University of Pittsburgh, McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, 
  Pittsburgh, PA..............................................1,780,000
University of San Diego, Hahn School of Nursing, San Diego, Cali200,000
University of South Alabama Gulf Coast Cancer Center and Research 
  Institute...................................................3,500,000
University of South Dakota School of Medicine in Vermillion, SD.500,000
University of South Florida Center for Biological Defense, Tampa, 
  Florida.....................................................5,000,000
University of South Florida Health Sciences Center and College of 
  Medicine, Tampa, Florida....................................3,000,000
University of Tennessee Graduate School of Computational Engineering, 
  Chattanooga, Tennessee, for SimCenter project to perform simulations 
  to study ocean/atmospheric issues associated with global clima500,000
University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, TN.........1,000,000
University of Texas Health Center at Tyler, Texas...............200,000
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texa2,000,000
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and UT Dallas, for 
  sickle cell disease...........................................400,000
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, for FMRI.......450,000
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, for the strok1,250,000
University of Washington Life Sciences Research facility, Seat3,500,000
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Institute for Urban Health 
  Partnerships..................................................250,000
Vanderbilt Children's Hospital, Nashville, TN.................1,000,000
Veterans New Jersey Health Care Systems, Morris Township........250,000
Visiting Nurse Association of Fox Valley, Aurora, Illinois......550,000
Visiting Nurses Association Care Watch Program, Cleveland, Ohio, to 
  purchase equipment............................................405,000
W.A. Foote Memorial Hospital, Jackson, Michigan.................500,000
Wake Forest Comprehensive Cancer Center, Winston-Salem, North Ca500,000
Walden House, San Francisco, California.........................400,000
Wendell Foster's Campus for Developmental Disabilities, Owensboro, 
  Kentucky......................................................500,000
West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine for the Robert C. Byrd 
  Clinic......................................................2,750,000
West Virginia University School of Medicine...................3,000,000
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, to establish distance 
  learning facilities at WMU's Center for Occupational Therapy, 
  Physician Assistants Program, Nursing and Speech Pathology and 
  Audiology.....................................................500,000
Wexner Heritage Village, Columbus, Ohio,........................200,000
White River Medical Center, Batesville, Arkansas................500,000
Whitman-Walker Clinic, Inc., Washington, DC.....................350,000
Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, PA..........................1,100,000
Windber Research Institute, Johnstown, Pennsylvania.............250,000
Wyoming Valley Health Care System, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania...300,000
Yeshiva University, Albert Einstein School of Medicine, New York, New 
  York........................................................1,200,000
YMCA of Western Stark County, Massillon, Ohio, for Emergency Health 
  Facility....................................................2,000,000
Zucker Hillside Hospital of North Shore Long Island Jewish Health 
  System, Queens, New York......................................450,000
Albert Einstein Healthcare Network, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania1,630,000
Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, for purchase of equipment 
  to expand the Genomic Sciences at the Allegheny Singer Research 
  Institute...................................................1,630,000
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA....................1,630,000

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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, for equip500,000
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA...............500,000
Crozer-Keystone Health System, Springfield, PA..................100,000
Ephrata Community Hospital, Ephrata, PA, for equipment..........200,000
Fox Chase Cancer Center, for construction of a Laser Accelerated Proton 
  Facility & a cyberknife radiosurgery system.................1,630,000
Lehigh Valley Hospital & Health Network, PA.....................750,000
Magee-Womens Hospital and Research Institute, Pittsburgh, PA..1,630,000
Main Line Health--Jefferson Health System, PA...................500,000
Nazareth Hospital, Philadelphia, PA.............................250,000
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia, PA..200,000

       The conference agreement includes bill language to limit 
     the amount available for Federal tort claims within community 
     health centers funding to not more than $40,000,000 instead 
     of $25,000,000 proposed by H.R. 246 and $50,000,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement includes bill language identifying 
     $275,138,000 for family planning instead of $265,275,000 as 
     proposed by H.R. 246 and $285,000,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       The conference agreement includes $1,514,651,000 for 
     community health centers instead of $1,533,570,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate and $1,457,864,000 as proposed by H.R. 
     246. The conferees concur with language contained in the 
     Senate explanatory statement that not less than $9,000,000 
     be provided for Native Hawaiian health care activities.
       The conferees have provided an increase above the request 
     for community health centers in order to continue the 
     initiative to add health center sites and expand services 
     while also allowing increased grant support to existing 
     centers for economic stabilization and to offset the rising 
     cost of current services. While many health centers may be 
     very efficient providers of services, they are not immune 
     from the cost increases faced by all health care providers. 
     Further, health centers are facing additional cost pressures 
     as a result of the rising number of people without health 
     insurance. For these reasons, the conferees expect HRSA to 
     use a portion of the increased funding to increase basic 
     support for existing health centers based on performance-
     related criteria, in addition to site and service expansion 
     applications.
       The conferees direct HRSA to provide a report to the House 
     and Senate Committees on Appropriations no later than 
     September 30, 2003 regarding the methodology used in 
     distributing fiscal year 2003 health center appropriations 
     and the methodology intended to be used in fiscal year 2004, 
     including the actual and intended division of funds among new 
     or expanded sites, service expansions, and adjustments to 
     help cover the increased cost of ongoing services, as well as 
     the formula or other methodology used in allocating the 
     portion intended to help cover increased costs.
       The conference agreement includes $46,249,000 for the 
     national health service corps field placements instead of 
     $46,000,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 and $46,498,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. The conferees support the Student 
     Resident Experiences and Rotations in Community Health 
     (SEARCH) program within the national health service corps and 
     intend that HRSA continue this program in fiscal year 2003.
       The conference agreement includes $125,959,000 for national 
     health service corps recruitment instead of $109,000,000 as 
     proposed by H.R. 246 and $142,918,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. The conferees intend that $3,000,000 of this amount 
     be designated for the chiropractic program authorized under 
     section 338L of the Public Health Service Act.
       The conference agreement includes $423,961,000 for health 
     professions instead of $392,582,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 
     and $424,066,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conferees intend that the graduate psychology education 
     program be continued within the funds provided for allied 
     health and other disciplines, and that a geropsychology 
     graduate training program be established within allied 
     health.
       The conferees provide $28,000,000 for geriatrics education. 
     Within the total provided, $16,800,000 is directed to 
     geriatric education centers, $6,500,000 is designated for 
     geriatric training programs, and $4,700,000 is directed to 
     geriatric academic career awards.
       The conferees agree with the Senate explanatory statement 
     directing HRSA to fund training components of chiropractic 
     demonstration grants.
       Within the funding for health professions training, the 
     conference agreement provides $113,502,000 for nurse training 
     programs instead of $98,502,000 proposed by H.R. 246 and 
     $118,502,000 proposed by the Senate. The conferees have 
     appropriated funding to establish programs authorized under 
     the Nurse Reinvestment Act (P.L. 107-205), renamed existing 
     line items to reflect these new authorities, and added new 
     line items to fund these programs. The conferees have 
     relabeled ``Basic Nurse Education and Practice'' the ``Nurse 
     Education, Practice, and Retention Grants'' and relabeled the 
     ``Loan Repayment Program'' the ``Loan Repayment and 
     Scholarship Program'' to reflect the additional authorities 
     provided under Sections 831 and 846, respectively, of the 
     Public Health Service Act as modified by P.L. 107-205. In 
     using the increase in funding provided above the fiscal year 
     2002 level, the conferees expect HRSA to give preference in 
     funding to internship and residency programs (Sec. 
     831(a)(2)), career ladder programs (Sec. 831(c)(1)), and 
     enhancing patient care delivery systems (Sec. 831(c)(2)) as 
     required under Sec. 831(e) of the PHSA. The conferees have 
     provided funding for scholarships (Sec. 846 (d)) for nursing 
     students in exchange for service as a nurse for at least two 
     years at a health care facility with a critical shortage of 
     nurses. The conferees have also appropriated funding to 
     establish the Nurse Faculty Loan Program and Comprehensive 
     Geriatric Education, Sections 846A and 855 of the PHSA. The 
     Nurse Faculty Loan Program will help increase the number of 
     faculty at schools of nursing. Comprehensive Geriatric 
     Education will train and educate individuals in providing 
     geriatric care for the elderly. The conferees intend that 
     nurse loan repayment funding should be directed to high 
     priority urban and rural areas with severe nursing shortages.
       The conference agreement does not include funding within 
     HRSA for the Healthy Communities initiative. H.R. 246 
     proposed $10,000,000 for the program and the Senate proposed 
     $20,000,000. Additional funds have been provided to the 
     Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for this purpose.
       The conference agreement includes $734,741,000 for the 
     maternal and child health block grant instead of $726,931,000 
     as proposed by H.R. 246 and $741,531,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       The conference agreement includes bill language designating 
     $115,900,000 of the funds provided for the block grant for 
     special projects of regional and national significance 
     (SPRANS). Neither H.R. 246 nor the Senate bill earmarked 
     funds for this purpose. It is intended that $4,000,000 of the 
     SPRANS amount will be used to continue the sickle cell 
     newborn screening program and its locally based outreach and 
     counseling efforts. In addition, $5,000,000 of the SPRANS 
     amount will be used for oral health demonstration programs 
     and activities in the States as described in the Senate 
     explanatory statement, $500,000 will be used for the city of 
     Milwaukee Health Department for a pilot program providing 
     health services to at-risk children in day care, and $10,000 
     will be used for the Dane County Neighborhood Child Health 
     Clinic in Madison, Wisconsin to provide child dental 
     services.
       The conference agreement includes bill language identifying 
     $55,000,000 for abstinence education instead of $60,000,000 
     as proposed by H.R. 246 and $40,000,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       The conferees note that abstinence messages to a group of 
     youth by a grantee should not be diluted by any instructor or 
     materials from the same grantee. Adolescents should not be 
     discouraged from seeking health information or services. HHS 
     should not preclude entities who are teaching abstinence-only 
     classes and who have a public health mandate from discussing 
     other forms of sexual conduct or providing services, as long 
     as this is conducted in a different setting from the 
     abstinence-only course. In allocating grant funds, HRSA 
     should give priority to those organizations that have a 
     strong record of support of abstinence education as defined 
     in sections (a) through (h) of Title 5, section 510(b)(2) of 
     the Social Security Act.
       The conference agreement includes $98,989,000 for healthy 
     start as proposed by the Senate instead of $94,811,000 as 
     proposed by H.R. 246.
       The conferees recognize the life-saving success of the 
     National Marrow Donor Program. In light of the new nuclear 
     and chemical threats facing the country, the conferees 
     encourage the National Marrow Donor Program to increase its 
     public health preparedness efforts by developing and 
     maintaining a national emergency response plan to ensure an 
     adequate supply of needed marrow and blood stem cells. The 
     conferees also support the National Marrow Donor Program's 
     efforts to expand the sources of blood stem cells through its 
     work on a cord blood bank initiative. The conferees encourage 
     the NMDP to focus on the following areas: (1) recruitment of 
     donors, with an emphasis on minority donors; (2) enhancement 
     of cord blood banks through increased recruitment 
     efforts, research, and other cord blood bank support; and 
     (3) expansion of the NMDP's role in research related to 
     improving outcomes of patients who receive bone marrow 
     transplants.
       The conference agreement includes $58,500,000 for rural 
     health outreach grants instead of $38,385,000 as proposed by 
     H.R. 246 and $51,472,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
     conference agreement includes the following amounts for the 
     following projects and activities in fiscal year 2003:

Aberdeen Area Tribal Chairman's Health Board in Aberdeen, SD, to 
  support the Northern Plains Healthy Start Project............$750,000
Alaska Department of Health and Social Services Program to Reduce High 
  Anemia rate in children in the Yukon Kuskokwin Delta and the Bristol 
  Bay region....................................................400,000

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Alaska Family Practice Residency Program to support additional medical 
  residents in Alaska to provide services for underserved popula500,000
Bannock County Regional Medical Center, Pocatello, Idaho, to purchase 
  Mammography Unit and provide mobile mammography screening to the 
  rural areas of Southeast Idaho................................400,000
Center for Acadiana Genetics and Hereditary Health Care for continue 
  and expand the development of the center......................550,000
College of Saint Mary for education, recruitment and retention of 
  nurses in rural communities...................................250,000
Commun-I-Care in Columbia, SC to support a program that distributes 
  prescription drugs to low income, uninsured South Carolinians.300,000
Community Health Works in Forsyth Georgia, to expand services and 
  information technology systems.................................50,000
Cooperative Education Service Agency No. 11 in Turtle Lake, Wisconsin 
  for a dental program..........................................750,000
Delta Health Alliance in Mississippi for a multi-university partnership 
  to address delta health problems............................1,200,000
Eastern Maine Healthcare, Rural Maine Health Improvement Demonstration 
  Program to address the inconsistencies in the current rural health 
  care delivery system..........................................250,000
Eastern Oregon University Rural Frontier Delivery Healthcare Education 
  Program for innovative nurse training.........................250,000
Ellen Stephen Hospice in Kyle, South Dakota to provide healthcare 
  services to people in rural areas of South Dakota.............100,000
Full Circle Women's Health in Madison, Florida, for a project to 
  improve pregnancy care.........................................95,000
Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia, for rural healthcare 
  delivery services and nurse training/education and distance learning 
  for students and healthcare professionals.....................300,000
Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center, Pottsville, PA, to establish 
  the Schuylkill County Rural Health Consortium.................250,000
Grace Medical Clinic in Mayfield, Kentucky for wellness programs100,000
Harrison Community Hospital, Cadiz, Ohio, for on-going delivery of 
  healthcare to rural economically distressed woman, children an125,000
Idaho Children's Health Initiative..............................500,000
Marquette University to provide dental care to underserved communities 
  through mobile dental clinics.................................350,000
Marshall University for the West Virginia Children's Health Proj500,000
Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin, Keshena, Wisconsin to provide 
  critical prenatal care to pregnant women.......................80,000
Mercy Housing, Inc. in Denver, Colorado to provide health care in 
  coordination with affordable housing for low income families, 
  seniors, and individuals with disabilities....................300,000
Millinocket Regional Hospital in Millinocket, Maine, for a project to 
  provide health care for the uninsured and underinsured population of 
  eastern Maine.................................................900,000
New Mexico-Hawaii telehealth project in remote and rural areas--
  Telehealth Outreach for Unified Community Health (TOUCH)....1,000,000
Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, for its Appalachian Rural Health 
  Institute.....................................................500,000
Oregon Center for Nursing for innovative nurse training.........235,000
Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital Foundation in Ashland, Kentucky for its 
  community wellness mobile clinic..............................350,000
Phoenix Children's Health Project in Arizona to address the health 
  needs of extremely vulnerable homeless and runaway youth in 
  underserved rural and urban areas.............................350,000
Pittsburgh Mercy Health System, Pittsburgh, PA., for health outreach 
  and education.................................................200,000
Porcupine Clinic in Porcupine, SD to provide healthcare services to 
  people in rural areas of South Dakota.........................250,000
Progressive Family Services Health Center in Canton, Mississippi100,000
Sioux City Community Health Center, Iowa, to establish a mobile health 
  clinic........................................................300,000
Smith Township Volunteer Fire Department, Jacobsburg, Ohio, for all 
  purpose emergency response vehicle and rescue trailer for use in 
  providing emergency medical services in inaccessible rural area15,000
St. Luke's Free Clinic in Kentucky to improve health care access for 
  underserved populations.......................................200,000
The Children's Health Fund, New York, New York, to improve access to 
  health care for many of Pennsylvania's underserved children...165,000
University of Alabama at Birmingham Oral Health Initiative......300,000
University of Alabama Capstone Nursing School to improve the quality of 
  primary care in rural Alabama.................................150,000
University of Alaska Fairbanks Development of Research and Evaluation 
  agenda for health care delivery...............................850,000
University of Alaska-Anchorage to recruit and retain Alaska Natives as 
  nurses........................................................500,000
University of North Carolina at Wilmington School of Nursing, for its 
  Bolton, North Carolina, primary health care facility..........400,000
University of North Dakota School of Medicine to support its rural 
  health program in preventative medicine and behavioral scien1,100,000
University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, Philadelphia, 
  PA., for its minority outreach oral health initiative.........200,000
University of Southern Mississippi Center for Sustainable Health 
  Outreach......................................................500,000
University of Washington, School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, for 
  WWAMI Demonstration/Assistance Rural Training project.........500,000
Wagner-Lake Andes Ambulance District in Wagner, SD, to provide 
  emergency health services to people in rural areas of South Da100,000
Waimanalo Community Health Center American Samoan outreach......200,000
Washington Health Foundation, Seattle, Washington, for a Rural Hospital 
  Quality Network project.......................................100,000
Weber State University in Utah to prepare nurses for providing care in 
  rural settings................................................500,000
West Virginia University Center for Rural Emergency Medicine for the 
  Injury Control Training and Demonstration Center............1,200,000
Western Kentucky University's Mobile Health Screening Program...400,000
U.S. and Developing Country Medical Centers Program for the linking of 
  U.S. academic medical centers with developing country medical centers 
  to facilitate mutual capacity building through the exchange of 
  clinicians between the two institutions so that care providers in the 
  developing world can learn, first hand, from those in the U.S. who 
  are most experienced in AIDS care.............................200,000


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       The conferees continue to be concerned about the health 
     care needs of those in the Mississippi River Delta region. 
     The conferees provide $6,800,000 for rural health outreach to 
     continue the ongoing initiative in eight States. These grants 
     provide funding and technical assistance to help underserved 
     rural communities identify and better address their health 
     care needs and to help small rural hospitals improve their 
     financial and operational performance. The conferees further 
     recommend that HRSA consult with the Delta Regional Authority 
     and the Delta Health Alliance, given their ongoing 
     relationships with communities in the Delta.
       The conference agreement provides $10,700,000 for rural 
     health research instead of $16,808,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate and $9,190,000 as proposed by H.R. 246.
       The conferees include the following amounts for the 
     following projects and activities in fiscal year 2003:

Mercer University Health Sciences Center in Macon, Georgia for a rural 
  health care task force........................................$50,000
University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences in 
  Grand Forks, North Dakota for its rural health program in 
  preventative medicine and behavioral sciences.................350,000
University of Pittsburgh Bradford Center for Rural Health, Bradford, 
  Pennsylvania..................................................300,000

       The conference agreement includes $27,062,000 for 
     telehealth instead of $4,000,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 and 
     $39,192,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conferees include the following amounts for the 
     following projects and activities in fiscal year 2003:

Advanced Technology Institute, North Charleston, South Carolina, 
  Telehealth Deployment Center.................................$416,000
Alaska Federal Health Care Access Network Telemedicine Project..100,000
Banner Health System Telemedicine Program for equipment and 
  infrastructure for telemedicine program to help provide care to rural 
  and underserved areas in Arizona, Colorado, and Alaska........250,000
Baycare Health Systems, Clearwater, Florida, for a Medical Information 
  Systems Initiative..........................................1,000,000
Beaufort-Jasper-Hampton Comprehensive Health Services for a telehealth 
  program to investigate techniques to prevent prostate cancer..700,000
Burlington Community Health Care in Burlington, Vermont for new 
  technology infrastructure to reduce medical errors............500,000
CareOregon, Oregon Community Health Information Network, for the 
  implementation of Electronic Medical Record software for safety net 
  and community clinics..........................................75,000
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, for a Netwellness 
  program.......................................................750,000
Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Seattle, for 
  implementation of the Children's Health Access Regional Telemedicine 
  Network.......................................................500,000
Cook Children's Medical Center in Fort Worth, Texas for a rural 
  specialty health telemedicine initiative......................500,000
Foundation for eHealth Initiative, Washington, DC, for demonstration on 
  electronic medical data interchange and sharing to support improve 
  regional healthcare delivery................................4,000,000
Geisinger Health System, Harrisburg, PA, for the Rural PA Stroke Care 
  Partnership.................................................1,630,000
Idaho State University for expansion of the telehealth integrated care 
  center......................................................1,500,000
Iowa Telecare Consortium to develop a disease management demonstration 
  project in Iowa...............................................600,000
James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children Telemedicine Program, 
  Indianapolis, Indiana.........................................500,000
La Crosse Medical Health Science Consortium in Racine, Wisconsin to 
  establish virtual health centers in eight counties............350,000
Lake Charles Memorial Hospital, Lake Charles, Louisiana, Community 
  Hospital Telehealth Consortium................................450,000
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences for telehealth 
  programs at its Worcester campus Health and Education Resource450,000
Midwest Rural Telemedicine Consortium, Mason City, Iowa.........700,000
Minot State University in West Minot, North Dakota for a project using 
  telehealth technologies for hearing assessment and hearing loss 
  rehabilitation................................................150,000
Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, and the Children's Hospital 
  at Montefiore's Clinical Information System to complete a Clinical 
  Information System............................................200,000
New York-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City for its Community 
  Hospital of the 21st Century medical informatics technology 
  demonstration project.........................................500,000
North Dakota State University College of Pharmacy in Fargo, North 
  Dakota to field test telepharmacy technology in several rural 
  pharmacy locations............................................600,000
North Idaho Rural Telehealth Program............................650,000
Northwest Area Center for Studies on Aging in Billings, Montana.750,000
Oklahoma State Department of Health, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for a 
  Mississippi-Oklahoma Rural Telemedicine Initiative............500,000
Pennsylvania Homecare Association in conjunction with the Pennsylvania 
  State University for telehomecare, PA.........................250,000
Primary Care Association of Hawaii Telehealth and Outreach......400,000
South Alabama Telemedicine Project to create enhanced connectivity 
  between rural emergency departments and the University of South 
  Alabama Medical Center........................................300,000
St. Elizabeth Hospital Community Foundation in Appleton, Wisconsin for 
  telemedicine equipment to provide medical care to underserved 
  patients in northeastern Wisconsin............................100,000
St. Vincent Healthcare in Billings, Montana to expand the regional 
  video telecommunications network for healthcare providers.....700,000
Susquehanna Health System, Williamsport, PA for Electronic Medical 
  Information and Physician Access..............................500,000
University at Buffalo and State University of New York, Buffalo, Erie 
  County, New York, for Buffalo Center of Excellence in Bioinf1,000,000
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado, for 
  American Telehealth Center to expand curricular content, in terms of 
  healthcare workforce-related topics, personnel and equipment..666,000
University of South Alabama Office of Emerging Technologies in Mobile, 
  Alabama for home based telehealth disease management tools and 
  telemedicine applications.....................................200,000
University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas for its 
  telehealth resource center....................................500,000
Visiting Nurse Association of Houston in Houston, Texas for study of 
  clinical outcomes and health care costs among congestive heart 
  failure patients who are monitored through home telemonitoring125,000

       The conference agreement provides $8,500,000 for State 
     offices of rural health instead of $10,000,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate and $4,000,000 as proposed by H.R. 246.
       The conference agreement includes $27,500,000 for the 
     Denali Commission instead of $30,000,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. H.R.

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     246 contained no similar provision. The conferees reinforce 
     language in the Senate explanatory statement indicating that 
     the Denali Commission should allocate funds to a mix of 
     service facilities.
       The conference agreement includes $19,500,000 for emergency 
     medical services for children instead of $18,000,000 as 
     proposed by H.R. 246 and $20,000,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       The conference agreement includes $22,500,000 for poison 
     control instead of $20,000,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 and 
     $24,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement includes $9,500,000 for traumatic 
     brain injury instead of $10,000,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 
     and $9,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement includes $3,499,000 for trauma 
     care instead of $5,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. H.R. 
     246 contained no similar provision.
       The conference agreement includes a total of $2,031,005,000 
     for Ryan White programs, of which $25,000,000 is provided 
     through the evaluation set-aside, instead of $1,930,204,000 
     as proposed by H.R. 246 and $2,051,295,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. Included in this amount is $622,741,000 for emergency 
     assistance, $1,060,285,000 for comprehensive care, 
     $199,672,000 for early intervention, $74,032,000 for women, 
     infants, children, and youth, $13,493,000 for dental 
     services, and $35,782,000 for education and training centers.
       The conference agreement includes bill language identifying 
     $719,000,000 for the Ryan White Title II State AIDS drug 
     assistance programs instead of $659,000,000 as proposed by 
     H.R. 246 and $739,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
     conference agreement also includes bill language making 
     available $25,000,000 under section 241 of the Public Health 
     Service Act to carry out Ryan White Special Projects of 
     National Significance as proposed by the Senate. H.R. 246 had 
     no similar provision.
       The conferees intend that at least 90 percent of total 
     title IV funding be provided to grantees. With the exception 
     of funds provided through the Minority HIV/AIDS Initiative, 
     the conferees expect the funding increase to be used 
     primarily to support maintenance of existing care services 
     because of the rising costs of providing comprehensive care 
     and the implementation of quality management programs. The 
     conferees intend that HRSA use a significant portion of the 
     remaining funds to expand comprehensive services for youth. 
     The conferees are pleased by current efforts to facilitate 
     ongoing communication with and among grantees about the 
     administration of title IV programs and expect the agency to 
     expand these efforts. The conferees request the agency to 
     work with grantees to develop effective title IV-specific 
     site visit methodologies.
       Some 5 percent of the funds appropriated under this section 
     may be used to provide peer-based technical assistance. 
     Within this amount, sufficient funds are available to 
     maintain and expand work being done to create a national 
     consumer and provider education center on the use of various 
     strategies in the care of children, youth, women and families 
     infected with or affected by HIV and AIDS.
       Within the total provided, $131,200,000 is for Ryan White 
     AIDS activities that are targeted to address the growing HIV/
     AIDS epidemic and its disproportionate impact upon 
     communities of color, including African Americans, Latinos, 
     Native Americans, Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and 
     Pacific Islanders. The conferees expect HRSA to follow the 
     fiscal year 2002 House report regarding the disbursement of 
     these funds.
       Consistent with this overall direction, these funds are 
     allocated as follows:
       Emergency assistance--Within the total provided, 
     $43,800,000 is for competitive, supplemental grants to 
     improve the HIV-related health outcomes for communities of 
     color and reduce existing health disparities.
       Comprehensive care programs--Within the total provided, 
     $7,000,000 is for State HIV care grants to support 
     educational and outreach services to increase the number of 
     eligible minorities who access HIV/AIDS treatment through 
     AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAP).
       Early intervention program--Within the total provided, 
     $53,400,000 is for planning grants and Early Intervention 
     Service (EIS) grants to health care providers with history of 
     serving communities of color.
       Pediatric demonstrations--Within the total provided, 
     $18,500,000 is to sustain and expand efforts to deliver 
     comprehensive, culturally competent and linguistically 
     appropriate research-based intervention and HIV care services 
     to minority women, infants, and children.
       Education and training centers--Within the total provided, 
     $8,500,000 is to increase the training capacity of centers to 
     expand the number of community-based minority health care 
     professionals with treatment expertise and knowledge about 
     the most appropriate standards of HIV/AIDS-related treatments 
     and medical care for HIV infected adults, adolescents and 
     children.
       The conference agreement provides $292,000,000 for 
     children's hospitals graduate medical education as proposed 
     by H.R. 246 instead of $285,000,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       The conference agreement includes $120,000,000 for the 
     community access program as proposed by H.R. 246 instead of 
     $120,027,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within the total 
     provided, $105,000,000 is for grants to develop and expand 
     integrated systems of care and address service gaps within 
     such integrated systems. The conferees intend to permit these 
     funds to be available both for new Healthy Communities Access 
     Program grants under the new section 340 of the Public Health 
     Service Act, as well as renewal (to the extent appropriate 
     based on programmatic considerations) of grants initially 
     made during fiscal years 2000 through 2002 under section 301 
     demonstration authority and guidance contained in previous 
     appropriations conference reports. Within the total provided, 
     the remaining $15,000,000 is to continue the initiative to 
     assist States to identify the characteristics of the 
     uninsured within the State and develop approaches for 
     providing all uninsured persons with health coverage. The 
     conferees intend these funds to be available to provide 
     additional grants to States that have previously received 
     planning grants in order to assist such States in continuing 
     their data gathering, analysis and planning processes, as 
     well as to provide initial grants to additional States as 
     appropriate.
       The conference agreement includes $156,562,000 for program 
     management instead of $149,294,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 
     and $143,354,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees 
     expect HRSA to use no more than one percent of the funds 
     allocated for projects for agency administrative expenses.
       The conferees are concerned that planned efforts to 
     restructure HRSA programs and grants management functions 
     could have a negative effect on many HRSA grantees. The 
     centralization of grant decision-making, coupled with the 
     changing roles of staff in HRSA's field offices, could 
     significantly diminish the institutional knowledge and 
     expertise in community-based health care that is crucial to 
     leading HRSA forward during this important period. Further, 
     contemplated changes in the role of a project officer to 
     reduce technical assistance functions in favor of 
     increased focus on grantee performance reviews may serve 
     to undermine the development and functioning of HRSA 
     funded programs and is of great concern to the conferees. 
     The conferees recommend that these changes not be 
     undertaken until they can work with all stakeholders, 
     including Congress, to show that they will not reduce the 
     level and scope of assistance provided to grantees.
       The conferees include the following amounts for the 
     following projects and activities in fiscal year 2003:
Catholic Social Services The Bridge, Wilkes Barre, PA, for abstinence 
  education and related services................................$46,000
CentraCare Health Foundation for administration, St. Cloud, Minnesota, 
  to increase the ability of educational institutions to produce nurses 
  in a region with high demand..................................500,000
Chester County Health Department, Chester County Government Services 
  Center, West Chester, for abstinence education and related serv41,000
City of Chester, Bureau of Health, SABER Project, Chester, PA, for 
  abstinence education and related services.....................105,000
George Washington Carver Community Center, Project A.C.E., Norristown, 
  PA, for abstinence education and related services..............86,000
Heart Beat, New Bloomfield, PA, for abstinence education and related 
  services.......................................................51,000
Keystone Central School District, Central Mountain Middle School East, 
  Lock Haven, PA, for abstinence education and related services..79,000
Keystone Economic Development Corporation, Johnstown, PA, for 
  abstinence education and related services......................88,000
L.V.C.P.T.P., St Luke's Health Network, CHOICE program, Bethlehem, PA, 
  for abstinence education and related services..................92,000
Lackawanna Trail School District, Factoryville, PA, for abstinence 
  education and related services.................................74,000
LaSalle University, Philadelphia PA, for abstinence education and 
  related services..............................................112,000
Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, for abstinence education 
  and related services..........................................111,000
Neighborhood United Against Drugs, Philadelphia, PA, for abstinence 
  education and related services................................136,000
New Brighton School District, New Brighton, PA, for abstinence 
  education and related services.................................23,000

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Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Rootstown, Ohio, 
  for the Center for Leadership in Public Health and Community1,250,000
Nueva Esperanza, Philadelphia, PA, for abstinence education and related 
  services.......................................................72,000
Partners in Family and Community Development, Athens, PA, for 
  abstinence education and related services......................72,000
Potter County Human Services, Roulette, PA, for abstinence education 
  and related services...........................................50,000
Rape and Victim Assistance Center of Schuykill County, Pottsville, PA, 
  for abstinence education and related services..................71,000
Real Commitment, Gettysburg, PA, for abstinence education and related 
  services.......................................................82,000
School District of Lancaster, Project IMPACT, Lancaster, PA, for 
  abstinence education and related services.....................101,000
School District of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, for abstinence 
  education and related services................................102,000
Silver Ring Thing Program, Sewickley, Pennsylvannia, for expansion of a 
  program promoting abstinence..................................700,000
The Guidance Center, project RAPPORT, Smethport, PA, for abstinence 
  education and related services.................................74,000
To Our Children's Future With Health, Inc., Philadelphia, PA, for 
  abstinence education and related services.....................109,000
Tressler Lutheran Services, Harrisburg, PA, for abstinence education 
  and related services..........................................136,000
Tuscarora Intermediate Unit, Mcveytown, PA, for abstinence education 
  and related services...........................................84,000
University of Akron, Ohio, for a nursing study..................500,000
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, for Consortium to Promote 
  Nursing Faculty.............................................1,000,000
University of Louisville Research Foundation, Kentucky, to establish a 
  Center for Cancer Nursing Education and Research..............300,000
Urban Family Council, Philadelphia, PA, for abstinence education and 
  related services..............................................126,000
Venago County Area Vo-Tech, Oil City, PA, for abstinence education and 
  related services...............................................41,000
Washington Hospital Teen Outreach, Academy for Adolescent Health, 
  Washington, PA, for abstinence education and related services.136,000
William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan, for the Beaumont Nurse 
  Anesthesia Education Rural Initiative.........................300,000
Women's Care Center of Erie County, Inc., Abstinence Advantage Program, 
  Erie, PA, for abstinence education and related services.......136,000
York County, Human Life Services, Inc. York, PA, for abstinence 
  education and related services.................................50,000
Community Ministries of the Lutheran Home at Topton, Reading, PA, for 
  abstinence education and related services......................95,000
Clarke College in Dubuque, IA, for the planning of a community health 
  center.........................................................50,000
Clinical Pharmacy Training Program at University of Hawaii at Hi700,000
Family Voices of Iowa in the ASK Resource Center, Des Moines, IA, to 
  continue and expand the Family to Family Health Information Ce100,000
Iowa Dept of Public Health to continue the Center for Healthcare 
  Workforce Shortages.........................................1,000,000
National Healthy Start Association, Baltimore, Maryland, to gather and 
  disseminate information on best practices under the Healthy Start 
  program and provide technical assistance to Healthy Start gran350,000
Tulsa Coalition for Children's Health in Tulsa, Oklahoma for a study 
  regarding delivery of pediatric health care in northeastern Ok125,000
Waianae Coast Community Health Center leadership training........50,000

               CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION

                Disease Control, Research, and Training

       The conference agreement includes $4,506,965,000 for 
     disease control, research, and training at the Centers for 
     Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), of which $4,296,566,000 
     is provided as budget authority and $210,399,000 is made 
     available under Section 241 of the Public Health Service Act, 
     instead of $4,402,249,000 as provided by the Senate. H.R. 246 
     included $4,335,839,000 for the CDC.
       The conference agreement includes bill language to earmark 
     $268,000,000 for equipment, construction, and renovation of 
     facilities instead of $270,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. 
     H.R. 246 included $200,000,000. Within this total, 
     $250,000,000 is for continuation of CDC's building program 
     for its Atlanta facilities and $18,000,000 is to begin 
     construction and purchase equipment for the replacement of 
     CDC's infectious disease laboratory in Fort Collins, 
     Colorado. The conferees continue to support the rapid 
     implementation of CDC's Buildings and Facilities Master 
     Plan and are pleased with the progress made to date.
       The conferees expect the CDC to utilize a portion of the 
     funds provided for buildings and facilities to continue and 
     expand security improvements to ensure critical information 
     reliability for response to critical events, as well as to 
     conduct increasingly varied public health missions.
       The conference agreement includes bill language to allow 
     the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to enter 
     into a single contract or related contracts for the full 
     scope of development and construction of facilities as 
     proposed by the Senate. H.R. 246 contained no similar 
     provision. The conference agreement also includes bill 
     language proposed by the Senate to allow funds appropriated 
     to the CDC to be used to enter into a long-term ground lease 
     for construction on non-Federal land, in order to replace 
     their laboratory in the Fort Collins, Colorado area. H.R. 246 
     included no similar language.
       The conference agreement includes bill language to earmark 
     $183,763,000 for international HIV/AIDS, the same as proposed 
     by the Senate and H.R. 246. The conference agreement deletes 
     bill language proposed by the Senate earmarking $40,000,000 
     of the amount provided for international HIV/AIDS for the 
     International Mother and Child HIV Prevention Initiative. The 
     conferees are agreed, however, that $40,000,000 of the amount 
     provided for international HIV/AIDS is for this important 
     initiative.
       The conference agreement includes language in the bill 
     designating that the following amounts shall be available 
     under section 241 (Public Health Service Act evaluation set-
     aside) for the specified activities:

     $125,899,000--National Center for Health Statistics Surveys
     $14,000,000--National Immunization Surveys
     $28,600,000--Information Systems Standards Development and 
           Architecture and Applications-based Research Used at 
           Local Public Health Levels
     $41,900,000--Research Tools and Approaches within the 
           National Occupational Research Agenda

       H.R. 246 had proposed that $46,982,000 be derived from 
     section 241 for National Center for Health Statistics 
     surveys.
       The conference agreement modifies the placement of bill 
     language proposed by the Senate exempting from any personnel 
     ceiling applicable to the Agency, Service, or the Department 
     of Health and Human Services both civilians and Commissioned 
     Officers detailed to States, municipalities or other 
     organizations under authority of Section 214 of the Public 
     Health Service Act for purposes related to homeland security 
     during their period of detail or assignment. The agreement 
     places the bill language within the Public Health and Social 
     Services Emergency Fund account.
       The conference agreement includes a modification to the 
     proviso carried in prior appropriations acts prohibiting the 
     use of funds available to the CDC to advocate or promote gun 
     control, as proposed in H.R. 246. The Senate bill included a 
     similar proviso. The conferees acknowledge that the purpose 
     of this proviso is to prohibit Federal funds from being used 
     to lobby for or against the passage of specific Federal, 
     State or local legislation intended to advocate or promote 
     gun control. The conferees understand that the CDC's 
     responsibility in this area is primarily data collection and 
     the dissemination of information and expect research in this 
     area to be objective and grants to be awarded through an 
     impartial, scientific peer review process. The conferees 
     instruct the CDC to provide a detailed report, within 90 days 
     of enactment, on the steps the CDC has taken to ensure this 
     restriction is being followed.
       The conference agreement includes a modification to a 
     proviso, proposed by the Senate, to raise the funding limit 
     for grants made

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     under section 1509 of the Public Health Service Act 
     (WISEWOMAN screening demonstrations). The agreement increases 
     the limitation to $12,500,000, instead of $15,000,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. H.R. 246 maintained the limit at 
     $10,000,000. The conferees are agreed that the increase in 
     the limitation is intended to permit, but not mandate, an 
     increase in the awards under this authority to $12,500,000 in 
     fiscal year 2003.
     Birth Defects
       The conference agreement includes $98,681,000 for birth 
     defects, developmental disabilities, disability and health 
     instead of $97,691,000 as proposed by the Senate. H.R. 246 
     included $94,655,000 for these activities.
       Within the total, the following amounts are provided for 
     the specified activities above the fiscal year 2003 request:

     $2,000,000--to expand State autism surveillance activities;
     $2,000,000--to expand surveillance and epidemiological 
           efforts of Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy;
     $500,000--to activities related to Fetal Alcohol Syndrome;
     $842,000--to expand the newborn infant screening program; and
     $2,000,000--to support the establishment of a National Spina 
           Bifida program.

       In addition, $3,800,000 is provided to continue and expand 
     support for the Special Olympics Healthy Athletes Initiative 
     begun last year.
       The conferees encourage the CDC to continue its partnership 
     with the Amputee Coalition of America (ACA) and its support 
     of the Limb Loss Research and Statistics Program. The 
     Committee is also supportive of the partnership that the ACA 
     and CDC have forged with the uniformed services in an effort 
     to ensure that members of our armed forces receive the 
     highest quality of care in the event of an amputation.

            Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

       The conference agreement includes $795,140,000 for chronic 
     disease prevention and health promotion instead of 
     $745,600,000 as proposed by the Senate. H.R. 246 proposed 
     $773,928,000. Programs within this account are funded at the 
     following levels:

Heart Disease and Stroke...................................$ 43,244,000
Cancer Prevention and Control..............................$290,645,000
Diabetes...................................................$ 63,756,000
Arthritis and Other Chronic Diseases.......................$ 22,649,000
Tobacco....................................................$100,584,000
Nutrition/Physical Activity................................$ 34,372,000
Community Health Promotion.................................$ 37,269,000
School Health..........................................................
                                                           $ 58,213,000
Safe Motherhood/Infant Health..............................$ 54,315,000
Oral Health................................................$ 11,787,000
Prevention Centers.........................................$ 27,006,000
National Campaign to Change Children's Health Behaviors....$ 51,300,000
       Within the amounts provided for Cancer Prevention and 
     Control, no less than $200,383,000 is for the Breast and 
     Cervical Cancer Screening Program and $1,000,000 is for the 
     establishment of a national lupus patient registry. The 
     conferees urge the CDC to work closely with the Lupus 
     Foundation of America in the establishment of the registry.
       Within the amounts available for Arthritis and Other 
     Chronic Diseases, the agreement provides an increase over the 
     request of $850,000 for the expansion of State-based 
     arthritis programs and collaborations with the relevant 
     voluntary health organizations. In addition, an increase of 
     $1,000,000 over the request is provided to enhance epilepsy 
     efforts, in partnership with a national non-profit 
     organization that works on behalf of children and adults 
     affected by seizures.
       Within amounts provided for Community Health Promotion, 
     $6,903,000 is provided to support and expand the Behavioral 
     Risk Factor Surveillance Systems, $2,800,000 for continuing 
     and expanding a model project that is testing and evaluating 
     the efficacy of glaucoma screening using mobile units, 
     $1,900,000 is for a vision screening and education program as 
     outlined in the Senate explanatory statement, and $1,800,000 
     is for the Mind-Body Medical Institute in Boston, 
     Massachusetts to continue and expand practice-based 
     assessments, identification, and study of promising and 
     heavily-used mind/body practices.
       The conferees encourage CDC to expand its public and 
     professional awareness activities with respect to pulmonary 
     hypertension and to report to the Committees on 
     Appropriations within six months on the progress made in 
     advancing this important initiative.
       The conferees understand that the Iron Disorders Institute 
     provides important educational material to the public and the 
     medical community and encourages the CDC to establish a 
     partnership with the Institute.
     Environmental Health
       The conference agreement includes $184,025,000 for 
     environmental health instead of $189,489,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate. H.R. 246 included $174,917,000 for environmental 
     health activities.
       Within the total provided: $37,763,000 is for the 
     environmental health laboratory; $38,863,000 is for 
     environmental health activities (including $2,200,000 to 
     continue the physician education and public awareness program 
     for primary immune deficiency disease as implemented by the 
     Jeffrey Modell Foundation); $37,127,000 is for asthma; 
     $42,272,000 is for childhood lead poisoning; and $28,000,000 
     is for the health-tracking network.
       The conferees recognize the extraordinary services of CDC's 
     Environmental Health Laboratory, and have provided funds to 
     expand the assessment of exposure of the U.S. population to 
     environmental chemicals, to expand assistance to States, and 
     provide more effective laboratory response to toxic 
     emergencies.
       The conferees are concerned about the health status of the 
     residents of rural communities. The conferees understand that 
     the CDC currently is developing a rural health plan to 
     address the variety of rural public health issues related to 
     environmental exposures. The conferees urge the CDC to 
     continue to work closely with the State of Iowa Public Health 
     Department in developing this plan.
     Epidemic Services
       The conference agreement includes $78,001,000 for epidemic 
     services and response as proposed by the Senate. H.R. 246 
     included the same amount for epidemic services.
     HIV/AIDS, STD and TB Prevention
       The conference agreement includes $1,194,150,000 for HIV/
     AIDS, STD and TB prevention instead of $1,183,532,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. H.R. 246 included $1,175,000,000 for 
     these activities.
       Included in this amount is $887,961,000 for HIV/AIDS 
     activities, of which $183,763,000 is for global HIV/AIDS 
     activities; $169,675,000 for STD activities; and $136,514,000 
     for TB activities. Within the funds provided for global HIV/
     AIDS, $40,000,000 is for the International Mother and Child 
     HIV Prevention Initiative.
       Within the total for HIV/AIDS, $104,000,000 is provided to 
     continue CDC's support of activities that are targeted to 
     address the growing HIV/AIDS epidemic and its disparate 
     impact on communities of color, including African Americans, 
     Latinos, Native Americans, Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, 
     and Pacific Islanders at not less than the fiscal year 2002 
     level. The conferees expect CDC to follow the report 
     accompanying the Labor, HHS and Education and Related 
     Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002 regarding the disbursement 
     of these funds, including continuing support for the Directly 
     Funded Minority Community Based Organization Program.
     Immunization
       The conference agreement includes a discretionary program 
     level total of $654,751,000 for immunization, instead of 
     $652,895,000 as proposed by the Senate. H.R. 246 included 
     $634,601,000 for immunization activities. Within the total, 
     $14,000,000 is for national immunization surveys to be 
     derived from section 241 evaluation set-aside funds. In 
     addition, the Vaccines for Children (VFC) program funded 
     through the Medicaid program is expected to provide 
     $1,056,000,000 in vaccine purchases and distribution support 
     in fiscal year 2003, for a total immunization program level 
     of $1,699,751,000.
       Included in the amount provided is $505,963,000 for the 
     section 317 program, and $148,788,000 for global immunization 
     activities. Within the total available for global 
     immunization, $106,400,000 is for global polio eradication 
     activities, and $42,388,000 for the global measles program.
       It has been brought to the conferees' attention that 
     infrastructure costs of delivering vaccines to children in 
     Alaska are substantially higher than in other areas of the 
     country because of the many small, remote communities that 
     must be served primarily by air. The conferees encourage CDC 
     to increase section 317 grant support for infrastructure 
     development and purchase of vaccines for the State of 
     Alaska's universal immunization program.
     Infectious Diseases
       The conference agreement includes $345,471,000 for 
     infectious diseases instead of $334,471,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate. H.R. 246 included $353,961,000 for infectious 
     diseases.
       Within the total provided, $1,000,000 above the budget 
     request is for a prevention program to control and reduce the 
     incidence of hepatitis C. This funding is to continue to 
     develop State-based programs and demonstrations to learn the 
     most feasible approach to integrating hepatitis C and B 
     screening, counseling, and referral programs into existing 
     HIV and STD State programs.
       Within the total provided, $8,000,000 above the request is 
     to augment CDC's resources for supporting States in 
     developing and implementing effective surveillance, 
     prevention, and control of West Nile virus and support 
     research on the biology of the disease.
       Within the total provided, $2,000,000 above the request is 
     to expand and improve surveillance, research, and prevention 
     activities on prion disease. The conferees intend that a 
     significant portion of the increase be used to expand support 
     for the National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center 
     to establish a national autopsy network for prion disease 
     surveillance.
       The conferees are pleased that the CDC is restoring funds 
     for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome research and that these funds 
     are being used in substantive areas. The conferees encourage 
     CDC to continue the establishment of a national registry.
     Injury Control
       The conference agreement includes $149,385,000 for injury 
     control, as proposed by

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     the Senate. H.R. 246 provided $148,464,000 for injury 
     control.
       Within the total provided, $3,000,000 is provided to extend 
     implementation of the National Violent Death Reporting 
     System. In addition, sufficient funds are included to 
     continue support for all existing Injury Control Research 
     Centers. The conferees also intend that $1,000,000 of the 
     funds provided above the request augment funding for the 
     Traumatic Brain Injury prevention program.
     Occupational Safety and Health
       The conference agreement provides a program level of 
     $274,899,000 for occupational safety and health, the same as 
     proposed by the Senate. H.R. 246 included $275,161,000 for 
     occupational safety and health. Included within the available 
     funds is $41,900,000 to carry out research tools and 
     approaches activities within the National Occupational 
     Research Agenda (NORA) to be derived from section 241 
     evaluation set-aside funds.
       Within the total provided, $2,000,000 above the request is 
     for the Education and Research Centers to expand research 
     activities in support of implementation of NORA.
       The conferees have provided sufficient funds for NIOSH to 
     continue the farm health and safety initiative and to 
     initiate an objective, science-based study on the exposure of 
     industrial solvents on workers and whether those solvents 
     have a long-term significant adverse neurological impact on 
     the health of those workers.
       The conferees support NIOSH's efforts in domestic terrorism 
     preparedness, including work to protect emergency responders 
     from biological and chemical terrorism exposures, as well as 
     industrial accidents. The conferees urge NIOSH to fast-track 
     its work to recognize the military affiliated laboratory 
     expertise and certification and to certify military equipment 
     for appropriate civilian use, particularly where any needed 
     modifications are simple.
       The conferees support continuation of the joint interagency 
     initiative which involves the National Institute of 
     Occupational Safety and Health, the Federal Aviation 
     Administration, and the National Transportation Safety Board. 
     The conferees encourage NIOSH to continue to implement the 
     Board's recommendations to improve aviation safety in 
     Alaska.
     Public Health Improvement
       The conference agreement includes a total program level of 
     $153,848,000 for public health improvement instead of 
     $115,672,000 as proposed by the Senate. H.R. 246 included 
     $114,581,000 for public health improvement. Included within 
     the available funds is $28,600,000 to carry out information 
     systems standards development and architecture and 
     applications-based research used at local public health 
     levels to be derived from section 241 evaluation set-aside 
     funds.
       Funds requested within public health improvement for 
     development and implementation of a nationwide environmental 
     health-tracking network have been provided for within the 
     CDC's environmental health activities program.
       The conferees include the following amounts for the 
     following projects and activities in fiscal year 2003:

Adelphi University in Garden City, New York for its Breast Cancer 
  Hotline......................................................$100,000
Alaska Department of Health and Social Services Obesity Prevention and 
  Control program...............................................400,000
Alivio Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois for its diabetes prog150,000
Ambulatory Electronic Medical Record System (AEMRS) in Edina, Minnesota 
  to improve overall medical error reduction....................100,000
American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin for a study of 
  cardiovascular disease and diabetes among persons of Asian Indian 
  descent with emphasis on risk factors and effective interventi500,000
American Trauma Society, Upper Marlboro, Md., for a program to provide 
  medical professionals with the skills and strategies to guide 
  families of the trauma victim through the stages of care......100,000
American Vitiligo Research Foundation, for education and awareness 
  programs for outreach.........................................100,000
Asthma and Allergy Foundation of Alaska and the Alaska Lung Association 
  to prevent lung diseases stemming from tobacco................500,000
Auditory-Verbal Mentoring Program, Birmingham, Alabama for auditory-
  verbal therapy................................................400,000
Bexar County Community Health Collaborative in San Antonio, Texas for 
  its ``Fit City/Fit Schools'' program..........................150,000
Cal State Bakersfield Foundation, Bakersfield, California, for a Valley 
  Fever vaccination project.....................................750,000
Center for International Rehabilitation to implement and create 
  Disability Rights Monitor.....................................400,000
Children's Medical Center of Dallas, Texas for the Center for 
  Infectious Diseases, Advanced Diag- nostics, and Emerging Path500,000
Children's Medical Research Institute, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for a 
  Type 2 diabetes research program..............................450,000
Citizens Against Toxic Exposure Health Clinic, Pensacola, Florida, to 
  locate and assist individuals with health problems related to 
  environmental toxins..........................................300,000
City of Long Beach, California, for surveillance, laboratory, 
  epidemiology and other services at its health department......355,000
Clear Corps, Pittsburgh, PA., to provide lead poisoning prevention 
  services to families in the Pittsburgh area....................75,000
Community Health Centers in Hawaii for a childhood rural asthma 150,000
Community Services Planning Council, Sacramento, California, Shots for 
  Tots KIDS immunization registry...............................283,000
Cooper Green Hospital Women's Cancer Screening and Prevention program, 
  Birmingham, Alabama, to screen and detect cervical cancers among low 
  income women..................................................250,000
Delaware Health and Social Services, Division of Public Health, for the 
  Delaware Electronic Reporting (DEERS).........................500,000
Division of Health Sciences, East Tennessee State University, Johnson 
  City, Tennessee, for the Appalachian Cancer demonstration proj200,000
Economic Opportunity Commission of San Luis Obispo County in San Luis 
  Obispo, California for its senior health screening program.....50,000
Elliot Health System, Manchester, New Hampshire.................400,000
Epilepsy Foundation in Landover, Maryland for its ``No Seizures, No 
  Side Effects'' campaign.......................................350,000
Greater Cleveland SAFE KIDS Coalition's Reducing Child Pedestrian 
  Injuries in Urban Areas Program to decrease the high rates of 
  pedestrian injury for children.................................30,000
Greenburgh Central School District No. 7 in Greenburgh, New York for 
  developing and implementing an action plan to improve physical 
  fitness and nutrition and reduce obesity among middle school and high 
  school students...............................................303,000
Health and Human Services Department, City of Houston, Texas for its 
  Online Infectious Disease/Bioterrorism Immediate Identification, 
  Assessment and Alert demonstration project....................375,000
Healthy Body Healthy Soul Jesse Trice Cancer Center Prevention Project 
  to provide funding for cancer prevention, education and early 
  detection initiatives.........................................300,000
Hunter Health Clinic, Wichita, Kansas, for supplies.............250,000
Huntsman Cancer Institute in Utah to develop a Genealogical Database in 
  support of genetic disease research...........................500,000
Inova Regional Trauma Center, Falls Church, Virginia, for a community-
  based injury prevention center................................300,000
Iowa Games to continue the Lighten Up Iowa program..............100,000
Iowa Health Foundation for a pilot program on chronic disease 
  management....................................................500,000

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Iowa State University, Center for Food Safety and Public Health, Ames, 
  Iowa, for a public health research and education project....1,000,000
Jackson State University Institute of Epidemiology and Health Services 
  Research to address urban and rural health problems in Missi1,200,000
Jefferson Parish (Louisiana) Mosquito Control Board, Harvey, Louisiana, 
  to combat infestation and spread of the West Nile virus.......200,000
Kansas University Medical School and Family Community Medicine Program, 
  Wichita, Kansas, for Diabetes management program..............200,000
Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa for the National Mass 
  Fatalities Institute..........................................300,000
La Rabida Children's Hospital in Chicago, Illinois for diabetes 
  programs for children and families............................150,000
Lake Charles Memorial Hospital in Lake Charles, Louisiana for its 
  Breast Health Center..........................................550,000
Lawton & Rea Chiles Center for Healthy Mothers and Babies in Tampa, 
  Florida, for training paraprofessionals in the health-care f1,000,000
Marin County Department of Health and Human Services in San Rafael, 
  California for research, analysis and health system improvements 
  related to the incidence of breast cancer in the county.......500,000
Medical Institute for Sexual Health.............................250,000
Michael E. DeBakey Institute for Comparative Cardiovascular Science and 
  Biomedical Devices at Texas A&M University, College Station, T800,000
Missouri Primary Care Association for chronic disease prevention and 
  oral health outreach and education............................150,000
National Bioinformatics Collaboration Center for early stage plan50,000
Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island in Providence, Rhode Island 
  for a community-based asthma outreach and intervention program250,000
Northern Arizona University to research and address critical security 
  needs associated with biothreat agents and organisms..........450,000
Nurses for Newborns Foundation in St. Louis, Missouri, for services to 
  infants and children at risk for abuse or neglect.............300,000
Onondaga County Health Department, Syracuse, New York, for Tuberculosis 
  elimination project...........................................125,000
Osteopathic Health System of Texas, Fort Worth, Texas, for study to 
  determine the efficacy of Hyperbaric Oxygen for treatment of d870,000
Partnership for Food Safety Education, Washington, D.C., to establish a 
  national education clearinghouse..............................500,000
Rice University in Houston, Texas, for proteomics research....1,000,000
S.A.F.E., Inc., Wilkes-Barre, PA., (in affiliation with Geisinger's 
  Center for Autism), to establish centers of excellence for the 
  treatment of Autism...........................................250,000
San Antonio Metropolitan Health District in San Antonio, Texas to 
  expand a public health assessment of exposure to environmental 
  contaminants at and near the former Kelly Air Force Base......350,000
San Luis Obispo County Public Health Agency in San Luis Obispo, 
  California for diabetes prevention, screening and education....90,000
SIDS Resources, Inc. in Kirkwood, Missouri for an Urban Education 
  Outreach Program and Infant Mortality Risk Reduction Program in rural 
  Missouri.......................................................50,000
Sister to Sister--Everyone Has a Heart Foundation to increase women's 
  awareness of heart disease, Washington, D.C...................400,000
Sixteenth Street Community Health Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin for a 
  demonstration program focusing on asthma treatment in the bilingual 
  community.....................................................250,000
Southeastern Center for Emerging Biologic Threats...............600,000
Southern Methodist University for research regarding pharmaceutical 
  antibiotic resistance.........................................300,000
Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, National Multiple Sclerosis 
  Training Center at the University of Texas....................500,000
St. Joseph Health Services in North Providence, Rhode Island for the 
  ``Pawtucket Smiles'' children's oral health initiative........350,000
St. Joseph's Mercy Care Services in Atlanta, Georgia for their breast 
  and cervical cancer screening and treatment program...........350,000
St. Louis University Consortium Against Biological Agents in St. Louis, 
  Missouri to expand and integrate the University's educational efforts 
  in the basic science of the transmission, prevention and treatment of 
  infectious diseases and the training of pub.................1,000,000
St. Tammany Parish Mosquito Control Board, Slidell, Louisiana, for 
  project to prevent and control the spread of West Nile virus..200,000
Sustainable Resources Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota for the 
  Community Lead Education and Reduction Program (CLEARCorps)...125,000
Texas Tech University, Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, for 
  Diabetes Prevention and Control project.......................500,000
The National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Washington, D.C., 
  for Fetal Alcohol Syndrome project..........................1,000,000
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for 
  a center for bioterrorism and disaster preparedness training1,650,000
Tried Stone Economic Development Corporation in Detroit, Michigan for 
  preventive health programs at the Imani Social Re-nurturing and 
  Health Center.................................................150,000
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, for a Rural 
  Diabetes Glaucoma Initiative..................................400,000
University of Arizona Health Center to develop the use of DNA 
  microarrays to detect contamination of foods and/or dietary 
  supplements...................................................100,000
University of Arizona to study NikkomycinZ (NikZ) as a treatment for 
  Valley Fever..................................................100,000
University of Findlay, Findlay, Ohio, for Terrorism Preparedne1,500,000
University of Florida, Seniors Institute for Transportation and 
  Communications, Gainesville, Florida, for Older Driver Assessment and 
  Rehabilitation project......................................1,000,000
University of Georgia, College of Pharmacy, Center for Leadership in 
  Education and Applied Research in Mass Destruction Defense 
  (CLEARMADD), Athens, Georgia, to train health professionals to 
  respond to chemical and biological attacks....................450,000

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University of Louisville's Center for the Deterrence of Bioterrorism 
  and Biowarfare to educate public health officials to detect and 
  respond to biological attacks, Kentucky.....................1,200,000
University of Michigan Health System in Ann Arbor, Michigan for its 
  clinical simulation center for education and training of first 
  responders and medical and public health personnel............450,000
University of Missouri School of Journalism and the Sinclair School of 
  Nursing Cancer Communication Research Center for evaluation and 
  devlopment of protocols and programs..........................200,000
University of Montana Center for Environmental Health Sciences, 
  Missoula, Montana, to support research on the impact of environmental 
  factors in causing or exacerbating human diseases.............750,000
University of Northern Iowa Youth Fitness and Obesity Institute to 
  study the effectiveness of movement programs on the health of 
  preschool children............................................700,000
University of Rhode Island Cancer Prevention Research Center, in 
  Kingston, Rhode Island for cancer related research and tobacco 
  program.......................................................100,000
University of South Alabama for the Alabama Birth Defects Monitoring 
  and Prevention Center.........................................500,000
University of South Alabama for the Diabetic Lower Extremity Amputation 
  Prevention Program............................................500,000
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas for a 
  comprehensive cancer control program to address the needs of minority 
  and medically underserved populations.........................500,000
University of Vermont to implement an obesity research and community 
  intervention program to evaluate effective remedies...........100,000
Vanderbilt University Department of Pediatrics in Nashville, Tennessee, 
  for the Nurses for Newborns program...........................250,000
Wausau Health Foundation in Wausau, Wisconsin to develop and test 
  innovative approaches to increase screening for colorectal can200,000
West Virginia University for the Center for Healthy Communities to 
  implement a program to reduce obesity.......................1,000,000
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA. for 
  weight management and obesity control.........................250,000
Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center in Brooklyn, New York for a 
  community-based asthma management program.....................375,000

                     NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

                       National Cancer Institute

       The conference agreement includes $4,622,394,000 for the 
     National Cancer Institute instead of $4,642,394,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate and $4,299,493,000 as proposed by H.R. 
     246.
       The conferees note with concern the Lung Cancer Progress 
     Review Group's August 2001 report, which concluded that the 
     nation's health care system is poorly organized to deal with 
     lung cancer and that a pervasive sense of ``therapeutic 
     nihilism'' dominates the public and scientific discussion of 
     this disease. The conferees urge NCI to consider implementing 
     the group's recommendations, particularly regarding the 
     creation of multi-institutional, multidisciplinary lung 
     cancer consortia. The conferees request the NCI to submit a 
     report on the group's recommendations by June 30, 2003.

                National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute

       The conference agreement includes $2,812,011,000 for the 
     National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute instead of 
     $2,820,011,000 as proposed by the Senate and $2,698,391,000 
     as proposed by H.R. 246.
       The conferees encourage NHLBI, in collaboration with the 
     National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, to 
     enhance its efforts to develop a diagnostic test for 
     transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE) that would be 
     suitable for screening the blood supply. Currently, there is 
     no suitable method for identifying TSE-infected blood or 
     humans infected with TSEs. Human TSEs, for which there are no 
     known treatments, include Creutzfeld-Jakob disease and new 
     variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
       The conferees are aware of the impact of cystic fibrosis on 
     children and adults and commend the voluntary associations 
     that focus on combating this life-threatening genetic 
     disease. The conferees urge the NIH to work with these 
     organizations and outside researchers in supporting research 
     related to the diagnosis and treatment of patients who are 
     affected by this disease.
       The conferees are interested in efforts to find a cure for 
     Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM), a progressive and often fatal 
     lung disease of young women with no effective treatment. 
     Accordingly, the conferees urge the NHLBI to explore 
     opportunities for funding clinical treatment trials through 
     both intramural and extramural means and to use all available 
     mechanisms, as appropriate, including supporting state-of-
     the-science symposia and facilitating access to human 
     tissues, to stimulate a broad range of clinical and basic LAM 
     research.

         National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research

       The conference agreement includes $374,067,000 for the 
     National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research as 
     proposed by the Senate instead of $360,528,000 as proposed by 
     H.R. 246.

    National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

       The conference agreement includes $1,633,347,000 for the 
     National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney 
     Diseases instead of $1,637,347,000 as proposed by the Senate 
     and $1,532,394,000 as proposed by H.R. 246.
       The conferees are concerned about the alarming growth in 
     kidney disease and end stage renal disease and anticipated 
     shortages of the professionals in nephrology that will be 
     needed to handle these cases. NIDDK is encouraged to consider 
     launching new training initiatives and workshops such as 
     grant writing seminars to foster increased interest in this 
     subspecialty.

        National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

       The conference agreement includes $1,466,005,000 for the 
     National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke as 
     proposed by the Senate instead of $1,372,256,000 as proposed 
     by H.R. 246.
       The conferees encourage NINDS, in collaboration with NIAID, 
     to expand support for controlled clinical trials to better 
     understand the effect of neutralizing antibodies on current 
     therapies on multiple sclerosis, and to produce better 
     clinical data on effective combination therapies using 
     existing therapies that have been approved for MS and other 
     conditions. The conferees further encourage NINDS to conduct 
     a scientific workshop on the role of neutralizing antibodies 
     in MS therapy and new approaches for treatment of MS with 
     combination therapies of drugs approved for MS and other 
     conditions.

         National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

       The conference agreement includes $3,730,973,000 for the 
     National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases instead 
     of $3,727,473,000 as proposed by the Senate and 
     $2,674,213,000 as proposed by H.R. 246.
       The conference agreement includes bill language permitting 
     the transfer of $100,000,000 to International Assistance 
     Programs, Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and 
     Tuberculosis as proposed by the Senate. H.R. 246 included a 
     general provision permitting the Director of NIH to transfer 
     this amount to the Global Fund from funds appropriated to 
     NIH.
       The conference agreement includes bill language allocating 
     up to $375,000,000 for extramural facilities construction 
     grants for research on biological and other agents. The 
     Senate had proposed $150,000,000 for these grants. H.R. 246 
     had no similar provision. The conferees intend to provide 
     NIAID with flexibility to determine the appropriate share of 
     the Institute's funds directed to bioterrorism research 
     versus infrastructure.

             National Institute of General Medical Sciences

       The conference agreement includes $1,859,084,000 for the 
     National Institute of General Medical Sciences instead of 
     $1,853,584,000 as proposed by the Senate and $1,742,596,000 
     as proposed by H.R. 246.

        National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

       The conference agreement includes $1,213,817,000 for the 
     National Institute of Child Health and Human Development as 
     proposed by the Senate instead of $1,159,405,000 as proposed 
     by H.R. 246.
       The conferees recognize that the therapeutic potentials of 
     adult and embryonic stem cells need to be studied in animal 
     models. The conferees remain concerned about the absence of 
     research dedicated to investigating stem cells in the most 
     clinically relevant models. To maintain a position of 
     scientific leadership in embryonic stem cell research, the 
     conferees urge NICHD to support research using approved stem 
     cell lines that investigate adult and embryonic stem cells in 
     vitro and in nonhuman primates.
       Congenital limb deficiency, vascular disease, childhood 
     skeletal malignancy and trauma have resulted in over 
     1,500,000 persons in the U.S. experiencing limb loss.

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     Technological advancements today offer considerable 
     opportunity for persons with limb loss to effectively 
     resume active, productive lives. Standards of care for 
     persons with limb loss have not been developed, however, 
     nor have clinical outcomes research been conducted to 
     determine appropriate access to advanced technology 
     prosthetic devices and the importance of related physical 
     rehabilitation and therapy to improve performance among 
     persons who utilize prosthetic devices. The conferees 
     encourage the Institute to support a prosthetic outcomes 
     research consensus conference, with an emphasis on 
     consumer input, to develop a research protocol to 
     comprehensively address these concerns.

                         National Eye Institute

       The conference agreement includes $637,290,000 for the 
     National Eye Institute instead of $634,290,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate and $600,796,000 as proposed by H.R. 246.
       Ocular albinism (OA) is a hereditary, blinding disease that 
     causes terribly distorted vision in children. Victims, who 
     are usually boys and receive the defective gene from their 
     mothers, experience nystagmus, photophobia, lack of 
     stereoscopic vision, strabismus, and other symptoms which 
     deny these children normal vision. In recent years, great 
     strides have been made in the search for improved diagnostic 
     tools and treatments. Recently, the OA1 gene, responsible for 
     most cases of the disease, was identified, and a diagnostic 
     screening test created to help women determine if they are at 
     risk of passing the disease on to their children. As 
     researchers move closer to understanding how this disease 
     works, and developing potential treatments that could improve 
     the vision of children with the condition, the conferees 
     direct NEI to be prepared to report on advances in research 
     on ocular albinism.

          National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

       The conference agreement includes $618,258,000 for the 
     National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences instead 
     of $617,258,000 as proposed by the Senate and $589,701,000 as 
     proposed by H.R. 246.
       The conferees commend NIEHS for its recent efforts to 
     bolster research initiatives on the environmental influences 
     of breast cancer. The conferees recognize the serious lack of 
     research on the relationship between the environment and 
     breast cancer, and believe that it is important for the 
     Institute to support such research. The conferees urge the 
     Institute to establish a group of breast cancer and 
     environmental research advisers to make recommendations to 
     the Director with regard to the support of the breast cancer 
     and environmental research, and to include in the group 
     representatives from the breast cancer community who have had 
     breast cancer. The conferees request an update at the fiscal 
     year 2004 hearings on the progress in establishing an 
     advisory group. The conferees encourage NIEHS to consider 
     establishing centers to conduct multi-disciplinary and multi-
     institution research on environmental factors that may be 
     related to breast cancer.

                      National Institute on Aging

       The conference agreement includes $1,000,099,000 for the 
     National Institute on Aging as proposed by the Senate instead 
     of $939,608,000 as proposed by H.R. 246.

 National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases

       The conference agreement includes $489,324,000 for the 
     National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin 
     Diseases as proposed by the Senate instead of $474,392,000 as 
     proposed by H.R. 246.
       Vitiligo is an environmental and genetic auto-immune 
     disease of unknown origin which affects about three to six 
     million Americans. Almost 50 percent develop the disease in 
     childhood, with the median age of onset at four years of age. 
     In its most severe forms, patients have milky white patches 
     covering widespread areas of the body due to the loss of 
     pigment in these areas. Especially for young children, the 
     physical pain caused by severe burns from the harmful effects 
     of sunlight and the emotional pain caused by people confusing 
     vitiligo with an infectious disease diminishes the quality of 
     a patient's life. There are no FDA-approved treatments for 
     children. The conferees urge NIAMS to enhance research 
     efforts through all available mechanisms, as appropriate, to 
     identify the causes of this disease and develop pediatric 
     treatment options for vitiligo.

    National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders

       The conference agreement includes $372,805,000 for the 
     National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication 
     Disorders as proposed by the Senate instead of $351,376,000 
     as proposed by H.R. 246.

                 National Institute of Nursing Research

       The conference agreement includes $131,438,000 for the 
     National Institute of Nursing Research as proposed by the 
     Senate instead of $130,044,000 as proposed by H.R. 246.

           National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

       The conference agreement includes $418,773,000 for the 
     National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism as 
     proposed by the Senate instead of $401,933,000 as proposed by 
     H.R. 246.

                    National Institute on Drug Abuse

       The conference agreement includes $968,013,000 for the 
     National Institute on Drug Abuse as proposed by the Senate 
     instead of $912,489,000 as proposed by H.R. 246.
       The conferees commend NIDA for its partnership with the 
     Office of National Drug Control Policy, particularly the 
     ongoing support NIDA provides to the sites established by the 
     Counterdrug Technology Assessment Center (CTAC). The 
     conferees encourage the continuation and expansion of NIDA 
     funding for these research centers where CTAC has likewise 
     committed resources.

                  National Institute of Mental Health

       The conference agreement includes $1,349,788,000 for the 
     National Institute of Mental Health instead of $1,350,788,000 
     as proposed by the Senate and $1,290,274,000 as proposed by 
     H.R. 246.
       The conferees are concerned that the September 11, 2001 
     terrorist attacks have taken a toll on mental health in 
     America, and urge the Institute to conduct studies on the 
     effects of such events and disasters so that best practices 
     can be developed. Research should focus on survivors, 
     emergency workers and the general public to understand the 
     degree of mental trauma suffered and to understand how post 
     traumatic stress affects these different populations.

                National Human Genome Research Institute

       The conference agreement includes $468,037,000 for the 
     National Human Genome Research Institute as proposed by the 
     Senate instead of $431,985,000 as proposed by H.R. 246.

      National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

       The conference agreement includes $280,100,000 for the 
     National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering 
     instead of $283,100,000 as proposed by the Senate and 
     $140,973,000 as proposed by H.R. 246.

                 National Center for Research Resources

       The conference agreement includes $1,146,272,000 for the 
     National Center for Research Resources instead of 
     $1,161,272,000 as proposed by the Senate and $1,015,395,000 
     as proposed by H.R. 246.
       The conference agreement includes bill language to earmark 
     $120,000,000 for extramural facilities construction grants 
     instead of $97,000,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 and 
     $125,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Within the total provided for NCRR, $210,000,000 is for the 
     Institutional Development Awards (IDeA) program and 
     $312,000,000 is for the General Clinical Research Centers. Of 
     the IDeA grants funding, $127,000,000 is designated for the 
     Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence program and 
     $83,000,000 is designated for the Biomedical Research 
     Infrastructure Networks program.

       National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine

       The conference agreement includes $114,149,000 for the 
     National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine as 
     proposed by the Senate instead of $105,212,000 as proposed by 
     H.R. 246.
       The conference agreement includes sufficient funds to 
     increase support for the chiropractic research center.

       National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities

       The conference agreement includes $186,929,000 for the 
     National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities as 
     proposed by the Senate instead of $151,062,000 as proposed by 
     H.R. 246.

                  John E. Fogarty International Center

       The conference agreement includes $63,880,000 for the John 
     E. Fogarty International Center instead of $60,880,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate and $57,064,000 as proposed by H.R. 
     246.

                      National Library of Medicine

       The conference agreement includes $310,299,000 for the 
     National Library of Medicine, of which $8,200,000 is made 
     available through the evaluation set-aside, as proposed by 
     the Senate instead of $277,273,000 as proposed by H.R. 246. 
     Bill language is included, as proposed by the Senate, to make 
     available $8,200,000 from amounts available under section 241 
     of the Public Health Service Act to carry out the National 
     Information Center on Health Services Research and Health 
     Care Technology. H.R. 246 did not contain a similar 
     provision.

                         Office of the Director

                     (Including transfer of funds)

       The conference agreement includes $267,974,000 for the 
     Office of the Director instead of $257,974,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate and $2,476,111,000 as proposed by H.R. 246.
       The conference agreement provides $20,000,000 for the 
     Director's Discretionary Fund rather than $10,000,000 as 
     provided by H.R. 246 and the Senate in order that the 
     Director of NIH may allocate resources to the Institutes and 
     Centers to begin ``roadmap'' activities.
       The conferees concur with the guidance in the Senate 
     explanatory statement regarding limits for NIH reprogramming 
     requests.
       The conference agreement reflects the funding and grant 
     transfers that will be made to the National Institute of 
     Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering from other institutes 
     and centers.
       The conferees concur with the Senate explanatory statement 
     encouraging NIH to increase the research training stipend 
     awards by ten percent.
       The conferees are agreed that NIH should continue to 
     allocate funds for biomedical research on the basis of 
     scientific opportunity,

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     taking into consideration the many other factors identified 
     by NIH as being relevant to funding decisions, such as the 
     infectious nature of a disease, the number of cases and 
     deaths associated with a disease, the cost of disease 
     treatment, and/or other costs associated with a disease. The 
     conferees also expect NIH to consider carefully the language 
     in appropriations explanatory statements and give it 
     appropriate weight when determining funding allocations 
     across disease areas. Regarding the cases in which 
     appropriations explanatory statements reference funding 
     levels for a specific disease, the conferees are agreed that 
     these are intended only to express relative priority and are 
     not funding earmarks.
       The conferees do not agree to the budget request to use NIH 
     funding to support Department of Defense free electron laser 
     research and radiation exposure research.
       The conferees have previously provided funding for the 
     design of a new facility for the National Library of Medicine 
     and understand that the design phase of this project is 
     nearly complete. The conferees request the Director of NIH to 
     provide a report by June 30, 2003 to the Committees on 
     Appropriations with details of the new facility, timetables 
     and costs, based on a construction plan consistent with 
     recommendations from the NIH Facilities Planning Advisory 
     Committee.
       The conferees request that the NIH Interagency Autism 
     Coordinating Committee (IACC) convene a panel of outstanding 
     scientists to assess the field of autism research, and 
     identify the roadblocks that may be hindering progress in 
     understanding its causes and best treatment options. As a 
     next step, the IACC should take the recommendations of these 
     findings and develop a matrix of short-to-long range and low-
     to-high risk action items to address some of the roadblocks 
     identified by the panel. This matrix would then be used to 
     help guide further autism research planning at NIH, and as a 
     tool for the entire autism community. It should include 
     opportunities for voluntary and private funding 
     organizations, and hopefully will lead to opportunities for 
     collaboration with other government agencies and the autism 
     community as well. The matrix should be a living document 
     that can be revised and expanded as current goals are 
     achieved and new goals are identified. Once the matrix has 
     been developed, the IACC should provide a report to Congress 
     on the state of autism research.
       Pick's disease is a rare form of frontotemporal dementia 
     that leads to a degeneration of social skills, language, 
     reasoning abilities, and memory. Although the cause of this 
     disease is unknown, researchers now appreciate the degree to 
     which disorders such as Pick's disease are related to other 
     frontotemporal dementias, and even more common forms of 
     dementia such as Alzheimer's disease. Alterations of the tau 
     protein, which is an important structural component of 
     neurons, have been implicated in all of these disorders, and 
     provide an important common target for further exploration. 
     NIA and NINDS are encouraged to support research on 
     frontotemporal dementias, including Pick's disease, as well 
     as related tauopathies, that may reveal insights into the 
     causes and possible treatments of these conditions.
       Rett syndrome is a neurological disorder seen almost 
     exclusively in females; it affects approximately one in ten 
     thousand live births per year. The conferees are pleased to 
     learn of the discovery of the MECP2 gene as the main cause of 
     this disorder and encourage the Institutes to expand their 
     research efforts to learn how this gene affects other genes 
     and tissues during the development of the nervous system. The 
     conferees also encourage research to develop animal models of 
     the disorder and to study the daily problems that afflict 
     children with Rett syndrome, including autonomic disorders, 
     as well as research on interventions for improved literacy 
     and communication. Because Rett syndrome is a multi-faceted 
     disorder, the conferees encourage NICHD, NINDS, NIDCD, and 
     NIGMS to work in collaboration to maximize the outcomes from 
     investments made in Rett syndrome research.
       The Department has conducted a comprehensive review of 
     research on products containing the herb ephedra, and the 
     conferees look forward to seeing this work in the near 
     future. The conferees recommend that, following publication 
     of this work and a thorough dialogue between the Department, 
     industry and others, NIH initiate scientific studies 
     necessary to resolve any remaining questions on the safety 
     and benefits of these products.
       The conferees request NIH to provide a report by June 30, 
     2003 summarizing, by grant and amount, actual fiscal year 
     2002 research funding on temporomandibular diseases and 
     disorders, as well as an estimate of fiscal year 2003 
     expenditures.

                        Buildings and Facilities

       The conference agreement includes $632,800,000 for 
     buildings and facilities instead of $607,800,000 as proposed 
     by the Senate and $296,100,000 as proposed by H.R. 246.
       The conference agreement includes language granting full 
     scope authority for the contracting of construction of the 
     first and second phases of the John E. Porter Neurosciences 
     Building as proposed by the Senate. H.R. 246 did not have a 
     similar provision.
       The conference agreement includes $105,000,000 for the NIH 
     research building proposed in the budget request to be 
     constructed on Department of Army land at Ft. Detrick, 
     Maryland.
       The conferees were saddened by the recent passing of 
     Florence S. Mahoney, one of the nation's foremost advocates 
     for health research and a pioneer in the development of the 
     NIH. Beginning in the 1940s, Mahoney teamed up with another 
     citizen activist, Mary Lasker, to seek a greater Federal 
     investment in health sciences and biomedical research. They 
     were extraordinarily effective. Mrs. Mahoney's crowning 
     achievement was her almost singlehanded campaign to create 
     the National Institute on Aging. That event, in 1974, opened 
     the way to scientific advances aimed at extending the healthy 
     years of life and maintaining functional independence for 
     millions of older Americans. She embodied that ideal, living 
     independently until her death at age 103. Mahoney was the 
     last of a generation of giants--including Lasker, James 
     Shannon, Senator Lister Hill and Representative John 
     Fogarty--who built the modern NIH. The conferees strongly 
     urge the NIH to honor her memory by designating one of two 
     outdoor courtyards in the Mark O. Hatfield Clinical Research 
     Center, now under construction, as the ``Florence S. Mahoney 
     Plaza (or Courtyard).'' The conferees hope that such a space 
     will include a stone marker, plaque or sculpture that would 
     prominently pay tribute to Mahoney's enormous contributions 
     to the NIH.

       SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

               Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services

       The conference agreement includes $3,232,268,000 for 
     substance abuse and mental health services, of which 
     $3,158,068,000 is provided through budget authority and 
     $74,200,000 is provided through the evaluation set-aside. 
     H.R. 246 had proposed $3,167,897,000 for SAMHSA and the 
     Senate proposed $3,203,917,000, of which $74,200,000 was from 
     the evaluation set-aside.
       The conference agreement contains bill language providing 
     $955,000 for protection, maintenance and remediation of 
     Federally-owned facilities at St. Elizabeths Hospital as 
     proposed by the Senate. H.R. 246 had no similar provision.
       The conference agreement includes bill language identifying 
     $21,461,000 for projects in the amounts specified in the 
     statement of the managers on the conference report.

                   Center for Mental Health Services

       The conference agreement includes $246,042,000 for programs 
     of regional and national significance instead of $226,067,000 
     as proposed by H.R. 246 and the Senate.
       Within the total provided, the conference agreement 
     provides $95,000,000 for counseling services for school-aged 
     youth as proposed by the Senate. As proposed by the Senate, 
     $3,000,000 is provided to support the National Suicide 
     Prevention Resource Center, and continued support is provided 
     for the Suicide Prevention Hotline program.
       Within the total provided, $30,000,000 is provided under 
     section 582 of the Public Health Service Act to support 
     grants to local mental health providers for the purposes of 
     developing knowledge of best practices and providing mental 
     health services to children and youth suffering from post-
     traumatic stress disorder as a result of having witnessed or 
     experienced a traumatic event. These funds are provided 
     through the SAMHSA appropriation rather than $10,000,000 
     being provided through the Public Health and Social Services 
     Emergency Fund as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement provides $2,000,000 above the 
     request to continue the current level of funding for the 
     consumer and consumer-supported national technical assistance 
     centers as proposed by the Senate. The conferee direct CMHS 
     to support multi-year grants to five such national technical 
     assistance centers.
       The conference agreement provides $5,000,000 to continue 
     the elderly treatment and outreach program as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       As proposed by the Senate, the conference agreement 
     provides $5,000,000 for the jail diversion program and 
     $1,000,000 for new awards under the community action grant 
     program.
       The conferees include the following amounts for the 
     following projects and activities in fiscal year 2003:

Access Community Health Network in Chicago, Illinois for an initiative 
  to improve mental health services at their community health c$350,000
Arab-American & Chaldean Council, Lathrup Village, Michigan, to develop 
  a comprehensive and systems mental health initiative for the 
  prevention and treatment of substance abuse among Arab-America500,000
Bellfaire Jewish Children's Bureau, Shaker Heights, Ohio, for Social 
  Advocates for Youth (SAY) program to provide early intervention and 
  substance abuse services to high school students..............605,000

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Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center in Lawrence, Kansas to provide 
  mental health services in schools and other settings to prevent 
  juvenile crime and substance abuse among high-risk youth......150,000
Center for Mind Body Medicine, Washington, D.C., to train health and 
  mental health professionals in treating war and terrorism related 
  trauma in the U.S. and abroad.................................200,000
City of San Francisco to develop a Homeless Management Information 
  System to track and address the needs of the homeless.........150,000
Covenant House Pennsylvania to support programs at its Crisis Residence 
  for runaway and homeless youth in Philadelphia................500,000
Emergency Shelter of the Fox Valley, Inc. in Appleton, Wisconsin to 
  expand programs providing temporary shelter and mental health 
  services to the homeless.......................................30,000
Family Communications Inc. in Pittsburgh--for an antiviolence program 
  entitled the National Preschool Anger Management Project......150,000
Family Communications Inc. to implement the National Preschool Anger 
  Management Project in Iowa....................................250,000
Family Support Systems Unlimited in the Bronx, New York for mental 
  health services...............................................250,000
Hub Program in Billings, Montana to provide services to the low-income 
  mentally ill..................................................400,000
Interlink Counseling Services, Louisville, Kentucky, for drug 
  prevention programs............................................30,000
Jewish Association for Residential Care, Farmington Hills, Michigan, to 
  develop and expand mental health support and long-term case 
  management....................................................500,000
KidsPeace in Pennsylvania.......................................100,000
Kidspeace, Graham Lake Campus, Maine............................450,000
Lawrence Hall Youth Services (LHYS) in Chicago, Illinois for mental 
  health and related support services...........................250,000
Life Quest Community Mental Health Center for treatment of co-occurring 
  disorders in the population of Mat-Su Valley..................400,000
Meeting Street Center in East Providence, Rhode Island for children's 
  mental health and enhanced early intervention support services400,000
Mentally Ill Offender Crime Reduction demonstration in Ventura, 
  California....................................................400,000
Montrose Counseling Center in Houston, Texas for mental health s100,000
Operation Breakthrough at Saint Vincent's Family Service Center in 
  Kansas City, Missouri for family mental health services.......350,000
Pacific Clinics in Arcadia, California to support a school-based mental 
  health demonstration program for Latina adolescents...........500,000
San Francisco Department of Public Health in San Franciso, California 
  for mental health and substance abuse services for homeless persons 
  in supportive housing.........................................750,000
Smith Haven Ministries in Coram, New York for mental health counseling 
  services......................................................500,000
Sowing the Seeds of Hope to provide mental health support for 
  distressed farm families......................................100,000
State of Alaska Department of Health and Social Services Suicide 
  Prevention Program to identify, intervene and treat individuals in 
  Alaska at risk of suicide.....................................250,000
Texas Medication Algorithm Project (T-MAP) in Tarrent County, Texas for 
  further development, testing, and implementation of the 
  computerization program.......................................300,000
United Migrant Opportunities Services to provide comprehensive, 
  bilingual, bicultural services to Latina women and families who are 
  victims of domestic violence...................................60,000
       The conference agreement includes $440,000,000 for the 
     mental health block grant instead of $433,000,000 as proposed 
     by the Senate and $438,000,000 as proposed by H.R. 246.
       The conference agreement includes $98,694,000 for 
     children's mental health grants rather than $96,694,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate and H.R. 246.
       The conference agreement provides $43,355,000 for grants to 
     States for the homeless (PATH) rather than $46,855,000 
     proposed by the Senate and $39,855,000 proposed by H.R. 246.
       The conference agreement includes $34,000,000 for 
     protection and advocacy instead of $32,500,000 as proposed by 
     H.R. 246 and $35,500,000 as proposed by the Senate.

                  Center for Substance Abuse Treatment

       The conference agreement includes $319,354,000 for programs 
     of regional and national significance instead of $296,314,000 
     as proposed by H.R. 246 and $310,000,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       The conference agreement includes sufficient funding to 
     support methamphetamine prevention and treatment 
     demonstration projects in Iowa and other parts of the Midwest 
     and South.
       The conference agreement provides $3,000,000 for the 
     Residential Treatment Program for Pregnant and Postpartum 
     Women.
       The conferees include the following amounts for the 
     following projects and activities in fiscal year 2003:

Alaska Christian College at Kenai for the support of residential 
  substance abuse program for adolescents......................$200,000
Allegheny County, Department of Human Services, Pittsburgh, PA., for 
  drug and alcohol treatment....................................100,000
Baltimore City Health Department, Baltimore, Maryland, to expand drug 
  treatment services............................................450,000
City of Vallejo Fighting Back Partnership in Vallejo, California for a 
  pilot program to identify and treat youth who are abusing alcohol or 
  drugs.........................................................275,000
Community Services for Children, Lehigh County, PA., to remediate and 
  reverse the impact of drug use by pregnant mothers on their newborn 
  infants.......................................................100,000
Cook Inlet Council (Kenai) Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse for 
  treatment of women and children with substance abuse problems.400,000
Cook Inlet Tribal Council's Ernie Turner Center to continue outpatient 
  and inpatient substance abuse treatment.......................500,000
Copper River Native Association's Hudson Lake Spirit Camp for a 
  substance abuse spirit camp program...........................250,000
Fairbanks Memorial Hospital to provide treatment and services to 
  chronic inebriates in Fairbanks...............................400,000
Fairbanks Native Association's Lifegivers Program residential treatment 
  program for pregnant women and their children.................500,000
Flowering Tree in Pine Ridge, SD for residental substance abuse 
  treatment programs for young mothers and pregnant women on the Pine 
  Ridge Indian Reservation......................................300,000
Gavin Foundation in South Boston, Massachusetts, for the Cushing House 
  substance abuse treatment program for adolescent males........250,000
Lindy's Place in New Orleans, LA to integrate substance abuse treatment 
  program into domestic violence programs........................50,000
Southcentral Foundation's Pathways Home Residential Treatment center 
  for adolescent substance abusers............................2,000,000
Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium Deilee Hit residential 
  substance abuse treatment program for pregnant women and their 
  children......................................................400,000

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Tanana Chiefs Conference and Fairbanks Native Association to continue 
  the Ch'eghutsen comprehensive mental health services program for 
  children in Interior Alaska...................................800,000
Tundra Swan Inhalant Abuse Treatment Center in Bethel, Alaska for 
  operational support.........................................1,500,000
Vocational Instruction Project Community Services in The Bronx, New 
  York for mental health and substance abuse services, including 
  services for families.........................................300,000

       The conference agreement includes $1,765,000,000 for the 
     Substance Abuse Performance Partnership, of which 
     $1,702,800,000 is budget authority and $62,200,000 is 
     provided through the PHS evaluation funding tap. H.R. 246 had 
     proposed $1,745,000,000 and the Senate proposed 
     $1,785,000,000, of which $62,200,000 was derived through the 
     evaluation tap. The conference agreement includes bill 
     language establishing a limitation of five percent of the 
     performance partnership appropriation for funding of data 
     collection activities as proposed by the Senate.

                 Center for Substance Abuse Prevention

       The conference agreement includes $198,401,000 for programs 
     of regional and national significance instead of $202,000,000 
     as proposed by H.R. 246 and $183,379,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       The conference agreement provides funds over the budget 
     request for Starting Early, Starting Smart and Community-
     Initiated Prevention Intervention. $5,000,000 is included to 
     continue and expand the ecstasy program funded last year; 
     $10,000,000 is provided for FAS/FAE prevention and treatment 
     programs; and no less than last year's level is provided for 
     the National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information.
       The Starting Early, Starting Smart program has demonstrated 
     proven results in improving family management, reducing drug 
     and alcohol abuse, and improving child development and 
     resilience.
       The conferees include the following amounts for the 
     following projects and activities in fiscal year 2003:

Children's Home of Easton Services Inc., Easton, PA for at-risk youth 
  counseling...................................................$100,000
Community Health Centers in the Big Island of Hawaii for a youth anti-
  drug program..................................................250,000
Fenway Community Health Center, Boston, Massachusetts, to provide 
  comprehensive health care, mental health, and drug treatment services 
  to low-income HIV and AIDS patients...........................150,000
Hands Across Cultures in Espanola, New Mexico, for the Black Tar Heroin 
  Coalition.....................................................350,000
Institute for Research, Education, and Training in Addictions, 
  Pittsburgh, PA for treatment approaches and health policy deve250,000
Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa for the Rock in Prevention p300,000
Jefferson Parish, SE Louisiana Drug Prevention Education program for 
  students drug testing assessment, counseling treatment, drug 
  education, outreach services and program evaluation...........500,000
Life Haven, Inc. in New Haven, Connecticut, for services to promote 
  resilence for homeless and other at-risk children.............350,000
Silver Spring Neighborhood Center for an alcohol, tobacco and drug 
  prevention program for youths..................................11,000
South Boston Community Health Center in South Boston, Massachusetts for 
  a substance abuse prevention initiative.......................200,000
Southeast Louisiana Drug Prevention and Education Program in Jefferson, 
  LA for student drug testing, counseling, drug education, outreach and 
  program evaluation............................................100,000
St. Francis House in Boston, MA to provide mental health and substance 
  abuse programs to the homeless................................125,000
Start SMART Foundation, Bethlehem, PA for the expansion of a pilot 
  project to examine the distribution of a saliva alcohol test..225,000
Teen Court of Greater New Orleans to expand its Drug Prevention p50,000
University of South Dakota to continue the work of the Consortium on 
  Fetal Alcohol Syndrome regarding development and testing of a 
  prevention model for women considered at-risk for abusing alcohol 
  during their childbearing years...............................700,000
University of Vermont to disseminate a multimedia drug abuse prevention 
  program to middle school students throughout the state.........50,000

       Within the total provided for SAMHSA, $109,100,000 is for 
     activities that are targeted to address the growing HIV/AIDS 
     epidemic and its disparate impact on communities of color, 
     including African Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, Asian 
     Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. The 
     conferees expect SAMHSA to follow the fiscal year 2002 House 
     report regarding the disbursement of these funds.
       Within the total funding for the Minority HIV/AIDS 
     Initiative, $8,000,000 is for the treatment of mental health 
     disorders related to HIV disease, including dementia, 
     clinical depression and chronic, progressive neurological 
     disabilities that often accompany HIV disease.
       Within the total funding for the Minority HIV/AIDS 
     Initiative, $61,000,000 is to enhance the quality of services 
     and expand the service capacity of substance abuse treatment 
     programs with a history of providing services to high risk 
     communities of color that are severely impacted by substance 
     abuse and HIV/AIDS.
       Within the total funding for the Minority HIV/AIDS 
     Initiative, $40,100,000 is to provide grants for planning and 
     services to organizations with a history of providing 
     services to high risk communities of color to enhance the 
     quality of services and to expand substance abuse prevention 
     service capacity in communities of color disproportionately 
     impacted by the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

                           Program Management

       The conference agreement includes $86,467,000 for program 
     management, of which $12,000,000 is provided through the 
     evaluation set-aside. This is the same allocation as proposed 
     by the Senate. H.R. 246 proposed $91,467,000.

               AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY

                    Healthcare Research and Quality

       The conference agreement includes $303,695,000 instead of 
     $298,745,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 and $308,645,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. The agreement provides all these 
     funds through the policy evaluation set-aside. H.R. 246 had 
     provided $296,145,000 through the evaluation set-aside. The 
     Senate had provided these funds through budget authority. The 
     conference agreement also provides $5,000,000 for AHRQ 
     bioterrorism activities through the Public Health and Social 
     Services Emergency Fund.
       The agreement provides $55,000,000 for reducing medical 
     errors as proposed by H.R. 246. The Senate provided 
     $60,000,000. The agreement provides $53,300,000 for health 
     insurance and expenditure surveys as proposed by the Senate 
     instead of $48,500,000 proposed in H.R. 246. The agreement 
     provides $2,700,000 for program management as proposed by the 
     Senate instead of $2,600,000 as proposed by H.R. 246.
       The conference agreement does not permit the transfer of 
     $10,000,000 to the Department of Commerce for the Current 
     Population Survey. This is consistent with H.R. 246 and the 
     Senate bill.

               CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES

                           Program Management

       The conference agreement includes $2,581,672,000 for 
     program management instead of $2,550,488,000 as proposed by 
     H.R. 246 and $2,559,664,000 as proposed by the Senate. An 
     additional appropriation of $720,000,000 has been provided 
     for the Medicare Integrity Program through the Health 
     Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 as 
     proposed by the Senate rather than $700,000,000 as proposed 
     by H.R. 246. A citation for the Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP 
     Benefits Improvement and Protection Act proposed by H.R. 246 
     is not included in the conference agreement because more 
     general authorities are cited.

                Research, Demonstration, and Evaluation

       The conference agreement includes $74,194,000 for research, 
     demonstration, and evaluation instead of $68,400,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate and $33,510,000 as proposed by H.R. 
     246.
       Within the total provided, $40,000,000 is for Real Choice 
     Systems Change Grants to States. The conferees continue to 
     strongly support the Real Choice Systems Change grants and 
     expect CMS to provide expanded technical assistance to the 
     consumer task forces involved with the program by contracting 
     with a consortium of consumer controlled organizations for 
     people with disabilities. The conferees request the Secretary 
     to report on the activities and accomplishments of the 
     Community Living Exchange Cooperative by July 1, 2003.
       The conferees are pleased with the currently ongoing 
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     Care and Emergency Department Continuity of Care Projects and 
     recommend their continuation. The conferees are pleased with 
     the demonstration project being conducted at the Mind-Body 
     Institute of Boston, Massachusetts, and recommend its 
     continuation.
       The agreement includes bill language for the following 
     projects and activities for fiscal year 2003:

AIDS Healthcare Foundation in Los Angeles for a demonstration of 
  residential and outpatient treatment facilities............$1,500,000
Bucks County Health Improvement Project, Langhorne, Pennsylvania500,000
Children's Hospice International demonstration program to provide a 
  continuum of care for children with life-threatening conditions and 
  their families................................................464,000
Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minneapolis/St. Paul, in 
  partnership with the National Hospice and Palliative Care 
  Organization, for a demonstration project to provide pediatric 
  palliative care education and consultation services...........350,000
Community Catalyst Inc. in Boston, MA to expand a benefits management 
  program to improve the delivery of healthcare benefits to low-income 
  individuals...................................................100,000
Cook County Illinois Bureau of Health Services, to improve the 
  management of the vulnerable patients with poorly controlled di75,000
County of Sacramento, California for implementation of the SacAdvantage 
  pilot program to increase availability of health insurance for 
  uninsured workers and their dependents through premium subsidies and 
  purchasing pools..............................................700,000
Equip for Equality in Chicago, Illinois for a demonstration project to 
  document the impact of an independent investigative unit to examine 
  deaths and serious allegations of abuse and neglect of people with 
  disabilities at facilities in Illinois........................200,000
Hamot Medical Center, Erie, PA, for a demonstration project for the 
  evaluation of advanced illness coordinated care for Medicare 
  Beneficiaries.................................................300,000
Hope House Day Care Center in Memphis, Tennessee for a demonstration 
  project on improving the overall well-being of HIV positive ch100,000
Hospice of Metro Denver in Denver, Colorado to establish a clinical and 
  training affiliation with the University of Colorado's Health Science 
  Center and to develop cutting-edge palliative care practices..500,000
Illinois Primary Health Care Association, in Springfield, Illinois, to 
  implement the Shared Integrated Management Information System.350,000
Jefferson Area Board for Aging, Charlottesville, Virginia, for 
  continuation of the recruitment, retention, training, and support of 
  nursing assistants............................................100,000
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD., for an advanced 
  respiratory Medicine project to study in-home, self-administered high 
  frequency chest wall oscillation therapy......................100,000
Medical Care for Children Partnership, Fairfax, Virginia, to provide 
  outreach to increase access to medical and dental care for chi130,000
The Breast Cancer Fund in San Francisco, California for the 
  ``Lifelines'' project to increase access to breast cancer treatment 
  for medically underserved women (in collaboration with Shanti)325,000

                          Medicare Contractors

       The conference agreement includes $1,677,584,000 for 
     Medicare contractors instead of $1,675,084,000 as proposed by 
     H.R. 246 and $1,680,084,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within 
     the total provided, $12,500,000 is to support grants for 
     State Health Insurance Counseling and Assistance programs as 
     proposed by the Senate. The conferees recommend that CMS 
     eliminate the five percent cap on transferring funds between 
     functions so that contractors may have greater flexibility to 
     manage their resources to match programmatic needs.

                         Federal Administration

       The conference agreement includes $575,497,000 for Federal 
     administration rather than $587,497,000 as proposed by H.R. 
     246 and $556,783,000 as proposed by the Senate. The agreement 
     provides $13,000,000 for the Medicaid Healthy Start, Grow 
     Smart campaign.
       The conferees direct that the Centers for Medicare and 
     Medicaid Services utilize data reflecting the current cost of 
     liability insurance to determine current Medicare payment 
     rates, including annual updates to the malpractice geographic 
     practice cost index.
       The conferees are concerned about the widespread failure of 
     States to provide screening for lead poisoning to children 
     served by Medicaid, as required by Federal law. The conferees 
     expect CMS to provide national leadership to ensure Medicaid 
     lead screening consistent with age and risk factors 
     recommended by CDC. CMS is also encouraged to ensure Medicaid 
     coverage of environmental investigations, including analysis 
     of samples to identify lead hazards in the home of a poisoned 
     child.
       The conferees direct the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services to review the Medicare Geographic Classification 
     Review Board's criteria for reclassification determinations 
     with respect to making payments to hospitals. The conferees 
     request the review to include a detailed analysis of 
     disparities among hospitals' reimbursement rates for 
     hospitals in metropolitan statistical areas that border on 
     areas that have higher wage indices; the difficulty hospitals 
     face in losing skilled medical personnel to neighboring areas 
     with urban classifications and higher wage and salary 
     structures; geographic and environmental impediments to 
     traditional community routes; the base costs on which the 
     wage index is applied; and the effect lower wage indices have 
     on the quality of care. The conferees expect the Secretary to 
     report to the Committees no later than May 30, 2003.
       The conferees concur in the language in the Senate 
     explanatory statement requesting the Secretary to conduct a 
     comprehensive study of current literature and best practices 
     to determine the cost-effectiveness of behavioral-based 
     weight loss services. The conferees expect such a study to be 
     completed within six months of enactment of the 
     appropriations bill.
       The conferees are agreed that the last paragraph under CMS 
     Program Management, Federal administration, in the Senate 
     explanatory statement, pertaining to a study of claims data, 
     is deleted.
       The conferees urge CMS to promulgate regulations 
     establishing the same definition of ``audiologist'' for the 
     Medicaid program as is currently used in the Medicare 
     program. The conferees also note that both the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs and the Office of Personnel Management allow 
     participants in their respective health care programs direct 
     access to audiologists, and recommend that CMS adopt a policy 
     for Medicare consistent with these successful initiatives.
       The conferees are concerned about the growing national 
     shortage of nursing and allied health professionals. This 
     concern is evidenced by the recent passage of the Nurse 
     Reinvestment Act of 2002. Medicare has historically paid a 
     share of the net costs of approved nursing and allied health 
     education costs associated with a nursing and allied health 
     education program operated by a hospital. The conferees are 
     particularly concerned about nursing and allied health 
     educational programs that cannot meet the regulations set 
     forth at 42 C.F.R. Sec. 413.85(f) solely as a result of 
     regional educational accrediting criteria. Given the shortage 
     of nursing and allied health professionals, the conferees 
     support the payment of costs on a reasonable cost basis for a 
     hospital that has historically been the operator of nursing 
     and allied health educational program(s) that qualified for 
     Medicare payments under 42 C.F.R. Sec. 413.85, but, solely in 
     order to meet educational standards, subsequently 
     relinquishes some control over the program(s) to an 
     educational institution, which: meets regional accrediting 
     standards; is wholly owned by the provider; and is supported 
     by the hospital, i.e., the hospital is incurring the costs of 
     both the classroom and clinical training portions of the 
     program. Moreover, a hospital could bear all the costs of the 
     training but share curriculum control with the educational 
     institution. It was not the intent of Congress in Section 
     6205 of Public Law 101-239 nor Section 4159(b) of Public Law 
     101-508 to preclude hospitals from receiving reasonable cost 
     pass-through payments for nursing and allied health 
     educational programs based solely on conflicting 
     accreditation educational standards.

                ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

                     Refugee and Entrant Assistance

       The conference agreement appropriates $446,724,000 as 
     proposed by H.R. 246 instead of

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     $442,724, 000 as proposed by the Senate. Within this amount, 
     $151,121,000 is provided for Social Services, as proposed in 
     H.R. 246. The Senate bill included $147,121,000 for this 
     purpose.
       The conferees recognize the importance of continued 
     educational support to schools with a significant proportion 
     of refugee children, consistent with previous support to 
     schools heavily impacted by large concentrations of refugees, 
     and urge the Office of Refugee Resettlement to support these 
     efforts should funding become available in the Social 
     Services or other accounts.
       The agreement also includes $19,000,000 for increased 
     support to communities with large concentrations of refugees 
     whose cultural differences make assimilation especially 
     difficult justifying a more intense level and longer duration 
     of Federal assistance.

                Children and Families Services Programs

       The conference agreement includes $8,643,117,000 for 
     children and families services programs instead of 
     $8,467,062,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 and $8,648,884,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.
     Runaway youth
       The conference agreement includes $90,567,000 for runaway 
     youth instead of $93,000,000 as proposed by the Senate and 
     $88,133,000 as proposed by H.R. 246. Within the funds 
     provided, $40,770,000 is available for the transitional 
     living program (TLP). The conference agreement includes these 
     additional resources to meet the needs of more young people 
     in need of services.
     Child abuse
       The conference agreement includes $34,066,000 for child 
     abuse discretionary programs instead of $26,351,000 as 
     proposed by H.R. 246 and the Senate. Within the funds 
     provided for child abuse prevention programs, the agreement 
     includes the following items:

AGAPE of Central Alabama, Inc., Montgomery, Alabama, for their work 
  with the children in need.....................................$70,000
Alameda County Social Service Agency, Alameda County, California, for 
  Another Road to Safety Program to serve low to moderate risk f440,000
Alaska Department of Health and Social Services, in consultation with 
  the Alaska Native Health Board, the Municipality of Anchorage, Cook 
  Inlet Tribal Council, University of Alaska, and the Anchorage Women's 
  Commission to develop a comprehensive statewide plan on.......600,000
Asian Pacific Women's Center, Inc., Los Angeles, CA., for Domestic 
  Violence Transitional Housing program to protect at risk child150,000
Boys and Girls Home of Nebraska Child Abuse Prevention Program to 
  provide statewide child abuse prevention and counseling services to 
  families......................................................350,000
Catholic Community Services/Juneau Family Resource Center in Alaska to 
  address child abuse prevention issues.........................250,000
Center for Women and Families, Inc., Louisville, Kentucky, for child 
  abuse prevention programs.....................................100,000
Child Welfare League of America, Inc., Washington, DC, for study on 
  Monitoring Safety of Children in Foster Care..................500,000
Childhelp USA, Fairfax, Virginia, to reduce the incidence and severity 
  of child abuse and enhance the ability to investigate reports and 
  meet the needs of victims of child abuse......................250,000
Children's Village, Inc. in Pine Ridge, South Dakota to serve children 
  of the Oglala Sioux Tribe who are abused and neglected and are 
  removed from the care of their parents........................140,000
Communities against Domestic Violence, Falls Church, VA, to prevent 
  family violence in language-minority communities..............240,000
Homeless Prenatal Program, San Francisco, CA, for services to at-risk 
  children......................................................400,000
Nexus Diversified Community Services of Manteno, Illinois, to enhance 
  and expand its community-based residential center for sexually abused 
  youth.......................................................1,100,000
Mockingbird Society of Seattle, Washington to pilot a model program for 
  maintaining and stabilizing children in the state foster care 325,000
Ohel Children's Home and Family Services, Brooklyn, NY, for a child 
  abuse prevention program......................................300,000
Parents Anonymous of Iowa to expand child abuse prevention services in 
  Iowa...........................................................50,000
Parents for Meghan's Law in Stony Brook, New York for educational 
  programs for victims of child abuse and their families........100,000
State of Alaska for emergency housing for victims of child abuse in 
  Anchorage, Alaska.............................................250,000
State of Alaska Healthy Families/Better Beginnings home visiting 
  program for State of Alaska and regional Native non-profit 
  organizations...............................................2,000,000
Vanessa Behan Crisis Nursery, Spokane, Washington, to create a national 
  demonstration project.........................................100,000
     Compassion Capital Fund
       The conference agreement includes $35,000,000 for the 
     compassion capital fund, instead of $30,000,000 as proposed 
     by H.R. 246 and $45,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
     Social services and income maintenance research
       The conference agreement includes $34,937,000 for social 
     services and income maintenance research instead of 
     $6,000,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 and the Senate. $6,000,000 
     of this total is provided through the Public Health Service 
     evaluation funding tap as proposed by the Senate. The 
     conferees note that efforts undertaken through the State 
     information technology consortium have led to greatly 
     improved systems communications and compliance in both the 
     TANF and child support enforcement (CSE) programs. For TANF, 
     the conferees have provided $2,000,000 to permit the 
     consortium to put in place a web-based technology that allows 
     for communications and interface within States, across State 
     borders, and between ACF and States. For CSE, the conferees 
     have provided $3,000,000 to launch the next phase of the 
     consortium's efforts to remove barriers to child support 
     collections and to improve the flow of information between 
     agencies and the court system. The conferees also provide 
     funding for the following:

Alaska Children's Services program to serve needs of at risk youth in 
  Anchorage....................................................$250,000
Bethesda Children's Home........................................150,000
Clearbrook, Arlington Heights, Illinois.........................187,000
Concerned Citizens, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, for Mother's House.250,000
Fathers Day Rally Committee, Philadelphia, PA for the Rites of Passage 
  program.......................................................150,000
Good Shepherd Alliance, Inc., Leesburg, Virginia, for Hand up to Self 
  Sufficiency for the Homeless project...........................50,000
Gulf Coast Jewish Family Services, Inc., Clearwater, Florida for 
  Battered Immigrant and Refugee Women's Project................500,000
National Energy Assistance Directors Association, Washington, DC, for 
  studies regarding home energy assistance......................200,000
San Jose Office on Child Care, San Jose, CA, for pilot program to 
  increase access to child care resources.......................100,000
St. Elizabeth's Foundation in Baton Rouge, LA for an adoption awareness 
  campaign......................................................100,000
The Institute for Responsible Fatherhood and Family Revitalization, 
  PA., for the Philadelphia non-custodial fatherhood program to 
  reconnect fathers with their children.........................100,000
University of Alaska School of Social Work to evaluate effectiveness of 
  Alaska's child welfare system.................................750,000
Henry Hosea House in Kentucky for support of programs that serve the 
  homeless and needy............................................150,000
     Developmental disabilities
       For Developmental Disabilities, the conference agreement 
     includes $71,600,000 for State Councils instead of 
     $69,800,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 and $72,200,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement includes 
     $36,500,000 for protection and advocacy services instead of 
     $35,000,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 and $37,000,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. It also includes $12,484,000 for 
     special projects instead of $11,734,000 as proposed by

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     H.R. 246 and $12,734,000 as proposed by the Senate. For 
     university-affiliated programs, the agreement includes 
     $25,125,000 instead of $24,000,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 
     and $25,500,000 as proposed by the Senate.
     Native American Programs
       The conference agreement includes $45,754,000 for Native 
     American Programs, instead of $45,196,000 as proposed by H.R. 
     246 and $45,912,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within the 
     total the conferees provide funding for the following:

Blanket of Wellness program of Southeast Alaska Regional Health 
  Corporation and Central Council of Tlingit-Haida Social Services to 
  promote healthy development of Alaska Native children in Southeast 
  Alaska.......................................................$200,000
     Community services
       The conference agreement includes $649,987,000 for the 
     community services block grant as proposed by the Senate 
     instead of $570,000,000 as proposed by H.R. 246. The 
     conferees believe that the activities funded by the Community 
     Services Block Grant program have made an important 
     difference in the lives of many of our citizens living in 
     some of the more economically depressed parts of our country. 
     However, it has come to the attention of the conferees that 
     one or more States may have accumulated sizeable unexpended 
     balances of CSBG funds and have failed to reallocate all such 
     funds to other eligible grantees, as authorized by the 
     Community Services Block Grant Act. The conferees request 
     that the Secretary of Health and Human Services provide to 
     the Committees on Appropriations a report detailing the 
     levels of unexpended balances of Community Services Block 
     Grant funds in each State for the period of fiscal year 1995 
     through fiscal year 2002 and a plan ensuring that these funds 
     are made available to grantees more expeditiously in the 
     future. The Secretary is requested to provide this report by 
     August 15, 2003.
       The conference agreement also includes $32,759,000 for 
     economic development, instead of $32,517,000 as proposed by 
     H.R. 246 and $33,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
     conferees also set aside $5,500,000 within the community 
     economic development program for the job creation 
     demonstration authorized under the Family Support Act.
       The conference agreement includes $7,250,000 for Rural 
     Community Facilities instead of $7,000,000 as proposed by 
     H.R. 246 and $7,500,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement includes $7,329,000 for community 
     food and nutrition, instead of $6,657,000 as proposed by H.R. 
     246 and $8,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
     Family violence prevention and services
       The conference agreement includes $15,500,000 for runaway 
     youth prevention instead of $14,999,000 as proposed by H.R. 
     246 and $16,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement includes $2,579,000 for the 
     domestic violence hotline instead of $2,157,000 as proposed 
     by H.R. 246 and $3,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement also includes $127,230,000 for 
     Battered Women's Shelters instead of $124,459,000 as proposed 
     by H.R. 246 and $130,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
     Early learning opportunities
       For the Early Learning Fund, the agreement includes 
     $34,000,000 instead of $38,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. 
     H.R. 246 did not include funding for this program.
     Mentoring children of prisoners
       The conference agreement includes $10,000,000 for Mentoring 
     Children of Prisoners instead of $12,500,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate. H.R. 246 did not include funding for this newly 
     proposed program.
     Independent living training vouchers
       The conference agreement includes $42,000,000 for 
     Independent Living Training Vouchers instead of $39,769,000 
     as proposed by H.R. 246 and $60,000,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
     Program administration
       The conference agreement includes $172,997,000 for Program 
     Direction instead of $171,837,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 and 
     $171,747,000 as proposed by the Senate.

                   Promoting Safe and Stable Families

       The conference agreement includes $100,000,000 for the 
     discretionary grant program of Promoting Safe and Stable 
     Families, instead of $70,000,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 and 
     $200,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

                        ADMINISTRATION ON AGING

                        Aging Services Programs

       The conference agreement includes $1,376,001,000 for aging 
     services programs instead of $1,355,844,000 as proposed by 
     H.R. 246 and $1,369,290,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement includes $358,000,000 for 
     supportive centers, instead of $357,000,000 as proposed by 
     H.R. 246 and $359,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The agreement also includes $22,062,000 for preventive 
     health services instead of $21,562,000 as proposed by H.R. 
     246 and $22,562,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees 
     intend that $5,500,000 be made available to expand medication 
     management, screening and education activities, including the 
     use of new medication management devices, to prevent 
     incorrect medication and adverse drug reactions among the 
     elderly.
       The conference agreement also includes $18,681,000 for 
     ombudsman/elder abuse prevention activities, instead of 
     $17,681,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 and $19,681,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. The conferees intend that the 
     $1,000,000 increase over last year's level should be made 
     available for the Long-Term Ombudsman Program. That will 
     allow the program to hire additional staff, expand public 
     information and education campaigns and upgrade technology.
       The agreement also includes $6,250,000 for Native American 
     caregivers instead of $6,000,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 and 
     $6,500,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement includes $387,108,000 for 
     congregate meals; $182,169,000 for home delivered meals; and 
     $149,000,000 for the nutrition services incentives program. 
     The conference agreement amends the Older Americans Act and 
     transfers the Nutrition Services Incentives Program from the 
     U.S. Department of Agriculture to the Administration on Aging 
     within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and 
     maintains access to commodities within USDA.
       The agreement includes $40,521,000 for aging research, 
     training and demonstrations instead of $27,837,000 as 
     proposed by H.R. 246 and the Senate. The conferees continue 
     to support funding at no less than last year's level for 
     national programs scheduled to be refunded in fiscal year 
     2003 that address a variety of issues, including elder abuse, 
     Native American issues and legal services. The conferees also 
     include the following amounts under aging research, training, 
     and demonstrations:

Champions for Change, Flossmoor, IL, for a Senior Wellness Prog$100,000
Champlain Senior Center in Burlington, VT, to support its seniors and 
  technology initiative..........................................75,000
Coalition of Wisconsin Aging Groups in Madison, Wisconsin, to provide 
  assistance and education to the legal community and the public about 
  elder financial abuse.........................................100,000
Commission on Jewish Eldercare Services, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, to 
  reach out to additional seniors in Oakland County who require 
  services in order to remain living independently..............450,000
Comprehensive Housing Assistance, Inc., Baltimore, MD, for 
  demonstration project on Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities 
  to the Baltimore Jewish Naturally Occurring Retirement Communi524,000
Dale County, Alabama, Senior Citizens Center.....................40,000
Des Moines University in Des Moines, Iowa for a survey of geriatric 
  health needs,.................................................500,000
Generations of Hope, Rantoul, Illinois, to begin the process of 
  replicating the Hope Meadows model nationally.................500,000
Greater Miami Jewish Federation, Inc., for a Naturally Occurring 
  Retirement Community project for seniors living independently.500,000
Hickman County Senior Center, Clinton, Kentucky, to provide educational 
  services to seniors population.................................25,000
Iowa Department of Elder Affairs Seamless System to continue the 
  integration of senior programs. In administering this award, the AoA 
  and CMS should continue to provide the technical assistance and 
  related support necessary to develop and implement program..1,000,000
Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, for Universal Kitchen Design 300,000
Jewish Family and Children's Service, Minneapolis, MN, for program for 
  seniors in Naturally Occurring Retirement Community.........1,200,000
Jewish Family Children's and Children's Service of Greater Philadelphia 
  for Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities (NORCs)........250,000
Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles, CA, for project to assist seniors 
  living independently..........................................500,000
Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia..........100,000

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Jewish Federation of Greater Washington to establish a Naturally 
  Occurring Retirement Communities (NORCs) demonstration project 
  providing supportive services to seniors......................850,000
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, Chicago, IL, for services to 
  elderly residents in Naturally Occurring Retirement Community.250,000
Jewish Federation of Nevada for a demonstration project to develop 
  innovative models of community-based health and social service 
  provision for older Americans.................................650,000
Maria-Madeline Project, Oak Park, MI, for the Experience Senior Power 
  Program to help underprivileged seniors bridge the digital gap120,000
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Nutrition 2000 program to help 
  provide nutritional care for homebound frail senior citizens..700,000
Metropolitan Family Services, Chicago, IL, for the Seniors Raising 
  Children program..............................................225,000
National Center for Seniors' Housing Research, Upper Marlboro, MD, for 
  research and development of smart-aging solutions.............250,000
Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI, for the Center for 
  Gerontological Studies........................................200,000
Rebuilding Together with Christmas in April, Washington, DC, for Safe 
  at Home.......................................................400,000
Southcare Home Services to establish a pilot program on home-based care 
  for low-income elderly individuals............................500,000
St. Louis Area Agency on Aging, St. Louis, MO, for the Senior Center 
  Healthcare Coordinator Program................................150,000
St. Luke Lutheran Community, North Canton, Ohio, Quality of Care 
  demonstration to assist older adults with living and independent 
  living in Canton and Stark County.............................250,000
St. Mark Professional Medical Center, Ltd., Harvey, IL, for Project New 
  Start.........................................................100,000
The Carolinas Center for Hospice and End of Life Care, Cary, NC, for 
  development of national data collection system................250,000
The Jewish Federation of Greater Albuquerque for the New Mexico NORC 
  demonstration.................................................225,000
United Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh for the Jewish 
  Association on Aging, Pittsburgh, PA, for Naturally Occurring 
  Retirement Communities........................................250,000
University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, for Center for Aging and 
  Community project to help seniors cope with chronic conditions of 
  aging.........................................................200,000
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, for the Florida Policy Exchange 
  Center on Aging...............................................400,000
Visiting Nurse Association Healthcare Partners of Ohio, Cleveland, 
  Ohio, for Healthy Town program for Seniors....................500,000
Westchester County Department of Senior Programs and Services, Mt. 
  Vernon, NY, for development of automated call program for home-bound 
  seniors........................................................50,000

       The conference agreement includes $13,500,000 for the 
     Alzheimer's Initiative instead of $11,500,000 as proposed by 
     H.R. 246 and $14,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
     conferees intend that $1,000,000 of this funding be used to 
     support an Alzheimer's family contact center for round-the-
     clock help to Alzheimer's families in crisis.

                        OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

                    General Departmental Management

       The conference agreement includes $367,215,000 for general 
     departmental management instead of $358,451,000 as proposed 
     by H.R. 246 and $374,386,000 as proposed by the Senate, along 
     with $5,851,000 from Medicare trust funds. In addition, the 
     agreement provides $21,552,000 in program evaluation funds as 
     proposed by H.R. 246. The Senate did not provide for 
     evaluation funds in this account.
       The conferees have not approved the proposed consolidation 
     of all public affairs and legislative affairs funds and 
     functions in the Office of the Secretary. As a result, the 
     conference agreement includes neither the $27,793,000 
     requested to transfer staff from the operating divisions 
     to the Office of the Secretary nor the proposed bill 
     language to transfer funds from accounts of the National 
     Institutes of Health and the Agency for Healthcare 
     Research and Quality for the purpose of consolidating all 
     of HHS legislative and public affairs activities within 
     the Office of the Secretary.
       The conferees include the amounts for the following 
     projects and activities in fiscal year 2003 listed below.

ARCH National Resource Center on Respite and Crisis Services in Chapel 
  Hill, North Carolina, to expand training, technical assistance, 
  evaluation and networking expertise in respite care..........$100,000
Community Transportation Association of America for TA to human 
  services transportation providers on ADA requirements.......1,000,000
National Congress of State Games for the improvement and expansion of 
  the Summer Senior Olympic games in Pennsylvania and other stat100,000
Palmer College on Chiropractice, Consortial Center for Chiropractic 
  Research in Davenport, Iowa, and the Policy Institute for Integrative 
  Medicine in Philadelphia, PA for a best practices initiative on lower 
  back pain.....................................................100,000

       The conferees direct that responses to specific information 
     requests from the chairman and ranking member of the 
     Subcommittees on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
     Education, and Related Agencies, on scientific research or 
     any other matter, shall be transmitted to the Committees on 
     Appropriations in a prompt, professional manner and within 
     the time frame specified in the request. The conferees 
     further direct that scientific information requested by the 
     Committees on Appropriations and prepared by government 
     researchers and scientists be transmitted to the Committees 
     on Appropriations, uncensored and without delay.
       Within the total provided, $4,000,000 is for the United 
     States-Mexico Border Health Commission as proposed by the 
     Senate. H.R. 246 did not specify an amount for the 
     Commission.
       The agreement provides $31,124,000 for the adolescent 
     family life program as proposed by H.R. 246 and the Senate. 
     The agreement includes bill language earmarking $11,885,000 
     under the adolescent family life program for activities 
     specified under section 2003(b)(2) of the Public Health 
     Service Act, of which $10,157,000 shall be for prevention 
     grants under section 510(b)(2) of Title V of the Social 
     Security Act, without application of the limitation of 
     section 2010(c) of Title XX of the Public Health Service Act.
       The agreement provides $56,592,000 for minority health 
     instead of $46,329,000 as proposed by the Senate and 
     $43,057,000 as proposed by H.R. 246. Within the total 
     provided for the Office of Minority Health, $11,700,000 is to 
     promote an effective culturally competent and linguistically 
     appropriate public health response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. 
     Funds are to be allocated based on HIV/AIDS program 
     priorities identified in the previous fiscal year as well as 
     new priorities as funding permits.
       The conferees instruct the Secretary to provide a report to 
     the Appropriations Committees by October 15, 2003 detailing 
     how each of the HHS agencies and offices receiving funding 
     under the Minority HIV/AIDS Initiative have distributed this 
     funding. This report shall include a list of the agencies/
     organizations receiving MHAI funded grants and sub grants, 
     demonstrate how the participation of minority community-based 
     organizations has been maximized, and the extent to which the 
     funded agencies'/organizations' board, management and key 
     staff are representative of the minority communities served, 
     situated closest to the targeted problem, have a history of 
     providing services to these communities, and have documented 
     linkages to the targeted populations.
       The conferees continue to recognize the importance of OMH's 
     partnerships with minority health professions institutions. 
     Specifically, the conferees encourage OMH to continue its 
     successful cooperative agreement with Meharry Medical College 
     aimed at meeting the challenges of academic opportunity for 
     disadvantaged students and improving health care for 
     underserved communities. In addition, the conferees strongly 
     encourage OMH to give priority consideration to partnering 
     with the Morehouse School of Medicine to plan for its 
     continued strategic growth and development.
       The conferees include the amounts for the following 
     projects and activities in fiscal year 2003 listed below.


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African Heritage, Inc. in Appleton, Wisconsin to improve the health 
  status of African American residents through a community-based 
  referral and counseling program...............................$50,000
Dimock Community Health Center, Boston, Massachusetts, for the 
  continuation and expansion of a minority diabetes management p150,000
Glaucoma Caucus Foundation......................................450,000
Jersey City Family Health Center in Jersey City, New Jersey for a 
  demonstration project to improve chronic disease prevention...100,000
National Hispanic Medical Association in Washington, D.C. for a program 
  of research, education, training and information dissemination 
  focused on health issues and barriers to care facing Hispanic 
  populations...................................................400,000
Northern Virginia Hospice, Fairfax, Virginia, to provide bereavement 
  services and increased outreach to children and adults in low-income 
  and non-English speaking communities..........................800,000
Saint Thomas Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee to expand service in 
  disadvantaged areas for rapidly growing health care needs.....250,000
San Francisco Department of Public Health in San Francisco, California 
  to enhance its system of HIV care and related services for persons of 
  color and women...............................................750,000
Sisters Network in Houston, Texas, for an educational and outreach 
  program on breast cancer targeted to African-American women...150,000
South End Community Health Center, Boston, Massachusetts, to expand 
  mobile health care services to low-income minority populations in 
  Boston........................................................150,000
South Texas Community College in McAllen, Texas for the Milagros Center 
  of Excellence in Migrant Health...............................500,000
Springfield Regional Outpatient Cancer Center for cancer screening 
  program.......................................................200,000
Strelitz Diabetes Institute at Eastern Virginia Medical School in 
  Norfolk, Virginia for research regarding prevalence of diabetes in 
  minority populatons, early detection and intervention mechanisms, and 
  barriers to early diagnosis and care..........................150,000
The Maryland Center at Bowie State University in Bowie, Maryland, for a 
  national program and resource center to address behavioral health and 
  lifestyle education issues of African American and Latino seni150,000
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in New Brunswick, 
  New Jersey for its Institute for the Elimination of Health 
  Disparities...................................................430,000
University of South Carolina, Arnold School of Public Health in 
  Columbia, South Carolina for development and implementation of an 
  Institute for African American Faculty Development in Public H350,000
University of Texas Disease Management Center, San Antonio, Texas, for 
  clinical research to evaluate systems of disease management with a 
  diverse population..........................................2,800,000
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio for a Hispanic 
  Nutrition Research and Education program......................100,000
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (in cooperation with UT 
  Dallas) for a program to recruit minority students into the field of 
  sickle cell disease research (including outreach, mentoring, and/or 
  scholarships and fellowships).................................150,000
Wholistic Family Agape Ministries Institute in Alexandria, Virginia for 
  HIV/AIDS prevention and education and teen pregnancy prevention 
  services......................................................138,000
Esther's Pantry, Portland, Oregon, for services and education for HIV 
  positive Individuals...........................................45,000

       The agreement provides $28,845,000 for the office of 
     women's health instead of $28,795,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate and $26,761,000 as proposed by H.R. 246. The conferees 
     include the amount for the following project in fiscal year 
     2003 listed below.

Oregon Health Sciences University Center on Women's Health to improve 
  women's healthcare............................................$50,000

       The conferees provide $50,000,000 for the minority HIV/AIDS 
     Initiative, as proposed by both H.R. 246 and the Senate.
       The conferees are concerned about the adequacy of the 
     supply and production capacity for the anthrax vaccine 
     currently available in the U.S. to protect civilian 
     populations from the demonstrated threat of anthrax. The 
     Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services is 
     encouraged to consult with other appropriate Federal and 
     State agencies and non-governmental organizations 
     representing workers with a higher risk of exposure to 
     anthrax and provide an assessment of the immediate potential 
     combined national biodefense and short-term preparedness need 
     for anthrax vaccine. The assessment should encompass the need 
     for: immunizing civilian laboratory workers, first responders 
     and other at risk populations of exposure to anthrax; 
     providing sufficient vaccine stockpiles for assuring public 
     health preparedness to respond to anthrax attacks; and 
     providing additional production capacity as a safeguard 
     against an event which could result in a halt in current 
     vaccine production. The Secretary is further requested to 
     submit a report to the House and Senate Appropriations 
     Committees within 60 days after enactment of this bill, which 
     includes the assessment of the combined potential need and 
     options for assuring both a multiple-year vaccine supply and 
     expansion of licensed vaccine production.
       The conferees encourage the Secretary to establish a 
     Federal Working Group on Lupus to be comprised of 
     representatives from all relevant HHS agencies and other 
     Federal departments having an interest in lupus. The Working 
     Group should meet periodically for the purpose of exchanging 
     information and coordinating Federal efforts regarding lupus 
     research and education initiatives.
       The conferees are concerned about the lack of mechanisms to 
     insure and deliver psychosocial care to patients with cancer. 
     Reports by the Institute of Medicine show that appropriate 
     psychosocial care is an important contributor to quality of 
     cancer care, but such care is not routinely available or 
     consistently reimbursed. The conferees urge the Secretary, 
     through relevant agencies such as NIMH, SAMHSA and AHRQ, to 
     study the delivery of psychosocial services to cancer 
     patients and report on the services available, who has access 
     to them, who uses them, how they are reimbursed, and the 
     effectiveness of specific interventions.
       The conferees encourage the Secretary in conjunction with 
     the CDC and the relevant NIH institutes to assess the 
     benefits of a system providing nationwide access for 
     physicians to a multi-media Internet site with webcast and 
     media response capability. This type of system would allow 
     the nation's primary care providers to receive Federal news 
     and alerts.
       The conferees request a report from the Department 
     regarding its implementation of the revised guidance from the 
     Department of Justice on limited English proficiency. This 
     report should address the purpose and objectives of this 
     policy, as well as any funding for services provided to 
     implement the guidance, including publications, web site 
     construction costs, and language line contracts.

                      Office of Inspector General

       The conference agreement includes $37,300,000 for the 
     Office of Inspector General as proposed by H.R. 246 instead 
     of $39,747,000 as proposed by the Senate.

     Retirement Pay and Medical Benefits for Commissioned Officers

       The conference agreement includes language proposed by the 
     Senate directing that health care benefits of retired 
     Commissioned Corps officers be paid from this account rather 
     than the accounts from the Public Health Service to which 
     they were assigned. H.R. 246 did not include a similar 
     provision.

            Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund

       The conference agreement includes $2,246,680,000 for the 
     Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund (PHSSEF) to 
     enhance Federal, State, and local preparedness to counter 
     potential biological, disease, chemical, and radiological 
     threats to civilian populations, instead of $2,255,980,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. H.R. 246 included $2,507,184,000 for 
     the PHSSEF.
       The agreement also includes bill language included in H.R. 
     246 to allow the Secretary

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     to transfer amounts specified in the account between 
     categories subject to normal reprogramming procedures. The 
     Senate bill contained no similar provision.
       The conference agreement modifies the placement of bill 
     language proposed by the Senate exempting from any personnel 
     ceiling applicable to the Agency, Service, or the Department 
     of Health and Human Services both civilians and Commissioned 
     Officers detailed to States, municipalities or other 
     organizations under authority of Section 214 of the Public 
     Health Service Act for purposes related to homeland security 
     during their period detail or assignment. The agreement 
     places the bill language within this account, instead of 
     within the account for the Centers for Disease Control and 
     Prevention as proposed by the Senate.
       Within the amount provided: $1,543,440,000 is for the 
     Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; $546,000,000 is 
     for the Health Resources and Services Administration; 
     $152,240,000 is for the Office of the Secretary; and 
     $5,000,000 is for the Agency for Healthcare Research and 
     Quality.
       The conferees note that funds requested within this account 
     for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
     Administration, Poison Control, and Emergency Medical 
     Services for Children have been provided within the accounts 
     of their respective agencies. This brings the comparable 
     total for the Public Health and Social Services Emergency 
     Fund to $2,298,680,000.
       Within the amounts available to the Centers for Disease 
     Control and Prevention (CDC): $940,000,000 is for State and 
     Local Preparedness, $143,700,000 is for Upgrading CDC 
     Capacity; $300,000,000 is for the National Pharmaceutical 
     Stockpile; $100,000,000 is for Smallpox Vaccine, $20,000,000 
     is for security; $18,040,000 is for the third year of a 
     collaborative research program on anthrax vaccine; 
     $10,700,000 is for Planning for Preparedness Response; 
     $4,000,000 is for Deterrence; and $2,000,000 is to continue 
     to discover, develop, and transition anti-infective agents to 
     combat emerging diseases. The conference agreement also 
     includes an increase of $5,000,000 for Public Health 
     Preparedness Centers as proposed by the Senate.
       The conferees understand that any countermeasures 
     recommended by the Federal government pursuant to the 
     Homeland Security Act (including, but not limited to 
     vaccines) would be made available to civilians on a voluntary 
     basis. Nothing in the Homeland Security Act would allow the 
     Federal government to mandate the administration of a covered 
     countermeasure to civilians.
       The conferees concur with language in the Senate 
     explanatory statement urging the Director to move 
     expeditiously to analyze CDC's communication mechanisms and 
     develop a comprehensive plan to ensure the fast, accurate, 
     and accessible flow of information to the relevant health and 
     public safety professionals and to the public. The conferees 
     request that the Director report to the Committees on 
     Appropriations within 6 months of enactment of this Act 
     regarding the specific plan of action resulting from this 
     review.
       The conferees understand that the CDC plans to study both 
     the health effects of anthrax exposure and of measures taken 
     to treat or prevent anthrax infection. The conferees request 
     the CDC report to the Committees within 90 days on its plan 
     for these studies.
       Within the funds available to the Health Resources and 
     Services Administration (HRSA) is $518,000,000 for Hospital 
     Preparedness and $28,000,000 to provide educational 
     incentives for medical school curriculum. The conferees 
     encourage HRSA to consider requiring that a statewide 
     assessment of emergency medical services preparedness needs 
     in the event of a public health emergency and a plan to 
     address those needs be part of the State application for 
     hospital preparedness funds.
       The agreement includes $2,000,000 within funds provided to 
     the Office of Public Health and Science for activities 
     related to the transformation and modernization of the Public 
     Health Service Commissioned Corps.
       The conferees encourage the Department of Health and Human 
     Services to give priority to the study of plants as vehicles 
     for the production of vaccines.
       The conferees request the Department to submit a report to 
     the Committees on Appropriations within 45 days of enactment 
     of this Act detailing the amounts of fiscal year 2002 State 
     and Local Preparedness funds that:
       (a) Each State spent, or plans to spend, to directly 
     benefit or improve local public health capacity; and
       (b) The amount each State has directly granted to local 
     public health agencies.

                           General Provisions


                     Secretary's Reception Expenses

       The conference agreement includes a provision increasing 
     the limit on the Secretary's entertainment expenses to 
     $50,000 from $37,000 as proposed by the Senate. H.R. 246 
     included a provision retaining this limit at $37,000.


                             Evaluation Tap

       The conference agreement includes a provision to allow for 
     a 2.1 percent evaluation tap pursuant to section 241 of the 
     Public Health Service Act . This tap is to be applied to 
     programs authorized under the Public Service Act. H.R. 246 
     and the Senate bill contained a provision to allow for a 1.25 
     percent evaluation tap. The Senate bill proposed allowing a 
     tap of funds authorized under the Public Health Service Act 
     and other acts. H.R. 246 proposed allowing a tap of funds on 
     funds authorized under the PHS Act.


                           Transfer Authority

       The conference agreement includes language permitting the 
     Secretary of HHS to transfer up to one percent of 
     discretionary funds between appropriations, with up to an 
     additional 2 percent subject to approval of the 
     Appropriations Committees. The traditional language is 
     retained that permits the transfer of funds appropriated for 
     HHS in this Act and any other acts as proposed by H.R. 246. 
     The Senate bill proposed the transfer of funds appropriated 
     only under this Act.


              Refugee Status of Certain Persecuted Groups

       The conference agreement includes a provision proposed by 
     the Senate to extend the refugee status for persecuted 
     religious groups. H.R. 246 contained no similar provision.


                     Global HIV/AIDS Transfer Fund

       The conference agreement does not include a general 
     provision proposed by H.R. 246 to transfer $100,000,000 from 
     the National Institutes of Health as allocated by the 
     Director of NIH to International Assistance Programs, 
     ``Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and Tuberculosis''. 
     The conference agreement provides for this transfer within 
     the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease as 
     proposed by the Senate.


  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention International Activities

       The general provision included in both H.R. 246 and the 
     Senate bill relating to authorities to carry out 
     international health activities is amended to clarify the 
     relationship between the Department of Health and Human 
     Services and the Department of State in supporting employees 
     and providing secure facilities overseas.


                   Older Americans Nutrition Programs

       The conference agreement includes a provision proposed by 
     the Senate to amend the Older Americans Act and transfer the 
     Nutrition Services Incentives Program from its current 
     location in the U.S. Department of Agriculture to the 
     Administration on Aging within the U.S. Department of Health 
     and Human Services. The language also maintains access to 
     commodities within USDA. H.R. 246 contained no similar 
     provision.


                  Parkinson's Disease Research Centers

       The conference agreement includes language proposed by the 
     Senate overriding the Public Health Service Act limit on the 
     number of Parkinson's disease research centers that may be 
     supported by the National Institutes of Health. H.R. 246 
     contained no similar provision.


               Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program

       The conference agreement includes a provision that 
     transfers $100,000,000 in LIHEAP emergency funds to the 
     regular formula program. The Senate bill included a transfer 
     of $300,000,000 in LIHEAP emergency funds to the regular 
     formula program. H.R. 246 contained no similar provision. 
     Between passage of the Senate bill and conference, the 
     Department of Health and Human Services released $200,000,000 
     in LIHEAP emergency funds; this conference agreement includes 
     a transfer of the full $100,000,000 remaining in the 
     emergency account to the regular formula program. It is the 
     intent of the conferees that these funds, in addition to the 
     $1,700,000,000 in new budget authority provided in this Act, 
     shall be allocated under the regular state grant formula, 
     providing a program level of $1,800,000,000 for the fiscal 
     year 2003.


                     Nurse Reinvestment Act Funding

       The conference agreement does not include a general 
     provision proposed by the Senate providing an additional 
     $20,000,000 for activities authorized under the Nurse 
     Reinvestment Act. The conference agreement instead 
     incorporates this funding into the regular appropriation 
     provided for the Health Resources and Services 
     Administration. H.R. 246 contained no similar provision.


            Grants for the Purchase of Ultrasound Equipment

       The conference agreement does not include a general 
     provision proposed by the Senate authorizing a new HHS grants 
     program to purchase ultrasound equipment. H.R. 246 contained 
     no similar provision.


                               Head Start

       The conference agreement includes a provision proposed by 
     the Senate to exempt the Head Start program from the across-
     the-board reduction. H.R. 246 contained no similar provision.

                   TITLE III--DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

                    Education for the Disadvantaged

       The conference agreement includes $13,853,400,000 for 
     Education for the Disadvantaged instead of $12,936,900,000 as 
     proposed by H.R. 246 and $18,178,400,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. The agreement includes advance funding for this 
     account of $9,027,301,000 instead of $6,883,301,000 as 
     proposed by H.R. 246 and $8,627,301,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
     Title I: Grants to LEAs
       For Grants to Local Educational Agencies (LEAs) the 
     agreement provides $11,750,000,000 instead of $10,850,000,000 
     as proposed by H.R. 246 and $16,350,000,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate. The conference agreement includes

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     $7,172,971,000 for basic grants and $1,365,031,000 for 
     concentration grants. The agreement also includes 
     $1,670,239,000 for targeted grants, and $1,541,759,000 for 
     education finance incentive grants. Concentration grants, 
     targeted grants, and incentive grants are all provided on an 
     advance-funded basis.
       H.R. 246 proposed $7,172,971,000 for basic grants, 
     $1,365,031,000 for concentration grants, $1,518,499,000 for 
     targeted grants and $793,499,000 for education finance 
     incentive grants. The Senate bill proposed $7,172,971,000 for 
     basic grants, $1,365,031,000 for concentration grants, 
     $1,405,999,000 for targeted grants, and $1,405,999,000 for 
     education finance incentive grants.
     Even Start and Literacy
       The conference agreement includes $250,000,000 for the Even 
     Start program as proposed by H.R. 246 instead of $200,000,000 
     as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement also includes $12,500,000 for 
     Literacy through School Libraries as proposed by H.R. 246 
     instead of $15,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
     Migrant and Neglected & Delinquent Education
       The conference agreement includes $398,000,000 for the 
     migrant education program instead of $396,000,000 as proposed 
     by H.R. 246 and $400,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
     agreement also includes $49,000,000 for neglected and 
     delinquent youth instead of $48,000,000 as proposed by H.R. 
     246 and $50,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
     Comprehensive School Reform
       The conference agreement includes $235,000,000 for 
     comprehensive school reform (CSR) authorized under part F of 
     the No Child Left Behind Act as proposed by H.R. 246. The 
     Senate bill did not include funds for this activity.
       The conferees urge the Department to work vigorously with 
     the States to ensure that States award CSR funds for those 
     comprehensive school reform models that have the strongest 
     evidence of positive effects on student achievement. In 
     addition, the conferees encourage the Department to clarify 
     in its guidance to States that middle and high schools, as 
     well as elementary schools, are eligible to receive CSR 
     grants.
       The conferees are concerned about the Department's delay in 
     the release of fiscal year 2002 funds--appropriated more than 
     a year ago--that are reserved for quality initiatives under 
     the comprehensive school reform program, as authorized under 
     section 1608 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. 
     The conferees strongly urge the Department to expeditiously 
     make these funds available for these important quality 
     initiatives. These activities will expand the availability of 
     independent, credible, and timely information to schools, 
     districts and other consumers on the effectiveness and 
     quality of selected comprehensive school reforms. Further, 
     these activities will enhance the ability of providers of CSR 
     models to deliver services at a national scale (by providing 
     innovative financial support to improve educational services, 
     solid business planning, and other technical assistance). In 
     addition, the conferees expect the Department to utilize the 
     entire three percent set-aside authorized under section 1608 
     in fiscal year 2003, to continue funding these quality 
     improvement activities, and to fund those organizations most 
     suited to carry out these activities. The conferees expect to 
     be consulted prior to the release of these funds for fiscal 
     year 2003.
     Dropout Prevention, Advanced Placement Fees and Migrant 
         Programs
       The conference agreement includes $11,000,000 for dropout 
     prevention programs, instead of $13,000,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate. H.R. 246 did not provide funding for this 
     program.
       The conference agreement also includes $23,500,000 for 
     advanced placement fees instead of $22,000,000 as proposed by 
     H.R. 246 and $25,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
     conference agreement also includes $23,500,000 for high 
     school equivalency program instead of $23,000,000 as proposed 
     by H.R. 246 and $24,000,000 as proposed by the Senate and 
     $15,500,000 for college assistance migrant program instead of 
     $15,000,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 and $16,000,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.

                               IMPACT AID

       The conference agreement includes $1,196,000,000 for the 
     Impact Aid programs instead of $1,185,000,000 as proposed by 
     H.R. 246 and $1,176,500,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within 
     this amount, $1,032,000,000 is provided for basic support 
     payments instead of $1,022,000,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 
     and $1,012,500,000 as proposed by the Senate; $51,000,000 is 
     provided for payments for children with disabilities instead 
     of $50,000,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 and $52,000,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate; $45,000,000 is provided for 
     construction as proposed by H.R. 246 instead of $47,000,000 
     as proposed by the Senate; and $60,000,000 is provided for 
     payments for federal property as proposed by H.R. 246 instead 
     of $57,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

                      School Improvement Programs

       The conference agreement includes $8,052,957,000 for School 
     Improvement Programs instead of $7,347,584,000 as proposed by 
     H.R. 246 and $7,788,329,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
     agreement provides $6,287,957,000 in fiscal year 2003 and 
     $1,765,000,000 in fiscal year 2004 funding for this account.
     Improving Teacher Quality
       The conference agreement includes $2,950,000,000 for State 
     grants for improving teacher quality as proposed by H.R. 246 
     instead of $2,850,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. Of this 
     amount, $1,150,000,000 is provided as a fiscal year 2004 
     advance as proposed by the Senate instead of 
     $1,650,000,000 as proposed by H.R. 246.
       The conference agreement also includes $12,500,000 for 
     school leadership activities instead of $10,000,000 as 
     proposed by H.R. 246 and $15,000,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. The agreement also includes $15,000,000 for the early 
     childhood educator professional development grants program, 
     as proposed by the Senate. H.R. 246 did not include funding 
     for this activity.
       The conference agreement also includes $101,000,000 for 
     math and science partnerships, instead of $100,000,000 as 
     proposed by H.R. 246 and $25,000,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. The conference agreement includes $29,000,000 for the 
     Troops-to-Teachers program instead of $30,000,000 as proposed 
     by H.R. 246 and $20,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
     agreement also includes $42,000,000 for Transition to 
     Teaching instead of $47,000,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 and 
     $35,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The agreement also includes $23,000,000 for the Ready to 
     Learn program instead of $22,000,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 
     and $24,000,000 as proposed by the Senate, and $62,500,000 
     for teacher training in technology as proposed by the Senate, 
     H.R. 246 did not include funding for this activity.
     Safe and Drug Free Schools
       The conference agreement includes $628,213,000 for the Safe 
     and Drug Free Schools and Communities Act instead of 
     $644,250,000 as proposed by both H.R. 246 and the Senate.
       Included within this amount is $472,017,000 for State 
     grants as proposed by H.R. 246 instead of $482,017,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       The agreement also includes $156,196,000 for national 
     programs instead of $172,233,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 and 
     $162,233,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conferees include $30,000,000 within the amount for 
     national programs for initiatives to improve school safety 
     and security, as proposed in the fiscal year 2003 request. 
     These funds should focus on strengthening school emergency 
     response and crisis management plans; training school 
     personnel, students and parents in emergency response 
     procedures; and coordinating with local law enforcement, 
     public safety, health and mental health agencies--continuing 
     an initiative begun by Congress in fiscal year 2002. The 
     agreement also includes $5,000,000 for Project SERV as 
     proposed by the Senate instead of $10,000,000 as proposed in 
     H.R. 246.
       Modifications made to the Safe and Drug Free Schools 
     Program in section 4114(a)(1) of the No Child Left Behind Act 
     may have created dramatic changes in funding for some LEAs. 
     The conferees understand that no data have been compiled to 
     show the nationwide breakdown of these funding changes at the 
     LEA level. Therefore, the conferees request that the 
     Department gather this information and report back to 
     Congress no later than May 1, 2004 with its findings.
     Credit Enhancement for Charter Schools
       The conference agreement includes $25,000,000 for credit 
     enhancement for charter schools instead of $50,000,000 as 
     proposed by H.R. 246. The Senate bill did not include funding 
     for this activity.
     Public School Choice
       The conference agreement includes $26,000,000 to support 
     voluntary public school choice programs instead of 
     $25,000,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 and $27,584,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.
     Education for Homeless Children and Youth
       The conference agreement includes $55,000,000 for Education 
     for Homeless Children and Youth as proposed by H.R. 246 
     instead of $54,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
     Education of Native Hawaiians
       The conference agreement includes $31,000,000 for the 
     Education of Native Hawaiians instead of $32,500,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate and $18,300,000 as proposed by H.R. 
     246. The agreement also includes language to allow funds 
     under this program to be used for construction, renovation 
     and modernization of any elementary school, secondary school, 
     or structure related to an elementary school or secondary 
     school run by the Department of Education of the State of 
     Hawaii that serves a predominantly Native Hawaiian student 
     body. Neither H.R. 246 nor the Senate bill contained this 
     provision. The conferees urge the Department to provide 
     $500,000 for school construction/renovation and at least 
     $500,000 for early childhood education.
     Alaska Native Educational Equity
       The conference agreement includes $31,000,000 for the 
     Alaska Native Educational Equity program instead of 
     $32,500,000 as proposed by the Senate and $14,200,000 as 
     proposed by H.R. 246. The agreement also includes language to 
     allow funds under this program to be used for construction. 
     Neither H.R. 246 nor the Senate bill contained this 
     provision.
     Rural Education
       The conference agreement includes $168,750,000 for rural 
     education programs, instead of $162,500,000 as proposed by 
     H.R. 246 and $175,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
     Fund for the Improvement of Education (FIE)
       The conference agreement includes $814,660,000 for the Fund 
     for the Improvement of Education.

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       Within the total for FIE, the conference agreement includes 
     funding for the following activities in the following 
     amounts:

Character Education.........................................$25,000,000
Reading is Fundamental......................................$25,500,000
School Counseling...........................................$32,500,000
Javits Gifted and Talented Education........................$11,250,000
Star Schools................................................$27,520,000
Ready to Teach..............................................$14,500,000
Foreign Language Assistance.................................$16,250,000
Carol M. White Physical Education for Progress..............$60,000,000
Community Based Technology Centers..........................$32,475,000
Exchanges with Historic Whaling and Trading Partners.........$7,000,000
Parental Assistance Information Centers.....................$42,500,000
Women's Educational Equity...................................$3,000,000

       The conference agreement includes $75,000,000 for 
     comprehensive school reform grants to local educational 
     agencies as proposed by H.R. 246. The Senate bill did not 
     include funding for this activity. These funds shall support 
     grants to States for continuing and new subgrants to local 
     educational agencies for comprehensive school reform 
     activities in both title 1 and non-title 1 eligible schools. 
     The bill includes language specifying that these funds shall 
     be allocated and expended in the same manner as in fiscal 
     year 2002 and provides the funds on a forward funding basis.
       The conference agreement also includes $1,639,000 for 
     continuation funding for the national clearinghouse on 
     comprehensive school reform.
       The conference agreement also includes $162,000,000 for the 
     smaller learning communities program, instead of $142,000,000 
     as proposed by H.R. 246. The Senate did not include funding 
     for this program. As in past years, the conference agreement 
     provides the funds on a forward funded basis and specifies 
     that these funds shall be used only for activities related to 
     the redesign of large high schools enrolling 1,000 or more 
     students.
       The conferees are concerned that the Department did not 
     consult with the Appropriations Committees on the fiscal year 
     2002 program guidance and application for the smaller 
     learning communities program as requested in House Report 
     107-229. The conferees do not agree with the competitive 
     preference for certain grant applicants proposed by the 
     Department for the fiscal year 2002 competition and direct 
     the Secretary to revise the grant application to remove this 
     preference. The conferees believe that applicants for 
     assistance under this program should be evaluated solely on 
     the quality of their proposals to improve the learning 
     environment for students within their current educational 
     setting. The program guidance should also clarify that 
     smaller learning community funds may be used to support the 
     initial planning for, and operation of, new small schools as 
     well as the redesign of existing schools into smaller 
     learning units.
       The conferees are also concerned about the Department's 
     inability to hold timely grant competitions for this program 
     in fiscal years 2001 and 2002. The fiscal year 2001 grant 
     competition was delayed, and the 2002 grant competition is 
     far behind schedule. Accordingly, the conferees direct the 
     Department to publish the smaller learning communities 
     program application for fiscal year 2002 grants not later 
     than February 28, 2003. If the Department is unable to meet 
     this deadline, the conferees request a letter report from the 
     Department to the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations by that date, which explains why the 
     Department is unable to meet this deadline, indicates when 
     the Department will announce the fiscal year 2002 
     competition, and outlines the steps the Department will take 
     to prevent delays in the fiscal year 2003 smaller learning 
     communities grant competition.
       The conferees have a strong interest in this program and 
     are displeased that the Department has not only failed to 
     consult with the Appropriations Committees, but also has not 
     responded to requests for basic information about how program 
     funds will be utilized. The conferees expect that the 
     Department will consult fully with the Appropriations 
     Committees prior to the release of the fiscal year 2003 
     program guidance for the smaller learning communities 
     program. Further, the Department should develop a balanced 
     plan for outreach, networking, and technical assistance 
     activities during fiscal year 2003 to ensure that school 
     districts are aware that small schools and smaller learning 
     communities are effective, research-based strategies to 
     improve academic achievement, attendance, and safety. The 
     Department should be prepared to discuss these matters during 
     hearings on its fiscal year 2004 budget request.
       For Arts in Education, the conference agreement includes 
     $34,000,000 instead of $36,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. 
     H.R. 246 did not specify separate funding for this line item. 
     The conferees provide that within this total, $7,000,000 is 
     for Very Special Arts, $6,000,000 is for the John F. Kennedy 
     Center for the Performing Arts, and $1,500,000 is to be used 
     to continue a youth violence prevention initiative. In 
     addition, $4,000,000 is for cultural partnerships, $6,500,000 
     is for model professional development programs for music, 
     drama, dance and visual arts educators and $500,000 is for 
     evaluation activities. The remaining $8,500,000 is available 
     to continue model arts programs. The conferees have made 
     significant investments over the past couple of years in 
     funding model arts programs, professional development 
     activities and cultural partnerships for at risk youth. The 
     conferees intend that the $500,000 provided for evaluation 
     shall be used to begin reviewing and evaluating competitive 
     grants funded through this program. The conferees further 
     intend that information about best practices and model 
     programs identified during this review and evaluation process 
     should be disseminated widely, in order to maximize the 
     significant benefits of these targeted investments.
       The conference agreement includes $15,000,000 for teacher 
     quality initiatives, as requested by the Administration. The 
     conferees intend that these funds be awarded for initiatives 
     such as the following: to identify research-based 
     competencies that all new teachers should possess and to 
     develop related, rigorous assessments; to infuse research-
     based reading instruction into pre-service teacher 
     preparation programs; to provide technical assistance to 
     alternative route programs to ensure quality; to determine 
     the adequacy and effectiveness of mentoring and professional 
     development to teachers entering the profession via 
     alternative route programs and to identify the retention 
     rates of those teachers; and to identify issues relating to 
     teacher mobility. The conferees share the Administration's 
     interest in initiatives to improve teacher quality and 
     request that the Department provide the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations with a detailed summary of 
     the types of projects proposed to be supported prior to 
     any funds being awarded.
       Within the total for FIE, the following amounts are also 
     provided:

Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA, for the development and 
  delivery of natural sciences educational programming for children and 
  the general public...........................................$150,000
After the Bell Program in Soldotna, Alaska, for after school programs 
  involving community, parents and at-risk youth................100,000
Alaska Department of Education for its ``Parents as Teachers''1,250,000
Alaska Department of Education for its ``Qualified Teachers for 
  Alaska'' program............................................1,500,000
Alaska Department of Education with the Alaska SeaLife Center, the 
  Kenai Challenger Learning Center, the Kenai River Center, in 
  consultation with federal and state scientists, and federal resource 
  management agencies, for a science and distance education.....250,000
Alaska Department of Education's Remedial Summer Tutoring Progra700,000
Alaska Humanities Forum to develop Alaska State history texts and 
  curriculum, including oral history, for use in Alaska schools.400,000
Allegheny Conference on Community Development, Pittsburgh, PA, in 
  collaboration with the War for Empire Consortium, for education 
  programs and activities to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the 
  French and Indian War..........................................50,000
Allentown Civic Theater, PA, for education programs.............200,000
Alliance Neighborhood Center, Alliance, Ohio, for program/curriculum 
  for the Apple Seed Project....................................250,000
American Academy of Liberal Education, Washington, D.C., to develop 
  projects and survey best practices in the study of American democracy 
  and principals of free government at colleges and universities100,000
American Cities Foundation, Philadelphia, PA, for mentoring, academic, 
  enrichment, and counseling programs for at-risk students......250,000
American Film Institute Screen Education Center and Initiative for arts 
  education curriculum development and teacher training.........500,000
American Foundation for Negro Affairs (AFNA) National Education and 
  Research Fund, Philadelphia, PA, to raise the achievement levels of 
  minority students and increase minority access to higher educa650,000

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American Red Cross, Southeastern Pennsylvania Chapter, Philadelphia, 
  PA, for education programs.....................................25,000
American Society of Educators, Philadelphia, PA, for instructional 
  technologies, professional development seminars and to develop and 
  distribute technological guides for educators..................50,000
American Theater Arts for Youth Program, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to 
  continue to provide workshop residencies.......................75,000
AMISTAD America, Inc., to expand educational programs and materi800,000
An Achievable Dream, Newport News, Virginia, to expand its curriculum 
  and college preparation program...............................500,000
Anchorage Museum of History and Art and Alaska Humanities Forum to 
  develop curriculum on Alaskan culture and art for Alaska schoo250,000
Anderson School District in Anderson, Alaska, for a program to provide 
  distance learning and related materials to small schools in rural 
  Alaska meet the requirements of No Child Left Behind Act......100,000
Antigo School District, WI, for after school programs...........300,000
Appomattox Regional Governor's School for the Arts and Technology, 
  Petersburg, Virginia, for equipment and technology infrastruct500,000
Arden Theatre, Co., Philadelphia PA, to expand the Arden for All 
  program, to make the arts accessible to economically challenged 
  schools, as well as performances interpreted in American Sign 
  Language.......................................................25,000
Artspace Projects, Inc., Minneapolis, MN, to expand arts education 
  programming for youth, including technology upgrades for distance 
  learning......................................................200,000
Ashland School District, WI, for after school programs..........670,000
Association of Community Ministries, Louisville, Kentucky, for 
  educational programs and community-based services..............50,000
Audubon Nature Institute, Inc., New Orleans, Louisiana, after-school 
  project.......................................................100,000
Baldwin Park Unified School District, Baldwin Park, CA, for the Baldwin 
  Park Technology Achievement Academies.........................250,000
Benchmark School, PA, for reading instruction and other education 
  programs.......................................................75,000
Berea Children's Home School-Age Skills Enhancement (SASE) Program, 
  Berea, Ohio...................................................162,000
Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Anchorage, Fairbanks, and Southeast Alaska, 
  in partnership with Alaska Dept. of Education, the Boys and Girls 
  Club and Cook Inlet Tribal Council to develop and implement a 
  comprehensive mentoring program for at-risk children..........400,000
Big Top Chautauqua, Washburn, WI, for educational programs......500,000
Birchwood School District, WI, for after school programs........240,000
Boricua College, Brooklyn, NY, for personnel, curricula, teacher 
  trainees, and other expenses to expand technology training at local 
  public school sites...........................................100,000
Boston History Collaborative to expand history-based education programs 
  in public schools..............................................50,000
Boyle Heights College Institute, Los Angeles, CA, for after school and 
  mentoring programs............................................225,000
Boys and Girls Club of Burbank, CA, for mentoring, career exploration 
  and other educational services for at-risk youth through the Teen 
  Center Outreach Project........................................80,000
Boys and Girls Club of Chester, PA, for mentoring, tutorial assistance 
  and other education program....................................75,000
Boys and Girls Club of El Dorado, Arkansas, for drug prevention and 
  after school programs..........................................25,000
Boys and Girls Club of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, to develop a 
  school based mentoring program.................................50,000
Boys and Girls Harbor, Inc., New York, NY, to establish a Philadelphia 
  School Financial Literacy Project to promote financial literacy 
  through the teaching of personal financial management skills...25,000
Bronx Cluster of Settlement Houses, Inc., to provide literacy, 
  mentoring, college preparatory, and other educational services for 
  youth.........................................................300,000
Brooklawn, Inc., Louisville, Kentucky, for technology............30,000
Business Education Roundtable, Providence, RI, for a school principal 
  professional development program..............................250,000
Cablelife Community Enrichment Corporation, Louisville, Kentucky, 
  educational programs...........................................40,000
Caldwell County Education Consortium, Hudson, North Carolina, for 
  operating costs of Teacher Education project..................300,000
Cameron County High School, Emporium, Pennsylvania, for technology 
  infrastructure................................................100,000
Camp Fire USA First Texas Council, Fort Worth, Texas, for Early 
  Childhood Violence Reduction program..........................150,000
Camp SEA Lab, Seaside, CA, for science education programs for youth and 
  teacher training activities...................................200,000
Canaan Community Development Corporation, Louisville, Kentucky for 
  after school programs..........................................30,000
Capistrano Unified School District, San Juan Capistrano, California, 
  for Capistrano Professional Academy to improve local mathematics and 
  science instruction...........................................400,000
Care Unlimited, New Orleans, LA, to provide in-home educational 
  services to high school students who are pregnant or parents..100,000
Cayuga County Safe Schools/Healthy Students Partnerships, Inc., Auburn, 
  New York, for staffing and after-school programs..............175,000
Center for Houston's Future, Houston, Texas, for early education 
  programs......................................................250,000
Center for Mathematics and Science Teacher Recruitment, Retention in 
  Missouri, to improve recruitment and retention of math and science 
  teachers, including through the acquisition of technology...1,500,000
Center for Rural Development, Somerset, Kentucky, for technology and 
  software equipment............................................250,000
Central Alabama Community College in Alexander City, Alabama, for 
  technology acquisition in support of the Community Intensive 
  Treatment for Youth program...................................100,000
Centre County AVTS, Pleasant Gap, Pennsylvania, for technology 
  infrastructure................................................100,000
Chabot Space and Science Center, Oakland, CA, for math and science 
  teacher training programs.....................................500,000
Challenger Learning Center of Maine for science education progra750,000
Champions for Change, Flossmoor, IL, for early childhood education and 
  before- and after-school programs.............................100,000
Charlotte-Mecklenburg School System, Charlotte, NC, to expand the 
  ``Bright Beginnings'' after school program....................400,000

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Charter School Development Corporation in Las Vegas, Nevada, to focus 
  on technology and college preparation.......................1,000,000
Chetek School District, WI, for after school programs...........265,000
Chicago Public Schools for the Chicago Reading Initiative, a research-
  based instruction to improve reading achievement in urban area100,000
Chicago Public Schools, IL, for the ``Never Too Cool For After School'' 
  and ``After School Matters'' initiatives......................500,000
Chillocothe and Ross County 2003 Commission, Chillocothe, Ohio, for 
  innovative education program to teach Ohio's history..........210,000
Choteau Elementary School in Choteau, Montana, for the NetSchools e-
  learning program, including the acquisition of technology.....600,000
City of Bogalusa School Board, Louisiana, for technology enhancem25,000
City of Detroit, MI, for an after school program information management 
  and evaluation initiative.....................................600,000
City of Englewood, New Jersey Board of Education, for technology and 
  other expenses to establish career academies at the Dwight Morrow 
  High School...................................................300,000
City of Salt Lake, Utah, for the YouthCity Empowerment after school 
  center project................................................900,000
City of Santa Ana, CA, for technology training programs for youth at 
  the Santa Ana Memorial Technology Center......................250,000
City of Staunton, Virginia, for the expansion of cultural, historical, 
  and arts education programs...................................200,000
City of Upland, California, for after school programs.........1,500,000
City School District of New Rochelle, NY, for after school and summer 
  school programs...............................................294,000
Clarion County Career Center, Shippenville, Pennsylvania, for 
  technology infrastructure.....................................100,000
Clark County School District, Las Vegas, NV, to expand after school 
  programs......................................................500,000
Classika Theater in Arlington, Virginia, for continued development of 
  the LITarts educational outreach program......................100,000
Clearfield County Career and Technology Center, Clearfield, 
  Pennsylvania, for technology infrastructure...................100,000
Cleveland Botanical Garden, Cleveland, Ohio, for education outreach to 
  schools.......................................................250,000
COA Youth and Family Centers in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for a home 
  instruction program for pre-school children to foster health, 
  educational success and independence..........................200,000
Columbia Bethlehem Community Center, Richland County, Columbia, SC, for 
  after school, mentoring, youth internship, and literacy progra200,000
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Department of Education, for an 
  afterschool art and counseling program........................800,000
Communities in Schools Dallas, Inc., TX, to expand educational programs 
  serving at-risk students......................................100,000
Communities in Schools of East Texas, Inc., Marshall, TX, for 
  educational services for at-risk students.....................250,000
Communities in Schools of Northeast Texas, Inc., Mount Pleasant, TX, 
  for educational services for at-risk students.................250,000
Communities in Schools of Northern Virginia, Inc., Alexandria, VA, to 
  expand family literacy, after school and other educational services 
  for at-risk students and their parents........................265,000
Communities In Schools--Cameron County, Inc., Harlingen TX, for 
  educational services for at-risk youth........................150,000
Communities in Schools--Greater Fort Hood Area, Killeen, TX, for 
  academic and support services for at-risk students and their f250,000
Community Action and Community Development Agency for North Alabama, 
  Decatur, Alabama, for technology upgrades.....................300,000
Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, to expand 
  cultural and educational programs to inner city youth.........200,000
Community Foundation of Louisville, Kentucky, for Lac Viet reading 
  programs.......................................................50,000
Community of Agile Partners in Education/Pennsylvania Educational 
  Telecommunications Exchange Network (CAPE/PETE), Bethlehem, PA, for 
  distance learning programs....................................600,000
Community of Caring in Washington, D.C., for program development and 
  expansion of its comprehensive character education program in 200,000
Community School District 8, Flushing, NY, for after school prog250,000
Connecticut International Baccalaureate Academy, East Hartford, CT, for 
  technology equipment, training and upgrades, and for the 
  establishment of a Chinese studies program....................900,000
Connecticut United for Research Excellence, Inc., Rocky Hill, CT, for 
  the ``BioBus'' mobile educational laboratory..................400,000
Continuation and expansion of the Iowa Communications Network statewide 
  fiber optic demonstration...................................2,000,000
Council of Chief State School Officers, Washington, D.C., for Business/
  Education Leaders Institute.................................3,000,000
Cumberland Public Schools, Cumberland, RI, for equipment, curriculum 
  and professional development to establish an after school program for 
  high school students..........................................350,000
Dallas Independent School District, TX, to expand the Star Teacher 
  Selection Training Program....................................300,000
Dallas Institute, Dallas, Texas for a teacher retention program.250,000
Delta State University in Mississippi for the Delta Education 
  Initiative..................................................1,000,000
Discovery Center of Science and Technology, Bethlehem, PA, for hands-
  on, inquiry-based science programs for K-8 students in Berks, Bucks, 
  Carbon, Luzerne, Monroe, Montgomery, Pike, and Schuylkill count50,000
Drug Free Pennsylvania, Inc., Harrisburg, PA, to enhance its media 
  literacy project to provide at-risk students an opportunity to create 
  public service announcements targeting the prevention of drug u50,000
DuBois Educational Foundation, DuBois, Pennsylvania, for computers and 
  computer wiring, equipment....................................150,000
Dyer Elementary School in Esmeralda County School District in Nevada 
  for a One-on-one Laptop Computer Program......................112,000
d'Zert Club, Glenside, PA, for educational and support services for 
  elementary, middle and high school students....................50,000
East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania, PA, for a distance 
  learning program to serve home-bound students, and a web-based 
  educational management system.................................500,000
Education Leaders Council, Washington, D.C., for Following the Leaders 
  project....................................................10,000,000

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Educational Service District 101, Spokane, Washington, to develop 
  curriculum, deliver televised K-12 coursework, hire teachers and 
  acquire satellite transponder time............................500,000
Educational Service District 112, Vancouver, WA, to expand the Help One 
  Student to Succeed (HOSTS) reading and mentoring program......167,000
Encore Series, Inc., Philadelphia, PA, for the Jazz in the Schools 
  music education program to engage inner city high school students in 
  programs using jazz as a means to maintain student interest...100,000
Enterprise for Progress in the Community in Yakima, Washington for a 
  new community child developmental center......................150,000
Ephraim McDowell Health Care Foundation, Danville, Kentucky, for its 
  Medical Career Educational Initiative.........................100,000
Fairfax County Public School System, VA, for the heritage language 
  literacy after school program at Bailey's Elementary School for the 
  Arts and Sciences.............................................100,000
Fairfax County Public Schools, Fairfax, Virginia, for a delinquency 
  prevention program for students with behavioral and emotional 200,000
Fairfax County Public Schools, Fairfax, Virginia, for Fairfax Network 
  project.......................................................200,000
Fairfax County Public Schools, Fairfax, Virginia, for Speech 
  Recognition for Students with Disabilities.....................50,000
Fairfax Education Foundation, Fairfax, Virginia, for Partnerships to 
  Advance Learning..............................................200,000
Father Maloney's Boys Haven, Louisville, Kentucky, for technology40,000
Fay-Penn Economic Development Council, Uniontown, PA, to develop the 
  Reaching Educational Achievement with Community Help initiativ150,000
Felician Sisters, PA, for education programs....................125,000
First Book in Washington, D.C., to establish local advisory boards 
  across Washington state.......................................500,000
First Book Rural Outreach Initiative, Ohio......................405,000
First Freedom Education Center in Richmond, Virginia, for educational 
  programs......................................................400,000
First Gethsemane Center for Family Development, Inc., Louisville, 
  Kentucky, for after school programs............................25,000
Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, for Florida Reading, 
  Math and Science Initiative.................................1,500,000
For Us Northwest, Portland, Oregon for a mentoring program for children 
  affected by HIV/AIDS...........................................25,000
Foundation for the Improvement of Mathematics and Science Education, 
  San Diego, California, to implement the Blueprint for Student Success 
  program.......................................................950,000
Franklin School District in Franklin, New Hampshire for a summer school 
  initiative.....................................................50,000
Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge, Valley Forge, PA, to develop and 
  implement the ``Terrorism: Challenges and Threats to the American Way 
  of Life'' workshop.............................................50,000
Friends of McGroarty Cultural Arts Center, Tujunga, CA, for after 
  school arts education programs for low-income students.........65,000
Futures for Children, Albuquerque, New Mexico to expand education 
  services for Native Americans...............................1,000,000
Galena School District in Alaska for distance education progra1,000,000
Galilee Community Development Corporation, Louisville, Kentucky, for 
  after school programs..........................................15,000
Gateway Cities Partnership, Inc., City of Paramount, CA, to establish 
  community resource learning centers...........................200,000
General George S. Patton School District 133, Riverdale, IL, to 
  implement a comprehensive mathematics program.................150,000
George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, for Center for Cognitive 
  Development to address families of children suffering from 
  attentional, cognitive, and behavioral disorders..............200,000
Georgetown University, Washington, DC, for the Center for the Study of 
  Learning dyslexia project, in partnership with the University of 
  Louisville....................................................350,000
Girl Scouts--Pacific Peaks Council of Tumwater, Washington for a 
  resource center...............................................100,000
Golden Gate National Parks Association, San Francisco, CA, for 
  environmental education programs at the Crissy Field Center...200,000
GRAMMY Foundation, Santa Monica, CA, for music and arts education 
  programs......................................................800,000
Great Neck Center for the Visual and Performing Arts, Inc., Great Neck, 
  NY, for an arts education program for disadvantaged children...25,000
Great Projects Film Company, Inc., New York, NY, to produce ``Educating 
  America,'' a documentary television series and multi-media project 
  about challenges facing public schools.........................50,000
Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles to improve educational programs and 
  exhibits on the solar universe................................150,000
Growing Solutions Restoration Education Institute, Santa Barbara, CA, 
  for establishment of a Green Academy at Santa Barbara High Sch120,000
Guadalupe Center for Early Childhood Education in Missouri to expand 
  quality early education programs..............................500,000
Hands On Science for a demonstration in Iowa....................400,000
Harford County Board of Education in Aberdeen, MD for a collaboration 
  between a science and technology high school and the Aberdeen Proving 
  Ground........................................................200,000
Harrods Creek Community Development, Inc., Louisville, Kentucky, 
  educational programs for inner city children and teens.........15,000
Harry T. Kerr Skills Center, Titusville, Pennsylvania, for updating and 
  modernization of equipment to meet training needs.............150,000
Hattie Idela Farrow Foundation in Providence, RI for educational 
  programs designed to decrease suspensions and referrals to juvenile 
  justice........................................................50,000
Hazel Crest School District 152.5, Hazel Crest, IL, for teachers and 
  equipment to improve health and physical education programs...100,000
Hebrew Academy for Special Children, New York....................50,000
Helen Keller Worldwide, NY, to expand the ChildSight Vision Screening 
  Program and provide eyeglasses to additional children whose 
  educational performance may be hindered because of poor visi1,500,000
Henderson Allied Community Advocates in Henderson, NV to provide 
  quality early childhood education and after school programs to low-
  income families...............................................500,000
Henry and William Evans Home for Children, Inc., Winchester, Virginia, 
  for children who are in need of assistance in preparation for 
  becoming productive adults....................................200,000

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HighTechHigh--Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, CA, for equipment, technology 
  upgrades, and training........................................450,000
Hillel Academy of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, to enhance preschool 
  students' learning readiness skills through the use of PicturePages 
  Evaluation engine..............................................50,000
Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youth (HIPPY), New York, NY, to 
  expand its home-based literacy and school readiness program....50,000
Hyannis Youth and Community Center, Barnstable, Massachusetts, for the 
  development of youth educational programs and the procurement of 
  educational equipment.......................................1,000,000
I CAN LEARN...................................................3,000,000
I KNOW I CAN, Columbus, Ohio, for college access program........100,000
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, Aurora, Illinois, for the 
  21st Century Information Fluency Program......................400,000
Illinois Office of Banks and Real Estate, Springfield, Illinois, for 
  Financial Literacy program.....................................50,000
Illinois State Board of Education and Indian Prairie District #204, 
  Springfield, Illinois, to develop an innovative student teaching 
  pilot program.................................................250,000
Illinois State Board of Education and Orland School District #135 to 
  Beginning Educators Assimilation and Mentoring System program.200,000
Illinois State Board of Education for Improving Mathematics Achievement 
  at Elgin, Illinois #46........................................250,000
Illinois State Board of Education, ``Illinois Virtual High Schoo500,000
Illinois State Board of Education, Springfield, IL, for extended day 
  and summer school programs at the Canton Union School District175,000
Illinois State Board of Education, Springfield, IL, for teacher and 
  principal recruitment and retention initiatives at Dolton School 
  District 148..................................................150,000
Illinois State Board of Education, Springfield, Illinois, for 
  computers, hardware and software for the implementation of Fast 
  ForWord reading program to the Pleasant Plains Community Unit 
  District #8 and Pleasant Plain Illinois District #18..........150,000
Illinois State Board of Education, Springfield, Illinois, to establish 
  a Principal-Led Teams.........................................187,000
Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois for the Chicago Teacher 
  Pipeline Program..............................................200,000
Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois, to provide special 
  education technology devices, equipment and materials for Peoria 
  District #150.................................................100,000
Imperial Valley Telecommunications Authority, CA for telecommunications 
  equipment and upgrades to support distance education programs in 
  elementary and middle schools.................................500,000
Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA, to establish a 
  Computing Services Center to train area K-12 teachers in the 
  effective use of technology in the classroom...................50,000
Institute for Advanced Learning and Research, Chatham, Virginia, for 
  faculty development, purchase of teaching and learning technology and 
  launching of Learning Liftoff program.........................500,000
Institute for Educational Leadership, Washington, DC, for a Coalition 
  for Community Schools project to facilitate the creation of community 
  schools.......................................................500,000
Institute for International Sport at the University of Rhode Island to 
  support the Scholar-Athlete Games.............................800,000
Institute for Student Achievement in Lake Success, NY to expand its 
  intervention program that provides academic enrichment and counseling 
  support for students performing in the lowest quartile in their 
  middle or high schools........................................750,000
Institute for Student Achievement, Lake Success, NY, for educational 
  programs for at-risk students at Mt. Vernon High School and A.B. 
  Davis Middle School...........................................500,000
Institute for Student Achievement, Lake Success, NY, to implement small 
  learning communities at Morris High School in the Bronx.......200,000
INTEGRIS Health, Inc., for the Western Village Academy Technological 
  Center........................................................100,000
International Foundation for Music Research, Carlsbad, California, for 
  science-based research on music education.....................225,000
Iowa Department of Education to continue the Iowa School Construction 
  Demonstration Project.......................................7,000,000
Iowa Dept of Education to continue a demonstration program for 
  additional bilingual and English as a Second Language training in 
  rapid growth areas of Iowa..................................1,000,000
Iowa School Board Association to continue the Lighthouse for School 
  Reform training of school board members on education issues...500,000
Iron Mountain Public Schools, MI, for health and physical education 
  curricula, programs and equipment.............................300,000
A grant to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Education, to 
  provide assistance, through subgrants, to low-performing school 
  districts that are slated for potential take-over and/or on the 
  Education Empowerment List as prescribed by Pennsylvania State Law. 
  The initiative is intended to improve the management and operations 
  of the school districts; assist with curriculum development; provide 
  after-school, summer and weekend programs; offer teacher and 
  principal professional development and promote the acquisition and 
  effective use of instructional technology and equipment. Of the funds 
  provided, $1,700,000 is for the Philadelphia School District/Lock 
  Haven Professional Development Partnership for professional 
  development and related services...........................20,000,000
Isaac Stern Education Legacy in New York, NY to integrate distance 
  learning and educational technology with music education pro4,150,000
Jackson County Community Theater, McKee, Kentucky, for equipment100,000
Jackson-Madison School District, Jackson, TN, for an alternative 
  learning center for at-risk youth.............................500,000
Jacob's Pillow in Lee, Massachusetts, for the expansion of performing 
  arts educational programs.....................................100,000
Jefferson County-DuBois AVTS, Reynoldsville, Pennsylvania, for 
  technology infrastructure.....................................150,000
Jefferson Parish School Board, Louisiana, for technology enhancem55,000
Jewish Community Center of Cleveland, Cleveland Heights, Ohio, for 
  Bright Beginning program......................................500,000
Joel II Restoration Ministries for education programs............50,000
Junction City School District, Oregon, for after-school programs.50,000

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Juniata-Mifflin County AVTS, Lewistown, Pennsylvania, for technology 
  infrastructure................................................225,000
JUSTUS, WECARE about our Community, Inc., Louisville, Kentucky, for 
  after school programs..........................................15,000
Kentucky Opry, Prestonsburg, Kentucky, for equipment and operating 
  expenses.......................................................75,000
Kern County Superintendent of Schools Office, Bakersfield, California, 
  for Mobility Opportunities via Education (MOVE) to develop curricula, 
  its website, and the training and development.................700,000
Kids Voting USA, Tempe, AZ, for a civics program to educate children 
  about the importance of voting................................380,000
Knowledge Works Intermediary, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Ohio High School 
  Transformation Initiative...................................2,000,000
Korean Youth and Community Center, Los Angeles, CA, to expand education 
  programs at the Koreatown Academic Learning Center............260,000
La Causa, Inc. in Milwaukee, Wisconsin for before, after, and during 
  school services for largely minority communities..............245,000
Labor and Industry for Education (LIFE), Hewlett, NY, to expand after 
  school, vocational training, and other education programs for at-risk 
  youth and developmentally disabled children and adults........450,000
Langston in the 21st Century, Washington, DC, to establish a learning 
  center as part of the EXTRA Physical Education Progress initia300,000
Latino Education Alliance, Chicago, IL, for early intervention, college 
  readiness and parental involvement programs for minority youth350,000
Leadership Education Academy to Develop, Encourage, and Reinforce 
  Success (L.E.A.D.E.R.S) Inc., Rochester Hills, Michigan.......175,000
Letcher County Board of Education, Whitesburg, Kentucky, for equ350,000
Lights of Liberty, Inc., PA for history education program.......300,000
Lincoln Center, New York, NY, for the Jazz for music education and 
  distance learning programs....................................350,000
Linking Learning to Life in Burlington, VT for staff salaries and the 
  development of a model school-to-career initiative for low-income and 
  at-risk youth..................................................75,000
Loess Hills Area Education Agency in Iowa for a demonstration in early 
  childhood education...........................................750,000
Los Angeles County Office of Education, Downey, CA, for the ``Early 
  Advantage'' initiative to provide preschool and family learning 
  activities, and training for parents, child care providers and 
  community members.............................................600,000
Los Angeles Harbor College, Wilmington, CA to expand early childhood 
  education curricula, evaluation, and professional development.300,000
Lycoming County Division of Public Safety, Lycoming County, PA, to 
  develop an emergency preparedness program to educate school personnel 
  and law enforcement personnel.................................100,000
Madison Metropolitan School District, Madison, Wisconsin for Positive 
  Behavior Support Teams who work with elementary and middle school 
  students with emotional problems..............................150,000
Make the Road By Walking, Brooklyn, NY, for literacy, technology 
  training and other educational services.......................500,000
Maricopa County Community College District, Phoenix, AZ to establish 
  the Center for Teacher Preparation and Education to address the 
  national teacher shortage through recruitment and retention of K-12 
  teachers......................................................100,000
Marshfield Clinic, WI, for the ``Youthnet'' mentoring initiative200,000
Marshfield School District, WI, for equipment for computer and music 
  education laboratories at Madison Elementary School............60,000
Maui Economic Development Board for a girls into science program300,000
Medina High School, Medina, Ohio, for a Career Resource Center..150,000
Memphis City School District, Memphis, TN, for a public-private 
  partnership to raise academic achievement in low-performing sc500,000
Mercer County Association for Children with Learning Disabilities, 
  Inc., Sharon, PA, to provide tutoring and assist with curriculum 
  design for children with learning disabilities.................50,000
Meredith-Dunn Learning Disabilities Center, Inc., Louisville, Kentucky, 
  for technology.................................................25,000
Metropolitan Family Services, Chicago, Illinois, for Camp Algonquin's 
  Outdoor Education program.....................................500,000
Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, DC, for the Potomac 
  Regional Education Project (PREP).............................100,000
Military Heritage Foundation, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Army Heritage and 
  Education Center to establish educational programs and materia200,000
Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois to assist inner-city and rural 
  high school students prepare for college.......................75,000
Milton S. Eisenhower Foundation to continue a demonstration on full-
  service schools in Iowa.......................................500,000
Milton S. Eisenhower Foundation, Washington, D.C., for a demonstration 
  and evaluation of full-service schools........................250,000
Milton S. Eisenhower Foundation, Washington, DC, to replicate and 
  expand the full community school program in Pennsylvania emphasizing 
  the school as the central point of the community..............300,000
Milwaukee Public Schools, WI, to expand before- and after-school 
  programs......................................................400,000
Mission Education Projects, Inc., San Francisco, CA, to expand 
  educational programs for children and families................225,000
Missouri School Board Association, Columbia, Missouri, for Children 
  Learn As Schools Succeed (CLASS) project......................500,000
Monadnock Regional School District in New Hampshire for a community 
  school initiative.............................................100,000
Montgomery YMCA in Montgomery, Alabama for education and outreach 
  programs......................................................100,000
Muhlenberg Township School District, Laureldale, PA, for science and 
  technology equipment and upgrades.............................738,000
My Hero Project, Branford, CT, to expand an interactive educational web 
  site...........................................................50,000
Mystic Aquarium and the Institute for Exploration, Mystic, Connecticut, 
  for the JASON project.........................................500,000
National Center for Electronically Mediated Learning, Inc., Woodbridge, 
  CT, for the PEBBLES Project...................................300,000
National Constitution Center for program development, including 
  equipment and technology acquisition........................5,000,000
National Council of La Raza, Washington, D.C., to develop assessment 
  guidelines for limited English proficient students and to expand 
  professional development academies..........................1,000,000

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National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE), to establish 
  a NFTE University, in collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University 
  and Temple University, to train teachers in the best practices to 
  educate minority and economically disadvantaged students......150,000
National History Day for a history competition in Iowa..........100,000
National Maritime Heritage Foundation, Washington, DC, for the Spirit 
  of Enterprize Maritime Heritage Education program.............275,000
National Science Center Foundation, Atlanta, Georgia for educational 
  technology and other purposes...............................1,000,000
Nevada HAND English Literacy Project to purchase ESL software and 
  workstations to use in working with low-income children in Las Vegas, 
  Nevada........................................................450,000
New Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners, Baltimore, MD, for a 
  comprehensive dropout prevention initiative...................500,000
New Conservatory Theater Center, San Francisco, CA, for the YouthAware 
  theatre-in-education drug abuse and violence prevention programs for 
  youth.........................................................150,000
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, New Mexico, for 
  the K-12 Outreach in Astronomy program........................425,000
New Mexico Mathematics, Engineering and Science Achievement, Inc. 
  (MESA) for pre-college math, science and technology enrichment 
  programs......................................................500,000
New School University, New York, NY, to establish a pilot program which 
  will provide supplementary services, as well as university faculty 
  instruction to at-risk, low-income senior high school students250,000
New York Hall of Science, Corona Park, New York, to expand the ``After-
  School Science Clubs'' to elementary students.................200,000
New York University, Child Study Center, NY, for the ``Parent Corps'' 
  initiative..................................................1,000,000
New Zion Baptist Church Community Development Foundation, Louisville, 
  Kentucky, for after school programs............................40,000
Nicholls State University for a Center for Dyslexia to research and 
  address the difficulties associated with dyslexia.............100,000
Nortel Networks Kidz Online, Herndon, Virginia, for education program 
  to help kids become better equipped with technology skills....600,000
North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC, for an academic 
  enrichment program for elementary and middle school students in the 
  Durham Public Schools..........................................75,000
North Carolina Electronics and Information Technologies Association 
  Education Foundation, NC, for a technology demonstration project in 
  rural and underserved school districts........................250,000
North Carolina Museum of Art Foundation, Inc., Raleigh, NC, for arts 
  and environmental education programs..........................100,000
North Dakota State Board for Vocational and Technical Education in 
  Bismarck, North Dakota, for expansion of the ExplorNet and IT 
  Technology Learning Project...................................200,000
North Penn Civic Association, Philadelphia, PA, for technology, after 
  school and other educational programs for youth................50,000
North Rockland Central School District, Garnerville, NY, to implement a 
  technology-based literacy program.............................200,000
Northshore School District, Bothell, WA, for the Northeast Vocational 
  Area Cooperative to expand information technology courses for middle 
  and high school students......................................250,000
Oakland Unified School District, CA, for personnel and related expenses 
  to expand extended day kindergarten to new sites..............500,000
Ohio Department of Education, Columbus, Ohio, ``Commission on Secondary 
  and Postsecondary Education'' project.........................250,000
Oklahoma State Department of Education, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for an 
  education project in Oklahoma public schools providing hand held 
  computers to enhance learning opportunities...................525,000
Old Rock School in Guntersville, Alabama for arts education progr60,000
Oregon Children's Foundation for a volunteer early literacy prog300,000
Oregon Public Broadcasting, Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Program for 
  educational programming........................................50,000
Oregon School Safety Hotline to establish a statewide hotline...150,000
Orleans Parish School Board, Louisiana, for technology enhancemen55,000
Our Hope for Youth, Delaware for a school dropout prevention education 
  media program on in-school educational networks targeting Hispanics 
  and other high-risk groups....................................500,000
Overtown Youth Center, Miami, FL, for mentoring, family literacy, and 
  other education and training services for at-risk youth.......100,000
Pacific Islands Center for Educational Development in American S400,000
PARENTS, Inc., Anchorage, Alaska, for implementation and expansion of 
  their projects to train teachers, specialists and parents in the use 
  of technology to assist students with disabilities..........1,000,000
PARENTS, Inc., Anchorage, Alaska, for the Technology in Action Program 
  (TAP).........................................................500,000
Partners in Economic Progress in Des Moines, IA for a mentoring and 
  education support program for disadvantaged children..........100,000
Pasadena Unified School District, Pasadena, CA, for a math, science and 
  technology magnet program at the Washington Middle School.....100,000
Patrick County Education Foundation, Stuart, VA, for a college access 
  initiative, including GED assistance for individuals who have dropped 
  out of high school............................................218,000
Pawtucket School Department, Pawtucket, RI, for personnel, equipment 
  and curricula to establish after school and summer school prog450,000
Peabody-Essex Museum, Salem, MA, to expand the Museum Action Corps in 
  partnership with Salem High School, and for exhibits and programming 
  for the Trade Winds project...................................500,000
Pendleton School District, Oregon for dropout prevention programs50,000
Pennsylvania Ballet, Philadelphia, PA, to expand statewide the ``Accent 
  on Dance'' program which offers in-school and after-school programs 
  for elementary and secondary students.........................100,000
Philadelphia Foundation, Philadelphia, PA, for a Sports and 
  Entertainment Career Expo to expose high school students in the 
  Philadelphia region to career opportunities in the sports industry 
  and to assist organizations in the replication of mentoring pro50,000

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Philadelphia Health Management Corporation, Philadelphia, PA, in 
  collaboration with the National Center for Learning Disabilities to 
  conduct early childhood literacy training and program development 
  activities as part of the Get Ready to Read! Initiative.......100,000
Philadelphia Martin Luther King, Jr. Association for Nonviolence Inc., 
  Philadelphia, PA, for its College for Teens program...........100,000
Philadelphia Orchestra, Philadelphia, PA, to expand its educational 
  programs......................................................175,000
Philadelphia Safe and Sound, Philadelphia, PA, to establish schools in 
  Strawberry Mansion and Mantua to serve as a base for family support, 
  community services, and comprehensive youth development and after-
  school programs...............................................300,000
Philadelphia Youth Orchestra, PA to expand after school arts education 
  programs......................................................150,000
Philadelphia Zoo, Philadelphia, PA, for the Zoo School Education 
  program and the Junior Zoo Apprentice New Ventures program to provide 
  at-risk students with access to science and environmental clas250,000
Phillips School District, WI, for after school programs.........270,000
Pico Union Family Resource Center, Los Angeles, CA, to expand education 
  programs for youth and adults.................................100,000
Pinellas County Florida School District, St. Petersburg, Florida, for 
  technology for Title I schools..............................2,000,000
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Pittsburgh, PA, to assist educators with 
  professional development programs that include workshops and live 
  performances and to bring area students to the theater for 
  curriculum-based programs.....................................100,000
Pittsburgh Digital Greenhouse, Pittsburgh, PA, to develop high tech 
  curriculum in the Allegheny County area through a collaborative 
  effort with Penn State University, University of Pittsburgh, and 
  Carnegie Mellon University....................................250,000
Pittsburgh Symphony for an education and outreach program.......350,000
Pittsburgh Technology Council, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for training 
  and technology upgrades.......................................300,000
Pittsburgh Voyager, PA for math and science education programs..250,000
Plymouth Christian Youth Center, Minneapolis, MN, to expand arts 
  education, after school, technology training, and other education 
  programs......................................................300,000
Plymouth Community Renewal Center, Louisville, Kentucky, for after 
  school programs................................................15,000
Pomona Unified School District, Pomona, CA, for a Teacher Literacy 
  Training and Technology program...............................400,000
Port Chester-Rye Union Free School District, Port Chester, NY, for 
  extended day and other expenses to implement the community schools 
  model in up to three schools..................................600,000
Prince Music Theater, Philadelphia, PA, to develop a comprehensive in-
  school and after-school program to provide at-risk youth with 
  education and training in the arts.............................50,000
Prince William County Public Schools, Manassas, Virginia, for Middle 
  School Reading and Mathematics Remediation Program............300,000
Pro Sports Outreach..............................................50,000
Project 2000, Washington, DC, to support the continuation of Project 
  2000, including after-school and weekend programs which provide 
  academic support and educational mentoring services to inner city 
  youth in low-income housing developments in Southeastern......125,000
Project GRAD-USA Inc., in Houston, Texas for continued support and 
  expansion of the successful school reform program..........20,000,000
Project H.O.M.E., Philadelphia, PA, for the planning and design of the 
  Honickman Roberts Learning Center, to provide technology and computer 
  education, youth academic enrichment, after-school programming, and 
  adult instruction to disadvantaged residents..................100,000
Project Intercept Inc., Brooklyn, NY, for mentoring programs, guidance 
  counselors, and training for teachers, principals, and parents200,000
Project Rainbow, Philadelphia, PA, to provide early childhood services 
  and after-school programs as a means to address the root causes of 
  homelessness..................................................250,000
Public Affairs Research Council, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for the 
  Louisiana's District Accountability Program...................100,000
Public School District 31, Staten Island, New York for library books 
  for 4th and 5th graders.......................................500,000
Public/Private Ventures, Philadelphia, PA, for the continued operation 
  and expansion of the Youth Education for Tomorrow Center, as part of 
  an after-school, literacy initiative...........................50,000
Range Association of Municipalities and Schools, Buhl, MN, for a 
  technology-based teacher education program serving rural school 
  districts in northeastern Minnesota...........................250,000
Ravenswood City School District, East Palo Alto, CA, for an e-learning 
  pilot program at Belle Haven Elementary School in Menlo Park..250,000
Reach Out and Read............................................3,000,000
ReadNet Foundation, New York, NY, to fully implement web-based 
  simulation educational program................................100,000
Realworld Schools, Inc., Fresno, CA, for personnel, curricula, 
  professional development, equipment and other expenses to establish 
  the El Paso Realworld School..................................150,000
Recognizing Achievement-Rewarding Excellence (R.A.R.E.) Foundation, 
  Troy, Michigan, to give teachers effective tools to motivate students 
  in constructive career paths..................................300,000
Reuben Lindh Family Services, Minneapolis, MN, for its ``Family Focus'' 
  preschool education program...................................600,000
Riverside County Office of Education, Riverside, California, to further 
  implement and develop County Achievement Team model...........500,000
Robbie Valentine STARS Club Education Program, Jeffersonville, Indiana, 
  for sports-related mentoring program in Louisville, Kentucky...40,000
Rutgers University Law School to support a scholarship fund, public 
  interest activities, and its work with the LEAP Academy Charter 
  School, including the purchase of books and equipment.........500,000
Rye Neck Union Free School District, Mamaroneck, NY, to implement a 
  school-wide enrichment model program...........................20,000
Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency, CA, in coordination with 
  the Sacramento City Unified School District, for early childhood 
  education, after school and parental support programs for students in 
  the Franklin Villa community..................................400,000
Salt Lake City School District, Salt Lake City, Utah for an english as 
  a second language project.....................................200,000

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San Bernadino County Superintendent of Schools, CA, to expand schools-
  to-careers initiatives, including the Virtual Hi-Tech High Program, 
  the Virtual Career Library and teacher training activities....500,000
San Juan Unified School District, Carmichael, California for Focus on 
  Literacy program..............................................217,000
San Pasqual Academy, Escondido, California, for technology 
  infrastructure................................................225,000
Santa Barbara Community Youth Performing Arts Center, Santa Barbara, 
  CA, for salaries and expenses for the Santa Barbara Junior High 
  Theatre.......................................................100,000
Santa Barbara High School District, Santa Barbara, CA, for the San 
  Marcos High School Health Careers Academy......................50,000
School District 24J, Salem, OR, for the West Salem High School 
  technology program............................................100,000
School District of Bayfield, WI, for after school programs......295,000
School District of Beloit, WI, for telecommunications equipment and 
  upgrades......................................................150,000
School District of Flambeau, Tony, WI, for equipment and technology to 
  create a national parks virtual reality education program......50,000
School District of Palm Beach County, FL, for a family literacy project 
  including bilingual education, counseling services and distance 
  education, and for curricula and professional development.....700,000
Science and Technology Museum of Georgia, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia, for 
  SciTrekChallenger Learning Center project......................50,000
ScienceSouth, Inc., Florence, South Carolina, for science education 
  programs, science traveling exhibits, and outreach activities.100,000
Sedro-Woolley School District, Mt. Vernon, WA, in collaboration with 
  the Pacific Northwest Trail Association, for the Service Knowledge 
  Youth (SKY) Education Program.................................300,000
Selma Youth Development Center, Selma, AL, for an ``at-risk'' youth 
  intervention and training program, including professional 
  development, school-to-work training, and conflict resolution 
  activities....................................................500,000
Semos Unlimited, Inc., Santa Fe, NM, to develop bilingual education 
  materials and programs........................................500,000
Sewickley Area YMCA, PA for education initiatives...............125,000
Shiloh Community Renewal Center, Louisville, Kentucky, for after school 
  programs.......................................................50,000
Sioux City Community School District in Sioux City, IA to continue and 
  expand the implementation of testing software in Iowa.........800,000
Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Detroit, Michigan, for after school 
  program.......................................................250,000
Somerset Independent Schools, Somerset, Kentucky, for High School 
  Technology Academy.............................................80,000
South Cook Education Consortium, Hazel Crest, IL, for its ``PowerUP'' 
  education technology enhancement initiative...................175,000
South County Family Educational and Cultural Center, Grover Beach, CA, 
  for the ``Computers to Youth'' program and to expand education 
  programs for students..........................................55,000
South Shore Drill Team and Performing Arts Ensemble, Chicago, IL, for 
  after school educational services for at-risk students.........50,000
Southeast Associated Ministries, Inc., Louisville, Kentucky, for after 
  school programs................................................20,000
Southeastern Pennsylvania Consortium for Higher Education (SEPCHE), 
  Philadelphia, PA, to develop ``global curriculum'' challenging 
  students to develop their knowledge of foreign languages and c750,000
Southern Star Development Corporation, Louisville, Kentucky, for after 
  school programs................................................20,000
Space Education Initiatives Inc., Green Bay, Wisconsin, for 
  professional development programs and technology..............500,000
Springfield Public School District #19, Springfield, OR, for the 
  ``Schools Plus Plus'' initiative to expand after school, academic and 
  family outreach initiatives...................................500,000
St. Boniface Neighborhood Outreach Program, Inc., Louisville, Kentucky, 
  for after school programs......................................50,000
St. Charles Parish School Board, Louisiana, for technology enhanc42,000
St. Louis Children's Museum, MO, for a collaborative project with the 
  St. Louis Public Library to create interactive exhibits and 
  educational programs..........................................500,000
St. Stephens Family Life Center, Louisville, Kentucky, for after school 
  programs.......................................................50,000
St. Tammany Parish School Board, Louisiana, for technology enhanc55,000
Stark County Park District, Canton, Ohio, for ``Electronic Education 
  Gateway'' project.............................................500,000
State College YMCA, PA for education initiatives 150,000...............
State of Alaska for Right Start extended-day kindergarten prog1,100,000
State of Utah, Office of Education for a computerized assessment 
  demonstration project.........................................700,000
Stevens Point Area School District, WI, to implement smaller learning 
  communities.................................................1,500,000
Superior School District, WI, for after school programs.........500,000
Tacoma Public Schools, Tacoma, WA, to implement an online learning 
  pilot project.................................................200,000
Tangipahoa Parish School Board, Louisiana, for technology enhance42,000
Teach for America, New York, New York.........................1,000,000
Teen Tyme Productions, Inc., Anchorage, Kentucky, for positive 
  broadcasting programs for teens................................10,000
Temple Community Development Corporation, Louisville, Kentucky, C.A.N. 
  Program for after school programs..............................50,000
Tensas Reunion, Inc., Newellton, LA, for instructional, technology 
  training, and after school programs at the Tensas Charter Scho200,000
Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi, TX, for education and training 
  services at its Early Childhood Development Center............350,000
Texas Tech University System, Lubbock, Texas, to expand opportunities 
  in math and science education for K-14 rural school districts.500,000
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, for ARTS.21 progra500,000
The First Tee, St. Augustine, Florida, to train instructors about how 
  to teach the core values....................................1,000,000
The Gibson Foundation, Santa Monica, CA, for music education pro250,000
The Lighthouse--A United Methodist Community Center, Louisville, 
  Kentucky, for after school programs............................30,000
The Opera Company of Philadelphia, PA for educational programs..200,000
Thornton Township High School District 205, South Holland, IL, for 
  professional development, technology, technical assistance and other 
  expenses to implement high school reform activities...........500,000

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Tides Foundation, for McKelvey entrepreneurial college scholarships to 
  rural, low income Pennsylvania high school graduates..........300,000
Tiskelwah Community Center, Charleston, West Virginia, for at-risk 
  youth and young adult program.................................100,000
Tiskelwah Community Center, Charleston, West Virginia, for the Bob 
  Burdette after school program.................................150,000
Titusville Area Senior High School, Titusville, Pennsylvania, for 
  technology infrastructure.....................................150,000
Today Foundation, Dallas, Texas, for the development of an Internet-
  based learning program........................................100,000
Toledo Public Schools, OH, for educational services for at-risk 
  students and their families as part of the Toledo education-housing 
  partnership pilot program.....................................225,000
Town of Cumberland School Department for the comprehensive Middle 
  School Education initiative...................................150,000
Trinity Family Life Center, Louisville, Kentucky, for after school 
  programs.......................................................30,000
Tuckahoe Union Free School District, Eastchester, NY, for an external 
  audit of district programs and practices, and for after school 
  services.......................................................33,000
U.S. Dream Academy, Inc., Columbia, MD, to improve and maintain Dream 
  Academy Learning Centers and after school programs for at-risk 
  children with a family history of incarceration...............600,000
Union Parish Public School System, LA, to implement an online 
  assessment and interactive instructional program..............200,000
United Crescent Hill Ministries, Inc., Louisville, Kentucky, for after 
  school programs................................................25,000
University of Alaska Center for Excellence in Schools to assist 
  Alaska's low performing schools with meeting the requirements of new 
  state educational standard..................................1,000,000
University of Alaska Museum in Fairbanks for educational programs 
  related in support of the Summer Arts Festival................150,000
University of Alaska System for Early Education Development program for 
  SEED (System for Early Education Development) program to expand early 
  childhood services for children ages 0-6 and to train Early Head 
  Start teachers with AAS degrees for positions...............1,800,000
University of Iowa for the Iowa and Israel: Partners in Excellence 
  program to enhance math and science opportunities to rural Iowa 
  students......................................................200,000
University of Maine, Coaching Education Initiative to support a 
  research-based curriculum development and community awareness 400,000
University of North Texas and Paul Quinn College for a math and science 
  teacher academy...............................................250,000
University of Northern Iowa, in collaboration with the Waterloo 
  Community Schools for the expansion of an early childhood development 
  center......................................................1,500,000
University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Education, PA, to 
  establish a teacher professional development center at the University 
  of Pennsylvania-assisted neighborhood school................1,000,000
University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama for the Preparatory Music 
  Program........................................................50,000
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, for the Tampa Bay Consortium 
  for the Development of Educational Leaders and the Preparation and 
  Recruitment of Teachers.......................................100,000
University of Southern Mississippi, Frances A. Karnes Center for Gifted 
  Studies, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, to expand gifted student summer 
  programs......................................................200,000
University of Texas at Tyler, TX, for math and science teacher training 
  and curriculum development....................................350,000
University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida, for Support for 
  Teachers Enhancing Performance in Schools.....................500,000
Urban League of Metropolitan Denver, CO, to expand the ``Urban 
  Adventures'' after school program to additional sites.........350,000
Utica Zoological Society, Utica, New York, to update the educational 
  facilities and Teacher Resource Center and update equipment...250,000
Vancouver Public Schools, Vancouver, WA, for personnel, technology, and 
  other expenses to expand the Personalized Learning in a Connected 
  Community Initiative..........................................333,000
Venango County AVTS, Oil City, Pennsylvania, for technology 
  infrastructure................................................100,000
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, for the Great Cities' 
  Universities Urban Educator Corps Partnership Initiative......350,000
Virginia War Memorial Educational Foundation in Richmond, Virginia for 
  program development associated with the Virginians' At War pro150,000
Voyager Expanded Learning, Dallas Texas, to implement the Voyager 
  Universal Literacy System demonstration in the Ohio public sch575,000
Warwick After-School Program in Warwick, Rhode Island to establish a 
  middle school after-school program............................300,000
Washington Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, State of 
  Washington, for development of a student data database........500,000
Washington Parish School Board, Louisiana, for technology enhance25,000
Wausau School District, WI, for foreign language, music and other 
  education programs............................................650,000
Webster Groves School District, St. Louis, MO, for computers, and 
  technology equipment and training..............................50,000
West Ed Eisenhower Regional Consortium for Science and Mathematics, San 
  Francisco, California, for 24 Challenge and Jumping Levels Mat225,000
West Philadelphia YMCA, Philadelphia, PA, for educational and 
  recreational programming to serve at-risk youth...............250,000
West Valley City in Utah for program improvement and technology 
  acquisition for an after school families program..............250,000
Westchester Philharmonic, Hartsdale, NY, for music education pro150,000
WestEd Eisenhower Regional Consortium for Science and Mathematics, 
  Philadelphia, PA, for statewide expansion educational programs and 
  curriculum....................................................125,000
Western Governors University, Salt Lake City, Utah, for distance 
  education programs..........................................1,300,000
Westernaires in Golden, Colorado for outreach and educational programs 
  for at risk youth.............................................500,000

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Westside High School, Bakersfield, California, for equipment.....20,000
Wichita Public School District for staff development............250,000
Wisconsin Educational Partnerships, Inc., Chippewa Falls, WI, for a 
  teacher professional development initiative...................650,000
WQLN Educational Services, Erie, PA, to expand the F.A.M.I.L.I.E.S. 
  Turn onto Literacy program which emphasizes entire family involvement 
  in teaching a child to learn to read...........................75,000
YMCA of Anchorage for after-school enrichment programs for at-risk 
  youth.........................................................250,000
YMCA of McKeesport, McKeesport, PA, to support the Teen LEAD.....50,000
YMCA of Metropolitan Fort Worth, Texas, for Together Reaching Unity 
  Concerning Everyone (TRUCE) project...........................440,000
YMCA Safe Place Services, Louisville, Kentucky, for after school 
  programs.......................................................40,000
Yonkers Public Schools, Yonkers, NY, to implement smaller learning 
  communities in up to four high schools........................350,000
Youth Alive, Inc., Louisville, Kentucky, for after school program15,000
Youth Guidance of Chicago, IL, to implement the Comer School 
  Development Program in additional schools......................25,000
YouthPlaces, Pittsburgh, PA, to expand after-school programs for 
  teenagers from high crime neighborhoods in the Sto-Rox, Wilkinsburg, 
  Clairton and Duquesne communities.............................100,000
YWCA of Anchorage for after-school enrichment programs for at-risk 
  school children and their mothers.............................250,000
YWCA of Anchorage Girls in Alaska for the Run and Girls on Track after 
  school programs................................................50,000

       The conference agreement also includes $1,000,000 for 
     ``Foundations for Learning Grants'' for the promotion of 
     school readiness through early childhood emotional and social 
     development, as authorized under the Fund for the Improvement 
     of Education.
       The conferees have included additional funds in this line 
     item for the Secretary to support programs and projects that 
     address national priorities in K-12 education.
       The Secretary of Education is encouraged to examine the 
     rapidly-growing use of hand-held computer technology and the 
     one-to-one (computer-to-student) computing it offers in a 
     school environment. Handheld computing is rapidly becoming 
     more affordable, enhancing the cost effectiveness of this 
     approach, especially when coupled with wireless 
     technology.
     Community service and alcohol abuse reduction programs
       The conference agreement includes $50,000,000 for grants 
     for community service for expelled or suspended students and 
     $25,000,000 for grants to reduce alcohol abuse as proposed by 
     the Senate. H.R. 246 did not propose separate funding for 
     these programs.
     Teaching of traditional American history
       The conference agreement includes $100,000,000 for the 
     teaching of traditional American history, as proposed by the 
     Senate instead of $50,000,000 as proposed by H.R. 246.
     Civic education
       For Civic Education, the conference agreement includes 
     $29,000,000 instead of $27,000,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 
     and $30,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. Of the total, 
     $12,000,000 is for Cooperative Education Exchanges and 
     $17,000,000 is for We the People. The conferees support 
     allocating $1,500,000 of the total amount for a continuation 
     of the violence prevention demonstration program. Further, 
     the conferees intend that $3,000,000 be allocated for a 
     cooperative project among the Center for Civic Education, the 
     Center on Congress at Indiana University, and the Trust for 
     Representative Democracy at the National Conference on State 
     Legislatures to implement a comprehensive program to improve 
     public knowledge, understanding, and support of American 
     democratic institutions.
     National writing project
       The conference agreement includes $17,000,000 for the 
     National Writing Project instead of $14,000,000 as proposed 
     by H.R. 246 and $18,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

                      English Language Acquisition

       The conference agreement includes $690,000,000 for English 
     Language Acquisition programs as proposed by the Senate 
     instead of $665,000,000 as proposed by H.R. 246.

                           Special Education

       The conference agreement includes $10,095,639,000 for 
     Special Education instead of $9,187,804,000 as proposed by 
     H.R. 246 and $11,191,424,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
     agreement provides $4,423,639,000 in fiscal year 2003 and 
     $5,672,000,000 in fiscal year 2004 funding for this account.
       Included in these funds is $8,928,533,000 for Grants to 
     States part B instead of $8,028,533,000 as proposed by H.R. 
     246 and $10,028,533,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement includes $77,715,000 for research 
     and innovation instead of $70,000,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate and of $78,380,000 as proposed by H.R. 246. Within the 
     amounts provided for Special Education Research and 
     Innovation, the conference agreement includes funding for the 
     following:

Best Buddies International, Inc. in Miami, FL to enhance the lives of 
  people with mental retardation by providing opportunities for one-to-
  one friendships and integrated employment..................$1,250,000
Best Buddies Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, for the expansion of 
  programming in Pennsylvania to enhance the lives of people with 
  mental retardation by providing opportunities for one-to-one 
  friendships and integrated employment..........................25,000
Center for Learning and Technology, Spurwink Institute to ensure that 
  students with disabilities have access to high quality education and 
  technology....................................................600,000
George Mason University Krasnow Institute, Fairfax, Virginia, for 
  conducting breakthrough research..............................300,000
Iowa Parent Training Information Center to continue a pilot on referral 
  and legal advice..............................................100,000
Loudoun Arc, Leesburg, Virginia, for Saturday Leisure program....90,000
Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, for the Tennessee 
  Center for the Study and Treatment of Dyslexia to improve instruction 
  for students with dyslexia....................................100,000
National Industries for the Blind, Alexandria, VA, to establish the NIB 
  National Technical Support and Training Center to develop a business 
  leadership and management skills training program for individuals who 
  are blind.....................................................250,000
Ohio Alliance of Community Center for the Deaf, Worthington, Ohio, for 
  Ohio Deaf Assistive Services Model project....................500,000
Ohio School for the Deaf, Columbus, Ohio, for Virtual Reality for the 
  Deaf and Hard of Hearing project............................1,350,000
Seton Hill College, Greensburg, PA, for the expansion and continuation 
  of its integrated certification program in elementary/special 
  education.....................................................200,000
St. Joseph's School for the Blind in New Jersey.................700,000
University of Kentucky's Center for Instructional Technology and 
  Learning to help special education teachers integrate technology in 
  their curriculum............................................1,000,000
University of Northern Colorado National Center for Low Incidence 
  Disabilities for development of new instructional techniques, 
  technologies and materials....................................500,000
University of Southern Mississippi Center for Literacy and Assessment 
  in Hattiesburg, Mississippi for support of the center's progra750,000

       The conference agreement also includes $92,500,000 for 
     personnel preparation instead of $90,000,000 as proposed by 
     H.R. 246 and $95,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
     conferees are particularly concerned about the shortage of 
     qualified special education teachers and higher education 
     faculty. Therefore, the conferees have included an additional 
     $2,500,000 over the request to ensure an increase in funding 
     for leadership personnel over the fiscal year 2002 level. 
     These new funds are intended exclusively for training new 
     personnel. Further, the conferees intend that any funds 
     available over amounts needed for continuation grants be used 
     to address the shortage of qualified personnel. The conferees 
     request that the Department consult with the Appropriations 
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     prior to the announcement of grant competitions for personnel 
     preparation activities.
       The conference agreement includes $26,500,000 for parent 
     information centers instead of $26,000,000 as proposed by 
     H.R. 246 and $28,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The agreement also includes $38,210,000 for technology and 
     media services instead of $37,710,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate and $32,710,000 as proposed by H.R. 246. The agreement 
     includes $10,000,000 for Recording for the Blind and 
     Dyslexic.
       The agreement also includes $1,500,000 for Public 
     Telecommunications Information and Training Dissemination as 
     proposed by the Senate. H.R. 246 did not contain funds for 
     this activity.
       The conferees continue to recognize the importance of very 
     small businesses in increasing the quality and cost 
     effectiveness of the television-captioning program. As this 
     program transitions into a mandated program as authorized by 
     the Telecommunications Act, the Department shall give full 
     and fair consideration to the applications for very small 
     businesses.

            Rehabilitation Services and Disability Research

       The conference agreement includes $2,956,382,000 for 
     Rehabilitation Services and Disability Research instead of 
     $2,956,676,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 and $2,959,838,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement includes $12,147,000 for client 
     assistance state grants instead of $12,397,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate and $11,897,000 as proposed by H.R. 246. The 
     conference agreement includes $1,000,000 to support programs 
     designed to improve the quality of applied orthotic and 
     prosthetic research and help meet the increasing demand for 
     provider services. The conferees intend that these funds 
     should be used to support an orthotics and prosthetic 
     awareness campaign, consisting of an educational outreach 
     initiative designed to recruit and retain professionals and a 
     series of consensus conferences to develop and disseminate 
     best practices in the field.
       The agreement also includes $39,629,000 for training as 
     proposed by H.R. 246 instead of $42,629,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate. The agreement also includes $21,032,000 for 
     demonstration and training programs instead of $17,492,000 as 
     proposed by H.R. 246 and $21,238,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. Within the amounts provided for vocational 
     rehabilitation demonstration and training programs, the 
     conference agreement includes funding for the following 
     activities:

Abilities Fund in Centerville, IA to create a revolving loan fund for 
  entrepreneurs with disabilities..............................$500,000
Alaska Center for Independent Living Personal Assistance Services 
  project to bring services to more remote rural communities....200,000
Allied Services Foundation, Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania, to increase 
  rehabilitation and fitness programs for those recuperating from 
  strokes, spinal cord injuries and other condition.............100,000
American Stroke Foundation, Overland Park, KS, for a stroke 
  rehabilitation center.........................................300,000
Apple Patch Community Inc., Crestwood, Kentucky, for vocational 
  training for adults with mental retardation....................20,000
Cerebral Palsy Research Foundation's Rehabilitation Research and 
  Training Center at Wichita State University, Kansas to continue 
  helping people with disabilities obtain self-sufficient employ300,000
Challenge Alaska in Girdwood, Alaska for equipment acquisition and 
  program support of the Adaptive Ski School....................200,000
City of Carson, California, for rehabilitation and related services at 
  the Joseph B. O'Neal, Jr. Stroke Center.......................145,000
Easter Seals of Southeastern Pennsylvania for program development in 
  support of adults and children with disabilities..............150,000
Enable America, Inc., Tampa, Florida, for civic/citizenship 
  demonstration project for disabled adults.....................300,000
Lark Enterprises, Inc., New Castle, Pennsylvania, for Lark Enterprises 
  Day Treatment Program for Persons with Autism.................100,000
Louisiana Center for the Blind in Lincoln Parish, LA to provide 
  education and rehabilitation for blind children and adults.....50,000
Madonna Rehabilitation Center in Lincoln, Nebraska, to create a new 
  standard of rehabilitation practice and program design for children 
  and adults with disabilities..................................500,000
Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois to train teachers and 
  rehabilitation specialists for blind persons...................75,000
Vermont Department of Aging and Disabilities for the Vermont Jump on 
  Board for Success Initiative..................................100,000
Wisconsin Coalition for Advocacy to establish a new office of 
  protection and advocacy services for individuals with disabili100,000
The Arc of Northern Rhode Island, Woonsocket, RI, for vocational 
  rehabilitation services for individuals with developmental 
  disabilities..................................................200,000
University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, WI, to establish The 
  Excellence and Leadership Center at the Stout Vocational 
  Rehabilitation Institute......................................200,000

       The conference agreement includes $17,000,000 for 
     Protection and Advocacy of Individual Rights instead of 
     $15,200,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 and $17,500,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement includes $70,000,000 for 
     Independent Living Centers as proposed by H.R. 246 instead of 
     $69,500,000 as proposed by the Senate. The agreement also 
     includes $28,000,000 for services for older blind individuals 
     as proposed by the Senate instead of $30,000,000 as proposed 
     by H.R. 246.
       The conference agreement includes $27,000,000 for assistive 
     technology as proposed by the Senate instead of $30,884,000 
     as proposed in H.R. 246. The agreement also includes language 
     allowing States which have received assistive technology 
     extension grants in the past and are scheduled to be phased 
     out of the program to continue to receive an award in fiscal 
     year 2003 at the fiscal year 2002 level. This language is 
     provided to allow time for the authorizing committees of 
     jurisdiction to review the program in the context of 
     reauthorizing the Assistive Technology Act. The conferees are 
     aware that this program was originally designed to be ``seed 
     money'' to develop assistive technology activities at the 
     State level. The authorizing statute specifies that the State 
     grant portion of the program would sunset after ten years, 
     giving States time to develop their own programs in this 
     area. The conferees encourage States to increase their 
     support for protection and advocacy activities in planning 
     their distribution of resources in the area of assistive 
     technology.
       The conferees are pleased that the National Institute on 
     Disability and Rehabilitation Research has recognized chronic 
     fatigue syndrome (CFS) as an unmet area of research and is 
     funding a CFS research study. The conferees encourage NIDRR 
     to continue to pursue CFS-related research proposals through 
     its investigator-initiated and other grants programs.

           Special Institutions for Persons With Disabilities

               National Technical Institute for the Deaf

       The conference agreement includes $54,050,000 for the 
     National Technical Institute for the Deaf instead of 
     $53,500,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 and $54,600,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. The agreement also includes language 
     proposed by the Senate allowing NTID to use funds from the 
     total for the endowment program at its discretion instead of 
     language proposed by H.R. 246 specifying that not less than 
     $1,000,000 shall be for the endowment program and available 
     until expended.

                          Gallaudet University

       The conference agreement includes $98,438,000 for Gallaudet 
     University as proposed by the Senate instead of $95,000,000 
     as proposed by H.R. 246. The agreement also includes language 
     proposed by the Senate allowing Gallaudet to use funds from 
     the total for the endowment program at its discretion instead 
     of language proposed by H.R. 246 specifying that not less 
     than $1,000,000 shall be for the endowment program and 
     available until expended.

                     Vocational and Adult Education

       The conference agreement includes $1,956,060,000 for 
     Vocational and Adult Education instead of $1,919,560,000 as 
     proposed by H.R. 246 and $1,938,060,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. The agreement provides $1,165,060,000 in fiscal year 
     2003 and $791,000,000 in fiscal year 2004 funding for this 
     account.
       The conference agreement includes $1,200,000,000 for 
     Vocational Education basic state grants as proposed by H.R. 
     246 instead of $1,180,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conferees continue to believe that technical institutes 
     play an important role in developing a highly-skilled 
     workforce, and that these institutes should have equal access 
     to vocational and technical education funding. The conferees 
     encourage the Department and the authorizing committees of 
     jurisdiction to consider approaches to ensuring such equal 
     access when developing their reauthorization proposals for 
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     Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act, 
     which is due to be reauthorized this year.
       The conference agreement includes $108,000,000 for Tech 
     Prep as proposed by the Senate, instead of $110,000,000 as 
     proposed by H.R. 246.
       The conference agreement includes $7,000,000 for Tribally 
     Controlled Postsecondary Vocational Institutions as proposed 
     by the Senate instead of $6,500,000 as proposed by H.R. 246. 
     The agreement also includes language proposed by the Senate 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law or any regulation 
     that the Secretary of Education shall not require the use of 
     a restricted indirect cost rate for grants issued pursuant to 
     the tribally controlled postsecondary vocational and 
     technical institutions program. H.R. 246 did not contain this 
     provision.
       The agreement also includes $9,500,000 to continue the 
     occupational and employment information program instead of 
     $10,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. H.R. 246 did not 
     include funding for this activity.
       The conference agreement includes $5,000,000 for the tech-
     prep education demonstration authorized under section 207 of 
     the Perkins Act as proposed by the Senate. The agreement also 
     includes $23,500,000 for State Grants for Incarcerated Youth 
     instead of $25,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. H.R. 246 
     did not provide funding for these activities.

                      Student Financial Assistance

       The conference agreement includes $13,450,500,000 for 
     Student Financial Assistance instead of $13,171,610,000 as 
     proposed by H.R. 246 and $13,151,500,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       The agreement provides a program level of $11,439,000,000 
     for Pell Grants instead of $11,200,110,000 as proposed by 
     H.R. 246 and $11,180,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
     agreement also increases the maximum Pell Grant to $4,050 for 
     award year 2003-2004 instead of $4,000 as proposed by H.R. 
     246 and $4,100 as proposed by the Senate. Additional funds 
     are included within the appropriation for the Pell Grant 
     program to continue to pay down the shortfall that has been 
     accumulating in the program over the past two fiscal years.
       The conferees are aware that many postsecondary 
     institutions are struggling to make the most efficient use 
     possible of their facilities as they prepare for enrollments 
     that will grow by more than two million students over the 
     next decade. Under the Department of Education's current 
     practice, however, students may receive only one Pell Grant 
     in a calendar year, limiting low-income students' ability to 
     enroll year round. In the House report accompanying the 
     Fiscal Year 2002 Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
     Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, the 
     Committee requested that the Department submit a report, not 
     later than March 1, 2002, on the feasibility and cost of 
     conducting a demonstration program under Section 487(A)(b) of 
     the Higher Education Act to provide two Pell Grants in one 
     calendar year to students at selected institutions of higher 
     education. The conferees note that the Department has failed 
     to provide this report and again request that the Department 
     provide this report to the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations, the House Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce, and the Senate Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions no later than May 1, 2003.
       The conference agreement also includes $765,000,000 for the 
     Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants program instead 
     of $725,000,000 as proposed by both H.R. 246 and the Senate.
       The conferees continue to be concerned about issues within 
     the consolidation loan program. The conferees are aware that 
     some borrowers would like to see the current law changed to 
     allow for consolidation with any lender or holder, regardless 
     of how many lenders with whom the borrower has loans. The 
     conferees are concerned that without change to the current 
     law governing consolidation loans, some borrowers may not be 
     permitted to consolidate their loans with any lender they 
     choose. The leaders of the authorizing committees have 
     expressed a desire to address this and other issues during 
     the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act so as to 
     address the Consolidation Loan Program as a whole. The 
     conferees urge those committees to ensure borrowers have the 
     best options available to them in order to manage their 
     student loan obligations.

                            Higher Education

       The conference agreement includes $2,100,701,000 for Higher 
     Education instead of $1,903,553,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 
     and $2,047,640,000 as proposed by the Senate.
     Aid for institutional development
       The conference agreement includes $82,000,000 for 
     strengthening institutions as proposed by the Senate instead 
     of $76,275,000 as proposed by H.R. 246. The agreement also 
     includes $93,000,000 for Hispanic Serving Institutions as 
     proposed by the Senate instead of $89,096,000 as proposed by 
     H.R. 246.
       The conference agreement includes $215,415,000 for 
     Strengthening Historically Black Colleges and Universities as 
     proposed by the Senate instead of $213,415,000 as proposed by 
     H.R. 246.
       The conference agreement includes $53,764,000 for 
     Historically Black Graduate Institutions as proposed by the 
     Senate instead of $50,764,000 as proposed by H.R. 246. The 
     conference agreement also includes $8,234,000 for Alaska and 
     Native Hawaiian Institutions as proposed by the Senate 
     instead of $6,734,000 as proposed by H.R. 246.
       The conference agreement includes $23,000,000 for 
     Strengthening Tribal Colleges as proposed by the Senate 
     instead of $18,130,000 as proposed by H.R. 246. The conferees 
     agree that the funds provided shall be used to support 
     continuation of existing basic grants and new planning or 
     implementation grant awards. The remaining funds shall be 
     available for grants for renovation and construction of 
     facilities to help address urgently needed facilities repair 
     and expansion.
     Fund for the improvement of postsecondary education
       The conference agreement includes $172,737,000 for the Fund 
     for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education instead of 
     $39,138,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 and $126,926,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. Within the amounts provided for 
     the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, 
     the conference agreement includes funding for the 
     following:

AIB College of Business, Des Moines, IA, to recruit and train students 
  in captioning and court reporting............................$500,000
Alabama A&M University in Normal, Alabama for equipment acquisition 
  related to the research institute.............................550,000
Albany State University in Albany, Georgia, for teacher and nurse 
  training in underserved professions...........................500,000
Albright College, Reading, PA, for the Albright Wireless Education and 
  Training Center for training and information services.........100,000
Alcorn State University in Lorman, Mississippi for the Midsouth 
  Partnership for Rural Community Colleges in Mississippi for a pilot 
  program to connect community colleges and 4-year university re500,000
Alvin Community College, Alvin, Texas, to train real-time captioners to 
  provide closed captioning to the deaf and hard-of-hearing...1,000,000
American Samoa Community College, Pago Pago, American Samoa, to 
  establish a computer lab......................................500,000
Ashland University-Institute for Human Investment and Economic Growth, 
  Ashland, Ohio, for Regional Economic Development training.....250,000
Assumption College for technology infrastructure................100,000
AuCoin Institute for Ecological, Economic, and Civic Studies for 
  curriculum development........................................150,000
Baldwin-Wallace College in Ohio for expansion of the SPROUT prog275,000
Ball State University, in Muncie, Indiana, for the expansion of 
  programs administered by the Midwest Entrepreneurial Educati1,000,000
Baylor University, Waco, TX, for the GEAR UP Waco program, in 
  partnership with the Waco Independent School District.........500,000
Beresford Community Education in Beresford, SD to expand community 
  education programs............................................150,000
Birmingham Southern College in Birmingham, Alabama for technology 
  acquisition...................................................100,000
Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA, in collaboration with the 
  Columbia Alliance for Economic Growth, for technological 
  infrastructure improvements for the Bloomsburg Regional Technology 
  Center........................................................100,000
Buena Vista University in Storm Lake, Iowa for upgrades and equipment 
  for the science center........................................500,000
Butler Community College, El Dorado, Kansas, for a leadership studies 
  program.......................................................250,000
C.O.E.I.T.T.--Center for Excellence in Information Technology and 
  Telecommunications (OSU, OU, TU, & the IT community) for program 
  development, including acquisition of technology..............200,000

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Cabrini College, Radnor, PA, for equipment for programming for the 
  Center for Science, Education, and Technology for K-12 student200,000
Caldwell College, Caldwell, New Jersey, for Center for Excellence in 
  Teaching Initiative...........................................950,000
California State University, Monterey Bay, CA, for a research center on 
  the use of wireless technology in education and industry......425,000
California State University, Northridge, CA, for technology and other 
  expenses to develop an entertainment engineering curriculum...400,000
Catawba Valley Community College, Hickory, North Carolina for operation 
  costs of the Hickory Metropolitan Higher Education Center.....250,000
Cayauga Community College, Auburn, New York, for technology upgr275,000
Centenary College, Hackettstown, New Jersey, for technology init350,000
Center for Community Transformation, Chicago, IL, to support faculty, 
  student fellowships, and ongoing secular educational activities in 
  community leadership transformation...........................125,000
Central College, Pella, Iowa, for teacher training in technology and 
  for distance education programs...............................800,000
Central Florida Community College, Ocala, Florida, for teacher t500,000
Chamber Foundation, Columbus, Ohio, for the ``College Access'' and 
  ``Career Steps'' programs.....................................405,000
Chicago State University, Chicago, IL to expand Weekend College 
  instructional programs........................................225,000
City College of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, for the National 
  Articulation and Transfer Network to facilitate the completion of 
  postsecondary education by underrepresented African-American, 
  Hispanic/Latino, and Native American students.................250,000
Clatsop Community College, Clatsop County, Oregon for technology and 
  equipment acquisition..........................................50,000
Clemson University College for a program design to recruit minority 
  males as teachers in public schools...........................700,000
Coffeyville Community College for computer network enhancement..250,000
College of Southern Idaho for development of distance learning 
  services, including the acquisition of technology.............300,000
Columbia College Chicago, IL, for a Center for the Study of Women in 
  the Arts and Media............................................125,000
Columbia University, New York, for a joint project with the Hostos 
  Community College of the City University of New York, to train 
  minority students in foreign policy disciplines through distance 
  learning......................................................350,000
Community College of Beaver County, Monaca, PA, to acquire state-of-
  the-art technology to support educational programming..........50,000
Concurrent Technologies Corporation, Largo, Florida, for Community 
  College/Vocational Industry Cluster HUBS initiative.........1,250,000
Cossatot Community College of the University of Arkansas, De Queen, AR, 
  for early childhood education instructional staff and equipmen475,000
Cowley Community College, Wichita, Kansas, for the Southside Learning 
  Center, for equipment.........................................250,000
Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA, for supplies and equipment for its 
  nursing education program......................................35,000
Curry College in Massachusetts for technology and programs to assist 
  learning disabled students....................................175,000
Cuyahoga Community College's Music and Education Technology Program, 
  Cleveland, Ohio to support a program of music study integrated with 
  technology....................................................405,000
Cuyamaca College, Rancho San Diego, California, for expanded math and 
  science education.............................................700,000
Daemen College, Amherst, New York, after-school enrichment programs for 
  people with developmental disabilities......................1,300,000
Dakota State University in Madison, SD, for technology and equipment 
  for a model distance learning center..........................900,000
Dakota Wesleyen University, Mitchell, SD, to acquire technology and 
  equipment to serve the George McGovern Library..............1,000,000
Darton College, Albany, GA, to expand minority and nontraditional 
  student recruitment and academic support activities...........900,000
Daytona Beach Community College, Florida, for instructional equipment 
  and technology infrastructure for the Advanced Technology Cent250,000
Dean College, Franklin, MA, to improve curricula and upgrade 
  mathematics, science and writing laboratories for students with 
  disabilities..................................................150,000
DeSales University, Center Valley, PA, for computer wiring for smart 
  class rooms for training for area K-12 teachers and students..100,000
Dowling College, Oakdale, NY, for personnel, instructional materials, 
  student scholarships, and other expenses for a Minority Teacher 
  Development and Training Center...............................400,000
Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, for the development and expansion 
  of the Math Forum as a national, on-line math education center250,000
Durham Technical Community College, Durham, NC, for personnel, student 
  scholarships, and other expenses to improve the articulation of 
  community college students into teacher preparation programs...50,000
D'Youville College in Buffalo, NY to increase enrollment and improve 
  outreach in the nursing program...............................250,000
Eastern University, Philadelphia, PA for new bilingual health care 
  studies program and purchase of equipment in support of program 
  expansion.....................................................300,000
Eastern Washington University, Cheney, Washington, Technology 
  Initiative for the New Economy................................510,000
Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida, for Alternative Teacher 
  Certification Program.........................................500,000
Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida, for technology infras1,250,000
Edinboro University Education Center-Precision Manufacturing Ins450,000
Edward Waters College, Jacksonville, FL, for library enhancements, 
  technology, and telecommunications upgrades...................500,000
Elgin Community College, Elgin, Illinois, for Integrated Systems 
  Technology Program............................................250,000
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Arizona, for academic 
  and technical literature......................................500,000
Emerson College in Boston for the Tufte Performance and Production 
  Center Initiative.............................................800,000
Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas, for technology upgrad400,000

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Environmental Interpretive Facilities at the Juanita College Raystown, 
  Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, for equipment.......................500,000
Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington for research and 
  curriculum costs of a program addressing the needs of tribal 
  governments...................................................150,000
Excelsior College, Albany, New York, for curriculum development.250,000
Fayetteville Technical Community College, Fayetteville, North Carolina, 
  for the Adventure of the American Mind program................150,000
Federation of American Scientists, Washington, D.C., for Digital 
  Opportunity Investment Trust..................................750,000
Federation of Independent Illinois Colleges and University for 
  telecommunications equipment and for training programs necessary to 
  link educational institutions to a high bandwidth network.....100,000
Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee for technology acquisition in 
  support of a new information technology center and to improve student 
  learning......................................................300,000
Florida Campus Compact, Tallahassee, FL, to enhance service-learning on 
  college campuses throughout Florida...........................500,000
Ft. Lewis College, Center for Southwest Studies in Colorado for the 
  acquisition of equipment and technology and an educational program 
  for Native American interns.................................1,600,000
Gateway Community College, New Haven, CT, to implement an associates 
  degree nursing program........................................250,000
George Meany Center for Labor Studies--the National Labor College for 
  curriculum development........................................750,000
Georgia College and State University, Milledgeville, Georgia, for the 
  Paul Coverdell Institute and Archives.........................800,000
Glenville State College, Glenville, WV, for faculty, curricula, and 
  equipment to establish a computer science and information technology 
  program.......................................................175,000
Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington, for furnishing, equipment and 
  salaries for their natural resources and research program.....510,000
Governors State University, University Park, IL, for equipment and 
  training programs at the College of Education Family Development 
  Center........................................................150,000
Grambling University in Lincoln, Louisiana to increase the number, 
  skills and competitiveness of minority faculty and students in 
  biomedical research...........................................150,000
Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan, for Teacher 500,000
Great Plains Center for Applied Latino/Latin American Studies at 
  University of Nebraska at Omaha to stimulate the academic study of 
  Latino and Latin American culture, history and economics....1,000,000
Harford County Public Schools, Bel Air, MD, for support of a math and 
  science magnet school program at Aberdeen High School.........500,000
Harrisburg Polytechnic Institute, Harrisburg, PA, for a K-16 
  curriculum, equipment, and technology upgrades................262,000
Hartwick College, Oneonta, New York, for equipment..............750,000
Hickory Metropolitan Higher Education Center, Hickory, North Carolina 
  for program development.......................................125,000
Higher Education Learning Center in Des Moines, Iowa for curriculum 
  development...................................................100,000
Highline Community College, Des Moines, Washington, to establish a 
  Marine Science and Technology Center..........................500,000
Hofstra University to equip smart classrooms for teacher educatio50,000
Holy Family College, Philadelphia, PA, to develop on-line based teacher 
  training programs for teacher certification and other teacher 
  training.......................................................50,000
Huntingdon College for Training Teachers in Technology in Montgomery, 
  Alabama.......................................................500,000
Huntington Junior College, WV, for personnel, curricula, student 
  scholarships, and other expenses to recruit and train students in 
  real-time captioning..........................................900,000
Independence Community College, for early childhood education center to 
  train teachers for tomorrow...................................250,000
Indian Hills College in Ottumwa, Iowa for technology upgrades and 
  equipment at the Bioprocess Training Center...................500,000
Indian River Community College, Ft. Pierce, St. Lucie, Florida, for 
  Grow Our Own Teachers project.................................800,000
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, for the Center on Congress civic 
  education program..............................................50,000
Iowa Central Community College, Fort Dodge, Iowa, for Iowa 
  Communications Network Pilot Program..........................300,000
Iowa Student Aid Commission to continue a program of loan forgiveness 
  for teachers..................................................500,000
Jackson State University, Jackson, MS, to establish an e-center focused 
  on electronic-based teaching and learning, research, and community 
  outreach and services.........................................550,000
James W. Norman Hall, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, for 
  technology and infrastructure project.........................250,000
Jefferson College, Hillsboro, MO, for personnel, technology and other 
  expenses to establish a Center for the Study of Local Issues..100,000
Johnson and Wales University in Providence, RI, to enhance its teacher 
  preparation program...........................................100,000
Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte, NC, to establish a Campus and 
  Community Center for Learning and Technology to address education 
  needs in the region...........................................150,000
Kean University, Union, New Jersey, for Global Studies and UN 
  Internship Program............................................100,000
Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, for Institute for Computational 
  Design......................................................1,250,000
Kent State University's Liquid Crystal Institute in Ohio for 
  educational programs..........................................475,000
Kentucky Wesleyan College's Science Center for equipment and 
  educational programs..........................................500,000
Keystone Central School District in Pennsylvania, in collaboration with 
  Lock Haven University, to continue a model alternative school.750,000
Keystone College, La Plume, Pennsylvania, to equip an Environmental 
  Science Laboratory and Resource Center and a Center for Teaching, 
  Learning and Technology.......................................450,000
Lake Forest College, Illinois, to develop a new state-of-the-art 
  library and learning center....................................25,000
Langston University, Langston, Oklahoma, to fund a scholarship 
  endowment for students to be designated as the ``Thurgood Marshall 
  Endowed Scholarship''.........................................225,000
Le Moyne College, Syracuse, New York, for upgrading equipment...125,000

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Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, for the Center for Promoting Healthy 
  Development for Individuals with Disabilities for research to develop 
  strategies to improve the health of individuals with disabilit100,000
Lehman College, Bronx, New York, for a distance learning initiative to 
  connect pre-service teachers with experienced classroom teache200,000
Lewis and Clark Community College, Godfrey, IL, for activities related 
  to the study of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems at the Great 
  Rivers Research and Education Center..........................900,000
Lincoln University, Lincoln University, PA, to purchase laboratory and 
  computer equipment for state-of-the-art science laboratories, and to 
  enhance its chemistry, physics, biology and computer science 
  technology capabilities.......................................100,000
Lorain County Community College, Elyria, OH, for telecommunications and 
  technology upgrades, course development, and instructional support 
  for the Learning Technology Center............................250,000
Los Angeles Mission College, CA, for its Economic Self-Help Project to 
  train small business owners...................................300,000
Los Angeles Valley College, Valley Glen, CA, for a career ladder 
  nursing program in collaboration with Los Angeles Southwest Co250,000
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for its Law Center, 
  Medical and Biotechnology project to recruit and train laws/medicine 
  specialists, develop health care programs, databases and train200,000
Lourdes College, Sylvania, OH, for professional development, technology 
  upgrades, equipment, and education outreach programs..........225,000
Loyola University, Chicago, IL, for science laboratory equipment500,000
Lyon College, Batesville, AR, for acquisition of lab equipment and 
  communications system upgrades for its Center for Science and 
  Mathematics...................................................300,000
Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY, for the ``Jump Start'' 
  alternative teacher certification program.....................500,000
Manor College, Jenkintown, PA, for a veterinary technician distance 
  education program.............................................100,000
Maricopa County Community College District, Phoenix, AZ, for the 
  Hispanic Nursing Fellows Program to address the national nursing 
  shortage......................................................100,000
Maricopa County Community College District, Tempe, AZ, for personnel, 
  student scholarships and other expenses to expand a national center 
  to improve teacher recruitment, preparation and retention.....400,000
Maricopa County Community College District, Tempe, AZ, for the Hispanic 
  Nursing Fellows Program, including student scholarships.......200,000
Maryland Association of Community Colleges to reinforce community 
  colleges' ability to educate and train the Information Technology 
  workforce throughout Maryland.................................950,000
Maxine Waters Employment Preparation Center, Los Angeles Unified School 
  District, CA, to expand education and training programs.......200,000
Mendocino-Lake Community College District, Ukiah, CA, to develop an 
  associates degree program in nursing..........................200,000
Mercyhurst College, PA, for program support and equipment in support of 
  the Institute of Public Health................................200,000
Mesa State College, Grand Junction, Colorado, for Teacher Preparation 
  Initiative....................................................116,000
Mid-State Technical College, Wisconsin Rapids, WI, for instructional 
  supplies, faculty and capital equipment to expand an urban forestry 
  program.......................................................500,000
Military Heritage Foundation, Carlisle, PA, for the United States Army 
  History Institute Military History Institute to provide joint 
  research and teaching opportunities in military and social his125,000
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, St. Paul, Minnesota, for 
  development of an e-monitoring environment....................600,000
Minot State University, Minot, North Dakota, to continue providing 
  disability services to remote rural communities...............200,000
Mississippi State University for the Midsouth Partnership for Rural 
  Community Colleges in Mississippi for a pilot program to connect 
  community colleges and 4-year university research.............500,000
Mississippi Valley State University, Itta Bena, MS, to establish a 
  master of science degree program in bioinformatics............350,000
Mitchell Technical Institute in Mitchell, SD, for technology and 
  equipment.....................................................110,000
Molloy College in New York for smart classrooms for the nursing 
  department.....................................................50,000
Montana State University in Billings, Montana, for the development of a 
  computer technology program...................................700,000
Montclair State University, NJ, for the Center for Teacher Preparation 
  and Learning Technology to expand teacher training programs...300,000
Montgomery County Community College, Blue Bell, PA, for personnel, 
  curricula, technology, and other expenses for an advanced technology 
  center........................................................375,000
Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA, for computer wiring for smart class 
  rooms for training for area K-12 teachers and students........100,000
Mount Aloysius College, Cresson, PA, for the training of faculty in the 
  use of technology-based curriculum............................100,000
Mount Union College, Alliance, Ohio, for Master Teacher program.100,000
Mount Union College/Alliance City Schools, Alliance, Ohio, for Early 
  Childhood Center..............................................100,000
Mt. Vernon Nazarene College, Mt. Vernon, OH, equipment, technology 
  upgrades of the Natural Sciences and Social Sciences facility.600,000
National Aviary Conservation Education Technology Integration in 
  Pittsburgh....................................................250,000
National University, La Jolla, California, for the Institute for 
  Persons Who Are Hard of Hearing or Deaf.......................500,000
New College of California, San Francisco, CA, to establish degree 
  programs in community studies, urban ecology and sustainability 
  studies, and spirituality and politics through a new institute, and 
  for student scholarships......................................400,000
New England Board of Higher Education, Boston, MA, for a study of 
  minority student participation in science and technology disci200,000
New Hampshire Community Technical College in New Hampshire for a 
  distance learning initiative, including the acquisition of tec500,000
New World Symphony, Miami Beach, FL, for distance education music 
  programs......................................................100,000

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Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, Louisiana, for Advanced 
  Technology Center or Intergenerational Center.................400,000
Northeastern State University, Tahlequah, OK, for expenses to support 
  faculty and students at the Center for Rural Development......250,000
Northern Essex Community College, Lawrence, Massachusetts, for the 
  procurement and maintenance of educational equipment and technology 
  infrastructure at NECC's technology training center...........200,000
Northern Illinois Center for Accelerator and Detector Development, 
  DeKalb, Illinois............................................2,000,000
Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY, to expand 
  technology certification and degree programs, distance learning and 
  K-12 partnerships.............................................150,000
Northern State University in Aberdeen, South Dakota, for technology and 
  equipment at the Center for Statewide E-Learning..............300,000
Northwestern College, Orange City, Iowa, for sound technology for 
  Theatre Arts Center...........................................200,000
Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, Louisiana, for Campus 
  Technological Infrastructure Enhancement project..............166,000
Northwest-Shoals Community College, Muscle Shoals, AL, for personnel, 
  telecommunications, technology and security enhancements......400,000
Norwalk Community College, Norwalk, Connecticut, for equipment and 
  personnel needed to launch the Community Security Institute...500,000
Oakland Community College, Bloomfield Hills, MI, to develop a 
  curriculum for the Center for Combined Regional Emergency Services 
  Training......................................................250,000
Ohio Center for Advancement of Women in Public Service, Cleveland State 
  University, Cleveland, Ohio, for developing training curricula, 
  training program, operating costs to create the Legislative/Executive 
  Training Institute............................................250,000
Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio, for implementing programs to 
  encourage greater minority participation in the sciences for 
  undergraduate and precollege populations......................775,000
Oklahoma Regents of Higher Education, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to 
  complete Ponca City's internet Hub project..................1,500,000
Oklahoma State University, Okmulgee, OK, for its Commerce Development 
  Center........................................................125,000
Online Louisiana for equipment and IT...........................250,000
Palmer College of Chiropractic in Davenport, IA, for equipment and 
  technology for the Learning Resource Center...................500,000
Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA, to develop a biotechnology 
  training program...............................................93,000
Peirce College, Philadelphia, PA, for technology enhancements, course 
  development, faculty training and outreach activities to expand 
  Peirce Online.................................................200,000
Philadelphia University, Philadelphia, PA, to upgrade its campus-wide 
  technology infrastructure to expand programmatic advances offered by 
  the University's High Technology Education Center.............600,000
Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Initiative, Pittsburgh, PA, to expand its 
  Teacher Education Program in order to introduce the concept of tissue 
  engineering into the classroom................................100,000
Polk Community College, Winter Haven, Florida, to establish a Corporate 
  College to meet the locally identified education and training needs 
  of the business community.....................................500,000
Portland State University, Portland, OR, for instructional programs, 
  distance learning and equipment for the Northwest Center for 
  Engineering, Science, and Technology........................1,000,000
Prince George's Community College, Largo, MD, for equipment, 
  technology, and operating expenses for an extension center near 
  Andrews Air Force Base........................................500,000
Providence College, RI, for equipment, technology and educational 
  programs for its Center for the Arts..........................250,000
Rochester Institute of Technology, NY, for equipment for the Center for 
  Biotechnology Education and Training..........................422,000
Saginaw Valley State University, University City, Michigan, for 
  equipment, wiring and computer upgrade........................500,000
Salt Lake Community College in Salt Lake City, Utah, to improve student 
  learning through additional technology and equipment acquisiti500,000
Santa Clara University, CA, for telecommunications and technology 
  equipment and upgrades........................................900,000
Santa Clarita Community College District, Santa Clarita, California, 
  for equipment, personnel for the University Center............500,000
Science Education Technology initiative at University of Alabama to 
  increase students success in biology, computer science, and ph500,000
Seminole State College, Seminole, OK, for the Fast Track program at the 
  School of Nursing for student support, scholarships and other 
  services and assistance........................................50,000
Seminole State College, Seminole, Oklahoma, for the Technology Center 
  for technology purchases......................................175,000
Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ, for the Life Science and 
  Technology Center.............................................100,000
Shenandoah University, Winchester, Virginia, for the Computer 
  Technology Enhancement program to retrain teachers............180,000
Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA, for Knowledge Pointe at 
  Cranberry Woods, as part of an initiative to provide life-long 
  educational services to Pittsburgh's regional industry and community 
  residents.....................................................100,000
Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania, for the North 
  Hills Educational Alliance....................................100,000
Snead State Community College, Boaz, Alabama, for computers and 
  technology enhancements........................................70,000
Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA, for communications and 
  laboratory equipment to establish a graduate program in computer and 
  engineering sciences..........................................300,000
South Carolina State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education, 
  Columbia, SC, for distance learning programs..................500,000
South Dakota Board of Regents to upgrade the South Dakota Library 
  Network.......................................................500,000
South Piedmont Community College, Polkton, North Carolina, for 
  equipment.....................................................400,000
Southampton College, NY, for science equipment and technology upgrades 
  at its Marine Science Center..................................253,000
Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, River 
  Campus Initiative...........................................1,200,000
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, for the Paul Simon Public 
  Policy Institute............................................1,000,000

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Southern New England School of Law, North Dartmouth, MA, to support 
  faculty, staff, and student stipends for the establishment of an 
  immigration clinic............................................125,000
Southern New Hampshire University in New Hampshire for a distance 
  learning initiative, including the acquisition of technology..500,000
Southern Oregon University, Ashland, Oregon, to create and expand 
  teacher training program and develop a new undergraduate theatre 
  technology curriculum.........................................500,000
Southern University in East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for infrastructure 
  upgrades such as internet and teleconferencing capabilities...150,000
Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College, Mt. Gay, WV, 
  for personnel, curricula, equipment and technology to expand 
  information technology programs...............................500,000
Spalding University Online, Louisville, Kentucky, for distance learning 
  program for teacher professional development...................50,000
Spoon River College, Canton, IL, for equipment for community technology 
  centers in Canton and Macomb, Illinois........................275,000
St . Petersburg College, St. Petersburg, Florida, for Project Eagle 
  online learning program.....................................4,500,000
St John's University to develop curriculum and improve minority 
  recruitment to the pharmacy program...........................100,000
St. Cloud State University, MN, for nursing education programs..250,000
St. Francis College, Brooklyn, New York, for technology initiati500,000
St. Mary's College of Maryland, St. Mary's City, MD, for technology 
  upgrades......................................................250,000
Stark State College of Technology, Canton, Ohio, for technology 
  infrastructure................................................711,000
Stark State College of Technology, Canton, Ohio, to train real-time 
  captioners to provide closed captioning to the deaf and hard-of-
  hearing.......................................................200,000
State University of New York at Potsdam, St. Lawrence County, New York, 
  for Music Educators for New York City for scholarship, program costs 
  and operations, marketing and recruitment and personnel costs.550,000
State University of New York at Purchase, NY, for technical and career 
  counseling, continuing education, curricula, technology, and to 
  enhance services for students with disabilities...............800,000
State University of New York Empire State College for Masters of Arts 
  in Teaching Program...........................................250,000
Stonehill College in Easton, Massachusetts, for technology 
  infrastructure and curriculum development.....................300,000
Suffolk University, Boston, MA, for the John Joseph Moakley Archives 
  and the John Joseph Moakley Institute on Public Policy and Political 
  History.......................................................250,000
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, to develop innovative models to 
  address teacher recruitment, training and mentoring that will enhance 
  student achievement and raise the capabilities of low-performing 
  schools.......................................................200,000
Texas Southern University, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences for 
  the establishment of a health professions program.............300,000
Texas Southern University, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, for 
  their minority engineering program............................100,000
Texas Southern University, Houston, TX, for personnel, equipment, 
  student scholarships, and materials for the College of Science and 
  Technology....................................................250,000
Texas State University for teacher retention initiative.........250,000
Texas Tech University Center for the Aging in Lubbock, Texas....250,000
The Franciscan University in Clinton, Iowa, for a technology-based 
  undergraduate and graduate teacher training program.........1,000,000
Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund, New York City, NY, for technology 
  upgrades and capacity building activities at historically black 
  colleges and universities.....................................500,000
Tiffin University, Tiffin, Ohio, for Technology Enhanced Classroom 
  project.......................................................500,000
Tri-College Red River Basin Institute in Fargo, North Dakota, for 
  salaries and program costs related to the study of flood damage and 
  natural resource management research..........................100,000
Trident Technical College, Charleston, South Carolina, to equip the 
  information technology center, electro-mechanical skills laboratory, 
  and the hospitality, tourism and culinary arts program........500,000
Troy State University, Montgomery, Alabama, to expand a virtual 
  university, including technology acquisition, that provides a 24-
  hour, seven days a week program for military personnel........750,000
Truckee Meadows Community College High Tech Center and Curriculum 
  Initiative in Reno, Nevada, for computer equipment and curriculum 
  support of high tech initiatives and teacher certification pro400,000
Trustee of Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey, for 
  educational and innovative opportunities for undergraduates and 
  graduates.....................................................476,000
Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, for technology, faculty 
  fellowships, student internships and educational outreach programs at 
  the AMISTAD Research Center...................................400,000
Tupelo Public Schools in Mississippi for the CREATE technology 
  innovation challenge grant program............................750,000
University of Akron, Ohio, for Exercise in Hard Choices program to help 
  citizens and students understand the Federal budget process...500,000
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, for acquisition of 
  technology and to upgrade existing information technology 
  infrastructure................................................200,000
University of Alaska for the INPSYCH Center, to train Alaska Natives as 
  psychologists to practice in Alaskan villages.................500,000
University of Alaska, Alaska Department of Education and Alaska State 
  Library for the Alaska Digital Archives and Digital Library to 
  digitize their information resources..........................400,000
University of Arizona for training and curriculum development at the 
  Program in Integrative Medicine...............................500,000
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, for a national center to train 
  faculty, teaching assistants, and administrators to improve higher 
  education for students with disabilities......................300,000
University of Arkansas at Little Rock, AR, for simulation equipment for 
  the CyberCollege Virtual Reality Center.......................500,000

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University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, for National Office for 
  Rural Measurement and Evaluations Systems for technology designed to 
  improve the instructional practices and learning possibilities of 
  children from grades 3-8......................................500,000
University of California, Merced, CA, for acquisition of science 
  equipment.....................................................250,000
University of California, Merced, CA, to establish the Sierra Nevada 
  Research Institute, including student fellowships and internships, 
  software, and equipment.......................................250,000
University of Hartford, CT, for equipment for the Hartt School 
  Performing Arts Education Center..............................400,000
University of Hawaii at Hilo for an applied rural science program50,000
University of Idaho Advanced Computing and Modeling Laboratory to 
  provide independent technical expertise and applied research..900,000
University of Illinois College of Medicine, Peoria, Illinois, for 
  technology infrastructure.....................................100,000
University of Louisville--Northern Kentucky University's, Urban 
  University Partnership for Math and Science Teaching for teacher and 
  faculty development programs................................1,200,000
University of Maine, School of Applied Science, Engineering & 
  Technology for purchase of equipment and technology...........600,000
University of Maryland, College of Education, College Park, MD, for 
  personnel, graduate student stipends, and other expenses for the 
  Maryland Institute for Minority Achievement and Urban Educatio500,000
University of Massachusetts-Boston to purchase research equipment and 
  technology infrastructure...................................1,000,000
University of Memphis Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change in 
  Memphis, Tennessee, which may include establishing an endowment for 
  such center, for education and community outreach programs..1,000,000
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, for the Gerald R. Ford 
  School of Public Policy.....................................2,000,000
University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi, for the National 
  Archive of Youth Social and Attitudinal Data..................450,000
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, to engage college-age women in civic 
  life through voluntarism, careers and informed citizenship....150,000
University of Nevada, Reno, to upgrade its information technology 
  infrastructure..............................................1,000,000
University of New England Performance Enhancement and Evaluation Center 
  for training opportunities for medical students and practiti1,000,000
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, for Mathematics and 
  Science Teacher Academy for professional development..........500,000
University of New Mexico, for a dental education program........200,000
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, for personnel, student 
  internships, research, and other expenses to expand technology 
  education and applications through the KnowledgeWorks Institut225,000
University of North Carolina at Pembroke, NC, for the Southeastern 
  North Carolina Consortium for Teacher Certification, Recruitment, and 
  Retention.....................................................100,000
University of Northern Iowa Center for Applied Gerontology for program 
  development...................................................325,000
University of Northern Iowa to expand the 2+2 teacher training p100,000
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 
  to further develop its doctoral-level program in bioinformatic175,000
University of Pacific, Stockton, California, for Eberhardt School of 
  Business......................................................400,000
University of Redlands, Redlands, California and California State 
  University, San Bernardino, California, to enhance their current 
  Arabic and Islamic studies programs...........................700,000
University of Redlands, Redlands, California, for technology 
  enhancement...................................................700,000
University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, for a Center for Sustainable 
  Communities...................................................100,000
University of San Francisco, CA, for education, service and research 
  programs at the Center for Public Service and the Common Goo1,000,000
University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, for a ``Globalization 
  Research Network''..........................................1,500,000
University of Southern Colorado Technology for Teaching and Learning, 
  to upgrade and acquire classroom technology in support of improved 
  student learning..............................................900,000
University of Southern Maine, Portland, Maine, for telecommunications 
  and technology upgrades to support science, engineering and advanced 
  technology programs...........................................400,000
University of Texas at Austin, College of Natural Sciences, for faculty 
  development...................................................500,000
University of Texas at Tyler, TX, for distance learning and other 
  programmatic activities, including student support, at the Colleges 
  of Nursing and Health Sciences, and Business and Technology...350,000
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, for Governmental Studies 
  ``Youth Leadership Initiative''.............................1,200,000
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI, for acquisition of 
  science laboratory equipment..................................425,000
University of Wisconsin-Rock County, Janesville, WI, for computers and 
  technology upgrades, and science laboratory equipment.........100,000
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, WI, for the Faculty Alliance for 
  Creating and Expanding Teaching Strategies (FACETS) initiative500,000
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Whitewater, Wisconsin, for 
  technology and personnel......................................500,000
University of Wyoming for acquisition of technology and equipm1,700,000
Upper Great Lakes Educational Technologies, Inc., Marquette, MI, for 
  personnel, technology and support costs to design, coordinate and 
  implement ``Operation UP Link''...............................400,000
Urban College of Boston in Massachusetts to support higher education 
  program serving low-income and minority students............1,000,000
Utah State University in Utah to improve educational services for all 
  students through distance learning technologies...............350,000
Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN, for equipment and technology 
  upgrades at its Library and Information Resources Center......550,000
Washington & Lee University in Virginia for the Shepherd Poverty 
  Program.......................................................500,000

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Washington College, Chestertown, Maryland, Science and Technology 
  Education Initiative..........................................500,000
Washington State University Plateau Center for American Indian Studies 
  for faculty, educational programming and training.............100,000
Waubonsee Community College, Sugar Grove, Illinois, for Integrated 
  Systems Technology Program....................................250,000
West Chester University, West Chester, PA, for technological 
  infrastructure improvements...................................150,000
West Kentucky Technical College, Paducah, Kentucky, to train court 
  reporting students in captioning..............................475,000
West Liberty State College in West Virginia to equip its residence 
  halls with internet access..................................1,700,000
West Los Angeles College, Culver City, CA, for equipment, curricula, 
  faculty, and other expenses to develop an emergency health services 
  training program..............................................425,000
West Virginia High Technology Consortium Foundation, Fairmont, WV, in 
  collaboration with Fairmont State College and DSD Laboratories of 
  West Virginia, to improve computer security curricula and for an 
  information assurance center..................................225,000
Western Governors University in Salt Lake City, UT, to provide training 
  and certification for educators in Nevada through a joint program 
  with Clark County School District.............................500,000
Western Governors University, Salt Lake City, Utah, for K-12 Teacher 
  Education Initiative, for program development.................500,000
Western Kentucky University's Center for Engineering and Biological 
  Sciences for technology enhancements........................1,200,000
Wheeling Jesuit University in West Virginia for the Math and Science 
  Education Initiative........................................3,600,000
Widener University, Chester, Pennsylvania, for technology 
  infrastructure................................................500,000
Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities for a 
  collaboration project to consolidate administrative operations and 
  information technology........................................800,000
Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College, Rice Lake, WI, for equipment 
  for a new technology center...................................300,000
World Learning, School for International Training, Brattleboro, VT, to 
  enhance international studies programs at historically black colleges 
  and universities, including study abroad programs for students and 
  faculty.......................................................250,000
York College, York, Nebraska to modernize technological capabilities, 
  including acquisition of technology and equipment.............100,000
York College, York, Pennsylvania, for technology upgrades and computers 
  and community programming.....................................350,000
Youngstown State University, OH, for faculty, equipment, student 
  support, and other related expenses to expand a materials 
  engineering/science program...................................500,000
University of Massachusetts-Boston to purchase research equipment and 
  technology infrastructure...................................1,000,000
     International Education and Foreign Language Studies
       Domestic Programs
       The conference agreement includes $93,850,000 for the 
     domestic activities of the international education and 
     foreign languages studies programs instead of $85,200,000 as 
     proposed by H.R. 246 and $87,000,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. The conference agreement will sustain the 
     investments made last year to train experts who have 
     foreign language proficiency and cross-cultural skills in 
     the targeted world areas of Central and South Asia, the 
     Middle East, Russia, and the Independent States of the 
     former Soviet Union, and provide new resources to build 
     foreign language capacity and international expertise in 
     these strategic world areas important to national security 
     interests and other areas, including southeast Asia and 
     Africa.
       The conferees are aware that all national resource centers 
     will compete for new awards in fiscal year 2003. The 
     conference agreement includes sufficient funds to increase 
     the average award for the existing number (118) of centers by 
     at least nine percent. The conferees believe that restoring 
     awards that have eroded over the years, thereby enabling each 
     center to implement an effective, multifaceted program of 
     advanced language training, research, technical assistance, 
     and outreach, should be a priority over expanding the number 
     of centers over current levels.
       The conference agreement also includes sufficient funds for 
     an additional 87 academic and 70 summer fellowships under the 
     foreign language and area studies fellowships program over 
     the request. These fellowships should be allocated across all 
     world areas, with an emphasis on languages of strategic 
     national importance.
       The conference agreement includes sufficient funds for the 
     language resource centers for new K-16 teacher training 
     initiatives in the less commonly taught foreign languages 
     critical to national security, including the development of a 
     strategic plan for teacher training and resource development, 
     a summit on teacher training, professional development 
     through summer institutes for K-16 teachers of Arabic, Azeri, 
     Persian/Dari, Pashto, Uzbek, Urdu and other languages of 
     strategic importance, and assistance to K-16 teachers for the 
     development of web-delivered instructional materials. The 
     conference agreement includes sufficient funds to provide an 
     increase for the centers for international business to 
     address issues relating to homeland security and trade.
       In conducting new competitions in all Title VI program 
     areas in fiscal year 2003, the Department should continue to 
     emphasize increased investments in areas of strategic 
     national importance. The conference agreement continues 
     language to allow up to one percent of funds to be used for 
     program evaluation, national outreach, and information 
     dissemination activities.
       The conferees are disappointed that the Department has not 
     fully addressed the staffing needs of the Title VI and 
     Fulbright-Hays international education programs. The 
     conferees note that the Department's full-time equivalent 
     (FTE) staffing level will increase by 79 FTE in fiscal year 
     2003.
     Overseas program
       The conference agreement provides $13,000,000 for the 
     overseas programs in international education and foreign 
     language studies authorized under section 102(b)(6) of the 
     Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 as 
     proposed by the Senate instead of $11,800,000 as proposed by 
     H.R. 246. Funding for these programs supports group projects 
     abroad, faculty research abroad, special bilateral projects, 
     and doctoral dissertation research abroad. The additional 
     funding provided over the request should be used to expand 
     research fellowships and group projects abroad in 
     intermediate and advanced language training in newly 
     strategic world areas, and enhance curriculum development and 
     summer seminars abroad for K-12 teachers. The conference 
     agreement continues language allowing section 102(b)(6) funds 
     for individuals planning to apply their advanced language 
     skills in the fields of government, the professions, or 
     international development.
     Institute for International Public Policy
       The conference agreement includes $1,650,000 for the 
     Institute for International Public Policy instead of 
     $1,500,000 as proposed by both H.R. 246 and the Senate. This 
     program provides a grant to the United Negro College Fund to 
     operate the Institute through sub-grantees chosen among 
     minority-serving institutions. The conferees encourage the 
     Institute to continue a recent emphasis on helping students 
     obtain foreign language competence and international 
     expertise in areas important to national security.
     Minority Science and Engineering Improvement
       The conference agreement includes $9,000,000 for minority 
     science and engineering improvement instead of $8,500,000 as 
     proposed by H.R. 246 and $9,500,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.

                                  TRIO

       The conference agreement includes $832,500,000 for TRIO as 
     proposed by the Senate instead of $810,000,000 as proposed by 
     H.R. 246.
       The conferees are concerned that the regulatory definitions 
     of ``different campus'' and ``different population of 
     participants'' in the Student Support Services Program 
     regulations (34 CFR Part 646.7(c)) are so narrowly crafted 
     that the definitions undermine Congressional intent and 
     prohibit many geographically separate institutions from 
     applying for TRIO funding and, thus, prohibit the expansion 
     of educational opportunities for more low-income and minority 
     students.
       The conferees direct the Department to review these 
     regulatory definitions and make the appropriate changes so 
     that more institutions of higher education, particularly

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     those that have large numbers of low-income students enrolled 
     at various campuses, will have the ability to apply for TRIO 
     grants and serve more eligible students who need TRIO 
     services.

                                GEAR UP

       The conference agreement includes $295,000,000 for GEAR UP 
     as proposed by the Senate instead of $285,000,000 as proposed 
     by H.R. 246.
     Teacher Quality Enhancement Grants
       The conference agreement also includes $90,000,000 for 
     Teacher Quality Enhancement Grants as proposed by the Senate 
     instead of $100,000,000 as proposed by H.R. 246.
     Child Care Access Means Parents in School
       The conference agreement includes $16,300,000 for the child 
     care access program as proposed by the Senate instead of 
     $15,000,000 as proposed by H.R. 246.
     Other higher education programs
       The conference agreement includes $7,000,000 for 
     Demonstrations in Disability as proposed by the Senate. H.R. 
     246 did not include separate funding for this activity. The 
     conference agreement includes $2,250,000 for the Underground 
     Railroad Educational and Cultural Program instead of 
     $2,500,000 as proposed by the Senate and $2,000,000 as 
     proposed by H.R. 246. The conference agreement also includes 
     $5,000,000 for Thurgood Marshall Scholarships as proposed by 
     the Senate instead of $4,000,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 and 
     $1,000,000 for Olympic Scholarships as proposed by H.R. 246. 
     The Senate bill did not provide funding for this program.

                           Howard University

       The conference agreement includes $240,000,000 for Howard 
     University as proposed by H.R. 246 instead of $239,974,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.

                    Institute of Education Sciences

       The conference agreement includes $450,887,000 for the 
     Institute of Education Sciences instead of $397,887,000 as 
     proposed by H.R. 246 and $397,387,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       The conferees provide $140,000,000 for research as proposed 
     by H.R. 246 instead of $89,500,000 as proposed by the Senate. 
     Within this total, the conference agreement includes 
     $19,635,000 in continuation funding for comprehensive school 
     reform evaluation, research, model development and 
     dissemination activities as requested by the Department.
       The conferees strongly support the premise that developing, 
     identifying and implementing scientifically based research is 
     critical to the success of the No Child Left Behind Act and 
     to the increased effectiveness generally of education 
     programs and interventions. In particular, the conferees 
     believe that a greater focus must be placed on the use of 
     randomized controlled trials, longitudinal studies, and other 
     research that meets the standards set by the National 
     Research Council. The development of an enhanced research 
     infrastructure will help build a base of research-proven 
     interventions that can be used by educational institutions to 
     help improve the educational outcomes of our nation's student 
     population. The conferees have provided an additional 
     $18,183,000 above last year to continue building the nation's 
     educational research infrastructure. The conferees note that 
     there is a lack of scientifically based education research, 
     such as randomized research trials.
       The conferees provide $90,000,000 for statistics instead of 
     $95,000,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 and $87,000,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement also includes $58,000,000 to 
     continue multi-year grants and contracts for Comprehensive 
     Regional Assistance Centers, Regional Math and Science 
     Education Consortia, the Math and Science Clearinghouse, and 
     Technology-based technical assistance as proposed by the 
     Senate. H.R. 246 did not include funding for these 
     activities.
       The conferees are concerned with recent statistics that 
     show that more than 20 million children experience reading 
     failure. According to the National Center for Education 
     Statistics, almost 40% of America's fourth graders suffer 
     with reading difficulties. It has been brought to the 
     attention of the conferees that the Haan Reading Institute 
     has developed a national research project to measure the 
     effectiveness of selected remedial reading programs and their 
     ability to normalize reading skills for children in the late 
     elementary and early secondary grades. The information 
     derived from this research will be used by parents, teachers 
     and policymakers to understand the different reading profiles 
     of children and to determine which instructional methods work 
     best for whom. The conferees encourage the Department to give 
     consideration to this research project.

                        Departmental Management

       The conference agreement includes $412,545,000 for 
     Departmental program administration instead of $412,093,000 
     as proposed by the Senate and $411,795,000 as proposed by 
     H.R. 246.
       The conferees are concerned about the delay applicants are 
     experiencing in receiving awards under grant programs and 
     therefore request that the Department provide a report within 
     60 days of enactment of this bill on the steps that it can 
     take to reduce the delay in administering grant competitions.
       The conferees have included $750,000 to provide all Title 
     IV institutions that are eligible for funding with a handbook 
     providing detailed instruction on compliance with section 
     485(f) of the Higher Education Act of 1965, relating to 
     campus crime statistics.

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

                 Reading First Supplement not Supplant

       The conference agreement includes an amendment to the 
     Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to insert a 
     supplement not supplant requirement in the Reading First 
     program as proposed by the Senate. H.R. 246 contained no 
     similar language.

                   New York City Title I Distribution

       The conference agreement does not include language relating 
     to a new distribution of Title I funding within New York City 
     as proposed by the Senate. H.R. 246 contained no similar 
     language.

                         Alaska Native Programs

       The conference agreement does not include an amendment to 
     the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 to allow construction 
     funding for Alaska Native programs as proposed by the Senate. 
     H.R. 246 contained no similar language.

                      Hawaiian Education Programs

       The conference agreement does not include an amendment to 
     the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 to allow construction, 
     renovation and modernization funding for any school run by 
     the Department of Education of the State of Hawaii that 
     serves a predominantly Native Hawaiian student body. H.R. 246 
     contained no similar provision.

                    Funding for Innovative Programs

       The conference agreement does not include an additional 
     $5,000,000,000 to be distributed according to the formulas 
     for the Innovative Education Block Grant program and to be 
     used by States and school districts to carry out any activity 
     authorized under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, 
     IDEA or the Higher Education Act as proposed by the Senate. 
     H.R. 246 contained no similar provision.

                              Idea Funding

       The conference agreement does not include an additional 
     $1,500,000,000 for IDEA through additional advance 
     appropriations as proposed by the Senate. H.R. 246 contained 
     no similar provision.

              Sense of the Senate on After-School Funding

       The conference agreement deletes without prejudice a Sense 
     of the Senate that every effort should be made to fund the 
     after-school programs at the level authorized in the No Child 
     Left Behind Act as proposed by the Senate. H.R. 246 contained 
     no similar provision.

                       Title IV--Related Agencies

                      Armed Forces Retirement Home

       The conference agreement includes $68,013,000 for the Armed 
     Forces Retirement Home instead of $67,340,000 as proposed by 
     H.R. 246 and the Senate. The conferees have included 
     sufficient funds to offset the effects of the across-the-
     board cut on salaries and expenses.
       The conferees have also agreed to include provisions 
     relating to contracts for development and construction as 
     proposed by the Senate. H.R. 246 contained no similar 
     provisions.

             Corporation for National and Community Service

        Domestic Volunteer Service Programs, Operating Expenses

       The conference agreement includes $356,205,000 for the 
     Domestic Volunteer Service programs instead of $350,331,000 
     as proposed by H.R. 246 and $351,063,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
     Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA)
       The conference agreement includes $94,287,000 for VISTA as 
     proposed by the Senate instead of $94,155,000 as proposed by 
     H.R. 246.
     Volunteers in Homeland Security
       The conference agreement includes $10,000,000 for 
     Volunteers in Homeland Security as proposed by the Senate 
     instead of $5,000,000 as proposed by H.R. 246. Of this total, 
     up to $5,000,000 is available to support the Parent Drug 
     Corps program.
     National Senior Volunteer Corps
       The conference agreement includes $111,500,000 for the 
     Foster Grandparent Program (FGP) as proposed by H.R. 246 
     instead of $106,700,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       One-third of the increases provided for the FGP, SCP, and 
     RSVP programs shall be used to fund Programs of National 
     Significance expansion grants to allow existing FGP, RSVP and 
     SCP programs to expand the number of volunteers serving in 
     areas of critical need as identified by Congress in the 
     Domestic Volunteer Service Act.
       Sufficient funding has been included to provide an increase 
     for administrative costs realized by all current grantees in 
     the FGP, SCP and RSVP programs. Funds remaining above these 
     amounts should be used to begin new FGP, RSVP and SCP 
     programs in geographic areas currently unserved. The 
     conferees expect these projects to be awarded via a 
     nationwide competition among potential community-based 
     sponsors.
       The Corporation for National and Community Service shall 
     comply with the directive that use of funding increases in 
     the Foster Grandparent Program, Retired and Senior Volunteer 
     Program and VISTA not be restricted to America Reads 
     activities. The conferees further direct that the Corporation

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     shall not stipulate a minimum or maximum amount for PNS grant 
     augmentations.
       The conference agreement includes $400,000 for senior 
     demonstration activities as proposed by both the Senate. 
     These funds are to be used solely to carry out evaluations 
     and to provide recruitment, training, and technical 
     assistance to local projects as described in the budget 
     request. No new demonstration projects may be begun with 
     these funds. None of the increases provided for FGP, SCP, or 
     RSVP in fiscal year 2003 may be used for demonstration 
     activities.
       Funds appropriated for fiscal year 2003 may not be used to 
     implement or support service collaboration agreements or any 
     other changes in the administration and/or governance of 
     national service programs prior to passage of a bill by the 
     authorizing committees of jurisdiction specifying such 
     changes.
     Program Administration
       The conference agreement includes $34,571,000 for program 
     administration instead of $34,229,000 as proposed by both 
     H.R. 246 and the Senate. The conferees have included 
     sufficient funds to offset the effects of the across-the-
     board cut on salaries and expenses.

                  Corporation for Public Broadcasting

       The conference agreement provides $390,000,000 in funding 
     for fiscal year 2005, instead of $380,000,000 as proposed by 
     H.R. 246 and $395,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conferees have included sufficient funds to offset the 
     effects of the across-the-board cut on salaries and expenses.
       The conferees strongly urge the CPB to allocate not less 
     than $100,000 to the 14 public radio stations around the 
     nation that provide the sole source of radio news and 
     information in their communities. The additional funds would 
     permit these stations to extend their broadcast hours and 
     improve service to their listeners.
       The conference agreement also includes $48,744,000 for 
     equipment and facilities to enable public broadcasters to 
     meet the statutory deadline for digital conversion as 
     proposed by the Senate instead of $25,000,000 as proposed by 
     H.R. 246.

               Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service


                         Salaries and Expenses

       The conference agreement includes $41,425,000 for the 
     Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) instead of 
     $40,718,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 and the Senate. The 
     conferees have included sufficient funds to offset the 
     effects of the across-the-board cut on salaries and expenses. 
     Included in the total appropriation is $300,000 to be used 
     for FMCS to continue their work to prevent youth violence by 
     teaching students mediation and conflict resolution 
     techniques.

            Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission


                         Salaries and Expenses

       The conference agreement provides $7,178,000 for the 
     Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission rather than 
     $7,127,000 as proposed by both H.R. 246 and the Senate. The 
     conferees have included sufficient funds to offset the 
     effects of the across-the-board cut on salaries and expenses.

                Institute of Museum and Library Services

       The conference agreement provides $245,485,000 for the 
     Institute of Museum and Library Services instead of 
     $210,000,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 and $203,000,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. The conferees have included 
     sufficient funds to offset the effects of the across-the-
     board cut on salaries and expenses. Within the amount 
     provided, $10,000,000 is available until expended for 
     Recruiting and Educating Librarians for the 21st Century 
     Initiative. The conference agreement also specifies funding 
     for the following:

Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA, for a work-study program for at-
  risk junior and high school students..........................$25,000
Aleutian World War II Museum in Alaska for interactive media dis100,000
Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA, for educational programs for 25 
  school districts in 7 PA counties..............................75,000
Alley Pond Environmental Center, Douglaston, NY, for environmental 
  education programs.............................................25,000
American Village Project in Montevallo, Alabama.................500,000
Army Aviation Heritage Foundation in Ozark, Alabama for educational 
  programs......................................................100,000
Arts Council of New Orleans.....................................175,000
Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA, for exhibits and education 
  programs......................................................500,000
Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA, for climate control systems to 
  preserve collections..........................................575,000
Bishops Museum in Honolulu, Hawaii..............................400,000
Boston Public Library Foundation, Boston, MA, for preservation and 
  enhancement of the John Adams Presidential Library and for related 
  educational programs..........................................400,000
Bowers Museum, City of Santa Ana, CA, for education programs, 
  publications and technology...................................250,000
Brooklyn Children's Museum, Brooklyn, NY, for equipment and technology, 
  exhibits and education programs...............................500,000
Butler Area Public Library, PA for program enhancements.........100,000
California State University, San Marcos, to upgrade electronic catalog 
  and to provide computer stations for the library..............275,000
Cape Cod Maritime Museum to develop exhibits and academic progra175,000
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, PA, to purchase library materials and 
  upgrade technology at the East Liberty Branch Library.........200,000
Carnegie Library, Union Springs, Alabama for program development250,000
Chicago State University Gwendolyn Brooks Center to expand its 
  repository of the literary works of Gwendolyn Brown............75,000
Chickasaw Cultural Center in Chickasaw, Oklahoma................100,000
Children's Museum of Manhattan, New York, NY, to establish early 
  childhood education programs and exhibits.....................100,000
Children's Museum of Stockton, Stockton, California, for a Delta Region 
  Exhibit.......................................................100,000
City of Abilene, TX, for the collection and display of artifacts, and 
  for exhibits at the Texas Forts Trail Museum..................100,000
City of Anatuvik Pass Museum in Alaska for museum exhibits.......50,000
City of Dallas, TX, Dallas Public Library, to establish ``Teen Wise 
  Centers'' for at-risk youth...................................200,000
Clark County Heritage Center, Springfield, Ohio, for technology 
  upgrades and exhibit development..............................150,000
Cleveland Health Museum, Ohio, for exhibits.....................250,000
Commonwealth Zoological Corporation (Zoo New England), Boston, MA, for 
  the ``Living Classroom'' science education program and for out400,000
Davenport Music History Museum in Davenport, IA.................800,000
Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park in Ohio for education 
  and cultural programs.........................................300,000
Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor, Easton, PA, to 
  establish a National Museum of Industrial History in Bethlehem, 
  Pennsylvania, to display a repository of industrial machines, 
  equipment and technology of the 19th and 20th centuries focusing on 
  steel..........................................................75,000
Delaware County Historical Society, Media, PA, to develop and expand 
  educational programs highlighting historical themes and sites 
  relating to Delaware County....................................75,000
Discovery Center, Springfield, Missouri.......................2,200,000
Downtown Chambersburg, Inc., PA.................................250,000
Eleanor Roosevelt's Papers at George Washington University for related 
  program development............................................50,000
Exploris Museum, for the Global Awareness Program, including exhibits, 
  a film program, and educational programs......................100,000
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco to expand educational programming 
  and technology improvements at the de Young Museum............100,000
Florida International Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida, Centennial 
  Russian Museum Exhibit......................................1,000,000
Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, PA, for exhibits, professional 
  development and educational programming to students to explore 
  bioscience and biotechnology..................................200,000

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Frederick C. Crawford Museum of Transportation Industry, Cleveland, 
  Ohio, for educational programming, planning and exhibits......200,000
Fresno Metropolitan Museum of Art, History and Science, Fresno, CA, for 
  technology, exhibits, educational and outreach programs and a 
  science-based exhibition and learning center..................900,000
Gadsden Museum of Art in Alabama for museum programs............100,000
George Eastman House, Rochester, NY, for the ``Picture Link'' pr278,000
Georgia Hall of Fame at Museum of Aviation in Warner Robins, Georgia 
  for educational activities and programs.......................100,000
Glendale Public Library, Glendale, CA, for personnel, equipment and 
  other expenses to implement the Homework AssisTeens program....62,000
Hesperia Community Library, Hesperia, California, to purchase library 
  materials and upgrade technology..............................200,000
Historical Society of Western PA for exhibits in conjunction with the 
  250th anniversary of the French and Indian War................150,000
Holmdel Township Library, Monmouth County, NJ, for technology equipment 
  and ugrades...................................................250,000
Hudson Waterfront Museum, Brooklyn, NY, to expand exhibits, education, 
  arts and outreach programs.....................................25,000
Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL, for exhibits and educational 
  programs......................................................200,000
Imaginarium Science Center in Anchorage, Alaska to develop science 
  exhibits and distance delivery modules.........................50,000
Interboro Public Library, PA for library programs...............150,000
International Wolf Center, Minneapolis, MN, for education, outreach, 
  and teacher training programs.................................150,000
Iowa Radio Reading Information Service (IRRIS)..................300,000
Italian-American Cultural Center of Iowa in Des Moines, IA for 
  exhibits, multi-media collections, and displays...............150,000
Kendall County Forest Preserve District, Yorkville, Illinois, for the 
  consolidation and preservation of the collection at the Old Barn 
  Museum........................................................500,000
Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, for an Institute for Library and 
  Information Literacy Education project......................2,000,000
Kodiak Maritime Museum in Alaska.................................50,000
Lafayette College, Easton, PA, for technology updates to the Skillman 
  Library.......................................................150,000
Leon County, FL, for purchase of equipment and books for the Ft. Braden 
  Branch Library................................................375,000
Lewis and Clark College Bicentennial Hall in Portland, Oregon for 
  program and equipment support.................................300,000
MacKay Library of Union County, Cranford, New Jersey............300,000
Magic Library in Kirkwood, Missouri for design and development of 
  interactive exhibits and software..............................75,000
Marion County Library, Marion, SC, to establish a computer lab...50,000
McKinley Museum, Canton, Ohio, for equipment.....................45,000
Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, Texas................................200,000
Middletown Township Public Library, Monmouth County, NJ, for technology 
  equipment and upgrades........................................250,000
Monterey County Youth Museum, Monterey, CA, for interactive mobile 
  exhibits and educational programs.............................300,000
Museum of African Art, New York, NY, for exhibits and educational 
  programs......................................................250,000
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Cooperstown, New York for 
  educational outreach using baseball to teach students through 
  distance learning technology..................................750,000
National Civil War Museum, Harrisburg, PA, to develop and enhance 
  educational exhibits and programs for area K-12 schools focusing on 
  U.S. Civil War history........................................300,000
National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame, Fort Worth, Texas, for 
  creation of and equipment for an audio tour of the permanent 
  exhibition.....................................................90,000
National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia, PA, to institute a teacher-
  training program which will assist educators in responding to 
  classroom challenges and establish a pilot program to address 
  violence in schools...........................................325,000
National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium in Dubuque, IA...650,000
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.........1,500,000
Native American Cultural and Educational Authority, Oklahoma City, 
  Oklahoma, for exhibits for the museum.........................775,000
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, CA, for its ``Earth Odyssey'' 
  environmental science program..................................75,000
Nevada State Historic Preservation Office.......................350,000
New York Botanical Garden's Virtual Herbarium imaging project in Bronx, 
  New York......................................................500,000
New York Hall of Science to develop, expand, and display science-
  related educational materials...............................1,000,000
North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, NC, for 
  development of environmental exhibits and educational programs300,000
North Dakota Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Foundation in Washburn, North 
  Dakota, for exhibits and other interpretation.................250,000
Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans, LA.................250,000
Oneonta City Library, Blount County, Alabama, for books, internet, 
  audiovisual and reading aids...................................90,000
Orangevale Library, Sacramento, California, for evaluation and analysis 
  of existing library service, program and facilities...........200,000
Pennsylvania Trolley Museum for exhibit development and educational 
  programs......................................................400,000
Pittsburgh Children's Museum, Pittsburgh, PA, to develop and enhance 
  educational exhibits and programs for area K-12 schools.......221,000
Please Touch Museum, Philadelphia, PA, to develop educational programs 
  focusing on hands-on learning experiences.....................725,000
Rivertownes PA USA...............................................75,000
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Cleveland, OH, for music 
  education programs for at-risk youth..........................350,000
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, to 
  catalog, organize and preserve collections at the Carey Librar250,000
San Bernardino County Museum, California, to develop the Inland Empire 
  Archival Heritage Center and Web Module.......................500,000
Schoharie Free Library in Schoharie County, New York to purchase books 
  and equipment..................................................50,000
Science Center of Pinellas County, Inc., St. Petersburg, Florida for a 
  planetarium project...........................................155,000
Shaker Museum and Library, Old Chatham, New York................450,000
Simon Wiesenthal Center's Los Angeles Museum for Tolerance, Los 
  Angeles, CA, for the Tools for Tolerance for Educators program to 
  provide teacher training in diversity, tolerance and cooperati100,000

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Smith Robertson Museum in Jackson, Mississippi for the development of 
  exhibits regarding civil rights...............................150,000
St. Paul Public Library, MN, to expand its School Work and Mentoring 
  Place Program and its Small Business Resource Center...........25,000
Standing Bear Museum and Learning Center in Ponca City, Oklahoma200,000
State Historical Society of Iowa for Civil War flag restoration..75,000
State Historical Society of Iowa in Des Moines, Iowa for the 
  development of exhibits for the World Food Prize............1,000,000
State Theater of Easton, Easton, PA, for technological infrastructure 
  improvements and the development of educational programming...100,000
The International Storytelling Center in Jonesborough, Tennessee125,000
The Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL, for exhibits, 
  education and outreach programs...............................250,000
Tillamook County Library, Oregon, for modernization of library se70,000
Union City Public Library, NJ, for personnel, books and technology to 
  improve library services for low-income individuals...........200,000
Union County Historical Society & Heritage Museum in Mississippi for 
  exhibit and program development...............................100,000
University of Idaho for digital archiving.......................400,000
University of Maine at Fort Kent to house the Acadian Archives which 
  preserve, celebrate and disseminate information about the region's 
  history.......................................................200,000
Vietnam Archive Center, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, for 
  digitization..................................................400,000
Virginia Living Museum for the expansion of its educational programs in 
  its capital campaign project..................................150,000
Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA, to develop programs in partnership with 
  area K-12 schools for teacher training workshops and specialized 
  workshops for students.........................................50,000
Westchester Library System, Ardsley, NY, for its digital divide online 
  services project..............................................100,000
Whitney Museum of American Art to establish a touring exhibition 
  program in Iowa...............................................450,000
Whittier Public Library, City of Whittier, CA, to establish a 
  children's homework center and family literacy center.........300,000
Willet Memorial Library in Macon, Georgia for library enhancemen100,000
Witte Museum of San Antonio, TX, to develop the ``American Originals'' 
  exhibit and educational programs..............................150,000
Zimmer Children's Museum of Jewish Community Centers of Greater Los 
  Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, for the expansion of the YouThink pr100,000
Zoological Society of Philadelphia, PA, for educational programs for 
  elementary and secondary students.............................100,000
St. Louis Children's Museum, MO.................................500,000

                  Medicare Payment Advisory Commission


                         Salaries and Expenses

       The conference agreement includes $8,585,000 for the 
     Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, instead of $8,250,000 
     as proposed by H.R. 246 and the Senate. The conferees have 
     included sufficient funds to offset the effects of the 
     across-the-board cut on salaries and expenses.

        National Commission on Libraries and Information Science


                         Salaries and Expenses

       The conference agreement provides $1,010,000 for the 
     National Commission on Libraries and Information Science 
     instead of $1,000,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 and the Senate. 
     The conferees have included sufficient funds to offset the 
     effects of the across-the-board cut on salaries and expenses.

                     National Council on Disability


                         Salaries and Expenses

       The conference agreement includes $2,858,000 for the 
     National Council on Disability, instead of $2,830,000 as 
     proposed by H.R. 246 and the Senate. The conferees have 
     included sufficient funds to offset the effects of the 
     across-the-board cut on salaries and expenses.

                     National Labor Relations Board


                         Salaries and Expenses

       The conference agreement provides $238,982,000 for the 
     National Labor Relations Board instead of $226,618,000 as 
     proposed by H.R. 246 or $238,223,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. The conferees have included sufficient funds to 
     offset the effects of the across-the-board cut on salaries 
     and expenses.

                        National Mediation Board


                         Salaries and Expenses

       The conference agreement includes $11,315,000 for the 
     National Mediation Board, instead of $11,203,000 as proposed 
     by H.R. 246 and the Senate. The conferees have included 
     sufficient funds to offset the effects of the across-the-
     board cut on salaries and expenses.

            Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission


                         Salaries and Expenses

       The conference agreement provides $9,673,000 for the 
     Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission instead of 
     $9,577,000 as proposed by both H.R. 246 and the Senate. The 
     conferees have included sufficient funds to offset the 
     effects of the across-the-board cut on salaries and expenses.

         Railroad Retirement Board Limitation on Administration

       The conference agreement includes $100,000,000 for the 
     Railroad Retirement Board Limitation on Administration 
     Expenses, as proposed by H.R. 246 instead of $97,720,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. The conferees have included 
     sufficient funds to offset the effects of the across-the-
     board cut on salaries and expenses.
       Given that trust funds are collected from railroad workers 
     for the specific purpose of maintaining and administering a 
     retirement fund, the conferees believe that trust funds 
     should not be used for the purpose of paying rent in excess 
     of actual cost. Therefore, no funds have been included for 
     that purpose.

Railroad Retirement Board Limitation on the Office of Inspector General

       The conference agreement includes a limitation on transfers 
     from the railroad trust funds of $6,363,000 for 
     administrative expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
     instead of $6,300,000 as proposed by H.R. 246 and the Senate. 
     The conferees have included sufficient funds to offset the 
     effects of the across-the-board cut on salaries and expenses.
       The conferees do not include language proposed by the 
     Senate that allows the Office of the Inspector General to 
     conduct audits, investigations, and reviews of the Medicare 
     programs. H.R. 246 contained no similar provision.

  Social Security Administration Supplemental Security Income Program

       The conference agreement includes $24,025,392,000 for the 
     Supplemental Security Income Program as proposed by the 
     Senate instead of $24,017,392,000 as proposed by H.R. 246. 
     Within the funds provided, the conference agreement includes 
     $8,000,000 as proposed by the Senate for outreach efforts and 
     assistance to homeless persons and other underserved 
     populations.

                    United States Institute of Peace


                           Operating Expenses

       The conference agreement provides $16,362,000 for the 
     United States Institute of Peace instead of $15,104,000 as 
     proposed by H.R. 246 and $16,200,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. The conferees have included sufficient funds to 
     offset the effects of the across-the-board cut on salaries 
     and expenses.

                      TITLE V--GENERAL PROVISIONS

                          Transfer Prohibition

       The conference agreement includes a provision prohibiting 
     the transfer of any funds to any department, agency or 
     instrumentality of the U.S. Government except by a transfer 
     made in this or any other appropriation act as proposed by 
     H.R. 246. The Senate bill contained no similar provision.

                    United States Institute of Peace

       The conference agreement includes a provision proposed by 
     the Senate pertaining to the date on or before which an 
     independent public accountant must be certified or licensed 
     to perform the annual audit of the United States Institute of 
     Peace (USIP). The conference agreement does not include a 
     provision proposed by the Senate that extends the 
     authorization of the USIP for one additional year. H.R. 246 
     did not contain similar provisions.

            Across-the-Board Salaries and Expenses Reduction

       The conference agreement does not include a provision 
     proposed by the Senate to reduce salaries and expenses of the 
     Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
     Education. The House bill contained no similar provision.

                          Conference Agreement

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

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                   Conference Total--With Comparisons

       The total new budget (obligational) authority for the 
     fiscal year 2003 recommended by the Committee of Conference, 
     with comparisons to the fiscal year 2002 amount, the 2003 
     budget estimates and the House and Senate bills for 2003 
     follow:

                       [In thousands of dollars]

New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2002......$411,822,681
Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal yea426,798,568
House bill, fiscal year 2003................................427,307,339
Senate bill, fiscal year 2003...............................436,794,630
Conference agreement, fiscal year 2003......................432,031,156
Conference agreement compared with:
  New budget (obliga- tional) authority, fiscal year 2002...+20,208,475
  Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal ye+5,232,588
  House bill, fiscal year 2003...............................+4,723,817
  Senate bill, fiscal year 2003..............................-4,763,474

          DIVISION H--LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS, 2003

                    LEGISLATIVE BRANCH WIDE MATTERS

       The conferees direct the legislative branch entities to 
     establish a legislative branch chief administrative officers 
     council that will meet regularly on administrative issues of 
     concern to the legislative branch. Such a council is to be 
     modeled after the Legislative Branch Financial Managers 
     Council. Wherever a chief administrative officer does not 
     exist in a legislative branch entity, a senior-level employee 
     should be designated to serve in this capacity. Through this 
     council, representatives will be able to define, review and 
     discuss policies, security issues, mail issues, personnel 
     practices, procedures and systems for such areas as human 
     resources, information technology, and general management. 
     This will facilitate consistency in systems development 
     wherever appropriate, sharing of ``lessons learned,'' and the 
     elimination of duplicative efforts. The conferees direct the 
     General Accounting Office to work with the agencies of the 
     legislative branch to establish the council and the council 
     and GAO must be prepared to report to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the Senate and the House during the annual 
     budget hearing process beginning with fiscal year 2005.
       The conferees recognize the provisions of H.R. 5121 and 
     House Report 107-576 and any instructions and detail included 
     in such report are to be adhered to, unless amended or 
     restated herein.
       Many items in both House and Senate Legislative Branch 
     Appropriations bills are identical and are included in the 
     conference agreement without change. The conferees have 
     endorsed statements of policy contained in the House and 
     Senate reports accompanying the appropriations bills, unless 
     amended or restated herein. With respect to those items in 
     the conference agreement that differ between House and Senate 
     bills, the conferees have agreed to the following with the 
     appropriate section numbers, punctuation, and other technical 
     corrections:

               TITLE I--LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS

                                 Senate

       Appropriates $667,788,000 for Senate operations. Inasmuch 
     as these items relate solely to the Senate, and in accord 
     with long practice under which each body determines its own 
     housekeeping requirements and the other concurs without 
     intervention, the managers on the part of the House, at the 
     request of the managers on the part of the Senate, have 
     receded to the amendments of the Senate.

                        House of Representatives

       Appropriates $956,086,000 for House operations. Inasmuch as 
     these items relate solely to the House, and in accord with 
     long practice under which each body determines its own 
     housekeeping requirements and the other concurs without 
     intervention, the managers on the part of the Senate, at the 
     request of the managers on the part of the House, have 
     receded to the amendments of the House.
       The managers on the part of the House encourage the Chief 
     Administrative Officer (CAO) to contract with an organization 
     that is very familiar with the House, the operations and 
     activities of House offices, and the personnel that work in 
     these offices, to assess the professional development needs 
     of the House workforce. The CAO should report the findings to 
     the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on House 
     Administration.

                              JOINT ITEMS

                        Joint Economic Committee

       Appropriates $3,658,000 for the Joint Economic Committee as 
     proposed by the House and by the Senate.

                      Joint Committee on Taxation

       Appropriates $7,643,000 for the Joint Committee on Taxation 
     instead of $7,323,000 as proposed by the House and the 
     Senate.

                   Office of the Attending Physician

       Appropriates $3,000,000 for the Office of the Attending 
     Physician as proposed by the House and by the Senate, of 
     which $300,000 shall be available until expended. This amount 
     includes $1,414,000 for reimbursement to the Department of 
     Navy for expenses incurred as proposed by the House and by 
     the Senate.

           Capitol Guide Service and Special Services Office

       Appropriates $3,035,000 for the Capitol Guide Service and 
     Special Services Office as proposed by the House and by the 
     Senate.

                      Statement of Appropriations

       Appropriates $30,000 for Statement of Appropriations as 
     proposed by the House and by the Senate.

                             CAPITOL POLICE

                                Salaries

       Appropriates $175,675,000 for salaries of officers, 
     members, and employees of the Capitol Police. The conferees 
     direct the Chief of the Capitol Police make retroactive to 
     the first full pay period in October 2002 any comparability 
     adjustment in pay.
       The conferees direct that not later than 120 days after 
     enactment of this Act, the Capitol Police Board report to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
     Representatives, the Committee on Rules and Administration of 
     the Senate, and the Committee on House Administration on a 
     proposed new pay structure, the budgetary impact of the 
     proposed structure, and a detailed plan of how the proposed 
     structure would be implemented which is consistent with the 
     requirements of P.L. 105-55.
       The FY 2001 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, as 
     amended (P.L. 106-346), required the General Accounting 
     Office (GAO) to participate in the selection of a Chief 
     Administrative Officer (CAO) for the United States Capitol 
     Police (USCP) and monitor the implementation of management 
     improvements in budgeting, financial management, information 
     technology, and human resources. The law required GAO to 
     provide quarterly reports to the Chief of the Capitol Police, 
     Capitol Police Board, and congressional appropriations and 
     oversight committees having jurisdiction over the Capitol 
     Police through September 30, 2002 on USCP's implementation 
     efforts. Much progress has been made by the CAO to improve 
     overall administrative operations of the Capitol Police. 
     However, there are still some significant concerns on the 
     part of the conferees about the need for the USCP to update 
     their strategic plan to reflect post-September 11, 2001 
     changes, and to implement an effective management strategy in 
     the agency, particularly with respect to human resources. 
     Therefore, the conferees direct the GAO to continue 
     monitoring all CAO operations of the USCP, with special 
     attention to the strategic planning process and human 
     resources management. GAO is directed to provide to the 
     Capitol Police and congressional committees noted above semi-
     annual reports on the CAO's continued implementation of 
     management improvements in budgeting, financial management, 
     information technology, developing and implementing an 
     effective overall strategic planning process and human 
     resource management strategy. The conferees direct that these 
     reports continue through FY 2006.
       In the wake of September 11, 2001, security concerns led to 
     the posting of signs prohibiting bicyclists on the Capitol 
     grounds. The Capitol grounds have been a link to Capitol 
     Hill, the National Mall and downtown for years and bicycling 
     is a form of transportation that helps alleviate traffic 
     congestion, promotes physical activity, and does not 
     contribute to air pollution. The conferees urge the Capitol 
     Police and the Architect of the Capitol to work with the 
     District Department of Transportation to create safe routes 
     for bicyclists in and/or around the Capitol grounds in a 
     manner that encourages bicycling without sacrificing security 
     concerns. The upcoming year is a critical time for this 
     planning to take place as the construction of the Capitol 
     Visitors Center progresses and the City of Washington updates 
     its Bike Master Plan. The Capitol Police and the Architect of 
     the Capitol should report to the Committees on Appropriations 
     of the Senate and the House on a plan of action to coordinate 
     with the District Department of Transportation on addressing 
     this issue.

                            General Expenses

       Appropriates $28,100,000, of which $1,400,000 shall remain 
     available until expended for general expenses of the Capitol 
     Police.

                       Administrative Provisions

       The conferees have included an administrative provision 
     allowing for the transfer of funds upon the approval of the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate. In 
     addition, the conferees have included provisions that 
     authorize the Capitol Police to: procure severable services; 
     dispose of surplus or obsolete property; hire without regard 
     to age; establish an educational assistance program; expand 
     the current training program; centralize their disbursing 
     authority; annualize premium pay limits; provide overtime 
     compensation to Lieutenants and above; appoint special 
     officers and establish specialty assignment pay. In addition, 
     the conferees have included technical corrections to existing 
     recruitment and relocation incentives, and for compensation 
     of the Chief of Police, the Assistant Chief of Police, and 
     the Chief Administrative Officer. Language is included which 
     redefines the mission and the composition of the Capitol 
     Police Board; provides for the merger of the Capitol Police 
     with the Library of Congress Police; and, clarifies the 
     authority of the Capitol Police to police the Botanic Garden. 
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     also included which permits the Capitol Police to appoint 
     employees at a rate of pay at or above step one of the pay 
     grade in which the employee is appointed. In addition, 
     language has been included which directs the regulations and 
     approvals of various provisions be completed within sixty 
     days of enactment of this Act. The conferees have also 
     directed the development of a long-term strategic plan.

                          Office of Compliance

       Appropriates $2,059,000 for the Office of Compliance as 
     proposed by the House and the Senate. Authority has been 
     provided for the Executive Director of the Office of 
     Compliance to dispose of surplus or obsolete property.
       The Office of Compliance was established as an independent 
     office within the Legislative Branch to implement and enforce 
     the provisions of the Congressional Accountability Act of 
     1995. The principal functions of the Office include enforcing 
     11 civil rights, labor, and workplace laws within the 
     Legislative Branch, which entails administering a procedure 
     to resolve disputes and to provide remedies if violations are 
     found; carrying out an education program for congressional 
     Members, employing entities of the Legislative Branch, and 
     employees with regard to the provision of the laws applied to 
     the Legislative Branch; and compiling and publishing 
     statistics on the use of Office by covered employees.
       Federal standards of internal and management controls and 
     prevailing best practices for governing call for periodically 
     reviewing an organization's structure, functions (i.e., 
     mission and roles), and processes to (1) determine whether 
     they are functioning well, and ensure that they reflect 
     changes in circumstances and (2) ensure sound governance, 
     oversight, and accountability. Since its creation, no 
     comprehensive review of the Office of Compliance and its 
     operations has been conducted. Thus, the conferees direct the 
     General Accounting Office to assess the overall effectiveness 
     and efficiency of the Office of Compliance in fulfilling its 
     responsibilities and role in achieving the overall intent and 
     purposes of the Congressional Accountability Act. The review 
     should include examining the effectiveness and efficiency of 
     the Office's administration and enforcement of the Act and 
     the administrative and judicial dispute-resolution procedures 
     for considering alleged violations of the laws; the 
     operations of the Board of Directors; and the assistance and 
     services provided by the Office to employing offices of the 
     Legislative Branch in fulfilling their responsibilities under 
     the Act. The GAO should make recommendations, as appropriate, 
     to enhance the overall effectiveness and efficiency of the 
     Office of Compliance to achieve the purposes of the Act. The 
     GAO should report its findings to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House and Senate by March 31, 2003.

                      Congressional Budget Office

       Appropriates $32,101,000 for salaries and expenses of the 
     Congressional Budget Office as proposed by the Senate instead 
     of $32,390,000 as proposed by the House.

                       Administrative Provisions

       Language has been included authorizing employees of the CBO 
     to engage in details or other temporary assignments to other 
     government agencies for study and work experience. In 
     addition, a provision has been included regarding the 
     purchases and contracts made by the Congressional Budget 
     Office.

                        ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

                         General Administration

       Appropriates $59,343,000 for Architect of the Capitol, 
     general administration. Of the amount appropriated $450,000 
     shall remain available until September 30, 2007.
       The conferees expect the Architect of the Capitol to 
     continue to observe closely limitations on full-time 
     equivalent (FTE) positions. It is noted, however, that 
     funding was provided for various projects with no 
     commensurate increase in the FTE ceiling. Accordingly, the 
     conferees provide relief from the fiscal year 2003 FTE 
     ceiling for delivery of those projects under the condition 
     that the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and Senate be notified prior to the increase 
     in the FTE ceiling.
       The conferees have provided a new budget line item under 
     various accounts for Design, Study and Condition Assessment 
     of projects. The Architect of the Capitol is to notify the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
     and the Senate 21 days prior to moving forward with these 
     projects.
       The Architect of the Capitol is to report semi-annually to 
     the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate on the expenditure of funds 
     for attendance at meetings and conventions.
       The conferees note the completion of the General Management 
     Review (GMR) of the Architect of the Capitol (AOC) conducted 
     by the General Accounting Office (GAO) and commend the 
     Architect for his willingness to effect recommended changes 
     in the AOC's management policies and practices. The conferees 
     believe that the continued involvement of the GAO throughout 
     the Architect's development and implementation of a plan that 
     effects GMR recommendations will be of considerable value. 
     Therefore, the conferees direct the GAO to monitor the 
     Architect on the development and implementation of the 
     required plan. In addition, the GAO is to monitor the 
     establishment of various positions to implement the plan. The 
     conferees also direct the GAO to evaluate implementation 
     efforts as well as the results of management changes, 
     including the timely accomplishment of the implementation 
     plan milestones, and report the results of that evaluation 
     semi-annually to the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations, and the Senate Committee on Rules and 
     Administration. These reports should continue until all 
     changes in the plan have been implemented.
       Section 133 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
     2002 (P.L. 107-68) generally prohibits the Architect of the 
     Capitol from employing temporary workers for long periods 
     without providing them eligibility for employee benefits. 
     During the implementation of Section 133, questions arose 
     concerning its application to temporary workers covered by 
     collective bargaining agreements entered into by the 
     Architect providing eligibility for private-sector employee 
     benefits in lieu of federal benefits. The conferees direct 
     the Architect to work with the General Accounting Office to 
     determine the proper manner of completing the implementation 
     of Section 133 and to consult with the Internal Revenue 
     Service concerning the proper tax treatment of benefits and 
     contributions. The Architect is directed to report to the 
     House and Senate Appropriations Committees, and the Senate 
     Committee on Rules and Administration on the results of his 
     efforts by May 31, 2003.
       With respect to the object class and projects, the 
     conferees have agreed to the following:

Operating Budget............................................$55,275,000
Capital Projects:
  Implementation of Safety Programs.............................450,000
  Security Project Support for AOC..............................125,000
  Financial Management System (FMS)...........................1,627,000
  Implementation of AOCNET......................................500,000
  Computer-Aided Facility Management (CAFM)...................1,366,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
    Total, General Administration...........................$59,343,000

                            Capitol Building

       Appropriates $32,094,000 for maintenance, care and 
     operation of the Capitol, by the Architect of the Capitol. Of 
     the amount appropriated $19,065,000 shall remain available 
     until September 30, 2007.
       With respect to object class and project, the conferees 
     have agreed to the following:

Operating Budget............................................$10,886,000
Capital Projects:
  ADA Requirements...............................................75,000
  Replacement of Minton Tile....................................200,000
  Roofing Repair, around House and Senate Chambers..............160,000
  Elevator/Escalator Modernization Program......................500,000
  Door Refinishing/Restoration..................................289,000
  Chandelier Restoration & Crystal Globe Replacement............319,000
  Conservation of Wall Paintings................................300,000
  Replace High Voltage SWGR & Cables..........................2,000,000
  Upgrade Air Conditioning, East Front Capitol...............12,000,000
  Computer, Telecom & Electrical Support........................300,000
  Design, Study and Condition Assessment......................5,065,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
    Total, Capitol Building.................................$32,094,000

                            Capitol Grounds

       Appropriates $8,356,000 for the care and improvements of 
     the grounds surrounding the Capitol, House and Senate office 
     buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant, by the Architect of 
     the Capitol. Of the amount appropriated $1,780,000 shall 
     remain available until September 30, 2007.
       With respect to object class and projects, the conferees 
     have agreed to the following:

Operating Budget.............................................$6,041,000
Capital Projects:
  Replace Truck..................................................80,000
  Wayfinding and ADA Compliant Signage..........................430,000
  Maintenance of Outdoor Sculpture, Garfield & Peace.............25,000
  Power Requirements..........................................1,200,000
  Study, Design, and Condition Assessment.......................580,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
    Total, Capitol Grounds...................................$8,356,000

                        Senate Office Buildings

       Appropriates $64,871,000 for the maintenance, care, and 
     operation of the Senate office buildings to the Architect of 
     the Capitol, of which $21,600,000 shall remain available 
     until September 30, 2007. Inasmuch as this item relates 
     solely to the Senate, and in accord with long practice under 
     which each body determines its own housekeeping requirements 
     and the other concurs without intervention, the managers on 
     the part of the House, at the request of the managers on the 
     part of the Senate, have receded to the Senate.
       With respect to object class and projects, the Senate 
     conferees have agreed to the following:

Operating Budget............................................$43,163,000
Capital Projects:
  Kitchen Exhaust and Kitchen Redesign, Webster Hall............108,000

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  Renovate Restrooms (ADA)....................................2,100,000
  Bus Ducts and Switchgear Replacement........................1,950,000
  Repair Waterproofing under RSOB's South Steps...............1,800,000
  Modernize Elevators.........................................3,060,000
  Mechanical Renovations, DSOB..................................940,000
  Minor Construction.........................................10,000,000
  Design, Study and Condition Assessment......................1,750,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
    Total, Senate Office Buildings..........................$64,871,000

                         House Office Buildings

       Appropriates $60,960,000 for the maintenance, care, and 
     operation of the House office buildings to the Architect of 
     the Capitol, of which $25,610,000 shall remain available 
     until September 30, 2007. Inasmuch as this item relates 
     solely to the House, and in accord with long practice under 
     which each body determines its own housekeeping requirements 
     and the other concurs without intervention, the managers on 
     the part of the Senate, at the request of the managers on the 
     part of the House, have receded to the House.
       With respect to object class and projects, the House 
     conferees have agreed to the following:

Operating Budget............................................$32,650,000
Capital Projects:
  Egress Door Improvements......................................200,000
  Sound Improvements, Committee Hearing Rooms...................280,000
  Elevator Modernization Program..............................1,460,000
  Minor Construction..........................................9,000,000
  Upgrade Fire Alarm, E&W House Garages.........................880,000
  Replace FP Low Voltage Switchgears, FHOB......................750,000
  Major Elevator Equipment Improvements, HOB....................120,000
  Design, Study and Condition Assessment.....................10,020,000
  Wayfinding Signage..........................................1,100,000
  House Office Building Master Plan...........................1,000,000
  Longworth Emergency Generator Project.......................3,500,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
    Total, House Office Buildings...........................$60,960,000

                          Capitol Power Plant

       In addition to the $4,400,000 made available from receipts 
     credited as reimbursements to this appropriation, 
     appropriates $102,286,000 to the Architect of the Capitol for 
     maintenance, care and operation of the Capitol power 
     plant. Of this amount, $61,736,000 shall remain available 
     until September 30, 2007.
       With respect to object class and projects the conferees 
     have agreed to the following:

Operating Budget............................................$39,967,000
Capital Projects:
  Implement Emergency Shoring and Repairs to Tunnels............100,000
  Repair South Capitol Street Steam Line.....................10,289,000
  Repair Constitution Avenue Tunnel...........................8,500,000
  West Refrigeration Plant Expansion.........................41,000,000
  Install Dual Low Nox Burners, Boilers 6 & 7...................400,000
  Procure Emergency Generator.................................1,500,000
  Update CAD Drawings............................................80,000
  Study, Design and Condition Assessment........................450,000
                                                             __________
                                                             
    Total, Capitol Power Plant.............................$102,286,000


                     Library Buildings and Grounds

       Appropriates $37,521,000 for structural and mechanical 
     care, Library buildings and grounds. Of this amount, 
     $18,014,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2007 
     and $5,500,000 shall remain available until expended.
       With respect to object class and projects the conferees 
     have agreed to the following:

Operating Budget:...........................................$11,754,000
Capitol Projects:
  Replace Partition Supports, JMMB..............................300,000
  Additional Sprinklers, JMMB.................................1,383,000
  Upgrade Emergency Generators, JAB & TJB.......................300,000
  Repair Roof under East Parking Lot, TJB.....................2,180,000
  Audio Visual Conservation Center............................5,500,000
  Modernize 4 Elevators.........................................980,000
  Design & Construction of Book Storage Module 2, Ft. Meade...9,566,000
  HVAC NW Curtain, TJB..........................................453,000
  Study, Design & Conditions Assessment.......................2,905,000
  Replace Compact Stack Safety, JMMB............................300,000
  Repair Life Safety Deficiencies.............................1,000,000
  ADA Requirements, LB&G........................................100,000
  Replace Sidewalks, TJB & JAB..................................100,000
  Restore Decorative Painting, TJB & JAB........................100,000
  LOC Room & Partition Modifications............................500,000
  Preservations Environmental Monitoring........................100,000
                                                             __________
                                                             
    Total, Library Buildings and Grounds....................$37,521,000


                  Capitol Police Buildings and Grounds

       Appropriates $23,900,000 for the maintenance, care, and 
     operations of Capitol Police Buildings and Grounds to the 
     Architect of the Capitol, of which $23,500,000 shall remain 
     available until September 20, 2007.
       The conferees direct the Architect of the Capitol to 
     provide a fiscal year 2003 obligation plan, by April 30, 
     2003, to include personnel compensation and associated FTEs 
     for Capitol Police Buildings and Grounds.
       The conferees direct that the General Accounting Office, 
     working with the United States Capitol Police and the Office 
     of the Architect of the Capitol, prepare a report regarding 
     the feasibility of transferring jurisdiction of the United 
     States Capitol Police Buildings and Grounds to the Capitol 
     Police, and that the study be provided to the Committees on 
     Appropriations by May 15, 2003.
       With respect to object class and projects the conferees 
     have agreed to the following:

Operating Budget..............................................$ 400,000
Capital Projects:
  Design Offsite Delivery/Screening Center, USCP..............2,000,000
  Offsite Delivery/Screening Center, USCP.....................5,000,000
  Design, Tactical Training, Cheltenham, MD...................1,500,000
  Other Facility Improvements................................15,000,000
                                                             __________
                                                             
    Total, Capitol Police Buildings and Grounds.............$23,900,000


                             Botanic Garden

       Appropriates $6,103,000 for salaries and expenses, Botanic 
     Garden, of which $120,000 shall remain available until 
     September 30, 2007.
       With respect to object class and projects the conferees 
     have agreed to the following;

Operating Budget.............................................$4,646,000
Capital Projects:
  Fire Alarm System Upgrades, DC Village.........................25,000
  Shade Curtain Replacement......................................22,000
  CAFM Data Capture--USBG........................................50,000
  Interpretative Illustrations--Conservatory Garden Court.......225,000
  West Gallery Fabric, Audio Tour and Banners...................652,000
  Vehicle Replacement............................................43,000
  Book on History of Botanic Gardens.............................20,000
  Partnerships..................................................300,000
  Study, Design and Condition Assessment........................120,000
                                                             __________
                                                             
    Total, Botanic Garden....................................$6,103,000

                       administrative provisions

       The conference agreement includes administrative provisions 
     related to small purchase contracting authority; multi-year 
     contract authority; establishment of a position of the Deputy 
     Architect of the Capitol; delegation of authority by the 
     Architect; compensation of the Assistant Architect of the 
     Capitol; allocation of responsibility for Library buildings 
     and grounds, and a technical correction.

                          LIBRARY OF CONGRESS


                         salaries and expenses

       Provides $358,474,000 for salaries and expenses, Library of 
     Congress, and authorizes 2,841 full time equivalents.
       With respect to program/project increases the conferees 
     have agreed to the following:

Mandatory Pay and Benefits..................................$10,747,000
Price Level Increases.........................................2,163,000
Digital Futures..............................................17,200,000
Central Financial Management System...........................4,250,000
Law Library GLIN Project......................................2,903,000
Culpeper Shelving.............................................1,000,000
Collections Relocation........................................1,439,000
Arrearage Reduction.............................................896,000
Mass Deacidification............................................895,000
Lewis and Clark Exhibition......................................989,000
Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial.................................500,000
Veterans History Project........................................476,000
Safety Services.................................................308,000
Transfer of the Furniture and Furnishings Appropriation.......6,554,000

                            Copyright Office


                         salaries and expenses

       Provides $9,714,000, including $29,512,000 made available 
     from receipts, for salaries and expenses, Copyright Office. 
     The level provided supports 530 full time equivalents.

                     Congressional Research Service


                         salaries and expenses

       Appropriates $86,952,000 for salaries and expenses, 
     Congressional Research Service. The level provided supports 
     742 full time equivalents.

             Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped


                         salaries and expenses

       Appropriates $50,963,000 for salaries and expenses, books 
     for the blind and physically handicapped. The level provided 
     supports 128 full-time equivalents. The conference agreement 
     provides a one-time appropriation of $1 million dollars to 
     defray telecommunications costs for the National Federation 
     of the Blind ``NEWSLINE,'' audio daily newspaper service. The 
     conferees support continued use of this computerized 
     telecommunications technology as part of the Library's 
     conversion to digital media and direct the Librarian to seek 
     cost advantages that may result from combining distribution 
     of audio editions of magazines with newspapers using this 
     technology.

                       Administrative Provisions

       The conference agreement includes several routine 
     administrative provisions and amendments related to Library 
     programs.

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                       GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

                   Congressional Printing and Binding


                     (including transfer of funds)

       Appropriates $90,143,000 for Congressional Printing and 
     Binding as proposed by the House and by the Senate.

                 Office of Superintendent of Documents


                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Appropriates $29,661,000 for salaries and expenses, Office 
     of Superintendent of Documents as proposed by the House and 
     the Senate.

                       GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE


                         salaries and expenses

       Appropriates $451,134,000 for salaries and expenses, 
     General Accounting Office.

              PAYMENT TO THE OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER

                               Trust Fund

       Appropriates $13,000,000 to the Open World Leadership 
     Center Trust Fund for financing activities of the Open World 
     Leadership Center. The conferees want it clearly understood 
     that the renaming of the trust fund in no way provides for 
     the creation of a new trust fund within the Department of the 
     Treasury.


                        administrative provision

       The conferees have included an administrative provision, 
     which amends Section 313 of the Legislative Branch 
     Appropriations Act, 2001 (P.L. 106-554) renaming the former 
     ``Center for Russian Leadership Development'' to the ``Open 
     World Leadership Center.'' This name change reflects the 
     expansion of the Center's program to eligible foreign states 
     other than the Russian Federation. The conferees direct that 
     prior to implementation of the FY 2003 program, an obligation 
     plan be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
     Senate and House reflecting the funding allocation and 
     program objectives for existing and new program elements.

                      TITLE II--GENERAL PROVISIONS

       In Title II, General Provisions, section numbers have been 
     changed to conform to the conference agreement, provisions 
     related to the John C. Stennis Center and the Congressional 
     Award Act have been included, a provision related to 
     electronic W-2's has been included, and a limitation 
     regarding the transfer of funds has also been included. The 
     conferees have also included, under Division P, language and 
     funding regarding the U.S.--China Economic and Security 
     Review Commission.

                   CONFERENCE TOTAL--WITH COMPARISONS

       The total new budget (obligational) authority for the 
     fiscal year 2003 recommended by the Committee of Conference, 
     with comparisons to the fiscal year 2002 amount, the 2003 
     budget estimates, and the House and Senate bills for 2003 
     follows:

                       [In thousands of dollars]

New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2002........$3,252,423
Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal year 3,405,108
House bill, fiscal year 2003..................................2,671,900
Senate bill, fiscal year 2003.................................3,359,830
Conference agreement, fiscal year 2003........................3,358,350
Conference agreement compared with:                                    
  New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2002........+105,927
  Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal year -46,758
House bill, fiscal year 2003...................................+686,450
Senate bill, fiscal year 2003....................................-1,480

  DIVISION I--TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS, 2003

                                TITLE I

                      Department of Transportation


                        congressional directives

       The conferees agree that Executive Branch propensities 
     cannot substitute for Congress' own statements concerning the 
     best evidence of Congressional intentions; that is, the 
     official reports of the Congress. The committee of conference 
     approves report language included by the House (House Report 
     107-722) or the Senate (as delineated materials accompanying 
     Senate Amendment No. 1 to H.J. Res. 2 and printed in the 
     Congressional Record of January 15, 2003) that is not changed 
     by the conference. The statement of the managers, while 
     repeating some report language for emphasis, is not intended 
     to negate the language referred to above unless expressly 
     provided herein.

                        Office of The Secretary


                        (salaries and expenses)

       The conference agreement provides $89,447,000 for the 
     salaries and expenses of the office of the secretary instead 
     of $82,474,000 as proposed by the House and $83,069,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. Bill language is included that 
     specifies amounts by office, consistent with actions in prior 
     years, and limits transfers among each office to no more than 
     5 percent. The bill language specifies that any transfer 
     greater than 5 percent shall be submitted for approval to the 
     House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. The following 
     table summarizes the fiscal year 2003 appropriation for each 
     office:

Immediate office of the Secretary............................$2,211,000
Immediate office of the Deputy Secretary........................809,000
Executive Secretariat.........................................1,391,000
Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy.................12,452,000
Office of the General Counsel................................15,657,000
Office of the Assistant Secretary for budget and programs.....8,375,000
Office of the Assistant Secretary for governmental affairs....2,453,000
Office of the Assistant Secretary for administration.........29,071,000
Office of public affairs......................................1,926,000
Board of Contract Appeals.......................................611,000
Office of small and disadvantaged business utilization........1,304,000
Office of the chief information officer......................13,187,000

       Within the amounts provided, the conferees have denied 
     funding for FECA administrative increases (-$22,000), the 
     security survey for the new building (-$165,000), and some of 
     the new increases in the budget for information technology 
     initiatives not related to security (-$2,800,000).
       The conferees direct the office of the secretary to submit 
     its congressional justification materials in support of the 
     individual offices of the offices of the secretary at the 
     same level of detail provided in the congressional 
     justifications presented in fiscal year 2003.
       Bill language, as proposed by both the House and the 
     Senate, allows the Department to spend up to $60,000 for 
     official reception and representation activities.
       The conference agreement includes bill language that 
     credits to this appropriation up to $2,500,000 in funds 
     received in user fees.
       Administrative directions.--The conferees direct the 
     department to submit its annual congressional justifications 
     for each modal administration to the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations on the date on which the 
     President's budget is delivered officially to Congress.
       Office of Intelligence and Security.--The fiscal year 2003 
     budget did not request any funding for the Office of 
     Intelligence and Security because it had been transferred to 
     the Transportation Security Administration, which will be 
     part of the new Department of Homeland Security. The 
     Secretary may make arrangements to have one staff detailed to 
     him from this new Department so that he remains informed on 
     intelligence and security matters pertaining to 
     transportation. There is sufficient funding within the 
     salaries and expenses account to pay for this detailee.
       Aviation claims.--The conference agreement includes a 
     rescission of $90,000,000 from funds enacted to compensate 
     airlines for losses incurred in the aviation system 
     disruption in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 
     terrorist attacks. The conferees have been assured by the 
     department that the rescinded funds are unnecessary to meet 
     all of the outstanding or anticipated claims from air 
     carriers. Such claims include applications that the 
     department has not processed or that are involved in 
     litigation. The conferees direct the Secretary to provide 
     quarterly reports to the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations listing all remaining air carrier claims and 
     all unprocessed applications for claims and the amounts 
     requested, the names of air carriers with outstanding claims, 
     and the steps taken to resolve those outstanding claims; to 
     provide an anticipated timeline for resolution of outstanding 
     claims and applications; and to list the remaining 
     uncommitted funds and balances still available to pay those 
     outstanding claims and applications.
       Report distribution.--The conferees direct the department 
     to adopt written procedures for report distribution similar 
     to the standards in place and followed before February 28, 
     2002. The House Appropriations Committee has seen serious 
     violations of the report distribution policy in 2002. In 
     addition, the conferees direct the department to refrain from 
     attaching miscellaneous documents, including reports, to 
     Congressional testimony without prior consultation.
       Outstanding reports.--The conference agreement continues a 
     long standing policy directing the Office of the Assistant 
     Secretary for Budget and Programs to report quarterly on the 
     status of all outstanding reports and reporting requirements 
     including how delinquent congressionally mandated or 
     requested reports are and an estimated date for delivery.
       Tier matching based on fiscal capability.--At present, 
     federal grant programs administered by the Federal Highway 
     Administration, Federal Aviation Administration, and Federal 
     Transit Administration require an identical match of all 
     communities without regard to their financial circumstances. 
     Some have asserted that this policy places a disproportionate 
     burden on lower-income jurisdictions and prevents these 
     jurisdictions from fully participating in the very programs 
     necessary to improve conditions. The conferees take no 
     position on this assertion. However, for the purpose of 
     information gathering, the conferees separately request the 
     FHWA, FAA, and FTA to each provide reports covering the 
     programs within each administration to the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations by March 15, 2003 which address 
     this contention. Should the agencies believe that contention 
     has merit, they may as part of these reports, propose a 
     tiered matching system for nonfederal contributions based 
     upon the fiscal capability of the grantee and which does not 
     increase over the existing grant programs

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     each program's cumulative financial burden on each 
     administration.
       Alternatively fueled vehicles.--The conferees urge the 
     Department of Transportation to adhere to the Federal 
     mandates in the 1992 Energy Policy Act (P.L. 102-486) by 
     purchasing alternatively fueled vehicles when feasible. The 
     department should set an example for other government 
     agencies by purchasing flexible fuel vehicles in order to 
     help lessen our reliance on foreign oil.

                         Office of Civil Rights

       The conference agreement provides $8,700,000 for the office 
     of civil rights as proposed by the Senate instead of 
     $8,500,000 as proposed by the House.


           transportation planning, research, and development

       The conference agreement provides $21,000,000 for 
     transportation planning, research, and development as 
     proposed by the Senate instead of $11,157,000 as proposed by 
     the House. Adjustments to the budget request shall be 
     available for the following activities:

Texas Transportation Institute..............................+$1,000,000
Bypass mail system computer software and hardware upgrades, AK.+500,000
Circumpolar infrastructure task force, Arctic Council and......+500,000
Northern Forum, AK..................................................
Delaware Memorial Bridge collision avoidance project, DE.....+1,000,000
DOT's privacy practices third party evaluation.................+750,000
Northeast advanced vehicle consortium fuel cell, CT..........+1,500,000
Office for Infrastructure Transportation and Logistics, AL...+1,000,000
Strategic freight transportation analysis, WA................+1,375,000
UAL fuel cell/hybrid electric research program, AL...........+1,000,000
WestStart's vehicular flywheel project, WA...................+1,375,000


                          working capital fund

       The conference agreement includes a limitation of 
     $131,766,000 for working capital fund activities instead of a 
     limitation of $131,766,000 on the transportation 
     administration service center (TASC) as proposed by the House 
     and a limitation of $131,779,000 on the TASC as proposed by 
     the Senate. The Department of Transportation abolished TASC 
     at the end of calendar year 2002. In its place, DOT re-
     established a working capital fund to provide necessary 
     services (e.g., printing, security, parking, etc.) to all 
     modal entities within the department.
       Modal usage of the working capital fund.--The conferees 
     direct the department, in its fiscal year 2004 Congressional 
     justifications for each modal administration, to account for 
     increases and decreases in working capital fund billings 
     based on planned usage requested or anticipated by the modes.


               minority business resource center program

       The conference agreement provides an appropriation of 
     $900,000 for the minority business resource center program 
     and limits the loans to $18,367,000 as proposed by both the 
     House and the Senate.


                       minority business outreach

       The conference agreement provides a total of $3,000,000 for 
     minority business outreach as proposed by the House and the 
     Senate.


                       new headquarters building

       The conference agreement denies funding for the new DOT 
     headquarters building as proposed by the Senate. The House 
     recommended $25,000,000 for tenant build outs related to the 
     new building.


                        payments to air carriers

                    (airport and airway trust fund)

       The conference agreement provides a total of $113,000,000 
     for payments to air carriers. Of this total, $52,100,000 is 
     in direct appropriations; $50,000,000 is to be derived from 
     overflight user fees and, if necessary, unobligated balances 
     from the Federal Aviation Administration; and $10,900,000 is 
     to be derived from carryover balances. The House proposed a 
     total program level of $113,000,000 for the payments to air 
     carriers program, of which $50,000,000 was from overflight 
     fees or other funds available for the Federal Aviation 
     Administration; $50,000,000 was in direct appropriations; and 
     $13,000,000 was in carryover balances. The Senate proposed a 
     total program level of $128,000,000, of which $50,000,000 was 
     from overflight fees or other funds available for the Federal 
     Aviation Administration; $65,000,000 was in direct 
     appropriations; and $13,000,000 was from carryover balances.

                 TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

       The conference agreement recommends $5,180,000,000 for the 
     Transportation Security Administration instead of 
     $5,140,000,000 as proposed by the House and $5,346,000,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. Funds are provided in four separate 
     appropriations, similar to the approach proposed by the 
     House, instead of a single lump-sum appropriation proposed by 
     the Senate. The agreement specifies that $144,000,000 of the 
     total shall be derived by reimbursement from ``Federal 
     Aviation Administration, Facilities and equipment'' instead 
     of $176,691,200 proposed by the House and $55,000,000 
     proposed by the Senate. Funds are available until expended, 
     as proposed by the House instead of one year as proposed by 
     the Senate. The bill includes a provision, proposed by the 
     Senate, allowing any excess fees collected during fiscal year 
     2003 to be treated as offsetting collections during fiscal 
     year 2004.
       Staffing cap.--The conferees agree to continue the 
     limitation on total agency staffing, as proposed by the 
     House. This prohibits funds to recruit or hire more than 
     45,000 full-time permanent staff. The same provision has been 
     in effect since fiscal year 2002. The agency believed it was 
     critical to temporarily surge staffing last year, in order to 
     meet the passenger and baggage screening deadlines in the 
     Aviation and Transportation Security Act. Now that these 
     deadlines are past, the conferees believe TSA should focus on 
     eliminating unnecessary positions, generally through 
     attrition.


                           Aviation Security

       The conference agreement includes $4,516,300,000 for 
     aviation security. Funds shall be distributed as follows:

                                                             Conference
                                                              agreement
Passenger screening......................................$1,602,000,000
  Passenger screeners.....................................1,327,000,000
  Credentialing and registered traveler programs.............35,000,000
    CAPPS II.................................................35,000,000
  Checkpoint equipment.......................................30,000,000
  Electronic surveillance....................................10,000,000
  Checkpoint equipment maintenance...........................10,000,000
  Third party screening contracts............................30,000,000
  Planning and deployment....................................35,000,000
  Human resource services....................................60,000,000
  Training...................................................30,000,000
Baggage screening.........................................1,415,900,000
  Baggage screeners.........................................900,000,000
  Detection equipment maintenance............................75,000,000
  Checked baggage data system.................................1,400,000
  EDS/ETD systems--procurement..............................174,500,000
  EDS/ETD systems--airport modifications....................265,000,000
Cargo screening improvements.................................20,000,000
Airport support and enforcement presence..................1,478,400,000
  Airport support...........................................340,000,000
  Law enforcement...........................................175,000,000
  Reimbursable agreements...................................250,000,000
  Cockpit door reimbursement................................100,000,000
  Commercial pilot firearms training..........................8,000,000
  K-9 units..................................................10,000,000
  Federal air marshals......................................545,000,000
  FAA internal security and hazmat...........................50,400,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
    Total.................................................4,516,300,000

       Third party screening contracts.--The conference agreement 
     provides $30,000,000 for third party screening contracts. 
     Program savings are available due to the existence of 
     contract recoveries, which the agency estimates will be 
     available up to $100,000,000 in fiscal year 2003. These two 
     sources of funds will provide sufficient resources to meet 
     estimated contract payments.
       Recruiting, assessment, and human resource services 
     contract.--The conferees encourage the Secretary of 
     Transportation, in consultation with the Secretary of 
     Homeland Security, to expeditiously review and, if compliant 
     with Public Law 85-804 and other statutes, approve any 
     application for liability protection for the services 
     provided by the contractor awarded a contract by the 
     Department of Transportation with an effective date of 
     February 25, 2002 for recruiting, assessment and human 
     resource services for federal employees of the Transportation 
     Security Administration.
       Credentialing and registered traveler programs.--The 
     conference agreement includes $35,000,000 for the 
     credentialing and aviation registered traveler programs. The 
     conferees support the position of the House that TSA should 
     include various transportation worker identification card 
     (TWIC) technologies in the East Coast and West Coast 
     credentialing pilot projects to result in a fair evaluation 
     of all technology candidates, including card, reader, and 
     database technologies. The conferees support TSA's current 
     plan to evaluate the potential for a central card production, 
     personalization, and issuance center. The conferees strongly 
     encourage TSA to consider the benefits of consolidating 
     regional centers into a centralized location, and the 
     benefits of using existing government card issuance centers 
     for this activity. The conferees agree it is essential to 
     include multiple biometrics on these cards, to verify the 
     identity of the individual carrying them. The conferees 
     further agree that one card technology with great capacity 
     for storing biometric information is the optical lasercard, 
     such as that used by the Immigration and Naturalization 
     Service for permanent resident cards and by the Department of 
     State for border crossing cards. The conferees agree that TSA 
     should not develop new technologies if existing ones, already 
     developed by other federal agencies, are good enough. While 
     approving funds for this program and deleting restrictive 
     bill language proposed by the House, the conferees direct TSA 
     not to obligate funds for the TWIC prototype phase until the 
     House and Senate Committees on Appropriations are briefed on 
     the results of the technical evaluation phase and agree that 
     the program should move forward.

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       Letters of intent for installation of security systems.--
     The bill includes a provision authorizing TSA to sign letters 
     of intent (LOIs) with airport authorities specifying long-
     term funding arrangements for the installation of explosive 
     detection systems. This process is similar to the existing 
     LOI process for airport capital improvement projects. While 
     supportive of this concept, the conferees emphasize that the 
     signing of such agreements do not obligate or commit the 
     Federal Government to make future payments until approved by 
     Congress in the annual budget process. In addition, the 
     conferees want to ensure that the signing of LOIs do not 
     upset the proper balance between funding for large, medium, 
     and small airports. For this reason, the conferees direct TSA 
     not to commit more than 50 percent of total available funding 
     for modification of airports to LOIs. This will preserve 
     funding for smaller airports. A similar restriction has been 
     in place for many years for LOIs granted under FAA's Airport 
     Improvement Program.
       Use of state and local law enforcement officers.--The bill 
     includes a provision allowing TSA to utilize the services of 
     state and local officials as law enforcement officers at 
     airports, including the authority to deputize such officials 
     as federal law enforcement officers. The bill specifies that 
     TSA shall reimburse state and local entities for all 
     reasonable, allowable, and allocable costs for these 
     services, and additional funding is provided in the bill to 
     ensure appropriate payment. In addition, the bill provides 
     that such officers may provide security services throughout 
     the airport, and not solely at screening checkpoints, if such 
     action is preferable for law enforcement purposes.
       Fitness for duty requirements.--The conferees are concerned 
     that the Under Secretary has yet to implement the fitness for 
     duty requirements stipulated in the Aviation and 
     Transportation Security Act. As such, the conferees concur in 
     the initiative of the Senate in providing $250,000 to enable 
     the Under Secretary to make expedited use of currently 
     available fitness-for-duty technology to assess saccadic 
     velocity to determine the potential impairment of airport 
     security screeners at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
       South Terminal Expansion Project, Seattle-Tacoma, WA.--The 
     Supplemental Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2002 included 
     $225,000,000 over and above the budget request for airport 
     modifications to accommodate the installation of explosive 
     detection systems. The statement of managers accompanying 
     that bill instructed the Under Secretary to be attentive to 
     the extraordinary needs of certain airports, such as the 
     Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, that are facing 
     extraordinary costs associated with redesigning airport 
     terminal projects that are in mid-construction. While the 
     conferees are pleased that the TSA and the relevant airport 
     authorities have come to agreement on the total federal 
     obligation associated with the reconfiguration of the South 
     Terminal Expansion Project (STEP), the conferees remain 
     concerned that an agreement has not yet been reached on the 
     timetable under which these funds will be provided. This bill 
     provides an additional $265,000,000 for airport 
     modifications, bringing to just under $500,000,000 the amount 
     of money that has been provided for airport modifications 
     over and above the levels sought by the Administration. The 
     conferees urge TSA to work cooperatively with the Seattle-
     Tacoma International Airport to address their unique needs 
     for security-related airport modifications. The conferees 
     believe that, when combined with unobligated prior year 
     funds, the funding in this bill gives TSA sufficient 
     resources to address the long-term security requirements of 
     airports such as Seattle-Tacoma International.


                       Maritime and Land Security

       The conference agreement includes $244,800,000 for maritime 
     and land security. Funds shall be distributed as follows:
                                                             Conference
                                                              agreement
Port security grants.......................................$150,000,000
Staff........................................................21,000,000
Information technology projects...............................4,800,000
Nuclear detection and monitoring..............................4,000,000
Trucking industry grants.....................................25,000,000
  Trucking industry grants.................................(20,000,000)
  Hazardous materials permit program........................(3,500,000)
  Trucking security pilot program...........................(1,500,000)
Intercity bus security.......................................10,000,000
Operation safe commerce......................................30,000,000
                                                             __________
                                                             
    Total...................................................244,800,000

       Trucking industry grants.--Funding provided for trucking 
     industry grants are to be distributed as follows: $20,000,000 
     for activities in the budget amendment submitted in September 
     2002; $3,500,000 for a hazardous materials safety permit 
     program; and $1,500,000 for a truck security pilot program.
       Hazardous materials safety permit program.--The conferees 
     include $3,500,000 to implement the permit program required 
     by law for those motor carriers transporting the most 
     dangerous hazardous materials. Given that this permit program 
     is especially critical now in light of truck security 
     concerns, TSA should ensure that it is implemented within one 
     year from the date of enactment of this Act. The conferees 
     would not oppose the conduct of this program by FMCSA on a 
     reimbursable basis.
       Truck security pilot program.--The conferees understand 
     that technology exists from a number of manufacturers that 
     allows trucks to be remotely tracked and controlled. So that 
     TSA and FMCSA may completely understand the performance 
     characteristics of such systems, the conference agreement 
     includes $1,500,000 for a pilot program.
       Nuclear detection and monitoring.--The agreement includes 
     $4,000,000 to continue evaluation and procurement of portable 
     nuclear radiation search tools. A similar appropriation was 
     made in Public Law 107-206. The conferees direct TSA to 
     provide a status report on this activity to the House and 
     Senate Committees on Appropriations not later than March 15, 
     2003.
       Operation Safe Commerce.--The conferees direct that the 
     $30,000,000 provided in the bill for Operation Safe Commerce 
     shall be distributed under the same terms and conditions 
     governing the funding provided for this program for fiscal 
     year 2002.


                        Research and Development

       The conference agreement includes $110,200,000 for research 
     and development. Funds shall be distributed as follows:

                                                             Conference
                                                              agreement
Laboratory space/research facility...........................$5,000,000
Next generation EDS..........................................75,000,000
Applied R&D..................................................15,000,000
Staffing......................................................5,200,000
Port security R&D............................................10,000,000
                                                             __________
                                                             
    Total...................................................110,200,000

       Security research.--The conferees do not agree with 
     language proposed by the Senate specifying that research 
     funds should be targeted toward detection of chemical, 
     biological or similar threats. While the conferees agree that 
     such research is a high priority for funding, the Under 
     Secretary for Transportation Security has the flexibility to 
     establish overall agency priorities in security research.
       Port security research and development.--The conference 
     agreement includes $10,000,000 for port security research and 
     development activities at national laboratories, private non-
     profit organizations, institutions of higher education, and 
     other entities. The conferees direct that, should any of 
     these funds be allocatd to a Department of Energy laboratory, 
     they shall be administered. This policy is consistent with 
     section 309 of The Homeland Security Act of 2002.


                             Administration

       The conference agreement includes $308,700,000 for 
     administration. Funds shall be distributed as follows:

                                                             Conference
                                                              agreement
Headquarters staff (inc. ACS)..............................$106,000,000
Start-up and administrative support..........................10,000,000
Information technology core activities......................179,251,000
Intelligence.................................................13,449,000
                                                             __________
                                                             
    Total...................................................308,700,000

                              COAST GUARD


                           Operating Expenses

       The conference agreement includes $4,322,122,000 for 
     operating expenses of the Coast Guard, instead of 
     $4,305,456,000 as proposed by the House and $4,318,456,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. Of the total amount provided, 
     $340,000,000 is for defense-related activities, as proposed 
     by the Senate, instead of $1,300,000,000 as proposed by the 
     House.
       The following table summarizes the House and Senate's 
     proposed adjustments to the Coast Guard's budget request and 
     the final conference agreement:

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                         House Bill                    Senate Bill              Conference agreement
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Budget estimate...............................................                $4,153,456,000                $4,153,456,000                $4,153,456,000
Adjustments to the budget estimate:...........................
Homeland security liaison billets.............................                    -4,094,000  ............................                    -4,094,000
Polar icebreaking reimbursement...............................                    -3,149,000  ............................                    -2,500,000
FECA/UCX......................................................                      -933,000  ............................                      -933,000
Response boat-small...........................................                   +10,000,000  ............................                    +7,000,000
Small boat station/command center readiness...................                   +10,000,000  ............................                    +8,000,000
Maritime SAR/personnel safety:................................
    FDRs/CVRs.................................................                    -2,700,000  ............................  ............................
    SCBA......................................................                    -1,115,000  ............................  ............................
VTTS Corpus Christi...........................................                    -3,600,000                    -3,600,000  ............................
High interest vessel control follow-on:.......................
    Personnel support costs...................................                    -3,776,000  ............................                    -3,776,000
Maritime safety/security teams:...............................
    WLB/WLM staffing..........................................                    -3,731,000  ............................                    -3,731,000

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    New marine safety/security teams..........................                    -6,340,000  ............................  ............................
Security readiness and planning...............................
    Attorneys/contract administrators.........................                    -2,162,000  ............................                    -2,162,000
Incident command system:......................................
    Public affairs specialists................................                    -1,400,000  ............................                    -1,400,000
Marine Fire and Safety Association............................  ............................                      +312,000                      +312,000
AMSEA.........................................................  ............................                      +350,000                      +350,000
Maritime EO/IR sensors........................................  ............................                    +5,000,000                    +4,000,000
Oil spill prevention, 13th District...........................  ............................                    +1,600,000                    +1,600,000
Datum marker buoys............................................  ............................                    +1,000,000                    +1,000,000
Unspecified reduction.........................................  ............................                    -4,662,000  ............................
Denial of new user fee proposal...............................                  +165,000,000                  +165,000,000                  +165,000,000
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total recommended.......................................                 4,305,456,000                 4,318,456,000                 4,322,122,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

       Small boat station and command center readiness.-- The bill 
     includes language specifying that not less than $15,686,000 
     of additional funding shall be used to address readiness 
     problems at the nation's small boat stations and associated 
     command centers. This is the second year of a multiyear 
     effort to restore the readiness level of these critical 
     facilities. The conferees direct the Coast Guard to submit a 
     five year operating and capital plan to address the readiness 
     problems, including elements which appropriately allocate 
     billets to cover on-board and planned staffing levels. The 
     conferees request the U.S. General Accounting Office to 
     review and certify that the additional funding provided in 
     this bill is being used to supplement, and not supplant, the 
     level of effort in fiscal year 2002.
       Limitation on flag officers.--The bill includes the 
     limitation, proposed by the Senate, prohibiting the hire of 
     more than 37 active duty flag officers during fiscal year 
     2003.
       Pier safety study.--As proposed by the House, the conferees 
     direct the Coast Guard, in consultation with the Army Corps 
     of Engineers, to conduct a study of pier safety, to be 
     submitted within six months of enactment of this Act.
       Oil spill prevention, 13th District.--The conference 
     agreement includes $1,600,000 for additional oil spill 
     prevention activities in the Coast Guard 13th District, as 
     proposed by the Senate. The Coast Guard is expected to 
     consult fully with the Captain of the Port, Puget Sound, in 
     making determinations on the scope and use of these funds.
       Great Lakes pilotage.--The conferees understand that the 
     Coast Guard has before it a proposal to change the pilotage 
     system on the Great Lakes. The conferees urge the Coast Guard 
     to ensure that this proposal receives all due consideration, 
     including public comment as appropriate and full review by 
     the Great Lakes Pilotage Advisory Committee.
       Polar icebreaking reimbursement.--The conferees agree to a 
     reduction of $2,500,000 assuming higher reimbursements for 
     polar icebreaking activities, instead of $3,149,000 as 
     proposed by the House. The conferees agree that the entire 
     reduction is to be taken from costs related to activities in 
     the Antarctic region.


              Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements

       The conference agreement includes $742,100,000 for 
     acquisition, construction, and improvements instead of 
     $725,000,000 as proposed by the House and $752,000,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. The agreement includes certain 
     restrictions on the Integrated Deepwater Systems program, as 
     proposed by the House and Senate. Consistent with past years 
     and the House and Senate bills, the conference agreement 
     distributes funds by budget activity. Further, the bill 
     includes a contingent rescission relating to submission of 
     the Capital Investment Plan to the Congress, as proposed by 
     the Senate.
       A table showing the distribution of this appropriation by 
     project, as included in the fiscal year 2003 budget estimate, 
     House bill, Senate bill, and the conference agreement is as 
     follows:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                   Conference
            Program Name               Budget estimate       House bill        Senate bill         agreement
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Vessels.............................         13,600,000         11,715,000         25,600,000         25,600,000
    Survey and design--cutters and              400,000            400,000            400,000            400,000
     boats..........................
    Seagoing buoy tender (WLB)                4,000,000          4,000,000          4,000,000          4,000,000
     replacement....................
    Polar class icebreaker                    2,200,000          2,200,000          2,200,000          2,200,000
     reliability improvement program
    41 foot utility boat replacement          4,000,000          4,000,000          4,000,000          4,000,000
    Alex Haley conversion project...          3,000,000                  0          3,000,000          3,000,000
    87-foot coastal patrol boat.....                  0                  0         12,000,000         12,000,000
    Shipboard contained breathing                     0          1,115,000                  0                  0
     apparatus (SCBA)...............
  Aircraft..........................                  0          2,700,000                  0          4,000,000
    FDRs/CVRs.......................                  0          2,700,000                  0                  0
    LTS-101 engine improvements.....                  0                  0                  0          4,000,000
Other Equipment.....................        117,700,000        114,200,000        132,700,000        121,300,000
    Ports and waterways safety                5,000,000          8,600,000          5,000,000          4,000,000
     system (PAWSS).................
    National distress system                 90,000,000         90,000,000         90,000,000         90,000,000
     modernization..................
    Defense message system                    2,100,000                  0          2,100,000          1,100,000
     implementation.................
    Global Maritime Distress and              2,200,000          2,200,000          2,200,000          2,200,000
     Safety System (GMDSS)..........
    Thirteenth district microwave             3,000,000          3,000,000          3,000,000          3,000,000
     modernization project..........
    Hawaii Rainbow communications             3,000,000          3,000,000          3,000,000          3,000,000
     system modernization...........
    High frequency recapitalization           2,000,000          2,000,000          2,000,000          2,000,000
     and modernization..............
    Prince William Sound WAN                  1,000,000          1,000,000          1,000,000          1,000,000
     replacement, AK................
    Security surveillance and                         0                  0         15,000,000         10,000,000
     protection.....................
    Maritime domain awareness                 9,400,000          4,400,000          9,400,000          5,000,000
     information management.........
Shore Facilities andj Aids to                28,700,000         31,385,000         48,700,000         50,200,000
 Navigation.........................
    Survey and design--shore                  2,500,000          5,500,000          2,500,000          4,000,000
     projects.......................
    Minor AC&I shore construction             4,900,000          4,900,000          4,900,000          4,900,000
     projects.......................
    Housing.........................          7,000,000          7,000,000          7,000,000          7,000,000
    Waterways ATON projects.........          4,900,000          4,900,000          4,900,000          4,900,000
    Consolidate Kodiak aviation               4,000,000          4,000,000          4,000,000          4,000,000
     support--Kodiak, AK............
    Rebuild ISC Seattle Pier 36--                     0                  0         16,000,000         16,000,000
     Phase 1........................
    Vessel pier facility--Cordova,                    0                  0          4,000,000          4,000,000
     AK.............................
    Construct new station--Manistee,          5,400,000          5,085,000          5,400,000          5,400,000
     MI.............................
Personnel and Related Support.......         65,000,000         65,000,000         65,000,000         63,000,000
    Direct personnel costs..........         64,500,000         64,500,000         64,500,000         62,500,000
    Retirement accrual costs \1\....                  0                  0                  0                  0
    Core acquisition costs..........            500,000            500,000            500,000            500,000
Integrated Deepwater Systems........        500,000,000        500,000,000        480,000,000        478,000,000
    Aircraft........................        138,200,000        138,200,000        135,200,000        164,300,000
    Surface ships...................        215,700,000        215,700,000        212,700,000        200,200,000
    C41SR...........................                  0                  0                  0         23,900,000
    Logistics.......................         71,600,000         16,600,000         66,600,000         19,900,000
    Shore facilities................                  0          7,200,000                  0          1,000,000
    System engineering and                            0         47,800,000                  0         43,700,000
     integration....................
    Other contracts.................         43,500,000         43,500,000         36,500,000  .................
    Government program management...         31,000,000         31,000,000         29,000,000         28,000,000
                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total appropriation...........        725,000,000        725,000,000        752,000,000        742,100,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Excludes $10,846,000 in proposed retirement accural costs.

       LTS-101 engine.--The conference agreement includes 
     $4,000,000 to enhance the reliability of the HH-65 LTS-101 
     engine through the incorporation of FADEC system technology. 
     The conferees continue to support continued evaluation of the 
     Ariel engine by the Coast Guard, and do not intend that these 
     funds undermine support or progress in that effort.
       Integrated deepwater systems.--The conference agreement 
     includes $478,000,000 for the integrated deepwater systems 
     (IDS) program, to be distributed as follows:

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------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Activity                                        Amount
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Aircraft..........................  .................       $164,300,000
    Maritime patrol aircraft......      (147,300,000)  .................
    VTOL unmanned air vehicle.....              (---)  .................
    Other contracts/legacy               (17,000,000)  .................
     sustainment..................
Surface...........................  .................        200,200,000
    National security cutter......      (132,800,000)  .................
    110-123 patrol boat upgrade...       (60,800,000)  .................
    Short range prosecutor........        (2,800,000)  .................
    Other contracts/legacy                (3,800,000)  .................
     sustainment..................
C4ISR.............................  .................         23,900,000
    270 foot cutter C4ISR upgrade.          (700,000)  .................
    210 foot cutter C4ISR upgrade.        (1,400,000)  .................
    378 foot cutter C4ISR upgrade.        (3,100,000)  .................
    Shore sites...................        (5,400,000)  .................
    Other contracts/legacy               (13,300,000)  .................
     sustainment..................
Logistics.........................  .................         17,900,000
    Integrated logistics support..       (16,900,000)  .................
    Shore sites...................        (1,000,000)  .................
Systems Engineering and             .................         43,700,000
 Integration......................
Government Program Management.....  .................         28,000,000
                                   -------------------------------------
      Total.......................  .................        478,000,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       Maritime patrol aircraft.--Although the Coast Guard's 
     budget request for the IDS program assumed the acquisition of 
     2 maritime patrol aircraft in fiscal year 2003, recently the 
     service announced a restructure of its funding plan which 
     defers that acquisition. The conferees are surprised that, 
     after a detailed planning phase lasting several years, the 
     service's operational requirements and asset replacement 
     plans could be so radically changed this early in the IDS 
     contract. The conferees are not yet convinced that this 
     change is in the best interest of the Coast Guard, and 
     provide funding for these assets in line with the original 
     budget request. Before the Coast Guard effectuates a change 
     of this nature, the service is required to seek Congressional 
     approval through the reprogramming process.
       IDS reprogramming procedures.--The conferees agree with 
     reprogramming guidelines as proposed by the House except that 
     programs, projects, and activities with a baseline of 
     $5,000,000 or less may execute below threshold reprogrammings 
     not to exceed 20 percent of the baseline amount. The baseline 
     for all other PPAs shall be 10 percent. The distribution of 
     funds table shown above shall serve as the reprogramming 
     baseline for this program in fiscal year 2003.
       IDS compliance with the Buy American Act.--The bill 
     includes a provision, as proposed by the House, clarifying 
     that the IDS procurement program is subject to the terms and 
     conditions of the Buy American Act. The conferees do not seek 
     to amend that Act to apply content standards to individual 
     components of vessels. By letter to the House Committee on 
     Appropriations dated October 1, 2002, the Assistant 
     Commandant for Acquisition stated that this language is 
     considered by the service to be ``a restatement of [the Coast 
     Guard's] obligations under existing law and not as an 
     imposition of any additional legal requirements''.

              Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements


                              (rescission)

       The conference agreement includes a rescission of 
     unobligated balances from ``Acquisition, construction, and 
     improvements'' of $17,000,000. The Secretary is directed to 
     advise the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on 
     the distribution of this rescission prior to its 
     implementation.

                Environmental Compliance and Restoration

       The conference agreement includes $17,000,000 for 
     environmental compliance and restoration, as proposed by both 
     the House and Senate.

                         Alteration of Bridges

       The conference agreement includes $17,200,000 for 
     alteration of bridges deemed hazardous to marine navigation, 
     instead of $17,000,000 proposed by the House and $14,000,000 
     proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement distributes 
     these funds as follows:


        Bridge and location                                      Amount
New Orleans, LA, Florida Ave RR/HW Bridge....................$3,500,000
Brunswick, GA, Sidney Lanier HW Bridge........................2,500,000
Mobile, AL, 14 Mile Bridge....................................6,000,000
Charleston, SC, Limehouse Bridge..............................1,200,000
Morris, IL, EJ&E RR Bridge....................................1,000,000
Galveston Causeway, Galveston, TX.............................1,000,000
Chelsea Street Bridge, Boston, MA.............................2,000,000
                                                             __________
                                                             
    Total....................................................17,200,000

                              Retired Pay

       The conference agreement includes $889,000,000 for retired 
     pay, as proposed by both the House and Senate.

                            Reserve Training

       The conference agreement includes $86,495,000 for reserve 
     training.

               Research, Development, Test and Evaluation

       The conference agreement includes $22,000,000 for research, 
     development, test, and evaluation as proposed by the Senate 
     instead of $21,000,000 as proposed by the House. The 
     conferees agree that, within the funds provided, $1,000,000 
     is for continued development, demonstration, and evaluation 
     of engineered wood composites at Coast Guard facilities, 
     including stations in Jonesport and Southwest Harbor, Maine, 
     as proposed by the House, instead of $3,000,000 as proposed 
     by the Senate. Further, within the funds provided, $1,000,000 
     is for a pilot project to test automatic search and rescue 
     spectral imaging technology for Coast Guard C-130 aircraft, 
     instead of $2,500,000 proposed by the Senate. The conference 
     agreement includes $250,000 for a prototype observation 
     system in the Lower Chesapeake Bay in Virginia, and $250,000 
     for research at the Coast Guard Fire Safety Test Detachment 
     in Alabama, as proposed by the Senate.

                    Federal Aviation Administration


                               Operations

       The conference agreement includes $7,069,019,000 for 
     operations of the Federal Aviation Administration, instead of 
     $7,060,203,000 proposed by the House and $7,047,203,000 
     proposed by the Senate. Of the total amount provided, 
     $3,799,278,000 (53.7 percent) is to be derived from the 
     airport and airway trust fund, as proposed by the Senate. 
     Funds are distributed in the bill by budget activity, as 
     proposed by the Senate. The bill maintains a prohibition on 
     funds for aeronautical charting and cartography activities 
     conducted by, or coordinated through, the Working Capital 
     Fund, as proposed by the House.
       The following table compares the conference agreement to 
     the levels proposed in the House and Senate bills by budget 
     activity:

                                  CONFERENCE AGREEMENT, FAA OPERATIONS, FY 2003
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                   Conference
                                                             House bill        Senate bill         agreement
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Air traffic services...................................     $6,038,090,000     $6,038,090,000     $6,038,090,000
    Accrual proposal...................................       -340,553,000       -340,553,000       -340,553,000
    Spring/summer 2003.................................         -3,250,000  .................         -1,750,000
    Operational evolution plan.........................        -11,116,000  .................         -9,616,000
    National airspace redesign.........................         -5,357,000  .................         -3,525,000
    National park air tour management plans............         -4,100,000  .................         -4,100,000
    Contract tower cost-sharing........................          6,000,000          6,000,000          6,000,000
    MARC...............................................          2,000,000  .................          2,000,000
    Training...........................................        -10,405,000  .................         -2,000,000
    NAS handoff........................................         70,000,000  .................         30,000,000
    Medallion program..................................  .................          1,500,000          1,500,000
    Unspecified reduction..............................  .................        -43,000,000  .................
                                                        --------------------------------------------------------
        Amount recommended.............................      5,741,309,000      5,662,037,000      5,716,046,000
                                                        ========================================================
Regulation and certification...........................        867,174,000        867,174,000        867,174,000
    Accrual proposal...................................        -33,207,000        -33,207,000        -33,207,000
    Safer skies........................................         -6,887,000  .................         -3,400,000
    International harmonization staff..................           -250,000  .................           -250,000
    Drug/alcohol compliance testing....................           -810,000  .................           -810,000

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    Non-precision GPS approaches.......................  .................          1,500,000          1,500,000
    Inspector technical training.......................  .................          4,000,000          2,000,000
    Alien species action plan..........................  .................          3,000,000          3,000,000
                                                        --------------------------------------------------------
        Amount recommended.............................        826,020,000        839,467,000        836,007,000
                                                        ========================================================
Civil aviation security................................          6,064,000          6,064,000          6,064,000
    Accrual proposal--former FAA employees.............         -6,064,000         -6,064,000         -6,064,000
    Aviation Security Advisory Committee...............            -60,000  .................  .................
                                                        --------------------------------------------------------
        Amount recommended.............................            -60,000                  0                  0
                                                        ========================================================
Research and acquisitions..............................        211,156,000        211,156,000        211,156,000
    Accrual proposal...................................         -3,556,000         -3,556,000         -3,556,000
    Contract management efficiencies...................                  0                  0         -2,000,000
                                                        --------------------------------------------------------
        Amount recommended.............................        207,600,000        207,600,000        207,600,000
                                                        ========================================================
Commercial space transportation........................         12,569,000         12,569,000         12,569,000
    Accrual proposal...................................           -244,000           -244,000           -244,000
                                                        --------------------------------------------------------
        Amount recommended.............................         12,325,000         12,325,000         12,325,000
                                                        ========================================================
Regions and center operations..........................         93,777,000         93,777,000         93,777,000
    Accrual proposal...................................        -11,585,000        -11,585,000        -11,585,000
    Restore proposed cut to base programs..............          1,200,000  .................          1,200,000
                                                        --------------------------------------------------------
        Amount recommended.............................         83,392,000         82,192,000         83,392,000
                                                        ========================================================
Human resource management..............................         84,073,000         84,073,000         84,073,000
    Accrual proposal...................................         -3,813,000         -3,813,000         -3,813,000
    FECA administrative surcharge......................         -4,353,000  .................         -4,353,000
    HRIS deferral......................................         -4,600,000  .................          4,600,000
    Strategic alliances................................         -5,499,000  .................         -2,000,000
                                                        --------------------------------------------------------
        Amount recommended.............................         65,808,000         80,260,000         69,307,000
                                                        ========================================================
Office of financial services...........................         49,992,000         49,992,000         49,992,000
    Accrual proposal...................................         -1,210,000         -1,210,000         -1,210,000
    Contracts management...............................         -2,000,000  .................  .................
                                                        --------------------------------------------------------
        Amount recommended.............................         46,782,000         48,782,000         48,782,000
                                                        ========================================================
Staff offices..........................................         89,425,000         89,425,000         89,425,000
    Accrual proposal...................................         -4,535,000         -4,535,000         -4,535,000
    Position review--assumed savings...................           -400,000  .................           -400,000
    Unspecified reduction..............................           -900,000  .................  .................
    Freeze open positions in policy/planning office....         -1,750,000  .................         -1,750,000
    Reduce office of system safety staffing............           -500,000  .................           -266,000
    International aviation offices overseas............            500,000  .................            500,000
                                                        --------------------------------------------------------
        Amount recommended.............................         81,840,000         84,890,000         82,974,000
                                                        ========================================================
Office of information services.........................         29,650,000         29,650,000         29,650,000
                                                        ========================================================
Accountwide adjustments:
    Staffing adjustment................................        -10,000,000  .................         -5,000,000
    Contract maintenance...............................        -21,258,000  .................        -10,000,000
    Travel.............................................         -1,064,000  .................         -1,064,000
    FAA/DOT Library TASC charges.......................         -2,141,000  .................         -1,000,000
                                                        --------------------------------------------------------
        Amount recommended.............................        -34,463,000                  0        -17,064,000
                                                        ========================================================
        Total appropriation recommended................      7,060,203,000      7,047,203,000      7,069,019,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

       Administration of potential shortfall due to essential air 
     service transfer.--The conferees agree that the FAA 
     Administrator has the flexibility to propose the use of funds 
     in either the ``Operations'' or ``Facilities and equipment'' 
     appropriations to address any shortfalls in essential air 
     service funding for which FAA resources are required under 
     existing law. The Administrator is directed to advise the 
     House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on the 
     appropriations and programs from which these funds would be 
     drawn.
       Air traffic staffing budget.--The conferees agree that the 
     report proposed by the House on allocation of the air traffic 
     staffing shortfall is to be submitted to the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations no later than 30 days after 
     enactment of this Act.
       National Park air tour management plans.--In reducing this 
     program by $4,100,000, the conferees do not intend to slow 
     down the review and approval of air tour management plans. 
     The reduction reflects a substantial delay in this program 
     due to schedule slippage in issuance of the final rule.
       Drug/alcohol compliance testing.--In agreeing to the 
     House's proposed reduction to this activity, the conferees do 
     not intend to diminish the agency's level of effort in 
     employee drug and alcohol testing. However, the agency has 
     not yet demonstrated a link between identified problems in 
     administration of this program and the need for additional 
     resources. The conferees believe the identified problems can 
     largely be addressed without additional resources at this 
     time.
       Contract tower program.--The conference agreement includes 
     $78,000,000 to fund the baseline contract tower program and 
     $6,000,000 for the contract tower cost-sharing program. 
     Consistent with current law and existing lease arrangements, 
     the conferees direct FAA to continue reimbursing airports for 
     space the agency utilizes at all contract tower locations 
     previously staffed by the agency, including existing, newly 
     constructed, and future replacement towers. The conferees 
     commend those airports that are moving forward with replacing 
     outdated towers. The conferees do not believe smaller 
     airports should be compelled to provide FAA free space in 
     replacement contract towers.

                        Facilities and Equipment


                    (Airport and Airway Trust Fund)

       The conference agreement includes $2,981,022,000 for 
     ``Facilities and equipment'', as proposed by both the House 
     and Senate. Of the total amount available, $404,655,240 is 
     available for one year, and $2,576,366,760 is available for 
     three years. The bill deletes a provision proposed by the 
     Senate that would have provided a contingent rescission 
     relating to submission of the FY 2004 Capital Investment 
     Plan. This provision is no longer necessary, as the report 
     has been submitted to the Congress.
       The following table provides a breakdown of the House and 
     Senate bills and the conference agreement by program:

                                    Facilities and Equipment Fiscal Year 2003
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Note: all figures in thousands
               ($000)                  Budget estimate       House bill        Senate bill         Conference
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Category 1: Improve Aviation Safety.         403,340.00         484,214.20         363,640.00         468,623.00
Terminal Business Unit..............         141,000.00         151,183.00         161,300.00         151,183.00
Aviation Weather Services                     23,440.00          23,440.00          23,440.00          23,440.00
 Improvements.......................
Low Level Windshear Alert System               1,600.00           1,600.00           1,600.00           1,600.00
 (LLWAS)--Upgrade...................

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Aviation Safety Analysis System               21,700.00          15,000.00          21,700.00          15,000.00
 (ASAS).............................
Integrated Flight Quality Assurance              500.00             500.00             500.00             500.00
 (IFQA).............................
Safety Performance Analysis                    2,100.00           2,100.00           2,100.00           2,100.00
 Subsystem (SPAS)...................
Performance Enhancement Systems                2,600.00           2,600.00           2,600.00           2,600.00
 (PENS).............................
Safe Flight 21......................          29,800.00          40,000.00          32,800.00          40,000.00
Advanced Technology Development and           41,100.00          43,100.00          41,600.00          57,200.00
 Prototyping........................
Aircraft Related Equipment Program..          16,000.00          16,000.00          16,000.00          16,000.00
National Aviation Safety Data                  2,000.00           2,000.00           2,000.00           2,000.00
 Analysis Center (NASDAC)...........
Louisville, KY technology                          0.00          10,000.00               0.00          10,000.00
 demonstration......................
Explosive Detection Technology......         121,500.00         176,691.20          55,000.00         144,000.00
Volcano Monitoring..................  .................  .................           3,000.00           3,000.00
Category 2: Improve Effciency of the         914,185.50         879,885.30         895,951.50         816,780.30
 Air Traffic Control System.........
Terminal Business Unit..............         551,035.50         516,280.30         534,601.50         490,030.30
Aeronautical Data Link (ADL)                  33,200.00          33,200.00          29,700.00          29,700.00
 Applications.......................
Free Flight Phase 2.................         106,200.00         106,200.00          96,200.00          70,000.00
Air Traffic Management (ATM)........          13,000.00          13,000.00          13,000.00          13,000.00
Free Flight Phase 1.................          39,900.00          36,600.00          39,900.00          36,600.00
Automated Surface Observing System            12,100.00          12,755.00          12,100.00          12,100.00
 (ASOS).............................
Next Generation Very High Frequency           71,100.00          71,100.00          71,100.00          66,100.00
 Air/Ground Communications System
 (NEXCOM)...........................
En Route Automation Program.........          71,050.00          71,050.00          75,250.00          71,050.00
Weather and Radar Processor (WARP)..          13,600.00          13,600.00          13,600.00          13,600.00
Long Range Radar Sustainment........  .................  .................           7,500.00           7,500.00
ATOMS Local Area/Wide Area Network..           1,100.00           1,100.00           1,100.00           1,100.00
NAS Management Automation Program              1,900.00               0.00           1,900.00           1,000.00
 (NASMAP)...........................
New York Integrated Control Complex.               0.00           5,000.00               0.00           5,000.00
Category 3: Increase Capacity of the         353,500.00         394,875.00         400,384.00         432,975.00
 NAS................................
Navigation and Landing Aids.........         249,800.00         291,175.00         295,735.00         329,275.00
Oceanic Automation System...........          87,400.00          87,400.00          76,349.00          87,400.00
Gulf of Mexico Offshore Program.....           2,300.00           2,300.00           2,300.00           2.300.00
Voice Switching and Control System            14,000.00          14,000.00          14,000.00          14,000.00
 (VSCS).............................
Transponder Landing System..........  .................  .................          12,000.00               0.00
Category 4: Improve Reliability of           443,410.00         434,010.00         461,710.00         434,310.00
 the NAS............................
Guam Center Radar Approach Control             5,000.00           5,000.00           5,000.00           5,000.00
 (CERAP)--Relocate..................
Terminal Voice Switch Replacement/             6,200.00           6,200.00          17,200.00          14,200.00
 Enhanced TVS.......................
Airport Cable Loop Systems--                   4,000.00           4,000.00           5,500.00           5,500.00
 Sustained Support..................
En Route Automation Program.........         142,800.00         142,800.00         147,500.00         150,000.00
ARTCC Building Improvements/Plant             40,200.00          40,200.00          40,200.00          35,000.00
 Improvements.......................
Air Traffic Management (ATM)........          24,500.00          24,500.00          24,500.00          24,500.00
Critical Telecommunication Support..           1,000.00           1,000.00           1,000.00           1,000.00
FAA Telecommunications                        46,600.00          46,600.00          46,600.00          42,000.00
 Infrastructure.....................
Air/Ground Communications                     22,800.00          22,800.00          22,800.00          22,800.00
 Infrastructure.....................
Voice Recorder Replacement Program             3,300.00           7,000.00           3,300.00           5,000.00
 (VRRP).............................
NAS Infrastructure Management System          29,100.00          16,000.00          29,100.00          16,000.00
 (NIMS).............................
Flight Service Station (FSS)                   5,700.00           5,700.00           5,700.00           5,700.00
 Modernization......................
FSAS Operational and Supportability           19,710.00          19,710.00          19,710.00          19,710.00
 Implementation System (OASIS)......
Weather Message Switching Center               2,000.00           2,000.00           2,000.00           2,000.00
 Replacement (WMSCR)................
Flight Service Station Switch                 13,200.00          13,200.00          13,200.00          13,200.00
 Modernization......................
Alaskan NAS Interfacility                      2,900.00           2,900.00           4,000.00           4,000.00
 Communications System (ANICS)......
Electrical Power Systems--Sustain/            50,700.00          50,700.00          50,700.00          45,000.00
 Support............................
NAS Recovery Communications (RCOM)..           9,400.00           9,400.00           9,400.00           9,400.00
Aeronautical Center Infrastructure            11,700.00          11,700.00          11,700.00          11,700.00
 Modernization......................
Frequency and Spectrum Engineering..           2,600.00           2,600.00           2,600.00           2,600.00
Category 5: Improve the Efficiency           444,019.50         436,919.55         436,769.51         413,678.51
 of Mission Support.................
NAS Improvement of System Support              2,700.00           2,700.00           2,700.00           2,700.00
 Laboratory.........................
Technical Center Facilities.........          12,000.00          12,000.00          12,000.00          12,000.00
Technical Center Building and Plant            3,000.00           3,000.00           3,000.00           3,000.00
 Support............................
En Route Communications and Control            1,057.95           1,058.00           1,307.95           1,307.95
 Facilities Improvements............
DOD/FAA Facilities Transfer.........           1,200.00           1,200.00           3,200.00           3,200.00
Terminal Communications--Improve....           1,249.30           1,249.30           1,249.30           1,249.30
Flight Service Facilities                      1,223.24           1,223.24           1,223.24           1,223.24
 Improvement........................
Navigation and Landing Aids--Improve           5,034.02           5,034.02           5,034.02           5,034.02
FAA Buildings and Equipment.........          11,000.00          11,000.00          11,000.00          11,000.00
Air Navigational Aids and ATC                  2,100.00           2,100.00           2,100.00           2,100.00
 Facilities (Local Projects)........
Computer Aided Engineering and                 2,800.00           2,800.00           2,800.00           2,800.00
 Graphics (CAEG) Modernization......
Information Technology Integration..           1,600.00           1,600.00           1,600.00           1,600.00
Operational Data Management System            10,300.00           3,000.00          10,300.00           3,000.00
 (ODMS).............................
Logistics Support Systems and                  9,300.00           5,000.00           5,000.00           5,000.00
 Facilities (LSSF)..................
Test Equipment--Maintenance Support            1,700.00           1,700.00           1,700.00           1,700.00
 for Replacement....................
Facility Security Risk Management...          37,300.00          25,000.00          37,300.00          25,000.00
Information Security................          13,291.00          13,291.00          13,291.00           8,000.00
Distance Learning...................           1,300.00           1,300.00           1,300.00           1,300.00
National Airspace System (NAS)                 2,300.00           2,300.00           2,300.00           2,300.00
 Training Facilities................
System Engineering and Development            25,800.00          25,800.00          25,800.00          23,800.00
 Support............................
Program Support Leases..............          38,400.00          38,400.00          38,400.00          36,400.00
Logistics Support Services (LLS)....           7,500.00           7,500.00           7,500.00           7,500.00
Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center--           14,600.00          14,600.00          14,600.00          14,600.00
 Leases.............................
In-Plant NAS Contract Support                  2,900.00           2,900.00           2,900.00           2,900.00
 Services...........................
Transition Engineering Support......          39,000.00          37,000.00          37,000.00          35,000.00
FAA Corporate Systems Architecture..           1,000.00           1,000.00           1,000.00           1,000.00
Technical Support Services Contract           46,700.00          46,700.00          44,700.00          41,700.00
 (TSSC).............................
Resource Tracking Program (RTP).....           3,700.00           3,700.00           2,500.00           2,500.00
Center for Advanced Aviation System           81,364.00          81,364.00          81,364.00          81,364.00
 Development........................
Operational Evolution Plan..........           1,000.00           1,000.00           1,000.00           1,000.00
NAS Facilites OSHA and Environmental          32,600.00          28,400.00          32,600.00          28,400.00
 Standards Compliance...............
Fuel Storage Tank Replacement and              8,500.00           8,500.00           8,500.00           8,500.00
 Monitoring.........................
Hazardous Materials Management......          20,500.00          20,500.00          20,500.00          20,500.00
Research Aircraft Replacement.......               0.00          25,000.00               0.00          15,000.00
Unspecified.........................               0.00          -2,000.00               0.00               0.00
Category 6: PCB&T Only..............         441,118.00         421,118.00         422,567.00         404,655.24
Personnel and Related Expenses......         441,118.00         421,118.00         422,567.00         404,655.24
Category 7: Accountwide Adjustments.               0.00         -70,000.00  .................          10,000.00
NAS Handoff--Transfer to Operating                 0.00         -70,000.00  .................          10,000.00
 Expenses...........................
                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Totals..........................       2,999,573.00       2,981,022.05       2,981,022.01       2,981,022.05
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

       Terminal business unit.--The conference agreement provides 
     $641,213,304 for activities of the terminal business unit. 
     The following table compares the conference agreement to the 
     budget estimate and the House and Senate proposals:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                      Budget                                        Conference
                                                     estimate       House bill      Senate bill      agreement
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Budget line 1A01:
NEXRAD upgrade                                        $9,100,000      $9,100,000      $9,100,000      $9,100,000
Terminal doppler weather radar..................       7,700,000       5,700,000       7,700,000       5,700,000
ASDE............................................      10,000,000      10,000,000      10,000,000      10,000,000
AMASS...........................................      21,700,000      14,583,000      21,700,000      14,583,000
Weather systems processor.......................       2,200,000       2,200,000       2,200,000       2,200,000
ASDE-X..........................................      90,300,000     109,600,000     104,600,000     109,600,000

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Safety and security activities..................  ..............  ..............       6,000,000  ..............
                                                 ---------------------------------------------------------------
    Total.......................................     141,000,000     151,183,000     161,300,000     151,183,000
Budget line 2A01:
Terminal automation program (STARS).............     166,000,000     151,200,000     158,700,000     155,000,000
ATCBI-6.........................................      47,100,000      35,000,000      35,000,000      28,000,000
ATC en route radar facilities improvements......       3,000,000       3,000,000       3,000,000       3,000,000
Terminal ATC facilties replacement..............     108,600,000     124,100,000     103,566,000     119,550,000
ATC/TRACON facilities improvement...............      52,755,192      44,000,000      44,000,000      44,000,000
Potomac TRACON..................................       2,700,000       2,700,000       2,700,000       2,700,000
Northern California TRACON......................         200,000         200,000         200,000         200,000
Dallas/Fort Worth TRACON........................       1,600,000       1,600,000       1,600,000       1,600,000
Terminal digital radar (ASR-11).................     123,400,000      80,000,000      90,000,000      80,000,000
ASR-9 SLEP......................................      23,000,000      23,000,000      15,500,000      20,000,000
Mode S provide..................................       3,000,000       3,000,000       3,000,000       3,000,000
Terminal applied engineering....................       8,200,000       4,000,000       4,000,000       4,000,000
Precision runway monitors.......................       1,000,000      19,000,000      18,000,000      18,500,000
Houston area air traffic system.................       6,000,000       6,000,000       6,000,000       6,000,000
Terminal ASR improvements.......................       1,380,304       1,380,304       1,380,304       1,380,304
PCS moves.......................................       3,100,000       3,100,000       3,100,000       3,100,000
Transponder landing system (TLS)................               0      15,000,000  ..............  ..............
Unspecified.....................................  ..............  ..............      44,855,192  ..............
                                                 ---------------------------------------------------------------
    Total.......................................     551,035,496     516,280,304     534,601,496     490,030,304
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

       Terminal air traffic control facilities replacement.--The 
     conference agreement provides $119,550,000 for this program. 
     Funds shall be distributed as follows:

                          Conference agreement

Las Vegas McCarran International, NV.........................$3,500,000
Provo Municipal, UT.............................................800,000
St. Louis Downtown, MO........................................2,500,000
North Bend Municipal, OR......................................1,000,000
Reno/Tahoe International, NV..................................4,500,000
Chippewa Valley Regional, WI..................................6,000,000
Wittman Regional, WI..........................................4,000,000
Double Eagle II, NM...........................................1,900,000
Kalamazoo/Battle Creek, MI....................................1,500,000
Columbia Metropolitan, SC.....................................1,500,000
Missoula, MT..................................................1,500,000
Columbus, MS..................................................1,250,000
Pago Pago, American Samoa.......................................175,000
Baltimore, MD.................................................2,088,581
Dulles International, VA........................................600,000
Deer Valley, AZ.................................................803,196
Memphis, TN...................................................1,147,000
Portland, OR (Tracon).........................................5,500,000
Addison Field, TX.............................................5,700,000
Reno, NV......................................................8,349,000
Fort Wayne, IN................................................3,539,000
Newport News, VA..............................................6,400,000
LaGuardia, NY.................................................9,460,000
St. Louis, MO (Tracon)........................................1,500,000
Corpus Christi, TX..............................................700,000
Beaumont, TX..................................................1,000,000
Seattle, WA.....................................................550,000
Seattle, WA (Tracon)..........................................4,782,701
Salina, KS......................................................500,000
Newark, NJ....................................................3,000,000
Port Columbus, OH.............................................2,100,000
Grand Canyon, AZ................................................255,898
Savannah, GA....................................................919,190
Newburgh, NY..................................................2,065,000
Richmond, VA....................................................550,000
Vero Beach, FL..................................................878,775
Everett, WA.....................................................925,000
Roanoke, VA.....................................................550,000
Merrimack, NH (BCT)...........................................4,700,000
Phoenix, AZ..................................................14,107,919
Manchester, NH..................................................943,609
Wilkes Barre, PA..............................................2,000,000
Topeka, KS....................................................1,690,131
Billings, MT..................................................2,120,000
                                                             __________
                                                             
    Total...................................................119,550,000

       Precision runway monitors.--The conferees understand the 
     City of Cleveland is seeking reimbursement of approximately 
     $500,000 for costs related to installation of a precision 
     runway monitor in this location. The conferees encourage FAA 
     to place a high priority on the city's request in its 
     allocation of funding provided in this bill.
       Transponder landing system.--The conference agreement for 
     this program shall be distributed as follows:

                                                             Conference
        Location                                              agreement
Minden-Tahoe Airport, NV.....................................$2,000,000
Elko Airport, NV..............................................2,000,000
Omak Airport, WA..............................................2,000,000
Richland Airport, WA..........................................2,000,000
Truckee Tahoe Airport, CA.....................................2,000,000
Driggs Reed Memorial, ID......................................2,000,000
Sandpoint Airport, ID.........................................2,000,000
LaGrande/Union County, OR.....................................2,000,000
William H. Morse Airport, VT..................................2,000,000
                                                             __________
                                                             
    Total....................................................18,000,000

       Safe flight 21.--The conference agreement includes 
     $18,600,000 for the Ohio River Valley Project, $19,900,000 
     for Project Capstone, and $1,500,000 for the development of 
     ADS-B standards, as proposed by the House.
       Advanced technology development and prototyping.--The 
     conference agreement includes $57,200,000 for advanced 
     technology development and prototyping. The following table 
     compares the conference agreement to the House and Senate 
     bills by budget activity:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                   Conference
                                                             House bill        Senate bill         agreement
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Runway incursion.......................................         $6,700,000         $6,700,000         $6,700,000
Aviation system capacity improvement...................          4,000,000          6,300,000          5,150,000
Separation standards...................................          2,200,000          2,200,000          2,200,000
Airspace management laboratory.........................          4,600,000          4,600,000          4,600,000
GA/vertical flight technology..........................          1,000,000          1,000,000          1,000,000
Operational concept validation.........................  .................          2,500,000          1,250,000
Software engineering...................................          1,000,000          1,000,000          1,000,000
NAS requirements development...........................  .................          3,000,000  .................
WAAS...................................................          3,100,000          3,100,000          3,100,000
LAAS...................................................          2,800,000          2,800,000          2,800,000
Domestic RVSM..........................................          4,200,000          2,200,000          4,200,000
Development system assurance...........................  .................          2,700,000          2,700,000
Safer skies............................................  .................          3,000,000          2,000,000
Alkali-silica reactivity study.........................          1,000,000  .................          1,000,000
ROWS--Gulfport-Biloxi Airport, MS......................  .................            500,000            500,000
Airfield improvement program...........................  .................          2,000,000          2,000,000
Wind/weather research, Juneau, AK......................  .................          5,500,000          5,500,000
Phased array radar technology..........................          3,000,000  .................          2,000,000
Airport research.......................................          7,500,000  .................          7,500,000
Fogeye.................................................          2,000,000  .................          2,000,000
Unspecified............................................  .................         -7,500,000  .................
                                                        --------------------------------------------------------
    Total..............................................         43,100,000         41,600,000         57,200,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

       En route automation.--The conferees agree that, within the 
     funds provided for this program, $15,000,000 is for the 
     Initial Academy Training System. The Senate proposed 
     $16,900,000 for this project.
       Automated surface observing system.--The conferees agree 
     that, within the funds provided for this program, $400,000 is 
     for an automated weather sensor system at Driggs-Reed 
     Memorial Airport, ID and $130,000 is for an automated weather 
     observing system with thunderstorm protection at Springfield 
     Municipal Airport, OH.
       Navigation and landing aids.--The conferees provide 
     $329,275,000 for navigation and landing aids.
       The conference agreement includes $1,500,000 for navigation 
     aids and equipment at Nikolski Airport in Alaska. The 
     conferees encourage FAA to assist the local community and 
     airort officials in determining the appropriate equipment to 
     be installed. The following table compares the conference 
     agreement to the House and Senate bills by budget activity:

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                                                                                                   Conference
                                                             House bill        Senate bill         agreement
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Local area augmentation system.........................        $55,800,000  .................        $50,000,000
Wide area augmentation system..........................         98,900,000         98,900,000         98,900,000
VOR/DME................................................          2,200,000  .................          2,200,000
ALSIP..................................................         17,575,000         29,755,000         33,375,000
ILS establishment......................................         53,500,000         36,180,000         57,600,000
Runway visual range....................................         13,000,000  .................         13,000,000
DME sustain............................................          2,100,000  .................          2,100,000
NDB sustain............................................          1,200,000  .................          1,200,000
Visual navaids (PAPI/REIL).............................          8,900,000  .................          8,900,000
VASI replace with PAPI.................................          6,300,000  .................          6,300,000
IAPA...................................................          3,700,000  .................          3,700,000
Navigation & landing aids--SLEP........................          3,000,000  .................          3,000,000
Loran-C................................................         25,000,000         21,000,000         25,000,000
Nationwide differential GPS............................  .................          6,000,000          6,000,000
Transponder landing system (TLS).......................  .................         12,000,000         18,000,000
Unspecified............................................  .................        103,900,000  .................
                                                        --------------------------------------------------------
    Total..............................................        291,175,000        307,735,000        329,275,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

       Approach lighting system improvement program.--The 
     conference agreement for this program shall be distributed as 
     follows:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                           Conference
            Location                      Item             agreement
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Items in budget estimate........  Various............         $3,200,000
Jackson Airport, KY.............  Lighting...........            175,000
Somerset Airport, KY............  Runway lighting....            500,000
Bowman Field, KY................  Airfield lighting..            500,000
MALSR acquisition...............  MALSR acquisition..          5,000,000
MALSR installation (backlog)....  MALSR installation.          5,000,000
PAPI acquisition................  PAPI acquisition...          2,000,000
ALSF-2 acquisition..............  ALSF-2 acquisition.          2,000,000
Newark Intl, NJ.................  PAPI installation              100,000
                                   runway 22L.
Auburn-Opelika, AL..............  MALSR..............          1,500,000
Reno-Stead, NV..................  MALSR..............          2,000,000
Baton Rouge, LA.................  MALSR..............            600,000
Cleveland Hopkins Intl, OH......  MALSR runway 24L...            400,000
North Little Rock, AR...........  MALSR..............            400,000
Alaska statewide rural airports,  ...................         10,000,000
 AK.
                                                      ------------------
    Total.......................  ...................         33,375,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       Acquisition of precision approach path indicator lighting 
     systems.--The conferees emphasize that funding provided under 
     the Approach Lighting System Improvement Program for 
     nationwide acquisition of precision approach path indicator 
     (PAPI) lighting systems shall be used specifically for the 
     purchase of additional PAPI systems, to keep the production 
     line operational for future procurements.
       Medium approach lighting system replacement.--The conferees 
     agree with Senate language recommending that FAA continue to 
     procure the latest equipment that has been approved for use 
     in the national airspace system.
       Alaska statewide rural airport lighting.--The conferees 
     designate this as an item of special Congressional interest. 
     The $10,000,000 in this line may not be reprogrammed without 
     prior Congressional approval.
       En route communicatins and control facilities 
     improvements.--The conferees agree that, within the funds 
     provided for this program, $250,000 shall be for a remote 
     communications outlet at the Keokuk, IA Airport.
       Instrument landing system establishment.--The conference 
     agreement for this program shall be distributed as follows:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                           Conference
            Location                      Item             agreement
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Items in budget estimate........  Various............        $23,500,000
National ILS replacement program  Various............          6,650,000
Richard Arthur-Fayette Field, AR  Install ILS........            500,000
Stuttgart Municipal, AR.........  Purchase and                 2,000,000
                                   install ILS.
Plymouth Municipal, MA..........  Install ILS on                 600,000
                                   runway 06.
Lambert St. Louis Intl, MO......  Navigation aids....          3,000,000
Cincinnati/N. Kentucky..........  Navigation aids for          3,000,000
                                   new runway.
Pangborn Memorial, WA...........  Install ILS........          2,000,000
Winder Barrow Airport, GA.......  Purchase and                 3,000,000
                                   install ILS.
LaGuardia International, NY.....  Purchase/install               800,000
                                   glideslope.
Talladega Municipal, AL.........  Purchase/install             1,500,000
                                   ILS.
Mena Intermountain Regional, AR.  Install,Localizer/             750,000
                                   Gldslp; NDB; OM.
Napa County Airport, CA.........  Install glideslope.            800,000
Hawyard (Sawyer Cty), WI........  Purchase/install             2,000,000
                                   ILS.
Robert Gray AAF, TX.............  Purchase/install             1,400,000
                                   ILS.
Olive Branch Airport, MS........  ...................            500,000
Reno/Tahoe International, NV....  ...................          1,200,000
Wasilla Airport, AK.............  ...................            800,000
Central Illinois Regional, IL...  Upgrade ILS to cat           3,000,000
                                   II, runway 20.
Somerset Airport, KY............  DME and glideslope.            600,000
                                                      ------------------
    Total recommended...........  ...................         57,600,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       Runway visual range.--Of funds provided above the budget 
     estimate for runway visual range, $5,000,000 is for the new 
     generation RVR system and $800,000 is for installation of a 
     runway visual range visibility instrument at Westchester 
     County Airport in New York, as proposed by the House.
       Gallatin Field Airport, MT--The conferees are concerned 
     about potential safety risks associated with the lack of 
     radar coverage at Gallatin Field Airport in Bozeman, Montana, 
     an airport whose enplanements and operations are growing. The 
     conferees encourage the Administrator to expand the current 
     multilateration surveillance evaluation to include airspace 
     traffic activity at Gallatin Field and the surrounding areas. 
     The conferees further encourage the Administrator to enter 
     into a cost-sharing agreement with Gallatin Field to provide 
     this evaluation.
       Static transfer switches.-- The conferees commend FAA for 
     awarding a contract to procure static transfer switches for 
     en route facilities. The static transfer switch enables air 
     traffic control centers to switch to back-up power systems 
     quickly enough to prevent computers from ``crashing'', and 
     replaces equipment that lacks this important capability. The 
     conferees direct the FAA to utilize expeditiously the funding 
     provided for these switches.

                        Facilities and Equipment


                    (Airport and Airway Trust Fund)

                              (Rescission)

       The conference agreement includes a rescission of 
     unobligated balances from ``Facilities and equipment'' of 
     $20,000,000. The Secretary is directed to advise the House 
     and Senate Committees on Appropriations on the distribution 
     of this rescission prior to its implementation.

                 Research, Engineering, and Development


                    (Airport and Airway Trust Fund)

       The conference agreement provides $148,450,000 for 
     research, engineering, and development instead of 
     $138,000,000 as proposed by the House and $124,000,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. The following table compares the 
     conference agreement to the budget estimate and the House and 
     Senate bills by budget activity:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                   Conference
               Program                 Budget Estimate       House Bill        Senate Bill         agreement
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Improve Aviation Safety:
  Reduce commercial aviation
   fatalities:
    Fire research and safety........         $6,429,000         $5,500,000         $6,429,000         $6,429,000
    Propulsion and fuel systems.....          3,998,000          5,998,000          4,998,000          5,998,000
    Advanced materials/structural             1,374,000          1,374,000          1,374,000          1,374,000
     Safety.........................
    Flight safety/atmospheric                 3,101,000          6,000,000          4,101,000          5,000,000
     hazards........................
    Aging aircraft..................         20,974,000         19,131,000         20,974,000         20,974,000
    Aircraft catastrophic failure             1,920,000          1,920,000          1,920,000          1,920,000
     Prevention.....................
    Flightdeck safety/systems                 8,411,000          8,411,000          8,411,000          8,411,000
     Integration....................
  Reduce general aviation
   fatalities:
    Propulsion and fuel systems.....          1,713,000          1,713,000          1,713,000          1,713,000
    Advanced materials/structural             1,679,000          1,679,000          1,679,000          1,679,000
     Safety.........................
    Flight safety/atmospheric                 1,329,000          1,329,000          1,329,000          1,329,000
     hazards........................
    Aging aircraft..................          5,243,000         10,243,000          5,243,000          9,243,000

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    Flightdeck safety/systems                 2,000,000          2,000,000          2,000,000          2,000,000
     Integration....................
  Aviation System Safety:
    Aviation safety risk analysis...          6,926,000          5,784,000          6,926,000          6,926,000
    ATC/AF human factors............         10,317,000          8,098,000         10,317,000          8,035,000
    Aeromedical research............          6,603,000          6,603,000          6,603,000          6,603,000
    Weather research................         19,406,000         19,406,000         19,406,000         21,906,000
  Improve Efficiency of the ATC
   System:
    Weather research efficiency.....          9,099,000          6,000,000         12,099,000         12,099,000
    Reduce Environmental Impacts:
    Environment and energy..........          7,698,000         22,100,000          2,698,000         22,100,000
Improve Mission Efficiency:
    System planning and resource              1,459,000          1,000,000          1,459,000          1,000,000
     Management.....................
    Technical laboratory facilities.          6,455,000          6,455,000          6,455,000          6,455,000
    Strategic partnerships..........            610,000                  0            610,000                  0
Accountwide Adjustments:
    CSRS/FEHBP accruals.............         -2,744,000         -2,744,000         -2,744,000         -2,744,000
                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total.........................       $124,000,000       $138,000,000       $124,000,000       $148,450,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

       Propulsion and fuel systems.--Of the funds provided for 
     propulsion and fuel systems, $1,000,000 is for the Specialty 
     Metals Processing Consortium and $1,000,000 is for research 
     into aviation grade ethanol fuels.
       Aging aircraft.--Of the funds provided for aging aircraft, 
     $4,000,000 is for flight safety research equipment at the 
     National Institute for Aviation Research, instead of 
     $5,000,000 as proposed by the House.
       Weather research safety.--Of the funds provided for weather 
     research safety, $4,000,000 is to continue research into wake 
     turbulence using pulsed laser Doppler radar technology, 
     instead of $5,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Weather research efficiency.--Of the funds provided for 
     weather research efficiency, $4,000,000 is for wake 
     turbulence research to expedite the development of new 
     standards and procedures, instead of $5,000,000 as proposed 
     by the Senate.
       Environment and energy.--Of the funds provided for 
     environment and energy, $850,000 is for a study of the 
     effectiveness of current research in aircraft noise reduction 
     technology, to be conducted by the Louisville Regional 
     Airport Authority, as proposed by the House. In addition, 
     $15,000,000 is provided to speed up the introduction of lower 
     noise aircraft technologies, as proposed by the House. Within 
     the funding provided, FAA is directed to conduct, in concert 
     with an affected airport, a further study of low frequency 
     aircraft noise. The flaws identified with the previous low 
     frequency noise impact study should be corrected with this 
     follow-on study.
       Resistance-based polymer sensing--The conferees support the 
     FAA's efforts to promote safety in all aspects of air 
     transportation, and especially in such areas as leak 
     detection, cargo monitoring, and discriminatory fire warning 
     systems. The conferees are aware of ultra-lightweight, low-
     cost, low-power, accurate, and network-able sensing 
     technology enabled by resistance-based polymer composites. 
     The conferees encourage the FAA to review the potential of 
     these new technologies for a variety of safety-related 
     applications.

                       Grants-in-Aid for Airports


                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                      (limitation on obligations)

                    (airport and airway trust fund)

       The conference agreement includes a liquidating cash 
     appropriation of $3,100,000,000, as proposed by the House and 
     the Senate.
       Obligation limitation.--The conferees agree to an 
     obligation limitation of $3,400,000,000 for the ``Grants-in-
     aid for airports'' program as proposed by the House and 
     Senate. This is the amount mandated by Public Law 106-181.
       Administration.--The conference agreement includes a 
     limitation on administrative expenses of $63,620,000 instead 
     of $62,820,000 as proposed by the House and $81,049,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. The conferees agree that airport-
     related research shall continue to be funded under 
     ``Facilities and equipment, advanced technology development 
     and prototyping''. The conference agreement distributes 
     funding as follows:

        Activity                                                 Amount
FY02 base amount............................................$57,050,000
Mandatory adjustments.........................................2,647,000
Discretionary adjustments:
  Advisory circular contract..................................1,350,000
  Airport financial report. syst................................500,000
  PFC program analysis..........................................300,000
  Environmental streamlining..................................1,773,000
    Total....................................................63,620,000

       Small community air service development pilot program.--The 
     bill includes $20,000,000 under the obligation limitation to 
     continue the small community air service development pilot 
     program, as proposed by the Senate. The House proposed a 
     similar amount for this program in a separate appropriation. 
     This is consistent with actions taken in fiscal year 2002.
       Westchester County Airport improvements, NY.--In the 
     Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002, 
     $5,000,000 was provided for the central de-icing facility at 
     Westchester County Airport in New York. The conferees agree 
     that this funding shall be reprioritized for all eligible 
     aviation projects at Westchester County Airport.
       High priority projects.-- Of the funds covered by the 
     obligation limitation in this bill, the conferees direct FAA 
     to provide not less than the following funding levels, out of 
     available resources, for the following projects in the 
     corresponding amounts. The conferees agree that state 
     apportionment funds may be construed as discretionary funds 
     for the purposes of implementing this provision, consistent 
     with the practice begun in fiscal year 2001. To the maximum 
     extent possible, the administrator is directed to ensure that 
     the airport sponsors for these projects first use available 
     entitlement funds to finance these projects. The conferees 
     further direct that the specific funding allocated below 
     shall not diminish or prejudice the application of a specific 
     airport or geographic region to receive other AIP 
     discretionary grants or multiyear letters of intent.

                                           AIP HIGH PRIORITY PROJECTS
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   Airport                                 Project Description                   Conference
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Akutan Airport..............................  Runway Improvements and access road.........            $4,000,000
Barter Island Dew Airport (Kaktovik)........  Passenger Terminal..........................             2,000,000
Juneau International Airport................  Snow Removal and other improvements.........             3,000,000
Kodiak Airport..............................  Various Improvements........................             2,000,000
Palmer Municipal Airport....................  Various Improvements........................             1,000,000
Petersburg Airport..........................  Runway Apron & Various improvements.........             4,000,000
Blackwell Field Airport.....................  Land Acquisition for Runway Extension.......             2,000,000
City of Hartselle (Roundtree Field).........  Apron expansion.............................               280,000
Fairhope Municipal..........................  Runway replacement; convert runway to                    1,500,000
                                               taxiway.
Lawrence County Airport.....................  Runway 13/31 rehabilitation.................               900,000
Madison County Executive Airport............  Security fencing, drainage imps;; land                   1,500,000
                                               acquis;; taxiway.
Mobile Downtown (Brookley Field)............  Runway Rehabilitation.......................             2,000,000
Montgomery Regional (Dannelly Field)........  Terminal Construction.......................             2,500,000
Richard Arthur-Fayette Field................  Improve and extend runway...................             1,000,000
Shelby County Airport.......................  Land Acquisition, Runway & Taxiway..........             2,000,000
Centre-Piedmont-Cherokee Regional...........  Master Plan and land acquisition............             2,000,000
Batesville Regional Airport.................  Install localizer, DME; runway lighting;                   800,000
                                               relocate hangers.
Northwest Arkansas Regional.................  Airport Expansion...........................             2,500,000
Deer Valley Airport.........................  Various improvements........................               800,000
Williams Gateway Airport....................  Construct north ramp taxiway................             1,275,000
Fresno Yosemite International Airport.......  Runway rehabilitation; redesign; access                    800,000
                                               control system.
Imperial Valley Regional....................  Cargo airport feasibility study.............               400,000
Little River Airport Mendocino County.......  Land acquisition............................               175,000
Meadows Field Airport.......................  Terminal master plan; runway extension......             1,700,000
San Bernardino International................  Runway repair and replacement...............             1,000,000
San Francisco International Airport.........  Various improvements........................             5,000,000
Southern California Logistics Airport.......  Engine run-up area..........................             1,500,000
Stockton Metropolitan.......................  Cargo apron on north side of runway 11L/29R.             1,300,000
Georgetown Air Services Airport.............  Security Improvements.......................               100,000
New Castle County Airport...................  Digital Video Recording System..............               150,000
Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood International......  Develop and design automated people mover...               500,000
Inverness and Crystal River Airports........  Security improvements.......................               600,000

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Miami International Airport.................  Apron replacement for parking; security                  1,000,000
                                               enhancements.
Orlando International Airport...............  Wildlife Attractants Project................             4,000,000
Orlando Sanford Airport.....................  Extension of runway 9R/27L..................             1,000,000
Bush Field Airport..........................  New Terminal, Access & Parking..............             1,000,000
Cherokee County Airport.....................  Runway extension and parallel taxiway.......             1,500,000
Glynco Jetport Terminal.....................  Modernize facility for operations and                    2,000,000
                                               security needs.
Council Bluffs Airport......................  Land Acquisition, Runway....................             1,000,000
Eastern Iowa Airport........................  Rehabilitation of taxiways and general                   1,000,000
                                               aviation apron.
Fairfield Municipal Airport.................  Runway & Taxiway............................               500,000
Mason City Municipal........................  Reconstruct primary runway (17/35)..........             2,000,000
Ottumwa Industrial Airport..................  Partial parallel taxiway to runway end 31...             1,000,000
Freeport Albertus Airport...................  Airport Improvement Projects................             1,750,000
Greater Rockford Airport....................  Airport Improvement Projects................             1,750,000
Quad City Airport/Moline....................  Airport Improvement Projects................               750,000
Gary/Chicago Airport........................  Bituminous overlay for runway                            1,100,000
                                               rehabilitation; apron expansion.
Wichita Mid-Continent.......................  Construct parallel runway and connecting                 3,000,000
                                               taxiways.
Barkley Regional Airport....................  Runway Extension, Various improvements......             3,700,000
Blue Grass Field............................  Expansion of air carrier ramp...............               739,800
Bowman Field................................  Reconstruct taxiway and apron...............             1,500,000
Hawesville-Hancock County...................  Design/construct runway.....................             1,000,000
Hazard Airport..............................  Runway extension............................             2,000,000
Henderson City/County Airport...............  Taxiway relocation..........................               850,000
Madison County Airport......................  Runway safety area improvement..............               450,000
Marion/Crittendon County Airport............  Engineering for phase 1 development;                       800,000
                                               escavation.
Mt. Sterling-Montgomery Airport.............  Parallel taxiway............................               500,000
Princeton/Caldwell County Airport...........  Runway Extension............................               750,000
Rowan County Airport........................  Master plan, environmental, grade and drain.             2,000,000
Somerset Airport............................  Runway extension and runway overlay.........             1,350,000
Tri-County Northern Regional Airport........  Various improvements........................               350,000
Williamsburg/Whitley County Airport.........  Grade and pave for new airport..............             2,000,000
Armstrong International Airport.............  Airfield safety improvements; other                      1,000,000
                                               improvements.
Houma-Terrebone.............................  Runway upgrades.............................             2,000,000
Monroe Regional Airport.....................  Terminal....................................               725,000
Ryan Field Baton Rouge Airport..............  Various improvements, Language..............             1,000,000
Shreveport Regional Airport.................  Runway, Noise, Cargo........................             4,000,000
Slidell Municipal...........................  Airport taxiway reconstruction..............                500,00
Cherry Capital Airport......................  Terminal Construction.......................             2,000,000
Oakland International.......................  Noise mitigation activities.................             2,000,000
Minneapolis St. Paul........................  Deicing pad for runway 12R..................             6,000,000
Joplin Airport..............................  Environmental assessment and design--new                   810,000
                                               terminal.
Kennett Memorial Airport....................  New runway construction.....................             2,000,000
Lewis County Airport........................  Hangar Projects.............................               900,000
Springfield/Branson.........................  Design for new midfield terminal............             3,000,000
Washington Memorial Airport.................  Runway Project..............................               150,000
Gulfport-Biloxi Airport.....................  Terminal Expansion & Security...............             4,250,000
Houston Municipal Airport...................  Various improvements........................               600,000
Bert Mooney Airport.........................  Various improvements........................               750,000
Great Falls International Airport...........  Category III Upgrades.......................             2,000,000
Helena Regional Airport.....................  Facility Modernization......................             1,250,000
Missuola International Airport..............  Master Plan, Runway, Land...................             4,000,000
Andrews-Murphy Airport......................  Runway extension; taxiway and RSA; land                  1,200,000
                                               acquisition.
Anson County................................  Various improvements........................             1,500,000
Concord Regional Airport....................  Runway Ext., Land Acquisition...............             2,000,000
Johnson County Airport......................  Wetland mitigation; construction of extended             1,000,000
                                               RSA.
Macon County Airport........................  Runway extension EIS, design, and                          900,000
                                               preliminary engineering.
Monroe Municipal Lincoln County.............  Security fencing............................               300,000
Morgantown Lenoir Airport...................  Partial parallel taxiways; widen/overlay                 1,000,000
                                               runway.
Statesville Municipal Airport...............  Land acquisition; design/build runway                    1,000,000
                                               extension; install ILS.
Bismark Municipal Airport...................  Terminal Replacement........................             5,000,000
Central Nebraska Regional Airport...........  Taxiway & Runwawy...........................             4,400,000
Newark International Airport................  Engineering studies/EIS for installation of              1,000,000
                                               LDA w/glideslope.
Dona Ana County Airport.....................  Runway and Taxiway..........................             1,000,000
Reno Stead Airport..........................  Runway and Taxiway..........................             2,000,000
Reno/Tahoe International Airport............  Taxiway, Runway.............................             2,000,000
Hancock International.......................  Various equipment improvements..............               100,000
Niagara Falls International Airport.........  Rehabilitate apron; access improvements;                   100,000
                                               hanger demolition.
Niagara Falls International Airport.........  Rehabilitate apron; access improvements;                   650,000
                                               hanger demolition.
Plattsburgh International...................  Construct terminal; rehabilitate hangers....             2,000,000
Akron-Canton Regional.......................  Design and construction of terminal                      4,000,000
                                               expansion.
Cincinnati Municipal (Lunken Field).........  Security fencing............................               150,000
Cleveland Hopkins...........................  Install navaids; noise mitigation; security              1,000,000
                                               upgrades; lighting.
Port Columbus International.................  Various improvements........................             1,150,000
Rickenbacker International..................  Rehabilitation/expansion of air cargo                    4,000,000
                                               aircraft parking.
Toledo Express Airport......................  Construction of aircraft parking apron;                  2,000,000
                                               security enhancements.
Bartlesville Municipal Airport..............  Runway, Safety Area.........................             1,500,000
Davis Field Airport.........................  Rehabilitate runway 13-31...................               750,000
Connellsville Airport.......................  Runway extension; acquisition; other                     2,000,000
                                               improvements.
Erie International..........................  Runway Extension............................             2,000,000
Jimmy Stewart Airport.......................  Construct new, longer runway................             1,000,000
Lawrence County Airport.....................  Various improvements........................               250,000
Lehigh Valley International Airport.........  Lighting....................................             1,000,000
Philadelphia International Airport..........  Reconstruct terminal apron; extend RSA;;                 2,000,000
                                               security; airfield.
Fairfield County Airport....................  Runway Extension............................               375,000
Spartanburlg Downtown.......................  Construct RSA; extend runway................             1,000,000
Chan Gurney Airport.........................  Runway Lighting System......................             4,400,000
Highmore Municipal Airport..................  Runway......................................               200,000
Chattanooga Airport.........................  West airfield access road...................             2,310,200
McGhee Tyson Airport, Knoxville.............  Construct new taxiway, public access road,               1,500,000
                                               and service road.
Nashville International Airport.............  Security Enhancement........................             2,000,000
Upper Cumberland Regional...................  Extend runway and parallel taxiway; land                   500,000
                                               acquisition.
Abilene Airport.............................  Various improvements........................             2,000,000
Del Rio International.......................  Land acquisition for runway extension.......             2,000,000
Denton Municipal Airport....................  Improvements................................             2,000,000
Draughon-Miller Regional Airport............  Extend runway; improve parallel taxiwawy;                2,000,000
                                               lighting; elect. Vault.
Fort Worth Alliance Airport.................  Extension of two runways....................             3,000,000
Gainesville Municipal Airport...............  Extend and mark runway 71-35; extend                     1,000,000
                                               parallel taxiway.
San Antonio International Airport...........  Various improvements........................             1,700,000
Valley International Airport................  Land acquisition; reconstruct/relocate road.               550,000
Ogden Hinckley Airport......................  Runway Extension............................             4,500,000
Blue Ridge Airport..........................  Construction of facility for CAP............               100,000
Charlottsville-Albermarle Airport...........  Various improvements........................               100,000
Frnaklin County Airport.....................  Airport study...............................               410,000
Manassas Airport............................  Various improvements........................             3,000,000
Washington Dulles International.............  Various improvements........................             1,000,000
Rutland State Airport.......................  Public Taxiway..............................             1,000,000
Bremerton Airport...........................  Various improvements........................               300,000
Spokane International Airport...............  Taxiway.....................................             4,000,000
Central Wisconsin Airport...................  Reconstruct primary air carrier runway &                 8,000,000
                                               parallel taxiway.
LaCrosse Municipal Airport..................  Parallel Taxiway............................             2,000,000
Upshur County Airport.......................  Runway extension; obstruction removal; apron             1,000,000
                                               const..
WV Airports.................................  Various improvements........................             8,000,000
Cheyenne Airport............................  Runway Safety Area & Taxiway................             5,000,000
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                Small Community Air Service Development

       The conference agreement deletes the separate appropriation 
     for this program proposed by the House. Instead, this program 
     is funded under ``Grants-in-aid for airports'' at the level 
     proposed by both the House and Senate.

                     FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION

                 Limitation on Administrative Expenses

       The conference agreement limits administrative expenses of 
     the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to $316,126,000, 
     instead of $370,042,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $317,732,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement provides that certain sums be made 
     available under section 104(a)(1)(A) of title 23, U.S.C. to 
     carry out specified activities as follows: $7,500,000 shall 
     be available for child passenger protection education grants 
     as authorized under section 2003(b) of Public Law 105-178, as 
     amended; $47,000,000 shall be available for border safety 
     inspection facilities at the Southern border; $59,967,000 
     shall be available for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
     Administration's border enforcement activities; $269,700,000 
     shall be available for surface transportation projects; and 
     $7,000,000 shall be available for environmental streamlining.
       The conferees recommend the following adjustments to the 
     budget request by program and activity:

Employee development (including FECA administrative costs)..-$1,606,000

       FHWA streamlining.--The conferees direct the Federal 
     Highway Administration (FHWA) to provide the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations a report, not later than April 
     15, 2003, summarizing FHWA's streamlining efforts, as 
     proposed by the House. The report should include specific 
     examples of FHWA activities that help streamline the 
     environmental process.

                          Federal-Aid Highways


                      (Limitation on Obligations)

                          (Highway Trust Fund)

       The conference agreement limits obligations for the 
     federal-aid highways program to $31,800,000,000 as proposed 
     by the Senate, instead of $27,653,143,000 as proposed by the 
     House.
       Performance based outcomes.--The conferees recognize the 
     positive impact that performance based outcomes have on the 
     road building industry by allowing contractors the freedom 
     and flexibility to focus on quality long term performance and 
     encourage the Department of Transportation to continue to 
     explore their use.
       Broughton Bridge improvements.--A total of $1,850,000 was 
     provided to make improvements to Broughton Bridge, Kansas, in 
     Public Laws 106-346 and 107-87. The conferees direct that the 
     balance shall be available to make improvements to the access 
     road to the bridge, including pavement overlay and related 
     shoulder work.
       Middle East-West Highway.--Of the funds provided for Middle 
     East-West Highway, Maine, not less than $1,000,000 shall be 
     used to study a potential East-West corridor in Maine and 
     other ferry terminal facilities, as proposed by the Senate.
       Large Project Management and Oversight.--As evidenced by 
     the high profile difficulties that have plagued the Central 
     Artery, Woodrow Wilson Bridge, and Springfield Interchange 
     projects--including dramatic cost increases and significant 
     schedule delays--the need for improvement of FHWA's financial 
     oversight and accountability on large projects cannot be 
     overemphasized. Although the FHWA has made notable progress 
     in converting these difficulties into constructive catalysts 
     for change, the conferees remain concerned about project 
     management. The Inspector General has noted that FHWA's 
     traditional engineering focus has inhibited the effective 
     scrutiny of other major project drivers such as financing, 
     cost controls, and schedule performance. To successfully 
     refocus on the evaluation of each state's processes for 
     managing and overseeing projects, the FHWA will need to 
     evaluate the range of disciplines and skills within its 
     staff. Specifically, the conferees direct the FHWA to develop 
     a strategy for achieving a more multidisciplinary approach 
     towards its oversight activities, to include: identification 
     of staff with private sector management skills, such as 
     financing and cost estimation; streamlining and delegation of 
     project-level approvals to facilitate greater emphasis upon 
     oversight of higher-level management and financial issues; 
     and implementation of a planned data collection system for 
     trend analysis. The conferees further direct FHWA to deliver 
     this strategy no later than May 15, 2003.
       Ambassador Bridge.--The conferees continue language 
     directing the FHWA to ensure that funds provided for the 
     Ambassador Bridge/Gateway Project in Public Law 105-178 are 
     used only for that project.
       Rural Road Safety.--The conference agreement retains 
     language pertaining to rural road safety, requiring GAO to 
     review federal funding of rural road safety improvements and 
     to determine whether some interstate design characteristics 
     could improve rural road safety. The report is to be 
     submitted one year from the date of enactment of this Act.
       Interstate 49 South, Louisiana.--The conferees have been 
     informed of the decision of FHWA to sign a record of decision 
     on the alignment of Interstate 49 south of Interstate 10. 
     House Report 107-722 clearly directs the agency to evaluate 
     alternative routes to this project, including the Teche Ridge 
     route. The conferees direct FHWA to conduct a study of the 
     feasibility of a supplemental roadway to evacuate motorists 
     in the event of a natural disaster, which shall include the 
     Teche Ridge route and other routes or corridors. The 
     conferees agree that the review shall not prevent progress or 
     delay the completion of this project.
       Costa Mesa, California, Susan Street Project.--Regarding 
     the Costa Mesa, California, Susan Street Project, the 
     Director and the District 12 Director of the California State 
     Department of Transportation are directed to certify to the 
     House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and the 
     Secretary of the United States Department of Transportation 
     within 90 days of enactment of this Act that all State 
     operational and safety requirements have been met with regard 
     to the execution of the New Harbor Boulevard North Off-Ramp 
     project along the Route 405 Distributor Road in Costa Mesa, 
     California. The Director of the California State Department 
     of Transportation, after making such certification, may then 
     approve the access point of the proposed off-ramp from the 
     Interstate System in accordance with applicable State law and 
     procedures.
       Pennsylvania Avenue.--The conferees have included 
     $6,100,000 for planning and design activities and for the 
     initiation of construction of the improvement project at 
     Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House. Of the funds 
     provided, $2,800,000 is to complete the planning and design 
     for the project and $3,300,000 is for conducting structural 
     testing of streetscape components, initial surveying and 
     utility relocation. In addition, $5,000,000 is provided for 
     transportation studies to address traffic problems in the 
     immediate vicinity of the White House, including an 
     engineering design to alleviate congestion resulting from 
     street closures in that area. The project is to be managed by 
     the FHWA in consultation with the National Capital Planning 
     Commission.
       The Federal Highway Administration shall submit a report to 
     the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and the 
     Office of Management and Budget within 6 months of enactment 
     of this Act on the Pennsylvania Avenue enhancements, as well 
     as the study that examines the impacts of street closures and 
     traffic restrictions in the vicinity of the White House.

                 Limitation on Transportation Research

       The conferees provide a general limitation on 
     transportation research of $462,500,000, as proposed by both 
     the House and the Senate.

                    SURFACE TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH

       Within the funds provided for surface transportation 
     research, the conference agreement includes $103,000,000 for 
     highway research and development for the following 
     activities:

Environmental, planning, real estate........................$16,700,000
Research and technology program support.......................8,500,000
International research..........................................400,000
Structures...................................................13,500,000
Safety.......................................................12,200,000
Operations and asset management..............................16,000,000
Pavements research...........................................15,500,000
Long term pavement project (LTPP)............................10,000,000
Advanced research...............................................750,000
Policy research...............................................8,700,000
R&T strategic planning and performance measures.................750,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
  Total....................................................$103,000,000
       Environmental, planning, and real estate.--The conference 
     agreement provides $16,700,000 for environmental, planning, 
     and real estate research. Within the funds provided for this 
     research activity, the FHWA is encouraged to provide $800,000 
     for the completion of the dust and persistent particulate 
     abatement demonstration study at Kotzebue, Alaska.
       Research and technology.--The conference agreement provides 
     $8,500,000 for research and technology program support. 
     Within the funds provided for this activity, the FHWA is 
     encouraged to provide $750,000 for the Center on Coastal 
     Transportation Engineering Research at the University of 
     South Alabama.
       International research.--The conferees have provided 
     $400,000, the level authorized under TEA-21, for 
     international research activities. Further, FHWA is directed 
     by the conferees to consult the House and Senate 
     Appropriations Committees before any international agreements 
     are consummated that are likely to require financial support.
       Structures.--The conference agreement provides $13,500,000 
     for structures research. Within the funds provided for 
     structures research, the conferees encourage the FHWA to 
     provide: $1,000,000 for the deployment of lithium 
     technologies to prevent and mitigate alkali silica 
     reactivity; $1,000,000 for the New York City Bridge Corrosion 
     Monitoring Project; $250,000 for a demonstration project to 
     evaluate battery powered cathodic protection to extend the 
     life of concrete bridges located in extreme cold climates; 
     and $250,000 to support non-destructive structural evaluation 
     technology at the New Mexico State University's Bridge 
     Research Center. The conference agreement also directs the 
     FHWA to continue its collaborative research effort with West 
     Virginia University's Constructed Facilities Center on 
     composite structure and related engineering research.

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       Safety.--The conference agreement provides $12,200,000 for 
     safety research. Within the funds provided for this activity, 
     the conferees encourage FHWA to provide: $600,000 to the 
     University of Florida's Seniors Institute for Transportation 
     and Communications; $1,200,000 to the National Transportation 
     Research Center, University of Tennessee for heavy vehicle 
     research; and $1,500,000 to conduct research into heavy 
     vehicle safety and vulnerability assessments regarding 
     security and safety in all modes of transportation at a not-
     for-profit, technology-oriented entity in the Pacific 
     Northwest with demonstrated research capabilities to address 
     issues of braking, vehicle electrification, and human 
     factors.
       Operations and asset management.--The conference agreement 
     provides $16,000,000 for operations and asset management. 
     Within the funds provided for this activity, the conferees 
     encourage FHWA to provide $550,000 to South Carolina State 
     University for the Southern Rural Transportation Center; 
     $400,000 to the Orangeburg County Rural Transit Demonstration 
     project at South Carolina State University; and $1,200,000 to 
     analyze existing conditions and make recommendations that 
     will enhance the freight mobility transportation system in 
     Washington State.
       The conference agreement does not provide funds for 
     statistical analysis of the National Quality Initiative under 
     any FHWA research program, as proposed by the House. Such 
     analysis shall be performed by the Bureau of Transportation 
     Statistics.
       Pavements.--The conference agreement provides $15,500,000 
     for pavements research. Within the funds provided for this 
     activity, the conferees encourage FHWA to provide: $1,000,000 
     to the Center for Portland Cement Concrete Pavement 
     Technology at Iowa State University; $500,000 to support the 
     Institute for Aggregate Research at Michigan Technological 
     University; $750,000 to continue evaluation of GSB-88 
     emulsified binder treatment application; $1,000,000 for the 
     National Center for Asphalt Technology (NCAT) at Auburn 
     University, Alabama; and $500,000 to continue research 
     related to silica fume high performance concrete.
       Policy.--The conference agreement provides $8,700,000 for 
     policy research. Within the funds provided for this activity, 
     FHWA shall provide $2,200,000 to the University of Kentucky's 
     Academy for Community Transportation Innovation for 
     transportation research on integrating public involvement 
     technology and environmental issues.
       Pavement Testing. FHWA is currently conducting research to 
     study, select, build, and test up to twelve lanes of newly 
     constructed asphalt pavement. The conferees are concerned 
     that the current Superpave system does not effectively 
     characterize the performance of modified asphalt binders. 
     Therefore, the conferees direct FHWA to add unmodified 
     binders to the Accelerated Load Frame (``ALF'') tests that 
     are currently being undertaken, specifically the Full-Scale 
     Accelerated Performance Testing for Superpave and Structural 
     Validation testing being performed at the Turner Fairbanks 
     Highway Research Facility. Unmodified asphalt binders shall 
     be tested to serve as a comparison to the modified asphalt 
     binders. FHWA shall also measure emissions during application 
     and report the findings as a part of this study.

                   INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

       The conference agreement provides a limitation on 
     Intelligent Transportation Systems of $232,000,000, as 
     proposed by the Senate. Of the total, $110,000,000 is for 
     intelligent transportation systems (ITS) research and 
     development, as proposed by the Senate, for the following 
     activities:

Research and development....................................$50,701,000
Operational tests............................................10,782,000
Evaluations...................................................6,739,000
Architecture and standards...................................18,686,000
Integrations.................................................11,455,000
Program support..............................................11,455,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
  Total.....................................................110,000,000

       Research.--The conference agreement provides $50,701,000 
     for research and development. Within the funds provided for 
     this activity, the conferees encourage FHWA to provide 
     $6,800,000 for commercial vehicle research.
       Joint Program Office.--In the early 1990s, the 
     Appropriations Committees expressed strong support for the 
     formulation of a Joint Program Office (JPO) within the DOT to 
     oversee the federal role in the National Intelligent 
     Transportation system (ITS) effort. This office, which is 
     located within the Federal Highway Administration, now 
     provides overall program direction and budget coordination 
     among the multiple DOT offices conducting ITS activities. The 
     success of the federal investment in ITS has been due partly 
     to the effective functioning of the JPO. For example, the 
     JPO's close association with FHWA's research, headquarters 
     staff, and regional offices has ensured a unified approach to 
     providing training, implementing and testing standards, and 
     adhering to a national systems architecture. The conferees 
     maintain that the JPO's positive working relationship with 
     the FMCSA and FTA has facilitated progress in advancement of 
     technologies and the deployment of activities.
       The appropriation for ITS provided by the conferees is 
     predicated on the continuation of the JPO conducting the 
     functions identified previously. Maximum efficiencies are 
     most likely to be obtained by retaining the current 
     administrative structure of the JPO within the FHWA with a 
     reporting function to the Deputy Secretary. If there is any 
     change in the administrative structure or responsibilities of 
     the JPO, the Secretary is directed to inform the House and 
     Senate Committees on Appropriations and to justify in detail 
     such changes.
       Intelligent transportation systems deployment projects.--
     Within the funds available for intelligent transportation 
     systems deployment, the conference agreement provides that 
     not less than the following sums shall be available for 
     intelligent transportation projects in these specified 
     areas:

        Project Name                                   Conference Total
Advance Traveler Information System & Smart Card System, Ohio$1,000,000
Advance Traffic Analysis Center, North Dakota State University1,000,000
Alaska Statewide: Smart Emergency Medical Access System.......1,000,000
Automated Vehicle Location (AVL) and Mobile Data Terminals--Palm Tran, 
  Palm Beach, Florida...........................................850,000
Baton Rouge, Louisiana..........................................750,000
Bozeman Pass Wildlife Channelization Study, Montana.............250,000
Capital District Transportation Authority, Customer Information ITS 
  Project, New York.............................................800,000
CCTA Burlington Multimodal Transit Center, Vermont..............500,000
C-DOT ITS for I-70 Tunnels, Colorado..........................3,700,000
Center for Injury Sciences UAB Crash Notification, Alabama....3,000,000
Central Florida Regional Trans. Authority Orange/Seminole ITS.1,500,000
Chapel Hill Transit, North Carolina, real time passenger information 
  system and vehicle location system............................750,000
Chattanooga (CARTA) ITS, Tennessee............................1,875,000
Cicero Avenue travel information system, Illinois...............300,000
City of Austin, Texas ITS Deployment Program, Texas.............500,000
City of Boston intelligent transportation system, Massachusett1,000,000
City of Inglewood, California intelligent transportation system 
  deployment project............................................500,000
CVISN, New Mexico...............................................525,000
DelDOT Integrated Transportation Management System, DelTrac, Statewide 
  Transit Passenger Information System, Delaware..............1,000,000
Elkorn Boulevard Project, Sacramento, California................125,000
Emergency Vehicle Access Program, Antrim, Pennsylvania...........60,000
Emergency Vehicle Optical Pre-Emption, Town of Islip, New York..595,000
Flint Mass Transportation Authority ITS program, Michigan.....1,000,000
Fog Detection Improvements and Traffic Monitoring, Rural Mountain 
  Region, North Carolina........................................200,000
Gettysburg Borough Signal Coordination and Upgrade-Signalization; Adams 
  County, Pennsylvania........................................1,500,000
GMU ITS Research, Virginia....................................1,000,000
Great Lakes ITS program, Michigan.............................1,500,000
Harrison County Sheriff's Department ITS, Mississippi...........750,000
HART Bus Tracking & Communication, Florida....................4,000,000
Hoosier SAFE-T, Indiana.........................................500,000
Houma, Louisiana..............................................1,250,000
Huntsville, Alabama...........................................1,500,000
I-80 Dynamic Message Signs Southern, Wyoming..................3,000,000
I-90 Truck Wind Warning System, Columbia River, Washington......125,000
Idaho Commercial Vehicle Systems and Networks (CVISN)...........750,000
Illinois Statewide............................................2,500,000
Intelligent transportation, Autonomous dial-a-ride transit (ADART) 
  phase IV implementation, Corpus Christi, Texas................500,000
Intermodal ITS center, Orleans Parish, Louisiana................500,000
Interstate 95/Interstate 40 travel information improvements, Johnston 
  County, North Carolina........................................500,000
Iowa Statewide ITS, Iowa......................................1,400,000
Kansas City Scout Advanced Traffic Management System, Missouri1,500,000

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Kansas City, Kansas Smart Port..................................500,000
Kent Intracity Transit Project, Washington....................1,500,000
Law Enforcement Communications for Security, Biometrics, Iowa.2,550,000
Lynnwood ITS, Washington......................................2,000,000
Macomb County ITS Integration, Michigan.........................250,000
Maine Statewide Rural Advanced Traveler Info. System..........1,000,000
Maryland Statewide ITS........................................1,000,000
Metrolina Traffic Management Center Communication, North Carol2,000,000
MetroLink Los Angeles Union Station (LAUS) passenger information 
  delivery system project, California...........................500,000
Minnesota Guidestar...........................................9,100,000
Missouri Statewide Rural ITS..................................2,150,000
Montachusett Area Regional Transit (MART) advanced vehicle located 
  system, Massachusettes........................................200,000
Monterey-Salinas Transit, intelligent transportation system, Cal750,000
Nebraska statewide ITS........................................3,000,000
New Bedford ITS Port Information Center, Massachusettes.......1,000,000
New York Metropolitan Area enhanced operations, New York........655,000
Northern Virginia ITS, Virginia.................................750,000
Oklahoma Statewide ITS........................................2,750,000
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, Pennsylvania................2,000,000
Program of Projects, Washington...............................5,000,000
Providence Transportation Information Center ITS, Rhode Island1,500,000
Richmond Highway intelligent transportation system project, Virg400,000
Round Rock, Texas, Williamson County, Communications Integration500,000
Rural Highway Information System, Kentucky....................6,000,000
Sacramento Area Council of Governments, Sacramento region intelligent 
  transportation system projects, California..................1,000,000
Salem, New Hampshire ITS........................................900,000
San Diego Joint Transportation Operations Center, California..2,000,000
Santa Teresa Border Tech Center, New Mexico State University..1,000,000
Shreveport ITS, Louisiana.....................................1,000,000
Sierra Madre Intermodal Transportation Center, California.....1,500,000
South Carolina DOT Statewide ITS..............................1,500,000
South Com Regional Dispatch Trauma Center, Matteson, Olympia Fields, 
  and Richton Park, Illinois....................................100,000
SR-68/Riverside Dr. ITS Espanola, New Mexico....................500,000
State of Wisconsin, deployment of commercial vehicle information system 
  and networks, level one capability............................500,000
Statewide Transportation Operations Center, Kentucky..........1,365,000
Surface Transportation Institute, University of North Dakota..1,000,000
Surveillance Camera and Transportation Management Center, Des Moines, 
  Iowa..........................................................400,000
The Rapid, Grand Rapids, Michigan Public Transportation.......1,000,000
Traffic Corridor Communications System--Lake County, Illinois.2,000,000
Tri-Cities Advanced Traffic Management System, Washington.......500,000
Tucson ER-LINK ITS project, Arizona.............................625,000
UALR intelligent transportation system, Little Rock, Arkansas...250,000
Univ. of Nebraska Lincoln SMART Transportation................1,000,000
University of Kentucky Transportation Center..................1,500,000
US-395 Columbia River Bridge Traffic Operations and Traveler 
  Information System, Washington................................250,000
Utah ITS Commuter Link Davis and Utah Counties................1,000,000
Vermont Statewide Rural Advanced Traveler System..............1,500,000
Vermont Variable Message Signs................................1,000,000
Washington, DC Metro ITS......................................2,000,000
Wisconsin State Patrol Mobile Data Communications Network Upgr2,000,000
       Projects selected for funding shall contribute to the 
     integration and interoperability of intelligent 
     transportation systems, consistent with the criteria set 
     forth in TEA21.

               Ferry Boats and Ferry Terminal Facilities

       Within the funds available for ferry boats and ferry 
     terminal facilities, funds are to be available for the 
     following projects and activities:

        Project Name                                   Conference Total
Beacon and Newburgh cities ferry boat and ferry facilities, New 900,000
Beale Street Landing/Docking Facility Memphis, Tennessee........500,000
Coffman Cove/Wrangell/Petersburg Ferries & Ferry Facility, Ala1,850,000
Curtis ferry boat replacement, Maine State Ferry System.........250,000
Ferry Boat Replacement for Rockland and Vinalhaven, Maine.....1,000,000
Ferry Service, Dutchess and Orange County, New York.............750,000
Fire Island Ferry Terminal, Saltaire, New York..................250,000
Fishers Island Ferry District, Connecticut....................2,500,000
Friday Harbor Ferry Terminal Preservation, Washington.........2,000,000
Golden Gate ferry berth facility, San Francisco Terminal, Califo500,000
Jacksonville Ferry Stations (formerly St. Johns River Ferry Terminal), 
  Florida.......................................................500,000
Middle Bass Ferry Dock, Phase II, Ohio..........................500,000
Plaquemines Parish ferry, Louisiana.............................500,000
Port of Galveston, intermodal improvement program, Texas........250,000
San Francisco Bay Area Water Transit Authority Ferry Purchase Project, 
  California..................................................2,500,000
Savannah Water Ferry, Georgia...................................500,000
Ship Island Terminal, Gulfport, Mississippi.....................500,000
Stamford High Speed Ferry, Connecticut..........................500,000
Toledo Hovercraft service development, Ohio.....................750,000
Vallejo Baylink Ferry Intermodal Center, California...........1,000,000

           National Corridor Planning and Development Program

       Within the funds available for the national corridor 
     planning and development program, funds are to be available 
     for the following projects and activities:


        Project Name                                   Conference Total
12 Mile Road, Orchard Lake Road to Middlebelt Road, Michigan..1,275,000
Alameda Corridor East, Los Angeles County, California.........1,495,000
Appalachian North-South Corridor Planning Study, Maryland.......500,000
Appalachian North-South Corridor Study on US Route 220, West V1,500,000
Arkansas-Tennessee River Crossing Projects....................1,000,000
Barton River Port Industrial Park, US Highway 72, Colbert County, 
  Alabama.....................................................1,500,000
Billings Bypass Development, Montana..........................3,000,000
Bomber Road, Fort Worth, Texas................................1,500,000
Charlotte/Mechlenburg County N/S Transitway, North Carolina...2,000,000
Coalfields Expressway McDowell County, West Virginia..........9,000,000
Continental-1 Hwy Corridor Cambria County, Pennsylvania.......1,500,000
County Road 222 Bridge, Cullman County, Alabama...............1,000,000
Cross Harbor Freight Movement Project Environmental Impact Statement, 
  New York....................................................2,000,000
Dempster Commercial Corridor Improvements, Village of Morton Grove, 
  Illinois......................................................450,000
Donna-Rio Bravo International Border Crossing, Texas............750,000
East-West Highway, Maine......................................1,500,000
Everett Development 41st Street Interchange, Washington.......1,000,000
Fairmont Gateway Connector (1-79 Connector), West Virginia....2,000,000

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Ft. Wainwright Alternative Access & Chena River Crossing, Alas1,500,000
Gateway Corridor Initiative, Indiana............................600,000
Granite Falls Alternate Route Project, Washington...............750,000
Heartland Expressway (SD79), South Dakota.......................500,000
Highway 100 (Collins Road), Cedar Rapids, Iowa................1,000,000
Highway 15 Bridge Replacements, Jasper County, Bay Springs, Mi1,500,000
Highway 231 Glover Carey Bridge and Owensboro intersection, Kent800,000
Highway 412 Springdale Bypass, Springdale, Arkansas...........2,278,000
Highway 55 Corridor Preservation, I-494 in Hennepin County to Annadale, 
  Wright County, Minnesota....................................1,500,000
Highway 71 Texarkana South, Arkansas............................600,000
Highway US 12 Phase II, between Burbank and Walla Walla, Washi1,900,000
Hot Springs Bypass, Highway 270 to Highway 5/7, Arkansas......1,000,000
Hwy 412 Widening Paragould Hwy 141, Arkansas..................5,500,000
Hwy-28 Expansion Vernon Parish, Louisiana.....................3,000,000
I-10/LA-1 Interchange Bypass West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana.500,000
I-15 Widening Project North Las Vegas, Nevada.................1,000,000
I-35 expansion, Hill County, Texas............................1,500,000
I-35/127th Street Overpass, Olathe, Kansas....................2,000,000
I-39 (Stevens Point-Mosinee), Wisconsin.......................2,000,000
I-5 SR 542 Widening Sunset Drive Orleans to Britton Rd., Washi2,000,000
I-5 Trade Corridor, Oregon....................................3,500,000
I-65 and County Road 24 interchange, Limestone County, Alabama1,500,000
I-66, Pike County, Kentucky...................................2,000,000
I-69 Connector from I-530 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas...............700,000
I-69/Great River Bridge: Highway 65, Mississippi Highway 1, Mi4,000,000
I-74 Bridge Project, Iowa.....................................3,000,000
I-75, Laurel County, Kentucky.................................2,000,000
I-80 Colfax Narrows Project, Placer County, California..........249,500
I-85 Extension from Montgomery to I-20/59, Alabama..............500,000
IH 35-FM 2484 Amity Road, Shankin Road Overpass, Bell County, 2,000,000
Illinois Pioneer Parkway and Growth Cell Infrastructure Improvements, 
  Peoria, Illinois............................................1,000,000
Illinois Route 29, Berry and Edinburg, Illinois...............1,200,000
Intermodal Transportation for corridor from Atlanta to Chattanooga, 
  Tennessee...................................................1,500,000
Kenai Penninsula Borough Road Improvements, Alaska............1,000,000
KY61 Greensburg to Columbia, Kentucky.........................4,000,000
LA 1 Embankment Stabilization Improvements, Louisiana.........3,000,000
LA-11 St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana.............................300,000
Lakeland In-Town Bypass, Florida................................500,000
Lincoln Bypass, SR 65/Westwood Interchange Construction, Calif2,000,000
Lincoln Highway 65 Widening (The Gap) Project, California.....2,000,000
Martel Road Underpass, Loudon County, Tennessee...............1,400,000
Meridian Bridge Replacement, US 81 Missouri River, Yankton, South 
  Dakota........................................................500,000
Mill Plain Boulevard at I-205, Washington.....................3,000,000
Missisquoi Bay Bridge Reconstruction, Vermont.................2,000,000
Monticello Street Overpass, Kentucky..........................7,750,000
New Corridor Land Acquisition; Westlake--North Olmstead/Crocker--
  Stearns Connection, Ohio......................................400,000
New Route 905 Otay Mesa to I-5/I-85m, California..............4,000,000
New York Avenue Between 11th Street and Nassau Road, Huntington 
  Station, New York.............................................500,000
North Country Trans. Study Plattsburgh/Watertown, New York....2,000,000
North Street Corridor, Fitchburg, Massachusetts.................800,000
Northern Bypass Around Somerset, Kentucky.....................2,500,000
Old Highway 471, Rankin County, Mississippi...................1,500,000
Polk County Highway 22 Project, Oregon........................3,000,000
Port Connector Road, Pine Bluff/Jefferson County, Arkansas......600,000
Railroad Avenue Extension, Berkeley County, South Carolina....1,000,000
Ranchero Road/Cajon Line Grade Separation, California.........1,500,000
River Road from Beargrass Creek to Zorn Avenue, Kentucky......1,250,000
Route 1/9, 35 Interchange, New Jersey...........................850,000
Route 106 Mansfield, Massachusetts..............................500,000
Route 116 planning and design, Amherst, Massachusetts...........800,000
Route 12, Auburn Veteran's Memorial Corridor, Auburn, Massachuse250,000
Route 2 Improvements in Erving, Orange, Massachusetts.........4,400,000
Route 334/Derr Road, Ohio.....................................1,600,000
Route 422 East, between New Castle and Rose Point, Pennsylvani1,000,000
Route 67, St. Francois County, Missouri.........................500,000
Route 7 Bypass West of Leesburg (Loudon County/Town of Leesburg), 
  Virginia....................................................2,188,000
Route 72 Relocation, Bristol, Connecticut.....................1,500,000
Route 79 Relocation and Harbor Enhancement, Fall River, Massachu500,000
Rt-403 Relocation East Greenwich/North Kingstown, Rhode Island1,000,000
South Avis Industrial Access Road, Pennsylvania.................600,000
Southern Bypass Around Somerset, Kentucky.....................1,500,000
Southern Mahoning County US 62/SR 14 Bypass, Ohio.............1,000,000
SR 247 and SR 2008, Moosic Mountain Business Park, Lackawanna County, 
  Pennsylvania................................................1,000,000
SR-130 Right of Way Williamson Guadalupe Travis and Caldwell,10,000,000
State Highway 158--US 87 to 4.75 miles west, Sterling County, Te850,000
Sterns Road Fox River Bridge Crossing, Illinois...............7,000,000
STH 29 (Chippewa Falls I-94), between I-94 and CTH J, Wisconsi2,000,000
Sunland Park Dr. Border Rd. Extension, New Mexico.............4,000,000
Thomas Cole House Access, Catskill, New York.....................22,000
Trunk Highway 23 (TH 71 to CSAH 31), Minnesota................1,000,000
Tuscaloosa Eastern Bypass, Alabama...........................10,000,000
U.S. 24 Corridor Improvement Study and Implementation, Ohio...2,000,000
U.S. 319 Expansion, Florida...................................3,000,000
U.S. Route 35 Improvements (upgrade road to I-64/US Route 35), West 
  Virginia....................................................4,115,000
US 17/521 Improvements Georgetown, South Carolina.............2,000,000
US 20 relocation and right of way, Webster, Iowa..............2,500,000
US 22 Reconstruction, Export to Delmont, Pennsylvania.........1,000,000
US 278 Cullman County, Alabama..................................500,000
US 280/US 27 Intersection Improvement, Chattahoochee County, Geo250,000
US 41 A, Hopkins County, Kentucky...............................660,000
US 60 Carter & Butler Counties, Missouri.....................10,000,000
US 87 Relief Route, Lamesa, Texas...............................850,000
US Route 422 Transportation Improvement Project, Pennsylvania.1,000,000
US-23 Buford Hwy Pedestrian Safety Project, Georgia.............625,000
US-26 Widening SB-Heartland Expressway, Nebraska..............1,500,000
US-287 Corridor Development, Oklahoma.........................1,500,000
US-287 Wiley Junction Improvements, Colorado..................3,000,000
US-412, Arkansas..............................................6,000,000
US-51 to MS-43 Connector Road Canton, Mississippi.............1,000,000
US-85/C-470 Santa Fe Interchange, Colorado....................2,000,000

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US-95 Milepost 536 Stage 2 Construction Boundary County, Idaho1,000,000
US-95, Worley to Mica, Stage 2, Idaho.........................7,000,000
USH 10 (Stevens Point-Waupaca), Wisconsin.....................2,000,000
USH 53 Bypass of Eau Claire, Wisconsin........................3,000,000
Veteran's Drive from Broadway to I-474, Pekin, Illinois.........500,000
West End Bypass, Johnstown, Pennsylvania......................1,000,000
West Laredo Multimodal Trade Corridor, Texas..................3,500,000
Western Hamilton County Corridor Study, Ohio....................762,500
Whatcom County, Cascade Gateway Mobility and Security Improvements, 
  Washington....................................................750,000
Whitley County emergency access road off US 25 W. Kentucky......380,000
Yakima Grade Separation, Washington...........................3,500,000

       Arkansas-Tennessee River Crossing Projects.--The conference 
     agreement includes $1,000,000 to study the costs and benefits 
     of constructing a bridge across the Mississippi River in the 
     Memphis, Tennessee, metropolitan area. Within the amounts 
     provided, the conferees expect that not less than $375,000 
     shall be used by the Great River Economic Development 
     Foundation to study a potential 25-mile toll parkway from 
     Osceola, Arkansas to Millington, Tennessee, including a new 
     bridge across the Mississippi River.

   Transportation and Community and System Pilot Preservation Program

       Within the funds made available for the transportation and 
     community and system pilot preservation program, funds are to 
     be distributed to the following projects and activities:

        Project Name                                   Conference Total
10th Street South Project St. Cloud, Minnesota..................750,000
14th Street Bridge Corridor, Virginia.........................2,000,000
19th Ave. North Extension/Reconstruction Clinton, Iowa..........750,000
Aberdeen Downtown Revitalization, Washington....................100,000
Alexandria Third St. Downtown Reconnect Project, Louisiana......250,000
American Tobacco Trail Project, Wake County, North Carolina.....600,000
Amsterdam Revitalization Waterfront, New York...................500,000
Antelope Valley Overpass Lincoln, Nebraska......................750,000
Arlington Boulevard design enchancements, Virginia..............100,000
Atchinson Riverfront Access Parkway Project, Kansas...........1,000,000
Bagley Road Pedestrian Project Berea, Ohio....................1,300,000
Bellingham Central Avenue Pedestrian Corridor, Washington.......250,000
Billings Railroad Separation Study, Montana.....................100,000
Boston Medical Center Pedestrian and Public Access Improvements, 
  Massachusetts.................................................200,000
Bowling Green Riverfront Project, Kentucky....................4,500,000
Bronx Center Transportation Project--E 161st Section II: between Grand 
  Concourse/Sherman Avenue and Park, New York...................700,000
Bronx Center Transportation Project (East 161st Street), streetscape 
  improvement between Park & 3rd Avenue, New York...............300,000
Bronx River Greenway, Bruckner to Hunts Point Riverside Park, Ne700,000
CalTrain train tracking information system (SamTrans), San Mateo 
  County, California............................................250,000
Camp Gorsuch Road & Related Improvements, Alaska................500,000
Campaign to Save Oatland's Scenic Vistas, Virginia..............500,000
Center City/University City bike and pedestrian bridge improvements, 
  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania....................................100,000
Centredale Village revitalizations, Rhode Island................300,000
Charles Town Gateway Revitalization Project, West Virginia......450,000
Charleston Renaissance Gateway Project, West Virginia...........950,000
City of Baltimore public waterfront promenade, Maryland.......1,000,000
City of Forth Worth corridor redevelopment program, Texas.......795,000
Comprehensive transportation impact study for Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana 
  Regional Council of Governments...............................300,000
Concord 20/20 Vision initiative, New Hampshire..................500,000
Congestion improvements to East Passaic Street, New Jersey......100,000
Connaught Avenue Street Drainage Project, West Amwell Township, New 
  Jersey........................................................100,000
Copeland Covered Bridge, Saratoga County, New York...............28,000
Corpus Christi Ferry Terminal, Texas............................500,000
David L. Lawrence Convention Center Riverfront Park Pittsburgh, 
  Pennsylvania................................................1,200,000
Detriot Streetscape Improvements, Michigan......................350,000
Detroit Area Regional Transportation Authority (DARTA), Michigan500,000
Dover Lincoln Park Center Project, Delaware.....................400,000
Downeast Heritage Center, Parking & Access, Maine.............1,000,000
Eisenhower Avenue Greenway Phase II, Virginia...................100,000
Elkins Railroad Bridge Visitors Center, West Virginia...........600,000
Eugene Federal Courthouse Area Concept Development, Oregon......500,000
Fairbanks Street Improvements & Bike Path, Alaska...............300,000
Five Point Improvement Project, Huntsville, Alabama.............400,000
Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe Bicycle and Walking Path, South Dak200,000
Fort Campbell Improvements, Kentucky............................750,000
Frink Park Pier Project Clayton, New York.......................250,000
Gasholder House and Underground Railroad Museum, Oberlin, Ohio..200,000
Girdwood Road Culvery Improvement, Alaska.......................600,000
Grade Separation at intersection of Hamilton Boulevard over the CSX 
  rail line near US 90, Mobile, Alabama.........................500,000
Grand Illinois Trail bike connections, Illinois.................100,000
Greater Yuma Port Authority, Arizona............................500,000
Greeno Road (US98) pilot program, Fairhope, Alabama...........1,000,000
Greer Master Plan Rail Relocation Study--Greer, South Carolina..250,000
Gulf of Maine Research Laboratory Park/Ped., Maine............1,000,000
Haleyville, Alabama downtown revitalization.....................600,000
Hamilton Township Pedestrian Overpass, New Jersey...............250,000
Highway-79 Corridor Greenway Project, Alabama...................500,000
Historic Fort Mitchell, Alabama...............................1,000,000
I-40 and Avenue `F' City Ramp Project, Oklahoma.................500,000
I-55/Main St. Intersection, Missouri............................100,000
I-93 Corridor Improvements, New Hampshire.....................1,000,000
Intermodal Urban Transit Village, North Hollywood, California.1,000,000
James H. Quillen VA Medical Center--Construction of VA-Indian Ridge 
  Road--Mountain Home, Tennessee................................852,000
Jasper, Alabama downtown revitalization.........................400,000
Johnsontown Road, Kentucky....................................1,000,000
Kansas City East/West Connector, Missouri.......................400,000
Kentucky Trimodal Transpark access road and I-65 interchange connector 
  planning, Kentucky..........................................1,700,000
Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Interpretive Trail Mobridge, South 250,000
Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center to Fort Mandan Shared Use Path, 
  North Dakota..................................................700,000
Living Wall project Farmington Hills, Michigan..................200,000
Louisville Waterfront/Franfort Avenue historical entryway, Kentu530,000
Lower Second Creek Greenway, Knoxville, Tennessee.............2,000,000
Main Ave. Bridge & Pedestrian/Bicycle Amenities Fargo, North D2,500,000
Marlboro Township traffic improvement project, New Jersey.......100,000

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Massachusetts Wood in Transportation, Mount Wachusett Community 
  College, Gardner, Massachusetts...............................200,000
MD-404 Shore Highway Phase II, Maryland.......................1,000,000
Monroe Township intersection signalization project, New Jersey..100,000
Morgan, Menifee, Rowan County Regional Business Park Access Road, 
  Kentucky......................................................250,000
Multimodal Transportation Plan, Wisconsin.......................325,000
Multi-use Equestrian and Hiking Trail, Holmes County, Ohio......520,000
Museum Campus Trolleys Chicago, Illinois........................500,000
Nashville Rolling Mill Hills, Tennessee.........................500,000
Newberg-Dundee Transportation Improvement Project, Oregon.......775,000
Northside Drive Corridor Design Clinton, Mississippi............500,000
North-south connect between Glassboro High Street commercial corridor 
  and Rowan University, New Jersey..............................588,000
Odessa Transportation Plan, Delaware............................100,000
Ohio River Trail--Salem to Downtown Cincinnati, Ohio............150,000
Oklahoma Transportation Center Improvements.....................350,000
Old Route 66 Streetscape Phase I Moriarity, New Mexico..........400,000
Olympic Discovery Trail, Washington...........................1,000,000
Orange County Congestion Program, California..................1,000,000
Owensboro Waterfront Development Project, Kentucky..............750,000
Paintsville Lake Access Road, Kentucky..........................400,000
Pedestrian Bridge, 36th Avenue, Robbinsdale, Minnesota..........750,000
Pennyrile Parkway Improvements, Kentucky........................800,000
Pine Creek Bridge and Rail-Trail, Pennsylvania..................200,000
Pine Mountain Industrial Park Access Road, Kentucky...........1,500,000
Port of Anchorage Road Improvements, Alaska.....................600,000
Providence Road Trail Project Virginia Beach, Virginia..........150,000
Revere, Massachusetts Wonderland Station........................200,000
Route 50 traffic calming, Loudoun and Fauquier counties, Virgini700,000
Route 79 Relocation and Harbor Enhancement, Fall River, Massachu100,000
Ruffner Mountain Nature Center, Alabama.........................500,000
San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments/LA to Pasedena Metro Gold 
  Line Construction Authority, California.....................2,900,000
San Luis Obispo City to Sea Bikepath, California................500,000
Selma Riverfront Project, Alabama...............................500,000
Shoreline Interurban Trail Construction Project, Washington.....400,000
Simon Kenton Trail, Springfield to Urbana, Ohio...............1,500,000
Somerset downtown revitalization, Kentucky....................1,800,000
Somerset Pedestrian Overpass, Kentucky........................1,200,000
South Bend Studebaker Corridor Industrial Park, Indiana.........500,000
South Suburban Commuter Rail Service (Metra), Illinois..........100,000
Southwick, North Central and Canalside Bike Trails, Massachuse1,000,000
Springfield Downtown Redevelopment Project, Vermont...........1,000,000
SR202/I-70 Interchange improvement, Ohio........................750,000
St. Petersburg, Florida, Bike/Pedestrian Master Plan............600,000
State of New Jersey Department of Motor Vehicle Services (NJ M1,000,000
Syracuse Lakefront Project, New York..........................1,400,000
Thea Foss Waterway Environmental Protection and Transportation Impact 
  Study, Washington.............................................500,000
Tiverton Stone Bridge abutment repairs and beautification, Rhode100,000
Toulon Township, Illinois.......................................200,000
Tower Bridge Pedestrian/Bikeway Improvements, California........900,000
Traffic calming devices and pedestrian streetscape improvements, 
  Windemere, Florida............................................500,000
Traffic Calming Devices, Winter Park, Florida...................500,000
Traffic Study on the New Smithsonian Air and Space Museum Annex at 
  Washington Dulles Int'l Airport, Virginia......................50,000
Trinity River Visions, Texas....................................500,000
Tulsa Trail System Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.....................1,250,000
Ulster County Visitor Center, New York........................1,000,000
Union City NJ Traffic Signalization Project, New Jersey.......1,000,000
US 441/State Road 7 Corridor Revitalization Plan, Florida.....1,000,000
US-50 Reconstruction Dodge City, Kansas.........................500,000
VA Cemetary Road, Mobile, Alabama.............................1,000,000
Vanderbilt Children's Hospital, Tennessee.......................250,000
Village of Morton Grove, Illinois.............................1,000,000
Virginia Corridor Greenway Pilot Project Modesto, California....400,000
Wakulla County Florida US-319 Expansion.........................150,000
Watertown Community Trail Extension, South Dakota...............100,000
Wichita Riverwalk on Arkansas River, Kansas.....................687,000
Yorktown Waterfront Revitalization & Streetscape, Virginia......500,000

       Charles Town Gateway Revitalization Project, WV.--The 
     conference agreement includes $400,000 for the Charles Town 
     Gateway Revitalization Project in West Virginia. Within the 
     amounts provided, the conferees expect that up to $200,000 
     shall be available for streetscape improvements on Washington 
     Street with the remainder being available for the related 
     gateway improvements.

                      Bridge Discretionary Program

       Within the funds available for the bridge discretionary 
     program, funds are to be available for the following projects 
     and activities:

        Project Name                                   Conference Total
12th Street Viaduct, Kansas City, Missouri....................$ 900,000
Batchellerville Bridge replacement, New York..................3,000,000
Bull Slough Bridge Repair, Alabama............................1,000,000
Canvas Bridge Nicholas County, West Virginia..................4,500,000
Chattahoochee River Bridge, Roswell, Georgia..................3,000,000
Chouteau Bridge, Kansas City, Missouri........................1,000,000
City of El Paso, Texas, Ysleta Port of entry dedicated commuter 300,000
Covered Bridges including $2M for Vermont.....................6,000,000
CR 528 Mantoloking Bridge, Brick Township, New Jersey.........1,500,000
Gilmerton Bridge Replacement, Chesapeake, Virginia............2,000,000
Golden Gate Bridge Seismic Retrofit, San Francisco, California4,250,000
Grand Lagoon Bridge Replacement, Florida......................1,000,000
Highway 3364 bridge replacement at College Road, Bourbon County, 
  Kentucky..................................................... 200,000
Highway 82, Greenville Bridge, Arkansas.......................1,050,000
Historic Woodrow Wilson Bridge Flowood, Mississippi............ 750,000
Hood River/White Salmon Bridge and toll plaza resurfacing, Ore1,350,000
I-195 Washington Bridge, Rhode Island.........................4,500,000
I-30 replacement bridge, Dallas, Texas........................1,750,000
I-40/Louisiana Interchange, New Mexico......................... 750,000
Indian River Inlet Bridge Repair and Planning, Sussex County, 3,500,000
Interstate 74 Mississippi River Bridge between Moline, Illinois and 
  Bettendorf, Iowa............................................1,000,000
Iowa/Nebraska Missouri River Bridge--#DPS-34-7 (114), near Plattsmouth, 
  Nebraska....................................................2,200,000
Leeville Bridge, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana..................1,000,000
Lincoln County bridge renovation, Kentucky....................1,000,000
Martin Luther King, Jr. Bridge rehabilitation, Ohio...........3,750,000
Monroe Street Bridge rehabilitation, Spokane, Washington......3,000,000
Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge Reconstruction, New Haven, Connec3,000,000
Pearl River Bridge Connector I-55 to SR 475 Jackson, Mississip7,750,000

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Red Cliff Arch Bridge (US 24), Minturn, Colorado..............1,500,000
Route 72 Manahawkin Bay Bridges, New Jersey...................1,500,000
Sauvie Island Bridge Replacement Project, Oregon..............2,000,000
Snake River Crossing, Twin Falls, Idaho.......................1,500,000
Wacker Drive Reconstruction Chicago, Illinois.................3,500,000

                             Federal Lands

       Within the funds available for the federal lands program, 
     funds are to be available for the following projects and 
     activities:

        Project Name                                   Conference Total
KS-115 and KS-911 Interchange, Kentucky.......................$ 750,000
14th Street Bridge Corridor, Virginia.........................5,600,000
17-mile Road on Wind River Indian Reservation, Fremont County,  650,000
206 Stokes State Park, New Jersey.............................. 740,000
Abraham Lincoln's birthplace, national historic site, Kentucky. 780,000
Access roads to Beale Air Force Base, California............... 500,000
Arches National Park Main Entrance Relocation, Utah............ 837,500
BIA Route 1281 (Snake Road Realignment & Repair), Florida...... 500,000
Blackstone River Valley Bikeway, Rhode Island.................3,000,000
Cattle Point Road (San Juan Island)--erosion remediation, Washi 350,000
Chilatchee Creek Park Access Road Improvements, Alabama........ 475,000
City of Boston--Boston Harbor Islands National Park/Long Island Pier 
  Planning and design, Massachusetts........................... 250,000
CN3852 FHP 45-1(5), Sunspot Road, New Mexico..................1,000,000
Cold Hill Road, Laurel County, Kentucky.......................1,600,000
Colonial Historic Park--Jamestown 400th Anniversary Transportation 
  Improvements, Virginia......................................2,000,000
Construct Regional Tourism Center and Transportation Hub, Hyde Park, 
  New York....................................................1,500,000
Council Grove Lake Embankment Roadway, Kansas.................1,125,000
CTG G Road and Bike Route, Taylor County, Wisconsin...........2,000,000
Daniel Boone Parkway, Kentucky................................1,000,000
Forest Highway 87 (FM 201), Sabine National Forest, Sabine County, 
  Texas........................................................ 750,000
Fort Drum Road Improvements, New York.......................... 500,000
Freemont County Project, Wyoming..............................1,100,000
Frog Level Road Improvement, Mississippi......................4,640,000
Gateway Trail Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona.............. 842,500
GBH Soloman National Cemetery Access, Saratoga, New York........ 40,000
Glacier National Park Going-to-the-Sun Road, Montana..........3,000,000
Hawaii Statewide Improvements.................................4,000,000
Highway 26, Oregon............................................1,235,000
Highway 93 Expansion Project, Montana.........................1,000,000
Homochitto National Forest access road, Lincoln County, Missis2,000,000
Hoonah Road (FM), Alaska......................................1,400,000
Hoover Dam Bypass, Arizona....................................6,500,000
Hwy 2 Highline EIS Project, Montana.............................500,000
I-215 Widening, Nevada........................................2,000,000
Iditarod Historic National Trail Project, Alaska................250,000
Kenai River Trail, Alaska.......................................500,000
Lake Mead National Recreation Area gateway improvements, Nevada.400,000
Land Between the Lakes Roads, Trigg and Lyon counties, Kentucky.100,000
Lewis and Clark Gates of the Mountains Road Project, Montana....600,000
Louisiana Highway (LA 117), 4-lane expansion study, Louisiana...250,000
Lowell Canalway and Riverwalk Design, Massachusetts.............500,000
Mammoth Cave Parkway (KY 101), Edmonson County, Kentucky........450,000
Marin Parklands/Muir Woods visitor access, California.........1,000,000
Marysville Road, Montana........................................500,000
Needles Highway, CA/NV Improvements, California...............2,000,000
Presidio Trust/Crissy Field transit access improvement, Califo1,000,000
Preston North and South Project, Nebraska.......................600,000
Rocks Back Country Byway, Stage 2, Cassia County, Idaho.......1,000,000
Shotgun Cove Road, Alaska.....................................2,500,000
Southeast Alaska Seatrails......................................500,000
Spirit Lake Tribe Shared Use Path Fort Totten, North Dakota.....520,000
SR-149 Resurfacing Rio Grand National Forest, Colorado........1,500,000
SR-164 Muckleshoots, Washington.................................420,000
Timucuan Preserve bike route, Florida.........................1,000,000
Traffic abatement study at highway 98 and entrance to Hurlbert Field, 
  Florida.......................................................250,000
Tualatin River NWR Turn Lanes, Oregon...........................745,000
US 95 Widening Laughlin Cut-off to Railroad Pass, Nevada......8,000,000
USMC Heritage Center Access Improvements, Virginia............2,000,000
Western Maryland Low Impact Welcome Center at Byron Overlook, Ma400,000
Woonsocket Depot rehabilitation, Rhode Island.................1,000,000
Yakama Signal Peak Road, Washington...........................4,150,000

       The conferees direct that funds allocated to FHWA's public 
     lands discretionary program be derived from that program and 
     not from funds allocated to the National Park Service's 
     regions. In addition, the conferees direct that these funds 
     not come from funds allocated to the Fish and Wildlife 
     Service's regions, as proposed by the House.

                             Scenic Byways

       Within the funds available for the scenic byways program, 
     funds are to be available for the following projects and 
     activities:

Berkshire/Franklin Mohawk Trail Scenic Byway & Berkshire Jacobs Ladder 
  Trail Scenic Byway, Massachusetts.........................$ 1,000,000
Delsea Scenic Byway--Salem, Cumberland, Cape May Counties, New J149,000
High Street Revitalization, Lawrenceburg, Indiana.............1,200,000
Intervale Scenic Vista Project, New Hampshire...................500,000
Kentucky Scenic Byways........................................1,425,000
Mt. Greylock Reservoir Road Improvements, North Adams, Massach1,100,000
Multi-Colored Scenic Byways Signs for Idaho's Scenic, Historic, and 
  Back County Byways............................................382,000
New York State Scenic Byways Project: Statewide...............1,600,000
U.S. Route 40 and National Road, Garrett County, Maryland.......233,600
Ventura Freeway Scenic Corridor Initiative, California........1,000,000
Washington DOT Scenic Byways Statewide Program................1,000,000

                  Interstate Maintenance Discretionary

       Within the funds available for the interstate maintenance 
     discretionary program, funds are to be available for the 
     following projects and activities:

        Project                                        Conference Total
Grandview Triangle, Kansas City, Missouri....................$1,000,000
I-10 interchange at Grand Prairie Highway, Rayne, Louisiana...1,000,000
I-10 Riverside Avenue Interchange, California.................1,800,000
1-12 at Essen Lane, Louisiana...................................250,000
I-15 Reconstruction 10800 South to 600 North, Utah............9,000,000
I-16 and Dean Forest Road Interchange, Georgia..................250,000
I-16/I-95 Interchange Reconstruction Concept Study, Chatham County 
  Georgia.......................................................250,000
I-182/SR-240 Interchange Reconstruction, Washington...........3,000,000
I-195 Relocation Project, Rhode Island........................3,000,000
I-235 Reconstruction, Polk County, Iowa.......................1,800,000
I-25 Broadway & Alameda Interchange Rebuilding, Colorado......4,500,000
I-26 Little Mountain Interchange improvements, South Carolina...500,000
I-29 Madison Street interchange, Sioux Falls, South Dakota....4,000,000
1-295 & Route 38 Missing Moves--Mount Laurel, New Jersey........250,000
I-295 Via Duct to I-76, New Jersey............................1,000,000

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I-30/I-35 Dallas Construction of Bridges for Trinity River, Te5,000,000
I-35/Turkey Creek Reconstruction Project, Kansas..............3,000,000
I-40 and Paseo del Volcan Interchange and Access Road to Double Eagle 
  II, Albuquerque, New Mexico.................................2,075,000
I-44 & US 65 Interchange, Missouri............................2,000,000
I-44 Fenton Industrial Corridor--Fenton, Missouri...............250,000
I-44 Interchanges at SH-51 and US-169, Tulsa, Oklahoma..........750,000
1-49 North to the Arkansas Line (Access Improvements to I-220 @ US 71/
  LA1 & LA 172), Louisiana....................................1,000,000
I-55-/US-49 Flyover Near Jackson, MS..........................5,000,000
I-64, Vanderburgh and Posey counties, Indiana.................1,000,000
I-69/SR 304 (construction Odom Road to I-55), Mississippi.....2,000,000
I-74 Reconstruction, Mississippi River Bridge Replacement, Scott 
  County, Iowa..................................................950,000
I-75 Exits 49 and 52, McMinn County, Tennessee..................500,000
I-75 Improvements South West Florida..........................1,125,000
I-75, Rockcastle County, Kentucky.............................6,000,000
I-77/Shuffel Road interchange, Canton, Ohio...................1,500,000
I-80 Truck Climbing Lane--Reno, Nevada..........................500,000
I-81--Exit 44 Interchange/PA 465 Imrpovemenets--Cumberland Count250,000
I-81 Interchange, Syracuse, New York..........................1,500,000
I-84/Exit 17 at Routes 63 and 64, Middlebury/Waterbury, Connec1,000,000
I-84/I-87 Interchange, New York...............................1,500,000
I-84/Route 2 East Hartford, operational improvements, Connecticut 
  (flyover access)..............................................750,000
I-90 Joint Port of Entry Project, Wyoming.....................2,000,000
I-90 two-way transit operations, Washington.....................750,000
Interstate 40: Mississippi River Bridge Seismic Retrofit, Arkana900,000
Interstate 5, Rush Road to Maytown widening, Washington.......1,000,000
Interstate 5, Salem, Oregon (Boone Road Bridge replacement......800,000
Interstate Highway 30 in Texarkana from FM 989 (Kings Highway) in Bowie 
  County, Texas, to the Arkansas state line (US71)............1,000,000
Interstate Highway 35 perpetual pavement testing section, LaSalle 
  County, Texas...............................................1,000,000
Interstate Highway 45 frontage road and ramp system improvements, 
  Huntsville, Texas...........................................1,000,000
Laval Road Interchange Upgrade at I-5, California...............750,000
Louisville-Southern Indiana Ohio River Bridges Project, Kentuc5,000,000
Marquette Interchange Reconstruction, Milwaukee, Wisconsin....4,500,000
New York State Thruway Authority, Westchester County, Bryam Bridge 
  rehabilitation & pavement reconstruction, New York..........1,000,000
Reconstruction of I-95/I-91/CT 34 Interchange, New Haven, Connecticut 
  (Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge--I-95 New Haven East Approach to Q-
  Bridge).....................................................1,500,000
Rehabilitation of I-20, Erath, Palo, Pinto, and Parker countie3,350,000
Right of way acquisition, Paterson, New Jersey interchange impro200,000
State Route 79/SR 3025 missing ramps, Jackson Township, Pennsylv500,000
SW First-NW Lake Road Project, Washington.....................3,000,000
US-12 Burbank to Walla Walla, Washington......................2,500,000

                  BUREAU OF TRANSPORTATION STATISTICS

       The conferees provide $31,000,000 for the Bureau of 
     Transportation Statistics. Under the FHWA appropriations, the 
     accompanying bill provides $31,000,000 for the Bureau of 
     Transportation Statistics (BTS), the amount authorized in 
     TEA-21. The conferees note that BTS has undergone significant 
     increases in staffing since 1993, the year BTS was 
     established. In fiscal year 1993, on-board positions totaled 
     5; in 2001, total staff stood at 101; and BTS estimates on-
     board staff to total 146 by the end of 2002. In fiscal year 
     2003, BTS requests a level of 157 full-time positions (FTP). 
     The conferees are very concerned about these staff increases, 
     particularly when the staffing level has exceeded the 
     Administration's request to Congress. Therefore, the 
     conference committee directs BTS to fill no more than 146 
     full-time positions, or if lower, the number of on-board 
     positions upon enactment of this Act.

                          Federal-Aid Highways


                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                          (highway trust fund)

       The conference agreement provides a liquidating cash 
     appropriation of $32,000,000,000 for the federal-aid highways 
     program as proposed by Senate.

                 Appalachian Development Highway System

       The conference agreement provides $188,000,000 for the 
     Appalachian Development Highway System (ADHS) instead of 
     $200,000,000 as proposed by the Senate and $100,000,000 as 
     proposed by the House. Within the amount provided, 
     $88,000,000 shall be allocated in accordance with the ADHS 
     most recent cost-to-complete study and the remaining 
     $100,000,000 shall be allocated as follows: $35,000,000 for 
     Kentucky Corridors; $5,000,000 for Tennessee Corridor S; 
     $8,000,000 for Tennessee Corridor K; $2,000,000 for Corridor 
     V, Mississippi; $20,000,000 for West Virginia Corridors; and 
     $30,000,000 for Alabama Corridor X.

                          Federal-Aid Highways


                             (Rescissions)

       The conference agreement includes a rescission of 
     $5,609,337 of funds in unobligated balances associated with 
     completed projects contained in prior appropriations and 
     authorizing Acts, as proposed by the House. In addition, 
     $250,000,000 of contract authority balances from the five 
     core programs are rescinded. These resources can not be 
     obligated by the states as they were apportioned at levels 
     over and above annual statutory obligation limitations. The 
     conferees direct FHWA not to rescind the authority on a 
     proportional basis by program and instead to administer the 
     rescission by allowing each state maximum flexibility the 
     five programs in making these adjustments.

              FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

                          Motor Carrier Safety

                 Limitation on Administrative Expenses


                          (highway trust fund)

       The conference agreement includes $117,464,000 for 
     administrative expenses of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
     Administration under the FMCSA limitation on administrative 
     expenses account, as proposed by the Senate. Of the funds 
     provided, $110,464,000 is for operating expenses and 
     $7,000,000 is for research and technology initiatives. The 
     following adjustments are made to the budget request:

FECA administrative costs......................................-$20,000
Hazardous materials safety and security........................+500,000
Share the road safely..........................................-100,000
Safety is good business program................................-250,000
Research and technology information dissemination..............-150,000
Undistributed reduction........................................-500,000

       FECA administrative costs.--The conference agreement denies 
     $20,000 for FECA administrative costs, as proposed by the 
     House.
       Share the road program.--Statistics for 1999 show that 78 
     percent of all fatal truck crashes are collisions between 
     large trucks and other vehicles. Data from 1998 indicate that 
     approximately 81 percent of all large truck and other vehicle 
     fatal crashes are the result of action initiated by passenger 
     vehicle drivers. The conferees believe that the share the 
     road program needs to be retargeted and broader than its main 
     campaign that focused on warning noncommercial drivers to 
     avoid truck blind spots. The conferees provide $100,000 for 
     FMCSA's share the road program and encourage the agency to 
     coordinate its share the road efforts with NHTSA, as proposed 
     by the Senate. Further, the conferees direct the General 
     Accounting Office to evaluate the effectiveness of the share 
     the road program, make recommendations to strengthen the 
     program, and submit the study to the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations by July 15, 2003, as proposed by 
     the House.
       Commercial drivers license program.-- The conference 
     agreement retains language recommending that more work needs 
     to be done to address deficiencies in the CDL program. As 
     proposed by the House, within the funds provided for the CDL 
     program, FMCSA should continue working with the American 
     Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, the Commercial 
     Vehicle Safety Alliance, lead MCSAP agencies and licensing 
     agencies to improve all aspects of the CDL program. In 
     addition, FMCSA should consider sponsoring another pilot 
     project involving law enforcement and driver licensing 
     agencies to explore new and innovative ways to ensure that 
     drivers who have been convicted of a disqualifying offense do 
     not operate during the period of suspension or revocation. 
     Finally, FMCSA should continue to support the judicial and 
     prosecutorial outreach effort.
       Furthermore, as proposed by the Senate, the conferees 
     encourage FMCSA to adopt a

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     CDL-related standard that includes monitoring, consistent 
     with OIG recommendations in the menu of oversight activities 
     for state and third-party CDL examiners.
       Untethered truck trailer tracking and security.--The 
     conference agreement has provided $2,000,000 to leverage 
     existing technology and develop an untethered trailer 
     tracking and control system that will provide real-time 
     trailer identification, location, geofensing, unscheduled 
     movement notification, door sensors, and alarms, as proposed 
     by the House.
       Solid waste shippers.--The conferees direct the FMCSA to 
     work with the Commonwealth of Virginia's MCSAP agency to 
     conduct 3 one-day concentrated roadside inspection strike 
     forces on interstate waste haulers. The results shall be 
     compiled in a letter submitted to the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations by September 31, 2003.
       Crash causation study.--The conference agreement includes 
     language proposed by the Senate urging FMCSA to make 
     available the preliminary results of the crash causation 
     study as soon as a representative data set is analyzed and to 
     submit a letter to the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations by May 15, 2003, indicating the study's 
     progress, the response to and status of the Transportation 
     Research Board's recommendations, and a time schedule for the 
     release of the initial results. In addition, the conferees 
     direct NHTSA to request that the Centers for Disease 
     Control's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control 
     evaluate the adequacy of the crash causation research design. 
     CDC's evaluation is to be provided to the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations.
       Hazardous materials transportation.--The conference 
     agreement includes an additional $500,000 above the budget 
     request for hazardous materials safety and security, as 
     proposed by both the House and the Senate. The conferees urge 
     FMCSA to enforce compliance with Federal hazardous materials 
     regulations and to encourage states to use the motor carrier 
     safety assistance program for hazardous materials safety and 
     security research. In addition, the conferees recommend that 
     FMCSA develop innovative strategies to minimize the risks of 
     transporting hazardous materials.
       ``Safety is Good Business'' Program.--The conferees have 
     deleted funding for the Safety is Good Business program from 
     the Motor Carrier Safety Account, as proposed by the Senate. 
     The conferees believe that this funding should come from 
     FMCSA's high priority initiative program within the Motor 
     Carrier Safety Assistance Program.
       Younger driver pilot program.--The conference agreement 
     includes language as proposed by the Senate directing the 
     FMCSA administrator to conduct an analysis of the safety 
     ramifications associated with the younger driver pilot 
     program. The conferees include a provision, as proposed by 
     the House, prohibiting the DOT from implementing a pilot 
     program allowing commercial drivers 18 to 20 years of age to 
     operate commercial motor vehicles in interstate commerce. 
     This provision does not prohibit FMCSA from studying the 
     younger driver pilot program; the prohibition only applies to 
     the development or implementation of such a program.
       Driver record improvements.--The conferees include language 
     as proposed by the Senate regarding improvements to the 
     issuance or renewal of a motor vehicle operator's license. 
     The conferees direct NHTSA and FMCSA to conduct an analysis 
     of the costs associated with the development of the one 
     driver, one record pointer system and the steps necessary for 
     implementation, and to report its findings to the House and 
     Senate Committees on Appropriations by August 1, 2003.
       Driver research.--Within the funds provided for research 
     and technology, the conference agreement provides $700,000 
     for the Transportation Research Institute at the George 
     Washington University Virginia campus, as proposed by the 
     Senate. The conferees also provide $250,000 to initiate a 
     separate multidisciplinary driver research program, as 
     proposed by the Senate.

                 National Motor Carrier Safety Program

                (Liquidation of Contract Authorization)


                          (highway trust fund)

       The conference agreement provides a liquidating cash 
     appropriation of $190,000,000 for the national motor carrier 
     safety program as proposed by the House and the Senate.


                      (limitation on obligations)

       The conference agreement includes a limitation on 
     obligations of $190,000,000 for motor carrier safety grants 
     as proposed by the House and the Senate.
       Truck driver training program.--Within the funds provided 
     for FMCSA's high priority initiative program, the conference 
     agreement provides $700,000 for the development of a concrete 
     skid pad at Lewis-Clark State College North Lewiston Training 
     Facility.
       Highway watch program.--The Senate proposed funding 
     $1,000,000 for the continuation of the Highway Watch program. 
     The conference agreement denies this funding.
       Operation respond.--Also within funds provided for FMCSA's 
     high priority initiative program, the conference agreement 
     provides $1,000,000 to design, build and demonstrate the 
     benefits of a hazardous materials incident detection, 
     management, and response system, including the expansion of 
     the Operation Respond network. The conferees urge that these 
     funds be used to establish a national first responders 
     emergency services network and to accelerate deployment of 
     Operation Respond software.

                       Border Enforcement Program


                          (highway trust fund)

       The conference agreement provides a total of $59,967,000 
     for the Border Enforcement program under the Federal Highway 
     Administration's 104(a)(1)(A) administrative takedown, as 
     proposed by the Senate. Within this amount, the conferees 
     provide $41,967,000 for Federal border enforcement staffing 
     and operations and $18,000,000 for state operations grants to 
     the southern border states, as proposed by both the House and 
     the Senate.
       U.S. Southern border.--The conference agreement extends a 
     provision from the fiscal year 2002 appropriations Act 
     regarding the safety of cross-border trucking between the 
     United States and Mexico. Further, the conferees direct the 
     Secretary to report annually on the safety and security of 
     the U.S. Southern border with regard to motor carrier 
     transportation into the U.S. by Mexican-domiciled motor 
     carriers.

             NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

                        Operations and Research

       The conference agreement provides $138,288,000 from the 
     general fund for highway and traffic safety activities 
     instead of $131,433,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $141,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. A total of 
     $98,161,131 shall remain available until September 30, 2005 
     as proposed by the House and the Senate.
       The agreement includes a provision carried since fiscal 
     year 1996 that prohibits NHTSA from obligating or expending 
     funds to plan, finalize, or implement any rulemakings that 
     would add requirements pertaining to tire grading standards 
     that are not related to safety performance. This provision 
     was contained in both the House and Senate bills.

                        Operations and Research

                (Liquidation of Contract Authorization)

                      (Limitation on Obligations)

                          (Highway Trust Fund)

       The conference agreement provides $72,000,000 from the 
     highway trust fund to carry out provisions of 23 U.S.C. 403 
     as proposed by both the House and the Senate.
       The following table summarizes the conference agreement for 
     operations and research (general fund and highway trust fund 
     combined) by budget activity:

Salaries and benefits.......................................$63,316,000
Travel........................................................1,324,000
Operating expenses...........................................22,834,000
Contract programs:
  Safety performance.........................................10,393,000
  Safety assurance...........................................15,760,000
  Highway safety programs....................................48,463,000
  Research and analysis......................................60,691,000
  General administration........................................657,000
Grant administration reimbursements.........................-11,150,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
    Total..................................................$212,288,000
       FECA administrative costs.--The conference agreement 
     deletes $12,000 proposed in the budget for FECA 
     administrative costs. This action is consistent across all 
     modal administrations.
       Workforce planning and development activities.--The 
     conference agreement provides a total of $300,000 for 
     workforce planning and development activities as proposed by 
     the Senate in its explanatory language delineated in the 
     Congressional Record of January 15, 2003. This is a reduction 
     of $115,000 from the budget request.
       Contracting procedures.--The conferees urge NHTSA to review 
     its contracting procedures and take appropriate steps to 
     eliminate unnecessary delays. Too often, contract recipients 
     have had to wait for several months before Federal funds are 
     granted after a contract is awarded.
       National occupant protection program.--The conference 
     agreement provides $3,000,000 above the budget request to 
     bolster the national occupant protection program. The 
     additional funds shall be used to continue outreach 
     activities to increase seat belt use by minority populations, 
     teens, and rural populations.
       Passenger vehicle tire traction.--The conferees encourage 
     NHTSA to include standards for tire performance on wet road 
     surfaces when the agency prepares its final rule on tire 
     safety performance, as discussed in the Senate's explanatory 
     statement. Absent such inclusion, NHTSA shall send a letter 
     to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
     explaining why wet road tire performance standards were not 
     included.
       Ejection prevention measures.--NHTSA has identified both 
     occupant ejection and upgraded roof crush resistance as 
     ``near term'' regulatory priorities that the agency plans to 
     undertake in 2003. Consistent with this proposal, the 
     conferees support the adoption of measures to improve 
     ejection prevention performance of motor vehicles no later 
     than December 31, 2004, and recognize that the agency may 
     need to develop new test procedures.
       Early warning reporting system.--The conferees direct NHTSA 
     to submit a report to the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations detailing the methods the agency will adopt to 
     ensure that all tires imported and sold in the United States 
     comply with the early warning report system, as outlined in 
     NHTSA's final regulations. This report should be issued by 
     July 1, 2003.
       Defects information system.--The Inspector General raised 
     concerns about whether the new defects information system can 
     be successfully implemented on time and within

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     the estimated $5,000,000 budget. Since the issuance of this 
     report, NHTSA has concurred with the IG's concerns. The 
     conferees direct NHTSA to provide a letter to the House and 
     Senate Committees on Appropriations that details the current 
     schedule and cost estimate for this system, explain any cost 
     increases, and indicate how these new costs will be paid for.
       Impaired driving.--The conference agreement provides 
     $4,000,000 above the budget request for the impaired driving 
     program. Of this total: $1,000,000 shall be used for judicial 
     and prosecutorial initiatives; $2,000,000 shall be used on 
     the repeat offender tracking model; and $1,000,000 shall be 
     used on target population outreach efforts.
       Within the funding provided for judicial and prosecutorial 
     outreach, NHTSA, in conjunction with the Attorney General, 
     should identify and report on the best strategies for 
     reducing obstacles to obtaining impaired driving convictions 
     and strategies to help prosecutors and judges apply sanctions 
     in a consistent manner. The report should also emphasize 
     strategies to reduce plea bargaining, diversion, or deferral 
     programs, and other means used by offenders to avoid any 
     permanent record. This report must be submitted to the House 
     and Senate Committees on Appropriations by October 1, 2003.
       NHTSA shall detail to the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations, in letter format, the concept behind the 
     repeat offender tracking model, the total cost to develop the 
     model, the anticipated yearly costs to enact the model, and 
     the schedule to develop and enact this program. NHTSA should 
     develop this model with input from the states and the highway 
     safety community.
       As part of the impaired driving program, the conferees 
     suggest that NHTSA evaluate point of sales training as 
     proposed by the House.
       Alcohol ignition interlock devices.--The conferees have not 
     provided any funding for research to advance the alcohol 
     ignition interlock devices proposed by the Senate.
       Drugs, driving and youth.--The conference agreement funds 
     the drugs, driving and youth program at the 2003 budget 
     request as proposed by the House.
       Motorcycles.--A total of $945,000 has been provided for 
     motorcycle programs, an increase of $300,000 above the budget 
     request. This additional funding shall be used for strategies 
     to enhance motorcycle rider's crash avoidance skills and 
     improve conspicuity. In addition, as directed by the House, 
     $500,000 shall be used for demonstration projects related to 
     motorcycle training.
       Crash causation study.--The conferees have included 
     $2,000,000 to update a 23-year-old crash causation study, as 
     proposed by the House.
       Highway safety data and traffic records.--The conference 
     agreement does not provide funding for NHTSA to continue 
     working with the states to improve highway safety data and 
     traffic records, similar to activities funded previously 
     under the section 411 grant program. The conferees understand 
     the agency has carryover funding available for these efforts 
     from other grant programs, such as section 410.
       Emergency medical services head injury research.-- A total 
     of $2,189,000 has been provided for emergency medical 
     services. Of this amount, $750,000 shall be used to continue 
     training emergency medical service personnel in delivering 
     prehospital care to patients with traumatic brain injuries.
       Biomechanics.--The conference agreement provides a total of 
     $14,950,000 for biomechanics research, $1,000,000 more than 
     the budget request, to continue research of the CIREN 
     program. Also, within the funds provided, $2,000,000 shall be 
     used to continue research related to traumatic brain and 
     spinal cord injuries at the Southern Consortium for Injury 
     Biomechanics.
       National Automotive Sampling System.--The conference 
     agreement has provided $795,000 above the budget request so 
     that NHTSA can expand the National Automotive Sampling System 
     database with a particular focus on child safety seat and 
     tire-related data, as proposed by the Senate.
       Built-in child booster systems.--The conference agreement 
     does not include funding, proposed by the Senate, to study 
     the effectiveness of built-in child booster systems with 
     other systems. The built-in technology is not advanced enough 
     to warrant a study at this time.
       Heavy vehicle research.--Within the funds provided for 
     heavy vehicle research, $500,000 is for the National 
     Transportation Research Center in Tennessee to continue to 
     conduct broad-based laboratory-to-roadside research in heavy 
     vehicle safety issues.
       Pneumatic tire research.--The conference agreement includes 
     $375,000 in the pneumatic tire program for Mercer Engineering 
     Research Center, as proposed in the Senate's explanatory 
     statement of January 15, 2003.

                        National Driver Register


                          (Highway Trust Fund)

       The conference agreement provides $2,000,000 for the 
     National Driver Register as proposed by both the House and 
     the Senate.

                     Highway Traffic Safety Grants


                (Liquidation of Contract Authorization)

                          (Highway Trust Fund)

       The conference agreement provides $225,000,000 to liquidate 
     contract authorizations for highway traffic safety grants, as 
     proposed by both the House and the Senate.

                     Highway Traffic Safety Grants


                      (Limitation on Obligations)

                          (Highway Trust Fund)

       The conference agreement limits obligations for highway 
     traffic safety grants to $225,000,000 as proposed by both the 
     House and the Senate. The bill includes separate obligation 
     limitations with the following funding allocations:

Highway safety programs....................................$165,000,000
Occupant protection incentive grants........................$20,000,000
Alcohol incentive grants....................................$40,000,000

       A total of $11,150,000 has been provided for administration 
     of the grant programs as proposed by both the House and the 
     Senate. Of this total, not more than $8,150,000 of the funds 
     made available for section 402; not more than $1,000,000 of 
     the funds made available for section 405; and not more than 
     $2,000,000 of the funds made available for section 410 shall 
     be available to NHTSA for administering highway safety grants 
     under chapter 4 of title 23. This language is necessary to 
     ensure that each grant program does not contribute more than 
     five percent of the total administrative costs.
       The conference agreement retains bill language, proposed by 
     both the House and Senate, that limits technical assistance 
     to states from section 410 to $500,000.
       The conference agreement prohibits the use of funds for 
     construction, rehabilitation or remodeling costs, or for 
     office furnishings and fixtures for state, local, or private 
     buildings or structures, as proposed by both the House and 
     the Senate.

                    FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION

                         Safety and Operations

       The conference agreement provides $117,363,000 for safety 
     and operations as proposed by the House instead of 
     $118,264,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within this total, 
     the conferees have funded four new positions. The conference 
     agreement includes language that permits $6,636,000 of the 
     total funding to remain available until expended as proposed 
     by both the House and the Senate.
       FECA administrative costs.--The conference agreement 
     deletes $65,000 proposed in the budget for FECA 
     administrative costs. This action is consistent across all 
     modal administrations.
       Study on grade crossings.--As directed by the Senate in its 
     explanatory statement in the Congressional Record of January 
     15, 2003, the Secretary of Transportation shall submit with 
     the fiscal year 2005 budget request an action plan outlining 
     specific efforts to be pursued by FRA, FHWA, FMCSA, NHTSA, 
     and the ITS Joint Program Office to improve safety at both 
     public and private grade crossings.
       Positive train control.--The conferees direct FRA to submit 
     an updated economic analysis of the costs and benefits of 
     positive train control and related systems that takes into 
     account advances in technology and system savings to carriers 
     and shippers as well as other cost savings related to 
     prioritized deployment of these systems, as proposed by the 
     Senate. This analysis must be submitted as a letter report to 
     the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations by October 
     1, 2003.
       Safety assurance and compliance program (SACP).--By April 
     1, 2003, FRA must provide a status report on the utilization 
     of the safety assurance and compliance program, which 
     summarizes the SACP activities in fiscal year 2002 and the 
     agency's audit plans for fiscal year 2003 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       Railroad threat assessment.--The conferees are concerned 
     over the targeting of railroad facilities, structures, 
     terminals and operations posed by terrorist entities and urge 
     the FRA to work with the new Department of Homeland Security 
     and the Association of American Railroads to develop a 
     comprehensive assessment of the threats and vulnerabilities 
     nationwide, and identify ways to enhance passenger safety and 
     infrastructure protection.

                   Railroad Research and Development

       The conference agreement provides $29,325,000 for railroad 
     research and development as proposed by the Senate instead of 
     $27,325,000 as proposed by the House. None of this funding is 
     to be offset from user fees.
       Integrated railway remote information service.--The 
     conference agreement does not provide any funding for the 
     integrated railway remote information service proposed by the 
     Senate. Last year funding was provided for this program; 
     however, FRA was directed to evaluate this initiative before 
     additional funding was provided. To date, no evaluation has 
     been conducted.
       Marshall University/University of Nebraska.--The conference 
     agreement includes $1,400,000 to support Marshall University 
     and the University of Nebraska to conduct safety studies in 
     any of the following areas: track and structures, human 
     factors, equipment, train control, grade crossing and digital 
     communications.
       Transportation Technology Center.--The conference agreement 
     provides a total of $675,000 for site improvements at the 
     Transportation Technology Center, as proposed by the House.
       Freight congestion study.--The conferees direct FRA to work 
     with the Chicago Transportation Coordination Office and 
     communities in the Chicago region consistent with the 
     Senate's explanatory statement of January 15, 2003. Reports 
     must be submitted quarterly to the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations.

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            Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Program

       The conference agreement includes a provision, proposed by 
     both the House and the Senate, specifying that no new direct 
     loans or loan guarantee commitments shall be made using 
     federal funds for the payment of any credit premium amounts 
     during fiscal year 2003. No federal appropriation is required 
     since a non-federal infrastructure partner may contribute the 
     subsidy amount required by the Credit Reform Act of 1990 in 
     the form of a credit risk premium. Once received, statutorily 
     established investigation charges are immediately available 
     for appraisals and necessary determinations and findings.
       The conference agreement includes a further provision 
     mandating that no payment of principal or interest shall be 
     collected during fiscal year 2003 for the direct loan made to 
     the National Railroad Passenger Corporation.

                    Next Generation High-Speed Rail

       The conference agreement provides $30,450,000 for the next 
     generation high-speed rail program as proposed by the House 
     instead of $30,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
     following table summarizes the conference agreement by 
     budgetary activity:

Train control systems........................................$6,500,000
Non-electric locomotives......................................9,300,000
  ALPS......................................................(1,800,000)
  Prototype locomotive......................................(3,000,000)
  Diesel multiple units compliance and demonstration........(4,000,000)
Grade crossings and innovative technologies:                  3,250,000
  N.C. sealed corridor........................................(500,000)
  Illinois rail grade crossing safety program.................(500,000)
  State of Vermont hazard elimination.........................(250,000)
  Mitigating hazards and low-cost technologies..............(2,000,000)
Track and structures..........................................1,000,000
Corridor planning activities................................. 5,900,000
  California corridor.......................................(1,250,000)
  Gulf Coast corridor.........................................(800,000)
  Southeast corridor..........................................(500,000)
  Florida corridor..........................................(2,150,000)
  Seattle to Everett corridor.................................(750,000)
  Las Vegas to Los Angeles high-speed rail study..............(200,000)
  Northern New England corridor, VT...........................(250,000)
Magnetic levitation...........................................4,500,000
  Washington-Baltimore........................................(500,000)
  Nevada-California.........................................(1,500,000)
  Greensburg-Pittsburgh.....................................(2,000,000)
  Southern California.........................................(500,000)
                                                       ________________
                                                       
    TOTAL...................................................$30,450,000

       Diesel multiple units.--The conference agreement provides 
     $4,000,000 to validate the compliance of diesel multiple 
     units with existing passenger car safety standards and to 
     make a grant to a public body for the purpose of initiating a 
     demonstration in daily revenue service of a compliant DMU 
     during calendar years 2003 and 2004. Federal funding shall 
     only be made available if funds are matched on a dollar-for-
     dollar basis from non-federal sources and shall only be used 
     for activities related to establishing the compliance of the 
     DMU design with passenger safety standards and for the 
     acquisition of DMUs (through a conventional competitive 
     procurement process) and service facilities necessary for 
     revenue service demonstration. All other expenses, including 
     the cost of passenger facilities and any net operating 
     expenses are not eligible for funding under this 
     appropriation.
       State of California.--Funds made available for high-speed 
     rail in California should supplement, not replace, state 
     funding for this same program.
       Rail-highway crossing hazard eliminations.--Under section 
     1103 of TEA21, an automatic set-aside of $5,250,000 is made 
     available each year for the elimination of rail-highway 
     crossing hazards. A limited number of rail corridors are 
     eligible for these funds. Of these set-aside funds, the 
     following allocations are made:

                                                             Conference
High-speed rail corridor between Mobile, AL and New Orleans, $1,800,000
Pacific Northwest high-speed rail corridor....................1,000,000
High-speed rail corridor between New York City and Albany, NY...850,000
High-speed rail corridor in South Carolina......................500,000
High-speed rail corridor between Milwaukee and LaCrosse, WI.....450,000
High-speed rail corridor between Staples Mill Station and Main Street 
  Station in Richmond, VA.......................................200,000
High-speed rail corridor between Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN and Chicago, 
  IL (TEA21)....................................................250,000
High-speed rail corridor between Chicago, IL and St. Louis, MO..200,000

                     Alaska Railroad Rehabilitation

       The conference agreement provides $22,000,000 for the 
     Alaska Railroad instead of $25,000,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. The House bill contained no similar appropriation.

         Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation

       The conference agreement provides $1,050,000,000 for grants 
     to the National ailroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) 
     instead of $762,476,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $1,200,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within these funds: 
     $522,000,000 shall be for operating expenses; $295,000,000 
     shall be for capital expenses along the Northeast Corridor 
     Mainline; and $233,000,000 shall be for general capital 
     improvements. Funding is provided to the Secretary of 
     Transportation, who shall allocate these funds quarterly 
     through the grant making process. Funding is available until 
     September 30, 2003.
       The Secretary of Transportation shall approve funding to 
     cover operating losses on a long distance train of the 
     National Railroad Passenger Corporation only after receiving 
     and reviewing a grant request for each specific train route. 
     Each request must be accompanied by detailed financial 
     analysis and revenue projections justifying federal support. 
     Language, proposed by the House, that limited operating 
     expenses of long distance trains to $150,000,000, has been 
     deleted.
       The Secretary of Transportation and Amtrak's Board of 
     Directors shall ensure that sufficient funds are reserved to 
     satisfy the Railroad's contractual obligations with commuter 
     and intercity passenger rail service.
       The conference agreement slightly modifies a number of 
     reporting requirements proposed by the House. These 
     requirements include directing Amtrak to transmit to the 
     House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and the 
     Secretary of Transportation capital and operating plans, 
     which must be used as the base for expenditures in 2003. 
     Funding may not be spent on projects not included on the 
     business plan. Beginning on June 1, 2003, Amtrak shall submit 
     supplemental reports regarding the changes to the business 
     plan and a justification for such changes.
       The conferees recognize that Amtrak has the authority to 
     transfer capital funds for operating expenses, such as 
     progressive overhauls, preventive maintenance, and 
     maintenance of way activities. This permission was granted in 
     1999. However, the conferees expect that the Secretary of 
     Transportation shall notify the House and Senate Committees 
     on Appropriations of any such transfer of capital funds to 
     eligible operating expenses over and above those stipulated 
     in the original business plan.
       As proposed by the House, the Secretary is prohibited from 
     obligating or expending any funds until Amtrak agrees to 
     continue abiding by certain direct loan provisions as agreed 
     to on June 28, 2002. Included in these provisions is a 
     requirement for Amtrak to identify $100,000,000 in cost 
     savings options.
       Accuracy of financial information.--The Secretary of 
     Transportation must vouch for the accuracy of financial 
     information that Amtrak provides to Congress. This must be in 
     the form of a signed letter that would accompany the 
     operating and capital plans. In doing so, the Secretary must 
     certify in writing, that based on his knowledge, the 
     financial statements and other financial information prepared 
     by Amtrak for Congress fairly presents in all material 
     respects the financial condition of the Corporation. Specific 
     requirements are discussed in the House report.
       Reprogramming guidelines.--As detailed in the House report, 
     Amtrak must abide by the Department's reprogramming 
     guidelines. However, the conferees are willing to provide 
     Amtrak flexibility for increases and decreases in their 
     operating and capital plans of under $10,000,000 without 
     submitting a reprogramming request.
       Short distance trains.--Amtrak shall establish a more 
     uniform methodology for cost sharing on short distance 
     routes. To do so, Amtrak should analyze current state funding 
     for operating expenses and capital improvements, review the 
     contractual terms under which this funding is provided, and 
     consult with states served by these routes to establish new 
     cost sharing procedures and increase state support on these 
     routes. Amtrak shall report to the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations on the status of these efforts 
     by April 1, 2003.
       Cost of long distance trains.--The conferees direct Amtrak 
     to report on the measures it undertakes, beginning in fiscal 
     year 2003, to reduce the financial burden of long distance 
     trains on the federal treasury. This report should include 
     specific estimates of cost savings to be achieved in 2003 and 
     over a five-year period. This report is due to the House and 
     Senate Committees on Appropriations no later than April 1, 
     2003.

                     FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION

                        Administrative Expenses

       The conference agreement provides $73,000,000 for 
     administrative expenses of the Federal Transit Administration 
     as proposed by both the House and the Senate. Within the 
     total, the conference agreement appropriates $14,600,000 from 
     the general fund.
       The conference agreement includes a provision, contained in 
     both bills, that would reimburse the Department of 
     Transportation's Inspector General $2,000,000 for costs 
     associated with audits and investigations of transit-related 
     issues. The conference agreement also includes a provision 
     that limits the amount of funding available for the National 
     transit database to $2,600,000.
       Full-time equivalent staff.--The conference agreement 
     approves the budget request for 12 new staff; however, 
     funding has

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     been reduced for these positions by $549,000. The reduction 
     reflects half-year funding for these new positions, which is 
     consistent with hiring practices in other modes and by FTA 
     last year.
       FECA administrative costs.--The conference agreement 
     deletes $15,000 proposed in the budget for FECA 
     administrative costs. This action is consistent across all 
     modal administrations.
       Project and financial management oversight activities.--The 
     conferees direct that savings from funding new staff 
     positions at a half-year level and the denial of FECA 
     administrative costs should be used to increase funding for 
     project and financial management oversight activities 
     (+$564,000). The conferees further direct that the FTA submit 
     to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, the 
     Inspector General and the General Accounting Office the 
     quarterly FMO and PMO reports for each project with a full 
     funding grant agreement.
       Full funding grant agreements (FFGAs).-- TEA21, as amended, 
     requires that the FTA notify the House and Senate Committees 
     on Appropriations as well as the House Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure and the Senate Committee on 
     Banking 60 days before executing a full funding grant 
     agreement. In its notification to the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations, the conferees direct the FTA to 
     include therein the following: (a) a copy of the proposed 
     full funding grant agreement; (b) the total and annual 
     federal appropriations required for that project; (c) yearly 
     and total federal appropriations that can be reasonably 
     planned or anticipated for future FFGAs for each fiscal year 
     through 2004; (d) a detailed analysis of annual commitments 
     for current and anticipated FFGAs against the program 
     authorization; and (e) a financial analysis of the project's 
     cost and sponsor's ability to finance, which shall be 
     conducted by an independent examiner and shall include an 
     assessment of the capital cost estimate and the finance plan; 
     the source and security of all public- and private-sector 
     financial instruments, the project's operating plan which 
     enumerates the project's future revenue and ridership 
     forecasts, and planned contingencies and risks associated 
     with the project.
       The conferees also direct the FTA to inform the House and 
     Senate Committees on Appropriations before approving scope 
     changes in any full funding grant agreement. Correspondence 
     relating to scope changes shall include any budget revisions 
     or program changes that materially alter the project as 
     originally stipulated in the full funding grant agreement, 
     and shall include any proposed change in rail car 
     procurements.

                             Formula Grants


                     (Including Transfer of Funds)

       The conference agreement provides a total program level of 
     $3,839,000,000 for transit formula grants, as proposed by 
     both the House and the Senate. Within this total, the 
     conference agreement appropriates $767,800,000 from the 
     general fund. The general fund appropriation shall be 
     available until expended.
       The conference agreement provides that funding made 
     available under the clean fuels formula grant program under 
     this heading shall be transferred to and merged with funding 
     provided for the replacement, rehabilitation, and purchase of 
     buses and related equipment and the construction of bus-
     related facilities under ``Federal Transit Administration, 
     Capital investment grants''.
       Distribution of formula funding.--Within the total funding 
     level, the conferees anticipate that formula grants will be 
     distributed as follows:

Urbanized area formula (sec. 5307).......................$3,428,709,908
Elderly and individuals with disabilities (sec. 5310)........90,652,801
Nonurbanized area formula (sec. 5311).......................239,404,605
Clean fuels programs (sec. 5308).............................50,000,000
Alaska Railroad \1\...........................................4,850,000
Over-the-road bus accessibility...............................6,950,000
Oversight....................................................18,432,736

\1\ Includes $24,300 for oversight activities.

       Within the funding provided for the over-the-road bus 
     accessibility program: $5,250,000 for intercity fixed route 
     projects and the remainder is to be made available for other 
     services, such as local fixed route service, commuter service 
     and charter service.
       Salaries and benefits.--No funds herein appropriated may be 
     used by the New York Metropolitan Transit Authority, any 
     affiliated agency or entity to pay either salary, benefits, 
     or expenses to the elected or appointed officers of the 
     Association of Commuter Rail Employees.

                   University Transportation Research

       The conference agreement provides a total of $6,000,000 for 
     the university transportation research program as proposed by 
     both the House and the Senate. Of this amount, $1,200,000 is 
     from the general fund and shall be available until expended.

                     Transit Planning and Research

       The conference agreement provides a total of $122,000,000 
     for transit planning and research, as proposed by both the 
     House and the Senate. Within the total, the conference 
     agreement appropriates $24,200,000 from the general fund. The 
     general fund appropriation shall be available until expended.
       Within the funds appropriated for transit planning and 
     research, $5,250,000 is provided for rural transportation 
     assistance; $4,000,000 is provided for the National Transit 
     Institute; $8,250,000 is provided for the transit cooperative 
     research program; $60,385,600 is provided for metropolitan 
     planning; $12,614,400 is provided for state planning; and 
     $31,500,000 is provided for the national planning and 
     research program.
       National planning and research.--Within the funding 
     provided for national planning and research, the Federal 
     Transit Administration shall make available the following 
     amounts for the programs and activities listed below:

Project Action (TEA-21)......................................$3,000,000
Calstart/Westart bus rapid transit............................1,000,000
Clean mobility and transit enhancements.......................2,000,000
Electric Transit Vehicle Institute, TN..........................500,000
University of South Florida for urban transit research..........250,000
Santa Barbara Electric Transit Institute, CA....................425,000
Hennepin County community transportation, MN..................1,000,000
Joblinks/Community Transportation Association...................500,000
North Dakota transit center.....................................400,000
PVTA electric bus project MA....................................750,000
Auburn University campus transit system, AL.....................375,000
Center for Composites Manufacturing, AL.........................900,000
Detroit airport rail project, MI................................200,000
Detroit area regional transportation authority studies, MI......350,000
National bio-terrorism civilian medical response center, PA.....750,000
Rich Passage passenger ferry project, WA........................800,000
Rockford-Belvidere transit feasibility study, IL................200,000
Transit usage, home interview survey study, UT..................300,000
Washington state ferries wireless connection project, WA........800,000
WVU exhaust emissions testing, WV.............................1,000,000
Zinc-air zero emission bus, NV..................................750,000
National deployment of ITN America, ME..........................300,000

                      Trust Fund Share of Expenses


                (Liquidation of Contract Authorization)

                          (Highway Trust Fund)

       The conference agreement provides $5,781,000,000 in 
     liquidating cash for the trust fund share of transit expenses 
     as proposed by both the House and the Senate.

                       Capital Investment Grants


                     (Including Transfer of Funds)

       The conference agreement provides a total program level of 
     $3,036,000,000 to remain available until expended for capital 
     investment grants as proposed by the House and the Senate. 
     Within the total, the conference agreement appropriates 
     $607,200,000 from the general fund as proposed by both the 
     House and the Senate.
       Within the total program level, $1,214,400,000 is provided 
     for fixed guideway modernization; $607,200,000 is provided 
     for the replacement, rehabilitation, and purchase of buses 
     and related equipment and the construction of bus-related 
     facilities; and $1,214,400,000 is provided for new fixed 
     guideway systems.
       In addition to the $607,200,000 for buses, the conference 
     agreement transfers $50,000,000 from formula funds to capital 
     investment grants for the replacement, rehabilitation, and 
     purchase of buses and related equipment and for the 
     construction of bus-related facilities, as proposed by the 
     House. The Senate also proposed the transfer of $50,000,000; 
     however, the bill language was slightly different.
       In the new fixed guideway program, the conference agreement 
     supplements the $1,214,400,000 provided in this Act by 
     transferring $45,000,000 from the job access and reverse 
     commute grant program to the capital investment grant 
     program. The Senate proposed a transfer of $25,000,000 
     whereas the House had no similar bill language. In addition, 
     the conference agreement transfers all in unobligated 1999 
     job access and reverse commute program funds to capital 
     investment grants and makes this funding available for new 
     fixed guideway systems.
       Three year availability of section 5309 discretionary 
     funds.--The conferees direct the FTA to reprogram funds from 
     recoveries and previous appropriations that remain available 
     after three years and are available for reallocation to only 
     those new starts that have full funding grant agreements in 
     place on the date of enactment of this Act, and with respect 
     to bus and bus facilities, only to those bus and bus 
     facilities projects identified in the accompanying reports of 
     the fiscal year 2003 Department of Transportation and Related 
     Agencies Appropriations Act. The FTA shall notify the House 
     and Senate Committees on Appropriations 15 days prior to any 
     such proposed reallocation. The conferees, however, direct 
     the FTA not to reallocate funds provided in the 1998, 1999, 
     and

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     2000 Department of Transportation and Related Agencies 
     Appropriations Acts for the following projects:
       Washington County intermodal facilities, buses, and bus 
     facilities, 2000
       Foothills Transit, California buses and HEV vehicles, 2000
       Chatham, Georgia area transit buses and transfer center, 
     2000
       Fair Lakes league, Virginia, 2000
       Dulles Corridor, Virginia park-and-ride express bus 
     program, 2000
       Fayette County, Pennsylvania intermodal parking facility, 
     2000
       Swampscott, Massachusetts buses, 2000
       Ithaca, New York intermodal transportation center, 2000
       Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania intermodal facility, 1998, 1999, 
     2000
       Dulles, Virginia corridor project, 2000
       Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee, Wisconsin rail extension project, 
     2000
       Roaring Fork Valley, Colorado project, 2000
       Twin Cities, Minnesota, Transitways project, 2000
       Altamount, California commuter rail project, 2000
       Santa Fe/El Dorado, New Mexico rail link project
       Albuquerque, New Mexico light rail project
       Tuscaloosa, Alabama intermodal center
       Northern New Mexico park and ride facilities
       State of New Mexico buses and bus-related facilities
       Birmingham, Alabama transit corridor project
       Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Capital Area Transit/Corridor One 
     commuter rail project
       Charleston, South Carolina monobeam corridor project
       King County, Washington park and ride expansion
       Sequim, Washington-Clallam Transit multimodal center
       Birmingham-Jefferson County, Alabama buses
       Roaring Fork Transportation Authority, Colorado
       Dothan Wiregrass, Alabama vehicles and transit facility
       Jefferson/Montevallo, Alabama pedestrian walkway
       Montgomery, Alabama Union Station intermodal center
       Pritchard, Alabama bus transfer center
       West Virginia statewide intermodal facility and buses
       Port Mackenzie/Upper Cook Inlet intermodal facility
       The conferees agree that when the Congress extends the 
     availability of funds that remain unobligated after three 
     years and would otherwise be available for reallocation at 
     the discretion of the administrator, such funds are extended 
     only for one additional year, absent further congressional 
     direction.
       Bus and bus facilities.--The conference agreement provides 
     $607,200,000, together with $50,000,000 transferred from 
     ``Federal Transit Administration, formula grants'' and merged 
     with funding under this heading, for the replacement, 
     rehabilitation and purchase of buses and related equipment 
     and the construction of bus-related facilities. No funding in 
     this Act is made available to carry out the clean fuels 
     program. In addition, funds made available for bus and bus 
     facilities are to be supplemented with $4,567,156 from the 
     following projects included in previous appropriations Acts:

  Essex Junction, Vermont multimodal station...................$490,547
  Towamencin Township, Pennsylvania intermodal center (1999)..1,488,750
  Towamencin Township, Pennsylvania intermodal center (2000)..1,471,643
  Folsom, California multimodal facility........................992,500
  Georgetown University fuel cell program.......................123,716

       Funds provided for buses and bus facilities are distributed 
     as follows:

        Project Name                                   Conference total
Alabama:
  Alabama A&M University bus & bus facilities..................$500,000
  Alabama State Docks Intermodal Facility.....................8,000,000
  Alabama Statewide Replacement of Senior Center Vans.........1,000,000
  Bevill State Community College Transit Project................300,000
  Cullman County Commission (CARTS).............................150,000
  Hoover & Vestavia Hills Diesel Hybrid Electric Buses........1,000,000
  Hunstville Intermodal Center................................3,000,000
  Jefferson County, Diesel Hybrid Electric buses................750,000
  Martime Center of the Gulf..................................4,000,000
  Troy State University Bus Shuttle Program...................1,500,000
  Union Station/Molton Street Multimodal Facility, Montgomery.5,000,000
  University of North Alabama Transit Projects................2,000,000
Alaska:
  Anchorage Int'l Airport Intermodal Facility.................2,000,000
  Anchorage ship creek intermodal facility (AK)...............4,000,000
  Coffman-Cove Inner-island Ferry/Bus Terminal................2,000,000
  Fairbanks Intermodal Facility.................................250,000
  Fairbanks Rail/Bus Transfer.................................2,000,000
  Port Mackenzie Intermodal Facility..........................2,000,000
  Port of Anchorage Intermodel Facility.......................3,000,000
  Seward Buses & Bus Facility...................................200,000
  Skagway Municipal and Regional Transit........................350,000
  Wasilla Intermodal Facility...................................900,000
Arizona:
  City of Phoenix (RPTA) replacement buses....................3,835,000
  Coconino County Buses.......................................1,000,000
  RPTA Bus Facilities (Mesa, Scottsdale, Tempe, Phoenix)......4,200,000
  Sun Tran Replacement Buses, including alternatively fueled..1,000,000
  Sun Tran Bus Storage & Maintenance Facility.................1,750,000
  Tucson Intermodal Center (Union Pacific Depot)..............4,000,000
Arkansas:
  Fort Smith Bus................................................750,000
  State of Arkansas Bus & Bus Facilities......................4,500,000
California:
  Alameda Contra Costa Transit--Bus and Bus Facilities........1,050,000
  Anaheim Resort Transportation (ART) Project...................500,000
  Antelope Valley Transit Authority--Operations and Maintenance 
    Facility....................................................500,000
  BART Fruitvale Transit Village, parking structure.............250,000
  Chino, Transcenter, Omnitrans.................................330,000
  City of Salinas--Intermodal Transportation Center...........1,250,000
  City of Sierra Madre Buses and Natural Gas Vehicle Fueling Sta300,000
  East County Bus Maintenance Facility........................1,600,000
  El Garces Intermodal Station................................1,500,000
  Fairfield/Suisun Transit Alternative Fueled Buses.............500,000
  Folsom Railroad Block Project...............................1,000,000
  Foothill Transit--Bus Purchase..............................1,500,000
  Fresno Area Express (FAX) Bus Expansion.......................600,000
  Golden Empire Transit District................................750,000
  Los Angeles (MTA) Bus and Bus Facilities....................3,500,000
  Los Angeles to Pasadena Construction Authority Bus Program..3,000,000
  Modesto, Bus Maintenance Facility...........................1,700,000
  Monterey-Salinas Transit Bus Facility & Buses...............2,400,000
  MUNI Bus & Facility Upgrade, San Francisco..................5,000,000
  Municipal Transit Operators Coalition--Bus and Bus Facilitie1,750,000
  Omnitrans, City of Yucaipa--the Yucaipa Transit Advancement Pr950,000
  Palmdale intermodal facility................................1,000,000
  Redondo Beach, Bus Transfer Station...........................500,000
  Riverside Transit Agency (RTA) Transit Centers--Corona, Rive1,000,000
  Roseville Multitransit Center...............................1,500,000
  Sacramento Hydrogen Bus Technology (University of California at 
    Davis)......................................................600,000
  Sacramento Regional CNG Bus & Bus Facility..................1,250,000
  San Diego Bus Rapid Transit...................................500,000
  San Fernando Valley East and Ventura Boulevard, Park and ride 
    facilities..................................................500,000
  San Mateo County Transit District (SamTrans) Zero-Emission B1,385,000
  Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District (MTD) Hybrid Bus BRT 
    Project.....................................................750,000
  Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority Clean Fuel Bus P1,500,000
  Solano Transportation Authority--Fairfield/Vacaville Intermodal 
    Station.....................................................500,000

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  Sonoma County CNG Fueling Facility Upgrade....................500,000
  South Pasadena Circulator Bus.................................150,000
  Sun Line Transit Hydrogen Refueling Station.................1,250,000
  Yolubus and Unitrans CNG Buses..............................1,300,000
  Yosemite (YARTS)..............................................400,000
Colorado:
  Colorado Transit Coalition--Statewide Bus and Bus Facilitie12,000,000
Connecticut:
  Bridgeport High Speed Ferry Terminal Project................1,000,000
  Connecticut State-wide Buses................................1,000,000
  Hartford Downtown Circulator................................1,500,000
  Hartford-New Britain Busway Project.........................7,500,000
  Hollyhock Station/Intermodal Transportation Center, Norwich.2,650,000
  New Haven, Bus Maintenance Facility.........................1,000,000
  New Haven, Fuel Cell and Electric Bus Project...............1,000,000
  West Haven Intermodal.......................................1,000,000
Delaware:
  Delaware Transit Corporation................................3,000,000
District of Columbia:
  Georgetown University Fuel Cell Transit Bus Program.........4,850,000
  WMATA--Buses in D.C., Maryland, and Virginia................2,000,000
Florida:
  Broward County Buses and Bus Facility.........................200,000
  Collier Area Transit, Transit Facility........................750,000
  DeLand Intermodal Center (VOTRAN)...........................1,750,000
  East Central Florida Transit Coalition Bus and Facilities...6,000,000
  Ft. Lauderdale, Transit Shuttle Vehicles....................1,500,000
  Gainesville, Multimodal Transportation Center...............1,000,000
  Hillsborough Area Regional Transit (HART).....................500,000
  Jacksonville Transit Authority (JTA)--Buses.................1,250,000
  Key West Buses and Bus Facilities...........................1,000,000
  Lakeland, Citrus Connection...................................500,000
  Lee County, Bus Facility......................................750,000
  LYNX buses, bus facilities, and passenger amenities...........750,000
  Miami Beach Intermodal Transit Center.......................1,500,000
  Miami-Dade Buses............................................3,000,000
  Pinellas County Bus Replacement.............................4,200,000
  SunTran Transit Maintenance Facility--City of Ocala...........800,000
  Tallahassee (TALTRAN) buses.................................1,250,000
  Tallahassee (TALTRAN) Intermodal Center.......................500,000
  West Coast Florida Bus Coalition............................8,000,000
  West Palm Beach, Trolley Buses..............................1,250,000
  Winter Haven Transit Terminal.................................500,000
Georgia:
  Atlanta, Multimodal Terminal................................2,000,000
  Chatham Area Transit........................................2,700,000
  Georgia Regional Transportation Authority--Regional Express Bus and 
    Facilities................................................4,436,000
  Georgia Statewide Bus Replacement Program...................1,500,000
  Gwinnett County Operations & Maintenance Facility...........1,500,000
  Macon Intermodal Center.....................................2,000,000
  MARTA buses, clean fuel buses and facilities................2,500,000
Hawaii:
  BRT Systems, Appurenances & Facilities......................8,000,000
  Bus Transit Centers--Waianae, Mililani, Wahiawa...............750,000
  Hawaii Statewide Bus and Bus Facilities.....................5,000,000
  Maui County Buses...........................................1,100,000
Idaho:
  Idaho Transit Coalition Bus and Bus Facilities..............2,500,000
Illinois:
  Illinois Statewide Buses and Facilities....................12,200,000
  Normal Multi-modal Facility...................................750,000
Indiana:
  Cherry Street Multimodal Facility.............................500,000
  Fort Wayne Public Transportation Corporation (Fort Wayne Citil600,000
  Indiana Transit Consortium--Bloominton Public Transportation..500,000
  Indianapolis Downtown Transit Facility......................4,500,000
  Wabash Landing Transit Bus and Bus Facility...................250,000
Iowa:
  Cedar Falls Multimodal Facility.............................1,100,000
  Des Moines MTA Bus Purchase...................................800,000
  Iowa City Intermodal Transit Facility.......................6,000,000
  State of Iowa, Buses, Facilities, Equipment.................6,500,000
Kansas:
  City of Wichita, Mini-Transfer Station........................400,000
  Johnson County Transit Programs...............................500,000
  Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA).............250,000
  Kansas, Buses and Bus Facilities............................3,000,000
  Lawrence Transit System Transfer Center.......................500,000
  Topeka Transit Buses........................................1,500,000
  Unified Government Transit Bus Replacement--Wyandotte County/Kansas 
    City........................................................350,000
  Wichita Transit Authority...................................1,200,000
Kentucky:
  Fulton County Transit Authority R V Cutaways..................180,000
  Henderson Area Rapid Transit Bus...............................96,000
  Henderson County Facility.....................................500,000
  KY Statewide, Bus and Bus Facilities........................7,500,000
  KY Transportation Cabinet--Community Action groups..........1,425,000
  Laurel County intermodal facility...........................5,000,000
  Paducah Area Transit Authority Buses..........................480,000
  Pennyrile Allied Community Services Transit Facility..........372,000
  Pikesville parking and transit facility enhancements........1,000,000
  Red Cross Wheels............................................2,000,000
  Transit Authority of Northern Kentucky (TANK)...............1,500,000
  Transit Authority of River City.............................2,000,000
Louisiana:
  LA Public Transit Association, Buses and Bus Facilities....10,000,000
  LSU Health Sciences Center Shreveport Intermodal Facility.....250,000
  St. Bernard intermodal facility...............................500,000
Maine:
  Maine Statewide Bus & Bus Facility..........................1,000,000
  Oceangateway Development Project..............................500,000
  Westbrook, Intermodal Facility..............................1,000,000
Maryland:
  Maryland Statewide Bus and Bus Facilities...................8,000,000
  Montgomery County FDA Transit Center..........................250,000
Massachusetts:
  Attleboro Intermodal Mixed--Use Garage Facility...............750,000
  Brockton Area Transit, Intermodal Transportation Center.....1,000,000
  Cape Ann Transit Authority, buses and trolleys................150,000
  Cape Cod Intermodal Facilities (Cape & Island Transit Ctrs)...300,000
  Cities of Beverly and Salem, Intermodal Facility Improvements.250,000
  CTS Northern Tier Buses--MA...................................300,000
  Essex County, City of Lynn, MA, buses and senior citizen vans.140,000
  Essex County, City of Peabody, MA, buses.......................48,000
  Essex County, Town of Danvers, MA, buses and senior citizen van66,000
  Lowell-Gallagher Intermodal Facility........................1,000,000
  Merrimack Valley Regional Transit Authority (MVTRA), facility 
    improvements................................................250,000
  Montachusett Area Regional Transit (MART) Commuter Park and Ride 
    Facility--Leominster........................................750,000
  Montachusett Area Regional Transit (MART) Passenger and Handic425,000
  Montachusett Commuter Facilities in Fitchburg...............1,600,000
  Northern Tier Intermodal Center--Athol........................300,000
  Springfield Union Station Intermodal Redevelopment Project..6,000,000
  Worcester Regional Transit Authority (WRTA) Maintenance Facili200,000

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Michigan:
  Ann Arbor Transportation Authority Bus & Bus Facilities.......250,000
  Battle Creek..................................................300,000
  Bay Area Transportation Authority Buses, Traverse City........500,000
  Blue Water Area Transportation..............................1,000,000
  Branch County Transit Authority...............................300,000
  City of Alma, intermodal facility and buses...................775,000
  Detroit Department of Transportation Transit Facility.......5,150,000
  Flint Mass Transportation Authority bus and bus facilities..2,000,000
  Grand Rapids, bus and bus facilities..........................500,000
  Ionia Area Transportation Authority Dial-a-Ride...............304,000
  Jackson Transportation Authority, Bus Maintenance Facility....500,000
  Kalamazoo Metro Transit--Transfer Center....................2,900,000
  Lansing, Capital Area Transit Authority.....................1,000,000
  Livingston Essential Transportation Service...................220,000
  Ludington Mass Transportation Authority (LMTA) Transit Facilit525,000
  Marquette County Transit Authority bus and bus facilities...2,000,000
  Michigan Statewide Bus and Facilities.......................1,000,000
  Milan Public Transit..........................................180,000
  Saginaw Transit Authority Regional Service buses..............500,000
  Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transit (SMART)....3,500,000
  Washtenaw County, Chelsa Area Transportation System (CATS)....264,000
  Yates Township Transit System.................................450,000
Minnesota:
  Dakota County, Cedar Avenue Project.........................1,000,000
  Duluth Transit Authority Bus and Bus Facilities...............500,000
  Greater Minnesota Transit Authority Bus & Bus Facilities....2,000,000
  La Crescent--Public Transfer Hub...............................60,000
  Metro Transit..............................................11,585,000
  Metropolitan Light Rail Transit Joint Powers Board--Rush Line 
    Corridor....................................................500,000
  Minneapolis downtown circulator.............................2,000,000
  Minneapolis, 63rd Ave N. Park and Ride......................1,000,000
  Northwest Corridor Busway...................................2,500,000
  Rochester--Bus Purchase.......................................507,000
  St. Cloud Metropolitan Transit Commission Facilities..........500,000
  STEELE--Bus Purchase...........................................48,000
  Two Harbors Bus and Bus Facilities............................200,000
Mississippi:
  Brookhaven, Multi-modal Center..............................2,000,000
  Harrison County multi-modal facilities and shuttle service....500,000
  Hattiesburg Intermodal Facility...............................750,000
Missouri:
  Bi-State Development Agency Bus Replacement.................3,000,000
  Ferguson Van Replacement.......................................45,000
  Hazelwood Van Expansion........................................80,000
  Houston buses.................................................100,000
  Jefferson City Transit Bus and Van............................500,000
  Kansas City KCATA Buses.......................................200,000
  Missouri Bus & Bus Facilities--Dunklin County, City of Houston, 
    Southeast Missouri Transportation Service, Scott County, SE 
    Missouri State University.................................2,250,000
  Missouri Statewide Bus and Bus Facility Projects............5,500,000
  OATS Bus and Bus Facilities.................................1,500,000
  Southeast Missouri Trans. Services Bus and Bus Facilities.....500,000
  Southwest Missouri State University Intermodal Transfer Faci3,000,000
  Springfield Public Utilities Buses..........................1,300,000
  St. Charles Buses and Equipment...............................245,000
  St. Joseph Buses............................................1,000,000
  Stoddard County Van............................................30,000
Montana:
  Billings bus and bus facilities.............................1,000,000
  District IX--Bozeman Galavan..................................250,000
  Mountain Line Buses Missoula..................................500,000
Nebraska:
  Metro Area Transit--Intermodal Facility.....................1,000,000
  Metro Area Transit South Omaha/Stockyard Center...............750,000
  Nebraska Statewide............................................750,000
Nevada:
  Bus Rapid Transit on South Virginia Street--Reno............2,450,000
  Bus Rapid Transit Project Las Vegas Blvd....................5,000,000
  Las Vegas Downtown Transportation Center....................2,250,000
  Regional Transportation Commission (RTC) BRT--North Las Vegas CIVIS 
    Bus Stops...................................................325,000
  Reno and Sparks Bus and Bus Facilities......................2,700,000
  Rural Transit Buses & Facilities..............................750,000
New Hampshire:
  New Hampshire Statewide Bus Acquisition.......................750,000
New Jersey:
  Bergen County Intermodal Facilities and Park-n-Ride.........2,250,000
  Central New Jersey Raritan Valley Line Park-n-Ride..........1,000,000
  Gloucester Co Sr. Buses.......................................200,000
  Harrison New Jersey PATH Station Rehabilitation...............250,000
  Montclair Community Wide Bus System.........................1,000,000
  Morris County, Intermodal Park-n-Rides Facilities...........1,500,000
  Newark Penn Station Intermodal Access Enhancements..........2,000,000
  Route 80 Howard Boulevard NJ Transit Park and Ride............500,000
  Trenton Station Intermodal..................................6,500,000
New Mexico:
  Albuquerque Buses and Bus Facility..........................1,000,000
  Alvorado Transportation Center--Phase II......................300,000
  Espanola ADA van & Compressed Gas Equipment....................75,000
  Rio Rancho Buses and Facilities...............................250,000
  Santa Fe Bus Facility Renovation..............................200,000
New York:
  Albany, NY--Capital District Transportation Authority (CDTA), Bus and 
    Bus Facilities............................................2,700,000
  Brooklyn, downtown intermodal transit district................500,000
  Broome County, Binghamton Intermodal Terminal...............1,000,000
  Buffalo Intermodal Transportation Center....................5,000,000
  Central New York Regional Transportation Authority..........3,000,000
  City of Schenectady, bus and bus facilities...................500,000
  Jamaica Intermodal Facilities...............................1,500,000
  Lower Hudson Intercounty Bus Program..........................800,000
  Mobile Health Service Buses, NYC..............................500,000
  Nassau County's Long Island Bus...............................250,000
  New Rochelle Intermodal Center................................750,000
  Niagara Transportation Authority Buses and Bus Facilities...3,250,000
  Oneonta Public Transit Buses..................................750,000
  Orange County, Buses..........................................750,000
  Rensselaer Intermodal Station and related community enhancemen800,000
  Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority (RGRTA)--
    Rochester Central Station.................................3,000,000
  Ulster County Rural Bus Facility..............................900,000
  Utica Transit Authority Buses.................................900,000
  Westchester County Bee-Line Buses...........................1,750,000
North Carolina:
  City of Charlotte Bus and Bus Facilities....................1,500,000
  North Carolina Bus and Bus Facilities.......................8,000,000
  Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation (PART)--Bus P1,000,000
  Triangle Transit Authority (TTA) Maintenance Facility.........350,000
North Dakota:
  North Dakota Statewide Capital Transit......................2,901,000

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Ohio:
  Cincinnati Government Square Transit Transfer Center........4,000,000
  Greater Triskett Bus Garage Rehabilitation..................1,000,000
  Lorain Renovation Train Depot in a Multi-modal Hub..........1,000,000
  Ohio Public Transportation Association--Bus and Bus Facilities for 
    the State of Ohio.........................................8,500,000
Oklahoma:
  Central Oklahoma Transportation & Parking Authority (COPTA).2,500,000
  Metropolitan Tulsa Transit Authority (MTTA).................1,000,000
  Oklahoma Transit Association--Bus and Bus Facilities........5,000,000
  OSU Multimodal Transportation Facility......................3,000,000
Oregon:
  Albany, Buses.................................................220,000
  Canby Transit.................................................200,000
  Eugene Lane Transit District................................2,000,000
  Portland, Tri-Met Buses.....................................2,000,000
  Rogue Valley Transit District...............................1,000,000
  Salem Area Mass Transit Bus and Bus Facility..................500,000
  Wilsonville, South Metro Area Rapid Transit (SMART)...........250,000
Pennsylvania:
  Adams Transit Authority Buses and Bus Facility................400,000
  Allentown Intermodal Transportation Center..................2,000,000
  Altoona Metro Transit Buses...................................500,000
  AMTRAN Bus and Transit System Improvements....................750,000
  Area Transportation Authority Buses, North Central Pennsylva2,000,000
  Beaver County Transit Authority Buses.........................150,000
  Berks Area Reading Transportation Authority--Buses and Facil1,000,000
  Bucks County, SEPTA Intermodal facility improvement.........1,000,000
  Butler Township/City Joint Municipal Transit Multi-Modal Transfer 
    Center......................................................425,000
  Cambria County Operations and Maintenance Facility............500,000
  Capital Area Transit Buses....................................500,000
  Easton Intermodal Terminal..................................2,000,000
  Endless Mountain Transportation Authority.....................300,000
  Fayette County Transit Facility...............................900,000
  Hershey Intermodal Transportation Center....................2,000,000
  Indiana County Transit Authority..............................410,000
  Mid-County Transit Authority, Facilities and Equipment........500,000
  Port Authority of Allegheny County Buses (including clean fu1,775,000
  Pullman Multi-modal Center....................................500,000
  SEPTA--Paratransit Vehicles...................................500,000
  SEPTA Norristown Intermodal Facility........................1,000,000
  Somerset County Transportation System.........................160,000
  TEA-21 Altoona, PA..........................................3,000,000
  Westmoreland County Transit Authority.......................1,450,000
  Wilkes-Barre Intermodal Facility..............................250,000
  Williamsport Bureau of Transportation City Bus--Lycoming Cou1,250,000
  York County Transit Authority Buses...........................500,000
Puerto Rico:
  Puerto Rico Metropolitan Bus Authority (MBA), bus and bus faci250,000
Rhode Island:
  Newport Trolley Project.......................................500,000
  Premium Commuter Service Pilot Program......................1,000,000
  Rhode Island Buses and Alternatively Fueled Infrastructure..3,000,000
  University of Rhode Island Student Transportation Services....750,000
South Carolina:
  Intermodal/Inland Port Terminal.............................1,000,000
  Myrtle Beach Regional Multimodal Transit Center.............1,125,000
  North Charleston Regional Intermodal Transportation Center....500,000
  South Carolina Vehicles and Facilities......................7,000,000
  Sumter Intermodal Transportation Center (Union Station).....3,000,000
South Dakota:
  Rosebud Sioux Tribe Bus Facility..............................200,000
  South Dakota Statewide--Bus and Bus Facilities................750,000
Tennessee:
  Knoxville Electric Transit Intermodal Center................3,400,000
  Memphis Airport Intermodal Facility Improvements............3,000,000
  Tennessee Bus Replacements & Bus Facilities.................9,500,000
Texas:
  Abilene Bus Replacement--Citylink.............................600,000
  Austin Bus Projects.........................................5,000,000
  Beaumont Buses................................................100,000
  Brownsville Buses.............................................100,000
  Corpus Christi Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) Bus & Bus 
    Facilities..................................................500,000
  El Paso Bus Projects........................................1,500,000
  Fort Worth Transportation Authority.........................3,000,000
  Galveston Buses.............................................1,000,000
  Houston Advanced Transit Program............................2,000,000
  Laredo, Administrative/Operations/Maintenance Facility......1,750,000
  Lubbock Buses.................................................150,000
  Odessa & Midland, TX--Alternative Fuel Buses................1,000,000
  San Antonio VIA Metropolitan Transit Authority..............1,500,000
  Texas Tech University Park & Ride; Buses....................1,850,000
  Waco Transit, Buses, Maintenance and Administration Faciliti1,900,000
  Woodlands District Park & Ride..............................1,200,000
Utah:
  State of Utah--Buses and Facilities.........................1,000,000
  UTA and Park City Transit Buses.............................4,000,000
  Utah Statewide Regional Intermodal Transportation Centers.....500,000
Vermont:
  Chittenden County Transit Authority Bus and Facility.........2,000,00
  Montpelier Multimodal Center................................2,000,000
  St. Johnsbury Transit Center Rehabilitation...................250,000
  Winooski Falls Downtown Multimodal Transportation Center......500,000
Virginia:
  Arlington Bus Transfer Stations...............................500,000
  Greater Roanoke Transit Company (GRTC) Buses................1,050,000
  Hampton Roads Bus and Bus Facilities........................1,525,000
  Petersburg Area Transit.......................................750,000
  Potomac & Rappahannock Transportation Commission............2,100,000
  Potomac Yard Transitway.......................................800,000
  Richmond Multi-modal Facility...............................2,950,000
Virgin Islands:
  Virgin Islands Transit (VITRAN)...............................500,000
Washington:
  Clark County, WA C-TRAN Vancouver Mall Transit Center.......2,600,000
  Aurora Avenue Bus Rapid Transit.............................1,500,000
  Burien transit center transit oriented development..........2,000,000
  Edmonds Crossing multi-modal project........................3,500,000
  Intercity Transit (Thurston County) Fare Collection Equipment.250,000
  Issaquah Highlands Park & Ride..............................1,400,000
  Jefferson Transit Facilities................................1,000,000
  King Street Station Multimodal Facility.......................250,000
  Lakewood SR 512 Park-n-Ride Expansion.......................1,500,000
  Mason County Transportation Authority Facilities..............300,000
  Mercer Island Transit Center, Park and Ride...................500,000
  Mount Vernon multi-modal facility and buses.................2,000,000
  Pierce County bus and bus facilities........................3,000,000
  Port Angeles International Gateway project..................1,500,000
  Small Bus System Program of Projects........................2,140,000
  Snohomish County Community Transit park and ride............3,000,000
  Sound Transit regional transit hubs.........................4,000,000
  Spokane bus and bus facilities..............................2,500,000
West Virginia:
  Huntington, Tri-State Transit Authority (TTA) buses and vans1,800,000

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  Monongalia Courthouse Annex in Morgantown--Intermodal Parking 
    Facility..................................................3,500,000
  West Virginia Statewide.....................................4,000,000
Wisconsin:
  Wisconsin Statewide Bus & Bus facilities...................16,300,000
Wyoming:
  Wyoming Department of Transportation........................2,500,000

       Bevill State Community College.--Funding provided to Bevill 
     State Community College may also be made available to Jasper, 
     Alabama.
       Dulles Corridor park and ride.--Funds provided in fiscal 
     year 2000 for the Dulles Corridor park and ride shall also be 
     made available for the Reston East park and ride project in 
     Virginia.
       Fort Worth intermodal center park and ride.--Funding 
     provided in fiscal year 2002 for the Fort Worth intermodal 
     center park and ride facility shall be used to facilitate the 
     finish out of the intermodal connections into downtown Fort 
     Worth and to enhance the linkage of the TRE with the T's bus 
     operation and park and ride elements occurring at two sites: 
     the ITC (and geographically related areas like the 7th Street 
     parking lot and Alarm Supply Building) and a larger facility 
     at the Texas and Pacific Station.
       State of Illinois.--Within the funding provided to the 
     State of Illinois, $1,000,000 shall be for the refurbishment 
     of the Dan Ryan station.
       Ithaca, New York.--Funds made available in fiscal year 2000 
     to the Ithaca intermodal transportation center shall also be 
     made available for the Binghamton intermodal transportation 
     center.
       Kansas buses.--Funding provided for Wyandotte County buses 
     and Kansas City joblinks in fiscal year 2001 shall be made 
     available to the Unified Government of Wyandotte County/
     Kansas City.
       Commonwealth of Kentucky.--The conference agreement 
     provides $7,500,000 for bus and bus facilities needs 
     statewide. Of this funding, $4,000,000 shall be provided to 
     southern and eastern Kentucky. The remainder shall be 
     allocated to: Bluegrass Community Action Services, City of 
     Frankfort, Kentucky Foothills Development Council, Community 
     Action Council of Fayette/Lexington, Lexington Red Cross, 
     East Kentucky Independent Service Organization, and Lexington 
     Transit Authority.
       State of Michigan.--Within the funding provided, the state 
     should strongly consider requests from Alger County, 
     Charlevoix County, Delta Area Transit Authority, Houghton, 
     Ontonogan County, City of Sault Ste. Marie, and Schoolcraft 
     County.
       Mt. Sinai intermodal center.--Funding provided to the Mt. 
     Sinai intermodal center in fiscal year 1992 shall also be 
     made available to the Miami Beach intermodal facility in 
     Florida.
       Plaquemines Parish ferry.--Funds provided in fiscal year 
     2001 for Louisiana's Plaquemines Parish Ferry shall also be 
     made available to the New Orleans Regional Planning 
     Commission for vans, buses and related facility construction 
     in Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. John and St. Charles 
     parishes.
       State of Ohio.--Within the funds provided, the state should 
     strongly consider requests from Kent, and the East Side 
     transit center.
       Sierra Madre Villa intermodal center.--Funding provided for 
     the Sierra Madre Villa intermodal center in fiscal year 2002 
     shall also be made available to the Los Angeles County 
     Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) for bus and 
     bus related facilities in the LACMTA's service area.
       Swampscott buses.--Funding provided for the Swampscott 
     buses in fiscal year 2000 may also be made available to 
     Lynnfield, Massachusetts to replace buses.
       Tompkins consolidated transit center, NY.--Funds made 
     available in fiscal year 2002 for the Tompkins consolidated 
     area transit center shall be made available for the City of 
     Middletown buses and bus facilities ($320,000) and City of 
     Kingston buses ($240,000), and the remainder shall be made 
     available for Tompkins County bus and bus facilities.
       Tompkins County intermodal facility.--Funds made available 
     in fiscal year 2001 for the Tompkins County intermodal 
     facility shall also be made available for the Ulster County, 
     New York rural bus garage.
       State of Washington.--Of the $2,140,000 provided to the 
     small bus system program of projects in the State of 
     Washington: $432,000 is for Grant Transit Authority, $144,000 
     is for Grays Harbor Transportation, $288,000 is for Island 
     Transit, $96,000 is for Pacific Transit, and $1,180,000 is 
     for Pullman Transit.
       New fixed guideway systems.--In total, the conference 
     agreement provides $1,260,415,648 for new fixed guideway 
     systems, of which $1,214,400,000 is from new appropriations, 
     $45,000,000 is from funds transferred from the access to jobs 
     and reverse commute grant program, and $1,015,648 is from 
     unobligated funds provided under Public Law 105-277 under the 
     job access and reverse commute grant program.
       Houston.--With regard to Full Funding Grant Agreement TX-
     03-0119 the Secretary shall remove ``Steubner Airline Park 
     and Ride'' from the agreement and insert ``Barker Cypress 
     Park and Ride, Fuqua Park and Ride and Clear Lake Park and 
     Ride.''
       Miami-Dade transit metromover stage I.--The conference 
     agreement permits FTA to reprogram $5,384,000 in new starts 
     funds, originally obligated for the Miami-Dade transit 
     metromover stage I project, to the Metrorail Palmetto 
     extension project.
       The conference agreement provides for the following 
     distribution of the recommended funding for new fixed 
     guideway systems as follows:

        Project Name                                         Conference
Alaska-Hawaii Setaside......................................$10,296,000
Altamont, CA, Commuter Express Maintenance Facility San Joaquin Rail 
  Commission..................................................1,000,000
Atlanta North Springs, GA (North Line Extension).............16,110,000
Baltimore, MD, Central LRT Double Tracking Project...........18,000,000
Birmingham, AL, Transit Corridor Study........................2,000,000
Boston, MA, North Shore Corridor Project........................338,000
Boston, MA, South Boston Piers Transitway.......................681,000
Bridgeport, CT, Intermodal Transportation Center Project......2,500,000
Burlington-Middlebury, VT, Commuter Rail......................1,500,000
Central Phoenix/East Valley, AZ, Light Rail..................12,000,000
Charlotte, NC, South Corridor Light Rail Transit Project.....11,000,000
Chicago Transit Authority, IL, Douglas Branch Reconstruction.55,000,000
Chicago Transit Authority, IL, Ravenswood Reconstruction......3,000,000
Cleveland, OH, Euclid Corridor Transportation Project.........6,000,000
Dallas, TX, North Central Light Rail Extension...............60,000,000
Denver, CO, Southeast Center LRT (T-REX).....................70,000,000
Fort Lauderdale, Tri-County Commuter Rail Upgrades...........29,250,000
Houston, TX, Advanced Metro Transit Plan.....................11,000,000
Las Vegas, NV, Resort Corridor Fixed Guideway.................7,000,000
Little Rock, AR, River Rail Streetcar Project.................1,700,000
Los Angeles, CA, Eastside Corridor LRT........................4,000,000
Los Angeles, CA, North Hollywood Red Line....................40,490,000
Lowell, MA to Nashua, NH, Commuter Rail Extension.............3,000,000
Maryland, MARC Commuter Rail Improvements....................11,750,000
Memphis, TN, Medical Center Rail Extension...................15,610,000
Metra Commuter Rail and Line Extension Projects (North Central, Union 
  Pacific West, SouthWest)...................................52,000,000
Metro North Rolling Stock, CT.................................4,000,000
Minneapolis, MN, Hiawatha Corridor LRT.......................60,000,000
Minneapolis, MN, Northstar Corridor...........................5,000,000
Nashville, TN, East Corridor Commuter Rail....................4,000,000
New Jersey, Hudson-Bergen Light Rail--MOS1...................19,200,000
New Jersey, Hudson-Bergen Light Rail--MOS2...................50,000,000
New Orleans, LA, Canal Street Streetcar Project..............22,000,000
New York, Long Island Railroad East Side Access Project......13,500,000
New York, Second Avenue Subway................................2,000,000
Newark-Elizabeth, NJ, Rail Link..............................60,000,000
Northern Indiana South Shore Community Rail Project...........2,500,000
Oceanside-Escondido, CA, Rail Corridor.......................13,600,000
Ogden to Provo, UT, Commuter Rail Corridor....................5,000,000
Orange County, CA, Centerline Light Rail Project..............1,500,000
Pawtucket, RI, Layover Facility...............................4,500,000
Pittsburgh, PA, North Shore Connector.........................7,025,000
Pittsburgh, PA, Stage II LRT Reconstruction..................26,250,000
Portland, OR, Interstate MAX Light Rail Extension............70,000,000
Puget Sound, WA, Sounder Commuter Rail.......................30,000,000
Raleigh, NC, Triangle Transit Regional Rail Service...........9,000,000
Salt Lake City, UT, CBD to University LRT....................68,760,000
Salt Lake City, UT, Medical Center LRT.......................12,000,000
Salt Lake City, UT, North/South LRT.............................720,000
San Diego, CA, Trolley Mission Valey East LRT Extension......65,000,000
San Francisco, CA, BART Extension to San Francisco Airport..100,000,000
San Francisco, CA, Third Street Light Rail Extension (Phase II1,500,000

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San Jose, CA, Silicon Valley Rapid Transit Corridor Project.....250,000
San Juan, PR, Tren Urbano....................................40,000,000
Scranton, PA to New York City, NY, Passenger Rail Service.....2,000,000
SEPTA, PA, Schuylkill Valey Metro Line........................9,000,000
St. Louis, MO, Metrolink, St. Clair Extension.................3,370,000
Stamford, CT, Urban Transitway...............................10,000,000
Vermont Transportation Authority Rolling Stock..................500,000
Virginia Railway Express project..............................2,000,000
Washington, DC, Dulles Corridor Rapid Transit Project........26,500,000
Washington DC/MD, Largo Extension............................60,000,000
Wilmington, DE, Train Station improvements....................2,000,000
Wilsonville-Beaverton Commuter Rail Line, OR..................2,500,000

                 Job Access and Reverse Commute Grants

       The conference agreement includes a total program level of 
     $150,000,000 for the job access and reverse commute grants as 
     proposed by both the House and the Senate. Within this total, 
     $30,000,000 is derived from the general fund. The conference 
     agreement includes a provision that waives the cap for small 
     urban and rural areas and provides that up to $300,000 of the 
     funds appropriated under this heading may be used for 
     technical assistance, technical support, and performance 
     reviews of the job access and reverse commute grants program.
       Of the total funding provided to the job access and reverse 
     commute grants program, $45,000,000 has been transferred to 
     the capital investment grants program instead of a transfer 
     of $25,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The House bill 
     proposed no similar transfer. In addition, bill language has 
     been included that transfers the 1999 unobligated balances 
     from this program to the capital investment grants program.
       Southeast Missouri Council.--Funding provided for fiscal 
     year 2002 for the Southeast Missouri Council shall also be 
     made available to the Mid-American Regional Council in Kansas 
     City, Missouri.
       Funds appropriated for the job access and reverse commute 
     grants program are to be distributed as follows:


        Project Name                                   Conference Total
Alaska:
  Alaska Mobility Coalition....................................$500,000
  Kenai Peninsula Transit Planning..............................500,000
  MASCOT Matanuska-Susitna Valley...............................200,000
Alabama:
  Jefferson County............................................3,000,000
Arizona:
  AJO to Phoenix Rural Express Bus Service......................200,000
  Maricopa County Worklinks Project.............................250,000
  Southwest Transit Assessment & Review Team Bus Route 131......300,000
  Valley Metro (RPTA), City of Phoenix........................1,100,000
California:
  AC Transit--CalWORKS........................................2,000,000
  County of Santa Clara Guaranteed Ride Home Program............500,000
  East Palo Alto Shuttle Service................................700,000
  LA County UTRANS..............................................500,000
  Los Angeles County, MTA Ride Share program....................875,000
  Low-Income LIFT Program SF MTC..............................1,000,000
  SACOG Sacramento Region.......................................750,000
  Sacramento Area.............................................1,500,000
  Southern California Regional Rail Authority, Metrolink double 
    tracking..................................................1,000,000
Colorado:
  Colorado Statewide--Colorado Association of Transit Agencies (800,000
Connecticut:
  Connecticut statewide.......................................3,500,000
District of Columbia:
  Georgetown Metro Connection--Washington, DC.................1,100,000
  WMATA (D.C., Maryland and Virginia).........................2,125,000
Delaware:
  Delaware Welfare to Work Initiative...........................750,000
Florida:
  HART Access to Jobs Program...................................700,000
  Jacksonville Trans. Authority Choice Ride Program...........1,625,000
  Key West....................................................1,000,000
  LYNX Central Florida Regional.................................200,000
Georgia:
  Chatham.......................................................438,000
  Macon-Bibb County Reverse Commute Program.....................775,000
Iowa:
  Iowa Statewide..............................................1,000,000
Illinois:
  DuPage County Coordinated Paratransit Program.................500,000
  Illinois Ways to Work.........................................500,000
  Rock Island County Mass Transit District (MetroLink)..........180,000
  Ways-to-Work--IL-MO.........................................1,000,000
Indiana:
  Fort Wayne's Hanna Creighton Transit Center...................750,000
  IndyGo Service..............................................1,000,000
Kansas:
  KW Paratransit Vehicle.........................................30,000
  Mid America Regional Council (MARC)...........................500,000
  Wyandotte County............................................1,150,000
Louisiana:
  Lafayette Ways to Work Program................................100,000
Massachusetts:
  Brockton Area Transit Authority...............................225,000
  Community Transportation Association of America.............1,000,000
  Northern Tier Dial-A-Ride.....................................400,000
  Transportation Services of Northern Berkshire, Inc............400,000
Maryland:
  Maryland Statewide (Montgomery County, $600,000)............5,000,000
Michigan:
  Flint Mass Transportation Authority.........................1,050,000
  Grand Rapids/Kent County Job Access Plan......................938,000
Minnesota:
  Minneapolis/St. Paul, Met Council...........................1,000,000
Missouri:
  Metrolink Corridor Access to Jobs...........................3,000,000
  Metropolitan Kansas City Job Access Partnership.............1,000,000
  Missouri Statewide..........................................1,400,000
  Ways to Work Missouri.........................................225,000
North Carolina:
  Community Transportation Association of America's Joblinks Employment 
    Transportation Initiative.................................1,000,000
  Wake County Coordinated Transportation System.................775,000
New Hampshire:
  Lancaster-Littleton Transit Project............................50,000
New Jersey:
  New Jersey statewide........................................5,000,000
New York:
  Broome County Transit--Binghamton, NY.........................250,000
  Capital District Transportation Authority Albany..............275,000
  Central NY Regional Transportation Authority..................500,000
  Chautauqua Area Rural Transportation System....................50,000
  Chemung County Transit.........................................75,000
  Columbia County...............................................100,000
  Franklin County Expansion of Hour Service......................75,000
  Hornell Trans. Alternatives for NY.............................50,000
  Ithaca service.................................................75,000
  MTA--Long Island Bus..........................................250,000
  New York State DOT............................................500,000
  Orange County.................................................100,000
  Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority (RGRTA)...600,000
  Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit, Tompkins County...........300,000
Ohio:
  Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA)--Mobility Management....600,000
  Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority..................500,000
  Northwest Ohio Commuter LINK Toledo...........................375,000
  STEP-UP Job Access Project Dayton.............................125,000
Oklahoma:
  Oklahoma Transit Association................................5,000,000
Oregon:
  Jackson-Josephine County......................................200,000
  Oregon Ways to Work Loan Program..............................250,000
  Portland Metropolitan Region................................2,150,000
  Salem Area Transit............................................500,000
Pennsylvania:
  Port Authority of Allegheny County Access to Jobs...........4,000,000
  SEPTA.......................................................5,570,000
Rhode Island:
  Rhode Island Deployment of Flexible Services..................750,000
  Rhode Island Public Transit.................................2,000,000
Tennessee:
  Chattanooga...................................................500,000
  Knoxville.....................................................750,000
  State of Tennessee..........................................1,500,000
Texas:
  Abilene Citylink Program......................................100,000

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  Austin Capital Metros Access................................2,500,000
  Citibus, Lubbock..............................................230,000
  Corpus Christi..............................................1,225,000
  East Texas Just Transportation Alliance (ETJTA): Tyler Transit200,000
  El Paso.......................................................250,000
  Galveston.....................................................600,000
  San Antonio Access to Jobs Program..........................1,088,000
Virginia:
  City of Charlottesville.......................................375,000
  Fairfax County, Short-Term Transit Improvements.............1,600,000
  Virginia Regional Transportation Association, Route 7 service/Dulles 
    corridor....................................................200,000
Washington:
  Community Transportation Association of America...............150,000
  WA WorkFirst Initiative.....................................4,750,000
  Ways to Work--EPIC Yakima.....................................500,000
Wisconsin:
  Wisconsin Statewide.........................................5,200,000
West Virginia:
  West Virginia Statewide.....................................1,000,000

             Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation

                       Operations and Maintenance


                    (harbor maintenance trust fund)

       The conference agreement appropriates $14,086,000 for 
     operations and maintenance of the Saint Lawrence Seaway 
     Development Corporation.
       Security--The conferees applaud the initial security 
     efforts of the corporation and encourage the corporation to 
     continue the development of a high risk vessel assessment 
     protocol with assistance from the U.S. Coast Guard and 
     Transportation Security Administration.
       FECA administrative costs--The conferees have denied 
     funding proposed in the budget for FECA administrative costs. 
     This is consistent with actions taken DOT-wide.

              RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION

                     Research and Special Programs

       The conference agreement appropriates $40,980,000 for 
     research and special programs instead of $40,677,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $43,725,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. Within this total, $3,250,000 is available until 
     September 30, 2005, as proposed by the House, instead of 
     $3,342,000 as proposed by the Senate. The following 
     adjustments are made to the budget estimate:

Reduce funding for prior year budget decisions................-$265,000
Reduce funding for emergency transportation detailee...........-107,000
Reduce funding for new program support decisions...............-790,000
Reduce funding for new IT infrastructure.....................-2,239,000
Reduce funding for FECA administrative costs.....................-3,000

       The conference agreement permits up to $1,200,000 in fees 
     be collected and deposited in the general fund of the 
     Treasury as offsetting receipts. Also, the conference 
     agreement includes language that permits funds received from 
     states, counties, municipalities, other public authorities 
     and private sources for expenses incurred for training, 
     reports publication and dissemination, and travel expenses 
     incurred in the performance of hazardous materials exemptions 
     and approval functions. The House and Senate proposed both of 
     these provisions.
       Prior year funding decisions.--The budget included $265,000 
     for reimbursement of salary and administrative funding that 
     Congress did not provide in the fiscal year 2002 
     appropriations Act. The conference agreement deletes funding 
     for this purpose, as proposed by the House.
       New positions.--The budget requested a total of fourteen 
     new positions for RSPA's information management program. The 
     conference agreement has provided a total of two of these new 
     positions, one security officer and one network 
     administrator/computer analyst, as proposed by the House.
       Emergency transportation detailee.--RSPA requested $100,000 
     to pay for an existing detailee position from the Department 
     of Defense to serve as a liaison officer in the office of 
     emergency transportation. Because this position is filled by 
     an employee of the Department of Defense, not RSPA, and 
     detailees are customarily paid for by the sponsoring 
     department, the conferees delete funding for this purpose, as 
     proposed by the House. An additional $7,000 is also denied 
     for FECA-related costs.
       Information technology infrastructure.--The conference 
     agreement has reduced funding by $2,239,000 from the request 
     for computer infrastructure, for a total funding level of 
     $1,500,000, as proposed by the House. The conferees direct 
     RSPA to focus its information technology investment funding 
     on safety and security related mission critical areas, such 
     as pipeline safety and hazardous materials areas, as well as 
     on addressing the internal and external computer-related 
     security threats identified by the March 2002 security 
     posture assessment report.
       The conference committee further directs that no additional 
     funds shall be expended for consulting costs for RSPA's 
     business modernization initiative until a new Strategic 
     Information Technology Plan is submitted, as proposed by the 
     Senate. Further, RSPA shall provide this new Strategic 
     Information Technology Plan, of no more than fifteen pages, 
     to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations by May 
     15, 2003, also proposed by the Senate. The report should 
     identify a detailed infrastructure spending plan, including 
     an itemization of resources and the sequence in which RSPA 
     addresses security and infrastructure needs.
       Operation Respond.--The conferees agree to provide an 
     additional $1,500,000 to further accelerate the establishment 
     of a national first responder emergency services network. 
     Funds should be used for pilot programs at the Ports of Los 
     Angeles and Long Beach, California, the Port of New York/New 
     Jersey, the Port of Mobile, Alabama, and the Port of Valdez, 
     Alaska, to provide chemical content verification and response 
     information for containers entering and exiting ports. Within 
     the funds provided, Operation Respond is also expected to 
     address the unique security concerns of rural America by 
     developing model first responder deployment programs in 
     Eastern Kentucky.
       FECA benefits.--The conference agreement has reduced 
     funding by $3,200 from the budget request for workers 
     compensation administrative costs, as proposed by the House.
       User fees.--The conferees disagree with the budget request 
     to begin funding the hazardous materials safety program from 
     user fees, as proposed by both the House and Senate, and deny 
     this request.

                            PIPELINE SAFETY


                         (pipeline safety fund)

                    (Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund)

       The conference agreement provides a total of $63,842,000 
     for the pipeline safety program, instead of $58,697,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $63,857,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. Within this total, $24,823,000 is available until 
     September 30, 2005, as proposed by the Senate, instead of 
     $22,786,000 as proposed by the House.
       Of this total, the conference agreement specifies that 
     [$56,370,000] shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability 
     Trust Fund and [$7,472,000] from the Pipeline Safety Fund. 
     The House bill allocated $7,472,000 from the Oil Spill 
     Liability Trust Fund and $51,225,000 from the Pipeline Safety 
     Trust Fund. The Senate bill provided $7,472,000 from the Oil 
     Spill Liability Trust Fund and $56,385,000 from the Pipeline 
     Safety Fund. The following adjustments are made to the budget 
     estimate:

Reduce funding for FECA administrative costs....................-15,000

       Research and development.--Within the funds provided, 
     $600,000 shall be used for airborne environmental laser 
     mapping technology research and engineering to support 
     improved leak detection, analysis, and response by federal, 
     state, and industry pipeline safety officials.
       FECA benefits.--The conference agreement has reduced 
     funding by $15,000 from the budget request for workers 
     compensation administrative costs, as proposed by the House.

                     Emergency Preparedness Grants


                     (emergency preparedness fund)

       The conference agreement provides $200,000 for emergency 
     preparedness grants as proposed by both the House and the 
     Senate. The conference agreement includes a limitation on 
     obligations of $14,300,000, consistent with both the House 
     and Senate proposals.

                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL


                         salaries and expenses

       The conference agreement includes $57,421,000 for the 
     office of inspector general, as proposed by the House and 
     Senate.

                      Surface Transportation Board


                         salaries and expenses

       The conference agreement provides a funding level of 
     $19,450,000 for the Surface Transportation Board to fund 
     salaries and expenses from a direct appropriation, as 
     proposed by the House. The conference agreement includes 
     language as proposed by both the House and the Senate that 
     allows the Board to offset $1,000,000 of its appropriation 
     from fees collected during the fiscal year, for a total 
     program level of $18,450,000.
       FECA administrative costs.--The conference agreement has 
     reduced funding by $9,100 from the budget request for workers 
     compensation administrative costs, as proposed by the House.
       Union Pacific/Southern Pacific merger.--On December 12, 
     1997, the Board granted a joint request of Union Pacific 
     Railroad Company and the City of Wichita and Sedgwick County, 
     KS (Wichita/Sedgwick) to toll the 18-month mitigation study 
     pending in Finance Docket No. 32760. The decision indicated 
     that at such time as the parties reach agreement or 
     discontinue negotiations, the Board would take appropriate 
     action.
       By petition filed June 26, 1998, Wichita/Sedgwick and UP/SP 
     indicated that they had entered into an agreement, and 
     jointly petitioned the Board to impose the agreement as a 
     condition of the Board's approval of the UP/SP merger. By 
     decision dated July 8, 1998, the Board agreed and imposed the 
     agreement as a condition to the UP/SP merger. The terms of 
     the negotiated agreement remain in effect. If UP/SP or any of 
     its divisions or subsidiaries materially changes or is unable 
     to achieve the assumptions on which the Board based its final 
     environmental

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     mitigation measures, then the Board should reopen Finance 
     Docket 32760 if requested by interested parties, and 
     prescribe additional mitigation properly reflecting these 
     changes if shown to be appropriate.

                       TITLE II--RELATED AGENCIES

               Architectural and Transportation Barriers

                            Compliance Board


                         salaries and expenses

       The conference agreement appropriates $5,194,000 for 
     salaries and expenses of the Architectural and Transportation 
     Barriers Compliance Board as proposed by both the House and 
     the Senate.
       FECA administrative costs--The conferees have denied 
     funding proposed in the budget for FECA administrative costs. 
     This is consistent with actions taken DOT-wide.

                  National Transportation Safety Board


                         salaries and expenses

       The conference agreement appropriates $72,450,000 for the 
     salaries and expenses of the National Transportation Safety 
     Board instead of $71,270,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $72,500,000 as proposed by the Senate. This funding level is 
     $1,970,000 above the budget request and shall be used to 
     annualize 25 new positions, pay for true overtime costs for 
     investigators, and implement financial management control 
     initiatives that were recommended by an audit firm. No 
     funding has been provided for FECA administrative costs.

                               TITLE III

                           General Provisions

       Sec. 301 allows funds for aircraft; motor vehicles; 
     liability insurance; uniforms; or allowances, as authorized 
     by law as proposed by both the House and Senate.
       Sec. 302 requires pay raises to be funded within 
     appropriated levels in this Act or previous appropriations 
     Acts as proposed by both the House and Senate.
       Sec. 303 limits appropriations for services authorized by 5 
     U.S.C. 3109 to the rate for an Executive Level IV as proposed 
     by both the House and Senate.
       Sec. 304 prohibits funds in this Act for salaries and 
     expenses of more than 106 political and Presidential 
     appointees in the Department of Transportation, instead of 
     107 as proposed by the House and 105 as proposed by the 
     Senate. Sec. 304 also includes a provision that prohibits 
     political and Presidential personnel to be assigned on 
     temporary detail outside the Department of Transportation or 
     an independent agency funded in this Act as proposed by the 
     House. The Senate proposed no similar provision.
       Sec. 305 prohibits pay and other expenses for non-Federal 
     parties in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings funded in 
     this Act as proposed by both the House and Senate.
       Sec. 306 prohibits obligations beyond the current fiscal 
     year and prohibits transfers of funds unless expressly so 
     provided herein as proposed by both the House and Senate.
       Sec. 307 limits consulting service expenditures of public 
     record in procurement contracts as proposed by both the House 
     and Senate.
       Sec. 308 prohibits funds for the National Highway Safety 
     Advisory Commission as proposed by both the House and Senate.
       Sec. 309 exempts previously made transit obligations from 
     limitations on obligations as proposed by both the House and 
     Senate.
       Sec. 310 modifies the distribution of the Federal-aid 
     highway program proposed by the Senate. The House proposed no 
     similar provision.
       Sec. 311 prohibits recipients of funds made available in 
     this Act to release personal information, including a social 
     security number, medical or disability information, and 
     photographs from a driver's license or motor vehicle record 
     without express consent of the person to whom such 
     information pertains; and prohibits the Secretary from 
     withholding funds provided in this Act for any grantee if a 
     state is in noncompliance with this provision as proposed by 
     both the House and Senate.
       Sec. 312 prohibits funds to establish a vessel traffic 
     safety fairway less than five miles wide between Santa 
     Barbara and San Francisco traffic separation schemes as 
     proposed by both the House and Senate.
       Sec. 313 allows airports to transfer to the Federal 
     Aviation Administration instrument landing systems as 
     proposed by both the House and Senate.
       Sec. 314 allows funds for discretionary grants of the 
     Federal Transit Administration for specific projects, except 
     for fixed guideway modernization projects, not obligated by 
     September 30, 2005, and other recoveries to be used for other 
     projects under 49 U.S.C. 5309 as proposed by both the House 
     and Senate.
       Sec. 315 allows transit funds appropriated before October 
     1, 2002, that remain available for expenditure to be 
     transferred as proposed by both the House and Senate.
       Sec. 316 prohibits funds to compensate in excess of 350 
     technical staff years under the federally funded research and 
     development center contract between the Federal Aviation 
     Administration and the Center for Advanced Aviation Systems 
     Development as proposed by the House. The Senate included no 
     similar provision.
       Sec. 317 provides funding of administrative expenses for 
     the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and the 
     Federal Highway Administration.
       Sec. 318 allows funds received by the Federal Highway 
     Administration, Federal Transit Administration, and the 
     Federal Railroad Administration from States, counties, 
     municipalities, other public authorities, and private sources 
     for expenses incurred for training may be credited to each 
     agency's respective accounts as proposed by both the House 
     and Senate.
       Sec. 319 allows funds made available for Alaska or Hawaii 
     ferry boats or ferry terminal facilities to be used to 
     construct new vessels and facilities or to improve existing 
     vessels and facilities, and for repair facilities as proposed 
     by the Senate. Sec. 319 also includes a provision proposed by 
     the Senate that allows not more than $3,000,000 of the funds 
     made available for ferry boats to be used by the State of 
     Hawaii to initiate and operate a passenger ferryboat services 
     demonstration project and waives U.S.C. 5302(a)(7). The House 
     contained no similar provision.
       Sec. 320 allows funds received by the Bureau of 
     Transportation Statistics to be subject to the obligation 
     limitation for Federal-aid highways and highway safety 
     construction as proposed by both the House and Senate.
       Sec. 321 exempts a general aviation airport with more than 
     300,000 annual operations from having to accept scheduled 
     passenger service provided that the airport meets specific 
     conditions, as proposed by the Senate. The House included no 
     similar provision.
       Sec. 322 prohibits the use of funds in this Act for 
     activities designed to influence Congress or a state 
     legislature on legislation or appropriations except through 
     proper, official channels as proposed by both the House and 
     Senate.
       Sec. 323 permits funds from Public Law 106-69 and Public 
     Law 106-346 for the Wilmington, Delaware, downtown corridor 
     project to be available for Wilmington, Delaware, commuter 
     rail improvements, as proposed by both the House and Senate. 
     In addition, Section 323 permits funds from Public Law 106-
     346 for Missoula Ravalli Transportation Management 
     Administration buses to be available for Missoula Ravalli 
     Transportation Management Administration buses and bus 
     facilities, as proposed by the Senate.
       Sec. 324 requires compliance with the Buy American Act as 
     proposed by the Senate. The House included no similar 
     provision.
       Sec. 325 transfers the operation and maintenance of the 
     localizer instrument landing system at Walnut Ridge Regional 
     Airport, Arkansas, to the Federal Aviation Administration, as 
     proposed by the Senate. The House included no similar 
     provision.
       Sec. 326 transfers the operation and maintenance of the air 
     traffic control tower at Williams Gateway Airport, Arizona, 
     to the Federal Aviation Administration, as proposed by both 
     the House and the Senate.
       Sec. 327 is a provision regarding a highway in Alaska, as 
     proposed by the Senate. The House included no similar 
     provision.
       Sec. 328 authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to 
     allow issuers of any preferred stock to redeem or repurchase 
     preferred stock sold to the Department of Transportation as 
     proposed by both the House and Senate.
       Sec. 329 prohibits funds in this Act unless the Secretary 
     notifies the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
     not less than three full business days before any 
     discretionary grant award, letter of intent, or full funding 
     grant agreement totaling $1,000,000 or more is announced by 
     the department or its modal administration, and $500,000 for 
     the Transportation Security Administration, as proposed by 
     both the House and Senate.
       Sec. 330 appropriates $90,600,000 to the Secretary of 
     Transportation to make grants for surface transportation 
     projects as proposed by the Senate.

        Project Name                                   Conference Total
1000 North Road--Toole City, Utah..............................$500,000
14th Street Bridge Corridor, Virginia.........................2,500,000
236 Claggett Hill Road Construction with Lewis & Clark Ferry Boat 
  Facilities, Missouri River Montana..........................1,500,000
3RD Street North--St. Cloud, Minnesota..........................500,000
Aberdeen SD to Geneseo ND Rail Repair, South Dakota.............650,000
Adrian's Landing Urban Development Roadway Realignment Project, 
  Hartford, Connecticut.......................................5,000,000
Alameda-Contra Costa transit district (SatCom), California....1,000,000
Albany waterfront development Corning Preserve, New York........250,000
Alcove Road Relocation Project--Morrisville, North Carolina.....750,000
American Tobacco Trail Project, Wake County, North Carolina.....500,000
Analysis and improvements on consistent shoulder width on Route 9, 
  Virginia......................................................500,000
Analysis for new bridge to relieve congestions at US Highway 175 in 
  Kaufman County, Texas.........................................600,000
Anderson County South Carolina Transit, South Carolina........3,000,000
Anderson Economic Thoroughfare, Illinois........................500,000

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Ann Arbor transit center, Michigan............................1,000,000
Anniston East Bypass--Anniston, Alabama.......................1,000,000
Arkwright Connector Spartanburg, South Carolina...............1,000,000
Aroostook County North-South Highways, Maine..................4,500,000
Artesia traffic enhancement, City of Artesia, California......1,200,000
Assembly Street railroad consolidation and grade crossing elimination, 
  South Carolina................................................600,000
Atlantic Avenue Extension, Jamaica, New York..................1,500,000
ATMS/ATIS Hutchinson River Parkway, New York..................2,000,000
Austin Road Interchange, Ohio...................................250,000
Baldwin County, Georgia, greenway development...................100,000
Baseline Road Project, Isabella County, Michigan..............1,475,000
Bashford Manor Lane, Kentucky...................................300,000
Bay County Area Wide Traffic Signal System, Florida...........1,000,000
Bettes Corner Bridge, Ohio....................................1,500,000
BIA Route 13/Route 1 Project Makah, Vermont...................5,400,000
Black Narrows & Chinoteague Bridge, Virginia....................650,000
Boston Long Island Pier ADA Compliance, Massachusetts...........200,000
Bremerton Ferry Exit Tunnel, Washington.......................1,500,000
Bridgeport High Speed Ferry Terminal Improvements, Connecticut..500,000
Broomsfield Wadsworth Interchange, Colorado...................3,750,000
Brown Road Bridge, Anderson County, South Carolina............1,500,000
Brownsville Railroad Relocation, Texas........................2,000,000
Canal Streetcar Project, New Orleans, Louisiana...............4,000,000
Cape Flattery Tribal Scenic Byway paving project, Washington..2,500,000
Capitol Circle widening, Leon County, Florida.................1,000,000
Caraway Road Overpass Project Jonesboro, Arkansas.............1,000,000
Cass Lake Interpretive Center, Minnesota........................600,000
Chinatown Intermodal Station, California......................1,500,000
Chinese Community Center, Chinatown Study, New York.............750,000
Citizen's Block/Historic Vernon Downtown Revitalization, Connect500,000
City of Alexandria, Virginia, intelligent transportation system 
  (Alexandria ITS, King/Braddock/Quaker)........................750,000
City of Baltimore public waterfront promenade, Maryland.........500,000
City of Madison Railroad Relocation Project, Mississippi........100,000
City of Madison, Wisconsin State Street Strategic Plan Revitalization 
  Project.....................................................2,000,000
City of Pico Rivera, Rosemead Blvd Improvements, California.....400,000
City of Rochester harbor and ferry terminal improvements, New 2,000,000
City-wide automobile insurance feasibility study, Philadelphia, 
  Pennsylvania..................................................100,000
Clay/Leslie Industrial Park Access, Kentucky..................1,750,000
Coast Transit Authority, Harrison County, Mississippi...........500,000
Compton Willow Creek ITS project, California....................500,000
Concord Parkway Traffic Signals System Integration, Concord, North 
  Carolina....................................................1,400,000
Continental 1, New York.......................................1,500,000
Coronado Tunnel, California.....................................750,000
Council Bluffs US-6 Study/Preliminary Design, Iowa............1,424,000
CR-1133 in Monroe County--Kettle Creek Bridge, Kentucky.........130,000
Cuyahoga Scenic Rail Line (Canton-Akron-Cleveland Commuter Rail 
  Project), Ohio..............................................3,000,000
Detroit city center study, Michigan.............................300,000
Detroit Department of Transportation Transit Facility, Michiga2,000,000
Develop of Elyria Downtown Waterfront Walk, Elyria, Ohio........500,000
Dothan, I-10 Freeway Connector, Alabama.......................5,000,000
Dubuque Southwest Arterial, Iowa..............................2,000,000
Dynamic Message Sign (DMS) camera deployment and integration program, 
  Monroe County, New York.....................................1,000,000
East Chicago Railroad Ave. Grade Crossing Separation, Indiana.2,435,000
Elkhart Underpass, Indiana....................................4,000,000
Englewood Interstate Connector--Sarasota County, Florida......1,000,000
Enhanced fencing, lighting, and security cameras at Port of Milwaukee, 
  Wisconsin.....................................................250,000
Extension of Sallee Street from Washington to Historic Route 66--
  LItchfield, Illinois..........................................664,000
Fall River-Route 79 Improvements, Massachusetts...............1,000,000
Farrington Highway, Hawaii....................................1,000,000
FAST Corridor Project, Washington............................10,000,000
Feasability study, Granbury, Hood County, Texas.................650,000
Ferry Facilities, Key West, Florida...........................1,000,000
Ferry service from Rockaway Peninsula to Manhattan (Jamaica Bay 
  Transportation Hub), New York.................................400,000
Franklin Park Rail-Grade Separation, Illinois...................500,000
Freedom Road Corridor Improvements--Butler County, Pennsylvania.250,000
Freeway Interchange at Lammers Road and I-205, Tracy, Californ1,000,000
Freight Enhancement KY Highlands, Kentucky....................3,000,000
GA SR 316 Improvements--Gwinnett, Barrow, Oconee Counties, Geo2,000,000
Garden Parkway Bypass (US 321/740), North Carolina..............750,000
General Mitchell International Airport Passenger Rail Station, 
  Wisconsin...................................................4,000,000
Girdwood Road Improvements, Alaska...........................10,000,000
Grade separations at Front Street and Bagley Road, Berea Ohio...500,000
Granite Street Bridge Project, New Hampshire..................8,000,000
Gravina Bridge, Ketchikan, Alaska.............................2,000,000
Great River Economic Development Foundation, Arkansas study of Osceola, 
  Arkansas, to Millington, Tennessee parkway, include new bridge 
  crossing Mississippi River....................................250,000
Greenwood Rail Relocation, Greenwood, Mississippi.............1,000,000
Harden Street improvements Columbia, South Carolina.............500,000
Harlingen Railroad Relocation Project, Texas....................200,000
Hatteras Inlet ferry connecting Ocracoke Island and North Carolina 
  Outer banks, North Carolina...................................400,000
Hawkins Crossing, I-20/59 Interchange, Meridian, Mississippi..4,500,000
Hiawatha pedestrian/bicycle crossing, 28th Street, Minneapolis, 
  Minnesota...................................................2,900,000
High Street Revitalization, Lawrenceburg, Indiana.............1,000,000
Highway 21, Missouri............................................340,000
Highway 212 between Norwood Young America and Cologne in Carver County, 
  Minnesota.....................................................500,000
Highway 30, Kentucky..........................................3,000,000
Highway 52 Corridor Plan, Intersection of US Hwy 52 at Dakota City, 
  Road 47, Minnesota..........................................1,000,000
Highway 537--Cane Ridge Road, Kentucky..........................675,000
Highway 71, Alma-Greenwood, Arkansas..........................1,000,000
Highway Improvements along T.H. 13 corridor near Ports of Savage, 
  Minnesota...................................................1,000,000
Highway 19 Bridge Replacement, Hermann, Missouri..............2,000,000
Honeybranch Regional Business Park Access Road, Kentucky......1,650,000
Hoover Dam Bypass New Bridge downstream of Dam, Nevada........5,000,000
Hot Metal Bridge, Pennsylvania..................................250,000
Hotze Road--Salem, Illinois...................................1,000,000
Houston, Texas Main Corridor Revitalization Project...........1,000,000
HUB Business District Project, New York.......................2,000,000

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Hunt County, Texas............................................1,000,000
Huntsville Federal Building, Alabama............................600,000
``I'' Road from FM 495 to US281, Hidalgo County, Texas........1,250,000
I-10 Freeway/Cypress Ave. Grade Separation Project, California..500,000
I-10 Irvington Interchange, Alabama...........................4,000,000
I-12/Northshore Boulevard-Airport Road Interchange Improvements, St. 
  Tammany Parish, Louisiana...................................1,000,000
I-12/US 190 West Covington Bypass, St. Tammany Parish, Louisia1,050,000
I-15 Layton Interchange Project, Utah.........................1,500,000
I-16/I-516 Interchange design and reconstruction, Georgia.....1,000,000
I-20 Garrett Road Monroe, Louisiana.............................500,000
I-235/Harrison Avenue off-ramp and Walnut Avenue Relocation, O1,200,000
I-26 Little Mountain interchange improvements, South Carolina...500,000
I-295 Interchange @ Meadowville Road--Chesterfield County, Vir1,700,000
I-35--Comal County, Texas.......................................500,000
I-35 East/I-635 interchange, Texas............................1,000,000
I-35-E Widening Dallas and Ellis Counties, Texas..............3,000,000
I35W Lake Street Access, Minnesota............................9,000,000
I-40 Crosstown Expressway realignment, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma3,000,000
I-405 Corridor Tukwila to Lynnwood, Washington................2,000,000
I-44 Yake Avenue to Arkansas River, Oklahoma....................500,000
I-44, Phelps County, Missouri.................................2,250,000
I-49 Northern Extension, Louisiana............................3,000,000
I-49 Southern Extension, Louisiana............................3,000,000
I-5 Widening at Del Mar Heights Road, San Diego, California...2,000,000
I-5/SR 56 Connectors, California..............................1,500,000
I-5/SR 78 Interchange, Oceanside, California....................500,000
I-540 and Perry Road Interchange, Rogers, Arkansas............1,600,000
I-55 Church Rd. to TN State Line DeSoto County, Mississippi..10,000,000
I-59 & FM 2919, Isleib, Texas.................................3,000,000
I-65 Connector, Florida.........................................250,000
I-65/70 Market Square Redesign/Replace ramp, Indiana..........4,500,000
I-66/Rt 29 Interchange, Prince William County, Virginia.......1,500,000
I-69 Anderson to Flagship Park Center, Indiana................1,000,000
I-69 Construction, Texas......................................2,500,000
I-69 Corridors 18 and 20, Texas...............................4,000,000
I-69 Evansville to Indianapolis, Indiana........................500,000
I-70/MD85/MD355 intersection reconstruction, Maryland.........1,000,000
I-73 North Carolina State line to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina3,000,000
I-75 noise barrier--Lexington, Kentucky.........................750,000
I-75, Lee County, Florida.......................................500,000
I-75/I-475 Systems Interchange Upgrade at North Cove, Ohio....1,100,000
I-80 from Delaware Water Gap to Blakeslee, Pennsylvania.........850,000
I-90 Exit 32 Interchange at Sturgis, South Dakota.............3,000,000
I-91 North ITS from Northhampton to Bernardston, Massachusetts..600,000
I-95 Harbor Access, New Haven, Connecticut....................2,000,000
I-96/Cedar/Pennsylvania Interchange, Michigan...................700,000
I-99 Frankstown Road, Pennsylvania............................1,000,000
IL 6 Extension to Chillicothe, Illinois.........................750,000
Image-based toll collection system project, California..........750,000
Improved access to Dyess Air Force Base, Texas..................850,000
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore (IDNL) hike/bike trail and pedestrian 
  bridge/overpass, Indiana.......................................25,000
INDOT US-31 Environmental and Design study, Indiana.............500,000
Industrial park access improvements, Escambia County, Atmore, 1,250,000
Infrastructure Improvements, Sunnybrook Neighborhood, Bay Shore, New 
  York..........................................................175,000
Installation of a TL-2 warning/positive protection gate at Railroad/
  Grade crossing projects, Alabama............................2,000,000
International Airport Intermodal Facility, Harrisburg, Pennsyl1,500,000
Intersection of KY 3 and 40, Kentucky.........................4,000,000
Isleta Boulevard Project, Bernaslillo, New Mexico.............1,500,000
Japonski Island Road, Alaska..................................1,000,000
Jefferson Boulevard, Kentucky...................................500,000
Johnsontown Road, Kentucky....................................1,000,000
Juneau Heliport, Alaska.......................................1,000,000
Kannapolis Parkway & I-85 Interchange--Kannapolis, North Carolin500,000
Kansas Lane Connector Road alignment project, Monroe, Louisiana.500,000
King Coal Highway Mercer County, West Virginia................9,000,000
Kitsap Transit, Sidney Landing Terminal, Washington...........2,000,000
Knob Creek Road and Mountain View Road--Washington County, Ten1,270,000
LA 18 Widening--Jefferson Parish, Louisiana.....................750,000
LA 37/US 190 Centrual Thruway Connector, Louisiana............3,000,000
LA-820 Lincoln Parish, Louisiana................................500,000
Lawrence Connector, Illinois....................................750,000
Lee Highway & Chain Bridge Road intersection improvements--(Rt 29/50 & 
  123), Virginia..............................................2,000,000
Lenexa Prairie Star Expressway, Kansas........................2,750,000
Lexington Bridge Cowlitz-Wahkiaakum, Washington...............6,000,000
Libertyville Traffic Management Center, Illinois..............1,000,000
Long Branch Road, Meade County, Kentucky......................1,000,000
Louisville-Southern Indiana Ohio River Bridges Project, Indian3,000,000
Lyndale Avenue Bridge, Richfield, Minnesota...................3,000,000
Mahoning River Corridor of Opportunity Industrial Park Roadway 
  Improvement, Ohio..............................................50,000
Manhattan Bridge Physical Security Assessment, New York.........850,000
Maricopa County, AZTech integrated emergency and transportation 
  communication network, Arizona..............................3,000,000
Marquette Interchange Reconstruction, Milwaukee, Wisconsin....1,500,000
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller Park Pedestrian Walkway, Vermont.....380,000
Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway Des Moines, Iowa...............3,000,000
Matanuska-Susitna Borough Road Improvements, Alaska...........3,500,000
McCleary, Bridge, Wausau, Wisconsin...........................6,000,000
Melrose Park Rail-Grade Separation, Illinois....................750,000
Memphis Airport, Plough Boulevard Access Road Project, Tenness2,700,000
Metlakatla/Walden Point Road, Alaska..........................2,000,000
Miami-Dade County 7th Avenue Bus Transfer Center, Florida.......500,000
Mission Trails Project Packages 4 and 5, San Antonio, Bexar County, 
  Texas.........................................................750,000
Missouri River Trail, North Dakota............................1,000,000
Missouri River Two State Bridge Project, Nebraska...............750,000
Missouri-Kansas Bistate I-35 Commuter Rail project-Johnson County, 
  Kansas........................................................400,000
Mobile Port, Waterfront & Transportation Initiative/Maritime Center of 
  the Gulf of Mexico, Alabama.................................1,000,000
Monroe Township Intersection Signalization Project, New Jersey..500,000
Monticello Street Overpass, Kentucky..........................7,750,000
Montpelier Downtown Redevelopment Project, Vermont............1,500,000
Mt. Vernon Veterans Memorial Overpass, Mt. Vernon, Illinois...1,000,000
Naknek Lake Camp Road, Alaska.................................3,400,000

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Needs assessment study of the I-84/Route 8 interchange, Waterbury, 
  Connecticut.................................................1,000,000
New Luke Road Trade Corridor Access Project, Texas..............250,000
New Orleans/E. 101st South Widening from Elm Place to State Hwy, 51--
  Broken Arrow, Oklahoma........................................500,000
New road through former Kelly Air Force Base, Texas.............850,000
Newport Harbor water shuttles, Newport, Rhode Island............450,000
North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles, Hillsborough weigh station 
  Orange County...............................................1,000,000
North Carolina State University Transportation Center.........2,000,000
North Memphis Street District Redevelopment and Revitalization Project, 
  Mississippi...................................................500,000
North Salina Street Corridor--Syracuse, New York................750,000
Northeast Illinois Rail Capacity Initiative, Illinois.........5,000,000
Northern Forum, Alaska..........................................500,000
Norwestern Highway Extension, Michigan........................1,500,000
Oakland County Smart Corridor and Emergency Routing System, Mi4,800,000
Ogden Avenue Improvement/Renovation, Missouri.................1,000,000
Ohio Valley Children's Home South Industrial Park (Greene County) 
  Xenia, Ohio.................................................1,000,000
Old Dominion University Maglev Project Norfolk, Virginia......2,000,000
Ole Town Niporno Pedestrian Enhancements, California............100,000
Palm Beach County Water Taxi Facilities Project, Florida......1,000,000
Panama City Beach Florida West Bay Bridge Project, Florida....2,000,000
Patuxent River Naval Air Station Museum and Visitor Center, Ma3,400,000
Peach Street Corridor Improvement Project, Pennsylvania.......2,000,000
Pedestrian circulation study & improvements in town of Hillsboro Route 
  704/Route 9 intersection, Virginia..........................1,500,000
Pennsylvania Avenue Improvement Project, Washington, DC......11,100,000
Phalen Boulevard, Minnesota...................................1,000,000
Pierre Rail Bypass, South Dakota..............................4,000,000
Pomeroy-Mason Bridge Mason County, West Virginia..............4,500,000
Ponce De Leon Inlet Water Taxi, Volusia County, Florida.........750,000
Port Everglades-Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood Airport Return Loop,1,500,000
Port Knik Bridge, Alaska......................................5,000,000
Port of Garfield Road & Bridge Road, Washington.................500,000
Portland Safety Enhancement, Maine............................1,000,000
Ports to Plains Corridor development management plan, Texas...2,000,000
Queens Plaza Roadway rebuilding project, Long Island City, New Y500,000
Rail Crossing Safety Project (OK DOT)--Edmund, Oklahoma.......1,500,000
Railroad Avenue Extension, Berkeley County, South Carolina....1,000,000
Ramsey Street extension, Banning, California..................1,750,000
Reconstruction of Dakota Street--Aberdeen, South Dakota.........500,000
Reconstruction of I-135, Sedgwick County, Kansas..............1,000,000
Rehabilitation of County Route 37 and Alternate Route 37, Jefferson 
  County, New York..............................................750,000
Rehabilitation of the Waldo-Hancock Bridge, Maine.............4,000,000
Road/trail/bikeway along Delaware River, Pennsylvania...........550,000
Rockville, Maryland pedestrian access...........................150,000
Roosevelt Connector, Pinellas County, Florida................10,000,000
Route 1 Corridor Program, American Samoa........................500,000
Route 11--Connecticut Greenway Commission.....................1,000,000
Route 123 Ox Road--widening (Davis Dr to county line), Fairfax, 
  Virginia....................................................3,500,000
Route 14 Truck Bypass Project Huron, South Dakota.............1,500,000
Route 15 Safety Improvements, Virginia........................3,000,000
Route 20 North and Camden Ave Bypass, Buckhannon, West Virginia.235,000
Route 24 / I-40 Interchange, Massachusetts....................1,000,000
Route 28/ Westfield Circle, New Jersey..........................200,000
Route 39 Widening--West Hanover Township Interchange, Pennsylv1,000,000
Route 52 Causeway Replacement and Somers Point Circle Elimination, New 
  Jersey......................................................1,000,000
Route 80 Paterson Interchange, New Jersey.......................400,000
Rt. 12 Corridor Improvement Project, NY.......................5,000,000
Russell St. Viaduct Replacement (MD295) Baltimore, Maryland...5,000,000
Saddle Road improvement, Hawaii...............................4,000,000
Safety Enhancement on Sherman Way between De Sota and Topanga Canyon, 
  California....................................................250,000
San Francisco, Muni, automatic vehicle location/GPS, Californi2,000,000
Santa Cruz Branch Rail Line Acquisition, California...........1,500,000
Santa Fe/El Dorado Commuter Rail Line, New Mexico.............1,000,000
Sayville, New York, pedestrian improvements.....................100,000
SC Inroads ITS (SCDOT), South Carolina........................1,500,000
Schuylkill Transportation System, Pennsylvania..................500,000
Seward loading facility, Alaska...............................9,600,000
SH 6 at Waco, South Bosque River Bridge, McLennan County, Texa4,000,000
SH121/Grandview Grade Separation--Jefferson County, Colorado....500,000
SH24 across Delta County, Texas.................................750,000
South & East Beltway System Construction, Nevada..............3,000,000
Southbound Hurstbourne Lane, Kentucky.........................1,000,000
Southeast Main Avenue/20th/21st Street Railroad Grade Separation 
  Project, Minnesota..........................................1,000,000
Southern Beltway (I-215) upgrade project from Pecos Road to Stephanie 
  Street and from Interstate 15 to Pecos Road, Clark County, Nev750,000
Southern Kentucky Intermodal Park, Kentucky...................2,000,000
Southport and Fort Fisher Ferry Terminals, North Carolina.......500,000
Southwestern Minnesota Regional Railroad Rehabilitation Project 
  (MVRRA), Minnesota..........................................2,000,000
Springfield Regional ITS, Missouri............................1,500,000
SR 138 GA Hwy 20 Beautification Initiative, Rockdale County, G1,000,000
SR 67/605 In Saucier, Mississippi.............................3,000,000
SR 93/US 22 Connector Route (relocation), Ohio................1,000,000
SR104/Hood Canal Bridge east half replacement, Washington.....3,000,000
SR-332 Reconstruction at I-69, Delaware County, Indiana.......1,000,000
SR-99/Alaskan Way Viaduct & Seattle Seawall Replacement, Washi2,000,000
State Highway 128, Carlsbad, New Mexico.......................1,200,000
State of Vermont, construction of Allen Point Ferry and ferry terminal 
  facilities, Vermont...........................................200,000
State Route 905, San Diego, California........................1,000,000
Stillman College, Alabama.....................................4,500,000
Suffolk Bike Trails, Virginia...................................500,000
Sumnter Intermodal Center, South Carolina.....................2,000,000
Sunnyside South First St. Reconstruction, Washington..........1,500,000
Tank Destroyer Boulevard, Fort Hood, Texas....................2,000,000
Tate's Bluff Arkansas Replacement Bridge, Arkansas............1,125,000
Tippecanoe/I-10 Interchange and medical center access, San Bernardino, 
  California..................................................3,000,000
Toll Road Repayment of Bonds, Kentucky.......................13,000,000

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Trail Extension at Mount Vernon Circle, Virginia................400,000
TRANSCOM regional architecture and TRANSMIT and IRVN projects, New 
  Jersey........................................................400,000
Tri-County Industrial Access Road--Corbin, Kentucky.............850,000
Tri-State Highway/Rail Container Transfer Facility Study, West Vi75,000
Tucson Railroad Grade Crossing Project, Arizona...............1,000,000
Tuscaloosa Downtown Revitalization Project, Alabama...........5,000,000
Tuscaloosa Eastern Bypass, Alabama...........................10,000,000
Two Medicine River Bridge, Montana............................2,000,000
U.S. Route 33, West Virginia....................................453,000
Umatilla Intermodal Facility, Oregon..........................2,800,000
Union Gap Valley Mall Blvd., Washington.......................1,500,000
University of Alabama at Huntsville..........................20,000,000
Urban Education Development Research and Retreat Center, Transportation 
  Education and Career Institute, Pennsylvania..................100,000
US 15 Market Street Bridge Replacement, Williamsport, Lycoming County, 
  Pennsylvania................................................3,475,000
US 278 Corridor--Beaufort, South Carolina.....................2,000,000
US 287 Wiley Junction--Wiley, Connecticut.....................4,000,000
US 30--Mississippi River Bridge Study--Clinton County, Iowa.....800,000
US 41 Upgrade--Henderson County, Kentucky.......................150,000
US 441/SR 7 Corridor Study--Broward County, Florida...........1,000,000
US 45--Lake County, Illinois..................................1,500,000
U S 67--Rushville, Illinois.....................................500,000
US 77/177 Four Lane, Oklahoma...................................900,000
US Highway 29 Singal Integration--Kannapolis, North Carolina....500,000
US route 200 Upgrade--Pendelton County, West Virginia...........128,000
US Route 42 & US Route 35 Upgrade Study, Wilberforce, Ohio......250,000
US-14 Expansion and Improvements, Minnesota...................1,500,000
US231 Southbound Tennessee River Bridge Replacement, Alabama..6,000,000
US-395 North Spokane Corridor, Washington.....................4,000,000
US-412, AR between Mount Home and Viola, Arkansas.............1,500,000
US-412, Arkansas..............................................1,750,000
US-5 Improvements from Derby to Barton, Vermont...............1,000,000
US-63/I-70 Interchange Improvements, Missouri................10,000,000
US-81 & Highway 30 Arterial Improvements, Columbus, Nevada....2,461,000
US-93 Westside Kalispell Bypass Project, Montana..............2,250,000
Valdez, Alaska, ferry and dock facilities.......................500,000
Ventura County Highway Video Camera Monitoring Project, Californ500,000
Village of Newberry, downtown roadway improvement project, Michi500,000
Waipol Road, Hawaii...........................................1,000,000
Waukee/West Des Moines I-80 Interchange, Iowa.................2,500,000
Wayne County Road Information Management System (RIMS), Wayne County, 
  Michigan....................................................2,500,000
West Broadway Bridge, Paterson, New Jersey......................350,000
Widening and rehabilitation of FM 2500, Polk County, Texas......850,000
Willow Road, Town of Lynn, Wisconsin..........................1,000,000
Winthrop commuter ferry project, Massachusetts..................500,000
Wisconsin 29 and Marathon County Y intersection, Wisconsin....1,000,000
Wichita ITS (ITS Traffic/Emergency Operations Ctr and transit ITS), 
  Kansas......................................................4,000,000
Woodland Avenue Bridge Repair, Cleveland, Ohio..................750,000
WSU Composite Applications for Ferries, Washington............1,000,000
WV Route 10 Logan County, West Virginia.......................8,000,000
WV Route 9 Jefferson and Berkeley Counties, West Virginia....10,000,000

       Sec. 331 prohibits funds for engineering work related to an 
     additional runway at New Orleans International Airport, as 
     proposed by the House. The Senate proposed no similar 
     provision.
       Sec. 332 prohibits funds for the design or construction of 
     a light rail system in Houston, Texas, as proposed by the 
     House. The Senate proposed no similar provision.
       Sec. 333 rescinds $90,000,000 of funds provided in section 
     101(a)(2) of Public Law 107-42, as proposed by the Senate. 
     The House included no similar provision.
       Sec. 334 requires a National Academy of Sciences study 
     regarding the shipment of spent nuclear fuel from research 
     nuclear reactors, as proposed by the Senate. The House 
     included no similar provision.
       Sec. 335 prohibits funds in this Act to be used to adopt 
     guidelines or regulations requiring airport sponsors to 
     provide the Transportation Security Administration or the 
     Federal Aviation Administration ``without cost'' buildings, 
     maintenance, or space for TSA or FAA services as proposed by 
     both the House and Senate. The prohibition does not apply to 
     negotiations between TSA or FAA and airport sponsors 
     concerning ``below market'' rates for such services or to 
     grant assurances that require airport sponsors to provide 
     land without cost to the FAA for air traffic control 
     facilities.
       Sec. 336 designates the city of Norman, Oklahoma, to be 
     considered part of the Oklahoma City Transportation 
     Management Area for fiscal year 2003, as proposed by both the 
     House and the Senate.
       Sec. 337 allows the FAA to accept funds from an airport 
     sponsor for specific staffing purposes to expedite the 
     environmental review process, as proposed by the Senate. The 
     House included no similar provision.
       Sec. 338 allows grants for the construction of an air 
     traffic control tower and the acquisition or installation of 
     equipment to be used in the tower at Double Eagle II Airport, 
     New Mexico, as proposed by the Senate. The House contained no 
     similar provision.
       Sec. 339 allows States to use funds provided under section 
     402 of title 23, U.S.C. to produce and place highway safety 
     public service messages related to seat belt usage and 
     impaired driving. The provision allocates: $10,000,000 for 
     innovative seat belt projects under Section 157, $10,000,000 
     for use by the States to purchase advertising for national 
     mobilizations under Section 163, and $1,000,000 for 
     evaluation of alcohol-impaired driving program messages under 
     Section 163. The House and Senate bills contained similar 
     provisions.
       Sec. 340 modifies a provision from the fiscal year 2002 
     appropriations Act regarding the Coast Guard Yard at Curtis 
     Bay, Maryland, and other Coast Guard specialized facilities, 
     as proposed by the Senate. The House proposed no similar 
     provision.
       Sec. 341 prohibits funds for the Office of the Secretary of 
     Transportation to approve assessments or reimbursable 
     agreements pertaining to funds appropriated to the modal 
     administrations in this Act, unless such assessments or 
     agreements have completed the normal reprogramming process 
     for Congressional notification as proposed by both the House 
     and the Senate.
       Sec. 342 prohibits funds from being used to issue, 
     implement, or enforce a regulation that diminishes or revokes 
     an exemption authorized under section 345 of the National 
     Highway System Designation Act of 1995, as proposed by the 
     House. The Senate included no similar provision.
       Sec. 343 rescinds unexpended balances of the Local Rail 
     Freight Assistance program of $690,287 and makes $690,287 
     available to the State of Iowa for a rail rehabilitation 
     project on the Iowa Northern Railway.
       Sec. 344 appropriates funding and enables the Secretary of 
     Transportation to make grants for surface transportation 
     projects.
       Sec. 345 amends section 1602 of TEA-21 (112 Stat. 272) to 
     allow changes to projects in Louisiana, Pennsylvania, New 
     York, Alabama and Texas; authorizes an eligibility change for 
     Alaska under FTA's section 5309 program; transfers funds in 
     California and Texas contained in P.L.103-331; amends P.L. 
     97-468 relating to the Alaska Railroad; and modifies 
     agreements in California relating to the financing of toll 
     roads, as proposed by the House. The Senate included no 
     similar provisions.
       Sec. 346 prohibits the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
     Administration from developing or implementing a pilot 
     program to allow commercial drivers 18 to 20 years old to 
     operate the trucks and buses of motor carriers in interstate 
     commerce, as proposed by the House. The Senate included no 
     similar provision.
       Sec. 347 amends the Intermodal Surface Transportation 
     Efficiency Act of 1991 to extend the exemption from the 
     federal axle weight restrictions to include over-the-road 
     buses, as proposed by both the House and the Senate.
       Sec. 348 extends a provision from the fiscal year 2002 
     appropriations Act regarding the safety of cross-border 
     trucking between the United States and Mexico, including the 
     annual report on the safety and security of Mexico-domiciled 
     motor carriers operating in the United States, as proposed 
     by the House. The Senate included a similar provision.
       Sec. 349 prohibits funds in this Act from being transferred 
     without express authority, as proposed by the House. The 
     Senate included no similar provision.
       Sec. 350 requires Amtrak to submit an annual report to the 
     appropriate Congressional Committees detailing their per 
     passenger operating loss for each rail line, as proposed by 
     the House. Amtrak's grant request shall include the following 
     appendices: (1) per passenger operating loss by route; and 
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     route's net loss when comparing the route's revenues opposite 
     its full operating costs, capital costs, and depreciation 
     costs using Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
       Sec. 351 modifies House language amending language in the 
     Aviation and Transportation Security Act, to allow the use of 
     State and local law enforcement officers to fulfill Federal 
     responsibilities at airports. The Senate included no similar 
     provision.
       Sec. 352 modifies a House provision relating to stadium 
     overflights. The Senate included no similar provision. The 
     conferees note that, under the modified House provision, the 
     Secretary may issue waivers to certain aircraft including 
     blimps subject to the conditions specified in the provision.
       Sec. 353 restricts procurement of Coast Guard ships unless 
     they are in compliance with the Buy American Act, as proposed 
     by the House. The Senate included no similar provision.
       Sec. 354 amends section 13703 of title 49, United States 
     Code, by allowing the Surface Transportation Board to approve 
     applications from truck rate bureaus seeking to publish 
     national rates, as proposed by the House. The Senate included 
     no similar provision.
       Sec. 355 restricts funds to apply or enforce a regulatory 
     requirement for strengthening flight deck doors until further 
     review by the Transportation Security Administration, as 
     proposed by the House. The Senate included no similar 
     provision.
       Sec. 356 amends the non-Federal match requirements for the 
     Alaska Railroad, as proposed by the Senate. The House 
     included no similar provision.
       Sec. 357 is a provision regarding the Hoover Dam Bypass 
     Bridge, as proposed by the Senate. The House contained no 
     similar provision.
       Sec. 358 prohibits funds in the Act to any person or entity 
     convicted of violating the Buy American Act, similar to that 
     proposed by the Senate. The House contained no similar 
     provision.
       Sec. 359 retains a provision proposed by the Senate 
     allowing discretionary bridge funding to be used for historic 
     covered bridges. The House contained no similar provision.
       Sec. 360 modifies a provision requiring quarterly reports 
     on major Coast Guard acquisitions and the agency's mission 
     hour emphasis, as proposed by the Senate. The House contained 
     no similar provision.
       Sec. 361 amends Section 1503 of P.L. 105-178 relating to 
     Section 1101(a)(9) and Section 1221, similar to that proposed 
     by the Senate. The House contained no similar provision.
       Sec. 362 reduces the funds provided for the Working Capital 
     Fund, similar to that proposed by the Senate. The House 
     contained no similar provision.
       Sec. 363 grants discretionary authority to the Secretary of 
     Transportation to waive certain requirements included in a 
     conveyance for an airport in Gadsden, AL, similar to that 
     proposed by the Senate. The House contained no similar 
     provision.
       Sec. 364 rescinds funds for the Value Pricing Pilot 
     Program.
       Sec. 365 modifies 101 Stat. 194; 109 Stat. 607 and 105 
     Stat. 2038 to allow changes to projects in Port of Lake 
     Charles, Louisiana, as proposed by both the House and the 
     Senate.
       Sec. 366 allows funds from the surface transportation 
     grants to be available to the Secretary to make grants to the 
     Kentucky Turnpike Authority to pay the debt on bonds issued 
     by the Kentucky Turnpike Authority before January 1, 2003, 
     for the Daniel Boone Parkway, Kentucky, and the Cumberland 
     Parkway, Kentucky.
       Sec. 367 authorizes the issuance of letters of intent for 
     airport security improvements.
       Sec. 368 amends section 342 in the Department of 
     Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002 
     to redesignate the ``passenger only ferry to serve Kitsap 
     County-Seattle'' to ``ferry/tunnel project in Bremerton, 
     Washington'' as proposed by the Senate. The House contained 
     no similar provision.
       Sec. 369 amends section 343 in the Department of 
     Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002 
     to redesignate the ``Passenger only ferry to serve Kitsap and 
     King Counties to Seattle'' to ``ferry/tunnel project in 
     Bremerton, Washington'' as proposed by the Senate. The House 
     contained no similar provision.
       Sec. 370 amends House language to make construction of 
     contract towers an eligible expense of the Airport 
     Improvement Program.
       Sec. 371 appropriates $3,500,000 to maintain operations at 
     Midway Island airfield for not less than one year, as 
     proposed by the Senate. The House included no similar 
     provision.
       Sec. 372 amends Section 145 (c) of P.L. 107-71, similar to 
     that proposed by the Senate. The House contained no similar 
     provision.
       Sec. 373 amends Section 1602 of TEA-21 (112 Stat. 316) to 
     allow changes to projects in Susquehanna Greenway, Maryland, 
     as proposed by the Senate. The House included no similar 
     provision.
       Sec. 374 modifies section 1602 of TEA-21 (112 Stat. 305) to 
     allow changes to projects in New York City, NY.
       Sec. 375 modifies a project in Public Law 101-516 to allow 
     changes to a project in Pennsylvania.
       Sec. 376 modifies a project in Public Law 102-143 to allow 
     changes to a project in Pennsylvania.
       Sec. 377 transfers $2,000,000 to the Federal Transit 
     Administration's Formula Grant account for the Jersey City 
     Pier redevelopment and terminal construction project.
       The conference agreement deletes the House provision that 
     ensures that emergency rail service is continued if Amtrak 
     should cease operation. The Senate included no similar 
     provision.
       The conference agreement deletes the House provision 
     regarding the purchase of explosive detection systems. The 
     Senate included no similar provision.
       The conference agreement deletes the House provision that 
     encourages the Secretary of Transportation and the FAA to 
     implement a plan between the State of Illinois and the City 
     of Chicago for the purpose of modernizing O'Hare 
     International Airport, continuing operation of Meigs Field, 
     and utilizing existing airports to help relieve congestion. 
     The Senate included no similar provision.
       The conference agreement deletes the Senate provision that 
     directs the Secretary of the Department of Transportation to 
     approve the use of national highway system and surface 
     transportation funds for construction of noise barriers in 
     Georgia. The House included no similar provision.
       The conference agreement deletes the House provision 
     relating to Medicare eligible retiree health care funds, as 
     it is contained elsewhere in the bill. The Senate included no 
     similar provision.
       The conference agreement deletes the House provision 
     relating to a proposed rule on statewide and metropolitan 
     transportation planning. The Senate included no similar 
     provision.
       The conference agreement deletes the House provision that 
     amended the Air Transportation Safety and System 
     Stabilization Act. The Senate included no similar provision.
       The conference agreement deletes the Senate provision 
     relating to a municipal dock in Escanaba, Michigan. The House 
     included no similar provision.
       The conference agreement deletes the Senate provision 
     relating to rebates, refunds, incentive payments and fees 
     received by the Department of Transportation. The House 
     included no similar provision.

                   Conference Total--With Comparisons

       The total new budget (obligational) authority for the 
     fiscal year 2003 recommended by the Committee of Conference, 
     with comparisons to the fiscal year 2002 amount, the 2003 
     budget estimates and the House and Senate bills for 2003 
     follow:

                     [In the thousands of dollars]

New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2002.......$24,376,970
Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal year21,345,680
House bill, fiscal year 2003.................................21,797,930
Senate bill, fiscal year 2003................................22,576,162
Conference agreement, fiscal year 2003.......................22,159,095
Conference agreement compared with:
  New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2002......-2,217,875
  Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal year+813,415
  House bill, fiscal year 2003.................................+361,165
  Senate bill, fiscal year 2003................................-417,067

                               DIVISION J

          Treasury and General Government Appropriations, 2003

       The conference agreement on the Treasury and General 
     Government Appropriations Act, 2003, incorporates some of the 
     language and allocations set forth in House Report 107-575 
     and some of the language and allocations set forth by the 
     Senate explanatory statement as delineated in the 
     Congressional Record of January 15, 2003, pages S765-S794. 
     The language in House Report 107-575 and the Congressional 
     Record of January 15, 2003, pages S765-S794, should be 
     complied with unless specifically addressed in the 
     accompanying statement of managers.
       Throughout the accompanying explanatory statement, the 
     managers refer to the Committee and the Committees on 
     Appropriations. Unless otherwise noted, in both instances, 
     the managers are referring to the House Subcommittee on 
     Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government and the 
     Senate Subcommittee on Treasury and General Government.
       In a number of instances, House Report 107-575 and the 
     explanatory statement in the Congressional Record of January 
     15, 2003, pages S765-S794, require agencies to report to the 
     Committees by specific dates that have now passed. In those 
     instances, and unless alternative dates are provided by the 
     committee of conference, agencies are directed to provide 
     these reports to the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations not later than 60 days after enactment of this 
     Act.

             Reprogramming and Transfer of Funds Guidelines

       The conference agreement includes the following 
     reprogramming guidelines that shall be complied with by all 
     agencies funded by the Treasury and General Government 
     Appropriations Act, 2003:
       1. Except under extraordinary and emergency situations, the 
     Committees on Appropriations will not consider requests for a 
     reprogramming or a transfer of funds, or use of

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     unobligated balances, which are submitted after the close of 
     the third quarter of the fiscal year, June 30;
       2. Clearly stated and detailed documentation presenting 
     justification for the reprogramming, transfer, or use of 
     unobligated balances shall accompany each request;
       3. For agencies, departments, or offices receiving 
     appropriations in excess of $20,000,000, a reprogramming 
     shall be submitted if the amount to be shifted to or from any 
     object class, budget activity, program line item, or program 
     activity involved is in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, 
     whichever is greater, of the object class, budget activity, 
     program line item, or program activity;
       4. For agencies, departments, or offices receiving 
     appropriations less than $20,000,000, a reprogramming shall 
     be submitted if the amount to be shifted to or from any 
     object class, budget activity, program line item, or program 
     activity involved is in excess of $50,000, or 10 percent, 
     whichever is greater, of the object class, budget activity, 
     program line item, or program activity;
       5. For any action where the cumulative effect of below 
     threshold reprogramming actions, or past reprogramming and/or 
     transfer actions added to the request, would exceed the 
     dollar threshold mentioned above, a reprogramming shall be 
     submitted;
       6. For any action that would result in a major change to 
     the program or item that is different than that presented to 
     and approved by either of the Committees, or the Congress, a 
     reprogramming shall be submitted;
       7. For any action where funds earmarked by either of the 
     Committees for a specific activity are proposed to be used 
     for a different activity, a reprogramming shall be submitted; 
     and,
       8. For any action where funds earmarked by either of the 
     Committees for a specific activity are in excess of the 
     project or activity requirement, and are proposed to be used 
     for a different activity, a reprogramming shall be submitted.
       Additionally, each request shall include a declaration 
     that, as of the date of the request, none of the funds 
     included in the request have been obligated, and none will be 
     obligated, until the Committees on Appropriations have 
     approved the request.

                  TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

                          Departmental Offices


                         salaries and expenses

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       The conferees agree to provide $189,201,000 instead of 
     $187,241,000 as proposed by the House and $191,887,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. The conferees agree to non-recur 
     $2,854,000 of fiscal year 2002 costs, to transfer $446,000 
     out of this account to the Financial Crimes Enforcement 
     Network, and to a business strategy adjustment of $599,000 as 
     proposed by the House. The conferees agree to provide 
     $747,000 for overseas inflation costs as proposed by the 
     Senate and $1,213,000 for full funding of fiscal year 2003 
     operations. The conferees agree to include a provision as 
     proposed by the Senate establishing minimum funding and 
     personnel levels for the Office of Foreign Assets Control 
     ($21,206,000 and 120 full time equivalent positions), and 
     agree to provide a minimum of $8,500,000 for the Office of 
     Enforcement. The conferees agree to a new general provision 
     (Section 124) as proposed by the Senate regarding the Office 
     of Foreign Assets Control that requires all travel license 
     applications to be resolved within 90 calendar days and all 
     travel license denials to include written notification.


                  certificate-based internet security

       The conferees are aware of the need for security in 
     permitting secure Internet communication for Customs, Secret 
     Service, and other Treasury law enforcement agents to prevent 
     cyber attacks and protect against identity theft in key 
     information systems. The conferees therefore strongly support 
     developing capability for certificate-based Internet security 
     projects to provide standards-based e-mail encryption and 
     digital signature capabilities; permit interoperability with 
     the Federal Bridge and other government public key 
     infrastructure systems and applications; demonstrate proven 
     scalability; support multiple platforms; and include 
     automated, secure key and certificate management. The 
     conferees understand that the Department of the Treasury 
     believes this is a vital priority. If funds become available 
     in other Treasury accounts during fiscal year 2003, the 
     conferees are likely to look favorably on a reprogramming 
     request that would provide funding for this critical 
     initiative.


                    counterfeit currency technology

       The conferees agree that anti-counterfeiting measures for 
     currency are a critical component in the war on terrorism and 
     in promoting homeland security. The conferees strongly concur 
     with Senate guidance that directs the Department of the 
     Treasury to test the utility of using new technologies to 
     help identify the size of the universe of counterfeit 
     currency and better understand the circulation patterns of 
     currency and report back within 120 days of the enactment of 
     this Act. The conferees also encourage the Treasury 
     Department to consider, for future currency changes, the best 
     available anti-counterfeiting technology and security devices 
     for currency, including such features as optically variable 
     devices, alternative substrates, distinctive fibers, high-
     technology inks, and new offset printing techniques.

        Department-Wide Systems and Capital Investments Programs


                     (including transfer of funds)

       The conferees agree to provide $65,628,000 instead of 
     $68,828,000 as proposed by the House and the Senate. The 
     reduction from the requested level is to be applied to the 
     integrated Treasury (wireless) network. The conferees agree 
     to include a provision as proposed by the Senate restricting 
     the use of funds to supplement the Internal Revenue Service.

                      Office of Inspector General


                         salaries and expenses

       The conferees agree to provide $35,736,000 instead of 
     $35,424,000 as proposed by the House and the Senate. The 
     conferees agree to include a provision regarding reception 
     and representation expenses as proposed by the Senate and to 
     include $312,000 for full funding of fiscal year 2003 
     operations.

           Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration


                         salaries and expenses

       The conferees agree to provide $125,011,000 instead of 
     $123,962,000 as proposed by the House and the Senate. The 
     conferees agree to include $1,049,000 for full funding of 
     fiscal year 2003 operations.

                Air Transportation Stabilization Program

       The conferees agree to provide $6,041,000 as proposed by 
     the House and the Senate.

           Treasury Building and Annex Repair and Restoration

       The conferees agree to provide $28,932,000 instead of 
     $32,932,000 as proposed by the House and $30,932,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.

                 Expanded Access to Financial Services


                     (including transfer of funds)

       The conferees agree to provide, subject to authorization, 
     $2,000,000 as proposed by the Senate instead of $4,000,000 as 
     proposed by the House. The conferees also agree to include 
     the other provisions as proposed by the Senate and not those 
     proposed by the House. The conferees direct that none of 
     these funds are to be used for projects that (1) provide real 
     property, automated teller machines, or any other equipment 
     for use by any financial institution, (2) incur costs in 
     excess of $100 for each participant who is expected to 
     establish an account, or (3) does not provide at least $0.50 
     in non-federal matching funds for each $1.00 received from 
     the Expanded Access to Financial Services account.

                         Counterterrorism Fund

       The conferees agree to provide $10,000,000 instead of 
     $33,000,000 as proposed by the House and $20,000,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. The conferees note that this fund 
     currently carries a balance in excess of $40,000,000.

                  Financial Crimes Enforcement Network


                         salaries and expenses

       The conferees agree to provide $51,752,000 instead of 
     $51,444,000 as proposed by the House and $50,517,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. This includes $481,000 to cover non-
     pay inflation, $308,000 to fully fund fiscal year 2003 
     operations, and $446,000 to reflect the adjustment of Foreign 
     Terrorist Asset Tracking Center support from the Office of 
     Foreign Assets Control to the Financial Crimes Enforcement 
     Network.

                     USA PATRIOT Act Implementation

       The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is tasked 
     with implementing a number of critical mandates under the USA 
     PATRIOT Act aimed at thwarting terrorists from financing 
     their activities, and preventing criminals from laundering 
     criminal profits. These include establishing the PATRIOT Act 
     Communications System (PACS), providing expanded access for 
     federal agencies to the Gateway system; and implementing 
     information exchanges between government and financial 
     institutions. Although the Administration did not request 
     funding for these, the conferees direct the Department to 
     provide $2,500,000 from the super surplus of the Treasury 
     Forfeiture Fund to FinCEN for these activities to cover 
     fiscal year 2003 costs.

                Federal Law Enforcement Training Center


                         salaries and expenses

       The conferees agree to provide $134,986,000 instead of 
     $152,951,000 as proposed by the House and $126,660,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. This includes: $595,000 for non-pay 
     inflation; $631,000 to fully fund fiscal year 2003 
     operations; $5,500,000 to fund increased training workload 
     for homeland security; $2,700,000 for the Cheltenham training 
     center; $1,000,000 for the National Center for State and 
     Local Training and $1,000,000 for the Rural Crime and Justice 
     Center at Minot State University to expand on the current 
     Small Town and Rural Law Enforcement training series in the 
     Northern Plains States and related rural law enforcement 
     research; $500,000 to Minot State University to assess the 
     effectiveness of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center 
     vehicle pursuit training program; and $750,000 to work with 
     the Southwest Texas State University ALERRT program.


     acquisition, construction, improvements, and related expenses

       The conferees agree to provide $36,000,000 instead of 
     $31,800,000 as proposed by the House and $32,029,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. This includes: $71,000 for non-pay 
     inflation; $5,000,000 for acquisition and modification of 
     facilities for the Glynco campus to

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     address increased homeland security training workload; 
     $3,400,000 to complete the vehicle training course at the 
     Cheltenham campus; and $4,200,000 for a new classroom 
     building at the Artesia campus.

                      Interagency Law Enforcement


                 interagency crime and drug enforcement

       The conferees agree to provide $107,576,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate instead of $110,594,000 as proposed by the House.

                      Financial Management Service


                         salaries and expenses

       The conferees agree to provide $222,078,000 instead of 
     $220,664,000 as proposed by the House and the Senate. The 
     conferees agree to include $1,414,000 for the full funding of 
     fiscal year 2003 operations.

                Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms


                         salaries and expenses

       The conferees agree to provide $886,430,000 instead of 
     $888,430,000 as proposed by the Senate and $891,034,000 as 
     proposed by the House. This includes $3,000,000 for an 
     explosives enforcement initiative.

               Management and Technological Enhancements

       The conferees endorse the Senate explanatory language 
     regarding management and technological enhancements at the 
     Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) National 
     Licensing Center, Imports Branch, and National Firearms Act 
     Branch. The conferees also note that $2,500,000, which was 
     provided in fiscal year 2002, will continue to be available 
     for this ongoing effort.

                     United States Customs Service


                         salaries and expenses

       The conferees agree to provide $2,527,155,000, instead of 
     $2,496,865,000 as proposed by the House and $2,501,488,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. This includes: $18,377,000 for non-
     pay inflation; $15,115,000 to fully fund fiscal year 2003 
     operations; $150,000 for the Vermont World Trade Center, and 
     $750,000 for the Center for Agricultural Policy and Trade 
     Studies. The conferees also include: $3,000,000 for port and 
     nonintrusive inspection technology research and development; 
     $1,250,000 for steel tariff enforcement; $1,000,000 for a 
     curriculum for canine detection of chemical and biological 
     threats; $12,000,000 for the container security initiative; 
     $1,000,000 for a bulk outbound currency initiative; 
     $1,400,000 to expand the intellectual property rights 
     initiative; $200,000 for a University of Texas border 
     protection management program; and $125,000 for a smart 
     border technology program at the Texas Transportation 
     Institute.


                        northern border security

       The conferees recognize that the process of strengthening 
     the Northern Border is not complete and that further 
     adjustments in personnel assignments and resource allocations 
     will be necessary. There have been long-standing concerns 
     about the condition and infrastructure needs of the ports of 
     entry along the Northern Border. The conferees direct the 
     Customs Service to work closely with GSA in the development 
     of its construction plans and budgets, and to ensure that all 
     current and prospective requirements, particularly those 
     recently identified, will be met.
       The conferees commend the actions of the United States 
     Customs Service to strengthen America's border with Canada. 
     The conferees support the full implementation of the 30-point 
     ``Smart Border Accord,'' and other ongoing initiatives in 
     furtherance of securing the flow of people and goods, 
     hardening our infrastructure, and in sharing mutual 
     enforcement objectives with Canada. Implementation of 
     programs such as pre-clearance of U.S.-bound traffic, 
     ``reverse inspections,'' hardening of remote ports, and 
     expanded information sharing promises increased security and 
     important trade benefits on the Northern Border. 
     Additionally, the conferees encourage Customs to expand use 
     of ``smart'' processing and inspection technologies such as 
     the NEXUS program. This joint United States-Canadian pilot is 
     a dedicated commuter lane system that allows Customs and the 
     Immigration and Naturalization Service to rapidly identify 
     and clear pre-registered frequent travelers. The conferees 
     urge Customs to implement an expansion of the program 
     expeditiously as an integral part of a layered security 
     framework that both secures our mutual border and facilitates 
     this unique trade relationship.


  intellectual property rights initiative and customs cybersmuggling 
                                 center

       The conferees have included funding for the continued 
     operation of the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Center, 
     which received $5,000,000 in fiscal year 2002, as well as to 
     annualize the costs of 13 additional full-time equivalent 
     positions. The conferees also continue funding for the 
     Customs Cybersmuggling Center (C3). The conferees have also 
     included an additional $1,400,000 to expand the IPR Center 
     for domestic and international programs, staffing, as well as 
     continued operation of the IPR Coordination Center. The 
     conferees expect the Customs Service will enhance the 
     operations of the C3 and the IPR Center to combat 
     intellectual property rights violations, and support law 
     enforcement training of host country officials by Customs 
     overseas attaches. The conferees encourage the IPR Center to 
     use a portion of its funds to establish a clearinghouse for 
     intellectual property rights information gathered from other 
     federal as well as State and local agencies.


    strengthened enforcement of u.s. trade laws pertaining to steel

       The conferees support Customs enforcement of U.S. trade 
     laws, to include the President's steel 201 proclamation of 
     March 5, 2002, and all antidumping and countervailing duty 
     orders related to steel. The conferees also understand that 
     Customs is responsible for enforcing and monitoring imports 
     of wire rods and certain line pipe products previously 
     covered by a 201 remedy decision. The conferees are aware 
     that Customs personnel assigned to enforce antidumping and 
     countervailing duty orders, including import specialists, 
     inspectors and agents, have been increasingly burdened, and 
     many have been reassigned to meet homeland security 
     priorities. The conferees understand that Customs would 
     require additional positions to fully enforce this set of 
     trade laws, and that there are serious deficiencies in the 
     level of training and specialized knowledge of Customs 
     inspectors and import specialists who deal with steel tariff 
     matters. The conferees therefore provide $1,250,000 to permit 
     Customs, working with the steel manufacturing and trading 
     community, to identify and apply the resources and training 
     required to carry out these responsibilities. Such efforts 
     may include utilizing steel industry experts through a series 
     of national training seminars, which could be made available 
     to members of the trade and brokerage community who play a 
     key role in classifying imported goods for Customs 
     processing. The funding may also be used to assign more 
     import specialists, inspectors, or agents to steel trade 
     enforcement. The conferees recommend that new steel import 
     specialists be assigned to ports with the greatest volume of 
     steel imports. In addition, the conferees urge that the U.S. 
     Customs Service enforce all steel-related laws and 
     regulations, including the President's steel 201 Proclamation 
     and all existing antidumping and countervailing duty orders, 
     to the fullest extent of the law. The conferees therefore 
     direct Customs to report not later than 60 days after 
     enactment of this Act on steps it has taken to improve 
     training for steel tariff implementation and to enhance 
     enforcement efforts and manpower, including data on types and 
     value of illegal imports seized and penalties imposed.


                     container security initiative

       The Customs Service announced its Container Security 
     Initiative (CSI) on January 17, 2002, a critical effort to 
     protect U.S. seaports and maritime commerce. CSI will allow 
     targeting and screening of potentially dangerous cargo prior 
     to its arrival at U.S. ports. In March 2002 Customs began to 
     implement CSI in three Canadian ports; to date, 21 foreign 
     ports, including 18 of the world's top ``mega-ports'', have 
     agreed to participate. The CSI will entail staffing at each 
     site, as well as investments in non-intrusive inspection 
     technology or networking technology. The conferees include 
     $12,000,000 to continue this effort in fiscal year 2003.
       The conferees are aware that CSI will require a data system 
     that permits the transfer of container images, other sensor 
     data, and relevant manifest data from foreign seaports of 
     origin to Customs offices at the U.S. port of destination and 
     to the Customs container management center. The conferees 
     would expect this network to be linked with the Treasury 
     Secure Data Network and capable of processing and sharing 
     similar domestic data as well. The conferees direct Customs 
     to report to the Committees on Appropriations not later than 
     60 days after enactment of this Act on its plans for 
     developing and implementing such a network.


                  non-intrusive inspection technology

       The Administration's request includes $45,700,000 in new 
     investments in non-intrusive inspection and other security 
     technology, in addition to annualizing costs for investments 
     made in fiscal year 2002 to close gaps in land and seaport 
     security identified after September 11th. The conferees 
     include an additional $3,000,000 for these efforts, to be 
     used for technology acquisition and support of related 
     research and development, and to evaluate and prototype next-
     generation technology to screen and detect contraband, 
     explosives, radioactive materials, and potential chemical and 
     biological weapons, with a focus on applications at major 
     ports of entry. The conferees strongly encourage the Customs 
     Service to maintain its policy of seeking to apply the most 
     advanced and cost-effective technology possible, and build 
     into its planning a life-cycle approach to replacing and 
     upgrading such capability to meet ever-increasing needs for 
     greater performance.
       In general, the conferees expect Customs to regularly 
     review technologies that might have applications to Customs' 
     inspection needs, and evaluate the value for Customs' mission 
     that might be offered by technology, such as computed 
     tomography (CT), which is being employed for airport security 
     by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA); the 
     Total Asset Visibility Network employed by the Defense 
     Department; or neutron analysis technology. Customs should 
     emphasize evaluating inspection technologies that do not 
     require human evaluation and analysis, and work closely with 
     the Departments of Defense and Energy agencies such as the 
     Defense Threat Reduction Agency and the National Nuclear 
     Security Administration on placement of systems to detect 
     nuclear, biological and chemical threats. The conferees 
     direct Customs to report not later than 120 days after 
     enactment of this Act on its implementation of this program.

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                   peace bridge joint border facility

       The conferees endorse the Senate explanatory language 
     calling for the U.S. Customs Service, in consultation with 
     the Immigration and Naturalization Service and the Department 
     of Homeland Security to report within 180 days of enactment 
     of this Act detailing how a joint United States/Canadian 
     border inspection facility could be established on the 
     Canadian side of the Peace Bridge in Fort Erie, Ontario.


                           child pornography

       The conferees direct the Customs Service to continue 
     providing $100,000 of available funds to promote public 
     awareness for the child pornography tipline, including 
     ongoing efforts to make children aware of the tipline, in 
     fiscal year 2003. The conferees recommend that the Customs 
     Service continue to coordinate this effort with the National 
     Center for Missing and Exploited Children and the U.S. Postal 
     Service to ensure that the publicity is diversified and 
     effective.


                           forced child labor

       The conferees are pleased with the work of the Customs 
     Service to enforce section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 as 
     it relates to forced and indentured child labor. The 
     conferees believe that continued focus on enforcement of the 
     ban on importation of goods made by forced child labor is 
     critical and that Customs needs to continue this effort 
     through aggressive investigation and enforcement of the 
     applicable laws. The conferees direct Customs to expend an 
     additional $4,000,000 on this important enforcement effort.


                          dairy protein blends

       The conferees are concerned with the impact of imported 
     milk protein concentrates on domestic milk use, resulting in 
     historically low milk prices paid to dairy producers. The 
     Customs Service is encouraged to make their final decision on 
     reclassification of dairy protein blends within 30 days of 
     the enactment of this Act and report the results to the 
     Committees on Appropriations.

                   Harbor Maintenance Fee Collection


                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       The conferees agree to provide $3,000,000 as proposed by 
     the House and the Senate.

  Operation, Maintenance and Procurement, Air and Marine Interdiction 
                                Programs

       The conferees agree to provide $181,829,000 instead of 
     $190,000,000 as proposed by the House and $177,829,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. This includes $7,000,000 for the 
     Customs National Aviation Center and $4,000,000 to support 
     other critical operational and maintenance needs and 
     modernization requirements such as the Air and Marine 
     Interdiction Coordination Center, development of tactical 
     data link and display capability, enhanced electro-optical 
     and infrared capability, and replacement of critical fixed 
     wing and helicopter platforms.


      air and marine program modernization and organization review

       The conferees are aware that Customs had been conducting a 
     comprehensive review of the missions, operations, structure, 
     and resources of the Air and Marine Interdiction Division 
     (AMID). As Customs conducts this review, the conferees 
     strongly urge it to take full account of the impact of its 
     various and expanding missions in order to achieve an optimal 
     level of readiness and operational effectiveness. Particular 
     attention should be paid to organization, infrastructure, 
     aircraft, vessels, equipment, staffing and funding.
       The conferees also expect Customs to make the most 
     effective use of existing resources to carry out its 
     missions. Replacement or other modernization of Customs 
     assets is expensive and must be carried out in the context of 
     an orderly program to assess requirements for necessary 
     platforms based on mission and operational needs, including 
     operating and maintenance costs. The conferees expect Customs 
     to carefully evaluate the impact of maintenance contracts on 
     meeting mission needs, and how the form such contracts take 
     affects such goals: to maximize operational availability and 
     capability of aircraft and marine vessels; to rationalize 
     time and logistics required for system maintenance and 
     support; and to achieve cost effectiveness. The conferees 
     direct the Customs Service to submit the findings of its 
     review upon its completion, including those relating to 
     maintenance and support, but in any event not later than 60 
     days after enactment of this Act.
       In the course of preparing the report, the conferees 
     request that Customs describe how its modernization plan will 
     address (1) implementing airborne law enforcement 
     surveillance and support capabilities along the Northern 
     Border; (2) acquiring platforms for Northern Border 
     Surveillance Aircraft; (3) replacing or modifying existing 
     Citation aircraft; and (4) meeting its requirements for light 
     enforcement and medium-lift helicopters. Customs will 
     continue to implement the Western Hemisphere Drug Elimination 
     Act (WHDEA) and the conferees include the $35,764,000 
     requested by the Administration. The conferees provide an 
     additional $4,000,000 that may be used for system acquisition 
     and support, and expect plans for use of this funding to be 
     included in the modernization plan and detailed in the above 
     mentioned report.


                        automation modernization

       The conferees agree to provide $435,332,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate instead of $439,332,000 as proposed by the House.


                    automated commercial environment

       The conferees believe that strong oversight of the 
     Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) program is essential 
     to ensure that Customs fulfills its expenditure and 
     development plans. Periodic review of investment increments 
     associated with capital planning and architecture development 
     is consistent with best practices for information technology 
     procurement. The conferees therefore direct that Customs 
     provide quarterly reports to the Committees on Appropriations 
     until ACE becomes functional.
       The conferees also direct Customs to submit requests for 
     release of funds, including a cost-benefit analysis, in a 
     timely manner, but in no case less than 30 days before the 
     anticipated need for the funds.


                 west coast secured corridor initiative

       The conferees are aware of efforts by the Washington State 
     Office of Trade and Economic Development, the Washington 
     State Department of Transportation, and the Cascadia Project 
     of the Discovery Institute to establish a West Coast Secured 
     Corridor Initiative. This initiative will establish a forum 
     for coordinating the development and implementation of 
     practices vital to the enhancement of homeland security and 
     the secured mobility of goods and people along the West 
     Coast, and that will ensure interoperability of Customs and 
     other regulatory protocols for transport between Mexico, the 
     United States, and Canada. The conferees strongly support 
     collaborative efforts between Federal, State and local 
     governments and non-profit organizations that can facilitate 
     both security and the smooth flow of commerce along our 
     borders. The Customs Service should evaluate the benefits of 
     ensuring that development and deployment of ACE and the 
     International Trade Data System (ITDS) takes into account the 
     efforts of the Initiative to ensure homeland security and 
     secured mobility of goods and people along the West Coast.

                           United States Mint


               united states mint public enterprise fund

       The conferees agree to provide $34,900,000 for capital 
     investments for circulating coinage and protective services 
     as proposed by the House and the Senate.

                       Bureau of The Public Debt


                     administering the public debt

       The conferees agree to provide $190,068,000 instead of 
     $168,673,000 as proposed by the House and $191,073,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. The conferees agree to a reduction of 
     $2,000,000 to the savings bond marketing program; the funds 
     that remain for savings bond marketing are to provide for the 
     orderly termination of this effort during fiscal year 2003 
     consistent with the plans of the Department of the Treasury. 
     The conferees direct the Department to report to the 
     Committees on Appropriations within 30 days of the enactment 
     of this Act with details of how they will conduct this 
     orderly termination of the savings bond marketing program. 
     The conferees further agree to include a provision to assist 
     with the termination of the savings bond marketing program; 
     this provision extends the availability of $4,000,000 for two 
     years in order to cover certain costs such as severance 
     requirements and workman compensation payments that will 
     extend beyond fiscal year 2003. The conferees also agree to 
     provide $995,000 for the full funding of fiscal year 2003 
     operations not associated with the savings bond marketing 
     program.

                        Internal Revenue Service

       The conferees recognize the fiscal challenges that face the 
     Internal Revenue Service and direct that base operations be 
     funded before embarking upon any new initiatives.


                 processing, assistance, and management

       The conferees agree to provide $3,955,777,000 as proposed 
     by the Senate instead of $3,955,077,000 as proposed by the 
     House. The conferees agree to include a provision that 
     provides $7,000,000 for low-income taxpayer clinic grants, as 
     proposed by the Senate.


                          tax law enforcement

       The conferees agree to provide $3,729,072,000 as proposed 
     by the House and the Senate. The conferees agree to include a 
     provision modified from one proposed by the Senate that not 
     less than $60,000,000 shall be used to combat abusive tax 
     shelters.


             earned income tax credit compliance initiative

       The conferees agree to provide $146,000,000 as proposed by 
     the House and the Senate.


                          information systems

       The conferees agree to provide $1,632,444,000 as proposed 
     by the House and the Senate.


                     business systems modernization

       The conferees agree to provide $366,000,000 instead of 
     $436,000,000 as proposed by the House and the Senate.


               HEALTH INSURANCE TAX CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

       The conferees agree to provide $70,000,000 instead of no 
     appropriation as proposed by the House and the Senate. This 
     new account is to be used to implement the health insurance 
     tax credit program included in the Trade Act of 2002 (Public 
     Law 107-210).


          ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS--INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE

       Section 101. The conferees agree to continue a provision 
     that allows the transfer of 5 percent of any appropriation 
     made available to the IRS to any other IRS appropriation 
     subject to Congressional approval.
       Section 102. The conferees agree to continue a provision 
     that requires the IRS to

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     maintain a training program in taxpayers' rights, dealing 
     courteously with taxpayers, and cross-cultural relations.
       Section 103. The conferees agree to continue a provision 
     that requires the IRS to institute and enforce policies and 
     practices that will safeguard the confidentiality of taxpayer 
     information.
       Section 104. The conferees agree to continue a provision 
     with respect to the IRS 1-800 help line service.

                      United States Secret Service


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The conferees agree to provide $1,029,150,000 instead of 
     $1,017,892,000 as proposed by the House and $1,010,817,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. This includes $6,824,000 for non-pay 
     inflation, $6,475,000 to fully fund fiscal year 2003 
     operations, and $4,200,000 to fund annualization of the costs 
     of the workload rebalancing and retention initiative. The 
     conferees also provide $1,633,000 for forensic support to the 
     National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), 
     and $4,583,000 for grants to NCMEC, including $300,000 for 
     support of the Web-Wise Kids program.


      ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT, AND RELATED EXPENSES

       The conferees agree to provide $3,519,000 as proposed by 
     the House and the Senate.

             General Provisions--Department of the Treasury

       Section 110. The conferees agree to continue a provision 
     that requires the Secretary of the Treasury to comply with 
     certain reprogramming guidelines when obligating or expending 
     funds for law enforcement activities.
       Section 111. The conferees agree to continue a provision 
     that allows the Department of the Treasury to purchase 
     uniforms, insurance, and motor vehicles without regard to the 
     general purchase price limitation, and enter into contracts 
     with the Department of State for health and medical services 
     for Treasury employees in overseas locations.
       Section 112. The conferees agree to continue a provision 
     that requires the expenditure of funds so as not to diminish 
     efforts under section 105 of the Federal Alcohol 
     Administration Act.
       Section 113. The conferees agree to continue a provision 
     that authorizes transfers, up to 2 percent, between law 
     enforcement appropriations under certain circumstances.
       Section 114. The conferees agree to continue a provision 
     that authorizes the transfer, up to 2 percent, between the 
     Departmental Offices, Office of Inspector General, Treasury 
     Inspector General for Tax Administration, Financial 
     Management Service, and Bureau of Public Debt appropriations 
     under certain circumstances.
       Section 115. The conferees agree to continue a provision 
     that authorizes transfer, up to 2 percent, between the 
     Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Inspector General 
     for Tax Administration under certain circumstances.
       Section 116. The conferees agree to continue a provision 
     regarding the purchase of law enforcement vehicles.
       Section 117. The conferees agree to continue a provision 
     that prohibits the Department of the Treasury and the Bureau 
     of Engraving and Printing from redesigning the $1 Federal 
     Reserve Note.
       Section 118. The conferees agree to continue a provision 
     that provides for transfer from and reimbursements to the 
     Salaries and Expenses appropriation of the Financial 
     Management Service for the purposes of debt collection.
       Section 119. The conferees agree to continue and modify a 
     provision that extends the pilot project for designated 
     critical occupations for one additional year.
       Section 120. The conferees agree to continue a provision 
     that requires the approval of the authorizing committees for 
     the construction and operation of any museum by the U.S. 
     Mint.
       Section 121. The conferees agree to continue the provision 
     limiting the use of funds for the production of Customs 
     declarations that do not inquire whether the passenger had 
     been in the proximity of livestock.
       Section 122. The conferees agree to a new provision that 
     directs the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center to 
     establish an accrediting body to set standards for measuring 
     and assessing the quality and effectiveness on Federal law 
     enforcement training.
       Section 123. The conferees agree to a new provision that 
     extends the Treasury Franchise Fund through October 1, 2004.
       Section 125. The conferees agree to a new provision that 
     allows funds in the Stennis Fund to be invested in certain 
     par-value securities.
       Section 126. The conferees agree to a new provision that 
     allows funds in the Madison Funds to be invested in certain 
     par-value securities.
       Section 127. The conferees agree to a new provision 
     regarding Customs Service reverse inspections as proposed by 
     the Senate, with technical modifications.

                        TITLE II--POSTAL SERVICE

                   Payment to the Postal Service Fund

       The conferees agree to provide $60,014,000, as proposed by 
     the House and Senate. Of this amount $31,014,000 is provided 
     as an advance appropriation for free mail to the blind and 
     overseas voters, as proposed by the House and Senate. The 
     conferees include an additional $29,000,000 for prior year 
     reimbursement shortfalls.

                    Postal Service Marketing Efforts

       The conferees are aware that the Postal Service has entered 
     into a four-year $25,000,000 contract to sponsor a cycling 
     team to provide the Postal Service with marketing exposure. 
     This expenditure comes at a time when the Postal Service is 
     suffering from long-term declines in mail volume and net 
     income, as well as the huge added costs of guarding against 
     biological terrorist attacks through the U.S. mail system. 
     The conferees are concerned that the Postal Service has 
     incurred this $25,000,000 obligation even though no proof has 
     been offered that this sponsorship will result in increased 
     revenues. The conferees urge the Postal Service to exercise 
     far better judgment in making future investment decisions in 
     favor of those efforts that can provide tangible results.

                        Postal Service Printing

       The conferees are aware that significant cost savings can 
     be achieved by utilizing electronic commerce technology in 
     the ordering and procurement of supporting goods and 
     services, such as printing requirements. The conferees 
     encourage the Postal Service to use e-commerce means in the 
     purchasing of its printing, including testing the feasibility 
     of procuring printing through e-commerce means after 
     assessing the market and conducting a test or limited pilot 
     project, if the test or project can include a guaranteed cost 
     savings feature and acceptable return on investment (ROI). If 
     this test or limited pilot yields a cost savings and 
     acceptable ROI for the Postal Service, the conferees 
     encourage the Postal Service to expand its use of e-commerce 
     means in the procurement of its printing needs. The conferees 
     request a report from the Postal Service on any such test or 
     pilot project undertaken no later than six months after the 
     date of enactment of this Act.


                             HOUSTON, TEXAS

       The conferees are concerned by the quality of service at 
     the Jensen Drive Postal Station in Houston, Texas. The 
     conferees are specifically concerned with the adequacy of the 
     facility at this postal station. The station currently has 
     only eight available parking slots, of which one is for 
     disabled customers and two are for senior citizens who 
     represent a large portion of this station's customers, 
     leaving only five available slots for all other customers. 
     This lack of adequate parking creates traffic and safety 
     problems. The conferees direct the Postal Service to evaluate 
     the options for addressing the parking situation and other 
     problems at Jensen Drive and report to the Committees on 
     Appropriations on steps being taken to address the problem no 
     later than 90 days after enactment of this Act.


                            BRONX, NEW YORK

       The conferees are very concerned by the repeated reports of 
     poor quality service to postal customers in the Bronx, 
     including missing mail, wrongly delivered mail, and late 
     delivery. The House Committee on Appropriations earlier 
     directed the Postal Service to investigate the situation at 
     the Morris Park post office and report its recommendations 
     for corrective action to the Committee, and the Postal 
     Service provided this report in January 2003. The conferees 
     direct the Postal Service to expand its investigation to the 
     Highbridge, Stadium, Morrisania, and Tremont stations, as 
     well as the General Post Office, and report its findings and 
     recommendations for corrective action and a plan of 
     implementation to the Committees on Appropriations no later 
     than 120 days following enactment of this Act.

TITLE III--EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO 
                             THE PRESIDENT

        Compensation of the President and the White House Office


                     COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT

       The conferees agree to provide $450,000 as proposed by the 
     House and the Senate.


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The conferees agree to provide $50,715,000 as proposed by 
     the House instead of $59,735,000 as proposed by the Senate. 
     The conferees agree to transfer $9,020,000 to the Office of 
     Administration in support of a pilot program to centralize 
     the procurement of certain common goods and services.

                           White House Tours

       The conferees are aware that, because of the tragic events 
     of September 11, 2001, public visitation of the White House 
     has been severely restricted. The conferees would like to see 
     a resumption of public White House tours as soon as safely 
     possible. In light of this goal, within 30 days of enactment 
     of this Act, the White House Office should provide a report 
     to the Committees that details the status of efforts underway 
     to safely reopen public tours of the White House.

                      Office of Homeland Security


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The conferees agree to provide $19,398,000 instead of 
     $24,061,000 as proposed by the House and $24,844,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. The conferees agree to transfer 
     $783,000 to the Office of Administration in support of a 
     pilot program to centralize the procurement of certain common 
     goods and services. The conferees do not include $4,663,000 
     in funds proposed for various costs associated with the 
     operations of the Nebraska Avenue complex. The conferees are 
     aware of an unobligated balance of $3,745,200 in fiscal year 
     2002 supplemental appropriations for Nebraska Avenue; and the 
     conferees also note that

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     funds were transferred through the authority provided in 
     Public Law 107-294 for various Nebraska Avenue operations. 
     The conferees note that detailed justification materials 
     related to the funds transferred under the authority of 
     Public Law 107-294 have not yet been provided to the 
     Committee. Given the availability of these other funding 
     sources, the conferees defer consideration of the $4,663,000 
     proposed for Nebraska Avenue operations.

           Executive Office of the President Mail Processing

       The conferees are concerned by ongoing difficulties 
     associated with mail processing for the Executive Office of 
     the President (EOP) complex. The conferees are further 
     concerned by the absence of a business case analysis for mail 
     processing efforts, including a precise definition of both 
     user and system requirements. The conferees are aware of 
     proposed plans to transfer $9,000,000 of fiscal year 2003 
     funds from the Office of Homeland Security to the Department 
     of Homeland Security for EOP mail processing. The conferees 
     support this transfer of responsibilities and encourage the 
     Office of Administration to move expeditiously toward this 
     goal. The Office of Administration is directed to report back 
     to the Committees on all efforts to transfer funds and 
     responsibilities for this effort to the Department of 
     Homeland Security no later than 60 days after enactment of 
     this Act.

                 Executive Residence at the White House


                           OPERATING EXPENSES

       The conferees agree to provide $12,228,000 as proposed by 
     the House and the Senate.


                   WHITE HOUSE REPAIR AND RESTORATION

       The conferees agree to provide $1,200,000 as proposed by 
     the House and the Senate.

 Special Assistance to the President and the Official Residence of the 
                             Vice President


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The conferees agree to provide $4,066,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate instead of $3,160,000 as proposed by the House.


                           OPERATING EXPENSES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       The conferees agree to provide $324,000 as proposed by the 
     House and the Senate.

                      Council of Economic Advisers


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The conferees agree to provide $3,763,000 as proposed by 
     the House instead of $4,405,000 as proposed by the Senate. 
     The conferees agree to transfer $642,000 to the Office of 
     Administration in support of a pilot program to centralize 
     the procurement of certain common goods and services.

                      Office of Policy Development


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The conferees agree to provide $3,251,000 as proposed by 
     the House instead of $4,221,000 as proposed by the Senate. 
     The conferees agree to transfer $970,000 to the Office of 
     Administration in support of a pilot program to centralize 
     the procurement of certain common goods and services.

                       National Security Council


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The conferees agree to provide $7,821,000 instead of 
     $7,803,000 as proposed by the House and $9,525,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. The conferees agree to transfer 
     $1,704,000 to the Office of Administration in support of a 
     pilot program to centralize the procurement of certain common 
     goods and services.

                        Office of Administration


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The conferees agree to provide $91,505,000 instead of 
     $92,681,000 as proposed by the House and $70,128,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. The conferees agree to transfer 
     $21,377,000 from the White House Office, the Office of 
     Homeland Security, the Office of Management and Budget, the 
     Office of Policy Development, the National Security Council, 
     and the Council of Economic Advisers to the Office of 
     Administration to establish a pilot project for centralized 
     procurement and management of information technology, rent, 
     printing and reproduction, supplies and materials and 
     equipment. The conferees expect that the Office of 
     Administration will achieve economies of scale using 
     centralized procurement practices and directs the Office of 
     Administration to identify these savings within 120 days of 
     enactment of this Act. The conferees direct the Office of 
     Administration to submit a description of this pilot project, 
     including a description of the standards established for the 
     procurement of each commodity included in this project, no 
     later than 60 days after enactment of this Act.

                    Office of Management and Budget


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The conferees agree to provide $62,394,000 instead of 
     $61,492,000 as proposed by the House and $70,752,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. The conferees agree to transfer 
     $8,258,000 to the Office of Administration in support of a 
     pilot program to centralize the procurement of certain common 
     goods and services. The conferees are aware that the Office 
     of Management and Budget (OMB) has achieved savings in excess 
     of $100,000 through the use of the Government Printing Office 
     to print the President's fiscal year 2004 budget. The 
     conferees have reduced OMB's appropriation by this amount and 
     direct OMB to apply this reduction to OMB-Wide Offices. The 
     conferees further encourage OMB to apply this reduction to 
     those functions and activities that have no direct impact on 
     the formulation or execution of the President's fiscal 
     priorities, such as the Communications Office.

                         Contracting Out Quotas

       The conferees agree to a Senate provision prohibiting the 
     use of funds to establish, apply, or enforce any numerical 
     goal, target, or quota for contracting out unless the goal, 
     target, or quota is based on considered research and sound 
     analysis of past activities and is consistent with the stated 
     mission of the executive agency. Although the Senate 
     provision was somewhat different than the provision adopted 
     by the House, the conferees want to emphasize the strong 
     opposition in both chambers to the establishment of arbitrary 
     goals, targets, and quotas. If any goals, targets, or quotas 
     are established following ``considered research and sound 
     analysis'' under the terms of this provision, the conferees 
     direct the Office of Management and Budget to provide a 
     report to the Committees on Appropriations no later than 30 
     days following the announcement of those goals, targets, or 
     quotas, specifically detailing the research and sound 
     analysis that was used in reaching the decision.

                   Electronic Government (E-Gov) Fund

       The conferees agree to include funds for the Electronic 
     Government Fund within the General Services Administration, 
     as proposed by the Senate.

          Election Administration Reform and Related Expenses


                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       The conferees address this issue in a separate Division of 
     this Act.

                 Office of National Drug Control Policy


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       The conferees agree to provide $26,456,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate instead of $24,458,000 as proposed by the House. 
     The conferees include $1,000,000 for the National Alliance 
     for Model State Drug Laws. The conferees have included a 
     provision that withholds $2,000,000 from obligation until the 
     Director submits, and the Committees on Appropriations 
     approve, a human capital strategy for the Office of National 
     Drug Control Policy (ONDCP).


                COUNTERDRUG TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT CENTER

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       The conferees agree to provide $48,000,000 instead of 
     $40,000,000 as proposed by the Senate and $55,800,000 as 
     proposed by the House. This includes $22,000,000 for 
     counternarcotics Technology Research and Development and 
     $26,000,000 for the Technology Transfer Program. The 
     conferees have included continued funding for neuroimaging 
     studies and genomic research into the relationship between 
     genetic predisposition and environmental factors bearing upon 
     drug addiction in the amount for counternarcotics Technology 
     Research and Development.

                     Federal Drug Control Programs

             High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program


                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       The conferees agree to provide $226,350,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate instead of $246,350,000 as proposed by the House. 
     The conferees provide that existing HIDTAs shall be funded at 
     no less than the fiscal year 2002 levels prior to the 
     obligation of the $20,000,000 in additional funds provided 
     for fiscal year 2002, unless the Director submits to the 
     Committees on Appropriations, and the Committees approve, 
     justification for changes in those levels based on clearly 
     articulated priorities for the HIDTA program, as well as 
     published ONDCP performance measures of effectiveness. The 
     conferees also provide that no funds in excess of the fiscal 
     year 2003 budget request shall be obligated without the prior 
     approval of the Committees.

                      HIDTA Performance Management

       The conferees remain concerned by ONDCP's lack of progress 
     in developing performance measures of effectiveness (PMEs) 
     for the HIDTA program. The conferees believe that the ability 
     to evaluate the effectiveness of individual HIDTAs, and to 
     rationally match funding needs against budgets, depends on a 
     reliable and consistent methodology for performance 
     measurement and management. The conferees provide, under the 
     Salaries and Expenses account, that $5,000,000 shall not be 
     obligated until the Director of ONDCP submits PMEs for the 
     HIDTA program to the Committees. The conferees further direct 
     ONDCP to provide a justification, based on PMEs, of the 
     fiscal year 2004 budget request for each individual HIDTA, as 
     well as an optimal spending allocation for each individual 
     HIDTA based upon PMEs, to the Committees when PMEs for the 
     HIDTA program are submitted.

                         Southwest Border HIDTA

       The conferees are concerned by the repeated reports of the 
     conflict within the Southwest Border HIDTA between the five 
     regional partnerships and the central office. The Southwest 
     Border HIDTA was created in 1990 and is unique among HIDTAs 
     in that it is structured into five partnerships--Arizona, 
     California Border Alliance Group, New Mexico, South Texas, 
     and West Texas--plus an Executive Director's office based in 
     El Paso, Texas. The conferees believe that this regional 
     structure has worked effectively to cover a very large multi-
     State geographical area that is crucial to anti-drug law 
     enforcement. At the same time, the conferees believe that the 
     HIDTA program needs coordination and rationalization to 
     ensure that

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     scarce resources can be targeted to those areas demonstrating 
     both the greatest need and the greatest programmatic impact. 
     The conferees believe that these goals can be met without 
     altering the basic structure of the Southwest Border HIDTA. 
     The conferees agree to provide that no funds shall be used 
     for the further or additional consolidation of the Southwest 
     Border HIDTA, except for the operation of an office with a 
     coordinating role, until ONDCP provides a report on the 
     Southwest Border HIDTA. The conferees direct ONDCP to 
     investigate the situation in the Southwest Border HIDTA and 
     provide this report to the Committees on Appropriations 
     within 120 days of enactment of this Act. This report shall 
     include ONDCP's recommendations for resolving conflicts 
     related to management and budgeting within the Southwest 
     Border HIDTA, and shall include written statements from each 
     of the partnerships expressing that partnership's views of 
     the situation.


                        SPECIAL FORFEITURE FUND


                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       The conferees agree to provide $223,200,000 instead of 
     $240,800,000 as proposed by the House and $172,700,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. This includes $150,000,000 for the 
     National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign, $60,000,000 for the 
     Drug-Free Communities Support Program, $3,000,000 for the 
     Counterdrug Intelligence Executive Secretariat, $2,000,000 
     for Performance Measures Development, $6,400,000 for the US 
     Anti-Doping Agency, $1,000,000 for the National Drug Court 
     Institute, and $800,000 for dues to the World Anti-Doping 
     Agency. The conferees provide that $2,000,000 of Drug-Free 
     Communities funds shall be used to make a grant directly to 
     the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America to establish 
     and maintain the National Community Anti-Drug Coalition 
     Institute as proposed by the Senate, instead of no provision 
     as proposed by the House.

                National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign

       The conferees are deeply disturbed by the lack of evidence 
     that the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign has had any 
     appreciable impact on youth drug use. With the funds provided 
     for fiscal year 2003, expenditures on the Media Campaign will 
     be over $1,000,000,000 since the program's inception in 
     fiscal year 1998. While the evaluation conducted under the 
     auspices of the National Institute for Drug Abuse (NIDA) has 
     shown that the Media Campaign has had a slight and sporadic 
     impact on the attitudes of parents, it has had no significant 
     impact on youth behavior. While the conferees are aware of 
     surveys, such as Monitoring the Future, that show recent 
     declines in youth drug use, the NIDA study was undertaken to 
     measure the specific impact of the Media Campaign, not simply 
     to gauge general trends. The conferees have not included a 
     provision requiring ONDCP to spend a certain amount on media 
     buys for the Media Campaign as proposed by the House. The 
     conferees expect ONDCP to allocate not less than the amount 
     provided in fiscal year 2002 to support the non-advertising 
     public communication activities of the Media Campaign.
       The Director has inaugurated certain changes in the 
     direction of the Media Campaign, such as producing new ads 
     demonstrating the link between drug use and terrorism and 
     other criminal activity, as well as an intensive anti-
     marijuana campaign launched in fall of 2002 and a shift in 
     the youth age group focus of the campaign. The conferees are 
     hopeful that these and other changes will result in the 
     achievement of the campaign's goal of reducing youth drug 
     use. The conferees intend to rely on the scientifically 
     rigorous NIDA study to gauge the ultimate impact of the 
     campaign. If the campaign continues to fail to demonstrate 
     effectiveness, then the Committees will be compelled to 
     reevaluate the use of taxpayer money to support the Media 
     Campaign.

                         US Anti-Doping Agency

       The conferees include $6,400,000 for the US Anti-Doping 
     Agency (USADA). Within this amount, the conferees include 
     $500,000 for the development of a school-based program for 
     educating young athletes on the risks associated with dietary 
     supplements. Not only are certain supplements banned from use 
     by USADA, many supplements contain steroid precursors (which 
     the body metabolizes into testosterone), such as 
     androstenedione, androstendiol, and DHEA. Studies have shown 
     that these steroid precursors are being used by young 
     athletes as performance-enhancing drugs at an alarming rate, 
     even as early as the grade school level. The conferees 
     believe that an education program is therefore necessary to 
     make our young athletes aware of the risks associated with 
     certain dietary supplements.


                          UNANTICIPATED NEEDS

       The conferees agree to provide $1,000,000 as proposed by 
     the House and Senate.

                     TITLE IV--INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

 Committee for Purchase from People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The conferees agree to provide $4,658,000 instead of 
     $4,629,000 as proposed by the House and the Senate. This 
     includes $29,000 to fully fund fiscal year 2003 operations.

                      Federal Election Commission


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The conferees agree to include $49,866,000 instead of 
     $49,426,000 as proposed by the House and $45,244,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. This includes $4,198,000 to implement 
     the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act and $424,000 to fully fund 
     fiscal year 2003 operations. The conferees do not include a 
     $16,000 general reduction, as proposed by the House.

                   Federal Labor Relations Authority


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The conferees agree to provide $28,950,000 instead of 
     $28,677,000 as proposed by the House and the Senate. This 
     includes $273,000 to fully fund fiscal year 2003 operations.

                    General Services Administration


                        REAL PROPERTY ACTIVITIES

                         FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND

                 LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       The conferees agree to provide $7,006,033,000 in new 
     obligational authority instead of $6,961,930,000 as proposed 
     by the House and $7,006,518,000 as proposed by the Senate. 
     The conferees directly appropriate $375,711,000 into the Fund 
     to cover a portion of the new obligational needs of the Fund.


                      CONSTRUCTION AND ACQUISITION

       The conferees agree to provide $717,488,000 instead of 
     $646,385,000 as proposed by the House and $631,663,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. The conferees agree with the 
     direction proposed by the Senate with respect to the Rosenn 
     Federal Courthouse in Wilkes-Barre, PA. The conferees concur 
     with the direction provided in House Report 107-575 on the 
     new courthouse in Chattanooga, TN, and urge the General 
     Services Administration (GSA) to keep this project on 
     schedule (site acquisition and design for fiscal year 2005 
     and construction for fiscal year 2007).

                 Springfield, Massachusetts Courthouse

       The conferees are aware that the General Services 
     Administration has identified more than $2,000,000 in 
     additional security features that exceed the original 
     criteria for the Springfield Courthouse in Massachusetts. The 
     conferees expect GSA to fulfill these additional security 
     requirements within the current budget estimates for the 
     project or through a reprogramming request.


                        REPAIRS AND ALTERATIONS

       The conferees agree to provide $951,529,000 instead of 
     $978,529,000 as proposed by the House and $997,839,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. Of the amount provided, $358,340,000 
     is for basic repairs and alterations. The conferees elected 
     not to include amounts for specific projects and programs in 
     the bill; however, the conferees direct the General Services 
     Administration to provide the Committees on Appropriations, 
     within 60 days of enactment of this Act, a plan for 
     expenditure of the funds which includes the specific projects 
     and programs to be accomplished and the amounts proposed for 
     each.
       The conferees remain concerned about the plans for 
     repairing and upgrading the Post Office and Federal Building 
     in Pittsburgh, PA, and direct GSA to seriously consider 
     requesting any additional needs there might be for this 
     project through reprogramming. The conferees agree with the 
     Senate direction within the construction activity rather than 
     the House direction within this account concerning the needs 
     of the Rosenn Federal Courthouse in Wilkes-Barre, PA.

                  Eisenhower Executive Office Building

       The conferees are keenly aware of the deplorable condition 
     of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building and the critical 
     need to move forward on a major multi-year repair and 
     alteration project for this property. The conferees remain 
     severely disappointed with information provided by the Office 
     of Management and Budget and GSA and very concerned with the 
     lack of clear, consistent, and timely decision-making by this 
     Administration on this project. The conferees believe that 
     the current lack of progress on planning the entire 
     modernization effort does a serious disservice to the 
     Administration and the affected personnel and that it would 
     be premature and inappropriate to fund incomplete design 
     efforts in a piecemeal fashion.


                    INSTALLMENT ACQUISITION PAYMENTS

       The conferees agree to provide $178,960,000 as proposed by 
     the House and the Senate.


                            RENTAL OF SPACE

       The conferees agree to provide $3,113,211,000 instead of 
     $3,153,211,000 as proposed by the House and the Senate.

                   NOAA Operations and Science Center

       The conferees are aware that GSA is currently reviewing 
     expressions of interest for an assignable land option in the 
     College Park/Greenbelt Area of Prince George's County, 
     Maryland, for the NOAA Operations and Science Center. 
     Further, the conferees are concerned that the lease 
     prospectus for this project has not been submitted to 
     Congress for approval. Therefore, the conferees expect the 
     Administration to submit the lease prospectus to the House 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Senate 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works for approval no 
     later than 30 days following the enactment of this Act.


                          BUILDING OPERATIONS

       The conferees agree to provide $1,965,160,000 as proposed 
     by the Senate instead of $1,925,160,000 as proposed by the 
     House. The conferees anticipate that the House of 
     Representatives will be a primary tenant of FOB 8. The 
     conferees strongly encourage GSA to move forward with the 
     ongoing discussions with representatives of the City of 
     Canton, Ohio, involving the Frank T. Bow Federal Building 
     with the goal of finding suitable

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     housing for federal tenants in the Canton area, which 
     includes the option of building a new federal building.

                        Angel Island Immigration

       The conferees direct GSA to submit a report to the 
     Committees on Appropriations within 30 days after the date of 
     enactment on the status of the Angel Island Immigration 
     Station which outlines the role of the GSA, the National Park 
     Service, the National Archives, and any other relevant 
     Federal agency in the effort to properly maintain, preserve 
     and restore the Station as a national landmark.

                      Policy and Citizen Services

       The conferees agree to provide $66,304,000 instead of 
     $65,995,000 as proposed by the House and the Senate. The 
     conferees agree to include $309,000 for full funding for 
     fiscal year 2003 operations.


                           OPERATING EXPENSES

       The conferees agree to provide $83,663,000 instead of 
     $77,904,000 as proposed by the House and $94,640,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. The conferees agree to include two 
     reductions, $6,436,000 for Governor's Island and $5,450,000 
     for the full non-recur of five fiscal year 2002 items, as 
     proposed by the House. The conferees also agree to include 
     the following increases: $2,000,000 as a transfer to the New 
     York State Historical Society for exhibits, education, 
     collections, and research associated with the September 11, 
     2001 terrorist attacks; $150,000 as a transfer to the 
     Association of Central Oklahoma Governments for establishing 
     alternative fuel facilities; $1,500,000 for the virtual 
     archive storage terminal; $300,000 for the Upper Great Plains 
     Native American Telehealth program; $300,000 for the 
     University of Colorado Health Science Center's Digital 
     Telehealth project; $1,750,000 for the government rural 
     outreach initiative; $125,000 as a transfer to the North 
     Dakota State Historical Society for the veteran's oral 
     history project; $1,000,000 for financial transaction 
     software; $250,000 as a transfer to the Boston Public Library 
     for the Adams collection; $250,000 as a transfer to the State 
     of Alaska to assist in preparation for its Statehood 
     celebration; $250,000 as a transfer to the State of Hawaii to 
     assist in preparation for its Statehood celebration; and 
     $534,000 for full funding for fiscal year 2003 operations. 
     The conferees also direct that, should the United States 
     Consensus Council become authorized, GSA is to provide the 
     council $1,000,000 from within existing funds to initiate the 
     effort.

                      Office of Inspector General

       The conferees agree to provide $37,916,000 instead of 
     $37,617,000 as proposed by the House and the Senate. The 
     conferees agree to include $299,000 for the full funding of 
     fiscal year 2003 operations.

                       Electronic Government Fund


                     (including transfer of funds)

       The conferees agree to provide $5,000,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate instead of no funds as proposed by the House; the 
     House had included $5,000,000 within the Executive Office of 
     the President. The conferees note that proposals for using 
     this funding are to meet capital planning guidelines and 
     include adequate documentation to demonstrate a sound 
     business case, attention to security and privacy, and a way 
     to measure performance against planned results. The Office of 
     Management and Budget is to control the allocation of the 
     fund and direct its use for information systems projects that 
     affect multiple agencies and offer the greatest improvements 
     in access and services.

           Allowances and Office Staff for Former Presidents


                     (including transfer of funds)

       The conferees agree to provide $3,339,000 as proposed by 
     the House and the Senate.

                     Election Reform Reimbursements

       The conferees agree to provide $15,000,000 to GSA for a 
     program of payments to States that obtained optical scan or 
     electronic voting equipment for the administration of Federal 
     elections prior to the November 2000 election. These funds 
     are in addition to election reform funding provided in a 
     separate Division of this Act.

          GENERAL PROVISIONS--GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

       Section 401. The conferees agree to continue a provision 
     that provides that accounts available to GSA shall be 
     credited with certain funds received from government 
     corporations.
       Section 402. The conferees agree to continue a provision 
     that provides that funds available to GSA shall be available 
     for the hire of passenger motor vehicles.
       Section 403. The conferees agree to continue a provision 
     that authorizes GSA to transfer funds within the Federal 
     Buildings Fund to meet program requirements subject to 
     approval by the Committees on Appropriations.
       Section 404. The conferees agree to continue a provision 
     that prohibits the use of funds to submit a fiscal year 2004 
     budget request for courthouse construction projects that do 
     not meet design guide criteria, do not reflect the priorities 
     of the Judicial Conference of the United States, and are not 
     accompanied by a standardized courtroom utilization study.
       Section 405. The conferees agree to continue a provision 
     that provides that no funds may be used to increase the 
     amount of occupiable square feet or provide cleaning 
     services, security enhancements, or any other service usually 
     provided to any agency which does not pay the requested 
     rental rates.
       Section 406. The conferees agree to continue a provision 
     that provides that funds provided by the Information 
     Technology Fund for pilot information technology projects may 
     be repaid to the Fund.
       Section 407. The conferees agree to continue a provision as 
     proposed by the House that allows the General Services 
     Administration to pay claims that are less than $250,000 
     without Congressional approval.
       Section 408. The conferees agree to a new provision as 
     proposed by the Senate naming a Federal building and 
     courthouse in Gulfport, Mississippi.
       Section 409. The conferees agree to a new provision as 
     proposed by the Senate naming a Federal courthouse in Central 
     Islip, New York.
       Section 410. The conferees agree to a new provision as 
     proposed by the Senate naming a Federal building in Denver, 
     Colorado.
       Section 411. The conferees agree to include a new provision 
     as proposed by the Senate to permit the General Services 
     Administration to sell a parcel of land to Hanna City, 
     Illinois, on an installment payment basis over a 5-year 
     period.
       Section 412. The conferees agree to include a new provision 
     as proposed by the Senate naming a Federal courthouse in 
     Little Rock, Arkansas.
       Section 413. The conferees agree to include a new provision 
     as proposed by the Senate that authorizes the General 
     Services Administration to acquire a certain property and 
     move a specific building in Salt Lake City, Utah.
       Section 414. The conferees agree to include a new provision 
     naming a Federal building and courthouse in Youngstown, Ohio.
       Section 415. The conferees agree to include a new provision 
     naming a Federal courthouse in Fort Worth, Texas.

                     Merit Systems Protection Board


                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfer of funds)

       The conferees agree to provide $32,027,000 instead of 
     $31,788,000 as proposed by the House and the Senate. This 
     includes $239,000 to fully fund fiscal year 2003 operations.

 Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental 
                           Policy Foundation


 morris k. udall scholarship and excellence in national environmental 
                           policy trust fund

       The conferees agree to provide $1,996,000 as proposed by 
     the House and the Senate.


                 environmental dispute resolution fund

       The conferees agree to provide $1,309,000 as proposed by 
     the House and the Senate.

              National Archives and Records Administration


                           operating expenses

       The conferees agree to provide $249,875,000 instead of 
     $249,731,000 as proposed by the House and the Senate. The 
     conferees agree not to include funding for the Homeland 
     Security records activities initiative. The conferees agree 
     to provide $144,000 for the full funding of fiscal year 2003 
     operations. The conferees agree to include two provisions as 
     proposed by the House, the first regarding the electronic 
     records archive and the second regarding the records of the 
     Freedman's Bureau.


                        repairs and restoration

       The conferees agree to provide $14,208,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate instead of $10,458,000 as proposed by the House. 
     The conferees agree to include $3,750,000 for site 
     acquisition associated with a new regional facility in 
     Anchorage, Alaska; this work is to be conducted by the 
     National Archives in the best and most efficient manner 
     possible.


 national historical publications and records commission grants program

       The conferees agree to provide $6,500,000 instead of 
     $7,000,000 as proposed by the House and the Senate. Several 
     specific concerns voiced by the Senate in its guidance have 
     been addressed in the GSA Operating Expenses account.

                      Office of Government Ethics


                         salaries and expenses

       The conferees agree to provide $10,557,000 instead of 
     $10,486,000 as proposed by the House and the Senate. This 
     includes $71,000 to fully fund fiscal year 2003 operations.

                     Office of Personnel Management


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

                  (including transfer of trust funds)

       The conferees agree to provide $129,486,000 instead of 
     $128,986,000 as proposed by the House and $128,736,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.

                     Telecommuting Training Program

       The conferees include $500,000 to carry out a Telecommuting 
     Training Program as proposed by the House. The purpose of the 
     program is to educate executive branch managers about the 
     benefits and logistics of telecommuting. The conferees note 
     that while the proportion of telecommuters in the Federal 
     government increased significantly from 1 percent in 1999 to 
     4.2 percent in 2001, telecommuting rates at some federal 
     agencies remain very low and manager reluctance is the most 
     frequently cited barrier to telecommuting. The conferees 
     believe that, under this program, an effort should be made to 
     encourage managers, through the performance

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     planning and evaluation process, to assess and, where 
     appropriate, create telecommuting plans for their offices and 
     staff. The conferees direct the Office of Personnel 
     Management (OPM) to target executive agencies where less than 
     2 percent of employees telecommute.

                          Retirement Readiness

       The conferees are aware that OPM has the mission to look 
     out for the retirement welfare of Federal employees, 
     primarily through retirement counseling and pre-retirement 
     seminars to agency employees. OPM has communicated to the 
     conferees that ``improving the retirement readiness of 
     Federal employees is part of our objective to help Federal 
     agencies use effective merit-based human capital strategies 
     to create a rewarding work environment that accomplishes the 
     mission.'' OPM has also recognized, however, that it does not 
     currently have the resources targeted to establish a 
     methodology to examine the real rate of Americans' 
     ``retirement readiness'' and to develop a retirement 
     education model, which is crucial for their being able to 
     accomplish that objective. To fill this need, OPM has 
     recognized that the International Foundation for Retirement 
     Education (InFRE) can provide OPM with the methodology and 
     model that they require.
       OPM and InFRE have proposed that InFRE will perform a 
     preliminary research project on the ``retirement readiness'' 
     of the American worker, the scope and deliverables of which 
     are: (1) create a research team to include members from 
     InFRE's top retirement professional and academic resources, 
     together with representatives from OPM, Department of Labor, 
     and the Department of Treasury; (2) develop research and 
     methodology to identify and define a generally acceptable 
     index of ``retirement readiness'' for the individual worker 
     or plan participant; (3) develop initial methodology and 
     strategies with which to test for ``retirement readiness'' 
     among a cross section of employee (and employer) groups, 
     segmented by geography, income, ethnicity, gender, etc.; (4) 
     implement a pilot program consisting of a series of diverse 
     field tests to establish the accuracy and efficiency of the 
     developed methodology among a cross section of the workforce; 
     (5) analyze the findings and make any necessary changes and 
     enhancements to the models to be employed, performing 
     additional pilot tests as required while simultaneously 
     identifying existing best practices and/or workforce 
     barriers; and (6) prepare a report to OPM, Department of 
     Labor, and Department of Treasury that will present the 
     research project's analysis, findings, conclusions, and 
     recommendations, to include a working definition of the 
     widely used but yet undefined term of ``retirement 
     readiness,'' and outline a validated methodology for more 
     advanced research on ``retirement readiness'' in the future.
       The conferees concur with OPM's concerns for providing 
     better retirement counseling, especially in light of the fast 
     approaching retirements of the ``Baby Boomer'' cohort. Within 
     the amounts provided to OPM, the conferees include $250,000 
     for OPM to award as a grant or contract to InFRE to conduct 
     the research project described in this passage and directs 
     that OPM provide the Committees on Appropriations with a 
     report stating the research project's progress, results and 
     OPM's actions in light of such.

                    Barnstable County, Massachusetts

       The conferees are aware that on October 1, 2002, the 
     Federal Salary Council recommended that Barnstable County be 
     included as part of the Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-
     RI-CT Locality Pay Area (LPA). The conferees are also aware 
     that the President's Pay Agent did not act on that 
     recommendation. The conferees direct OPM to study the impact 
     of this decision on recruitment and retention efforts of 
     Federal agencies with offices in this Locality Pay Area and 
     provide a detailed report to the Committees on Appropriations 
     within 45 days after enactment of this Act. Additionally, the 
     conferees direct OPM to consider the Connecticut River Valley 
     for inclusion into the Hartford Locality Pay Area because of 
     the difficulties some Federal agencies have documented in 
     retaining and attracting Federal employees in the Connecticut 
     River Valley.

                             Official Time

       The conferees are aware that the Director of OPM has 
     instructed departments and agencies to report on the numbers 
     of hours of official time used by employees to perform 
     representational activities and that this information was to 
     have been submitted to OPM by October 31, 2002. The conferees 
     direct OPM to provide a report on official time to the 
     Committees on Appropriations no later than June 1, 2003.

                      Office of Inspector General


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

                  (including transfer of trust funds)

       The conferees agree to provide $1,519,000 instead of 
     $1,498,000 as proposed by the House and the Senate. This 
     includes $21,000 to fully fund fiscal year 2003 operations.

                       Office of Special Counsel


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The conferees agree to provide $12,449,000 instead of 
     $12,432,000 as proposed by the House and $12,434,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. This includes $15,000 to fully fund 
     fiscal year 2003 operations.

                        United States Tax Court


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The conferees agree to provide $37,305,000 as proposed by 
     the House and the Senate.

      White House Commission on the National Moment of Remembrance

       The conferees agree to provide $250,000 as proposed by the 
     House and the Senate.

                      TITLE V--General Provisions

                                This Act

       Section 501. The conferees agree to continue the provision 
     limiting the expenditure of funds to the current year unless 
     expressly provided in this Act.
       Section 502. The conferees agree to continue the provision 
     limiting the expenditure of funds for consulting services 
     under certain conditions.
       Section 503. The conferees agree to continue the provision 
     prohibiting the use of funds to engage in activities that 
     would prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of the 1930 
     Tariff Act.
       Section 504. The conferees agree to continue the provision 
     concerning employment rights of Federal employees who return 
     to their civilian jobs after assignment with the Armed 
     Forces.
       Section 505. The conferees agree to continue the provision 
     that requires compliance with the Buy American Act.
       Section 506. The conferees agree to continue the provision 
     regarding the purchase of American-made equipment and 
     products.
       Section 507. The conferees agree to continue the provision 
     prohibiting contract eligibility where fraudulent intent has 
     been proven in affixing ``Made in America'' labels.
       Section 508. The conferees agree to continue the provision 
     providing that fifty percent of unobligated balances may 
     remain available for certain purposes.
       Section 509. The conferees agree to continue the provision 
     restricting the use of funds for the White House to request 
     official background reports without the written consent of 
     the individual who is the subject of the report.
       Section 510. The conferees agree to continue the provision 
     that cost accounting standards under the Federal Procurement 
     Policy Act shall not apply to the Federal Employees Health 
     Benefits Program.
       Section 511. The conferees agree to continue a provision 
     regarding non-foreign area cost of living adjustments.
       Section 512. The conferees agree to continue a provision 
     prohibiting the use of funds by any person or entity 
     convicted of violating the Buy American Act.
       Section 513. The conferees agree to include a new provision 
     increasing the size of the endowment for future Presidential 
     libraries, as proposed by the Senate.
       Section 514. The conferees agree to include a new provision 
     prohibiting the transfer of funds in this Act to any 
     department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States 
     Government, except pursuant to a transfer made by, or a 
     transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other 
     Appropriations Act, as proposed by the House.
       Section 515. The conferees agree to modify and continue the 
     provision prohibiting the transfer of control over the 
     Federal Law Enforcement Training Center.
       Section 516. The conferees agree to continue the provision 
     prohibiting the expenditure of funds for abortions under the 
     FEHBP.
       Section 517. The conferees agree to continue the provision 
     that would authorize the expenditure of funds for abortions 
     under the FEHBP if the life of the mother is in danger or the 
     pregnancy is a result of an act of rape or incest.
       Section 518. The conferees agree to include a new provision 
     concerning procurement of goods made with forced or 
     indentured child labor, as proposed by the Senate.

                      TITLE VI--GENERAL PROVISIONS

                 Departments, Agencies and Corporations

       Section 601. The conferees agree to continue the provision 
     authorizing agencies to pay costs of travel to the United 
     States for the immediate families of Federal employees 
     assigned to foreign duty in the event of a death or a life 
     threatening illness of the employee.
       Section 602. The conferees agree to continue the provision 
     requiring agencies to administer a policy designed to ensure 
     that all of its workplaces are free from the illegal use of 
     controlled substances.
       Section 603. The conferees agree to continue the provision 
     regarding price limitations on vehicles to be purchased by 
     the Federal Government.
       Section 604. The conferees agree to continue the provision 
     allowing funds made available to agencies for travel to also 
     be used for quarters allowances and cost-of-living 
     allowances.
       Section 605. The conferees agree to continue the provision 
     prohibiting the Federal Government, with certain specified 
     exceptions, from employing non-U.S. citizens whose posts of 
     duty would be in the continental U.S.
       Section 606. The conferees agree to continue the provision 
     ensuring that agencies will have authority to pay GSA bills 
     for space renovation and other services.
       Section 607. The conferees agree to continue the provision 
     allowing agencies to finance the costs of recycling and waste 
     prevention programs with proceeds from the sale of materials 
     recovered through such programs.
       Section 608. The conferees agree to continue the provision 
     providing that funds may be used by certain groups to pay 
     rent and

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     other service costs in the District of Columbia.
       Section 609. The conferees agree to continue the provision 
     prohibiting the use of funds to pay the salary of any nominee 
     after the Senate voted not to approve the nomination.
       Section 610. The conferees agree to continue the provision 
     precluding the financing of groups by more than one Federal 
     agency absent prior and specific statutory approval.
       Section 611. The conferees agree to continue the provision 
     authorizing the Postal Service to employ guards and give them 
     the same special police powers as GSA guards.
       Section 612. The conferees agree to continue the provision 
     prohibiting the use of funds for enforcing regulations 
     disapproved in accordance with the applicable law of the U.S.
       Section 613. The conferees agree to continue the provision 
     limiting the pay increases of certain prevailing rate 
     employees.
       Section 614. The conferees agree to continue the provision 
     limiting the amount of funds that can be used for 
     redecoration of offices under certain circumstances.
       Section 615. The conferees agree to continue the provision 
     prohibiting the expenditure of funds for the acquisition of 
     additional law enforcement training facilities.
       Section 616. The conferees agree to continue the provision 
     to allow for interagency funding of national security and 
     emergency telecommunications initiatives.
       Section 617. The conferees agree to continue the provision 
     requiring agencies to certify that a Schedule C appointment 
     was not created solely or primarily to detail the employee to 
     the White House.
       Section 618. The conferees agree to continue the provision 
     requiring agencies to administer a policy designed to ensure 
     that all of its workplaces are free from discrimination and 
     sexual harassment.
       Section 619. The conferees agree to continue the provision 
     prohibiting the importation of any goods manufactured by 
     forced or indentured child labor.
       Section 620. The conferees agree to continue the provision 
     prohibiting the payment of the salary of any employee who 
     prohibits, threatens or prevents another employee from 
     communicating with Congress.
       Section 621. The conferees agree to continue the provision 
     prohibiting Federal training not directly related to the 
     performance of official duties.
       Section 622. The conferees agree to continue the provision 
     prohibiting the expenditure of funds for implementation of 
     agreements in nondisclosure policies unless certain 
     provisions are included.
       Section 623. The conferees agree to continue the provision 
     prohibiting use of appropriated funds for publicity or 
     propaganda designed to support or defeat legislation pending 
     in Congress.
       Section 624. The conferees agree to continue the provision 
     prohibiting any Federal agency from disclosing an employee's 
     home address to any labor organization, absent employee 
     authorization or court order.
       Section 625. The conferees agree to continue the provision 
     prohibiting funds to be used to provide non-public 
     information such as mailing or telephone lists to any person 
     or organization outside the Federal Government without the 
     approval of the Committees on Appropriations.
       Section 626. The conferees agree to continue the provision 
     prohibiting the use of funds for propaganda and publicity 
     purposes not authorized by Congress.
       Section 627. The conferees agree to continue the provision 
     directing agency employees to use official time in an honest 
     effort to perform official duties.
       Section 628. The conferees agree to modify and continue the 
     provision authorizing the use of funds to finance an 
     appropriate share of the Joint Financial Management 
     Improvement Program.
       Section 629. The conferees agree to modify and continue the 
     provision authorizing agencies to transfer funds to the 
     Policy and Citizen Services account of GSA to finance an 
     appropriate share of the Joint Financial Management 
     Improvement Program and other purposes.
       Section 630. The conferees agree to continue the provision 
     authorizing breastfeeding at any location in a Federal 
     building or on Federal property.
       Section 631. The conferees agree to continue the provision 
     that permits interagency funding of the National Science and 
     Technology Council and provides for a report on the budget 
     and resources of the National Science and Technology Council.
       Section 632. The conferees agree to continue the provision 
     requiring that any request for proposals, solicitation, grant 
     application, form, notification, press release, or other 
     publications involving the distribution of Federal funds 
     shall indicate the agency providing the funds and the amount 
     provided. This provision shall apply to direct payments, 
     formula funds, and grants received by a State receiving 
     Federal funds.
       Section 633. The conferees agree to modify and continue the 
     provision to extend the authorization for franchise fund 
     pilots for one year, as proposed by the House and Senate.
       Section 634. The conferees agree to continue the provision 
     to prohibit the use of funds to monitor personal information 
     relating to the use of Federal Internet sites.
       Section 635. The conferees agree to continue the provision 
     addressing contraceptive coverage in health plans 
     participating in the FEHBP with exceptions.
       Section 636. The conferees agree to continue the provision 
     clarifying that the US Anti-Doping Agency is the official 
     anti-doping agency for Olympic games.
       Section 637. The conferees agree to include a new provision 
     regarding the adjustment in rates of basic pay for Federal 
     employees that takes effect in fiscal year 2003, as proposed 
     by the House and Senate, with technical modifications. The 
     conferees endorse the Federal Salary Council's recommendation 
     for allocating locality pay in its October 17, 2002, 
     Memorandum to the President's Pay Agent.
       Section 638. The conferees agree to continue the provision 
     directing the Inspector General of applicable departments and 
     agencies to submit a report detailing policies or procedures 
     they have in place to ensure compliance with the Rural 
     Development Act of 1972.
       Section 639. The conferees agree to include a new provision 
     expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the United 
     States Postal Service funding of Civil Service Retirement 
     System benefits, as proposed by the Senate, with a 
     modification.
       Section 640. The conferees agree to include a new provision 
     expressing the sense of the Congress regarding pay parity 
     between uniformed employees and civilian employees, including 
     wage grade civilian employees, as proposed by the Senate.
       Section 641. The conferees agree to include a new provision 
     directing the General Services Administration to accept all 
     right, title, and interest in a certain piece of real 
     property in Boca Raton, Florida, as proposed by the Senate, 
     with modifications.
       Section 642. The conferees agree to include a new provision 
     changing the definition of average pay for certain Secret 
     Service retirees for purposes of determining their annual 
     retirement annuity, as proposed by the House, with technical 
     modifications.
       Section 643. The conferees agree to include a new provision 
     creating a sunset clause for Section 902(b) of the Law 
     Enforcement Pay Equity Act of 2000 (as enacted into law by 
     Public Law 106-554), as proposed by the House, with technical 
     modifications.
       Section 644. The conferees agree to include a new provision 
     prohibiting the use of funds to facilitate the release of 
     certain law enforcement database information in response to 
     requests made under the Freedom of Information Act, as 
     proposed by the House, with technical modifications.
       Section 645. The conferees agree to include a new provision 
     amending Section 9505(d) of title 5 to allow Internal Revenue 
     Service Senior Executive Service employees to be eligible to 
     receive the same bonus payments as other Federal Senior 
     Executive Service employees, as proposed by the House.
       Section 646. The conferees agree to include a new provision 
     prohibiting the use of funds to implement or enforce 
     regulations relating to the determination that real estate 
     brokerage is an activity that is financial in nature or 
     incidental to a financial activity, as proposed by the House.
       Section 647. The conferees agree to include a new provision 
     prohibiting the use of funds to establish, apply or enforce 
     any numerical goal, target, or quota for contracting out, as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       Section 648. The conferees agree to include a technical 
     correction regarding benefits for air traffic controllers.

                   Conference Total--With Comparisons

       The total new budget (obligational) authority for the 
     fiscal year 2003 recommended by the Committee of Conference, 
     with comparisons to the fiscal year 2002 amount, the 2003 
     budget estimates, and the House and Senate bills for 2003 
     follow:

New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2002.......$33,817,112
Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal year34,276,280
House bill, fiscal year 2003.................................34,821,460
Senate bill, fiscal year 2003................................34,533,464
Conference agreement, fiscal year 2003.......................34,653,476
Conference agreement compared with:
  New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2002........+836,364
  Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal year+377,196
  House bill, fiscal year 2003.................................-167,984
  Senate bill, fiscal year 2003................................+120,012

                               DIVISION K

   Veterans Affairs, Housing and Urban Development, and Independent 
                        Agencies Appropriations

       The language and allocations set forth in House Report 107-
     740 and the Senate explanatory statement as delineated in the 
     Congressional Record of January 15, 2003, pages S356 through 
     S410 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 
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     Senate have directed the submission of a report, such report 
     is to be submitted to both House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations.

              Operating Plan and Reprogramming Procedures

       The conferees continue to have a particular interest in 
     being informed of reprogrammings which, although they may not 
     change either the total amount available in an account or any 
     of the purposes for which the appropriation is legally 
     available, represent a significant departure from budget 
     plans presented to the Committees in an agency's budget 
     justifications, the basis of this appropriations Act.
       Consequently, the conferees direct the Departments, 
     agencies, boards, commissions, corporations and offices 
     funded at or in excess of $100,000,000 in this bill, to 
     consult with the Committee on Appropriations in both the 
     House and Senate prior to each change from the approved 
     budget levels in excess of $500,000 between programs, 
     activities, object classifications or elements unless 
     otherwise provided for in the statement of the managers 
     accompanying this Act. For agencies, boards, commissions, 
     corporations and offices funded at less than $100,000,000 in 
     this bill, the reprogramming threshold shall be $250,000 
     between programs, activities, object classifications or 
     elements unless otherwise provided for in the statement of 
     the managers accompanying this Act. Additionally, the 
     conferees expect the Committees on Appropriations to be 
     promptly notified of all reprogramming actions which involve 
     less than the above-mentioned amounts. If such actions would 
     have the effect of significantly changing an agency's funding 
     requirements in future years, or if programs or projects 
     specifically cited in the statement of the managers or 
     accompanying reports of the House and Senate are affected by 
     the reprogramming, the reprogramming must be approved by the 
     Committees on Appropriations regardless of the amount 
     proposed to be moved. Furthermore, the conferees direct that 
     the Committees on Appropriations be consulted regarding 
     reorganizations of offices, programs, and activities prior to 
     the planned implementation of such reorganizations.
       The conferees also direct that the Departments of Veterans 
     Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, as well as the 
     Corporation for National and Community Service, the 
     Environmental Protection Agency, the Federal Emergency 
     Management Agency, the National Aeronautics and Space 
     Administration, the National Science Foundation, the Consumer 
     Product Safety Commission, and the Chemical Safety and Hazard 
     Investigation Board shall submit operating plans, signed by 
     the respective secretary, administrator, or agency head, for 
     review by the Committees on Appropriations of both the House 
     and Senate within 60 days of the bill's enactment. Other 
     agencies within this Act should continue to submit operating 
     plans consistent with prior year policy, or as directed in 
     this statement of the managers.
       The conferees reiterate language proposed by the House 
     regarding the Committees' longstanding position that while 
     the Committees reserve the right to call upon all offices in 
     the departments, agencies, boards, and commissions, access to 
     the budget offices is essential.

                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.

                    Veterans Benefits Administration


                       COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Appropriates $28,949,000,000 for compensation and pensions 
     as proposed by both the House and the Senate, of which not 
     more than $17,138,000 is to be transferred to general 
     operating expenses and medical care.


                         READJUSTMENT BENEFITS

       Appropriates $2,264,808,000 for readjustment benefits as 
     proposed by both the House and the Senate.


                   VETERANS INSURANCE AND INDEMNITIES

       Appropriates $27,530,000 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 $168,207,000 to be 
     transferred to and merged with general operating expenses.
       Deletes the reporting requirement regarding the 
     continuation of the vendee loan program as proposed by the 
     House.


                  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 $70,000 to be transferred to and 
     merged with general operating expenses.


            VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Appropriates $55,000 for the costs of direct loans from the 
     vocational rehabilitation loans program account as proposed 
     by both the House and the Senate, plus $289,000 to be 
     transferred to and merged with general operating expenses.


          NATIVE AMERICAN VETERAN HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Appropriates $558,000 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. Retains the loan 
     limitation of $5,000,000 for the program as proposed by the 
     House.


      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. Retains 
     the reporting requirement regarding the status of the grant 
     program as proposed by the House with a new reporting date of 
     June 2, 2003.

                     Veterans Health Administration


                              MEDICAL CARE

       Appropriates $23,889,304,000 for medical care as proposed 
     by both the House and the Senate.
       Deletes bill language proposed by the House and the Senate 
     delaying the availability of funds for equipment and land and 
     structures until August 1, 2002 remaining available until 
     September 30, 2003.
       Retains bill language making $900,000,000 available until 
     September 30, 2004 as proposed by the House and the Senate.
       Retains bill language providing the Secretary with the 
     authority to establish a true priority system for veterans 
     seeking medical care as proposed by the Senate. The House did 
     not include a similar provision.
       Deletes bill language providing $15,000,000 from medical 
     care funds for CARES projects as proposed by the Senate. The 
     House did not include a similar provision.
       Deletes bill language allowing the Secretary to designate 
     additional funds for CARES as proposed by the Senate. The 
     House did not include a similar provision.
       Amends the reporting requirement regarding the plan for 
     reducing waiting lists as proposed by the Senate with a new 
     reporting date consistent with submission of the Operating 
     Plan.
       The conferees are concerned with increasing instances of 
     inaccurate physician time and attendance reports and expect 
     the Secretary to provide strong oversight in this area.
       Amends the reporting requirement regarding the status of 
     the Fort Howard VAMC as proposed by the Senate with a new 
     reporting date of March 31, 2003.
       Retains the reporting requirement proposed by the Senate 
     regarding submission of the final report of the White House 
     Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy.
       Retains language proposed by the Senate regarding the need 
     for an independent property appraisal of the Lakeside VAMC 
     facility. The establishment of community based outpatient 
     clinics in Wisconsin and Illinois, and the rehabilitation and 
     expansion of the West Side VAMC campus would be greatly 
     enhanced by a fair market disposition of Lakeside and the 
     conferees urge the VA to move forward expeditiously with the 
     VISN 12 CARES implementation.
       The conferees are concerned that the VA is attempting to 
     expand its activities in the name of homeland security. The 
     Committees on Appropriations in both the House and the Senate 
     are working to ensure programs and resources are available 
     for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to fulfill its 
     mission, for individual agencies to protect their own 
     workforce and patrons, and still avoid redundancy in spending 
     and effort. The funds provided to the VA are meant to deliver 
     quality care and services to our Nation's veterans and their 
     families and the conferees expect this to be VA's primary 
     mission. Coordination and implementation of the Nation's 
     homeland security is the responsibility of the DHS, and the 
     conferees trust that DHS will inform the Committees if funds 
     and directives are needed to involve VA in additional duties 
     for security. To this end, the conferees direct that no more 
     than $110,000,000 shall be available in medical care or the 
     medical care collections fund for security training and 
     equipment.


                     MEDICAL CARE COLLECTIONS FUND

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Retains bill language transferring receipts from the 
     collections fund to medical care as proposed by both the 
     House and the Senate.

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       The conferees remain concerned with VA's continued 
     lackluster performance in the collection of third party 
     receipts and direct the VA to decline performance awards for 
     facility directors and collection teams which do not meet a 
     60-day billing time for third-party billing or cut the third-
     party billing time in half.
       Retains report language regarding the billing demonstration 
     at a level of not less than $3,000,000 as proposed by the 
     House. The conferees direct quarterly reports on the status 
     of the billing demonstration project beginning on March 3, 
     2003.


                    MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Appropriates $400,000,000 for medical and prosthetic 
     research as proposed by the Senate instead of $405,000,000 as 
     proposed by the House. Retains bill language transferring 
     $5,000,000 to medical care for research oversight activities 
     as proposed by the House. The Senate did not include a 
     similar provision.
       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 $74,716,000 for medical administration and 
     miscellaneous operating expenses as proposed by the House 
     instead of $69,716,000 as proposed by the Senate. Provides 
     $3,000,000 of the funds for two-year obligation instead of 
     $3,861,000 as proposed by the Senate and one-year 
     availability for all funds as proposed by the House.

                      Departmental Administration


                       GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES

       Appropriates $1,254,000,000 for general operating expenses 
     instead of $1,251,418,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $1,256,418,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Provides $66,000,000 to be available for two-year 
     obligation instead of $60,000,000 as proposed by the House 
     and $65,800,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Provides not less than $992,100,000 for the Veterans 
     Benefits Administration (VBA) as proposed by the House. The 
     Senate specified $992,000,000 in report language for VBA.
       The conferees direct that the Offices of the Board of 
     Contract Appeals and Board of Veterans Appeals, and the 
     Offices of Assistant Secretaries for Management, Information 
     Technology, Human Resources, and Policy and Planning be 
     funded at not less than the budget request minus the proposed 
     accrual benefit transfer. The conferees have not provided 
     funds for a new Assistant Secretary of Operations, Security 
     and Preparedness, and maintain that coordination of the 
     Department's programs in this area can be accomplished by a 
     director under the Office of the Secretary, and 
     implementation of the Department's plan can be executed by 
     the existing undersecretaries.
       Retains language proposed by the House designating $100,000 
     of the funds provided to VBA for a position description 
     evaluation conducted by the Office of Personnel Management.


                    NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION

       Appropriates $133,149,000 for the National Cemetery 
     Administration as proposed by both the House and the Senate. 
     Provides $6,000,000 of the funds are available for two-year 
     obligation instead of $6,912,000 as proposed by the Senate 
     and one-year availability for all funds as proposed by the 
     House.
       The conferees direct VA to use the criteria and findings of 
     the National Shrine Study when planning and budgeting for new 
     and expanded cemetery projects.


                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

       Appropriates $58,000,000 for the Office of Inspector 
     General instead of $61,000,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $55,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The funds are 
     available for two-year obligation as proposed by the Senate, 
     instead of one-year availability as proposed by the House.


                      CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS

       Appropriates $99,777,000 for construction, major projects 
     instead of $193,740,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $144,790,000 as proposed by the Senate. Regrettably, under 
     the stringent budget conditions the conferees have agreed not 
     to provide funding for the four proposed seismic projects, 
     but note the absence of final authorization as required by 
     law or a completed CARES study for any of the proposed 
     projects. The conferees are extremely concerned about the 
     safety of VA employees and patients. The conferees strongly 
     urge the Secretary to complete expeditiously the CARES 
     reviews, consider safety improvements and seismic retrofit 
     needs when evaluating capital assets under CARES, and factor 
     safety concerns when establishing the priority list of 
     construction projects under the CARES realignment. Further, 
     the conferees urge the authorizing committees to act quickly, 
     and without prejudice, when authorizing the CARES 
     construction projects proposed by the Secretary and the CARES 
     Commission.
       The conferees remain concerned about the criteria used by 
     the Department and the Capital Improvement Board in that the 
     construction projects put forth in the budget requests do not 
     necessarily reflect the true priorities or initiatives of the 
     Department. The conferees direct the Department to establish 
     a 5-year strategic plan for capital asset management, 
     construction and improvement of all VA's infrastructure needs 
     including, but not limited to, major construction, minor 
     construction, research facilities, safety and seismic 
     improvements, and improved access to veterans. The Department 
     shall submit a description of the priority-setting criteria 
     and an estimated cost by VISN by year with the plan by May 
     15, 2003. The conferees direct VA to submit for funding 
     consideration only projects which are (1) CARES approved, (2) 
     in the 5-year plan, (3) a top priority for the VISN, (4) 
     preliminary design complete, and (5) authorized prior to 
     completion of the annual appropriations Act. With the 
     submission of the 5-year plan, the conferees delete the 
     direction proposed by the House regarding full funding of any 
     announced CARES decision.
       Amends the reporting requirement regarding the evaluation 
     criteria used to prioritize CARES improvement projects with a 
     new reporting date of June 2, 2003.


                      CONSTRUCTION, MINOR PROJECTS

       Appropriates $226,000,000 for construction, minor projects 
     instead of $240,700,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $210,700,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees 
     strongly urge the Department to give more consideration and a 
     greater percentage of available funds for quality and safety 
     improvements to research facilities.
       Retains language proposed by the House directing projects 
     to be consistent with CARES initiatives and national cemetery 
     studies. The conferees direct reporting on all minor 
     construction projects for fiscal year 2003 by network, region 
     and office due with the Operating Plan.
       Of funds provided over the budget request, the conferees 
     direct $2,000,000 for water utility improvements at the Bay 
     Pines National Cemetery, as cited in the National Shrine 
     Commitment nation-wide study.
       The conferees encourage improving entrance accessibility at 
     the Syracuse VAMC.


                         PARKING REVOLVING FUND

       Allows for receipts from the parking revolving fund to be 
     available for obligation 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 $32,000,000 for grants for construction of 
     state veterans cemeteries as proposed by both the House and 
     the Senate.


                       ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

                     (Including Transfer of Funds)

       Retains twelve administrative provisions proposed by both 
     the House and the Senate, eleven of which were included in 
     the fiscal year 2002 bill.
       Retains language proposed by the House and the Senate 
     eliminating the health services improvement fund, depositing 
     all receipts in the medical care collections fund, and 
     permanently extending the Department's authority to collect 
     prescription co-payments.
       Retains language proposed by the House allowing the 
     Department to reimburse from fiscal year 2003 salary and 
     expenses accounts for services rendered to the Office of 
     Resolution Management up to $29,318,000 and the Office of 
     Employment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication up to 
     $3,010,000. The Senate proposed a similar provision with 
     technical differences.
       Retains language proposed by the House limiting funds for 
     medical treatment of non-service connected veterans to those 
     who have provided accurate insurance and annual income 
     information.
       Deletes language proposed by the House delaying the 
     implementation of the geographic means test for one year.
       Deletes language proposed by the House prohibiting funds in 
     the Act to be used to adjudicate claims arising from new 
     concurrent receipt legislation. The conferees note that the 
     Veterans Benefits Administration will be able to handle the 
     claims caseload within the proposed funding level.
       Retains language proposed by the House providing 
     $19,900,000 of VA's total information technology budget for 
     enterprise architecture activities under the Office of the 
     Chief Information Officer.
       Amends language proposed by the House regarding 
     implementation of Public Law 107-287 by prohibiting funds for 
     implementation of section 2 and section 5.
       Deletes language proposed by the House limiting funds in 
     medical care and the medical care collections fund for 
     security training and equipment to $110,000,000. Directive 
     report language is instead included under medical care.
       Adds language exempting funds provided in medical care from 
     the across-the-board rescission in Division N.

         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

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     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 $17,223,566,000 instead of $16,586,987,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $16,928,697,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. The conference agreement does not include language 
     proposed by the Senate to fund a portion of the section 8 
     voucher program through an indefinite appropriation.
       The conference agreement provides a total of 
     $12,335,932,000 for section 8 voucher renewal costs, instead 
     of $11,751,000,000 as proposed by the House, $12,076,210,908 
     as proposed by the Senate, and $12,526,402,608 requested in 
     the budget submission. The amount included assumes a 94 
     percent lease-up rate of the total number of authorized 
     vouchers, adjusted to reflect an estimated national average 
     cost of $6,372 per unit instead of the $6,005 per unit cost 
     assumed in the budget request and assumed by the House and 
     the Senate. The conference agreement includes language, 
     modified from language proposed by the House, to fund section 
     8 vouchers in a manner that more closely reflects the actual 
     funding requirements of the section 8 voucher program. This 
     approach adopted by the conferees is designed to avoid the 
     appropriation of funds in excess of actual requirements that 
     in previous years has resulted in recaptures of funds in 
     excess of $1,000,000,000 (and often substantially more) 
     annually while still including sufficient flexibility to 
     ensure that those PHAs that are able to increase their 
     voucher usage are provided the necessary funds to assist 
     additional families, up to their authorized level. The 
     conferees strongly encourage PHAs that are currently below 
     their authorized voucher level to continue to make efforts to 
     increase the number of families assisted with section 8 
     vouchers.
       Further, the conferees direct the Department to ensure that 
     sufficient staffing and information technology resources are 
     provided in fiscal year 2003 to ensure that the changes made 
     to the section 8 program are fully implemented.
       In lieu of any direction included in the House and Senate 
     reports, the Department is directed to use the guidance set 
     forth below in administering the programs under this account 
     in fiscal year 2003.
       The conference agreement includes language to allocate 
     funds among the various activities as proposed by the House. 
     Funds are allocated as follows:
       Contract Renewals.--$15,278,370,500 for renewals of 
     expiring section 8 project-based assistance contracts, 
     amendments to section 8 project-based contracts, renewals of 
     expiring section 8 vouchers (including enhanced vouchers), 
     and for renewals of contracts entered into pursuant to the 
     Emergency Low-Income Housing Preservation Act, the Low-Income 
     Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act, and 
     section 441 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act.
       Language is included, modified from language proposed by 
     the House, to renew expiring section 8 tenant-based annual 
     contributions contracts for each public housing agency based 
     on the total number of unit months reported under lease by 
     the PHA on its most recent end-of-year financial statement 
     adjusted by such additional timely and reliable information 
     submitted by the PHA to reflect the actual number of unit 
     months under lease at the time of contract renewal, and 
     adjusted for local and regional inflation factors. Language 
     is also included, modified from language proposed by the 
     House, regarding the allocation of funds to PHAs 
     participating in the Moving to Work demonstration. The 
     conferees note that the amounts provided for fiscal year 2003 
     renewals have been increased to reflect the most recent 
     estimate of a national average per-unit cost (PUC) of $6,372, 
     instead of the $6,005 PUC assumed in the budget submission.
       Language is included prohibiting funds made available for 
     contract renewals from being provided to a PHA to fund a 
     total number of units under lease in excess of such PHA's 
     authorized level of units. However, the conferees encourage 
     PHAs to use the flexibilities provided in this Act to 
     continue to increase the number of families assisted up to 
     their authorized level.
       Consistent with the manner in which section 8 project-based 
     administrative costs are funded, the conference agreement 
     includes funds for administrative expenses for the section 8 
     voucher program separately as proposed by the House, instead 
     of including funds for this purpose within the amount 
     provided for section 8 vouchers renewals as proposed by the 
     Senate. Amounts provided for renewals are only to be used for 
     rental subsidy costs.
       Language is not included directing the Secretary to enter 
     into contracts to renew 2,077,336 vouchers as proposed by the 
     Senate. The House did not include a similar provision.
       Central Reserve Fund.--$391,922,000 for a central reserve 
     fund to be allocated by the Secretary for amendments to 
     section 8 annual contributions contracts. Language is 
     included, modified from language proposed by the House, 
     allowing the Secretary to use amounts made available in such 
     fund to address significant increases in per unit costs for 
     vouchers and for costs associated with increases in the 
     number of vouchers under lease as compared to the number of 
     vouchers under lease at the time of the PHA's contract 
     renewal. The conference agreement requires that PHAs use a 
     portion of their program reserves for these purposes prior to 
     requesting funds from the central fund to replenish such 
     reserves. A total of $938,000,000 is available in fiscal year 
     2003 in program reserve accounts derived from amounts 
     provided from other sources. The conferees note that each PHA 
     is provided an 8 percent program reserve account at the 
     beginning of each year, which is an additional one-month's 
     worth of funding in addition to estimated actual 
     requirements, to address any increased per unit costs and to 
     allow a PHA to increase their voucher usage up to their 
     authorized level. The conference agreement reflects the most 
     current per unit cost data, and provides additional funds for 
     vouchers over the amounts proposed by both the House and 
     Senate to accommodate this known increased cost. Therefore, 
     the conferees strongly encourage those PHAs that are below 
     their total authorized voucher level to use amounts available 
     in their program reserve accounts to make every effort to 
     increase their voucher lease-up rate. To facilitate that 
     effort, language is included requiring the Secretary to make 
     the necessary amounts available from the central fund to any 
     PHA that has obligated the amounts it has been provided for 
     contract renewals and has expended fifty percent of the 
     amounts available in its program reserve account. Once these 
     requirements are met, the Secretary is required to replenish 
     such reserves as necessary within thirty days of a request 
     from such agency.
       Modified language is included, similar to language proposed 
     by the House, requiring the Secretary to submit quarterly 
     reports to the Committees on Appropriations on the obligation 
     of funds provided in this paragraph. Such report shall 
     include, at a minimum, the following: the amounts made 
     available from the central fund provided to replenish program 
     reserves which are held by PHAs, delineated by PHA; the 
     purpose for which the funds were provided; and the total 
     balance remaining in the fund. The first such report is 
     due no later than July 31, 2003.
       Funds provided in the central fund are only to be used for 
     rental subsidies. Funding for administrative expenses is 
     provided separately under this account.
       Language is included prohibiting funds made available in 
     the central fund from being used to support a total number of 
     units under lease in excess of a PHA's authorized level of 
     units.
       Language is not included to allow the central fund to be 
     used to provide additional incremental vouchers to high 
     performing public housing agencies as proposed by the House. 
     The Senate did not include similar language.
       Language is not included to allow the central fund to be 
     used to reallocate vouchers among public housing agencies as 
     proposed by the Senate. The House did not include similar 
     language. In addition, the conference agreement does not 
     include language requiring the reallocation of vouchers among 
     public housing agencies as proposed by the Senate. The House 
     did not include a similar provision.
       Language is not included to provide an indefinite 
     appropriation for the Section 8 voucher program to make 
     additional funds from the Treasury available should amounts 
     appropriated be insufficient. The House did not include a 
     similar provision.
       Tenant Protection.--$234,016,500 for rental subsidies for 
     tenant protection activities to replace project-based section 
     8 assistance with section 8 vouchers, for conversion of 
     section 202 and section 23 projects to section 8 assistance, 
     for the family reunification program, and for the witness 
     protection program.
       Funds included for tenant protection are only to be used 
     for rental subsidies since funds for administrative expenses 
     are provided separately under this account.
       Family Self Sufficiency Coordinators.--$48,000,000 for 
     service coordinator staff in each public housing agency, 
     instead of $46,000,000 as proposed by the House. The Senate 
     did not allocate a specific amount for this purpose.
       Administrative Costs--Section 8 Voucher Program.--Not to 
     exceed $1,072,257,000 for PHA administrative costs and other 
     expenses, of which $69,547,000 is for associated 
     administrative expenses related to new tenant protection 
     vouchers and additional vouchers supported from the central 
     fund. The House proposed a total of $1,177,000,000 for this 
     purpose, including $50,000,000 for new vouchers. The Senate 
     did not allocate a specific amount for this purpose.
       Language is included determining the distribution of funds 
     provided as authorized under section 8(q) of the United 
     States Housing Act of 1937, as in effect immediately before 
     the enactment of the Quality Housing

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     and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 as proposed by the 
     Senate. Language is not included limiting administrative fees 
     and other expenses to no more than 10 percent of the rental 
     subsidy paid and requiring administrative fee reserve 
     balances to be used exclusively to support the section 8 
     program as proposed by the House. The conferees remain 
     concerned that many PHAs have accumulated significant excess 
     balances in reserve accounts from unspent section 8 
     administrative fees. Language is included prohibiting fiscal 
     year 2003 fee payments from being made to any PHA unless such 
     PHA reports to the Secretary on the amounts remaining in 
     their administrative fee reserve account as of January 31, 
     2003. Language is also included reducing fiscal year 2003 fee 
     payments to any PHA by any such amounts remaining available 
     in such PHA's administrative fee reserves which exceed 105 
     percent of the amount of fees paid to such agency in fiscal 
     year 2002, but exempts those PHAs whose fiscal year 2003 
     payments will not exceed $100,000. Language is also included 
     requiring the Secretary to recapture any fiscal year 2003 
     funds provided to a PHA which are in excess of the amounts 
     expended by such PHA for the section 8 voucher program and 
     that are not otherwise needed to maintain an administrative 
     fee reserve account balance of not to exceed five percent. 
     Modified language is also included, similar to language 
     proposed by the House, requiring the Secretary to provide a 
     report to the Committees on Appropriations no later than July 
     1, 2003 on the administrative costs and other expenses 
     associated with the section 8 voucher program. Such report 
     shall include, but not be limited to, the following: the 
     total amount of administrative fees paid compared to the 
     actual amount of fees expended to administer the section 8 
     voucher program in fiscal year 2002; the total amount of 
     administrative fee reserve funds used in fiscal year 2002 by 
     PHAs to support non-section 8 voucher programs, and the 
     purposes for which the funds were used; a comparison of the 
     administrative fee structure used for the section 8 voucher 
     program as compared to the project-based subsidy program; and 
     recommendations for changes to the section 8 voucher program 
     administrative fee structure to better align fees with actual 
     costs. The conferees agree that the Committees on 
     Appropriations will take the results of this study into 
     consideration when making future funding decisions, including 
     the appropriate level of administrative fee reserves. The 
     Senate did not propose similar language.
       Administrative Costs--Project-Based Section 8 Program.--
     $196,000,000 for contractors to administer the project-based 
     section 8 program, the same amount proposed by the House and 
     Senate.
       Working Capital Fund.--Not less than $3,000,000 for 
     transfer to the Working Capital Fund for the development of 
     and modifications to information technology systems as 
     proposed by both the House and the Senate.
       Includes new language allowing the Secretary to transfer up 
     to 15 percent of the funds provided for contract renewals, 
     the central fund and administrative fees between such 
     activities under certain circumstances and in accordance with 
     certain procedures. Language is also included under 
     Administrative Provisions in this title to provide the 
     Secretary with flexibility in applying any across-the-board 
     rescission mandated elsewhere in this Act to funds provided 
     in this account. The conferees have included this flexibility 
     to ensure that any such reduction does not result in a 
     decrease in the number of families that are currently being 
     assisted through the section 8 voucher program.
       Includes language permanently requiring all PHAs to submit 
     accounting data for funds provided under this account in this 
     Act or any other Act by source of funds and purpose of such 
     funds as proposed by the House. The Senate did not include 
     similar language.
       The conference agreement does not include $36,000,000 for 
     incremental vouchers for disabled families as proposed by the 
     House. The Senate did not include similar language. However, 
     modified language is included, similar to language proposed 
     by the Senate, to ensure that PHAs continue to make available 
     vouchers previously provided for non-elderly disabled 
     families to other non-elderly disabled families upon 
     turnover. The House did not include similar language. The 
     conferees direct the Department to review the effectiveness 
     of section 8 vouchers in meeting the housing needs of persons 
     with disabilities and report back to the Committees on 
     Appropriations on its findings no later than August 15, 2003.
       Includes language rescinding $1,600,000,000 from 
     unobligated balances of funds appropriated in fiscal year 
     2002 and prior years, instead of $1,300,000,000 as proposed 
     by the House and $1,400,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. 
     Includes language allowing unobligated balances in programs 
     governed by reallocation provisions to be used to meet this 
     rescission as proposed by the Senate. The House did not 
     include similar language. Modified language, similar to 
     language proposed by both the House and the Senate, is 
     included to cancel balances from certain terminated 
     contracts.
       Language is not included requiring that amounts made 
     available for welfare-to-work vouchers remain available in 
     subsequent fiscal years exclusively for such families upon 
     voucher turnover or renewal as proposed by the Senate. The 
     House did not include similar language.
       The conferees direct the Department to submit quarterly 
     reports on the project-based section 8 program to the 
     Committees on Appropriations which identify the number of 
     units and properties for which owners have elected to opt-out 
     of the project-based section 8 program or pre-pay mortgages 
     on federally-assisted properties, and the repair needs of 
     units remaining in the project-based section 8 program.


                      PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Appropriates $2,730,000,000 for the public housing capital 
     fund instead of $2,683,400,000 as proposed by the Senate and 
     $2,843,400,000 as proposed by the House.
       Includes modified language, similar to language proposed by 
     the House, designating $447,000,000 to be allocated only to 
     those PHAs which utilized their funds in compliance with the 
     statutory timeliness requirements pursuant to the Quality 
     Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 (QHWRA). The 
     additional funds are 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.
       Does not include language proposed by the Senate restating 
     the applicability of the QHWRA timeliness requirements to 
     fiscal year 1999 funds. The House did not propose a similar 
     provision. The conferees note that this language was made 
     permanent in the fiscal year 2002 appropriations Act.
       The conferees continue to be concerned that the Department 
     has failed to issue regulations to implement the statutory 
     timeliness requirements of QHWRA more than four years after 
     enactment of the statute. Until such time as final 
     regulations are implemented, the conferees have continued the 
     interim measures included in the fiscal year 2002 Act as a 
     mechanism to ensure that those PHAs which have demonstrated 
     their ability to use capital funds in a timely manner receive 
     additional funds for their backlog maintenance needs. The 
     conference agreement includes language, similar to language 
     proposed by the House, directing the Secretary to issue final 
     regulations implementing the timeliness requirements of QHWRA 
     no later than August 1, 2003.
       Includes modified language, similar to language proposed by 
     the House and Senate, reallocating recaptured funds to PHAs 
     designated as high-performing agencies.
       Includes $51,000,000 for technical assistance, including up 
     to $11,000,000 for remediation services to certain troubled 
     PHAs as proposed by the House, instead of $54,000,000 for 
     technical assistance, including up to $13,000,000 for 
     remediation services as proposed by the Senate.
       Includes no less than $18,600,000 for information 
     technology systems and up to $500,000 for section 23 projects 
     as proposed by the House. The Senate did not include similar 
     language.
       Includes up to $50,000,000 for emergency capital needs 
     resulting from emergencies or natural disasters instead of up 
     to $75,000,000 as proposed by the House and Senate. The 
     conferees recognize the importance of emergency funds but 
     note that given the historic use of such funds, $50,000,000 
     is ample to cover emergency activities for the remainder of 
     fiscal year 2003.
       The conference agreement does not include $100,000,000 for 
     a new loan financing program of public housing associated 
     with authorization legislation included as an administrative 
     provision in this title as proposed by the Senate. However, 
     the conferees are interested in exploring additional 
     mechanisms to leverage private sector financing for 
     improvements in public housing. The conferees further 
     understand that some PHAs have used existing statutory 
     authorities to successfully pursue private financing for such 
     purposes. The conferees direct that the Department provide a 
     report to the Committees on Appropriations no later than 
     August 7, 2003, on those PHAs that have entered into private 
     financing partnerships for capital modernization needs, and 
     the results of those partnerships.
       The conferees reiterate the direction included in the House 
     report regarding quarterly reports on the obligation and 
     expenditure of capital funds.


                     PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND

       Appropriates $3,600,000,000 for the public housing 
     operating fund as proposed by the House instead of 
     $3,530,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Language is not included making funds available for two 
     years as proposed by the Senate. The House did not include a 
     similar provision.
       Modified language is included, similar to language proposed 
     by the Senate, providing up to $250,000,000 from amounts 
     provided to make additional fiscal year 2002 operating 
     subsidy payments to those fourth quarter PHAs that did not 
     receive the same level of operating assistance provided to 
     all other PHAs. The conferees are disappointed with HUD's 
     failure to fund the fiscal year 2002 operating subsidy 
     payments for PHAs within the level appropriated for such 
     purpose in fiscal year 2002. The conferees believe that HUD's 
     repeated practice of using a portion of the funds 
     appropriated for current year operating subsidy payments to 
     augment the amount of prior year operating subsidy payments 
     above the level appropriated is, at a minimum, inappropriate, 
     and question whether such practice is in violation of 
     appropriations law. The conferees note that this 
     inappropriate practice has resulted in operating subsidy 
     payments being made to

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     PHAs at a level in excess of the amounts provided for such 
     purpose in the appropriations Act. Therefore, the conference 
     agreement includes language, similar to language proposed by 
     the Senate, prohibiting funds provided for operating 
     subsidies in fiscal year 2004 and subsequent fiscal years 
     from being used to supplement fiscal year 2003 operating 
     subsidy payments. The conferees reiterate the direction 
     included in the Senate report requiring HUD to fund fiscal 
     year 2003 operating subsidy payments solely from fiscal year 
     2003 funds. Further, the conferees expect the Department to 
     have in place the necessary systems to accurately account for 
     expenditures of operating subsidy funds.
       The conferees note that, in the fiscal year 2000 
     appropriations Act, the Committees on Appropriations 
     commissioned the Harvard University Graduate School of Design 
     to conduct a study on the costs incurred to operate well-run 
     public housing that was to then be used to inform the 
     development of a final rule for the operating subsidy 
     formula. The conferees understand that the final draft cost 
     study report has recently been released and includes a number 
     of recommendations that would result in adjustments to the 
     operating subsidy formula to make it reflect more accurately 
     the costs of operating well-run public housing. The 
     recommendations indicated that PHAs can make a number of 
     reforms consistent with the management of Federally-
     subsidized private and non-profit multifamily housing that 
     would result in management and cost efficiencies in public 
     housing. The conferees expect PHAs to adopt such practices 
     and efficiencies, as appropriate. The conferees expect the 
     Department to use the results and recommendations of the 
     study as it develops a final rule for the operating subsidy 
     formula, as directed in the fiscal year 2000 appropriations 
     Act. Further, the conferees direct the Department to report 
     to the Committees on Appropriations, no later than May 15, 
     2003, on the timeline for publishing a final operating 
     subsidy rule and the Department's plans for using the 
     recommendations of the cost study in the development of the 
     final rule.
       The conferees direct the Department to report to the 
     Committees no later than August 20, 2003, on the extent to 
     which public housing agencies have used capital funds to 
     subsidize operating expenses and the impact of such use on 
     critical housing rehabilitation needs. Such report should 
     include a review of individual PHAs.


     REVITALIZATION OF SEVERELY DISTRESSED PUBLIC HOUSING (HOPE VI)

       Appropriates $574,000,000 for the revitalization of 
     severely distressed public housing program (HOPE VI) as 
     proposed by the House and the Senate.


                  NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANTS

                     (including transfers of funds)

       Appropriates $649,000,000 as proposed by the House instead 
     of $648,570,000 as proposed by the Senate. Of the total 
     amount, $4,000,000 is for inspections, training, and 
     technical assistance instead of $3,000,000 as proposed by the 
     House and $5,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Language is not included allowing the Secretary to provide 
     technical and financial assistance for problems associated 
     with mold as proposed by the Senate. The House did not 
     include a similar provision. The conferees understand that 
     such language is unnecessary since the current statutory 
     authorities allow the Secretary to provide such assistance. 
     The conferees direct the Secretary to continue to provide 
     such assistance as authorized under the existing statute.
       The conferees reiterate the direction included in the 
     Senate report regarding the use of qualified Native-owned 
     firms in the design and construction of Indian housing.


           INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Appropriates $5,300,000 for guaranteed loans for Native 
     American housing on trust lands as proposed by the House 
     instead of $5,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Of the total amount, $100,000 is for the Indian Land Title 
     Report Commission as proposed by the House. The Senate did 
     not propose similar language.


      NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Appropriates $1,035,000 for guaranteed loans for Native 
     Hawaiian housing as proposed by the House instead of 
     $1,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

                   Community Planning and Development


              HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS

       Appropriates $292,000,000 for housing opportunities for 
     persons with AIDS (HOPWA) as proposed by both the House and 
     the Senate.
       In lieu of the language included in the Senate report, the 
     Department is directed to renew all expiring HOPWA contracts 
     for permanent supportive housing funded under the non-formula 
     component of the HOPWA program to the extent that such 
     projects meet all other program requirements consistent with 
     the language included in the conference agreement.


                 RURAL HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

       Appropriates $25,000,000 for rural housing and economic 
     development as proposed by both the House and Senate. 
     Language is included requiring funds to be awarded by June 1, 
     2003 as proposed by the House instead of June 1, 2004 as 
     proposed by the Senate.


                EMPOWERMENT ZONES/ENTERPRISE COMMUNITIES

       Appropriates $30,000,000 for grants to the second round of 
     empowerment zones as proposed by both the House and Senate. 
     Language is included making funds available for obligation 
     for three years as proposed by the House, instead of no-year 
     authority as proposed by the Senate.
       Language is not included making the expenditure of funds in 
     future years contingent upon the enactment of tax legislation 
     as proposed by the Senate. The House did not include similar 
     language. The conferees continue to maintain that this 
     program should be treated as a mandatory program consistent 
     with the Round I empowerment zones, rather than as a 
     discretionary program.


                       COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND

                     (including transfers of funds)

       Appropriates $4,937,000,000 for various activities funded 
     in this account, instead of $5,000,000,000 as proposed by the 
     House and the Senate. The conferees agree to the following:
       $4,367,930,000 for formula grants under the Community 
     Development Block Grant program (CDBG), instead of 
     $4,577,000,000 as proposed by the House and $4,580,200,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. The amount provided represents an 
     increase of $26,930,000 above the fiscal year 2002 level;
       $71,000,000 for grants to Indian tribes instead of 
     $70,000,000 as proposed by the House and $72,500,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate;
       $3,300,000 for the Housing Assistance Council as proposed 
     by the House and the Senate;
       $2,400,000 for the National American Indian Housing Council 
     instead of $2,200,000 as proposed by the House and $2,600,000 
     as proposed by the Senate;
       $49,100,000 for section 107 grants, instead of $33,500,000 
     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;
       $10,000,000 for historically black colleges and 
     universities. The conferees expect that up to $2,000,000 of 
     these funds will be used to provide technical assistance to 
     ensure that the intended recipients can utilize more fully 
     the funds provided;
       $3,000,000 for community development work study;
       $6,500,000 for Hispanic serving institutions;
       $7,000,000 for the Community Outreach Partnerships program;
       $3,000,000 for tribal colleges and universities;
       $3,000,000 for Alaska Native-Serving Institutions and 
     Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions; and
       $9,600,000 for assistance under the Hawaiian Homelands 
     Homeownership Act of 2000. The House proposed $9,600,000 for 
     this activity as a separate set aside under this account;
       $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;
       $9,000,000 for Neighborhood House in St. Paul, Minnesota 
     for construction of the Paul and Sheila Wellstone Center for 
     Community Building, instead of $5,000,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. The House did not propose funding for this program;
       $25,250,000 for grants to eligible grantees under section 
     11 of the Self Help Housing Opportunity Program, instead of 
     $28,500,000 as proposed by the House and $22,000,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate;
       $32,500,000 for capacity building instead of $29,500,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $35,500,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. Of this amount, $28,250,000 shall be for LISC and the 
     Enterprise Foundation, of which at least $5,000,000 is for 
     rural areas. Additionally, $4,250,000 is for Habitat for 
     Humanity International, instead of $4,500,000 as proposed by 
     the House and $4,000,000 as proposed by the Senate;
       $60,000,000 for Youthbuild instead of $65,000,000 as 
     proposed by the House and the Senate;
       $261,000,000 for economic development initiatives instead 
     of $144,600,000 as proposed by the House and $130,500,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. In lieu of the direction included in 
     the House report, the conferees note that projects receiving 
     funds must comply with the environmental review requirements 
     set forth in section 305(c) of the Multifamily Housing 
     Property Disposition Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 3547). The 
     conferees will not entertain waivers of such requirements. In 
     addition, funds provided for projects shall not be used for 
     reimbursement of expenses incurred prior to the receipt of 
     economic development initiative funding. Modified language is 
     included, similar to language proposed by the House and 
     Senate, targeting funds made available under this program. 
     Because of tight budget constraints, the conferees reduced 
     funding for these targeted grants by 10 percent from the 
     amounts originally proposed in the House and Senate reports. 
     Targeted grants shall be made as follows:

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       1. $202,500 to continue the rehabilitation of the former 
     Alaska Pulp Company mill site in Sitka, Alaska;
       2. $202,500 to the City of Craig, Alaska for construction 
     of a Marine Industrial Park;
       3. $405,000 to the City of Petersburg, Alaska for 
     construction of an aquatic center;
       4. $450,000 for the Mananuska-Susitna Borough for an 
     agricultural processing facility in Wasilla, Alaska;
       5. $450,000 for Ketchikan, Alaska for the Tongass Coast 
     Aquarium in Ketchikan, Alaska;
       6. $450,000 for the Southside Community Center in 
     Fairbanks, Alaska for an addition;
       7. $450,000 for the Alaska-Siberian Research Center World 
     War II Lend Lease memorial in Fairbanks, Alaska;
       8. $900,000 for Alaska Pacific University for the 
     restoration of an historic property in Anchorage, Alaska;
       9. $900,000 for Petersburgh, Alaska for waterfront 
     improvements;
       10. $1,400,750 for the Rasmussen Foundation for housing 
     redevelopment in Anchorage, Alaska;
       11. $22,500 to the Northwest Alabama Children's Advocacy 
     Center in Florence, Alabama for facility renovations;
       12. $45,000 to the City of Athens, Alabama for construction 
     of an Alabama Korean War Veterans Memorial;
       13. $45,000 to the City of Tuscumbia, Alabama for 
     construction of facilities associated with the Helen Keller 
     festival;
       14. $90,000 for construction of the Northeast Etowah County 
     Community and Senior Center, Alabama;
       15. $90,000 to the Birmingham, Alabama Regional Planning 
     Commission for an economic development planning study;
       16. $90,000 to the City of Decatur, Alabama for planning 
     for a Technical Training Center;
       17. $90,000 to the Historic Huntsville Foundation in 
     Huntsville, Alabama for sidewalks, curbs, street lighting, 
     outdoor furniture and facade improvements in the Mill Village 
     neighborhood;
       18. $90,000 to the Northwest Alabama Mental Health Center 
     for facilities renovation;
       19. $90,000 for the City of Prattville, Alabama for the 
     Boys and Girls Club of Prattville;
       20. $97,200 to the Randolph County Commission for 
     facilities renovation for the restoration of the historic 
     Randolph County Courthouse and Annexes in Wedowee, Alabama;
       21. $121,500 to the Clay County Commission for facilities 
     renovations for the restoration of the historic Clay County 
     Courthouse, Alabama;
       22. $135,000 to the City of Huntsville, Alabama for 
     facilities construction for the Alabama Constitution Village 
     Plaza;
       23. $135,000 to Collinsville, Alabama for construction or 
     renovation of the Collinsville Public Library;
       24. $135,000 to the Russellville Hispanic Coalition of 
     Alabama for building renovations;
       25. $180,000 for Lawson State Community College in Alabama 
     for facilities construction for an information technology 
     training and placement service center;
       26. $180,000 to Fayette County, Alabama for construction of 
     the Fayette County Agribusiness Facility;
       27. $202,500 to Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Alabama 
     for repairs and renovations to the Bellingrath Natural 
     Sciences facility;
       28. $202,500 to Jefferson County, Alabama for renovation 
     and expansion of the Leroy Brown Health Education Building;
       29. $202,500 to the National Peanut Festival Fairgrounds 
     for construction of the National Peanut Festival Agriculture 
     Arena in Dothan, Alabama;
       30. $225,000 to the Northwest Alabama Council of Local 
     Governments in Muscle Shoals, Alabama for the construction of 
     a joint economic development facility to be used by the 
     Shoals Economic Development Authority and the Shoals Chamber 
     of Commerce;
       31. $225,000 for the City of Talladega, Alabama for the 
     restoration of the Historic Antique Talladega;
       32. $270,000 for Haleyville, Alabama for a downtown 
     revitalization project;
       33. $675,000 to the National Children's Advocacy Center in 
     Huntsville, Alabama for construction of a research and 
     training campus;
       34. $710,000 for the Mobile Historic Development Commission 
     in Mobile, Alabama for a Neighborhood Initiative Program;
       35. $1,507,000 to Spring Hill College in Mobile, Alabama 
     for construction of a new library and Regional Resource 
     Learning Center;
       36. $2,700,000 to Tuscaloosa, Alabama for the Tuscaloosa 
     Downtown Revitalization Project;
       37. $180,000 to the City of Bradley, Arkansas for 
     construction of a community center;
       38. $180,000 for the City of Dermott, Arkansas for the 
     Dermott City Community Nursing Home expansion;
       39. $202,500 for construction of the North Arkansas College 
     Conference and Workforce Center in Harrison, Arkansas;
       40. $270,000 for the Florence Crittenden Home in Little 
     Rock, Arkansas for the expansion of services, education 
     programs, and emergency shelter;
       41. $450,000 for the Arkansas YMCAs for program 
     development;
       42. $900,000 for Arkansas State University at Mountain Home 
     for construction of the Vada Sheid Community Center and to 
     develop community outreach programs;
       43. $157,500 to the County of Santa Cruz, Arizona for 
     restoration of a historic building;
       44. $180,000 to the Town of Guadalupe, Arizona for 
     renovations to the Mercado shopping center;
       45. $202,500 to the Boys and Girls Club of Scottsdale for 
     facility construction in Fountain Hills, Arizona;
       46. $364,500 to the National Law Center for Inter-American 
     Free Trade in Tucson, Arizona for facilities construction;
       47. $405,000 to Arizona State University for facilties 
     construction for the Center for Basic Research and Applied 
     Research within the Barry M. Goldwater Center for Science and 
     Engineering;
       48. $45,000 to Southeast-Rio Vista YMCA in Huntington Park, 
     California for renovation of a building;
       49. $45,000 to Food Share, Inc. of Ventura County, 
     California for development of a new warehouse facility;
       50. $76,500 to the Tri-Counties Easter Seals for 
     construction of a child development center in Ventura County, 
     California;
       51. $81,000 to the County of San Bernardino, California for 
     facilities renovation, sidewalk and facade improvements of 
     the Crestline Revitalization/Houston Creek project;
       52. $81,000 to the County of San Bernardino, California for 
     facilities expansion for the Big Bear Zoo;
       53. $90,000 to Occidental College in Los Angeles, 
     California for continued construction of a science center;
       54. $90,000 to the American Film Institute in Los Angeles, 
     California for renovation of facilities;
       55. $90,000 to the Boys and Girls Club of National City, 
     California for facilities repairs at the Wayne Sevier 
     Memorial Gymnasium;
       56. $90,000 to the City of Carpinteria, California for 
     facilities modernization and renovation of the Carpinteria 
     Veteran's Memorial Building;
       57. $90,000 to the City of El Monte, California for 
     construction of a teen and education center;
       58. $90,000 to the City of Fontana, California for 
     restoration and renovation of recreational facilities;
       59. $90,000 to the City of Garden Grove, California for 
     facilities construction at the West Haven Community Center;
       60. $90,000 to the City of La Puente, California for 
     construction of a youth activity and learning center;
       61. $90,000 to the City of Lawndale, California for 
     construction of a new senior center;
       62. $90,000 to the City of Palo Alto, California for the 
     rehabilitation and expansion of the Childrens' Library;
       63. $90,000 to the City of San Fernando, California for a 
     feasibility study of business redevelopment focused on major 
     commercial corridors;
       64. $90,000 to the Contra Costa Community College in 
     California for the Regional Training Institute's facility 
     renovation;
       65. $90,000 to the Intergenerational Daycare Center, 
     Organization for the Needs of the Elderly in Van Nuys, 
     California for facility construction;
       66. $90,000 to the Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, 
     California for renovations necessary for theater 
     improvements;
       67. $90,000 to the Watts Theatre and Education Center in 
     Los Angeles, California for renovations to the center;
       68. $90,000 to the YMCA of San Francisco, California for 
     construction of a facility in the Bayview-Hunters Point 
     neighborhood and rehabilitation of the Chinatown facility;
       69. $90,000 to Children's Hospital, San Diego, California 
     for facilities construction for the Convalescent Hospital;
       70. $90,000 to Kelseyville Senior Center in Lake County, 
     California for renovations of a facility into a senior 
     center;
       71. $90,000 for the Arcata House Inc., California for 
     facility renovations;
       72. $112,500 for El Rescate in Los Angeles, California for 
     renovation of a facility to house a social service agency;
       73. $112,500 to the SRO Housing Corporation in Los Angeles, 
     California for facilities construction for the James Wood 
     Memorial Community Center;
       74. $121,500 to the City of Lancaster, California for 
     renovation of the Antelope Valley Mental Health Association 
     headquarters building;
       75. $121,500 to the City of Twentynine Palms, California 
     for construction of the Twentynine Palms Visitor Center;
       76. $121,500 to the Hi-Desert Medical Center in Joshua 
     Tree, California for facilities expansion for the Obstetrics 
     Center;
       77. $121,500 to the History Department of the Natural 
     History Museum of Los Angeles County for facility 
     improvements for the William S. Hart Museum in Newhall, 
     California;
       78. $135,000 to the City of San Rafael, California for 
     renovation of the Pickleweed Park Community Center;
       79. $135,000 to the City of Santa Monica, California for 
     renovation of a historic structure for use as a visitor 
     center;
       80. $135,000 to the Spanish Speaking Unity Council in 
     Oakland, California for rehabilitation of affordable elderly 
     housing;
       81. $162,000 to the City of Lancaster, California for 
     facilities construction and improvements for the National 
     Soccer Center;
       82. $162,000 to the City of Temecula, California for 
     construction of the Gymnasium-Old Town Temecula;
       83. $162,000 to the Community Action Partnership of Kern, 
     California for construction of a food bank;
       84. $180,000 to the City of Vallejo, California for 
     historic structure renovations at Mare Island;

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       85. $180,000 to the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment 
     Agency in Sacramento, California for construction of a 
     learning center;
       86. $202,500 to the Agua Caliente Cultural Museum in Palm 
     Springs, California for facilities construction;
       87. $202,500 to the City of Diamond Bar, California for 
     construction of a community center;
       88. $202,500 to the City of Ripon, California for 
     construction of a Youth Center Complex;
       89. $202,500 to the City of Riverside, California for 
     facilities construction for the Riverside Regional Technology 
     Transfer Center;
       90. $202,500 to the City of Stockton, California for 
     renovation of the Fox Theatre;
       91. $202,500 to the East County YMCA in La Mesa, California 
     for facilities construction and improvements;
       92. $202,500 to the Sweetwater Authority for recreation 
     facilities construction at Sweetwater and Loveland Reservoirs 
     in San Diego County, California;
       93. $225,000 to the City of Eureka, California for 
     construction of a waterfront facility as part of the downtown 
     revitalization;
       94. $225,000 for Covenant House California in Oakland to 
     purchase and renovate a building;
       95. $225,000 to the Martin Luther King Jr., Freedom Center 
     in Oakland, California to build a community center;
       96. $225,000 to the Center Theater Group of Los Angeles, 
     California for the Culver Theater project;
       97. $225,000 for the Corporation for Supportive Housing in 
     California for a homeless intervention program;
       98. $243,000 to the Fund for the Preservation of the 
     California State Mining and Mineral Museum for facilities 
     construction in Mariposa, California;
       99. $270,000 to the City of Salinas, California for 
     construction of recreational facilities;
       100. $283,500 to the City of Citrus Heights, California for 
     facilities construction for the Sayonara Neighborhood 
     revitalization project;
       101. $283,500 to the City of Shasta Lake, California for 
     construction of a senior housing complex;
       102. $324,000 to the Kern County Office of Education for 
     facilities construction for the the Mobility Opportunities 
     via Education project in Southeast Bakersfield, California;
       103. $324,000 to the West Side Park and Recreation District 
     for renovation of the Taft Community Pool in Taft, 
     California;
       104. $360,000 to the City of San Francisco, California for 
     construction of the Mission Bay Senior Housing Project;
       105. $405,000 to the City of San Diego, California for 
     construction of the Elm Street residences for transitional 
     housing;
       106. $405,000 to the Boys and Girls Club of Las Virgenes, 
     Inc. for facilities construction in the City of Thousand 
     Oaks, California;
       107. $405,000 to the City of La Mesa, California for 
     facilities construction and improvements for the La Mesa 
     PARKS Project;
       108. $405,000 to the City of Westminster, California for 
     construction of a community center;
       109. $405,000 to the Palomar YMCA in Escondido, California 
     for construction of an aquatic center;
       110. $405,000 to the Town of Apple Valley, California for 
     construction of an aquatic center;
       111. $450,000 for the City of Inglewood, California for the 
     construction of a senior center;
       112. $450,000 for the City of Fresno, California for the 
     redevelopment of the Roeding Business Park;
       113. $540,000 for the City of Madera, California for a 
     community cultural and youth center;
       114. $675,000 for the City of East Palo Alto, California 
     for redevelopment to Ravenswood Industrial Area;
       115. $810,000 to the City of Rancho Cucamonga, California 
     for construction of a senior center;
       116. $90,000 to Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities 
     in Arvada, Colorado for facilities expansion;
       117. $90,000 to the City of Aurora, Colorado for planning 
     related to Fitzsimons Commons;
       118. $405,000 to the Harp Foundation for construction of 
     the Historic Arkansas Riverwalk ``Link'' Project of Pueblo, 
     Colorado;
       119. $900,000 for the Denver Art Museum, in Denver, 
     Colorado;
       120. $1,800,000 for Colorado UpLift;
       121. $90,000 to the City of Meriden, Connecticut for a 
     study to determine the feasibility of the construction of a 
     community play house and arts center;
       122. $90,000 to the City of Waterbury, Connecticut for an 
     economic feasibility study focused on construction of a 
     multi-purpose sports facility;
       123. $90,000 to Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, 
     Connecticut for library facilities renovations;
       124. $135,000 to the town of Newtown, Connecticut for 
     future use planning and renovation of the Batshelder 
     property;
       125. $180,000 to Domestic Violence Services of Greater New 
     Haven, Connecticut for renovation and construction of a 
     facility for transitional housing;
       126. $225,000 to Columbus House, Inc. in New Haven, 
     Connecticut for construction of an emergency shelter for 
     homeless adults;
       127. $270,000 for the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in 
     Hartford, Connecticut for expansions and renovations;
       128. $270,000 for Hall Neighborhood House in Bridgeport, 
     Connecticut to build a child care center;
       129. $283,500 to Mystic Seaport for a facilities 
     restoration and conversion project of the American Maritime 
     Education and Research Center in Mystic, Connecticut;
       130. $360,000 for the Town of Ledyart, Connecticut to build 
     a public safety services building;
       131. $360,000 for the Hartt School of Performing Arts 
     Education Center in West Hartford, Connecticut for building 
     renovations;
       132. $405,000 to the Environmental Learning Centers of 
     Connecticut for facilities expansion for the Harry C. Barnes 
     Memorial Nature Center in Bristol, Connecticut;
       133. $405,000 to the New Britain Museum of American Art in 
     New Britain, Connecticut for facility construction;
       134. $67,500 for Arena Stage for facilities construction in 
     the District of Columbia;
       135. $180,000 for the Seaford Historical Society in 
     Seaford, Delaware for the renovation of a vacant property;
       136. $360,000 for the Riverfront Development Corporation in 
     Wilmington, Delaware for an environmental education center;
       137. $450,000 for the Wilmington Housing Authority, 
     Delaware for redevelopment of blighted land;
       138. $90,000 to St. Petersburg, Florida for completion of 
     facilities improvements at the Florida Botanical Garden and 
     Folk Cultural Center;
       139. $112,500 to Santa Fe Community College in Gainesville, 
     Florida for construction of a fine arts building;
       140. $112,500 to the City of Gainesville, Florida for 
     sidewalk and curb improvements;
       141. $202,500 to the City of Clearwater, Florida for 
     waterfront facilities construction of the ``Beach by Design 
     Initiative'';
       142. $202,500 to the City of Jacksonville, Florida for 
     facilities construction for the Patriots Village Transitional 
     Housing Community;
       143. $202,500 to the City of Ocoee, Florida for 
     construction of a senior citizens/veterans services center;
       144. $202,500 to the City of Riviera Beach, Florida for 
     construction and renovation of facilities as part of the 
     Urban Commercial Retail Development Project;
       145. $202,500 to the City of Sanford, Florida for 
     construction of a parking facility at the Hotel Conference 
     Center;
       146. $202,500 to the MainStreet Deland Association, Inc. 
     for restoration of the Athens Theatre in Deland, Florida;
       147. $202,500 to the Tampa, Florida Port Authority for 
     facilities construction and renovation of a terminal;
       148. $225,000 for Family Resources of St. Petersburg, 
     Florida for construction of a crisis shelter and family 
     counseling center;
       149. $225,000 to Bethune Cookman College in Daytona Beach, 
     Florida for construction of a community services center and 
     student union;
       150. $225,000 to the Community Aging and Retirement 
     Services (CARES) of Pasco County, Florida for renovation and 
     build out of the Crescent Enrichment Center & Theater in Dale 
     City, Florida;
       151. $270,000 for the Jacksonville Port Authority, Florida 
     for brownfields clean-up;
       152. $324,000 to the Wolfsonian-Florida International 
     University of Miami Beach, Florida for facilities expansion 
     and improvements;
       153. $337,500 to the City of Plantation, Florida for 
     construction of an amphitheater;
       154. $360,000 for the City of Largo, Florida for 
     construction of a new downtown Largo library;
       155. $360,000 to Refuge House in Tallahassee, Florida for 
     construction of a battered women's shelter;
       156. $405,000 to the Central Florida Community College in 
     Marion County, Florida for facilties construction for an 
     information technology center;
       157. $405,000 to the Florida International University 
     College of Law in Miami, Florida for construction of 
     facilities for a student legal clinic;
       158. $450,000 for facilities construction for the Stetson 
     University College of Law, Tampa, Florida campus;
       159. $675,000 for facilities construction for Tampa Bay 
     Watch in Florida;
       160. $675,000 for the City of Daytona Beach, Florida for 
     boardwalk area revitalization;
       161. $900,000 for Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida 
     for the expansion of the Youth Opportunity and Development 
     Center;
       162. $900,000 for the City of St. Petersburg, Florida, 
     Manhattan redevelopment project for facilities renovation and 
     improvements for a business development center;
       163. $900,000 for the historic restoration and renovation 
     of the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables, Florida;
       164. $166,000 to the City of Savannah, Georgia for 
     development of the Savannah Battlefield Park Heritage Center;
       165. $180,000 to Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia for 
     construction of a performing arts center;
       166. $202,500 for facilities construction for the Dual Rail 
     Industrial Park in Dooly County, Georgia;
       167. $202,500 for the Tommy Nobis Center in Marietta, 
     Georgia for facilities renovations and improvements;
       168. $202,500 for the Warner Robins Museum of Aviation in 
     Houston County, Georgia for expansion of facilities for the 
     Century of Flight exhibit;
       169. $202,500 to Mercer University of Macon, Georgia for 
     facilities construction for the Critical Personnel 
     Development Program;
       170. $202,500 to Rockdale County, Georgia for facilities 
     construction for the Georgia Veterans Park;

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       171. $202,500 to Wesleyan College of Macon, Georgia for the 
     restoration and renovation of historic buildings;
       172. $270,000 for College Partners Inc. in Atlanta, Georgia 
     for neighborhood revitalization;
       173. $270,000 for the Tubman Museum in Macon, Georgia for a 
     new facility;
       174. $283,500 for the preservation of historic buildings at 
     Georgia College and State University, a Historically Women's 
     Public College and University;
       175. $405,000 to the Liberty County, Georgia Development 
     Authority for facilities construction at the Coastal 
     MegaPark;
       176. $450,000 for Spellman College in Atlanta, Georgia for 
     renovations of Packard Hall;
       177. $450,000 for the Dekalb County Community Center, 
     Georgia for the construction of a community center;
       178. $900,000 for Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, 
     Georgia for the continued construction of a senior center;
       179. $135,000 to the YMCA of Honolulu, Hawaii for 
     construction of a multi-purpose community and recreation 
     center;
       180. $180,000 for the Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health 
     Center, Hawaii for construction of an expanded facility;
       181. $270,000 for the Nanakuli Neighborhood in Oahu, Hawaii 
     for housing management classes;
       182. $270,000 for the State of Hawaii for the Boys and 
     Girls Club of Hawaii;
       183. $450,000 for the County of Kauai, Hawaii for the West 
     Kauai High Tech Training Facility;
       184. $450,000 for the Alternative Structures International 
     in Waianae, Hawaii for expansion of housing facilities;
       185. $675,000 for the County of Hawaii for the construction 
     of an emergency homeless shelter in Kailua-Kona;
       186. $675,000 for the County of Maui, Hawaii for senior 
     housing;
       187. $90,000 to the Mahaska County Crisis Intervention 
     Services Domestic Shelter in Oskaloosa, Iowa for facilities 
     renovation of the domestic shelter;
       188. $270,000 to the City of Clinton, Iowa for development 
     in the business park area;
       189. $270,000 to the Mid-American Housing Partnership in 
     Cedar Rapids, Iowa for the Housing Trust Fund;
       190. $270,000 to the City of Cedar Rapids, Iowa for 
     brownfields redevelopment;
       191. $360,000 to the City of Council Bluffs, Iowa for land 
     acquisition and clean-up;
       192. $360,000 to the City of Waterloo, Iowa for 
     redevelopment of the Rath area brownfields and housing 
     development;
       193. $360,000 to the City of Dubuque, Iowa for land 
     acquisition and clean-up;
       194. $360,000 to the City of Davenport, Iowa for the Scott 
     County Housing Council trust fund;
       195. $405,000 to Systems Unlimited, Inc. in the Iowa City/
     Cedar Rapids community, Iowa for facilities expansion;
       196. $405,000 to the City of Fort Dodge, Iowa for facility 
     renovations for the Senior Citizens Campus project;
       197. $450,000 to the City of Des Moines, Iowa for 
     facilities construction for the Des Moines Agrimergent 
     Technology Park;
       198. $225,000 for Lewis-Clark State College for the Idaho 
     Virtual Incubator;
       199. $225,000 for the Historic Silver City Foundation in 
     Silver City, Idaho for the restoration of the historic Silver 
     City School;
       200. $324,000 to Idaho State University for construction of 
     the L.E. and Thelma E. Stephens Performing Arts Center;
       201. $450,000 for the Clearwater Economic Development 
     Association in Clearwater, Idaho for the Lewis and Clark 
     Bicentennial Solid Waste Disposal program;
       202. $450,000 for Boise State University, Idaho for a 
     Center for Environmental Science and Economic Development;
       203. $900,000 for the Clearwater Economic Development 
     Association in Clearwater, Idaho for the implementation of 
     the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Plan;
       204. $67,500 to Ridgeway Senior Center in Gallatin County, 
     Illinois for renovation of the senior center;
       205. $67,500 to Norris City Senior Center in White County, 
     Illinois for renovation of the senior center;
       206. $81,000 to Family House in Peoria, Illinois for 
     facilities construction;
       207. $81,000 to the City of Normal, Illinois for facilities 
     construction according to the downtown redevelopment plan;
       208. $90,000 to Family Focus in Evanston, Illinois for 
     facilities improvements;
       209. $90,000 to Haymarket Center in Chicago, Illinois for 
     renovations to a facility to serve as a drug intervention 
     center;
       210. $90,000 to Oak Lawn Children's Museum in Oak Lawn, 
     Illinois for facilities renovations;
       211. $90,000 to the Brookfield Zoo in Brookfield, Illinois 
     for construction of a learning center;
       212. $90,000 to the Village of Hampton, Illinois for 
     construction of the Hampton Heritage Center;
       213. $90,000 to the Village of Riverside, Illinois for 
     restoration of a historic structure;
       214. $90,000 to the Village of South Holland, Illinois for 
     facilities improvements for its community center;
       215. $90,000 to the Chicago, Illinois Parks District for 
     construction of a fieldhouse located at 39th and Cottage 
     Grove;
       216. $135,000 to Lewis and Clark Community College in 
     Godfrey, Illinois for construction of the Great Rivers 
     Research and Education Center;
       217. $135,000 to the Village of Olympia Fields, Illinois 
     for construction of a hall, public library and upgraded 
     commuter station;
       218. $162,000 to Eureka College, Illinois for continued 
     construction of the Science and Technology Center;
       219. $162,000 to Joliet Junior College in Joliet, Illinois 
     for construction of a multipurpose agricultural education and 
     event center;
       220. $162,000 to the Centers for the Prevention of Abuse 
     for facilities construction in Peoria, Illinois;
       221. $180,000 to the Safer Foundation in Chicago, Illinois 
     for renovation of a building into transitional housing;
       222. $180,000 for the City of Freeport, Illinois for a new 
     library building;
       223. $202,500 to DuPage County, Illinois for facilities 
     renovations for the Convalescent Center Rehabilitation 
     Project;
       224. $202,500 to Roosevelt University of Chicago, Illinois 
     for renovations to the auditorium building;
       225. $202,500 to the American Red Cross of Greater Chicago, 
     Illinois for facilities construction;
       226. $202,500 to the City of DeKalb, Illinois for 
     rehabilitation of facilities for the Downtown Community 
     Center;
       227. $202,500 to the Northfield Park District in 
     Northfield, Illinois for facilities construction;
       228. $225,000 for the Youth Services Bureau of Illinois in 
     LaSalle County for improvements and relocation of facilities;
       229. $225,000 for Cornerstone Services in Joliet, Illinois 
     for renovation of facility;
       230. $225,000 for the City of Quincy, Illinois to renovate 
     the historic downtown Washington Theatre;
       231. $225,000 for the City of Peoria, Illinois for 
     infrastructure improvements to foster economic development in 
     the biosciences field;
       232. $243,000 for facilities renovation for Teen Challenge 
     in Decatur, Illinois;
       233. $360,000 for the Mercy Home for Boys and Girls in 
     Chicago, Illinois for facility expansion;
       234. $360,000 for the Merit School of Music in Chicago, 
     Illinois for the construction of a new facility;
       235. $405,000 to the City of Elgin, Illinois for 
     construction of pedestrian improvements;
       236. $450,000 for the City of Chicago, Illinois for cleanup 
     associated with economic development in Chicago's Pilsen/
     Little Village Community;
       237. $450,000 to the Chicago Park District for Phase II of 
     Ping Tom Memorial Park development in Chicago's Chinatown 
     community;
       238. $607,500 to the Village of Addison, Illinois for 
     facilities construction for the Addison Neighborhood Resource 
     Center and Park;
       239. $1,260,000 to Rush-Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical 
     Center in Chicago, Illinois for renovations to the life 
     safety and infant security facilities;
       240. $135,000 to the City of Indianapolis, Indiana for 
     construction at the Life Sciences Research Park;
       241. $283,500 to Tri-State University for facilities 
     construction for the Center for Technology and On-Line 
     Resources in Angola, Indiana;
       242. $405,000 to Madison Township, Indiana for construction 
     of a community center;
       243. $405,000 to the James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for 
     Children in Indianapolis, Indiana for improving inpatient 
     facilities for the Chistian Sarkine Autism Center;
       244. $900,000 to Purdue University in West Lafayette, 
     Indiana for facilities construction for the Northwest Indiana 
     Purdue Technology Center;
       245. $90,000 for facilities renovations and improvements 
     for the Evergreen Public Library in Wichita, Kansas;
       246. $135,000 to the Unified Government of Wyandotte County 
     and Kansas City, Kansas for sidewalk and curb improvements;
       247. $234,000 for facilities renovation and expansion of 
     the Oaklawn Community Resource Center in Sedgwick County, 
     Kansas;
       248. $283,500 to the City of Atchison, Kansas for 
     construction of a riverfront plaza;
       249. $283,500 to the Reno County Historical Society for the 
     Kansas Underground Salt Museum in Hutchinson, Kansas for 
     facilities construction and improvements;
       250. $450,000 for the City of Wichita, Kansas for the 
     development of Mennonite Housing;
       251. $720,000 for Topeka, Kansas for redevelopment 
     activities in Topeka, Kansas;
       252. $66,150 to Kentucky Refugee Ministries in Louisville, 
     Kentucky for renovation of facilities;
       253. $67,500 to the Salvation Army/Boys and Girls Club--
     Northfolk, in Louisville, Kentucky for the renovation of the 
     Northfolk community center;
       254. $90,000 to the Greater Community Council in 
     Louisville, Kentucky for construction of a facility for low-
     income, disabled persons;
       255. $135,000 to Owen County, Kentucky for facilities 
     construction;
       256. $202,500 to Interlink Counseling in Louisville, 
     Kentucky for facilities construction;
       257. $202,500 to the City of Lebanon, Kentucky for 
     facilities construction for the Center Square project;
       258. $225,000 for the Trinity Family Life Center in 
     Louisville, Kentucky for facilities construction for 
     afterschool programs;
       259. $225,000 to the Community Economic Empowerment 
     Corporation of Louisville, Kentucky for construction of a 
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       260. $225,000 to the First Gethsemane Center in Louisville, 
     Kentucky for renovation of facilities;
       261. $225,000 to the Shiloh Community Renewal Center in 
     Louisville, Kentucky for facilities reconstruction and 
     rehabilitation;
       262. $270,000 for the renovation of the Americana Community 
     Center in Louisville, Kentucky;
       263. $283,500 to the Montgomery County Fiscal Court of 
     Kentucky for continued construction of a community center;
       264. $283,500 to the Monroe County Wellness Center, Inc. of 
     Monroe County, Kentucky for facilities construction;
       265. $405,000 to Pine Mountain Settlement School of Harlan 
     County, Kentucky for facilities expansion and renovation;
       266. $405,000 to the London-Laurel County Tourist 
     Commission, Kentucky for facilities construction for the 
     Blue-Gray Civil War Theme Park;
       267. $2,700,000 for construction of the University of 
     Louisville library in Louisville, Kentucky;
       268. $67,500 to Iberia Parish, Louisiana for construction 
     of the New Iberia conference center;
       269. $67,500 to St. Mary Parish, Louisiana for construction 
     of a wildlife refuge interpretive center;
       270. $67,500 to the City of Donaldsonville, Louisiana for 
     construction of riverfront recreational facilities;
       271. $67,500 to the Town of Golden Meadow, Louisiana for 
     construction and renovation of recreation facilities;
       272. $67,500 to the Village of Cankton, Louisiana for 
     facilities renovations for a community center;
       273. $81,000 to the City of New Iberia, Louisiana for 
     facilities construction as described in the master plan;
       274. $81,000 to the New Orleans Regional Planning 
     Commission, Louisiana for recreational facilities 
     improvements and buildout for St. Bernard, St. Charles and 
     Plaquemines;
       275. $81,000 to the Town of Grand Isle, Louisiana for 
     construction and buildout of the Isle Multi-Use Facility;
       276. $90,000 to the City of Port Allen, Louisiana for 
     economic development planning and facilities construction;
       277. $90,000 to the Amistad Research Center in New Orleans, 
     Louisiana for facilities construction;
       278. $90,000 to the Mirabeau Family Learning Center, Inc. 
     in New Orleans, Louisiana for facilities construction;
       279. $90,000 for the City of Opelousas, Louisiana, for 
     downtown development;
       280. $112,500 to the Acadia Economic Development 
     Corporation in Crowley, Louisiana for facilities construction 
     for a business incubator;
       281. $112,500 for the Nellie Byers Training Center in 
     Bogalusa, Louisiana for the construction of a new center;
       282. $162,000 to Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, 
     Louisiana for facilities construction for the Advanced 
     Technology Center;
       283. $162,000 to the Port of South Louisiana for facilities 
     construction for the Globalplex Intermodal Terminal;
       284. $162,000 to the Tangipahoa Parish School System in 
     Loranger, Louisiana for renovation and restoration of the 
     Loranger High School building;
       285. $180,000 for the City of Shreveport, Louisiana for the 
     redevelopment of a bus terminal;
       286. $182,250 to the City of Mandeville, Louisiana for the 
     construction of an interpretive center as part of the 
     Mandeville Trailhead project;
       287. $202,500 for the National Federation of the Blind, 
     Center for the Blind in Louisiana for facilities construction 
     for the National Research and Training Institute for the 
     Blind;
       288. $225,000 to Plan Baton Rouge, Louisiana for building 
     renovations;
       289. $225,000 for Dillard University, New Orleans, 
     Louisiana for the International Center for Economic Freedom;
       290. $225,000 for Advocates for Science and Math Education, 
     New Orleans, Louisiana for construction of a building for the 
     New Orleans Center for Science and Math;
       291. $270,000 for the City of Vidalia, Louisiana for 
     riverfront redevelopment;
       292. $405,000 for the Audubon Nature Institute in New 
     Orleans, Louisiana for revitalization of a historic building;
       293. $450,000 for the Ernest Morial New Orleans Exhibition 
     Hall Authority in Louisiana for the expansion of the Morial 
     Convention Center;
       294. $450,000 for the University of Louisiana, Lafayette 
     for the National Wetlands Research Center;
       295. $450,000 for the Biomedical Research Foundation in 
     Shreveport, Louisiana for infrastructure improvements and 
     development of an incubator;
       296. $607,500 for the Biomedical Research Foundation of 
     Northwest Louisiana for construction of the InterTech science 
     park;
       297. $90,000 to Goodwill Industries of Springfield, 
     Massachusetts for facilities renovations;
       298. $112,500 to the Veterans Benefit Clearinghouse in 
     Roxbury, Massachusetts for facilities renovation and 
     modernization;
       299. $135,000 to Salem State College in Massachusetts for 
     construction of an arts center/theater;
       300. $135,000 for Assumption College, Worcester, 
     Massachusetts for a science and technology center;
       301. $150,000 to the Franklin County Council of Governments 
     in Greenfield, Massachusetts for an economic development 
     blueprint for the Northern Tier;
       302. $157,500 to the City of Lowell, Massachusetts for 
     construction of the Jackson/Appleton/Middlesex Area garage;
       303. $225,000 for the New Bedford Historical Society, 
     Massachusetts for the rehabilitation and restoration of the 
     Nathan and Polly Johnson House;
       304. $225,000 for the Mystic Valley Development Corporation 
     in Medford, Massachusetts for the development of a technology 
     and research center;
       305. $270,000 to the City of Springfield, Massachusetts for 
     renovations of a facility to house a public market;
       306. $315,000 for the Western Massachusetts Enterprise 
     Fund, Inc.'s small business and microenterprise loan and 
     development programs;
       307. $322,500 to Girls Incorporated in Pittsfield, 
     Massachusetts for facilities renovation;
       308. $405,000 to the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and 
     Health Sciences for construction of a new multi-use 
     educational facilities;
       309. $450,000 for the Gardner-Kirby-Hammond Street 
     neighborhood revitalization project in Worcester, 
     Massachusetts;
       310. $450,000 for the City of Boston, Massachusetts for 
     development of low and moderate income housing;
       311. $90,000 to the City of District Heights, Maryland for 
     facilities construction in its commercial area;
       312. $90,000 to the City of La Plata, Maryland for planning 
     of a parking facility;
       313. $90,000 to the Melwood Horticultural Center in Upper 
     Marlboro, Maryland for planning necessary to construct a 
     multi-purpose job training and employment facility;
       314. $90,000 to the Olney Theatre Center for the Arts in 
     Olney, Maryland for the construction of a theater;
       315. $101,250 to the Rotary--PAL Building Corporation of 
     Frederick County, Maryland for facilities expansion for the 
     Sagner Community Center;
       316. $135,000 to Prince Georges County, Maryland for 
     renovation of a visitor center to accommodate a Space and 
     Flight Center;
       317. $135,000 for Harford County, Maryland for the Edgewood 
     Mobile Community Substation;
       318. $157,500 to the City of Laurel, Maryland for 
     facilities renovations for the Laurel Community Center;
       319. $162,000 to the City of Rockville, Maryland for 
     sidewalk, pedestrain amenities, lighting, and beautification 
     improvements for the Rockville Town Center Redevelopment 
     Project;
       320. $180,000 to St. Mary's College in Maryland for 
     waterfront facilities construction;
       321. $180,000 for Baltimore Clayworks in Baltimore, 
     Maryland to expand the facility;
       322. $198,000 for the Sankofa Community Development 
     Corporation in Baltimore, Maryland to renovate a building for 
     a business center;
       323. $225,000 to the Montgomery County Department of 
     Housing and Community Affairs, Maryland for streetscaping and 
     revitalization efforts in Wheaton;
       324. $225,000 for Harford County, Maryland for a digital 
     inclusion project in Edgewood;
       325. $225,000 for the Suitland Family and Life Development 
     Corporation in Suitland, Maryland for development of the 
     Suitland Technology Center;
       326. $225,000 for Montgomery County, Maryland for the 
     construction of community centers in Long Branch;
       327. $283,500 to Baltimore Medical System of Baltimore, 
     Maryland for construction of a new community health center;
       328. $360,000 for Bethel Outreach Center in Baltimore, 
     Maryland for development of a cyber community center;
       329. $450,000 to the West Arlington Improvement Association 
     in Baltimore, Maryland for construction of a youth multi-
     purpose center;
       330. $450,000 for the Greektown Community Development 
     Corporation in Baltimore, Maryland for the Housing and 
     Business Stabilization Project;
       331. $450,000 for Montgomery County, Maryland for the 
     revitalization of Fenton Street Village;
       332. $450,000 for Prince Georges County, Maryland for 
     acquisition and rehabilitation of properties along the Route 
     1 corridor;
       333. $450,000 for Anne Arundel County, Maryland for the 
     Wiley Bates High School Redevelopment project;
       334. $540,000 for the City of Baltimore, Maryland for the 
     Main Street Initiative;
       335. $90,000 for L/A Arts in Lewiston, Maine for the 
     renovation and construction of the ArtsPlace program 
     building;
       336. $112,500 to the University of Maine for reconstruction 
     of the Jonesboro Blueberry Research Station;
       337. $180,000 for the Franco-American Heritage Center at 
     St. Mary's in Lewiston, Maine for the renovation of 
     facilities into a performance hall and museum;
       338. $180,000 to the City of Biddeford, Maine for 
     restoration of the City Theater;
       339. $180,000 for Eastern Maine Technical College for a 
     technical resource center;
       340. $180,000 for the Forum Francophone Des Affaires, Maine 
     to facilitate exports to French-speaking markets;
       341. $180,000 for the University of Maine at Farmington for 
     an education center;
       342. $225,000 for the City of Westbrook, Maine for a 
     parking facility;
       343. $225,000 for the City of Brewer, Maine for waterfront 
     redevelopment;
       344. $225,000 for the Preble Street Resource Center in 
     Maine for a homeless teen center and health clinic;

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       345. $225,000 for the Piscataquis County Economic 
     Development Council for a business incubator in Greenville, 
     Maine to support and house businesses seeking to 
     commercialize wood composite material;
       346. $450,000 for University of Maine (Fort Kent and 
     Presque Isle) Aroostook County Development Effort;
       347. $81,000 to Cleary College in Howell, Michigan for 
     construction of the Center for Business and Community 
     Excellence;
       348. $202,500 for the National Cherry Festival of Michigan 
     for the renovation of facilities;
       349. $202,500 to the Michigan State Trust for Railway 
     Preservation, Inc. for construction of facilities for the 
     Steam Railroading Institute's ``linear museum concept'' in 
     Shiawasse County, Michigan;
       350. $225,000 for the Structural Research and Development 
     Center at Lawrence Tech University in Southfield, Michigan 
     for facilities construction and renovations;
       351. $225,000 to Lighthouse of Oakland County, Inc. for 
     facilities construction in Oakland County, Michigan;
       352. $225,000 to the City of St. Ignace, Michigan for the 
     construction of a public library;
       353. $225,000 to the Michigan Jewish Institute Academic 
     Activities Facility for construction and renovation;
       354. $225,000 to the National Center for Manufacturing 
     Sciences in Ann Arbor, Michigan for facilities construction;
       355. $270,000 to the Virginia Park Community Investment, 
     Inc. in Detroit, Michigan for renovations of the Virginia 
     Park Shopping Center;
       356. $270,000 for Mott Community College in Flint, Michigan 
     to develop a program and curriculum to improve workforce and 
     manufacturing development;
       357. $405,000 to the Saginaw Chippewa Tribe of Michigan for 
     construction of facilities for the Victims of Crime Program;
       358. $450,000 for Boysville of Michigan in Detroit for the 
     Samaritan Outreach Center;
       359. $450,000 for the Detroit Housing Group Inc., for the 
     Alter Kercheval Housing Project;
       360. $450,000 for the FOCUS: HOPE Institute in Detroit, 
     Michigan to renovate a job-training facility;
       361. $450,000 for the NorthStar Community Development 
     Corporation in Detroit, Michigan to build affordable housing;
       362. $900,000 for the City of Detroit, Michigan to 
     redevelop the Detroit River Promenade;
       363. $67,500 to the YWCA of St. Paul, Minnesota for 
     facilities renovations associated with expansion;
       364. $180,000 to Detroit Lakes, Minnesota for construction 
     of a community center;
       365. $180,000 to Leech Lake Tribal College in Cass Lake, 
     Minnesota for facilities expansion;
       366. $180,000 to the Audubon Center of the North Woods in 
     Sandstone, Minnesota for capital construction costs and 
     improvements;
       367. $180,000 to the Vinland Center in Minnesota for 
     facilities improvements for the rehabilitation center;
       368. $250,000 to Jewish Family and Children's Services of 
     Minneapolis, Minnesota for disability access and egress 
     improvements;
       369. $324,000 to the Cornerstone Advocacy Service, Inc. in 
     Bloomington, Minnesota for construction of a multi-purpose 
     Emergency Shelter and Family Services Center;
       370. $360,000 for the Asian Pacific Community Center in St. 
     Paul, Minnesota to create an urban village;
       371. $425,000 to Southside Family Nurturing Center in 
     Minneapolis, Minnesota for facility rehabilitation;
       372. $450,000 for the Northeast Ventures Corporation in 
     Duluth, Minnesota for a revolving loan fund;
       373. $450,000 for the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians in 
     Red Lake, Minnesota for the construction of a criminal 
     justice complex;
       374. $675,000 for the City of St. Paul, Minnesota for 
     renovations to existing low-income housing;
       375. $45,000 to the City of Arnold, Missouri for recreation 
     facility improvements;
       376. $45,000 to the City of Maplewood, Missouri for 
     recreation facility improvements;
       377. $45,000 to the Town of Herculaneum, Missouri for an 
     economic development and land use plan;
       378. $45,000 for the Children's Therapy and Early Education 
     School in Mexico, Missouri for Mexico Special Needs Kids 
     equipment;
       379. $81,000 to the City of Stanberry, Missouri for 
     revitalization of the city's bandstand;
       380. $90,000 to the East-West Gateway Coordinating Council 
     in St. Louis, Missouri for a feasibility study in cooperation 
     with the University City Trolley Corporation;
       381. $90,000 to the St. Louis, Missouri Parks Department 
     for recreation facility improvements;
       382. $90,000 to United Inner Services, Inc. in Kansas City, 
     Missouri for construction of a community center;
       383. $90,000 for Montgomery City, Missouri for streetscape 
     improvements;
       384. $225,000 for the City of Warrensberg, Missouri for 
     downtown revitalization;
       385. $250,000 to Ronald McDonald House Charities of the 
     Ozarks, Missouri to develop a Mobile Dental Unit to provide 
     educational and programmatic materials and resources for the 
     Dental Care Unit to aid in outreach to public schools, Head 
     Start Programs and foster children;
       386. $250,000 to the Missouri Soybean Association to 
     develop a Missouri soybean seed composition and analysis 
     program;
       387. $270,000 for the Petosi/Washington County Industrial 
     Development Authority, Missouri for the Petosi Industrial 
     Park;
       388. $315,000 for the Missouri School Board Association for 
     the C.L.A.S.S. Program;
       389. $324,000 to the University of Missouri-Columbia for 
     facilities construction for the Life Sciences Technology 
     Incubator;
       390. $405,000 for the Discovery Center for the development 
     of an exhibit in Springfield, Missouri;
       391. $450,000 for the Westside Housing Organization in 
     Kansas City, Missouri for the Westside Agency Collaboration;
       392. $450,000 for the Advanced Technology Center in Mexico, 
     Missouri for expansion;
       393. $775,000 to the St. Louis Science Center, Missouri to 
     develop an interpretive center for the region's growing bio-
     technology industry;
       394. $810,000 to the City of Springfield, Missouri for 
     construction of a community multipurpose facility;
       395. $810,000 to the City of St. Louis, Missouri for 
     lighting, sidewalks, curbs, and street furniture along Kings 
     Highway Boulevard and Chippewa Street;
       396. $900,000 for the University of Missouri-Kansas City 
     for academic investments related to the Cardiovascular 
     Proteomics Center;
       397. $900,000 for the Show-Me Aquatic Center in Missouri 
     for development;
       398. $1,500,000 for the Food and Agriculture Policy 
     Research Institute in Columbia, Missouri to analyze 
     commercial shipping alternatives;
       399. $90,000 to the City of Natchez, Mississippi for a 
     feasibility study to develop a slack water port;
       400. $90,000 to the town of Wesson, Mississippi for the 
     restoration of the Wesson School building;
       401. $90,000 to the Sonny Montgomery Leadership Institute 
     of Meridian, Mississippi for an economic development planning 
     study;
       402. $180,000 for Jackson, Mississippi for the development 
     of the Farish Street Historic Center;
       403. $243,000 to The Mississippi Economic Growth Alliance 
     and Point of Presence (MEGAPOP) for facilities construction;
       404. $270,000 for Pinola, Mississippi for the renovation of 
     the historic Pinola School House;
       405. $270,000 for Natchez, Mississippi for the development 
     of the Natchez-Adams County industrial park;
       406. $283,500 to the Oktibbeha County Economic Development 
     Authority in Starkville, Mississippi for facilities 
     construction for its E-Commerce Park;
       407. $450,000 for Tchula, Mississippi for the development 
     of a municipal complex;
       408. $450,000 for the City of Kewanee, Mississippi for the 
     development of the Kewanee industrial park;
       409. $450,000 for Pearl, Mississippi for the renovation of 
     a community center;
       410. $855,000 for the Mississippi Tribe of Choctaw for the 
     development of a Choctaw Veterans Memorial;
       411. $900,000 for Alcorn State University, Mississippi for 
     the construction and rehabilitation of buildings;
       412. $900,000 for the City of Madison, Mississippi for 
     downtown renovation;
       413. $980,000 for the University of Southern Mississippi 
     for the development of a National Center for Excellence in 
     Economic Development;
       414. $283,500 to the Missoula Food Bank, Montana for 
     facilities expansion and renovation;
       415. $360,000 for Billings Deaconess Clinic Research 
     Facility in Billings, Montana;
       416. $360,000 for the Yellowstone Boys and Girls Ranch in 
     Billings, Montana for renovation;
       417. $450,000 for TechRanch in Bozeman, Montana;
       418. $450,000 for Billings, Montana for the expansion of 
     the HRDC District 7 Building;
       419. $900,000 for the RMC Aviation Training Center in 
     Billings, Montana;
       420. $180,000 for the Bozeman Rail Depot remediation 
     project in Montana;
       421. $50,000 for the County of Richmond, North Carolina for 
     development and construction of the Richmond County 
     Industrial Park;
       422. $81,000 to the North Carolina Advanced Energy 
     Corporation in Raleigh, North Carolina for a feasibility 
     study of expanded application of the ``System Vision'' model 
     of housing construction;
       423. $90,000 to OPC Mental Health in Carrboro, North 
     Carolina for construction, renovation and build out of Club 
     Insight;
       424. $90,000 to Orange County, North Carolina for 
     construction and build out of a farmer's market facility;
       425. $90,000 to the Jane Stevens Foundation Center in 
     Sanford, North Carolina for facility renovations;
       426. $90,000 to the City of Whiteville, North Carolina for 
     the restoration of the Whiteville Train Depot;
       427. $90,000 to Raeford, North Carolina for sidewalks, 
     curbs, lighting, facade improvements, and street furniture in 
     the downtown area;
       428. $135,000 to Durham County, North Carolina for 
     construction and build out of a senior center, and 
     construction, renovation and build out of a homeless shelter;
       429. $144,000 to the North Carolina Community Development 
     Initiative for renovation and build out of a vocational 
     training facility in Durham County, North Carolina and a

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     transitional housing facility in Durham, North Carolina;
       430. $162,000 to the Catawba County, North Carolina 
     Historical Association for restoration of facilities for the 
     Harper House--Hickory History Center;
       431. $180,000 to the Town of Mooresville, North Carolina 
     for facilities expansion of the town's historic library;
       432. $180,000 for the Tri-County Community College in 
     Murphy, North Carolina to build a TeleCenter;
       433. $180,000 for the North Carolina Rural Economic 
     Development Center in Eastern to provide housing construction 
     and repair in rural communities;
       434. $180,000 for the Rogers Regional Performing Arts 
     Center Consortium in Shelby, North Carolina for the Rogers 
     Theatre;
       435. $202,500 for construction of the National Academy of 
     Forensics and Computer Investigations at Central Piedmont 
     Community College in Charlotte, North Carolina;
       436. $202,500 to the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum in 
     Dare County, North Carolina for continued facilities 
     construction;
       437. $243,000 to the Haywood County Agriculture and 
     Activities Center Association for construction of a multi-
     purpose arena in Waynesville, North Carolina;
       438. $315,000 to Scotland County, North Carolina for 
     construction and renovation of a community center;
       439. $360,000 to Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina for downtown 
     revitalization consisting of sidewalks, islands, and a 
     central plaza;
       440. $360,000 to UDI Community Development Corporation in 
     Durham, North Carolina for construction, renovation and build 
     out for a business incubator facility;
       441. $405,000 for Wake Forest University and Winston-Salem 
     State University in North Carolina for construction of a 
     facility for the Idealliance program;
       442. $405,000 to the University of North Carolina at 
     Greensboro, a Historically Women's College and University, 
     for restoration of historic buildings;
       443. $90,000 to Fort Totten, North Dakota for facilities 
     construction;
       444. $90,000 to Fort Yates Hospital, in Fort Yates, North 
     Dakota for facilities renovations and construction;
       445. $180,000 for the Morton County Park District, North 
     Dakota for the Missouri River Trail project;
       446. $317,500 for the National Foundation for Environmental 
     Education in North Dakota for research and education on black 
     mold;
       447. $360,000 for Turtle Mountain Community College in 
     Belcourt, North Dakota to complete construction of an 
     economic development complex;
       448. $360,000 for New Economy Initiative in North Dakota 
     for technology training;
       449. $450,000 for Spirit Lake Tribal Court in Fort Totten, 
     North Dakota for renovations to the Spirit Lake Courthouse;
       450. $900,000 for the City of Rugby, North Dakota to 
     complete information technology and energy projects;
       451. $900,000 for the North Dakota Tourism Department for 
     the Three Affiliated Tribes Interpretative Center;
       452. $270,000 for the City of Omaha, Nebraska for the 
     creation of information technology training;
       453. $283,500 to Father Flanagan's Girls and Boys Town of 
     Boys Town, Nebraska for the national priority projects of 
     Girls and Boys Town USA;
       454. $360,000 for Audubon Nebraska for the Spring Creek 
     Prairie Education Center;
       455. $526,500 to the City of Falls City, Nebraska for 
     renovating and retrofitting a business industry incubator 
     building;
       456. $180,000 for Nashua downtown public investment 
     initiative, City of Nashua Community Development, Nashua, New 
     Hampshire to revitalize the downtown community;
       457. $225,000 for the City of Beloit, New Hampshire for 
     neighborhood redevelopment;
       458. $270,000 to the Greater Wakefield Resource Center in 
     Wakefield, New Hampshire for renovation of facilities;
       459. $270,000 for Strawberry Banke, Portsmouth, New 
     Hampshire to assist in the design and planning of programming 
     and create partnerships with neighborhood associations and 
     organizations for disadvantaged youth;
       460. $360,000 for the Mines Falls Park Restoration, Nashua, 
     New Hampshire to restore historic gatehouse and assist in 
     developing an educational resource center;
       461. $360,000 for Capitol Center for the Arts, Concord, New 
     Hampshire to enhance programming and make renovations to the 
     facility;
       462. $450,000 for the Portsmouth Riverwalk, Portsmouth, New 
     Hampshire to assist in the creation of a safe pedestrian link 
     between scenic and historical destinations and New 
     Hampshire's only working deep water seaport;
       463. $486,000 to the City of Concord, New Hampshire for 
     facilities construction of the Sears Block Redevelopment 
     project;
       464. $540,000 for Marguerite's Place, Nashua, New Hampshire 
     to provide transitional housing for women who are victims of 
     domestic abuse and their children;
       465. $630,000 to the New Hampshire Community Technical 
     College for renovation and facilities expansion for the 
     Emerging Technology Center at Pease International Tradeport;
       466. $90,000 to Monmouth University in New Jersey for 
     library facilities renovations;
       467. $90,000 to the Bergen County, New Jersey Community 
     Action Program for homeless shelter expansion needs;
       468. $90,000 to the Borough of Fair Haven, New Jersey for 
     restoration of the historic Fisk Chapel;
       469. $90,000 to the Hackensack University Medical Center in 
     Hackensack, New Jersey for facilities expansion of the 
     Woman's and Children's Pavilion;
       470. $90,000 to the University of Medicine and Dentistry of 
     New Jersey in New Brunswick, New Jersey for construction of 
     the Child Health Institute;
       471. $112,500 to Babyland Family Services in Newark, New 
     Jersey for facilities improvements;
       472. $112,500 to Englewood Hospital and Medical Center in 
     New Jersey for modernization and expansion of the Emergency 
     and Outpatient Clinic;
       473. $112,500 to Holy Name Hospital in Teaneck, New Jersey 
     for facilities expansion of the regional dialysis center;
       474. $112,500 to the YMCA of Eastern Union County, New 
     Jersey for building renovations at the Elizabeth, New Jersey 
     branch;
       475. $162,000 to Atlantic City, New Jersey for renovation 
     of the All Wars Memorial Building;
       476. $162,000 to AtlantiCare Behavioral Health of Atlantic 
     City, New Jersey for construction of a community mental 
     health center;
       477. $180,000 to New Jersey City University for renovation 
     of the science hall;
       478. $202,500 to the YMCA of Eastern Union County for 
     expansion of child care facilities in Union, New Jersey;
       479. $243,000 to Florence Township, New Jersey for 
     construction of a senior citizens center;
       480. $270,000 for the Borough of Paulsboro, New Jersey for 
     brownfields redevelopment;
       481. $360,000 for the Urban League State Council in New 
     Brunswick, New Jersey for the New Futures Projects;
       482. $360,000 for Willingboro Township, New Jersey for the 
     Kennedy Senior Center construction project;
       483. $405,000 to Burlington County, New Jersey for economic 
     development planning for the revitalization of the Mount 
     Holly Community ($67,500) and facilities construction 
     ($337,500);
       484. $450,000 to Daytop in Morris County, New Jersey for 
     facilities construction and renovation;
       485. $450,000 to Gilda's Club of Northern New Jersey for 
     construction and renovation of a facility in the greater 
     Morris/Essex County area;
       486. $450,000 for the Bayshore Senior Center in Keansburg, 
     New Jersey for renovations;
       487. $450,000 for the Children's Cultural Center in Red 
     Bank, New Jersey for the renovation of Shrewsbury Township 
     Hall;
       488. $540,000 for the New Jersey Community Development 
     Corporation for facilities construction for the 
     Transportation Opportunity Center;
       489. $90,000 to the City of Aztec, New Mexico for facility 
     and sidewalk improvements;
       490. $90,000 for the Las Cruces Police Athletic League for 
     the repair, remodeling and renovation of the facility housing 
     the Sammy Burke Youth Boxing Center and a vehicle to serve 
     the Center and the Police Athletic League Boxing Club in Las 
     Cruces, New Mexico;
       491. $202,500 for the City of Albuquerque, New Mexico 
     Aviation Department for facilities expansion and renovation 
     of the Double Eagle II Airport;
       492. $270,000 for the Community Pantry in Gallup, New 
     Mexico;
       493. $270,000 for the Boys and Girls Club of Santa Fe, New 
     Mexico for the construction of a facility;
       494. $360,000 for the Pueblo of Cochiti, New Mexico for the 
     construction of a community center;
       495. $405,000 to the City of Roswell, New Mexico for 
     renovation and structural upgrades of an aircraft hanger;
       496. $450,000 for the New Mexico Food Bank Association, 
     Albuquerque, New Mexico, for the Gleaning Project;
       497. $630,000 for the Pojoaque Pueblo of New Mexico to 
     complete the Poeh Cultural Center and Museum;
       498. $810,000 for the construction, renovation, and 
     restoration of the historic Rio Grande Theater in Las Cruces, 
     New Mexico, as planned by the Dona Ana Arts Council, Inc;
       499. $900,000 for the Mesilla Valley Community of Hope, Las 
     Cruces, New Mexico for the Casa de Peregrinos Building;
       500. $135,000 to the Culinary and Hospitality Academy 
     Center of Las Vegas, Nevada for construction related to 
     expansion of an education training center;
       501. $180,000 to the City of Las Vegas, Nevada for 
     facilities construction for a small business incubator;
       502. $243,000 to the City of Sparks, Nevada for renovation 
     of facilties for the Regional Science and Cultural Center;
       503. $450,000 for the City of North Las Vegas, Nevada for 
     neighborhood redevelopment;
       504. $900,000 for Clark County, Nevada for the construction 
     of a community center;
       505. $900,000 for the City of Reno, Nevada for the 
     rehabilitation of a building for a senior center;
       506. $45,000 to the Institute for the Puerto Rican/Hispanic 
     Elderly in New York for facilities renovations;
       507. $67,500 to Merwin Rural Services Institute for an 
     initial planning study in northern New York;
       508. $67,500 to the City of Ogdensburg, New York for 
     facilities construction for the continued development of the 
     Fort La Presentation project;

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       509. $67,500 to the Village of Clayton, New York for 
     waterfront facilities renovations along the St. Lawrence 
     River;
       510. $67,500 to the City of Syracuse, New York for 
     renovations of the Syracuse Open House;
       511. $67,500 to the Town of Babylon, New York for 
     construction of a construction trades incubator;
       512. $67,500 to the City of New Rochelle, New York for 
     sidewalk and curb improvements;
       513. $67,500 to the Hebrew Academy for Special Children in 
     Brooklyn, New York for construction and renovation of a 
     facility;
       514. $67,500 to the Town of Mamaroneck, New York for 
     facilities renovation and improvements for the Hommocks 
     Conservation Area;
       515. $81,000 to the Town of Amherst, New York for the 
     repair of historic streetscape furniture;
       516. $90,000 to the Village of Carthage, New York for 
     facilities construction and building renovations;
       517. $90,000 to Onondaga County, New York for construction 
     of the Borodino Community Center;
       518. $90,000 to the City of Syracuse, New York for planning 
     related to the Hancock International Airport;
       519. $90,000 to the Metropolitan Development Association in 
     Syracuse, New York to update the VISION 2010 Strategic 
     Economic Development Plan;
       520. $90,000 to the State University of New York, College 
     of Environmental Sciences and Forestry for planning 
     activities for the Quality Communites Initiative;
       521. $90,000 to New York University Medical Center for 
     renovations to the Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation;
       522. $90,000 to Phipps House in New York, New York for 
     facilities renovation and construction in LaPuerta in the 
     South Bronx to house an educational child care center;
       523. $90,000 to the Alliance for Community Services for a 
     study of economic development needs of newly identified 
     immigrant communities in the Bronx, New York;
       524. $90,000 to the Citizens Advice Bureau for renovations 
     to the Girls' Club Community Center in the Bronx, New York;
       525. $90,000 to the City of Mount Vernon, New York for 
     building renovations to create a recreational and job 
     training facility;
       526. $90,000 to the City of White Plains, New York for an 
     economic development study for the revitalization of 
     Westchester;
       527. $90,000 to the Flushing, Queens, New York branch of 
     the YMCA for facilities renovation and expansion;
       528. $90,000 to the Long Island Housing Partnership, Inc. 
     In New York for a study to identify and plan revitalization 
     efforts in distressed communities;
       529. $90,000 to the McBurney YMCA in New York, New York for 
     facility construction;
       530. $90,000 to the Town of Eastchester, New York for 
     facilities renovation for the Eastchester Child Development 
     Center;
       531. $90,000 to the City of Claremont, New Hampshire to 
     assist the city in improving and redeveloping the downtown 
     area;
       532. $90,000 to the Town of Winchester, New Hampshire to 
     assist the community in redeveloping its downtown area;
       533. $112,500 to the City of Yonkers, New York for 
     facilities construction for the Yonkers Pier;
       534. $112,500 for facilities construction of the Natural 
     History Museum of the Adirondacks in Tupper Lake, New York;
       535. $135,000 to the Harlem YMCA in New York, New York for 
     renovation of transitional housing;
       536. $135,000 to the Jewish Children's Museum in Brooklyn, 
     New York for facilities construction;
       537. $135,000 to Boys and Girls Club of Saugerties, New 
     York for renovation of a multi-purpose facility to house the 
     club;
       538. $162,000 for facilities renovations and improvements 
     for the Woolworth Theatre Project in Glens Falls, New York;
       539. $162,000 to the Catskill Mountain Foundation in 
     Hunter, New York for reconstruction of the Tannersville 
     Theatre for use as a multifunctional facility;
       540. $162,000 to the Village of Valatie, New York for the 
     renovation of the Valatie Theatre;
       541. $180,000 to the Bethel Performing Art Center in 
     Bethel, New York for construction of a performing arts 
     facility;
       542. $180,000 to Elmcor Youth and Adult Activities, Inc. 
     for construction of an economic development center serving 
     the needs of Northwestern Queens, New York;
       543. $180,000 to HOGAR, Inc. in the Bronx, New York for 
     planning activities for housing needs ($90,000) and planning 
     activities for provision of rehabilitative services to 
     special needs populations ($90,000);
       544. $180,000 to the Sunset Park Business Improvement 
     District in Brooklyn, New York for fade renovations, 
     sidewalk, curb and street furniture improvements;
       545. $180,000 to the Mary Mitchell Family and Youth Center 
     in the South Bronx, New York for facilities planning 
     ($90,000) and renovations ($90,000);
       546. $180,000 for The State University of New York at 
     Potsdam for the Northern New York Data Center;
       547. $180,000 for the Mohawk Valley Heritage Corridor 
     Commission in Canajoharie, New York for the Heritage in 
     Upstate New York project;
       548. $200,000 to Carnegie Hall in New York to complete 
     construction of Carnegie Hall's Third Stage Project;
       549. $200,250 to the Museum of Modern Art in New York for 
     expansion and renovations to their Education and Research 
     Center;
       550. $202,500 for construction of the Players Theater 
     Performing Arts Center in Utica, New York;
       551. $202,500 to the Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame, Sports 
     Research Center in Patchogue, New York for facilities 
     renovations;
       552. $202,500 to the Town of Brookhaven, New York for 
     facility improvements to the Mastic Town Pool;
       553. $202,500 to Elmira College in Elmira, New York for 
     renovation of Cowles Hall;
       554. $202,500 to the Village of Highland Falls, New York 
     for main street revitalization;
       555. $202,500 to Catholic Health Systems for construction 
     activities of the Our Lady of Victory Neighborhood for 
     Seniors Project in Lackawanna, New York;
       556. $202,500 to the Burchfield-Penney Art Center in 
     Buffalo, New York for construction of a new museum;
       557. $225,000 to Onondaga County, New York for facilities 
     construction of the Solvay Library Centennial Building;
       558. $225,000 to the City of Syracuse, New York for 
     facilities expansion for the Northeast Community Center;
       559. $225,000 to the City of Syracuse, New York for 
     historic renovations of the Matilda Joslyn Gage House;
       560. $225,000 to the Village of East Syracuse, New York for 
     renovation of the Hanlon Pool;
       561. $225,000 to the Village of Manlius, New York for 
     rehabilitation of the Manlius Recreation Center;
       562. $225,000 to Covenant House New York in New York, New 
     York for shelter renovations;
       563. $225,000 to the City of Albany, New York for 
     renovation of the Palace Theater;
       564. $225,000 to the Dance Theater of Harlem in New York, 
     New York for restoration of buildings to support the Academy 
     Charter School;
       565. $225,000 to VIP Community Services in the Bronx, New 
     York for construction of homeless transitional housing;
       566. $270,000 to Garth Fagan Dance Studio in Rochester, New 
     York for construction of a new theater;
       567. $270,000 to the Armory Foundation in New York, New 
     York for conversion of the Washington Heights Armory into a 
     community center;
       568. $270,000 to the City of Buffalo, New York for facility 
     renovations at Canisius High School in Buffalo, New York;
       569. $270,000 for Chautauqua County, New York for high-
     speed, broadband fiber installation;
       570. $315,000 for the Center for Economic Growth in Albany, 
     New York for the Regional Technology Roadmap project;
       571. $360,000 to Cayuga County, New York for waterfront 
     facilities construction;
       572. $360,000 for Northern Forest Heritage Park, Berlin, 
     New Hampshire to help create heritage based tourism and 
     regional economic development;
       573. $400,000 to Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City 
     for facility construction;
       574. $400,000 to the Rivers and Estuaries Center on the 
     Hudson in New York for facilities construction;
       575. $405,000 for construction of the Orpheus Performing 
     Arts and Conference Center in Oneonta, New York;
       576. $405,000 to the Staten Island Soccer League of New 
     York for facilities construction;
       577. $405,000 to Orange County Community College in 
     Middletown, New York for facilities construction and buildout 
     for the establishment of the Benjamin A. Gilman Institute for 
     Political and International Studies;
       578. $405,000 to St. Bonaventure University in St. 
     Bonaventure, New York for facilities upgrades for De la Roche 
     Hall;
       579. $405,000 to the New York State Office of Parks, 
     Recreation and Historic Preservation for construction of the 
     Purple Heart Hall of Honor in the Town of New Windsor, New 
     York;
       580. $405,000 to Christa House of West Babylon, New York 
     for facilities renovations and repairs;
       581. $405,000 to the City of Syracuse, New York for 
     sidewalks, street lighting and furniture improvements and 
     building renovations for the North Salina Street Corridor;
       582. $405,000 to the City of Syracuse, New York for 
     construction of an International Tourism Center at the 
     Carousel Center;
       583. $450,000 to the City of Syracuse, New York for 
     expansion and renovation of Enable facilities;
       584. $495,000 to Queens Borough Public Library in Queens, 
     New York for facilities rehabilitation and expansion of the 
     Parsons Boulevard complex;
       585. $720,000 for the Schenectady Municipal Housing 
     Authority, New York for community development and 
     revitalization;
       586. $800,000 to the New York Olympic Regional Development 
     Authority for facilities construction for the Mount 
     VanHoevenberg Olympic Sports Complex;
       587. $890,000 for facilities expansion for the Everson 
     Museum of Art in Syracuse, New York;
       588. $890,000 to LeMoyne College in Syracuse, New York for 
     the construction of a Science Education and Teaching/Learning 
     Center;
       589. $1,700,000 to DestiNY USA in Syracuse, New York for 
     environmental construction and development of lands adjoining 
     Onondaga Lake and the New York State Canal System;
       590. $81,000 to the Rabbit Run Community Arts Association 
     for renovation of the Rabbit Run Theater located in Madison, 
     Ohio;

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       591. $90,000 for facilities renovations and improvements 
     for the West After School Center in Lancaster, Ohio;
       592. $90,000 to the City of Cleveland, Ohio for economic 
     development planning for the LTV Steel Economic Development 
     Initiative;
       593. $90,000 to the City of Toledo, Ohio for site re-use 
     planning at the former Doehler Jarvis manufacturing facility 
     and the site of the former Toledo Federal Building;
       594. $121,500 to GMN Tri County for construction of a 
     community center in Guernsey County, Ohio;
       595. $121,500 to the Village of Fairport Harbor, Ohio for 
     renovation of facilities for the Lighthouse Community Arts 
     Association's Fairport Harbor Rennaissance Village;
       596. $180,000 for Catholic Social Services in Springfield, 
     Ohio for renovation of a facility to house the Second Harvest 
     Foodbank;
       597. $180,000 for Ross County, Ohio for facilities 
     renovations and improvements for the Blue Star Mothers 
     Memorial Stadium in Chillicothe, Ohio;
       598. $202,500 for the Community Action Organization of 
     Scioto County, Ohio for renovation of a facility for the Head 
     Start program in Portsmouth, Ohio;
       599. $202,500 to the City of Clairsville, Ohio for 
     renovation and restoration of the Clarendon Hotel building;
       600. $202,500 to the City of Marion, Ohio for construction 
     of an urban plaza;
       601. $225,000 to the Columbiana County Port Authority in 
     Wellsville, Ohio for construction of a cargo handling system;
       602. $225,000 for the City of Grove City, Ohio for the 
     development of the All Children Adventure Playground at Fryer 
     Park;
       603. $243,000 to the National First Ladies Library Non-
     Profit Group for facilities construction for the Women's 
     History Museum in Canton, Ohio;
       604. $270,000 to Where Toledo Grows/Greenhouse Row in 
     Toledo, Ohio for construction of a welcome center;
       605. $270,000 for the Cleveland Foodbank in Ohio for the 
     development of a new food distribution center;
       606. $405,000 to the Johnny Appleseed Heritage Center, Inc. 
     in Ashland County, Ohio for construction of facilities;
       607. $405,000 to the University of Cincinnati for 
     renovation of the Medical Sciences Building in Cincinnati, 
     Ohio;
       608. $450,000 for Fayette County Community Action Council, 
     in Fayette County, Ohio to construct a new community center 
     and Head Start facility;
       609. $450,000 for the City of Dayton, Ohio for the 
     development of structures in the Main Street Historic 
     Mission;
       610. $450,000 for the Lawrence Economic Development 
     Corporation for the development of the Point Commercial/
     Industrial Park in Ohio;
       611. $450,000 for the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority 
     for the Northwest Ohio Brownfield Restoration Initiative;
       612. $567,000 for facilties construction for an agro-
     security research center at the Ohio Agricultural Research 
     and Development Center in Wooster, Ohio;
       613. $630,000 for Franklin County MetroParks, Franklin 
     County, Ohio for the purchase of land in the Darby Creek 
     Watershed;
       614. $900,000 to the Toledo-Lucas Port Authority in Toledo, 
     Ohio for facilities construction and renovation at the Toledo 
     Shipyard;
       615. $243,000 for the Lawton, Oklahoma Public Schools for 
     the restoration of the historic Lawton High School;
       616. $243,000 to the New Cordell Utility Authority of New 
     Cordell, Oklahoma for renovation of commercial buildings;
       617. $283,500 to Rural Enterprises, Inc. in Durant, 
     Oklahoma for facilities renovation;
       618. $729,000 to the Oklahoma City Maintenance Repair and 
     Overhaul Technology Center for facilities construction;
       619. $1,500,000 for the City of Oklahoma City for the 
     development of the Oklahoma Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul 
     Tech Center;
       620. $45,000 for program and technology initiatives of the 
     Oregon Historical Society;
       621. $67,500 to the Oregon Food Bank in Portland, Oregon 
     for facilities expansion;
       622. $67,500 for Oakridge, Oregon for the development of 
     the Oakridge Community Center;
       623. $67,500 for Deschutes County, Oregon for the 
     renovation of the Tower Theatre;
       624. $90,000 for Hood River, Oregon for an Integrated 
     Technology Center;
       625. $90,000 for the Santo Community Center in Medford, 
     Oregon;
       626. $162,000 for the renovation of the Tower Theatre in 
     Bend, Oregon;
       627. $180,000 to the Douglas County, Oregon for 
     construction of a community recreation pavilion at the Marina 
     RV Resort;
       628. $180,000 for Wasco County, Oregon for the development 
     of a fiber optic system;
       629. $180,000 for the City of Newberg, Oregon for the 
     development of a Community and Family Resource Center;
       630. $270,000 for Crook County, Oregon to construct a human 
     services building;
       631. $270,000 for the City of Dalles, Oregon for the 
     construction of the Dalles riverfront access project in 
     Oregon;
       632. $540,000 for the City of Portland, Oregon for the 
     Central City Streetcar Extension project;
       633. $45,000 to the Claysburg Area Community Park for 
     construction and buildout of an amphitheater in Claysburg, 
     Pennsylvania;
       634. $45,000 to the Susquehanna Neighborhood Advisory 
     Council in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for a feasibility study 
     focused on Susquehanna Avenue development;
       635. $67,500 to the LaRosa Boys & Girls Club of McKeesport, 
     Pennsylvania for recreation facility construction;
       636. $67,500 to the Phoenix Project in Philadelphia, 
     Pennsylvania for facility renovations;
       637. $67,500 to the Sarah Jackson Black Community Center in 
     Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for facilities renovations;
       638. $67,500 to the Soldiers' & Sailors' Memorial Hall and 
     Museum Trust in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for facilities 
     renovations and improvements;
       639. $67,500 to the Swissvale Borough Code Enforcement 
     Project in Pennsylvania for facility renovations and 
     upgrades;
       640. $67,500 to the Vine Memorial and Community Development 
     Corporation in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for construction of 
     a community development center;
       641. $67,500 to the YMCA of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for 
     facilities renovation at the East Community Branch;
       642. $67,500 to the Redevelopment Authority of Cumberland 
     County for the conversion of the Molly Pitcher Hotel in 
     Carlisle, Pennsylvania into apartments for senior citizens 
     who require services to live independently;
       643. $67,500 to the Philadelphia Commerce Department for 
     the redevelopment of the former Schmidt's Brewery site in the 
     Northern Liberties section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;
       644. $81,000 for the Planning Commission for Bucks County, 
     Pennsylvania for the Penndel Economic Revitalization study;
       645. $81,000 to Milford Township, Pennsylvania for 
     development of a managed growth plan;
       646. $81,000 to the Bucks County Planning Commission for 
     economic development planning for the Lower Bucks Riverfront 
     Corridor Initiative in Bucks County, Pennsylvania;
       647. $81,000 to the Lawrence County Farm Show, Inc. for 
     facilities construction in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania;
       648. $90,000 to Connection Training Services of 
     Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for renovation and construction of 
     their workforce training center;
       649. $90,000 to the Renaissance Community Development 
     Corporation in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for construction of 
     a shopping center in an underserved community;
       650. $90,000 to the Youth Leadership Foundation of 
     Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for a facilities needs study;
       651. $90,000 for the Titusville Redevelopment Authority of 
     Titusville, Pennsylvania for facility improvements;
       652. $90,000 to the Oil Creek Railway Historical Society, 
     Inc. of Pennsylvania for facilities renovations;
       653. $90,000 to the City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for 
     the rehabilitation of the Royal Theater;
       654. $90,000 to the Philadelphia Chinatown Development 
     Corporation for the construction of a Chinatown Community 
     Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;
       655. $90,000 for Lower Makesfield Township, Pennsylvania to 
     build a memorial to Bucks County victims of 9/11;
       656. $103,500 for facilities construction and expansion of 
     the Johnsonburg Senior Center of Johnsonburg, Pennsylvania;
       657. $112,500 for Strength Incorporated's Project Blanket 
     in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for a drug and alcohol prevention 
     program for juveniles in jail;
       658. $112,500 to the National Trust for Historic Gettysburg 
     for the restoration of the historic Majestic Theater in 
     Gettysburg, Pennsylvania;
       659. $112,500 to the Westmoreland County Industrial 
     Development Corporation for initiation of the second phase of 
     the Westmoreland Technology Park in Westmoreland County, 
     Pennsylvania;
       660. $112,500 to the Invest Erie Community Development 
     Corporation for the acquisition and development of property 
     in Erie, Pennsylvania to establish a Parade Street Plaza;
       661. $112,500 for the Community Empowerment Association's 
     ``Friend-2-Friend'' Mentoring Program in Pittsburgh, 
     Pennsylvania which will provide mentoring for at-risk youth 
     aged 12 to 15;
       662. $121,500 for facilities reconstruction and renovation 
     of the Strand Theatre in Zelienople, Pennsylvania to serve as 
     a Performing Arts, Education and Community Outreach Center;
       663. $121,500 to the Bedford County Agricultural Society in 
     Pennsylvania for facilities improvements at the Bedford 
     County Fairground;
       664. $135,000 to CitiVest in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania for 
     facilities construction for commercial development;
       665. $135,000 to Montgomery County, Pennsylvania for 
     construction of a visitors center;
       666. $135,000 to the Borough of Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania 
     for sidewalks curbs and street lighting;
       667. $135,000 to the City of Pottsville, Pennsylvania for 
     sidewalks, curbs and street lighting;
       668. $135,000 for Universal Community Homes in 
     Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to continue the conversion of 
     more than 500 parcels of land into for-sale units for low- 
     and moderate-income families;
       669. $135,000 to the Ogontz Avenue Revitalization 
     Corporation in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to assist with 
     substantial rehabilitation of severely deteriorated vacant 
     properties that will be developed as a part of the

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     West Oak Lane community development rebuilding initiative;
       670. $135,000 to the Philadelphia Martin Luther King Center 
     for Nonviolence in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for the College 
     for Teens Program;
       671. $157,500 to the Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny 
     County, Pennsylvania for the redevelopment of the Eastgate 
     Commerce Center, which will assist in the cost assessment, 
     remediation and demolition of existing blighted buildings and 
     tenant relocation costs;
       672. $162,000 to the Volunteers of America of Pennsylvania, 
     Inc. for facilities renovation in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania;
       673. $180,000 to the Urban Education Development Research 
     and Retreat Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for 
     renovations at the 4601 Market Street facility;
       674. $180,000 to the City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to 
     support the Neighborhood Transformation Initiative, to 
     demolish abandoned homes as well as revitalize the 
     Philadelphia region;
       675. $180,000 to the City of Scranton, Pennsylvania for the 
     revitalization of existing vacant and dilapidated buildings 
     in the downtown area;
       676. $202,500 to the City of Lebanon, Pennsylvania for 
     building renovations as part of ``Operation Fight Blight'';
       677. $202,500 to the Historic Preservation Trust of 
     Lancaster County, Pennsylvania for rehabilitation of 
     facilities at the Thaddeus Stevens and Lydia Hamilton Smith 
     historic site;
       678. $202,500 to the Windber Research Institute in 
     Johnstown, Pennsylvania for facilities expansion;
       679. $202,500 to the York Agricultural Society for 
     facilities improvements to the York Expo Center Arena/
     Livestock Exhibition Hall;
       680. $225,000 to Fort Ligonier in Westmoreland County, 
     Pennsylvania for facilities renovation;
       681. $225,000 to the Freedom Theater in Philadelphia, 
     Pennsylvania for theater renovation;
       682. $225,000 to the Kiski Valley YMCA in Westmoreland 
     County, Pennsylvania for facilities expansion;
       683. $225,000 to the Uptown Entertainment and Development 
     Corporation in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for renovation of 
     an education technology center;
       684. $225,000 to the Vandergrift Borough Council in 
     Pennsylvania for recreation facilities upgrades and repairs;
       685. $225,000 for Lehigh County, Pennsylvania to construct 
     a Regional Public Training Facility, which will provide 
     services, programs and cross training to professional and 
     volunteer service providers;
       686. $243,000 to the Community Action Agency of Delaware 
     County, Inc. in Pennsylvania for renovation of emergency 
     shelter facilities and for construction of transitional 
     housing;
       687. $243,000 to University Technology Park in Chester, 
     Pennsylvania for facilities construction;
       688. $270,000 for the Please Touch Museum in Philadelphia, 
     Pennsylvania for facilities construction;
       689. $270,000 to the City of Arnold, Pennsylvania for 
     building renovation and rehabilitation in the downtown 
     business district;
       690. $270,000 to the City of New Kensington, Pennsylvania 
     for building renovation and rehabilitation in the downtown 
     business district;
       691. $270,000 for the Community Initiatives Development 
     Corporation, Our City Reading, for the rehabilitation of 
     abandoned houses and parks in Reading, Pennsylvania, to 
     provide quality home ownership opportunities to low-income 
     families;
       692. $283,500 to Pike County, Pennsylvania for construction 
     of a performing arts center;
       693. $315,000 for the Erie Municipal Airport Authority for 
     the redevelopment of the recently acquired, former Fenestra 
     window manufacturing facility in Erie, Pennsylvania, to serve 
     the needs of major air express carriers as an on-airport 
     integrated service center;
       694. $405,000 to the City of Erie, Pennsylvania for 
     facilities construction for the Erie Technology Incubator 
     project;
       695. $450,000 to the Winnie Palmer Nature Reserve in 
     Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania for facilities 
     construction;
       696. $900,000 to the County of Cambria, Pennsylvania for 
     continued construction of the Northern Cambria Recreation 
     Facility in the Township of Cambria;
       697. $1,170,000 to the American Cities Foundation in 
     Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for construction needs of a multi-
     purpose facility;
       698. $90,000 to Providence Children's Museum, Rhode Island 
     for facilities construction;
       699. $90,000 to the Boys and Girls Club of Warwick, Rhode 
     Island for construction and renovation of the Norwood and 
     Oakland Beach Clubhouses;
       700. $90,000 for the West Warwick Police Department in 
     Rhode Island to create a community center and park;
       701. $90,000 for the Warwick Shelter Incorporated in Rhode 
     Island to purchase a new facility;
       702. $90,000 for the Providence Black Repertory Theatre in 
     Rhode Island for renovations to an abandoned building;
       703. $90,000 for Festival Ballet Providence, Rhode Island 
     for educational programs and a new facility;
       704. $112,500 to the YMCA of Central Falls, Rhode Island 
     for modernization and upgrade of a facility;
       705. $135,000 to Goodwill Industries of Rhode Island for 
     construction of a central facility located in Providence, 
     Rhode Island;
       706. $157,500 for the Dorcas Place Adult and Family 
     Learning Center in Providence, Rhode Island for facility 
     expansion;
       707. $157,500 for the International Institute of Rhode 
     Island for the International Charter School to expand its 
     facility;
       708. $180,000 for the Meeting Street School in Providence, 
     Rhode Island for the construction of a National Center of 
     Excellence;
       709. $180,000 for St. Elizabeth's Home in Providence, Rhode 
     Island for low-income assisted living;
       710. $180,000 for the Tides Family Services in Providence 
     and Pawtucket, Rhode Island to acquire and renovate two 
     buildings;
       711. $225,000 for the Providence Public Library, Rhode 
     Island for the South Providence Branch renovation;
       712. $225,000 for the Town of Glocester, Rhode Island for 
     the Glocester Senior Center;
       713. $315,000 for Providence College, Rhode Island for the 
     construction of a cultural arts center;
       714. $360,000 for the Rhode Island Community Food Bank in 
     Providence for a new warehouse facility;
       715. $180,000 to the Boys and Girls Club of Williamsburg 
     County, South Carolina for construction related to facilities 
     expansion;
       716. $202,500 to the Housing Foundation, Inc. of Charleston 
     County, South Carolina for construction of the Lincolnville 
     Community Center;
       717. $270,000 to the City of Rock Hill, South Carolina for 
     a feasibility study and physical assessments for the 
     redevelopment of the Rock Hill Printing and Finishing Company 
     textile mill site;
       718. $283,500 to the South Carolina School for the Deaf and 
     Blind in Spartanburg, South Carolina for facilities 
     construction;
       719. $360,000 for Five Rivers Community Development 
     Corporation in Georgetown, South Carolina for economic 
     development and affordable housing;
       720. $630,000 for the City of Charleston, South Carolina 
     for pre- and post homeownership classes;
       721. $810,000 for the South Carolina Association of 
     Community Development Corporations in Charleston for job 
     training;
       722. $990,000 for the City of Columbia, South Carolina for 
     facilities construction and the redevelopment of the Drew 
     Park Wellness Center;
       723. $135,000 for the City of Freeman, South Dakota for the 
     construction of a community library;
       724. $135,000 for the City of Canton, South Dakota for 
     renovations for the conversion of the train depot for 
     economic development;
       725. $270,000 for the City of Sturgis, South Dakota for the 
     construction of a community library;
       726. $360,000 for the City of Brookings, South Dakota for 
     downtown redevelopment;
       727. $360,000 for the Southeast Council of Governments, 
     South Dakota to establish a revolving loan fund;
       728. $360,000 for the City of Vermillion, South Dakota for 
     a business incubator;
       729. $450,000 for the Center for Rural Collaboration and 
     Partnerships in South Dakota for facility construction;
       730. $450,000 for Capitol University Center, Pierre, South 
     Dakota to construct a facility for job training;
       731. $450,000 for the City of Rapid City, South Dakota to 
     build a business incubator;
       732. $450,000 for the City of Clark, South Dakota for 
     development of an industrial property;
       733. $2,700,000 for Wakpa Sica Historical Society in Fort 
     Pierre, South Dakota for the Wakpa Sica Reconciliation 
     Center;
       734. $67,500 to the City of Etowah, Tennessee/Friends of 
     the Old Scout Lodge for facilities rehabilitation of a 
     historic structure;
       735. $81,000 for the City of Chattanooga, Tennessee for 
     economic development planning;
       736. $81,000 for the City of Oak Ridge, Tennessee for 
     economic development planning;
       737. $81,000 to Pickett County, Tennessee for construction 
     of a public library;
       738. $81,000 to White County, Tennessee for construction of 
     a new public library;
       739. $90,000 to Dyersburg Army Air Base Memorial 
     Association in Halls, Tennessee for facilities expansion of 
     the association's veterans museum;
       740. $121,500 to the National Medal of Honor Museum of 
     Military History Foundation, Inc. for facilities renovation 
     and construction in Chattanooga, Tennessee;
       741. $180,000 to Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee 
     for facilities construction;
       742. $180,000 to the Second Harvest Food Bank in Middle 
     Tennessee for facilities construction;
       743. $202,500 to the Town of Spring City, Tennessee for 
     construction of a multi-purpose business and community 
     center;
       744. $255,150 to Knox County, Tennessee for renovations and 
     construction of parking facilities;
       745. $405,000 to the Historical Tennessee Theatre 
     Foundation, Inc. for continued renovations of the Tennessee 
     Theatre in Knoxville, Tennessee;
       746. $500,000 for the City of Memphis, Tennessee Biotech 
     Facility;
       747. $850,000 for Nashville, Tennessee for the 
     revitalization of Rolling Mill Road;
       748. $950,000 for the City of Chattanooga, Tennessee for 
     the revitalization of Alton Park;
       749. $90,000 to Community Family Centers in Houston, Texas 
     for construction of an early childhood development center;

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       750. $90,000 to the City of San Angelo Development 
     Corporation in Texas for planning a regional industrial park;
       751. $90,000 to the City of Austin, Texas Neighborhood 
     Housing and Community Development Office for sidewalks, 
     curbs, street lighting and facade renovations;
       752. $135,000 to the Abilene Preservation League in 
     Abilene, Texas for the restoration of historic Swenson House;
       753. $135,000 to the Sulpher Springs Regional Development 
     Association in Hopkins County, Texas for construction of a 
     regional education and cultural center;
       754. $135,000 to Texas A&M University Center for Housing 
     and Urban Development for construction of a community center 
     serving colonias;
       755. $157,500 to the City of Abilene, Texas for the 
     renovation of the Matera Paper Building, including land 
     acquisition;
       756. $202,500 for Texas A&M International University in 
     Laredo, Texas for construction of outreach centers in the El 
     Azteca neighborhood and the colonias of El Cenzio and Rio 
     Bravo;
       757. $202,500 to Community Health Development, Inc. of 
     Uvalde, Texas for facilities expansion and construction for a 
     dental services and wellness center;
       758. $202,500 to the Battleship Texas Foundation for 
     construction of an interpretive center;
       759. $225,000 to Cameron County, Texas for construction of 
     a Boys and Girls Club facility in Santa Rosa;
       760. $225,000 to the City of Fort Worth, Texas for building 
     restoration in the city center;
       761. $360,000 to the City of Waco, Texas for construction 
     of a community center;
       762. $405,000 to the Family Practice Residency of the 
     Brazos Valley in Bryan, Texas for construction of a new 
     center of excellence;
       763. $405,000 to the Mercy Health System for facilities 
     renovations and improvements at Mercy Hospital in Laredo, 
     Texas;
       764. $405,000 to the University of Texas at Arlington for 
     the continued facilities construction and buildout for the 
     Nano-Tech Research Institute;
       765. $450,000 for Lubbock, Texas for capital needs of the 
     Lubbock Amphitheater;
       766. $607,500 to the Old Red Courthouse Museum in Dallas, 
     Texas for the restoration of facilities for the Museum of 
     Dallas History;
       767. $742,500 for Fort Worth, Texas for the revitalization 
     of the Fort Worth Polytechnic Heights Historic Commercial and 
     Educational Center;
       768. $810,000 to the City of Fort Worth, Texas for 
     waterfront facilities construction for the Trinity River 
     Visions project;
       769. $810,000 to the Globe of the Great Southwest in 
     Odessa, Texas for facilities expansion and improvements;
       770. $900,000 for El Paso, Texas for the renovation of the 
     El Paso Plaza Theatre;
       771. $180,000 to the Community Legal Center in Salt Lake 
     City, Utah for facility renovation;
       772. $202,500 to West Valley City, Utah for construction of 
     a City's Multi-Ethnic Community Center;
       773. $270,000 for the City of Orem, Utah for improvement of 
     Nielsen's Grove Historical Park;
       774. $810,000 for the City of Riverton, Utah for 
     reconstruction of a Historic City Civic Center;
       775. $1,170,000 for Sevier County, Utah for development of 
     a Multi-Events Center;
       776. $22,500 to the Langhorne House in Danville, Virginia 
     for facilities renovations;
       777. $22,500 to the Prestwould House near Clarksville, 
     Virginia to assist with renovations to the historic site;
       778. $45,000 for the Town of Boydton, Virginia for 
     facilities improvements in connection with the downtown 
     revitalization project;
       779. $67,500 for Loudon Interfaith Relief, Inc. of Virginia 
     for planning activities for development of a community 
     kitchen;
       780. $90,000 for Henry County, Virginia for facility 
     renovations at the Henry County technology campus;
       781. $90,000 for the City of Martinsville, Virginia for the 
     planning for the utilization of an industrial site;
       782. $90,000 for the Town of Altavista, Virginia to assist 
     with renovations of the shell building industrial site;
       783. $90,000 for the Town of Clarksville, Virginia to 
     assist with the study on the development of the downtown 
     area;
       784. $90,000 to Arlington County, Virginia for renovation 
     and buildout for the Bonder and Amanda Johnson Community 
     Development Corporation facility;
       785. $90,000 to the Martinsville-Henry County Historical 
     Society in Virginia for improvements to the Old Henry County 
     Court House and Museum;
       786. $90,000 to the City of Manassas, Virginia for 
     restoration of the Liberia House;
       787. $90,000 to the Virginia Science Center for 
     construction of the Belmont Bay Science Center in Prince 
     William County, Virginia;
       788. $90,000 to the Vienna Little League in Vienna, 
     Virginia for facilities construction;
       789. $135,000 to the Lorton Arts Foundation in Lorton, 
     Virginia for the renovation of buildings for a creative arts 
     center;
       790. $157,500 to the Arlington Partnership for Affordable 
     Housing (APAH) in Arlington, Virginia for facilities 
     construction for a computer technology information center;
       791. $157,500 to New Hope Housing in Alexandria, Virginia 
     for renovation of the Mondloch House and construction at the 
     Kennedy Shelter;
       792. $162,000 to Eastern Shore Community College for 
     construction of the Eastern Shore Workforce Training and 
     Business Development Center in Melfa, Virginia;
       793. $180,000 for the Town of South Hill, Virginia for the 
     restoration of the Colonial Theatre;
       794. $180,000 to the Arlington Housing Corporation in 
     Arlington, Virginia for construction of a community center in 
     the Woodbury Park development;
       795. $180,000 to the Institute of Advanced Learning and 
     Research (IALR) in Danville, Virginia for installation and 
     improvements to high technology systems;
       796. $180,000 to the Rich Valley Fair Association in 
     Virginia for construction of a new facility to jointly serve 
     as a community center and indoor space for the community 
     fair;
       797. $180,000 to the Shenandoah Valley Discovery Museum, 
     Inc. for facilities expansion and buildout;
       798. $180,000 to the Town of Edinburg, Virginia for the 
     renovation and adaptive reuse of the Historic Edinburg Mill;
       799. $180,000 to Vanguard Services Unlimited of Arlington, 
     Virginia for renovation and improvement of facilities;
       800. $202,500 to the City of Suffolk, Virginia for the 
     renovation and restoration of the old Suffolk High School for 
     use as a cultural center;
       801. $202,500 to the Lynchburg Academy of Music in 
     Lynchburg, Virginia for facilities construction and 
     renovation;
       802. $202,500 to the Tredegar National Civil War Center 
     Foundation of Richmond, Virginia for facilities construction;
       803. $216,000 to the Virginia Living Museum in Newport 
     News, Virginia for construction and renovation of facilities;
       804. $225,000 to Edgehill Recovery Retreat Center in 
     Winchester, Virginia for facilities construction;
       805. $225,000 for Mary Baldwin College in Staunton, 
     Virginia for ongoing construction of the Center for the 
     Exceptionally Gifted;
       806. $450,000 to the St. Coletta School in Alexandria, 
     Virginia for facilities construction;
       807. $675,000 to the Christopher Newport University 
     Foundation of Newport News, Virginia for facilities 
     construction and renovation;
       808. $1,350,000 for Newport News, Virginia for the 
     development of the Newport News Fine Arts Center;
       809. $90,000 to the Department of Vermont Veterans of 
     Foreign Wars for the construction of the Green Block Veterans 
     Memorial in Brandon, Vermont and the Windsor, Vermont War 
     Memorial;
       810. $90,000 to the Northeastern Vermont Development 
     Corporation for construction of a community center in Orleans 
     County;
       811. $90,000 for the Carving Studio in West Rutland, 
     Vermont for building renovations;
       812. $90,000 to the Northeastern Vermont Development 
     Association to support the Northeast Kingdom Enterprise 
     Collaborative and the Northeast Kingdom REAP zone in 
     promoting economic development throughout the region;
       813. $180,000 for the Park-McCullough House in North 
     Bennington, Vermont for preservation of property;
       814. $225,000 to the Vermont Broadband Council to promote 
     broadband accessibility throughout Vermont;
       815. $270,000 to the Vermont Housing and Conservation Board 
     for rehabilitation and construction of affordable housing in 
     the historic Tuttle Building in Rutland, Vermont;
       816. $270,000 to the City of Burlington for construction of 
     the Intervale Food Enterprise Center in Burlington, Vermont;
       817 $270,000 for the Vermont Development Initiative to 
     expand their services throughout Vermont;
       818. $270,000 for the Vermont Housing and Conservation 
     Board in Stowe, Vermont for the creation of affordable 
     housing;
       819. $270,000 for the Vermont Housing and Conservation 
     Board in Newport, Vermont for the expansion of affordable 
     senior housing;
       820. $315,000 to the Vermont Housing and Conservation Board 
     for the development of affordable housing in Vergennes, 
     Vermont;
       821. $360,000 for the City of Burlington, Vermont for 
     neighborhood revitalization;
       822. $360,000 for the Lund Family Center in Burlington, 
     Vermont for building renovations;
       823. $450,000 for the Vermont Institute of Science for the 
     construction of a new public education and wildlife center;
       824. $810,000 to the Vermont Housing and Conservation Board 
     for infrastructure improvements and other costs related to 
     the development of affordable housing on Depot Street in 
     Burlington, Vermont;
       825. $67,500 to the Aberdeen Museum of History in Aberdeen, 
     Washington for facility renovations;
       826. $67,500 to the Boys and Girls Club of the Olympic 
     Peninsula for restoration of their Mt. Angeles, Washington 
     facility;
       827. $67,500 to the Jefferson County Historical Society in 
     Jefferson County, Washington for building restoration;
       828. $67,500 to the Kitsap County Historical Society in 
     Kitsap County, Washington for facility renovations;
       829. $90,000 to the City of Mount Vernon, Washington for 
     renovations to the historic Lincoln Theater;
       830. $90,000 to the Lummi Indian Nation in Watcom County, 
     Washington for the construction of the Semiahmah Memorial and 
     Coast Salish Heritage Park;
       831. $90,000 to Bread and Rose in Olympia, Washington for 
     renovations to a homeless shelter;

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       832. $90,000 for the City of Forks, Washington for 
     telecommunications initiatives;
       833. $90,000 for the Elks Club of Pierce and Thurston 
     Counties in Tacoma, Washington for the Toys for Disabled 
     Youth Project;
       834. $90,000 for the Washington State Rural Development 
     Council for the Rural Community Assessment Project;
       835. $180,000 for the Rural and Farmworker Housing Trust in 
     Washington for farmworker housing;
       836. $180,000 for the Squaxin Island tribe in Shelton, 
     Washington for the Squaxin Island Museum, Library and 
     Research Center;
       837. $180,000 for the Wenatchee Valley College Foundation 
     in Wenatchee, Washington to complete construction of the 
     Institute for Rural Innovation and Stewardship;
       838. $202,500 to the City of Buckley, Washington for 
     construction of the Buckley Youth Center;
       839. $225,000 to the Port of Bremerton, Washington for 
     facilities construction related to expansion of a marina;
       840. $225,000 to the Port of Grays Harbor, Washington for 
     facilities construction and buildout for a boat yard;
       841. $225,000 for the Friends of Youth of Redmond, 
     Washington for the Griffin Home renovation in Renton;
       842. $225,000 for Horizons, Inc. in Sunnyside, Washington 
     for technology training centers;
       843. $225,000 for Transitions in Spokane, Washington to 
     purchase a building for the Women's Drop-in Center;
       844. $225,000 for the Port of Chelan in Wenatchee, 
     Washington to complete the construction of a community 
     technology center;
       845. $225,000 for the Washington State Office of Community 
     Development for a planning and development resource center;
       846. $387,000 for the SeattleArt Museum/Museum Development 
     Authority, Washington for costs associated with brownfields 
     cleanup;
       847. $405,000 to the Boys and Girls Club of Spokane County, 
     Washington for renovation of facilities;
       848. $450,000 for the SWIFT Cyber Corporation in Washington 
     for broadband access;
       849. $450,000 for the YWCA of Seattle, Washington for the 
     YWCA Opportunity Place;
       850. $495,000 for Kent Youth and Family Services in Kent, 
     Washington to build two new community centers including the 
     Building Better Futures Family Center;
       851. $90,000 to the City of Stoughton, Wisconsin for 
     sidewalk, street lighting and furniture, and building 
     renovations;
       852. $90,000 to Brown County, Wisconsin for an economic 
     development study for the Port of Green Bay;
       853. $90,000 for the Burleigh Street CDC in Milwaukee, 
     Wisconsin for a community and enterprise center;
       854. $90,000 for the Genesis Foundation of Madison, 
     Wisconsin for the South Madison Incubator;
       855. $112,500 to St. Norbert College of DePere, Wisconsin 
     for construction of a library learning center;
       856. $135,000 to the City of Columbus, Wisconsin for 
     sidewalk, street lighting and furniture, and building 
     renovations;
       857. $135,000 to the Milwaukee Center for Independence in 
     Milwaukee, Wisconsin for construction of a Children's 
     Diagnostic Center;
       858. $135,000 for the City of Racine, Wisconsin for 
     neighborhood redevelopment.;
       859. $225,000 to the Metcalfe Park Residents Association in 
     Milwaukee, Wisconsin for sidewalk, street lighting and 
     furniture, and building renovations;
       860. $225,000 for the YWCA of Milwaukee, Wisconsin for the 
     rehabilitation of two central city properties;
       861. $225,000 for City of Burlington, Wisconsin for 
     development of the Bel-Mur site;
       862. $225,000 for the City of Beloit, Wisconsin for the 
     renovation of abandoned Beloit Corporation land;
       863. $225,000 for the City of Eau Claire, Wisconsin for 
     downtown revitalization;
       864. $360,000 for Madison, Wisconsin for the Novation 
     Technology Campus;
       865. $450,000 for the City of Madison, Wisconsin for the 
     development of affordable housing;
       866. $630,000 to the Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College 
     in Rice Lake, Wisconsin for construction and expansion of 
     facilities at its new technology center;
       867. $675,000 for the City of Milwaukee, Wisconsin for the 
     Menomonee River Valley Redevelopment project;
       868. $90,000 to Marshall University's Appalachian 
     Transportation Institute for a study of economic development 
     opportunities in southern West Virginia to support the 
     Southern Highlands Initiative;
       869. $90,000 to Marshall University's Appalachian 
     Transportation Institute, West Virginia for economic 
     development planning related to recent flooding;
       870. $121,500 for the Kanawha Institute for Social Research 
     and Action for facilities renovation for a business incubator 
     and community center in Kanawha County, West Virginia;
       871. $162,000 to the Upper Kanawha Valley Enterprise 
     Community, West Virginia for facilities renovation for a 
     business and community center;
       872. $450,000 to the Greenbrier Valley Economic Development 
     Authority for facilities construction in cooperation with the 
     4-County Economic Development Authority located in Oak Hill, 
     West Virginia focused on development along the Interstate 64 
     corridor;
       873. $720,000 to the Grant County Commission in West 
     Virginia for construction of a community center;
       874. $900,000 for the City of Summersville, West Virginia 
     for the expansion of the National Guard Readiness Center;
       875. $1,053,000 to the Mid-Atlantic Aerospace Complex, Inc. 
     in Bridgeport, West Virginia for facilities construction;
       876. $1,125,000 to Concord College in Athens, West Virginia 
     for facilities construction for an information technology 
     training center;
       877. $1,170,000 to the West Virginia High Technology 
     Consortium Foundation, Inc. in Marion County, West Virginia 
     for facilities construction for a high-tech park;
       878. $1,575,000 to the Monongalia County Schools 
     Foundation, Inc. in West Virginia for construction of 
     recreational facilities;
       879. $1,682,000 to the Vandalia Heritage Foundation, West 
     Virginia for development needs;
       880. $1,800,000 for Potomac State College in Keyser, West 
     Virginia for renovation of a library;
       881. $2,700,000 for Glenville State College in Glenville, 
     West Virginia for the construction of a new campus community 
     education center;
       882. $2,700,000 for West Virginia Wesleyan College in 
     Buckhannon, West Virginia for renovation/expansion of a 
     science hall.
       --$42,120,000 for the Neighborhood Initiatives program 
     instead of $23,400,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $40,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. Modified language is 
     included, similar to language proposed by the House and 
     Senate, targeting funds made available under this program. 
     Targeted grants shall be provided as follows:
       1. $900,000 for Anchorage, Alaska for an expansion of the 
     Anchorage Museum;
       2. $250,000 for the City of Boaz, Alabama for facilities 
     renovations and expansion;
       3. $250,000 for the Alabama Historic Commission for the 
     Historic Fort Toulouse-Fort Jackson project;
       4. $1,260,000 to the Model City Community Revitalization 
     District Trust in Miami, Florida for the Model City 
     Homeownership project;
       5. $1,620,000 to the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho 
     for construction of the Performance and Education Facility at 
     the Lionel Hampton Center;
       6. $620,000 for the City of Indianapolis, Indiana for the 
     Life Sciences Project;
       7. $225,000 to the New Zion Community Foundation 
     Development for continued renovations and improvements for a 
     community resource center in Louisville, Kentucky;
       8. $90,000 for The Neighborhood House in Louisville, 
     Kentucky to furnish the community center;
       9. $135,000 for the Portland Avenue Community Trust in 
     Louisville, Kentucky for a multi-purpose facility;
       10. $225,000 to the St. Stephen Family Life Center of 
     Louisville, Kentucky for renovation of a facility for drug 
     abuse counseling and transitional housing;
       11. $135,000 to the New Directions Housing Corporation in 
     Louisville, Kentucky for renovation of the historic Reeser 
     Court Apartments;
       12. $135,000 to the Shawnee Gardens Development Corporation 
     of Louisville, Kentucky for the conversion of a building to 
     serve as an independent living senior housing facility;
       13. $108,000 to the West Broadway Community Development 
     Corporation in Louisville, Kentucky for development of a 
     multi-purpose facility;
       14. $27,000 to the Coalition for the Homeless of 
     Louisville/Jefferson County, Kentucky for a planning grant;
       15. $1,000,000 for East Baltimore Development Inc., in 
     Baltimore, Maryland for redevelopment activities in East 
     Baltimore;
       16. $1,000,000 to the Palestine Economic Development 
     Corporation for the development of an Urban Assisted Living 
     Center in Kansas City, Missouri;
       17. $2,490,000 for the Applied Urban Research Institute in 
     Missouri for a community development initiative;
       18. $500,000 for the Seton House Transition Living Center 
     in Missouri for Seton House operation and improvements;
       19. $500,000 to Kansas City, Missouri for Columbus Park 
     Neighborhood Improvements;
       20. $500,000 for Thomas Jefferson Institute in Missouri for 
     development of a Youth Education Farm;
       21. $500,000 for Logan College of Chiropractic for a 
     mitigation compliance project consisting of retention and 
     detention control areas in Chesterfield, Missouri;
       22. $1,000,000 for Kansas City, Missouri for streetscape 
     improvements in the Kansas City downtown library district;
       23. $500,000 for Urban Strategies for the construction of 
     an affordable mixed income housing property for disabled 
     individuals in the Central West End area of the City of St. 
     Louis, Missouri;
       24. $500,000 for the City of Chillicothe, Missouri for 
     downtown revitalization;
       25. $500,000 for the City of Cape Girardeau, Missouri for 
     downtown revitalization;
       26. $500,000 for the Boys and Girls Club in Glendale, 
     Montana for new program starts;
       27. $4,500,000 to the City of Syracuse, New York for the 
     Neighborhood Initiative Program;
       28. $1,530,000 to Children's Center in Brooklyn, New York 
     for the construction of a facility to house educational and 
     therapeutic programs for disabled children;
       29. $450,000 to The Ohio State University for its 
     Neighborhoods Revitalization Initiative;
       30. $750,000 for the City of Cincinnati, Ohio for the 
     development of the Ohio River Trail;

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       31. $450,000 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;
       32. $1,170,000 to the Northwest Regional Planning 
     Commission in Spooner, Wisconsin for a revolving loan fund to 
     assist tornado-damaged areas in northwestern Wisconsin;
       33. $4,500,000 for the Institute for Scientific Research 
     for construction related to a high-technology diversification 
     initiative;
       34. $4,050,000 for the Vandalia Heritage Foundation, Inc. 
     for community and neighborhood revitalization and economic 
     diversification initiatives;
       35. $450,000 to the U.S. Soccer Foundation for the National 
     Soccer Program Development Initiative;
       36. $800,000 for the National Housing Trust/Enterprise 
     Preservation Corporation to preserve affordable apartments 
     for low-income people;
       37. $4,400,000 for the Housing Partnership Network for a 
     revolving loan fund for single-family home ownership 
     development and loans to non-profit affordable housing 
     organizations;
       38. $1,800,000 for the Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. for youth 
     development initiatives in public housing;
       39. $1,800,000 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.
       The conference agreement does not include bill language 
     designating separate set-asides under this account for the 
     Boys and Girls Clubs of America and the Girl Scouts of the 
     USA as proposed by the Senate, and instead includes funding 
     for these activities under the Neighborhood Initiatives 
     program. The House did not propose funding for these 
     activities.
       Includes modified language making technical corrections to 
     certain targeted economic development initiative grants 
     funded under this heading in prior appropriations Acts, 
     similar to language proposed by the House and the Senate.
       Includes language transferring no less than $3,400,000 to 
     the Working Capital Fund for development of and modifications 
     to information technology systems as proposed by the House 
     and the Senate.
       Includes language regarding the limitation on the use of 
     certain funds for planning, management and administration 
     proposed by the Senate instead of language proposed by the 
     House.
       The conferees reiterate the direction included in the House 
     report regarding a report evaluating the inclusion of people 
     with disabilities and their advocates in development of 
     consolidated plans.


         COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LOAN GUARANTEES PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                     (Including Transfer of Funds)

       Appropriates $6,325,000 for costs associated with section 
     108 loan guarantees as proposed by the House instead of 
     $14,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. This amount, when 
     combined with unobligated prior year credit subsidy 
     appropriations and loan commitment authority, will provide a 
     total of $13,325,000 in credit subsidy appropriations to 
     support a total loan commitment level of $579,344,000.


                       BROWNFIELDS REDEVELOPMENT

       Appropriates $25,000,000 for brownfields redevelopment as 
     proposed by both the House and the Senate.
       The conference agreement retains language proposed by the 
     House to make funds available pursuant to the current 
     statutory authorities instead of language proposed by the 
     Senate.


                  HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM

                     (Including Transfer of Funds)

       Appropriates a total of $2,000,000,000 for this account, 
     instead of $2,221,040,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $1,950,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement includes $1,925,000,000 for the 
     HOME Investment Partnerships program, instead of 
     $2,021,040,000 as proposed by the House and $1,950,000,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. Language is included designating 
     $40,000,000 for housing counseling as proposed by the Senate 
     instead of $25,000,000 as proposed by the House. In addition, 
     of the total amount provided for the HOME program, 
     $18,000,000 is for technical assistance including $6,000,000 
     for qualified non-profit intermediaries to provide technical 
     assistance to Community Housing and Development Organizations 
     (CHDOs), instead of $20,000,000 for technical assistance 
     including $8,000,000 for technical assistance to CHDOs as 
     proposed by the House. The Senate did not propose a specific 
     amount for this activity.
       In addition, the conference agreement includes $75,000,000 
     to be allocated by the Secretary to participating 
     jurisdictions to provide downpayment assistance to low-income 
     families to help them achieve homeownership.
       The conferees reiterate the direction included in the House 
     report regarding the issuance of guidance regarding the 
     eligibility of manufactured housing under the HOME program.


                       homeless assistance grants

                     (Including Transfer of Funds)

       Appropriates $1,225,000,000 for homeless assistance grants, 
     instead of $1,250,000,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $1,215,025,000 as proposed by the Senate. Includes language 
     requiring the renewal of all expiring shelter plus care 
     grants as proposed by the House instead of bill language 
     specifying a dollar amount for this purpose as proposed by 
     the Senate. However, the conferees understand that the 
     current estimate for shelter plus care renewals totals 
     $193,000,000. The conferees expect the Department to provide 
     the full amount necessary to fund these renewals from within 
     the amounts provided.
       Language is included as proposed by the House designating 
     $11,000,000 for the national homeless data analysis project 
     and $6,600,000 for technical assistance. The Senate bill 
     included language designating a total of $17,600,000 for 
     these activities but did not specify an amount for each 
     purpose.
       Language is not included designating $1,500,000 under this 
     account for the administrative needs of the Interagency 
     Council on the Homeless as proposed by the House. The 
     conference agreement includes $1,500,000 as a separate 
     account in title III of this Act for this purpose as proposed 
     by the Senate.
       Language is included designating $10,000,000 for a two-year 
     demonstration program to fund innovative and effective 
     programs to address homelessness as proposed by the House. 
     The conferees reiterate that funds provided for this 
     demonstration are only to be used for the housing portion of 
     such programs. Grantees shall derive supportive services 
     funds from public or private sources other than homeless 
     assistance grants funded under this account. The conferees 
     request that the Department submit an annual report to the 
     Committees on Appropriations on the projects funded under 
     this demonstration and their outcomes, with the first such 
     report due March 15, 2004. The Senate did not propose funding 
     for this activity.
       In lieu of the language in the Senate report, the conferees 
     reiterate their support for the creation of additional units 
     of permanent supportive housing and concern over the 
     targeting of the shelter plus care program to chronically 
     homeless people. The conferees are concerned that the 
     Department is not taking the proper steps to determine the 
     extent to which HUD's homeless assistance programs are 
     meeting the needs of chronically homeless people. Therefore, 
     HUD is directed to begin collecting data on the percentage 
     and number of beds and supportive services programs that are 
     serving people who are chronically disabled and/or 
     chronically homeless.
       The conferees reiterate the direction and reporting 
     requirement included in the Senate report regarding the 
     collection and analysis of data to assess the effectiveness 
     of the homeless system, and direct that such report also 
     include HUD's timeline for finalizing data requirements for 
     the Homeless Management Information System.
       In lieu of the direction included in the Senate report 
     regarding the Iowa continuum of care application, the 
     conferees understand that the Department has addressed the 
     Iowa application to the extent that is legally permissible.

                            Housing Programs


                    housing for special populations

                     (Including Transfer of Funds)

       Appropriates $1,033,801,000 for housing for special 
     populations as proposed by the Senate instead of 
     $1,100,000,000 as proposed by the House.
       Includes $783,286,000 for section 202 housing for the 
     elderly as proposed by the Senate instead of $790,903,000 as 
     proposed by the House. Of this amount, $50,000,000 is for 
     service coordinators and congregate services as proposed by 
     the House instead of $53,000,000 as proposed by the Senate; 
     and up to $25,000,000 is for conversion of eligible section 
     202 projects to assisted living instead of $30,000,000 as 
     proposed by the House and up to $50,000,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate.
       Includes $250,515,000 for section 811 housing for the 
     disabled as proposed by the Senate instead of $259,097,000 as 
     proposed by the House.
       The conference agreement does not include language proposed 
     by the Senate to make section 202 and section 811 grant funds 
     available for expenditure for twelve years, but includes 
     modified language to make funds provided under this heading 
     available for obligation for four years rather than three 
     years as proposed by the House and Senate.
       The conferees are concerned by the unduly long time it has 
     taken in many cases to complete construction of elderly 
     housing units funded through the section 202 program. While 
     the conferees appreciate the complexities involved in housing 
     construction, the conferees are concerned that many of these 
     delays are attributable to a lack of site control and/or 
     sufficient planning, design and development. Therefore, the 
     conference agreement includes $25,000,000 for a demonstration 
     grant program to facilitate planning, design and development 
     activities for section 202 projects instead of $50,000,000 as 
     proposed by the House. In lieu of the direction included in 
     the House report regarding preference for future capital 
     grant awards, the conferees direct HUD to review current 
     procedures for making awards under the section 202 program to 
     ensure that those entities which can demonstrate their 
     ability to bring projects on-line within the existing 
     timeframes required by HUD, including achieving site control, 
     are given preference under the section 202 program.
       The conference agreement includes language, modified from 
     language proposed by

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     the House, requiring the Secretary to submit a report to the 
     Committees on Appropriations no later than July 15, 2003 
     which includes the following: (1) actions taken, or planned 
     to be taken, by the Department to accelerate the completion 
     of projects funded under the section 202 program; and (2) 
     alternative plans to restructure or otherwise modify the 
     current section 202 program which would result in the 
     completion of units and expenditure of funds in a more timely 
     fashion, including, but not limited to, the option to 
     restructure this program in a manner which tracks other 
     Federally funded construction programs whereby grants for 
     planning and design, construction, and operations are 
     provided for separately.
       The conference agreement does not include language proposed 
     by the Senate authorizing the Secretary to waive any 
     provision of law or regulation governing the section 202 and 
     section 811 programs. The House did not include similar 
     language. Instead, the conference agreement includes modified 
     language limiting the Secretary's waiver authority to only 
     those provisions governing the terms and conditions for 
     project rental assistance contracts and tenant-based voucher 
     contracts to enable the Secretary to limit such initial 
     contracts to no more than a five year term.


                         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.


                       rental housing assistance

                              (Rescission)

       Includes a rescission of up to $100,000,000 from recaptured 
     excess section 236 funds resulting from the pre-payment of 
     such mortgages as proposed by the House, rather than 
     directing the use of such excess funds to be used for a 
     rehabilitation grant and loan program as proposed by the 
     Senate.


                  manufactured housing fees trust fund

       Appropriates $13,000,000 for authorized activities from 
     fees collected in the fund as proposed by the House and 
     Senate.

                     Federal Housing Administration


               mutual mortgage insurance program account

                     (Including Transfers of Funds)

       Establishes a $165,000,000,000 limitation on single-family 
     loan guarantees during fiscal year 2003 as proposed by the 
     House instead of a limitation of $160,000,000,000 as proposed 
     by the Senate.
       Establishes a $100,000,000 limitation on direct loans to 
     nonprofits and governmental entities in connection with the 
     sale of HUD-owned single-family properties, instead of a 
     limitation of $50,000,000 as proposed by the House and a 
     limitation of $250,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Appropriates $347,829,000 for administrative expenses as 
     proposed by both the House and Senate. Of this amount, 
     $343,807,000 is to be transferred to the salaries and 
     expenses account and not to exceed $4,022,000 is to be 
     transferred to the Office of Inspector General as proposed by 
     both the House and Senate.
       Appropriates $85,720,000 for administrative contract 
     expenses and includes language allowing up to an additional 
     $16,000,000 to be made available for such expenses in certain 
     circumstances as proposed by both the House and Senate.
       Transfers no less than $21,360,000 from administrative 
     contract expenses under this account to the Working Capital 
     Fund for the development of and modifications to information 
     technology systems as proposed by both the House and Senate.
       The conferees reiterate the direction included in the 
     Senate report regarding submission of a report to the 
     Committees on Appropriations on further actions which could 
     be taken to protect homeowners and communities experiencing 
     high rates of defaults and foreclosures on FHA-insured loans, 
     and direct that such report be provided no later than June 2, 
     2003.
       The conferees are aware of concerns regarding the effect 
     the accelerated claims disposition demonstration will have in 
     low-income, distressed neighborhoods, and urge the Department 
     to take the particular needs of these communities into 
     consideration when implementing this demonstration. In lieu 
     of the language included in the Senate report regarding the 
     accelerated claims disposition demonstration program, the 
     conferees direct HUD to provide a report to the Committees on 
     Appropriations no later than August 1, 2003, on savings to 
     the FHA single-family insurance fund and, where possible, the 
     impact of this demonstration on the numbers of foreclosures 
     and re-performing loans within the demonstration, as well as 
     the impact of this program on such communities if such 
     properties are sold to investors or resold in a deteriorated 
     condition.


                general and special risk program account

                     (Including Transfers of Funds)

       Establishes a $23,000,000,000 limitation on multifamily and 
     specialized loan guarantees during fiscal year 2003 as 
     proposed by the House instead of a limitation of 
     $21,000,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Appropriates $15,000,000 for subsidy costs to support 
     certain multifamily and special purpose loan guarantee 
     programs as proposed by the House and the Senate.
       The conferees understand that once the final consolidated 
     OIG audit on section 514 grantees is received, the Department 
     will make a determination whether to lift the suspension, 
     recapture funds spent inappropriately, or bar grantees from 
     receiving funds for four years, based on the OIG assessment 
     of the individual violations. The conferees ask the 
     Department to report on the status of resolution of these 
     findings by April 15, 2003.

                Government National Mortgage Association


guarantees of mortgage-backed securities loan guarantee program account

                     (Including Transfer of Funds)

       Appropriates $10,343,000 for administrative expenses to be 
     transferred to the salaries and expenses account as proposed 
     by both the House and the Senate.

                    Policy Development and Research


                        research and technology

       Appropriates $47,000,000 for research and technology as 
     proposed by both the House and Senate.
       Includes $7,500,000 for the Partnership for Advancing 
     Technology in Housing (PATH) initiative, instead of 
     $7,000,000 as proposed by the House and $8,750,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       The conferees reiterate the direction included in the 
     Senate report denying demonstration authority without prior 
     congressional approval.

                   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 both the House and the Senate.

                     Office of Lead Hazard Control


                         lead hazard reduction

       Appropriates $176,000,000 for lead hazard reduction instead 
     of $126,000,000 as proposed by the House and $201,000,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       The conferees agree to allocate funds as follows:
       --$10,000,000 for Operation LEAP;
       --$96,000,000 for the lead-based paint hazard control grant 
     program to provide assistance to State and local governments 
     and Native American tribes for lead-based paint abatement in 
     private low-income housing;
       --$10,000,000 for technical assistance and support to State 
     and local agencies and private property owners;
       --$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; and
       --$50,000,000 for an initiative to target lead abatement 
     funds to areas with the highest lead paint abatement needs.
       Includes new language making available $50,000,000 on a 
     competitive basis to those areas with the highest lead paint 
     abatement needs as determined by the highest number of pre-
     1940 units, a disproportionately high number of documented 
     cases of lead-poisoned children and an applicant's 
     demonstrated capacity to implement successfully the proposed 
     uses of the funds. Language is also included requiring that 
     not less than 90 percent of the funds made available under 
     this initiative to be used exclusively for abatement and 
     interim control of lead-based paint hazards. Language is also 
     included requiring recipients of funds awarded under this 
     initiative to provide a matching contribution of not less 
     than 25 percent of the total grant award. The conferees 
     believe that communities with the highest lead paint risk to 
     children must employ an aggressive approach to lead-based 
     paint abatement, and direct that grants made under this new 
     initiative be not less than $2,000,000. The conferees intend 
     that eligible recipients of these funds will be units of 
     local government. In selecting recipients for funding under 
     this initiative, the Department shall consider the capacity 
     of the applicant to use the funds provided, including the 
     success of the applicant in using previously provided Federal 
     dollars for lead-based paint hazard reduction, as well as the 
     applicant's strategies to mobilize public and private 
     resources to address this problem. Grant recipients under 
     this initiative are expected to use funds for abatement and 
     hazard reduction in privately owned rental-housing units that 
     serve low-income families with children under the age of six. 
     Units treated with funds provided under this initiative must 
     remain available for low-income residents for at least three 
     years following treatment of the lead-based paint hazard. The 
     conferees direct the Department to submit an annual report to 
     the Committees on Appropriations on the effectiveness of this 
     program with the first such report due March 1, 2004. 
     Further, the conferees request that the Department review the 
     need for demolition grants under this initiative and provide 
     a report to the Committees on Appropriations by June 27, 
     2003. The conferees do not intend for any action taken in 
     this Act to prejudice ongoing or future litigation brought 
     against lead pigment manufacturers. Additionally, no action 
     taken in this Act is intended to mitigate the responsibility 
     of housing owners to address the existence of lead-based 
     paint hazards in a timely and expeditious manner.
       The conferees are aware that the Department currently 
     reserves approximately 80 percent of the current lead-based 
     paint hazard control grant program funding for allocation to 
     current grantees or previous grantees, with the remaining 20 
     percent provided for new grantees. The conferees request that 
     the Department evaluate this policy to ensure that such 
     allocation is appropriate to

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     ensure that resources are made available to communities with 
     the need as well as the capacity to use such grants. Further, 
     the conferees urge the Department to consider the total 
     amount of Federal and non-Federal resources available to 
     address lead-based paint hazards when allocating funds 
     provided for the current lead-based paint hazard control 
     grant program. Further, the conferees expect the Department 
     to award all funds provided for the current lead-based paint 
     hazard grant program on a competitive basis and to report to 
     the Committees on Appropriations by April 15, 2003 on how 
     this requirement is being met.

                     Management and Administration


                         salaries and expenses

                     (Including Transfer of Funds)

       Appropriates $1,090,229,000 for salaries and expenses as 
     proposed by the House instead of $1,070,229,000 as proposed 
     by the Senate. Of this amount, $530,299,000 is provided as a 
     direct appropriation under this account as proposed by the 
     House instead of $510,299,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement includes language as proposed by 
     the House directing the Department to allocate funds provided 
     under this heading in the manner specified in the joint 
     explanatory statement of the managers accompanying this Act 
     unless the Committees on Appropriations are notified and 
     approve of any changes in the operating plan or through a 
     reprogramming. The conferees reiterate the direction included 
     in the House report regarding such operating plan and 
     reprogramming procedures. The following office and object 
     classifications are to be used as the basis of any changes in 
     funding distributions:

Office of Housing..........................................$294,224,000
Office of Public and Indian Housing.........................153,971,000
Office of Community Planning and Development.................76,174,000
Office of Policy Development and Research....................19,147,000
Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity.................59,973,000
Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control...............2,634,000
Government National Mortgage Association......................7,233,000
Departmental Management......................................22,344,000
Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives..............2,606,000
Office of the Chief Financial Officer........................53,986,000
Office of the General Counsel................................68,336,000
Office of Field Policy and Management........................77,410,000
Office of Administration....................................241,761,000
Transfer to the Working Capital Fund.........................10,500,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
  Total, Management and Administration...................$1,090,229,000

       Consistent with modifications to the original budget 
     submission, the object classification distribution, which 
     shall also serve as the basis for the operating plan and 
     reprogramming changes, is as follows:
       Personal Services--$830,763,000
       Travel and Transportation of Persons--$25,508,000
       Transportation of Things--$700,000
       Rent, Communications and Utilities--$124,572,000
       Printing and Reproduction--$4,644,000
       Other Services--$97,807,000
       Supplies and Materials--$4,932,000
       Furniture and Equipment--$1,180,000
       Indemnities--$193,000
       The preceding object classification distribution includes 
     $20,000,000 provided for funds control improvements within 
     the Other Services object class. The Department is directed 
     to submit a spending plan allocating these funds no later 
     than April 15, 2003.
       Allocations included in the conference agreement are 
     consistent with the distributions included in the 
     Department's budget submission, excluding amounts assumed 
     contingent upon enactment of legislative changes to legacy 
     retirement costs, updated to include the effects of the 
     reorganization implemented during fiscal year 2002 and 
     additional resources provided for funds control improvements. 
     However, the conferees understand recent hiring decisions 
     have resulted in the Department exceeding its requested 9,100 
     full time equivalents (FTE) level by an estimated 268 FTEs. 
     This increase contradicts the Department's budget 
     justification submission for the fiscal year. In addition, 
     the Committees on Appropriations were not informed of this 
     substantive change in staffing until the funding shortfall 
     caused by this FTE level reached critical proportions. 
     Further, the conferees understand that the Department's 
     hiring actions were in many cases inconsistent with the 
     Department's Resource Estimation and Allocation Process 
     (REAP) resulting in some offices and functions remaining 
     understaffed while other offices and functions are 
     overstaffed. The conferees are disturbed by the 
     Department's failure to adhere to staffing levels set 
     forth in the budget and to meet required notification 
     requirements regarding such changes, as well as by the 
     Department's inability to manage the allocation of staff 
     resources based upon workload requirements. Modified 
     language is included, similar to language proposed by the 
     House, requiring the Secretary to submit a staffing plan 
     for the Department no later than March 15, 2003. In 
     addition, the Department is directed to submit a 
     reprogramming of funds no later than March 15, 2003 that 
     reflects changes from the office and object classification 
     distributions included in this conference agreement, as 
     well as the actions the Department is taking to realign 
     staffing resources to match workload requirements, 
     including any additional staffing requirements resulting 
     from changes made to the section 8 voucher program in this 
     Act.
       The Office of Inspector General (OIG) is also requested to 
     review the Department's hiring decisions to determine whether 
     these decisions have been consistent with the Department's 
     staffing needs, program requirements, and applicable 
     personnel practices. The OIG is asked to report to the 
     Committees on Appropriations on its findings no later than 
     August 15, 2003.
       Language is included designating $20,000,000 to remain 
     available for two years for funds control improvements as 
     proposed by the House. The Senate bill did not include a 
     similar provision. Language is also included, as proposed by 
     the House, related to funds control improvements. The Senate 
     did not include similar language. The conferees reiterate the 
     concerns expressed in the House report regarding the severe 
     chronic funds control problems at the Department, including 
     the failure of the Department to make timely formal 
     determinations of the violations of Anti-Deficiency Act (ADA) 
     and other appropriations statutes. The conferees reiterate 
     all direction included in the House report regarding this 
     problem, including the direction included in the House report 
     regarding the authority and the responsibility of the Office 
     of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO) with respect to 
     compliance with appropriations laws, including the ADA. The 
     conferees note that to assist the OCFO in fulfilling these 
     responsibilities, the conference agreement includes language 
     establishing a division of appropriations law within the OCFO 
     and transferring no fewer than four experienced 
     appropriations attorneys from the Legislative Division of the 
     Office of Legislation and Regulations, Office of the General 
     Counsel to the OCFO for such new division. The conferees 
     direct that the Secretary ensure that all attorneys 
     transferred pursuant to the conference agreement have 
     significant experience and expertise in matters of 
     appropriations law, and further direct the Secretary to 
     report to the Committees on Appropriations within 15 days of 
     enactment of this Act on the actions taken to comply with 
     this requirement.
       Language is included in the bill placing a limitation on 
     the number of GS-14 and GS-15 positions at the Department as 
     proposed by the House. The Senate did not include similar 
     language.
       The conferees reiterate the direction included in the 
     Senate report regarding the limitation on non-career 
     employees.


                          working capital fund

       Appropriates $276,300,000 for the Working Capital Fund as 
     proposed by the House instead of $276,737,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate. In addition, the conference agreement includes an 
     additional $75,100,000 by transfer from various accounts to 
     support program-specific information technology systems as 
     proposed by the House and Senate.
       Language is included prohibiting funds made available to 
     the Department from being used to award a new contract for 
     the HUD Information Technology Services project until after 
     submission of a comprehensive five-year plan in accordance 
     with the direction included in this joint statement of the 
     managers. The Department is directed to submit a 
     comprehensive five-year plan that meets all the requirements 
     and direction included in the House report. The Senate did 
     not include similar language.


                      office of inspector general

                     (Including Transfer of Funds)

       Appropriates $97,499,000 for the Office of Inspector 
     General instead of $96,684,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $97,684,000 as proposed by the Senate. Of this amount, 
     $23,343,000 is provided by transfer from the various funds of 
     the Federal Housing Administration as proposed by the House 
     and the Senate.
       In lieu of the direction included in the Senate report, at 
     least $5,000,000 is to be targeted to anti-predatory lending 
     and anti-flipping activities.


                         CONSOLIDATED FEE FUND

                              (Rescission)

       Includes a rescission of $8,000,000 from the Fund as 
     proposed by the Senate. The House proposed similar language 
     but did not designate a specific dollar amount.

             Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight


                         salaries and expenses

                     (Including Transfer of Funds)

       Appropriates $30,000,000 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 House and the Senate.
       The conferees agree that OFHEO must have the necessary 
     staff in order to fully meet its regulatory mission. However, 
     previous staffing plans submitted by OFHEO have often lacked 
     the necessary level of detail required by the Committees on 
     Appropriations to accurately assess the staffing and funding 
     needs of the agency. The conferees expect OFHEO to provide a 
     detailed report to the Committees on Appropriations no later 
     than August 15, 2003, detailing its

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     current staffing levels and corresponding responsibilities, 
     as well as whether additional staff is required to fully meet 
     its regulatory mission.

                       Administrative Provisions

       Does not include language to amend section 683(2) of the 
     Housing and Community Development Act of 1972 to authorize 
     service coordinators in section 811 projects as proposed by 
     the Senate. The House did not include similar language.
       Does not include language to amend section 9 of the United 
     States Housing Act of 1937 to authorize a new loan-financing 
     program for public housing authorities as proposed by the 
     Senate. The House did not include similar language.
       Includes language permanently prohibiting assistance for 
     housing units defined under section 9(n) of the United States 
     Housing Act of 1937 as proposed by the Senate. The House did 
     not include similar language.
       Includes language setting forth the reprogramming 
     requirements for funds provided to the Department as proposed 
     by the House. The Senate proposed similar language.
       Includes modified language, similar to language proposed by 
     the House, requiring the Department to submit a spending plan 
     for the use of technical assistance, training, and management 
     improvement funds provided for in this Act to the Committees 
     on Appropriations by March 15, 2003. The Senate did not 
     include similar language.
       Includes language repealing section 9(n)(1) of the United 
     States Housing Act of 1937 and section 226 of the Departments 
     of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and 
     Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 as proposed by 
     the Senate. The House did not include similar language.
       Includes modified language, similar to language proposed by 
     the Senate, requiring the Secretary to maintain section 8 
     assistance on certain properties occupied by elderly or 
     disabled families. The House did not include similar 
     language.
       Does not include language to amend section 8(o) of the 
     United States Housing Act of 1937 to authorize a welfare-to-
     work voucher program as proposed by the Senate. The House did 
     not include similar language.
       Includes language exempting the States of Alaska, Iowa, and 
     Mississippi from the statutory requirement of having a 
     resident on the board of a public housing authority and 
     requires in lieu thereof the establishment of advisory boards 
     which include public housing residents and section 8 
     recipients as proposed by the Senate. The House did not 
     include a similar provision. While the conferees have again 
     included this exemption, the conferees expect the States to 
     take the appropriate actions necessary to address this issue, 
     rather than continuing to rely on a waiver of this statutory 
     requirement.
       Does not include language requiring the Director of the 
     Office of Management and Budget and the Secretary to identify 
     five-year cost projections for contract rental renewals for 
     various HUD programs as proposed by the Senate. The House did 
     not include similar language. The conferees understand that 
     the Department's fiscal year 2004 budget submission includes 
     such information. The Department is expected to continue to 
     provide such information in subsequent fiscal year budget 
     submissions without the need for the conferees to continue 
     this direction in future appropriations Acts.
       Includes language to amend section 24 of the United States 
     Housing Act of 1937 to extend the authorization of the HOPE 
     VI program for two years as proposed by the Senate. The House 
     did not include similar language.
       Does not include language prohibiting permanently the 
     Secretary from waiving section 8 income eligibility 
     restrictions as proposed by the Senate. The House did not 
     include similar language.
       Includes modified language, similar to language proposed by 
     the Senate, requiring the Secretary to provide quarterly 
     reports to the Committees on Appropriations regarding all 
     uncommitted, unobligated and excess funds in each 
     departmental program and activity, and to provide additional 
     updated information upon request. The House did not include 
     similar language.
       Does not include language amending 12 U.S.C. 1715z-11a to 
     allow the FHA multifamily insurance fund to be used for 
     grants and loans for rehabilitation of certain non-FHA-
     insured properties as proposed by the Senate. The House did 
     not include similar language.
       Includes modified language, similar to language proposed by 
     the Senate, requiring the Secretary to submit an annual 
     report to the Committees on Appropriations regarding the 
     number of Federally-assisted units under lease and the per-
     unit costs of such units. The House did not include similar 
     language. The conferees expect such report to include all 
     units funded under the Housing Certificate Fund and should 
     provide the most updated information practicable.
       Includes language waiving certain first-time homebuyer 
     requirements to allow the use of a HOPE III grant in the East 
     Baltimore, Maryland community as proposed by the Senate. The 
     House did not include similar language.
       Does not include language waiving the statutory 
     environmental review requirements for a community development 
     block grant made to Benton County, Iowa as proposed by the 
     Senate. The House did not include similar language.
       Includes new language providing the Secretary flexibility 
     in applying the across-the-board rescission to funds made 
     available in the Housing Certificate Fund.

                               TITLE III

                          INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                  American Battle Monuments Commission


                         salaries and expenses

       Appropriates $35,246,000 for salaries and expenses as 
     proposed by the House instead of $30,400,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate.
       The conferees have provided an additional $846,000 above 
     the budget request to provide salaries and benefits for up to 
     20 additional full time equivalent personnel where manpower 
     needs are evident throughout the ABMC system because of 
     reductions in the work week mandated by a foreign government. 
     In addition, $4,000,000 has been provided for additional 
     planning and construction costs associated with a new 
     visitors center at the Normandy American Cemetery and 
     Memorial near St. Laurent-sur-Mer, France. In this regard, 
     the conferees agree that because the ABMC has begun initial 
     planning of the project and may soon move to design and other 
     pre-construction activities, a restriction on the use of 
     funds for this project contained in the fiscal year 2002 
     appropriations legislation is withdrawn.

             Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board


                         salaries and expenses

       Provides a total funding level of $7,850,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate instead of $6,500,000 as proposed by the House. Of 
     this amount $1,400,000 is derived from fiscal year 2002 
     unobligated balances. The conferees have provided $500,000 of 
     the amount appropriated in fiscal year 2003 to be available 
     through fiscal year 2004 as proposed by the Senate instead of 
     $2,500,000 as proposed by the House. The conferees have 
     included bill language again this fiscal year which limits 
     the number of career Senior Executive Service positions to 
     three.
       The conferees reiterate the House position regarding 
     reprogrammings for the Board and that the use of carryover 
     funds is subject to these same requirements.

                       Department of the Treasury


              community development financial institutions

           community development financial institutions fund

                            program account

       Appropriates $75,000,000 for the Community Development 
     Financial Institutions Fund instead of $80,000,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $73,000,000 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 $2,000,000 as proposed by the House.
       Provides $10,750,000 for administrative expenses as 
     proposed by the Senate instead of $11,050,000 as proposed by 
     the House.
       Provides for a limitation on the amount of direct loans of 
     $11,000,000 as proposed by both the House and Senate.

                   Consumer Product Safety Commission


                         salaries and expenses

       Appropriates $57,000,000 for the Consumer Product Safety 
     Commission, salaries and expenses, instead of $57,117,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $56,767,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.

             Corporation for National and Community Service


       national and community service programs operating expenses

              (including rescission and transfer of funds)

       Appropriates $429,000,000 for national and community 
     service programs operating expenses instead of $405,842,000 
     as proposed by the Senate. The House provided authority for 
     prior year funds to be used to terminate the Corporation and 
     did not include any other provisions under this account.
       Limits the fiscal year 2003 AmeriCorps enrollment to no 
     more than 50,000 new members who incur obligations from the 
     National Service Trust as proposed by the Senate. The 
     conferees were dismayed to learn of the gross financial 
     mismanagement of the Trust Fund and over-commitments made to 
     various organizations without the financial resources to 
     support those obligations, especially after years of 
     providing funds for and directing the Corporation to 
     strengthen grant management systems and financial controls. 
     While the current leadership of the Corporation is to be 
     commended for bringing these issues to light, the conferees 
     maintain that the Corporation needs time to resolve the 
     financial weakness and oversight issues within the 
     organization before the program can grow. To that end, the 
     conferees have approached fiscal year 2003 funding for the 
     Corporation with two guiding principles: 1) stabilization of 
     the Corporation's programs and resources; and 2) maintenance 
     of commitments to graduates of the Corporation's programs.
       Limits administrative expenses to not more than 
     $32,500,000, of which not more than $2,500 is for reception 
     and representation expenses as proposed by the Senate. The 
     conferees direct $18,000,000 for program administration, 
     $12,000,000 for Governor-appointed State Commissions on 
     National and Community Service, and $2,500,000 for the Office 
     of the Chief Financial Officer to enact financial reform in 
     the Corporation.
       Limits $100,000,000, instead of $15,000,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate, to be transferred to the National Service Trust, 
     of which up to

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     $5,000,000 shall be available for national service 
     scholarships for high school students. The conferees did not 
     provide funds for the Senior Service Initiative. The 
     conferees amend the quarterly reporting requirement as 
     proposed by the House and Senate regarding expenditures under 
     the Trust to include an additional reporting requirement of 
     enrollment data on the authorized and actual number of 
     AmeriCorps members to be submitted by March 31, 2003. The 
     conferees further direct the Corporation to ensure 
     immediately that funds are available to pay the education 
     awards earned by program graduates before any new members are 
     enrolled in the Trust.
       Limits $275,000,000 for subtitle C grants under the 
     National Service Trust of which not more than $50,000,000 may 
     be for national direct programs, and $100,000,000 is 
     transferred to the National Service Trust. Grants are to be 
     made according to peer review panel recommendations. The 
     Senate proposed limiting the subtitle C grants to 
     $240,492,000 of which not more than $47,000,000 could be used 
     for national service programs. This funding level provided 
     will support 50,000 new volunteers enrolled in the Trust in 
     fiscal year 2003. The conferees direct the continuation of 
     two programs areas to be funded in fiscal year 2003 at a 
     level proportionate to last year considering the funding 
     provided in fiscal year 2003: 1) programs designed to help 
     children read by third grade, and 2) programs which provide 
     information technology skills to students and teachers in 
     low-income communities.
       Provides $10,000,000 to the Points of Light Foundation, of 
     which up to $2,500,000 may be used for an endowment as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       Prohibits the use of funds for national service programs 
     run by other agencies and directs the Corporation to reduce 
     the Federal cost per participant as proposed by the Senate.
       Limits funding for the National Civilian Community Corps to 
     $25,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees reduced 
     the funding level from the budget request without prejudice.
       Limits funding for subtitle B grants for school-based and 
     community-based service learning programs to $43,000,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       Limits funding for subtitle H grants, innovation, 
     demonstration and assistance activities, to $35,500,000 
     instead of $29,850,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
     conferees have provided $500,000 for Martin Luther King Jr. 
     Day grants, $100,000 for the Fellowship program, $8,000,000 
     for training and technical assistance, $6,000,000 for 
     education award grants, $5,000,000 for Promise Fellows, and 
     $5,900,000 for disability programs. Further, the conferees 
     have provided $4,000,000 for grants to encourage the next 
     generation of national service organizations as proposed by 
     the Senate. The conferees have not provided the full funding 
     request for recruitment activities since most of the fiscal 
     year 2003 positions are filled, nor have the conferees 
     provided funds for any innovation or demonstration program 
     utilizing vouchers. The conferees do not recommend the 
     request to transfer Education Awards and Promise Fellows 
     programs from Innovation Activities to AmeriCorps Grants.
       Provides $6,000,000 for challenge grants under subtitle H 
     as proposed by the Senate. The conferees amend the criteria 
     for challenge grants by requiring a 2-to-1 private to Federal 
     dollar matching requirement for grant recipients and limiting 
     the grants to one year in duration.
       Provides $5,000,000 for America's Promise as proposed by 
     the Senate. The conferees amend the reporting requirement 
     proposed regarding funding and performance with a new 
     reporting date of March 31, 2003.
       Limits funding for audits and evaluations to $3,000,000, 
     instead of $5,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
     conferees did not provide funding for the proposed research-
     based institute in partnership with a university or non-
     profit organization.
       Rescinds $48,000,000 from prior year unobligated balances 
     identified within funds appropriated between fiscal year 1998 
     and fiscal year 2002 across all grant programs. None of the 
     rescission is derived from the National Service Trust.
       The conferees remind the Corporation of the reporting and 
     reprogramming requirements set forth at the beginning of this 
     division. Various reporting requirements listed in both the 
     House report and the Senate record must be fulfilled with the 
     submission of the fiscal year 2003 operating plan unless 
     otherwise noted. Further, the conferees direct the 
     Corporation to provide better, detailed information in the 
     budget request regarding planned and on-going activities, the 
     costs of those activities, and the expected results.
       The conferees reiterate the directive to the Corporation to 
     establish performance measures for each grantee, require each 
     grantee to submit a correction plan should the grantee not 
     meet the agreed-upon measures, and reduce or terminate any 
     award where, after due process, the grantee does not meet the 
     performance plan.


                      office of inspector general

       Appropriates $6,000,000 for Office of Inspector General 
     instead of $5,000,000 as proposed by the House and $6,900,000 
     as proposed by the Senate.


                       administrative provisions

       Retains the administrative provisions proposed by the 
     Senate regarding qualified student loans eligible for 
     education awards and the availability of funds for the 
     placement of volunteers with disabilities. The House included 
     a similar provision regarding qualified student loans, but 
     with technical differences.

               U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims


                         salaries and expenses

       Appropriates $14,326,000 for salaries and expenses as 
     proposed by the House instead of $14,612,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate.
       The conferees believe all federal employees should be safe 
     in their work environments. The General Services 
     Administration (GSA) is responsible for providing security 
     for the Federal tenants of privately owned buildings. The 
     conferees strongly urge the Court, together with the other 
     tenants of the building, to work with GSA, in consultation 
     with the Department of Homeland Security, on a security plan 
     acceptable to all tenants, the community and the owner. The 
     cost of the plan should be borne equally by all tenants.
       The conferees remind the Court of its obligation to comply 
     with the reprogramming requirements set forth at the 
     beginning of this division and direct the Court to submit an 
     operating plan to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
     the House and Senate 60 days after enactment of this Act.

                      Department of Defense--Civil

                       Cemeterial Expenses, Army


                         salaries and expenses

       Appropriates $32,445,000 for salaries and expenses as 
     proposed by the House instead of $24,445,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate. Additional funds are provided for repairs to the 
     Memorial Amphitheater and accelerated development of section 
     90.

                Department of Health and Human Services

                     National Institutes of Health


          national institute of environmental health sciences

       Appropriates $84,074,000 for the National Institute of 
     Environmental Health Sciences as proposed by the House 
     instead of $76,074,000 as proposed by the Senate. Of the 
     appropriated amount, $48,936,000 is for research and 
     $27,138,000 is for worker training activities as proposed in 
     the budget submission.
       In addition, the conferees have provided $8,000,000, split 
     equally between research and worker training, for NIEHS 
     activities related to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 
     2001 which had been appropriated in a Supplemental 
     Appropriations Act but not requested by the Administration as 
     a contingent emergency.

            Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry


            toxic substances and environmental public health

       Appropriates $82,800,000 for toxic substances and 
     environmental public health instead of $88,688,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $81,000,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. Of the amount provided, $1,800,000 is intended to 
     reimburse ATSDR for direct and indirect costs of the Agency 
     related to the events of September 11, 2001.
       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 2003 cannot be used by 
     the ATSDR to conduct in excess of 40 toxicological profiles.
       From within the funds provided, the conferees expect ATSDR 
     to establish a fish consumption advisory pilot program in the 
     State of Michigan, implement a multi-faceted health study of 
     polychlorinated biphenyl exposure in Anniston, Alabama, and 
     monitor and assess the long-term health status of children, 
     adolescents, and young adults in Herculaneum, Missouri 
     regarding their exposure to lead.
       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 $720,261,000 for science and technology 
     instead of $714,578,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $707,203,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees have 
     included language similar to that proposed by the House 
     giving EPA the ability to contract for the temporary or 
     intermittent services of students or recent graduates. The 
     language, with technical differences, is similar to language 
     adopted in Public Law 106-113 to provide such authority to 
     the United States Geological Survey.
       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 Environmental Research 
     Foundation;
       3. $5,000,000 for the American Water Works Association 
     Research Foundation;

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       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. $9,750,000 for the STAR Fellowship program;
       6. $1,000,000 for the American Water Works Association as a 
     one-time grant to assist AWWA in its drinking water security 
     training activities;
       7. $5,000,000 for small system arsenic removal research, 
     for a total of $11,800,000 in fiscal year 2003. The conferees 
     strongly encourage EPA to utilize a significant portion of 
     this funding to carry out demonstrations of implementation of 
     low-cost treatment technology and directs the Agency to 
     report to the Committees on Appropriations by August 15, 
     2003, on its plans to carry out such demonstrations;
       8. $900,000 for the University of South Alabama, Center for 
     Estuarine Research;
       9. $450,000 for the city of San Bernardino, California/San 
     Bernardino Valley Metropolitan Water District for the Lakes 
     and Streams project;
       10. $675,000 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;
       11. $450,000 to the Monterey County, California Water 
     Resources Association for planning activities for the Salinas 
     Valley Water Project;
       12. $1,800,000 for the International Center for Water 
     Technology at California State University, Fresno;
       13. $900,000 for the Central California Air Quality Study 
     conducted by the Central California Air Quality Coalition;
       14. $720,000 to Barry University for minority science 
     training;
       15. $900,000 to the University of Miami in Florida for the 
     Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science for 
     continued research into coral reefs;
       16. $270,000 to Florida International University to utilize 
     non-destructive techniques to characterize and develop 
     contamination strategies;
       17. $225,000 for ongoing research and development of 
     multipurpose sensors for detecting and analyzing 
     environmental contaminants at Boise State University, the 
     University of Idaho and the University of Utah;
       18. $450,000 to the Illinois Waste Management and Research 
     Center through the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign 
     for implementation of a program to increase the adoption of 
     innovative pollution prevention technologies by businesses;
       19. $180,000 for the Geothermal Heat Pump Consortium;
       20. $450,000 for the National Center for Manufacturing 
     Sciences in Ann Arbor, Michigan for assisting EPA in meeting 
     the Strategic Goals Program in the metal finishing sector;
       21. $450,000 for the Michigan Biotechnology Institute for 
     development and demonstration of environmental cleanup 
     technologies;
       22. $450,000 for the Great Lakes Hydrological Center of 
     Excellence at Western Michigan University;
       23. $180,000 to Montana State University Bozeman to develop 
     a Water Center Drinking Water Assistance Program for Small 
     Systems;
       24. $225,000 to the Desert Research Institute for Clean 
     Water Research of the Western Great Basin Rivers;
       25. $6,885,000 for the Environmental Systems Center of 
     Excellence at Syracuse University for research and technology 
     transfer in the fields of indoor environmental quality and 
     urban ecosystems sustainability;
       26. $180,000 to the State University of New York, College 
     of Environmental Sciences and Forestry for research and 
     outreach at the Roosevelt Sustainability Center;
       27. $450,000 to the Syracuse Research Corporation in 
     Syracuse, New York, a not-for-profit corporation, for the 
     continuation of environmental research at its Probability 
     Risk Assessment Center;
       28. $900,000 for the Integrated Petroleum Environmental 
     Consortium;
       29. $450,000 for the University of South Carolina for a 
     geologic study for uranium groundwater contamination;
       30. $1,800,000 for the Mickey Leland National Urban Air 
     Toxics Research Center;
       31. $450,000 for the Texas Institute for Applied 
     Environmental Research at Tarleton State University;
       32. $450,000 for the Texas Institute for Environmental 
     Assessment and Management at the University of North Texas, 
     Denton, Texas;
       33. $873,000 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 risks and support informed, proactive decision-
     making to be undertaken in conjunction with the Highlands 
     action program;
       34. $450,000 for the Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Dauphin 
     Island, Alabama, for coastal ecosystem research;
       35. $630,000 for the Center for the Conservation of 
     Biological Resources at Black Hills State University, South 
     Dakota;
       36. $675,000 for Clean Air Counts of Northeastern Illinois 
     to develop an innovative and cost effective method to reduce 
     smog-causing emissions in the Chicago metropolitan region. 
     The funding will provide support for an ongoing partnership 
     involving EPA, the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus, Illinois EPA, 
     and the Delta Institute;
       37. $720,000 for the Contra Costa Water District, 
     California, for applied research studies related to the water 
     quality and water treatment challenges facing Bay Delta water 
     users;
       38. $720,000 for Lake Superior State University for 
     education and research on aquatic biota and their associated 
     habitats;
       39. $675,000 for the Louisiana Environmental Research 
     Center at McNeese State University for research into wetland 
     ecology and the environmental effects of oil spills;
       40. $270,000 for the Foundation for Advancements in Science 
     and Education in Vermont for a pesticides recording project;
       41. $675,000 for the Southwest Clean Air Quality Agency's 
     Columbia Gorge Air Quality Technical Foundation Study;
       42. $450,000 for the Center for the Study of Metals in the 
     Environment;
       43. $1,080,000 for the Center for Air Toxic Metals at the 
     Energy and Environmental Research Center;
       44. $90,000 for the University of Vermont's Proctor Maple 
     Research Center to continue mercury deposition monitoring 
     effects;
       45. $315,000 for acid rain research at the University of 
     Vermont;
       46. $450,000 for the City of Glendale, California for 
     research and development of technology for the removal of 
     Chromium 6 from water;
       47. $450,000 for the Consortium for Plant Biotechnology 
     Research;
       48. $900,000 for the National Environmental Respiratory 
     Center at the Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute;
       49. $3,510,000 for the Mine Waste Technology Program at the 
     National Environmental Waste Technology, Testing, and 
     Evaluation Center;
       50. $1,350,000 for the Connecticut River Airshed-Watershed 
     Consortium;
       51. $630,000 for the Mid-America Regional Council to apply 
     urban agroforestry technologies to meet community green 
     infrastructure needs;
       52. $900,000 for the Environmental Lung Center at the 
     National Jewish Medical and Research Center; and
       53. $1,800,000 for air quality program for Fairbanks North 
     Star Borough, Alaska.
       The conference agreement provides $8,000,000 for the 
     National Environmental Technology Competition, a decrease of 
     $1,750,000 from the budget request. In this regard, the 
     Agency is directed to report by August 1, 2003 on its efforts 
     to develop a ``one stop shop'' office to coordinate similar 
     programs which foster private and public sector development 
     of new, cost-effective environmental technologies.
       The conference agreement includes a general reduction to 
     this account of $16,100,000.
       The conferees continue to support the partnership between 
     the EPA and the National Technology Transfer Center and 
     direct that the Agency continue the cooperative agreement at 
     the fiscal year 2001 funding level. Additionally, the 
     conferees have provided $850,000 from within available funds 
     for the Agency to contract with the National Academy of 
     Sciences for an evaluation of the Coeur D'Alene Basin, Idaho 
     Superfund site in a manner consistent with the reports of the 
     House and Senate accompanying this Act.
       From within amounts transferred to ``Science and 
     Technology'' from ``Hazardous Substance Superfund'', the 
     conferees direct that funding for the Gulf Coast Hazardous 
     Substance Research Center continue at no less than the fiscal 
     year 2002 level. Also from within these transferred amounts, 
     the Agency is directed to provide no less than $8,000,000 for 
     continuation of the SITE program.
       The conferees agree that the drinking water security report 
     requested by the Senate shall be provided no later than June 
     30, 2003.
       Finally, the conference agreement modifies a provision 
     included in the Report accompanying the Senate bill requiring 
     EPA to study the procedures used by the States in setting 
     individual State emission standards. The conferees direct 
     that the Agency, rather than conduct such a study with its 
     own personnel, contract with the National Academy of Sciences 
     to conduct the review and submit a report to the Committees 
     on Appropriations of its findings not later than February 15, 
     2004. The conferees have provided $750,000 from within 
     available funds in support of this contract.


                 environmental programs and management

       Appropriates $2,111,604,000 for environmental programs and 
     management instead of $2,111,677,000 as proposed by the House 
     and $2,136,569,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees 
     have included language as proposed by the House which 
     requires the Administrator to certify grant amendment numbers 
     C-340461-02 and C-340461-03.
       The conferees have agreed to specific Agency program levels 
     as follows:
       1. $22,651,000 for the Chesapeake Bay Program, an increase 
     of $2,000,000 above the budget request for small watershed 
     grants;
       2. $16,000,000 for the Great Lakes National Program Office, 
     an increase of $872,000 above the request;
       3. $24,521,000 for the National Estuary Program, an 
     increase of $5,275,000 above the budget request;
       4. $5,000,000 for the Gulf of Mexico program, an increase 
     of $673,000 above the budget request;
       5. $2,500,000 for the Long Island Sound Program Office, an 
     increase of $2,023,000 above the budget request;

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       6. $5,500,000 for Environmental Justice programs, an 
     increase of $1,421,000 above the budget request;
       7. $182,000,000 for the Compliance Assistance, Compliance 
     Monitoring, and Civil Enforcement programs within the Office 
     of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, an increase of 
     $15,224,000 above the budget request;
       8. $2,500,000 for the Lake Champlain Basin Program, an 
     increase of $1,545,000 above the budget request;
       9. $1,000,000 for the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Restoration 
     Program, an increase of $1,000,000 above the budget request;
       10. $10,000,000 for Capacity Building, an increase of 
     $489,000 above the fiscal year 2002 funding level;
       11. $13,057,000 for Information Integration, an increase of 
     $7,273,000 above last year's level;
       12. $44,500,000 for Legal Services, an increase of 
     $2,716,000 above the fiscal 2002 level;
       13. $14,750,000 for the TRI/Right-to-Know program, an 
     increase of $549,000 above last year;
       14. $27,200,000 for the EPM account's portion of the 
     Brownfields program, an increase of $24,381,000 above the 
     level provided in fiscal year 2002; and
       15. $33,000,000 for regulatory development, an increase of 
     $5,588,000 above the fiscal year 2002 funding level.
       The conference agreement provides for a general reduction 
     for the ``Environmental Programs and Management'' account of 
     $45,001,000. Further, the agreement provides for no 
     reductions as proposed by the House for the Management 
     Services and Stewardship and Planning and Resource Management 
     activities, and provides for no increase in the Energy Star 
     program as proposed by the Senate.
       The conferees have agreed to the following increases to the 
     budget request:
       1. $18,000,000 for rural water technical assistance 
     activities and groundwater protection with distribution as 
     follows: $10,000,000 for the NRWA; $4,000,000 for RCAP, to be 
     divided equally between assistance for water programs and 
     assistance for wastewater programs; $1,000,000 for GWPC; 
     $2,000,000 for Small Flows Clearinghouse; and $1,000,000 for 
     the NETC;
       2. $1,000,000 for the National Biosolids Partnership 
     Program;
       3. $2,000,000 for source water protection programs;
       4. $5,000,000 for a cost-shared grant program to school 
     districts for necessary upgrades of their diesel bus fleets;
       5. $2,000,000 to the NRWA to assist small water systems to 
     conduct vulnerability assessments as required in title IV of 
     the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness 
     Response Act of 2002;
       6. $3,000,000 for EPA's National Computing Center to 
     provide for the remote mirroring of all critical information 
     and related systems to achieve a Continuance of Operations 
     (COOP)/Disaster Recovery capability;
       7. $4,000,000 for grants to interested States to establish 
     a long-term ambient monitoring and assessment framework at 
     relevant geographic scales to support all water quality 
     management objectives;
       8. $450,000 to the University of Arkansas to develop bio-
     engineering solutions to watershed management;
       9. $450,000 for the San Joaquin River Resource Management 
     Coalition of California;
       10. $225,000 to establish a Santa Ana River Watershed 
     Research and Training Program at the Water Resources 
     Institute of California State University, San Bernardino;
       11. $225,000 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. $270,000 for the Sacramento River Toxic Pollutant 
     Control Program and Sacramento River Watershed Program;
       13. $225,000 to Edward Waters College of Jacksonville, 
     Florida for research education and training with regard to 
     community environmental conditions;
       14. $1,350,000 for enhanced environmental education, 
     research and training programs at Florida Gulf Coast 
     University's Institute for Coastal and Watershed Studies;
       15. $270,000 to Miami-Dade County, Florida for lead 
     screening, testing, outreach, and education in the Liberty 
     City Neighborhood;
       16. $270,000 to Miami-Dade County, Florida to expand the 
     existing environmental education program;
       17. $450,000 to the Georgia Environmental Training and 
     Education Authority for a lagoon waste management 
     demonstration project;
       18. $900,000 to the Columbus Water Works, Columbus, Georgia 
     for an Advanced Biosolids Flow-Through Thermophilic Treatment 
     Process demonstration project;
       19. $180,000 to Cerro Gordo County, Iowa for environmental 
     planning related to the Ventura Marsh initiative and overall 
     water quality assessment in connection with the Clear Lake, 
     Iowa Restoration Project;
       20. $270,000 to the Friends of the Teton River, Inc. for 
     the Upper Teton Watershed project;
       21. $675,000 to the Illinois Environmental Protection 
     Agency for the Fox River Watershed Management Program;
       22. $450,000 to Purdue University in Indiana for the 
     Contaminant Remediation Optimization Program (CROP);
       23. $180,000 for the Equus Beds Water Quality Protection 
     program in Wichita, Kansas;
       24. $450,000 for the Boston Metropolitan Area Planning 
     Council, in cooperation with the Massachusetts Technology 
     Collaborative, for a Comprehensive Water Resources Strategy 
     for the I-495 Corridor of Massachusetts;
       25. $270,000 to Caroline County, Maryland for the initial 
     design and engineering of a regional plan for wastewater 
     needs;
       26. $157,500 for the Hypoxia Education and Stewardship 
     Project in Kansas City, Missouri;
       27. $225,000 for continuation of the Mecklenburg County, 
     North Carolina Surface Water Improvement Management 
     Initiative;
       28. $765,000 for continued activities of the North Carolina 
     Central University research initiative;
       29. $225,000 for Wake County, North Carolina for planning, 
     environmental analysis and design of a watershed management 
     plan;
       30. $225,000 to Rowan University in Glassboro, New Jersey 
     for the Environmental Community Revitalization and Research 
     Initiative;
       31. $900,000 to continue the sediment decontamination 
     technology demonstration in the New York-New Jersey Harbor;
       32. $450,000 to the Tompkins County, New York Soil and 
     Water Conservation District for the Cayuga Lake Watershed 
     Protection Project;
       33. $450,000 for the Alfred University Center for 
     Environmental and Energy Research;
       34. $135,000 to the Town of North Salem, New York for the 
     Peach Lake pollution study;
       35. $675,000 to Columbia University in New York City, New 
     York for education, training and equipment related to ongoing 
     biomedical research on environmentally induced cancers and 
     immunological responses, at the Audubon Biomedical Science 
     and Technology Park;
       36. $900,000 for the Water Systems Council Wellcare 
     TM Program;
       37. $225,000 to the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) 
     for the National Materials Recovery and Recycling Center of 
     Excellence;
       38. $1,350,000 for continued work on water management plans 
     for the Central New York watersheds in Onondaga and Cayuga 
     counties;
       39. $675,000 to Cortland County, New York for continued 
     work on the aquifer protection plan, of which $150,000 is for 
     continued implementation of the comprehensive water quality 
     management program in the Upper Susquehanna Watershed;
       40. $90,000 for a Water Consortium Feasibility Study in 
     Oklahoma with Washington County Water District #3, Rogers 
     County Rural Water District #3, the City of Collinsville, and 
     the City of Owasso;
       41. $450,000 to Rural Enterprises of Oklahoma, Inc., a non-
     profit organization, for demonstration projects which include 
     research, education and training activities related to the 
     development of environmentally beneficial vermicomposting 
     processes;
       42. $450,000 for the City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania's 
     Department of Health in consultation with the Philadelphia 
     Citizens for Children and Youth for lead screening, testing, 
     outreach, and education throughout the City;
       43. $1,800,000 to the American Cities Foundation of 
     Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in consultation with the 
     Philadelphia Commercial Development Corporation for the 
     Neighborhood Environmental Action Team (N.E.A.T.) 
     Philadelphia program;
       44. $450,000 for the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station 
     in Tarrant County, Texas for research of water supplies and 
     development of an integrated watershed protection plan;
       45. $315,000 to the Brazos River Authority of College 
     Station, Texas for the Brazos/Navasota Watershed Management 
     Project;
       46. $180,000 to the Tri-State Water Council for the Clark 
     Fork-Pend Oreille Tri-State Water Quality Study;
       47. $1,467,000 for on-going activities at the Canaan Valley 
     Institute, including activities relating to community 
     sustainability;
       48. $1,530,000 for the Canaan Valley Institute to continue 
     to develop a regional sustainability support center and 
     coordinated information system in the Mid-Atlantic Highlands;
       49. $810,000 to the Polymer Alliance Zone's MARCEE 
     initiative;
       50. $270,000 to the West Virginia High Technology 
     Consortium Foundation, Inc. (WVHTCF) for research to 
     demonstrate the capture and utilization of CO2 and CH4 at the 
     Meadowfill Landfill near Bridgeport, West Virginia;
       51. $405,000 to the Fayette County Commission of West 
     Virginia for a wastewater treatment engineering study to 
     address water quality concerns in the New River Gorge 
     National River;
       52. $5,000,000 for America's Clean Water Foundation for 
     implementation of on-farm environmental assessments for 
     livestock operations;
       53. $225,000 for the Maryland Bureau of Mines for an acid 
     mine drainage remediation project;
       54. $900,000 for projects demonstrating the benefits of Low 
     Impact Development along the Anacostia Watershed in Prince 
     Georges County, Maryland;
       55. $45,000 for the Northwest Straits Commission;
       56. $630,000 for the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission 
     with distribution as follows: $144,000 to the Northwest 
     Indian Fisheries Commission for coordination and

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     $486,000 to be divided among the 26 participating tribes to 
     implement this tribal initiative by integrating state, 
     Federal, tribal and local governmental efforts to develop 
     common water quality protection goals and reduce 
     jurisdictional barriers;
       57. $180,000 for the Columbia Basin Groundwater Area 
     Management Study;
       58. $450,000 for the Gateway Cities Council of Governments, 
     California, pilot program to reduce diesel emissions;
       59. $225,000 for the Illinois Department of Agriculture's 
     Council on Best Management Practices initiative to reduce 
     nitrate contamination in drinking water;
       60. $225,000 for the CropLife Foundation North Carolina 
     environmental stewardship project;
       61. $450,000 for the Center for Agricultural and Rural 
     Development at Iowa State University for the Resource and 
     Agricultural Policy Systems program;
       62. $450,000 for the Small Business Pollution Prevention 
     Center at the University of Northern Iowa;
       63. $675,000 for the painting and coating assistance 
     initiative through the University of Northern Iowa;
       64. $90,000 for the American Farmland Trust Center for 
     Agriculture in the Environment for sustainable agriculture in 
     Hawaii and the American Pacific;
       65. $450,000 for the Economic Development Alliance of 
     Hawaii to promote biotechnology to reduce pesticide use in 
     tropical and subtropical agricultural production;
       66. $225,000 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;
       67. $225,000 for a storm water research initiative at the 
     University of Vermont;
       68. $180,000 for the Vermont small business compliance 
     assistance project conducted by the Vermont Small Business 
     Development Center;
       69. $144,000 for the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife 
     Commission Crandon Mine analysis;
       70. $450,000 for the Sand County Foundation in Wisconsin 
     for an incentive program to promote the reduction of nitrogen 
     discharge in the Upper Mississippi River Basin;
       71. $225,000 for Livingston Parish, Louisiana, for a water 
     and wastewater infrastructure feasibility study;
       72. $225,000 for the Vermont Department of Agriculture to 
     work with conservation districts and local communities to 
     reduce non-point source run-off in the Potash Brook 
     watershed;
       73. $225,000 for the Nevada Department of Environmental 
     Protection to work with California water officials to address 
     Lake Tahoe water quality issues;
       74. $225,000 for the University of Nevada, Reno to conduct 
     water testing and related studies of the arsenic problem and 
     its impact in Fallon, Nevada;
       75. $45,000 for the Tioga County Department of Economic 
     Development and Planning, New York, for the Owego 
     infrastructure master plan;
       76. $180,000 for design, engineering, and planning 
     activities related to the pollution prevention of Wreck Pond 
     and nearby beaches in Spring Lake, New Jersey;
       77. $135,000 for the New Jersey EnvironMentors project;
       78. $315,000 for planning and engineering studies for the 
     Storm Lake, Iowa, cleanup project;
       79. $225,000 for the University of West Florida P.E.R.C.H. 
     (Partnership for Environmental and Community Health) research 
     project;
       80. $180,000 for the Northeast Waste Management Officials 
     Association to continue solid waste, hazardous waste, 
     cleanup, and pollution prevention programs;
       81. $180,000 for the Northeast States for Coordinated Air 
     Use Management (NESCAUM);
       82. $2,250,000 for the National Alternative Fuels Training 
     Consortium;
       83. $1,350,000 for the Ecological and Water Resources 
     Assessment Project;
       84. $450,000 for the Valley Water Mill Watershed Education 
     and Demonstration Center in Missouri;
       85. $180,000 for the Sutherlin, Oregon Water Control 
     District's Watershed Assessment Project;
       86. $450,000 for the Kenai River Center in Kenai, Alaska;
       87. $1,800,000 for Region 10 environmental compliance 
     activities in Alaska;
       88. $1,800,000 for the Coeur d'Alene Basin Commission to 
     continue a pilot program for environmental response, natural 
     resource restoration and related activities;
       89. $1,350,000 for ORSANCO for the Ohio River Pollution 
     Reduction Program;
       90. $450,000 for the University of Southern Maine for 
     environmental education activities;
       91. $1,350,000 for the University of Louisville for the 
     Stream Restoration Institute;
       92. $2,250,000 for the Southwest Center for Environmental 
     Research and Policy;
       93. $3,600,000 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;
       94. $900,000 to complete the full feasibility study/
     environmental impact statement for the Medford, Oregon, 
     effluent reuse project; and
       95. $900,000 for the Alabama Department of Environmental 
     Management for the Alabama Water and Wastewater Training 
     Program.
       The conference agreement provides $9,160,000 from within 
     available funds for the continuing operation of the 
     Environmental Education programs. In this regard, the Agency 
     is directed to proportionately distribute funds for the 
     Environmental Education programs in a manner consistent with 
     the provisions of the National Environmental Education Act.
       The conferees have, within available funds, provided the 
     fiscal year 2002 level for the eight Environmental Finance 
     Centers. Also within available funds, the Agency is directed 
     to provide $350,000 for maintenance and updating of the 
     Cumulative and Aggregate Risk Evaluation System software 
     package; $250,000 to continue development of BASINS models, 
     GIS mapping, integration with other financial and planning 
     tools, and incorporation of cost-effectiveness considerations 
     into integrated priority ranking systems; and $200,000 for 
     setting standards and to increase public and government 
     awareness of the benefits of ambient temperature glass 
     technology.
       The Agency's budget submission for fiscal year 2003 called 
     for a significant reduction in work conducted through the 
     Climate Protection/Transportation program. So that work 
     conducted under this program can be phased in a more 
     appropriate manner, the conferees direct EPA to provide no 
     less than $5,000,000 from within available funds for work of 
     the FEV/Clean Automotive Technology program on advanced 
     hydraulic hybrid vehicles, extremely clean diesel 
     technologies, and advanced gasoline engine concepts.
       The conferees expect EPA to establish and implement a 
     Highlands Action Program (HAP) in partnership with Canaan 
     Valley Institute (CVI) to take action on the problems 
     identified in the follow-up Mid-Atlantic Highlands report 
     that Congress directed the EPA to prepare in the fiscal year 
     2002 House and Conference Reports. The HAP should, among 
     other things, use environmental indicators, strong science, 
     and partnerships to identify the causes of those problems; 
     develop solutions and management actions to resolve the 
     identified problems; and develop a management plan that 
     includes states, non-governmental organizations, local 
     communities and the private sector. The Agency is expected to 
     periodically assess the status of the HAP and report back to 
     Congress on the findings and the successes of the program.
       The Agency is directed to submit as part of the fiscal year 
     2003 Operations Plan a resource plan detailing the number of 
     pesticide tolerance reassessments and re-registrations 
     required under FQPA, the number and kind of such activities 
     completed since 1996, the status of the remaining activities, 
     including the projected number to be completed year-to-year 
     under FQPA, and the level of resources needed to meet these 
     requirements. Similarly, the Agency is expected to include in 
     its fiscal year 2003 Operations Plan a report of its actions 
     and accomplishments towards restoring personnel in its civil 
     enforcement program, as well as a report of the Agency's plan 
     towards aggressively filling and retaining FTE vacancies 
     within OECA.
       Last year, the Agency was asked by the House of 
     Representatives' Chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee 
     on Veterans Affairs, Housing and Urban Development, and 
     Independent Agencies to undertake an agreement with the 
     National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to review the current 
     draft Dioxin Reassessment. Among other things, the review was 
     intended to address the toxicological questions associated 
     with dioxin, including, the scientific evidence for the 
     appropriate classification of dioxin as to its potential 
     human carcinogenicity, the validity of the non-threshold 
     linear dose-response model in light of epidemiological 
     studies and the corresponding cancer slope factor calculated 
     by the Agency through use of this model, the scientific 
     evidence supporting the calculation and use of Toxicity 
     Equivalent Factors, and the appropriateness of including 
     ``dioxin-like'' chemicals in the risk assessment without 
     individual empirical review of their effects.
       Concerns raised by other federal agencies, outside 
     scientists, and EPA's own Science Advisory Board as to the 
     scientific underpinning of the Reassessment, as well as 
     questions of consistency with other international assessments 
     of dioxin and the positions on these taken by other federal 
     agencies, in large part prompted this request. Because of the 
     enormous policy implications of this Reassessment, the Agency 
     in early Fall, 2002, asked for additional time to convene an 
     Interagency Working Group (IWG) so as to review and address 
     many of the toxicological questions that have been raised 
     concerning the dioxin reassessment, including, but not 
     limited to, the scientific evidence used to classify the 
     carcinogenicity of dioxin to humans, the Agency's use of a 
     linear dose-response model to estimate cancer risk levels, 
     the scientific support for the use of the Toxic Equivalency 
     Factors for dioxins, and the use of body burden as the 
     appropriate dose metric.
       While the conferees acknowledge the complexity of this 
     issue, it is unclear as to how much progress has been made by 
     the IWG. The conferees note that a year has passed since the 
     Agency was first requested to pursue such a review by the 
     Academy. In light of this fact and so that no further delay 
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     this important issue occur, the conferees direct that unless 
     the IWG has completed its review and issued a report within 
     60 days of enactment of the Act, the Agency is to contract 
     with the Academy as quickly as possible thereafter so that 
     the Academy may undertake a review of the Reassessment as 
     originally requested. In issuing this direction, it is not 
     the intention of the conferees to delay the work of the IWG. 
     In addition, upon completion of the review by the NAS, the 
     Agency is expected to move expeditiously to review the 
     Academy's report, make any appropriate changes as necessary 
     in the Reassessment, and issue a final document.
       The conferees are aware that EPA is currently working with 
     the Maritime Administration (MARAD) to develop an 
     environmentally acceptable program which will aid MARAD in 
     meeting its statutory mandate to dispose of obsolete vessels 
     of the National Defense Reserve Fleet, and encourage EPA to 
     continue its efforts to find solutions to dispose of these 
     ships so as to eliminate to the greatest extent possible all 
     potential environmental hazards.


                      office of inspector general

       Appropriates $36,000,000 for the Office of Inspector 
     General instead of $35,325,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $37,325,000 as proposed by the Senate. In addition to amounts 
     appropriated directly to the OIG, $12,742,000 is also 
     available by transfer from funds appropriated for Hazardous 
     Substance Superfund.
       The conferees strongly encourage the Inspector General to 
     prepare and submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
     House and the Senate at the earliest practical date an audit 
     management plan and the personnel requirements which will 
     best enhance the expertise and maximize the efficiencies of 
     the Office.


                        buildings and facilities

       Appropriates $42,918,000 for buildings and facilities as 
     proposed by the House and the Senate.


                     hazardous substance superfund

                     (Including Transfers of Funds)

       Appropriates $1,272,888,000 for hazardous substance 
     superfund as proposed by the Senate instead of $1,422,888,000 
     as proposed by the House. Bill language provides that 
     $636,444,000 of the appropriated amount is to be derived from 
     the Superfund Trust Fund and a like amount is to be derived 
     from General Revenues of the Treasury. Additional language 
     provides for the transfer of $12,742,000 to the Office of 
     Inspector General, and for the transfer of $86,168,000 to the 
     Science and Technology account.
       The conferees have agreed to the following fiscal year 2003 
     funding levels:
       1. $856,900,000 for Superfund response and cleanup 
     activities.
       2. $143,600,000 for enforcement activities.
       3. $134,600,000 for management and support.
       4. $12,742,000 for transfer to the Office of Inspector 
     General.
       5. $86,168,000 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 for the Department of the Interior.
       The conferees remain concerned that a recent Memorandum of 
     Understanding (MOU) entered into between the EPA and the 
     Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) does not fully address 
     all jurisdictional concerns expressed in past years by the 
     Congress. The Agency is therefore once again directed to 
     negotiate and enter into an amended MOU which fully addresses 
     these remaining issues. The Agency is further directed to 
     report to the Committees on Appropriations by the 28th day of 
     each month on the progress towards completing this direction.
       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 are aware of the Agency's ongoing program to 
     coordinate the clean-up of vermiculite from certain homes in 
     the Libby, Montana area, and are concerned with reports of 
     both excessive costs and schedule delays associated with the 
     program. The Agency should be aware of the long-standing 
     concerns of the Committees on Appropriations regarding the 
     judicious use of Superfund dollars by the EPA, and the 
     conferees caution the Agency to move forward with this 
     program in a manner which appropriately meets the needs of 
     assistance for individuals in Libby while remaining fiscally 
     responsible and containing costs in light of competing 
     national priorities within the Superfund program.


                leaking underground storage tank program

       Appropriates $72,313,000 for the leaking underground 
     storage tank program as proposed by the House and the Senate.


                           oil spill response

       Appropriates $15,581,000 for oil spill response as proposed 
     by the House and the Senate.


                   state and tribal assistance grants

       Appropriates $3,859,994,000 for state and tribal assistance 
     grants instead of $3,789,185,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $3,920,639,000 as proposed by the Senate. Bill language 
     specifically provides $1,350,000,000 for Clean Water State 
     Revolving Fund (SRF) capitalization grants, of which up to 
     $75,000,000 is to be made available for use by States that 
     choose to make loans, including interest-free loans, that 
     increase non-point and non-structural, decentralized 
     alternatives, thus expanding the choices available to 
     communities in their fight for clean water. The conferees 
     strongly encourage States that can do so to pursue 
     innovative technologies in this regard, but emphasize that 
     this program is voluntary and that States not 
     participating in the program will nevertheless continue to 
     receive their normal level of funding through the 
     established SRF formulas.
       Additional bill language provides $850,000,000 for Safe 
     Drinking Water SRF capitalization grants; $50,000,000 for the 
     United States-Mexico Border program; $43,000,000 for grants 
     to address drinking water and wastewater infrastructure needs 
     in rural and native Alaska communities; $3,000,000 for 
     remediation of above ground leaking fuel tanks in Alaska 
     pursuant to Public Law 106-554; $8,225,000 for grants for 
     construction of alternative decentralized wastewater 
     facilities; $90,500,000 for a new Brownfields grant program; 
     $1,150,382,000 for categorical grants to the states and 
     tribes, including $50,000,000 for Brownfields categorical 
     grants and $19,999,900 for the Environmental Information 
     Exchange program; and $314,887,000 for cost-shared grants for 
     construction of water and wastewater treatment facilities and 
     infrastructure and for groundwater protection infrastructure.
       The conferees have included bill language which, for fiscal 
     year 2003, 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 2003, 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.
       The conferees have included bill language which makes 
     technical corrections and changes to grants approved in 
     previous fiscal years. Finally, as in previous years, the 
     conferees have included bill language which stipulates that 
     none of the funds provided in this or any previous years' 
     Acts 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.
       Of the funds provided for the United States-Mexico Border 
     program, $7,000,000 is for continuation of the El Paso, Texas 
     desalination and water supply project, and $2,000,000 is for 
     the Brownsville, Texas water supply project.
       The conference agreement provides $8,225,000 for six 
     specific grants under the National Decentralized Wastewater 
     Demonstration program. The program, which has shown 
     tremendous success in developing and transferring 
     technologies which offer alternatives to centralized 
     wastewater treatment facilities, also requires a cost-share 
     whereby each grantee must provide 25% of the project's total 
     cost. The six projects included for funding are located in 
     Lowndes County, Alabama ($575,000); Upper Patuxent River 
     Watershed, Maryland ($1,000,000); West Philadelphia and 
     Rodale Institute Farm, Pennsylvania ($1,700,000); Upper Rio 
     Grande Valley Colonias, Texas ($900,000); Chittenden County, 
     Vermont Integrated Water Resource Project ($3,050,000); and 
     Mud River Watershed, Lincoln County, West Virginia 
     ($1,000,000). As in previous years, these projects were 
     determined by non-governmental, independent analysis based 
     upon their unique and diverse geology and geography, their 
     ability to provide the greatest technological diversity using 
     limited financial resources, and the commitment of each 
     community or regional area to find and fund appropriate 
     alternative technologies to resolve their wastewater 
     treatment needs.
       Within the State and Tribal Categorical Grant program, the 
     conference agreement includes:
       1. $225,000,000 for air resource assistance grants under 
     sections 103 and 105 of the Clean Air Act, of which 
     $10,000,000 is for the five State/Regional Haze planning 
     organizations;
       2. $192,500,000 for section 106 water pollution control 
     grants;
       3. $10,000,000 for the Beach Environmental Assessment and 
     Coastal Health Act (BEACH) grant program;

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       4. $240,000,000 for section 319 non-point source pollution 
     grants;
       5. $19,999,900 for the information exchange network grant 
     program; and
       6. $15,000,000 for the new targeted watershed grant 
     program.
       The conferees have not provided funding for the State 
     Multimedia Enforcement Grant program or for maintenance of 
     the Homestake Mine in Lead, South Dakota.
       The conferees agree that $314,887,000 is provided for cost-
     shared grants to communities or other governmental entities 
     for construction of water and wastewater treatment facilities 
     and infrastructure and for groundwater protection 
     infrastructure. Each such grant shall be accompanied by a 
     cost-share requirement whereby, regardless of the amount 
     provided herein for each grant, 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 2003.
       The distribution of funds under this program is as follows:
       1. $1,620,000 for Palmer, Alaska for a water main;
       2. $450,000 for Wrangell, Alaska for sewer expansion;
       3. $900,000 for the Fairbanks City, Alaska sewer and storm 
     drain connection;
       4. $450,000 for Kodiak, Alaska for water and sewer 
     upgrades;
       5. $1,080,000 for the Anchorage Water and Wastewater 
     Utility for the development of a water and sewer facility in 
     Anchorage, Alaska;
       6. $900,000 for Wasilla, Alaska for water and sewer 
     improvements;
       7. $180,000 to Attalla, Alabama for sewerage system 
     improvements;
       8. $180,000 to Powell, Alabama for sewerage system 
     improvements;
       9. $90,000 to Lawrence County, Alabama for the Bankhead 
     Forest Water Project;
       10. $90,000 to the Town of Phil Campbell, Alabama for water 
     system improvements;
       11. $900,000 to Fort Payne, Alabama for sewerage system 
     improvements;
       12. $270,000 to Franklin County, Alabama for water 
     infrastructure improvements;
       13. $180,000 to Douglas, Alabama for sewerage system 
     improvements;
       14. $180,000 to Marion County, Alabama for water system 
     improvements;
       15. $90,000 to the Fayette Water Board, Fayette, Alabama 
     for water security system improvements;
       16. $135,000 to the Cullman County Commission, Alabama for 
     the North Cullman County water systems upgrades;
       17. $225,000 to the City of Calera, Alabama for water and 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       18. $225,000 to the City of Alabaster, Alabama for water 
     and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       19. $1,080,000 to South Alabama Utilities of the town of 
     Citronelle, Alabama for water infrastructure improvements in 
     western Mobile County;
       20. $450,000 to the Southwest Alabama Regional Water 
     Authority for water infrastructure improvements;
       21. $675,000 to the City of Huntsville, Alabama for water 
     system improvements;
       22. $675,000 to the City of Moulton, Alabama for wastewater 
     system improvements;
       23. $112,500 to the Town of Woodville, Alabama for 
     wastewater system improvements;
       24. $180,000 to the Limestone County, Alabama Water and 
     Sewer Authority for drinking water improvements;
       25. $180,000 to the West Morgan-East Lawrence Water 
     Authority, Alabama for drinking water improvements;
       26. $247,500 to the Town of Littleville, Alabama for 
     wastewater system improvements;
       27. $180,000 to the City of Athens, Alabama for wastewater 
     system improvements;
       28. $315,000 to the City of Montgomery, Alabama for 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       29. $315,000 to the Coosa Valley Water Authority for water 
     infrastructure improvements in St. Clair County, Alabama;
       30. $90,000 for the City of Fulton, Alabama for water 
     system improvements;
       31. $585,000 for the City of Jackson, Alabama for water 
     infrastructure;
       32. $675,000 for the Mobile County Water, Sewer and Fire 
     Protection Authority, Alabama for water system improvements;
       33. $630,000 for the Cities of Daphne, Foley and Fairhope, 
     Alabama for comprehensive water infrastructure assessment;
       34. $585,000 for Mobile Area Water and Sewer System and the 
     City of Prichard, Alabama for a combined sewer outflow 
     project;
       35. $90,000 for Mt. Vernon, Alabama for water system 
     improvements;
       36. $90,000 for Summerdale, Alabama for water 
     infrastructure;
       37. $225,000 for the City of Monroeville, Alabama for water 
     system improvements;
       38. $450,000 for Sumiton, Alabama for the Sumiton Sanitary 
     Sewer System;
       39. $450,000 for Berry, Alabama for the construction of a 
     new sanitary wastewater lagoon system;
       40. $450,000 for a water supply project in Guin, Alabama;
       41. $405,000 for Talladega, Alabama for county water supply 
     facilities upgrades and construction;
       42. $292,500 for the Town of Notasulga, Alabama for the 
     Notasulga Wastewater System;
       43. $270,000 for Muscle Shoals, Alabama for a wastewater 
     project;
       44. $180,000 for Eva, Alabama for a sewer system project;
       45. $585,000 for Autauga County, Alabama for a sewer 
     infrastructure construction project;
       46. $450,000 for the Osage Basin Wastewater District, 
     Arkansas for wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       47. $225,000 to the Town of Menifee, Arkansas for water and 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       48. $450,000 for the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas for 
     regional wastewater system improvements;
       49. $225,000 for the Community Water System Public Water 
     Authority of Arkansas in Lonoke and White Counties for the 
     Green Ferry drinking water project;
       50. $1,350,000 for the City of Safford, Arizona for 
     wastewater treatment plant construction;
       51. $450,000 to the City of Scottsdale, Arizona for the 
     Scottsdale Arsenic Removal pilot project;
       52. $900,000 to Huachuca City, Arizona for its effluent 
     recharge project;
       53. $225,000 to the City of Goodyear, Arizona for water 
     infrastructure improvements;
       54. $450,000 to the Litchfield Park Service Company for 
     construction of the Litchfield Park arsenic treatment 
     facility in Arizona;
       55. $675,000 to the Mission Springs Water District in 
     California for groundwater protection and water 
     infrastructure improvements;
       56. $675,000 to the City of Murrieta, California for 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       57. $900,000 to the City of Newport Beach, California for 
     the Big Canyon Reservoir Cover Project;
       58. $630,000 to the Irvine Ranch Water District of Irvine, 
     California for improvement of the San Diego Creek Watershed 
     Natural Treatment System;
       59. $630,000 to the City of Laguna Beach, California for 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       60. $1,710,000 to the Olivenhain Municipal Water District 
     in Encinitas, California for water infrastructure 
     improvements;
       61. $1,800,000 to the Placer Nevada Wastewater Authority 
     for wastewater infrastructure improvements in Placer County, 
     California;
       62. $1,350,000 for water infrastructure improvements for 
     the Cities of Arcadia and Sierra Madre, California;
       63. $450,000 to the Metropolitan Water District of Southern 
     California for the Desalination Research and Innovation 
     Partnership;
       64. $540,000 to Ventura County, California for water and 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements related to the 
     completion and implementation of the Calleguas Creek 
     Watershed Management Plan;
       65. $450,000 to the United Water Conservation District of 
     Ventura County, California for the Oxnard Plain Groundwater 
     Recharge project;
       66. $225,000 to the County of Ventura, California for 
     wastewater infrastructure needs for El Rio;
       67. $315,000 to the City of El Segundo, California for 
     sanitary sewer overflow infrastructure improvements;
       68. $450,000 to the City of Redding, California for water 
     and wastewater infrastructure improvements for the Redding 
     Stillwater Industrial Park;
       69. $450,000 for stormwater pollution mitigation 
     improvements and infrastructure in Los Angeles County, 
     California;
       70. $247,500 for the City of Oceanside, California for 
     infrastructure improvements to the Mission San Luis Rey 
     Waterline;
       71. $450,000 to the City of Brisbane, California for 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       72. $90,000 for the Mojave Water Agency for design and 
     construction of a pipeline and facilities to supply 
     supplemental water to the Mojave River Middle Basin 
     Transition Zone;
       73. $270,000 for the continuation of water infrastructure 
     improvements in Twentynine Palms, California;
       74. $225,000 for the Warren Valley Basin Recharge/Reuse 
     project in Yucca Valley, California;
       75. $90,000 for the Lower Owens River Project in Inyo 
     County, California;
       76. $90,000 for the continuation of water infrastructure 
     improvements in the Yucaipa Valley Water District in Yucaipa, 
     California;
       77. $90,000 for the development of a water master plan to 
     serve the water infrastructure needs of the City of Hesperia, 
     California;
       78. $90,000 for planning and design of a sewage treatment 
     and water reclamation facility in Apple Valley, California;
       79. $45,000 for Basin Water to conduct a national 
     demonstration project for Highly Efficient/Minimum Waste Ion 
     Exchange Treatment of Potable Water Supplies in Southern 
     California;
       80. $900,000 to the City of Sacramento, California for the 
     Combined Sewer System Improvement and Rehabilitation project;
       81. $675,000 to the City of Compton, California for water 
     infrastructure improvements;
       82. $225,000 to the City of Chino Hills, California for 
     stormwater infrastructure improvements for the intersection 
     of Eucalyptus and Peyton Drive;
       83. $225,000 to the City of Brea, California for wastewater 
     and stormwater infrastructure improvements;

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       84. $225,000 to the City of Norwalk, California for 
     drinking water infrastructure construction and improvements 
     for the Norwalk Reservoir Project;
       85. $900,000 to the City and County of San Francisco, 
     California for water and wastewater infrastructure 
     improvements for the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard;
       86. $450,000 to the City of Ripon, California for water 
     infrastructure improvements to assist in the removal of 
     arsenic from drinking water;
       87. $315,000 to Madera County, California Resource 
     Management Agency for wastewater infrastructure improvements 
     in Oakhurst, California;
       88. $900,000 to the City of Huntington Beach, California 
     for stormwater and sanitary sewer infrastructure 
     improvements;
       89. $225,000 to the City of Garden Grove, California for 
     stormwater infrastructure improvements;
       90. $450,000 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 drinking water;
       91. $315,000 to the City of Willits, California for 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements and wetlands 
     mitigation;
       92. $225,000 to Sonoma County, California for wastewater 
     infrastructure improvements for the Canon Manor community;
       93. $225,000 to Marin County, California for wastewater 
     infrastructure improvements for Tomales Bay;
       94. $225,000 to the City of Cudahy, California for 
     wastewater and sewer infrastructure improvements;
       95. $225,000 to the City of Maywood, California for 
     wastewater and sewer infrastructure improvements;
       96. $405,000 to the Tuolumne Utility District in California 
     for the canal optimization study;
       97. $450,000 for the City of Whittier, California, for 
     water and sewer infrastructure improvements;
       98. $450,000 for the City of Eureka, California, for the 
     Martin Slough Interceptor project;
       99. $450,000 for Lake County, California, for the Clear 
     Lake Basin 2000 project;
       100. $360,000 for Mountain Village, Colorado for water 
     infrastructure investment;
       101. $270,000 for Mountain Village, Colorado for 
     remediation of above-ground storage tanks;
       102. $450,000 for the Durango Water Treatment Facility in 
     Durango, Colorado;
       103. $1,440,000 for Brownsville District Sewer Development, 
     Colorado for water and wastewater investments;
       104. $900,000 to the City of New Britain, Connecticut for 
     water infrastructure improvements;
       105. $450,000 to the City of Southington, Connecticut for 
     water infrastructure improvements;
       106. $157,500 to the Town of Wolcott, Connecticut for water 
     infrastructure improvements;
       107. $157,500 to the Town of New Fairfield, Connecticut for 
     water infrastructure improvements;
       108. $675,000 to be shared equally between the towns of 
     Vernon and Bolton, Connecticut to support the Vernon-Bolton 
     Lake Sewer Project System;
       109. $900,000 to the District of Columbia Water and Sewer 
     Authority to mitigate combined sewer overflows into the 
     Anacostia and Potomac Rivers;
       110. $900,000 for the Town of Bridgeville, Delaware, for 
     wastewater treatment plant improvements;
       111. $900,000 for the Town of Harrington, Delaware, for 
     wastewater treatment plant improvements;
       112. $450,000 to the City of Tarpon Springs, Florida for 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       113. $450,000 to the City of Clearwater, Florida for 
     wastewater and reclaimed water infrastructure improvements;
       114. $810,000 to the Taylor County, Florida Water and Sewer 
     District for wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       115. $450,000 to Orange County, Florida for wastewater 
     infrastructure improvements;
       116. $225,000 to the City of Jacksonville, Florida for 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       117. $315,000 to the City of Tampa, Florida for the South 
     Tampa Area Reclaimed Project;
       118. $900,000 to the City of Sweetwater, Florida for 
     wastewater and stormwater infrastructure improvements;
       119. $1,125,000 to the Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach 
     County, Florida for pre-construction engineering and design 
     of the Tri-County Biosolids Pelletization Facility serving 
     Palm Beach, Martin, and St. Lucie Counties;
       120. $135,000 to the City of South Miami, Florida for 
     drinking water, wastewater, stormwater and sewer 
     infrastructure improvements;
       121. $135,000 to the City of Opa-Locka, Florida for 
     drinking water, wastewater, stormwater and sewer 
     infrastructure improvements;
       122. $900,000 to the Volusian Water Alliance of Volusian 
     County, Florida for the Regional Aquifer Management Project 
     and water infrastructure improvements;
       123. $450,000 for the Sarasota County, Florida Phillippi 
     Creek Septic System Replacement Project;
       124. $225,000 to the Escambia County, Florida Utility 
     Authority for its Wastewater Treatment Public/Private 
     Partnership project;
       125. $450,000 to DeSoto County, Florida for water and 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       126. $225,000 to the Sebring Airport Authority of Florida 
     for water and wastewater infrastructure improvements for a 
     light industrial/commercial business park;
       127. $450,000 to the City of Boca Raton, Florida for 
     improvements for the Reverse Osmosis Water Treatment 
     Facility;
       128. $450,000 for the City of West Palm Beach, Florida for 
     its wetlands-based water project;
       129. $225,000 to the City of Lighthouse Point, Florida for 
     stormwater system upgrades and repairs;
       130. $450,000 to the City of Umatilla, Florida for 
     stormwater infrastructure improvements;
       131. $7,875,000 to the Southwest Florida Water Management 
     District for continuation of the Tampa Bay Reservoir Project;
       132. $810,000 for Lake Seminole, Pinellas County, Florida 
     for water and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       133. $1,125,000 for Eastern Orange and Seminole Counties, 
     Florida, for the Regional Reuse Project;
       134. $2,700,000 to the Metropolitan North Georgia Water 
     Planning District, of which $1,800,000 is for the City of 
     Atlanta Nancy Creek project, for water and wastewater 
     infrastructure improvements;
       135. $675,000 to the City of Roswell, Georgia for the Big 
     Creek Watershed Demonstration Project;
       136. $405,000 to the Liberty County, Georgia Development 
     Authority for water and wastewater infrastructure 
     improvements for the Coastal MegaPark;
       137. $675,000 to Gwinnett County, Georgia for water and 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       138. $450,000 to continue the Ground Water Chlorination 
     System Replacement and Upgrade Project on Guam;
       139. $495,000 for the State of Hawaii Health Department, 
     for cesspool system replacement;
       140. $450,000 for the City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii, 
     for wastewater treatment technologies;
       141. $450,000 to the City of Ottumwa, Iowa for comined 
     sewer overflow system improvements;
       142. $900,000 to the City of Des Moines, Iowa for 
     stormwater and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       143. $450,000 for the City of West Liberty, Iowa, for 
     wastewater treatment improvements;
       144. $2,250,000 for the City of Mason City, Iowa, for the 
     Municipal Water System Radium Removal Project;
       145. $225,000 to the Bayview Water and Sewer District of 
     Idaho for the Cape Horn Area Clean Water Compliance Project;
       146. $900,000 for the Coolin Sewer District in Idaho for a 
     wastewater facility upgrade project;
       147. $225,000 for the City of Filer, Idaho for a new 
     drinking water system;
       148. $675,000 for the City of Bancroft, Idaho for water 
     system upgrades;
       149. $900,000 for the City of Burley, Idaho for 
     improvements to the wastewater treatment system;
       150. $450,000 to DuPage County, Illinois for water 
     infrastructure improvements;
       151. $450,000 to the Lake County Stormwater Management 
     Commission of Lake County, Illinois for stormwater detention, 
     infrastructure, modeling, design and management activities in 
     the Upper Des Plaines River watershed;
       152. $450,000 to the Village of Johnsburg, Illinois for 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       153. $450,000 to the Village of Port Byron, Illinois for 
     drinking water improvements;
       154. $180,000 to the City of Hamilton, Illinois for water 
     infrastructure improvements;
       155. $180,000 to the Dallas Rural Water District, Illinois 
     for water infrastructure improvements in Hancock County, 
     Illinois;
       156. $630,000 to the Village of Montgomery, Illinois for 
     removal of lead-based paint from water storage tanks;
       157. $234,000 to the Village of Somonauk, Illinois for 
     construction of a water storage tower;
       158. $900,000 for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation 
     District of Chicago, Illinois for wastewater infrastructure 
     improvements;
       159. $450,000 to the Village of Granville, Illinois for 
     water infrastructure improvements;
       160. $450,000 to the Village of Toulon, Illinois for 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       161. $225,000 to the Village of LaGrange, Illinois for 
     water infrastructure improvements;
       162. $225,000 to the Village of Justice, Illinois for water 
     infrastructure improvements for the Wesley Fields water 
     system;
       163. $450,000 to the City of Galena, Illinois to expand and 
     improve wastewater facilities;
       164. $225,000 to the City of Flora, Illinois for water 
     infrastructure improvements for the Gateway Regional Water 
     System;
       165. $360,000 to the City of Breese, Illinois for water 
     infrastructure improvements;
       166. $22,500 to the Village of Patoka, Illinois for water 
     infrastructure improvements;
       167. $90,000 to the City of Salem, Illinois for water and 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       168. $675,000 to the City of Wilmington, Illinois for 
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       169. $450,000 for the Holland Regional Water System in 
     Effingham, Illinois for a water treatment facility to improve 
     regional drinking water;
       170. $450,000 for the City of Moline, Illinois for drinking 
     water improvements;
       171. $450,000 for the City of Georgetown, Illinois for 
     drinking water improvements;
       172. $675,000 to the City of Carmel, Indiana for water 
     infrastructure improvements;
       173. $90,000 to Madison Township, Indiana for wastewater 
     infrastructure improvements;
       174. $148,500 to the Town of Cicero, Indiana for its 
     stormwater infrastructure improvements and pollution 
     prevention project;
       175. $225,000 to the Twin Lakes Sewer District in White 
     County, Indiana for wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       176. $315,000 to Tell City, Indiana for wastewater 
     infrastructure improvements;
       177. $675,000 to the City of Hobart, Indiana for wastewater 
     infrastructure improvements for the Green Acres subdivision;
       178. $450,000 for Vigo County, Indiana for the Sugar Creek 
     Township Sanitary Sewer Project;
       179. $270,000 to the City of Ottawa, Kansas for water and 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       180. $450,000 to Augusta, Kansas for water infrastructure 
     improvements;
       181. $450,000 for Latimer, Kansas for a pipeline project;
       182. $450,000 to the Franklin County Fiscal Court of 
     Kentucky for the Choateville Sewer Project;
       183. $225,000 to the Spencer County, Kentucky Fiscal Court 
     for water infrastructure improvements;
       184. $225,000 to the City of Shepherdsville, Kentucky for 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       185. $225,000 to the City of Carrollton/Carrollton 
     Utilities of Kentucky for wastewater infrastructure 
     improvements at the Carroll-Gallatin-Owen Regional Wastewater 
     Treatment Plant;
       186. $450,000 to the Louisville/Jefferson County 
     Redevelopment Authority for water infrastructure improvements 
     for a technology park in Louisville, Kentucky;
       187. $544,500 to the City of Paintsville, Kentucky for 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       188. $360,000 to the City of Morehead, Kentucky for 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       189. $900,000 to the City of Corbin, Kentucky for 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       190. $360,000 to the City of Monticello, Kentucky for 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       191. $675,000 to the City of Prestonsburg, Kentucky for 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       192. $360,000 to the City of Beattyville, Kentucky for 
     water infrastructure improvements;
       193. $900,000 for the City of Clay, Kentucky for wastewater 
     infrastructure improvements;
       194. $180,000 to the Marshall County Sanitation District #2 
     for water and wastewater infrastructure improvements for the 
     City of Draffenville, Kentucky;
       195. $180,000 for the City of Bardwell, Kentucky for 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       196. $180,000 for the City of Greenville, Kentucky for 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       197. $1,665,000 for wastewater infrastructure improvements 
     at the Cynthiana Wastewater Treatment Plant, Kentucky;
       198. $585,000 for the City of Sebree, Kentucky for the City 
     of Sebree Sewer project;
       199. $450,000 to the Military Department of Louisiana for 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements for the Gillis W. Long 
     Center;
       200. $900,000 for the Orleans Parish, Louisiana, sanitary 
     sewer inflow infiltration project;
       201. $900,000 to the City of Shreveport, Louisiana for 
     installation of backflow preventers within the water 
     distribution system ($450,000), and for water and wastewater 
     infrastructure improvements associated with programs of the 
     Red River Watershed Management Institute ($450,000);
       202. $900,000 to St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana for 
     water and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       203. $180,000 to the City of New Iberia, Louisiana for 
     joint water and wastewater infrastructure improvements with 
     Iberia Parish;
       204. $180,000 to St. Martin Parish, Louisiana for water and 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       205. $225,000 to St. Charles Parish, Louisiana for water 
     and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       206. $225,000 to St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana for water 
     and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       207. $90,000 to St. James Parish, Louisiana for water and 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements coordinated with the 
     Town of Gramercy;
       208. $450,000 to the City of Hammond, Louisiana for 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements related to the Lake 
     Pontchartrain Basin project;
       209. $225,000 to the City of Slidell, Louisiana for 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements related to the Lake 
     Pontchartrain Basin project;
       210. $787,500 for East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, for 
     water and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       211. $787,500 for the City of Lake Charles, Louisiana, for 
     wastewater treatment plant improvements;
       212. $787,500 for Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, for sewer 
     infrastructure improvements;
       213. $180,000 to the City of Brockton, Massachusetts for 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       214. $135,000 for combined sewer overflow mitigation in 
     Lawrence, Massachusetts;
       215. $900,000 for Bristol County, Massachusetts, for sewer 
     infrastructure improvements;
       216. $810,000 to the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission in 
     West Springfield, Massachusetts, in consultation with the 
     Metropolitan District Commission in Connecticut, for 
     wastewater infrastructure and combined sewer overflow 
     improvements on the Connecticut River in Connecticut and 
     Massachusetts;
       217. $450,000 to the Town of Elkton, Maryland for 
     biological nutrient removal upgrades;
       218. $450,000 to the Town of Federalsburg, Maryland for 
     biological nutrient removal upgrades;
       219. $940,500 for water supply and distribution 
     infrastructure improvements, sanitary sewer collection system 
     modifications, and wastewater and stormwater infrastructure 
     improvements in La Plata, Maryland;
       220. $1,125,000 to the City of Rockville, Maryland for its 
     Stormwater Management Improvement Project;
       221. $450,000 to the Washington Suburban Sanitary 
     Commission for water infrastructure improvements in Prince 
     George's and Montgomery Counties, Maryland;
       222. $3,600,000 for the City of Baltimore, Maryland, for 
     water and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       223. $1,800,000 to the Town of Indian Head, Maryland for 
     sewer and water improvements in Woodland Village;
       224. $450,000 for Vinalhaven, Maine for its sewer system;
       225. $450,000 for Saco, Maine for its sewer system;
       226. $450,000 for Augusta, Maine for its sewer system;
       227. $900,000 for Corinna, Maine for its sewer system;
       228. $270,000 to the City of Bad Axe, Michigan for water 
     infrastructure improvements;
       229. $900,000 for continuation of the Rouge River National 
     Wet Weather Demonstration Project, Michigan;
       230. $675,000 to the City of Grand Rapids, Michigan for 
     combined sewer overflow infrastructure improvements;
       231. $450,000 to the Genesee County Drain Commission, 
     Michigan for the North-East Relief Sewer and Kearsley Creek 
     Inceptor project;
       232. $360,000 to the Detroit Water and Sewer Department, 
     Michigan for water, wastewater and combined sewer overflow 
     infrastructure improvements;
       233. $1,350,000 for the Evergreen-Farmington Sanitary Sewer 
     Overflow demonstration project in Oakland County, Michigan;
       234. $900,000 to Oakland County, Michigan for water and 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements within the George W. 
     Kuhn Drainage District;
       235. $450,000 for the City of Flint, Michigan to upgrade 
     the Pierson Road water main system;
       236. $900,000 for the City of Saginaw, Michigan, for sewer 
     infrastructure improvements;
       237. $900,000 for the City of Port Huron, Michigan, for 
     sewer infrastructure improvements;
       238. $900,000 for Eastern Calhoun County, Michigan, for 
     regional wastewater treatment infrastructure improvements;
       239. $1,350,000 to the City of Springfield, Missouri for 
     feasibility studies, design and construction of stormwater 
     infrastructure improvements for the Upper James River;
       240. $315,000 to the City of St. Louis, Missouri for water 
     infrastructure improvements for Forest Park;
       241. $1,800,000 to the Clean Water Committee of Jefferson 
     County, Missouri for wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       242. $315,000 to Caldwell County, Missouri for water 
     infrastructure improvements;
       243. $450,000 to the Clarence Cannon Wholesale Water 
     Commission for water infrastructure improvements in Monroe 
     County, Missouri;
       244. $450,000 to the City of Lake St. Louis, Missouri for 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements and watershed 
     protection projects in the Peruque Creek watershed and along 
     the St. Charles County Hi-Tech corridor area;
       245. $1,530,000 to Kansas City, Missouri for the water 
     component of the Beacon Hill Redevelopment Plan;
       246. $450,000 to Dudley, Missouri for the City Water 
     Expansion Project;
       247. $1,000,000 for St. Joseph, Missouri for wastewater 
     infrastructure improvements;
       248. $405,000 to Bolivar, Missouri for the Bolivar 
     Industrial Park Sewer and Water System;
       249. $315,000 to Warrenton, Missouri for the Warrenton 
     Industrial Park Lift Station;
       250. $225,000 to Warrensburg, Missouri for the water 
     component of the Warrensburg Downtown Revitalization Project;
       251. $1,800,000 to Joplin, Missouri for the Crossroads 
     Relief Sewer #2 and Sewer Extension Project;
       252. $1,350,000 to Monett, Missouri for the Monett Sewer 
     Treatment Plant Upgrade;
       253. $610,200 to the City of Louisville, Mississippi for 
     water treatment system upgrades;
       254. $64,800 to the City of Lake, Mississippi for water 
     infrastructure improvements;
       255. $450,000 to the City of Newton, Mississippi for 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements for an industrial 
     park;

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       256. $270,000 to the City of McComb, Mississippi for 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       257. $270,000 to the City of Gulfport, Mississippi for 
     water infrastructure improvements;
       258. $495,000 to the City of Corinth, Mississippi for 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       259. $450,000 to the City of Tupelo, Mississippi for 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       260. $1,800,000 for Flowood, Mississippi for the Hogg Creek 
     Interceptor System;
       261. $900,000 for Meridian, Mississippi for wastewater 
     improvements;
       262. $900,000 for Jackson, Mississippi for water 
     infrastructure improvements;
       263. $900,000 for Fayette, Mississippi for the Jefferson 
     County water and sewer improvements project;
       264. $900,000 for the Upper and Lower River Road Water and 
     Sewer District, Montana for wastewater infrastructure 
     improvements;
       265. $1,350,000 for the City of Conrad, Montana for a 
     wastewater and drinking water project;
       266. $1,350,000 for the City of Belgrade, Montana, for 
     wastewater treatment;
       267. $1,350,000 for Missoula, Montana for the Mullan Road 
     Corridor Sewer Project;
       268. $180,000 to the Town of Granite Falls, North Carolina 
     for water infrastructure improvements;
       269. $270,000 to the Town of Bakersville, North Carolina 
     for water infrastructure improvements;
       270. $90,000 to the Town of Drexel, North Carolina for 
     water and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       271. $180,000 to the Town of Spruce Pine, North Carolina 
     for construction of the Cemetery Hill Water Storage Tank;
       272. $450,000 to the City of Henderson, North Carolina for 
     the next phase of the rehabilitation and expansion of the 
     water treatment facilities of the Kerr Lake Regional Water 
     System;
       273. $900,000 to the City of Concord, North Carolina for 
     the Tri-County Regional Water Project in Cabarrus, Rowan, and 
     Stanly Counties, North Carolina;
       274. $225,000 to the County of Granville, North Carolina 
     for water and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       275. $675,000 to Richmond County, North Carolina for water 
     and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       276. $900,000 to the Neuse Regional Water and Sewer 
     Authority in Lenoir County, North Carolina for water 
     infrastructure improvements;
       277. $900,000 for Orange County, North Carolina for 
     wastewater infrastructure needs;
       278. $360,000 to the Town of Cary, North Carolina for 
     construction of a biosolids dryer facility;
       279. $450,000 to the Town of Highlands, North Carolina for 
     water and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       280. $450,000 to the Buncombe County, North Carolina Solid 
     Waste Management Facility for water quality protection 
     infrastructure improvements;
       281. $360,000 to the Town of Mooresville, North Carolina 
     for water infrastructure improvements;
       282. $450,000 for the Town of Robbins, North Carolina, for 
     water treatment plant improvements;
       283. $180,000 for water and sewer improvements in 
     Morgantown, North Carolina;
       284. $135,000 for water and sewer improvements in 
     Albermarle, North Carolina;
       285. $180,000 for water and sewer improvements in Gastonia, 
     North Carolina;
       286. $225,000 for water and sewer improvements in Valdese, 
     North Carolina;
       287. $1,800,000 for the City of Park River, North Dakota 
     for the Park River Water System Improvements;
       288. $900,000 for the City of Grafton, North Dakota for the 
     Grafton Water Treatment Plant Improvement;
       289. $540,000 for Wayne State College of Wayne, Nebraska 
     for the Wayne Community Greywater project;
       290. $360,000 to Lincoln, Nebraska for the South Salt Creek 
     Sanitary Sewer project;
       291. $450,000 to the City of Omaha, Nebraska for a combined 
     sewer overflow project;
       292. $900,000 to the City of Nashua, New Hampshire for 
     water and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       293. $540,000 to the City of Portsmouth, New Hampshire for 
     mitigation of combined sewer overflows;
       294. $450,000 to the City of Somersworth, New Hampshire for 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       295. $900,000 to the City of Manchester, New Hampshire for 
     water and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       296. $360,000 to the Town of Exeter, New Hampshire for 
     planning and design of a new water treatment plant;
       297. $900,000 for the City of Berlin, New Hampshire to 
     assist in construction of water delivery infrastructure;
       298. $391,500 to the Borough of New Providence, New Jersey 
     for water and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       299. $900,000 to the Township of Jefferson, New Jersey for 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements to help protect water 
     quality of Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey;
       300. $2,250,000 to the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission 
     in New Jersey for its combined sewage overflow reduction 
     program and the Passaic River/Newark Bay Restoration program;
       301. $225,000 for the North Hudson Sewerage Authority in 
     New Jersey for combined sewer overflow improvements;
       302. $450,000 for the Township of Vernon, New Jersey, for 
     wastewater improvement;
       303. $1,350,000 for the Camden County Municipal Authority, 
     New Jersey, for sewer infrastructure improvements;
       304. $900,000 to the City of Ruidoso, New Mexico for 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       305. $450,000 to the City of Los Lunas, New Mexico for 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       306. $450,000 to the City of Belen, New Mexico for 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       307. $180,000 to the Greater Chimayo Mutual Domestic Water 
     Consumers Association in New Mexico for water infrastructure 
     improvements;
       308. $180,000 to the City of Bloomfield, New Mexico for 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       309. $315,000 to the Town of Bernalillo, New Mexico for 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       310. $315,000 to the Village of Los Lunas, New Mexico for 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       311. $1,800,000 for South and North Valley of Albuquerque 
     and Bernalillo County, New Mexico, for water and wastewater 
     treatment;
       312. $450,000 for the City of Gallup, New Mexico, for 
     wastewater treatment plant improvements and upgrades;
       313. $900,000 for the City of Espanola, New Mexico for 
     water and wastewater treatment;
       314. $900,000 for Alamogordo, New Mexico for the Alamogordo 
     Regional Desalination Project;
       315. $630,000 to the Virgin Valley Water District, Nevada 
     for construction of arsenic treatment facilities for the 
     cities of Mesquite and Bunkerville, Nevada;
       316. $796,500 for Washoe County, Nevada for the Spanish 
     Valley Nitrate Remediation Pilot Program;
       317. $990,000 for the Carson Water Subconservancy District 
     for final design and construction of a conveyance-tunnel 
     system to transport water from Marlette Lake to the Hobart 
     Drainage for treatment at Carson City, Nevada;
       318. $270,000 for the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, sewer 
     replacement project;
       319. $900,000 to the City of Little Falls, New York for 
     water infrastructure improvements;
       320. $225,000 for the Village of Floyd, New York Water 
     Quality/Quantity Improvement Project;
       321. $225,000 to the Village of Whitney Point, New York for 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       322. $900,000 to the Village of Walden, New York for 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       323. $450,000 the State of New York for the South Shore 
     Estuary Reserve Council of Long Island, New York for 
     stormwater infrastructure improvements;
       324. $675,000 to the Town of North Hempstead, New York for 
     stormwater management infrastructure improvements within 
     Manhasset Bay and Hempstead Harbor on the Long Island Sound;
       325. $900,000 to the City of Niagara Falls, New York for 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       326. $450,000 to the City of Rye, New York for water and 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       327. $450,000 for the Lake Neatahwanta Reclamation project 
     in Oswego County, New York;
       328. $900,000 to the City of Oswego, New York for combined 
     sewer overflow system improvements;
       329. $180,000 to the Village of Sloan, New York for 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       330. $450,000 to the Town of Hamburg, New York for sanitary 
     sewer overflow improvements;
       331. $900,000 to the City of Buffalo, New York Water 
     Division for water infrastructure improvements;
       332. $900,000 to the Monroe County, New York Water 
     Authority for construction of a covered reservoir and 
     security improvements;
       333. $900,000 to the Saratoga County Water Committee for 
     water and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       334. $10,800,000 for continued clean water improvements for 
     Onondaga Lake, New York;
       335. $1,800,000 to the City of Syracuse, New York for water 
     and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       336. $5,400,000 for drinking water infrastructure needs in 
     the New York City watershed;
       337. $3,600,000 for water quality infrastructure 
     improvements for Long Island Sound, New York;
       338. $450,000 to the Cortland County Industrial Development 
     Agency in New York for water and wastewater infrastructure 
     improvements to the Cortland County Business Park;
       339. $675,000 for the County of Nassau, New York for water 
     quality infrastructure improvements at Nassau County Park 
     facilities;
       340. $450,000 for the City of Middletown, New York for the 
     City of Middletown Filtration Plant;
       341. $450,000 to the City of Cincinnati, Ohio for water 
     infrastructure improvements;
       342. $675,000 to the City of Van Wert, Ohio for the 
     expansion of a drinking water reservoir;
       343. $337,500 to the City of Napoleon, Ohio for water 
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       344. $720,000 for water infrastructure upgrades for 
     Northern Perry County Water District, Ohio;
       345. $675,000 for water infrastructure upgrades for the 
     Village of Crooksville, Ohio;
       346. $180,000 for the Village of Amanda, Ohio for water 
     infrastructure improvements;
       347. $450,000 for the Village of Spring Valley, Ohio to 
     upgrade its water treatment and distribution system;
       348. $360,000 for Greene County, Ohio for water and 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       349. $90,000 for the Pickaway County Sewer District for a 
     regional sewer study in Pickaway County, Ohio;
       350. $675,000 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;
       351. $1,620,000 for the City of Toledo, Ohio for the 
     development of facilities related to its Methane Biogases 
     Capture and Reuse Initiative;
       352. $630,000 to the City of Port Clinton, Ohio for a 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements and mitigation of 
     combined sewer overflows;
       353. $450,000 to Perry County, Ohio for water 
     infrastructure improvements;
       354. $900,000 to the City of Delphos, Ohio for the Tri-
     County Regional Water System Reservoir Project;
       355. $900,000 to the City of North Canton, Ohio for a water 
     treatment project;
       356. $900,000 for the City of Massillon, Ohio for 
     wastewater and stormwater infrastructure improvements;
       357. $180,000 for the Buckeye Water District Treatment 
     Plant infrastructure improvements in Columbiana County, Ohio;
       358. $180,000 to the Village of Morristown, Ohio for 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       359. $225,000 to the Village of Hartford, Ohio for 
     wastewater and sanitary sewer infrastructure improvements;
       360. $675,000 for the Village of Pomeroy, Ohio for the 
     construction of an iron and manganese removal water treatment 
     plant;
       361. $675,000 for the Village of Belmont, Ohio for the 
     construction of a wastewater treatment plant and collection 
     system;
       362. $900,000 for the City of Akron, Ohio for sewer 
     infrastructure improvements;
       363. $675,000 for Morristown, Ohio for a sanitary sewer 
     collection system;
       364. $225,000 to the City of Hulbert, Oklahoma for 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements for the Hulbert 
     Community Health Center;
       365. $450,000 to the City of Midwest City, Oklahoma for 
     water infrastructure improvements;
       366. $450,000 to the City of Altus, Oklahoma for water 
     infrastructure improvements;
       367. $1,350,000 for the City of Norman, Oklahoma for 
     wastewater system improvements;
       368. $450,000 to the City of Portland, Oregon for its wet 
     weather pollution control program;
       369. $450,000 to the City of Albany, Oregon for the Albany-
     Millersburg Joint Water project;
       370. $270,000 for Tillamook County, Oregon for wastewater 
     infrastructure improvements including construction of an 
     animal waste composting facility;
       371. $450,000 to La Pine, Oregon for wastewater 
     infrastructure improvements;
       372. $270,000 to the City of North Plains, Oregon for water 
     infrastructure improvements;
       373. $495,000 for the City of Hood River, Oregon, for 
     drinking water infrastructure improvements;
       374. $225,000 for the Metropolitan Wastewater Management 
     Commission, Eugene and Springfield, Oregon, drinking and 
     wastewater improvements;
       375. $540,000 for Gold Hill, Oregon for a water intake 
     relocation project;
       376. $2,250,000 for the Three Rivers Wet Weather 
     Demonstration program in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania;
       377. $486,000 for wastewater infrastructure improvements 
     for the City of Hermitage, Pennsylvania ($383,850) and the 
     Borough of Sharpsville, Pennsylvania ($102,150);
       378. $1,350,000 to Derry Township Municipal Authority in 
     Dauphin County, Pennsylvania for wastewater infrastructure 
     improvements;
       379. $450,000 for Pulaski Township, Pennsylvania for 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       380. $450,000 to the Wyoming Valley Sanitary Authority of 
     Pennsylvania for combined sewer overflow infrastructure 
     improvements;
       381. $387,000 to the Nanty Glow Water Authority of Cambria, 
     Pennsylvania for water infrastructure improvements;
       382. $450,000 to the Derry Borough Water Authority in 
     Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania for water infrastructure 
     improvements;
       383. $270,000 to the Borough of Wellsboro, Pennsylvania for 
     combined sewer overflow improvements;
       384. $450,000 to the City of Franklin, Pennsylvania for 
     combined sewer overflow infrastructure improvements;
       385. $450,000 to the City of Lancaster, Pennsylvania for 
     water and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       386. $315,000 to the York City Sewer Authority in 
     Pennsylvania for wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       387. $450,000 to Lycoming County, Pennsylvania for water 
     and wastewater infrastructure improvements in the Boroughs of 
     Hughesville and Muncy and at Halls Station;
       388. $450,000 to the Department of Susquehanna County 
     Economic Development in Montrose, Pennsylvania for water 
     infrastructure improvements;
       389. $315,000 to the Chestnut Ridge Area Joint Municipal 
     Authority for wastewater infrastructure improvements for East 
     St. Clair, West St. Clair, King and Napier Townships and in 
     New Paris Borough, Pennsylvania;
       390. $900,000 to the Eastern Snyder County Regional 
     Authority in Pennsylvania to upgrade its wastewater treatment 
     plant, including replacing equipment, improving the treatment 
     system, and installing new technology for nutrient removal, 
     in order to improve the water quality of the Chesapeake Bay;
       391. $900,000 for Upper Allen Township, Cumberland County, 
     Pennsylvania to increase sewer treatment capacity by 
     repairing inflow and infiltration problems in older sections 
     of the collection system, divert sewage to a treatment plant, 
     and install new sanitary sewer collection system extensions 
     to replace malfunctioning on-lot disposal systems;
       392. $450,000 to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Sewer and 
     Water Authority for wastewater infrastructure improvements in 
     the municipality of Arecibo;
       393. $450,000 to the City of Woonsocket, Rhode Island for 
     water infrastructure improvements;
       394. $2,250,000 to the Narragansett Bay Commission, Rhode 
     Island, in cooperation with other Bay communities, for 
     wastewater and combined sewer overflow infrastructure 
     improvements;
       395. $540,000 for the Pawtucket Water Supply Board in Rhode 
     Island for the purchase of the City of Central Falls Water 
     Distribution System;
       396. $450,000 for the Town of Coventry, Rhode Island, for 
     drinking water infrastructure improvements;
       397. $450,000 to Berkeley County, South Carolina for 
     extension of water lines to Cross Community Schools;
       398. $450,000 to the City of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina 
     Downtown Redevelopment Corporation for stormwater 
     infrastructure improvements for the Pavilion Area Master 
     Plan;
       399. $450,000 to the City of Florence, South Carolina for 
     continued construction of a regional surface water plant;
       400. $225,000 to the Town of Eastover, South Carolina for 
     water infrastructure improvements;
       401. $171,000 to the Town of Jackson, South Carolina for 
     removal of radium from the water supply;
       402. $198,000 to the City of Walhalla, South Carolina for 
     water infrastructure improvements in Oconee County;
       403. $450,000 to Charlotte Mecklenburg Utilities for a 
     phosphorous reduction program in North Carolina and South 
     Carolina;
       404. $180,000 to Charleston County, South Carolina for 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       405. $900,000 for the Mount Pleasant Waterworks Commission, 
     South Carolina, for the Snowden Community Wastewater 
     Collection Project;
       406. $900,000 for the Commission of Public Works of the 
     City of Charleston, South Carolina, for wastewater tunnel 
     replacement;
       407. $900,000 for the City of Greenville, South Carolina, 
     for water and sewer infrastructure related to the Greenline-
     Spartanburg Neighborhood Redevelopment Project;
       408. $450,000 to the City of Groton, South Dakota for water 
     and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       409. $450,000 to the City of Elk Point, South Dakota for 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       410. $675,000 for the City of Centerville, South Dakota, 
     for drinking water infrastructure improvements;
       411. $900,000 for the Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe in 
     Agency Village, South Dakota, for the expansion of the Brown 
     Marshall Day Water System;
       412. $450,000 for the City of Huron, South Dakota, for 
     drinking water infrastructure improvements;
       413. $450,000 for Box Elder, South Dakota, for water and 
     wastewater system improvements;
       414. $360,000 for the City of Deadwood, South Dakota, for a 
     drinking water extension project;
       415. $315,000 for the Community of Dakota Dunes, South 
     Dakota, for a drinking water infrastructure connection 
     project;
       416. $1,350,000 for the City of Lead, South Dakota, for 
     water and wastewater system improvements;
       417. $405,000 to the River Road Utility District for water 
     infrastructure improvements in Cheatham County, Tennessee;
       418. $351,000 to the City of Cross Plains, Tennessee for 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       419. $1,350,000 to the Athens Utilities Board of Tennessee 
     for wastewater infrastructure improvements at the Oostanaula 
     Wastewater Treatment Plant;
       420. $450,000 to the City of Lawrenceburg, Tennessee for 
     water and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       421. $90,000 to the Watauga River Regional Water Authority 
     in Carter County, Tennessee for water infrastructure 
     improvements;
       422. $1,080,000 to Polk County, Tennessee for water 
     infrastructure improvement for the Linsdale community;
       423. $1,350,000 for the City of Franklin, Tennessee for 
     water quality improvements;

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       424. $900,000 to the City of Eagle Pass, Texas for water 
     and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       425. $900,000 for West Fort Bend County, Texas for water 
     infrastructure improvements;
       426. $450,000 to the City of Meridian, Texas for water and 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements for the Meridian/
     Bosque Regional Water Supply and Treatment Project;
       427. $900,000 to the City of Dallas, Texas for water and 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       428. $270,000 to the City of Port Arthur, Texas for water 
     infrastructure improvements in the Sabine area;
       429. $1,800,000 for San Antonio Water Systems, Texas for 
     water and sewer improvements;
       430. $1,350,000 for Nacogdoches, Texas for the development 
     of a water and sewer drainage system;
       431. $450,000 to Park City, Utah for water infrastructure 
     improvements at the Park City Judge Tunnel Water Treatment 
     Plant;
       432. $450,000 for Tooele City, Utah for water and 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       433. $225,000 to Sandy City, Utah for water and stormwater 
     infrastructure improvements;
       434. $225,000 for the City of St. George, Utah for water 
     and sewer line extensions;
       435. $225,000 for the City of South Salt Lake, Utah for 
     water infrastructure improvements;
       436. $2,250,000 for Monticello, Utah for a primary water 
     supply pipeline;
       437. $675,000 for Blanding, Utah for water infrastructure 
     improvements;
       438. $900,000 to the Town of Dublin, Virginia for water 
     infrastructure improvements;
       439. $315,000 to the Town of Orange, Virginia for 
     construction of a raw water storage basin;
       440. $900,000 to Dale Service Corporation for water and 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements in Dale City, 
     Virginia;
       441. $855,000 to the Fairfax County Water Authority of 
     Virginia for water system infrastructure and security 
     enhancements;
       442. $472,500 to Chesterfield County, Virginia for drainage 
     and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       443. $360,000 for Nelson County, Virginia for water and 
     wastewater system installation and improvements;
       444. $135,000 for Camp Virginia Jaycee in Blue Ridge, 
     Virginia for a wastewater treatment project;
       445. $360,000 to Fluvanna County, Virginia for water and 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       446. $315,000 for St. Paul College in Lawrenceville, 
     Virginia for water and wastewater infrastructure 
     improvements;
       447. $360,000 for Pittsylvania County and the Town of 
     Gretna, Virginia for water infrastructure improvements;
       448. $270,000 for Franklin County, Virginia for a drinking 
     water infrastructure project;
       449. $270,000 for Buckingham County, Virginia for water and 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements for Buckingham County 
     and the Town of Dillwyn;
       450. $180,000 for Cumberland County, Virginia for water 
     infrastructure improvements;
       451. $1,800,000 to the City of Richmond, Virginia 
     ($900,000) and to the City of Lynchburg, Virginia ($900,000) 
     for combined sewer overflow infrastructure improvements;
       452. $675,000 to the City of Alexandria, Virginia for the 
     Sanitary and Stormwater Sewer Reconstruction and Extension 
     project to mitigate overflows polluting Four Mile Run Creek;
       453. $315,000 to Accomack County, Virginia for wastewater 
     infrastructure improvements;
       454. $180,000 to the City of Norfolk, Virginia for 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements at the North Fox Hall 
     and Sewell Garden pump stations;
       455. $180,000 to the City of Norfolk, Virginia for 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements in Fairmont Park;
       456. $900,000 to Loudoun County, Virginia Department of 
     Building and Development for groundwater monitoring 
     infrastructure of the Water Resources Management Program;
       457. $450,000 to the Government of the Virgin Islands for 
     water and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       458. $1,530,000 for the Champlain Water District, Vermont, 
     for Chittenden County stormwater infrastructure improvements;
       459. $1,350,000 for the Town of Warren, Vermont, for 
     wastewater treatment facility upgrades;
       460. $1,170,000 for the Town of Richmond, Vermont, for 
     wastewater treatment facility upgrades;
       461. $810,000 to the City of Shelton, Washington for water 
     and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       462. $99,000 to the Town of South Prairie, Washington for 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       463. $450,000 to Parker, Washington for water 
     infrastructure improvements;
       464. $450,000 to the City of Roslyn, Washington for 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       465. $225,000 to the City of Blaine, Washington for 
     completion of a feasibility study for the Northwest Whatcom 
     County Wastewater Management Plan, Lummis Diversion, and for 
     related updates of the City's general sewer plan;
       466. $693,000 for the Mason County Public Utility District, 
     Washington to construct a wastewater and collection facility 
     in Hoodsport, Washington;
       467. $225,000 for the Wahkiakum County Public Utility 
     District, Washington for the Puget Island Drinking Water 
     Project;
       468. $1,485,000 for the Town of Klickitat, Washington, to 
     construct a new wastewater water treatment facility;
       469. $522,000 for the City of Richland, Washington, for 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       470. $337,500 for the Village of Curtiss, Wisconsin for the 
     expansion of their wastewater treatment plant;
       471. $832,500 for the Town of Mercer, Wisconsin for the 
     extension of their water infrastructure to the new business 
     park;
       472. $1,080,000 for the City of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin 
     for the extension of sewer and water to the East Side 
     Business Park and the Village of Biron;
       473. $1,800,000 for the City of Milwaukee, Wisconsin for 
     the Central Metropolitan Interceptor Improvement Project;
       474. $900,000 for the City of Racine, Wisconsin for the 
     Racine Advanced Water Treatment System;
       475. $270,000 for the Putnam County Commission of West 
     Virginia for the Fishers Ridge water infrastructure project;
       476. $238,500 to the Midland Public Service District in 
     Randolph County, West Virginia for the extension of 
     waterlines for Haddix Road;
       477. $2,445,600 to the City of Weirton, West Virginia for 
     water treatment plant upgrades;
       478. $2,250,000 to the City of Moundsville, West Virginia 
     for construction of a water treatment facility;
       479. $1,845,000 to the City of Grafton, West Virginia for 
     upgrades to the Berkeley Run Pump Station, Front Street sewer 
     improvements, Fetterman's sewer improvements, Monroe Street 
     sewer improvements, Ross Alley sewer improvements, East 
     Knotts Area sewer improvements, Rochelle Road sewer 
     improvements, Maple Street sewer improvements and Walnut Area 
     sewer improvements;
       480. $1,939,500 to the City of Grafton, West Virginia for 
     wastewater treatment plant upgrades;
       481. $455,400 to the City of Sistersville, West Virginia 
     for water treatment plant upgrades;
       482. $504,000 to the City of Wellsburg, West Virginia for 
     replacement of the 11th Street Wastewater Lift Station; and
       483. $571,500 to the Village of Beach Bottom, West Virginia 
     for the extension of water lines, water plant construction 
     and water line replacement.

                       Administrative Provisions

       The conferees have again this year included an 
     administrative provision giving the Administrator specific 
     authority to, in the absence of an acceptable tribal program, 
     award cooperative agreements to federally recognized Indian 
     Tribes or Intertribal consortia so as to properly carry out 
     EPA's environmental programs.
       Also again this year and in order to continue providing 
     sufficient and necessary resources for EPA's pesticide re-
     registration program, the conferees have included bill 
     language which authorizes for one year the collection by EPA 
     of $21,500,000 in maintenance fees. This provision extends to 
     September 30, 2003 the date upon which such authority for 
     collections expires. Additionally, bill language has again 
     been included which prohibits the use of funds 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; and prohibiting the 
     collection of pesticide registration fees if a new 
     maintenance fee has gone into effect.
       Finally, the conference agreement includes bill language as 
     proposed by the Senate requiring the Administrator of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency to enter into a cooperative 
     agreement with the National Academy of Sciences to evaluate 
     the impact of the final rule relating to prevention of 
     significant deterioration and non-attainment of new source 
     review (NSR) published in the Federal Register on December 
     31, 2002.

                   Executive Office of the President


                OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY

       Appropriates $5,368,000 as proposed by the Senate instead 
     of $5,750,000 as proposed by the House.
       The conferees direct that the progress report on the 
     Administration's interagency global change research program, 
     as included in the Senate report, be submitted to the 
     Committees on Appropriations by May 30, 2003.
       The conferees strongly encourage OSTP to address the 
     following critical issues introduced by the Senate: (1) 
     achieving a balanced and appropriately funded Federal 
     research portfolio, particularly as it relates to the 
     physical sciences and engineering disciplines; (2) developing 
     the means to increase the number of U.S. students pursuing 
     undergraduate and advanced degrees in science and engineering 
     and fostering partnerships between federal agencies and 
     universities to meet this goal; (3) addressing the 
     infrastructure needs for an oceans research program; and (4) 
     developing a long-term strategy for developing the nation's 
     semi-conductor manufacturing capabilities.


                    COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

                  AND OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

       Appropriates $3,031,000 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

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     Council to operate with one member, that member acting as 
     chairman of the Council.

                 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation


                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

       Appropriates $30,848,000 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

       The conferees are in agreement that FEMA is to implement 
     the minority emergency preparedness demonstration program as 
     structured in the fiscal year 2002 appropriations Act. The 
     program is to be funded at not less than $1,500,000. FEMA is 
     directed to provide a report to the Congress, by April 15, 
     2003, on the implementation of this program.

                            DISASTER RELIEF


                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

       Appropriates $800,000,000 for disaster relief, instead of 
     $1,820,000,000 as proposed by the House and $842,843,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. This level of funding is understood 
     to be sufficient to address all anticipated needs when the 
     current unallocated and unobligated balances available to 
     FEMA are considered. The post-disaster hazard mitigation set-
     aside that is provided to states is reduced from 15 percent 
     to 7.5 percent since the conferees have included a new 
     National Pre-Disaster Mitigation Fund, as proposed in the 
     budget request. The budget request had proposed elimination 
     of this set-aside.
       The conferees have included a provision, as proposed by the 
     House, which directs FEMA to provide Public Assistance and 
     Hazard Mitigation grants to the Texas Medical Center as if it 
     were an eligible applicant under the Robert T. Stafford 
     Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Acts as amended. The 
     Texas Medical Center is expected to maintain at least the 
     existing level of insurance coverage which was in place at 
     the time of the 2001 floods. The Senate had not addressed 
     this issue.
       Retains language included by the both the House and Senate 
     which provides for the transfer of funds to the consolidated 
     grant management program and the Office of Inspector General.
       The conferees have added a new proviso which reduces 
     funding for a seismic mitigation project at California State 
     University, San Bernardino, and directs FEMA to use the 
     funding instead to mitigate fire danger due to bark beetle 
     infestation in the area of San Bernardino National Forest.
       The conferees urge FEMA to work with Santa Monica College 
     to resolve any outstanding claims resulting from the 
     Northridge earthquake.


                 NATIONAL PRE-DISASTER MITIGATION FUND

       Appropriates $150,000,000 for the National Pre-Disaster 
     Mitigation Fund, instead of $250,000,000 as proposed by the 
     House and $25,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conferees are in agreement that FEMA is directed to 
     provide grants of $250,000 to each of the 50 states and five 
     other recognized entities for planning pre-disaster 
     mitigation projects. The conferees also direct FEMA to work 
     with the State University System of Florida on comprehensive 
     hurricane mitigation research. The conferees are in agreement 
     that FEMA should continue the Disaster Resistant University 
     program and direct FEMA to carry out the direction contained 
     in House Report 107-740.


            DISASTER ASSISTANCE DIRECT LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT

       The conferees agree to provide a limitation on 
     administrative expenses of $557,000 for the disaster 
     assistance direct loan program account. The amount provided 
     is the same as in both the House and the Senate bills.


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       Appropriates $245,690,000 for salaries and expenses instead 
     of $250,690,000 as proposed by the House and $239,690,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. The conferees are in agreement that 
     the highest priority for FEMA should be to add at least 24 
     full time equivalents for its Financial and Acquisition 
     Management Division and 27 for the United States Fire 
     Administration.
       FEMA is directed to provide $1,750,000 to the 
     Administrative and Resource Planning Directorate for its 
     effort to archive key agency documents by digitization to 
     optical disks, including related activities.


                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

       Appropriates $14,000,000 for the Office of Inspector 
     General, instead of $11,549,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $17,754,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conferees direct the FEMA Inspector General to review 
     the Assistance to Firefighters Grants program to assess the 
     extent to which FEMA is implementing the ``maintenance of 
     needs'' requirements under this program. A report is due no 
     later than August 15, 2003.


              EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND ASSISTANCE

       Appropriates $388,299,000 for emergency management planning 
     and assistance instead of $367,040,000 as proposed by the 
     House and $1,615,214,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
     conferees have not included in this account any funding for 
     the Firefighters Assistance Grants program or the 
     administration of the program in this account as proposed by 
     the Senate. Instead, those funds are provided in a new 
     account as proposed by the House.
       In addition, the conferees have agreed to provide 
     $2,900,000 by transfer from the disaster relief account for 
     the consolidated emergency management performance grant 
     program.
       The conferees have included in the bill a listing of funds 
     for specific programs or activities, including $20,000,000 
     for Community Emergency Response Teams and $25,000,000 for 
     emergency operations centers. The bill language specifies 
     $165,000,000 for emergency management performance grants 
     (EMPG), an increase of $49,000,000 to the budget request of 
     $116,000,000. The conferees have taken this action because 
     EMPG is the backbone of the nation's emergency management 
     system, builds state and local emergency management 
     capability, is the foundation for first responder activities, 
     and because this important activity has been severely 
     underfunded for many years. Now more than ever, the planning 
     activities carried out in this program are of utmost 
     importance. The conferees believe FEMA should consider an 
     allocation system for these funds that takes into 
     consideration not only population, but also risk and 
     vulnerability assessments.
       Also included is $25,000,000 for interoperable 
     communications equipment. The conferees are concerned that 
     despite clearly identified deficiencies, there is still no 
     overall Federal plan for the acquisition of communications 
     equipment. FEMA is directed to provide a comprehensive plan 
     to the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate 
     for the acquisition of interoperable communications equipment 
     by April 15, 2003.
       The conferees have included $60,000,000 for the 28 existing 
     Urban Search and Rescue Teams (USAR). This is in addition to 
     $32,400,000 appropriated in the fiscal year 2002 Supplemental 
     Appropriations Act. The conferees commend these USAR teams 
     for their commitment as front-line first responders to both 
     natural disasters and terrorist acts. Except for up to five 
     percent of these funds which can be used to support FEMA's 
     administrative costs, the conferees direct all these funds to 
     be used to support the cost of operations, the cost of urban 
     search and rescue equipment (including equipment necessary to 
     operate in an environment contaminated or otherwise affected 
     by a weapon of mass destruction) and the cost of all needed 
     training, including training for responding to an environment 
     contaminated or otherwise affected by a weapon of mass 
     destruction.
       The conferees are in agreement that FEMA is directed to 
     continue its partnership with the National Technology 
     Transfer Center at the fiscal year 2000 level to bring 
     technology applications to the local, state, and Federal 
     levels of the emergency management community for the purpose 
     of responding to both natural disasters and terrorist attacks 
     and reducing their impact.

                     FIREFIGHTER ASSISTANCE GRANTS


                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       Appropriates $750,000,000 for firefighter assistance grants 
     instead of $450,000,000 as proposed by the House. The Senate 
     had proposed funding of $900,000,000 for this activity as 
     part of the Emergency Management Planning and Assistance 
     account. The conferees have included language which provides 
     for the transfer to salaries and expenses of up to five 
     percent of the funding for purposes of administering the 
     program, and has made the funding available for a two year 
     period of obligation.
       The conferees have agreed to establish this new 
     appropriations account for firefighter assistance grants so 
     that there will be no doubt as to the importance of this 
     program and to protect this program from being lost in the 
     morass of the Department of Homeland Security.
       Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel provide critical 
     services, and are often the first responders in an emergency. 
     As one of the activities permitted under the Fire Act, the 
     conferees encourage FEMA to allow appropriate EMS providers 
     to be considered eligible recipients of fire grant funds.


                RADIOLOGICAL AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS

       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.


                        CERRO GRANDE FIRE CLAIMS

       Appropriates $90,000,000 for Cerro Grande fire claims 
     settlement instead of $100,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. 
     The House had not included funding for this program. The 
     conferees have included bill language which makes up to 
     $5,000,000 of the funds available for administrative 
     purposes. The conferees direct all audit requirements to be 
     complied with as identified in the Senate report. The 
     conferees expect FEMA and the Cerro Grande Fire Claims Office 
     to expedite all claims to bring this effort to closure.


                   EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER PROGRAM

       Appropriates $153,000,000 for the emergency food and 
     shelter program as proposed by both the House and the Senate.


                      FLOOD MAP MODERNIZATION FUND

       Appropriates $150,000,000 for the Flood Map Modernization 
     Fund, instead of $200,000,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $100,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conferees agree that $2,000,000 shall be made available 
     to the New York Department of Environmental Conservation 
     (DEC) for the New York Flood Plain Mapping program and 
     encourage FEMA to integrate the New York DEC into the overall 
     program. The conferees agree that $250,000 shall be made 
     available to

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     the Canaan Valley Institute for development of flood plain 
     maps. Finally, the conferees agree that $2,000,000 is to be 
     used for the Louisiana pilot project to provide two-foot 
     contour interval mapping.

                     NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE FUND


                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       The conferees agree to provide up to $32,393,000 for 
     salaries and expenses, $77,666,000 for flood mitigation 
     activities, a limitation of $55,000,000 for operating 
     expenses, $529,380,000 for agents' commissions and taxes, and 
     $40,000,000 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. All of the foregoing amounts were the same in both the 
     House and Senate bills.

                     NATIONAL FLOOD MITIGATION FUND


                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       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.


                       ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

       The conferees have included two administrative provisions 
     which address issues related to funds appropriated in 
     response to the terrorist incidents of September 11, 2001.
       The conferees have included language as proposed by the 
     House which gives FEMA authority to reimburse the City of New 
     York and the State of New York for costs which are not 
     otherwise eligible under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
     Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, as amended. The 
     conferees have deleted a proviso carried by the House which 
     would have limited funds available for this purpose; however, 
     the conferees do not support any additional new 
     appropriations for these costs above amounts already 
     appropriated. The conferees have added a proviso to the House 
     language which directs FEMA to use $90,000,000 of funds 
     previously appropriated to support the long-term medical 
     monitoring of the physical and mental health of emergency 
     services personnel, rescue and recovery personnel, and 
     volunteers exposed to environmental contaminants and 
     psychological trauma in the wake of the terrorist attacks of 
     September 11, 2001 at the World Trade Center in New York 
     City, including $25,000,000 for current and retired New York 
     City firefighters. Activities undertaken are to include 
     clinical examinations and evaluation, and should build upon 
     existing activities for baseline and long-term medical 
     monitoring undertaken with funding appropriated for this 
     purpose in Public Law 107-117 and other funding provided by 
     FEMA for the purpose of baseline medical monitoring of 
     emergency services personnel and rescue and recovery 
     personnel after the events of September 11, 2001, including 
     current and retired New York City firefighters. In carrying 
     out these activities, FEMA shall work with the Centers for 
     Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institute of 
     Occupational Safety and Health, affected labor organizations, 
     and other relevant parties.
       The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is directed 
     to provide, from the Disaster Relief Fund, for the response 
     to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, up to 
     $1,000,000,000 to establish a captive insurance company or 
     other appropriate insurance mechanism. The insurance will 
     provide the City of New York and its debris removal 
     contractors with coverage for claims arising from debris 
     removal performed after collapse of World Trade Center (WTC) 
     buildings on September 11, 2001, including claims brought by 
     City of New York employees. This liability insurance may not 
     cover those claims arising from the terrorist-related 
     aircraft crashes of September 11, 2001 (liability for which 
     is governed and limited by Section 408 of the Air 
     Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act (49 U.S.C. 
     Sec. 40101)), or any actions or events prior to or including 
     the September 11, 2001 collapse of the WTC buildings. 
     Further, this liability insurance may not cover payments 
     claimed by the City of New York for workers compensation, or 
     disability or retirement benefits. The contribution of the 
     Federal government to this insurance mechanism shall not 
     exceed $1,000,000,000. Obligation of funds under this 
     provision will be contingent on FEMA's prior review and 
     approval of proposed insurance terms, conditions and scope of 
     coverage. The State of New York will report not less than 
     quarterly, beginning on June 30, 2003, to the Committees on 
     Appropriations and FEMA regarding the expenditure of and 
     investment earnings from the funds.
       Also included is an administrative provision proposed by 
     the House which specifies that a hospital meeting the 
     standard for occupancy under regulation established by the 
     California Office of Statewide Health Planning and 
     Development shall also have satisfied FEMA's criteria for 
     ``immediate occupancy.''

                    General Services Administration


                FEDERAL CITIZEN INFORMATION CENTER FUND

       Appropriates $11,541,000 as proposed by the House instead 
     of $12,541,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees 
     continue to be supportive of the Federal Citizen Information 
     Center (FCIC) mission to be a one-stop provider of Federal 
     information to the public through print, media, telephone, 
     and online. As FCIC responsibilities expand to better serve 
     the public within a newly established GSA organization, the 
     conferees emphasize that the funds appropriated from this 
     account are available solely for FCIC staffing and activities 
     to achieve its core mission as presented to and approved by 
     the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate.

                  Interagency Council on the Homeless


                           OPERATING EXPENSES

       Appropriates $1,500,000 for operating expenses of the 
     Interagency Council on the Homeless as proposed by the 
     Senate, instead of no funds proposed by the House. The 
     conferees have created this new funding account to better 
     coordinate homeless programs pursuant to the McKinney-Vento 
     Homeless Act. In this regard the conferees expect HUD to 
     continue providing administrative support on a reimbursable 
     basis to the Council.

             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.
       The conferees are in agreement with the Senate direction 
     for a report on the risks associated with illegal transfer or 
     theft of sensitive technologies. The conferees are also in 
     agreement with the House direction calling for a 
     comprehensive review of all elements of the Integrated 
     Financial Management Program with a goal of reducing the 
     overall cost and require submission of the report no later 
     than April 15, 2003.
       The conferees have received the report of NASA's Research 
     Maximization and Prioritization (ReMAP) task force, which 
     focused on prioritizing scientific research to be conducted 
     on the ISS through NASA's Office of Biological and Physical 
     Research. The conferees agree on the need for a strategy of 
     prioritized research objectives across multiple disciplines, 
     and commend NASA for establishing the ReMAP activity.
       However, the conferees have several areas of concern 
     related to the ReMAP process. The conferees are aware that a 
     number of the ReMAP task force members dissented with the 
     conclusions in the final report. Several task force members 
     stated that the ReMAP process did not allow sufficient time 
     or resources to do a proper job of prioritizing research 
     programs. Concern was also expressed by some task force 
     members about a lack of time to review the information 
     reported as ReMAP conclusions. Finally, the conferees also 
     note NASA's acknowledgement that the task force did not 
     address ISS commercialization issues, nor did it consider the 
     research needs of the Office of Earth Science or the Office 
     of Space Science in its prioritization activity.
       Therefore, the conferees direct NASA to report to Congress 
     on its plans to establish a process by which prioritization 
     of research conducted on the ISS occurs on a regular basis, 
     rather than as a one-time effort. Furthermore, the conferees 
     encourage that future ISS research prioritization activities 
     address ISS commercialization programs, as well as the needs 
     of the Offices of Space and Earth Science.

                           HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT


                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       The conferees agree to provide $6,180,900,000 for human 
     space flight instead of $6,095,900,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate and $6,130,900,000 as proposed by the House. 
     Additionally, the conferees have agreed to a limitation of 
     $35,000 for official reception and representation as proposed 
     by the Senate instead of $24,000 as proposed by the House.
       The conferees have included an additional $50,000,000 for 
     expenses related to the investigation into the tragic loss of 
     the space shuttle Columbia on February 1, 2003. This funding 
     may also be used to correct identified deficiencies and to 
     defray any other expenses which are a consequence of the 
     accident. The conferees recognize that the cost of the 
     investigation and any other implications of the accident may 
     well exceed the amount provided and will entertain operating 
     plan changes to accommodate necessary adjustments in the 
     funding of the various components of this account.

                  SCIENCE, AERONAUTICS, AND TECHNOLOGY


                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       The conferees agree to provide $9,207,665,000 for human 
     space flight instead of $9,144,500,000 as proposed by the 
     House and $9,003,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. 
     Additionally, the conferees have agreed to a limitation of 
     $35,000 for official reception and representation as proposed 
     by the Senate instead of $24,000 as proposed by the House.

                             Space Science

       The conferees have agreed to provide an increase of 
     $109,960,000 to the budget request for space science 
     programs.
       The conferees agree to the following changes to the budget 
     request:
       1. An increase of $95,000,000 for the Pluto-Kuiper Belt 
     mission.
       2. An increase of $20,000,000 for the Jupiter Icy Moons 
     Orbiter (JIMO) program.
       3. An increase of $1,800,000 for the propulsion testing 
     facility at the University of Alabama, Huntsville.

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       4. An increase of $450,000 for the Ultra-lightweight 
     Electroformed Segmented Large Aperture Optics program at 
     Alabama A&M University.
       5. An increase of $810,000 for the High Energy Photonics 
     Instrumentation Lab at the University of Alabama, Huntsville.
       6. An increase of $3,000,000 for development of a 
     lightweight carrier pallet to support the Hubble Space 
     Telescope program.
       7. An increase of $19,000,000 to the Mars program to cover 
     recent cost increases.
       8. An increase of $1,800,000 for the Center for Life in 
     Extreme Environments at Montana State University.
       9. An increase of $2,250,000 for the Hubble Telescope 
     Project at Marshall University, Bridgeport, West Virginia.
       10. An increase of $1,350,000 for the Space Science and 
     Engineering Lab at Montana State University in Bozeman.
       11. A decrease of $16,500,000 available due to the 
     cancellation of the Flight Projects building construction 
     project at the Jet Propulsion Lab.
       12. A decrease of $10,000,000 to the Nuclear Electric 
     Propulsion program.
       13. A decrease of $9,000,000 to the Nuclear Power program.
       The conferees are concerned that the recent Small Explorer 
     competition may have unfairly judged the Satellite Test of 
     the Equivalence Principle (STEP) proposal as having too much 
     technology risk when, in fact, as the conferees understand, 
     it was through neglect on the part of NASA that the 
     investigator team did not receive adequate funds as promised 
     to retire this risk. The conferees direct NASA to conduct an 
     impartial and thorough evaluation of the Small Explorer 
     competition and any agreements made prior to the competition 
     to ensure that the STEP proposal was treated in a fair and 
     just manner.
       The conferees commend NASA for the continued success of the 
     Hubble Space Telescope and the extraordinary contributions it 
     has made to the advancement of science. The recent success of 
     the Hubble servicing mission has underscored the continued 
     importance of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). NASA's plan 
     for HST has been to discontinue servicing missions after 2004 
     in order to create a funding wedge for the next generation 
     space telescope (NGST), the science community's highest 
     priority, and to return HST to earth in 2010. Due to the loss 
     of Columbia, the conferees are aware that the current 
     schedule for servicing HST has potentially been delayed and 
     that the additional delay could possibly cause degradation of 
     HST earlier than currently anticipated. The current situation 
     may also require additional funding for HST. The conferees 
     direct the program manager to maintain the current schedule 
     for NGST development and not reduce NGST funds to cover HST 
     shortfalls. The conferees direct NASA to carry out an in-
     depth study of an additional servicing mission (SM5) in the 
     2007 timeframe that would study operating HST until the Webb 
     Telescope becomes operational. The study should address the 
     costs of an additional servicing mission and the potential 
     scientific benefits. Further, the conferees direct NASA to 
     study the means for disposing of Hubble following the 
     deployment of the Webb Telescope in the 2010 timeframe. This 
     study should examine the full range of options for disposal 
     of the Hubble including relative costs and mission 
     constraints.

                    Biological and Physical Research

       The conferees have agreed to provide an increase of 
     $26,505,000 to the budget request for biological and physical 
     sciences programs.
       The conferees agree to the following changes to the budget 
     request:
       1. An increase of $3,600,000 for the Space Radiation 
     program at Loma Linda University Hospital.
       2. An increase of $900,000 for Canisius College for multi-
     user scientific equipment in life sciences.
       3. An increase of $900,000 for the Institute for Proteomic 
     and Nanobiotechnology at Northwestern University.
       4. An increase of $500,000 for the Center for Research and 
     Training in gravitational biology at North Carolina State 
     University.
       5. An increase of $4,500,000 for the National Center of 
     Excellence in Infotonics in Buffalo, New York.
       6. An increase of $8,000,000 for procurement of animal and 
     plant habitats for the international space station.
       7. An increase of $3,330,000 for Commercial Space Centers.
       8. An increase of $6,750,000 for the National Space 
     Biomedical Research Institute.
       9. An increase of $900,000 for bone and muscle loss studies 
     at the University of Connecticut Health Center.
       10. An increase of $2,250,000 for the Center for Space 
     Sciences at Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas.
       11. An increase of $1,350,000 for interactive biological 
     crystallization technology development.
       12. An increase of $1,350,000 for the Life Sciences Center 
     at the University of Missouri-Columbia.
       13. An increase of $900,000 for the Biomedical Engineering 
     Facility at Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey.
       14. An increase of $225,000 for bone blood studies related 
     to human space flight at the University of Vermont.
       15. An increase of $2,250,000 for the Life Sciences 
     building at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
       16. A decrease of $11,200,000 from the Generations program.

                             Earth Science

       The conferees have agreed to provide an increase of 
     $90,735,000 to the budget request for earth science programs.
       The conferees agree to the following changes to the budget 
     request:
       1. An increase of $1,800,000 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 $450,000 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 $2,250,000 for NASA's Regional 
     Application Center for the Northeast.
       4. An increase of $15,500,000 for the Institute for 
     Scientific Research for development and construction of 
     research facilities.
       5. An increase of $1,575,000 for on-going activities at the 
     Goddard Institute for Systems, Software, and Technology 
     Research, including UAV and remote sensing technology 
     research.
       6. An increase of $585,000 for the Center for Marine Remote 
     Sensing at the University of New Hampshire.
       7. An increase of $900,000 for the Clustering and Advanced 
     Visual Environments Initiative.
       8. An increase of $5,400,000 for data storage back-up and 
     recovery managed services that supports the Goddard Space 
     Flight Center (GSFC) programs, providing heterogeneous 
     support to existing information systems and scalability to 
     serve future requirements.
       9. An increase of $8,000,000 to be transferred to the Air 
     Force Research Laboratory (PE 602204F Aerospace Sensors) to 
     develop dual-use lightweight space radar technology.
       10. An increase of $1,350,000 for the United States portion 
     of a joint U.S./Italian satellite development program to 
     remotely observe forest fires.
       11. An increase of $1,800,000 for Little River Canyon field 
     school.
       12. An increase of $24,750,000 for the EOSDIS Synergy 
     Program, $2,250,000 of which is for University of Washington, 
     Pacific Northwest Regional Collaboratory to develop 
     applications for earth science data.
       13. An increase of $15,400,000 for preformulation studies 
     for solar irradiance, total column ozone, and ocean vector 
     winds.
       14. An increase of $675,000 for landscape analysis, 
     planning and monitoring at the Intermountain Region Digital 
     Image Archive and Processing Center at Utah State University.
       15. An increase of $900,000 for an International Earth 
     Observing System Natural Resource Training Center at the 
     University of Montana.
       16. An increase of $1,800,000 for a joint weather and ocean 
     research program at the University of Massachusetts and the 
     University of Alaska.
       17. An increase of $1,350,000 for the Bio-MEMS 
     Microtechnology Center at the University of Louisville.
       18. An increase of $1,800,000 for the Center for Rapid 
     Environmental Assessment and Terrain Evaluation at the 
     University of New Mexico.
       19. An increase of $1,350,000 for the Mid-Atlantic 
     Geospatial Information Consortium at George Mason University.
       20. An increase of $450,000 for upgrades to the ADAS 
     satellite tracking facility at Morehead State University.
       21. An increase of $2,700,000 for earth science education 
     and remote sensing activities at the University of North 
     Dakota Upper Midwest Aerospace Consortium, Grand Forks, North 
     Dakota.
       22. An increase of $1,350,000 for expansion of the earth 
     science hall at the Maryland Science Center, Baltimore, 
     Maryland.
       23. A decrease of $3,400,000, available due to the 
     cancellation of the Flight Projects building construction 
     project at the Jet Propulsion Lab.
       24. An increase of $2,000,000 for the visitor's center at 
     the Langley Flight Research Center, Langley, Virginia.

                         Aero-Space Technology

       The conferees have agreed to provide an increase of 
     $76,120,000 to the budget request for aerospace programs.
       The conferees agree to the following changes to the budget 
     request:
       1. An increase of $16,000,000 for Intelligent Propulsion 
     for Next Generation Aircraft to build on and leverage the 
     Ultra Efficient Engine Technology and Quiet Aircraft 
     Technology programs.
       2. An increase of $2,250,000 for the NASA-Illinois 
     Technology Commercialization Center at DuPage County Research 
     Park.
       3. An increase of $270,000 for the Rural Technology 
     Transfer and Commercialization Center of Durant, Oklahoma.
       4. An increase of $1,800,000 for the Tulane Institute for 
     Macromolecular Engineering and Science for research in 
     polymers.
       5. An increase of $1,350,000 for the Glennan Microsystem 
     Initiative.
       6. An increase of $450,000 to be used for continued 
     development of an electric/diesel hybrid engine at Bowling 
     Green University.
       7. An increase of $5,400,000 for the HITS multilateration 
     sensor and surveillance server for Airport Surface Detection 
     and Management System.
       8. An increase of $1,530,000 for the development of the 
     Dynamic Runway Occupancy Measurement System.

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       9. An increase of $4,500,000 for Project SOCRATES.
       10. An increase of $5,800,000 for continuation of the Space 
     Alliance Technology Outreach Program, including $2,500,000 
     for business incubators, in Florida and New York.
       11. An increase of $900,000 for the Advanced Interactive 
     Discovery Environment engineering research program at 
     Syracuse University.
       12. An increase of $4,500,000 for the National Center of 
     Excellence in Infotonics in Rochester, New York.
       13. An increase of $1,350,000 for the Virtual Collaboration 
     Center at the North Carolina GigaPop.
       14. An increase of $1,800,000 for the Garrett Morgan 
     Commercialization Initiative in Ohio.
       15. An increase of $1,150,000 for on-going activities in 
     support of NASA Dryden Flight Research Center's Intelligent 
     Flight Control System (IFCS) research project.
       16. An increase of $1,125,000 for ongoing research at 
     Marshall Space Flight Center in the area of advanced and 
     breakthrough solutions for propulsion.
       17. An increase of $7,600,000 for hydrogen research being 
     conducted by the Florida State University System.
       18. An increase of $4,500,000 to develop the JVIEW modeling 
     and simulation for satellite coverage analysis, ground 
     radars, and air traffic over the United States.
       19. An increase of $450,000 for aerospace projects being 
     accomplished by the Montana Aerospace Development Authority.
       20. An increase of $720,000 for Middle Tennessee State 
     University for the SATS Aerospace Flight Education Research 
     Initiative.
       21. An increase of $2,700,000 for the Advanced Power 
     Systems project.
       22. An increase of $4,500,000 for the DP-2 vectored thrust 
     program.
       23. An increase of $1,800,000 for the Energy Momentum Wheel 
     project at Goddard Space Flight Center.
       24. An increase of $3,600,000 for NASA's Independent 
     Verification and Validation Facility.
       25. An increase of $900,000 for the COM Simulation 
     architecture project.
       26. An increase of $1,800,000 for equipment for the 
     Computer Forensics Technology Center at Utica College of 
     Syracuse University.
       27. An increase of $6,300,000 for the Small Aircraft 
     Transportation System. The conferees are concerned that NASA 
     has not requested sufficient funding to enable the Small 
     Aircraft Transportation System (SATS) program to demonstrate 
     the practical application of the SATS program concept, which 
     offers the promise of extending reliable point-to-point air 
     service to smaller communities and has provided this 
     increase. The additional funding is to be invested through 
     the governance process of the National Consortium for 
     Aviation Mobility (NCAM), exclusively for acceleration of 
     regional service demonstrations that apply those SATS and 
     related technologies ready for implementation, and for 
     automotive technology transfer. The conferees expect NCAM to 
     use these additional funds to accelerate the planning and 
     conduct of SATS regional service demonstrations in states 
     with strong state, community, and transportation service 
     provider participation in the NCAM partnership. This funding 
     for NCAM is in addition to the $11,750,000 proposed by NASA 
     for fiscal year 2003. Further, the conferees expect the SATS 
     service demonstrations to provide the participating 
     communities and their representative organizations with an 
     opportunity to participate in SATS transportation service 
     demonstrations, an analysis of economic impacts and related 
     implications of improved air access to smaller communities, 
     and an explanation of the technologies behind the concept.
       28. An increase of $450,000 for Advanced Space Propulsion 
     Material Research and Technology Center at Alabama A&M 
     University.
       29. An increase of $900,000 for high temperature 
     nanotechnology research.
       30. An increase of $3,000,000 for the Chesapeake 
     Information Based Aeronautics Consortium based in partnership 
     at Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland, Bowie State 
     University and the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore.
       31. An increase of $2,700,000 for the Stennis Space Center 
     for the development of a visitor's center.
       32. An increase of $2,700,000 for the North Alabama Science 
     Center in Huntsville, Alabama for the acquisition, 
     networking, and operation of additional immersive reality 
     science laboratories on behalf of the Alabama Science Center 
     Alliance to assure statewide science education program access 
     by Alabama's K-12 students and teachers.
       33. An increase of $2,700,000 for the University of Alabama 
     in Huntsville to augment the UAH Propulsion Test Facility.
       34. An increase of $675,000 for the National Institute for 
     Aviation Research for Icing Aviation Safety Research in 
     Kansas.
       35. An increase of $4,050,000 for propulsion test complex 
     upgrades and other basic infrastructure upgrades at the 
     Stennis Space Center.
       36. An increase of $1,800,000 for the National Technology 
     Transfer Center at Wheeling Jesuit University.
       37. An increase of $3,600,000 for development of advanced 
     metallic joining technologies for aerospace applications at 
     the Michoud Space Center.
       38. An increase of $4,450,000 for information technology 
     infrastructure improvements at NASA facilities.
       39. An increase of $3,150,000 for a Center of Excellence 
     for Aerospace Propulsion Particulate Emissions Reduction at 
     the University of Missouri-Rolla.
       40. A decrease of $40,000,000 to the Space Launch 
     Initiative program. The conferees have taken this action 
     without prejudice. The conferees note that the Congress 
     received a budget amendment on November 7, 2002, which 
     restructured the Space Launch Initiative with the goal of 
     developing an Orbital Space Plane with ISS crew return 
     capability by 2010. Fiscal year 2003 funding for the Orbital 
     Space Plane was set at $296,000,000 in the budget amendment. 
     This funding level is not endorsed or denied by the conferees 
     and is therefore subject to change by NASA as it formulates 
     its operating plan for fiscal year 2003. The conferees look 
     forward to working with NASA during the review of the fiscal 
     year 2004 budget request to learn more precisely the elements 
     that comprise the cost estimates NASA has provided in the 
     budget amendment and other documents submitted to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate.
       The conferees note that neither House nor Senate bills and 
     reports contained any direction on the rotorcraft technology 
     program because there was no request for funding in the 
     fiscal year 2003 budget submission. However, the conferees 
     are aware of general NASA interest in the program and that 
     the Army may be willing to be more engaged in this effort in 
     the future. Therefore, while the conferees were not able to 
     identify funding to continue the program, NASA is encouraged 
     to look at funding options and present them to the Committees 
     on Appropriations of the House and Senate in an operating 
     plan letter if so desired.

                           Academic Programs

       Within the Academic programs portion of this account, the 
     conferees recommend an increase of $59,845,000 to the budget 
     request. The conferees have made the following adjustments to 
     the budget request:
       1. An increase of $225,000 for Niagara University for 
     science, engineering and math programs.
       2. An increase of $1,080,000 for the NASA Educator Resource 
     Center at South East Missouri State University.
       3. An increase of $900,000 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 $2,250,000 for the JASON Foundation.
       5. An increase of $3,600,000 for continuation of programs 
     at the American Museum of Natural History.
       6. An increase of $900,000 for academic and infrastructure 
     needs at St. Thomas University in Miami, Florida.
       7. An increase of $900,000 for the Ohio View Consortium.
       8. An increase of $2,700,000 for the Alabama Math, Science, 
     and Technology initiative.
       9. An increase of $2,250,000 to the Educational Advancement 
     Alliance to support the Alliance's math, science, and 
     technology enrichment program.
       10. An increase of $5,000,000 for the National Space Grant 
     College and Fellowship program.
       11. An increase of $450,000 for Science, Engineering, Math 
     and Aerospace Academy programs at Central Arizona College.
       12. An increase of $1,800,000 for the Center for Science 
     and Math at the University of Redlands.
       13. An increase of $900,000 for the Chabot Space and 
     Science Center for math and science education.
       14. An increase of $1,800,000 for the City College of New 
     York to establish a community-based science and technology 
     education facility.
       15. An increase of $450,000 for Science, Engineering, Math 
     and Aerospace Academy programs at Livingston College.
       16. An increase of $495,000 for the Patriots Technology 
     Training Center in Seat Pleasant, Maryland.
       17. An increase of $5,400,000 for the EPSCoR program for a 
     total funding level of $10,000,000, the same as fiscal year 
     2002.
       18. An increase of $720,000 for Science, Engineering, Math, 
     and Aeronautics Academy in Miami, Florida.
       19. An increase of $900,000 for the Delaware Aerospace 
     Education Foundation, Kent County, Delaware.
       20. An increase of $900,000 for the Monroe Science Center 
     at Wesleyan College, Macon, Georgia.
       21. An increase of $900,000 for the Center of Excellence in 
     Telecommunications and Space at Morehouse College, Atlanta, 
     Georgia.
       22. An increase of $900,000 for the Henry Crown Space 
     Center at the Museum of Science and Industry, Atlanta, 
     Georgia.
       23. An increase of $2,250,000 for non-destructive 
     evaluation studies at Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
       24. An increase of $675,000 for the Des Moines Science 
     Center, Des Moines, Iowa.
       25. An increase of $675,000 for the California Science 
     Center.
       26. An increase of $1,800,000 to the South Carolina 
     Association of School Administrators, Columbia, South 
     Carolina for the Blue Ribbon School Reform Project and 
     Interactive Library.
       27. An increase of $1,800,000 for the School of Science and 
     Mathematics at the College of Charleston, Charleston, South 
     Carolina.
       28. An increase of $3,600,000 for the Mauna Kea Astronomy 
     Education Center at the University of Hawaii, Hilo.

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       29. An increase of $1,800,000 for the Wisconsin Initiative 
     for Math, Science and Technology Education at the University 
     of Wisconsin, Green Bay.
       30. An increase of $3,000,000 for an endowment for science 
     and engineering education at the Mitchell Foundation, 
     Portland, Maine.
       31. An increase of $675,000 for minority recruitment in 
     science and engineering at the University of Arkansas, Little 
     Rock.
       32. An increase of $900,000 for the Oregon Museum of 
     Science and Industry.
       33. An increase of $450,000 for advance research in 
     batteries and fuel cells at Virginia Commonwealth University.
       34. An increase of $1,800,000 for the construction of a 
     Gulf of Maine Laboratory at the Gulf of Maine Aquarium 
     Foundation.
       35. An increase of $900,000 for the University of North 
     Carolina-Chapel Hill for the Destiny Mobile Science 
     Laboratory.
       36. An increase of $450,000 for the development of a 
     rooftop observatory for Widener University in Pennsylvania.
       37. An increase of $1,350,000 for infrastructure and 
     research needs at the University of Missouri Center for 
     Gender Physiology.
       38. An increase of $1,800,000 for the North Rockies Center 
     for Space Privatization and Microgravity Research at the 
     University of Montana-Missoula.
       39. An increase of $500,000 for science and information 
     technology programs at West Liberty State College in West 
     Virginia.


                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

       The conferees agree to appropriate $25,600,000 for the 
     Office of Inspector General instead of $24,600,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $26,600,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.


                       ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

       The conferees agree to include three administrative 
     provisions which have been included in prior appropriations 
     acts.
       The House included an administrative provision that would 
     have precluded expenditures for implementation of a non-
     governmental organization for International Space Station 
     (ISS) research before December 31, 2003. The Senate was 
     silent on this issue.
       The conferees believe strongly that a sound management 
     approach for ISS research is critical to ensuring that 
     scientific benefit is maximized. The investment of scarce 
     taxpayer funds in the development of the ISS has been too 
     great to leave management of ISS research to a ``business as 
     usual'' approach. For this reason, legislative 
     prohibitions against establishment of an NGO were included 
     in the fiscal year 2001 and fiscal year 2002 
     appropriations acts, as the Committees on Appropriations 
     have awaited submission of a comprehensive plan by NASA.
       The Congress has recently received the Report of NASA's ISS 
     Utilization Management Concept Development Study. The plan 
     outlines 10 business models and, based on objective criteria, 
     recommends an institute be adopted as the preferred 
     management approach. Furthermore, the plan outlines a phased 
     approach that would initially focus on leadership and 
     advocacy functions and would defer a decision on the possible 
     inclusion of engineering and integration functions.
       The conferees endorse Phase 1 (inclusion of leadership and 
     advocacy functions), which is similar to what has been so 
     successfully demonstrated in the Hubble Space Telescope 
     Institute (HSTI) model. The conferees wish to point out, 
     however, that management of research for the ISS is much more 
     complex than that of the HSTI, and acknowledge NASA's 
     recognition of this intricacy, demonstrated through its 
     proposal of a phased approach.
       In order to ensure the chances for successful 
     implementation of this very complicated process, the 
     conferees have included an administrative provision that 
     limits any proposed contractual action to that of leadership 
     and advocacy.
       The conferees direct NASA to report on the status of NGO 
     implementation as well as means of determining research 
     priorities. The first report is due March 15, 2003.
       The conferees have not included an administrative provision 
     proposed by the Senate which would have prohibited the use of 
     any funds for the purchase of items proposed for acquisition 
     in RFP5-55151-GCE.
       The conferees have included a new administrative provision 
     which gives NASA authority to establish a working capital 
     fund. The House had proposed establishment of this fund in 
     title IV, general provisions.

                  National Credit Union Administration


                       CENTRAL LIQUIDITY FACILITY

       The conferees have held the cap on the Central Liquidity 
     Facility (CLF) lending activities from borrowed funds at 
     $1,500,000,000 as proposed by the House and Senate.


               COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REVOLVING LOAN FUND

       The conferees have provided $1,000,000 to the Community 
     Development Revolving Loan Fund (CDRLF) as proposed by both 
     the House and Senate. Within this amount, $300,000 is 
     provided to augment funds available for technical assistance 
     grants for fiscal year 2003.

                      National Science Foundation


                    RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES

       Appropriates $4,083,000,000 for research and related 
     activities instead of $4,150,000,000 as proposed by the House 
     and $4,081,650,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees 
     have included bill language which provides up to $320,000,000 
     for polar research and operations support and $85,000,000 for 
     a comprehensive research initiative on plant genomes for 
     economically significant crops.
       The conference agreement provides $4,083,000,000 for 
     ongoing and new research priorities of the Foundation, an 
     increase of nearly $500,000,000 above the fiscal year 2002 
     level. In allocating this increased funding to the 
     directorates, NSF is expected to give a high priority to 
     increasing research opportunities for investigator initiated 
     research in the core scientific disciplines. In addition, NSF 
     is urged to use the growth in its resources to make a marked 
     and substantial increase in the average award, as well as 
     increase the number of awards being made with a particular 
     effort to include those individuals and institutions not well 
     represented in the Nation's research enterprise. The specific 
     funding level for each of NSF's research activities is as 
     follows:
       1. $574,886,000 for Biological Sciences. Of this amount, 
     $85,000,000 has been provided for plant genome research on 
     economically significant crops, including an initiative which 
     pursues the sequencing of one or more economically important 
     crops. The conferees expect that NSF will complete such 
     sequencing of at least one of these crops by 2004. In 
     addition, $26,000,000, the budget request, is provided for 
     Biocomplexity in the Environment research.
       2. $582,235,000 for Computer and Information Science and 
     Engineering. Up to $12,500,000 of the appropriated level may 
     be used for operational support of the two terascale 
     facilities. In addition, the conferees expect NSF to provide 
     adequate resources for information technology research, 
     including cyber security research for individual 
     investigators and multi-disciplinary research centers, as 
     well as for advanced broadband research as outlined in Senate 
     Report 107-222.
       3. $534,057,000 for Engineering.
       4. $689,211,000 for Geosciences. The Foundation is expected 
     to provide adequate funding to augment support for the 
     national user facilities within this directorate as well as 
     to move forward on the integrated ocean drilling program.
       5. $1,041,165,000 for Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 
     Of this amount, $179,617,000 is for Mathematics programs and 
     not less than $222,169,000 is for Physical Science programs. 
     The conferees further agree that adequate resources be 
     provided in support of the National High Magnetic Field 
     Laboratory, the Cyclotron and Synchrotron Radiation 
     Facilities, and other such important research facilities. The 
     Foundation is directed to provide, by August 31, 2003, a 
     report which documents what has been accomplished as a result 
     of the growth in mathematics research funding.
       For Astronomical Sciences within the MPS Directorate, 
     $4,000,000 is provided for the Telescope Systems 
     Instrumentation Program (TSIP), $6,000,000 is for the 
     National Radio Astronomy Observatory program, $4,200,000 is 
     for the National Optical Astronomy Observatories, and 
     $2,000,000 is for the National Optical Astronomy and 
     Ionosphere Center. In addition, the conferees agree that NSF 
     should provide adequate support for preparatory work for the 
     Giant Segmented Mirror Telescope (GSMT).
       6. $192,309,000 for Social Behavioral and Economic 
     Sciences. Of this amount, $6,000,000 is for the Children's 
     Research Initiative.
       7. $252,330,000 for U.S. Polar Research Programs. The 
     conferees agree that OPP should report at the earliest 
     practicable time on the necessary work and costs associated 
     with the repair, upgrading, and replacement of NSF's research 
     and support facilities in Antarctica. Upon completion of this 
     report, funds available through this and other appropriations 
     may be used for planning, design, pre-construction, and 
     construction activities as identified in the report. In 
     addition, the conferees agree that with the funds 
     provided, OPP may execute necessary contractual 
     arrangements in preparation for the Foundation's plan for 
     mechanical traverse between McMurdo Station and Amundson-
     Scott South Pole Station.
       8. $69,003,000 for U.S. Antarctic Logistical Support 
     Activities.
       9. $147,804,000 for Integrative Activities, including 
     $84,000,000 for Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) and 
     $5,000,000 for the Innovation Partnership Program (IPP). To 
     the extent possible, NSF should utilize funds in excess of 
     the budget request to support the merit-based instrumentation 
     and infrastructure needs of developing, HBCU, and other 
     minority-serving colleges and universities. With this regard 
     to the IPP, NSF is directed to support competitive, merit-
     based partnerships, consisting of States, local and regional 
     entities, industry, academic institutions, and other related 
     organizations for innovation-focused local and regional 
     technology development strategies.
       Within amounts made available in this account, the 
     conferees expect the NSF to provide up to $750,000 in support 
     of the National Academy of Sciences' work to develop a 
     process for prioritizing projects funded through the Major 
     Research Equipment and Facilities Construction account.
       The conferees are aware that there has been confusion in 
     recent years regarding the Smithsonian Institution's 
     eligibility to compete for grants at the National Science 
     Foundation. This problem was recently identified as a 
     significant issue in the National Academy of Public 
     Administration's review of Smithsonian science programs 
     released in October 2002. The conferees are concerned

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     that this confusion has persisted despite recent internal NSF 
     policy directives clarifying that the Smithsonian is fully 
     eligible to compete for National Science Foundation grants. 
     The conferees strongly urge the Director of the National 
     Science Foundation to make sure that Smithsonian grant 
     applications are welcomed by all programs at the Foundation 
     and given fair consideration with all other applications 
     based on the merits of the proposals.


          MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION

       Appropriates $149,510,000 for major research equipment and 
     facilities construction instead of $159,510,000 as proposed 
     by the House and $59,280,000 as proposed by the Senate. 
     Included within the appropriated amount is $9,720,000 for the 
     Large Hadron Collider; $13,560,000 for the George E. Brown, 
     Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation; 
     $25,530,000 to complete development of the High-Performance 
     Instrumented Airborne Platform for Environmental Research 
     (HIAPER); $10,000,000 for support of the Terascale Computing 
     System and the Distributed Terascale Facility; $24,700,000 
     for continued research and development of the IceCube 
     Neutrino Detector Observatory in Antarctica; $30,000,000 for 
     construction of the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) 
     aperture-synthesis radio telescope; $6,000,000 for 
     construction costs associated with expansion of new 
     facilities at the Amundson-Scott South Pole Station; and 
     $30,000,000 for initial costs associated with the new 
     Earthscope project.
       The conferees have, without prejudice, not funded the 
     National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) project in 
     fiscal year 2003.
       The conferees direct the Foundation to include in its 
     fiscal year 2003 Operating Plan a report detailing approved 
     budgeted and actual expenditure information on each research 
     facility and equipment funded through this account.


                     EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES

       Appropriates $909,080,000 for education and human resources 
     instead of $910,580,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $932,730,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees agree 
     to the following funding levels within this account:
       1. $127,500,000 for the Math and Science Partnership 
     program. The Foundation is strongly urged to provide regular, 
     detailed information to the Committees on Appropriations 
     regarding the planning and execution of this initiative.
       2. $40,250,000 for Educational System Reform.
       3. $90,000,000 for the Experimental Program to Stimulate 
     Competitive Research (EPSCoR) program.
       4. $177,440,000 for Elementary, Secondary and Informal 
     Education. Within this level of funding, $61,000,000 has been 
     provided for the Informal Science program, an increase of 
     $6,000,000 above the budget request.
       5. $160,600,000 for Undergraduate Education. Of the amount 
     appropriated herein, $43,160,000 has been provided for the 
     Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program, $22,000,000 
     is for the STEM Talent Expansion Program (STEP), and 
     $7,000,000 is for the Robert Noyce Scholarship Program. These 
     funding levels represent increases above the budget 
     submission of $5,000,000, $20,000,000 and $3,000,000, 
     respectively.
       6. $140,880,000 for Graduate Education. The conferees have 
     provided an increase of $12,500,000 above the budget request 
     to increase graduate level stipends for the research and 
     teaching fellowship programs and the trainee program 
     administered by the Foundation through its Graduate Education 
     program. The conferees support increasing the graduate 
     stipend level to $27,500 during fiscal year 2003 as the first 
     of what is expected to be a two-year process to reach a 
     stipend level of $30,000.
       7. $105,210,000 for Human Resource Development. Within this 
     funding level, $31,530,000 is provided for the Louis Stokes 
     Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) program, an 
     increase of $5,000,000 above the budget request. In addition, 
     $18,900,000, an increase of $5,000,000 above the request, has 
     been provided for the Historically Black Colleges and 
     Universities Undergraduates Program (HBCU-UP).
       The conference agreement additionally provides for an 
     increase of $5,000,000 for the HBCU Research University 
     Science and Technology (THRUST) initiative within the Centers 
     of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST) 
     program. While the conferees agree that eligibility for 
     THRUST should not exclude CREST recipients, NSF is directed 
     to first use fiscal year 2003 program funds to fully fund 
     multi-year awards to recipients of THRUST awards in the 
     program's first year.
       8. $67,200,000 for Research, Evaluation and Communication.


                         salaries and expenses

       Appropriates $190,352,000 for salaries and expenses instead 
     of $193,852,000 as proposed by the House and $182,160,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement will permit 
     the employment of an additional 25 full time equivalent 
     personnel for a total workforce of 1175, and will provide an 
     increase of $15,000,000 above the fiscal year 2002 level for 
     General Operating Expenses.
       The conferees are strongly supportive of the National 
     Science Foundation and committed to its mission of providing 
     national leadership and federal financial support of research 
     as the basis for scientific and social advancement for the 
     nation and for the entire world. This commitment is reflected 
     in the substantial increase provided in this Act for the NSF 
     for fiscal year 2003.
       As Congress, the executive branch and the American people 
     begin to consider a multi-year build-up of financial support 
     for the NSF, however, the conferees also believe that a 
     review of the agency's organizational, programmatic and 
     personnel structures is appropriate and can provide assurance 
     to the public that the agency is positioned to maximize the 
     opportunities which increased funding can create. The 
     conferees have allocated $1,000,000 within the Agency's 
     ``Salaries and Expenses'' appropriation for a contract with 
     the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) to 
     conduct such a study. The conferees expect this contract to 
     be awarded within 60 days of approval of this measure.
       Without prejudicing the outcome of this NAPA review, the 
     conferees are concerned about the following issues:
       Organizational and program structure. Over the last decade 
     the NSF has evolved into a very complex and multi-layered 
     system of directorates, sub-directorates and programs each 
     with its own leadership and budget. This organizational 
     structure is then managed and evaluated against a system of 
     goals which were established under the Government Performance 
     and Results Act as well as a set of six cross-cutting 
     priority areas which change from year to year. All programs 
     are required to justify themselves according to how they 
     serve both the goals and the priorities. Assets flow and 
     personnel are evaluated based on such evaluations even though 
     not every program clearly is designed to serve every goal and 
     every priority. There is concern that this system, each 
     aspect of which may have been created with the best of 
     intentions, may have become overly bureaucratic. Some 
     observers have characterized this current structure as both 
     Byzantine and balkanized. This reflects a concern that the 
     system is broken up into large numbers of parts which may 
     channel significant portions of research funding into narrow 
     areas making it difficult for researchers to follow broader 
     interdisciplinary projects or innovative research areas not 
     yet reflected in NSF's view of scientific opportunity. 
     Because recent NSF budget requests have heavily favored the 
     agency's own priority areas at the expense of research in 
     core disciplines, investigators often feel compelled to apply 
     for support in certain areas because of a sense that 
     proposals which do not fit into NSF's priorities are 
     significantly disadvantaged. The conferees believe that a 
     thoughtful review should ask whether the current NSF 
     organization and management structure and its goal and 
     priority systems should be simplified or changed.
       The balance between field driven and NSF driven science 
     priority setting. Second, but clearly related, the conferees 
     believe that this review should consider whether the NSF's 
     approach to its stewardship mission creates the proper 
     balance between necessary and appropriate levels of agency 
     leadership of NSF sponsored science and the need to ensure 
     that this research remains principally investigator initiated 
     work. A corollary question is whether the structure of NSF 
     and management control of its priority setting methodologies 
     have negatively influenced the balance between NSF 
     initiatives and appropriate resource allocations for core 
     science investments.
       The underlying principle around which NSF was founded and 
     which the conferees believe is still the pedestal upon which 
     the success of America's taxpayer supported research rests is 
     that both the choice of research priorities and the choice of 
     individual projects should flow principally from practicing 
     scientists in the field as expressed through organized 
     systems of advice and through external peer review. The 
     conferees believe that it is appropriate to review whether 
     the balance of power in setting research priorities is the 
     appropriate one or whether NSF has become too directive in 
     managing its research portfolios.
       Role of the National Science Board. The NSF is unique in 
     entrusting both advisory and executive authority for the 
     agency in an ``independent'' board appointed by the 
     president. Recent Congressional action has highlighted, 
     however, the concerns about the relationship between the 
     Board and the agency and its Director and in particular the 
     issue as to how independent the Board is able to operate 
     given its dependence on the Agency for financial support and 
     personnel. The conferees request that the organizational 
     review of NSF here directed include an analysis of the extent 
     to which the Board has fulfilled its original purpose and a 
     review of the role and the structure of the Board in the 
     future.
       Personnel policies. The NSF has chosen over the years to 
     rely significantly on contractual and on temporary personnel 
     assigned to the agency under the IPA system to manage its 
     science programs including its grant selection processes. 
     Almost one-tenth of the over 1000 staff of the agency are 
     university based researchers detailed to NSF under the 
     Intergovernmental Personal Act (so-called IPA's) and over 200 
     are contractors. The assignment of non-permanent personnel to 
     management positions now includes the heads of its science 
     directorates. The advantage of this system is a continuous 
     flow of individuals from the field who are current in their 
     science. The disadvantage, however, is a cadre of agency 
     personnel, including some of its most senior staff, who have 
     less experience and could have split loyalties between their 
     federal roles and their past or future

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     employment base. The conferees believe a thoughtful review of 
     the agency's structure should include an evaluation of the 
     use of temporary staff and term appointments, especially to 
     the extent this involves the heads of the science 
     directorates.
       In laying out these particular concerns, the conferees do 
     not mean this to be an exclusive list. The review by NAPA 
     should be carried out by very senior and thoughtful persons 
     who should feel free to analyze any other factors which the 
     group believes are central to the question of determining 
     what organizational, programmatic and personnel systems will 
     facilitate the most effective partnership between the 
     National Science Foundation and the scientific community for 
     the benefit of the nation.


                  office of the national science board

       Appropriates $3,500,000 for the National Science Board as 
     proposed by the Senate. The House had included these NSB 
     operational funds within the Salaries and Expenses account as 
     has been the practice in past years. A representational 
     allowance of $9,000 has been provided for the Board.
       Recently approved legislation authorized a separate funding 
     stream for the Board, and the conferees have responded by 
     creating this new appropriations account. The amount provided 
     is expected to be sufficient for all costs associated with 
     NSB personnel payroll and benefits as well as other 
     appropriate expenses. The conferees acknowledge this action 
     is intended to provide a measure of independence between the 
     Board and the Foundation, but nevertheless expect NSF to 
     continue to provide accounting, logistics, and other 
     necessary measures in support of the Board and its mission. 
     The conferees request that budget justification materials in 
     support of the National Science Board's fiscal year 2004 
     funding requirements be submitted to the Committees on 
     Appropriations within 30 days of enactment of this measure.


                      office of inspector general

       Appropriates $9,250,000 for the Office of Inspector General 
     instead of $9,000,000 as proposed by the House and $9,660,000 
     as proposed by 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 $110,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Language is included in the bill which designates 
     $5,000,000 to support the Corporation's section 8 
     homeownership program, as proposed by the Senate. The House 
     had proposed a set-aside for this purpose of $10,000,000. The 
     conferees have further agreed to designate $5,000,000 to 
     support additional mixed-income affordable rental 
     developments.

                        Selective Service System


                         salaries and expenses

       Appropriates $26,480,000 for salaries and expenses as 
     proposed by both the House and the Senate.

                      TITLE IV--GENERAL PROVISIONS

       The conference agreement includes the following 
     dispositions of General Provisions:
       Retains fifteen administrative provisions proposed by both 
     the House and the Senate, all of which were included in the 
     fiscal year 2002 Act.
       Deletes language proposed by the Senate limiting travel 
     expenses.
       Deletes language proposed by the Senate requiring approval 
     for the Department of Veterans Affairs to enter into leases 
     of real property with an estimated cost of over $300,000. The 
     conferees included an identical provision in title I, as 
     proposed by the House.
       Retains language proposed by the House prohibiting 
     transfers to any department, agency or instrumentality of the 
     United States Government established after the date of 
     enactment of this Act except as provided in a future 
     appropriations Act.
       Retains language proposed by the House amending the 
     Stafford Act by reducing to 7.5 percent the set-aside for 
     hazard mitigation grants.
       Deletes language proposed by the House amending the 
     Consumer Product Safety Act.
       Deletes language in this title proposed by the House 
     establishing a working capital fund for NASA and instead 
     includes a similar provision under title III, NASA 
     administrative provisions.
       Modifies language proposed by the House granting NASA 
     enhanced-use lease authority by adding new conditions.
       Deletes language proposed by the House granting NASA 
     authority to convey utility systems to a municipal, private, 
     regional, district, or cooperative utility company or other 
     qualified entity.
       Deletes language proposed by the House extending buyout 
     authority in NASA.
       Retains language proposed by both the House and Senate 
     reducing FEMA's State cost share requirements for 
     construction of emergency operations centers from 50 percent 
     to 25 percent.
       Deletes language proposed by the Senate allowing the 
     Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Selective 
     Service System to purchase uniforms, passenger motor 
     vehicles, and services as authorized by law. The conferees 
     included identical language under the respective 
     appropriating paragraphs for each agency as proposed by the 
     House.
       Retains language proposed by the Senate prohibiting the 
     procurement of automobiles rated less than 22 miles per 
     gallon.
       Retains language proposed by the Senate amending the 
     Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 by 
     recognizing Alaska Village Initiatives as an eligible grantee 
     for assistance.
       Retains language proposed by the Senate authorizing the 
     Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security to acquire 
     178.5 acres in Clarke and Loudoun Counties, Virginia.
       Deletes language proposed by the Senate directing a long-
     term health study of emergency service personnel. The 
     conferees have instead included a similar provision as an 
     administrative provision under FEMA.
       Deletes language proposed by the Senate amending permanent 
     law to expand eligibility for Federal housing assistance to 
     certain groups of aliens. The conferees direct the Department 
     to work with the Department of Justice to develop any 
     necessary technical corrections to applicable housing 
     statutes with respect to qualified aliens who are the victims 
     of domestic violence and Cuban and Haitian immigrants to 
     ensure that such statutes are consistent with the Personal 
     Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996 and the 
     Illegal Immigration Reform and Personal Responsibility Act of 
     1996.
       A provision was included in the Senate bill under Division 
     I, Transportation and Related Agencies, directing EPA to 
     contract with the National Academy of Sciences. The conferees 
     have included an identical provision as an administrative 
     provision under EPA.
       Includes new language amending title 31 of the United 
     States Code regarding passenger carrier use by the NASA 
     Administrator.

                   Conference Total--With Comparisons

       The total new budget (obligational) authority for the 
     fiscal year 2003 recommended by the Committee of Conference, 
     with comparisons to the fiscal year 2002 amount, the 2003 
     budget estimates, and the House and Senate bills for 2003 
     follow:

                       [In thousands of dollars]

New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2002......$123,820,208
Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal yea124,979,700
House bill, fiscal year 2003................................122,596,881
Senate bill, fiscal year 2003...............................121,925,545
Conference agreement, fiscal year 2003......................121,927,337
Conference agreement compared with:
  New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2002......-1,892,871
  Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal ye-3,052,363
  House bill, fiscal year 2003.................................-669,544
  Senate bill, fiscal year 2003..................................+1,792

          DIVISION L--HOMELAND SECURITY ACT OF 2002 AMENDMENTS

       In implementing this agreement, the departments and 
     agencies affected in this division shall comply with the 
     language and instructions set forth in the Senate explanatory 
     statement as delineated in the Congressional Record of 
     January 15, 2003, page S838, that are not otherwise 
     contradicted by the committee of conference.
       The conference agreement includes section 101, as proposed 
     by the Senate, that modifies section 308 and subsection 
     835(d) of the Homeland Security Act, respectively, by (1) 
     expanding the discretion of the Homeland Security Secretary 
     in his application of listed criteria, and authorizing him to 
     consider additional criteria beyond those specified in the 
     section when designating any of the nation's colleges or 
     universities as a college- or university-based center for 
     homeland security that shall conduct extramural research; and 
     (2) limiting the authority of the Homeland Security Secretary 
     to waive the prohibition on entering into contracts with 
     corporate expatriates by restricting the waiver authority 
     only to contracts for which the Secretary determines that the 
     waiver is required in the interest of homeland security. The 
     House bill contained no similar provision.
       The conference agreement expands the discretion of the 
     Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security in his 
     application of the listed criteria when designating any of 
     the nation's colleges or universities as a college- or 
     university-based center for homeland security. Such a center 
     is part of the Secretary's broad authority to conduct 
     extramural research under grants, cooperative agreements and 
     contracts. Designating a center or centers is just one way in 
     which the Secretary's authority can be used.
       The conference agreement includes section 102, as proposed 
     by the Senate, which repeals sections 1714 through 1717 of 
     the Homeland Security Act as if such sections never were 
     effective and replaces these sections with alternative 
     language regarding the application of the Public Health 
     Service Act and a rule of construction with respect to prior 
     law and to Leroy v. Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
     Office of Special Master, No. 02-392V (October 11, 2002). No 
     legal inference regarding existing law prior to or after the 
     enactment and repeal of these sections shall be drawn by the 
     courts from the enactment and subsequent repeal of these 
     provisions. The

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     repeal leaves unaffected pre-existing case law, such as Leroy 
     v. Secretary of Health and Human Services. The conference 
     agreement modifies a Sense of the Senate provision to a Sense 
     of the Congress that the Senate Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions and the House Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce should report legislation within six 
     months to protect the public health and the nation's ability 
     to produce existing vaccines and develop new vaccines. The 
     House bill contained no similar provision.
       The conference agreement includes section 103, as proposed 
     by the Senate, which modifies sections 232(f), 234(b), 
     873(b), and 1511(e)(2) of the Homeland Security Act. These 
     modifications would, respectively: ensure that transfers of 
     funds, personnel, and assets within and from the Department 
     of Justice are governed by the procedures established in 
     section 605 of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and 
     State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
     Act, 2002; permit the Coast Guard to use pre-existing 
     authority to accept gifts and donations of services; and 
     permit the Coast Guard to continue to receive funds from the 
     aquatic resources trust fund of the highway trust fund for 
     boating safety programs. The House bill contained no similar 
     provision.
       In addition, the conferees have agreed to include in 
     section 103, as proposed by the Senate, a provision adding a 
     new section 1714 to the Homeland Security Act that requires 
     that any report or notification to, or consultation with, the 
     Congress or any Congressional committee required by the 
     Homeland Security Act, and addressing directly or indirectly 
     the use of appropriated funds, also be submitted to or held 
     with the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
     House of Representatives. The House bill contained no similar 
     provision.
       The conference agreement replaces a provision (section 104) 
     proposed by the Senate relating to certain waivers of 
     contracts with corporate expatriates. The substitute 
     provision makes changes to the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
     (Public Law 107-296) and the Inspector General Act of 1978 
     (Public Law 95-452) relating to the Inspector General of the 
     Department of Homeland Security. The House bill contained no 
     similar provision.
       The conference agreement includes a provision (section 105) 
     relating to the transfer of the Attorney General's 
     authorities under the Immigration and Nationality Act to the 
     Secretary of Homeland Security.
       The conference agreement includes a savings provision 
     (section 106), as proposed by the Senate, relating to pending 
     or completed administrative actions, any proceeding, and 
     pending civil actions with respect to the transfer mandated 
     by the Homeland Security Act of the Bureau of Alcohol, 
     Tobacco, and Firearms to the Department of Justice from the 
     Department of the Treasury. The House bill contained no 
     similar provision.
       The conference agreement includes a provision (section 
     107), as proposed by the Senate, which repeals section 457 of 
     the Homeland Security Act, including the amendment made by 
     that section, relating to the costs and funding of certain 
     immigration services. The conferees also modified this 
     section to address court jurisdiction matters.
       The conference agreement deletes a Sense of the Senate 
     provision (section 107) that states that Senate conferees 
     should insist that the Joint Conference adopt section 102 of 
     the Senate amendment. The House bill contained no similar 
     provision.
       The conferees agree that several specific provisions of the 
     Homeland Security Act directly or indirectly address the 
     oversight and use of appropriated funds and that the Senate 
     and House Committees on Appropriations will review such 
     sections in depth.

                       DIVISION M--OTHER MATTERS

                 DEFENSE RELATED TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS

       The conferees considered section 5 of H.J. Res. 2 as passed 
     the House, and Division M of H.J. Res. 2 as amended by the 
     Senate. The conference agreement includes an amended version 
     of Division M, as described below.
       The conferees recommended retaining and amending a number 
     of general provisions, proposed by either the House or 
     Senate, which make technical and other adjustments regarding 
     funding and activities provided for in Public Laws 107-248 
     and 107-249 (the Defense Appropriations Act, 2003, and the 
     Military Construction Appropriations Act, 2003, 
     respectively). In addition, in section 109 of this division 
     the conferees recommend new appropriations totaling 
     $10,000,000,000, pursuant to requests from the White House, 
     for selected military and intelligence activities in support 
     of the global war on terrorism.
       Of this amount, $3,900,000,000 if for classified programs 
     in support of the global war on terrorism and other critical 
     anti-terrorism initiatives. These programs are described in a 
     classified annex accompanying this joint statement. The 
     remaining $6,100,000,000 is for reimbursement of personnel 
     and operational costs incurred during the first quarter of 
     the current fiscal year by the Department of Defense as a 
     result of Operation Enduring Freedom; Operation Nobel Eagle; 
     and related activities in the war on terrorism and homeland 
     security operations. These funds are to be allocated as 
     follows:

                           Military Personnel

       The conference agreement includes $1,617,000,000 for active 
     duty pay and allowances costs incurred from October through 
     December 2002. This includes incremental cost increases in 
     hostile fire pay, family separation allowances, hardship duty 
     pay, subsistence and additional readiness/stop-loss 
     personnel. Also covered are pay and allowances for the first 
     quarter costs associated with mobilized Reservists and 
     National Guardsmen.

                       (In thousands of dollars)

                                                      Conference Amount
Military Personnel, Army.......................................$771,200
Military Personnel, Navy........................................213,800
Military Personnel, Marine Corps.................................68,600
Military Personnel, Air Force...................................563,400

                       Operation and Maintenance

       The conference agreement includes $4,387,900,000 for 
     operations costs incurred from October through December 2002. 
     These include personnel support costs (temporary duty, 
     clothing, personal equipment and supplies, medical support 
     and services, and subsistence); operating tempo costs 
     (including incremental ship steaming days and aircraft flying 
     hours, materials and services supporting operations, fuel, 
     and spare/repair parts); and costs associated with the 
     transportation of personnel, equipment and material.

                       (In thousands of dollars)      Conference Amount
Operation and Maintenance, Army..............................$1,210,000
Operation and Maintenance, Navy.................................378,300
Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps.........................202,100
Operation and Maintenance, Air Force..........................1,686,300
Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide.........................911,200
  (U.S. Special Operations Command.............................531,100)
  (Defense Logistics Agency....................................289,700)
  (Defense Information Systems Agency...........................51,200)
  (Defense Threat Reduction Agency..............................39,200)

                         Defense Health Program

       The conference agreement includes $95,100,000 for the 
     Defense Health Program, for the costs of replacement 
     personnel to perform essential duties of deployed personnel; 
     transportation costs to points of embarkation; funding for 
     temporary duty in order to sustain essential health care 
     services at military treatment facilities and in the private 
     sector; additional funds for health care to support mobilized 
     Reservists and their families; the costs of immunizations for 
     personnel being deployed, and force protection.

                        Reprogramming Thresholds

       The conferees agree to amend the Senate's recommendation to 
     raise the thresholds for internal reprogramming actions. The 
     conferees agree to increase reprogramming thresholds as 
     proposed by the Senate, for Procurement and Research, 
     Development, Test and Evaluation appropriations accounts for 
     the remainder of fiscal year 2003. Changes to reprogramming 
     thresholds are effective upon enactment of the accompanying 
     Act and apply to fiscal year 2003 Procurement and Research, 
     Development, Test and Evaluation appropriations. The 
     Department shall submit Prior Approval reprogramming 
     requests, DD Form 1415-1, in those instances when 
     reprogramming of funds exceed the following thresholds:
       An increase or decrease of $20,000,000 for program year 
     2003/2005 appropriations for a Procurement line item.
       An increase or decrease of $10,000,000 for program year 
     2003/2004 appropriations for a Research, Development, Test 
     and Evaluation program element.
       Each of the reprogramming thresholds described above 
     reflects aggregate levels of reprogramming activity within 
     Procurement line items, and Research, Development, Test and 
     Evaluation program elements.
       The reprogramming of funds below these thresholds shall not 
     increase lines specifically reduced by congressional action 
     or decrease congressional interest items.
       No below threshold decrease may exceed twenty percent of 
     appropriated levels for each procurement line, or program 
     element, or the limitations above, whichever is greater.
       Below threshold reprogramming may restore non-specific 
     reductions to the original level of the budget request or the 
     level determined in the account tables, whichever is less.

                             Project Athena

       The Statement of Managers accompanying the conference 
     report on Public Law 107-248 provided an earmark in the 
     Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy 
     appropriation of $11,000,000 for development of the Project 
     Athena coastal defense beta site from within the Marine Corps 
     Communications line, PE 0206313M. The conferees agree that 
     the line for the earmark is hereby changed to the Combating 
     Terrorism Technology Support line, PE 0603122D8Z, in the 
     Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide 
     appropriation. The conferees also agree that the amount of 
     the earmark shall be decreased to $6,000,000.

                             Domed Housing

       The Statement of Managers accompanying the conference 
     report on Public Law 107-248 directed that $2,000,000 be made 
     available for the acquisition of domed housing in the 
     Marshall Islands to support Department of Defense housing 
     requirements. The conferees further direct that the 
     procurement of additional domed housing units be limited to

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     those U.S. construction companies that have previously built 
     this type of housing in the Marshall Islands.

                    National Defense Sealift Report

       The conferees direct the Secretary of the Navy and the 
     Secretary of Transportation to jointly report to the 
     Committees on Appropriations, within 90 days of enactment of 
     this Act, on the feasibility of establishing a pilot project 
     to accelerate the introduction of next-generation high-speed 
     sealift ships. Such a project shall provide for the 
     construction in a United States shipyard of two high-speed 
     sealift ships (together with ancillary facilities and 
     equipment) to be used in commercial service and to be 
     available to support the Navy's global military sealift 
     requirements. Project financing should be derived from loans 
     guaranteed by the Secretary of Transportation supported by 
     amounts appropriated in fiscal years 2002 and 2003 under the 
     National Defense Sealift Fund (designated for construction of 
     additional sealift capacity), amounts appropriated to support 
     Title XI maritime loan guarantees, and sums provided by non-
     federal parties as appropriate. Such report shall include an 
     analysis of the national security benefits of using sealift 
     ships designed to carry at least 10,000 tons of cargo at 36 
     knots or higher in sea states of up to 16 feet to meet high 
     priority military requirements compared to existing sealift 
     capabilities. Such report shall also include a technology 
     readiness assessment, a financial analysis, and any 
     additional recommended legislation that may be required to 
     accomplish this project.

                   GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS DIVISION

       The conferees agree to amend section 101, as proposed by 
     the Senate, which allows funds to be used to settle the 
     disputed taking of property adjacent to the Tooele Army 
     Depot.
       The conferees agree to retain section 102, as proposed by 
     the Senate, which provides funds for disposal of obsolete 
     vessels in the Maritime Administration National Defense 
     Reserve Fleet, and requires the Department to report to the 
     congressional defense committees by March 1, 2003.
       The conferees agree to delete section 103, as proposed by 
     the Senate. The conferees agree, however, to amend section 
     122 of P.L. 107-249 to create an exception to the general 
     prohibition against using NATO Security Investment Program 
     (NSIP) funds in the New Independent States of the former 
     Soviet Union. This exception authorizes no more than 
     $1,000,000 to establish a communication system that connects 
     various NATO headquarters and partnership for peace nations.
       The conferees agree to retain section 104, as proposed by 
     the Senate, which is a technical correction that moves funds 
     from the Military Construction, Air Force account to the 
     Military Construction, Air Force Reserve account.
       The conferees agree to modify section 105, as proposed by 
     the Senate, to clarify that the Secretary of the Air Force is 
     authorized to transfer funds to the United States Fish and 
     Wildlife Service for the purpose of acquiring land at Nellis 
     Air Force Base.
       The conferees agree to amend section 106, as proposed by 
     the Senate, which increases the expense/investment threshold 
     from $100,000 to $250,000 for items purchased with operation 
     and maintenance funds, and includes authorization and grant 
     authority for projects expressly designated for the Office of 
     Economic Adjustment in the Statement of Managers accompanying 
     the conference report on Public Law 107-248.
       The conferees agree to amend section 107, as proposed by 
     the Senate, which includes transfers of $104,000,000 in order 
     to accelerate Patriot PAC-3 missile production. Among the 
     sources specified in this general provision is ``Weapons and 
     Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army, 2003/2005'', for $5,000,000 
     from the M1A2 SEP program. This section transfers $7,000,000 
     from ``Other Procurement, Air Force, 2003/2005'', from the 
     following programs:

Thinpack Parachutes.........................................-$3,000,000
Replacement of Transport Aircraft Troop Seats................-3,000,000
Replacement of Tactical Aircrew Life Preservers with the Navy's LPU-
  36.........................................................-1,000,000

       This section also transfers $36,900,000 from ``Research, 
     Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide, 2003/2004''. 
     This amount includes $13,900,000, as specified by the Senate, 
     from the ground-based midcourse defense sea-based x-band 
     radar (SBX), and $23,000,000 from a Patriot PAC-3 enhancement 
     program.
       The conferees agree to amend section 108, as proposed by 
     the Senate, which provides necessary legislative language for 
     the timely execution of funds for certain Department of 
     Defense Office of Economic Adjustment activities as provided 
     in the Statement of Managers accompanying the conference 
     report for Public Law 107-248.
       The conferees agree to amend section 109, as proposed by 
     the Senate, to provide $10,000,000,000 to support the global 
     war on terrorism and classified activities, as requested by 
     the White House. The conferees direct that all funds provided 
     pursuant to section 109 be only for those activities cited in 
     this joint statement and in the classified annex thereto.
       The conferees agree to amend section 110, as proposed by 
     the Senate, to provide authorization for fiscal year 2003 
     appropriations for intelligence activities pursuant to 
     Section 504 of the National Security Act of 1947.
       The conferees agree to include, with slight technical 
     modifications, section 111 of Division M of the Senate passed 
     bill regarding the Department of Defense's Total Information 
     Awareness (TIA) program. In two instances the provision has 
     been modified. First the conferees agree to allow the 
     Administration 90 days after the bill is enacted to submit a 
     report to Congress on the TIA program, instead of 60 days as 
     proposed by the Senate. Second, the provision has been 
     modified to clarify that, subject to the other terms and 
     conditions of this section, the TIA program may be deployed 
     at operating bases in the United States to assist in the 
     conduct of lawful U.S. foreign intelligence activities 
     against non-United States citizens only. The conferees agree 
     with the clear intent of the Senate provision that, in no 
     case, should the TIA program be used by the Department of 
     Defense to conduct intelligence activities on United States 
     citizens, or transferred to any other Federal agency for the 
     same purpose.
       The conferees agree to amend section 112, as proposed by 
     the House, which provides the Secretary of Defense additional 
     transfer authority of $500,000,000, only for unforeseen fuel 
     cost requirements resulting from revised pricing and the 
     global war on terrorism. Additionally, this provision is 
     further amended to require prior notification of the 
     Committees on Appropriations before any funds made available 
     to the Department of Defense are used for the drawdown 
     authority provided in Section 202 of the Afghanistan Freedom 
     Support Act (Public Law 107-327).
       The conferees are supportive of the overall objectives of 
     the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act (AFSA). Nonetheless the 
     conferees are extremely troubled that, in its first use of 
     this authority, the Administration chose to use the U.S. 
     military services' operations accounts as its funding source 
     for the initial increment of AFSA drawdown--diverting 
     $165,000,000 originally requested and subsequently 
     appropriated for U.S. Army, Navy, and Air Force unit training 
     and flying hours. As noted by the Deputy Secretary of Defense 
     in a February 10, 2003 letter to the Defense Appropriations 
     Subcommittees of the House and Senate, ``DoD cannot absorb 
     these costs without affecting readiness.''
       To implement this provision, the conferees therefore direct 
     that the Department of Defense provide not less than 15 days 
     prior written notification to the Committees on 
     Appropriations prior to exercising any use of the section 202 
     drawdown authority which would use DoD funds. This 
     notification should be provided no later than other required 
     AFSA drawdown notifications to the Committees on 
     Appropriations (e.g., Presidential determinations, or 
     notifications from the Department of State, or others, as 
     required under the AFSA or other laws). Each such 
     notification shall include the proposed source of DoD funds 
     by appropriations account and activity, as well as a 
     description of the impact these funding transfers will have 
     on the DoD programs so affected.

                               DIVISION N

                                TITLE I

                            ELECTION REFORM

       The conferees agree to provide $1,500,000,000 for election 
     reform. This includes funds to establish an Election 
     Assistance Commission and to carry out programs authorized by 
     the Help America Vote Act of 2002. The conferees agree to 
     provide $650,000,000 to the General Services Administration 
     (GSA) to carry out a program of payments to the States for 
     improving the administration of elections and replacing punch 
     card and lever voting machines with new voting technology. 
     The conferees also agree to provide $15,000,000 to the 
     Department of Health and Human Services for programs to 
     ensure disabled voter access.
       The conference agreement also earmarks amounts to be repaid 
     to individual Forest Service appropriations accounts as 
     proposed by the Senate. The House had no similar provision.

                   TITLE III--WILDLAND FIRE EMERGENCY

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                       BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT


                        Wildland Fire Management

       The conference agreement includes $189,000,000 for wildland 
     fire management as proposed by the Senate instead of an 
     emergency supplemental appropriation for fiscal year 2002 of 
     $200,000,000 as proposed by the House. These funds are to 
     repay amounts transferred from other accounts to fight fires 
     in fiscal year 2002.

                             RELATED AGENCY

                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

                             FOREST SERVICE

                        Wildland Fire Management

       The conference agreement includes $636,000,000 for wildland 
     fire management as proposed by the Senate instead of an 
     emergency supplemental appropriation for fiscal year 2002 of 
     $500,000,000 as proposed by the House. These funds are to 
     repay amounts transferred from other accounts to fight fires 
     in fiscal year 2002.

                DIVISION N--TITLE IV--TANF AND MEDICARE

       The conference agreement includes section 401, which 
     extends the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families in the 
     manner authorized for fiscal year 2002 through June 30, 2003, 
     instead of September 30, 2003 as proposed by the Senate. The 
     House bill contained no similar provision.
       The conference agreement includes a new section, section 
     402, in lieu of sections 402

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     through 404 as proposed by the Senate, which (1) temporarily 
     increases payments to rural and ``other urban'' hospitals 
     through September 30 to the large urban standardized amount; 
     and (2) provides legal protection for the Administration 
     should they make corrections to data errors in the physician 
     payment formula for past fiscal years. The House bill 
     contained no similar provision.
       The conference agreement includes section 403, originally 
     proposed by the Senate as section 405 in the Senate 
     amendment, which extends the Federal payment for Medicare 
     Part B through Medicaid for qualifying individuals (those 
     between 120 and 135 percent of poverty) through September 30, 
     2003. The House bill contained no similar provision.

                DIVISION N--TITLE V--FISHERIES DISASTERS

       Section 501.--The conference agreement includes section 
     501, included in the Senate, providing $100,000,000 for 
     various fishery disasters. The House did not include a 
     similar provision.

                                TITLE VI

                                OFFSETS

       The conference agreement includes a 0.65 percent across-
     the-board rescission to discretionary budgetary resources 
     provided in divisions A through K of this act, as well as to 
     any previously enacted fiscal year 2003 advance 
     appropriation. This rescission does not apply to the Head 
     Start program, the Veterans' Medical Care program, the Women, 
     Infants, and Children nutrition program, or the space shuttle 
     program. Specific exemptions for these programs are also 
     included in the respective sections of this joint resolution.

          Bonneville Power Administration Borrowing Authority

       The conference agreement provides $700,000,000 of new 
     borrowing authority to the Bonneville Power Administration as 
     proposed by the Senate. The conferees direct the Bonneville 
     Power Administration to submit a detailed budget 
     justification, by project, for its total capital improvement 
     program to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
     not later than March 30, 2003, and to submit thereafter as 
     part of the annual budget request, for approval by the House 
     and Senate Committees on Appropriations.

                               DIVISION O

                     Price-Anderson Act Amendments

       The conference agreement modifies bill language as proposed 
     by the Senate to extend portions of the Price-Anderson Act 
     through December 31, 2003.

     DIVISION P--U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION

       The conferees have included, under Division P, language and 
     funding regarding the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review 
     Commission.

     Bill Young,
     Ralph Regula,
     Jerry Lewis,
     Hal Rogers,
     Frank R. Wolf,
     Jim Kolbe,
     James T. Walsh,
     Charles H. Taylor,
     David L. Hobson,
     Ernest J. Istook, Jr.,
     Henry Bonilla,
     Joe Knollenberg,
     Jack Kingston,
     John P. Murtha,
     Norman D. Dicks
       (except section 323 and 335 of Division F, and conservation 
     spending)
     Alan B. Mollohan,
     Peter J. Visclosky,
     Jose E. Serrano,
                                Managers on the Part of the House.

     Ted Stevens,
     Thad Cochran,
     Arlen Specter,
     Pete V. Domenici,
     Kit Bond,
     Mitch McConnell,
     Conrad Burns,
     Richard C. Shelby,
     Judd Gregg,
     Robert F. Bennett,
     Ben Nighthorse Campbell,
     Larry Craig,
     Kay Bailey Hutchison,
     Mike DeWine,
     Sam Brownback,
     Robert C. Byrd,
     Daniel K. Inouye,
     Ernest F. Hollings,
     Patrick J. Leahy,
     Barbara A. Mikulski,
     Patty Murray,
       (except for section 323 and 335 of Division F)
     Byron L. Dorgan,
     Dianne Feinstein,
     Tim Johnson,
     Mary L. Landrieu,
                               Managers on the Part of the Senate.