[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Pages 24931-24944]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



  DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND 
               RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2000

  On October 7, 1999, the Senate passed S. 1650, as follows:

                                S. 1650

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,
     That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in 
     the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Departments 
     of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and 
     related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
     2000, and for other purposes, namely:

                      TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

                 Employment and Training Administration


                    Training and Employment Services

       For necessary expenses of the Workforce Investment Act, 
     including the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
     the construction, alteration, and repair of buildings and 
     other facilities, and the purchase of real property for 
     training centers as authorized by the Workforce Investment 
     Act; the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act; the 
     National Skill Standards Act of 1994; and the School-to-Work 
     Opportunities Act; $2,750,694,000 plus reimbursements, of 
     which $1,380,266,000 is available for obligation for the 
     period July 1, 2000 through June 30, 2001; of which 
     $1,250,965,000 is available for obligation for the period 
     April 1, 2000 through June 30, 2001; of which $53,463,000 is 
     available for the period July 1, 2000 through June 30, 2003, 
     for necessary expenses of construction, rehabilitation, and 
     acquisition of Job Corps centers; and of which $55,000,000 
     shall be available from July 1, 2000 through September 30, 
     2001, for carrying out activities of the School-to-Work 
     Opportunities Act: Provided, That $60,000,000 shall be for 
     carrying out section 166 of the Workforce Investment Act, and 
     $7,000,000 shall be for carrying out the National Skills 
     Standards Act of 1994: Provided further, That no funds from 
     any other appropriation shall be used to provide meal 
     services at or for Job Corps centers: Provided further, That 
     funds provided to carry out section 171(d) of such Act may be 
     used for demonstration projects that provide assistance to 
     new entrants in the workforce and incumbent workers: Provided 
     further, That funding appropriated herein for Dislocated 
     Worker Employment and Training Activities under section 
     132(a)(2)(A) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 may be 
     distributed for Dislocated Worker Projects under section 
     171(d) of the Act without regard to the 10 percent limitation 
     contained in section 171(d) of the Act.
       For necessary expenses of the Workforce Investment Act, 
     including the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
     the construction, alteration, and repair of buildings and 
     other facilities, and the purchase of real property for 
     training centers as authorized by the Workforce Investment 
     Act; $2,720,315,000 plus reimbursements, of which 
     $2,637,120,000 is available for obligation for the period 
     October 1, 2000 through June 30, 2001; and of which 
     $83,195,000 is available for the period October 1, 2000 
     through June 30, 2003, including $80,195,000 for necessary 
     expenses of construction, rehabilitation, and acquisition of 
     Job Corps centers.
       In addition to the amounts appropriated under this heading 
     in Public Law 105-277 to carry out the provisions of section 
     402 of the Job Training Partnership Act, an additional 
     $1,551,000 is made available for obligation from October 1, 
     1999 through June 30, 2000.


            Community Service Employment for Older Americans

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


              Federal Unemployment Benefits and Allowances

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


     State Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service Operations

       For authorized administrative expenses, $196,952,000, 
     together with not to exceed $3,161,121,000 (including not to 
     exceed $1,228,000 which may be used for amortization payments 
     to States which had independent retirement plans in their 
     State employment service agencies prior to 1980), which may 
     be expended from the Employment Security Administration 
     account in the Unemployment Trust Fund including the cost of 
     administering section 1201 of the Small Business Job 
     Protection Act of 1996, section 7(d) of the Wagner-Peyser 
     Act, as amended, section 461 of the Job Training Partnership 
     Act, the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, the Immigration Act 
     of 1990, and the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended, 
     and of which the sums available in the allocation for 
     activities authorized by title III of the Social Security 
     Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 502-504), and the sums available 
     in the allocation for necessary administrative expenses for 
     carrying out 5 U.S.C. 8501-8523, shall be available for 
     obligation by the States through December 31, 2000,

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     except that funds used for automation acquisitions shall be 
     available for obligation by the States through September 30, 
     2002; and of which $196,952,000, together with not to exceed 
     $778,283,000 of the amount which may be expended from said 
     trust fund, shall be available for obligation for the period 
     July 1, 2000 through June 30, 2001, to fund activities under 
     the Act of June 6, 1933, as amended, including the cost of 
     penalty mail authorized under 39 U.S.C. 3202(a)(1)(E) made 
     available to States in lieu of allotments for such purpose, 
     and of which $151,333,000 shall be available only to the 
     extent necessary for additional State allocations to 
     administer unemployment compensation laws to finance 
     increases in the number of unemployment insurance claims 
     filed and claims paid or changes in a State law: Provided, 
     That to the extent that the Average Weekly Insured 
     Unemployment (AWIU) for fiscal year 2000 is projected by the 
     Department of Labor to exceed 2,638,000, an additional 
     $28,600,000 shall be available for obligation for every 
     100,000 increase in the AWIU level (including a pro rata 
     amount for any increment less than 100,000) from the 
     Employment Security Administration Account of the 
     Unemployment Trust Fund: Provided further, That funds 
     appropriated in this Act which are used to establish a 
     national one-stop career center network may be obligated in 
     contracts, grants or agreements with non-State entities: 
     Provided further, That funds appropriated under this Act for 
     activities authorized under the Wagner-Peyser Act, as 
     amended, and title III of the Social Security Act, may be 
     used by the States to fund integrated Employment Service and 
     Unemployment Insurance automation efforts, notwithstanding 
     cost allocation principles prescribed under Office of 
     Management and Budget Circular A-87.


        Advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund and Other Funds

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


                         Program Administration

       For expenses of administering employment and training 
     programs, $103,208,000, including $6,578,000 to support up to 
     75 full-time equivalent staff, to administer welfare-to-work 
     grants, together with not to exceed $46,132,000, which may be 
     expended from the Employment Security Administration account 
     in the Unemployment Trust Fund.

              Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses for the Pension and Welfare Benefits 
     Administration, $99,831,000.

                  Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation


               Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Fund

       The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation is authorized to 
     make such expenditures, including financial assistance 
     authorized by section 104 of Public Law 96-364, within limits 
     of funds and borrowing authority available to such 
     Corporation, and in accord with law, and to make such 
     contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 
     limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government 
     Corporation Control Act, as amended (31 U.S.C. 9104), as may 
     be necessary in carrying out the program through September 
     30, 2000, for such Corporation: Provided, That not to exceed 
     $11,352,000 shall be available for administrative expenses of 
     the Corporation: Provided further, That expenses of such 
     Corporation in connection with the termination of pension 
     plans, for the acquisition, protection or management, and 
     investment of trust assets, and for benefits administration 
     services shall be considered as non-administrative expenses 
     for the purposes hereof, and excluded from the above 
     limitation.

                  Employment Standards Administration


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses for the Employment Standards 
     Administration, including reimbursement to State, Federal, 
     and local agencies and their employees for inspection 
     services rendered, $341,047,000, together with $1,740,000 
     which may be expended from the Special Fund in accordance 
     with sections 39(c), 44(d) and 44(j) of the Longshore and 
     Harbor Workers' Compensation Act: Provided, That $2,000,000 
     shall be for the development of an alternative system for the 
     electronic submission of reports as required to be filed 
     under the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 
     1959, as amended, and for a computer database of the 
     information for each submission by whatever means, that is 
     indexed and easily searchable by the public via the Internet: 
     Provided further, That the Secretary of Labor is authorized 
     to accept, retain, and spend, until expended, in the name of 
     the Department of Labor, all sums of money ordered to be paid 
     to the Secretary of Labor, in accordance with the terms of 
     the Consent Judgment in Civil Action No. 91-0027 of the 
     United States District Court for the District of the Northern 
     Mariana Islands (May 21, 1992): Provided further, That the 
     Secretary of Labor is authorized to establish and, in 
     accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3302, collect and deposit in the 
     Treasury fees for processing applications and issuing 
     certificates under sections 11(d) and 14 of the Fair Labor 
     Standards Act of 1938, as amended (29 U.S.C. 211(d) and 214) 
     and for processing applications and issuing registrations 
     under title I of the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker 
     Protection Act (29 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.).


                            Special Benefits

                     (including transfer of funds)

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


                    Black Lung Disability Trust Fund

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Beginning in fiscal year 2000 and thereafter, such sums as 
     may be necessary from the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund, 
     to remain available until expended, for payment of all 
     benefits authorized by section 9501 (d)(1), (2), (4) and (7), 
     of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended; and 
     interest on advances as authorized by section 9501(c)(2) of 
     that Act. In addition, the following amounts shall be 
     available from the Fund for fiscal year 2000 for expenses of 
     operation and administration of the Black Lung Benefits 
     program as authorized by section 9501 (d)(5) of that Act: 
     $28,676,000 for transfer to the Employment Standards 
     Administration, ``Salaries and Expenses''; $21,144,000 for 
     transfer to Departmental Management, ``Salaries and 
     Expenses''; $318,000 for transfer to Departmental Management, 
     ``Office of Inspector General''; and $356,000 for payments 
     into Miscellaneous Receipts for the expenses of the 
     Department of Treasury.

             Occupational Safety and Health Administration


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses for the Occupational Safety and 
     Health Administration, $388,142,000, including not to exceed 
     $83,501,000 which shall be the maximum amount available for 
     grants to States under section 23(g) of the Occupational 
     Safety and Health Act, which grants shall be no less than 50 
     percent of the costs of State occupational safety and health 
     programs required to be incurred under plans approved by the 
     Secretary under section 18 of the Occupational Safety and 
     Health Act of 1970: Provided, That of the amount appropriated

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     under this heading that is in excess of the amount 
     appropriated for such purposes for fiscal year 1999, 
     $16,883,000 shall be used to carry out the activities 
     described in paragraph (1) and $16,883,000 shall be used to 
     carry out paragraphs (2) through (6); and, in addition, 
     notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Occupational Safety and 
     Health Administration may retain up to $750,000 per fiscal 
     year of training institute course tuition fees, otherwise 
     authorized by law to be collected, and may utilize such sums 
     for occupational safety and health training and education 
     grants: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 
     3302, the Secretary of Labor is authorized, during the fiscal 
     year ending September 30, 2000, to collect and retain fees 
     for services provided to Nationally Recognized Testing 
     Laboratories, and may utilize such sums, in accordance with 
     the provisions of 29 U.S.C. 9a, to administer national and 
     international laboratory recognition programs that ensure the 
     safety of equipment and products used by workers in the 
     workplace: Provided further, That none of the funds 
     appropriated under this paragraph shall be obligated or 
     expended to prescribe, issue, administer, or enforce any 
     standard, rule, regulation, or order under the Occupational 
     Safety and Health Act of 1970 which is applicable to any 
     person who is engaged in a farming operation which does not 
     maintain a temporary labor camp and employs ten or fewer 
     employees: Provided further, That no funds appropriated under 
     this paragraph shall be obligated or expended to administer 
     or enforce any standard, rule, regulation, or order under the 
     Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 with respect to 
     any employer of ten or fewer employees who is included within 
     a category having an occupational injury lost workday case 
     rate, at the most precise Standard Industrial Classification 
     Code for which such data are published, less than the 
     national average rate as such rates are most recently 
     published by the Secretary, acting through the Bureau of 
     Labor Statistics, in accordance with section 24 of that Act 
     (29 U.S.C. 673), except--
       (1) to provide, as authorized by such Act, consultation, 
     technical assistance, educational and training services, and 
     to conduct surveys and studies;
       (2) to conduct an inspection or investigation in response 
     to an employee complaint, to issue a citation for violations 
     found during such inspection, and to assess a penalty for 
     violations which are not corrected within a reasonable 
     abatement period and for any willful violations found;
       (3) to take any action authorized by such Act with respect 
     to imminent dangers;
       (4) to take any action authorized by such Act with respect 
     to health hazards;
       (5) to take any action authorized by such Act with respect 
     to a report of an employment accident which is fatal to one 
     or more employees or which results in hospitalization of two 
     or more employees, and to take any action pursuant to such 
     investigation authorized by such Act; and
       (6) to take any action authorized by such Act with respect 
     to complaints of discrimination against employees for 
     exercising rights under such Act: Provided further, That the 
     foregoing proviso shall not apply to any person who is 
     engaged in a farming operation which does not maintain a 
     temporary labor camp and employs ten or fewer employees.

                 Mine Safety and Health Administration


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and Health 
     Administration, $230,873,000, including purchase and bestowal 
     of certificates and trophies in connection with mine rescue 
     and first-aid work, and the hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
     including not to exceed $750,000 may be collected by the 
     National Mine Health and Safety Academy for room, board, 
     tuition, and the sale of training materials, otherwise 
     authorized by law to be collected, to be available for mine 
     safety and health education and training activities, 
     notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302; and, in addition, the Mine 
     Safety and Health Administration may retain up to $1,000,000 
     in fees collected for the approval and certification of 
     equipment, materials, and explosives for use in mines, and 
     may utilize such sums for such activities; the Secretary is 
     authorized to accept lands, buildings, equipment, and other 
     contributions from public and private sources and to 
     prosecute projects in cooperation with other agencies, 
     Federal, State, or private; the Mine Safety and Health 
     Administration is authorized to promote health and safety 
     education and training in the mining community through 
     cooperative programs with States, industry, and safety 
     associations; and any funds available to the Department may 
     be used, with the approval of the Secretary, to provide for 
     the costs of mine rescue and survival operations in the event 
     of a major disaster.

                       Bureau of Labor Statistics


                         Salaries and Expenses

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

                        Departmental Management


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses for Departmental Management, 
     including the hire of three sedans, and including up to 
     $7,250,000 for the President's Committee on Employment of 
     People With Disabilities, and including the management or 
     operation of Departmental bilateral and multilateral foreign 
     technical assistance, $247,001,000; together with not to 
     exceed $310,000, which may be expended from the Employment 
     Security Administration account in the Unemployment Trust 
     Fund: Provided, That no funds made available by this Act may 
     be used by the Solicitor of Labor to participate in a review 
     in any United States court of appeals of any decision made by 
     the Benefits Review Board under section 21 of the Longshore 
     and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (33 U.S.C. 921) where 
     such participation is precluded by the decision of the United 
     States Supreme Court in Director, Office of Workers' 
     Compensation Programs v. Newport News Shipbuilding, 115 S. 
     Ct. 1278 (1995), notwithstanding any provisions to the 
     contrary contained in Rule 15 of the Federal Rules of 
     Appellate Procedure: Provided further, That no funds made 
     available by this Act may be used by the Secretary of Labor 
     to review a decision under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' 
     Compensation Act (33 U.S.C. 901 et seq.) that has been 
     appealed and that has been pending before the Benefits Review 
     Board for more than 12 months: Provided further, That any 
     such decision pending a review by the Benefits Review Board 
     for more than one year shall be considered affirmed by the 
     Benefits Review Board on the one-year anniversary of the 
     filing of the appeal, and shall be considered the final order 
     of the Board for purposes of obtaining a review in the United 
     States courts of appeals: Provided further, That these 
     provisions shall not be applicable to the review or appeal of 
     any decision issued under the Black Lung Benefits Act (30 
     U.S.C. 901 et seq.): Provided further, That notwithstanding 
     any other provision of this Act, up to $10,000 of funding 
     appropriated under title I of this Act for salaries and 
     expenses may be used for receiving and hosting officials of 
     foreign states and official foreign delegations in 
     furtherance of Departmental functions or activities: Provided 
     further, That funds made available under this heading shall 
     be used to report to Congress, pursuant to section 9 of the 
     Act entitled ``An Act to create a Department of Labor'' 
     approved March 4, 1913 (29 U.S.C. 560), with options that 
     will promote a legal domestic work force in the agricultural 
     sector, and provide for improved compensation, longer and 
     more consistent work periods, improved benefits, improved 
     living conditions and better housing quality, and 
     transportation assistance between agricultural jobs for 
     agricultural workers, and address other issues related to 
     agricultural labor that the Secretary of Labor determines to 
     be necessary.


        Assistant Secretary for Veterans Employment and Training

       Not to exceed $185,613,000 may be derived from the 
     Employment Security Administration account in the 
     Unemployment Trust Fund to carry out the provisions of 38 
     U.S.C. 4100-4110A, 4212, 4214 and 4321-4327, and Public Law 
     103-353, and which shall be available for obligation by the 
     States through December 31, 2000.


                      Office of Inspector General

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

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

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


                          (transfer of funds)

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

           TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

              Health Resources and Services Administration


                     Health Resources and Services

       For carrying out titles II, III, VII, VIII, X, XII, XIX, 
     and XXVI of the Public Health Service Act, section 427(a) of 
     the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act, title V and 
     section 1820 of the Social Security Act, the Health Care 
     Quality Improvement Act of 1986, as amended, the Native 
     Hawaiian Health Care Act of 1988, as amended, and the Ricky 
     Ray Hemophilia Relief Fund Act of

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     1998, $4,365,498,000, of which $150,000 shall remain 
     available until expended for interest subsidies on loan 
     guarantees made prior to fiscal year 1981 under part B of 
     title VII of the Public Health Service Act, and of which 
     $10,000,000 shall be available for the construction and 
     renovation of health care and other facilities, and of which 
     $25,000,000 from general revenues, notwithstanding section 
     1820(j) of the Social Security Act, shall be available for 
     carrying out the Medicare rural hospital flexibility grants 
     program under section 1820 of such Act: Provided, That the 
     Division of Federal Occupational Health may utilize personal 
     services contracting to employ professional management/
     administrative and occupational health professionals: 
     Provided further, That of the funds made available under this 
     heading, $250,000 shall be available until expended for 
     facilities renovations at the Gillis W. Long Hansen's Disease 
     Center: Provided further, That in addition to fees authorized 
     by section 427(b) of the Health Care Quality Improvement Act 
     of 1986, fees shall be collected for the full disclosure of 
     information under the Act sufficient to recover the full 
     costs of operating the National Practitioner Data Bank, and 
     shall remain available until expended to carry out that Act: 
     Provided further, That no more than $5,000,000 is available 
     for carrying out the provisions of Public Law 104-73: 
     Provided further, That of the funds made available under this 
     heading, $222,432,000 shall be for the program under title X 
     of the Public Health Service Act to provide for voluntary 
     family planning projects: Provided further, That amounts 
     provided to said projects under such title shall not be 
     expended for abortions, that all pregnancy counseling shall 
     be nondirective, and that such amounts shall not be expended 
     for any activity (including the publication or distribution 
     of literature) that in any way tends to promote public 
     support or opposition to any legislative proposal or 
     candidate for public office: Provided further, That 
     $536,000,000 shall be for State AIDS Drug Assistance Programs 
     authorized by section 2616 of the Public Health Service Act: 
     Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, funds made available under this heading may be used to 
     continue operating the Council on Graduate Medical Education 
     established by section 301 of Public Law 102-408: Provided 
     further, That of the funds made available under this heading, 
     $50,000,000 shall remain available for the Ricky Ray 
     Hemophilia Relief Fund until November 11, 2003: Provided 
     further, That fees collected for the full disclosure of 
     information under the ``Health Care Fraud and Abuse Data 
     Collection Program,'' authorized by section 221 of the Health 
     Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, shall 
     be sufficient to recover the full costs of operating the 
     Program, and shall remain available to carry out that Act 
     until expended.


               Medical Facilities Guarantee and Loan Fund

           federal interest subsidies for medical facilities

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


           Health Education Assistance Loans Program Account

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


             Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Trust Fund

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

               Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


                Disease Control, Research, and Training

       To carry out titles II, III, VII, XI, XV, XVII, XIX and 
     XXVI of the Public Health Service Act, sections 101, 102, 
     103, 201, 202, 203, 301, and 501 of the Federal Mine Safety 
     and Health Act of 1977, sections 20, 21 and 22 of the 
     Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, title IV of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act and section 501 of the 
     Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980; including insurance 
     of official motor vehicles in foreign countries; and hire, 
     maintenance, and operation of aircraft, $2,751,838,000 of 
     which $39,800,000 shall remain available until expended for 
     equipment and construction and renovation of facilities, and 
     in addition, such sums as may be derived from authorized user 
     fees, which shall be credited to this account: Provided, That 
     in addition to amounts provided herein, up to $109,573,000 
     shall be available from amounts available under section 241 
     of the Public Health Service Act, to carry out the National 
     Center for Health Statistics surveys: Provided further, That 
     none of the funds made available for injury prevention and 
     control at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may 
     be used to advocate or promote gun control: Provided further, 
     That the Director may redirect the total amount made 
     available under authority of Public Law 101-502, section 3, 
     dated November 3, 1990, to activities the Director may so 
     designate: Provided further, That the Congress is to be 
     notified promptly of any such transfer.
       In addition, $51,000,000, to be derived from the Violent 
     Crime Reduction Trust Fund, for carrying out sections 40151 
     and 40261 of Public Law 103-322.

                     National Institutes of Health


                       National Cancer Institute

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
     Health Service Act with respect to cancer, $3,286,859,000.


               National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
     Health Service Act with respect to cardiovascular, lung, and 
     blood diseases, and blood and blood products, $2,001,185,000.


         National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
     Health Service Act with respect to dental disease, 
     $267,543,000.


    National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
     Health Service Act with respect to diabetes and digestive and 
     kidney disease, $1,130,056,000.


        National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
     Health Service Act with respect to neurological disorders and 
     stroke, $1,019,271,000.


         National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
     Health Service Act with respect to allergy and infectious 
     diseases, $1,786,718,000.


             National Institute of General Medical Sciences

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
     Health Service Act with respect to general medical sciences, 
     $1,352,843,000.


        National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
     Health Service Act with respect to child health and human 
     development, $848,044,000.


                         National Eye Institute

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
     Health Service Act with respect to eye diseases and visual 
     disorders, $445,172,000.


          National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

       For carrying out sections 301 and 311 and title IV of the 
     Public Health Service Act with respect to environmental 
     health sciences, $436,113,000.


                      National Institute on Aging

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
     Health Service Act with respect to aging, $680,332,000.


 National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
     Health Service Act with respect to arthritis and 
     musculoskeletal and skin diseases, $350,429,000.


    National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
     Health Service Act with respect to deafness and other 
     communication disorders, $261,962,000.


                 National Institute of Nursing Research

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


           National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
     Health Service Act with respect to alcohol abuse and 
     alcoholism, $291,247,000.


                    national institute on drug abuse

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
     Health Service Act with respect to drug abuse, $682,536,000.


                  National Institute of Mental Health

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
     Health Service Act with respect to mental health, 
     $969,494,000.


                National Human Genome Research Institute

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


                 National Center for Research Resources

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
     Health Service Act with respect to research resources and 
     general research

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     support grants, $655,988,000: Provided, That none of these 
     funds shall be used to pay recipients of the general research 
     support grants program any amount for indirect expenses in 
     connection with such grants: Provided further, That 
     $60,000,000 shall be for extramural facilities construction 
     grants, of which $30,000,000 shall become available October 
     1, 2000, and remain available through September 30, 2001.


       national center for complementary and alternative medicine

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
     Health Service Act with respect to complementary and 
     alternative medicine, $56,214,000 to be available for 
     obligation through September 30, 2001.


                  John E. Fogarty International Center

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


                      National Library of Medicine

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
     Health Service Act with respect to health information 
     communications, $210,183,000, of which $4,000,000 shall be 
     available until expended for improvement of information 
     systems: Provided, That in fiscal year 2000, the Library may 
     enter into personal services contracts for the provision of 
     services in facilities owned, operated, or constructed under 
     the jurisdiction of the National Institutes of Health.


                         Office of the Director

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For carrying out the responsibilities of the Office of the 
     Director, National Institutes of Health, $299,504,000: 
     Provided, That funding shall be available for the purchase of 
     not to exceed twenty-nine passenger motor vehicles for 
     replacement only: Provided further, That the Director may 
     direct up to 1 percent of the total amount made available in 
     this or any other Act to all National Institutes of Health 
     appropriations to activities the Director may so designate: 
     Provided further, That no such appropriation shall be 
     decreased by more than 1 percent by any such transfers and 
     that the Congress is promptly notified of the transfer: 
     Provided further, That NIH is authorized to collect third 
     party payments for the cost of clinical services that are 
     incurred in National Institutes of Health research facilities 
     and that such payments shall be credited to the National 
     Institutes of Health Management Fund: Provided further, That 
     all funds credited to the NIH Management Fund shall remain 
     available for one fiscal year after the fiscal year in which 
     they are deposited.


                        Buildings and Facilities

       For the study of, construction of, and acquisition of 
     equipment for, facilities of or used by the National 
     Institutes of Health, including the acquisition of real 
     property, $100,732,000, to remain available until expended.

       Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


               Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services

       For carrying out titles V and XIX of the Public Health 
     Service Act with respect to substance abuse and mental health 
     services, the Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill 
     Individuals Act of 1986, and section 301 of the Public Health 
     Service Act with respect to program management, 
     $2,799,516,000, of which $358,816,000 shall be made available 
     to carry out the mental health services block grant under 
     subpart I of part B of title XIX of the Public Health Service 
     Act ($48,816,000 of which shall become available on October 
     1, 2000 and remain available through September 30, 2001), and 
     of which $100,000,000 shall become available on October 1, 
     2000 and remain available until September 30, 2001.


     Retirement Pay and Medical Benefits for Commissioned Officers

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

               Agency for Health Care Policy and Research


                    Health Care Policy and Research

       For carrying out titles III and IX of the Public Health 
     Service Act, and part A of title XI of the Social Security 
     Act, $19,504,000; in addition, amounts received from Freedom 
     of Information Act fees, reimbursable and interagency 
     agreements, and the sale of data tapes shall be credited to 
     this appropriation and shall remain available until expended: 
     Provided, That the amount made available pursuant to section 
     926(b) of the Public Health Service Act shall not exceed 
     $191,751,000.

                  Health Care Financing Administration


                     Grants to States for Medicaid

       For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles XI 
     and XIX of the Social Security Act, $86,087,393,000, to 
     remain available until expended: Provided, That beginning in 
     fiscal year 2000 and thereafter, for expenses incurred by 
     Medicaid under title XXI of the Social Security Act, Medicaid 
     may accept as reimbursement in advance amounts from the 
     ``State Children's Health Insurance Fund,'' such amounts to 
     remain available as provided under title XXI.
       For making, after May 31, 2000, payments to States under 
     title XIX of the Social Security Act for the last quarter of 
     fiscal year 2000 for unanticipated costs, incurred for the 
     current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary.
       For making payments to States or in the case of section 
     1928 on behalf of States, under title XIX of the Social 
     Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 2001, 
     $30,589,003,000, to remain available until expended.
       Payment under title XIX may be made for any quarter with 
     respect to a State plan or plan amendment in effect during 
     such quarter, if submitted in or prior to such quarter and 
     approved in that or any subsequent quarter.


                  Payments to Health Care Trust Funds

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


                           Program Management

       For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles XI, 
     XVIII, XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act, titles XIII 
     and XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, and the Clinical 
     Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988, not to exceed 
     $1,991,321,000, to be transferred from the Federal Hospital 
     Insurance and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance 
     Trust Funds, as authorized by section 201(g) of the Social 
     Security Act; together with all funds collected in accordance 
     with section 353 of the Public Health Service Act and such 
     sums as may be collected from authorized user fees and the 
     sale of data, which shall remain available until expended, 
     and together with administrative fees collected relative to 
     Medicare overpayment recovery activities, which shall be 
     transferred to the Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control 
     (HCFAC) account and remain available until expended: 
     Provided, That all funds derived in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 
     9701 from organizations established under title XIII of the 
     Public Health Service Act shall be credited to and available 
     for carrying out the purposes of this appropriation: Provided 
     further, That $18,000,000 appropriated under this heading for 
     the managed care system redesign shall remain available until 
     expended: Provided further, That funds appropriated under 
     this heading may be obligated to increase Medicare provider 
     audits and implement the Department's corrective action plan 
     to the Chief Financial Officer's audit of the Health Care 
     Financing Administration's oversight of Medicare: Provided 
     further, That the Secretary of Health and Human Services is 
     directed to collect, in aggregate, $95,000,000 in fees in 
     fiscal year 2000 from Medicare+Choice organizations pursuant 
     to section 1857(e)(2) of the Social Security Act and from 
     eligible organizations with risk-sharing contracts under 
     section 1876 of that Act pursuant to section 1876(k)(4)(D) of 
     that Act.


      health maintenance organization loan and loan guarantee fund

       For carrying out subsections (d) and (e) of section 1308 of 
     the Public Health Service Act, any amounts received by the 
     Secretary in connection with loans and loan guarantees under 
     title XIII of the Public Health Service Act, to be available 
     without fiscal year limitation for the payment of outstanding 
     obligations. During fiscal year 1999, no commitments for 
     direct loans or loan guarantees shall be made.

                Administration for Children and Families


  Payments to States for Child Support Enforcement and Family Support 
                                Programs

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

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                   low income home energy assistance

       For making payments under title XXVI of the Omnibus 
     Reconciliation Act of 1981, $1,100,000,000, to be available 
     for obligation in the period October 1, 2000 through 
     September 30, 2001.
       For making payments under title XXVI of such Act, 
     $300,000,000: Provided, That these funds are hereby 
     designated by the Congress to be emergency requirements 
     pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and 
     Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That 
     these funds shall be made available only after submission to 
     the Congress of a formal budget request by the President that 
     includes designation of the entire amount of the request as 
     an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget 
     and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.


                     Refugee and Entrant Assistance

       For making payments for refugee and entrant assistance 
     activities authorized by title IV of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act and section 501 of the Refugee Education 
     Assistance Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-422), $423,000,000, to 
     remain available through September 30, 2002: Provided, That 
     funds appropriated pursuant to section 414(a) of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act under Public 105-78 for 
     fiscal year 1998 and under Public Law 105-277 for fiscal year 
     1999 shall be available for the costs of assistance provided 
     and other activities through September 30, 2001.
       For carrying out section 5 of the Torture Victims Relief 
     Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-320), $7,500,000, to remain 
     available until expended.


   Payments to States for the Child Care and Development Block Grant

       For carrying out sections 658A through 658R of the Omnibus 
     Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (The Child Care and 
     Development Block Grant Act of 1990), to become available on 
     October 1, 2000 and remain available through September 30, 
     2001, $2,000,000,000: Provided, That $19,120,000 shall be 
     available for child care resource and referral and school-
     aged child care activities.


                      Social Services Block Grant

       For making grants to States pursuant to section 2002 of the 
     Social Security Act, $1,050,000,000: Provided, That (1) 
     notwithstanding section 2003(c) of such Act, as amended, the 
     amount specified for allocation under such section for fiscal 
     year 2000 shall be $1,050,000,000 and (2) notwithstanding 
     subparagraph (B) of section 404(d)(2) of such Act, the 
     applicable percent specified under such subparagraph for a 
     State to carry out State programs pursuant to title XX of 
     such Act for fiscal year 2000 shall be 5 percent.


                Children and Families Services Programs

       For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, the Runaway 
     and Homeless Youth Act, the Developmental Disabilities 
     Assistance and Bill of Rights Act, the Head Start Act, the 
     Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, the Native American 
     Programs Act of 1974, title II of Public Law 95-266 (adoption 
     opportunities), the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 
     (Public Law 105-89), the Abandoned Infants Assistance Act of 
     1988, part B(1) of title IV and sections 413, 429A, 1110, and 
     1115 of the Social Security Act; for making payments under 
     the Community Services Block Grant Act, section 473A of the 
     Social Security Act, and title IV of Public Law 105-285; and 
     for necessary administrative expenses to carry out said Acts 
     and titles I, IV, X, XI, XIV, XVI, and XX of the Social 
     Security Act, the Act of July 5, 1960 (24 U.S.C. ch. 9), the 
     Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, title IV of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act, section 501 of the Refugee 
     Education Assistance Act of 1980, section 5 of the Torture 
     Victims Relief Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-320), sections 
     40155, 40211 and 40241 of Public Law 103-322 and section 126 
     and titles IV and V of Public Law 100-485, $6,684,635,000, of 
     which $20,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
     2001, shall be for grants to States for adoption incentive 
     payments, as authorized by section 473A of title IV of the 
     Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 670-679); of which 
     $500,000,000 shall be for making payments under the Community 
     Services Block Grant Act; and of which $5,267,000,000 shall 
     be for making payments under the Head Start Act, of which 
     $1,900,000,000 shall become available October 1, 2000 and 
     remain available through September 30, 2001: Provided, That 
     to the extent Community Services Block Grant funds are 
     distributed as grant funds by a State to an eligible entity 
     as provided under the Act, and have not been expended by such 
     entity, they shall remain with such entity for carryover into 
     the next fiscal year for expenditure by such entity 
     consistent with program purposes.
       In addition, $105,000,000, to be derived from the Violent 
     Crime Reduction Trust Fund for carrying out sections 40155, 
     40211 and 40241 of Public Law 103-322.


                   Promoting Safe and Stable Families

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


       Payments to States for Foster Care and Adoption Assistance

       For making payments to States or other non-Federal entities 
     under title IV-E of the Social Security Act, $4,312,300,000.
       For making payments to States or other non-Federal entities 
     under title IV-E of the Social Security Act, for the first 
     quarter of fiscal year 2001, $1,538,000,000.

                        Administration on Aging


                        Aging Services Programs

       For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the 
     Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended, and section 398 of 
     the Public Health Service Act, $942,355,000: Provided, That 
     notwithstanding section 308(b)(1) of the Older Americans Act 
     of 1965, as amended, the amounts available to each State for 
     administration of the State plan under title III of such Act 
     shall be reduced not more than 5 percent below the amount 
     that was available to such State for such purpose for fiscal 
     year 1995: Provided further, That in considering grant 
     applications for nutrition services for elder Indian 
     recipients, the Assistant Secretary shall provide maximum 
     flexibility to applicants who seek to take into account 
     subsistence, local customs, and other characteristics that 
     are appropriate to the unique cultural, regional, and 
     geographic needs of the American Indian, Alaska and Hawaiian 
     Native communities to be served.

                        Office of the Secretary


                    general departmental management

       For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for general 
     departmental management, including hire of six sedans, and 
     for carrying out titles III, XVII, and XX of the Public 
     Health Service Act, and the United States-Mexico Border 
     Health Commission Act, $182,903,000, together with 
     $6,517,000, to be transferred and expended as authorized by 
     section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act from the 
     Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Supplemental Medical 
     Insurance Trust Fund: Provided, That of the funds made 
     available under this heading for carrying out title XX of the 
     Public Health Service Act, $10,569,000 shall be for 
     activities specified under section 2003(b)(2), of which 
     $9,131,000 shall be for prevention service demonstration 
     grants under section 510(b)(2) of title V of the Social 
     Security Act, as amended, without application of the 
     limitation of section 2010(c) of said title XX: Provided 
     further, That $4,000,000 shall be available to the Office of 
     the Surgeon General, within the Office of Public Health and 
     Science, to prepare and disseminate the findings of the 
     Surgeon General's report on youth violence, and to coordinate 
     with other agencies throughout the Federal government, 
     through the establishment of a Federal Coordinating 
     Committee, activities to prevent youth violence: Provided 
     further, That sufficient funds shall be available from the 
     Office on Women's Health to support biological, chemical and 
     botanical studies to assist in the development of the 
     clinical evaluation of phytomedicines in women's health.


                      Office of Inspector General

       For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General 
     in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act 
     of 1978, as amended, $35,000,000.


                        office for civil rights

       For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights, 
     $18,845,000, together with not to exceed $3,314,000, to be 
     transferred and expended as authorized by section 201(g)(1) 
     of the Social Security Act from the Hospital Insurance Trust 
     Fund and the Supplemental Medical Insurance Trust Fund.


                            policy research

       For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, 
     research studies under section 1110 of the Social Security 
     Act, $15,000,000.

                 Public Health and Social Services Fund

       For expenses necessary to support activities related to 
     countering potential biological, disease and chemical threats 
     to civilian populations, $175,000,000: Provided, That this 
     amount is distributed as follows: Centers for Disease Control 
     and Prevention, $120,000,000, of which $30,000,000 shall be 
     for the Health Alert Network; Office of the Secretary, 
     $30,000,000, and Office of Emergency Preparedness, 
     $25,000,000. In addition, for expenses necessary for the 
     Global Health Initiative: $75,000,000: Provided, That this 
     amount is distributed as follows: Centers for Disease Control 
     and Prevention, $49,000,000, of which $35,000,000 shall be 
     for international HIV/AIDS programs, $9,000,000 shall be for 
     malaria programs, and $5,000,000 shall be for global 
     micronutrient malnutrition programs; National Institutes of 
     Health, $26,000,000, of which $15,000,000 shall be for 
     international HIV/AIDS programs, $6,000,000 shall be for 
     malaria programs, and $5,000,000 shall be for global 
     micronutrient malnutrition programs. In addition, 
     $150,000,000 for carrying out the Department's Year 2000 
     computer conversion activities, $35,000,000 for minority AIDS 
     prevention and treatment activities, $20,000,000 for 
     buildings and facilities at the Centers for Disease Control 
     and Prevention, and $20,000,000 for the National Institutes 
     of Health challenge grant program.

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 201. Funds appropriated in this title shall be 
     available for not to exceed $37,000 for official reception 
     and representation expenses when specifically approved by the 
     Secretary.
       Sec. 202. The Secretary shall make available through 
     assignment not more than 60

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     employees of the Public Health Service to assist in child 
     survival activities and to work in AIDS programs through and 
     with funds provided by the Agency for International 
     Development, the United Nations International Children's 
     Emergency Fund or the World Health Organization.
       Sec. 203. None of the funds appropriated under this Act may 
     be used to implement section 399L(b) of the Public Health 
     Service Act or section 1503 of the National Institutes of 
     Health Revitalization Act of 1993, Public Law 103-43.
       Sec. 204. None of the funds appropriated in this Act for 
     the National Institutes of Health and the Substance Abuse and 
     Mental Health Services Administration shall be used to pay 
     the salary of an individual, through a grant or other 
     extramural mechanism, at a rate in excess of Executive Level 
     III.
       Sec. 205. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be 
     expended pursuant to section 241 of the Public Health Service 
     Act, except for funds specifically provided for in this Act, 
     or for other taps and assessments made by any office located 
     in the Department of Health and Human Services, prior to the 
     Secretary's preparation and submission of a report to the 
     Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and of the House 
     detailing the planned uses of such funds.


                          (transfer of funds)

       Sec. 206. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary 
     funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act, as amended) which are appropriated for the 
     current fiscal year for the Department of Health and Human 
     Services in this Act may be transferred between 
     appropriations, but no such appropriation (except the Public 
     Health and Social Services Emergency Fund) shall be increased 
     by more than 3 percent by any such transfer: Provided, That 
     the Appropriations Committees of both Houses of Congress are 
     notified at least fifteen days in advance of any transfer.
       Sec. 207. The Director of the National Institutes of 
     Health, jointly with the Director of the Office of AIDS 
     Research, may transfer up to 3 percent among institutes, 
     centers, and divisions from the total amounts identified by 
     these two Directors as funding for research pertaining to the 
     human immunodeficiency virus: Provided, That the Congress is 
     promptly notified of the transfer.
       Sec. 208. Of the amounts made available in this Act for the 
     National Institutes of Health, the amount for research 
     related to the human immunodeficiency virus, as jointly 
     determined by the Director of NIH and the Director of the 
     Office of AIDS Research, shall be made available to the 
     ``Office of AIDS Research'' account. The Director of the 
     Office of AIDS Research shall transfer from such account 
     amounts necessary to carry out section 2353(d)(3) of the 
     Public Health Service Act.
       Sec. 209. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be 
     made available to any entity under title X of the Public 
     Health Service Act unless the applicant for the award 
     certifies to the Secretary that it encourages family 
     participation in the decision of minors to seek family 
     planning services and that it provides counseling to minors 
     on how to resist attempts to coerce minors into engaging in 
     sexual activities.
       Sec. 210. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
     (including funds appropriated to any trust fund) may be used 
     to carry out the Medicare+Choice program if the Secretary 
     denies participation in such program to an otherwise eligible 
     entity (including a Provider Sponsored Organization) because 
     the entity informs the Secretary that it will not provide, 
     pay for, provide coverage of, or provide referrals for 
     abortions: Provided, That the Secretary shall make 
     appropriate prospective adjustments to the capitation payment 
     to such an entity (based on an actuarially sound estimate of 
     the expected costs of providing the service to such entity's 
     enrollees): Provided further, That nothing in this section 
     shall be construed to change the Medicare program's coverage 
     for such services and a Medicare+Choice organization 
     described in this section shall be responsible for informing 
     enrollees where to obtain information about all Medicare 
     covered services.
       Sec. 211. (a) Mental Health.--Section 1918(b) of the Public 
     Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300x-7(b)) is amended to read 
     as follows:
       ``(b) Minimum Allotments for States.--
       ``(1) In general.--With respect to fiscal year 2000, the 
     amount of the allotment of a State under section 1911 shall 
     not be less than the amount the State received under section 
     1911 for fiscal year 1998.''.
       (b) Substance Abuse.--Section 1933(b) of the Public Health 
     Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300x-33(b)) is amended to read as 
     follows:
       ``(b) Minimum Allotments for States.--
       ``(1) In general.--With respect to fiscal year 2000, the 
     amount of the allotment of a State under section 1921 shall 
     not be less than the amount the State received under section 
     1921 for fiscal year 1999 increased by 30.65 percent of the 
     percentage by which the amount allotted to the States for 
     fiscal year 2000 exceeds the amount allotted to the States 
     for fiscal year 1999.
       ``(2) Limitation.--
       ``(A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph (B), 
     a State shall not receive an allotment under section 1921 for 
     fiscal year 2000 in an amount that is less than an amount 
     equal to 0.375 percent of the amount appropriated under 
     section 1935(a) for such fiscal year.
       ``(B) Exception.--In applying subparagraph (A), the 
     Secretary shall ensure that no State receives an increase in 
     its allotment under section 1921 for fiscal year 2000 (as 
     compared to the amount allotted to the State in the fiscal 
     year 1999) that is in excess of an amount equal to 300 
     percent of the percentage by which the amount appropriated 
     under section 1935(a) for fiscal year 2000 exceeds the amount 
     appropriated for fiscal year 1999.''.
       Sec. 212. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
     provider of services under title X of the Public Health 
     Service Act shall be exempt from any State law requiring 
     notification or the reporting of child abuse, child 
     molestation, sexual abuse, rape, or incest.
       Sec. 213. Extension of Certain Adjudication Provisions.--
     The Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related 
     Programs Appropriations Act, 1990 (Public Law 101-167) is 
     amended--
       (1) in section 599D (8 U.S.C. 1157 note)--
       (A) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ``1997, 1998, and 
     1999'' and inserting ``1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000''; and
       (B) in subsection (e), by striking ``October 1, 1999'' each 
     place it appears and inserting ``October 1, 2000''; and
       (2) in section 599E (8 U.S.C. 1255 note) in subsection 
     (b)(2), by striking ``September 30, 1999'' and inserting 
     ``September 30, 2000''.
       Sec. 214. None of the funds provided in this Act or in any 
     other Act making appropriations for fiscal year 2000 may be 
     used to administer or implement in Arizona or in the Kansas 
     City, Missouri or in the Kansas City, Kansas area the 
     Medicare Competitive Pricing Demonstration Project (operated 
     by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under authority 
     granted in section 4011 of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 
     (Public Law 105-33)).
       Sec. 215. Of the funds appropriated for the National 
     Institutes of Health for fiscal year 2000, $3,000,000,000 
     shall not be available for obligation until September 29, 
     2000.
       Sec. 216. Social Services Block Grant. Notwithstanding any 
     other provision of this title, the amount appropriated under 
     this title for making grants pursuant to section 2002 of the 
     Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397a) shall be increased to 
     $2,380,000,000: Provided, That (1) $1,330,000,000 of which 
     shall become available on October 1, 2000, and (2) 
     notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the amount 
     specified for allocation under section 2003(c) of such Act 
     for fiscal year 2001 shall be $3,030,000,000.
       Sec. 217. Expressing the Sense of the Senate to Raise the 
     Awareness of the Devastating Impact of Diabetes and to 
     Support Increased Funds for Diabetes Research. (a) 
     Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) Diabetes is a devastating, lifelong condition that 
     affects people of every age, race, income level, and 
     nationality.
       (2) Sixteen million Americans suffer from diabetes, and 
     millions more are at risk of developing the disease.
       (3) The number of Americans with diabetes has increased 
     nearly 700 percent in the last 40 years, leading the Centers 
     for Disease Control and Prevention to call it the ``epidemic 
     of our time''.
       (4) In 1999, approximately 800,000 people will be diagnosed 
     with diabetes, and diabetes will contribute to almost 200,000 
     deaths, making diabetes the sixth leading cause of death due 
     to disease in the United States.
       (5) Diabetes costs our nation an estimated $105,000,000,000 
     each year.
       (6) More than 1 out of every 10 United States health care 
     dollars, and about 1 out of every 4 Medicare dollars, is 
     spent on the care of people with diabetes.
       (7) More than $40,000,000,000 a year in tax dollars are 
     spent treating people with diabetes through Medicare, 
     Medicaid, veterans benefits, Federal employee health 
     benefits, and other Federal health programs.
       (8) Diabetes frequently goes undiagnosed, and an estimated 
     5,400,000 Americans have the disease but do not know it.
       (9) Diabetes is the leading cause of kidney failure, 
     blindness in adults, and amputations.
       (10) Diabetes is a major risk factor for heart disease, 
     stroke, and birth defects, and shortens average life 
     expectancy by up to 15 years.
       (11) An estimated 1,000,000 Americans have Type 1 diabetes, 
     formerly known as juvenile diabetes, and 15,200,000 Americans 
     have Type 2 diabetes, formerly known as adult-onset diabetes.
       (12) Of Americans aged 65 years or older, 18.4 percent have 
     diabetes.
       (13) Of Americans aged 20 years or older, 8.2 percent have 
     diabetes.
       (14) Hispanic, African, Asian, and Native Americans suffer 
     from diabetes at rates much higher than the general 
     population, including children as young as 8 years-old, who 
     are now being diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, formerly known 
     as adult-onset diabetes.
       (15) In 1999, there is no method to prevent or cure 
     diabetes, and available treatments have only limited success 
     in controlling diabetes devastating consequences.

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       (16) Reducing the tremendous health and human burdens of 
     diabetes and its enormous economic toll depend on identifying 
     the factors responsible for the disease and developing new 
     methods for treatment and prevention.
       (17) Improvements in technology and the general growth in 
     scientific knowledge have created unprecedented opportunities 
     for advances that might lead to better treatments, 
     prevention, and ultimately a cure.
       (18) After extensive review and deliberations, the 
     congressionally established and National Institutes of 
     Health-selected Diabetes Research Working Group has found 
     that ``many scientific opportunities are not being pursued 
     due to insufficient funding, lack of appropriate mechanisms, 
     and a shortage of trained researchers''.
       (19) The Diabetes Research Working Group has developed a 
     comprehensive plan for National Institutes of Health-funded 
     diabetes research, and has recommended a funding level of 
     $827,000,000 for diabetes research at the National Institutes 
     of Health in fiscal year 2000.
       (20) The Senate as an institution, and Members of Congress 
     as individuals, are in unique positions to support the fight 
     against diabetes and to raise awareness about the need for 
     increased funding for research and for early diagnosis and 
     treatment.
       (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate 
     that--
       (1) the Federal Government has a responsibility to--
       (A) endeavor to raise awareness about the importance of the 
     early detection, and proper treatment of, diabetes; and
       (B) continue to consider ways to improve access to, and the 
     quality of, health care services for screening and treating 
     diabetes;
       (2) the National Institutes of Health, within their 
     existing funding levels, should increase research funding, as 
     recommended by the congressionally established and National 
     Institutes of Health-selected Diabetes Research Working 
     Group, so that the causes of, and improved treatments and 
     cure for, diabetes may be discovered;
       (3) all Americans should take an active role to fight 
     diabetes by using all the means available to them, including 
     watching for the symptoms of diabetes, which include frequent 
     urination, unusual thirst, extreme hunger, unusual weight 
     loss, extreme fatigue, and irritability; and
       (4) national organizations, community organizations, and 
     health care providers should endeavor to promote awareness of 
     diabetes and its complications, and should encourage early 
     detection of diabetes through regular screenings, education, 
     and by providing information, support, and access to 
     services.
       Sec. 218. Study and Report on the Geographic Adjustment 
     Factors Under the Medicare Program. (a) Study.--The Secretary 
     of Health and Human Services shall conduct a study on--
       (1) the reasons why, and the appropriateness of the fact 
     that, the geographic adjustment factor (determined under 
     paragraph (2) of section 1848(e) (42 U.S.C. 1395w-4(e)) used 
     in determining the amount of payment for physicians' services 
     under the medicare program is less for physicians' services 
     provided in New Mexico than for physicians' services provided 
     in Arizona, Colorado, and Texas; and
       (2) the effect that the level of the geographic cost-of-
     practice adjustment factor (determined under paragraph (3) of 
     such section) has on the recruitment and retention of 
     physicians in small rural States, including New Mexico, Iowa, 
     Louisiana, and Arkansas.
       (b) Report.--Not later than 3 months after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services shall submit a report to Congress on the study 
     conducted under subsection (a), together with any 
     recommendations for legislation that the Secretary determines 
     to be appropriate as a result of such study.
       Sec. 219. Dental Sealant Demonstration Program. From 
     amounts appropriated under this title for the Health 
     Resources and Services Administration, sufficient funds are 
     available to the Maternal Child Health Bureau for the 
     establishment of a multi-State preventive dentistry 
     demonstration program to improve the oral health of low-
     income children and increase the access of children to dental 
     sealants through community- and school-based activities.
       Sec. 220. Withholding of Substance Abuse Funds. (a) In 
     General.--None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
     used to withhold substance abuse funding from a State 
     pursuant to section 1926 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
     U.S.C. 300x-26) if such State certifies to the Secretary of 
     Health and Human Services that the State will commit 
     additional State funds, in accordance with subsection (b), to 
     ensure compliance with State laws prohibiting the sale of 
     tobacco products to individuals under 18 years of age.
       (b) Amount of State Funds.--The amount of funds to be 
     committed by a State under subsection (a) shall be equal to 
     one percent of such State's substance abuse block grant 
     allocation for each percentage point by which the State 
     misses the retailer compliance rate goal established by the 
     Secretary of Health and Human Services under section 1926 of 
     such Act, except that the Secretary may agree to a smaller 
     commitment of additional funds by the State.
       (c) Supplement not Supplant.--Amounts expended by a State 
     pursuant to a certification under subsection (a) shall be 
     used to supplement and not supplant State funds used for 
     tobacco prevention programs and for compliance activities 
     described in such subsection in the fiscal year preceding the 
     fiscal year to which this section applies.
       (d) Enforcement of State Expenditure.--The Secretary shall 
     exercise discretion in enforcing the timing of the State 
     expenditure required by the certification described in 
     subsection (a) as late as July 31, 2000.
       Sec. 221. Childhood Asthma. In addition to amounts 
     otherwise appropriated under this title for the Centers for 
     Disease Control and Prevention, $8,705,947 in addition to the 
     $1,294,053 already provided for the asthma prevention 
     programs, which shall become available on October 1, 2000 and 
     shall remain available through September 30, 2001, and be 
     utilized to provide grants to local communities for 
     screening, treatment and education relating to childhood 
     asthma.

                   TITLE III--DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

              Office of Elementary and Secondary Education

                            Education Reform

       For carrying out activities authorized by titles III and IV 
     of the Goals 2000: Educate America Act, the School-to-Work 
     Opportunities Act, and sections 3122, 3132, 3136, and 3141, 
     parts B, C, and D of title III, and part I of title X of the 
     Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, 
     $1,655,600,000, of which $494,000,000 shall be for the Goals 
     2000 Act, of which $114,875,000 shall become available on 
     July 1, 2000 and remain available through September 30, 2001, 
     and $344,625,000 shall become available on October 1, 2000 
     and remain available through September 30, 2001, and 
     $55,000,000 for the School-to-Work Opportunities Act shall 
     become available on July 1, 2000 and remain available through 
     September 30, 2001, and of which $87,000,000 shall be for 
     section 3122: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 
     under this heading shall be obligated or expended to carry 
     out section 304(a)(2)(A) of the Goals 2000 Act, except that 
     no more than $1,500,000 may be used to carry out activities 
     under section 314(a)(2) of that Act: Provided further, That 
     section 315(a)(2) of the Goals 2000 Act shall not apply: 
     Provided further, That up to one-half of 1 percent of the 
     amount available under section 3132 shall be set aside for 
     the outlying areas, to be distributed on the basis of their 
     relative need as determined by the Secretary in accordance 
     with the purposes of the program: Provided further, That if 
     any State educational agency does not apply for a grant under 
     section 3132, that State's allotment under section 3131 shall 
     be reserved by the Secretary for grants to local educational 
     agencies in that State that apply directly to the Secretary 
     according to the terms and conditions published by the 
     Secretary in the Federal Register.


                    Education for the Disadvantaged

       For carrying out title I of the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965, and section 418A of the Higher 
     Education Act, $8,750,986,000, of which $2,520,823,000 shall 
     become available on July 1, 2000, and shall remain available 
     through September 30, 2001, and of which $6,204,763,000 shall 
     become available on October 1, 2000 and shall remain 
     available through September 30, 2001, for academic year 2000-
     2001: Provided, That $6,894,000,000 shall be available for 
     basic grants under section 1124: Provided further, That up to 
     $3,500,000 of these funds shall be available to the Secretary 
     on October 1, 1999, to obtain updated local-educational-
     agency-level census poverty data from the Bureau of the 
     Census: Provided further, That $1,158,397,000 shall be 
     available for concentration grants under section 1124A: 
     Provided further, That $8,900,000 shall be available for 
     evaluations under section 1501 and not more than $8,500,000 
     shall be reserved for section 1308, of which not more than 
     $3,000,000 shall be reserved for section 1308(d): Provided 
     further, That grant awards under sections 1124 and 1124A of 
     title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act shall 
     be made to each State and local educational agency at no less 
     than 100 percent of the amount such State or local 
     educational agency received under this authority for fiscal 
     year 1999: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, grant awards under section 1124A of title I 
     of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act shall be made 
     to those local educational agencies that received a 
     Concentration Grant under the Department of Education 
     Appropriations Act, 1998, but are not eligible to receive 
     such a grant for fiscal year 2000: Provided further, That 
     each such local educational agency shall receive an amount 
     equal to the Concentration Grant the agency received in 
     fiscal year 1998, ratably reduced, if necessary, to ensure 
     that these local educational agencies receive no greater 
     share of their hold-harmless amounts than other local 
     educational agencies: Provided further, That the Secretary 
     shall not take into account the hold harmless provisions in 
     this section in determining State allocations under any other 
     program administered by the Secretary in any fiscal year: 
     Provided further, That $120,000,000 shall be available under 
     section 1002(g)(2) to demonstrate effective approaches to 
     comprehensive school reform to

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     be allocated and expended in accordance with the instructions 
     relating to this activity in the statement of the managers on 
     the conference report accompanying Public Law 105-78 and in 
     the statement of the managers on the conference report 
     accompanying Public Law 105-277: Provided further, That in 
     carrying out this initiative, the Secretary and the States 
     shall support only approaches that show the most promise of 
     enabling children served by title I to meet challenging State 
     content standards and challenging State student performance 
     standards based on reliable research and effective practices, 
     and include an emphasis on basic academics and parental 
     involvement.


                               Impact Aid

       For carrying out programs of financial assistance to 
     federally affected schools authorized by title VIII of the 
     Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, $892,000,000, 
     of which $725,000,000 shall be for basic support payments 
     under section 8003(b), $50,000,000 shall be for payments for 
     children with disabilities under section 8003(d), 
     $75,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for 
     payments under section 8003(f), $7,000,000 shall be for 
     construction under section 8007, $30,000,000 shall be for 
     Federal property payments under section 8002 and $5,000,000 
     to remain available until expended shall be for facilities 
     maintenance under section 8008.


                      School Improvement Programs

       For carrying out school improvement activities authorized 
     by titles II, IV, V-A and B, VI, IX, X, and XIII of the 
     Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (``ESEA''); 
     the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act; and the 
     Civil Rights Act of 1964 and part B of title VIII of the 
     Higher Education Act; $2,886,634,000, of which $1,126,550,000 
     shall become available on July 1, 2000, and remain available 
     through September 30, 2001, and of which $1,239,750,000 shall 
     become available on October 1, 2000 and shall remain 
     available through September 30, 2001 for academic year 2000-
     2001: Provided, That of the amount appropriated, $335,000,000 
     shall be for Eisenhower professional development State grants 
     under title II-B and up to $750,000 shall be for an 
     evaluation of comprehensive regional assistance centers under 
     title XIII of ESEA: Provided further, That $1,200,000,000 is 
     appropriated for a teacher assistance initiative pending 
     authorization of that initiative. If the teacher assistance 
     initiative is not authorized by July 1, 2000, the 
     $1,200,000,000 shall be distributed as described in section 
     307(b)(1) (A) and (B) of the Department of Education 
     Appropriation Act of 1999. School districts may use the funds 
     for class size reduction activities as described in section 
     307(c)(2)(A) (i)-(iii) of the Department of Education 
     Appropriation Act of 1999 or any activity authorized in 
     section 6301 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
     that will improve the academic achievement of all students. 
     Each such agency shall use funds under this section only to 
     supplement, and not to supplant, State and local funds that, 
     in the absence of such funds, would otherwise be spent for 
     activities under this section.


                           READING EXCELLENCE

       For necessary expenses to carry out the Reading Excellence 
     Act, $90,000,000, which shall become available on July 1, 
     2000 and shall remain available through September 30, 2001 
     and $195,000,000 shall become available on October 1, 2000 
     and remain available through September 30, 2001.


                            indian education

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

      Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs


                   Bilingual and Immigrant Education

       For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, 
     bilingual, foreign language and immigrant education 
     activities authorized by parts A and C and section 7203 of 
     title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
     1965, without regard to section 7103(b), $394,000,000: 
     Provided, That State educational agencies may use all, or any 
     part of, their part C allocation for competitive grants to 
     local educational agencies.

        Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services


                           Special Education

       For carrying out the Individuals with Disabilities 
     Education Act, $6,035,646,000, of which $3,834,587,000 shall 
     become available for obligation on July 1, 2000, and shall 
     remain available through September 30, 2001, and of which 
     $2,201,059,000 shall become available on October 1, 2000 and 
     shall remain available through September 30, 2001, for 
     academic year 2000-2001.


            Rehabilitation Services and Disability Research

       For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the 
     Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Assistive Technology Act of 
     1998, and the Helen Keller National Center Act, 
     $2,692,872,000.

           Special Institutions for Persons With Disabilities


                 american printing house for the blind

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


               national technical institute for the deaf

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


                          gallaudet university

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

                Office of Vocational and Adult Education


                     Vocational and Adult Education

       For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the 
     Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act, the 
     Adult Education and Family Literacy Act, and title VIII-D of 
     the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, and Public Law 
     102-73, $1,676,750,000, of which $3,500,000 shall remain 
     available until expended, and of which $1,658,150,000 shall 
     become available on July 1, 2000 and shall remain available 
     through September 30, 2001: Provided, That of the amounts 
     made available for the Perkins Act, $4,600,000 shall be for 
     tribally controlled vocational institutions under section 
     117: Provided further, That $9,000,000 shall be for carrying 
     out Section 118 of such act for all activities conducted by 
     and through the National Occupational Information 
     Coordinating Committee: Provided further, That of the amounts 
     made available for the Adult Education and Family Literacy 
     Act, $14,000,000 shall be for national leadership activities 
     under section 243 and $6,000,000 shall be for the National 
     Institute for Literacy under section 242: Provided further, 
     That $19,000,000 shall be for Youth Offender Grants, of which 
     $5,000,000, which shall become available on July 1, 2000, and 
     remain available through September 30, 2001, shall be used in 
     accordance with section 601 of Public Law 102-73 as that 
     section was in effect prior to enactment of Public Law 105-
     220.

                   Office of Postsecondary Education


                      Student Financial Assistance

       For carrying out subparts 1, 3 and 4 of part A, part C and 
     part E of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as 
     amended, $9,498,000,000, which shall remain available through 
     September 30, 2001 and of which $1,176,400,000 shall become 
     available on October 1, 2000 and remain available through 
     September 30, 2001.
       The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall be 
     eligible during award year 2000-2001 shall be $3,325: 
     Provided, That notwithstanding section 401(g) of the Act, if 
     the Secretary determines, prior to publication of the payment 
     schedule for such award year, that the amount included within 
     this appropriation for Pell Grant awards in such award year, 
     and any funds available from the fiscal year 1999 
     appropriation for Pell Grant awards, are insufficient to 
     satisfy fully all such awards for which students are 
     eligible, as calculated under section 401(b) of the Act, the 
     amount paid for each such award shall be reduced by either a 
     fixed or variable percentage, or by a fixed dollar amount, as 
     determined in accordance with a schedule of reductions 
     established by the Secretary for this purpose.


             Federal Family Education Loan Program Account

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


                            Higher Education

       For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, 
     section 121 and titles II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, and VIII of 
     the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, and the Mutual 
     Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961; 
     $1,406,631,000, of which $12,000,000 for interest subsidies 
     authorized by section 121 of the Higher Education Act, shall 
     remain available until expended: Provided, That funds 
     available for part A, subpart 2 of title VII of the Higher 
     Education Act shall be available to fund awards for academic 
     year 2000-2001 for fellowships under part A, subpart 1 of 
     title VII of said Act, under the terms and conditions of part 
     A, subpart 1: Provided further, That not more than 0.75 
     percent of the funds appropriated to carry out title II of 
     the Higher Education Act may be used to conduct activities 
     evaluating that program: Provided further, That $2,000,000 
     shall be for carrying out part C of title VIII of the Higher 
     Education amendments of 1998.


                           Howard University

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

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         College Housing and Academic Facilities Loans Program

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


  Historically Black College and University Capital Financing Program 
                                Account

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

             Office of Educational Research and Improvement


            Education Research, Statistics, and Improvement

       For carrying out activities authorized by the Educational 
     Research, Development, Dissemination, and Improvement Act of 
     1994, including part E; the National Education Statistics Act 
     of 1994, including sections 411 and 412; section 2102 of 
     title II, and parts A, B, and K and section 10601 of title X, 
     and part C of title XIII of the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965, as amended, and title VI of Public Law 
     103-227, $468,867,000: Provided, That $25,000,000 shall be 
     available to demonstrate effective approaches to 
     comprehensive school reform, to be allocated and expended in 
     accordance with the instructions relating to this activity in 
     the statement of managers on the conference report 
     accompanying Public Law 105-78: Provided further, That the 
     funds made available for comprehensive school reform shall 
     become available on July 1, 2000, and remain available 
     through September 30, 2001, and in carrying out this 
     initiative, the Secretary and the States shall support only 
     approaches that show the most promise of enabling children to 
     meet challenging State content standards and challenging 
     State student performance standards based on reliable 
     research and effective practices, and include an emphasis on 
     basic academics and parental involvement: Provided further, 
     That $10,000,000 of the funds provided for the national 
     education research institutes shall be allocated 
     notwithstanding sections 912(m)(1)(B)-(F) and 931(c)(2)(B)-
     (C) of Public Law 103-227.

                        Departmental Management


                         Program Administration

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


                        Office for Civil Rights

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


                    Office of the Inspector General

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

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

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


                          (transfer of funds)

       Sec. 304. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary 
     funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act, as amended) which are appropriated for the 
     Department of Education in this Act may be transferred 
     between appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be 
     increased by more than 3 percent by any such transfer: 
     Provided, That the Appropriations Committees of both Houses 
     of Congress are notified at least fifteen days in advance of 
     any transfer.


                            National Testing

       Sec. 305. (a) In General.--Part C of the General Education 
     Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1231 et seq.) is amended by adding 
     at the end the following:

     ``SEC. 447. PROHIBITION ON FEDERALLY SPONSORED TESTING.

       ``(a) General Prohibition.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of Federal law and except as provided in subsection 
     (b), no funds provided to the Department of Education or to 
     an applicable program, may be used to pilot test, field test, 
     implement, administer or distribute in any way any federally 
     sponsored national test in reading, mathematics, or any other 
     subject that is not specifically and explicitly provided for 
     in authorizing legislation enacted into law.
       ``(b) Exceptions.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to the 
     Third International Mathematics and Science Study or other 
     international comparative assessments developed under the 
     authority of section 404(a)(6) of the National Education 
     Statistics Act of 1994 (20 U.S.C. 9003(a)(6) et seq.) and 
     administered to only a representative sample of pupils in the 
     United States and in foreign nations.''.
       (b) Authority of National Assessment Governing Board.--
     Subject to section 447 of the General Education Provisions 
     Act, the exclusive authority over the direction and all 
     policies and guidelines for developing voluntary national 
     tests pursuant to contract RJ97153001 previously entered into 
     between the United States Department of Education and the 
     American Institutes for Research and executed on August 15, 
     1997, and subsequently modified by the National Assessment 
     Governing Board on February 11, 1998, shall continue to be 
     vested in the National Assessment Governing Board established 
     under section 412 of the National Education Statistics Act of 
     1994 (20 U.S.C. 9011).
       Sec. 306. Funding. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law--
       (1) the total amount made available under this Act to carry 
     out part A of title X of the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965 shall be $39,500,000;
       (2) the total amount made available under this Act to carry 
     out part C of title X of the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965 shall be $150,000,000; and
       (3) the total amount made available under this Act to carry 
     out subpart 1 of part A of title IV of the Elementary and 
     Secondary Education Act of 1965 shall be $451,000,000, of 
     which $111,275,000 shall be available on July 1, 2000.
       Sec. 307. Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership 
     Program. Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, 
     amounts appropriated in this title to carry out the 
     leveraging educational assistance partnership program under 
     section 407 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
     1070c et seq.) shall be increased by $50,000,000, and these 
     additional funds shall become available on October 1, 2000.

                       TITLE IV--RELATED AGENCIES

             Corporation for National and Community Service


        Domestic Volunteer Service Programs, Operating Expenses

       For expenses necessary for the Corporation for National and 
     Community Service to carry out the provisions of the Domestic 
     Volunteer Service Act of 1973, as amended, $293,261,000.

                  Corporation for Public Broadcasting

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

               Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For expenses necessary for the Federal Mediation and 
     Conciliation Service to carry out the functions vested in it 
     by the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947 (29 U.S.C. 171-
     180, 182-183), including hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
     for expenses necessary for the Labor-Management Cooperation 
     Act of 1978 (29 U.S.C. 175a); and for expenses necessary for 
     the Service to carry out the functions vested in it by the 
     Civil Service Reform Act, Public Law 95-454 (5 U.S.C. ch. 
     71), $36,834,000, including $1,500,000, to remain available 
     through September 30, 2001, for activities authorized by the 
     Labor-Management Cooperation Act of 1978 (29 U.S.C. 175a): 
     Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, fees charged, 
     up to full-cost recovery, for special training activities and 
     other conflict resolution services and technical assistance, 
     including those provided to foreign governments and 
     international organizations, and for arbitration services 
     shall be

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     credited to and merged with this account, and shall remain 
     available until expended: Provided further, That fees for 
     arbitration services shall be available only for education, 
     training, and professional development of the agency 
     workforce: Provided further, That the Director of the Service 
     is authorized to accept and use on behalf of the United 
     States gifts of services and real, personal, or other 
     property in the aid of any projects or functions within the 
     Director's jurisdiction.

            Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission


                         Salaries and Expenses

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

         Office of Library Services: Grants and Administration

       For carrying out subtitle B of the Museum and Library 
     Services Act, $154,500,000.

                  Medicare Payment Advisory Commission


                         salaries and expenses

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

        National Commission on Libraries and Information Science


                         Salaries and Expenses

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

                     National Council on Disability


                         Salaries and Expenses

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

                     National Education Goals Panel

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

                     National Labor Relations Board


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For expenses necessary for the National Labor Relations 
     Board to carry out the functions vested in it by the Labor-
     Management Relations Act, 1947, as amended (29 U.S.C. 141-
     167), and other laws, $210,193,000: Provided, That no part of 
     this appropriation shall be available to organize or assist 
     in organizing agricultural laborers or used in connection 
     with investigations, hearings, directives, or orders 
     concerning bargaining units composed of agricultural laborers 
     as referred to in section 2(3) of the Act of July 5, 1935 (29 
     U.S.C. 152), and as amended by the Labor-Management Relations 
     Act, 1947, as amended, and as defined in section 3(f) of the 
     Act of June 25, 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203), and including in said 
     definition employees engaged in the maintenance and operation 
     of ditches, canals, reservoirs, and waterways when maintained 
     or operated on a mutual, nonprofit basis and at least 95 
     percent of the water stored or supplied thereby is used for 
     farming purposes.

                        National Mediation Board


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the 
     Railway Labor Act, as amended (45 U.S.C. 151-188), including 
     emergency boards appointed by the President, $9,100,000: 
     Provided, That unobligated balances at the end of fiscal year 
     1999 not needed for emergency boards shall remain available 
     for other statutory purposes through September 30, 2000.

            Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission


                         Salaries and Expenses

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

                       Railroad Retirement Board


                        Federal Windfall Subsidy

       For payment to the Dual Benefits Payments Account, 
     authorized under section 15(d) of the Railroad Retirement Act 
     of 1974, $175,000,000, which shall include amounts becoming 
     available in fiscal year 2000 pursuant to section 
     224(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 98-76; and in addition, an amount, 
     not to exceed 2 percent of the amount provided herein, shall 
     be available proportional to the amount by which the product 
     of recipients and the average benefit received exceeds 
     $175,000,000: Provided, That the total amount provided herein 
     shall be credited in 12 approximately equal amounts on the 
     first day of each month in the fiscal year.


          Federal Payments to the Railroad Retirement Accounts

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


                      Limitation on Administration

       For necessary expenses for the Railroad Retirement Board 
     for administration of the Railroad Retirement Act and the 
     Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, $90,000,000, to be 
     derived in such amounts as determined by the Board from the 
     railroad retirement accounts and from moneys credited to the 
     railroad unemployment insurance administration fund.


             Limitation on the Office of Inspector General

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

                     Social Security Administration


                Payments to Social Security Trust Funds

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


               Special Benefits for Disabled Coal Miners

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


                  Supplemental Security Income Program

       For carrying out titles XI and XVI of the Social Security 
     Act, section 401 of Public Law 92-603, section 212 of Public 
     Law 93-66, as amended, and section 405 of Public Law 95-216, 
     including payment to the Social Security trust funds for 
     administrative expenses incurred pursuant to section 
     201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, $21,553,085,000, to 
     remain available until expended: Provided, That any portion 
     of the funds provided to a State in the current fiscal year 
     and not obligated by the State during that year shall be 
     returned to the Treasury.
       From funds provided under the previous paragraph, not less 
     than $100,000,000 shall be available for payment to the 
     Social Security trust funds for administrative expenses for 
     conducting continuing disability reviews.
       In addition, $200,000,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2001, for payment to the Social Security trust 
     funds for administrative expenses for continuing disability 
     reviews as authorized by section 103 of Public Law 104-121 
     and section 10203 of Public Law 105-33. The term ``continuing 
     disability reviews'' means reviews and redeterminations as 
     defined under section 201(g)(1)(A) of the Social Security 
     Act, as amended.
       For making, after June 15 of the current fiscal year, 
     benefit payments to individuals under title XVI of the Social 
     Security Act, for unanticipated costs incurred for the 
     current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary.
       For making benefit payments under title XVI of the Social 
     Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 2001, 
     $9,890,000,000, to remain available until expended.


                 Limitation on Administrative Expenses

       For necessary expenses, including the hire of two passenger 
     motor vehicles, and not to exceed $10,000 for official 
     reception and representation expenses, not more than 
     $6,188,871,000 may be expended, as authorized by section 
     201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, from any one or all of 
     the trust funds referred to therein: Provided, That not less 
     than $1,800,000 shall be for the Social Security Advisory 
     Board: Provided further, That unobligated balances at the end 
     of fiscal year 2000 not needed for fiscal year 2000 shall 
     remain available until expended to invest in the Social 
     Security Administration computing network, including related 
     equipment and non-payroll administrative expenses associated 
     solely with this network: Provided further, That 
     reimbursement to the trust funds under this heading for 
     expenditures for official time for employees of the Social 
     Security Administration pursuant to section 7131 of title 5, 
     United States Code, and for facilities or support services 
     for labor organizations pursuant to policies, regulations, or 
     procedures referred to in section 7135(b) of such title shall 
     be made by the Secretary of the Treasury, with interest, from 
     amounts in the general fund not otherwise appropriated, as 
     soon as possible after such expenditures are made.

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


                      Office of Inspector General

                     (including transfer of funds)

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

                    United States Institute of Peace


                           Operating Expenses

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

                      TITLE V--GENERAL PROVISIONS

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

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       (2) such entity has not submitted a report as required by 
     that section for the most recent year for which such 
     requirement was applicable to such entity.
       Sec. 513. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to promulgate or adopt any final standard under 
     section 1173(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320d-
     2(b)) providing for, or providing for the assignment of, a 
     unique health identifier for an individual (except in an 
     individual's capacity as an employer or a health care 
     provider), until legislation is enacted specifically 
     approving the standard.
       Sec. 514. Section 520(c)(2)(D) of the Departments of Labor, 
     Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related 
     Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997, as amended, is further 
     amended by striking ``December 31, 1997'' and inserting 
     ``December 31, 1999''.
       Sec. 515. It is the sense of the Senate that the conferees 
     on H.R. 2466, the Department of Interior and Related Agencies 
     Appropriations Act, shall include language prohibiting funds 
     from being used for the Brooklyn Museum of Art unless the 
     Museum immediately cancels the exhibit ``Sensation'', which 
     contains obscene and pornographic pictures, a picture of the 
     Virgin Mary desecrated with animal feces, and other examples 
     of religious bigotry.
       Sec. 516. Sense of the Senate Regarding Payments Under the 
     Prospective Payment System for Hospital Outpatient Department 
     Services. (a) Findings.--The Senate finds the following:
       (1) The Balanced Budget Act of 1997, in order to achieve 
     the objective of balancing the Federal budget, provided for 
     the single largest change in the medicare program under title 
     XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.) 
     since the inception of such program in 1965.
       (2) Reliable, independent estimates now project that the 
     changes to the medicare program provided for in the Balanced 
     Budget Act of 1997 will result in the reduction of payments 
     to health care providers that greatly exceeds the level of 
     estimated reductions when such Act was enacted.
       (3) Congressional oversight has begun to reveal that these 
     greater-than-anticipated reductions in payments are harming 
     the ability of health care providers to maintain and deliver 
     high-quality health care services to beneficiaries under the 
     medicare program and to other individuals.
       (4) One of the key factors that has caused these greater-
     than-anticipated reductions in payments is the inappropriate 
     regulatory action taken by the Secretary in implementing the 
     provisions of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997.
       (5) The Secretary of Health and Human Services, contrary to 
     the direction of 77 Members of the Senate and 253 Members of 
     the House of Representatives (stated in letters to the 
     Secretary dated June 18, 1999, and September 14, 1999, 
     respectively), has persisted in interpreting the provisions 
     of the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient 
     department services under section 1833(t) of the Social 
     Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395l(t)) in a manner that would 
     impose an unintended 5.7 percent across the board reduction 
     in payments under such system.
       (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate 
     that the Secretary of Health and Human Services should carry 
     out congressional intent and cease its inappropriate 
     interpretation of the provisions of the prospective payment 
     system for hospital outpatient department services under 
     section 1833(t) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1395l(t)).
       Sec. 517. It is the sense of the Senate that it is 
     important that Congress determine the economic status of 
     former recipients of assistance under the temporary 
     assistance to needy families program funded under part A of 
     title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.).
       Sec. 518. Confounding Biological and Physiological 
     Influences on Polygraphy. (a) Findings.--The Senate finds 
     that:
       (1) The use of polygraph tests as a screening tool for 
     Federal employees and contractor personnel is increasing.
       (2) A 1983 study by the Office of Technology Assessment 
     found little scientific evidence to support the validity of 
     polygraph tests in such screening applications.
       (3) The 1983 study further found that little or no 
     scientific study had been undertaken on the effects of 
     prescription and nonprescription drugs on the validity of 
     polygraph tests, as well as differential responses to 
     polygraph tests according to biological and physiological 
     factors that may vary according to age, gender, or ethnic 
     backgrounds, or other factors relating to natural variability 
     in human populations.
       (4) A scientific evaluation of these important influences 
     on the potential validity of polygraph tests should be 
     studied by a neutral agency with biomedical and physiological 
     expertise in order to evaluate the further expansion of the 
     use of polygraph tests on Federal employees and contractor 
     personnel.
       (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate 
     that the Director of the National Institutes of Health should 
     enter into appropriate arrangements with the National Academy 
     of Sciences to conduct a comprehensive study and 
     investigation into the scientific validity of polygraphy as a 
     screening tool for Federal and Federal contractor personnel, 
     with particular reference to the validity of polygraph tests 
     being proposed for use in proposed rules published at 64 Fed. 
     Reg. 45062 (August 18, 1999).
       Sec. 519. (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following 
     findings:
       (1) In 1999, prostate cancer is expected to kill more than 
     37,000 men in the United States and be diagnosed in over 
     180,000 new cases.
       (2) Prostate cancer is the most diagnosed nonskin cancer in 
     the United States.
       (3) African Americans have the highest incidence of 
     prostate cancer in the world.
       (4) Considering the devastating impact of the disease among 
     men and their families, prostate cancer research remains 
     underfunded.
       (5) More resources devoted to clinical and translational 
     research at the National Institutes of Health will be highly 
     determinative of whether rapid advances can be attained in 
     treatment and ultimately a cure for prostate cancer.
       (6) The Congressionally Directed Department of Defense 
     Prostate Cancer Research Program is making important strides 
     in innovative prostate cancer research, and this Program 
     presented to Congress in April of 1998 a full investment 
     strategy for prostate cancer research at the Department of 
     Defense.
       (7) The Senate expressed itself unanimously in 1998 that 
     the Federal commitment to biomedical research should be 
     doubled over the next 5 years.
       (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate 
     that--
       (1) finding treatment breakthroughs and a cure for prostate 
     cancer should be made a national health priority;
       (2) significant increases in prostate cancer research 
     funding, commensurate with the impact of the disease, should 
     be made available at the National Institutes of Health and to 
     the Department of Defense Prostate Cancer Research Program; 
     and
       (3) these agencies should prioritize prostate cancer 
     research that is directed toward innovative clinical and 
     translational research projects in order that treatment 
     breakthroughs can be more rapidly offered to patients.
       Sec. 520. The United States-Mexico Border Health Commission 
     Act (22 U.S.C. 290n et seq.) is amended--
       (1) by striking section 2 and inserting the following:

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

       ``Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of 
     this section, the President shall appoint the United States 
     members of the United States-Mexico Border Health Commission, 
     and shall attempt to conclude an agreement with Mexico 
     providing for the establishment of such Commission.''; and
       (2) in section 3--
       (A) in paragraph (1), by striking the semicolon and 
     inserting ``; and'';
       (B) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ``; and'' and 
     inserting a period; and
       (C) by striking paragraph (3).
       Sec. 521. Sense of the Senate on Women's Access to 
     Obstetric and Gynecological Services. (a) Findings.--Congress 
     makes the following findings:
       (1) In the 1st session of the 106th Congress, 23 bills have 
     been introduced to allow women direct access to their ob-gyn 
     provider for obstetric and gynecologic services covered by 
     their health plans.
       (2) Direct access to ob-gyn care is a protection that has 
     been established by Executive order for enrollees in 
     medicare, medicaid, and Federal Employee Health Benefit 
     Programs.
       (3) American women overwhelmingly support passage of 
     Federal legislation requiring health plans to allow women to 
     see their ob-gyn providers without first having to obtain a 
     referral. A 1998 survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation and 
     Harvard University found that 82 percent of Americans support 
     passage of a direct access law.
       (4) While 39 States have acted to promote residents' access 
     to ob-gyn providers, patients in other State- or federally-
     governed health plans are not protected from access 
     restrictions or limitations.
       (5) In May of 1999 the Commonwealth Fund issued a survey on 
     women's health, determining that 1 of 4 women (23 percent) 
     need to first receive permission from their primary care 
     physician before they can go and see their ob-gyn provider 
     for covered obstetric or gynecologic care.
       (6) Sixty percent of all office visits to ob-gyn providers 
     are for preventive care.
       (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate 
     that Congress should enact legislation that requires health 
     plans to provide women with direct access to a participating 
     health provider who specializes in obstetrics and 
     gynecological services, and that such direct access should be 
     provided for all obstetric and gynecologic care covered by 
     their health plans, without first having to obtain a referral 
     from a primary care provider or the health plan.
       Sec. 522. Sense of the Senate Regarding Comprehensive 
     Public Education Reform.

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     (a) Findings.--The Senate finds the following:
       (1) Recent scientific evidence demonstrates that enhancing 
     children's physical, social, emotional, and intellectual 
     development before the age of six results in tremendous 
     benefits throughout life.
       (2) Successful schools are led by well-trained, highly 
     qualified principals, but many principals do not get the 
     training that the principals need in management skills to 
     ensure their school provides an excellent education for every 
     child.
       (3) Good teachers are a crucial catalyst to quality 
     education, but one in four new teachers do not meet State 
     certification requirements; each year more than 50,000 under-
     prepared teachers enter the classroom; and 12 percent of new 
     teachers have had no teacher training at all.
       (4) Public school choice is a driving force behind reform 
     and is vital to increasing accountability and improving low-
     performing schools.
       (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate 
     that the Federal Government should support State and local 
     educational agencies engaged in comprehensive reform of their 
     public education system and that any education reform should 
     include at least the following principals--
       (1) that every child should begin school ready to learn by 
     providing the resources to expand existing programs, such as 
     Even Start and Head Start;
       (2) that training and development for principals and 
     teachers should be a priority;
       (3) that public school choice should be encouraged to 
     increase options for students;
       (4) that support should be given to communities to develop 
     additional counseling opportunities for at-risk students; and
       (5) school boards, administrators, principals, parents, 
     teachers, and students must be accountable for the success of 
     the public education system and corrective action in 
     underachieving schools must be taken.
       Sec. 523. The applicable time limitations with respect to 
     the giving of notice of injury and the filing of a claim for 
     compensation for disability or death by an individual under 
     the Federal Employees' Compensation Act, as amended, for 
     injuries sustained as a result of the person's exposure to a 
     nitrogen or sulfur mustard agent in the performance of 
     official duties as an employee at the Department of the 
     Army's Edgewood Arsenal before March 20, 1944, shall not 
     begin to run until the date of enactment of this Act.
       Sec. 524. Section 169(d)(2)(B) of Public Law 105-220, the 
     Workforce Investment Act of 1998, is amended by striking ``or 
     Alaska Native villages or Native groups (as such terms are 
     defined in section 3 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 
     Act (43 U.S.C. 1602)).'', and inserting in lieu thereof, ``or 
     Alaska Natives.''.
       Sec. 525. Sense of the Senate on Prevention of Needlestick 
     Injuries. (a) Findings.--The Senate finds that--
       (1) the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports 
     that American health care workers report more than 800,000 
     needlestick and sharps injuries each year;
       (2) the occurrence of needlestick injuries is believed to 
     be widely under-reported;
       (3) needlestick and sharps injuries result in at least 
     1,000 new cases of health care workers with HIV, hepatitis C 
     or hepatitis B every year; and
       (4) more than 80 percent of needlestick injuries can be 
     prevented through the use of safer devices.
       (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate 
     that the Senate should pass legislation that would eliminate 
     or minimize the significant risk of needlestick injury to 
     health care workers.
       Sec. 526. (a) The Centers for Disease Control and 
     Prevention shall hereafter be known and designated as the 
     ``Thomas R. Harkin Centers for Disease Control and 
     Prevention''.
       (b) Effective upon the date of enactment of this Act, any 
     reference in a law, document, record, or other paper of the 
     United States to the ``Centers for Disease Control and 
     Prevention'' shall be deemed to be a reference to the 
     ``Thomas R. Harkin Centers for Disease Control and 
     Prevention''.
       (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed as 
     prohibiting the Director of the Thomas R. Harkin Centers for 
     Disease Control and Prevention from utilizing for official 
     purposes the term ``CDC'' as an acronym for such Centers.
       Sec. 527. Designation of Arlen Specter Department of Health 
     and Human Services. (a) In General.--The National Library of 
     Medicine building (building 38) at 8600 Rockville Pike, in 
     Bethesda, Maryland, shall be known and designated as the 
     ``Arlen Specter National Library of Medicine''.
       (b) References.--Any reference in a law, map, regulation, 
     document, paper, or other record of the United States to the 
     building referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be 
     a reference to the Arlen Specter National Library of 
     Medicine.
       This Act may be cited as the ``Departments of Labor, Health 
     and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies 
     Appropriations Act, 2000''.

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