[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 16]
[Senate]
[Pages 22690-22705]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



DEPARTMENTS OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AND HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND 
             INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2000

  On September 24, 1999, the Senate amended and passed H.R. 2684, as 
follows:

       Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives 
     (H.R. 2684) entitled ``An Act 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, 2000, and for other purposes.'', do pass 
     with the following amendment
       Page 2, strike out all after line 9, over to and including 
     line 3 on page 95, and insert:

                TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

                    Veterans Benefits Administration


                       Compensation and Pensions

       For the payment of compensation benefits to or on behalf of 
     veterans and a pilot program for disability examinations as 
     authorized by law (38 U.S.C. 107, chapters 11, 13, 18, 51, 
     53, 55, and 61); pension benefits to or on behalf of veterans 
     as authorized by law (38 U.S.C. chapters 15, 51, 53, 55, and 
     61; 92 Stat. 2508); and burial benefits, emergency and other 
     officers' retirement pay, adjusted-service credits and 
     certificates, payment of premiums due on commercial life 
     insurance policies guaranteed under the provisions of Article 
     IV of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940, as 
     amended, and for other benefits as authorized by law (38 
     U.S.C. 107, 1312, 1977, and 2106, chapters 23, 51, 53, 55, 
     and 61; 50 U.S.C. App. 540-548; 43 Stat. 122, 123; 45 Stat. 
     735; 76 Stat. 1198), $21,568,364,000, to remain available 
     until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $38,079,000 of 
     the amount appropriated shall be reimbursed to ``General 
     operating expenses'' and ``Medical care'' for necessary 
     expenses in implementing those provisions authorized in the 
     Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990, and in the 
     Veterans' Benefits Act of 1992 (38 U.S.C. chapters 51, 53, 
     and 55), the funding source for which is specifically 
     provided as the ``Compensation and pensions'' appropriation: 
     Provided further, That such sums as may be earned on an 
     actual qualifying patient basis, shall be reimbursed to 
     ``Medical facilities revolving fund'' to augment the funding 
     of individual medical facilities for nursing home care 
     provided to pensioners as authorized.


                         Readjustment Benefits

       For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation benefits 
     to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 
     chapters 21, 30, 31, 34, 35, 36, 39, 51, 53, 55, and 61, 
     $1,469,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
     That funds shall be available to pay any court order, court 
     award or any compromise settlement arising from litigation 
     involving the vocational training program authorized by 
     section 18 of Public Law 98-77, as amended.


                   Veterans Insurance and Indemnities

       For military and naval insurance, national service life 
     insurance, servicemen's indemnities, service-disabled 
     veterans insurance, and veterans mortgage life insurance as 
     authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 19; 70 Stat. 887; 72 Stat. 
     487, $28,670,000, 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

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     defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
     1974, as amended: Provided further, That during fiscal year 
     2000, 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, $156,958,000, which may 
     be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 
     ``General operating expenses''.


                  Education Loan Fund Program Account

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For the cost of direct loans, $1,000, as authorized by 38 
     U.S.C. 3698, as amended: Provided, That such costs, including 
     the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in 
     section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as 
     amended: Provided further, That these funds are available to 
     subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of 
     direct loans not to exceed $3,000.
       In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
     out the direct loan program, $214,000, 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, $57,000, as authorized by 38 
     U.S.C. chapter 31, as amended: Provided, That such costs, 
     including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as 
     defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
     1974, as amended: Provided further, That these funds are 
     available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal 
     amount of direct loans not to exceed $2,531,000.
       In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
     out the direct loan program, $415,000, 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, $520,000, which may be transferred to and merged 
     with the appropriation for ``General operating expenses''.


  guaranteed transitional housing loans for homeless veterans program 
                                account

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For the cost, as defined in section 13201 of the Budget 
     Enforcement Act of 1990, including the cost of modifying 
     loans, of guaranteed loans as authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 
     37 subchapter VI, $48,250,000, to remain available until 
     expended: Provided, That no more than five loans may be 
     guaranteed under this program prior to November 11, 2001: 
     Provided further, That no more than fifteen loans may be 
     guaranteed under this program: Provided further, That the 
     total principal amount of loans guaranteed under this program 
     may not exceed $100,000,000: Provided further, That not to 
     exceed $750,000 of the amounts appropriated by this Act for 
     ``General operating expenses'' and ``Medical care'' may be 
     expended for the administrative expenses to carry out the 
     guaranteed loan program authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 37, 
     subchapter VI.

                     Veterans Health Administration


                              Medical Care

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses for the maintenance and operation of 
     hospitals, nursing homes, and domiciliary facilities; for 
     furnishing, as authorized by law, inpatient and outpatient 
     care and treatment to beneficiaries of the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs, including care and treatment in facilities 
     not under the jurisdiction of the Department; and furnishing 
     recreational facilities, supplies, and equipment; funeral, 
     burial, and other expenses incidental thereto for 
     beneficiaries receiving care in the Department; 
     administrative expenses in support of planning, design, 
     project management, real property acquisition and 
     disposition, construction and renovation of any facility 
     under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department; 
     oversight, engineering and architectural activities not 
     charged to project cost; repairing, altering, improving or 
     providing facilities in the several hospitals and homes under 
     the jurisdiction of the Department, not otherwise provided 
     for, either by contract or by the hire of temporary employees 
     and purchase of materials; uniforms or allowances therefor, 
     as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; aid to State homes as 
     authorized by 38 U.S.C. 1741; administrative and legal 
     expenses of the Department for collecting and recovering 
     amounts owed the Department as authorized under 38 U.S.C. 
     chapter 17, and the Federal Medical Care Recovery Act, 42 
     U.S.C. 2651 et seq.; and not to exceed $8,000,000 to fund 
     cost comparison studies as referred to in 38 U.S.C. 
     8110(a)(5), $19,006,000,000, plus reimbursements: Provided, 
     That of the funds made available under this heading, 
     $600,000,000 is designated by Congress as an emergency 
     requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced 
     Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and shall be 
     available only to the extent that an official budget request 
     that includes designation of the entire amount of the request 
     as an emergency requirement (as defined in the Balanced 
     Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) is 
     transmitted by the President to Congress: Provided further, 
     That of the funds made available under this heading, 
     $635,000,000 is for the equipment and land and structures 
     object classifications only, which amount shall not become 
     available for obligation until August 1, 2000, and shall 
     remain available until September 30, 2001: Provided further, 
     That of the funds made available under this heading, not to 
     exceed $900,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 
     2001: Provided further, That of the funds made available 
     under this heading, not to exceed $27,907,000 may be 
     transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 
     ``General operating expenses'': Provided further, That the 
     Department shall conduct by contract a program of recovery 
     audits with respect to payments for hospital care; and, 
     notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302(b), amounts collected, by 
     setoff or otherwise, as the result of such audits shall be 
     available, without fiscal year limitation, for the purposes 
     for which funds are appropriated under this heading and the 
     purposes of paying a contractor a percent of the amount 
     collected as a result of an audit carried out by the 
     contractor: Provided further, That all amounts so collected 
     under the preceding proviso with respect to a designated 
     health care region (as that term is defined in 38 U.S.C. 
     1729A(d)(2)) shall be allocated, net of payments to the 
     contractor, to that region.
       In addition, in conformance with Public Law 105-33 
     establishing the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Care 
     Collections Fund, such sums as may be deposited to such Fund 
     pursuant to 38 U.S.C. 1729A may be transferred to this 
     account, to remain available until expended for the purposes 
     of this account.


                    Medical and Prosthetic Research

       For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of medical 
     and prosthetic research and development as authorized by 38 
     U.S.C. chapter 73, to remain available until September 30, 
     2001, $316,000,000, plus reimbursements.


      Medical Administration and Miscellaneous Operating Expenses

       For necessary expenses in the administration of the 
     medical, hospital, nursing home, domiciliary, construction, 
     supply, and research activities, as authorized by law; 
     administrative expenses in support of capital policy 
     activities, $60,703,000 plus reimbursements: Provided, That 
     project technical and consulting services offered by the 
     Facilities Management Service Delivery Office, including 
     technical consulting services, project management, 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, 2000.


                   General Post Fund, National Homes

                     (including transfer of funds)

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

                      Departmental Administration


                       General Operating Expenses

       For necessary operating expenses of the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including 
     uniforms or allowances therefor; not to exceed $25,000 for 
     official reception and representation expenses; hire of 
     passenger motor vehicles; and reimbursement of the General 
     Services Administration for security guard services, and the 
     Department of Defense for the cost of overseas employee mail, 
     $912,594,000: Provided, That funds under this heading shall 
     be available to administer the Service Members Occupational 
     Conversion and Training Act: Provided further, That travel 
     expenditures for the immediate Office of the Secretary shall 
     not exceed $100,000.


                    National Cemetery Administration

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses for the maintenance and operation of 
     the National Cemetery Administration, not otherwise provided 
     for, including uniforms or allowances therefor; cemeterial 
     expenses as authorized by law; purchase of two passenger 
     motor vehicles for use in cemeterial operations; and hire of 
     passenger motor vehicles, $97,256,000: Provided, That of the 
     amount made available under this heading, not to exceed 
     $117,000 may be transferred to and merged with the 
     appropriation for ``General operating expenses''.


                      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, $43,200,000: Provided, That of the amount made 
     available under this heading, not to exceed $30,000 may be 
     transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 
     ``General operating expenses''.


                      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

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     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, 
     $70,140,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
     That except for advance planning of projects (including 
     market-based assessments of health care needs which may or 
     may not lead to capital investments) funded through the 
     advance planning fund and the design of projects funded 
     through the design fund, none of these funds shall be used 
     for any project which has not been considered and approved by 
     the Congress in the budgetary process: Provided further, That 
     funds provided in this appropriation for fiscal year 2000, 
     for each approved project shall be obligated: (1) by the 
     awarding of a construction documents contract by September 
     30, 2000; and (2) by the awarding of a construction contract 
     by September 30, 2001: Provided further, That the Secretary 
     shall promptly report in writing to the Committees on 
     Appropriations any approved major construction project in 
     which obligations are not incurred within the time 
     limitations established above: Provided further, That no 
     funds from any other account except the ``Parking revolving 
     fund'', may be obligated for constructing, altering, 
     extending, or improving a project which was approved in the 
     budget process and funded in this account until one year 
     after substantial completion and beneficial occupancy by the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs of the project or any part 
     thereof with respect to that part only.


                      Construction, Minor Projects

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


                         Parking Revolving Fund

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


       Grants for Construction of State Extended Care Facilities

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


        Grants for the Construction of State Veterans Cemeteries

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


                       Administrative Provisions

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Sec. 101. Any appropriation for fiscal year 2000 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 2000 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 2000 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 1999.
       Sec. 106. Appropriations accounts available to the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2000 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 2000, 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 
     2000, 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 2000, 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. (a) Sense of Senate.--It is the sense of the 
     Senate that it should be the goal of the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs to serve all veterans equitably at health 
     care facilities in urban and rural areas.
       (b) Report Required.--(1) Not later than six months after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
     Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Veterans' 
     Affairs of the Senate and the House of Representatives a 
     report on the impact of the allocation of funds under the 
     Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation (VERA) funding formula 
     on the rural subregions of the health care system 
     administered by the Veterans Health Administration.
       (2) The report shall include the following:
       (A) An assessment of impact of the allocation of funds 
     under the VERA formula on--
       (i) travel times to veterans health care in rural areas;
       (ii) waiting periods for appointments for veterans health 
     care in rural areas;
       (iii) the cost associated with additional community-based 
     outpatient clinics;
       (iv) transportation costs; and
       (v) the unique challenges that Department of Veterans 
     Affairs medical centers in rural, low-population subregions 
     face in attempting to increase efficiency without large 
     economies of scale.
       (B) The recommendations of the Secretary, if any, on how 
     rural veterans' access to health care services might be 
     enhanced.
       Sec. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
     none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available in 
     this Act for the Medical Care appropriation of the Department 
     of Veterans Affairs may be obligated for the realignment of 
     the health care delivery system in VISN 12 until 60 days 
     after the Secretary of Veterans Affairs certifies that the 
     Department has (1) consulted with veterans organizations, 
     medical school affiliates, employee representatives, State 
     veterans and health associations, and other interested 
     parties with respect to the realignment plan to be 
     implemented, and (2) made available to the Congress and the 
     public information from the consultations regarding possible 
     impacts on the accessibility of veterans health care services 
     to affected veterans.
       Sec. 110. (a) Findings.--The Senate makes the following 
     findings:
       (1) One of the most outrageous examples of the failure of 
     the Federal Government to honor its obligations to veterans 
     involves the so-called ``atomic veterans'', patriotic 
     Americans who were exposed to radiation at Hiroshima and 
     Nagasaki and at nuclear test sites.
       (2) For more than 50 years, many atomic veterans have been 
     denied veterans compensation for diseases, known as 
     radiogenic diseases, that the Department of Veterans Affairs 
     recognizes as being linked to exposure to radiation. Many of 
     these diseases are lethal forms of cancer.
       (3) The Department of Veterans Affairs almost invariably 
     denies the claims for compensation of atomic veterans on the 
     grounds that the radiation doses received by such veterans 
     were too low to result in radiogenic disease, even though 
     many scientists and former Under Secretary for Health Kenneth 
     Kizer agree that the dose reconstruction analyses conducted 
     by the Department of Defense are unreliable.
       (4) Although the Department of Veterans Affairs already has 
     a list of radiogenic diseases that are presumed to be 
     service-connected, the Department omits three diseases--lung 
     cancer, colon cancer, and central nervous system cancer--from 
     that list, notwithstanding the agreement of scientists that 
     the evidence of a link between the three diseases and low-
     level exposure to radiation is very convincing and, in many 
     cases, is stronger than the evidence of a link between such 
     exposure and other radiogenic diseases currently on that 
     list.
       (b) Sense of Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that 
     lung cancer, colon cancer, and brain and central nervous 
     system cancer should be added to the list of radiogenic 
     diseases that

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     are presumed by the Department of Veterans Affairs to be 
     service-connected disabilities.

         TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

                       Public and Indian Housing


                        Housing Certificate Fund

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For activities and assistance to prevent the involuntary 
     displacement of low-income families, the elderly and the 
     disabled because of the loss of affordable housing stock, 
     expiration of subsidy contracts (other than contracts for 
     which amounts are provided under another heading in this Act) 
     or expiration of use restrictions, or other changes in 
     housing assistance arrangements, and for other purposes, 
     $11,051,135,000, to remain available until expended: 
     Provided, That of the total amount provided under this 
     heading, $10,855,135,000, of which $6,655,135,000 shall be 
     available on October 1, 1999 and $4,200,000,000 shall be 
     available on October 1, 2000, shall be for assistance under 
     the United States Housing Act of 1937 (``The Act'' herein) 
     (42 U.S.C. 1437) for use in connection with expiring or 
     terminating section 8 subsidy contracts, for enhanced 
     vouchers (including renewals) as provided under the 
     ``Preserving Existing Housing Investment'' account in the 
     Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban 
     Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 
     1997 (Public Law 104-204) for families eligible for 
     assistance under such Act, and contracts entered into 
     pursuant to section 441 of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless 
     Assistance Act: Provided further, That the Secretary may 
     determine not to apply section 8(o)(6)(B) of the Act to 
     housing vouchers during fiscal year 2000: Provided further, 
     That of the total amount provided under this heading, 
     $156,000,000 shall be for section 8 rental assistance under 
     the Act including assistance to relocate residents of 
     properties: (1) that are owned by the Secretary and being 
     disposed of; or (2) that are discontinuing section 8 project-
     based assistance; for relocation and replacement housing for 
     units that are demolished or disposed of from the public 
     housing inventory (in addition to amounts that may be 
     available for such purposes under this and other headings); 
     for the conversion of section 23 projects to assistance under 
     section 8; for funds to carry out the family unification 
     program; and for the relocation of witnesses in connection 
     with efforts to combat crime in public and assisted housing 
     pursuant to a request from a law enforcement or prosecution 
     agency: Provided further, That of the total amount provided 
     under this heading, $40,000,000 shall be made available to 
     nonelderly disabled families affected by the designation of a 
     public housing development under section 7 of such Act, the 
     establishment of preferences in accordance with section 651 
     of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (42 
     U.S.C. 1361l), or the restriction of occupancy to elderly 
     families in accordance with section 658 of such Act, and to 
     the extent the Secretary determines that such amount is not 
     needed to fund applications for such affected families, to 
     other nonelderly disabled families: Provided further, That no 
     funds under this heading may be used for Regional Opportunity 
     Counseling: Provided further, That all balances for the 
     section 8 rental assistance, section 8 counseling, new 
     construction sub-rehabilitation, relocation/replacement/
     demolition, section 23 conversions, rental and disaster 
     vouchers, loan management set-aside, section 514 technical 
     assistance, and programs previously funded within the 
     ``Annual Contributions'' account shall be transferred to this 
     account, to be available for the purposes for which they were 
     originally appropriated: Provided further, That all balances 
     previously recaptured in the ``Section 8 Reserve 
     Preservation'' account shall be transferred to this account, 
     to be available for the purposes for which they were 
     originally appropriated: Provided further, That the 
     unexpended amounts previously appropriated for special 
     purpose grants within the ``Annual Contributions for Assisted 
     Housing'' account shall be recaptured and transferred to this 
     account, to be available for assistance under the Act for use 
     in connection with expiring or terminating section 8 subsidy 
     contracts: Provided further, That of the amounts previously 
     appropriated for property disposition within the ``Annual 
     Contributions for Assisted Housing'' account, up to 
     $79,000,000 shall be transferred to this account, to be 
     available for assistance under the Act for use in connection 
     with expiring or terminating section 8 subsidy contracts: 
     Provided further, That of the unexpended amounts previously 
     appropriated for carrying out the Low-Income Housing 
     Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act of 1990 and the 
     Emergency Low-Income Housing Preservation Act of 1987, other 
     than amounts made available for rental assistance, within the 
     ``Annual Contributions for Assisted Housing'' and 
     ``Preserving Existing Housing Investments'' accounts, shall 
     be recaptured and transferred to this account, to be 
     available for assistance under the Act for use in connection 
     with expiring or terminating section 8 subsidy contracts.


                      Public Housing Capital Fund

                     (including transfers 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. 1437), 
     $2,555,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
     That of the total amount, up to $100,000,000 shall be for 
     carrying out activities under section 9(d) of such Act, and 
     technical assistance for the inspection of public housing 
     units, contract expertise, and training and technical 
     assistance directly or indirectly, under grants, contracts, 
     or cooperative agreements, to assist in the oversight and 
     management of public housing related to capital activities 
     for lease adjustments to section 23 projects: 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 in effect immediately before 
     enactment of this Act: Provided further, That all balances 
     for debt service for Public and Indian Housing and Public and 
     Indian Housing Grants previously funded within the ``Annual 
     Contributions for Assisted Housing'' account shall be 
     transferred to this account, to be available for the purposes 
     for which they were originally appropriated.


                     Public Housing Operating Fund

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For payments to public housing agencies for the operation 
     and management of public housing, as authorized by section 
     9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 
     U.S.C. 1437g), $2,900,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended: Provided, 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 in effect immediately 
     before enactment of this Act.


             Drug Elimination Grants for Low-Income Housing

       For grants to public housing agencies and Indian tribes and 
     their tribally designated housing entities for use in 
     eliminating crime in public housing projects authorized by 42 
     U.S.C. 11901-11908, for grants for federally assisted low-
     income housing authorized by 42 U.S.C. 11909, and for drug 
     information clearinghouse services authorized by 42 U.S.C. 
     11921-11925, $310,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended: Provided, That of the total amount provided under 
     this heading, up to $5,000,000 shall be solely for technical 
     assistance, training, and program assessment for or on behalf 
     of public housing agencies, resident organizations, and 
     Indian tribes and their tribally designated housing entities 
     (including up to $250,000 for the cost of necessary travel 
     for participants in such training): Provided further, That of 
     the amount provided under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be 
     used in connection with efforts to combat violent crime in 
     public and assisted housing under the Operation Safe Home 
     Program administered by the Inspector General of the 
     Department of Housing and Urban Development: Provided 
     further, That of the amount under this heading, $10,000,000 
     shall be provided to the Office of Inspector General for 
     Operation Safe Home: Provided further, That of the amount 
     under this heading, $20,000,000 shall be available for a 
     program named the New Approach Anti-Drug program which will 
     provide competitive grants to entities managing or operating 
     public housing developments, federally assisted multifamily 
     housing developments, or other multifamily housing 
     developments for low-income families supported by non-Federal 
     governmental entities or similar housing developments 
     supported by nonprofit private sources in order to provide or 
     augment security (including personnel costs), to assist in 
     the investigation and/or prosecution of drug related criminal 
     activity in and around such developments, and to provide 
     assistance for the development of capital improvements at 
     such developments directly relating to the security of such 
     developments: Provided further, That grants for the New 
     Approach Anti-Drug program shall be made on a competitive 
     basis as specified in section 102 of the Department of 
     Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989: Provided 
     further, That the term ``drug-related crime'', as defined in 
     42 U.S.C. 11905(2), shall also include other types of crime 
     as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That none 
     of the funds under this heading may be awarded pursuant to a 
     Notice of Funding Availability which contains substantive 
     program changes unless such program changes have been subject 
     to review under notice and comment rulemaking: Provided 
     further, That, notwithstanding section 5130(c) of the Anti-
     Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 11909(c)), the Secretary 
     may determine not to use any such funds to provide public 
     housing youth sports grants.


     Revitalization of Severely Distressed Public Housing (Hope VI)

       For grants to public housing agencies for 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, $500,000,000 to remain 
     available until expended: Provided, That for purposes of 
     environmental review pursuant to the National Environmental 
     Policy Act of 1969, a grant under this heading or under prior 
     appropriations Acts for use for the purposes under this 
     heading shall be treated as assistance under title I of the 
     United States Housing Act of 1937 and shall be subject to the 
     regulations issued by the Secretary to implement section 26 
     of such Act: Provided further, That none of such funds shall 
     be used directly or indirectly by granting competitive 
     advantage in awards to settle litigation or pay judgments, 
     unless expressly permitted herein.


                  Native American Housing Block Grants

       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) 
     (Public Law 104-330), $620,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended, of which $4,000,000 shall be used by the National 
     American Indian Housing Council and up to $2,000,000 by the

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     Secretary to support the inspection of Indian housing units, 
     contract expertise, training, and technical assistance in the 
     oversight and management of Indian housing and tenant-based 
     assistance, including up to $300,000 for related travel: 
     Provided, That of the amount provided under this heading, 
     $6,000,000 shall be made available for the cost of guaranteed 
     notes and other obligations, as authorized by title VI of 
     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 $54,600,000: Provided further, That 
     for administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan 
     program, up to $200,000 from amounts in the first proviso, 
     which shall be transferred to and merged with the 
     appropriation for departmental salaries and expenses, to be 
     used only for the administrative costs of these guarantees.


           Indian Housing Loan Guarantee Fund Program Account

       For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by section 
     184 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (106 
     Stat. 3739), $6,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
     Provided, That such costs, including the costs of modifying 
     such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided 
     further, That these funds are available to subsidize total 
     loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to 
     exceed $71,956,000.
       In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
     guaranteed loan program, up to $150,000 from amounts in the 
     first paragraph, which shall be transferred to and merged 
     with the appropriation for departmental salaries and 
     expenses, to be used only for the administrative costs of 
     these guarantees.


                 Rural Housing and Economic Development

       For an Office of Rural Housing and Economic Development to 
     be established in the Department of Housing and Urban 
     Development, $25,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
     Provided, That of the amount under this heading, up to 
     $3,000,000 shall be used to develop capacity at the State and 
     local level for developing rural housing and for rural 
     economic development and for maintaining a clearinghouse of 
     ideas for innovative strategies for rural housing and 
     economic development and revitalization: Provided further, 
     That of the amount under this heading, at least $22,000,000 
     which amount shall be awarded by June 1, 2000 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 further, That all grants shall be awarded on a 
     competitive basis as specified in section 102 of the HUD 
     Reform Act.

                   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), $232,000,000, to remain available 
     until expended: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, the funds under this heading shall be 
     awarded on a priority basis to renew and maintain existing 
     programs funded under this heading: Provided further, That 
     the Secretary may use up to 1 percent of the funds under this 
     heading for technical assistance.


                   Community Development Block Grants

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For grants to States and units of general local government 
     and for related expenses, not otherwise provided for, to 
     carry out a community development grants program as 
     authorized by title I of the Housing and Community 
     Development Act of 1974, as amended (the ``Act'' herein) (42 
     U.S.C. 5301), $4,800,000,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2002: Provided, That $67,000,000 shall be for 
     grants to Indian tribes notwithstanding section 106(a)(1) of 
     such Act, $3,000,000 shall be available as a grant to the 
     Housing Assistance Council, $2,000,000 shall be available to 
     support Alaska Native serving institutions and native 
     Hawaiian serving institutions as defined under the Higher 
     Education Act, as amended, $1,800,000 shall be available as a 
     grant to the National American Indian Housing Council, and 
     $45,500,000 shall be for grants pursuant to section 107 of 
     the Act: Provided further, That all funding decisions under 
     section 107 except as specified herein shall be subject to a 
     reprogramming request unless otherwise specified in 
     accordance with the terms and conditions specified in the 
     committee report accompanying this Act: Provided further, 
     That not to exceed 20 percent of any grant made with funds 
     appropriated herein (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 Housing and Community 
     Development Act of 1974, as amended) shall be expended for 
     ``Planning and Management Development'' and 
     ``Administration'' as defined in regulations promulgated by 
     the Department: Provided further, That all balances for the 
     Economic Development Initiative grants program, the John 
     Heinz Neighborhood Development program, grants to Self Help 
     Housing Opportunity program, and the Moving to Work 
     Demonstration program previously funded within the ``Annual 
     Contributions for Assisted Housing'' account shall be 
     transferred to this account, to be available for the purposes 
     for which they were originally appropriated.
       Of the amount made available under this heading, 
     $25,000,000 shall be made available for ``Capacity Building 
     for Community Development and Affordable Housing,'' for LISC 
     and the Enterprise Foundation for activities as authorized by 
     section 4 of the HUD Demonstration Act of 1993 (Public Law 
     103-120), 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.
       Of the amount made available under this heading, the 
     Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may use up to 
     $45,000,000 for supportive services for public housing 
     residents, as authorized by section 34 of the United States 
     Housing Act of 1937, as amended, and not less than 
     $10,000,000 for grants for service coordinators and 
     congregate services for the elderly and disabled residents of 
     public and assisted housing: Provided further, That amounts 
     made available for congregate services and service 
     coordinators for the elderly and disabled under this heading 
     and in prior fiscal years may be used by grantees to 
     reimburse themselves for costs incurred in connection with 
     providing service coordinators previously advanced by 
     grantees out of other funds due to delays in the granting by 
     or receipt of funds from the Secretary, and the funds so made 
     available to grantees for congregate services or service 
     coordinators under this heading or in prior years shall be 
     considered as expended by the grantees upon such 
     reimbursement. The Secretary shall not condition the 
     availability of funding made available under this heading or 
     in prior years for congregate services or service 
     coordinators upon any grantee's obligation or expenditure of 
     any prior funding.
       Of the amount made available under this heading, 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, $42,500,000 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 up to $2,500,000 may be used 
     for capacity buildings efforts.
       Of the amount made available under this heading, 
     $110,000,000 shall be available for grants for the Economic 
     Development Initiative (EDI) to finance a variety of economic 
     development efforts, including $95,000,000 for making 
     individual grants for targeted economic investments in 
     accordance with the terms and conditions specified for such 
     grants in the committee report accompanying this Act.
       For the cost of guaranteed loans, $29,000,000, as 
     authorized by section 108 of the Housing and Community 
     Development Act of 1974: Provided, That such costs, including 
     the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in 
     section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as 
     amended: Provided further, That these funds are available to 
     subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be 
     guaranteed, not to exceed $1,261,000,000, notwithstanding any 
     aggregate limitation on outstanding obligations guaranteed in 
     section 108(k) of the Housing and Community Development Act 
     of 1974: Provided further, That in addition, for 
     administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan 
     program, $1,000,000, which shall be transferred to and merged 
     with the appropriation for departmental salaries and 
     expenses.
       The Secretary is directed to transfer the administration of 
     the small cities component of the Community Development Block 
     Grant Program for fiscal year 2000 and all fiscal years 
     thereafter to the State of New York. No funds under this 
     heading may be made available to grantees until the Secretary 
     of Housing and Urban Development transfers the administration 
     of the Small Cities component of the Community Development 
     Block Grants program to the State of New York.


                       Brownfields Redevelopment

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


                  HOME Investment Partnerships Program

       For the HOME investment partnerships program, as authorized 
     under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 
     Housing Act (Public Law 101-625), as amended, $1,600,000,000, 
     to remain available until expended: Provided, That up to 
     $20,000,000 of these funds shall be available for Housing 
     Counseling under section 106 of the Housing and Urban 
     Development Act of 1968: Provided further, That all Housing 
     Counseling program balances previously appropriated in the 
     ``Housing Counseling Assistance'' account shall be 
     transferred to this account, to be available for the purposes 
     for which they were originally appropriated.


                       Homeless Assistance Grants

       For the emergency shelter grants program (as authorized 
     under subtitle B of title IV of the Stewart B. McKinney 
     Homeless Assistance Act, as amended); the supportive housing 
     program

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     (as authorized under subtitle C of title IV of such Act); the 
     section 8 moderate rehabilitation single room occupancy 
     program (as authorized under the United States Housing Act of 
     1937, as amended) to assist homeless individuals pursuant to 
     section 441 of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance 
     Act; and the shelter plus care program (as authorized under 
     subtitle F of title IV of such Act), $1,020,000,000, to 
     remain available until expended: Provided, That not less than 
     30 percent of these funds shall be used for permanent 
     housing, and all funding for services must be matched by 25 
     percent in funding by each grantee: Provided further, That 
     the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall conduct 
     a review of any balances of amounts provided under this 
     heading in this or any previous appropriations Act that have 
     been obligated but remain unexpended and shall deobligate any 
     such amounts that the Secretary determines were obligated for 
     contracts that are unlikely to be performed and award such 
     amounts during this fiscal year: Provided further, That up to 
     1 percent of the funds appropriated under this heading may be 
     used for technical assistance: Provided further, That all 
     balances previously appropriated in the ``Emergency Shelter 
     Grants,'' ``Supportive Housing,'' ``Supplemental Assistance 
     for Facilities to Assist the Homeless,'' ``Shelter Plus 
     Care,'' ``Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation Single Room 
     Occupancy,'' and ``Innovative Homeless Initiatives 
     Demonstration'' accounts shall be transferred to and merged 
     with this account, to be available for any authorized purpose 
     under this heading.

                            Housing Programs


                    Housing for Special Populations

       For assistance for the purchase, construction, acquisition, 
     or development of additional public and subsidized housing 
     units for low income families not otherwise provided for, 
     $911,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
     That $710,000,000 shall be for capital advances, including 
     amendments to capital advance contracts, for housing for the 
     elderly, as authorized by section 202 of the Housing Act of 
     1959, as amended, and for project rental assistance, and 
     amendments to contracts for project rental assistance, for 
     the elderly under such section 202(c)(2), and for supportive 
     services associated with the housing of which amount 
     $50,000,000 shall be for service coordinators and 
     continuation of existing congregate services grants for 
     residents of assisted housing projects, and for other 
     eligible elderly persons residing in the neighborhood in 
     which such projects are located on an exception basis, and of 
     which amount $50,000,000 shall be for grants for conversion 
     of existing section 202 projects, or portions thereof, to 
     assisted living or related use, subject to the provision that 
     the Secretary shall select existing section 202 projects to 
     receive such assistance on a competitive basis based on a set 
     of conditions that take into account the need for and quality 
     of the proposed alterations, the extent to which the 
     application demonstrates the ability to complete the 
     alterations promptly and successfully, past history of 
     successful deliverance of services to the elderly, and such 
     other factors as the Secretary deems appropriate: Provided 
     further, That of the amount under this heading, $201,000,000 
     shall be for capital advances, including amendments to 
     capital advance contracts, for supportive housing for persons 
     with disabilities, as authorized by section 811 of the 
     Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, for 
     project rental assistance, for amendments to contracts for 
     project rental assistance, and supportive services associated 
     with the housing for persons with disabilities as authorized 
     by section 811 of such Act: Provided further, That the 
     Secretary may designate up to 25 percent of the amounts 
     earmarked under this paragraph for section 811 of such Act 
     for tenant-based assistance, as authorized under that 
     section, including such authority as may be waived under the 
     next proviso, which assistance is five years in duration: 
     Provided further, That the Secretary may waive any provision 
     of such section 202 and such section 811 (including the 
     provisions governing the terms and conditions of project 
     rental assistance and tenant-based assistance) that the 
     Secretary determines is not necessary to achieve the 
     objectives of these programs, or that otherwise impedes the 
     ability to develop, operate or administer projects assisted 
     under these programs, and may make provision for alternative 
     conditions or terms where appropriate.


                         Flexible Subsidy Fund

                          (transfer of funds)

       From the Rental Housing Assistance Fund, all uncommitted 
     balances of excess rental charges as of September 30, 1999, 
     and any collections made during fiscal year 2000, shall be 
     transferred to the Flexible Subsidy Fund, as authorized by 
     section 236(g) of the National Housing Act, as amended.

                     Federal Housing Administration


             FHA--Mutual Mortgage Insurance Program Account

                     (including transfers of funds)

       During fiscal year 2000, 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 
     $120,000,000,000.
       During fiscal year 2000, 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: 
     Provided further, That no amounts made available to provide 
     housing assistance with respect to the purchase of any single 
     family real property owned by the Secretary or the Federal 
     Housing Administration may discriminate between public and 
     private elementary and secondary school teachers.
       For administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 
     guaranteed and direct loan program, $330,888,000, of which 
     not to exceed $324,866,000 shall be transferred to the 
     appropriation for departmental salaries and expenses; not to 
     exceed $4,022,000 shall be transferred to the appropriation 
     for the Office of Inspector General. In addition, for 
     administrative contract expenses, $160,000,000: Provided, 
     That to the extent guaranteed loan commitments exceed 
     $49,664,000,000 on or before April 1, 2000, 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.


             FHA--General and Special Risk Program Account

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by sections 
     238 and 519 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-3 
     and 1735c), including the cost of loan guarantee 
     modifications (as that term is defined in section 502 of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended), $153,000,000, 
     including not to exceed $153,000,000 from unobligated 
     balances previously appropriated under this heading, to 
     remain available until expended: Provided, That these funds 
     are available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of 
     which is to be guaranteed, of up to $18,100,000,000: Provided 
     further, That any amounts made available in any prior 
     appropriations Act for the cost (as such term is defined in 
     section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974) of 
     guaranteed loans that are obligations of the funds 
     established under section 238 or 519 of the National Housing 
     Act that have not been obligated or that are deobligated 
     shall be available to the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
     Development in connection with the making of such guarantees 
     and shall remain available until expended, notwithstanding 
     the expiration of any period of availability otherwise 
     applicable to such amounts.
       Gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans, 
     as authorized by sections 204(g), 207(l), 238, 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: Provided further, That 
     no amounts made available to provide housing assistance with 
     respect to the purchase of any single family real property 
     owned by the Secretary or the Federal Housing Administration 
     may discriminate between public and private elementary and 
     secondary school teachers.
       In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
     out the guaranteed and direct loan programs, $211,455,000 
     (including not to exceed $147,000,000 from unobligated 
     balances previously appropriated under this heading), of 
     which $193,134,000, shall be transferred to the appropriation 
     for departmental salaries and expenses; and of which 
     $18,321,000 shall be transferred to the appropriation for the 
     Office of Inspector General. In addition, for administrative 
     contract expenses necessary to carry out the guaranteed and 
     direct loan programs, $144,000,000: Provided, That to the 
     extent guaranteed loan commitments exceed $7,263,000,000 on 
     or before April 1, 2000, an additional $19,800 for 
     administrative contract expenses shall be available for each 
     $1,000,000 in additional guaranteed loan commitments over 
     $7,263,000,000 (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)

       During fiscal year 2000, 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.
       For administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 
     guaranteed mortgage-backed securities program, $15,383,000, 
     of which not to exceed $9,383,000 shall be transferred to the 
     appropriation for departmental salaries and expenses.

                    Policy Development and Research


                        Research and Technology

       For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of programs 
     of research and studies relating to housing and urban 
     problems, not otherwise provided for, as authorized by title 
     V of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970, as 
     amended (12 U.S.C. 1701z-1 et seq.), including carrying out 
     the functions of the Secretary under section 1(a)(1)(i) of 
     Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1968, $35,000,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2001.

                   Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity


                        Fair Housing Activities

       For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not otherwise 
     provided for, as authorized by

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     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, 
     $40,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2001, of 
     which $20,000,000 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 
     sections 1011 and 1053 of the Residential Lead-Based Hazard 
     Reduction Act of 1992, $80,000,000 to remain available until 
     expended, of which $10,000,000 shall be for a Healthy Homes 
     Initiative, which shall be a program 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 environmental 
     diseases and hazards: Provided, That all balances for the 
     Lead Hazard Reduction Programs previously funded in the 
     Annual Contributions for Assisted Housing and Community 
     Development Block Grant accounts shall be transferred to this 
     account, to be available for the purposes for which they were 
     originally appropriated.

                     Management and Administration


                         Salaries and Expenses

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary administrative and non-administrative 
     expenses of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
     not otherwise provided for, including not to exceed $7,000 
     for official reception and representation expenses, 
     $985,826,000, of which $518,000,000 shall be provided from 
     the various funds of the Federal Housing Administration, 
     $9,383,000 shall be provided from funds of the Government 
     National Mortgage Association, $1,000,000 shall be provided 
     from the ``Community Development Block Grants Program'' 
     account, $150,000 shall be provided by transfer from the 
     ``Title VI Indian Federal Guarantees Program'' account, and 
     $200,000 shall be provided by transfer from the ``Indian 
     Housing Loan Guarantee Fund Program'' account: Provided, That 
     the Secretary is prohibited from using any funds under this 
     heading or any other heading in this Act from employing more 
     than 77 schedule C and 20 noncareer Senior Executive Service 
     employees: Provided further, That the Secretary is prohibited 
     from using funds under this heading or any other heading in 
     this Act to employ more than 9,300 employees, including any 
     contract employees working on site in the Department: 
     Provided further, That the Secretary is prohibited from using 
     funds under this heading or any other heading in this Act 
     after February 1, 2000 to employ any external community 
     builders or to convert any external community builder to 
     career employee after August 1, 1999: Provided further, That 
     the Secretary is prohibited from using funds under this 
     heading or any other heading in this Act to employ more than 
     14 employees in the Office of Public Affairs: Provided 
     further, That the Secretary is prohibited from using funds in 
     excess of $1,000,000 under this heading or any other heading 
     in this Act to pay for travel: Provided further, That the 
     Secretary may not reduce the staffing level at any Department 
     of Housing and Urban Development State or local office.


                      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, $95,910,000, of which $22,343,000 shall be provided 
     from the various funds of the Federal Housing Administration 
     and $10,000,000 shall be provided from the amount earmarked 
     for Operation Safe Home in the ``Drug Elimination Grants for 
     Low-Income Housing'' account: Provided, That the Inspector 
     General shall have independent authority over all personnel 
     issues within the Office of Inspector General: Provided 
     further, That of the amount under this heading, $10,000,000 
     shall be made available for the Inspector General to enter in 
     contracts for independent financial audits of programs at the 
     Department of Housing and Urban Development, including audits 
     of internal financial accounts: Provided further, That the 
     amount made available under the previous proviso shall remain 
     available for obligation until September 30, 2001.

             Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight


                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For carrying out the Federal Housing Enterprise Financial 
     Safety and Soundness Act of 1992, $19,493,000, to remain 
     available until expended, to be derived from the Federal 
     Housing Enterprise Oversight Fund: Provided, That not to 
     exceed such amount shall be available from the General Fund 
     of the Treasury to the extent necessary to incur obligations 
     and make expenditures pending the receipt of collections to 
     the Fund: Provided further, That the General Fund amount 
     shall be reduced as collections are received during the 
     fiscal year so as to result in a final appropriation from the 
     General Fund estimated at not more than $0.


                       Administrative Provisions

                      Financing Adjustment Factors

       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 (Public Law 100-
     628, 102 Stat. 3224, 3268) shall be rescinded, or in the case 
     of cash, shall be remitted to the Treasury, and such amounts 
     of budget authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or 
     remitted to the Treasury shall be used by State housing 
     finance agencies or local governments or local housing 
     agencies with projects approved by the Secretary of Housing 
     and Urban Development for which settlement occurred after 
     January 1, 1992, in accordance with such section. 
     Notwithstanding the previous sentence, the Secretary may 
     award up to 15 percent of the budget authority or cash 
     recaptured and not rescinded or remitted to the Treasury to 
     provide project owners with incentives to refinance their 
     project at a lower interest rate.


                      Fair Housing and Free Speech

       Sec. 202. None of the amounts made available under this Act 
     may be used during fiscal year 2000 to investigate or 
     prosecute under the Fair Housing Act any otherwise lawful 
     activity engaged in by one or more persons, including the 
     filing or maintaining of a nonfrivolous legal action, that is 
     engaged in solely for the purpose of achieving or preventing 
     action by a government official or entity, or a court of 
     competent jurisdiction.


                     Enhanced Disposition Authority

       Sec. 203. Section 204 of the Departments of Veterans 
     Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent 
     Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997, is amended by striking 
     ``fiscal years 1997, 1998 and 1999'' and inserting ``fiscal 
     years 1999 and 2000''.


           Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS Grants

       Sec. 204. (a) Eligibility.--Section 854(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the 
     AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12903(c)(1)(A))(ii), 
     is amended by inserting after ``clause (i)'' a comma and ``or 
     States that received an allocation under this clause in a 
     prior fiscal year''.
       (b) Minimum Grant Repealer.--Section 854(c)(2) of such Act 
     is repealed.
       (c) Environmental Review.--Section 856 of such Act is 
     amended by adding the following new subsection at the end: 
     ``(h) Environmental Review.--For purposes of environmental 
     review, decisionmaking, and action pursuant to the National 
     Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and other provisions of law 
     that further the purposes of such Act, a grant under this 
     subtitle shall be treated as assistance for a special project 
     that is subject to section 305(c) of the Multifamily Housing 
     Property Disposition Reform Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 3547), and 
     shall be subject to the regulations issued by the Secretary 
     to implement such section.''.


             FHA Multifamily Mortgage Credit Demonstrations

       Sec. 205. Section 542 of the Housing and Community 
     Development Act of 1992 is amended--
       (1) in subsection (b)(5) by striking ``during fiscal year 
     1999'', and inserting ``in each of fiscal years 1999 and 
     2000'', and
       (2) in the first sentence of subsection (c)(4) by striking 
     ``during fiscal year 1999'' and inserting ``in each of fiscal 
     years 1999 and 2000''.


                Clarification of Owner's Right to Prepay

       Sec. 206. (a) Prepayment Right.--Notwithstanding section 
     211 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987 or 
     section 221 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 
     1987 (as in effect pursuant to section 604(c) of the 
     Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act), subject 
     to subsection (b), with respect to any project that is 
     eligible low-income housing (as that term is defined in 
     section 229 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 
     1987)--
       (1) the owner of the project may prepay, and the mortgagee 
     may accept prepayment of, the mortgage on the project, and
       (2) the owner may request voluntary termination of a 
     mortgage insurance contract with respect to such project and 
     the contract may be terminated notwithstanding any 
     requirements under sections 229 and 250 of the National 
     Housing Act.
       (b) Conditions.--Any prepayment of a mortgage or 
     termination of an insurance contract authorized under 
     subsection (a) may be made--
       (1) only to the extent that such prepayment or termination 
     is consistent with the terms and conditions of the mortgage 
     on or mortgage insurance contract for the project;
       (2) only if the owner of the project involved agrees not to 
     increase the rent charges for any dwelling unit in the 
     project during the 60-day period beginning upon such 
     prepayment or termination; and
       (3) only if the owner of the project provides notice of 
     intent to prepay or terminate, in such form as the Secretary 
     of Housing and Urban Development may prescribe, to each 
     tenant of the housing, the Secretary, and the chief executive 
     officer of the appropriate State or local government for the 
     jurisdiction within which the housing is located, not less 
     than 150 days, but not more than 270 days, before such 
     prepayment or termination, except that such requirement shall 
     not apply to a prepayment or termination that--
       (A) occurs during the 150-day period immediately following 
     the date of the enactment of this Act;
       (B) is necessary to effect conversion to ownership by a 
     priority purchaser (as defined in section 231(a) of the Low-
     Income Housing Preservation and Resident Ownership Act of 
     1990 (12 U.S.C. 4120(a)), or
       (C) will otherwise ensure that the project will continue to 
     operate, at least until the maturity

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     date of the loan or mortgage, in a manner that will provide 
     rental housing on terms at least as advantageous to existing 
     and future tenants as the terms required by the program under 
     which the loan or mortgage was made or insured prior to the 
     proposed prepayment or termination.


                   Funding of Certain Public Housing

       Sec. 207. No funds in this Act or any other Act may 
     hereafter be used by the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
     Development to determine allocations or provide assistance 
     for operating subsidies or modernization for certain State 
     and city funded and locally developed public housing or 
     assisted housing units, as described in section 9(n)(1)(B) of 
     the United States Housing Act of 1937, unless such unit was 
     so assisted before October 1, 1998.


             FHA Administrative Contract Expense Authority

       Sec. 208. Section 1 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 
     1702) is amended by inserting the following new sentence 
     after the first proviso: ``For the purposes of this section, 
     the term ``nonadministrative'' shall not include contract 
     expenses that are not capitalized or routinely deducted from 
     the proceeds of sales, and such expenses shall not be payable 
     from funds made available by this Act.''.


                         Full Payment of Claims

       Sec. 209. (a) Section 541 of the National Housing Act is 
     amended--
       (1) by amending the heading to read as follows: ``partial 
     payment of claims on defaulted mortgages and in connection 
     with mortgage restructuring''; and
       (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``partial payment of the 
     claim under the mortgage insurance contract'' and inserting, 
     ``partial or full payment of claim under one or more mortgage 
     insurance contracts''.
       (b) Section 517 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform 
     and Affordability Act of 1997 is amended by adding a new 
     subsection (a)(6) to read as follows: ``(6) The second 
     mortgage under this section may be a first mortgage if no 
     restructured or new first mortgage will meet the requirement 
     of paragraph (1)(A).''.


              Availability of Income Matching Information

       Sec. 210. (a) Section 3(f) of the United States Housing Act 
     of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a), as amended by section 508(d)(1) of 
     the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998, is 
     further amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1)--
       (A) after the first appearance of ``public housing 
     agency'', by inserting ``, or the owner responsible for 
     determining the participant's eligibility or level of 
     benefits,''; and
       (B) after ``as applicable'', by inserting ``, or to the 
     owner responsible for determining the participant's 
     eligibility or level of benefits''; and
       (2) in paragraph (2)--
       (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``or'';
       (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period and 
     inserting ``, or''; and
       (C) by inserting at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(C) for which project-based assistance is provided under 
     section 8, section 202, or section 811.''.
       (b) Section 904(b) of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless 
     Assistance Amendments Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 3544), as 
     amended by section 508(d)(2) of the Quality Housing and Work 
     Responsibility Act of 1998, is further amended in paragraph 
     (4)--
       (1) by inserting after ``public housing agency'' the first 
     time it appears the following: ``, or the owner responsible 
     for determining the participant's eligibility or level of 
     benefits,''; and
       (2) by striking ``the public housing agency verifying 
     income'' and inserting ``verifying income''.


        Elimination of Secretary Public Housing Set-Aside Funds

       Sec. 211. Subsection (k) of section 9 of the United States 
     Housing Act of 1937, as amended by the Quality Housing and 
     Work Responsibility Act of 1998, is hereby deleted and the 
     following subsections are redesignated, accordingly.


Technical Correction to the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing 
  and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 
                                  1998

       Sec. 212. (a) Exemptions From Restructuring.--Section 
     514(h)(1) of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing 
     and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies 
     Appropriations Act, 1998 is amended to read as follows:
       ``(1) the primary financing for the project was provided by 
     a unit of State government or a unit of general local 
     government (or an agency or instrumentality of either) and 
     the primary financing involves mortgage insurance under the 
     National Housing Act, such that the implementation of a 
     mortgage restructuring and rental assistance sufficiency plan 
     under this Act would be in conflict with applicable law or 
     agreements governing such financing;''.


       Technical Correction to FHA Single Family Mortgage Limits

       Sec. 213. (a) In General.--Section 203(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 
     National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1709(b)(2)(A)(ii)) is amended 
     by inserting after ``may not be less than'' the following: 
     ``the greater of the dollar amount limitation in effect for 
     the area on the date of enactment of the Departments of 
     Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and 
     Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section 
     shall take effect on October 1, 1999.


             Limitation on Compensation for public housing

       Sec. 214. None of the funds appropriated in this title 
     under the heading of the Public Housing Operating Fund shall 
     be used to pay compensation of an individual, either as 
     direct costs or any proration of an indirect cost, at a rate 
     in excess of $125,000, unless the Secretary of Housing and 
     Urban Development certifies that such compensation should be 
     increased on an individual basis due to special 
     circumstances.


               LIMITATION ON COMPENSATION FOR YOUTHBUILD

       Sec. 215. None of the funds appropriated in this title for 
     the Youthbuild program shall be used to pay compensation of 
     an individual, either as direct costs or any proration of an 
     indirect cost, at a rate in excess of $125,000, unless the 
     Secretary of Housing and Urban Development certifies that 
     such compensation should be increased on an individual basis.


 Adjustments to Income Eligibility for Unusually High or Low Families 
                      Incomes in Assisted Housing

       Sec. 216. Section 16 of the United States Housing Act of 
     1937 is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)(2)(A), by inserting before the period 
     the following: ``; except that the Secretary may establish 
     income ceilings higher or lower than 30 percent of the area 
     median income on the basis of the Secretary's findings that 
     such variations are necessary because of unusually high or 
     low family incomes''; and
       (2) in subsection (c)(3), by inserting before the period 
     the following: ``; except that the Secretary may establish 
     income ceilings higher or lower than 30 percent of the area 
     median income on the basis of the Secretary's findings that 
     such variations are necessary because of unusually high or 
     low family incomes''.


                           GAO Reimbursement

       Sec. 217. The Comptroller General of the United States 
     shall certify to the Congress on a quarterly basis on the 
     cost of time attributable to the failure of the Department of 
     Housing and Urban Development to cooperate in any 
     investigation being conducted by the General Accounting 
     Office with regard to the activities of the Department. 
     Within 30 days of such certification, the Secretary of 
     Housing and Urban Development shall reimburse the General 
     Accounting Office for such costs from the Salaries and 
     Expenses account of the Department of Housing and Urban 
     Development.


                       Home Technical Correction

       Sec. 218. Section 212(a)(1) of the Cranston-Gonzalez 
     National Affordable Housing Act is amended in the first 
     sentence by inserting after ``community housing development 
     organizations,'' the following: ``to preserve housing 
     assisted or previously assisted with section 8 assistance,''.


 Exemption for Alaska and Mississippi From Requirement of Resident on 
                                 Board

       Sec. 219. Public housing agencies in the states of Alaska 
     and Mississippi shall not be required to comply with section 
     2(b) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, 
     during fiscal year 2000.


          ADMINISTRATION OF THE CDBG PROGRAM BY NEW YORK STATE

       Sec. 220. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
     shall transfer on October 1, 1999 the administration of the 
     Small Cities component of the Community Development Block 
     Grants program, as established in the Housing and Community 
     Development Act of 1974, to the State of New York to be 
     administered by the Governor.


              Renewal of Section 8 Project-Based Contracts

       Sec. 221. (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law and except as provided in subsection (b) of 
     this section, the Secretary may use amounts available for the 
     renewal of assistance under section 8 of the United States 
     Housing Act of 1937, upon the termination or expiration of a 
     contract for assistance under section 8 (other than a 
     contract for tenant-based assistance and notwithstanding 
     section 8(v) of such Act for loan management assistance), to 
     provide assistance under section 8 of such Act for a covered 
     project (as defined under section 524(b)(2) of the 
     Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act) 
     under this section at rent levels that do not exceed 
     comparable market rents for the market area.
       (b) Mandatory Renewals.--The Secretary shall offer to renew 
     at up to rent levels that do not exceed comparable market 
     rents for the market area any contract for assistance under 
     section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (other 
     than a contract for tenant-based assistance and 
     notwithstanding section 8(v) of such Act for loan management 
     assistance) that has expired for any covered project (as 
     defined under section 524(b)(2) of the Multifamily Assisted 
     Housing Reform and Affordability Act)--
       (1) in a low-vacancy area; or
       (2) where a predominant number of units are occupied by 
     elderly families, disabled families, or elderly and disabled 
     families.
       (c) Establishment of Market Rents.--The Secretary shall 
     establish for units assisted with project-based assistance in 
     covered projects (as defined under section 524(b)(2) of the 
     Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act) 
     adjusted rent levels that are equivalent to rents based on 
     appraisals that are derived from comparable properties if the 
     market rent determination is based on not less than 2 
     comparable properties, including, if there are no comparable 
     properties in the sane market area, 2 properties that have 
     been certified by the Secretary as similar to the covered 
     properties as to

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     neighborhood (including risk of crime), type of location, 
     access, street appeal, age, property size, apartment mix, 
     physical configuration, property and unit amenities, 
     utilities, and other relevant characteristics, provided that 
     the comparable projects are not receiving project-based 
     assistance.
       (d) 10-Year Contracts.--Notwithstanding any other provision 
     of law, the Secretary and owner of any covered project (as 
     defined under section 524(b)(2) of the Multifamily Assisted 
     Housing Reform and Affordability Act) may agree to up to a 
     10-year contract renewal for assistance under section 8 of 
     the United States Housing Act of 1937 (other than a contract 
     for tenant-based assistance and notwithstanding section 8(v) 
     of such Act for loan management assistance) under which 
     payments shall be subject to the annual availability of 
     appropriations.


                       enhanced voucher authority

       Sec. 222. (a) In General.--Section 8 of the United States 
     Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) is amended by inserting 
     after subsection (s) the following new subsection:
       ``(t) Enhanced Vouchers.--
       ``(1) In general.--Enhanced voucher assistance under this 
     subsection for a family shall be voucher assistance under 
     subsection (o), except that under such enhanced voucher 
     assistance--
       ``(A) subject only to subparagraph (D), the assisted family 
     shall pay as rent no less than the amount the family was 
     paying on the date of the eligibility event for the project 
     in which the family was residing on such date;
       ``(B) during any period that the assisted family continues 
     residing in the same unit in which the family was residing on 
     the date of the eligibility event for the project, if the 
     rent for the dwelling unit of the family in such project 
     exceeds the applicable payment standard established pursuant 
     to subsection (o) for the unit, the amount of rental 
     assistance provided on behalf of the family shall be 
     determined using a payment standard that is equal to the rent 
     for the dwelling unit (as such rent may be increased from 
     time to time), subject to paragraph (10)(A) of subsection 
     (o);
       ``(C) subparagraph (B) of this paragraph shall not apply 
     and the payment standard for the dwelling unit occupied by 
     the family shall be determined in accordance with subsection 
     (o) if--
       ``(i) the assisted family moves, at any time, from such 
     project; or
       ``(ii) the voucher is made available for use by any family 
     other than the original family on behalf of whom the voucher 
     was provided; and
       ``(D) if the income of the assisted family declines to a 
     significant extent, the percentage of income paid by the 
     family for rent shall not exceed the greater of 30 percent or 
     the percentage of income paid at the time of the eligibility 
     event for the project.
       ``(2) Eligibility event.--For purposes of this subsection, 
     the term `eligibility event' means, with respect to a 
     multifamily housing project, the prepayment of the mortgage 
     on such housing project, the voluntary termination of the 
     insurance contract for the mortgage for such housing project, 
     or the termination or expiration of the contract for rental 
     assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act 
     of 1937 for such housing project, that, under paragraphs (3) 
     and (4) of section 515(c) or section 524(b) of the 
     Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 
     1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) or section 223(f) of the Low-
     Income Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act of 
     1990 (12 U.S.C. 4113(f)), results in tenants in such housing 
     project being eligible for enhanced voucher assistance under 
     this subsection.
       ``(3) Treatment of enhanced vouchers provided under other 
     authority.--
       ``(A) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, any enhanced voucher assistance provided under any 
     authority specified in subparagraph (D) shall be treated, and 
     subject to the same requirements, as enhanced voucher 
     assistance under this subsection.
       ``(B) Identification of other authority.--The authority 
     specified in this subparagraph is the authority under--
       ``(i) the 10th, 11th, and 12th provisos under the 
     `Preserving Existing Housing Investment' account in title II 
     of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban 
     Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 
     1997 (Public Law 104-204; 110 Stat. 2884), pursuant to such 
     provisos, the first proviso under the `Housing Certificate 
     Fund' account in title II of the Departments of Veterans 
     Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent 
     Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998 (Public Law 105-65; 111 
     Stat. 1351), or the first proviso under the `Housing 
     Certificate Fund' account in title II of the Departments of 
     Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and 
     Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 
     105-276; 112 Stat. 2469); and
       ``(ii) paragraphs (3) and (4) of section 515(c) of the 
     Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 
     1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note), as in effect before the 
     enactment of this Act.
       ``(4) Authorization of appropriations.--There are 
     authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 2000, 
     2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004 such sums as may be necessary for 
     enhanced voucher assistance under this subsection.''.
       (b) Enhanced Vouchers Under MAHRAA.--Section 515(c) of the 
     Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 
     1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) is amended by striking paragraph 
     (4) and inserting the following new paragraph:
       ``(4) Assistance through enhanced vouchers.--In the case of 
     any family described in paragraph (3) that resides in a 
     project described in section 512(2)(B), the tenant-based 
     assistance provided shall be enhanced voucher assistance 
     under section 8(t) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
     (42 U.S.C. 1437f(t)).''.
       (c) Enhanced Vouchers For Certain Tenants in Prepayment and 
     Voluntary Termination Properties.--Section 223 of the Low-
     Income Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act of 
     1990 (12 U.S.C. 4113) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new subsection:
       ``(f) Enhanced Voucher Assistance for Certain Tenants.--
       ``(1) Authority.--In lieu of benefits under subsections 
     (b), (c), and (d), and subject to the availability of 
     appropriated amounts, each family described in paragraph (2) 
     shall be offered enhanced voucher assistance under section 
     8(t) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
     1437f(t)).
       ``(2) Eligible families.--A family described in this 
     paragraph is a family that is--
       ``(A) a low-income family or a moderate-income family;
       ``(B) an elderly family, a disabled family, or residing in 
     a low-vacancy area; and
       ``(C) residing in eligible low-income housing on the date 
     of the prepayment of the mortgage or voluntary termination of 
     the insurance contract.''.
       (d) Enhanced Vouchers for Expiring Contracts.--Section 524 
     of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability 
     Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) is amended by adding at 
     the end the following new subsection:
       ``(b) Enhanced Voucher Assistance for Covered Residents.--
       ``(1) In general.--In the case of a contract for project-
     based assistance under section 8 for a covered project that 
     is not renewed under subsection (a) of this section (or any 
     other authority), to the extent that amounts for assistance 
     under this subsection are provided in advance in 
     appropriation Acts, upon the date of the expiration of such 
     contract the Secretary--
       ``(A) shall make enhanced voucher assistance under section 
     8(t) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
     1437f(t)) available on behalf of each covered resident of the 
     covered project; and
       ``(B) may make enhanced voucher assistance under such 
     section available on behalf of any other low-income family 
     who, upon the date of such expiration, is residing in an 
     assisted dwelling unit in the covered project.
       ``(2) Definitions.--For purposes of this subsection, the 
     following definitions shall apply:
       ``(A) Assisted dwelling unit.--The term `assisted dwelling 
     unit' means a dwelling unit that--
       ``(i) is in a covered project; and
       ``(ii) is covered by rental assistance provided under the 
     contract for project-based assistance for the covered 
     project.
       ``(B) Covered project.--The term `covered project' means 
     any housing that--
       ``(i) consists of more than 4 dwelling units;
       ``(ii) is covered in whole or in part by a contract for 
     project-based assistance under--

       ``(I) the new construction or substantial rehabilitation 
     program under section 8(b)(2) of the United States Housing 
     Act of 1937 (as in effect before October 1, 1983),
       ``(II) the property disposition program under section 8(b) 
     of the United States Housing Act of 1937,
       ``(III) the moderate rehabilitation program under section 
     8(e)(2) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (as in 
     effect before October 1, 1991),
       ``(IV) the loan management assistance program under section 
     8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937,
       ``(V) section 23 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
     (as in effect before January 1, 1975),
       ``(VI) the rent supplement program under section 101 of the 
     Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965, or
       ``(VII) section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, 
     following conversion from assistance under section 101 of the 
     Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965,

     which contract will under its own terms expire during the 
     period consisting of fiscal years 2000 through 2004;
       ``(iii) is not housing for which residents are eligible for 
     enhanced voucher assistance pursuant to section 223(f) of the 
     Low-Income Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership 
     Act of 1990 (12 U.S.C. 4113(f)); and
       ``(iv) is not housing for which residents are eligible for 
     enhanced voucher assistance pursuant to paragraphs (3) and 
     (4) of section 515(c) of the Multifamily Assisted Housing 
     Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note).
       ``(C) Covered resident.--The term `covered resident' means 
     a family who--
       ``(i) upon the date of the expiration of the contract for 
     project-based assistance for a covered project, is residing 
     in an assisted dwelling unit in the covered project; and
       ``(ii) as a result of a rent increase occurring after the 
     date of such contract expiration is subject to a rent for 
     such unit that exceeds 30 percent of adjusted income.''.


                        Housing Finance Agencies

       Sec. 223. The Secretary may contract with State or local 
     housing finance agencies that have been selected as a 
     Participating Administrative Entity under the Multifamily 
     Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 for 
     determining the market rental rates of a covered project as 
     defined under such Act.


                         SECTION 202 EXEMPTION

       Sec. 224. Notwithstanding section 202 of the Housing Act of 
     1959 or any other provision of

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     law, Peggy A. Burgin may not be disqualified on the basis of 
     age from residing at Clark's Landing in Groton, Vermont.


                    Darlinton Preservation Amendment

       Sec. 225. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon 
     prepayment of the FHA-insured Section 236 mortgage, the 
     Secretary shall continue to provide interest reduction 
     payment in accordance with the existing amortization schedule 
     for Darlinton Manor Apartments, a 100-unit project located at 
     606 North 5th Street, Bozemen, Montana, which will continue 
     as affordable housing pursuant to a use agreement with the 
     State of Montana.


                         SECTION 236 IRP Reform

       Sec. 226. Section 236(g) of the National Housing Act is 
     amended, in the last sentence, by inserting ``or a project 
     owner with a mortgage formerly insured under this section (if 
     such mortgage is held by the Secretary and such project owner 
     is current with respect to the mortgage obligation),'' before 
     ``may retain''.


                         RISK-SHARING PRIORITY

       Sec. 227. Section 517(b)(3) of the Departments of Veterans 
     Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent 
     Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998 is amended by inserting 
     after ``1992.'' the following: ``The Secretary shall give a 
     priority to risk-shared financing under section 542(c) of the 
     Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 for any 
     mortgage restructuring, rehabilitation financing, or debt 
     refinancing included as part of a mortgage restructuring and 
     rental assistance sufficiency plan if the terms and 
     conditions will result in reduced risk of loss to the federal 
     government.''.

                    TITLE III--INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                  American Battle Monuments Commission


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the 
     American Battle Monuments Commission, including the 
     acquisition of land or interest in land in foreign countries; 
     purchases and repair of uniforms for caretakers of national 
     cemeteries and monuments outside of the United States and its 
     territories and possessions; rent of office and garage space 
     in foreign countries; purchase (one for replacement only) and 
     hire of passenger motor vehicles; and insurance of official 
     motor vehicles in foreign countries, when required by law of 
     such countries, $26,467,000, to remain available until 
     expended: Provided, That the American Battle Monuments 
     Commission may borrow up to $65,000,000 from the Treasury of 
     the United States for the construction of the World War II 
     memorial in the District of Columbia on such terms and 
     conditions as required by the Secretary of the Treasury.

             Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board


                         salaries and expenses

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

                       Department of the Treasury

              Community Development Financial Institutions

              community development financial institutions

                          fund program account

       For grants, loans, and technical assistance to qualifying 
     community development lenders, and administrative expenses of 
     the Fund, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but 
     at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate 
     equivalent to the rate for ES-3, $80,000,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2001, of which $12,000,000 may 
     be used for the cost of direct loans, and up to $1,000,000 
     may be used for administrative expenses to carry out the 
     direct loan program: Provided, That the cost of direct loans, 
     including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as 
     defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
     1974: Provided further, That these funds are available to 
     subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of 
     direct loans not to exceed $32,000,000: Provided further, 
     That not more than $25,000,000 of the funds made available 
     under this heading may be used for programs and activities 
     authorized in section 114 of the Community Development 
     Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994.

                   Consumer Product Safety Commission


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product Safety 
     Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
     services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for 
     individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the 
     maximum rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5376, purchase of nominal 
     awards to recognize non-Federal officials' contributions to 
     Commission activities, and not to exceed $500 for official 
     reception and representation expenses, $49,500,000.

             Corporation for National and Community Service


                National and Community Service Programs

                           Operating Expenses

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses for the Corporation for National and 
     Community Service (referred to in the matter under this 
     heading as the ``Corporation'') in carrying out programs, 
     activities, and initiatives under the National and Community 
     Service Act of 1990 (referred to in the matter under this 
     heading as the ``Act'') (42 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.), 
     $423,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2000: 
     Provided, That not more than $27,000,000 shall be available 
     for administrative expenses authorized under section 
     501(a)(4) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12671(a)(4)): Provided 
     further, That not more than $2,500 shall be for official 
     reception and representation expenses: Provided further, That 
     not more than $70,000,000, to remain available without fiscal 
     year limitation, shall be transferred to the National Service 
     Trust account for educational awards authorized under 
     subtitle D of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12601 et seq.), 
     of which not to exceed $5,000,000 shall be available for 
     national service scholarships for high school students 
     performing community service: Provided further, That not more 
     than $224,500,000 of the amount provided under this heading 
     shall be available for grants under the National Service 
     Trust program authorized under subtitle C of title I of the 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 12571 et seq.) (relating to activities 
     including the AmeriCorps program), of which not more than 
     $40,000,000 may be used to administer, reimburse, or support 
     any national service program authorized under section 
     121(d)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12581(d)(2)): Provided 
     further, That not more than $7,500,000 of the funds made 
     available under this heading shall be made available for the 
     Points of Light Foundation for activities authorized under 
     title III of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12661 et seq.): Provided 
     further, That no funds shall be available for national 
     service programs run by Federal agencies authorized under 
     section 121(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12571(b)): Provided 
     further, That to the maximum extent feasible, funds 
     appropriated under subtitle C of title I of the Act shall be 
     provided in a manner that is consistent with the 
     recommendations of peer review panels in order to ensure that 
     priority is given to programs that demonstrate quality, 
     innovation, replicability, and sustainability: Provided 
     further, That not more than $18,000,000 of the funds made 
     available under this heading shall be available for the 
     Civilian Community Corps authorized under subtitle E of title 
     I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12611 et seq.): Provided further, 
     That not more than $43,000,000 shall be available for school-
     based and community-based service-learning programs 
     authorized under subtitle B of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 
     12521 et seq.): Provided further, That not more than 
     $28,500,000 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.): Provided further, That not more 
     than $5,000,000 shall be available for audits and other 
     evaluations authorized under section 179 of the Act (42 
     U.S.C. 12639): Provided further, That to the maximum extent 
     practicable, the Corporation shall increase significantly the 
     level of matching funds and in-kind contributions provided by 
     the private sector, shall expand significantly the number of 
     educational awards provided under subtitle D of title I, and 
     shall reduce the total Federal costs per participant in all 
     programs: Provided further, That of amounts available in the 
     National Service Trust account from previous appropriations 
     acts, $80,000,000 shall be 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, $5,000,000.

                       Court of Veterans Appeals


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses for the operation of the United 
     States Court of Veterans Appeals as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 
     7251-7298, $11,450,000, of which $910,000, shall be available 
     for the purpose of providing financial assistance as de 
     scribed, 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 one passenger motor vehicle for 
     replacement only, and not to exceed $1,000 for official 
     reception and representation expenses, $12,473,000, to remain 
     available until expended.

                    Environmental Protection Agency


                         Science and Technology

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For science and technology, including research and 
     development activities, which shall include research and 
     development activities under the Comprehensive Environmental 
     Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), 
     as amended; necessary expenses for personnel and related 
     costs and travel expenses, including uniforms, or allowances 
     therefore, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; services as 
     authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not 
     to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the maximum rate 
     payable for senior level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; 
     procurement of laboratory equipment and supplies; other 
     operating expenses in support of research and development; 
     construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and 
     renovation of facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project, 
     $642,483,000, which shall remain available until September 
     30, 2001: Provided, That the obligated balance of sums 
     available in this account shall remain available through 
     September 30, 2008 for liquidating obligations made in fiscal 
     years 2000 and 2001: Provided further, That the obligated 
     balance of

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     funds transferred to this account in Public Law 105-276 shall 
     remain available through September 30, 2007 for liquidating 
     obligations made in fiscal years 1999 and 2000.


                 Environmental Programs and Management

       For environmental programs and management, including 
     necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for personnel 
     and related costs and travel expenses, including uniforms, or 
     allowances therefore, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; 
     services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for 
     individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the 
     maximum rate payable for senior level positions under 5 
     U.S.C. 5376; hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire, 
     maintenance, and operation of aircraft; purchase of reprints; 
     library memberships in societies or associations which issue 
     publications to members only or at a price to members lower 
     than to subscribers who are not members; construction, 
     alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of 
     facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project; and not to 
     exceed $6,000 for official reception and representation 
     expenses, $1,897,000,000, which shall remain available until 
     September 30, 2001, and of which not less than $12,000,000 
     shall be derived from pro rata transfers of amounts made 
     available under each other heading under the heading 
     ``Environmental Protection Agency'' and shall be available 
     for the Montreal Protocol Fund: Provided, That the obligated 
     balance of such sums shall remain available through September 
     30, 2008 for liquidating obligations made in fiscal years 
     2000 and 2001: Provided further, That personnel compensation 
     and benefits costs shall not exceed $900,000,000: Provided 
     further, That none of the funds appropriated by this Act 
     shall be used to propose or issue rules, regulations, 
     decrees, or orders for the purpose of implementation, or in 
     preparation for implementation, of the Kyoto Protocol which 
     was adopted on December 11, 1997, in Kyoto, Japan at the 
     Third Conference of the Parties to the United Nations 
     Framework Convention on Climate Change, which has not been 
     submitted to the Senate for advice and consent to 
     ratification pursuant to article II, section 2, clause 2, of 
     the United States Constitution, and which has not entered 
     into force pursuant to article 25 of the Protocol: Provided 
     further, That notwithstanding 7 U.S.C. 136r and 15 U.S.C. 
     2609, beginning in fiscal year 2000 and thereafter, grants 
     awarded under section 20 of the Federal Insecticide, 
     Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, as amended, and section 10 of 
     the Toxic Substances Control Act, as amended, shall be 
     available for research, development, monitoring, public 
     education, training, demonstrations, and studies.


                      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, $32,409,000, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2001: Provided, That the sums available 
     in this account shall remain available through September 30, 
     2008 for liquidating obligations made in fiscal years 2000 
     and 2001: Provided further, That the obligated balance of 
     funds transferred to this account in Public Law 105-276 shall 
     remain available through September 30, 2007 for liquidating 
     obligations made in fiscal years 1999 and 2000.


                        Buildings and Facilities

       For construction, repair, improvement, extension, 
     alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of, 
     or for use by, the Environmental Protection Agency, 
     $25,930,000, to remain available until expended.


                     Hazardous Substance Superfund

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehensive 
     Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 
     1980 (CERCLA), as amended, including sections 111(c)(3), 
     (c)(5), (c)(6), and (e)(4) (42 U.S.C. 9611), and for 
     construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and 
     renovation of facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project; 
     not to exceed $1,400,000,000 (of which $100,000,000 shall not 
     become available until September 1, 2000), including 
     $650,000,000 as appropriated under this heading in Public Law 
     105-276, notwithstanding the language in the sixth proviso 
     under this heading of such Act which conditions the 
     availability of such funds for obligation upon enactment by 
     August 1, 1999 of specific Superfund reauthorization 
     legislation, and the seventh proviso; all of which is to 
     remain available until expended, consisting of $700,000,000, 
     as authorized by section 517(a) of the Superfund Amendments 
     and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA), as amended by Public 
     Law 101-508, and $700,000,000 as a payment from general 
     revenues to the Hazardous Substance Superfund for purposes as 
     authorized by section 517(b) of SARA, as amended by Public 
     Law 101-508: Provided, That funds appropriated under this 
     heading may be allocated to other Federal agencies in 
     accordance with section 111(a) of CERCLA: Provided further, 
     That $10,753,100 of the funds appropriated under this heading 
     shall be transferred to the ``Office of Inspector General'' 
     appropriation to remain available until September 30, 2001: 
     Provided further, That notwithstanding section 111(m) of 
     CERCLA or any other provision of law, $70,000,000 of the 
     funds appropriated under this heading shall be available to 
     the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) 
     to carry out activities described in sections 104(i), 
     111(c)(4), and 111(c)(14) of CERCLA and section 118(f) of 
     SARA: Provided further, That 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): Provided further, That $38,000,000 of the funds 
     appropriated under this heading shall be transferred to the 
     ``Science and Technology'' appropriation to remain available 
     until September 30, 2001: Provided further, That none of the 
     funds appropriated under this heading shall be available for 
     the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry to issue 
     in excess of 40 toxicological profiles pursuant to section 
     104(i) of CERCLA during fiscal year 2000.


              Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses to carry out leaking underground 
     storage tank cleanup activities authorized by section 205 of 
     the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, and 
     for construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and 
     renovation of facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project, 
     $71,556,000, to remain available until expended.


                           Oil Spill Response

                     (including transfer of funds)

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


                   State and Tribal Assistance Grants

       For environmental programs and infrastructure assistance, 
     including capitalization grants for State revolving funds and 
     performance partnership grants, $3,250,000,000, 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; $825,000,000 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; $30,000,000 shall be for grants to the State of 
     Alaska to address drinking water and wastewater 
     infrastructure needs of rural and Alaska Native Villages; 
     $100,000,000 shall be for making grants for the construction 
     of wastewater and water treatment facilities and groundwater 
     protection infrastructure in accordance with the terms and 
     conditions specified for such grants in Senate Report 106-161 
     accompanying this Act (S. 1596); $885,000,000 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; and $10,000,000 for competitive 
     grants to States and federally-recognized Indian tribes to 
     develop and implement integrated information systems to 
     improve environmental decisionmaking, reduce the burden on 
     regulated entities and improve the reliability of information 
     available to the public: Provided, That notwithstanding 
     section 603(d)(7) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 
     as amended, 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 2000 and 
     hereafter 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 
     beginning in fiscal year 2000 and thereafter, notwithstanding 
     section 518(f) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 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 section 
     319(h) and 518(e) of that Act: Provided further, That the 
     $2,200,000 appropriated in Public Law 105-276 in accordance 
     with House Report No. 105-769, for a grant to the Charleston, 
     Utah Water Conservancy District, as amended by Public Law 
     106-31, shall be awarded to Wasatch County, Utah, for water 
     and sewer needs: Provided further, That the funds 
     appropriated under this heading in Public Law 105-276 for the 
     City of Fairbanks, Alaska, water system improvements shall 
     instead be for the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, water 
     and sewer improvements.

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                        administrative provision

       Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall 
     not award any funds under any heading in this Act to a non-
     profit organization as defined by section 501(c)(3) of the 
     Internal Revenue Code unless such organization has certified 
     that it has not used federal funds to engage in litigation 
     against the United States.

                   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, $5,201,000.


  Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental Quality

       For necessary expenses to continue functions assigned to 
     the Council on Environmental Quality and Office of 
     Environmental Quality pursuant to the National Environmental 
     Policy Act of 1969, the Environmental Quality Improvement Act 
     of 1970, and Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1977, $2,675,000: 
     Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     no funds other than those appropriated under this heading 
     shall be used for or by the Council on Environmental Quality 
     and Office of Environmental Quality: Provided further, That 
     notwithstanding section 202 of the National Environmental 
     Policy Act of 1970, the Council shall consist of one member, 
     appointed by the President, by and with the advice and 
     consent of the Senate, serving as chairman and exercising all 
     powers, functions, and duties of the Council.

                 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation


                      office of inspector general

                     (including transfer of funds)

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

                  Federal Emergency Management Agency


                            Disaster Relief

                     (including transfer 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.), $300,000,000, 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.


            Disaster Assistance Direct Loan Program Account

       For the cost of direct loans, $1,295,000, 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, $420,000.


                        emergency y2k assistance

       For expenses related to Year 2000 conversion costs for 
     counties and local governments, $100,000,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2001: Provided, That the 
     Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall 
     carry out a Year 2000 conversion local government emergency 
     grant and loan program for the purpose of providing emergency 
     funds through grants or loans of not to exceed $1,000,000 for 
     each county and local government that is facing Year 2000 
     conversion failures after January 1, 2000 that could 
     adversely affect public health and safety: Provided further, 
     That of the funds made available to a county or local 
     government under this provision, 50 percent shall be a grant 
     and 50 percent shall be a loan which shall be repaid to the 
     Federal Emergency Management Agency at the prime rate within 
     5 years of the loan: Provided further, That none of the funds 
     provided under this heading may be transferred to any county 
     or local government until 15 days after the Director of the 
     Federal Emergency Management Agency has submitted to the 
     House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, the Senate 
     Special Committee on the Year 2000 Technology Problem, the 
     House Committee on Science, and the House Committee on 
     Government Reform a proposed allocation and plan for that 
     county or local government to achieve Year 2000 compliance 
     for systems directly related to public health and safety 
     programs: Provided further, That the entire amount shall be 
     available only to the extent that an official budget request 
     that includes designation of the entire amount of the request 
     as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget 
     and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is 
     transmitted by the President to the Congress: Provided 
     further, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress 
     as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) 
     of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
     1985, as amended: Provided further, That of the amounts 
     provided under the heading ``Funds Appropriated to the 
     President'' in title III of Division B of the Omnibus 
     Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 
     1999 (Public Law 105-277), $100,000,000 are rescinded


                         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, $180,000,000.


                    Office of the Inspector General

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
     in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 
     amended, $8,015,000.


              Emergency Management Planning and Assistance

       For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to 
     carry out activities under the National Flood Insurance Act 
     of 1968, as amended, and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 
     1973, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Robert T. 
     Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
     U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 
     1977, as amended (42 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), the Federal Fire 
     Prevention and Control Act of 1974, as amended (15 U.S.C. 
     2201 et seq.), the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended 
     (50 U.S.C. App. 2061 et seq.), sections 107 and 303 of the 
     National Security Act of 1947, as amended (50 U.S.C. 404-
     405), and Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978, $255,850,000: 
     Provided, That for purposes of pre-disaster mitigation 
     pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 5131 (b) and (c) and 42 U.S.C. 5196 (e) 
     and (i), $25,000,000 of the funds made available under this 
     heading shall be available until expended for project grants: 
     Provided further, That beginning in fiscal year 2000 and 
     thereafter, and notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     the Director of FEMA is authorized to provide assistance from 
     funds appropriated under this heading, subject to terms and 
     conditions as the Director of FEMA shall establish, to any 
     State for multi-hazard preparedness and mitigation through 
     consolidated emergency management performance grants: 
     Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, FEMA shall extend its cooperative agreement for the 
     Jones County, Mississippi Emergency Operating Center, and the 
     $250,000 obligated as federal matching funds for that Center 
     shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 
     2001.


                   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, $110,000,000, 
     to remain available until expended: Provided, That total 
     administrative costs shall not exceed three and one-half 
     percent of the total appropriation.


                Radiological Emergency Preparedness Fund

       The aggregate charges assessed during fiscal year 2000, as 
     authorized by Public Law 105-276, shall not be less than 100 
     percent of the amounts anticipated by the Director of the 
     Federal Emergency Management Agency (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, 
     2000, and remain available until expended.


                     National Flood Insurance Fund

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For activities under the National Flood Insurance Act of 
     1968, the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended, 
     not to exceed $24,333,000 for salaries and expenses 
     associated with flood mitigation and flood insurance 
     operations, and not to exceed $78,710,000 for flood 
     mitigation, including up to $20,000,000 for expenses under 
     section 1366 of the National Flood Insurance Act, which 
     amount shall be available for transfer to the National Flood 
     Mitigation Fund until September 30, 2001. In fiscal year 
     2000, no funds in excess of: (1) $47,000,000 for operating 
     expenses; (2) $456,427,000 for agents' commissions and taxes; 
     and (3) $50,000,000 for interest on Treasury borrowings shall 
     be available from the National Flood Insurance Fund without 
     prior notice to the Committees on Appropriations. For fiscal 
     year 2000, flood insurance rates shall not exceed the level 
     authorized by the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 
     1994.
       Section 1309(a)(2) of the National Flood Insurance Act (42 
     U.S.C. 4016(a)(2)), as amended by Public Law 104-208, is 
     further amended by striking ``1999'' and inserting ``2000''.
       The first sentence of section 1376(c) of the National Flood 
     Insurance Act of 1968, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4127(c)), is 
     amended by striking ``September 30, 1999'' and inserting 
     ``September 30, 2000''.


                  National Insurance Development Fund

       To liquidate the indebtedness of the Director of the 
     Federal Emergency Management Agency resulting from prior 
     borrowing pursuant to the

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     Urban Property Protection and Reinsurance Act of 1968, as 
     amended (12 U.S.C. 1749bbb et seq.), $3,730,100.

                    General Services Administration


                    Consumer Information Center Fund

       For necessary expenses of the Consumer Information Center, 
     including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $2,622,000, 
     to be deposited into the Consumer Information Center Fund: 
     Provided, That the appropriations, revenues and collections 
     deposited into the fund shall be available for necessary 
     expenses of Consumer Information Center activities in the 
     aggregate amount of $7,500,000. Appropriations, revenues, and 
     collections accruing to this fund during fiscal year 2000 in 
     excess of $7,500,000 shall remain in the fund and shall not 
     be available for expenditure except as authorized in 
     appropriations Acts.

             National Aeronautics and Space Administration


                      INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION

                     (Including Transfer of Funds)

       For the necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in 
     support of the International Space Station, including 
     development, operations and research support; maintenance; 
     construction of facilities including repair, rehabilitation, 
     and modification of real and personal property, and 
     acquisition or condemnation of real property, as authorized 
     by law; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance and 
     operation of mission and administrative aircraft, 
     $2,482,700,000, to remain available until September 30, 2001: 
     Provided, That funds under this heading may be used to 
     support eligible activities under the Launch Vehicles and 
     Payload Operations account, subject to reprogramming approval 
     of such transfer by the Senate and House Appropriations 
     Committees.


                 LAUNCH VEHICLES AND PAYLOAD OPERATIONS

       For the necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in 
     support of the space shuttle program, including safety and 
     performance upgrades, space shuttle operations, and payload 
     utilization and operations, and services; maintenance; 
     construction of facilities including repair, rehabilitation, 
     and modification of real and personal property, and 
     acquisition or condemnation of real property, as authorized 
     by law; space flight, spacecraft control and communications 
     activities including operations, production, and services; 
     and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance and operation of 
     mission and administrative aircraft, $3,156,000,000, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2001: Provided, That 
     none of the funds under this heading may be used to support 
     the development or operations of the International Space 
     Station other than the costs of space shuttle flights 
     utilized for space station assembly.


                  Science, Aeronautics and Technology

       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, and services; maintenance; 
     construction of facilities including repair, rehabilitation, 
     and modification of real and personal property, and 
     acquisition or condemnation of real property, as authorized 
     by law; space flight, spacecraft control and communications 
     activities including operations, production, and services; 
     and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance and operation of 
     mission and administrative aircraft, $5,424,700,000, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2001.


                            Mission Support

       For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in 
     carrying out mission support for human space flight programs 
     and science, aeronautical, and technology programs, including 
     research operations and support; space communications 
     activities including operations, production and services; 
     maintenance; construction of facilities including repair, 
     rehabilitation, and modification of facilities, minor 
     construction of new facilities and additions to existing 
     facilities, facility planning and design, environmental 
     compliance and restoration, and acquisition or condemnation 
     of real property, as authorized by law; program management; 
     personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances 
     therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; travel 
     expenses; purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and 
     operation of mission and administrative aircraft; not to 
     exceed $35,000 for official reception and representation 
     expenses; and purchase (not to exceed 33 for replacement 
     only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $2,495,000,000, 
     to remain available until September 30, 2001.


                      Office of Inspector General

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


                       Administrative Provisions

       Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of funds 
     appropriated for ``International Space Station'', ``Launch 
     vehicles and payload operations'', ``Science, aeronautics and 
     technology'', or ``Mission support'' by this appropriations 
     Act, when any activity has been initiated by the incurrence 
     of obligations for construction of facilities as authorized 
     by law, such amount available for such activity shall remain 
     available until expended. This provision does not apply to 
     the amounts appropriated in ``Mission support'' pursuant to 
     the authorization for repair, rehabilitation and modification 
     of facilities, minor construction of new facilities and 
     additions to existing facilities, and facility planning and 
     design.
       Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of funds 
     appropriated for ``International Space Station'', ``Launch 
     vehicles and payload operations'', ``Science, aeronautics and 
     technology'', or ``Mission support'' by this appropriations 
     Act, the amounts appropriated for construction of facilities 
     shall remain available until September 30, 2002.
       Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of funds 
     appropriated for ``Mission support'' and ``Office of 
     Inspector General'', amounts made available by this Act for 
     personnel and related costs and travel expenses of the 
     National Aeronautics and Space Administration shall remain 
     available until September 30, 2000 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.
       Except for activities identified for fiscal year 2000 or 
     prior fiscal years as part of the budget for the 
     International Space Station, NASA shall terminate any 
     discrete program or activity that exceeds either its annual 
     or aggregate budget by fifteen percent as provided in NASA's 
     budget justifications.

                  National Credit Union Administration


                       Central Liquidity Facility

       During fiscal year 2000, the administrative expenses of the 
     Central Liquidity Facility in fiscal year 2000 shall not 
     exceed $257,000.

                      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; 
     $3,007,300,000, of which not to exceed $253,630,000 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, 
     2001: 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 $60,000,000 of the 
     funds available under this heading shall be made available 
     for a comprehensive research initiative on plant genomes for 
     economically significant crop: Provided further, That none of 
     the funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the 
     National Science Foundation in this or any prior Act may be 
     obligated or expended by the National Science Foundation to 
     enter into or extend a grant, contract, or cooperative 
     agreement for the support of administering the domain name 
     and numbering system of the Internet after September 30, 
     1998: Provided further, That no funds in this or any other 
     Act shall be used to acquire or lease a research vessel with 
     ice-breaking capability built or retrofitted by a shipyard 
     located in a foreign country if such a vessel of United 
     States origin can be obtained at a cost no more than 50 per 
     centum above that of the least expensive technically 
     acceptable foreign vessel bid: Provided further, That, in 
     determining the cost of such a vessel, such cost be increased 
     by the amount of any subsidies or financing provided by a 
     foreign government (or instrumentality thereof) to such 
     vessel's construction: Provided further, That if the vessel 
     contracted for pursuant to the foregoing is not available for 
     the 2002-2003 austral summer Antarctic season, a vessel of 
     any origin may be leased for a period of not to exceed 120 
     days for that season and each season thereafter until 
     delivery of the new vessel.


                        Major Research Equipment

       For necessary expenses of major construction projects 
     pursuant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as 
     amended, including award-related travel, $70,000,000, 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, award-related travel, and rental 
     of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, 
     $688,600,000, to remain available until September 30, 2001: 
     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: Provided further, That $55,000,000 
     shall be available for the purpose of establishing an office 
     of innovation partnerships.


                         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

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     in the District of Columbia; reimbursement of the General 
     Services Administration for security guard services; 
     $150,000,000: Provided, That contracts may be entered into 
     under ``Salaries and expenses'' in fiscal year 2000 for 
     maintenance and operation of facilities, and for other 
     services, to be provided during the next fiscal year.


                      Office of Inspector General

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
     as authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 
     amended, $5,550,000, to remain available until September 30, 
     2001.

                 Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation


          Payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation

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

                        Selective Service System


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Selective Service System, 
     including expenses of attendance at meetings and of training 
     for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective Service 
     System, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 4101-4118 for civilian 
     employees; and not to exceed $1,000 for official reception 
     and representation expenses; $25,250,000: Provided, That 
     during the current fiscal year, the President may exempt this 
     appropriation from the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 1341, whenever 
     he deems such action to be necessary in the interest of 
     national defense: Provided further, That none of the funds 
     appropriated by this Act may be expended for or in connection 
     with the induction of any person into the Armed Forces of the 
     United States.

                      TITLE IV--GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 401. Where appropriations in titles I, II, and III of 
     this Act are expendable for travel expenses and no specific 
     limitation has been placed thereon, the expenditures for such 
     travel expenses may not exceed the amounts set forth 
     therefore in the budget estimates submitted for the 
     appropriations: Provided, That this provision does not apply 
     to accounts that do not contain an object classification for 
     travel: Provided further, That this section shall not apply 
     to travel performed by uncompensated officials of local 
     boards and appeal boards of the Selective Service System; to 
     travel performed directly in connection with care and 
     treatment of medical beneficiaries of the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs; to travel performed in connection with 
     major disasters or emergencies declared or determined by the 
     President under the provisions of the Robert T. Stafford 
     Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act; to travel 
     performed by the Offices of Inspector General in connection 
     with audits and investigations; or to payments to interagency 
     motor pools where separately set forth in the budget 
     schedules: Provided further, That if appropriations in titles 
     I, II, and III exceed the amounts set forth in budget 
     estimates initially submitted for such appropriations, the 
     expenditures for travel may correspondingly exceed the 
     amounts therefore set forth in the estimates in the same 
     proportion.
       Sec. 402. Appropriations and funds available for the 
     administrative expenses of the Department of Housing and 
     Urban Development and the Selective Service System shall be 
     available in the current fiscal year for purchase of 
     uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
     5901-5902; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and services as 
     authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
       Sec. 403. Funds of the Department of Housing and Urban 
     Development subject to the Government Corporation Control Act 
     or section 402 of the Housing Act of 1950 shall be available, 
     without regard to the limitations on administrative expenses, 
     for legal services on a contract or fee basis, and for 
     utilizing and making payment for services and facilities of 
     Federal National Mortgage Association, Government National 
     Mortgage Association, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, 
     Federal Financing Bank, Federal Reserve banks or any member 
     thereof, Federal Home Loan banks, and any insured bank within 
     the meaning of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Act, 
     as amended (12 U.S.C. 1811-1831).
       Sec. 404. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
     Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 
     fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
       Sec. 405. No funds appropriated by this Act may be 
     expended--
       (1) pursuant to a certification of an officer or employee 
     of the United States unless--
       (A) such certification is accompanied by, or is part of, a 
     voucher or abstract which describes the payee or payees and 
     the items or services for which such expenditure is being 
     made; or
       (B) the expenditure of funds pursuant to such 
     certification, and without such a voucher or abstract, is 
     specifically authorized by law; and
       (2) unless such expenditure is subject to audit by the 
     General Accounting Office or is specifically exempt by law 
     from such audit.
       Sec. 406. None of the funds provided in this Act to any 
     department or agency may be expended for the transportation 
     of any officer or employee of such department or agency 
     between their domicile and their place of employment, with 
     the exception of any officer or employee authorized such 
     transportation under 31 U.S.C. 1344 or 5 U.S.C. 7905.
       Sec. 407. None of the funds provided in this Act may be 
     used for payment, through grants or contracts, to recipients 
     that do not share in the cost of conducting research 
     resulting from proposals not specifically solicited by the 
     Government: Provided, That the extent of cost sharing by the 
     recipient shall reflect the mutuality of interest of the 
     grantee or contractor and the Government in the research.
       Sec. 408. None of the funds in this Act may be used, 
     directly or through grants, to pay or to provide 
     reimbursement for payment of the salary of a consultant 
     (whether retained by the Federal Government or a grantee) at 
     more than the daily equivalent of the rate paid for level IV 
     of the Executive Schedule, unless specifically authorized by 
     law.
       Sec. 409. None of the funds provided in this Act shall be 
     used to pay the expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-
     Federal parties intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory 
     proceedings. Nothing herein affects the authority of the 
     Consumer Product Safety Commission pursuant to section 7 of 
     the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2056 et seq.).
       Sec. 410. Except as otherwise provided under existing law, 
     or under an existing Executive Order issued pursuant to an 
     existing law, the obligation or expenditure of any 
     appropriation under this Act for contracts for any consulting 
     service shall be limited to contracts which are: (1) a matter 
     of public record and available for public inspection; and (2) 
     thereafter included in a publicly available list of all 
     contracts entered into within twenty-four months prior to the 
     date on which the list is made available to the public and of 
     all contracts on which performance has not been completed by 
     such date. The list required by the preceding sentence shall 
     be updated quarterly and shall include a narrative 
     description of the work to be performed under each such 
     contract.
       Sec. 411. Except as otherwise provided by law, no part of 
     any appropriation contained in this Act shall be obligated or 
     expended by any executive agency, as referred to in the 
     Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 401 et 
     seq.), for a contract for services unless such executive 
     agency: (1) has awarded and entered into such contract in 
     full compliance with such Act and the regulations promulgated 
     thereunder; and (2) requires any report prepared pursuant to 
     such contract, including plans, evaluations, studies, 
     analyses and manuals, and any report prepared by the agency 
     which is substantially derived from or substantially includes 
     any report prepared pursuant to such contract, to contain 
     information concerning: (A) the contract pursuant to which 
     the report was prepared; and (B) the contractor who prepared 
     the report pursuant to such contract.
       Sec. 412. Except as otherwise provided in section 406, none 
     of the funds provided in this Act to any department or agency 
     shall be obligated or expended to provide a personal cook, 
     chauffeur, or other personal servants to any officer or 
     employee of such department or agency.
       Sec. 413. None of the funds provided in this Act to any 
     department or agency shall be obligated or expended to 
     procure passenger automobiles as defined in 15 U.S.C. 2001 
     with an EPA estimated miles per gallon average of less than 
     22 miles per gallon.
       Sec. 414. None of the funds appropriated in title I of this 
     Act shall be used to enter into any new lease of real 
     property if the estimated annual rental is more than $300,000 
     unless the Secretary submits, in writing, a report to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the Congress and a period of 
     30 days has expired following the date on which the report is 
     received by the Committees on Appropriations.
       Sec. 415. (a) It is the sense of the Congress that, to the 
     greatest extent practicable, all equipment and products 
     purchased with funds made available in this Act should be 
     American-made.
       (b) In providing financial assistance to, or entering into 
     any contract with, any entity using funds made available in 
     this Act, the head of each Federal agency, to the greatest 
     extent practicable, shall provide to such entity a notice 
     describing the statement made in subsection (a) by the 
     Congress.
       Sec. 416. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be 
     used to implement any cap on reimbursements to grantees for 
     indirect costs, except as published in Office of Management 
     and Budget Circular A-21.
       Sec. 417. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 
     2000 pay raises for programs funded by this Act shall be 
     absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act.
       Sec. 418. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used for any program, project, or activity, when it is 
     made known to the Federal entity or official to which the 
     funds are made available that the program, project, or 
     activity is not in compliance with any Federal law relating 
     to risk assessment, the protection of private property 
     rights, or unfunded mandates.
       Sec. 419. Corporations and agencies of the Department of 
     Housing and Urban Development which are subject to the 
     Government Corporation Control Act, as amended, are hereby 
     authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of 
     funds and borrowing authority available to each such 
     corporation or agency and in accord with law, and to make 
     such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 
     limitations as provided by section 104 of the Act as may be 
     necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the 
     budget for 2000 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

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     not apply to the mortgage insurance or guaranty operations of 
     these corporations, or where loans or mortgage purchases are 
     necessary to protect the financial interest of the United 
     States Government.
       Sec. 420. Notwithstanding section 320(g) of the Federal 
     Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1330(g)), funds made 
     available pursuant to authorization under such section for 
     fiscal year 2000 may be used for implementing comprehensive 
     conservation and management plans.
       Sec. 421. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     term ``qualified student loan'' with respect to national 
     service education awards shall mean any loan made directly to 
     a student by the Alaska Commission on Postsecondary 
     Education, in addition to other meanings under section 
     148(b)(7) of the National and Community Service Act.
       Sec. 422. Notwithstanding any other law, funds made 
     available by this or any other Act or previous Acts for the 
     United States/Mexico Foundation for Science may be used for 
     the endowment of such Foundation: Provided, That funds from 
     the U.S. Government shall be matched in equal amounts with 
     funds from Mexico: Provided further, That the accounts of 
     such Foundation shall be subject to U.S. Government 
     administrative and audit requirements concerning grants and 
     requirements concerning cost principles for nonprofit 
     organizations.
       Sec. 423. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to carry out Executive Order No. 13083.
       Sec. 424. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act, no 
     part of any appropriation for the Department of Housing and 
     Urban Development shall be available for any activity in 
     excess of amounts set forth in the budget estimates submitted 
     for the appropriations.
       Sec. 425. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used for purposes of lobbying or litigating against, 
     including any related activity or cost, any Federal entity or 
     official. Any funds received under this Act shall be 
     maintained in an account separate from any funds used for 
     litigating or lobbying. Notwithstanding any other provision 
     of law, none of the funds made available in this Act (or any 
     subsequent Act that makes available appropriations for 
     programs funded under this Act) shall be made available for a 
     period of five years to any entity or person that violates 
     the requirements of the preceding two sentences.
       Sec. 426. None of the funds provided in this Act may be 
     obligated after February 15, 2000, unless each department, 
     agency, corporation, and commission that receives funds 
     herein provides detailed justifications to the Committees on 
     Appropriations for all salary and expense activities for 
     fiscal years 2001 through 2005, including personnel 
     compensation and benefits, consulting costs, professional 
     services or technical service contracts regardless of the 
     dollar amount, contracting out costs, travel and other 
     standard object classifications for all headquarters offices, 
     regional offices, or field installations and laboratories, 
     including the number of full-time equivalents per office, and 
     the personnel compensation, benefits and travel costs for 
     each Secretary, Assistance Secretary or Administrator.
       Sec. 427. Law Enforcement Agencies Not Responsible for 
     Clean-Up of Methamphetamine Laboratories. Notwithstanding any 
     other provision of law, no state or local law enforcement 
     agency shall be responsible under any Federal law for any 
     costs associated with the clean-up or remediation of any 
     premises used for the manufacture or production of 
     methamphetamine.
       Sec. 428. No funds in this Act shall be made available for 
     any activity or the publication or distribution of literature 
     that is designed to promote public support or opposition to 
     any legislative proposal on which congressional action is not 
     complete.
       Sec. 429. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     amount made available under the Departments of Veterans 
     Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent 
     Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991 (Public Law 101-507) for a 
     special purpose grant under section 107 of the Housing and 
     Community Development Act of 1974 to the County of Hawaii for 
     the purpose of an environmental impact statement for the 
     development of a water resource system in Kohala, Hawaii, 
     that is unobligated on the date of enactment of this Act, may 
     be used to fund water system improvements, including 
     exploratory wells, well drillings, pipeline replacements, 
     water system planning and design, and booster pump and 
     reservoir development.
       Sec. 430. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available for the National Aeronautics and Space 
     Administration by this Act may be obligated or expended for 
     purposes of transferring any research aircraft from Glenn 
     Research Center, Ohio, to another field center of the 
     Administration.
       Sec. 431. GAO Study on Federal Home Loan Bank Capital. (a) 
     Study.--The Comptroller General of the United States shall 
     conduct a study of--
       (1) possible revisions to the capital structure of the 
     Federal Home Loan Bank System, including the need for--
       (A) more permanent capital;
       (B) a statutory leverage ratio; and
       (C) a risk-based capital structure; and
       (2) what impact such revisions might have on the operations 
     of the Federal Home Loan Bank System, including the 
     obligation of the Federal Home Loan Bank System under section 
     21B(f)(2)(C) of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act.
       (b) Report to Congress.--Not later than 1 year after the 
     date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the 
     United States shall submit a report to the Congress on the 
     results of the study conducted under subsection (a).
       Sec. 432. Sense of the Senate Regarding Aeronautics 
     Research. (a) Findings.--The Senate finds the following:
       (1) Every aircraft worldwide uses and benefits from NASA 
     technology.
       (2) Aeronautical research has fostered the establishment of 
     a safe, affordable air transportation system that is second 
     to none.
       (3) Fundamental research in aeronautics is not being 
     supported anywhere in the country outside of NASA.
       (4) The Department of Transportation predicts that air 
     traffic will triple over the next 20 years, exacerbating 
     current noise and safety problems at already overcrowded 
     airports. New aeronautics advancements need to be developed 
     if costs are to be contained and the safety and quality of 
     our air infrastructure is to be improved.
       (5) Our military would not dominate the skies without 
     robust investments in aeronautics research and development.
       (6) Technology transferred from NASA aeronautics research 
     to the commercial sector has created billions of dollars in 
     economic growth.
       (7) The American aeronautics industry is the top 
     contributor to the United States balance of trade, with a net 
     contribution of more than $41,000,000,000 in 1998.
       (8) Less than 10 years ago, American airplane producers 
     controlled over 70 percent of the global market for 
     commercial aviation.
       (9) America's dominance in the world's civil aviation 
     market is being challenged by foreign companies like Airbus, 
     which now has approximately 50 percent of the world's civil 
     aviation market, and is aiming to capture 70 percent.
       (10) The rise of foreign competition in the global civil 
     aviation market has coincided with decreases in NASA's 
     aeronautics research budget and a corresponding increase in 
     European investment.
       (11) NASA's aeronautics laboratories have the research 
     facilities, including wind tunnels, and technical expertise 
     to conduct the cutting-edge scientific inquiry needed to 
     advance state-of-the-art military and civil aircraft.
       (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate 
     that the United States should increase its commitment to 
     aeronautics research funding.
       Sec. 433. Underground Storage Tanks. Not later than May 1, 
     2000, in administering the underground storage tank program 
     under subtitle I of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 
     6991 et seq.), the Administrator of the Environmental 
     Protection Agency shall develop a plan (including cost 
     estimates)--
       (1) to identify underground storage tanks that are not in 
     compliance with subtitle I of the Solid Waste Disposal Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 6991 et seq.) (including regulations);
       (2) to identify underground storage tanks in temporary 
     closure;
       (3) to determine the ownership of underground storage tanks 
     described in paragraphs (1) and (2);
       (4) to determine the plans of owners and operators of 
     underground storage tanks described in paragraphs (1) and (2) 
     to bring the underground storage tanks into compliance or out 
     of temporary closure; and
       (5) in a case in which the owner of an underground storage 
     tank described in paragraph (1) or (2) cannot be identified--
       (A) to bring the underground storage tank into compliance; 
     or
       (B) to permanently close the underground storage tank.
       Sec. 434. The comment period on the proposed rules related 
     to section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act published at 64 
     Federal Register 46012 and 46058 (August 23, 1999) shall be 
     extended from October 22, 1999, for a period of no less than 
     90 additional calendar days.
       Sec. 435. Section 4(a) of the Act of August 9, 1950 (16 
     U.S.C. 777c(a)), is amended in the second sentence by 
     striking ``1999'' and inserting ``2000''.
       Sec. 436. Promulgation of Stormwater Regulations. (a) 
     Stormwater Regulations.--The Administrator of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency shall not promulgate the 
     Phase II stormwater regulations until the Administrator 
     submits to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of 
     the Senate a report containing--
       (1) an in-depth impact analysis on the effect the final 
     regulations will have on urban, suburban, and rural local 
     governments subject to the regulations, including an estimate 
     of--
       (A) the costs of complying with the 6 minimum control 
     measures described in the regulations; and
       (B) the costs resulting from the lowering of the 
     construction threshold from 5 acres to 1 acre;
       (2) an explanation of the rationale of the Administrator 
     for lowering the construction site threshold from 5 acres to 
     1 acre, including--
       (A) an explanation, in light of recent court decisions, of 
     why a 1-acre measure is any less arbitrarily determined than 
     a 5-acre measure; and
       (B) all qualitative information used in determining an acre 
     threshold for a construction site;
       (3) documentation demonstrating that stormwater runoff is 
     generally a problem in communities with populations of 50,000 
     to 100,000 (including an explanation of why the coverage of 
     the regulation is based on a census-

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     determined population instead of a water quality threshold); 
     and
       (4) information that supports the position of the 
     Administrator that the Phase II stormwater program should be 
     administered as part of the National Pollutant Discharge 
     Elimination System under section 402 of the Federal Water 
     Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1342).
       (b) Phase I Regulations.--No later than 120 days after 
     enactment of this Act, the Environmental Protection Agency 
     shall submit to the Senate Environment and Public Works 
     Committee a report containing a detailed explanation of the 
     impact, if any, that the Phase I program has had in improving 
     water quality in the United States (including a description 
     of specific measures that have been successful and those that 
     have been unsuccessful).
       (c) Federal Register.--The reports described in subsections 
     (a) and (b) shall be published in the Federal Register for 
     public comment.
       Sec. 437. Pesticide Tolerance Fees. 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.
       This Act may be cited as the ``Departments of Veterans 
     Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent 
     Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000''.

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