[House Report 106-1005]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



106th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                    106-1005

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MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
  AND OTHER ACTIVITIES CHARGEABLE IN WHOLE OR IN PART AGAINST REVENUES 
  OF SAID DISTRICT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2001, AND 
  FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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 October 26 (legislative day, October 25), 2000.--Ordered to be printed

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 Mr. Istook, from the committee of conference, submitted the following

                           CONFERENCE REPORT

                        [To accompany H.R. 4942]

      The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of 
the two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 
4942) ``making appropriations for the government of the 
District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole 
or in part against revenues of said District for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes'', 
having met, after full and free conference, have agreed to 
recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses as 
follows:
      That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
amendment of the Senate, and agree to the same with an 
amendment, as follows:
      In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted by said 
amendment, insert:
      Section 1. (a) The provisions of the following bills of 
the 106th Congress are hereby enacted into law:
            (1) H.R. 5547, as introduced on October 25, 2000.
            (2) H.R. 5548, as introduced on October 25, 2000.
      (b) In publishing this Act in slip form and in the United 
States Statutes at Large pursuant to section 112 of title 1, 
United States Code, the Archivist of the United States shall 
include after the date of approval at the end appendixes 
setting forth the texts of the bills referred to in subsection 
(a) of this section.
      And the Senate agree to the same.

                                   Ernest J. Istook, Jr.,
                                   Randy ``Duke'' Cunningham,
                                   Todd Tiahrt,
                                   Robert B. Aderholt,
                                   Jo Ann Emerson,
                                   John E. Sununu,
                                   C.W. Bill Young,
                                 Managers on the Part of the House.

                                   Kay Bailey Hutchison,
                                   Jon Kyl,
                                   Ted Stevens,
                                   Richard J. Durbin (DC only),
                                   Daniel K. Inouye (DC only),
                                Managers on the Part of the Senate.
       JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT OF THE COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE

      The managers on the part of the House and the Senate at 
the conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on 
the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 4942) making 
appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia 
and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the 
revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2001, and for other purposes, submit the following joint 
statement to the House and the Senate in explanation of the 
effect of the actions agreed upon by the managers and 
recommended in the accompanying conference report.
      This conference agreement includes more than the District 
of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2001. The conference agreement 
has been expanded to include the Departments of Commerce, 
Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2001, as well as the District of Columbia 
Appropriations Act, 2001. Both of these Acts have been enacted 
into law by reference in this conference report; however, a 
copy of the referenced legislation has been included in this 
statement for convenience.

                  district of columbia appropriations

      The conference agreement would enact the provisions of 
H.R. 5547 as introduced on October 25, 2000. The text of that 
bill follows:

  A BILL Making appropriations for the government of the District of 
 Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against 
the revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
                     2001, and for other purposes.

      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 District of 
Columbia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for 
other purposes, namely:

                             FEDERAL FUNDS

              Federal Payment for Resident Tuition Support

    For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia for a 
nationwide program to be administered by the Mayor for District 
of Columbia resident tuition support, $17,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such funds may be used 
on behalf of eligible District of Columbia residents to pay an 
amount based upon the difference between in-State and out-of-
State tuition at public institutions of higher education, 
usable at both public and private institutions for higher 
education: Provided further, That the awarding of such funds 
may be prioritized on the basis of a resident's academic merit 
and such other factors as may be authorized.

        Federal Payment for Incentives for Adoption of Children

    The paragraph under the heading ``Federal Payment for 
Incentives for Adoption of Children'' in Public Law 106-113, 
approved November 29, 1999 (113 Stat. 1501), is amended to read 
as follows: ``For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 
to create incentives to promote the adoption of children in the 
District of Columbia foster care system, $5,000,000: Provided, 
That such funds shall remain available until September 30, 
2002, and shall be used to carry out all of the provisions of 
title 38, except for section 3808, of the Fiscal Year 2001 
Budget Support Act of 2000, D.C. Bill 13-679, enrolled June 12, 
2000.''.

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

    For a Federal payment to the Chief Financial Officer of the 
District of Columbia, $1,250,000, of which $250,000 shall be 
for payment to a mentoring program and for hotline services; 
$250,000 shall be for payment to a youth development program 
with a character building curriculum; $250,000 shall be for 
payment to a basic values training program; and $500,000, to 
remain available until expended, shall be for the design, 
construction, and maintenance of a trash rack system to be 
installed at the Hickey Run stormwater outfall.

         Federal Payment for Commercial Revitalization Program

    For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia, 
$1,500,000, to remain available until expended, for the Mayor, 
in consultation with the Council of the District of Columbia, 
to provide offsets against local taxes for a commercial 
revitalization program, such program to provide financial 
inducements, including loans, grants, offsets to local taxes 
and other instruments that promote commercial revitalization in 
Enterprise Zones and low and moderate income areas in the 
District of Columbia: Provided, That in carrying out such a 
program, the Mayor shall use Federal commercial revitalization 
proposals introduced in Congress as a guideline: Provided 
further, That not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Mayor shall report to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives on 
the progress made in carrying out the commercial revitalization 
program.

       Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Public Schools

    For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia Public 
Schools, $500,000: Provided, That $250,000 of said amount shall 
be used for a program to reduce school violence: Provided 
further, That $250,000 of said amount shall be used for a 
program to enhance the reading skills of District public school 
students.

         Federal Payment to the Metropolitan Police Department

    For a Federal payment to the Metropolitan Police 
Department, $100,000: Provided, That said funds shall be used 
to fund a youth safe haven police mini-station for mentoring 
high risk youth.

           Federal Contribution to Covenant House Washington

    For a Federal contribution to Covenant House Washington for 
a contribution to the construction in Southeast Washington of a 
new community service center for homeless, runaway and at-risk 
youth, $500,000.

    Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Corrections Trustee 
                               Operations

    For salaries and expenses of the District of Columbia 
Corrections Trustee, $134,200,000 for the administration and 
operation of correctional facilities and for the administrative 
operating costs of the Office of the Corrections Trustee, as 
authorized by section 11202 of the National Capital 
Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997 
(Public Law 105-33; 111 Stat. 712) of which $1,000,000 is to 
fund an initiative to improve case processing in the District 
of Columbia criminal justice system: Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds appropriated 
in this Act for the District of Columbia Corrections Trustee 
shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of Management and 
Budget and obligated and expended in the same manner as funds 
appropriated for salaries and expenses of other Federal 
agencies: Provided further, That in addition to the funds 
provided under this heading, the District of Columbia 
Corrections Trustee may use any remaining interest earned on 
the Federal payment made to the Trustee under the District of 
Columbia Appropriations Act, 1998, to carry out the activities 
funded under this heading.

           Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Courts

    For salaries and expenses for the District of Columbia 
Courts, $105,000,000 to be allocated as follows: for the 
District of Columbia Court of Appeals, $7,409,000; for the 
District of Columbia Superior Court, $71,121,000; for the 
District of Columbia Court System, $17,890,000; $5,255,000 to 
finance a pay adjustment of 8.48 percent for nonjudicial 
employees; and $3,325,000, including $825,000 for roofing 
repairs to the facility commonly referred to as the Old 
Courthouse and located at 451 Indiana Avenue, Northwest, to 
remain available until September 30, 2002, for capital 
improvements for District of Columbia courthouse facilities: 
Provided, That none of the funds in this Act or in any other 
Act shall be available for the purchase, installation or 
operation of an Integrated Justice Information System until a 
detailed plan and design has been submitted by the courts and 
approved by the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, all amounts under 
this heading shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of 
Management and Budget and obligated and expended in the same 
manner as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses of other 
Federal agencies, with payroll and financial services to be 
provided on a contractual basis with the General Services 
Administration (GSA), said services to include the preparation 
of monthly financial reports, copies of which shall be 
submitted directly by GSA to the President and to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of 
Representatives, the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate, and the Committee on Government Reform of the House of 
Representatives.

            Defender Services in District of Columbia Courts

    For payments authorized under section 11-2604 and section 
11-2605, D.C. Code (relating to representation provided under 
the District of Columbia Criminal Justice Act), payments for 
counsel appointed in proceedings in the Family Division of the 
Superior Court of the District of Columbia under chapter 23 of 
title 16, D.C. Code, and payments for counsel authorized under 
section 21-2060, D.C. Code (relating to representation provided 
under the District of Columbia Guardianship, Protective 
Proceedings, and Durable Power of Attorney Act of 1986), 
$34,387,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
the funds provided in this Act under the heading ``Federal 
Payment to the District of Columbia Courts'' (other than the 
$3,325,000 provided under such heading for capital improvements 
for District of Columbia courthouse facilities) may also be 
used for payments under this heading: Provided further, That, 
in addition to the funds provided under this heading, the Joint 
Committee on Judicial Administration in the District of 
Columbia shall use funds provided in this Act under the heading 
``Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Courts'' (other 
than the $3,325,000 provided under such heading for capital 
improvements for District of Columbia courthouse facilities), 
to make payments described under this heading for obligations 
incurred during any fiscal year: Provided further, That such 
funds shall be administered by the Joint Committee on Judicial 
Administration in the District of Columbia: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, this 
appropriation shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of 
Management and Budget and obligated and expended in the same 
manner as funds appropriated for expenses of other Federal 
agencies, with payroll and financial services to be provided on 
a contractual basis with the General Services Administration 
(GSA), said services to include the preparation of monthly 
financial reports, copies of which shall be submitted directly 
by GSA to the President and to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the Senate and House of Representatives, the Committee on 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the Committee on 
Government Reform of the House of Representatives: Provided 
further, That the District of Columbia Courts shall implement 
the recommendations in the General Accounting Office Report 
GAO/AIMD/OGC-99-226 regarding payments to court-appointed 
attorneys and shall report quarterly to the Office of 
Management and Budget and to the House and Senate 
Appropriations Committees on the status of these reforms.

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


                     (including transfer of funds)


    For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and hire 
of motor vehicles, of the Court Services and Offender 
Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia, as authorized 
by the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government 
Improvement Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-33; 111 Stat. 712), 
$112,527,000, of which $67,521,000 shall be for necessary 
expenses of Community Supervision and Sex Offender 
Registration, to include expenses relating to supervision of 
adults subject to protection orders or provision of services 
for or related to such persons; $18,778,000 shall be 
transferred to the Public Defender Service; and $26,228,000 
shall be available to the Pretrial Services Agency: Provided, 
That of the amount provided under this heading, $17,854,000 
shall be used to improve pretrial defendant and post-conviction 
offender supervision, enhance drug testing and sanctions-based 
treatment programs and other treatment services, expand 
intermediate sanctions and offender re-entry programs, continue 
planning and design proposals for a residential Sanctions 
Center and improve administrative infrastructure, including 
information technology; and $836,000 of the $17,854,000 
referred to in this proviso is for the Public Defender Service: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, all amounts under this heading shall be apportioned 
quarterly by the Office of Management and Budget and obligated 
and expended in the same manner as funds appropriated for 
salaries and expenses of other Federal agencies: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding section 446 of the District of 
Columbia Home Rule Act or any provision of subchapter III of 
chapter 13 of title 31, United States Code, the use of interest 
earned on the Federal payment made to the District of Columbia 
Offender Supervision, Defender, and Court Services Agency under 
the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1998, by the 
Agency during fiscal years 1998 and 1999 shall not constitute a 
violation of such Act or such subchapter.

           Federal Payment for Washington Interfaith Network

    For a Federal payment to the Washington Interfaith Network 
to reimburse the Network for costs incurred in carrying out 
preconstruction activities at the former Fort Dupont Dwellings 
and Additions, $1,000,000: Provided, That such activities may 
include architectural and engineering studies, property 
appraisals, environmental assessments, grading and excavation, 
landscaping, paving, and the installation of curbs, gutters, 
sidewalks, sewer lines, and other utilities: Provided further, 
That the Secretary of the Treasury shall make such payment only 
after the Network has received matching funds from private 
sources (including funds provided through loans) to carry out 
such activities in an aggregate amount which is equal to the 
amount of such payment (as certified by the Inspector General 
of the District of Columbia) and has provided the Secretary of 
the Treasury with a request for reimbursement which contains 
documentation certified by the Inspector General of the 
District of Columbia showing that the Network carried out the 
activities and that the costs incurred in carrying out the 
activities were equal to or less than the amount of the 
reimbursement requested: Provided further, That none of the 
funds provided under this heading may be obligated or expended 
after December 31, 2001 (without regard to whether the 
activities involved were carried out prior to such date).

   Federal Payment for Plan to Simplify Employee Compensation Systems

    For a Federal payment to the Mayor of the District of 
Columbia for a contract for the study and development of a plan 
to simplify the compensation systems, schedules, and work rules 
applicable to employees of the District government, $250,000: 
Provided, That under the terms of the contract the plan shall 
include (at a minimum) a review of the current compensation 
systems, schedules, and work rules applicable to such 
employees; a review of the best practices regarding the 
compensation systems, schedules, and work rules of State and 
local governments and other appropriate organizations; a 
proposal for simplifying the systems, schedules, and rules 
applicable to employees of the District government; and the 
development of strategies for implementing such proposal, 
including an identification of any statutory, contractual, or 
other barriers to implementing the proposal and an estimated 
time frame for implementing the proposal: Provided further, 
That under the terms of the contract the contractor shall 
submit the plan to the Mayor and to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate: 
Provided further, That the Mayor shall develop a proposed 
solicitation for the contract not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act and shall submit a copy of 
the proposed solicitation to the Comptroller General for review 
at least 90 days prior to the issuance of such solicitation: 
Provided further, That not later than 45 days after receiving 
the proposed solicitation from the Mayor, the Comptroller 
General shall review the solicitation to ensure that it 
adequately addresses all of the necessary elements described 
under this heading and report to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate on 
the results of this review: Provided further, That for purposes 
of this contract the term ``District government'' has the 
meaning given such term in section 305(5) of the District of 
Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Act 
of 1995 (sec. 47-393(5), D.C. Code), except that such term 
shall not include the courts of the District of Columbia and 
shall include the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility 
and Management Assistance Authority.

                         Metrorail Construction

    For the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority 
[WMATA], a contribution of $25,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, to design and build a Metrorail station located 
at New York and Florida Avenues, Northeast: Provided, That 
prior to the release of said funds from the U.S. Treasury, the 
District of Columbia shall set aside an additional $25,000,000 
for this project in its Fiscal Year 2001 Budget and Financial 
Plan and, further, shall establish a special taxing district 
for the neighborhood of the proposed Metrorail station to 
provide $25,000,000: Provided further, That the requirements of 
49 U.S.C. 5309(a)(2) shall apply to this project.

               Federal Payment for Brownfield Remediation

    For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia, 
$3,450,000 for environmental and infrastructure costs at Poplar 
Point: Provided, That of said amount, $2,150,000 shall be 
available for environmental assessment, site remediation and 
wetlands restoration of the 11 acres of real property under the 
jurisdiction of the District of Columbia: Provided further, 
That no more than $1,300,000 shall be used for infrastructure 
costs for an entrance to Anacostia Park: Provided further, That 
none of said funds shall be used by the District of Columbia to 
purchase private property in the Poplar Point area.

                       Presidential Inauguration

    For a payment to the District of Columbia to reimburse the 
District for expenses incurred in connection with Presidential 
inauguration activities, $5,961,000, as authorized by section 
737(b) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved 
December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 824; D.C. Code, sec. 1-1132), which 
shall be apportioned by the Chief Financial Officer within the 
various appropriation headings in this Act.

                   Children's National Medical Center

    For a Federal contribution to the Children's National 
Medical Center in the District of Columbia, $500,000 to be used 
for the network of satellite pediatric health clincs for 
children and families in underserved neighborhoods and 
communities in the District of Columbia.

                         Child Advocacy Center

    For a Federal contribution to the Child Advocacy Center for 
its Safe Shores program, $500,000.

          St. Coletta of Greater Washington Expansion Project

    For a Federal contribution to St. Coletta of Greater 
Washington, Inc. for costs associated with the establishment of 
a day program and comprehensive case management services for 
mentally retarded and multiple-handicapped adolescents and 
adults in the District of Columbia, including property 
acquisition and construction, $1,000,000.

                 District of Columbia Special Olympics

    For a Federal contribution to the District of Columbia 
Special Olympics, $250,000.

                       DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS

                           OPERATING EXPENSES

                          Division of Expenses

    The following amounts are appropriated for the District of 
Columbia for the current fiscal year out of the general fund of 
the District of Columbia, except as otherwise specifically 
provided: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, except as provided in section 450A of the District of 
Columbia Home Rule Act and section 126 of this Act, the total 
amount appropriated in this Act for operating expenses for the 
District of Columbia for fiscal year 2001 under this heading 
shall not exceed the lesser of the sum of the total revenues of 
the District of Columbia for such fiscal year or $5,677,379,000 
(of which $172,607,000 shall be from intra-District funds and 
$3,250,783,000 shall be from local funds): Provided further, 
That the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia 
and the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and 
Management Assistance Authority shall take such steps as are 
necessary to assure that the District of Columbia meets these 
requirements, including the apportioning by the Chief Financial 
Officer of the appropriations and funds made available to the 
District during fiscal year 2001, except that the Chief 
Financial Officer may not reprogram for operating expenses any 
funds derived from bonds, notes, or other obligations issued 
for capital projects.

District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance 
                               Authority

    For the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and 
Management Assistance Authority (Authority), established by 
section 101(a) of the District of Columbia Financial 
Responsibility and Management Assistance Act of 1995 (109 Stat. 
97; Public Law 104-8), $3,140,000: Provided, That these funds 
be derived from accounts held by the Authority on behalf of the 
District of Columbia: Provided further, That none of the funds 
contained in this Act may be used to pay any compensation of 
the Executive Director or General Counsel of the Authority at a 
rate in excess of the maximum rate of compensation which may be 
paid to such individual during fiscal year 2001 under section 
102 of such Act, as determined by the Comptroller General (as 
described in GAO letter report B-279095.2): Provided further, 
That none of the funds contained in this Act or any other funds 
available to the Authority or any other entity of the District 
of Columbia government from any source (including any accounts 
of the Authority) may be used for any payments (including but 
not limited to severance or bonus payments, and payments under 
agreements in effect before the enactment of this Act) to any 
individual upon or following the individual's separation from 
employment with the Authority (other than a payment of the 
individual's regular salary for services performed prior to 
separation or a payment for unused annual leave accrued by the 
individual), except that an individual who is employed by the 
Authority during the entire period which begins on the date of 
the enactment of this Act and ends on September 30, 2001, may 
receive a severance payment after such date in an aggregate 
amount which does not exceed the product of 200 percent of the 
individual's average weekly salary during the final 12-month 
period (or portion thereof) during which the individual was 
employed by the Authority and the number of full years during 
which the individual was employed by the Authority.

                   Governmental Direction and Support

    Governmental direction and support, $195,771,000 (including 
$162,172,000 from local funds, $20,424,000 from Federal funds, 
and $13,175,000 from other funds): Provided, That not to exceed 
$2,500 for the Mayor, $2,500 for the Chairman of the Council of 
the District of Columbia, and $2,500 for the City Administrator 
shall be available from this appropriation for official 
purposes: Provided further, That any program fees collected 
from the issuance of debt shall be available for the payment of 
expenses of the debt management program of the District of 
Columbia: Provided further, That no revenues from Federal 
sources shall be used to support the operations or activities 
of the Statehood Commission and Statehood Compact Commission: 
Provided further, That the District of Columbia shall identify 
the sources of funding for Admission to Statehood from its own 
locally-generated revenues: Provided further, That all 
employees permanently assigned to work in the Office of the 
Mayor shall be paid from funds allocated to the Office of the 
Mayor: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, or Mayor's Order 86-45, issued March 18, 
1986, the Office of the Chief Technology Officer's delegated 
small purchase authority shall be $500,000: Provided further, 
That the District of Columbia government may not require the 
Office of the Chief Technology Officer to submit to any other 
procurement review process, or to obtain the approval of or be 
restricted in any manner by any official or employee of the 
District of Columbia government, for purchases that do not 
exceed $500,000: Provided further, That $303,000 and no fewer 
than 5 FTEs shall be available exclusively to support the 
Labor-Management Partnership Council: Provided further, That, 
effective September 30, 2000, section 168(a) of the District of 
Columbia Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106-113; 113 
Stat. 1531) is amended by inserting ``, to remain available 
until expended,'' after ``$5,000,000'': Provided further, That 
not later than March 1, 2001, the Chief Financial Officer of 
the District of Columbia shall submit a study to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate on 
the merits and potential savings of privatizing the operation 
and administration of St. Elizabeths Hospital.

                  Economic Development and Regulation

    Economic development and regulation, $205,638,000 
(including $53,562,000 from local funds, $92,378,000 from 
Federal funds, and $59,698,000 from other funds), of which 
$15,000,000 collected by the District of Columbia in the form 
of BID tax revenue shall be paid to the respective BIDs 
pursuant to the Business Improvement Districts Act of 1996 
(D.C. Law 11-134; D.C. Code, sec. 1-2271 et seq.), and the 
Business Improvement Districts Amendment Act of 1997 (D.C. Law 
12-26): Provided, That such funds are available for acquiring 
services provided by the General Services Administration: 
Provided further, That Business Improvement Districts shall be 
exempt from taxes levied by the District of Columbia.

                       Public Safety and Justice

    Public safety and justice, including purchase or lease of 
135 passenger carrying vehicles for replacement only, including 
130 for police-type use and five for fire-type use, without 
regard to the general purchase price limitation for the current 
fiscal year, and such sums as may be necessary for making 
refunds and for the payment of judgments that have been entered 
against the District of Columbia government $762,546,000 
(including $591,565,000 from local funds, $24,950,000 from 
Federal funds, and $146,031,000 from other funds): Provided, 
That the Metropolitan Police Department is authorized to 
replace not to exceed 25 passenger-carrying vehicles and the 
Department of Fire and Emergency Medical Services of the 
District of Columbia is authorized to replace not to exceed 
five passenger-carrying vehicles annually whenever the cost of 
repair to any damaged vehicle exceeds three-fourths of the cost 
of the replacement: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$500,000 shall be available from this appropriation for the 
Chief of Police for the prevention and detection of crime: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, or Mayor's Order 86-45, issued March 18, 1986, the 
Metropolitan Police Department's delegated small purchase 
authority shall be $500,000: Provided further, That the 
District of Columbia government may not require the 
Metropolitan Police Department to submit to any other 
procurement review process, or to obtain the approval of or be 
restricted in any manner by any official or employee of the 
District of Columbia government, for purchases that do not 
exceed $500,000: Provided further, That the Mayor shall 
reimburse the District of Columbia National Guard for expenses 
incurred in connection with services that are performed in 
emergencies by the National Guard in a militia status and are 
requested by the Mayor, in amounts that shall be jointly 
determined and certified as due and payable for these services 
by the Mayor and the Commanding General of the District of 
Columbia National Guard: Provided further, That such sums as 
may be necessary for reimbursement to the District of Columbia 
National Guard under the preceding proviso shall be available 
from this appropriation, and the availability of the sums shall 
be deemed as constituting payment in advance for emergency 
services involved: Provided further, That the Metropolitan 
Police Department is authorized to maintain 3,800 sworn 
officers, with leave for a 50 officer attrition: Provided 
further, That no more than 15 members of the Metropolitan 
Police Department shall be detailed or assigned to the 
Executive Protection Unit, until the Chief of Police submits a 
recommendation to the Council for its review: Provided further, 
That $100,000 shall be available for inmates released on 
medical and geriatric parole: Provided further, That commencing 
on December 31, 2000, the Metropolitan Police Department shall 
provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 
House of Representatives, the Committee on Governmental Affairs 
of the Senate, and the Committee on Government Reform of the 
House of Representatives, quarterly reports on the status of 
crime reduction in each of the 83 police service areas 
established throughout the District of Columbia.

                        Public Education System

    Public education system, including the development of 
national defense education programs, $998,918,000 (including 
$824,867,000 from local funds, $147,643,000 from Federal funds, 
and $26,408,000 from other funds), to be allocated as follows: 
$769,943,000 (including $629,309,000 from local funds, 
$133,490,000 from Federal funds, and $7,144,000 from other 
funds), for the public schools of the District of Columbia; 
$200,000 from local funds for the District of Columbia 
Teachers' Retirement Fund; $1,679,000 from local funds for the 
State Education Office, $17,000,000 from local funds, 
previously appropriated in this Act as a Federal payment, for 
resident tuition support at public and private institutions of 
higher learning for eligible District of Columbia residents; 
and $105,000,000 from local funds for public charter schools: 
Provided, That there shall be quarterly disbursement of funds 
to the District of Columbia public charter schools, with the 
first payment to occur within 15 days of the beginning of each 
fiscal year: Provided further, That the District of Columbia 
public charter schools will report enrollment on a quarterly 
basis upon which a quarterly disbursement will be calculated: 
Provided further, That the quarterly payment of October 15, 
2000, shall be fifty (50) percent of each public charter 
school's annual entitlement based on its unaudited October 5 
enrollment count: Provided further, That if the entirety of 
this allocation has not been provided as payments to any public 
charter schools currently in operation through the per pupil 
funding formula, the funds shall be available for public 
education in accordance with the School Reform Act of 1995 
(D.C. Code, sec. 31-2853.43(A)(2)(D); Public Law 104-134, as 
amended): Provided further, That $480,000 of this amount shall 
be available to the District of Columbia Public Charter School 
Board for administrative costs: Provided further, That 
$76,433,000 (including $44,691,000 from local funds, 
$13,199,000 from Federal funds, and $18,543,000 from other 
funds) shall be available for the University of the District of 
Columbia: Provided further, That $200,000 is allocated for the 
East of the River Campus Assessment Study, $1,000,000 for the 
Excel Institute Adult Education Program to be used by the 
Institute for construction and to acquire construction services 
provided by the General Services Administration on a 
reimbursable basis, $500,000 for the Adult Education State 
Plan, $650,000 for The Saturday Academy Pre-College Program, 
and $481,000 for the Strengthening of Academic Programs; and 
$26,459,000 (including $25,208,000 from local funds, $550,000 
from Federal funds and $701,000 other funds) for the Public 
Library: Provided further, That the $1,020,000 enhancement 
shall be allocated such that $500,000 is used for facilities 
improvements for 8 of the 26 library branches, $235,000 for 13 
FTEs for the continuation of the Homework Helpers Program, 
$166,000 for 3 FTEs in the expansion of the Reach Out And Roar 
(ROAR) service to license day care homes, and $119,000 for 3 
FTEs to expand literacy support into branch libraries: Provided 
further, That $2,204,000 (including $1,780,000 from local 
funds, $404,000 from Federal funds and $20,000 from other 
funds) shall be available for the Commission on the Arts and 
Humanities: Provided further, That the public schools of the 
District of Columbia are authorized to accept not to exceed 31 
motor vehicles for exclusive use in the driver education 
program: Provided further, That not to exceed $2,500 for the 
Superintendent of Schools, $2,500 for the President of the 
University of the District of Columbia, and $2,000 for the 
Public Librarian shall be available from this appropriation for 
official purposes: Provided further, That none of the funds 
contained in this Act may be made available to pay the salaries 
of any District of Columbia Public School teacher, principal, 
administrator, official, or employee who knowingly provides 
false enrollment or attendance information under article II, 
section 5 of the Act entitled ``An Act to provide for 
compulsory school attendance, for the taking of a school census 
in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes'', approved 
February 4, 1925 (D.C. Code, sec. 31-401 et seq.): Provided 
further, That this appropriation shall not be available to 
subsidize the education of any nonresident of the District of 
Columbia at any District of Columbia public elementary and 
secondary school during fiscal year 2001 unless the nonresident 
pays tuition to the District of Columbia at a rate that covers 
100 percent of the costs incurred by the District of Columbia 
which are attributable to the education of the nonresident (as 
established by the Superintendent of the District of Columbia 
Public Schools): Provided further, That this appropriation 
shall not be available to subsidize the education of 
nonresidents of the District of Columbia at the University of 
the District of Columbia, unless the Board of Trustees of the 
University of the District of Columbia adopts, for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2001, a tuition rate schedule that 
will establish the tuition rate for nonresident students at a 
level no lower than the nonresident tuition rate charged at 
comparable public institutions of higher education in the 
metropolitan area: Provided further, That $2,200,000 is 
allocated to the Temporary Weighted Student Formula to fund 344 
additional slots for pre-K students: Provided further, That 
$50,000 is allocated to fund a conference on learning support 
for children ages 3-4 hosted jointly by the District of 
Columbia Public Schools and District of Columbia public charter 
schools: Provided further, That no local funds in this Act 
shall be used to administer a system-wide standardized test 
more than once in FY 2001: Provided further, That no less than 
$436,452,000 shall be expended on local schools through the 
Weighted Student Formula: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule, or 
regulation, the evaluation process and instruments for 
evaluating District of Columbia Public School employees shall 
be a non-negotiable item for collective bargaining purposes: 
Provided further, That the District of Columbia Public Schools 
shall spend $250,000 to engage in a Schools Without Violence 
program based on a model developed by the University of North 
Carolina, located in Greensboro, North Carolina: Provided 
further, That the District of Columbia Public Schools shall 
spend $250,000 to implement a Failure Free Reading program in 
the District's public schools: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding the amounts otherwise provided under this 
heading or any other provision of law, there shall be 
appropriated to the District of Columbia public charter schools 
on July 1, 2001, an amount equal to 25 percent of the total 
amount provided for payments to public charter schools in the 
proposed budget of the District of Columbia for fiscal year 
2002 (as submitted to Congress), and the amount of such payment 
shall be chargeable against the final amount provided for such 
payments under the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 
2002: Provided further, That notwithstanding the amounts 
otherwise provided under this heading or any other provision of 
law, there shall be appropriated to the District of Columbia 
Public Schools on July 1, 2001, an amount equal to 10 percent 
of the total amount provided for the District of Columbia 
Public Schools in the proposed budget of the District of 
Columbia for fiscal year 2002 (as submitted to Congress), and 
the amount of such payment shall be chargeable against the 
final amount provided for the District of Columbia Public 
Schools under the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 
2002.

                         Human Support Services


                     (including transfer of funds)


    Human support services, $1,535,654,000 (including 
$637,347,000 from local funds, $881,589,000 from Federal funds, 
and $16,718,000 from other funds): Provided, That $25,836,000 
of this appropriation, to remain available until expended, 
shall be available solely for District of Columbia employees' 
disability compensation: Provided further, That the District of 
Columbia shall not provide free government services such as 
water, sewer, solid waste disposal or collection, utilities, 
maintenance, repairs, or similar services to any legally 
constituted private nonprofit organization, as defined in 
section 411(5) of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance 
Act (101 Stat. 485; Public Law 100-77; 42 U.S.C. 11371), 
providing emergency shelter services in the District, if the 
District would not be qualified to receive reimbursement 
pursuant to such Act (101 Stat. 485; Public Law 100-77; 42 
U.S.C. 11301 et seq.): Provided further, That $1,250,000 shall 
be paid to the Doe Fund for the operation of its Ready, 
Willing, and Able Program in the District of Columbia as 
follows: $250,000 to cover debt owed by the District of 
Columbia government for services rendered shall be paid to the 
Doe Fund within 15 days of the enactment of this Act; and 
$1,000,000 shall be paid in equal monthly installments by the 
15th day of each month: Provided further, That $400,000 shall 
be available for the administrative costs associated with 
implementation of the Drug Treatment Choice Program established 
pursuant to section 4 of the Choice in Drug Treatment Act of 
2000, signed by the Mayor on April 20, 2000 (D.C. Act 13-329): 
Provided further, That $7,000,000 shall be available for 
deposit in the Addiction Recovery Fund established pursuant to 
section 5 of the Choice in Drug Treatment Act of 2000, signed 
by the Mayor on April 20, 2000 (D.C. Act 13-329): Provided 
further, That the District of Columbia is authorized to enter 
into a long-term lease of Hamilton Field with Gonzaga College 
High School and that, in exchange for such a lease, Gonzaga 
will introduce and implement a youth baseball program focused 
on 13 to 18 year old residents, said program to include summer 
and fall baseball programs and baseball clinics: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, to 
augment the District of Columbia subsidy for the District of 
Columbia Health and Hospitals Public Benefit Corporation, the 
District of Columbia may transfer from other non-Federal funds 
appropriated under this Act to the Human Support Services 
appropriation under this Act an amount not to exceed 
$90,000,000 for the purpose of restructuring the delivery of 
health services in the District of Columbia: Provided further, 
That such restructuring shall be pursuant to a restructuring 
plan approved by the Mayor of the District of Columbia, the 
Council of the District of Columbia, the District of Columbia 
Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority, 
and the Board of Directors of the Public Benefit Corporation: 
Provided further, That--
            (1) the restructuring plan reduces personnel levels 
        of D.C. General Hospital and of the Public Benefit 
        Corporation consistent with the reduction in force set 
        forth in the August 25, 2000, resolution of the Board 
        of Directors of the Public Benefit Corporation 
        regarding personnel structure, by reducing personnel by 
        at least 500 full-time equivalent employees, without 
        replacement by contract personnel;
            (2) no transferred funds are expended until 10 
        calendar days after the restructuring plan has received 
        final approval and a copy evidencing final approval has 
        been submitted by the Mayor to the Committee on 
        Government Reform of the House of Representatives, the 
        Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and 
        the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
        Representatives and the Senate; and
            (3) the plan includes a certification that the plan 
        does not request and does not rely upon any current or 
        future request for additional appropriation of Federal 
        funds.

                              Public Works

    Public works, including rental of one passenger-carrying 
vehicle for use by the Mayor and three passenger-carrying 
vehicles for use by the Council of the District of Columbia and 
leasing of passenger-carrying vehicles, $278,242,000 (including 
$265,078,000 from local funds, $3,328,000 from Federal funds, 
and $9,836,000 from other funds): Provided, That this 
appropriation shall not be available for collecting ashes or 
miscellaneous refuse from hotels and places of business: 
Provided further, That $100,000 shall be available for a 
commercial sector recycling initiative, $250,000 to initiate a 
recycling education campaign, $10,000 for community clean-up 
kits, $190,000 to restore a 3.5 percent vacancy rate in Parking 
Services, $170,000 to plant 500 trees, $118,000 for two water 
trucks, $150,000 for contract monitors and parking analysts 
within Parking Services, $1,409,000 for a neighborhood cleanup 
initiative, $1,000,000 for tree maintenance, $600,000 for an 
anti-graffiti program, $226,000 for a hazardous waste program, 
$1,260,000 for parking control aides, and $400,000 for the 
Department of Motor Vehicles to hire additional ticket 
adjudicators, conduct additional hearings, and reduce the 
waiting time for hearings.

                         Receivership Programs

    For all agencies of the District of Columbia government 
under court ordered receivership, $389,528,000 (including 
$234,913,000 from local funds, $135,555,000 from Federal funds, 
and $19,060,000 from other funds).

                                Reserve

    For replacement of funds expended, if any, during fiscal 
year 2000 from the Reserve established by section 202(j) of the 
District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management 
Assistance Act of 1995, Public Law 104-8, $150,000,000 from 
local funds: Provided, That none of these funds shall be 
obligated or expended under this heading until the emergency 
reserve fund established under this Act has been fully funded 
for fiscal year 2001 pursuant to section 450A of the District 
of Columbia Home Rule Act as set forth herein.

                         Emergency Reserve Fund

    For the emergency reserve fund established under section 
450A(a) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, the amount 
provided for fiscal year 2001 under such section, to be derived 
from local funds.

                    Repayment of Loans and Interest

    For payment of principal, interest and certain fees 
directly resulting from borrowing by the District of Columbia 
to fund District of Columbia capital projects as authorized by 
sections 462, 475, and 490 of the District of Columbia Home 
Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973, $243,238,000 from local 
funds: Provided, That any funds set aside pursuant to section 
148 of the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2000 
(Public Law 106-113; 113 Stat. 1523) that are not used in the 
reserve funds established herein shall be used for Pay-As-You-
Go Capital Funds: Provided further, That for equipment leases, 
the Mayor may finance $19,232,000 of equipment cost, plus cost 
of issuance not to exceed 2 percent of the par amount being 
financed on a lease purchase basis with a maturity not to 
exceed 5 years: Provided further, That $2,000,000 is allocated 
to the Metropolitan Police Department, $4,300,000 for the Fire 
and Emergency Medical Services Department, $1,622,000 for the 
Public Library, $2,010,000 for the Department of Parks and 
Recreation, $7,500,000 for the Department of Public Works, and 
$1,800,000 for the Public Benefit Corporation.

                Repayment of General Fund Recovery Debt

    For the purpose of eliminating the $331,589,000 general 
fund accumulated deficit as of September 30, 1990, $39,300,000 
from local funds, as authorized by section 461(a) of the 
District of Columbia Home Rule Act, (105 Stat. 540; D.C. Code, 
sec. 47-321(a)(1)).

              Payment of Interest on Short-Term Borrowing

    For payment of interest on short-term borrowing, $1,140,000 
from local funds.

                       Presidential Inauguration

    For reimbursement for necessary expenses incurred in 
connection with Presidential inauguration activities as 
authorized by section 737(b) of the District of Columbia Home 
Rule Act, Public Law 93-198, as amended, approved December 24, 
1973 (87 Stat. 824; D.C. Code, sec. 1-1803), $5,961,000 from 
local funds, previously appropriated in this Act as a Federal 
payment, which shall be apportioned by the Chief Financial 
Officer within the various appropriation headings in this Act.

                     Certificates of Participation

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

                            Wilson Building

    For expenses associated with the John A. Wilson Building, 
$8,409,000 from local funds.

                 Optical and Dental Insurance Payments

    For optical and dental insurance payments, $2,675,000 from 
local funds.

                     Management Supervisory Service

    For management supervisory service, $13,200,000 from local 
funds, to be transferred by the Mayor of the District of 
Columbia among the various appropriation headings in this Act 
for which employees are properly payable.

             Tobacco Settlement Trust Fund Transfer Payment

    Subject to the issuance of bonds to pay the purchase price 
of the District of Columbia's right, title and interest in and 
to the Master Settlement Agreement, and consistent with the 
Tobacco Settlement Financing and Trust Fund Amendment Act of 
2000, there is transferred the amount available pursuant 
thereto, but not to exceed $61,406,000, to the Tobacco 
Settlement Trust Fund established pursuant to section 2302 of 
the Tobacco Settlement Trust Fund Establishment Act of 1999, 
effective October 20, 1999 (D.C. Law 13-38; to be codified at 
D.C. Code, sec. 6-135), to be spent pursuant to local law.

    Operational Improvements Savings (Including Managed Competition)

    The Mayor and the Council, in consultation with the Chief 
Financial Officer and the District of Columbia Financial 
Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority, shall make 
reductions of $10,000,000 for operational improvements savings 
in local funds to one or more of the appropriation headings in 
this Act.

                       Management Reform Savings

    The Mayor and the Council, in consultation with the Chief 
Financial Officer and the District of Columbia Financial 
Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority, shall make 
reductions of $37,000,000 for management reform savings in 
local funds to one or more of the appropriation headings in 
this Act.

                         Cafeteria Plan Savings

    For the implementation of a Cafeteria Plan pursuant to 
Federal law, a reduction of $5,000,000 in local funds.

                       ENTERPRISE AND OTHER FUNDS

         Water and Sewer Authority and the Washington Aqueduct

    For operation of the Water and Sewer Authority and the 
Washington Aqueduct, $275,705,000 from other funds (including 
$230,614,000 for the Water and Sewer Authority and $45,091,000 
for the Washington Aqueduct) of which $41,503,000 shall be 
apportioned and payable to the District's debt service fund for 
repayment of loans and interest incurred for capital 
improvement projects.
    For construction projects, $140,725,000, as authorized by 
the Act entitled ``An Act authorizing the laying of watermains 
and service sewers in the District of Columbia, the levying of 
assessments therefor, and for other purposes'' (33 Stat. 244; 
Public Law 58-140; D.C. Code, sec. 43-1512 et seq.): Provided, 
That the requirements and restrictions that are applicable to 
general fund capital improvements projects and set forth in 
this Act under the Capital Outlay appropriation title shall 
apply to projects approved under this appropriation title.

              Lottery and Charitable Games Enterprise Fund

    For the Lottery and Charitable Games Enterprise Fund, 
established by the District of Columbia Appropriation Act for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982 (95 Stat. 1174, 1175; 
Public Law 97-91), for the purpose of implementing the Law to 
Legalize Lotteries, Daily Numbers Games, and Bingo and Raffles 
for Charitable Purposes in the District of Columbia (D.C. Law 
3-172; D.C. Code, sec. 2-2501 et seq. and sec. 22-1516 et 
seq.), $223,200,000: Provided, That the District of Columbia 
shall identify the source of funding for this appropriation 
title from the District's own locally generated revenues: 
Provided further, That no revenues from Federal sources shall 
be used to support the operations or activities of the Lottery 
and Charitable Games Control Board.

                  Sports and Entertainment Commission

    For the Sports and Entertainment Commission, $10,968,000 
from other funds: Provided, That the Mayor shall submit a 
budget for the Armory Board for the forthcoming fiscal year as 
required by section 442(b) of the District of Columbia Home 
Rule Act (87 Stat. 824; Public Law 93-198; D.C. Code, sec. 47-
301(b)).

  District of Columbia Health and Hospitals Public Benefit Corporation


                     (including transfer of funds)


    For the District of Columbia Health and Hospitals Public 
Benefit Corporation, established by D.C. Law 11-212 (D.C. Code, 
sec. 32-262.2), $123,548,000, of which $45,313,000 shall be 
derived by transfer from the general fund, and $78,235,000 from 
other funds: Provided, That no appropriated amounts and no 
amounts from or guaranteed by the District of Columbia 
government (including the District of Columbia Financial 
Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority) may be made 
available to the Corporation (through reprogramming, transfers, 
loans, or any other mechanism) which are not otherwise provided 
for under this heading until a restructuring plan for D.C. 
General Hospital has been approved by the Mayor of the District 
of Columbia, the Council of the District of Columbia, the 
Authority, the Chief Financial Officer of the District of 
Columbia, and the Chair of the Board of Directors of the 
Corporation: Provided further, That for each payment or group 
of payments made by or on behalf of the Corporation, the Chief 
Financial Officer of the District of Columbia shall sign an 
affidavit certifying that the making of the payment does not 
constitute a violation of any provision of subchapter III of 
chapter 13 of title 31, United States Code, or of any provision 
of this Act: Provided further, That more than one payment may 
be covered by the same affidavit under the previous proviso, 
but a single affidavit may not cover more than one week's worth 
of payments: Provided further, That it shall be unlawful for 
any person to order any other person to sign any affidavit 
required under this heading, or for any person to provide any 
signature required under this heading on such an affidavit by 
proxy or by machine, computer, or other facsimile device.

                 District of Columbia Retirement Board

    For the District of Columbia Retirement Board, established 
by section 121 of the District of Columbia Retirement Reform 
Act of 1979 (93 Stat. 866; D.C. Code, sec. 1-711), $11,414,000 
from the earnings of the applicable retirement funds to pay 
legal, management, investment, and other fees and 
administrative expenses of the District of Columbia Retirement 
Board: Provided, That the District of Columbia Retirement Board 
shall provide to the Congress and to the Council of the 
District of Columbia a quarterly report of the allocations of 
charges by fund and of expenditures of all funds: Provided 
further, That the District of Columbia Retirement Board shall 
provide the Mayor, for transmittal to the Council of the 
District of Columbia, an itemized accounting of the planned use 
of appropriated funds in time for each annual budget submission 
and the actual use of such funds in time for each annual 
audited financial report.

                      Correctional Industries Fund

    For the Correctional Industries Fund, established by the 
District of Columbia Correctional Industries Establishment Act 
(78 Stat. 1000; Public Law 88-622), $1,808,000 from other 
funds.

              Washington Convention Center Enterprise Fund

    For the Washington Convention Center Enterprise Fund, 
$52,726,000 from other funds.

                             Capital Outlay


                        (including rescissions)


    For construction projects, an increase of $1,077,282,000 of 
which $806,787,000 is from local funds, $66,446,000 is from 
highway trust funds, and $204,049,000 is from Federal funds, 
and a rescission of $55,208,000 from local funds appropriated 
under this heading in prior fiscal years, for a net amount of 
$1,022,074,000 to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That funds for use of each capital project implementing agency 
shall be managed and controlled in accordance with all 
procedures and limitations established under the Financial 
Management System: Provided further, That all funds provided by 
this appropriation title shall be available only for the 
specific projects and purposes intended: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding the foregoing, all authorizations for capital 
outlay projects, except those projects covered by the first 
sentence of section 23(a) of the Federal Aid Highway Act of 
1968 (82 Stat. 827; Public Law 90-495; D.C. Code, sec. 7-134, 
note), for which funds are provided by this appropriation 
title, shall expire on September 30, 2002, except 
authorizations for projects as to which funds have been 
obligated in whole or in part prior to September 30, 2002: 
Provided further, That upon expiration of any such project 
authorization, the funds provided herein for the project shall 
lapse.

                           General Provisions

    Sec. 101. Whenever in this Act, an amount is specified 
within an appropriation for particular purposes or objects of 
expenditure, such amount, unless otherwise specified, shall be 
considered as the maximum amount that may be expended for said 
purpose or object rather than an amount set apart exclusively 
therefor.
    Sec. 102. Appropriations in this Act shall be available for 
expenses of travel and for the payment of dues of organizations 
concerned with the work of the District of Columbia government, 
when authorized by the Mayor: Provided, That in the case of the 
Council of the District of Columbia, funds may be expended with 
the authorization of the chair of the Council.
    Sec. 103. There are appropriated from the applicable funds 
of the District of Columbia such sums as may be necessary for 
making refunds and for the payment of judgments that have been 
entered against the District of Columbia government: Provided, 
That nothing contained in this section shall be construed as 
modifying or affecting the provisions of section 11(c)(3) of 
title XII of the District of Columbia Income and Franchise Tax 
Act of 1947 (70 Stat. 78; Public Law 84-460; D.C. Code, sec. 
47-1812.11(c)(3)).
    Sec. 104. (a) Requiring Mayor to Maintain Index.--Effective 
with respect to fiscal year 2001 and each succeeding fiscal 
year, the Mayor of the District of Columbia shall maintain an 
index of all employment personal services and consulting 
contracts in effect on behalf of the District government, and 
shall include in the index specific information on any 
severance clause in effect under any such contract.
    (b) Public Inspection.--The index maintained under 
subsection (a) shall be kept available for public inspection 
during regular business hours.
    (c) Contracts Exempted.--Subsection (a) shall not apply 
with respect to any collective bargaining agreement or any 
contract entered into pursuant to such a collective bargaining 
agreement.
    (d) District Government Defined.--In this section, the term 
``District government'' means the government of the District of 
Columbia, including--
            (1) any department, agency or instrumentality of 
        the government of the District of Columbia;
            (2) any independent agency of the District of 
        Columbia established under part F of title IV of the 
        District of Columbia Home Rule Act or any other agency, 
        board, or commission established by the Mayor or the 
        Council;
            (3) the Council of the District of Columbia;
            (4) any other agency, public authority, or public 
        benefit corporation which has the authority to receive 
        monies directly or indirectly from the District of 
        Columbia (other than monies received from the sale of 
        goods, the provision of services, or the loaning of 
        funds to the District of Columbia); and
            (5) the District of Columbia Financial 
        Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority.
    (e) No payment shall be made pursuant to any such contract 
subject to subsection (a), nor any severance payment made under 
such contract, if a copy of the contract has not been filed in 
the index. Interested parties may file copies of their contract 
or severance agreement in the index on their own behalf.
    Sec. 105. 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. 106. No funds appropriated in this Act for the 
District of Columbia government for the operation of 
educational institutions, the compensation of personnel, or for 
other educational purposes may be used to permit, encourage, 
facilitate, or further partisan political activities. Nothing 
herein is intended to prohibit the availability of school 
buildings for the use of any community or partisan political 
group during non-school hours.
    Sec. 107. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall 
be made available to pay the salary of any employee of the 
District of Columbia government whose name, title, grade, 
salary, past work experience, and salary history are not 
available for inspection by the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations, the House Committee on Government Reform, the 
Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, and the Council of 
the District of Columbia, or their duly authorized 
representative.
    Sec. 108. There are appropriated from the applicable funds 
of the District of Columbia such sums as may be necessary for 
making payments authorized by the District of Columbia Revenue 
Recovery Act of 1977 (D.C. Law 2-20; D.C. Code, sec. 47-421 et 
seq.).
    Sec. 109. No part of this appropriation shall be used for 
publicity or propaganda purposes or implementation of any 
policy including boycott designed to support or defeat 
legislation pending before Congress or any State legislature.
    Sec. 110. At the start of the fiscal year, the Mayor shall 
develop an annual plan, by quarter and by project, for capital 
outlay borrowings: Provided, That within a reasonable time 
after the close of each quarter, the Mayor shall report to the 
Council of the District of Columbia and the Congress the actual 
borrowings and spending progress compared with projections.
    Sec. 111. (a) None of the funds provided under this Act to 
the agencies funded by this Act, both Federal and District 
government agencies, that remain available for obligation or 
expenditure in fiscal year 2001, or provided from any accounts 
in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collection 
of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 
available for obligation or expenditure for an agency through a 
reprogramming of funds which: (1) creates new programs; (2) 
eliminates a program, project, or responsibility center; (3) 
establishes or changes allocations specifically denied, limited 
or increased by Congress in this Act; (4) increases funds or 
personnel by any means for any program, project, or 
responsibility center for which funds have been denied or 
restricted; (5) reestablishes through reprogramming any program 
or project previously deferred through reprogramming; (6) 
augments existing programs, projects, or responsibility centers 
through a reprogramming of funds in excess of $1,000,000 or 10 
percent, whichever is less; or (7) increases by 20 percent or 
more personnel assigned to a specific program, project or 
responsibility center; unless the Committees on Appropriations 
of both the Senate and House of Representatives are notified in 
writing 30 days in advance of any reprogramming as set forth in 
this section.
    (b) None of the local funds contained in this Act may be 
available for obligation or expenditure for an agency through a 
reprogramming of funds which transfers any local funds from one 
appropriation to another unless the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives are 
notified in writing 30 days in advance of the transfer, except 
that in no event may the amount of any funds transferred exceed 
two percent of the local funds in the appropriation.
    Sec. 112. Consistent with the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 
1301(a), appropriations under this Act shall be applied only to 
the objects for which the appropriations were made except as 
otherwise provided by law.
    Sec. 113. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the 
provisions of the District of Columbia Government Comprehensive 
Merit Personnel Act of 1978 (D.C. Law 2-139; D.C. Code, sec. 1-
601.1 et seq.), enacted pursuant to section 422(3) of the 
District of Columbia Home Rule Act (87 Stat. 790; Public Law 
93-198; D.C. Code, sec. 1-242(3)), shall apply with respect to 
the compensation of District of Columbia employees: Provided, 
That for pay purposes, employees of the District of Columbia 
government shall not be subject to the provisions of title 5, 
United States Code.
    Sec. 114. No later than 30 days after the end of the first 
quarter of the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, the Mayor 
of the District of Columbia shall submit to the Council of the 
District of Columbia the new fiscal year 2001 revenue estimates 
as of the end of the first quarter of fiscal year 2001. These 
estimates shall be used in the budget request for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2002. The officially revised 
estimates at midyear shall be used for the midyear report.
    Sec. 115. No sole source contract with the District of 
Columbia government or any agency thereof may be renewed or 
extended without opening that contract to the competitive 
bidding process as set forth in section 303 of the District of 
Columbia Procurement Practices Act of 1985 (D.C. Law 6-85; D.C. 
Code, sec. 1-1183.3), except that the District of Columbia 
government or any agency thereof may renew or extend sole 
source contracts for which competition is not feasible or 
practical: Provided, That the determination as to whether to 
invoke the competitive bidding process has been made in 
accordance with duly promulgated rules and procedures and said 
determination has been reviewed and approved by the District of 
Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance 
Authority.
    Sec. 116. For purposes of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985 (99 Stat. 1037; Public Law 99-177), 
the term ``program, project, and activity'' shall be synonymous 
with and refer specifically to each account appropriating 
Federal funds in this Act, and any sequestration order shall be 
applied to each of the accounts rather than to the aggregate 
total of those accounts: Provided, That sequestration orders 
shall not be applied to any account that is specifically 
exempted from sequestration by the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
    Sec. 117. In the event a sequestration order is issued 
pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985 (99 Stat. 1037: Public Law 99-177), after the 
amounts appropriated to the District of Columbia for the fiscal 
year involved have been paid to the District of Columbia, the 
Mayor of the District of Columbia shall pay to the Secretary of 
the Treasury, within 15 days after receipt of a request 
therefor from the Secretary of the Treasury, such amounts as 
are sequestered by the order: Provided, That the sequestration 
percentage specified in the order shall be applied 
proportionately to each of the Federal appropriation accounts 
in this Act that are not specifically exempted from 
sequestration by such Act.
    Sec. 118. Acceptance and Use of Gifts. (a) Approval by 
Mayor.--
            (1) In general.--An entity of the District of 
        Columbia government may accept and use a gift or 
        donation during fiscal year 2001 if--
                    (A) the Mayor approves the acceptance and 
                use of the gift or donation (except as provided 
                in paragraph (2)); and
                    (B) the entity uses the gift or donation to 
                carry out its authorized functions or duties.
            (2) Exception for council and courts.--The Council 
        of the District of Columbia and the District of 
        Columbia courts may accept and use gifts without prior 
        approval by the Mayor.
    (b) Records and Public Inspection.--Each entity of the 
District of Columbia government shall keep accurate and 
detailed records of the acceptance and use of any gift or 
donation under subsection (a), and shall make such records 
available for audit and public inspection.
    (c) Independent Agencies Included.--For the purposes of 
this section, the term ``entity of the District of Columbia 
government'' includes an independent agency of the District of 
Columbia.
    (d) Exception for Board of Education.--This section shall 
not apply to the District of Columbia Board of Education, which 
may, pursuant to the laws and regulations of the District of 
Columbia, accept and use gifts to the public schools without 
prior approval by the Mayor.
    Sec. 119. None of the Federal funds provided in this Act 
may be used by the District of Columbia to provide for 
salaries, expenses, or other costs associated with the offices 
of United States Senator or United States Representative under 
section 4(d) of the District of Columbia Statehood 
Constitutional Convention Initiatives of 1979 (D.C. Law 3-171; 
D.C. Code, sec. 1-113(d)).
    Sec. 120. (a) Modification of Contracting Requirements.--
            (1) Contracts subject to notice requirements.--
        Section 2204(c)(1)(A) of the District of Columbia 
        School Reform Act (sec. 31-2853.14(c)(1)(A), D.C. Code) 
        is amended to read as follows:
                    ``(A) Notice requirement for procurement 
                contracts.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Except in the 
                        case of an emergency (as determined by 
                        the eligible chartering authority of a 
                        public charter school), with respect to 
                        any procurement contract proposed to be 
                        awarded by the public charter school 
                        and having a value equal to or 
                        exceeding $25,000, the school shall 
                        publish a notice of a request for 
                        proposals in the District of Columbia 
                        Register and newspapers of general 
                        circulation not less than 7 days prior 
                        to the award of the contract.
                            ``(ii) Exception for certain 
                        contracts.--The notice requirement of 
                        clause (i) shall not apply with respect 
                        to any contract for the lease or 
                        purchase of real property by a public 
                        charter school, any employment contract 
                        for a staff member of a public charter 
                        school, or any management contract 
                        entered into by a public charter school 
                        and the management company designated 
                        in its charter or its petition for a 
                        revised charter.''.
            (2) Submission of contracts to eligible chartering 
        authority.--Section 2204(c)(1)(B) of such Act (sec. 31-
        2853.14(c)(1)(B), D.C. Code) is amended--
                    (A) in the heading, by striking 
                ``authority'' and inserting ``eligible 
                chartering authority'';
                    (B) in clause (i), by striking 
                ``Authority'' and inserting ``eligible 
                chartering authority''; and
                    (C) by amending clause (ii) to read as 
                follows:
                            ``(ii) Effective date of 
                        contract.--A contract described in 
                        subparagraph (A) shall become effective 
                        on the date that is 10 days after the 
                        date the school makes the submission 
                        under clause (i) with respect to the 
                        contract, or the effective date 
                        specified in the contract, whichever is 
                        later.''.
    (b) Clarification of Application of School Reform Act.--
            (1) Waiver of duplicate and conflicting 
        provisions.--Section 2210 of such Act (sec. 31-2853.20, 
        D.C. Code) is amended by adding at the end the 
        following new subsection:
    ``(d) Waiver of Application of Duplicate and Conflicting 
Provisions.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and 
except as otherwise provided in this title, no provision of any 
law regarding the establishment, administration, or operation 
of public charter schools in the District of Columbia shall 
apply with respect to a public charter school or an eligible 
chartering authority to the extent that the provision 
duplicates or is inconsistent with any provision of this 
title.''.
            (2) Effective date.--The amendments made by this 
        subsection shall take effect as if included in the 
        enactment of the District of Columbia School Reform Act 
        of 1995.
    (c) Licensing Requirements for Preschool or Prekindergarten 
Programs.--
            (1) In general.--Section 2204(c) of such Act (sec. 
        31-2853.14(c), D.C. Code) is amended by adding at the 
        end the following new paragraph:
            ``(18) Licensing as child development center.--A 
        public charter school which offers a preschool or 
        prekindergarten program shall be subject to the same 
        child care licensing requirements (if any) which apply 
        to a District of Columbia public school which offers 
        such a program.''.
            (2) Conforming amendments.--(A) Section 2202 of 
        such Act (sec. 31-2853.12, D.C. Code) is amended by 
        striking clause (17).
            (B) Section 2203(h)(2) of such Act (sec. 31-
        2853.13(h)(2), D.C. Code) is amended by striking 
        ``(17),''.
    (d) Section 2403 of the District of Columbia School Reform 
Act of 1995 (sec. 31-2853.43, D.C. Code) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(c) Assignment of Payments.--A public charter school may 
assign any payments made to the school under this section to a 
financial institution for use as collateral to secure a loan or 
for the repayment of a loan.''.
    (e) Section 2210 of the District of Columbia School Reform 
Act of 1995 (sec. 31-2853.20, D.C. Code), as amended by 
subsection (b), is further amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection:
    ``(e) Participation in GSA Programs.--
            ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any provision of 
        this Act or any other provision of law, a public 
        charter school may acquire goods and services through 
        the General Services Administration and may participate 
        in programs of the Administration in the same manner 
        and to the same extent as any entity of the District of 
        Columbia government.
            ``(2) Participation by certain organizations.--A 
        public charter school may delegate to a nonprofit, tax-
        exempt organization in the District of Columbia the 
        public charter school's authority under paragraph 
        (1).''.
    Sec. 121. Reporting Requirements for the District of 
Columbia Public Schools and the University of the District of 
Columbia. (a) The Superintendent of the District of Columbia 
Public Schools (DCPS) and the University of the District of 
Columbia (UDC) shall each submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate, the 
Committee on Government Reform of the House of Representatives, 
and the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate no 
later than 15 calendar days after the end of each quarter a 
report that sets forth--
            (1) current quarter expenditures and obligations, 
        year-to-date expenditures and obligations, and total 
        fiscal year expenditure projections versus budget 
        broken out on the basis of control center, 
        responsibility center, and object class, and for all 
        funds, non-appropriated funds, and capital financing;
            (2) a list of each account for which spending is 
        frozen and the amount of funds frozen, broken out by 
        control center, responsibility center, detailed object, 
        and for all funding sources;
            (3) a list of all active contracts in excess of 
        $10,000 annually, which contains the name of each 
        contractor; the budget to which the contract is 
        charged, broken out on the basis of control center, 
        responsibility center, and agency reporting code; and 
        contract identifying codes used by DCPS and UDC; 
        payments made in the last quarter and year-to-date, the 
        total amount of the contract and total payments made 
        for the contract and any modifications, extensions, 
        renewals; and specific modifications made to each 
        contract in the last month;
            (4) all reprogramming requests and reports that are 
        required to be, and have been, submitted to the Board 
        of Education;
            (5) all reprogramming requests and reports that 
        have been made by UDC within the last quarter in 
        compliance with applicable law; and
            (6) changes made in the last quarter to the 
        organizational structure of DCPS and UDC, displaying 
        for each entity previous and current control centers 
        and responsibility centers, the names of the 
        organizational entities that have been changed, the 
        name of the staff member supervising each entity 
        affected, and the reasons for the structural change.
    (b) The Superintendent of DCPS and UDC shall annually 
compile an accurate and verifiable report on the positions and 
employees in the public school system and the university, 
respectively. The annual report shall--
            (1) set forth the number of validated schedule A 
        positions in the District of Columbia public schools 
        and UDC for fiscal year 2001, and thereafter on full-
        time equivalent basis, including a compilation of all 
        positions by control center, responsibility center, 
        funding source, position type, position title, pay 
        plan, grade, and annual salary;
            (2) set forth a compilation of all employees in the 
        District of Columbia public schools and UDC as of the 
        preceding December 31, verified as to its accuracy in 
        accordance with the functions that each employee 
        actually performs, by control center, responsibility 
        center, agency reporting code, program (including 
        funding source), activity, location for accounting 
        purposes, job title, grade and classification, annual 
        salary, and position control number; and
            (3) be submitted to the Congress, the Mayor, the 
        District of Columbia Council, the Consensus Commission, 
        and the Authority, not later than February 15 of each 
        year.
    (c) No later than November 1, 2000, or within 30 calendar 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, whichever 
occurs later, and each succeeding year, the Superintendent of 
DCPS and UDC shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees, the Mayor, the District of Columbia Council, the 
Consensus Commission, and the District of Columbia Financial 
Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority, a revised 
appropriated funds operating budget for the public school 
system and UDC for such fiscal year: (1) that is in the total 
amount of the approved appropriation and that realigns budgeted 
data for personal services and other-than-personal services, 
respectively, with anticipated actual expenditures; and (2) 
that is in the format of the budget that the Superintendent of 
DCPS and UDC submit to the Mayor of the District of Columbia 
for inclusion in the Mayor's budget submission to the Council 
of the District of Columbia pursuant to section 442 of the 
District of Columbia Home Rule Act (Public Law 93-198; D.C. 
Code, sec. 47-301).
    Sec. 122. (a) None of the funds contained in this Act may 
be made available to pay the fees of an attorney who represents 
a party who prevails in an action or any attorney who defends 
any action, including an administrative proceeding, brought 
against the District of Columbia Public Schools under the 
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et 
seq.) if--
            (1) the hourly rate of compensation of the attorney 
        exceeds 250 percent of the hourly rate of compensation 
        under section 11-2604(a), District of Columbia Code; or
            (2) the maximum amount of compensation of the 
        attorney exceeds 250 percent of the maximum amount of 
        compensation under section 11-2604(b)(1), District of 
        Columbia Code, except that compensation and 
        reimbursement in excess of such maximum may be approved 
        for extended or complex representation in accordance 
        with section 11-2604(c), District of Columbia Code; and
            (3) in no case may the compensation limits in 
        paragraphs (1) and (2) exceed $2,500.
    (b) Notwithstanding the preceding subsection, if the Mayor 
and the Superintendent of the District of Columbia Public 
Schools concur in a Memorandum of Understanding setting forth a 
new rate and amount of compensation, then such new rates shall 
apply in lieu of the rates set forth in the preceding 
subsection to both the attorney who represents the prevailing 
party and the attorney who defends the action.
    Sec. 123. None of the funds appropriated under this Act 
shall be expended for any abortion except where the life of the 
mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term or 
where the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest.
    Sec. 124. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to implement or enforce the Health Care Benefits 
Expansion Act of 1992 (D.C. Law 9-114; D.C. Code, sec. 36-1401 
et seq.) or to otherwise implement or enforce any system of 
registration of unmarried, cohabiting couples (whether 
homosexual, heterosexual, or lesbian), including but not 
limited to registration for the purpose of extending 
employment, health, or governmental benefits to such couples on 
the same basis that such benefits are extended to legally 
married couples.
    Sec. 125. The District of Columbia Financial Responsibility 
and Management Assistance Authority, acting on behalf of the 
District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) in formulating the 
DCPS budget, the Board of Trustees of the University of the 
District of Columbia, the Board of Library Trustees, and the 
Board of Governors of the University of the District of 
Columbia School of Law shall vote on and approve the respective 
annual or revised budgets for such entities before submission 
to the Mayor of the District of Columbia for inclusion in the 
Mayor's budget submission to the Council of the District of 
Columbia in accordance with section 442 of the District of 
Columbia Home Rule Act (Public Law 93-198; D.C. Code, sec. 47-
301), or before submitting their respective budgets directly to 
the Council.
    Sec. 126. (a) Acceptance and Use of Grants Not Included in 
Ceiling.--
            (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other 
        provision of this Act, the Mayor, in consultation with 
        the Chief Financial Officer, during a control year, as 
        defined in section 305(4) of the District of Columbia 
        Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Act 
        of 1995 (Public Law 104-8; 109 Stat. 152), may accept, 
        obligate, and expend Federal, private, and other grants 
        received by the District government that are not 
        reflected in the amounts appropriated in this Act.
            (2) Requirement of chief financial officer report 
        and authority approval.--No such Federal, private, or 
        other grant may be accepted, obligated, or expended 
        pursuant to paragraph (1) until--
                    (A) the Chief Financial Officer of the 
                District of Columbia submits to the Authority a 
                report setting forth detailed information 
                regarding such grant; and
                    (B) the Authority has reviewed and approved 
                the acceptance, obligation, and expenditure of 
                such grant in accordance with review and 
                approval procedures consistent with the 
                provisions of the District of Columbia 
                Financial Responsibility and Management 
                Assistance Act of 1995.
            (3) Prohibition on spending in anticipation of 
        approval or receipt.--No amount may be obligated or 
        expended from the general fund or other funds of the 
        District government in anticipation of the approval or 
        receipt of a grant under paragraph (2)(B) of this 
        subsection or in anticipation of the approval or 
        receipt of a Federal, private, or other grant not 
        subject to such paragraph.
            (4) Quarterly reports.--The Chief Financial Officer 
        of the District of Columbia shall prepare a quarterly 
        report setting forth detailed information regarding all 
        Federal, private, and other grants subject to this 
        subsection. Each such report shall be submitted to the 
        Council of the District of Columbia, and to the 
        Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
        Representatives and the Senate, not later than 15 days 
        after the end of the quarter covered by the report.
    (b) Report on Expenditures by Financial Responsibility and 
Management Assistance Authority.--Not later than 20 calendar 
days after the end of each fiscal quarter starting October 1, 
2000, the Authority shall submit a report to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, 
the Committee on Government Reform of the House, and the 
Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate providing an 
itemized accounting of all non-appropriated funds obligated or 
expended by the Authority for the quarter. The report shall 
include information on the date, amount, purpose, and vendor 
name, and a description of the services or goods provided with 
respect to the expenditures of such funds.
    Sec. 127. If a department or agency of the government of 
the District of Columbia is under the administration of a 
court-appointed receiver or other court-appointed official 
during fiscal year 2001 or any succeeding fiscal year, the 
receiver or official shall prepare and submit to the Mayor, for 
inclusion in the annual budget of the District of Columbia for 
the year, annual estimates of the expenditures and 
appropriations necessary for the maintenance and operation of 
the department or agency. All such estimates shall be forwarded 
by the Mayor to the Council, for its action pursuant to 
sections 446 and 603(c) of the District of Columbia Home Rule 
Act, without revision but subject to the Mayor's 
recommendations. Notwithstanding any provision of the District 
of Columbia Home Rule Act (87 Stat. 774; Public Law 93-198), 
the Council may comment or make recommendations concerning such 
annual estimates but shall have no authority under such Act to 
revise such estimates.
    Sec. 128. (a) Restrictions on Use of Official Vehicles.--
Except as otherwise provided in this section, none of the funds 
made available by this Act or by any other Act may be used to 
provide any officer or employee of the District of Columbia 
with an official vehicle unless the officer or employee uses 
the vehicle only in the performance of the officer's or 
employee's official duties. For purposes of this paragraph, the 
term ``official duties'' does not include travel between the 
officer's or employee's residence and workplace (except: (1) in 
the case of an officer or employee of the Metropolitan Police 
Department who resides in the District of Columbia or is 
otherwise designated by the Chief of the Department; (2) at the 
discretion of the Fire Chief, an officer or employee of the 
District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services 
Department who resides in the District of Columbia and is on 
call 24 hours a day; (3) the Mayor of the District of Columbia; 
and (4) the Chairman of the Council of the District of 
Columbia).
    (b) Inventory of Vehicles.--The Chief Financial Officer of 
the District of Columbia shall submit, by November 15, 2000, an 
inventory, as of September 30, 2000, of all vehicles owned, 
leased or operated by the District of Columbia government. The 
inventory shall include, but not be limited to, the department 
to which the vehicle is assigned; the year and make of the 
vehicle; the acquisition date and cost; the general condition 
of the vehicle; annual operating and maintenance costs; current 
mileage; and whether the vehicle is allowed to be taken home by 
a District officer or employee and if so, the officer or 
employee's title and resident location.
    Sec. 129. (a) Source of Payment for Employees Detailed 
Within Government.--For purposes of determining the amount of 
funds expended by any entity within the District of Columbia 
government during fiscal year 2001 and each succeeding fiscal 
year, any expenditures of the District government attributable 
to any officer or employee of the District government who 
provides services which are within the authority and 
jurisdiction of the entity (including any portion of the 
compensation paid to the officer or employee attributable to 
the time spent in providing such services) shall be treated as 
expenditures made from the entity's budget, without regard to 
whether the officer or employee is assigned to the entity or 
otherwise treated as an officer or employee of the entity.
    (b) Modification of Reduction in Force Procedures.--Section 
2408 of the District of Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit 
Personnel Act of 1978, effective March 3, 1979 (D.C. Law 2-139; 
D.C. Code, sec. 1-625.7), is amended as follows:
            (1) Subsection (a) is amended by striking 
        ``September 30, 2000'' and inserting ``September 30, 
        2000, and each subsequent fiscal year''.
            (2) Subsection (b) is amended by striking ``Prior 
        to February 1, 2000'' and inserting ``Prior to February 
        1 of each year''.
            (3) Subsection (i) is amended by striking ``March 
        1, 2000'' and inserting ``March 1 of each year''.
            (4) Subsection (k) is amended by striking 
        ``September 1, 2000'' and inserting ``September 1 of 
        each year''.
    (c) No officer or employee of the District of Columbia 
government (including any independent agency of the District 
but excluding the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility 
and Management Assistance Authority, the Metropolitan Police 
Department, and the Office of the Chief Technology Officer) may 
enter into an agreement in excess of $2,500 for the procurement 
of goods or services on behalf of any entity of the District 
government until the officer or employee has conducted an 
analysis of how the procurement of the goods and services 
involved under the applicable regulations and procedures of the 
District government would differ from the procurement of the 
goods and services involved under the Federal supply schedule 
and other applicable regulations and procedures of the General 
Services Administration, including an analysis of any 
differences in the costs to be incurred and the time required 
to obtain the goods or services.
    Sec. 130. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, not 
later than 120 days after the date that a District of Columbia 
Public Schools (DCPS) student is referred for evaluation or 
assessment--
            (1) the District of Columbia Board of Education, or 
        its successor, and DCPS shall assess or evaluate a 
        student who may have a disability and who may require 
        special education services; and
            (2) if a student is classified as having a 
        disability, as defined in section 101(a)(1) of the 
        Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (84 Stat. 
        175; 20 U.S.C. 1401(a)(1)) or in section 7(8) of the 
        Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (87 Stat. 359; 29 U.S.C. 
        706(8)), the Board and DCPS shall place that student in 
        an appropriate program of special education services.
    Sec. 131. (a) Compliance With Buy American Act.--None of 
the funds made available in this Act may be expended by an 
entity unless the entity agrees that in expending the funds the 
entity will comply with the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a-
10c).
    (b) Sense of the Congress; Requirement Regarding Notice.--
            (1) Purchase of american-made equipment and 
        products.--In the case of any equipment or product that 
        may be authorized to be purchased with financial 
        assistance provided using funds made available in this 
        Act, it is the sense of the Congress that entities 
        receiving the assistance should, in expending the 
        assistance, purchase only American-made equipment and 
        products to the greatest extent practicable.
            (2) Notice to recipients of assistance.--In 
        providing financial assistance using funds made 
        available in this Act, the head of each agency of the 
        Federal or District of Columbia government shall 
        provide to each recipient of the assistance a notice 
        describing the statement made in paragraph (1) by the 
        Congress.
    (c) Prohibition of Contracts With Persons Falsely Labeling 
Products as Made in America.--If it has been finally determined 
by a court or Federal agency that any person intentionally 
affixed a label bearing a ``Made in America'' inscription, or 
any inscription with the same meaning, to any product sold in 
or shipped to the United States that is not made in the United 
States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any contract 
or subcontract made with funds made available in this Act, 
pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineligibility 
procedures described in sections 9.400 through 9.409 of title 
48, Code of Federal Regulations.
    Sec. 132. None of the funds contained in this Act may be 
used for purposes of the annual independent audit of the 
District of Columbia government (including the District of 
Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance 
Authority) for fiscal year 2001 unless--
            (1) the audit is conducted by the Inspector General 
        of the District of Columbia pursuant to section 
        208(a)(4) of the District of Columbia Procurement 
        Practices Act of 1985 (D.C. Code, sec. 1-1182.8(a)(4)); 
        and
            (2) the audit includes a comparison of audited 
        actual year-end results with the revenues submitted in 
        the budget document for such year and the 
        appropriations enacted into law for such year.
    Sec. 133. None of the funds contained in this Act may be 
used by the District of Columbia Corporation Counsel or any 
other officer or entity of the District government to provide 
assistance for any petition drive or civil action which seeks 
to require Congress to provide for voting representation in 
Congress for the District of Columbia.
    Sec. 134. None of the funds contained in this Act may be 
used to transfer or confine inmates classified above the medium 
security level, as defined by the Federal Bureau of Prisons 
classification instrument, to the Northeast Ohio Correctional 
Center located in Youngstown, Ohio.
    Sec. 135. Subsection 3(e) of Public Law 104-21 (D.C. Code 
sec. 7-134.2(e)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(e) Inspector General Audit.--Not later than February 1, 
2001, and each February 1 thereafter, the Inspector General of 
the District of Columbia shall audit the financial statements 
of the District of Columbia Highway Trust Fund for the 
preceding fiscal year and shall submit to Congress a report on 
the results of such audit. Not later than May 31, 2001, and 
each May 31 thereafter, the Inspector General shall examine the 
statements forecasting the conditions and operations of the 
Trust Fund for the next five fiscal years commencing on the 
previous October 1 and shall submit to Congress a report on the 
results of such examination.''.
    Sec. 136. No later than November 1, 2000, or within 30 
calendar days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
whichever occurs later, the Chief Financial Officer of the 
District of Columbia shall submit to the appropriate committees 
of Congress, the Mayor, and the District of Columbia Financial 
Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority a revised 
appropriated funds operating budget in the format of the budget 
that the District of Columbia government submitted pursuant to 
section 442 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (Public 
Law 93-198; D.C. Code, sec. 47-301), for all agencies of the 
District of Columbia government for such fiscal year that is in 
the total amount of the approved appropriation and that 
realigns all budgeted data for personal services and other-
than-personal-services, respectively, with anticipated actual 
expenditures.
    Sec. 137. (a) None of the funds contained in this Act may 
be used for any program of distributing sterile needles or 
syringes for the hypodermic injection of any illegal drug.
    (b) Any individual or entity who receives any funds 
contained in this Act and who carries out any program described 
in subsection (a) shall account for all funds used for such 
program separately from any funds contained in this Act.
    Sec. 138. (a) Restrictions on Leases.--Upon the expiration 
of the 60-day period that begins on the date of the enactment 
of this Act, none of the funds contained in this Act may be 
used to make rental payments under a lease for the use of real 
property by the District of Columbia government (including any 
independent agency of the District) unless the lease and an 
abstract of the lease have been filed (by the District of 
Columbia or any other party to the lease) with the central 
office of the Deputy Mayor for Economic Development, in an 
indexed registry available for public inspection.
    (b) Additional Restrictions on Current Leases.--
            (1) In general.--Upon the expiration of the 60-day 
        period that begins on the date of the enactment of this 
        Act, in the case of a lease described in paragraph (3), 
        none of the funds contained in this Act may be used to 
        make rental payments under the lease unless the lease 
        is included in periodic reports submitted by the Mayor 
        and Council of the District of Columbia to the 
        Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
        Representatives and Senate describing for each such 
        lease the following information:
                    (A) The location of the property involved, 
                the name of the owners of record according to 
                the land records of the District of Columbia, 
                the name of the lessors according to the lease, 
                the rate of payment under the lease, the period 
                of time covered by the lease, and the 
                conditions under which the lease may be 
                terminated.
                    (B) The extent to which the property is or 
                is not occupied by the District of Columbia 
                government as of the end of the reporting 
                period involved.
                    (C) If the property is not occupied and 
                utilized by the District government as of the 
                end of the reporting period involved, a plan 
                for occupying and utilizing the property 
                (including construction or renovation work) or 
                a status statement regarding any efforts by the 
                District to terminate or renegotiate the lease.
            (2) Timing of reports.--The reports described in 
        paragraph (1) shall be submitted for each calendar 
        quarter (beginning with the quarter ending December 31, 
        2000) not later than 20 days after the end of the 
        quarter involved, plus an initial report submitted not 
        later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of 
        this Act, which shall provide information as of the 
        date of the enactment of this Act.
            (3) Leases described.--A lease described in this 
        paragraph is a lease in effect as of the date of the 
        enactment of this Act for the use of real property by 
        the District of Columbia government (including any 
        independent agency of the District) which is not being 
        occupied by the District government (including any 
        independent agency of the District) as of such date or 
        during the 60-day period which begins on the date of 
        the enactment of this Act.
    Sec. 139. (a) Management of Existing District Government 
Property.--Upon the expiration of the 60-day period that begins 
on the date of the enactment of this Act, none of the funds 
contained in this Act may be used to enter into a lease (or to 
make rental payments under such a lease) for the use of real 
property by the District of Columbia government (including any 
independent agency of the District) or to purchase real 
property for the use of the District of Columbia government 
(including any independent agency of the District) or to manage 
real property for the use of the District of Columbia 
(including any independent agency of the District) unless the 
following conditions are met:
            (1) The Mayor and Council of the District of 
        Columbia certify to the Committees on Appropriations of 
        the House of Representatives and Senate that existing 
        real property available to the District (whether leased 
        or owned by the District government) is not suitable 
        for the purposes intended.
            (2) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, 
        there is made available for sale or lease all real 
        property of the District of Columbia that the Mayor 
        from time-to-time determines is surplus to the needs of 
        the District of Columbia, unless a majority of the 
        members of the Council override the Mayor's 
        determination during the 30-day period which begins on 
        the date the determination is published.
            (3) The Mayor and Council implement a program for 
        the periodic survey of all District property to 
        determine if it is surplus to the needs of the 
        District.
            (4) The Mayor and Council within 60 days of the 
        date of the enactment of this Act have filed with the 
        Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
        Representatives and Senate, the Committee on Government 
        Reform of the House of Representatives, and the 
        Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate a 
        report which provides a comprehensive plan for the 
        management of District of Columbia real property 
        assets, and are proceeding with the implementation of 
        the plan.
    (b) Termination of Provisions.--If the District of Columbia 
enacts legislation to reform the practices and procedures 
governing the entering into of leases for the use of real 
property by the District of Columbia government and the 
disposition of surplus real property of the District 
government, the provisions of subsection (a) shall cease to be 
effective upon the effective date of the legislation.
    Sec. 140. None of the funds contained in this Act may be 
used after the expiration of the 60-day period that begins on 
the date of the enactment of this Act to pay the salary of any 
chief financial officer of any office of the District of 
Columbia government (including the District of Columbia 
Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority 
and any independent agency of the District) who has not filed a 
certification with the Mayor and the Chief Financial Officer of 
the District of Columbia that the officer understands the 
duties and restrictions applicable to the officer and the 
officer's agency as a result of this Act (and the amendments 
made by this Act), including any duty to prepare a report 
requested either in the Act or in any of the reports 
accompanying the Act and the deadline by which each report must 
be submitted, and the District's Chief Financial Officer shall 
provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 
the House of Representatives by the 10th day after the end of 
each quarter a summary list showing each report, the due date 
and the date submitted to the Committees.
    Sec. 141. The proposed budget of the government of the 
District of Columbia for fiscal year 2002 that is submitted by 
the District to Congress shall specify potential adjustments 
that might become necessary in the event that the operational 
improvements savings, including managed competition, and 
management reform savings achieved by the District during the 
year do not meet the level of management savings projected by 
the District under the proposed budget.
    Sec. 142. In submitting any document showing the budget for 
an office of the District of Columbia government (including an 
independent agency of the District) that contains a category of 
activities labeled as ``other'', ``miscellaneous'', or a 
similar general, nondescriptive term, the document shall 
include a description of the types of activities covered in the 
category and a detailed breakdown of the amount allocated for 
each such activity.
    Sec. 143. (a) None of the funds contained in this Act may 
be used to enact or carry out any law, rule, or regulation to 
legalize or otherwise reduce penalties associated with the 
possession, use, or distribution of any schedule I substance 
under the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802) or any 
tetrahydrocannabinols derivative.
    (b) The Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Treatment 
Initiative of 1998, also known as Initiative 59, approved by 
the electors of the District of Columbia on November 3, 1998, 
shall not take effect.
    Sec. 144. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Mayor of the District of Columbia is hereby solely authorized 
to allocate the District's limitation amount of qualified zone 
academy bonds (established pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 1397E) among 
qualified zone academies within the District.
    Sec. 145. (a) Section 11232 of the Balanced Budget Act of 
1997 (sec. 24-1232, D.C. Code) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (f) through (i) as 
        subsections (g) through (j); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (e) the following 
        new subsection:
    ``(f) Treatment as Federal Employees.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Trustee and employees of the 
        Trustee who are not covered under subsection (e) shall 
        be treated as employees of the Federal Government 
        solely for purposes of the following provisions of 
        title 5, United States Code:
                    ``(A) Chapter 83 (relating to retirement).
                    ``(B) Chapter 84 (relating to the Federal 
                Employees' Retirement System).
                    ``(C) Chapter 87 (relating to life 
                insurance).
                    ``(D) Chapter 89 (relating to health 
                insurance).
            ``(2) Effective dates of coverage.--The effective 
        dates of coverage of the provisions of paragraph (1) 
        are as follows:
                    ``(A) In the case of the Trustee and 
                employees of the Office of the Trustee and the 
                Office of Adult Probation, August 5, 1997, or 
                the date of appointment, whichever is later.
                    ``(B) In the case of employees of the 
                Office of Parole, October 11, 1998, or the date 
                of appointment, whichever is later.
                    ``(C) In the case of employees of the 
                Pretrial Services Agency, January 3, 1999, or 
                the date of appointment, whichever is later.
            ``(3) Rate of contributions.--The Trustee shall 
        make contributions under the provisions referred to in 
        paragraph (1) at the same rates applicable to agencies 
        of the Federal Government.
            ``(4) Regulations.--The Office of Personnel 
        Management shall issue such regulations as are 
        necessary to carry out this subsection.''.
    (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect 
as if included in the enactment of title XI of the Balanced 
Budget Act of 1997.
    Sec. 146. It is the sense of the Congress that the District 
of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance 
Authority should quickly complete the sale of the Franklin 
School property, a property which has been vacant for over 20 
years.
    Sec. 147. Nothing in this Act may be construed to prevent 
the Council or Mayor of the District of Columbia from 
addressing the issue of the provision of contraceptive coverage 
by health insurance plans, but it is the intent of Congress 
that any legislation enacted on such issue should include a 
``conscience clause'' which provides exceptions for religious 
beliefs and moral convictions.
    Sec. 148. (a) Chapter 23 of title 11, District of Columbia, 
is hereby repealed.
    (b) The table of chapters for title 11, District of 
Columbia, is amended by striking the item relating to chapter 
23.
    (c) The amendments made by this section shall take effect 
on the date on which legislation enacted by the Council of the 
District of Columbia to establish the Office of the Chief 
Medical Examiner in the executive branch of the government of 
the District of Columbia takes effect.


                  prompt payment of appointed counsel


    Sec. 149. (a) Assessment of Interest for Delayed 
Payments.--If the Superior Court of the District of Columbia or 
the District of Columbia Court of Appeals does not make a 
payment described in subsection (b) prior to the expiration of 
the 45-day period which begins on the date the Court receives a 
completed voucher for a claim for the payment, interest shall 
be assessed against the amount of the payment which would 
otherwise be made to take into account the period which begins 
on the day after the expiration of such 45-day period and which 
ends on the day the Court makes the payment.
    (b) Payments Described.--A payment described in this 
subsection is--
            (1) a payment authorized under section 11-2604 and 
        section 11-2605, D.C. Code (relating to representation 
        provided under the District of Columbia Criminal 
        Justice Act);
            (2) a payment for counsel appointed in proceedings 
        in the Family Division of the Superior Court of the 
        District of Columbia under chapter 23 of title 16, D.C. 
        Code; or
            (3) a payment for counsel authorized under section 
        21-2060, D.C. Code (relating to representation provided 
        under the District of Columbia Guardianship, Protective 
        Proceedings, and Durable Power of Attorney Act of 
        1986).
    (c) Standards for Submission of Completed Vouchers.--The 
chief judges of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia 
and the District of Columbia Court of Appeals shall establish 
standards and criteria for determining whether vouchers 
submitted for claims for payments described in subsection (b) 
are complete, and shall publish and make such standards and 
criteria available to attorneys who practice before such 
Courts.
    (d) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be 
construed to require the assessment of interest against any 
claim (or portion of any claim) which is denied by the Court 
involved.
    (e) Effective Date.--This section shall apply with respect 
to claims received by the Superior Court of the District of 
Columbia or the District of Columbia Court of Appeals after the 
expiration of the 90-day period which begins on the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
    Sec. 150. (a) Effective 120 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, it shall be unlawful for any person to 
distribute any needle or syringe for the hypodermic injection 
of any illegal drug in any area of the District of Columbia 
which is within 1000 feet of a public or private elementary or 
secondary school (including a public charter school). It is 
stipulated that based on a survey by the Metropolitan Police 
Department of the District of Columbia that sites at 4th Street 
Northeast and Rhode Island Avenue Northeast, Southern Avenue 
Southeast and Central Avenue Southeast, 1st Street Southeast 
and M Street Southeast, 21st Street Northeast and H Street 
Northeast, Minnesota Avenue Northeast and Clay Place Northeast, 
and 15th Street Southeast and Ives Street Southeast are outside 
the 1000-foot perimeter. Sites at North Capitol Street and New 
York Avenue Northeast, Division Avenue Northeast and Foote 
Street Northeast, Georgia Avenue Northwest and New Hampshire 
Avenue Northwest, and 15th Street Northeast and A Street 
Northeast are found to be within the 1000-foot perimeter.
    (b) The Public Housing Police of the District of Columbia 
Housing Authority shall prepare a monthly report on activity 
involving illegal drugs at or near any public housing site 
where a needle exchange program is conducted, and shall submit 
such reports to the Executive Director of the District of 
Columbia Housing Authority, who shall submit them to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and Senate. The Executive Director shall ascertain any concerns 
of the residents of any public housing site about any needle 
exchange program conducted on or near the site, and this 
information shall be included in these reports. The District of 
Columbia Government shall take appropriate action to require 
relocation of any such program if so recommended by the police 
or by a significant number of residents of such site.


   federal contribution for enforcement of law banning possession of 
                       tobacco products by minors


    Sec. 151. (a) Contribution.--There is hereby appropriated a 
Federal contribution of $100,000 to the Metropolitan Police 
Department of the District of Columbia, effective upon the 
enactment by the District of Columbia of a law which reads as 
follows:

``SECTION 1. BAN ON POSSESSION OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS BY MINORS.

    ``(a) In General.--It shall be unlawful for any individual 
under 18 years of age to possess any cigarette or other tobacco 
product in the District of Columbia.
    ``(b) Exceptions.--
            ``(1) Possession in course of employment.--
        Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to an 
        individual making a delivery of cigarettes or tobacco 
        products in pursuance of employment.
            ``(2) Participation in law enforcement operation.--
        Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to an 
        individual possessing products in the course of a 
        valid, supervised law enforcement operation.
    ``(c) Penalties.--Any individual who violates subsection 
(a) shall be subject to the following penalties:
            ``(1) For any violation, the individual may be 
        required to perform community service or attend a 
        tobacco cessation program.
            ``(2) Upon the first violation, the individual 
        shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $50.
            ``(3) Upon the second and each subsequent 
        violation, the individual shall be subject to a civil 
        penalty not to exceed $100.
            ``(4) Upon the third and each subsequent violation, 
        the individual may have his or her driving privileges 
        in the District of Columbia suspended for a period of 
        90 consecutive days.''.
    (b) Use of Contribution.--The Metropolitan Police 
Department shall use the contribution made under subsection (a) 
to enforce the law referred to in such subsection.
    Sec. 152. Nothing in this Act bars the District of Columbia 
Corporation Counsel from reviewing or commenting on briefs in 
private lawsuits, or from consulting with officials of the 
District government regarding such lawsuits.
    Sec. 153. (a) Nothing in the Federal Grant and Cooperative 
Agreements Act of 1977 (31 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) may be 
construed to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency from negotiating and entering into 
cooperative agreements and grants authorized by law which 
affect real property of the Federal Government in the District 
of Columbia if the principal purpose of the cooperative 
agreement or grant is to provide comparable benefits for 
Federal and non-Federal properties in the District of Columbia.
    (b) Subsection (a) shall apply with respect to fiscal year 
2001 and each succeeding fiscal year.
    Sec. 154. (a) In General.--The District of Columbia Home 
Rule Act, as amended by section 159(a) of this Act, is further 
amended by inserting after section 450A the following new 
section:


              ``comprehensive financial management policy


    ``Sec. 450B. (a) Comprehensive Financial Management 
Policy.--The District of Columbia shall conduct its financial 
management in accordance with a comprehensive financial 
management policy.
    ``(b) Contents of Policy.--The comprehensive financial 
management policy shall include, but not be limited to, the 
following:
            ``(1) A cash management policy.
            ``(2) A debt management policy.
            ``(3) A financial asset management policy.
            ``(4) An emergency reserve management policy in 
        accordance with section 450A(a).
            ``(5) A contingency reserve management policy in 
        accordance with section 450A(b).
            ``(6) A policy for determining real property tax 
        exemptions for the District of Columbia.
    ``(c) Annual Review.--The comprehensive financial 
management policy shall be reviewed at the end of each fiscal 
year by the Chief Financial Officer who shall--
            ``(1) not later than July 1 of each year, submit 
        any proposed changes in the policy to the Mayor and (in 
        the case of a fiscal year which is a control year, as 
        defined in section 305(4) of the District of Columbia 
        Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Act 
        of 1995) the District of Columbia Financial 
        Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority 
        (Authority) for review;
            ``(2) not later than August 1 of each year, after 
        consideration of any comments received under paragraph 
        (1), submit the changes to the Council of the District 
        of Columbia (Council) for approval; and
            ``(3) not later than September 1 of each year, 
        notify the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
        and House of Representatives, the Committee on 
        Government Reform of the House of Representatives, and 
        the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate of 
        any changes enacted by the Council.
    ``(d) Procedure for Development of First Comprehensive 
Financial Management Policy.--
            ``(1) Chief Financial Officer.--Not later than 
        April 1, 2001, the Chief Financial Officer shall submit 
        to the Mayor an initial proposed comprehensive 
        financial management policy for the District of 
        Columbia pursuant to this section.
            ``(2) Council.--Following review and comment by the 
        Mayor, not later than May 1, 2001, the Chief Financial 
        Officer shall submit the proposed financial management 
        policy to the Council for its prompt review and 
        adoption.
            ``(3) Authority.--Upon adoption of the financial 
        management policy under paragraph (2), the Council 
        shall immediately submit the policy to the Authority 
        for a review of not to exceed 30 days.
            ``(4) Congress.--Following review of the financial 
        management policy by the Authority under paragraph (3), 
        the Authority shall submit the policy to the Committees 
        on Appropriations of the Senate and House of 
        Representatives, the Committee on Government Reform of 
        the House of Representatives, and the Committee on 
        Governmental Affairs of the Senate for review, and the 
        policy shall take effect 30 days after the date the 
        policy is submitted under this paragraph.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents for the 
District of Columbia Home Rule Act is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 450A the following new item:

``Sec. 450B. Comprehensive financial management policy.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--This section and the amendments made 
by this section shall take effect on October 1, 2000.


           appointment and duties of chief financial officer


    Sec. 155. (a) Appointment and Dismissal.--Section 424(b) of 
the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. 47-317.2, D.C. 
Code) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)(B), by adding at the end the 
        following: ``Upon confirmation by the Council, the name 
        of the Chief Financial Officer shall be submitted to 
        the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 
        House of Representatives, the Committee on Governmental 
        Affairs of the Senate, and the Committee on Government 
        Reform of the House of Representatives for a 30-day 
        period of review and comment before the appointment 
        takes effect.''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking the period at 
        the end and inserting the following: ``upon dismissal 
        by the Mayor and approval of that dismissal by a \2/3\ 
        vote of the Council. Upon approval of the dismissal by 
        the Council, notice of the dismissal shall be submitted 
        to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 
        House of Representatives, the Committee on Governmental 
        Affairs of the Senate, and the Committee on Government 
        Reform of the House of Representatives for a 30-day 
        period of review and comment before the dismissal takes 
        effect.''.
    (b) Functions.--
            (1) In general.--Section 424(c) of such Act (sec. 
        47-317.3, D.C. Code) is amended--
                    (A) in the heading, by striking ``During a 
                Control Year'';
                    (B) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
                by striking ``During a control year, the Chief 
                Financial Officer'' and inserting ``The Chief 
                Financial Officer'';
                    (C) in paragraph (1), by striking 
                ``Preparing'' and inserting ``During a control 
                year, preparing'';
                    (D) in paragraph (3), by striking 
                ``Assuring'' and inserting ``During a control 
                year, assuring'';
                    (E) in paragraph (5), by striking ``With 
                the approval'' and all that follows through 
                ``the Council--'' and inserting ``Preparing and 
                submitting to the Mayor and the Council, with 
                the  approval  of  the  Authority during a 
                control year--'';
                    (F) in paragraph (11), by striking ``or the 
                Authority'' and inserting ``(or by the 
                Authority during a control year)''; and
                    (G) by adding at the end the following new 
                paragraphs:
            ``(18) Exercising responsibility for the 
        administration and supervision of the District of 
        Columbia Treasurer (except that the Chief Financial 
        Officer may delegate any portion of such responsibility 
        as the Chief Financial Officer considers appropriate 
        and consistent with efficiency).
            ``(19) Administering all borrowing programs of the 
        District government for the issuance of long-term and 
        short-term indebtedness.
            ``(20) Administering the cash management program of 
        the District government, including the investment of 
        surplus funds in governmental and non-governmental 
        interest-bearing securities and accounts.
            ``(21) Administering the centralized District 
        government payroll and retirement systems.
            ``(22) Governing the accounting policies and 
        systems applicable to the District government.
            ``(23) Preparing appropriate annual, quarterly, and 
        monthly financial reports of the accounting and 
        financial operations of the District government.
            ``(24) Not later than 120 days after the end of 
        each fiscal year, preparing the complete financial 
        statement and report on the activities of the District 
        government for such fiscal year, for the use of the 
        Mayor under section 448(a)(4).''.
            (2) Conforming amendments.--Section 424 of such Act 
        (sec. 47-317.1 et seq., D.C. Code) is amended--
                    (A) by striking subsection (d);
                    (B) in subsection (e)(2), by striking ``or 
                subsection (d)''; and
                    (C) by redesignating subsections (e) and 
                (f) as subsections (d) and (e), respectively.
    Sec. 156. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of the 
District of Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit Personnel 
Act of 1978 (D.C. Law 2-139; D.C. Code 1-601.1 et seq.), or any 
other District of Columbia law, statute, regulation, the 
provisions of the District of Columbia Personnel Manual, or the 
provisions of any collective bargaining agreement, employees of 
the District of Columbia government will only receive 
compensation for overtime work in excess of 40 hours per week 
(or other applicable tour of duty) of work actually performed, 
in accordance with the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards 
Act, 29 U.S.C. Sec. 201 et seq.
      (b) Subsection (a) of this section shall be effective 
December 27, 1996. The Resolution and Order of the District of 
Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance 
Authority, dated December 27, 1996, is hereby ratified and 
approved and shall be given full force and effect.
    Sec. 157. (a) In General.--Notwithstanding section 503 of 
Public Law 100-71 and as provided in subsection (b), the Court 
Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of 
Columbia (in this section referred to as the ``agency'') may 
implement and administer the Drug Free Workplace Program of the 
agency, dated July 28, 2000, for employment applicants of the 
agency.
    (b) Effective Period.--The waiver provided by subsection 
(a) shall--
            (1) take effect on enactment; and
            (2) terminate on the date the Department of Health 
        and Human Services approves the drug program of the 
        agency pursuant to section 503 of Public Law 100-71 or 
        12 months after the date referred to in paragraph (1), 
        whichever is later.
    Sec. 158. Commencing October 1, 2000, the Mayor of the 
District of Columbia shall submit to the Senate and House 
Committees on Appropriations, the Senate Governmental Affairs 
Committee, and the House Government Reform Committee quarterly 
reports addressing the following issues: (1) crime, including 
the homicide rate, implementation of community policing, the 
number of police officers on local beats, and the closing down 
of open-air drug markets; (2) access to drug abuse treatment, 
including the number of treatment slots, the number of people 
served, the number of people on waiting lists, and the 
effectiveness of treatment programs; (3) management of parolees 
and pre-trial violent offenders, including the number of 
halfway house escapes and steps taken to improve monitoring and 
supervision of halfway house residents to reduce the number of 
escapes to be provided in consultation with the Court Services 
and Offender Supervision Agency; (4) education, including 
access to special education services and student achievement to 
be provided in consultation with the District of Columbia 
Public Schools; (5) improvement in basic District services, 
including rat control and abatement; (6) application for and 
management of Federal grants, including the number and type of 
grants for which the District was eligible but failed to apply 
and the number and type of grants awarded to the District but 
which the District failed to spend the amounts received; and 
(7) indicators of child well-being.


                             reserve funds


    Sec. 159. (a) Establishment of Reserve Funds.--
            (1) In general.--The District of Columbia Home Rule 
        Act is amended by inserting after section 450 the 
        following new section:


                            ``reserve funds


    ``Sec. 450A. (a) Emergency Reserve Fund.--
            ``(1) In general.--There is established an 
        emergency cash reserve fund (in this subsection 
        referred to as the `emergency reserve fund') as an 
        interest-bearing account (separate from other accounts 
        in the General Fund) into which the Mayor shall deposit 
        in cash not later than February 15 of each fiscal year 
        (or not later than October 1, 2000, in the case of 
        fiscal year 2001) such amount as may be required to 
        maintain a balance in the fund of at least 4 percent of 
        the total budget appropriated for operating 
        expenditures for such fiscal year which is derived from 
        local funds (or, in the case of fiscal years prior to 
        fiscal year 2004, such amount as may be required to 
        maintain a balance in the fund of at least the minimum 
        emergency reserve balance for such fiscal year, as 
        determined under paragraph (2)).
            ``(2) Determination of minimum emergency reserve 
        balance.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The `minimum emergency 
                reserve balance' with respect to a fiscal year 
                is the amount equal to the applicable 
                percentage of the total budget appropriated for 
                operating expenditures for such fiscal year 
                which is derived from local funds.
                    ``(B) Applicable percentage defined.--In 
                subparagraph (A), the `applicable percentage' 
                with respect to a fiscal year means the 
                following:
                            ``(i) For fiscal year 2001, 1 
                        percent.
                            ``(ii) For fiscal year 2002, 2 
                        percent.
                            ``(iii) For fiscal year 2003, 3 
                        percent.
            ``(3) Interest.--Interest earned on the emergency 
        reserve fund shall remain in the account and shall only 
        be withdrawn in accordance with paragraph (4).
            ``(4) Criteria for use of amounts in emergency 
        reserve fund.--The Chief Financial Officer, in 
        consultation with the Mayor, shall develop a policy to 
        govern the emergency reserve fund which shall include 
        (but which may not be limited to) the following 
        requirements:
                    ``(A) The emergency reserve fund may be 
                used to provide for unanticipated and 
                nonrecurring extraordinary needs of an 
                emergency nature, including a natural disaster 
                or calamity as defined by section 102 of the 
                Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
                Emergency Assistance Act (Public Law 100-707) 
                or unexpected obligations by Federal law.
                    ``(B) The emergency reserve fund may also 
                be used in the event of a State of Emergency as 
                declared by the Mayor pursuant to section 5 of 
                the District of Columbia Public Emergency Act 
                of 1980 (sec. 6-1504, D.C. Code).
                    ``(C) The emergency reserve fund may not be 
                used to fund--
                            ``(i) any department, agency, or 
                        office of the Government of the 
                        District of Columbia which is 
                        administered by a receiver or other 
                        official appointed by a court;
                            ``(ii) shortfalls in any projected 
                        reductions which are included in the 
                        budget proposed by the District of 
                        Columbia for the fiscal year; or
                            ``(iii) settlements and judgments 
                        made by or against the Government of 
                        the District of Columbia.
            ``(5) Allocation of emergency cash reserve funds.--
        Funds may be allocated from the emergency reserve fund 
        only after--
                    ``(A) an analysis has been prepared by the 
                Chief Financial Officer of the availability of 
                other sources of funding to carry out the 
                purposes of the allocation and the impact of 
                such allocation on the balance and integrity of 
                the emergency reserve fund; and
                    ``(B) with respect to fiscal years 
                beginning with fiscal year 2005, the 
                contingency reserve fund established by 
                subsection (b) has been projected by the Chief 
                Financial Officer to be exhausted at the time 
                of the allocation.
            ``(6) Notice.--The Mayor, the Council, and (in the 
        case of a fiscal year which is a control year, as 
        defined in section 305(4) of the District of Columbia 
        Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Act 
        of 1995) the District of Columbia Financial 
        Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority 
        shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the 
        Senate and House of Representatives in writing not more 
        than 30 days after the expenditure of funds from the 
        emergency reserve fund.
            ``(7) Replenishment.--The District of Columbia 
        shall appropriate sufficient funds each fiscal year in 
        the budget process to replenish any amounts allocated 
        from the emergency reserve fund during the preceding 
        fiscal year by the following fiscal year. Once the 
        emergency reserve equals 4 percent of total budget 
        appropriated from local funds for operating 
        expenditures for the fiscal year, the District of 
        Columbia shall appropriate sufficient funds each fiscal 
        year in the budget process to replenish any amounts 
        allocated from the emergency reserve fund during the 
        preceding year to maintain a balance of at least 4 
        percent of total funds appropriated from local funds 
        for operating expenditures by the following fiscal 
        year.
    ``(b) Contingency Reserve Fund.--
            ``(1) In general.--There is established a 
        contingency cash reserve fund (in this subsection 
        referred to as the `contingency reserve fund') as an 
        interest-bearing account (separate from other accounts 
        in the General Fund) into which the Mayor shall deposit 
        in cash not later than October 1 of each fiscal year 
        (beginning with fiscal year 2005) such amount as may be 
        required to maintain a balance in the fund of at least 
        3 percent of the total budget appropriated for 
        operating expenditures for such fiscal year which is 
        derived from local funds (or, in the case of fiscal 
        years prior to fiscal year 2007, such amount as may be 
        required to maintain a balance in the fund of at least 
        the minimum contingency reserve balance for such fiscal 
        year, as determined under paragraph (2)).
            ``(2) Determination of minimum contingency reserve 
        balance.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The `minimum contingency 
                reserve balance' with respect to a fiscal year 
                is the amount equal to the applicable 
                percentage of the total budget appropriated 
                from local funds for operating expenditures for 
                such fiscal year which is derived from local 
                funds.
                    ``(B) Applicable percentage defined.--In 
                subparagraph (A), the `applicable percentage' 
                with respect to a fiscal year means the 
                following:
                            ``(i) For fiscal year 2005, 1 
                        percent.
                            ``(ii) For fiscal year 2006, 2 
                        percent.
            ``(3) Interest.--Interest earned on the contingency 
        reserve fund shall remain in the account and may only 
        be withdrawn in accordance with paragraph (4).
            ``(4) Criteria for use of amounts in contingency 
        reserve fund.--The Chief Financial Officer, in 
        consultation with the Mayor, shall develop a policy 
        governing the use of the contingency reserve fund which 
        shall include (but which may not be limited to) the 
        following requirements:
                    ``(A) The contingency reserve fund may only 
                be used to provide for nonrecurring or 
                unforeseen needs that arise during the fiscal 
                year, including expenses associated with 
                unforeseen weather or other natural disasters, 
                unexpected obligations created by Federal law 
                or new public safety or health needs or 
                requirements that have been identified after 
                the budget process has occurred, or 
                opportunities to achieve cost savings.
                    ``(B) The contingency reserve fund may be 
                used, if needed, to cover revenue shortfalls 
                experienced by the District government for 3 
                consecutive months (based on a 2 month rolling 
                average) that are 5 percent or more below the 
                budget forecast.
                    ``(C) The contingency reserve fund may not 
                be used to fund any shortfalls in any projected 
                reductions which are included in the budget 
                proposed by the District of Columbia for the 
                fiscal year.
            ``(5) Allocation of contingency cash reserve.--
        Funds may be allocated from the contingency reserve 
        fund only after an analysis has been prepared by the 
        Chief Financial Officer of the availability of other 
        sources of funding to carry out the purposes of the 
        allocation and the impact of such allocation on the 
        balance and integrity of the contingency reserve fund.
            ``(6) Replenishment.--The District of Columbia 
        shall appropriate sufficient funds each fiscal year in 
        the budget process to replenish any amounts allocated 
        from the contingency reserve fund during the preceding 
        fiscal year by the following fiscal year. Once the 
        contingency reserve equals 3 percent of total funds 
        appropriated from local funds for operating 
        expenditures, the District of Columbia shall 
        appropriate sufficient funds each fiscal year in the 
        budget process to replenish any amounts allocated from 
        the contingency reserve fund during the preceding year 
        to maintain a balance of at least 3 percent of total 
        funds appropriated from local funds for operating 
        expenditures by the following fiscal year.
    ``(c) Quarterly Reports.--The Chief Financial Officer shall 
submit a quarterly report to the Mayor, the Council, the 
District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management 
Assistance Authority (in the case of a fiscal year which is a 
control year, as defined in section 305(4) of the District of 
Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Act 
of 1995), and the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
and House of Representatives that includes a monthly statement 
on the balance and activities of the contingency and emergency 
reserve funds.''.
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of contents for 
        the District of Columbia Home Rule Act is amended by 
        inserting after the item relating to section 450 the 
        following new item:

``Sec. 450A. Reserve funds.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Current reserve fund.--Section 202(j) of the 
        District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and 
        Management Assistance Act of 1995 (sec. 47-392.2(j), 
        D.C. Code) is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking 
                ``Beginning with fiscal year 2000, the plan or 
                budget submitted pursuant to this Act'' and 
                inserting ``For each of the fiscal years 2000 
                through 2004, the budget of the District 
                government for the fiscal year''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following new 
                paragraph:
            ``(4) Replenishment.--Any amount of the reserve 
        funds which is expended in one fiscal year shall be 
        replenished in the reserve funds from the following 
        fiscal year appropriations to maintain the $150,000,000 
        balance.''.
            (2) Positive fund balance.--Section 202(k) of such 
        Act (sec. 47-392.2(k), D.C. Code) is repealed.
    (c) Effective Date.--This section and the amendments made 
by this section shall take effect on October 1, 2000.


   treatment of revenue bonds secured by tobacco settlement payments


    Sec. 160. (a) Permitting Council to Delegate Authority to 
Issue Bonds.--
            (1) In general.--Section 490 of the District of 
        Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. 47-334, D.C. Code) is 
        amended--
                    (A) by redesignating subsections (i) 
                through (m) as subsections (j) through (n); and
                    (B) by inserting after subsection (h) the 
                following new subsection:
    ``(i)(1) The Council may delegate to the District of 
Columbia Tobacco Settlement Financing Corporation (hereafter in 
this subsection referred to as the ``Corporation'') established 
pursuant to the Tobacco Settlement Financing Act of 2000 the 
authority of the Council under subsection (a) to issue revenue 
bonds, notes, and other obligations which are used to borrow 
money to finance or assist in the financing or refinancing of 
capital projects and other undertakings of the District of 
Columbia and which are payable solely from and secured by 
payments under the Master Tobacco Settlement Agreement. The 
Corporation may exercise authority delegated to it by the 
Council as described in the first sentence of this paragraph 
(whether such delegation is made before or after the date of 
the enactment of this subsection) only in accordance with this 
subsection and the provisions of the Tobacco Settlement 
Financing Act of 2000.
    ``(2) Revenue bonds, notes, and other obligations issued by 
the Corporation under a delegation of authority described in 
paragraph (1) shall be issued by resolution of the Corporation, 
and any such resolution shall not be considered to be an act of 
the Council.
    ``(3) The fourth sentence of section 446 shall not apply 
to--
            ``(A) any amount (including the amount of any 
        accrued interest or premium) obligated or expended from 
        the proceeds of the sale of any revenue bond, note, or 
        other obligation issued pursuant to this subsection;
            ``(B) any amount obligated or expended for the 
        payment of the principal of, interest on, or any 
        premium for any revenue bond, note, or other obligation 
        issued pursuant to this subsection;
            ``(C) any amount obligated or expended to secure 
        any revenue bond, note, or other obligation issued 
        pursuant to this subsection; or
            ``(D) any amount obligated or expended for repair, 
        maintenance, and capital improvements to facilities 
        financed pursuant to this subsection.
    ``(4) In this subsection, the term `Master Tobacco 
Settlement Agreement' means the settlement agreement (and 
related documents), as may be amended from time to time, 
entered into on November 23, 1998, by the District of Columbia 
and leading United States tobacco product manufacturers.''.
            (2) Conforming amendment.--The fourth sentence of 
        section 446 of such Act (sec. 47-304, D.C. Code) is 
        amended by striking ``and (h)(3)'' and inserting 
        ``(h)(3), and (i)(3)''.
    (b) Waiver of Congressional Review Period for Tobacco 
Settlement Financing Act.--Notwithstanding section 602(c)(1) of 
the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1-233(c)(1), D.C. 
Code), the Tobacco Settlement Financing Act of 2000 (title 
XXXVII of D.C. Act 13-375, as amended by section 8(e) of D.C. 
Act 13-387) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of 
such Act or the date of the enactment of this Act, whichever is 
later.
    Sec. 161. Section 603(e) of the Student Loan Marketing 
Association Reorganization Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-208; 110 
Stat. 3009-293), as amended by section 153 of the District of 
Columbia Appropriations Act, 2000, is amended--
            (1) by amending the second sentence of paragraph 
        (2)(B) to read as follows: ``Of such amounts and 
        proceeds, $5,000,000 shall be set aside for a credit 
        enhancement fund for public charter schools in the 
        District of Columbia, to be administered and disbursed 
        in accordance with paragraph (3).''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new 
        paragraph:
            ``(3) Credit enhancement fund for public charter 
        schools.--
                    ``(A) Distribution of amounts.--Of the 
                amounts in the credit enhancement fund 
                established under paragraph (2)(B)--
                            ``(i) 50 percent shall be used to 
                        make grants under subparagraph (B); and
                            ``(ii) 50 percent shall be used to 
                        make grants under subparagraph (C).
                    ``(B) Grants to eligible nonprofit 
                corporations.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Using the 
                        amounts described in subparagraph 
                        (A)(i), not later than 1 year after the 
                        date of the enactment of the District 
                        of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2001, 
                        the Mayor of the District of Columbia 
                        shall make and disburse grants to 
                        eligible nonprofit corporations to 
                        carry out the purposes described in 
                        subparagraph (E).
                            ``(ii) Administration.--The Mayor 
                        shall administer the program of grants 
                        under this subparagraph, except that if 
                        the committee described in subparagraph 
                        (C)(iii) is in operation and is fully 
                        functional prior to the date the Mayor 
                        makes the grants, the Mayor may 
                        delegate the administration of the 
                        program to the committee.
                    ``(C) Other grants.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Using the 
                        amounts described in subparagraph 
                        (A)(ii), the Mayor of the District of 
                        Columbia shall make grants to entities 
                        to carry out the purposes described in 
                        subparagraph (E).
                            ``(ii) Participation of schools.--A 
                        public charter school in the District 
                        of Columbia may receive a grant under 
                        this subparagraph to carry out the 
                        purposes described in subparagraph (E) 
                        in the same manner as other entities 
                        receiving grants to carry out such 
                        activities.
                            ``(iii) Administration through 
                        committee.--The Mayor shall carry out 
                        this subparagraph through the committee 
                        appointed by the Mayor under the second 
                        sentence of paragraph (2)(B) (as in 
                        effect prior to the enactment of the 
                        District of Columbia Appropriations 
                        Act, 2001). The committee may enter 
                        into an agreement with a third party to 
                        carry out its responsibilities under 
                        this subparagraph.
                            ``(iv) Cap on administrative 
                        costs.--Not more than 10% of the funds 
                        available for grants under this 
                        subparagraph may be used to cover the 
                        administrative costs of making grants 
                        under this subparagraph.
                    ``(D) Special rule regarding eligibility of 
                nonprofit corporations.--In order to be 
                eligible to receive a grant under this 
                paragraph, a nonprofit corporation must provide 
                appropriate certification to the Mayor or to 
                the committee described in subparagraph 
                (C)(iii) (as the case may be) that it is duly 
                authorized by two or more public charter 
                schools in the District of Columbia to act on 
                their behalf in obtaining financing (or in 
                assisting them in obtaining financing) to cover 
                the costs of activities described in 
                subparagraph (E)(i).
                    ``(E) Purposes of grants.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The recipient of 
                        a grant under this paragraph shall use 
                        the funds provided under the grant to 
                        carry out activities to assist public 
                        charter schools in the District of 
                        Columbia in--
                                    ``(I) obtaining financing 
                                to acquire interests in real 
                                property (including by 
                                purchase, lease, or donation), 
                                including financing to cover 
                                planning, development, and 
                                other incidental costs;
                                    ``(II) obtaining financing 
                                for construction of facilities 
                                or the renovation, repair, or 
                                alteration of existing property 
                                or facilities (including the 
                                purchase or replacement of 
                                fixtures and equipment), 
                                including financing to cover 
                                planning, development, and 
                                other incidental costs; and
                                    ``(III) enhancing the 
                                availability of loans 
                                (including mortgages) and 
                                bonds.
                            ``(ii) No direct funding for 
                        schools.--Funds provided under a grant 
                        under this subparagraph may not be used 
                        by a recipient to make direct loans or 
                        grants to public charter schools.''.
    Sec. 162. (a) Exclusive Authority of Mayor.--
Notwithstanding section 451 of the District of Columbia Home 
Rule Act or any other provision of District of Columbia or 
Federal law to the contrary, the Mayor of the District of 
Columbia shall have the exclusive authority to approve and 
execute leases of the Washington Marina and the Washington 
municipal fish wharf with the existing lessees thereof for an 
initial term of 30 years, together with such other terms and 
conditions (including renewal options) as the Mayor deems 
appropriate.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section--
            (1) the term ``Washington Marina'' means the 
        portions of Federal property in the Southwest quadrant 
        of the District of Columbia within Lot 848 in Square 
        473, the unassessed Federal real property adjacent to 
        Lot 848 in Square 473, and riparian rights appurtenant 
        thereto; and
            (2) the term ``Washington municipal fish wharf'' 
        means the water frontage on the Potomac River lying 
        south of Water Street between 11th and 12th Streets, 
        including the buildings and wharves thereon.
    Sec. 163. Section 11201(g)(4)(A) of the National Capital 
Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997 
(D.C. Code, sec. 24-1201(g)(4)(A)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating clauses (vi) through (ix) as 
        clauses (vii) through (x), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after clause (v) the following:
                            ``(vi) immediately upon completing 
                        the remediation required under clause 
                        (ii) (but in no event later than June 
                        1, 2003), transfer any property located 
                        south of Silverbrooke Road which is 
                        identified for use for educational 
                        purposes in the Fairfax County reuse 
                        plan to the County, without 
                        consideration, subject to the condition 
                        that the County use the property only 
                        for educational purposes;''.
    Sec. 164. (a) Section 208(a) of the District of Columbia 
Procurement Practices Act of 1985 (sec. 1-1182.8(a), D.C. Code) 
is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (4)(A), by striking ``the same 
        auditor)'' and inserting ``the same auditor, except as 
        may be provided in paragraph (5)); and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new 
        paragraph:
    ``(5) Notwithstanding paragraph (4)(A), an auditor who is a 
subcontractor to the auditor who audited the financial 
statement and report described in paragraph (3)(H) for a fiscal 
year may audit the financial statement and report for any 
succeeding fiscal year (as either the prime auditor or as a 
subcontractor to another auditor) if--
            ``(A) such subcontractor is not a signatory to the 
        statement and report for the previous fiscal year;
            ``(B) the prime auditor reviewed and approved the 
        work of the subcontractor on the statement and report 
        for the previous fiscal year; and
            ``(C) the subcontractor is not an employee of the 
        prime contractor or of an entity owned, managed, or 
        controlled by the prime contractor.''.
    (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with 
respect to financial statements and reports for activities of 
the District of Columbia Government for fiscal years beginning 
with fiscal year 2001.
    Sec. 165. Section 11201(g) of the National Capital 
Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997 
(D.C. Code, sec. 24-1201(g)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new paragraph:
            ``(6) Meadowood farm land exchange.--
                    ``(A) In general.--If, not later than 
                January 15, 2001, Fairfax County, Virginia, 
                agrees to convey fee simple title to the 
                property on Mason Neck in excess of 800 acres 
                depicted on the map dated June 2000, on file in 
                the Office of the Director of the Bureau of 
                Land Management, Eastern States (hereafter in 
                this paragraph referred to as `Meadowood Farm') 
                to the Secretary of the Interior, then the 
                Administrator of General Services shall agree 
                to convey to Fairfax County, Virginia, fee 
                simple title to the property located at the 
                Lorton Correctional Complex north of 
                Silverbrook Road, and consisting of more than 
                200 acres identified in the Fairfax County 
                Reuse Plan, dated July 26, 1999, as land 
                available for residential development in Land 
                Units 1 and 2 (hereafter in this paragraph 
                referred to as the `Laurel Hill Residential 
                Land'), the actual exchange to occur no later 
                than December 31, 2001.
                    ``(B) Terms and conditions.--(i) When 
                Fairfax County transfers fee simple title to 
                Meadowood Farm to the Secretary of the 
                Interior, the Administrator of General Services 
                shall simultaneously transfer to the County the 
                Laurel Hill Residential Land.
                    ``(ii) The transfer of property to Fairfax 
                County, Virginia, under clause (i) shall be 
                subject to such terms and conditions that the 
                Administrator of General Services considers to 
                be appropriate to protect the interests of the 
                United States.
                    ``(iii) Any proceeds derived from the sale 
                of the Laurel Hill Residential Land by Fairfax 
                County that exceed the County's cost of 
                acquiring, financing (which shall be deemed a 
                County cost from the time of financing of the 
                Meadowood Farm acquisition to the receipt of 
                proceeds of the sale or sales of the Laurel 
                Hill Residential Land until such time as the 
                proceeds of such sale or sales exceed the 
                acquisition and financing costs of Meadowood 
                Farm to the County), preparing, and conveying 
                Meadowood Farm and costs incurred for 
                improving, preparing, and conveying the Laurel 
                Hill Residential Land shall be remitted to the 
                United States and deposited into the special 
                fund established pursuant to paragraph 
                (4)(A)(viii).
                    ``(C) Management of property.--The property 
                transferred to the Secretary of the Interior 
                under this section shall be managed by the 
                Bureau of Land Management for public use and 
                recreation purposes.''.
    Sec. 166. Section 158(b) of the District of Columbia 
Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106-113; 113 Stat. 1527) 
is amended to read as follows:
    ``(b) Source of Funds; Transfer.--An amount not to exceed 
$5,000,000 from the National Highway System funds apportioned 
to the District of Columbia under section 104 of title 23, 
United States Code, may be used for purposes of carrying out 
the project under subsection (a).''.
    This Act may be cited as the ``District of Columbia 
Appropriations Act, 2001''.

                  DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS

      Following is explanatory language on H.R. 5547, as 
introduced on October 25, 2000.
      The conferees on H.R. 4942 agree with the matter included 
in H.R. 5547 and enacted in this conference report by reference 
and the following description of it. This bill was developed 
through negotiations by the conferees on the differences in 
H.R. 4942. References in the following description to the 
``conference agreement'' mean the matter included in the 
introduced bill enacted by this conference report. References 
to the House bill mean the House passed version of H.R. 4942. 
References to the Senate bill or Senate Amendment mean the 
Senate passed version of H.R. 4942.
      The conference agreement on the District of Columbia 
Appropriations Act, 2001, incorporates some of the provisions 
of both the House and Senate versions of the bill. The language 
and allocations set forth in House Report 106-786 and Senate 
Report 106-409 should be complied with unless specifically 
addressed in the accompanying bill and statement of the 
managers to the contrary. The agreement agreed to herein, while 
repeating some report language for emphasis, does not negate 
the language referenced above unless expressly provided.
      A summary chart appears later in this statement just 
before the explanations of the general provisions showing the 
Federal appropriations by account and the allocation of 
District funds by agency or office under each appropriation 
title showing the fiscal year 2000 appropriation, the fiscal 
year 2001 request, the House and Senate recommendations and the 
conference allowance.

                             Federal Funds

              federal payment for resident tuition support

      Appropriates $17,000,000 as proposed by the Senate 
instead of $14,000,000 as proposed by the House. The conference 
agreement deletes language limiting administrative expenses to 
not more than five percent of the appropriation.

   federal payment to the chief financial officer of the district of 
                                columbia

      Appropriates $1,250,000 instead of $1,500,000 as proposed 
by the House. The appropriation includes $250,000 for payment 
to a mentoring program and for hotline services; $250,000 for 
payment to a character education initiative; $250,000 for a 
program to provide basic values training in the local public 
schools; and $500,000 for the design, construction, and 
maintenance of a trash rack system to mitigate environmental 
harm caused by trash carried in city runoff which flows through 
the National Arboretum via the Hickey Run Watershed into the 
Anacostia River.
      The conferees direct the District's Chief Financial 
Officer to make the above payments within 30 days of the 
enactment of this Act as follows: $250,000 to the International 
Youth Service and Development Corp., for the mentoring program 
and hotline services; $250,000 to Values First, a 501(c)3 
educational organization, to expand their current program that 
trains District public school teachers in how to instill basic 
values into the lives of their students; $250,000 to the Best 
Friends Foundation for the character education initiative; and 
$500,000 to the National Arboretum for the Hickey Run 
stormwater outfall project. The conferees do not expect the 
Chief Financial Officer to administer these programs or get 
involved in any way with the programs except to ensure that the 
funds are disbursed promptly and correctly to the proper 
organizations. The conferees direct that each of the 
organizations provide an annual report by November 30, 2001, to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House and the Senate.

         federal payment for commercial revitalization program

      Appropriates $1,500,000 as proposed by the Senate to 
provide offsets against local taxes for a commercial 
revitalization program in enterprise zones and low and moderate 
income areas in the District of Columbia.

       federal payment to the district of columbia public schools

      Appropriates $500,000 as proposed by the Senate for the 
District of Columbia Public Schools to be used for programs to 
reduce school violence and to enhance the reading skills of 
local public school students.

         federal payment to the metropolitan police department

      Appropriates $100,000 to the Metropolitan Police 
Department to fund a youth safe haven police mini-station for 
mentoring high risk youth.

           federal contribution to covenant house washington

      Appropriates $500,000 as proposed by the Senate for a 
contribution to the construction in Southeast Washington of a 
new community service center for homeless, runaway and at-risk 
youth.

    federal payment to the district of columbia corrections trustee 
                               operations

      Appropriates $134,200,000 as proposed by the Senate 
instead of $134,300,000 as proposed by the House.

           federal payment to the district of columbia courts

      Appropriates $105,000,000 instead of $99,500,000 as 
proposed by the House and $109,080,000 as proposed by the 
Senate and allocates $7,409,000 for the District of Columbia 
Court of Appeals instead of $7,709,000 as proposed by the House 
and the Senate and $71,121,000 for the District of Columbia 
Superior Court instead of $72,399,000 as proposed by the House 
and the Senate and $17,890,000 for the Court System instead of 
$16,892,000 as proposed by the House and $17,892,000 as 
proposed by the Senate. The appropriated amount includes (1) 
$5,255,000 to finance a pay adjustment of 8.48 percent for 
nonjudicial employees as proposed by the Senate, and (2) 
$3,325,000 for capital improvements of which $825,000 is for 
roofing repairs to the Old Courthouse instead of $2,500,000 for 
capital improvements as proposed by the House and $5,825,000 
for capital improvements of which $825,000 is for roofing 
repairs to the Old Courthouse as proposed by the Senate. The 
conference agreement retains the proviso concerning the 
purchase, installation and operation of an Integrated Justice 
Information System as proposed by the House.

            defender services in district of columbia courts

      Appropriates $34,387,000 as proposed by the House instead 
of $38,387,000 as proposed by the Senate and makes conforming 
technical changes.

 federal payment to the court services and offender supervision agency 
                      for the district of columbia

      Appropriates $112,527,000 as proposed by the Senate 
instead of $115,752,000 as proposed by House and allocates 
$67,521,000 for Community Supervision and Sex Offender 
Registration as proposed by the Senate instead of $69,871,000 
as proposed by the House, and $26,228,000 for the Pretrial 
Services Agency as proposed by the Senate instead of 
$27,103,000 as proposed by the House. The conference agreement 
also requires that $17,854,000 of this appropriation, of which 
$836,000 is for the Public Defender Service, be used to improve 
pretrial defendant and post-conviction offender supervision, to 
enhance drug testing and sanctions-based treatment programs and 
other treatment services, to expand intermediate sanctions and 
offender reentry programs, to continue planning and design 
proposals for a residential sanctions center, and to make 
improvements in the administrative infrastructure including 
information technology instead of $22,161,000 of which $836,000 
is for the Public Defender Service as proposed by the House. 
The conference agreement inserts language as proposed by the 
Senate to allow the agency to use funds for the transfer and 
hire of motor vehicles. The conferees direct that vehicles be 
provided directly by the General Services Administration and 
not by a third party leasing company.

           federal payment for washington interfaith network

      Appropriates $1,000,000 as proposed by the House to the 
Washington Interfaith Network to reimburse the Network for 
costs incurred in carrying out preconstruction activities at 
the former Fort Dupont Dwellings and Additions.

   federal payment for plan to simplify employee compensation systems

      Appropriates $250,000 to the Mayor as proposed by the 
House to contract for the study and development of a plan to 
simplify the pay and compensation systems and schedules and 
work rules that currently apply to employees of the District of 
Columbia. Simplifying the pay and compensation systems and 
schedules and work rules should result in significant savings 
to District taxpayers and make the District government's 
operations more efficient.
      The conferees agree that the solicitation for the 
contract is to provide that any contract awarded under the 
solicitation require that the contractor submit a plan to the 
Mayor and the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
that includes, at a minimum, certain specific elements. The 
first of these is a review of the current pay and compensation 
systems and schedules and work rules that apply to employees of 
the District of Columbia. Second, the plan the contractor 
develops must contain a review of the best practices of state 
and local governments and other appropriate organizations 
regarding pay and compensation systems. The conferees recognize 
that a substantial number of District employees are members of 
employee unions; therefore, a review of best practices should 
focus on state and local governments and other organizations 
that have similarly unionized workforces. Third, the plan must 
contain a proposal for simplifying pay and compensation systems 
and schedules that apply to employees of the District of 
Columbia. Finally, the contractor's plan must contain an 
estimated timeframe for completion and strategies for 
implementing the plan, including identification of any 
statutory, contractual, or other barriers to implementation. 
Included in the discussion of barriers should be discussion of 
mitigating strategies and a recognition of the potential 
barrier of collective bargaining agreements to the successful 
implementation of a simplified pay system. This section applies 
to all employees of the District of Columbia, including 
employees of all independent agencies, school board employees 
and employees of District agencies currently in receivership 
and other agencies, but does not apply to employees who work in 
the District court system.
      The Mayor is to develop a proposed solicitation within 90 
days of enactment of this Act and submit a copy to the 
Comptroller General for his review at least 90 days prior to 
issuance of the proposed solicitation. The Comptroller General 
shall, within 45 days after receipt of the copy of the proposed 
solicitation, review it to ensure that it adequately addresses 
all of the elements required by this section and report to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations the results of 
his review. The conferees expect the District government to 
supplement this amount, if necessary, with local funds, and for 
the Mayor to allocate the contract cost as he deems 
appropriate.

                         metrorail construction

      Appropriates $25,000,000 in Federal funds for a 
contribution to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit 
Authority as proposed by the Senate instead of $25,000,000 of 
which $17,900,000 would be by transfer as proposed by the House 
and inserts language concerning the release of the funds and 
the application of 49 U.S.C. 5309(a)(2) to this project as 
proposed by the Senate. The conferees agree that this 
contribution is contingent upon the District government setting 
aside $25,000,000 in its capital budget for the project and 
establishing a special taxing district for the neighborhood of 
the proposed Metrorail site to contribute an additional 
$25,000,000. The conferees note that the commitment of 
$25,000,000 has not been secured by the establishment of a 
special taxing district. Until this funding has been secured, 
the Federal funds appropriated under this heading are to be 
held by the U.S. Treasury. The conferees agree that this 
appropriation is not to be considered a one-third contribution 
to this project and do not plan to revise the Federal 
contribution to reflect a percentage contribution. The 
conferees direct the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit 
Authority to closely monitor the development of this project, 
especially the cost containment issues, and will hold the 
Authority responsible and accountable.

         federal payment for national museum of american music

      Deletes the paragraph appropriating $250,000 to the 
Federal City Council for planning costs for a National Museum 
of American Music proposed by the House and deleted by the 
Senate. The conferees have not recommended additional funding 
for the National Museum of American Music. The President's 
budget proposal includes $3,000,000 to fund the staff, 
consultants, design, environmental assessments and preparation 
of Request for Proposals to complete the planning phase of the 
museum.
      In the District of Columbia Appropriations Act for fiscal 
year 1999 (Public Law 105-277), the Federal City Council, a 
private, non-profit organization, received $300,000 to conduct 
a needs and design study for a National Museum of American 
Music. Although the needs and design study has not been 
completed, the scope of the envisioned project has expanded to 
a multi-million dollar, mixed-use development that would 
include, in addition to the Museum, performance and 
entertainment venues, retail and dining facilities, hotels and 
housing, a performing arts theater, and an elementary school. 
The Federal City Council and other interested parties have 
targeted the current Washington Convention Center site as the 
preferred location for the development.
      The conferees have determined that additional funding of 
the project is premature. First, local District officials have 
not had an opportunity to review and analyze the proposed 
project. Nor has the District government made a financial 
commitment to this project. Also at issue is whether the 
project envisioned by the Federal City Council constitutes the 
highest and best use of the real estate under consideration. 
Finally, the conferees have not been provided with a detailed 
analysis of the project scope and all potential funding 
sources.
      The conferees direct the General Accounting Office to 
review the National Museum of American Music project proposal 
and report to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
and the House by April 1, 2001, on: (1) total project cost 
estimates; (2) all potential project funding sources (including 
local District, Federal, and private funding sources); (3) an 
analysis of whether the proposed project is suited for the site 
of the current Convention Center; and (4) whether it 
constitutes the highest and best use of the property at issue. 
The conferees encourage the staff of the Library of Congress 
and the Smithsonian to collaborate with the staff of the 
Federal City Council in the preparation of this report. The 
requested data will enable the Committees to more carefully 
analyze the appropriateness of continued Federal funding.

               federal payment for brownfield remediation

      Appropriates $3,450,000 for environmental and 
infrastructure costs at Poplar Point as proposed by the Senate. 
The conference agreement allocates $2,150,000 for environmental 
assessment, site remediation and wetlands restoration of the 11 
acres of real property under the jurisdiction of the District 
of Columbia and no more than $1,300,000 for infrastructure 
costs for an entrance to Anacostia Park as proposed by the 
Senate. The conference action also prohibits the use of any of 
these funds to purchase private property in the Poplar Point 
area as proposed by the Senate. The conferees note that in 
addition to the $3,450,000 provided under this heading, 
$4,615,000 in Federal funds appropriated for infrastructure 
needs in Public Law 105-277 (112 Stat. 2681-552,3) has also 
been allocated to the Poplar Point project.

                       presidential inauguration

      Appropriates $5,961,000 as proposed by the House instead 
of $6,211,000 as proposed by the Senate to reimburse the 
District government for expenses incurred in connection with 
presidential inauguration activities.

                   children's national medical center

      Appropriates $500,000 for a Federal contribution to the 
Children's National Medical Center to be used for the network 
of satellite pediatric health clinics for children and families 
in underserved neighborhoods and communities in the District.

                         child advocacy center

      Appropriates $500,000 for a Federal contribution to the 
Child Advocacy Center for its Safe Shores program. The 
conferees are concerned with the inadequate treatment received 
by young victims of abuse and neglect. Safe Shores is the 
District's only Child Advocacy Center and serves an ever-
growing population of maltreated children in the District of 
Columbia. Safe Shores is equipped with clinicians trained to 
work specifically with children to help facilitate resolution 
and healing for the young victims of abuse and neglect. Safe 
Shores works with the Metropolitan Police Department and the 
Child and Family Services Agency as an integral part of the 
multidisciplinary child welfare team in the District and is 
vital to effective intervention and case management. The 
conferees are disturbed by the lack of financial support 
offered the Center by the District's current administration, 
particularly in light of recent discoveries by the General 
Accounting Office of the crisis situation of the District's 
child welfare system.

          st. coletta of greater washington expansion project

      Appropriates $1,000,000 for a Federal contribution to St. 
Coletta of Greater Washington, Inc., for costs associated with 
the establishment of a day program and comprehensive case 
management services for mentally retarded and multiple-
handicapped adolescents and adults in the District of Columbia, 
including property acquisition and construction. The facility 
will be located at 212 M Street, S.E., and will provide 
vocational and functional life skills training, speech/language 
therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy and behavior 
management to 100 adolescents and 50 adults.

                 district of columbia special olympics

      Appropriates $250,000 for a Federal contribution to the 
District of Columbia Special Olympics which provides a year-
round 15-sport program serving 2,500 mentally and 
developmentally disabled children and adults in the District.

   federal contribution for enforcement of law banning possession of 
                       tobacco products by minors

      The conference agreement appropriates $100,000 under 
section 151 of the general provisions to the Metropolitan 
Police Department on the condition that the District government 
enacts into law a ban on the possession of tobacco products by 
minors as specified in section 151. The funds are to be used by 
the Department to enforce the ban.

                       DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS

                           operating expenses

                          division of expenses

      Inserts an additional exception to the spending ceiling 
for operating expenses to reflect the reserve fund and provides 
that operating expenses for the District for fiscal year 2001 
shall not exceed $5,677,379,000 of which $172,607,000 is from 
intra-District funds and $3,250,783,000 is from local funds 
instead $5,689,176,000 of which $192,804,000 is from intra-
District funds and $3,245,523,000 is from local funds as 
proposed by the House and $5,546,536,000 of which $192,804,000 
is from intra-District funds and $3,096,383,000 is from local 
funds as proposed by the Senate. The changes in the amounts 
reflect actions taken by the conferees in the funding levels 
under the various appropriation headings.

district of columbia financial responsibility and management assistance 
                               authority

      Appropriates $3,140,000 from other funds instead of 
$3,140,000 from local funds as proposed by the House and 
$6,500,000 from other funds as proposed by the Senate. The 
conference agreement retains the proviso concerning the cap on 
the salary levels of the Executive Director and the General 
Counsel as proposed by the House and inserts a proviso that 
limits severance or bonus payments and payments under 
agreements in effect before the enactment of this Act to two 
weeks for each full year of employment with the Authority. The 
severance payments are only for employees who are employed by 
the Authority during the entire period which begins on the date 
of the enactment of this Act and ends on September 30, 2001. An 
employee who leaves prior to September 30, 2001 is not entitled 
to any payment other than their regular salary for services 
performed prior to separation and a payment for unused regular 
annual leave accrued by the individual. The conferees believe 
the severance allowance recommended is generous.

                   governmental direction and support

      Appropriates $195,771,000 including $162,172,000 from 
local funds instead of $194,521,000 including $160,922,000 from 
local funds as proposed by the House and $194,271,000 including 
$160,672,000 from local funds as proposed by the Senate. The 
conference agreement deletes (1) the proviso proposed by the 
Senate regarding the use of freed-up appropriations and (2) the 
proviso proposed by the House that would have restricted the 
availability of funds for the Maximus, Inc., revenue recovery 
services contract GF 98104. The conference agreement includes 
language that provides the Office of the Chief Technology 
Officer with small purchase procurement authority of $500,000 
as proposed by the House.
      Office of the Mayor.--The conference agreement provides 
$7,467,000 instead of $5,967,000 provided by the House and 
$7,217,000 provided by the Senate. The allowance recommended by 
the conferees includes $1,500,000 in Federal funds to remain 
available until expended as proposed by the Senate for the 
commercial revitalization program and $250,000 in Federal funds 
as proposed by the House for the study and development of a 
plan to simplify the pay and compensation systems and schedules 
and work rules that currently apply to employees of the 
District of Columbia. A discussion of the requirements and 
expectations regarding the plan to simplify the District's pay 
and compensation systems can be found earlier in this report 
under ``Federal Payment for Plan to Simplify Employee 
Compensation Systems''. The Mayor's request of $10,717,000 was 
adjusted to exclude $5,000,000 for the one-time appropriation 
in fiscal year 2000 for the commercial revitalization program. 
The conference agreement includes language as proposed by the 
Senate that makes the $5,000,000 available until expended.
      Office of the Chief Financial Officer.--The conference 
agreement includes an increase of $1,250,000 in Federal funds 
appropriated earlier in this Act for the Office of the Chief 
Financial Officer instead of $1,500,000 as proposed by the 
House. The allowance includes $250,000 for payment to a 
mentoring program and for hotline services; $250,000 for 
payment to a character education initiative; $250,000 for a 
program to provide basic values training in the local public 
schools; and $500,000 for the design, construction, and 
maintenance of a trash rack system to mitigate environmental 
harm caused by trash carried in city runoff which flows through 
the National Arboretum via the Hickey Run Watershed into the 
Anacostia River. Instructions to the Chief Financial Officer on 
the payment of these amounts are included under Federal Funds 
earlier in this report.
      St. Elizabeths Hospital.--The conference agreement 
inserts a proviso that requires the Chief Financial Officer to 
submit a study by March 1, 2001, to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House and the Senate on the merits and 
potential of privatizing the operation and administration of 
St. Elizabeths Hospital.

                  economic development and regulation

      The conference agreement deletes the proviso proposed by 
the Senate regarding the use of freed-up appropriations.

                       public safety and justice

      Appropriates $762,546,000 including $591,565,000 from 
local funds instead of $762,346,000 including $591,365,000 from 
local funds as proposed by the House and the Senate. The 
increase of $200,000 reflects two Federal payments of $100,000 
each appropriated elsewhere in this Act and described below.
      Youth safe haven.--The conference agreement provides 
$100,000 in Federal funds for a youth safe haven police mini-
station program to be established in coordination with the 
Milton S. Eisenhower Foundation. The program creates youth safe 
havens in which nonprofit groups work with young people after 
school in public housing, other low-income neighborhoods and 
middle schools in the District of Columbia.
      Tobacco possession by minors.--The conference agreement 
provides $100,000 in Federal funds included in section 151 of 
the general provisions to the Metropolitan Police Department on 
the condition that the District government enacts into law a 
ban on the possession of tobacco products by minors as 
specified in section 151. The funds are to be used by the 
Department to enforce the ban.
      Other.--The conference agreement includes a proviso that 
caps the number of police officers assigned to the Mayor's 
security detail at 15 as proposed by the Senate and deletes the 
proviso proposed by the Senate regarding the use of freed-up 
appropriations. The conference agreement also deletes the 
proviso proposed by the Senate concerning chapter 23 of title 
11 of the District of Columbia Code relating to the Office of 
the Chief Medical Examiner. That proviso is replaced by section 
148 under General Provisions.

                        public education system

      Appropriates $998,918,000 including $824,867,000 from 
local funds as proposed by the Senate instead of $995,418,000 
including $821,367,000 from local funds as proposed by the 
House and deletes the proviso proposed by the Senate regarding 
the use of freed-up appropriations.
      Public schools.--Allocates $769,943,000 including 
$629,309,000 from local funds for public schools as proposed by 
the Senate instead of $769,443,000 including $628,809,000 from 
local funds as proposed by the House. The increase above the 
House allowance includes $250,000 for a program to reduce 
school violence and $250,000 for a program to enhance the 
reading skills of public school students.
      College tuition support.--Allocates $17,000,000 from 
Federal funds appropriated earlier in this Act as proposed by 
the Senate instead of $14,000,000 from Federal funds 
appropriated earlier in this Act as proposed by the House.
      Public charter schools.--Inserts language as proposed by 
the Senate requiring quarterly reimbursements to be based on 
quarterly enrollment reports. The conference agreement includes 
language as proposed by the House requiring that the quarterly 
payment of October 15, 2000 to the public charter schools be 50 
percent of each public charter school's annual entitlement 
based on the unaudited October 5 enrollment count. The 
conference agreement includes language as proposed by the House 
requiring that the balance of unused allocations for public 
charter schools be available for public education in accordance 
with the School Reform Act of 1995. The conference agreement 
deletes language proposed by the House that would have required 
the Mayor to convene a task force concerning the School Reform 
Act of 1995 for the purpose of instituting a funding mechanism 
for the projected growth of charter schools.
      Excel Institute Adult Education Program.--Inserts 
language as proposed by the House that allows funds allocated 
to the Institute to be used for construction and to acquire 
services from the General Services Administration on a 
reimbursable basis.
      Learning support conference.--Deletes the date 
requirement for a conference on learning support for children 
ages 3 and 4.
      Weighted student formula.--Provides that no less than 
$436,452,000 is to be expended on local schools through the 
Weighted Student Formula as proposed by the Senate instead of 
$389,219,000 as proposed by the House.
      Federal funds.--Allocates $250,000 in Federal funds 
appropriated earlier in this Act for a program to reduce school 
violence in the District's public schools as proposed by the 
Senate and $250,000 in Federal funds appropriated earlier in 
this Act for a program to enhance the reading skills of 
District public school students as proposed by the Senate.
      Evaluation process.--Inserts language concerning the 
evaluation process for public school employees as a proviso as 
proposed by the Senate instead of as a general provision 
(section 145 of House bill) as proposed by the House.
      Fiscal year change.--Inserts language that provides 
advance appropriations on July 1, 2001 to public charter 
schools and to regular public schools based on the District's 
proposed budget for fiscal year 2002 as submitted to Congress 
and requires that the advances be charged against the final 
amount enacted into law in the fiscal year 2002 District of 
Columbia Appropriations Act instead of language proposed by the 
House that would have changed the fiscal year. The language 
recommended by the conferees will facilitate the operation of 
the public charter schools and the regular public schools by 
aligning funding with the programmatic school year that begins 
July 1, 2001 and ends June 30, 2002.

          human support services (including transfer of funds)

      Appropriates $1,535,654,000 including $637,347,000 from 
local funds instead of $1,532,204,000 including $633,897,000 
from local funds as proposed by the House and $1,532,704,000 
including $634,397,000 from local funds as proposed by the 
Senate and changes the heading to reflect the inclusion of 
transfers in this paragraph. The conference agreement deletes 
the proviso proposed by the Senate regarding the use of freed-
up appropriations.
      Brownfield remediation at Poplar Point.--The conference 
agreement reflects an increase of $3,450,000 from Federal funds 
previously appropriated in this Act for environmental and 
infrastructure costs at Poplar Point as proposed by the Senate. 
The conference agreement allocates $2,150,000 for environmental 
assessment, site remediation and wetlands restoration of the 11 
acres of real property under the jurisdiction of the District 
of Columbia and no more than $1,300,000 for infrastructure 
costs for an entrance to Anacostia Park as proposed by the 
Senate. The conference action also prohibits the use of any of 
these funds to purchase private property in the Poplar Point 
area as proposed by the Senate. The conferees note that in 
addition to the $3,450,000 provided under this heading, 
$4,615,000 in Federal funds appropriated for infrastructure 
needs in Public Law 105-277 (112 Stat. 2681-552,3) has also 
been allocated to the Poplar Point project.
      Ready, Willing and Able Program.--The conference 
agreement retains the proviso that provides $1,250,000 be paid 
to the Doe Fund for the operation of its Ready, Willing, and 
Able Program in the District of Columbia as proposed by the 
House.
      Hamilton Field.--The conference agreement retains the 
proviso proposed by the Senate that authorizes the District of 
Columbia to enter into a long-term lease of Hamilton Field with 
Gonzaga College High School in exchange for Gonzaga introducing 
and implementing a youth baseball program focused on 13 to 18 
year old residents, summer and fall baseball programs and 
baseball clinics.
      Public benefit corporation.--The conference agreement 
includes a proviso that allows the District to transfer not 
more than $90,000,000 from local funds provided under other 
accounts in this Act for the purpose of restructuring the 
delivery of health services in the District instead of 15 
percent of local funds in the appropriation as proposed by the 
Senate. The language requires that the restructuring be 
pursuant to a restructuring plan approved by the Mayor, the 
Council, the Financial Authority, and the Board of Directors of 
the Public Benefit Corporation that reduces personnel levels 
consistent with the reduction-in-force set forth in the August 
25, 2000 resolution of the Board of Directors of the 
Corporation which requires reducing personnel by at least 500 
full-time equivalent employees without replacement by contract 
personnel. The language also requires that no funds be expended 
until 10 calendar days after the restructuring plan has 
received final approval and a copy has been submitted by the 
Mayor to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, the 
House Committee on Government Reform, and the Senate Committee 
on Governmental Affairs. The language agreed to by the 
conferees also requires that the plan include a certification 
that it does not rely upon any current or future request for 
additional appropriation of Federal Funds. Conforming language 
is included under the heading ``District of Columbia Health and 
Hospitals Public Benefit Corporation''.

                              Public Works

      Deletes the proviso proposed by the Senate regarding the 
use of freed-up appropriations and makes editorial changes to 
language allocating funds to various programs.

                         Receivership Programs

      Deletes the proviso proposed by the Senate regarding the 
use of freed-up appropriations.

                                Reserve

      Modifies language proposed by the Senate that provides 
for the replacement of funds expended during fiscal year 2000 
from the $150,000,000 Reserve instead of the establishment of a 
$150,000,000 Reserve by the Chief Financial Officer as proposed 
by the Senate. The modified language also provides that no 
funds are to be obligated or expended until the emergency 
reserve fund has been fully funded for fiscal year 2001 as 
proposed by the Senate. The House language provided for the 
replacement of funds expended and prohibited the obligation of 
the reserves until certain conditions were met.

                         Emergency Reserve Fund

      Inserts language providing for an emergency reserve fund 
from local funds as proposed by the Senate.

                    Repayment of Loans and Interest

      Deletes the proviso proposed by the Senate regarding the 
use of freed-up appropriations and inserts a proviso proposed 
by the Senate providing that unused reserve funds shall be used 
for Pay-As-You-Go Capital Funds.

                       Presidential Inauguration

      Appropriates $5,961,000 from Federal funds appropriated 
earlier in this Act as proposed by the House instead of 
$6,211,000 from Federal funds appropriated earlier in this Act 
as proposed by the Senate.

             Tobacco Settlement Trust Fund Transfer Payment

      Modifies language proposed by the House and the Senate 
making the transfer of not to exceed $61,406,000 to the Tobacco 
Settlement Trust Fund subject to the issuance of bonds to pay 
the purchase price of the District's right, title and interest 
in and to the Master Settlement Agreement, and consistent with 
the Tobacco Settlement Financing and Trust Fund Amendment Act 
of 2000.

                         Cafeteria Plan Savings

      Deletes the proviso proposed by the Senate regarding the 
use of freed-up appropriations.

                       Enterprise and Other Funds

         Water and Sewer Authority and the Washington Aqueduct

      The conference agreement provides $140,725,000 for fiscal 
year 2001 for the following capital projects: $77,372,000 for 
the Blue Plains Wastewater Treatment Plant, zero for the 
stormwater program, $21,450,000 for the water program, 
$1,182,000 for the sanitary sewer program, zero for the 
combined sewer program, $1,699,000 for the capital equipment 
program and $39,022,000 for the Water and Sewer Authority's 
share of the Washington Aqueduct capital projects. The 
conferees agree that the Water and Sewer Authority is expressly 
authorized to expend funds between projects authorized in prior 
years' budgets within these seven projects provided the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House and the Senate are 
notified of the details in writing at least 30 days prior to 
the obligation of the funds.
      The conferees agree that section 140(b) of the House bill 
and section 127(b) of the Senate bill (new section 129(b)) also 
applies to the Water and Sewer Authority and that the agency 
head of the Water and Sewer Authority may abolish positions and 
separate the employees encumbering those abolished positions in 
accordance with the modified reduction in force procedures and 
severance pay authorized in section 129(b). The conferees agree 
that while section 129(b) applies to the Water and Sewer 
Authority, it does not change the Authority's general exemption 
from coverage under the Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 
1978 (D.C. Code, sec. 1-601.1 et seq.), or the Authority's 
independent legal status within the District government.

               District of Columbia Health and Hospitals

                       Public Benefit Corporation

      Inserts language that (1) requires a restructuring plan 
for D.C. General Hospital to be approved by District officials 
prior to increasing the appropriation through reprogramming, 
transfers, loans or other mechanisms, (2) requires the 
District's Chief Financial Officer to sign an affidavit 
certifying that payments made on behalf of the Corporation do 
not constitute a violation of any provision of subchapter III 
of chapter 13 of title 31, United States Code, or of this Act, 
(3) clarifies what may be covered by an affidavit, and (4) 
makes it unlawful to order a person to sign any affidavit or to 
provide a signature on an affidavit by proxy, machine, computer 
or facsimile device. The conference action does not prohibit 
reimbursement to the Corporation for services provided to other 
District government agencies and grants that in prior years 
were not included in the amounts appropriated from other funds.

                 District of Columbia Retirement Board

      The conference agreement retains the proviso that 
requires the Retirement Board to provide quarterly reports of 
the allocations of charges by fund and expenditures of all 
funds.

   Summary Table of Conference Recommendations by Agency and FY 2001 
                             Financial Plan

      A summary table showing the Federal appropriations by 
account and the allocation of District funds by agency or 
office under each appropriation heading for fiscal year 2000, 
the fiscal year 2001 request, the House and Senate 
recommendations, and the conference allowance, and the fiscal 
year 2001 Financial Plan which is the starting point for the 
independent auditor's comparison with actual year-end results 
as required by section 132 of the Act follow:


                           General Provisions

      In addition to the explanations that follow, the 
conference agreement changes several section numbers for 
sequencing purposes and makes technical revisions in certain 
citations. Unless noted otherwise, the conference agreement 
refers to H.R. 4942 as passed by the House.
      The conference agreement deletes section 101 of the House 
bill as proposed by the Senate concerning the availability of 
consulting service contracts for public inspection.
      The conference agreement deletes section 102 of the House 
bill as proposed by the Senate concerning vouchers covering 
expenditures of appropriations being audited before payments.
      The conference agreement deletes section 104 of the House 
bill as proposed by the Senate concerning allowances for 
privately owned automobiles and motorcycles used for the 
performance of official duties.
      The conference agreement retains section 107 of the House 
bill (new section 104) requiring the Mayor to maintain an index 
of all employment personal services and consulting contracts 
with specific information on any severance clause.
      The conference agreement retains section 108 of the House 
bill (new section 105) prohibiting any appropriation from 
remaining available for obligation beyond the current fiscal 
year unless expressly so provided.
      The conference agreement deletes section 114 of the House 
bill as proposed by the Senate that would have prohibited the 
Mayor from borrowing any funds for capital projects unless the 
Council had approved the borrowing by resolution.
      The conference agreement deletes section 115 of the House 
bill as proposed by the Senate that would have prohibited the 
Mayor from using moneys borrowed for capital projects for 
operating expenses.
      The conference agreement modifies section 116 of the 
House bill and section 109 of the Senate bill (new section 111) 
concerning reprogramming guidelines. The modification allows 
inter-appropriation transfers of not-to-exceed 2 percent 
provided the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
House are notified in writing 30 days in advance as proposed by 
the Senate.
      The conference agreement deletes section 117 of the House 
bill as proposed by the Senate that would have prohibited the 
use of Federal funds to provide a personal cook, chauffeur, or 
other personal servants to any officer or employee of the 
District of Columbia government.
      The conference agreement retains section 110 of the 
Senate bill (new section 112) stating that consistent with the 
provisions of 31 U.S.C. 1301(a), appropriations under this Act 
shall be applied only to the objects for which the 
appropriations were made except as otherwise provided by law.
      The conference agreement deletes section 118 of the House 
bill as proposed by the Senate that would have prohibited the 
use of Federal funds to procure passenger automobiles as 
defined in the Automobile Fuel Efficiency Act of 1980 with an 
Environmental Protection Agency estimated miles per gallon 
average of less than 22 miles per gallon.
      The conference agreement deletes section 119 of the 
Senate bill concerning the use of previously appropriated funds 
for accounting and financial management services as determined 
by the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and 
Management Assistance Authority.
      The conference agreement amends section 120 of the Senate 
bill (new section 122) increasing the amount that can be paid 
to attorneys representing special education students.
      The conference agreement amends section 124 of the House 
bill and section 116 of the Senate bill (new section 118) to 
allow the District of Columbia Courts to accept gifts to carry 
out authorized functions or duties without prior approval by 
the Mayor.
      The conference agreement deletes sections 126, 132, 133, 
and 134 of the House bill and incorporates those four sections 
into section 118 of the Senate bill (new section 121). These 
sections relate to reporting requirements for the District of 
Columbia Public Schools and the University of the District of 
Columbia.
      The conference agreement retains section 127 of the House 
bill and section 141 of the Senate bill (new section 153) 
concerning the Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreements Act of 
1977 as it relates to the District of Columbia.
      The conference agreement retains section 118 of the 
Senate bill (new section 121) which incorporates sections 126, 
132, 133, and 134 of the House bill concerning reporting 
requirements for the District of Columbia Public Schools and 
the University of the District of Columbia.
      The conference agreement retains section 127(b) of the 
Senate bill instead of section 140(b) of the House bill (new 
section 129(b)) concerning the modification of reduction in 
force procedures. The Senate version makes the modifications 
permanent law.
      The conference agreement deletes section 128 of the House 
bill as proposed by the Senate that would have established 
conditions for granting preference to public charter schools in 
the use of surplus school properties.
      The conference agreement retains section 129 of the House 
bill (new section 120) concerning the modification of 
contracting requirements for public charter schools in the 
District.
      The conference agreement deletes section 138 of the House 
bill as proposed by the Senate concerning the classification of 
employees of the District of Columbia public schools.
      The conference agreement replaces section 140(b) of the 
House bill with section 127(b) of the Senate bill (new section 
129(b)) relating to the modification of reduction in force 
procedures. The Senate version makes the modifications 
permanent law.
      The conference agreement retains section 140(c) of the 
House bill (new subsection 129(c)) that requires a prior 
analysis with certain exceptions for the procurement of goods 
and services in excess of $2,500.
      The conference agreement deletes Section 144 of the House 
bill as proposed by the Senate concerning reorganization plans.
      The conference agreement deletes section 145 of the House 
bill as proposed by the Senate relating to the evaluation 
process for District of Columbia Public School employees. This 
section has been included as a proviso under the Public 
Education System appropriation heading.
      The conference agreement retains section 132 of the 
Senate bill (new section 136) which requires the Chief 
Financial Officer to submit a revised appropriated funds 
operating budget no later than November 1, 2000 or within 30 
calendar days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
      The conference agreement retains Section 147 of the House 
bill (new section 134) concerning the transfer or confinement 
of inmates classified above the medium security level to the 
Northeast Ohio Correctional Center located in Youngstown, Ohio.
      The conference agreement deletes section 148 of the House 
bill as proposed by the Senate concerning the District's 
reserve fund.
      The conference agreement retains section 149 of the House 
bill (new section 135) relating to the audit of the District of 
Columbia Highway Trust Fund by the Inspector General of the 
District of Columbia.
      The conference agreement retains section 133(b) of the 
Senate bill (new section 137(b)) that requires a separate 
accounting by individuals or entities who receive any funds in 
this Act and carry out a needle exchange program for the 
hypodermic injection of any illegal drug.
      The conference agreement amends section 153 of the House 
bill and section 136 of the Senate bill (new section 140) 
concerning certifications by chief financial officers that they 
understand the duties, including reporting requirements, and 
restrictions applicable to them and their agency as a result of 
this Act. The language requires the certification within 60 
days as proposed by the Senate instead of within 30 days as 
proposed by the House and deletes the civil money penalty for 
violations as proposed by the Senate.
      The conference agreement replaces section 154 of the 
House bill with section 144 of the Senate bill (new section 
156) relating to overtime compensation for District government 
employees for time worked in excess of 40 hours per week.
      The conference agreement retains section 158 of the House 
bill (new section 144) which authorizes the Mayor to allocate 
the District's limitation amount of qualified zone academy 
bonds among qualified zone academies within the District.
      The conference agreement retains section 159 of the House 
bill (new section 145) which amends Section 11232 of the 
Balanced Budget Act of 1997 concerning Federal benefits for 
employees of the Corrections Trustee, Adult Probation, Office 
of Parole, and Pretrial Services Agency.
      The conference agreement deletes section 160 of the House 
bill as proposed by the Senate that expressed the sense of the 
Congress that patients of St. Elizabeths Hospital and taxpayers 
of the District of Columbia are being poorly served by the 
current facilities and management of the Hospital. Language 
under Governmental Direction and Support requires the Chief 
Financial Officer to submit a study to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations on the merits and potential 
savings of privatizing the operation and administration of the 
Hospital.
      The conference agreement retains section 161 of the House 
bill (new section 146) expressing the sense of the Congress 
that the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and 
Management Assistance Authority should quickly complete the 
sale of the Franklin School property.
      The conference agreement deletes section 162 of the House 
bill as proposed by the Senate that related to the fiduciary 
duty of District officials. The conferees are concerned that 
many District officials are treating incidences of 
mismanagement in their operations and finances as the norm. 
This attitude is unacceptable. Although the conferees are 
deleting section 162 from the bill, the conferees continue to 
be concerned and urge officials of the District of Columbia 
government (including officials of the District of Columbia 
Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority, 
independent agencies, boards, commissions, and corporations of 
the government) to take all steps necessary to maintain a 
fiduciary duty to the taxpayers of the District in the 
administration of funds under their control.
      The conference agreement modifies and transfers section 
163 of the House bill to the appropriation ``District of 
Columbia Health and Hospitals Public Benefit Corporation'' as a 
proviso that requires a restructuring plan for D.C. General 
Hospital to be approved by District officials prior to 
increasing the appropriation through reprogrammings, transfers, 
loans or other mechanisms.
      The conference agreement modifies and transfers the three 
subsections of section 164 of the House bill to the 
appropriation ``District of Columbia Health and Hospitals 
Public Benefit Corporation'' as provisos that (1) require a 
certification by the Chief Financial Officer, (2) clarify what 
may be covered by an affidavit, and (3) make certain actions 
unlawful regarding the signing of any affidavit.
      The conference agreement deletes section 165 of the House 
bill as proposed by the Senate that would have prohibited the 
District of Columbia Health and Hospital Public Benefit 
Corporation from obligating or expending any amounts during 
fiscal year 2001 unless the Corporation certified that the 
obligation or expenditure was within the budget authority 
provided to the Corporation in this Act.
      The conference agreement retains section 167 of the House 
bill (new section 147) that provides that nothing in this Act 
may be construed to prevent the Council or Mayor of the 
District of Columbia from addressing the issue of contraceptive 
coverage by health insurance plans, but expressing the intent 
of Congress that any legislation enacted should include a 
``conscience clause'' which provides exceptions for religious 
beliefs and moral convictions.
      The conference agreement retains section 168 of the House 
bill (new section 148) which repeals chapter 23 of title 11, of 
the D. C. Code and provides that this section shall take effect 
on the date on which legislation enacted by the Council of the 
District of Columbia to establish the Office of the Chief 
Medical Examiner in the executive branch of the government of 
the District of Columbia takes effect.
      The conference agreement retains section 169 of the House 
bill (new section 149) concerning the prompt payment of 
appointed counsel.
      The conference agreement revises section 170 of the House 
bill (new section 150) concerning the distribution of any 
needle or syringe for the hypodermic injection of any illegal 
drug in any area of the District of Columbia which is within 
1000 feet of a public or private elementary or secondary school 
(including a public charter school) other than the locations 
cited in this Act and requires monthly reports on activity 
involving illegal drugs at or near any public housing site 
where a needle exchange program is conducted. The language also 
requires the Public Housing Police to submit monthly reports on 
illegal drug activity at or near any public housing site where 
a needle exchange program is conducted to the Executive 
Director of the D.C. Housing Authority and to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House and the Senate. The monthly reports 
are to be submitted by the 15th calendar day of the following 
month. The conference agreement requires the Executive Director 
to ascertain any concerns of the residents of the public 
housing site about the needle exchange programs on or near 
their sites and requires the District government to take 
appropriate action to require relocation of the program if 
recommended by the housing police or by a significant number of 
residents of the site.
      The conference agreement modifies section 171 of the 
House bill (new section 151) by appropriating $100,000 to the 
Metropolitan Police Department on the condition that the 
District government enacts into law a ban on the possession of 
tobacco products by minors as specified in this section. The 
funds are to be used by the Department to enforce the ban.
      The conference agreement retains section 166 of the House 
bill and section 140 of the Senate bill (new section 152) that 
allows the D.C. Corporation Counsel to review and comment on 
briefs in private lawsuits and to consult with officials of the 
District government regarding such lawsuits.
      The conference agreement retains section 142 of the 
Senate bill (new section 154) which amends section 450 of the 
Home Rule Act concerning a ``Comprehensive Financial Management 
Policy'' for the District of Columbia.
      The conference agreement retains section 143 of the 
Senate bill (new section 155) which amends section 424(b) of 
the Home Rule Act concerning the appointment and duties of the 
Chief Financial Officer.
      The conference agreement retains section 144 of the 
Senate bill and section 154 of the House bill (new section 156) 
concerning overtime work for employees of the District of 
Columbia government.
      The conference agreement retains section 145 of the 
Senate bill (new section 157) which allows the Court Services 
and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia to 
continue to operate its ongoing drug-free workplace testing 
program during the period that its plan is being reviewed for 
approval by the Department of Health and Human Services.
      The conference agreement retains section 146 of the 
Senate bill (new section 158) which requires the Mayor to 
continue to submit quarterly reports on crime; access to drug 
abuse treatment, management of parolees and pre-trial violent 
offenders; education, including access to special education 
services and student achievement; improvements in basic 
District services; the application for and management of 
Federal grants; and indicators of child well-being.
      The conference agreement retains section 147 of the 
Senate bill (new section 159) establishing reserve funds 
(emergency reserve fund and contingency reserve fund). The 
conference agreement includes the Senate bill's provision 
establishing both an emergency and contingency reserve fund in 
the District's budget. The provision requires the emergency 
reserve to be established first, through a deposit each year of 
one percent of the District's local funds for four years. The 
conferees believe that a four percent emergency reserve fund, 
that can only be tapped in extraordinary circumstances and that 
is maintained in a separate account, will increase the fiscal 
stability of the city and indicate to the financial markets 
that the District has a healthy financial cushion that is 
walled off from the rest of the general budget. The conferees 
believe that holding these reserves can and will eventually 
reduce the borrowing costs of the District.
      The conference agreement inserts a new section 160 that 
authorizes the District government to delegate its bonding 
authority to the District of Columbia Tobacco Settlement 
Financing Corporation. The Corporation will use the proceeds 
from the bond sale to repay outstanding debt, with expected 
savings to the District of $61,400,000 in debt service for 
fiscal year 2001. These savings are included in the District's 
budget for fiscal year 2001. The conferees believe that the 
proceeds of the tobacco securitization will be used solely to 
reduce the District's debt or to fund the emergency reserve 
fund. The conferees also expect that an amount equal to 50 
percent of the interest savings secured by the tobacco 
securitization proceeds will be transferred to the emergency 
reserve fund established in this Act.
      The conference agreement inserts a new section 161 that 
revises section 603(e)(2)(B) of the Student Loan Marketing 
Association Reorganization Act of 1996 to require that half of 
the public charter school credit enhancement fund created by 
that legislation be granted expeditiously by the Mayor to one 
or more qualified non-profit corporations to demonstrate 
innovative methods of providing credit enhancement assistance 
to public charter schools. The remaining half of the funds are 
to be administered by a five-person committee that may either 
provide those funds directly to charter schools or provide them 
to non-profit entities to promote innovative credit enhancement 
initiatives. Activities by recipient entities to enhance the 
availability of loans to charter schools may include, but are 
not limited to, guaranteeing, insuring or providing security 
(including by pledging collateral or taking title to real 
property) for loans; providing down payment assistance, 
subsidizing installment payments or otherwise directly 
facilitating loans; facilitating a secondary market for loans; 
and helping to identify potential lending sources, encouraging 
private lending and other similar activities to promote lending 
to charter schools. Activities by recipient entities to enhance 
the availability of bond financing for charter schools may 
include, but are not limited to, providing technical and other 
administrative assistance; and providing financial or other 
assistance necessary to improve the rating or proposed 
repayment terms of a bond issue, to induce the participation of 
underwriters, or to otherwise enhance the commercial 
feasibility of a proposed transaction (including by providing 
for all or a portion of installment payments on the bond in the 
event of borrower default or, in the case of a bond issue with 
a floating rate, a marked increase in the applicable rate, the 
pledging of reserves or other collateral, or by taking title to 
property or other interests). The conferees request that 
quarterly reports be submitted by the 15th calendar day of the 
month following the end of each quarter to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations, the House Committee on Government 
Reform, and the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs. Each 
report is to include, but not be limited to, the amount 
expended by payee for the quarter and cumulative, the services 
received for those funds, the amount of loans generated (gross 
and net) showing specific bond counsel and all other fees 
itemized with the names of those receiving the funds, the names 
of the lenders, the names of the charter schools receiving the 
proceeds, a description of the purpose for which each charter 
school will use the proceeds and a detailed status report with 
cost information on the progress each charter school is making 
to accomplish the purpose for which it received the proceeds. 
These reports are to continue until the purpose for which the 
proceeds were obtained has been accomplished.
      The conference agreement inserts a new section 162 which 
gives the Mayor the exclusive authority to approve and execute 
leases of the Washington Marina and the Washington municipal 
fish wharf with the existing lessees for an initial term of 30 
years, together with such other terms and conditions, including 
renewal options, as the Mayor deems appropriate.
      The conference agreement inserts a new section 163 which 
transfers two sites, designated for educational use, to Fairfax 
County, Virginia immediately upon completion of the necessary 
remediation by the General Services Administration.
      The conference agreement inserts a new section 164 that 
waives restrictions and allows the District's Inspector General 
to enter into a contract for the independent audit of the 
District's financial statements with an auditor who was a 
subcontractor to the independent auditor who audited the 
District's financial statements for the preceding fiscal year.
      The conference agreement inserts a new section 165 that 
provides an alternative mechanism to exchange property as 
envisioned in the Lorton Technical Corrections Act of 1998. 
Under the 1998 legislation, the Interior Department was 
authorized to hold a portion of the 3,000 acre surplus Federal 
property in Lorton, Virginia and exchange it for Meadowood Farm 
on Mason Neck, Virginia. The Interior Department, however, 
encountered difficulties dealing directly with the owners of 
the Meadowood property. Fairfax County has volunteered to serve 
as an intermediary acquiring Meadowood in exchange for the 
Lorton parcel held by the Interior Department. Fairfax County 
believes it can deal more effectively with the owners of 
Meadowood. In return, the county believes that if it acquires 
the Interior Department's holding at Lorton it can make the 
necessary site improvements to generate a higher sales price. 
The language provides assurances that Fairfax County will be 
reimbursed for all costs involved in the acquisition of both 
the Meadowood property and the Lorton property. Any excess 
profits from the sale of the Lorton property would be returned 
to the General Services Administration. Any losses incurred by 
Fairfax County would be borne by the county alone.
      The conference agreement inserts a new section 166 
amending section 158(b) of the District of Columbia 
Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106-113, approved November 
29, 1999; 113 Stat. 1527) to direct the Federal Highway 
Administration to conduct and perform the 14th Street bridge 
work identified in section 158. This work relates to a project 
to complete design requirements for compliance with the 
National Environmental Policy Act for the construction of 
expanded lane capacity for the 14th Street Bridge.

                   conference total--with comparisons

      The total new budget (obligational) authority for the 
fiscal year 2001 recommended by the Committee of Conference, 
with comparisons to the fiscal year 2000 amount, the 2001 
budget estimates, and the House and Senate bills for 2001 
follows:

                        [In thousands of dollars]

Federal Funds:
    New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 
      2000..............................................        $436,800
    Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, 
      fiscal year 2001..................................         445,425
    House bill, fiscal year 2001........................         414,000
    Senate bill, fiscal year 2001.......................         448,355
    Conference agreement, fiscal year 2001..............         444,975
    Conference agreement compared with:
        New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 
          2000..........................................          +8,175
        Budget estimates of new (obligational) 
          authority, fiscal year 2001...................            -450
        House bill, fiscal year 2001....................         +30,975
        Senate bill, fiscal year 2001...................          -3,380
District of Columbia Funds:
    New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 
      2000..............................................       6,778,433
    Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, 
      fiscal year 2001..................................       6,691,932
    House bill, fiscal year 2001........................       6,659,171
    Senate bill, fiscal year 2001.......................       6,666,531
    Conference agreement, fiscal year 2001..............       6,667,571
    Conference agreement, compared with:
        New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 
          2000..........................................        -110,862
        Budget estimates of new (obligational) 
          authority, fiscal year 2001...................         -24,361
        House bill, fiscal year 2001....................          +8,400
        Senate bill, fiscal year 2001...................          +1,040

DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED 
                        AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS

      The conference agreement would enact the provisions of 
H.R. 5548 as introduced on October 25, 2000. The text of that 
bill follows:

A BILL Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, 
  and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
           ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes.

      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 fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2001, and for other purposes, namely:

                     TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

                         General Administration


                         salaries and expenses


    For expenses necessary for the administration of the 
Department of Justice, $88,713,000, of which not to exceed 
$3,317,000 is for the Facilities Program 2000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed 43 
permanent positions and 44 full-time equivalent workyears and 
$8,136,000 shall be expended for the Department Leadership 
Program exclusive of augmentation that occurred in these 
offices in fiscal year 2000: Provided further, That not to 
exceed 41 permanent positions and 48 full-time equivalent 
workyears and $4,811,000 shall be expended for the Offices of 
Legislative Affairs and Public Affairs: Provided further, That 
the latter two aforementioned offices may utilize non-
reimbursable details of career employees within the caps 
described in the aforementioned proviso: Provided further, That 
the Attorney General is authorized to transfer, under such 
terms and conditions as the Attorney General shall specify, 
forfeited real or personal property of limited or marginal 
value, as such value is determined by guidelines established by 
the Attorney General, to a State or local government agency, or 
its designated contractor or transferee, for use to support 
drug abuse treatment, drug and crime prevention and education, 
housing, job skills, and other community-based public health 
and safety programs: Provided further, That any transfer under 
the preceding proviso shall not create or confer any private 
right of action in any person against the United States, and 
shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 605 of this 
Act.


                     joint automated booking system


    For expenses necessary for the nationwide deployment of a 
Joint Automated Booking System including automated capability 
to transmit fingerprint and image data, $15,915,000, to remain 
available until expended.


                       narrowband communications


    For the costs of conversion to narrowband communications, 
including the cost for operation and maintenance of Land Mobile 
Radio legacy systems, $205,000,000, to remain available until 
expended.


                         counterterrorism fund


    For necessary expenses, as determined by the Attorney 
General, $5,000,000, to remain available until expended, to 
reimburse any Department of Justice organization for: (1) the 
costs incurred in reestablishing the operational capability of 
an office or facility which has been damaged or destroyed as a 
result of any domestic or international terrorist incident; and 
(2) the costs of providing support to counter, investigate or 
prosecute domestic or international terrorism, including 
payment of rewards in connection with these activities: 
Provided, That any Federal agency may be reimbursed for the 
costs of detaining in foreign countries individuals accused of 
acts of terrorism that violate the laws of the United States: 
Provided further, That funds provided under this paragraph 
shall be available only after the Attorney General notifies the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate in accordance with section 605 of this Act.


               telecommunications carrier compliance fund


    For payments authorized by section 109 of the 
Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (47 U.S.C. 
1008), $201,420,000, to remain available until expended.


                   administrative review and appeals


    For expenses necessary for the administration of pardon and 
clemency petitions and immigration related activities, 
$161,062,000.


                           detention trustee


    For necessary expenses to establish a Federal Detention 
Trustee who shall exercise all power and functions authorized 
by law relating to the detention of Federal prisoners in non-
Federal institutions or otherwise in the custody of the United 
States Marshals Service; and the detention of aliens in the 
custody of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 
$1,000,000: Provided, That the Trustee shall be responsible for 
construction of detention facilities or for housing related to 
such detention; the management of funds appropriated to the 
Department for the exercise of any detention functions; and the 
direction of the United States Marshals Service and Immigration 
and Naturalization Service with respect to the exercise of 
detention policy setting and operations for the Department.


                      office of inspector general


    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 
1978, as amended, $41,575,000; including not to exceed $10,000 
to meet unforeseen emergencies of a confidential character, to 
be expended under the direction of, and to be accounted for 
solely under the certificate of, the Attorney General; and for 
the acquisition, lease, maintenance, and operation of motor 
vehicles, without regard to the general purchase price 
limitation for the current fiscal year.

                    United States Parole Commission


                         salaries and expenses


    For necessary expenses of the United States Parole 
Commission as authorized by law, $8,855,000.

                            Legal Activities


            salaries and expenses, general legal activities


    For expenses necessary for the legal activities of the 
Department of Justice, not otherwise provided for, including 
not to exceed $20,000 for expenses of collecting evidence, to 
be expended under the direction of, and to be accounted for 
solely under the certificate of, the Attorney General; and rent 
of private or Government-owned space in the District of 
Columbia, $535,771,000; of which not to exceed $10,000,000 for 
litigation support contracts shall remain available until 
expended: Provided, That of the funds available in this 
appropriation, $18,877,000 shall remain available until 
expended only for office automation systems for the legal 
divisions covered by this appropriation, and for the United 
States Attorneys, the Antitrust Division, the United States 
Trustee Program, the Executive Office for Immigration Review, 
the Community Relations Service, and offices funded through 
``Salaries and Expenses'', General Administration: Provided 
further, That of the total amount appropriated, not to exceed 
$1,000 shall be available to the United States National Central 
Bureau, INTERPOL, for official reception and representation 
expenses.
    In addition, for reimbursement of expenses of the 
Department of Justice associated with processing cases under 
the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, as amended, 
not to exceed $4,028,000, to be appropriated from the Vaccine 
Injury Compensation Trust Fund.

               salaries and expenses, antitrust division

    For expenses necessary for the enforcement of antitrust and 
kindred laws, $95,838,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding 
section 3302(b) of title 31, United States Code, not to exceed 
$95,838,000 of offsetting collections derived from fees 
collected in fiscal year 2001 for premerger notification 
filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act 
of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a) shall be retained and used for 
necessary expenses in this appropriation, and shall remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That the sum herein 
appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced as such 
offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2001, so 
as to result in a final fiscal year 2001 appropriation from the 
general fund estimated at not more than $0.


             salaries and expenses, united states attorneys


    For necessary expenses of the Offices of the United States 
Attorneys, including inter-governmental and cooperative 
agreements, $1,250,382,000; of which not to exceed $2,500,000 
shall be available until September 30, 2002, for: (1) training 
personnel in debt collection; (2) locating debtors and their 
property; (3) paying the net costs of selling property; and (4) 
tracking debts owed to the United States Government: Provided, 
That of the total amount appropriated, not to exceed $8,000 
shall be available for official reception and representation 
expenses: Provided further, That not to exceed $10,000,000 of 
those funds available for automated litigation support 
contracts shall remain available until expended: Provided 
further, That not to exceed $2,500,000 for the operation of the 
National Advocacy Center shall remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That the fourth proviso under the heading 
``Salaries and Expenses, United States Attorneys'' in title I 
of H.R. 3421 of the 106th Congress, as enacted by section 
1000(a)(1) of Public Law 106-113 shall apply to amounts made 
available under this heading for fiscal year 2001: Provided 
further, That, in addition to reimbursable full-time equivalent 
workyears available to the Offices of the United States 
Attorneys, not to exceed 9,439 positions and 9,557 full-time 
equivalent workyears shall be supported from the funds 
appropriated in this Act for the United States Attorneys.


                   united states trustee system fund


    For necessary expenses of the United States Trustee 
Program, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 589a(a), $125,997,000, to 
remain available until expended and to be derived from the 
United States Trustee System Fund: Provided, That, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, deposits to the 
Fund shall be available in such amounts as may be necessary to 
pay refunds due depositors: Provided further, That, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, $125,997,000 of 
offsetting collections pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 589a(b) shall be 
retained and used for necessary expenses in this appropriation 
and remain available until expended: Provided further, That the 
sum herein appropriated from the Fund shall be reduced as such 
offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2001, so 
as to result in a final fiscal year 2001 appropriation from the 
Fund estimated at $0.


      salaries and expenses, foreign claims settlement commission


    For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of the 
Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, including services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $1,107,000.


         salaries and expenses, united states marshals service


    For necessary expenses of the United States Marshals 
Service; including the acquisition, lease, maintenance, and 
operation of vehicles, and the purchase of passenger motor 
vehicles for police-type use, without regard to the general 
purchase price limitation for the current fiscal year, 
$572,695,000; of which not to exceed $6,000 shall be available 
for official reception and representation expenses; and of 
which not to exceed $4,000,000 for development, implementation, 
maintenance and support, and training for an automated prisoner 
information system shall remain available until expended: 
Provided, That, in addition to reimbursable full-time 
equivalent workyears available to the United States Marshals 
Service, not to exceed 3,947 positions and 3,895 full-time 
equivalent workyears shall be supported from the funds 
appropriated in this Act for the United States Marshals 
Service.


                              construction


    For planning, constructing, renovating, equipping, and 
maintaining United States Marshals Service prisoner-holding 
space in United States courthouses and Federal buildings, 
including the renovation and expansion of prisoner movement 
areas, elevators, and sallyports, $18,128,000, to remain 
available until expended.


 justice prisoner and alien transportation system fund, united states 
                            marshals service


    Beginning in fiscal year 2000 and thereafter, payment shall 
be made from the Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation 
System Fund for necessary expenses related to the scheduling 
and transportation of United States prisoners and illegal and 
criminal aliens in the custody of the United States Marshals 
Service, as authorized in 18 U.S.C. 4013, including, without 
limitation, salaries and expenses, operations, and the 
acquisition, lease, and maintenance of aircraft and support 
facilities: Provided, That the Fund shall be reimbursed or 
credited with advance payments from amounts available to the 
Department of Justice, other Federal agencies, and other 
sources at rates that will recover the expenses of Fund 
operations, including, without limitation, accrual of annual 
leave and depreciation of plant and equipment of the Fund: 
Provided further, That proceeds from the disposal of Fund 
aircraft shall be credited to the Fund: Provided further, That 
amounts in the Fund shall be available without fiscal year 
limitation, and may be used for operating equipment lease 
agreements that do not exceed 10 years.
    In addition, $13,500,000, to remain available until 
expended, shall be available only for the purchase of two 
Sabreliner-class aircraft.


                       federal prisoner detention


    For expenses, related to United States prisoners in the 
custody of the United States Marshals Service, but not 
including expenses otherwise provided for in appropriations 
available to the Attorney General, $597,402,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That hereafter amounts 
appropriated for Federal Prisoner Detention shall be available 
to reimburse the Federal Bureau of Prisons for salaries and 
expenses of transporting, guarding and providing medical care 
outside of Federal penal and correctional institutions to 
prisoners awaiting trial or sentencing.


                     fees and expenses of witnesses


    For expenses, mileage, compensation, and per diems of 
witnesses, for expenses of contracts for the procurement and 
supervision of expert witnesses, for private counsel expenses, 
and for per diems in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by law, 
including advances, $125,573,000, to remain available until 
expended; of which not to exceed $6,000,000 may be made 
available for planning, construction, renovations, maintenance, 
remodeling, and repair of buildings, and the purchase of 
equipment incident thereto, for protected witness safesites; of 
which not to exceed $1,000,000 may be made available for the 
purchase and maintenance of armored vehicles for transportation 
of protected witnesses; and of which not to exceed $5,000,000 
may be made available for the purchase, installation, and 
maintenance of secure telecommunications equipment and a secure 
automated information network to store and retrieve the 
identities and locations of protected witnesses.


           salaries and expenses, community relations service


    For necessary expenses of the Community Relations Service, 
$8,475,000 and, in addition, up to $1,000,000 of funds made 
available to the Department of Justice in this Act may be 
transferred by the Attorney General to this account: Provided, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon a 
determination by the Attorney General that emergent 
circumstances require additional funding for conflict 
prevention and resolution activities of the Community Relations 
Service, the Attorney General may transfer such amounts to the 
Community Relations Service, from available appropriations for 
the current fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as may 
be necessary to respond to such circumstances: Provided 
further, That any transfer pursuant to the previous proviso 
shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 605 of this 
Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure 
except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that 
section.

                         assets forfeiture fund

    For expenses authorized by 28 U.S.C. 524(c)(1)(A)(ii), (B), 
(F), and (G), as amended, $23,000,000, to be derived from the 
Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund.

                    Radiation Exposure Compensation


                        administrative expenses


    For necessary administrative expenses in accordance with 
the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, $2,000,000.


         payment to radiation exposure compensation trust fund


    For payments to the Radiation Exposure Compensation Trust 
Fund of claims covered by the Radiation Exposure Compensation 
Act as in effect on June 1, 2000, $10,800,000.

                      Interagency Law Enforcement


                 interagency crime and drug enforcement


    For necessary expenses for the detection, investigation, 
and prosecution of individuals involved in organized crime drug 
trafficking not otherwise provided for, to include inter-
governmental agreements with State and local law enforcement 
agencies engaged in the investigation and prosecution of 
individuals involved in organized crime drug trafficking, 
$325,898,000, of which $50,000,000 shall remain available until 
expended: Provided, That any amounts obligated from 
appropriations under this heading may be used under authorities 
available to the organizations reimbursed from this 
appropriation: Provided further, That any unobligated balances 
remaining available at the end of the fiscal year shall revert 
to the Attorney General for reallocation among participating 
organizations in succeeding fiscal years, subject to the 
reprogramming procedures described in section 605 of this Act.

                    Federal Bureau of Investigation


                         salaries and expenses


    For necessary expenses of the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation for detection, investigation, and prosecution of 
crimes against the United States; including purchase for 
police-type use of not to exceed 1,236 passenger motor 
vehicles, of which 1,142 will be for replacement only, without 
regard to the general purchase price limitation for the current 
fiscal year, and hire of passenger motor vehicles; acquisition, 
lease, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; and not to 
exceed $70,000 to meet unforeseen emergencies of a confidential 
character, to be expended under the direction of, and to be 
accounted for solely under the certificate of, the Attorney 
General, $3,235,600,000; of which not to exceed $50,000,000 for 
automated data processing and telecommunications and technical 
investigative equipment and not to exceed $1,000,000 for 
undercover operations shall remain available until September 
30, 2002; of which not less than $437,650,000 shall be for 
counterterrorism investigations, foreign counterintelligence, 
and other activities related to our national security; of which 
not to exceed $10,000,000 is authorized to be made available 
for making advances for expenses arising out of contractual or 
reimbursable agreements with State and local law enforcement 
agencies while engaged in cooperative activities related to 
violent crime, terrorism, organized crime, and drug 
investigations: Provided, That not to exceed $45,000 shall be 
available for official reception and representation expenses: 
Provided further, That, in addition to reimbursable full-time 
equivalent workyears available to the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation, not to exceed 25,569 positions and 25,142 full-
time equivalent workyears shall be supported from the funds 
appropriated in this Act for the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation: Provided further, That no funds in this Act may 
be used to provide ballistics imaging equipment to any State or 
local authority which has obtained similar equipment through a 
Federal grant or subsidy unless the State or local authority 
agrees to return that equipment or to repay that grant or 
subsidy to the Federal Government.


                              construction


    For necessary expenses to construct or acquire buildings 
and sites by purchase, or as otherwise authorized by law 
(including equipment for such buildings); conversion and 
extension of federally-owned buildings; and preliminary 
planning and design of projects; $16,687,000, to remain 
available until expended.

                    Drug Enforcement Administration


                         salaries and expenses


    For necessary expenses of the Drug Enforcement 
Administration, including not to exceed $70,000 to meet 
unforeseen emergencies of a confidential character, to be 
expended under the direction of, and to be accounted for solely 
under the certificate of, the Attorney General; expenses for 
conducting drug education and training programs, including 
travel and related expenses for participants in such programs 
and the distribution of items of token value that promote the 
goals of such programs; purchase of not to exceed 1,358 
passenger motor vehicles, of which 1,079 will be for 
replacement only, for police-type use without regard to the 
general purchase price limitation for the current fiscal year; 
and acquisition, lease, maintenance, and operation of aircraft, 
$1,363,309,000; of which not to exceed $1,800,000 for research 
shall remain available until expended, and of which not to 
exceed $4,000,000 for purchase of evidence and payments for 
information, not to exceed $10,000,000 for contracting for 
automated data processing and telecommunications equipment, and 
not to exceed $2,000,000 for laboratory equipment, $4,000,000 
for technical equipment, and $2,000,000 for aircraft 
replacement retrofit and parts, shall remain available until 
September 30, 2002; of which not to exceed $50,000 shall be 
available for official reception and representation expenses: 
Provided, That, in addition to reimbursable full-time 
equivalent workyears available to the Drug Enforcement 
Administration, not to exceed 7,520 positions and 7,412 full-
time equivalent workyears shall be supported from the funds 
appropriated in this Act for the Drug Enforcement 
Administration.

                 Immigration and Naturalization Service


                         salaries and expenses


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


                     enforcement and border affairs


    For salaries and expenses for the Border Patrol program, 
the detention and deportation program, the intelligence 
program, the investigations program, and the inspections 
program, including not to exceed $50,000 to meet unforeseen 
emergencies of a confidential character, to be expended under 
the direction of, and to be accounted for solely under the 
certificate of, the Attorney General; purchase for police-type 
use (not to exceed 3,165 passenger motor vehicles, of which 
2,211 are for replacement only), without regard to the general 
purchase price limitation for the current fiscal year, and hire 
of passenger motor vehicles; acquisition, lease, maintenance 
and operation of aircraft; research related to immigration 
enforcement; for protecting and maintaining the integrity of 
the borders of the United States including, without limitation, 
equipping, maintaining, and making improvements to the 
infrastructure; and for the care and housing of Federal 
detainees held in the joint Immigration and Naturalization 
Service and United States Marshals Service's Buffalo Detention 
Facility, $2,547,057,000; of which not to exceed $10,000,000 
shall be available for costs associated with the training 
program for basic officer training, and $5,000,000 is for 
payments or advances arising out of contractual or reimbursable 
agreements with State and local law enforcement agencies while 
engaged in cooperative activities related to immigration; of 
which not to exceed $5,000,000 is to fund or reimburse other 
Federal agencies for the costs associated with the care, 
maintenance, and repatriation of smuggled illegal aliens: 
Provided That none of the funds available to the Immigration 
and Naturalization Service shall be available to pay any 
employee overtime pay in an amount in excess of $30,000 during 
the calendar year beginning January 1, 2001: Provided further, 
That uniforms may be purchased without regard to the general 
purchase price limitation for the current fiscal year: Provided 
further, That, in addition to reimbursable full-time equivalent 
workyears available to the Immigration and Naturalization 
Service, not to exceed 19,783 positions and 19,191 full-time 
equivalent workyears shall be supported from the funds 
appropriated under this heading in this Act for the Immigration 
and Naturalization Service: Provided further, That none of the 
funds provided in this or any other Act shall be used for the 
continued operation of the San Clemente and Temecula 
checkpoints unless the checkpoints are open and traffic is 
being checked on a continuous 24-hour basis.


  citizenship and benefits, immigration support and program direction


    For all programs of the Immigration and Naturalization 
Service not included under the heading ``Enforcement and Border 
Affairs'', $578,819,000, of which not to exceed $400,000 for 
research shall remain available until expended: Provided, That 
not to exceed $5,000 shall be available for official reception 
and representation expenses: Provided further, That the 
Attorney General may transfer any funds appropriated under this 
heading and the heading ``Enforcement and Border Affairs'' 
between said appropriations notwithstanding any percentage 
transfer limitations imposed under this appropriation Act and 
may direct such fees as are collected by the Immigration and 
Naturalization Service to the activities funded under this 
heading and the heading ``Enforcement and Border Affairs'' for 
performance of the functions for which the fees legally may be 
expended: Provided further, That not to exceed 40 permanent 
positions and 40 full-time equivalent workyears and $4,300,000 
shall be expended for the Offices of Legislative Affairs and 
Public Affairs: Provided further, That the latter two 
aforementioned offices shall not be augmented by personnel 
details, temporary transfers of personnel on either a 
reimbursable or non-reimbursable basis, or any other type of 
formal or informal transfer or reimbursement of personnel or 
funds on either a temporary or long-term basis: Provided 
further, That the number of positions filled through non-career 
appointment at the Immigration and Naturalization Service, for 
which funding is provided in this Act or is otherwise made 
available to the Immigration and Naturalization Service, shall 
not exceed four permanent positions and four full-time 
equivalent workyears: Provided further, That none of the funds 
available to the Immigration and Naturalization Service shall 
be used to pay any employee overtime pay in an amount in excess 
of $30,000 during the calendar year beginning January 1, 2001: 
Provided further, That funds may be used, without limitation, 
for equipping, maintaining, and making improvements to the 
infrastructure and the purchase of vehicles for police-type use 
within the limits of the Enforcement and Border Affairs 
appropriation: Provided further, That, in addition to 
reimbursable full-time equivalent workyears available to the 
Immigration and Naturalization Service, not to exceed 3,100 
positions and 3,150 full-time equivalent workyears shall be 
supported from the funds appropriated under this heading in 
this Act for the Immigration and Naturalization Service: 
Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, during fiscal year 2001, the Attorney General is 
authorized and directed to impose disciplinary action, 
including termination of employment, pursuant to policies and 
procedures applicable to employees of the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation, for any employee of the Immigration and 
Naturalization Service who violates policies and procedures set 
forth by the Department of Justice relative to the granting of 
citizenship or who willfully deceives the Congress or 
department leadership on any matter.


                              construction


    For planning, construction, renovation, equipping, and 
maintenance of buildings and facilities necessary for the 
administration and enforcement of the laws relating to 
immigration, naturalization, and alien registration, not 
otherwise provided for, $133,302,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That no funds shall be available for the 
site acquisition, design, or construction of any Border Patrol 
checkpoint in the Tucson sector.

                         Federal Prison System


                         salaries and expenses


    For expenses necessary for the administration, operation, 
and maintenance of Federal penal and correctional institutions, 
including purchase (not to exceed 707, of which 600 are for 
replacement only) and hire of law enforcement and passenger 
motor vehicles, and for the provision of technical assistance 
and advice on corrections related issues to foreign 
governments, $3,476,889,000: Provided, That the Attorney 
General may transfer to the Health Resources and Services 
Administration such amounts as may be necessary for direct 
expenditures by that Administration for medical relief for 
inmates of Federal penal and correctional institutions: 
Provided further, That the Director of the Federal Prison 
System (FPS), where necessary, may enter into contracts with a 
fiscal agent/fiscal intermediary claims processor to determine 
the amounts payable to persons who, on behalf of FPS, furnish 
health services to individuals committed to the custody of FPS: 
Provided further, That not to exceed $6,000 shall be available 
for official reception and representation expenses: Provided 
further, That not to exceed $90,000,000 shall remain available 
for necessary operations until September 30, 2002: Provided 
further, That, of the amounts provided for Contract 
Confinement, not to exceed $20,000,000 shall remain available 
until expended to make payments in advance for grants, 
contracts and reimbursable agreements, and other expenses 
authorized by section 501(c) of the Refugee Education 
Assistance Act of 1980, as amended, for the care and security 
in the United States of Cuban and Haitian entrants: Provided 
further, That the Director of the Federal Prison System may 
accept donated property and services relating to the operation 
of the prison card program from a not-for-profit entity which 
has operated such program in the past notwithstanding the fact 
that such not-for-profit entity furnishes services under 
contracts to the Federal Prison System relating to the 
operation of pre-release services, halfway houses or other 
custodial facilities.


                        buildings and facilities


    For planning, acquisition of sites and construction of new 
facilities; purchase and acquisition of facilities and 
remodeling, and equipping of such facilities for penal and 
correctional use, including all necessary expenses incident 
thereto, by contract or force account; and constructing, 
remodeling, and equipping necessary buildings and facilities at 
existing penal and correctional institutions, including all 
necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or force 
account, $835,660,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which not to exceed $14,000,000 shall be available to construct 
areas for inmate work programs: Provided, That labor of United 
States prisoners may be used for work performed under this 
appropriation: Provided further, That not to exceed 10 percent 
of the funds appropriated to ``Buildings and Facilities'' in 
this or any other Act may be transferred to ``Salaries and 
Expenses'', Federal Prison System, upon notification by the 
Attorney General to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate in compliance with 
provisions set forth in section 605 of this Act.


                federal prison industries, incorporated


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


   limitation on administrative expenses, federal prison industries, 
                              incorporated


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

                       Office of Justice Programs


                           justice assistance


    For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other 
assistance authorized by title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 
and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as amended (``the 1968 Act''), 
and the Missing Children's Assistance Act, as amended, 
including salaries and expenses in connection therewith, and 
with the Victims of Crime Act of 1984, as amended, 
$197,239,000, to remain available until expended, as authorized 
by section 1001 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968, as amended by Public Law 102-534 (106 
Stat. 3524).
    In addition, for grants, cooperative agreements, and other 
assistance authorized by sections 821 and 822 of the 
Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 and for 
other counterterrorism programs, $220,980,000, to remain 
available until expended.


               state and local law enforcement assistance


    For assistance authorized by the Violent Crime Control and 
Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-322), as amended 
(``the 1994 Act''); the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
Act of 1968, as amended (``the 1968 Act''); and the Victims of 
Child Abuse Act of 1990, as amended (``the 1990 Act''), 
$2,848,929,000 (including amounts for administrative costs, 
which shall be transferred to and merged with the ``Justice 
Assistance'' account), to remain available until expended as 
follows:
            (1) $523,000,000 for Local Law Enforcement Block 
        Grants, pursuant to H.R. 728 as passed by the House of 
        Representatives on February 14, 1995, except that for 
        purposes of this Act, Guam shall be considered a 
        ``State'', the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall be 
        considered a ``unit of local government'' as well as a 
        ``State'', for the purposes set forth in paragraphs 
        (A), (B), (D), (F), and (I) of section 101(a)(2) of 
        H.R. 728 and for establishing crime prevention programs 
        involving cooperation between community residents and 
        law enforcement personnel in order to control, detect, 
        or investigate crime or the prosecution of criminals: 
        Provided, That no funds provided under this heading may 
        be used as matching funds for any other Federal grant 
        program, of which:
                    (a) $60,000,000 shall be for Boys and Girls 
                Clubs in public housing facilities and other 
                areas in cooperation with State and local law 
                enforcement: Provided, That funds may also be 
                used to defray the costs of indemnification 
                insurance for law enforcement officers, and
                    (b) $20,000,000 shall be available to carry 
                out section 102(2) of H.R. 728;
            (2) $400,000,000 for the State Criminal Alien 
        Assistance Program, as authorized by section 242(j) of 
        the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended;
            (3) $686,500,000 for Violent Offender Incarceration 
        and Truth in Sentencing Incentive Grants pursuant to 
        subtitle A of title II of the 1994 Act, of which:
                    (a) $165,000,000 shall be available for 
                payments to States for incarceration of 
                criminal aliens,
                    (b) $35,000,000 shall be available for the 
                Cooperative Agreement Program,
                    (c) $34,000,000 shall be reserved by the 
                Attorney General for fiscal year 2001 under 
                section 20109(a) of subtitle A of title II of 
                the 1994 Act, and
                    (d) $2,000,000 shall be for the review of 
                State environmental impact statements;
            (4) $8,000,000 for the Tribal Courts Initiative;
            (5) $569,050,000 for programs authorized by part E 
        of title I of the 1968 Act, notwithstanding the 
        provisions of section 511 of said Act, of which 
        $69,050,000 shall be for discretionary grants under the 
        Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement 
        Assistance Programs;
            (6) $11,500,000 for the Court Appointed Special 
        Advocate Program, as authorized by section 218 of the 
        1990 Act;
            (7) $2,000,000 for Child Abuse Training Programs 
        for Judicial Personnel and Practitioners, as authorized 
        by section 224 of the 1990 Act;
            (8) $210,179,000 for Grants to Combat Violence 
        Against Women, to States, units of local government, 
        and Indian tribal governments, as authorized by section 
        1001(a)(18) of the 1968 Act, of which:
                    (a) $31,625,000 shall be used exclusively 
                for the purpose of strengthening civil legal 
                assistance programs for victims of domestic 
                violence,
                    (b) $5,200,000 shall be for the National 
                Institute of Justice for research and 
                evaluation of violence against women,
                    (c) $10,000,000 shall be for the Office of 
                Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention for 
                the Safe Start Program, to be administered as 
                authorized by part C of the Juvenile Justice 
                and Delinquency Act of 1974, as amended, and
                    (d) $11,000,000 shall be used exclusively 
                for violence on college campuses;
            (9) $34,000,000 for Grants to Encourage Arrest 
        Policies to States, units of local government, and 
        Indian tribal governments, as authorized by section 
        1001(a)(19) of the 1968 Act;
            (10) $25,000,000 for Rural Domestic Violence and 
        Child Abuse Enforcement Assistance Grants, as 
        authorized by section 40295 of the 1994 Act;
            (11) $5,000,000 for training programs to assist 
        probation and parole officers who work with released 
        sex offenders, as authorized by section 40152(c) of the 
        1994 Act, and for local demonstration projects;
            (12) $1,000,000 for grants for televised testimony, 
        as authorized by section 1001(a)(7) of the 1968 Act;
            (13) $63,000,000 for grants for residential 
        substance abuse treatment for State prisoners, as 
        authorized by section 1001(a)(17) of the 1968 Act;
            (14) $5,000,000 for demonstration grants on alcohol 
        and crime in Indian Country;
            (15) $900,000 for the Missing Alzheimer's Disease 
        Patient Alert Program, as authorized by section 
        240001(c) of the 1994 Act;
            (16) $50,000,000 for Drug Courts, as authorized by 
        title V of the 1994 Act;
            (17) $1,500,000 for Law Enforcement Family Support 
        Programs, as authorized by section 1001(a)(21) of the 
        1968 Act;
            (18) $2,000,000 for public awareness programs 
        addressing marketing scams aimed at senior citizens, as 
        authorized by section 250005(3) of the 1994 Act;
            (19) $250,000,000 for Juvenile Accountability 
        Incentive Block Grants (of which $500,000 shall be used 
        to construct a treatment and security facility for mid-
        risk youth in Southwest Colorado) except that such 
        funds shall be subject to the same terms and conditions 
        as set forth in the provisions under this heading for 
        this program in Public Law 105-119, but all references 
        in such provisions to 1998 shall be deemed to refer 
        instead to 2001, and Guam shall be considered a 
        ``State'' for the purposes of title III of H.R. 3, as 
        passed by the House of Representatives on May 8, 1997; 
        and
            (20) $1,300,000 for Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention 
        Programs, as authorized by section 220002(h) of the 
        1994 Act:
Provided further, That funds made available in fiscal year 2001 
under subpart 1 of part E of title I of the 1968 Act may be 
obligated for programs to assist States in the litigation 
processing of death penalty Federal habeas corpus petitions and 
for drug testing initiatives: Provided further, That, if a unit 
of local government uses any of the funds made available under 
this title to increase the number of law enforcement officers, 
the unit of local government will achieve a net gain in the 
number of law enforcement officers who perform 
nonadministrative public safety service: Provided further, That 
balances for these programs may be transferred from the Violent 
Crime Reduction Programs, State and Local Law Enforcement 
Assistance account to this account.


                       weed and seed program fund


    For necessary expenses, including salaries and related 
expenses of the Executive Office for Weed and Seed, to 
implement ``Weed and Seed'' program activities, $34,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, for inter-governmental 
agreements, including grants, cooperative agreements, and 
contracts, with State and local law enforcement agencies, non-
profit organizations, and agencies of local government, engaged 
in the investigation and prosecution of violent crimes and drug 
offenses in ``Weed and Seed'' designated communities, and for 
either reimbursements or transfers to appropriation accounts of 
the Department of Justice and other Federal agencies which 
shall be specified by the Attorney General to execute the 
``Weed and Seed'' program strategy: Provided, That funds 
designated by Congress through language for other Department of 
Justice appropriation accounts for ``Weed and Seed'' program 
activities shall be managed and executed by the Attorney 
General through the Executive Office for Weed and Seed: 
Provided further, That the Attorney General may direct the use 
of other Department of Justice funds and personnel in support 
of ``Weed and Seed'' program activities only after the Attorney 
General notifies the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate in accordance with section 
605 of this Act.

                  Community Oriented Policing Services

    For activities authorized by the Violent Crime Control and 
Law Enforcement Act of 1994, Public Law 103-322 (``the 1994 
Act'') (including administrative costs), $1,032,325,000, to 
remain available until expended; of which $130,000,000 shall be 
available to the Office of Justice Programs to carry out 
section 102 of the Crime Identification Technology Act of 1998 
(42 U.S.C. 14601), of which $35,000,000 is for grants to 
upgrade criminal records, as authorized by section 106(b) of 
the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act of 1993, as amended, 
and section 4(b) of the National Child Protection Act of 1993, 
of which $17,500,000 is for the National Institute of Justice 
to develop school safety technologies, and of which $30,000,000 
shall be for State and local DNA laboratories as authorized by 
section 1001(a)(22) of the 1968 Act, as well as for 
improvements to the State and local forensic laboratory general 
forensic science capabilities to reduce States' DNA convicted 
offender sample backlog and for awards to State, local, and 
private laboratories; of which $566,825,000 is for Public 
Safety and Community Policing Grants pursuant to title I of the 
1994 Act, of which $180,000,000 shall be available for school 
resource officers, of which $35,000,000 shall be used to 
improve tribal law enforcement including equipment and 
training, of which $25,500,000 shall be used for the Matching 
Grant Program for Law Enforcement Armor Vests pursuant to 
section 2501 of part Y of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (``the 1968 Act''), as amended, of which 
$29,500,000 shall be used for Police Corps education, training, 
and service as set forth in sections 200101-200113 of the 1994 
Act, and of which $15,000,000 shall be used to combat violence 
in schools; of which $140,000,000 shall be used for a law 
enforcement technology program; of which $48,500,000 shall be 
used for policing initiatives to combat methamphetamine 
production and trafficking and to enhance policing initiatives 
in drug ``hot spots''; of which $75,000,000 shall be for grants 
to States and units of local government for a Community 
Prosecution Program in areas of high gun-related violent crime 
to address gun-related violence and violations of gun statutes 
in cases involving drug-trafficking or gang-related crime; of 
which $25,000,000 shall be used for the Community Prosecutors 
program; of which $17,000,000 shall be for a police integrity 
program; and of which $30,000,000 shall be for an offender re-
entry program: Provided, That of the amount provided for Public 
Safety and Community Policing Grants, not to exceed $31,825,000 
shall be expended for program management and administration: 
Provided further, That of the unobligated balances available in 
this program, $5,000,000 shall be available to improve tribal 
law enforcement including equipment and training: Provided 
further, That no funds that become available as a result of 
deobligations from prior year balances, excluding those for 
program management and administration, may be obligated except 
in accordance with section 605 of this Act.


                       juvenile justice programs


    For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other 
assistance authorized by the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
Prevention Act of 1974, as amended, (``the Act''), including 
salaries and expenses in connection therewith to be transferred 
to and merged with the appropriations for Justice Assistance, 
$279,097,000, to remain available until expended, as authorized 
by section 299 of part I of title II and section 506 of title V 
of the Act, as amended by Public Law 102-586, of which: (1) 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, $6,847,000 shall be 
available for expenses authorized by part A of title II of the 
Act, $89,000,000 shall be available for expenses authorized by 
part B of title II of the Act, and $50,250,000 shall be 
available for expenses authorized by part C of title II of the 
Act: Provided, That $26,500,000 of the amounts provided for 
part B of title II of the Act, as amended, is for the purpose 
of providing additional formula grants under part B to States 
that provide assurances to the Administrator that the State has 
in effect (or will have in effect no later than 1 year after 
date of application) policies and programs, that ensure that 
juveniles are subject to accountability-based sanctions for 
every act for which they are adjudicated delinquent; (2) 
$12,000,000 shall be available for expenses authorized by 
sections 281 and 282 of part D of title II of the Act for 
prevention and treatment programs relating to juvenile gangs; 
(3) $10,000,000 shall be available for expenses authorized by 
section 285 of part E of title II of the Act; (4) $16,000,000 
shall be available for expenses authorized by part G of title 
II of the Act for juvenile mentoring programs; and (5) 
$95,000,000 shall be available for expenses authorized by title 
V of the Act for incentive grants for local delinquency 
prevention programs; of which $12,500,000 shall be for 
delinquency prevention, control, and system improvement 
programs for tribal youth; of which $25,000,000 shall be 
available for grants of $360,000 to each State and $6,640,000 
shall be available for discretionary grants to States, for 
programs and activities to enforce State laws prohibiting the 
sale of alcoholic beverages to minors or the purchase or 
consumption of alcoholic beverages by minors, prevention and 
reduction of consumption of alcoholic beverages by minors, and 
for technical assistance and training; and of which $15,000,000 
shall be available for the Safe Schools Initiative: Provided 
further, That upon the enactment of reauthorization legislation 
for Juvenile Justice Programs under the Juvenile Justice and 
Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, as amended, funding 
provisions in this Act shall from that date be subject to the 
provisions of that legislation and any provisions in this Act 
that are inconsistent with that legislation shall no longer 
have effect: Provided further, That of amounts made available 
under the Juvenile Justice Programs of the Office of Justice 
Programs to carry out part B (relating to Federal Assistance 
for State and Local Programs), subpart II of part C (relating 
to Special Emphasis Prevention and Treatment Programs), part D 
(relating to Gang-Free Schools and Communities and Community-
Based Gang Intervention), part E (relating to State Challenge 
Activities), and part G (relating to Mentoring) of title II of 
the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, 
and to carry out the At-Risk Children's Program under title V 
of that Act, not more than 10 percent of each such amount may 
be used for research, evaluation, and statistics activities 
designed to benefit the programs or activities authorized under 
the appropriate part or title, and not more than 2 percent of 
each such amount may be used for training and technical 
assistance activities designed to benefit the programs or 
activities authorized under that part or title.
    In addition, for grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, 
and other assistance, $11,000,000 to remain available until 
expended, for developing, testing, and demonstrating programs 
designed to reduce drug use among juveniles.
    In addition, for grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, 
and other assistance authorized by the Victims of Child Abuse 
Act of 1990, as amended, $8,500,000, to remain available until 
expended, as authorized by section 214B of the Act.


                    public safety officers benefits


    To remain available until expended, for payments authorized 
by part L of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796), as amended, such sums as 
are necessary, as authorized by section 6093 of Public Law 100-
690 (102 Stat. 4339-4340); and $2,400,000, to remain available 
until expended for payments as authorized by section 1201(b) of 
said Act.

               General Provisions--Department of Justice

    Sec. 101. In addition to amounts otherwise made available 
in this title for official reception and representation 
expenses, a total of not to exceed $45,000 from funds 
appropriated to the Department of Justice in this title shall 
be available to the Attorney General for official reception and 
representation expenses in accordance with distributions, 
procedures, and regulations established by the Attorney 
General.
    Sec. 102. Hereafter, authorities contained in the 
Department of Justice Appropriation Authorization Act, Fiscal 
Year 1980 (Public Law 96-132; 93 Stat. 1040 (1979)), as 
amended, shall remain in effect until the effective date of a 
subsequent Department of Justice Appropriation Authorization 
Act.
    Sec. 103. None of the funds appropriated by this title 
shall be available to pay for an abortion, except where the 
life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were 
carried to term, or in the case of rape: Provided, That should 
this prohibition be declared unconstitutional by a court of 
competent jurisdiction, this section shall be null and void.
    Sec. 104. None of the funds appropriated under this title 
shall be used to require any person to perform, or facilitate 
in any way the performance of, any abortion.
    Sec. 105. Nothing in the preceding section shall remove the 
obligation of the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to provide 
escort services necessary for a female inmate to receive such 
service outside the Federal facility: Provided, That nothing in 
this section in any way diminishes the effect of section 104 
intended to address the philosophical beliefs of individual 
employees of the Bureau of Prisons.
    Sec. 106. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, not 
to exceed $10,000,000 of the funds made available in this Act 
may be used to establish and publicize a program under which 
publicly advertised, extraordinary rewards may be paid, which 
shall not be subject to spending limitations contained in 
sections 3059 and 3072 of title 18, United States Code: 
Provided, That any reward of $100,000 or more, up to a maximum 
of $2,000,000, may not be made without the personal approval of 
the President or the Attorney General and such approval may not 
be delegated.
    Sec. 107. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the Department of 
Justice in this Act, including those derived from the Violent 
Crime Reduction Trust Fund, may be transferred between such 
appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as otherwise 
specifically provided, shall be increased by more than 10 
percent by any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer 
pursuant to this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of 
funds under section 605 of this Act and shall not be available 
for obligation except in compliance with the procedures set 
forth in that section.
    Sec. 108. Section 108(a) of the Departments of Commerce, 
Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2000 (as enacted into law by section 
1000(a)(1) of Public Law 106-113) shall apply for fiscal year 
2001 and thereafter.
    Sec. 109. Section 3024 of the Emergency Supplemental 
Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 106-31) shall apply for 
fiscal year 2001.
    Sec. 110. Section 641(e)(4)(A) of the Illegal Immigration 
Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (division C of 
Public Law 104-208) is amended by inserting before the period 
at the end of the second sentence the following: ``, except 
that, in the case of an alien admitted under section 
101(a)(15)(J) of the Immigration and Nationality Act as an au 
pair, camp counselor, or participant in a summer work travel 
program, the fee shall not exceed $35''.
    Sec. 111. Section 115 of the Departments of Commerce, 
Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2000 (as enacted into law by section 
1000(a)(1) of Public Law 106-113) shall apply hereafter.
    Sec. 112. Section 286 of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1356) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsections:
    ``(t) Genealogy Fee.--(1) There is hereby established the 
Genealogy Fee for providing genealogy research and information 
services. This fee shall be deposited as offsetting collections 
into the Examinations Fee Account. Fees for such research and 
information services may be set at a level that will ensure the 
recovery of the full costs of providing all such services.
    ``(2) The Attorney General will prepare and submit annually 
to Congress statements of the financial condition of the 
Genealogy Fee.
    ``(3) Any officer or employee of the Immigration and 
Naturalization Service shall collect fees prescribed under 
regulation before disseminating any requested genealogical 
information.
    ``(u) Premium Fee for Employment-Based Petitions and 
Applications.--The Attorney General is authorized to establish 
and collect a premium fee for employment-based petitions and 
applications. This fee shall be used to provide certain 
premium-processing services to business customers, and to make 
infrastructure improvements in the adjudications and customer-
service processes. For approval of the benefit applied for, the 
petitioner/applicant must meet the legal criteria for such 
benefit. This fee shall be set at $1,000, shall be paid in 
addition to any normal petition/application fee that may be 
applicable, and shall be deposited as offsetting collections in 
the Immigration Examinations Fee Account. The Attorney General 
may adjust this fee according to the Consumer Price Index.''.
    Sec. 114. Section 1402(d)(3) of Public Law 98-473 is 
amended by inserting ``and the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation'' after ``United States Attorneys Offices''.
    Sec. 115. Beginning in fiscal year 2001 and thereafter, 
funds appropriated to the Federal Prison System may be used to 
place in privately operated prisons only such persons sentenced 
to incarceration under the District of Columbia Code as the 
Director, Bureau of Prisons, may determine to be appropriate 
for such placement consistent with Federal classification 
standards, after consideration of all relevant factors, 
including the threat of danger to public safety.
    Sec. 116. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
$1,000,000 shall be available for technical assistance from the 
funds appropriated for part G of title II of the Juvenile 
Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, as amended.
    Sec. 117. Of the discretionary funds appropriated to the 
Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement 
Assistance Program in fiscal year 2000, $2,000,000 shall be 
transferred to the Violent Offender Incarceration and Truth In 
Sentencing Incentive Grants Program to be used for the 
construction costs of the Hoonah Spirit Camp, as authorized 
under section 20109(a) of subtitle A of title II of the 1994 
Act.
    Sec. 118. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for 
fiscal 2001 and hereafter, with respect to any grant program 
for which amounts are made available under this title, no grant 
funds may be made available to any local jail that runs ``pay-
to-stay programs.''
    Sec. 119. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
including section 4(d) of the Service Contract Act of 1965 (41 
U.S.C. 353(d)), the Attorney General hereafter may enter into 
contracts and other agreements, of any reasonable duration, for 
detention or incarceration space or facilities, including 
related services, on any reasonable basis.
  This title may be cited as the ``Department of Justice 
Appropriations Act, 2001''.

         TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND RELATED AGENCIES

                  Trade and Infrastructure Development

                            RELATED AGENCIES

            Office of the United States Trade Representative


                         salaries and expenses


    For necessary expenses of the Office of the United States 
Trade Representative, including the hire of passenger motor 
vehicles and the employment of experts and consultants as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $29,517,000, of which $1,000,000 
shall remain available until expended: Provided, That not to 
exceed $98,000 shall be available for official reception and 
representation expenses.

                     International Trade Commission


                         salaries and expenses


    For necessary expenses of the International Trade 
Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, and 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed 
$2,500 for official reception and representation expenses, 
$48,100,000, to remain available until expended.

                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

                   International Trade Administration


                     operations and administration


    For necessary expenses for international trade activities 
of the Department of Commerce provided for by law, and engaging 
in trade promotional activities abroad, including expenses of 
grants and cooperative agreements for the purpose of promoting 
exports of United States firms, without regard to 44 U.S.C. 
3702 and 3703; full medical coverage for dependent members of 
immediate families of employees stationed overseas and 
employees temporarily posted overseas; travel and 
transportation of employees of the United States and Foreign 
Commercial Service between two points abroad, without regard to 
49 U.S.C. 1517; employment of Americans and aliens by contract 
for services; rental of space abroad for periods not exceeding 
10 years, and expenses of alteration, repair, or improvement; 
purchase or construction of temporary demountable exhibition 
structures for use abroad; payment of tort claims, in the 
manner authorized in the first paragraph of 28 U.S.C. 2672 when 
such claims arise in foreign countries; not to exceed $327,000 
for official representation expenses abroad; purchase of 
passenger motor vehicles for official use abroad, not to exceed 
$30,000 per vehicle; obtaining insurance on official motor 
vehicles; and rental of tie lines and teletype equipment, 
$337,444,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$3,000,000 is to be derived from fees to be retained and used 
by the International Trade Administration, notwithstanding 31 
U.S.C. 3302: Provided, That $64,747,000 shall be for Trade 
Development, $25,555,000 shall be for Market Access and 
Compliance, $40,645,000 shall be for the Import Administration, 
$194,638,000 shall be for the United States and Foreign 
Commercial Service, and $11,859,000 shall be for Executive 
Direction and Administration: Provided further, That the 
provisions of the first sentence of section 105(f) and all of 
section 108(c) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange 
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply in 
carrying out these activities without regard to section 5412 of 
the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 
4912); and that for the purpose of this Act, contributions 
under the provisions of the Mutual Educational and Cultural 
Exchange Act shall include payment for assessments for services 
provided as part of these activities.

                         Export Administration


                     operations and administration


    For necessary expenses for export administration and 
national security activities of the Department of Commerce, 
including costs associated with the performance of export 
administration field activities both domestically and abroad; 
full medical coverage for dependent members of immediate 
families of employees stationed overseas; employment of 
Americans and aliens by contract for services abroad; payment 
of tort claims, in the manner authorized in the first paragraph 
of 28 U.S.C. 2672 when such claims arise in foreign countries; 
not to exceed $15,000 for official representation expenses 
abroad; awards of compensation to informers under the Export 
Administration Act of 1979, and as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 
401(b); purchase of passenger motor vehicles for official use 
and motor vehicles for law enforcement use with special 
requirement vehicles eligible for purchase without regard to 
any price limitation otherwise established by law, $64,854,000, 
to remain available until expended, of which $7,250,000 shall 
be for inspections and other activities related to national 
security: Provided, That the provisions of the first sentence 
of section 105(f) and all of section 108(c) of the Mutual 
Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply in carrying out these 
activities: Provided further, That payments and contributions 
collected and accepted for materials or services provided as 
part of such activities may be retained for use in covering the 
cost of such activities, and for providing information to the 
public with respect to the export administration and national 
security activities of the Department of Commerce and other 
export control programs of the United States and other 
governments.

                  Economic Development Administration


                economic development assistance programs


    For grants for economic development assistance as provided 
by the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, as 
amended, and for trade adjustment assistance, $411,879,000, to 
remain available until expended.


                         salaries and expenses


    For necessary expenses of administering the economic 
development assistance programs as provided for by law, 
$28,000,000: Provided, That these funds may be used to monitor 
projects approved pursuant to title I of the Public Works 
Employment Act of 1976, as amended, title II of the Trade Act 
of 1974, as amended, and the Community Emergency Drought Relief 
Act of 1977.

                  Minority Business Development Agency


                     minority business development


    For necessary expenses of the Department of Commerce in 
fostering, promoting, and developing minority business 
enterprise, including expenses of grants, contracts, and other 
agreements with public or private organizations, $27,314,000.

                Economic and Information Infrastructure

                   Economic and Statistical Analysis


                         salaries and expenses


    For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, of economic 
and statistical analysis programs of the Department of 
Commerce, $53,745,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2002.

                          Bureau of the Census


                         salaries and expenses


    For expenses necessary for collecting, compiling, 
analyzing, preparing, and publishing statistics, provided for 
by law, $157,227,000.


                     periodic censuses and programs


    For necessary expenses to conduct the decennial census, 
$130,898,000 to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That, of the total amount available for the decennial census 
($130,898,000 in new appropriations and $260,000,000 in 
unobligated balances from prior years), $24,055,000 is for 
Program Development and Management; $55,096,000 is for Data 
Content and Products; $122,000,000 is for Field Data Collection 
and Support Systems; $1,500,000 is for Address List 
Development; $115,038,000 is for Automated Data Processing and 
Telecommunications Support; $55,000,000 is for Testing and 
Evaluation; $5,512,000 is for activities related to Puerto 
Rico, the Virgin Islands and Pacific Areas; $9,197,000 is for 
Marketing, Communications and Partnership activities; and 
$3,500,000 is for the Census Monitoring Board, as authorized by 
section 210 of Public Law 105-119.
    In addition, for expenses to collect and publish statistics 
for other periodic censuses and programs provided for by law, 
$145,508,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That regarding engineering and design of a facility at the 
Suitland Federal Center, quarterly reports regarding the 
expenditure of funds and project planning, design and cost 
decisions shall be provided by the Bureau, in cooperation with 
the General Services Administration, to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives: 
Provided further, That none of the funds provided in this Act 
or any other Act under the heading ``Bureau of the Census, 
Periodic Censuses and Programs'' shall be used to fund the 
construction and tenant build-out costs of a facility at the 
Suitland Federal Center.

       National Telecommunications and Information Administration


                         salaries and expenses


    For necessary expenses, as provided for by law, of the 
National Telecommunications and Information Administration 
(NTIA), $11,437,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1535(d), the 
Secretary of Commerce shall charge Federal agencies for costs 
incurred in spectrum management, analysis, and operations, and 
related services and such fees shall be retained and used as 
offsetting collections for costs of such spectrum services, to 
remain available until expended: Provided further, That 
hereafter, notwithstanding any other provision of law, NTIA 
shall not authorize spectrum use or provide any spectrum 
functions pursuant to the National Telecommunications and 
Information Administration Organization Act, 47 U.S.C. 902-903, 
to any Federal entity without reimbursement as required by NTIA 
for such spectrum management costs, and Federal entities 
withholding payment of such cost shall not use spectrum: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of Commerce is authorized 
to retain and use as offsetting collections all funds 
transferred, or previously transferred, from other Government 
agencies for all costs incurred in telecommunications research, 
engineering, and related activities by the Institute for 
Telecommunication Sciences of NTIA, in furtherance of its 
assigned functions under this paragraph, and such funds 
received from other Government agencies shall remain available 
until expended.


    public telecommunications facilities, planning and construction


    For grants authorized by section 392 of the Communications 
Act of 1934, as amended, $43,500,000, to remain available until 
expended as authorized by section 391 of the Act, as amended: 
Provided, That not to exceed $1,800,000 shall be available for 
program administration as authorized by section 391 of the Act: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding the provisions of 
section 391 of the Act, the prior year unobligated balances may 
be made available for grants for projects for which 
applications have been submitted and approved during any fiscal 
year.


                   information infrastructure grants


    For grants authorized by section 392 of the Communications 
Act of 1934, as amended, $45,500,000, to remain available until 
expended as authorized by section 391 of the Act, as amended: 
Provided, That not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be available for 
program administration and other support activities as 
authorized by section 391: Provided further, That, of the funds 
appropriated herein, not to exceed 5 percent may be available 
for telecommunications research activities for projects related 
directly to the development of a national information 
infrastructure: Provided further, That, notwithstanding the 
requirements of sections 392(a) and 392(c) of the Act, these 
funds may be used for the planning and construction of 
telecommunications networks for the provision of educational, 
cultural, health care, public information, public safety, or 
other social services: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, no entity that receives 
telecommunications services at preferential rates under section 
254(h) of the Act (47 U.S.C. 254(h)) or receives assistance 
under the regional information sharing systems grant program of 
the Department of Justice under part M of title I of the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
3796h) may use funds under a grant under this heading to cover 
any costs of the entity that would otherwise be covered by such 
preferential rates or such assistance, as the case may be: 
Provided further, That the Administrator shall, after 
consultation with other federal departments and agencies 
responsible for regulating the core operations of entities 
engaged in the provision of energy, water and railroad 
services, complete and submit to Congress, not later than 
twelve months after date of enactment of this subsection, a 
study of the current and future use of spectrum by these 
entities to protect and maintain the nation's critical 
infrastructure: Provided further, That within six months after 
the release of this study, the Chairman of the Federal 
Communications Commission shall submit a report to Congress on 
the actions that could be taken by the Commission to address 
any needs identified in the Administrator's study.

                      Patent and Trademark Office


                         salaries and expenses


    For necessary expenses of the Patent and Trademark Office 
provided for by law, including defense of suits instituted 
against the Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, 
$783,843,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That of this amount, $783,843,000 shall be derived from 
offsetting collections assessed and collected pursuant to 15 
U.S.C. 1113 and 35 U.S.C. 41 and 376, and shall be retained and 
used for necessary expenses in this appropriation: Provided 
further, That the sum herein appropriated from the general fund 
shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are received 
during fiscal year 2001, so as to result in a final fiscal year 
2001 appropriation from the general fund estimated at $0: 
Provided further, That during fiscal year 2001, should the 
total amount of offsetting fee collections be less than 
$783,843,000, the total amounts available to the Patent and 
Trademark Office shall be reduced accordingly: Provided 
further, That any amount received in excess of $783,843,000 in 
fiscal year 2001 shall not be available for obligation: 
Provided further, That not to exceed $254,889,000 from fees 
collected in fiscal years 1999 and 2000 shall be made available 
for obligation in fiscal year 2001.

                         Science and Technology

                       Technology Administration


       under secretary for technology/office of technology policy


                         salaries and expenses


    For necessary expenses for the Under Secretary for 
Technology/Office of Technology Policy, $8,080,000.

             National Institute of Standards and Technology


             scientific and technical research and services


    For necessary expenses of the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, $312,617,000, to remain available 
until expended, of which not to exceed $282,000 may be 
transferred to the ``Working Capital Fund''.

                     industrial technology services

    For necessary expenses of the Manufacturing Extension 
Partnership of the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology, $105,137,000, to remain available until expended.
    In addition, for necessary expenses of the Advanced 
Technology Program of the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology, $145,700,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which not to exceed $60,700,000 shall be available for the 
award of new grants.

                  construction of research facilities

    For construction of new research facilities, including 
architectural and engineering design, and for renovation of 
existing facilities, not otherwise provided for the National 
Institute of Standards and Technology, as authorized by 15 
U.S.C. 278c-278e, $34,879,000, to remain available until 
expended.

            National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

                  operations, research, and facilities


                     (including transfers of funds)


    For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law for 
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, including 
maintenance, operation, and hire of aircraft; grants, 
contracts, or other payments to nonprofit organizations for the 
purposes of conducting activities pursuant to cooperative 
agreements; and relocation of facilities as authorized by 33 
U.S.C. 883i, $1,869,170,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That fees and donations received by the 
National Ocean Service for the management of the national 
marine sanctuaries may be retained and used for the salaries 
and expenses associated with those activities, notwithstanding 
31 U.S.C. 3302: Provided further, That in addition, $68,000,000 
shall be derived by transfer from the fund entitled ``Promote 
and Develop Fishery Products and Research Pertaining to 
American Fisheries'': Provided further, That grants to States 
pursuant to sections 306 and 306A of the Coastal Zone 
Management Act of 1972, as amended, shall not exceed 
$2,000,000: Provided further, That not to exceed $31,439,000 
shall be expended for Executive Direction and Administration, 
which consists of the Offices of the Undersecretary, the 
Executive Secretariat, Policy and Strategic Planning, 
International Affairs, Legislative Affairs, Public Affairs, 
Sustainable Development, the Chief Scientist, and the General 
Counsel: Provided further, That the aforementioned offices, 
excluding the Office of the General Counsel, shall not be 
augmented by personnel details, temporary transfers of 
personnel on either a reimbursable or nonreimbursable basis or 
any other type of formal or informal transfer or reimbursement 
of personnel or funds on either a temporary or long-term basis 
above the level of 42 personnel: Provided further, That no 
general administrative charge shall be applied against an 
assigned activity included in this Act and, further, that any 
direct administrative expenses applied against an assigned 
activity shall be limited to 5 percent of the funds provided 
for that assigned activity: Provided further, That any use of 
deobligated balances of funds provided under this heading in 
previous years shall be subject to the procedures set forth in 
section 605 of this Act.
    In addition, for necessary retired pay expenses under the 
Retired Serviceman's Family Protection and Survivor Benefits 
Plan, and for payments for medical care of retired personnel 
and their dependents under the Dependents Medical Care Act (10 
U.S.C. ch. 55), such sums as may be necessary.


   procurement, acquisition and construction (including transfers of 
                                 funds)


    For procurement, acquisition and construction of capital 
assets, including alteration and modification costs, of the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, $682,899,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That unexpended 
balances of amounts previously made available in the 
``Operations, Research, and Facilities'' account for activities 
funded under this heading may be transferred to and merged with 
this account, to remain available until expended for the 
purposes for which the funds were originally appropriated: 
Provided further, That none of the funds provided in this Act 
or any other Act under the heading ``National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration, Procurement, Acquisition and 
Construction'' shall be used to fund the construction and 
tenant build-out costs of a facility at the Suitland Federal 
Center.

                      Coastal and Ocean Activities

    In addition, for coastal and ocean activities, 
$420,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$135,000,000 is for ocean, coastal and waterway conservation 
programs; of which $135,000,000 is for National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration programs; and of which $150,000,000 
is for coastal impact assistance as authorized by section 31 of 
the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act as authorized by section 
903 of this Act: Provided, That of the funds provided under 
this heading for ocean and coastal conservation programs, 
$10,000,000 is available for implementation of State nonpoint 
pollution control plans established pursuant to section 6217 of 
the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 as amended by P.L. 101-
508 other than in non-contiguous States except Hawaii; 
$30,000,000 is for competitive grants for community-based 
coastal restoration activities in the Great Lakes region; 
$14,000,000 is for the University of New Hampshire, Building 
and Pier; $1,000,000 is for the Sea Coast Science Center; 
$3,000,000 is for the Great Bay Partnership; $1,000,000 is for 
the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services Marsh 
Restoration initiative; $1,000,000 is for the Mississippi 
Laboratories at Pascagoula; $8,000,000 is for the ACE Basin 
NERRS Research Center construction; $4,000,000 is for Kachamek 
Bay NERRS research center construction; $1,000,000 is for the 
Raritan, New Jersey, NERRS land acquisition; $2,500,000 is for 
Winyah Bay land acquisition; $2,000,000 is for ACE Basin Land 
Acquisition; $10,000,000 is for a direct payment to the SeaLife 
Center; $10,000,000 is for Dupage River restoration; $1,000,000 
is for Detroit River restoration; $500,000 is for lower Rouge 
River restoration; $8,500,000 is for Bronx River restoration 
and land acquisition; $16,000,000 is for a grant for Eastern 
Kentucky Pride, Inc, of which $11,000,000 is for design and 
construction of facilities for water protection and related 
environmental infrastructure; $3,000,000 is for a grant to the 
Louisiana Department of Natural Resources for brown marsh 
research/mitigation and nutria control; $2,000,000 is for land 
acquisition in southern Orange County, California for 
conservation of coastal sage scrub; $3,000,000 is for planning, 
renovation and construction of facilities for a new national 
estuarine research reserve in San Francisco, California; 
$2,000,000 is for a grant to the National Fish and Wildlife 
Foundation for species management and estuarine habitat 
conservation; and $1,500,000 is for a grant to the Pinellas 
County Environmental Foundation for the Tampa Bay watershed 
Provided further, That of the funds provided for the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration programs, $5,000,000 is 
for National Estuarine Research Reserves operations; 
$12,000,000 is for Marine Sanctuaries operations; $8,500,000 is 
for Coastal Zone Management Act grants; $1,500,000 is for 
Program Administration; $4,000,000 is for marine mammal 
strandings; $25,000,000 is for protection of Coral Reefs; 
$36,000,000 is for Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery grants to 
States and tribes; $6,000,000 is for fisheries habitat 
restoration; $15,000,000 is for NOAA Cooperative Enforcement 
initiative; $3,000,000 is for Atlantic Coast observers; 
$3,000,000 is for Cooperative Research; $3,000,000 is for Red 
Snapper research; $3,000,000 is for Aquaculture; $5,000,000 is 
for Harmful algal Blooms research; $2,000,000 is for Ocean 
exploration initiative; and $3,000,000 is for Marine 
Sanctuaries construction.


                    pacific coastal salmon recovery


    For necessary expenses associated with the restoration of 
Pacific salmon populations and the implementation of the 1999 
Pacific Salmon Treaty Agreement between the United States and 
Canada, $54,000,000, subject to express authorization.
    In addition, for implementation of the 1999 Pacific Salmon 
Treaty Agreement, $20,000,000, of which $10,000,000 shall be 
deposited in the Northern Boundary and Transboundary Rivers 
Restoration and Enhancement Fund and of which $10,000,000 shall 
be deposited in the Southern Boundary Restoration and 
Enhancement Fund.


                      coastal zone management fund


    Of amounts collected pursuant to section 308 of the Coastal 
Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1456a), not to exceed 
$3,200,000, for purposes set forth in sections 308(b)(2)(A), 
308(b)(2)(B)(v), and 315(e) of such Act.


                      fishermen's contingency fund


    For carrying out the provisions of title IV of Public Law 
95-372, not to exceed $952,000, to be derived from receipts 
collected pursuant to that Act, to remain available until 
expended.

                     foreign fishing observer fund

    For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the 
Atlantic Tunas Convention Act of 1975, as amended (Public Law 
96-339), the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act of 1976, as amended (Public Law 100-627), and 
the American Fisheries Promotion Act (Public Law 96-561), to be 
derived from the fees imposed under the foreign fishery 
observer program authorized by these Acts, not to exceed 
$191,000, to remain available until expended.


                   fisheries finance program account


    For the cost of direct loans, $288,000, as authorized by 
the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, as amended: Provided, That 
such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall 
be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974: Provided further, That none of the funds made available 
under this heading may be used for direct loans for any new 
fishing vessel that will increase the harvesting capacity in 
any United States fishery.

                        Departmental Management


                         salaries and expenses


    For expenses necessary for the departmental management of 
the Department of Commerce provided for by law, including not 
to exceed $3,000 for official entertainment, $35,920,000.


                      office of inspector general


    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 
1978, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 1-11, as amended by Public Law 
100-504), $20,000,000.

               General Provisions--Department of Commerce

    Sec. 201. During the current fiscal year, applicable 
appropriations and funds made available to the Department of 
Commerce by this Act shall be available for the activities 
specified in the Act of October 26, 1949 (15 U.S.C. 1514), to 
the extent and in the manner prescribed by the Act, and, 
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3324, may be used for advanced 
payments not otherwise authorized only upon the certification 
of officials designated by the Secretary of Commerce that such 
payments are in the public interest.
    Sec. 202. During the current fiscal year, appropriations 
made available to the Department of Commerce by this Act for 
salaries and expenses shall be available for hire of passenger 
motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and uniforms or 
allowances therefore, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-
5902).
    Sec. 203. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to support the hurricane reconnaissance aircraft and 
activities that are under the control of the United States Air 
Force or the United States Air Force Reserve.
    Sec. 204. None of the funds provided in this or any 
previous Act, or hereinafter made available to the Department 
of Commerce, shall be available to reimburse the Unemployment 
Trust Fund or any other fund or account of the Treasury to pay 
for any expenses authorized by section 8501 of title 5, United 
States Code, for services performed by individuals appointed to 
temporary positions within the Bureau of the Census for 
purposes relating to the decennial censuses of population.
    Sec. 205. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the Department of 
Commerce in this Act may be transferred between such 
appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be increased by 
more than 10 percent by any such transfers: Provided, That any 
transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated as a 
reprogramming of funds under section 605 of this Act and shall 
not be available for obligation or expenditure except in 
compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.
    Sec. 206. Any costs incurred by a department or agency 
funded under this title resulting from personnel actions taken 
in response to funding reductions included in this title or 
from actions taken for the care and protection of loan 
collateral or grant property shall be absorbed within the total 
budgetary resources available to such department or agency: 
Provided, That the authority to transfer funds between 
appropriations accounts as may be necessary to carry out this 
section is provided in addition to authorities included 
elsewhere in this Act: Provided further, That use of funds to 
carry out this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of 
funds under section 605 of this Act and shall not be available 
for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the 
procedures set forth in that section.
    Sec. 207. The Secretary of Commerce may award contracts for 
hydrographic, geodetic, and photogrammetric surveying and 
mapping services in accordance with title IX of the Federal 
Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 541 
et seq.).
    Sec. 208. The Secretary of Commerce may use the Commerce 
franchise fund for expenses and equipment necessary for the 
maintenance and operation of such administrative services as 
the Secretary determines may be performed more advantageously 
as central services, pursuant to section 403 of Public Law 103-
356: Provided, That any inventories, equipment, and other 
assets pertaining to the services to be provided by such fund, 
either on hand or on order, less the related liabilities or 
unpaid obligations, and any appropriations made for the purpose 
of providing capital shall be used to capitalize such fund: 
Provided further, That such fund shall be paid in advance from 
funds available to the Department and other Federal agencies 
for which such centralized services are performed, at rates 
which will return in full all expenses of operation, including 
accrued leave, depreciation of fund plant and equipment, 
amortization of automated data processing (ADP) software and 
systems (either acquired or donated), and an amount necessary 
to maintain a reasonable operating reserve, as determined by 
the Secretary: Provided further, That such fund shall provide 
services on a competitive basis: Provided further, That an 
amount not to exceed 4 percent of the total annual income to 
such fund may be retained in the fund for fiscal year 2001 and 
each fiscal year thereafter, to remain available until 
expended, to be used for the acquisition of capital equipment, 
and for the improvement and implementation of department 
financial management, ADP, and other support systems: Provided 
further, That such amounts retained in the fund for fiscal year 
2001 and each fiscal year thereafter shall be available for 
obligation and expenditure only in accordance with section 605 
of this Act: Provided further, That no later than 30 days after 
the end of each fiscal year, amounts in excess of this reserve 
limitation shall be deposited as miscellaneous receipts in the 
Treasury: Provided further, That such franchise fund pilot 
program shall terminate pursuant to section 403(f) of Public 
Law 103-356.
    Sec. 209. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of 
the amounts made available elsewhere in this title to the 
``National Institute of Standards and Technology, Construction 
of Research Facilities'', $4,000,000 is appropriated to the 
Institute at Saint Anselm College, $4,000,000 is appropriated 
to fund a cooperative agreement with the Medical University of 
South Carolina, $3,000,000 is appropriated to the Thayer School 
of Engineering for the biocommodity and biomass research 
initiative, and $3,000,000 is appropriated to establish the 
Institute for Information Infrastructure Protection at the 
Institute for Security Technology Studies.
    In addition, of the amounts for ``National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration, Procurement, Acquisition, and 
Construction'', $5,000,000 shall be for a grant for Eastern 
Kentucky Pride, Inc., for design and construction of facilities 
for water protection and related environmental infrastructure.
    Sec. 210. (a) The Secretary of Commerce shall establish and 
administer through the National Ocean Service the Dr. Nancy 
Foster Scholarship Program. Under the program, the Secretary 
shall award graduate education scholarships in marine biology, 
oceanography, or maritime archaeology, including the curation, 
preservation, and display of maritime artifacts, to be known as 
``Dr. Nancy Foster Scholarships''.
    (b) The purpose of the Dr. Nancy Foster Scholarship Program 
is to recognize outstanding scholarship in marine biology, 
oceanography, or maritime archaeology, particularly by women 
and members of minority groups, and encourage independent 
graduate level research in such fields of study.
    (c) Each Dr. Nancy Foster Scholarship award--
            (1) shall be used to support a candidate's graduate 
        studies in marine biology, oceanography, or maritime 
        archaeology at a sponsoring institution; and
            (2) shall be made available to individual 
        candidates in accordance with guidelines issued by the 
        Secretary.
    (d) The amount of each Dr. Nancy Foster Scholarship shall 
be provided directly to each recipient selected by the 
Secretary upon receipt of certification that the recipient will 
adhere to a specific and detailed plan of study and research 
approved by the sponsoring institution.
    (e) The Secretary shall make 1 percent of the amount 
appropriated each fiscal year to carry out the National Marine 
Sanctuaries Act (46 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.) available for Dr. 
Nancy Foster Scholarships.
    (f) Repayment of the award shall be made to the Secretary 
in the case of fraud or noncompliance.
    This title may be cited as the ``Department of Commerce and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001''.

                        TITLE III--THE JUDICIARY

                   Supreme Court of the United States


                         salaries and expenses


    For expenses necessary for the operation of the Supreme 
Court, as required by law, excluding care of the building and 
grounds, including purchase or hire, driving, maintenance, and 
operation of an automobile for the Chief Justice, not to exceed 
$10,000 for the purpose of transporting Associate Justices, and 
hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 
1343 and 1344; not to exceed $10,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses; and for miscellaneous expenses, to be 
expended as the Chief Justice may approve, $37,591,000.

                    care of the building and grounds

    For such expenditures as may be necessary to enable the 
Architect of the Capitol to carry out the duties imposed upon 
the Architect by the Act approved May 7, 1934 (40 U.S.C. 13a-
13b), $7,530,000, of which $4,460,000 shall remain available 
until expended.

         United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

                         salaries and expenses

    For salaries of the chief judge, judges, and other officers 
and employees, and for necessary expenses of the court, as 
authorized by law, $17,930,000.

               United States Court of International Trade

                         salaries and expenses

    For salaries of the chief judge and eight judges, salaries 
of the officers and employees of the court, services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and necessary expenses of the 
court, as authorized by law, $12,456,000.

    Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services

                         salaries and expenses

    For the salaries of circuit and district judges (including 
judges of the territorial courts of the United States), 
justices and judges retired from office or from regular active 
service, judges of the United States Court of Federal Claims, 
bankruptcy judges, magistrate judges, and all other officers 
and employees of the Federal Judiciary not otherwise 
specifically provided for, and necessary expenses of the 
courts, as authorized by law, $3,359,725,000 (including the 
purchase of firearms and ammunition); of which not to exceed 
$17,817,000 shall remain available until expended for space 
alteration projects; and of which not to exceed $10,000,000 
shall remain available until expended for furniture and 
furnishings related to new space alteration and construction 
projects.
    In addition, for expenses of the United States Court of 
Federal Claims associated with processing cases under the 
National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, not to exceed 
$2,602,000, to be appropriated from the Vaccine Injury 
Compensation Trust Fund.


                           defender services


    For the operation of Federal Public Defender and Community 
Defender organizations; the compensation and reimbursement of 
expenses of attorneys appointed to represent persons under the 
Criminal Justice Act of 1964, as amended; the compensation and 
reimbursement of expenses of persons furnishing investigative, 
expert and other services under the Criminal Justice Act of 
1964 (18 U.S.C. 3006A(e)); the compensation (in accordance with 
Criminal Justice Act maximums) and reimbursement of expenses of 
attorneys appointed to assist the court in criminal cases where 
the defendant has waived representation by counsel; the 
compensation and reimbursement of travel expenses of guardians 
ad litem acting on behalf of financially eligible minor or 
incompetent offenders in connection with transfers from the 
United States to foreign countries with which the United States 
has a treaty for the execution of penal sentences; and the 
compensation of attorneys appointed to represent jurors in 
civil actions for the protection of their employment, as 
authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1875(d), $435,000,000, to remain 
available until expended as authorized by 18 U.S.C. 3006A(i).

                    fees of jurors and commissioners

    For fees and expenses of jurors as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 
1871 and 1876; compensation of jury commissioners as authorized 
by 28 U.S.C. 1863; and compensation of commissioners appointed 
in condemnation cases pursuant to rule 71A(h) of the Federal 
Rules of Civil Procedure (28 U.S.C. Appendix Rule 71A(h)), 
$59,567,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
the compensation of land commissioners shall not exceed the 
daily equivalent of the highest rate payable under section 5332 
of title 5, United States Code.

                             court security

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
incident to the procurement, installation, and maintenance of 
security equipment and protective services for the United 
States Courts in courtrooms and adjacent areas, including 
building ingress-egress control, inspection of packages, 
directed security patrols, and other similar activities as 
authorized by section 1010 of the Judicial Improvement and 
Access to Justice Act (Public Law 100-702), $199,575,000, of 
which not to exceed $10,000,000 shall remain available until 
expended for security systems, to be expended directly or 
transferred to the United States Marshals Service, which shall 
be responsible for administering elements of the Judicial 
Security Program consistent with standards or guidelines agreed 
to by the Director of the Administrative Office of the United 
States Courts and the Attorney General.

           Administrative Office of the United States Courts


                         salaries and expenses


    For necessary expenses of the Administrative Office of the 
United States Courts as authorized by law, including travel as 
authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1345, hire of a passenger motor vehicle 
as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b), advertising and rent in the 
District of Columbia and elsewhere, $58,340,000, of which not 
to exceed $8,500 is authorized for official reception and 
representation expenses.

                        Federal Judicial Center


                         salaries and expenses


    For necessary expenses of the Federal Judicial Center, as 
authorized by Public Law 90-219, $18,777,000; of which 
$1,800,000 shall remain available through September 30, 2002, 
to provide education and training to Federal court personnel; 
and of which not to exceed $1,000 is authorized for official 
reception and representation expenses.

                       Judicial Retirement Funds


                    payment to judiciary trust funds


    For payment to the Judicial Officers' Retirement Fund, as 
authorized by 28 U.S.C. 377(o), $25,700,000; to the Judicial 
Survivors' Annuities Fund, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 376(c), 
$8,100,000; and to the United States Court of Federal Claims 
Judges' Retirement Fund, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 178(l), 
$1,900,000.

                  United States Sentencing Commission

                         salaries and expenses

    For the salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the 
provisions of chapter 58 of title 28, United States Code, 
$9,931,000, of which not to exceed $1,000 is authorized for 
official reception and representation expenses.

                   General Provisions--The Judiciary

    Sec. 301. Appropriations and authorizations made in this 
title which are available for salaries and expenses shall be 
available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
    Sec. 302. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the Judiciary in this 
Act may be transferred between such appropriations, but no such 
appropriation, except ``Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and 
Other Judicial Services, Defender Services'' and ``Courts of 
Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services, Fees of 
Jurors and Commissioners'', shall be increased by more than 10 
percent by any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer 
pursuant to this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of 
funds under section 605 of this Act and shall not be available 
for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the 
procedures set forth in that section.
    Sec. 303. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
salaries and expenses appropriation for district courts, courts 
of appeals, and other judicial services shall be available for 
official reception and representation expenses of the Judicial 
Conference of the United States: Provided, That such available 
funds shall not exceed $11,000 and shall be administered by the 
Director of the Administrative Office of the United States 
Courts in the capacity as Secretary of the Judicial Conference.
    Sec. 304. (a) The Director of the Administrative Office of 
the United States Courts (the Director) may designate in 
writing officers and employees of the judicial branch of the 
United States Government, including the courts as defined in 
section 610 of title 28, United States Code, but excluding the 
Supreme Court, to be disbursing officers in such numbers and 
locations as the Director considers necessary. These disbursing 
officers will: (1) disburse moneys appropriated to the judicial 
branch and other funds only in strict accordance with payment 
requests certified by the Director or in accordance with 
subsection (b) of this section; (2) examine payment requests as 
necessary to ascertain whether they are in proper form, 
certified, and approved; and (3) be held accountable as 
provided by law. However, a disbursing officer will not be held 
accountable or responsible for any illegal, improper, or 
incorrect payment resulting from any false, inaccurate, or 
misleading certificate for which a certifying officer is 
responsible under subsection (b) of this section.
    (b)(1) The Director may designate in writing officers and 
employees of the judicial branch of the United States 
Government, including the courts as defined in section 610 of 
title 28, United States Code, but excluding the Supreme Court, 
to certify payment requests payable from appropriations and 
funds. These certifying officers will be responsible and 
accountable for: (A) the existence and correctness of the facts 
recited in the certificate or other request for payment or its 
supporting papers; (B) the legality of the proposed payment 
under the appropriation or fund involved; and (C) the 
correctness of the computations of certified payment requests.
    (2) The liability of a certifying officer will be enforced 
in the same manner and to the same extent as provided by law 
with respect to the enforcement of the liability of disbursing 
and other accountable officers. A certifying officer shall be 
required to make restitution to the United States for the 
amount of any illegal, improper, or incorrect payment resulting 
from any false, inaccurate, or misleading certificates made by 
the certifying officer, as well as for any payment prohibited 
by law or which did not represent a legal obligation under the 
appropriation or fund involved.
    (c) A certifying or disbursing officer: (1) has the right 
to apply for and obtain a decision by the Comptroller General 
on any question of law involved in a payment request presented 
for certification; and (2) is entitled to relief from liability 
arising under this section as provided by law.
    (d) The Director shall disburse, directly or through 
officials designated pursuant to this section, appropriations 
and other funds for the maintenance and operation of the 
courts.
    (e) Nothing in this section affects the authority of the 
courts to receive or disburse moneys in accordance with chapter 
129 of title 28, United States Code.
    (f) This section shall be effective for fiscal year 2001 
and hereafter.
    Sec. 305. District Judges for the District Courts. (a) In 
General.--The President shall appoint, by and with the advice 
and consent of the Senate--
            (1) 1 additional district judge for the district of 
        Arizona;
            (2) 1 additional district judge for the southern 
        district of Florida;
            (3) 1 additional district judge for the eastern 
        district of Kentucky;
            (4) 1 additional district judge for the district of 
        Nevada;
            (5) 1 additional district judge for the district of 
        New Mexico;
            (6) 1 additional district judge for the district of 
        South Carolina;
            (7) 1 additional district judge for the southern 
        district of Texas;
            (8) 1 additional district judge for the western 
        district of Texas;
            (9) 1 additional district judge for the eastern 
        district of Virginia; and
            (10) 1 additional district judge for the eastern 
        district of Wisconsin.
    (b) Table.--In order that the table contained in section 
133 of title 28, United States Code, will, with respect to each 
judicial district, reflect the changes in the total number of 
permanent district judges authorized under subsection (a), such 
table is amended--
            (1) in the item relating to the district of 
        Arizona, by striking ``11'' and inserting ``12'';
            (2) in the item relating to the southern district 
        of Florida, by striking ``16'' and inserting ``17'';
            (3) in the item relating to the eastern district of 
        Kentucky, by striking ``4'' and inserting ``5'';
            (4) in the item relating to the district of Nevada, 
        by striking ``6'' and inserting ``7'';
            (5) in the item relating to the district of New 
        Mexico, by striking ``5'' and inserting ``6'';
            (6) in the item relating to the district of South 
        Carolina, by striking ``9'' and inserting ``10'';
            (7) in the item relating to the southern district 
        of Texas, by striking ``18'' and inserting ``19'';
            (8) in the item relating to the western district of 
        Texas, by striking ``10'' and inserting ``11'';
            (9) in the item relating to the eastern district of 
        Virginia, by striking ``9'' and inserting ``10''; and
            (10) in the item relating to the eastern district 
        of Wisconsin, by striking ``4'' and inserting ``5''.
    (c) Designation of Judge to Hold Court.--The chief judge of 
the eastern district of Wisconsin shall designate 1 judge who 
shall hold court for such district in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
    Sec. 306. Section 332 of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(h)(1) The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal 
Circuit may appoint a circuit executive, who shall serve at the 
pleasure of the court. In appointing a circuit executive, the 
court shall take into account experience in administrative and 
executive positions, familiarity with court procedures, and 
special training. The circuit executive shall exercise such 
administrative powers and perform such duties as may be 
delegated by the court. The duties delegated to the circuit 
executive may include but need not be limited to the duties 
specified in subsection (e) of this section, insofar as they 
are applicable to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
    ``(2) The circuit executive shall be paid the salary for 
circuit executives established under subsection (f) of this 
section.
    ``(3) The circuit executive may appoint, with the approval 
of the court, necessary employees in such number as may be 
approved by the Director of the Administrative Office of the 
United States Courts.
    ``(4) The circuit executive and staff shall be deemed to be 
officers and employees of the United States within the meaning 
of the statutes specified in subsection (f)(4).
    ``(5) The court may appoint either a circuit executive 
under this subsection or a clerk under section 711 of this 
title, but not both, or may appoint a combined circuit 
executive/clerk who shall be paid the salary of a circuit 
executive.''.
    Sec. 307. Section 3102(a)(1) of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A) by striking ``and'';
            (2) in subparagraph (B) by adding ``and'' after the 
        semicolon; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) an office, agency, or other 
                establishment in the judicial branch;''.
    Sec. 308. (a) Supreme Court Police Retirement.--
            (1) Service deemed to be service as law enforcement 
        officer.--Any period of service performed before the 
        effective date of this section by an individual as a 
        member of the Supreme Court Police, who is such a 
        member on such date, shall be deemed to be service 
        performed as a law enforcement officer for purposes of 
        chapters 83 and 84 of title 5, United States Code. 
        Notwithstanding any amendment made by this section, any 
        period of service performed before the effective date 
        of this section by an individual as a member of the 
        Supreme Court Police, who is not such a member on such 
        date, shall be employee service for purposes of 
        chapters 83 and 84 of title 5, United States Code.
            (2) Contributions.--The Marshal of the Supreme 
        Court of the United States shall pay an amount 
        determined by the Office of Personnel Management equal 
        to--
                    (A)(i) the difference between--
                            (I) the amount that was deducted 
                        and withheld from basic pay under 
                        chapters 83 and 84 of title 5, United 
                        States Code, for the period of service 
                        described in the first sentence of 
                        paragraph (1); and
                            (II) the amount that should have 
                        been deducted and withheld for such 
                        period of service, if it had instead 
                        been performed as a law enforcement 
                        officer; and
                    (ii) interest as prescribed under section 
                8334(e) of title 5, United States Code, based 
                on the amount determined under clause (i); and
                    (B) with respect to the period of service 
                described in subparagraph (A), the difference 
                between the Government contributions that were 
                in fact made to the Civil Service Retirement 
                and Disability Fund for such service, and the 
                amount that would have been required if such 
                service had instead been performed as a law 
                enforcement officer, subject to subsection (f).
            (3) Deposit of payments.--Payments under paragraph 
        (2) shall be paid from the salaries and expenses 
        account from appropriations to the Supreme Court of the 
        United States, including any prior year unobligated 
        balances, and deposited in the Civil Service Retirement 
        and Disability Fund.
    (b) Amendments to Chapter 83.--
            (1) Deductions, contributions, and deposits.--
        Section 8334 of title 5, United States Code, is 
        amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a)(1) by inserting 
                ``member of the Supreme Court Police,'' after 
                ``member of the Capitol Police,''; and
                    (B) in subsection (c) in the item relating 
                to law enforcement officers by inserting ``, 
                member of the Supreme Court Police for Supreme 
                Court Police service,'' after ``law enforcement 
                service''.
            (2) Mandatory separation.--(A) Section 8335 of 
        title 5, United States Code, is amended by 
        redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (f) and 
        inserting after subsection (d) the following:
    ``(e) A member of the Supreme Court Police who is otherwise 
eligible for immediate retirement under section 8336(n) shall 
be separated from the service on the last day of the month in 
which such member becomes 57 years of age or completes 20 years 
of service if then over that age. The Marshal of the Supreme 
Court of the United States, when in his judgment the public 
interest so requires, may exempt such a member from automatic 
separation under this subsection until that member becomes 60 
years of age. The Marshal shall notify the member in writing of 
the date of separation at least 60 days in advance thereof. 
Action to separate the member is not effective, without the 
consent of the member, until the last day of the month in which 
the 60-day notice expires.''.
            (B) Section 8335(f) of title 5, United States Code, 
        as redesignated by subparagraph (A), is amended by 
        striking ``Police)'' and inserting ``Police or the 
        Supreme Court Police)''.
            (3) Immediate retirement.--Section 8336 of title 5, 
        United States Code, is amended by redesignating 
        subsection (n) as subsection (o) and inserting after 
        subsection (m) the following:
    ``(n) A member of the Supreme Court Police who is separated 
from the service after becoming 50 years of age and completing 
20 years of service as a member of the Supreme Court Police or 
as a law enforcement officer, or any combination of such 
service totaling at least 20 years, is entitled to an 
annuity.''.
            (4) Computation.--Section 8339 of title 5, United 
        States Code, is amended by redesignating subsection (r) 
        as subsection (s) and inserting after subsection (q) 
        the following:
    ``(r) The annuity of a member of the Supreme Court Police, 
or former member of the Supreme Court Police, retiring under 
this subchapter is computed in accordance with subsection 
(d).''.
    (c) Amendments to Chapter 84.--
            (1) Immediate retirement.--Section 8412(d) of title 
        5, United States Code, is amended by inserting ``or 
        Supreme Court Police'' after ``Capitol Police'' each 
        place it appears.
            (2) Computation of basic annuity.--Section 8415(g) 
        of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting 
        ``member of the Supreme Court Police,'' after ``law 
        enforcement officer,''.
            (3) Deductions from pay.--Section 8422(a)(3) of 
        title 5, United States Code, is amended in the item 
        relating to law enforcement officers by inserting 
        ``member of the Supreme Court Police,'' after ``member 
        of the Capitol Police,''.
            (4) Government contributions.--Section 8423(a) of 
        title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting 
        ``members of the Supreme Court Police,'' after ``law 
        enforcement officers,'' each place it appears.
            (5) Mandatory separation.--(A) Section 8425 of 
        title 5, United States Code, is amended by 
        redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e) and 
        inserting after subsection (c) the following:
    ``(d) A member of the Supreme Court Police who is otherwise 
eligible for immediate retirement under section 8412(d) shall 
be separated from the service on the last day of the month in 
which such member becomes 57 years of age or completes 20 years 
of service if then over that age. The Marshal of the Supreme 
Court of the United States, when in his judgment the public 
interest so requires, may exempt such a member from automatic 
separation under this subsection until that member becomes 60 
years of age. The Marshal shall notify the member in writing of 
the date of separation at least 60 days before the date. Action 
to separate the member is not effective, without the consent of 
the member, until the last day of the month in which the 60-day 
notice expires.''.
            (B) Section 8425(e) of title 5, United States Code, 
        as so redesignated, is amended by striking ``Police)'' 
        and inserting ``Police or Supreme Court Police)''.
    (d) Payments for Other Liability.--
            (1) In general.--The Marshal of the Supreme Court 
        of the United States shall pay into the Civil Service 
        Retirement and Disability Fund an amount determined by 
        the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to 
        be necessary to reimburse the Fund for any estimated 
        increase in the unfunded liability of the Fund 
        resulting from the amendments related to the Civil 
        Service Retirement System under this section, and for 
        any estimated increase in the supplemental liability of 
        the Fund resulting from the amendments related to the 
        Federal Employees' Retirement System under this 
        section.
            (2) Installments.--The amount determined under 
        paragraph (1) shall be paid in 5 equal annual 
        installments with interest computed at the rates used 
        in the most recent valuation of the Federal Employees' 
        Retirement System.
            (3) Source of funds.--Payments under this 
        subsection shall be made from amounts available from 
        the salaries and expenses account from appropriations 
        to the Supreme Court of the United States, including 
        any prior year unobligated balances.
    (e) No Mandatory Separation for a 2-Year Period.--Nothing 
in section 8335(e) or 8425(d) of title 5, United States Code, 
as added by this section, shall require the automatic 
separation of any member of the Supreme Court Police before the 
end of the 2-year period beginning on the effective date of 
this section.
    (f) Nonreduction in Government Contributions.--
Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, Government 
contributions to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability 
Fund on behalf of a member of the Supreme Court Police shall, 
with respect to any service performed during the period 
beginning on January 1, 1999, and ending on December 31, 2002, 
while subject to the Federal Employees' Retirement System, be 
determined in the same way as if this section had never been 
enacted.
    (g) Savings Provision.--Nothing in this section or in any 
amendment made by this section shall, with respect to any 
service performed before the effective date of such amendment, 
have the effect of reducing the percentage applicable in 
computing any portion of an annuity based on service as a 
member of the Supreme Court Police below the percentage which 
would otherwise apply if this section had not been enacted.
    (h) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Section 8337(a) of title 5, United States Code, 
        is amended in the last sentence by striking ``8339(a)-
        (e), (n), (q), or (r)'' and inserting ``8339(a) through 
        (e), (n), (q), (r), or (s)''.
            (2) Subsections (f) and (m) of section 8339 of 
        title 5, United States Code, are each amended by 
        striking ``subsections (a)-(e), (n), (q), and (r)'' and 
        inserting ``subsections (a) through (e), (n), (q), (r), 
        and (s)''.
            (3) Section 8339(g) of title 5, United States Code, 
        is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (2), by striking 
                ``subsections (a)-(c), (n), (q), or (r)'' and 
                inserting ``subsections (a) through (c), (n), 
                (q), (r), or (s)''; and
                    (B) in the matter following paragraph (2), 
                by striking ``(q), or (r)'' each place it 
                appears and inserting ``(q), (r), or (s)''.
            (4) Section 8339(i) of title 5, United States Code, 
        is amended by striking ``(a)-(h), (n), (q), and (r)'' 
        and inserting ``(a)-(h), (n), (q), (r), or (s)''.
            (5) Sections 8339(j), 8339(k)(1), and 8343a of 
        title 5, United States Code, are each amended by 
        striking ``(a)-(i), (n), (q), and (r)'' each place it 
        appears and inserting ``(a)-(i), (n), (q), (r), and 
        (s)''.
            (6) Section 8339(l) of title 5, United States Code, 
        is amended by striking ``(a)-(k), (n), (q), and (r)'' 
        and inserting ``(a)-(k), (n), (q), (r), and (s)''.
            (7) Subsections (b)(1) and (d) of section 8341 of 
        title 5, United States Code, are each amended by 
        striking ``(q), and (r)'' and inserting ``(q), (r), and 
        (s)''.
            (8) Section 8344(a)(A) of title 5, United States 
        Code, is amended by striking ``(q), and (r)'' and 
        inserting ``(q), (r), and (s)''.
    (i) Applicability.--This section and the amendments made by 
this section shall apply only to an individual who is employed 
as a member of the Supreme Court Police after the later of 
October 1, 2000, or the date of enactment of this Act.
    (j) Effective Date.--Except as otherwise provided in this 
section, this section and the amendments made by this section 
shall take effect on the first day of the first applicable pay 
period that begins on the later of October 1, 2000, or the date 
of enactment of this Act.
    Sec. 309. Pursuant to section 140 of Public Law 97-92, 
Justices and judges of the United States are authorized during 
fiscal year 2001, to receive a salary adjustment in accordance 
with 28 U.S.C. 461, only if for the purposes of each provision 
of law amended by section 704(a)(2) of the Ethics Reform Act of 
1989 (5 U.S.C. 5318 note), adjustments under section 5303 of 
title 5, United States Code, shall take effect in fiscal year 
2001: Provided, That, if such adjustments take effect pursuant 
to this section, $8,801,000 is appropriated for such 
adjustments pursuant to this section and such funds shall be 
transferred to and merged with appropriations in title III of 
this Act.
    This title may be cited as the ``Judiciary Appropriations 
Act, 2001''.

            TITLE IV--DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED AGENCY

                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

                   Administration of Foreign Affairs


                    diplomatic and consular programs


    For necessary expenses of the Department of State and the 
Foreign Service not otherwise provided for, including 
employment, without regard to civil service and classification 
laws, of persons on a temporary basis (not to exceed $700,000 
of this appropriation), as authorized; representation to 
certain international organizations in which the United States 
participates pursuant to treaties, ratified pursuant to the 
advice and consent of the Senate, or specific Acts of Congress; 
arms control, nonproliferation and disarmament activities as 
authorized; acquisition by exchange or purchase of passenger 
motor vehicles as authorized by law; and for expenses of 
general administration, $2,758,725,000: Provided, That, of the 
amount made available under this heading, not to exceed 
$4,000,000 may be transferred to, and merged with, funds in the 
``Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Service'' 
appropriations account, to be available only for emergency 
evacuations and terrorism rewards: Provided further, That, in 
fiscal year 2001, all receipts collected from individuals for 
assistance in the preparation and filing of an affidavit of 
support pursuant to section 213A of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act shall be deposited into this account as an 
offsetting collection and shall remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That, of the amount made available 
under this heading, $246,644,000 shall be available only for 
public diplomacy international information programs: Provided 
further, That of the amount made available under this heading, 
$5,000,000 shall be available only for overseas continuing 
language education: Provided further, That of the amount made 
available under this heading, not to exceed $1,400,000 shall be 
available for transfer to the Presidential Advisory Commission 
on Holocaust Assets in the United States: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding section 140(a)(5), and the second sentence 
of section 140(a)(3), of the Foreign Relations Authorization 
Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995, fees may be collected during 
fiscal years 2001 and 2002, under the authority of section 
140(a)(1) of that Act: Provided further, That all fees 
collected under the preceding proviso shall be deposited in 
fiscal years 2001 and 2002 as an offsetting collection to 
appropriations made under this heading to recover costs as set 
forth under section 140(a)(2) of that Act and shall remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That advances for 
services authorized by 22 U.S.C. 3620(c) may be credited to 
this account, to remain available until expended for such 
services: Provided further, That in fiscal year 2001 and 
thereafter reimbursements for services provided to the press in 
connection with the travel of senior-level officials may be 
collected and credited to this appropriation and shall remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That no funds may 
be obligated or expended for processing licenses for the export 
of satellites of United States origin (including commercial 
satellites and satellite components) to the People's Republic 
of China, unless, at least 15 days in advance, the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate are notified of such proposed action: Provided further, 
That of the amount made available under this heading, 
$40,000,000 shall only be available to implement the 1999 
Pacific Salmon Treaty Agreement, of which $10,000,000 shall be 
deposited in the Northern Boundary and Transboundary Rivers 
Restoration and Enhancement Fund, of which $10,000,000 shall be 
deposited in the Southern Boundary Restoration and Enhancement 
Fund, and of which $20,000,000 shall be for a direct payment to 
the State of Washington for obligations under the 1999 Pacific 
Salmon Treaty Agreement.
    In addition, not to exceed $1,252,000 shall be derived from 
fees collected from other executive agencies for lease or use 
of facilities located at the International Center in accordance 
with section 4 of the International Center Act, as amended; in 
addition, as authorized by section 5 of such Act, $490,000, to 
be derived from the reserve authorized by that section, to be 
used for the purposes set out in that section; in addition, as 
authorized by section 810 of the United States Information and 
Educational Exchange Act, not to exceed $6,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, may be credited to this appropriation 
from fees or other payments received from English teaching, 
library, motion pictures, and publication programs, and from 
fees from educational advising and counseling, and exchange 
visitor programs; and, in addition, not to exceed $15,000, 
which shall be derived from reimbursements, surcharges, and 
fees for use of Blair House facilities.
    In addition, for the costs of worldwide security upgrades, 
$410,000,000, to remain available until expended.


                        capital investment fund


    For necessary expenses of the Capital Investment Fund, 
$97,000,000, to remain available until expended, as authorized: 
Provided, That section 135(e) of Public Law 103-236 shall not 
apply to funds available under this heading.


                      office of inspector general


    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, 
$28,490,000, notwithstanding section 209(a)(1) of the Foreign 
Service Act of 1980, as amended (Public Law 96-465), as it 
relates to post inspections.


               educational and cultural exchange programs


    For expenses of educational and cultural exchange programs, 
as authorized, $231,587,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That not to exceed $800,000, to remain 
available until expended, may be credited to this appropriation 
from fees or other payments received from or in connection with 
English teaching and educational advising and counseling 
programs as authorized.


                       representation allowances


    For representation allowances as authorized, $6,499,000.


              protection of foreign missions and officials


    For expenses, not otherwise provided, to enable the 
Secretary of State to provide for extraordinary protective 
services, as authorized, $15,467,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2002: Provided, That, notwithstanding the 
limitations of 3 U.S.C. 202(10) concerning 20 or more 
consulates, of the amount made available under this heading, 
$5,000,000 shall be available only for the reimbursement of 
costs incurred by the City of Seattle, Washington.


            embassy security, construction, and maintenance


    For necessary expenses for carrying out the Foreign Service 
Buildings Act of 1926, as amended (22 U.S.C. 292-300), 
preserving, maintaining, repairing, and planning for, buildings 
that are owned or directly leased by the Department of State, 
renovating, in addition to funds otherwise available, the Main 
State Building, and carrying out the Diplomatic Security 
Construction Program as authorized, $416,976,000, to remain 
available until expended as authorized, of which not to exceed 
$25,000 may be used for domestic and overseas representation as 
authorized: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated in 
this paragraph shall be available for acquisition of furniture 
and furnishings and generators for other departments and 
agencies.
    In addition, for the costs of worldwide security upgrades, 
acquisition, and construction as authorized, $663,000,000, to 
remain available until expended.


           emergencies in the diplomatic and consular service


    For expenses necessary to enable the Secretary of State to 
meet unforeseen emergencies arising in the Diplomatic and 
Consular Service, $5,477,000, to remain available until 
expended as authorized, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 may 
be transferred to and merged with the Repatriation Loans 
Program Account, subject to the same terms and conditions.


                   repatriation loans program account


    For the cost of direct loans, $591,000, as authorized: 
Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such 
loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974. In addition, for administrative expenses 
necessary to carry out the direct loan program, $604,000, which 
may be transferred to and merged with the Diplomatic and 
Consular Programs account under Administration of Foreign 
Affairs.


              payment to the american institute in taiwan


    For necessary expenses to carry out the Taiwan Relations 
Act, Public Law 96-8, $16,345,000.


     payment to the foreign service retirement and disability fund


    For payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and 
Disability Fund, as authorized by law, $131,224,000.

              International Organizations and Conferences


              contributions to international organizations


    For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to meet 
annual obligations of membership in international multilateral 
organizations, pursuant to treaties ratified pursuant to the 
advice and consent of the Senate, conventions or specific Acts 
of Congress, $870,833,000: Provided, That any payment of 
arrearages under this title shall be directed toward special 
activities that are mutually agreed upon by the United States 
and the respective international organization: Provided 
further, That none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph 
shall be available for a United States contribution to an 
international organization for the United States share of 
interest costs made known to the United States Government by 
such organization for loans incurred on or after October 1, 
1984, through external borrowings: Provided further, That of 
the funds appropriated in this paragraph, $100,000,000 may be 
made available only pursuant to a certification by the 
Secretary of State that the United Nations has taken no action 
in calendar year 2000 prior to the date of enactment of this 
Act to increase funding for any United Nations program without 
identifying an offsetting decrease elsewhere in the United 
Nations budget and cause the United Nations to exceed the 
budget for the biennium 2000-2001 of $2,535,700,000: Provided 
further, That if the Secretary of State is unable to make the 
aforementioned certification, the $100,000,000 is to be applied 
to paying the current year assessment for other international 
organizations for which the assessment has not been paid in 
full or to paying the assessment due in the next fiscal year 
for such organizations, subject to the reprogramming procedures 
contained in Section 605 of this Act: Provided further, That 
funds appropriated under this paragraph may be obligated and 
expended to pay the full United States assessment to the civil 
budget of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.


        contributions for international peacekeeping activities


    For necessary expenses to pay assessed and other expenses 
of international peacekeeping activities directed to the 
maintenance or restoration of international peace and security, 
$846,000,000, of which 15 percent shall remain available until 
September 30, 2002: Provided, That none of the funds made 
available under this Act shall be obligated or expended for any 
new or expanded United Nations peacekeeping mission unless, at 
least 15 days in advance of voting for the new or expanded 
mission in the United Nations Security Council (or in an 
emergency, as far in advance as is practicable): (1) the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate and other appropriate committees of the Congress 
are notified of the estimated cost and length of the mission, 
the vital national interest that will be served, and the 
planned exit strategy; and (2) a reprogramming of funds 
pursuant to section 605 of this Act is submitted, and the 
procedures therein followed, setting forth the source of funds 
that will be used to pay for the cost of the new or expanded 
mission: Provided further, That funds shall be available for 
peacekeeping expenses only upon a certification by the 
Secretary of State to the appropriate committees of the 
Congress that American manufacturers and suppliers are being 
given opportunities to provide equipment, services, and 
material for United Nations peacekeeping activities equal to 
those being given to foreign manufacturers and suppliers: 
Provided further, That none of the funds made available under 
this heading are available to pay the United States share of 
the cost of court monitoring that is part of any United Nations 
peacekeeping mission.


                       international commissions


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


 international boundary and water commission, united states and mexico


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


                         salaries and expenses


    For salaries and expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
$7,142,000.

                              construction

    For detailed plan preparation and construction of 
authorized projects, $22,950,000, to remain available until 
expended, as authorized.


              american sections, international commissions


    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for the 
International Joint Commission and the International Boundary 
Commission, United States and Canada, as authorized by treaties 
between the United States and Canada or Great Britain, and for 
the Border Environment Cooperation Commission as authorized by 
Public Law 103-182, $6,741,000, of which not to exceed $9,000 
shall be available for representation expenses incurred by the 
International Joint Commission.


                  international fisheries commissions


    For necessary expenses for international fisheries 
commissions, not otherwise provided for, as authorized by law, 
$19,392,000: Provided, That the United States' share of such 
expenses may be advanced to the respective commissions, 
pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3324.

                                 Other


                     payment to the asia foundation


    For a grant to the Asia Foundation, as authorized by 
section 501 of Public Law 101-246, $9,250,000, to remain 
available until expended, as authorized.


           eisenhower exchange fellowship program trust fund


    For necessary expenses of Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships, 
Incorporated, as authorized by sections 4 and 5 of the 
Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Act of 1990 (20 U.S.C. 5204-
5205), all interest and earnings accruing to the Eisenhower 
Exchange Fellowship Program Trust Fund on or before September 
30, 2001, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
none of the funds appropriated herein shall be used to pay any 
salary or other compensation, or to enter into any contract 
providing for the payment thereof, in excess of the rate 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5376; or for purposes which are not in 
accordance with OMB Circulars A-110 (Uniform Administrative 
Requirements) and A-122 (Cost Principles for Non-profit 
Organizations), including the restrictions on compensation for 
personal services.


                    israeli arab scholarship program


    For necessary expenses of the Israeli Arab Scholarship 
Program as authorized by section 214 of the Foreign Relations 
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (22 U.S.C. 2452), 
all interest and earnings accruing to the Israeli Arab 
Scholarship Fund on or before September 30, 2001, to remain 
available until expended.


                            east-west center


    To enable the Secretary of State to provide for carrying 
out the provisions of the Center for Cultural and Technical 
Interchange Between East and West Act of 1960, by grant to the 
Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and 
West in the State of Hawaii, $13,500,000: Provided, That none 
of the funds appropriated herein shall be used to pay any 
salary, or enter into any contract providing for the payment 
thereof, in excess of the rate authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5376.


                    national endowment for democracy


    For grants made by the Department of State to the National 
Endowment for Democracy as authorized by the National Endowment 
for Democracy Act, $30,999,000, to remain available until 
expended.

                             RELATED AGENCY

                    Broadcasting Board of Governors


                 international broadcasting operations


    For expenses necessary to enable the Broadcasting Board of 
Governors, as authorized, to carry out international 
communication activities, $398,971,000, of which not to exceed 
$16,000 may be used for official receptions within the United 
States as authorized, not to exceed $35,000 may be used for 
representation abroad as authorized, and not to exceed $39,000 
may be used for official reception and representation expenses 
of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; and in addition, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to exceed 
$2,000,000 in receipts from advertising and revenue from 
business ventures, not to exceed $500,000 in receipts from 
cooperating international organizations, and not to exceed 
$1,000,000 in receipts from privatization efforts of the Voice 
of America and the International Broadcasting Bureau, to remain 
available until expended for carrying out authorized purposes.


                          broadcasting to cuba


    For necessary expenses to enable the Broadcasting Board of 
Governors to carry out broadcasting to Cuba, including the 
purchase, rent, construction, and improvement of facilities for 
radio and television transmission and reception, and purchase 
and installation of necessary equipment for radio and 
television transmission and reception, $22,095,000, to remain 
available until expended.


                   broadcasting capital improvements


    For the purchase, rent, construction, and improvement of 
facilities for radio transmission and reception, and purchase 
and installation of necessary equipment for radio and 
television transmission and reception as authorized, 
$20,358,000, to remain available until expended, as authorized.

       General Provisions--Department of State and Related Agency

    Sec. 401. Funds appropriated under this title shall be 
available, except as otherwise provided, for allowances and 
differentials as authorized by subchapter 59 of title 5, United 
States Code; for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and 
hire of passenger transportation pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1343(b).
    Sec. 402. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the Department of 
State in this Act may be transferred between such 
appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as otherwise 
specifically provided, shall be increased by more than 10 
percent by any such transfers: Provided, That not to exceed 5 
percent of any appropriation made available for the current 
fiscal year for the Broadcasting Board of Governors in this Act 
may be transferred between such appropriations, but no such 
appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall 
be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: 
Provided further, That any transfer pursuant to this section 
shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 605 
of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or 
expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth 
in that section.
    Sec. 403. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used by the Department of State or the Broadcasting Board of 
Governors to provide equipment, technical support, consulting 
services, or any other form of assistance to the Palestinian 
Broadcasting Corporation.
    Sec. 404. (a) Section 1(a)(2) of the State Department Basic 
Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a(a)(2)) is amended by 
striking ``and the Deputy Secretary of State'' and inserting 
``, the Deputy Secretary of State, and the Deputy Secretary of 
State for Management and Resources''.
    (b) Section 5313 of title 5, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting ``Deputy Secretary of State for Management and 
Resources.'' after the item relating to the ``Deputy Secretary 
of State''.
    Sec. 405. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available in this Act for the United Nations may be used by the 
United Nations for the promulgation or enforcement of any 
treaty, resolution, or regulation authorizing the United 
Nations, or any of its specialized agencies or affiliated 
organizations, to tax any aspect of the Internet.
    Sec. 406. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 
of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to allow for the entry into, or 
withdrawal from warehouse for consumption in the United States 
of diamonds if the country of origin in which such diamonds 
were mined (as evidenced by a legible certificate of origin) is 
the Republic of Sierra Leone, the Republic of Liberia, the 
Republic of Cote d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, the Democratic 
Republic of the Congo, or the Republic of Angola with the 
exception of diamonds certified by the lawful governments of 
the Republic of Sierra Leone, the Democratic Republic of the 
Congo, or the Republic of Angola.
    Sec. 407. Section 37(a)(3) of the State Department Basic 
Authorities Act, as amended, (22 U.S.C. 2709) is amended by--
            (1) striking ``and'' at the end of subsection 
        (a)(3)(C); and
            (2) by inserting at the end the following new 
        subsections:
                    ``(E) a departing Secretary of State for a 
                period of up to 180 days after the date of 
                termination of that individual's incumbency as 
                Secretary of State, on the basis of a threat 
                assessment; and
                    ``(F) an individual who has been designated 
                by the President to serve as Secretary of 
                State, prior to that individual's 
                appointment.''.
    Sec. 408. Funds appropriated by this Act for the 
Broadcasting Board of Governors and the Department of State, 
and for the American Section of the International Joint 
Commission in Public Law 106-246, may be obligated and expended 
notwithstanding section 313 of the Foreign Relations 
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995, and section 15 
of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956, as 
amended.
    This title may be cited as the ``Department of State and 
Related Agency Appropriations Act, 2001''.

                       TITLE V--RELATED AGENCIES

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

                        Maritime Administration

                       maritime security program

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

                        operations and training

    For necessary expenses of operations and training 
activities authorized by law, $86,910,000.


          maritime guaranteed loan (title xi) program account


    For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by the 
Merchant Marine Act, 1936, $30,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That such costs, including the cost 
of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended.
    In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
guaranteed loan program, not to exceed $3,987,000, which shall 
be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 
Operations and Training.


           administrative provisions--maritime administration


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

      Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad

                         salaries and expenses

    For expenses for the Commission for the Preservation of 
America's Heritage Abroad, $490,000, as authorized by section 
1303 of Public Law 99-83.

                       Commission on Civil Rights


                         salaries and expenses


    For necessary expenses of the Commission on Civil Rights, 
including hire of passenger motor vehicles, $8,900,000: 
Provided, That not to exceed $50,000 may be used to employ 
consultants: Provided further, That none of the funds 
appropriated in this paragraph shall be used to employ in 
excess of four full-time individuals under Schedule C of the 
Excepted Service exclusive of one special assistant for each 
Commissioner: Provided further, That none of the funds 
appropriated in this paragraph shall be used to reimburse 
Commissioners for more than 75 billable days, with the 
exception of the chairperson, who is permitted 125 billable 
days.

                       Commission on Ocean Policy


                         salaries and expenses


    For the necessary expenses of the Commission on Ocean 
Policy, pursuant to S. 2327 as passed the Senate, $1,000,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 
Commission shall present to the Congress within 18 months of 
appointment its recommendations for a national ocean policy.

            Commission on Security and Cooperation In Europe

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Commission on Security and 
Cooperation in Europe, as authorized by Public Law 94-304, 
$1,370,000, to remain available until expended as authorized by 
section 3 of Public Law 99-7.

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


                         salaries and expenses


    For necessary expenses of the Congressional-Executive 
Commission on the People's Republic of China, as authorized, 
$500,000, to remain available until expended.

                Equal Employment Opportunity Commission


                         salaries and expenses


    For necessary expenses of the Equal Employment Opportunity 
Commission as authorized by title VII of the Civil Rights Act 
of 1964, as amended (29 U.S.C. 206(d) and 621-634), the 
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and the Civil Rights 
Act of 1991, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; 
hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 
1343(b); non-monetary awards to private citizens; and not to 
exceed $30,000,000 for payments to State and local enforcement 
agencies for services to the Commission pursuant to title VII 
of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, sections 6 and 14 
of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Americans with 
Disabilities Act of 1990, and the Civil Rights Act of 1991, 
$303,864,000: Provided, That the Commission is authorized to 
make available for official reception and representation 
expenses not to exceed $2,500 from available funds.

                   Federal Communications Commission

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Federal Communications 
Commission, as authorized by law, including uniforms and 
allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; not 
to exceed $600,000 for land and structure; not to exceed 
$500,000 for improvement and care of grounds and repair to 
buildings; not to exceed $4,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses; purchase (not to exceed 16) and hire 
of motor vehicles; special counsel fees; and services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $230,000,000, of which not to 
exceed $300,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2002, for research and policy studies: Provided, That 
$200,146,000 of offsetting collections shall be assessed and 
collected pursuant to section 9 of title I of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and shall be retained 
and used for necessary expenses in this appropriation, and 
shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That 
the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced as such offsetting 
collections are received during fiscal year 2001 so as to 
result in a final fiscal year 2001 appropriation estimated at 
$29,854,000: Provided further, That any offsetting collections 
received in excess of $200,146,000 in fiscal year 2001 shall 
remain available until expended, but shall not be available for 
obligation until October 1, 2001.

                      Federal Maritime Commission

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime Commission 
as authorized by section 201(d) of the Merchant Marine Act, 
1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. App. 1111), including services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles 
as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b); and uniforms or allowances 
therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902, $15,500,000: 
Provided, That not to exceed $2,000 shall be available for 
official reception and representation expenses.

                        Federal Trade Commission


                         salaries and expenses


    For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade Commission, 
including uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 5901-5902; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire 
of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $2,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses, $145,254,000: Provided, 
That not to exceed $300,000 shall be available for use to 
contract with a person or persons for collection services in 
accordance with the terms of 31 U.S.C. 3718, as amended: 
Provided further, That, notwithstanding section 3302(b) of 
title 31, United States Code, not to exceed $145,254,000 of 
offsetting collections derived from fees collected for 
premerger notification filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino 
Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18(a)) shall be 
retained and used for necessary expenses in this appropriation, 
and shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 
That the sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be 
reduced as such offsetting collections are received during 
fiscal year 2001, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2001 
appropriation from the general fund estimated at not more than 
$0, to remain available until expended: Provided further, That 
none of the funds made available to the Federal Trade 
Commission shall be available for obligation for expenses 
authorized by section 151 of the Federal Deposit Insurance 
Corporation Improvement Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-242; 105 
Stat. 2282-2285).

                       Legal Services Corporation


               payment to the legal services corporation


    For payment to the Legal Services Corporation to carry out 
the purposes of the Legal Services Corporation Act of 1974, as 
amended, $330,000,000, of which $310,000,000 is for basic field 
programs and required independent audits; $2,200,000 is for the 
Office of Inspector General, of which such amounts as may be 
necessary may be used to conduct additional audits of 
recipients; $10,800,000 is for management and administration; 
and $7,000,000 is for client self-help and information 
technology.


          administrative provision--legal services corporation


    None of the funds appropriated in this Act to the Legal 
Services Corporation shall be expended for any purpose 
prohibited or limited by, or contrary to any of the provisions 
of, sections 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, and 506 of Public Law 
105-119, and all funds appropriated in this Act to the Legal 
Services Corporation shall be subject to the same terms and 
conditions set forth in such sections, except that all 
references in sections 502 and 503 to 1997 and 1998 shall be 
deemed to refer instead to 2000 and 2001, respectively.

                        Marine Mammal Commission


                         salaries and expenses


    For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammal Commission as 
authorized by title II of Public Law 92-522, as amended, 
$1,700,000.

                   Securities and Exchange Commission


                         salaries and expenses


    For necessary expenses for the Securities and Exchange 
Commission, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
the rental of space (to include multiple year leases) in the 
District of Columbia and elsewhere, and not to exceed $3,000 
for official reception and representation expenses, 
$127,800,000 from fees collected in fiscal year 2001 to remain 
available until expended, and from fees collected in fiscal 
year 1999, $295,000,000, to remain available until expended; of 
which not to exceed $10,000 may be used toward funding a 
permanent secretariat for the International Organization of 
Securities Commissions; and of which not to exceed $100,000 
shall be available for expenses for consultations and meetings 
hosted by the Commission with foreign governmental and other 
regulatory officials, members of their delegations, appropriate 
representatives and staff to exchange views concerning 
developments relating to securities matters, development and 
implementation of cooperation agreements concerning securities 
matters and provision of technical assistance for the 
development of foreign securities markets, such expenses to 
include necessary logistic and administrative expenses and the 
expenses of Commission staff and foreign invitees in attendance 
at such consultations and meetings including: (1) such 
incidental expenses as meals taken in the course of such 
attendance; (2) any travel and transportation to or from such 
meetings; and (3) any other related lodging or subsistence: 
Provided, That fees and charges authorized by sections 6(b)(4) 
of the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77f(b)(4)) and 31(d) 
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78ee(d)) 
shall be credited to this account as offsetting collections.

                     Small Business Administration


                         salaries and expenses


    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the 
Small Business Administration as authorized by Public Law 105-
135, including hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized 
by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344, and not to exceed $3,500 for 
official reception and representation expenses, $331,635,000: 
Provided, That the Administrator is authorized to charge fees 
to cover the cost of publications developed by the Small 
Business Administration, and certain loan servicing activities: 
Provided further, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, 
revenues received from all such activities shall be credited to 
this account, to be available for carrying out these purposes 
without further appropriations: Provided further, That 
$88,000,000 shall be available to fund grants for performance 
in fiscal year 2001 or fiscal year 2002 as authorized by 
section 21 of the Small Business Act, as amended: Provided 
further, That, of the funds made available under this heading, 
$4,000,000 shall be for the National Veterans Business 
Development Corporation established under section 33(a) of the 
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657c).
    In addition, for the costs of programs related to the New 
Markets Venture Capital Program, $37,000,000, of which 
$7,000,000 shall be for BusinessLINC, and of which $30,000,000 
shall be for technical assistance: Provided, That the funds 
appropriated under this paragraph shall not be available for 
obligation until the New Markets Venture Capital Program is 
authorized by subsequent legislation.
    In addition, to reimburse the Small Business Administration 
for qualified expenses of delinquent non-tax debt collection, 
to be derived from increased agency collections of delinquent 
debt, 5 percent of such collections but not to exceed 
$3,000,000.


                      office of inspector general


    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 
1978, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.), $11,953,000.


                     business loans program account


    For the cost of direct loans, $2,250,000, to be available 
until expended; and for the cost of guaranteed loans, 
$163,160,000, as authorized by 15 U.S.C. 631 note, of which 
$45,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2002: 
Provided, That of the total provided, $22,000,000 shall be 
available only for the costs of guaranteed loans under the New 
Markets Venture Capital program and shall become available for 
obligation only upon authorization of such program by the 
enactment of subsequent legislation in fiscal year 2001: 
Provided further, That such costs, including the cost of 
modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, 
That during fiscal year 2001, commitments to guarantee loans 
under section 503 of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, 
as amended, shall not exceed $3,750,000,000: Provided further, 
That during fiscal year 2001, commitments for general business 
loans authorized under section 7(a) of the Small Business Act, 
as amended, shall not exceed $10,000,000,000 without prior 
notification of the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and Senate in accordance with section 605 of 
this Act: Provided further, That during fiscal year 2001, 
commitments to guarantee loans under section 303(b) of the 
Small Business Investment Act of 1958, as amended, shall not 
exceed $500,000,000.
    In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
direct and guaranteed loan programs, $129,000,000, which may be 
transferred to and merged with the appropriations for Salaries 
and Expenses.


                     disaster loans program account


    For the cost of direct loans authorized by section 7(b) of 
the Small Business Act, as amended, $76,140,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such costs, including 
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in 
section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as 
amended.
    In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
direct loan program, $108,354,000, which may be transferred to 
and merged with appropriations for Salaries and Expenses, of 
which $500,000 is for the Office of Inspector General of the 
Small Business Administration for audits and reviews of 
disaster loans and the disaster loan program and shall be 
transferred to and merged with appropriations for the Office of 
Inspector General; of which $98,000,000 is for direct 
administrative expenses of loan making and servicing to carry 
out the direct loan program; and of which $9,854,000 is for 
indirect administrative expenses: Provided, That any amount in 
excess of $9,854,000 to be transferred to and merged with 
appropriations for Salaries and Expenses for indirect 
administrative expenses shall be treated as a reprogramming of 
funds under section 605 of this Act and shall not be available 
for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the 
procedures set forth in that section.


        administrative provision--small business administration


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

                        State Justice Institute


                         salaries and expenses


    For necessary expenses of the State Justice Institute, as 
authorized by the State Justice Institute Authorization Act of 
1992 (Public Law 102-572; 106 Stat. 4515-4516), $6,850,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed 
$2,500 shall be available for official reception and 
representation expenses.

                      TITLE VI--GENERAL PROVISIONS

    Sec. 601. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes not 
authorized by the Congress.
    Sec. 602. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 
fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
    Sec. 603. The expenditure of any appropriation under this 
Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, 
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those contracts 
where such expenditures are a matter of public record and 
available for public inspection, except where otherwise 
provided under existing law, or under existing Executive order 
issued pursuant to existing law.
    Sec. 604. If any provision of this Act or the application 
of such provision to any person or circumstances shall be held 
invalid, the remainder of the Act and the application of each 
provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to 
which it is held invalid shall not be affected thereby.
    Sec. 605. (a) None of the funds provided under this Act, or 
provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agencies 
funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 
expenditure in fiscal year 2001, or provided from any accounts 
in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collection 
of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 
available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming 
of funds which: (1) creates new programs; (2) eliminates a 
program, project, or activity; (3) increases funds or personnel 
by any means for any project or activity for which funds have 
been denied or restricted; (4) relocates an office or 
employees; (5) reorganizes offices, programs, or activities; or 
(6) contracts out or privatizes any functions, or activities 
presently performed by Federal employees; unless the 
Appropriations Committees of both Houses of Congress are 
notified 15 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds.
    (b) None of the funds provided under this Act, or provided 
under previous appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by 
this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure in 
fiscal year 2001, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury 
of the United States derived by the collection of fees 
available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 
available for obligation or expenditure for activities, 
programs, or projects through a reprogramming of funds in 
excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that: (1) 
augments existing programs, projects, or activities; (2) 
reduces by 10 percent funding for any existing program, 
project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent as 
approved by Congress; or (3) results from any general savings 
from a reduction in personnel which would result in a change in 
existing programs, activities, or projects as approved by 
Congress; unless the Appropriations Committees of both Houses 
of Congress are notified 15 days in advance of such 
reprogramming of funds.
    Sec. 606. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used for the construction, repair (other than emergency 
repair), overhaul, conversion, or modernization of vessels for 
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in 
shipyards located outside of the United States.
    Sec. 607. (a) Purchase of American-Made Equipment and 
Products.--It is the sense of the Congress that, to the 
greatest extent practicable, all equipment and products 
purchased with funds made available in this Act should be 
American-made.
    (b) Notice Requirement.--In providing financial assistance 
to, or entering into any contract with, any entity using funds 
made available in this Act, the head of each Federal agency, to 
the greatest extent practicable, shall provide to such entity a 
notice describing the statement made in subsection (a) by the 
Congress.
    (c) Prohibition of Contracts With Persons Falsely Labeling 
Products as Made in America.--If it has been finally determined 
by a court or Federal agency that any person intentionally 
affixed a label bearing a ``Made in America'' inscription, or 
any inscription with the same meaning, to any product sold in 
or shipped to the United States that is not made in the United 
States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any contract 
or subcontract made with funds made available in this Act, 
pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineligibility 
procedures described in sections 9.400 through 9.409 of title 
48, Code of Federal Regulations.
    Sec. 608. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to implement, administer, or enforce any guidelines of 
the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission covering harassment 
based on religion, when it is made known to the Federal entity 
or official to which such funds are made available that such 
guidelines do not differ in any respect from the proposed 
guidelines published by the Commission on October 1, 1993 (58 
Fed. Reg. 51266).
    Sec. 609. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used for any United Nations undertaking when it is made 
known to the Federal official having authority to obligate or 
expend such funds: (1) that the United Nations undertaking is a 
peacekeeping mission; (2) that such undertaking will involve 
United States Armed Forces under the command or operational 
control of a foreign national; and (3) that the President's 
military advisors have not submitted to the President a 
recommendation that such involvement is in the national 
security interests of the United States and the President has 
not submitted to the Congress such a recommendation.
    Sec. 610. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act shall be expended for any purpose 
for which appropriations are prohibited by section 609 of the 
Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999.
    (b) The requirements in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of 
section 609 of that Act shall continue to apply during fiscal 
year 2001.
    Sec. 611. None of the funds made available in this Act 
shall be used to provide the following amenities or personal 
comforts in the Federal prison system--
            (1) in-cell television viewing except for prisoners 
        who are segregated from the general prison population 
        for their own safety;
            (2) the viewing of R, X, and NC-17 rated movies, 
        through whatever medium presented;
            (3) any instruction (live or through broadcasts) or 
        training equipment for boxing, wrestling, judo, karate, 
        or other martial art, or any bodybuilding or 
        weightlifting equipment of any sort;
            (4) possession of in-cell coffee pots, hot plates 
        or heating elements; or
            (5) the use or possession of any electric or 
        electronic musical instrument.
    Sec. 612. None of the funds made available in title II for 
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 
under the headings ``Operations, Research, and Facilities'' and 
``Procurement, Acquisition and Construction'' may be used to 
implement sections 603, 604, and 605 of Public Law 102-567: 
Provided, That NOAA may develop a modernization plan for its 
fisheries research vessels that takes fully into account 
opportunities for contracting for fisheries surveys.
    Sec. 613. Any costs incurred by a department or agency 
funded under this Act resulting from personnel actions taken in 
response to funding reductions included in this Act shall be 
absorbed within the total budgetary resources available to such 
department or agency: Provided, That the authority to transfer 
funds between appropriations accounts as may be necessary to 
carry out this section is provided in addition to authorities 
included elsewhere in this Act: Provided further, That use of 
funds to carry out this section shall be treated as a 
reprogramming of funds under section 605 of this Act and shall 
not be available for obligation or expenditure except in 
compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.
    Sec. 614. Hereafter, none of the funds made available in 
this Act to the Federal Bureau of Prisons may be used to 
distribute or make available any commercially published 
information or material to a prisoner when it is made known to 
the Federal official having authority to obligate or expend 
such funds that such information or material is sexually 
explicit or features nudity.
    Sec. 615. Of the funds appropriated in this Act under the 
heading ``Office of Justice Programs--State and Local Law 
Enforcement Assistance'', not more than 90 percent of the 
amount to be awarded to an entity under the Local Law 
Enforcement Block Grant shall be made available to such an 
entity when it is made known to the Federal official having 
authority to obligate or expend such funds that the entity that 
employs a public safety officer (as such term is defined in 
section 1204 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968) does not provide such a public safety 
officer who retires or is separated from service due to injury 
suffered as the direct and proximate result of a personal 
injury sustained in the line of duty while responding to an 
emergency situation or a hot pursuit (as such terms are defined 
by State law) with the same or better level of health insurance 
benefits at the time of retirement or separation as they 
received while on duty.
    Sec. 616. None of the funds provided by this Act shall be 
available to promote the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco 
products, or to seek the reduction or removal by any foreign 
country of restrictions on the marketing of tobacco or tobacco 
products, except for restrictions which are not applied equally 
to all tobacco or tobacco products of the same type.
    Sec. 617. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act shall be expended for any purpose 
for which appropriations are prohibited by section 616 of the 
Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999, as amended.
    (b) Subsection (a)(1) of section 616 of that Act, as 
amended, is further amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' after ``Toussaint,''; and
            (2) by inserting before the semicolon at the end of 
        the subsection, ``, Jean Leopold Dominique, Jean-Claude 
        Louissaint, Legitime Athis and his wife, Christa Joseph 
        Athis, Jean-Michel Olophene, Claudy Myrthil, Merilus 
        Deus, and Ferdinand Dorvil''.
    (c) The requirements in subsections (b) and (c) of section 
616 of that Act shall continue to apply during fiscal year 
2001.
    Sec. 618. None of the funds appropriated pursuant to this 
Act or any other provision of law may be used for: (1) the 
implementation of any tax or fee in connection with the 
implementation of 18 U.S.C. 922(t); and (2) any system to 
implement 18 U.S.C. 922(t) that does not require and result in 
the destruction of any identifying information submitted by or 
on behalf of any person who has been determined not to be 
prohibited from owning a firearm.
    Sec. 619. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
amounts deposited or available in the Fund established under 42 
U.S.C. 10601 in any fiscal year in excess of $537,500,000 shall 
not be available for obligation until the following fiscal 
year.
    Sec. 620. None of the funds made available to the 
Department of Justice in this Act may be used to discriminate 
against or denigrate the religious or moral beliefs of students 
who participate in programs for which financial assistance is 
provided from those funds, or of the parents or legal guardians 
of such students.
    Sec. 621. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall 
be available for the purpose of granting either immigrant or 
nonimmigrant visas, or both, consistent with the Secretary's 
determination under section 243(d) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act, to citizens, subjects, nationals, or residents 
of countries that the Attorney General has determined deny or 
unreasonably delay accepting the return of citizens, subjects, 
nationals, or residents under that section.
    Sec. 622. None of the funds made available to the 
Department of Justice in this Act may be used for the purpose 
of transporting an individual who is a prisoner pursuant to 
conviction for crime under State or Federal law and is 
classified as a maximum or high security prisoner, other than 
to a prison or other facility certified by the Federal Bureau 
of Prisons as appropriately secure for housing such a prisoner.
    Sec. 623. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall 
be used to propose or issue rules, regulations, decrees, or 
orders for the purpose of implementation, or in preparation for 
implementation, of the Kyoto Protocol which was adopted on 
December 11, 1997, in Kyoto, Japan, at the Third Conference of 
the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on 
Climate Change, which has not been submitted to the Senate for 
advice and consent to ratification pursuant to article II, 
section 2, clause 2, of the United States Constitution, and 
which has not entered into force pursuant to article 25 of the 
Protocol.
    Sec. 624. Beginning 60 days from the date of the enactment 
of this Act, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be made available for the 
participation by delegates of the United States to the Standing 
Consultative Commission unless the President certifies and so 
reports to the Committees on Appropriations that the United 
States Government is not implementing the Memorandum of 
Understanding Relating to the Treaty Between the United States 
of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the 
limitation of Anti-Ballistic Missile Systems of May 26, 1972, 
entered into in New York on September 26, 1997, by the United 
States, Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, and Ukraine, or until the 
Senate provides its advice and consent to the Memorandum of 
Understanding.
    Sec. 625. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be 
available to the Department of State to approve the purchase of 
property in Arlington, Virginia by the Xinhua News Agency.
    Sec. 626. Title 18, section 4006(b)(1) is amended by 
inserting, ``, the Federal Bureau of Investigation'' after 
``United States Marshals Service''.
    Sec. 627. Section 3022 of the 1999 Emergency Supplemental 
Appropriations Act (113 Stat. 100) is amended by striking 
``between the date of enactment of this Act and October 1, 
2000,''.
    Sec. 628. Section 623 of H.R. 3421 (the Departments of 
Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (16 U.S.C. 3645)), as enacted 
into law by section 1000(a)(1) of Public Law 106-113 (113 Stat. 
1535), is amended--
            (a) in subsection (a)(1) by striking ``The Northern 
        Fund and Southern Fund shall each receive $10,000,000 
        of the amounts authorized by this section.'';
            (b) by striking subsection (d) and inserting in 
        lieu thereof the following new subsection:
    ``(d)(1) Pacific Salmon Treaty.--
            ``(A) For capitalizing the Northern Fund there is 
        authorized to be appropriated in fiscal years 2000, 
        2001, 2002, and 2003 a total of $75,000,000.
            ``(B) For capitalizing the Southern Fund there is 
        authorized to be appropriated in fiscal years 2000, 
        2001, 2002, and 2003 a total of $65,000,000.
            ``(C) To provide economic adjustment assistance to 
        fishermen pursuant to the 1999 Pacific Salmon Treaty 
        Agreement, there is authorized to be appropriated in 
        fiscal years 2000, 2001, and 2002 a total of 
        $30,000,000.
    ``(2) Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery.--
            ``(A) For salmon habitat restoration, salmon stock 
        enhancement, and salmon research, including the 
        construction of salmon research and related facilities, 
        there is authorized to be appropriated for each of 
        fiscal years 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003, $90,000,000 to 
        the States of Alaska, Washington, Oregon, and 
        California. Amounts appropriated pursuant to this 
        subparagraph shall be made available as direct 
        payments. The State of Alaska may allocate a portion of 
        any funds it receives under this subsection to eligible 
        activities outside Alaska.
            ``(B) For salmon habitat restoration, salmon stock 
        enhancement, salmon research, and supplementation 
        activities, there is authorized to be appropriated in 
        each of fiscal years 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003, 
        $10,000,000 to be divided between the Pacific Coastal 
        tribes (as defined by the Secretary of Commerce) and 
        the Columbia River tribes (as defined by the Secretary 
        of Commerce).''.
    Sec. 629. Section 3(3) of the Interstate Horseracing Act of 
1978 (15 U.S.C. 3002(3)) is amended by inserting ``and includes 
pari-mutuel wagers, where lawful in each State involved, placed 
or transmitted by an individual in one State via telephone or 
other electronic media and accepted by an off-track betting 
system in the same or another State, as well as the combination 
of any pari-mutuel wagering pools'' after ``another State''.
    Sec. 630. (a) Section 7A(a) of the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. 
18a(a)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(a) Except as exempted pursuant to subsection (c), no 
person shall acquire, directly or indirectly, any voting 
securities or assets of any other person, unless both persons 
(or in the case of a tender offer, the acquiring person) file 
notification pursuant to rules under subsection (d)(1) and the 
waiting period described in subsection (b)(1) has expired, if--
            ``(1) the acquiring person, or the person whose 
        voting securities or assets are being acquired, is 
        engaged in commerce or in any activity affecting 
        commerce; and
            ``(2) as a result of such acquisition, the 
        acquiring person would hold an aggregate total amount 
        of the voting securities and assets of the acquired 
        person--
                    ``(A) in excess of $200,000,000 (as 
                adjusted and published for each fiscal year 
                beginning after September 30, 2004, in the same 
                manner as provided in section 8(a)(5) to 
                reflect the percentage change in the gross 
                national product for such fiscal year compared 
                to the gross national product for the year 
                ending September 30, 2003); or
                    ``(B)(i) in excess of $50,000,000 (as so 
                adjusted and published) but not in excess of 
                $200,000,000 (as so adjusted and published); 
                and
                    ``(ii)(I) any voting securities or assets 
                of a person engaged in manufacturing which has 
                annual net sales or total assets of $10,000,000 
                (as so adjusted and published) or more are 
                being acquired by any person which has total 
                assets or annual net sales of $100,000,000 (as 
                so adjusted and published) or more;
                    ``(II) any voting securities or assets of a 
                person not engaged in manufacturing which has 
                total assets of $10,000,000 (as so adjusted and 
                published) or more are being acquired by any 
                person which has total assets or annual net 
                sales of $100,000,000 (as so adjusted and 
                published) or more; or
                    ``(III) any voting securities or assets of 
                a person with annual net sales or total assets 
                of $100,000,000 (as so adjusted and published) 
                or more are being acquired by any person with 
                total assets or annual net sales of $10,000,000 
                (as so adjusted and published) or more.
In the case of a tender offer, the person whose voting 
securities are sought to be acquired by a person required to 
file notification under this subsection shall file notification 
pursuant to rules under subsection (d).''.
    (b) Section 605 of title VI of Public Law 101-162 (15 
U.S.C. 18a note) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(a)'' after ``Sec. 605.'',
            (2) in the 1st sentence--
                    (A) by striking ``at $45,000'' and 
                inserting ``in subsection (b)'', and
                    (B) by striking ``Hart-Scott-Rodino 
                Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976'' and 
                inserting ``section 7A of the Clayton Act'', 
                and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) The filing fees referred to in subsection (a) are--
            ``(1) $45,000 if the aggregate total amount 
        determined under section 7A(a)(2) of the Clayton Act 
        (15 U.S.C. 18a(a)(2)) is less than $100,000,000 (as 
        adjusted and published for each fiscal year beginning 
        after September 30, 2004, in the same manner as 
        provided in section 8(a)(5) of the Clayton Act (15 
        U.S.C. 19(a)(5)) to reflect the percentage change in 
        the gross national product for such fiscal year 
        compared to the gross national product for the year 
        ending September 30, 2003);
            ``(2) $125,000 if the aggregate total amount 
        determined under section 7A(a)(2) of the Clayton Act 
        (15 U.S.C. 18a(a)(2)) is not less than $100,000,000 (as 
        so adjusted and published) but less than $500,000,000 
        (as so adjusted and published); and
            ``(3) $280,000 if the aggregate total amount 
        determined under section 7A(a)(2) of the Clayton Act 
        (15 U.S.C. 18a(a)(2)) is not less than $500,000,000 (as 
        so adjusted and published).'',
            (4) by striking ``States.'' and inserting 
        ``States'', and
            (5) by adding a period at the end.
    (c) Section 7A(e)(1) of the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. 
18a(e)(1)) is amended)--
            (1) by inserting ``(A)'' after ``(1)'', and
            (2) by inserting at the end the following:
    ``(B)(i) The Assistant Attorney General and the Federal 
Trade Commission shall each designate a senior official who 
does not have direct responsibility for the review of any 
enforcement recommendation under this section concerning the 
transaction at issue, to hear any petition filed by such person 
to determine--
            ``(I) whether the request for additional 
        information or documentary material is unreasonably 
        cumulative, unduly burdensome, or duplicative; or
            ``(II) whether the request for additional 
        information or documentary material has been 
        substantially complied with by the petitioning person.
    ``(ii) Internal review procedures for petitions filed 
pursuant to clause (i) shall include reasonable deadlines for 
expedited review of such petitions, after reasonable 
negotiations with investigative staff, in order to avoid undue 
delay of the merger review process.
    ``(iii) Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Assistant Attorney General and the 
Federal Trade Commission shall conduct an internal review and 
implement reforms of the merger review process in order to 
eliminate unnecessary burden, remove costly duplication, and 
eliminate undue delay, in order to achieve a more effective and 
more efficient merger review process.
    ``(iv) Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Assistant Attorney General and the Federal 
Trade Commission shall issue or amend their respective industry 
guidance, regulations, operating manuals and relevant policy 
documents, to the extent appropriate, to implement each reform 
in this subparagraph.
    ``(v) Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Assistant Attorney General and the 
Federal Trade Commission shall each report to Congress--
            ``(I) which reforms each agency has adopted under 
        this subparagraph;
            ``(II) which steps each has taken to implement such 
        internal reforms; and
            ``(III) the effects of such reforms.''.
    (d) Section 7A of the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. 18a) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (e)(2), by striking ``20 days'' 
        and inserting ``30 days'', and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(k) If the end of any period of time provided in this 
section falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal public holiday 
(as defined in section 6103(a) of title 5 of the United States 
Code), then such period shall be extended to the end of the 
next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal public 
holiday.''.
    (e) This section and the amendments made by this section 
shall take effect on the 1st day of the 1st month that begins 
more than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
    Sec. 631. (a) The Secretary of the Army is authorized to 
take all necessary measures to further stabilize and renovate 
Lock and Dam 10 at Boonesborough, Kentucky, with the purpose of 
extending the design life of the structure by an additional 50 
years, at a total cost of $24,000,000, with an estimated 
Federal cost of $19,200,000 and an estimated non-Federal cost 
of $4,800,000.
    (b) For purposes of this section only, ``stabilize and 
renovate'' shall include, but shall not be limited to, the 
following activities: stabilization of the main dam, auxiliary 
dam and lock; renovation of all operational aspects of the 
lock; and elevation of the main and auxiliary dams.
    Sec. 632. (a)(1) The Federal Communications Commission 
shall modify the rules authorizing the operation of low-power 
FM radio stations, as proposed in MM Docket No. 99-25, to--
            (A) prescribe minimum distance separations for 
        third-adjacent channels (as well as for co-channels and 
        first- and second-adjacent channels); and
            (B) prohibit any applicant from obtaining a low-
        power FM license if the applicant has engaged in any 
        manner in the unlicensed operation of any station in 
        violation of section 301 of the Communications Act of 
        1934 (47 U.S.C. 301).
    (2) The Federal Communications Commission may not--
            (A) eliminate or reduce the minimum distance 
        separations for third-adjacent channels required by 
        paragraph (1)(A); or
            (B) extend the eligibility for application for low-
        power FM stations beyond the organizations and entities 
        as proposed in MM Docket No. 99-25 (47 CFR 73.853),
except as expressly authorized by an Act of Congress enacted 
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (3) Any license that was issued by the Commission to a low-
power FM station prior to the date on which the Commission 
modifies its rules as required by paragraph (1) and that does 
not comply with such modifications shall be invalid.
    (b)(1) The Federal Communications Commission shall conduct 
an experimental program to test whether low-power FM radio 
stations will result in harmful interference to existing FM 
radio stations if such stations are not subject to the minimum 
distance separations for third-adjacent channels required by 
subsection (a). The Commission shall conduct such test in no 
more than nine FM radio markets, including urban, suburban, and 
rural markets, by waiving the minimum distance separations for 
third-adjacent channels for the stations that are the subject 
of the experimental program. At least one of the stations shall 
be selected for the purpose of evaluating whether minimum 
distance separations for third-adjacent channels are needed for 
FM translator stations. The Commission may, consistent with the 
public interest, continue after the conclusion of the 
experimental program to waive the minimum distance separations 
for third-adjacent channels for the stations that are the 
subject of the experimental program.
    (2) The Commission shall select an independent testing 
entity to conduct field tests in the markets of the stations in 
the experimental program under paragraph (1). Such field tests 
shall include--
            (A) an opportunity for the public to comment on 
        interference; and
            (B) independent audience listening tests to 
        determine what is objectionable and harmful 
        interference to the average radio listener.
    (3) The Commission shall publish the results of the 
experimental program and field tests and afford an opportunity 
for the public to comment on such results. The Federal 
Communications Commission shall submit a report on the 
experimental program and field tests to the Committee on 
Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate not later 
than February 1, 2001. Such report shall include--
            (A) an analysis of the experimental program and 
        field tests and of the public comment received by the 
        Commission;
            (B) an evaluation of the impact of the modification 
        or elimination of minimum distance separations for 
        third-adjacent channels on--
                    (i) listening audiences;
                    (ii) incumbent FM radio broadcasters in 
                general, and on minority and small market 
                broadcasters in particular, including an 
                analysis of the economic impact on such 
                broadcasters;
                    (iii) the transition to digital radio for 
                terrestrial radio broadcasters;
                    (iv) stations that provide a reading 
                service for the blind to the public; and
                    (v) FM radio translator stations;
            (C) the Commission's recommendations to the 
        Congress to reduce or eliminate the minimum distance 
        separations for third-adjacent channels required by 
        subsection (a); and
            (D) such other information and recommendations as 
        the Commission considers appropriate.
    Sec. 633. For an additional amount for ``Small Business 
Administration, Salaries and Expenses'', $40,000,000, of which 
$2,500,000 shall be available for a grant to the NTTC at 
Wheeling Jesuit University to continue the outreach program to 
assist small business development; $600,000 shall be available 
for a grant for Western Carolina University to develop a 
tourism and hospitality curriculum; $2,500,000 shall be 
available for a grant to the Bronx Museum of the Arts, New 
York, to develop facilities, including the Museum's 
participation in the Point Residency and the Community Gallery 
projects; $1,000,000 shall be available for a grant to 
Soundview Community in Action in the Bronx, New York, for a 
technology access and business improvement project; $5,000,000 
shall be available for the Center for Rural Development, 
Somerset, Kentucky, for a regional program of technology 
workforce development; $1,500,000 shall be available for a 
grant to the State University of New York to develop a facility 
and operate the Institute of Entrepreneurship for small 
business and workforce development; $500,000 shall be available 
for a grant for Pike County, Kentucky, for an interpretive 
development initiative; $1,000,000 shall be available for a 
grant to the East Los Angeles Community Union to develop a 
facility; $5,000,000 shall be available for a grant to the 
Southern Kentucky Tourism Development Association for a 
regional tourism promotion initiative; $1,500,000 shall be 
available for a grant for Union College, Barbourville, 
Kentucky, for a technology and media center; $500,000 shall be 
available for a grant to the National Corrections and Law 
Enforcement Training and Technology Center, Inc., to work in 
conjunction with the Office of Law Enforcement Technology 
Commercialization and the Moundsville Economic Development 
Council for continued operations of the National Corrections 
and Law Enforcement Training and Technology Center, and for 
infrastructure improvements associated with this initiative; 
$2,000,000 shall be available for a grant for the City of 
Paintsville, Kentucky, for a regional arts and tourism center; 
$200,000 shall be available for a grant for the Vandalia 
Heritage Foundation to fulfill its charter purposes; $800,000 
shall be available for a grant for the Museum of Science and 
Industry to develop a Manufacturing Learning Center; $200,000 
shall be available for a grant to Rural Enterprises, Inc., in 
Durant, Oklahoma, to continue support for a resource center for 
rural businesses; $1,000,000 shall be available for a grant for 
Greenpoint Manufacturing and Design Center to acquire certain 
properties to develop a small business incubator facility; 
$1,000,000 shall be available for a grant to the Long Island 
Bay Shore Aquarium to develop a facility; $200,000 shall be 
available for a grant for Old Sturbridge Village's Threshold 
Project to develop an arts and tourism facility; $1,300,000 
shall be available for a grant to Pulaski County, Kentucky, for 
an emergency training center; $2,000,000 shall be available for 
a grant for Promesa Enterprises in the Bronx, New York, to 
assist community-based businesses; $1,000,000 shall be 
available for a grant to the City of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, to 
develop a center to support technology and economic development 
initiatives; $1,000,000 shall be available for a grant for the 
Safer Foundation to develop a facility; $250,000 shall be 
available for a grant for the Johnstown Area Regional 
Industries Center for a Workforce Development initiative; 
$600,000 shall be available for a grant for the Buckhorn 
Children's Foundation for a community-based youth development 
facility; $250,000 shall be available for a grant for the 
Johnstown Area Regional Industries Center to continue support 
for the Entrepreneur Challenge 2000 small business incubator 
initiative; $250,000 shall be available for a grant to the 
Business Development Assistance Group to establish an 
Entrepreneurship Center for New Americans in Northern Virginia; 
$1,000,000 shall be available for a grant for the Brotherhood 
Business Development and Capital Fund for a small business 
technical assistance and loan program; $900,000 shall be 
available for a grant for the Arizona Department of Public 
Safety for planning and design for infrastructure improvements; 
$250,000 shall be available for a grant for Gadsden State 
Community College to develop a Center for Economic Development; 
$2,000,000 shall be available for a grant to Morehead State 
University for a science research and technology center; 
$350,000 shall be available for a grant for the Nicholas 
County, Kentucky, Industrial Authority to acquire certain 
properties in Carlisle, Kentucky, to develop a small business 
initiative; $350,000 shall be available for a grant for 
Montgomery County, Kentucky, to develop an education and 
training facility; $500,000 shall be available for a grant to 
the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, Bronx 
County, to develop a river house facility; $500,000 shall be 
available for a grant to the New York Public Library Mott Haven 
Branch in the Bronx, New York, to develop a facility; and 
$500,000 shall be available for a grant to the Oklahoma 
Department of Career and Technology Education for a technology-
based pilot program for vocational training for economic and 
job development.
    Sec. 634. None of the funds provided in this or any 
previous Act, or hereinafter made available to the Department 
of Commerce shall be available to issue or renew, for any 
fishing vessel, any general or harpoon category fishing permit 
for Atlantic bluefin tuna that would allow the vessel--
            (1) to use an aircraft to locate, or otherwise 
        assist in fishing for, catching, or possessing Atlantic 
        bluefin tuna; or
            (2) to fish for, catch, or possessing Atlantic 
        bluefin tuna located by the use of an aircraft.
    Sec. 635. (a) This section may be cited as ``Amy Boyer's 
Law''.
    (b) Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) The inappropriate display, sale, or use of 
        social security numbers is a significant factor in a 
        growing range of illegal activities, including fraud, 
        identity theft, and, in some cases, stalking and other 
        violent crimes.
            (2) Because social security numbers are used to 
        track financial, health care, and other sensitive 
        information about individuals, the inappropriate sale 
        or display of those numbers to the general public can 
        result in serious invasions of individual privacy and 
        facilitate the commission of criminal activity.
            (3) The Federal Government requires virtually every 
        individual in the United States to obtain and maintain 
        a social security number in order to pay taxes, to 
        qualify for social security benefits, or to seek 
        employment. An unintended consequence of these 
        requirements is that social security numbers have 
        become tools that can be used to facilitate crime, 
        fraud, and invasions of the privacy of the individuals 
        to whom the numbers are assigned. Because the Federal 
        Government created and maintains the social security 
        number system, and because the Federal Government does 
        not permit persons to exempt themselves from the 
        requirements of that system, it is appropriate for the 
        Federal Government to take steps to stem abuse of the 
        system.
            (4) A social security number is simply a sequence 
        of numbers. In no meaningful sense can the number 
        itself impart knowledge or ideas. Persons do not sell 
        or transfer such numbers in order to convey any 
        particularized message, nor to express to the purchaser 
        any ideas, knowledge, or thoughts.
            (5) No one should seek to profit from the display 
        or sale to the general public of social security 
        numbers in circumstances that create a substantial risk 
        of physical, emotional, or financial harm to the 
        individuals to whom those numbers are assigned.
            (6) Various entities may display, sell, or use 
        social security numbers, including the private sector, 
        the Federal Government and State governments, and 
        Federal and State courts. Whatever the source, the 
        inappropriate display or sale to the general public of 
        social security numbers should be prevented.
            (7) Congress should enact legislation that will 
        offer an individual assigned a social security number 
        necessary protection from the display, sale, or 
        purchase of the number in circumstances that might 
        facilitate unlawful conduct or that might otherwise 
        likely result in unfair and deceptive practices.
    (c)(1) Part A of title XI of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1301 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new section:


     ``prohibition of certain misuses of the social security number


    ``Sec. 1150A. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this 
section, no person may display or sell to the general public 
any individual's social security number, or any identifiable 
derivative of such number, without the affirmatively expressed 
consent, electronically or in writing, of the individual.
    ``(b) No person may obtain any individual's social security 
number, or any identifiable derivative of such number, for 
purposes of locating or identifying an individual with the 
intent to physically injure, harm, or use the identity of the 
individual for illegal purposes.
    ``(c) In order for consent to exist under subsection (a), 
the person displaying, or seeking to display, or selling or 
attempting to sell, an individual's social security number, or 
any identifiable derivative of such number, shall--
            ``(1) inform the individual of the general purposes 
        for which the number will be utilized and the types of 
        persons to whom the number may be available; and
            ``(2) obtain affirmatively expressed consent 
        electronically or in writing.
    ``(d) Except as set forth in subsection (b), nothing in 
this section shall be construed to prohibit or limit the 
display, sale, or use of a social security number--
            ``(1)(A) permitted, required, or excepted, 
        expressly or by implication, under section 205(c)(2), 
        section 7(a)(2) of the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 
        552a note; 88 Stat. 1909), section 6109(d) of the 
        Internal Revenue Code of 1986, the Fair Credit 
        Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.), title V of the 
        Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (15 U.S.C. 6801 et seq.), or the 
        Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 
        1996 (Public Law 104-191; 110 Stat. 1936) or the 
        amendments made by that Act, or (B) in connection with 
        an activity authorized under or pursuant to section 
        4(k) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 
        1843(k)), whether or not such activity is conducted by 
        or subject to any limitations or requirements 
        applicable to a financial holding company;
            ``(2) by a professional or commercial user who 
        appropriately uses the information in the normal course 
        and scope of their businesses for purposes of retrieval 
        of other information, except that the professional or 
        commercial user may not display or sell the number (or 
        any identifiable derivative of the number) to the 
        general public;
            ``(3) for purposes of law enforcement, including 
        investigation of fraud or as required under subchapter 
        II of chapter 53 of title 31, United States Code, and 
        chapter 2 of title I of Public Law 91-508 (12 U.S.C. 
        1951-1959); or
            ``(4) that may appear in a public record including, 
        but not limited to, proceedings or records of Federal 
        or State courts.
    ``(e)(1) Any individual aggrieved by any act of any person 
in violation of this section may bring a civil action in a 
United States district court to recover--
            ``(A) such preliminary and equitable relief as the 
        court determines to be appropriate; and
            ``(B) the greater of--
                    ``(i) actual damages;
                    ``(ii) liquidated damages of $2,500; or
                    ``(iii) in the case of a violation that was 
                willful and resulted in profit or monetary 
                gain, liquidated damages of $10,000.
    ``(2) In the case of a civil action brought under paragraph 
(1)(B)(iii) in which the aggrieved individual has substantially 
prevailed, the court may assess against the respondent a 
reasonable attorney's fee and other litigation costs and 
expenses (including expert fees) reasonably incurred.
    ``(3) No action may be commenced under this subsection more 
than 3 years after the date on which the violation was or 
should reasonably have been discovered by the aggrieved 
individual.
    ``(4) The remedy provided under this subsection shall be in 
addition to any other lawful remedy available to the 
individual.
    ``(f)(1) Any person who the Commissioner of Social Security 
determines has violated this section shall be subject, in 
addition to any other penalties that may be prescribed by law, 
to--
            ``(A) a civil money penalty of not more than $5,000 
        for each such violation; and
            ``(B) a civil money penalty of not more than 
        $50,000, if violations have occurred with such 
        frequency as to constitute a general business practice.
    ``(2) Any willful violation committed contemporaneously 
with respect to the social security numbers of 2 or more 
individuals by means of mail, telecommunication, or otherwise 
shall be treated as a separate violation with respect to each 
such individual.
    ``(3) The provisions of section 1128A (other than 
subsections (a), (b), (f), (h), (i), (j), and (m), and the 
first sentence of subsection (c)) and the provisions of 
subsections (d) and (e) of section 205 shall apply to civil 
money penalties under this subsection in the same manner as 
such provisions apply to a penalty or proceeding under section 
1128A(a), except that, for purposes of this paragraph, any 
reference in section 1128A to the Secretary shall be deemed a 
reference to the Commissioner of Social Security.
    ``(g) In this section, the term `display or sell to the 
general public' means the intentional placing of an 
individual's social security number, or identifying portion 
thereof, in a viewable manner on a web site that makes such 
information available to the general public, or otherwise 
intentionally communicating an individual's social security 
number, or an identifying portion thereof, to the general 
public.
    ``(h) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit 
the use of social security numbers by the Federal Government 
for governmental purposes, including any of the following 
purposes:
            ``(1) National security.
            ``(2) Law enforcement.
            ``(3) Public health.
            ``(4) Federal or federally-funded research 
        conducted for the purposes of advancing knowledge.
            ``(5) When such numbers are required to be 
        submitted as part of the process for applying for any 
        type of government benefit or program.''.
    (2) Section 208(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
408(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (8), by inserting ``or'' after the 
        semicolon; and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (8), the following 
        new paragraphs:
            ``(9) except as provided in section 1150A(d), 
        knowingly and willfully displays or sells to the 
        general public (as defined in section 1150A(g)) any 
        individual's social security number, or any 
        identifiable derivative of such number, without the 
        affirmatively expressed consent (as defined in section 
        1150A(c)), electronically or in writing, of such 
        individual; or
            ``(10) obtains any individual's social security 
        number, or any identifiable derivative of such number, 
        for purposes of locating or identifying an individual 
        with the intent to physically injure, harm, or use the 
        identity of the individual for illegal purposes;''.
            (3) The amendments made by this subsection apply 
        with respect to violations occurring on and after the 
        date that is 2 years after the date of enactment of 
        this Act.
    (d)(1) The Comptroller General of the United States shall 
conduct a study of the feasibility and advisability of imposing 
additional limitations or prohibitions on the use of social 
security numbers in public records.
    (2) Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
this section, the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress 
a report on the study conducted under paragraph (1). The report 
shall include a detailed description of the activities and 
results of the study and such recommendations for legislative 
action as the Comptroller General considers appropriate.
    Sec. 636. The Cuyahoga Valley National Park shall not be 
redesignated as a Class I area under title I, Part C of the 
Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. sections 7470-7479.

                         TITLE VII--RESCISSIONS

                         DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

                    Drug Enforcement Administration


                   drug diversion control fee account


                              (rescission)


    Amounts otherwise available for obligation in fiscal year 
2001 for the Drug Diversion Control Fee Account are reduced by 
$8,000,000.

                            RELATED AGENCIES

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

                        Maritime Administration


          maritime guaranteed loan (title xi) program account


                              (rescission)


    Of the funds provided under this heading in Public Law 104-
208, $7,644,000 are rescinded.

                       TITLE VIII--DEBT REDUCTION


                            and other matter


                       DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

                       Bureau of the Public Debt


      gifts to the united states for reduction of the public debt


      For deposit on November 1, 2000, of an additional amount 
into the account established under section 3113(d) of title 31, 
United States Code, to reduce the public debt, the amount equal 
to the difference between $240,088,000,000 and the aggregate 
amount deposited into this account in other appropriation Acts 
for fiscal year 2001 enacted before such date.


                           general provision


      Sec. 801. Beginning on the first day of the 107th 
Congress, the Presiding Officer of the Senate shall apply all 
of the precedents of the Senate under Rule XXVIII in effect at 
the conclusion of the 103rd Congress. Further that there is now 
in effect a standing order of the Senate that the reading of 
conference reports, are no longer required, if the said 
conference report is available in the Senate.

           TITLE IX--WILDLIFE, OCEAN AND COASTAL CONSERVATION

SEC. 901. WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION PLANNING.

    For expenses necessary to support activities that 
supplement, but not replace, existing funding available to the 
States and territories from the sport fish restoration account 
and wildlife restoration account and shall be used for the 
development, revision, and implementation of wildlife 
conservation and restoration plans and programs, $50,000,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That these funds 
may be used by a State, territory or an Indian Tribe for the 
planning and implementation of its wildlife conservation and 
restoration program and wildlife conservation strategy, 
including wildlife conservation, wildlife conservation 
education, and wildlife-associated recreation projects: 
Provided further, That the Secretary, after deducting 
administrative expenses shall make the following apportionment 
from the Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Account: (A) to 
the District of Columbia and to the Commonwealth of Puerto 
Rico, each a sum equal to not more than one-half of 1 percent 
thereof; (B) to Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and 
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, each a sum 
equal to not more than one-fourth of 1 percent thereof: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall apportion the 
remaining amount in the Wildlife Conservation and Restoration 
Account for each year among the States in the following manner: 
(A) one-third of which is based on the ratio to which the land 
area of such State bears to the total land area of all such 
States; and, (B) two-thirds of which is based on the ratio to 
which the population of such State bears to the total 
population of all such States: Provided further, That the 
amounts apportioned under this paragraph shall be adjusted 
equitably so that no State shall be apportioned a sum which is 
less than 1 percent of the amount available for apportionment 
under this paragraph for any fiscal year or more than 5 percent 
of such amount: Provided further, That no State, territory or 
other jurisdiction shall receive a grant unless it has 
certified to the Service that it has in place, or has agreed to 
develop by a mutually agreed date certain, a wildlife 
conservation strategy and plan.

SEC. 902. WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION.

    (a) Purposes.--The purposes of this section are--
            (1) to extend financial and technical assistance to 
        the States under the Federal Aid to Wildlife 
        Restoration Act for the benefit of a diverse array of 
        wildlife and associated habitats, including species 
        that are not hunted or fished, to fulfill unmet needs 
        of wildlife within the States in recognition of the 
        primary role of the States to conserve all wildlife;
            (2) to assure sound conservation policies through 
        the development, revision, and implementation of a 
        comprehensive wildlife conservation and restoration 
        plan;
            (3) to encourage State fish and wildlife agencies 
        to participate with the Federal Government, other State 
        agencies, wildlife conservation organizations and 
        outdoor recreation and conservation interests through 
        cooperative planning and implementation of this title; 
        and
            (4) to encourage State fish and wildlife agencies 
        to provide for public involvement in the process of 
        development and implementation of a wildlife 
        conservation and restoration program.
    (b) Reference to Law.--In this section, the term ``Federal 
Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act'' means the Act of September 2, 
1937 (16 U.S.C. 669 et seq.), commonly referred to as the 
Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act or the Pittman-
Robertson Act.
    (c) Definitions.--Section 2 of the Federal Aid in Wildlife 
Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669a) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    ``As used in this Act--
            ``(1) the term `conservation' means the use of 
        methods and procedures necessary or desirable to 
        sustain healthy populations of wildlife, including all 
        activities associated with scientific resources 
        management such as research, census, monitoring of 
        populations, acquisition, improvement and management of 
        habitat, live trapping and transplantation, wildlife 
        damage management, and periodic or total protection of 
        a species or population, as well as the taking of 
        individuals within wildlife stock or population if 
        permitted by applicable State and Federal law;
            ``(2) the term `Secretary' means the Secretary of 
        the Interior;
            ``(3) the term `State fish and game department' or 
        `State fish and wildlife department' means any 
        department or division of department of another name, 
        or commission, or official or officials, of a State 
        empowered under its laws to exercise the functions 
        ordinarily exercised by a State fish and game 
        department or State fish and wildlife department.
            ``(4) the term `wildlife' means any species of 
        wild, free-ranging fauna including fish, and also fauna 
        in captive breeding programs the object of which is to 
        reintroduce individuals of a depleted indigenous 
        species into previously occupied range;
            ``(5) the term `wildlife-associated recreation' 
        means projects intended to meet the demand for outdoor 
        activities associated with wildlife including, but not 
        limited to, hunting and fishing, wildlife observation 
        and photography, such projects as construction or 
        restoration of wildlife viewing areas, observation 
        towers, blinds, platforms, land and water trails, water 
        access, field trialing, trail heads, and access for 
        such projects;
            ``(6) the term `wildlife conservation and 
        restoration program' means a program developed by a 
        State fish and wildlife department and approved by the 
        Secretary under section 304(d), the projects that 
        constitute such a program, which may be implemented in 
        whole or part through grants and contracts by a State 
        to other State, Federal, or local agencies (including 
        those that gather, evaluate, and disseminate 
        information on wildlife and their habitats), wildlife 
        conservation organizations, and outdoor recreation and 
        conservation education entities from funds apportioned 
        under this title, and maintenance of such projects;
            ``(7) the term `wildlife conservation education' 
        means projects, including public outreach, intended to 
        foster responsible natural resource stewardship; and
            ``(8) the term `wildlife-restoration project' 
        includes the wildlife conservation and restoration 
        program and means the selection, restoration, 
        rehabilitation, and improvement of areas of land or 
        water adaptable as feeding, resting, or breeding places 
        for wildlife, including acquisition of such areas or 
        estates or interests therein as are suitable or capable 
        of being made suitable therefor, and the construction 
        thereon or therein of such works as may be necessary to 
        make them available for such purposes and also 
        including such research into problems of wildlife 
        management as may be necessary to efficient 
        administration affecting wildlife resources, and such 
        preliminary or incidental costs and expenses as may be 
        incurred in and about such projects.''.
    (d) Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Account.--Section 
3 of the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 
669b) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a) by inserting ``(1)'' after 
        ``(a)'', and by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) There is established in the Federal aid to 
        wildlife restoration fund a subaccount to be known as 
        the `Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Account'. 
        There are authorized to be appropriated for the 
        purposes of the Wildlife Conservation and Restoration 
        Account $50,000,000 in fiscal year 2001 for 
        apportionment in accordance with this Act to carry out 
        State wildlife conservation and restoration programs. 
        Further, interest on amounts transferred shall be 
        treated in a manner consistent with 16 U.S.C. 
        669(b)(1)).''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(c)(1) Amounts transferred to the Wildlife Conservation 
and Restoration Account shall supplement, but not replace, 
existing funds available to the States from the sport fish 
restoration account and wildlife restoration account and shall 
be used for the development, revision, and implementation of 
wildlife conservation and restoration programs and should be 
used to address the unmet needs for a diverse array of wildlife 
and associated habitats, including species that are not hunted 
or fished, for wildlife conservation, wildlife conservation 
education, and wildlife-associated recreation projects. Such 
funds may be used for new programs and projects as well as to 
enhance existing programs and projects.
    ``(2) Funds may be used by a State or an Indian tribe for 
the planning and implementation of its wildlife conservation 
and restoration program and wildlife conservation strategy, as 
provided in sections 4(d) and (e) of this Act, including 
wildlife conservation, wildlife conservation education, and 
wildlife-associated recreation projects. Such funds may be used 
for new programs and projects as well as to enhance existing 
programs and projects.
    ``(3) Priority for funding from the Wildlife Conservation 
and Restoration Account shall be for those species with the 
greatest conservation need as defined by the State wildlife 
conservation and restoration program.
    ``(d) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b) of this 
section, with respect to amounts transferred to the Wildlife 
Conservation and Restoration Account, so much of such amounts 
apportioned to any State for any fiscal year as remains 
unexpended at the close thereof shall remain available for 
obligation in that State until the close of the second 
succeeding fiscal year.''.
    (e) Apportionments of Amounts.--Section 4 of the Federal 
Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669c) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(c) Apportionment of Wildlife Conservation and 
Restoration Account.--
            ``(1) The Secretary of the Interior shall make the 
        following apportionment from the Wildlife Conservation 
        and Restoration Account:
                    ``(A) to the District of Columbia and to 
                the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, each a sum 
                equal to not more than one-half of 1 percent 
                thereof;
                    ``(B) to Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin 
                Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern 
                Mariana Islands, each a sum equal to not more 
                than one-fourth of 1 percent thereof.
            ``(2)(A) The Secretary of the Interior, after 
        making the apportionment under paragraph (1), shall 
        apportion the remaining amount in the Wildlife 
        Conservation and Restoration Account for each fiscal 
        year among the States in the following manner:
                    ``(i) one-third of which is based on the 
                ratio to which the land area of such State 
                bears to the total land area of all such 
                States; and
                    ``(ii) two-thirds of which is based on the 
                ratio to which the population of such State 
                bears to the total population of all such 
                States.
            ``(B) The amounts apportioned under this paragraph 
        shall be adjusted equitably so that no such State shall 
        be apportioned a sum which is less than one percent of 
        the amount available for apportionment under this 
        paragraph for any fiscal year or more than five percent 
        of such amount.
            ``(3) Of the amounts transferred to the Wildlife 
        Conservation and Restoration Account, not to exceed 3 
        percent shall be available for any Federal expenses 
        incurred in the administration and execution of 
        programs carried out with such amounts.
    ``(d) Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Programs.--
            ``(1) Any State, through its fish and wildlife 
        department, may apply to the Secretary of the Interior 
        for approval of a wildlife conservation and restoration 
        program, or for funds from the Wildlife Conservation 
        and Restoration Account, to develop a program. To 
        apply, a State shall submit a comprehensive plan that 
        includes--
                    ``(A) provisions vesting in the fish and 
                wildlife department of the State overall 
                responsibility and accountability for the 
                program;
                    ``(B) provisions for the development and 
                implementation of--
                            ``(i) wildlife conservation 
                        projects that expand and support 
                        existing wildlife programs, giving 
                        appropriate consideration to all 
                        wildlife;
                            ``(ii) wildlife-associated 
                        recreation projects; and
                            ``(iii) wildlife conservation 
                        education projects pursuant to programs 
                        under section 8(a); and
                    ``(C) provisions to ensure public 
                participation in the development, revision, and 
                implementation of projects and programs 
                required under this paragraph.
                    ``(D) Wildlife conservation strategy.--
                Within five years of the date of the initial 
                apportionment, develop and begin implementation 
                of a wildlife conservation strategy based upon 
                the best available and appropriate scientific 
                information and data that--
                            ``(i) uses such information on the 
                        distribution and abundance of species 
                        of wildlife, including low population 
                        and declining species as the State fish 
                        and wildlife department deems 
                        appropriate, that are indicative of the 
                        diversity and health of wildlife of the 
                        State;
                            ``(ii) identifies the extent and 
                        condition of wildlife habitats and 
                        community types essential to 
                        conservation of species identified 
                        under paragraph (1);
                            ``(iii) identifies the problems 
                        which may adversely affect the species 
                        identified under paragraph (1) or their 
                        habitats, and provides for priority 
                        research and surveys to identify 
                        factors which may assist in restoration 
                        and more effective conservation of such 
                        species and their habitats;
                            ``(iv) determines those actions 
                        which should be taken to conserve the 
                        species identified under paragraph (1) 
                        and their habitats and establishes 
                        priorities for implementing such 
                        conservation actions;
                            ``(v) provides for periodic 
                        monitoring of species identified under 
                        paragraph (1) and their habitats and 
                        the effectiveness of the conservation 
                        actions determined under paragraph (4), 
                        and for adapting conservation actions 
                        as appropriate to respond to new 
                        information or changing conditions;
                            ``(vi) provides for the review of 
                        the State wildlife conservation 
                        strategy and, if appropriate, revision 
                        at intervals of not more than ten 
                        years;
                            ``(vii) provides for coordination 
                        to the extent feasible the State fish 
                        and wildlife department, during the 
                        development, implementation, review, 
                        and revision of the wildlife 
                        conservation strategy, with Federal, 
                        State, and local agencies and Indian 
                        tribes that manage significant areas of 
                        land or water within the State, or 
                        administer programs that significantly 
                        affect the conservation of species 
                        identified under paragraph (1) or their 
                        habitats.
            ``(2) A State shall provide an opportunity for 
        public participation in the development of the 
        comprehensive plan required under paragraph (1).
            ``(3) If the Secretary finds that the comprehensive 
        plan submitted by a State complies with paragraph (1), 
        the Secretary shall approve the wildlife conservation 
        and restoration program of the State and set aside from 
        the apportionment to the State made pursuant to 
        subsection (c) an amount that shall not exceed 75 
        percent of the estimated cost of developing and 
        implementing the program.
            ``(4)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), 
        after the Secretary approves a State's wildlife 
        conservation and restoration program, the Secretary may 
        make payments on a project that is a segment of the 
        State's wildlife conservation and restoration program 
        as the project progresses. Such payments, including 
        previous payments on the project, if any, shall not be 
        more than the United States pro rata share of such 
        project. The Secretary, under such regulations as he 
        may prescribe, may advance funds representing the 
        United States pro rata share of a project that is a 
        segment of a wildlife conservation and restoration 
        program, including funds to develop such program.
            ``(B) Not more than 10 percent of the amounts 
        apportioned to each State under this section for a 
        State's wildlife conservation and restoration program 
        may be used for wildlife-associated recreation.
            ``(5) For purposes of this subsection, the term 
        `State' shall include the District of Columbia, the 
        Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, 
        American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern 
        Mariana Islands.''.
    (f) FACA.--Coordination with State fish and wildlife agency 
personnel or with personnel of other State agencies pursuant to 
the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act or the Federal Aid 
in Sport Fish Restoration Act shall not be subject to the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.). Except for the 
preceding sentence, the provisions of this title relate solely 
to wildlife conservation and restoration programs and shall not 
be construed to affect the provisions of the Federal Aid in 
Wildlife Restoration Act relating to wildlife restoration 
projects or the provisions of the Federal Aid in Sport Fish 
Restoration Act relating to fish restoration and management 
projects.
    (g) Education.--Section 8(a) of the Federal Aid in Wildlife 
Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669g(a)) is amended by adding the 
following at the end thereof: ``Funds from the Wildlife 
Conservation and Restoration Account may be used for a wildlife 
conservation education program, except that no such funds may 
be used for education efforts, projects, or programs that 
promote or encourage opposition to the regulated taking of 
wildlife.''.
    (h) Prohibition Against Diversion.--No designated State 
agency shall be eligible to receive matching funds under this 
title if sources of revenue available to it after January 1, 
2000, for conservation of wildlife are diverted for any purpose 
other than the administration of the designated State agency, 
it being the intention of Congress that funds available to 
States under this title be added to revenues from existing 
State sources and not serve as a substitute for revenues from 
such sources. Such revenues shall include interest, dividends, 
or other income earned on the foregoing.
    (i) North American Wetlands Conservation Act.--Section 7(c) 
of the North American Wetlands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 
4406(c)) is amended by striking ``$30,000,000'' and inserting 
``$50,000,000''.

SEC. 903. COASTAL IMPACT ASSISTANCE.

    The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et 
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 31. COASTAL IMPACT ASSISTANCE.

      ``Nothing in this section shall be construed as a 
permanent authorization.
    ``(a) Definitions.--When used in this section--
            ``(1) The term `coastal political subdivision' 
        means a county, parish, or any equivalent subdivision 
        of a Producing Coastal State all or part of which 
        subdivision lies within the coastal zone (as defined in 
        section 304(1) of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 
        1972 (16 U.S.C. 1453(1)).
            ``(2) The term `coastal population' means the 
        population of all political subdivisions, as determined 
        by the most recent official data of the Census Bureau, 
        contained in whole or in part within the designated 
        coastal boundary of a State as defined in a State's 
        coastal zone management program under the Coastal Zone 
        Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1451 et seq.).
            ``(3) The term `Coastal State' has the same meaning 
        as provided by subsection 304(4) of the Coastal Zone 
        Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1453(4)).
            ``(4) The term `coastline' has the same meaning as 
        the term `coast line' as defined in subsection 2(c) of 
        the Submerged Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1301(c)).
            ``(5) The term `distance' means minimum great 
        circle distance, measured in statute miles.
            ``(6) The term `leased tract' means a tract 
        maintained under section 6 or leased under section 8 
        for the purpose of drilling for, developing, and 
        producing oil and natural gas resources.
            ``(7) The term `Producing Coastal State' means a 
        Coastal State with a coastal seaward boundary within 
        200 miles from the geographic center of a leased tract 
        other than a leased tract within any area of the Outer 
        Continental Shelf where a moratorium on new leasing was 
        in effect as of January 1, 2000, unless the lease was 
        issued prior to the establishment of the moratorium and 
        was in production on January 1, 2000.
            ``(8) The term `qualified Outer Continental Shelf 
        revenues' means all amounts received by the United 
        States from each leased tract or portion of a leased 
        tract lying seaward of the zone defined and governed by 
        section 8(g) of this Act, or lying within such zone but 
        to which section 8(g) does not apply, the geographic 
        center of which lies within a distance of 200 miles 
        from any part of the coastline of any Coastal State, 
        including bonus bids, rents, royalties (including 
        payments for royalties taken in kind and sold), net 
        profit share payments, and related late payment 
        interest. Such term does not include any revenues from 
        a leased tract or portion of a leased tract that is 
        included within any area of the Outer Continental Shelf 
        where a moratorium on new leasing was in effect as of 
        January 1, 2000, unless the lease was issued prior to 
        the establishment of the moratorium and was in 
        production on January 1, 2000.
      ``(9) The term `Secretary' means Secretary of Commerce.
    ``(b) Authorization.--For fiscal year 2001, $150,000,000 is 
authorized to be appropriated for the purposes of this section.
    ``(c) Impact Assistance Payments to States and Political 
Subdivisions.--The Secretary shall make payments from the 
amounts available under this section to Producing Coastal 
States with an approved Coastal Impact Assistance Plan, and to 
coastal political subdivisions as follows:
            ``(1) Allocations to producing coastal states.--In 
        each fiscal year, each Producing Coastal State's 
        allocable share shall be equal to the sum of the 
        following:
                    ``(A) 60 percent of the amounts 
                appropriated shall be equally divided among all 
                Producing Coastal States;
                    ``(B) 40 percent of the amounts 
                appropriated for the purposes of this section 
                shall be divided among Producing Coastal States 
                based on Outer Continental Shelf production, 
                except that of such amounts no Producing 
                Coastal State may receive more than 25 percent 
                in any fiscal year.
            ``(2) Calculation.--The amount for each Producing 
        Coastal State under paragraph (1)(B) shall be 
        calculated based on the ratio of qualified OCS revenues 
        generated off the coastline of the Producing Coastal 
        State to the qualified OCS revenues generated off the 
        coastlines of all Producing Coastal States for the 
        period beginning on January 1, 1995 and ending on 
        December 31, 2000. Where there is more than one 
        Producing Coastal State within 200 miles of a leased 
        tract, the amount of each Producing Coastal State's 
        payment under paragraph (1)(B) for such leased tract 
        shall be inversely proportional to the distance between 
        the nearest point on the coastline of such State and 
        the geographic center of each leased tract or portion 
        of the leased tract (to the nearest whole mile) that is 
        within 200 miles of that coastline, as determined by 
        the Secretary. A leased tract or portion of a leased 
        tract shall be excluded if the tract or portion is 
        located in a geographic area where a moratorium on new 
        leasing was in effect on January 1, 2000, unless the 
        lease was issued prior to the establishment of the 
        moratorium and was in production on January 1, 2000.
            ``(3) Payments to coastal political subdivisions.--
        Thirty-five percent of each Producing Coastal State's 
        allocable share as determined under paragraph (1) shall 
        be paid directly to the coastal political subdivisions 
        by the Secretary based on the following formula, except 
        that a coastal political subdivision in the State of 
        California that has a coastal shoreline, that is not 
        within 200 miles of the geographic center of a leased 
        tract or portion of a leased tract, and in which there 
        is located one or more oil refineries shall be eligible 
        for that portion of the allocation described in 
        paragraph (C) in the same manner as if that political 
        subdivision were located within a distance of 50 miles 
        from the geographic center of the closest leased tract 
        with qualified Outer Continental Shelf revenues:
                    ``(A) 25 percent shall be allocated based 
                on the ratio of such coastal political 
                subdivision's coastal population to the coastal 
                population of all coastal political 
                subdivisions in the Producing Coastal State.
                    ``(B) 25 percent shall be allocated based 
                on the ratio of such coastal political 
                subdivision's coastline miles to the coastline 
                miles of all coastal political subdivisions in 
                the Producing Coastal State.
                    ``(C) 50 percent shall be allocated based 
                on the relative distance of such coastal 
                political subdivision from any leased tract 
                used to calculate that Producing Coastal 
                State's allocation using ratios that are 
                inversely proportional to the distance between 
                the point in the coastal political subdivision 
                closest to the geographic center of each leased 
                tract or portion, as determined by the 
                Secretary. For purposes of the calculations 
                under this subparagraph, a leased tract or 
                portion of a leased tract shall be excluded if 
                the leased tract or portion is located in a 
                geographic area where a moratorium on new 
                leasing was in effect on January 1, 2000, 
                unless the lease was issued prior to the 
                establishment of the moratorium and was in 
                production on January 1, 2000.
            ``(4) Failure to have plan approved.--Any amount 
        allocated to a Producing Coastal State or coastal 
        political subdivision but not disbursed because of a 
        failure to have an approved Coastal Impact Assistance 
        Plan under this section shall be allocated equally by 
        the Secretary among all other Producing Coastal States 
        in a manner consistent with this subsection except that 
        the Secretary shall hold in escrow such amount until 
        the final resolution of any appeal regarding the 
        disapproval of a plan submitted under this section. The 
        Secretary may waive the provisions of this paragraph 
        and hold a Producing Coastal State's allocable share in 
        escrow if the Secretary determines that such State is 
        making a good faith effort to develop and submit, or 
        update, a Coastal Impact Assistance Plan.
    ``(d) Coastal Impact Assistance Plan.--
            ``(1) Development and submission of state plans.--
        The Governor of each Producing Coastal State shall 
        prepare, and submit to the Secretary, a Coastal Impact 
        Assistance Plan. The Governor shall solicit local input 
        and shall provide for public participation in the 
        development of the plan. The plan shall be submitted to 
        the Secretary by July 1, 2001. Amounts received by 
        Producing Coastal States and coastal political 
        subdivisions may be used only for the purposes 
        specified in the Producing Coastal State's Coastal 
        Impact Assistance Plan.
            ``(2) Approval.--The Secretary shall approve a plan 
        under paragraph (1) prior to disbursement of amounts 
        under this section. The Secretary shall approve the 
        plan if the Secretary determines that the plan is 
        consistent with the uses set forth in subsection (e) 
        and if the plan contains each of the following:
                    ``(A) The name of the State agency that 
                will have the authority to represent and act 
                for the State in dealing with the Secretary for 
                purposes of this section.
                    ``(B) A program for the implementation of 
                the plan which describes how the amounts 
                provided under this section will be used.
                    ``(C) A contact for each political 
                subdivision and description of how coastal 
                political subdivisions will use amounts 
                provided under this section, including a 
                certification by the Governor that such uses 
                are consistent with the requirements of this 
                section.
                    ``(D) Certification by the Governor that 
                ample opportunity has been accorded for public 
                participation in the development and revision 
                of the plan.
                    ``(E) Measures for taking into account 
                other relevant Federal resources and programs.
            ``(3) Procedure.--The Secretary shall approve or 
        disapprove each plan or amendment within 90 days of its 
        submission.
            ``(4) Amendment.--Any amendment to the plan shall 
        be prepared in accordance with the requirements of this 
        subsection and shall be submitted to the Secretary for 
        approval or disapproval.
    ``(e) Authorized Uses.--Producing Coastal States and 
coastal political subdivisions shall use amounts provided under 
this section, including any such amounts deposited in a State 
or coastal political subdivision administered trust fund 
dedicated to uses consistent with this subsection, in 
compliance with Federal and State law and only for one or more 
of the following purposes:
            ``(1) uses set forth in new section 32(c)(4) of the 
        Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et 
        seq.) proposed by the amendment to H.R. 701 of the 
        106th Congress as reported by the Senate Committee on 
        Energy and Natural Resources;
            ``(2) projects and activities for the conservation, 
        protection or restoration of wetlands;
            ``(3) mitigating damage to fish, wildlife or 
        natural resources, including such activities authorized 
        under subtitle B of title IV of the Oil Pollution Act 
        of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 1321(c), (d));
            ``(4) planning assistance and administrative costs 
        of complying with the provisions of this section;
            ``(5) implementation of Federally approved marine, 
        coastal, or comprehensive conservation management 
        plans; and
            ``(6) mitigating impacts of Outer Continental Shelf 
        activities through funding of (A) onshore 
        infrastructure projects and (B) other public service 
        needs intended to mitigate the environmental effects of 
        Outer Continental Shelf activities: Provided, That 
        funds made available under this paragraph shall not 
        exceed 23 percent of the funds provided under this 
        section.
    ``(f) Compliance With Authorized Uses.--If the Secretary 
determines that any expenditure made by a Producing Coastal 
State or coastal political subdivision is not consistent with 
the uses authorized in subsection (e), the Secretary shall not 
disburse any further amounts under this section to that 
Producing Coastal State or coastal political subdivision until 
the amounts used for the inconsistent expenditure have been 
repaid or obligated for authorized uses.''.

                         TITLE X--LOCAL TV ACT

SECTION 1001. SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as the ``Launching Our Communities' 
Access to Local Television Act of 2000''.

SEC. 1002. PURPOSE.

    The purpose of this Act is to facilitate access, on a 
technologically neutral basis and by December 31, 2006, to 
signals of local television stations for households located in 
nonserved areas and underserved areas.

SEC. 1003. LOCAL TELEVISION LOAN GUARANTEE BOARD.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established the LOCAL 
Television Loan Guarantee Board (in this Act referred to as the 
``Board'').
    (b) Members.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), the 
        Board shall consist of the following members:
                    (A) The Secretary of the Treasury, or the 
                designee of the Secretary.
                    (B) The Chairman of the Board of Governors 
                of the Federal Reserve System, or the designee 
                of the Chairman.
                    (C) The Secretary of Agriculture, or the 
                designee of the Secretary.
                    (D) The Secretary of Commerce, or the 
                designee of the Secretary.
            (2) Requirement as to designees.--An individual may 
        not be designated a member of the Board under paragraph 
        (1) unless the individual is an officer of the United 
        States pursuant to an appointment by the President, by 
        and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
    (c) Functions of the Board.--
            (1) In general.--The Board shall determine whether 
        or not to approve loan guarantees under this Act. The 
        Board shall make such determinations consistent with 
        the purpose of this Act and in accordance with this 
        subsection and section 4.
            (2) Consultation authorized.--
                    (A) In general.--In carrying out its 
                functions under this Act, the Board shall 
                consult with such departments and agencies of 
                the Federal Government as the Board considers 
                appropriate, including the Department of 
                Commerce, the Department of Agriculture, the 
                Department of the Treasury, the Department of 
                Justice, the Department of the Interior, the 
                Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 
                System, the Federal Communications Commission, 
                the Federal Trade Commission, and the National 
                Aeronautics and Space Administration.
                    (B) Response.--A department or agency 
                consulted by the Board under subparagraph (A) 
                shall provide the Board such expertise and 
                assistance as the Board requires to carry out 
                its functions under this Act.
            (3) Approval by majority vote.--The determination 
        of the Board to approve a loan guarantee under this Act 
        shall be by an affirmative vote of not less than 3 
        members of the Board.

SEC. 1004. APPROVAL OF LOAN GUARANTEES.

    (a) Authority To Approve Loan Guarantees.--Subject to the 
provisions of this section and consistent with the purpose of 
this Act, the Board may approve loan guarantees under this Act.
    (b) Regulations.--
            (1) Requirements.--The Administrator (as defined in 
        section 5), under the direction of and for approval by 
        the Board, shall prescribe regulations to implement the 
        provisions of this Act and shall do so not later than 
        120 days after funds authorized to be appropriated 
        under section 11 have been appropriated in a bill 
        signed into law.
            (2) Elements.--The regulations prescribed under 
        paragraph (1) shall--
                    (A) set forth the form of any application 
                to be submitted to the Board under this Act;
                    (B) set forth time periods for the review 
                and consideration by the Board of applications 
                to be submitted to the Board under this Act, 
                and for any other action to be taken by the 
                Board with respect to such applications;
                    (C) provide appropriate safeguards against 
                the evasion of the provisions of this Act;
                    (D) set forth the circumstances in which an 
                applicant, together with any affiliate of an 
                applicant, shall be treated as an applicant for 
                a loan guarantee under this Act;
                    (E) include requirements that appropriate 
                parties submit to the Board any documents and 
                assurances that are required for the 
                administration of the provisions of this Act; 
                and
                    (F) include such other provisions 
                consistent with the purpose of this Act as the 
                Board considers appropriate.
            (3) Construction.--(A) Nothing in this Act shall be 
        construed to prohibit the Board from requiring, to the 
        extent and under circumstances considered appropriate 
        by the Board, that affiliates of an applicant be 
        subject to certain obligations of the applicant as a 
        condition to the approval or maintenance of a loan 
        guarantee under this Act.
            (B) If any provision of this Act or the application 
        of such provision to any person or entity or 
        circumstance is held to be invalid by a court of 
        competent jurisdiction, the remainder of this Act, or 
        the application of such provision to such person or 
        entity or circumstance other than those as to which it 
        is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby.
    (c) Authority Limited by Appropriations Acts.--The Board 
may approve loan guarantees under this Act only to the extent 
provided for in advance in appropriations Acts, and the Board 
may accept credit risk premiums from a non-Federal source in 
order to cover the cost of a loan guarantee under this Act, to 
the extent that appropriations of budget authority are 
insufficient to cover such costs.
    (d) Requirements and Criteria Applicable to Approval.--
            (1) In general.--The Board shall utilize the 
        underwriting criteria developed under subsection (g), 
        and any relevant information provided by the 
        departments and agencies with which the Board consults 
        under section 3, to determine which loans may be 
        eligible for a loan guarantee under this Act.
            (2) Prerequisites.--In addition to meeting the 
        underwriting criteria under paragraph (1), a loan may 
        not be guaranteed under this Act unless--
                    (A) the loan is made to finance the 
                acquisition, improvement, enhancement, 
                construction, deployment, launch, or 
                rehabilitation of the means by which local 
                television broadcast signals will be delivered 
                to a nonserved area or underserved area;
                    (B) the proceeds of the loan will not be 
                used for operating, advertising, or promotion 
                expenses, or for the acquisition of licenses 
                for the use of spectrum in any competitive 
                bidding under section 309(j) of the 
                Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(j));
                    (C) the proposed project, as determined by 
                the Board in consultation with the National 
                Telecommunications and Information 
                Administration, is not likely to have a 
                substantial adverse impact on competition that 
                outweighs the benefits of improving access to 
                the signals of a local television station in a 
                nonserved area or underserved area and is 
                commercially viable;
                    (D)(i) the loan--
                            (I) is provided by any entity 
                        engaged in the business of commercial 
                        lending--
                                    (aa) if the loan is made in 
                                accordance with loan-to-one-
                                borrower and affiliate 
                                transaction restrictions to 
                                which the entity is subject 
                                under applicable law; or
                                    (bb) if item (aa) does not 
                                apply, the loan is made only to 
                                a borrower that is not an 
                                affiliate of the entity and 
                                only if the amount of the loan 
                                and all outstanding loans by 
                                that entity to that borrower 
                                and any of its affiliates does 
                                not exceed 10 percent of the 
                                net equity of the entity; or
                            (II) is provided by a nonprofit 
                        corporation, including the National 
                        Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance 
                        Corporation, engaged primarily in 
                        commercial lending, if the Board 
                        determines that such nonprofit 
                        corporation has one or more issues of 
                        outstanding long-term debt that is 
                        rated within the highest 3 rating 
                        categories of a nationally recognized 
                        statistical rating organization;
                    (ii) if the loan is provided by a lender 
                described in clause (i)(II) and the Board 
                determines that the making of the loan by such 
                lender will cause a decline in such lender's 
                debt rating as described in that clause, the 
                Board at its discretion may disapprove the loan 
                guarantee on this basis;
                    (iii) no loan may be made for purposes of 
                this Act by a governmental entity or affiliate 
                thereof, or by the Federal Agricultural 
                Mortgage Corporation, or any institution 
                supervised by the Office of Federal Housing 
                Enterprise Oversight, the Federal Housing 
                Finance Board, or any affiliate of such 
                entities;
                    (iv) any loan must have terms, in the 
                judgment of the Board, that are consistent in 
                material respects with the terms of similar 
                obligations in the private capital market;
                    (v) for purposes of clause (i)(I)(bb), the 
                term ``net equity'' means the value of the 
                total assets of the entity, less the total 
                liabilities of the entity, as recorded under 
                generally accepted accounting principles for 
                the fiscal quarter ended immediately prior to 
                the date on which the subject loan is approved;
                    (E) repayment of the loan is required to be 
                made within a term of the lesser of--
                            (i) 25 years from the date of the 
                        execution of the loan; or
                            (ii) the economically useful life, 
                        as determined by the Board or in 
                        consultation with persons or entities 
                        deemed appropriate by the Board, of the 
                        primary assets to be used in the 
                        delivery of the signals concerned; and
                    (F) the loan meets any additional criteria 
                developed under subsection (g).
            (3) Protection of united states financial 
        interests.--The Board may not approve the guarantee of 
        a loan under this Act unless--
                    (A) the Board has been given documentation, 
                assurances, and access to information, persons, 
                and entities necessary, as determined by the 
                Board, to address issues relevant to the review 
                of the loan by the Board for purposes of this 
                Act; and
                    (B) the Board makes a determination in 
                writing that--
                            (i) to the best of its knowledge 
                        upon due inquiry, the assets, 
                        facilities, or equipment covered by the 
                        loan will be utilized economically and 
                        efficiently;
                            (ii) the terms, conditions, 
                        security, and schedule and amount of 
                        repayments of principal and the payment 
                        of interest with respect to the loan 
                        protect the financial interests of the 
                        United States and are reasonable;
                            (iii) the value of collateral 
                        provided by an applicant is at least 
                        equal to the unpaid balance of the loan 
                        amount covered by the loan guarantee 
                        (the ``Amount'' for purposes of this 
                        clause); and if the value of collateral 
                        provided by an applicant is less than 
                        the Amount, the additional required 
                        collateral is provided by any affiliate 
                        of the applicant;
                            (iv) all necessary and required 
                        regulatory and other approvals, 
                        spectrum licenses, and delivery 
                        permissions have been received for the 
                        loan and the project under the loan;
                            (v) the loan would not be available 
                        on reasonable terms and conditions 
                        without a loan guarantee under this 
                        Act; and
                            (vi) repayment of the loan can 
                        reasonably be expected.
    (e) Considerations.--
            (1) Type of market.--
                    (A) Priority considerations.--To the 
                maximum extent practicable, the Board shall 
                give priority in the approval of loan 
                guarantees under this Act in the following 
                order:
                            (i) First, to projects that will 
                        serve households in nonserved areas. In 
                        considering such projects, the Board 
                        shall balance projects that will serve 
                        the largest number of households with 
                        projects that will serve remote, 
                        isolated communities (including 
                        noncontiguous States) in areas that are 
                        unlikely to be served through market 
                        mechanisms.
                            (ii) Second, to projects that will 
                        serve households in underserved areas. 
                        In considering such projects, the Board 
                        shall balance projects that will serve 
                        the largest number of households with 
                        projects that will serve remote, 
                        isolated communities (including 
                        noncontiguous States) in areas that are 
                        unlikely to be served through market 
                        mechanisms.
                Within each category, the Board shall consider 
                the project's estimated cost per household and 
                shall give priority to those projects that 
                provide the highest quality service at the 
                lowest cost per household.
                    (B) Additional consideration.--The Board 
                should give additional consideration to 
                projects that also provide high-speed Internet 
                service.
                    (C) Prohibitions.--The Board may not 
                approve a loan guarantee under this Act for a 
                project that--
                            (i) is designed primarily to serve 
                        1 or more of the top 40 designated 
                        market areas (as that term is defined 
                        in section 122(j) of title 17, United 
                        States Code); or
                            (ii) would alter or remove National 
                        Weather Service warnings from local 
                        broadcast signals.
            (2) Other considerations.--The Board shall consider 
        other factors, which shall include projects that 
        would--
                    (A) offer a separate tier of local 
                broadcast signals, but for applicable Federal, 
                State, or local laws or regulations;
                    (B) provide lower projected costs to 
                consumers of such separate tier; and
                    (C) enable the delivery of local broadcast 
                signals consistent with the purpose of this Act 
                by a means reasonably compatible with existing 
                systems or devices predominantly in use.
            (3) Further consideration.--In implementing this 
        Act, the Board shall support the use of loan guarantees 
        for projects that would serve households not likely to 
        be served in the absence of loan guarantees under this 
        Act.
    (f) Guarantee Limits.--
            (1) Limitation on aggregate value of loans.--The 
        aggregate value of all loans for which loan guarantees 
        are issued under this Act (including the unguaranteed 
        portion of such loans) may not exceed $1,250,000,000.
            (2) Guarantee level.--A loan guarantee issued under 
        this Act may not exceed an amount equal to 80 percent 
        of a loan meeting in its entirety the requirements of 
        subsection (d)(2)(A). If only a portion of a loan meets 
        the requirements of that subsection, the Board shall 
        determine that percentage of the loan meeting such 
        requirements (the ``applicable portion'') and may issue 
        a loan guarantee in an amount not exceeding 80 percent 
        of the applicable portion.
    (g) Underwriting Criteria.--Within the period provided for 
under subsection (b)(1), the Board shall, in consultation with 
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and an 
independent public accounting firm, develop underwriting 
criteria relating to the guarantee of loans that are consistent 
with the purpose of this Act, including appropriate collateral 
and cash flow levels for loans guaranteed under this Act, and 
such other matters as the Board considers appropriate.
    (h) Credit Risk Premiums.--
            (1) Establishment and acceptance.--
                    (A) In general.--The Board may establish 
                and approve the acceptance of credit risk 
                premiums with respect to a loan guarantee under 
                this Act in order to cover the cost, as defined 
                in section 502(5) of the Federal Credit Reform 
                Act of 1990, of the loan guarantee. To the 
                extent that appropriations of budget authority 
                are insufficient to cover the cost, as so 
                determined, of a loan guarantee under this Act, 
                credit risk premiums shall be accepted from a 
                non-Federal source under this subsection on 
                behalf of the applicant for the loan guarantee.
                    (B) Authority limited by appropriations 
                acts.--Credit risk premiums under this 
                subsection shall be imposed only to the extent 
                provided for in advance in appropriations Acts.
            (2) Credit risk premium amount.--
                    (A) In general.--The Board shall determine 
                the amount of any credit risk premium to be 
                accepted with respect to a loan guarantee under 
                this Act on the basis of--
                            (i) the financial and economic 
                        circumstances of the applicant for the 
                        loan guarantee, including the amount of 
                        collateral offered;
                            (ii) the proposed schedule of loan 
                        disbursements;
                            (iii) the business plans of the 
                        applicant for providing service;
                            (iv) any financial commitment from 
                        a broadcast signal provider; and
                            (v) the concurrence of the Director 
                        of the Office of Management and Budget 
                        as to the amount of the credit risk 
                        premium.
                    (B) Proportionality.--To the extent that 
                appropriations of budget authority are 
                sufficient to cover the cost, as determined 
                under section 502(5) of the Federal Credit 
                Reform Act of 1990, of loan guarantees under 
                this Act, the credit risk premium with respect 
                to each loan guarantee shall be reduced 
                proportionately.
                    (C) Payment of premiums.--Credit risk 
                premiums under this subsection shall be paid to 
                an account (the ``Escrow Account'') established 
                in the Treasury which shall accrue interest and 
                such interest shall be retained by the account, 
                subject to subparagraph (D).
                    (D) Deductions from escrow account.--If a 
                default occurs with respect to any loan 
                guaranteed under this Act and the default is 
                not cured in accordance with the terms of the 
                underlying loan or loan guarantee agreement, 
                the Administrator, in accordance with 
                subsections (i) and (j) of section 5, shall 
                liquidate, or shall cause to be liquidated, all 
                assets collateralizing such loan as to which it 
                has a lien or security interest. Any shortfall 
                between the proceeds of the liquidation net of 
                costs and expenses relating to the liquidation, 
                and the guarantee amount paid pursuant to this 
                Act shall be deducted from funds in the Escrow 
                Account and credited to the Administrator for 
                payment of such shortfall. At such time as 
                determined under subsection (d)(2)(E) of this 
                section when all loans guaranteed under this 
                Act have been repaid or otherwise satisfied in 
                accordance with this Act and the regulations 
                promulgated hereunder, remaining funds in the 
                Escrow Account, if any, shall be refunded, on a 
                pro rata basis, to applicants whose loans 
                guaranteed under this Act were not in default, 
                or where any default was cured in accordance 
                with the terms of the underlying loan or loan 
                guarantee agreement.
    (i) Limitations on Guarantees for Certain Cable 
Operators.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, no 
loan guarantee under this Act may be granted or used to provide 
funds for a project that extends, upgrades, or enhances the 
services provided over any cable system to an area that, as of 
the date of the enactment of this Act, is covered by a cable 
franchise agreement that expressly obligates a cable system 
operator to serve such area.
    (j) Judicial Review.--The decision of the Board to approve 
or disapprove the making of a loan guarantee under this Act 
shall not be subject to judicial review.
    (k) Applicability of APA.--Except as otherwise provided in 
subsection (j), the provisions of subchapter II of chapter 5 
and chapter 7 of title 5, United States Code (commonly referred 
to as the Administrative Procedure Act), shall apply to actions 
taken under this Act.

SEC. 1005. ADMINISTRATION OF LOAN GUARANTEES.

    (a) In General.--The Administrator of the Rural Utilities 
Service (in this Act referred to as the ``Administrator'') 
shall issue and otherwise administer loan guarantees that have 
been approved by the Board in accordance with sections 3 and 4.
    (b) Security for Protection of United States Financial 
Interests.--
            (1) Terms and conditions.--An applicant shall agree 
        to such terms and conditions as are satisfactory, in 
        the judgment of the Board, to ensure that, as long as 
        any principal or interest is due and payable on a loan 
        guaranteed under this Act, the applicant--
                    (A) shall maintain assets, equipment, 
                facilities, and operations on a continuing 
                basis;
                    (B) shall not make any discretionary 
                dividend payments that impair its ability to 
                repay obligations guaranteed under this Act;
                    (C) shall remain sufficiently capitalized; 
                and
                    (D) shall submit to, and cooperate fully 
                with, any audit of the applicant under section 
                6(a)(2).
            (2) Collateral.--
                    (A) Existence of adequate collateral.--An 
                applicant shall provide the Board such 
                documentation as is necessary, in the judgment 
                of the Board, to provide satisfactory evidence 
                that appropriate and adequate collateral 
                secures a loan guaranteed under this Act.
                    (B) Form of collateral.--Collateral 
                required by subparagraph (A) shall consist 
                solely of assets of the applicant, any 
                affiliate of the applicant, or both (whichever 
                the Board considers appropriate), including 
                primary assets to be used in the delivery of 
                signals for which the loan is guaranteed.
                    (C) Review of valuation.--The value of 
                collateral securing a loan guaranteed under 
                this Act may be reviewed by the Board, and may 
                be adjusted downward by the Board if the Board 
                reasonably believes such adjustment is 
                appropriate.
            (3) Lien on interests in assets.--Upon the Board's 
        approval of a loan guarantee under this Act, the 
        Administrator shall have liens on assets securing the 
        loan, which shall be superior to all other liens on 
        such assets, and the value of the assets (based on a 
        determination satisfactory to the Board) subject to the 
        liens shall be at least equal to the unpaid balance of 
        the loan amount covered by the loan guarantee, or that 
        value approved by the Board under section 
        4(d)(3)(B)(iii).
            (4) Perfected security interest.--With respect to a 
        loan guaranteed under this Act, the Administrator and 
        the lender shall have a perfected security interest in 
        assets securing the loan that are fully sufficient to 
        protect the financial interests of the United States 
        and the lender.
            (5) Insurance.--In accordance with practices in the 
        private capital market, as determined by the Board, the 
        applicant for a loan guarantee under this Act shall 
        obtain, at its expense, insurance sufficient to protect 
        the financial interests of the United States, as 
        determined by the Board.
    (c) Assignment of Loan Guarantees.--The holder of a loan 
guarantee under this Act may assign the loan guaranteed under 
this Act in whole or in part, subject to such requirements as 
the Board may prescribe.
    (d) Expiration of Loan Guarantee Upon Stripping.--
Notwithstanding subsections (c), (e), and (h), a loan guarantee 
under this Act shall have no force or effect if any part of the 
guaranteed portion of the loan is transferred separate and 
apart from the unguaranteed portion of the loan.
    (e) Adjustment.--The Board may approve the adjustment of 
any term or condition of a loan guarantee or a loan guaranteed 
under this Act, including the rate of interest, time of payment 
of principal or interest, or security requirements only if--
            (1) the adjustment is consistent with the financial 
        interests of the United States;
            (2) consent has been obtained from the parties to 
        the loan agreement;
            (3) the adjustment is consistent with the 
        underwriting criteria developed under section 4(g);
            (4) the adjustment does not adversely affect the 
        interest of the Federal Government in the assets or 
        collateral of the applicant;
            (5) the adjustment does not adversely affect the 
        ability of the applicant to repay the loan; and
            (6) the National Telecommunications and Information 
        Administration has been consulted by the Board 
        regarding the adjustment.
    (f) Performance Schedules.--
            (1) Performance schedules.--An applicant for a loan 
        guarantee under this Act for a project covered by 
        section 4(e)(1) shall enter into stipulated performance 
        schedules with the Administrator with respect to the 
        signals to be provided through the project.
            (2) Penalty.--The Administrator may assess against 
        and collect from an applicant described in paragraph 
        (1) a penalty not to exceed 3 times the interest due on 
        the guaranteed loan of the applicant under this Act if 
        the applicant fails to meet its stipulated performance 
        schedule under that paragraph.
    (g) Compliance.--The Administrator, in cooperation with the 
Board and as the regulations of the Board may provide, shall 
enforce compliance by an applicant, and any other party to a 
loan guarantee for whose benefit assistance under this Act is 
intended, with the provisions of this Act, any regulations 
under this Act, and the terms and conditions of the loan 
guarantee, including through the submittal of such reports and 
documents as the Board may require in regulations prescribed by 
the Board and through regular periodic inspections and audits.
    (h) Commercial Validity.--A loan guarantee under this Act 
shall be incontestable--
            (1) in the hands of an applicant on whose behalf 
        the loan guarantee is made, unless the applicant 
        engaged in fraud or misrepresentation in securing the 
        loan guarantee; and
            (2) as to any person or entity (or their respective 
        successor in interest) who makes or contracts to make a 
        loan to the applicant for the loan guarantee in 
        reliance thereon, unless such person or entity (or 
        respective successor in interest) engaged in fraud or 
        misrepresentation in making or contracting to make such 
        loan.
    (i) Defaults.--The Board shall prescribe regulations 
governing defaults on loans guaranteed under this Act, 
including the administration of the payment of guaranteed 
amounts upon default.
    (j) Recovery of Payments.--
            (1) In general.--The Administrator shall be 
        entitled to recover from an applicant for a loan 
        guarantee under this Act the amount of any payment made 
        to the holder of the guarantee with respect to the 
        loan.
            (2) Subrogation.--Upon making a payment described 
        in paragraph (1), the Administrator shall be subrogated 
        to all rights of the party to whom the payment is made 
        with respect to the guarantee which was the basis for 
        the payment.
            (3) Disposition of property.--
                    (A) Sale or disposal.--The Administrator 
                shall, in an orderly and efficient manner, sell 
                or otherwise dispose of any property or other 
                interests obtained under this Act in a manner 
                that maximizes taxpayer return and is 
                consistent with the financial interests of the 
                United States.
                    (B) Maintenance.--The Administrator shall 
                maintain in a cost-effective and reasonable 
                manner any property or other interests pending 
                sale or disposal of such property or other 
                interests under subparagraph (A).
    (k) Action Against Obligor.--
            (1) Authority to bring civil action.--The 
        Administrator may bring a civil action in an 
        appropriate district court of the United States in the 
        name of the United States or of the holder of the 
        obligation in the event of a default on a loan 
        guaranteed under this Act. The holder of a loan 
        guarantee shall make available to the Administrator all 
        records and evidence necessary to prosecute the civil 
        action.
            (2) Fully satisfying obligations owed the united 
        states.--The Administrator may accept property in 
        satisfaction of any sums owed the United States as a 
        result of a default on a loan guaranteed under this 
        Act, but only to the extent that any cash accepted by 
        the Administrator is not sufficient to satisfy fully 
        the sums owed as a result of the default.
    (l) Breach of Conditions.--The Administrator shall commence 
a civil action in a court of appropriate jurisdiction to enjoin 
any activity which the Board finds is in violation of this Act, 
the regulations under this Act, or any conditions which were 
duly agreed to, and to secure any other appropriate relief, 
including relief against any affiliate of the applicant.
    (m) Attachment.--No attachment or execution may be issued 
against the Administrator or any property in the control of the 
Administrator pursuant to this Act before the entry of a final 
judgment (as to which all rights of appeal have expired) by a 
Federal, State, or other court of competent jurisdiction 
against the Administrator in a proceeding for such action.
    (n) Fees.--
            (1) Application fee.--The Board shall charge and 
        collect from an applicant for a loan guarantee under 
        this Act a fee to cover the cost of the Board in making 
        necessary determinations and findings with respect to 
        the loan guarantee application under this Act. The 
        amount of the fee shall be reasonable.
            (2) Loan guarantee origination fee.--The Board 
        shall charge, and the Administrator may collect, a loan 
        guarantee origination fee with respect to the issuance 
        of a loan guarantee under this Act.
            (3) Use of fees collected.--
                    (A) In general.--Any fee collected under 
                this subsection shall be used, subject to 
                subparagraph (B), to offset administrative 
                costs under this Act, including costs of the 
                Board and of the Administrator.
                    (B) Subject to appropriations.--The 
                authority provided by this subsection shall be 
                effective only to such extent or in such 
                amounts as are provided in advance in 
                appropriations Acts.
                    (C) Limitation on fees.--The aggregate 
                amount of fees imposed by this subsection shall 
                not exceed the actual amount of administrative 
                costs under this Act.
    (o) Requirements Relating to Affiliates.--
            (1) Indemnification.--The United States shall be 
        indemnified by any affiliate (acceptable to the Board) 
        of an applicant for a loan guarantee under this Act for 
        any losses that the United States incurs as a result 
        of--
                    (A) a judgment against the applicant or any 
                of its affiliates;
                    (B) any breach by the applicant or any of 
                its affiliates of their obligations under the 
                loan guarantee agreement;
                    (C) any violation of the provisions of this 
                Act, and the regulations prescribed under this 
                Act, by the applicant or any of its affiliates;
                    (D) any penalties incurred by the applicant 
                or any of its affiliates for any reason, 
                including violation of a stipulated performance 
                schedule under subsection (f); and
                    (E) any other circumstances that the Board 
                considers appropriate.
            (2) Limitation on transfer of loan proceeds.--An 
        applicant for a loan guarantee under this Act may not 
        transfer any part of the proceeds of the loan to an 
        affiliate.
    (p) Effect of Bankruptcy.--
            (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
        whenever any person or entity is indebted to the United 
        States as a result of any loan guarantee issued under 
        this Act and such person or entity is insolvent or is a 
        debtor in a case under title 11, United States Code, 
        the debts due to the United States shall be satisfied 
        first.
            (2) A discharge in bankruptcy under title 11, 
        United States Code, shall not release a person or 
        entity from an obligation to the United States in 
        connection with a loan guarantee under this Act.

SEC. 1006. ANNUAL AUDIT.

    (a) Requirement.--The Comptroller General of the United 
States shall conduct on an annual basis an audit of--
            (1) the administration of the provisions of this 
        Act; and
            (2) the financial position of each applicant who 
        receives a loan guarantee under this Act, including the 
        nature, amount, and purpose of investments made by the 
        applicant.
    (b) Report.--The Comptroller General shall submit to the 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate 
and the Committee on Banking and Financial Services of the 
House of Representatives a report on each audit conducted under 
subsection (a).

SEC. 1007. IMPROVED CELLULAR SERVICE IN RURAL AREAS.

    (a) Reinstatement of Applicants as Tentative Selectees.--
            (1) In General.--Notwithstanding the order of the 
        Federal Communications Commission in the proceeding 
        described in paragraph (3), the Commission shall--
                    (A) reinstate each applicant as a tentative 
                selectee under the covered rural service area 
                licensing proceeding; and
                    (B) permit each applicant to amend its 
                application, to the extent necessary to update 
                factual information and to comply with the 
                rules of the Commission, at any time before the 
                Commission's final licensing action in the 
                covered rural service area licensing 
                proceeding.
            (2) Exemption from petitions to deny.--For purposes 
        of the amended applications filed pursuant to paragraph 
        (1)(B), the provisions of section 309(d)(1) of the 
        Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(d)(1)) shall 
        not apply.
            (3) Proceeding.--The proceeding described in this 
        paragraph is the proceeding of the Commission In re 
        Applications of Cellwave Telephone Services L.P., 
        Futurewave General Partners L.P., and Great Western 
        Cellular Partners, 7 FCC Rcd No. 19 (1992).
    (b) Continuation of License Proceeding; Fee Assessment.--
            (1) Award of licenses.--The Commission shall award 
        licenses under the covered rural service area licensing 
        proceeding within 90 days after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act.
            (2) Service requirements.--The Commission shall 
        provide that, as a condition of an applicant receiving 
        a license pursuant to the covered rural service area 
        licensing proceeding, the applicant shall provide 
        cellular radiotelephone service to subscribers in 
        accordance with sections 22.946 and 22.947 of the 
        Commission's rules (47 CFR 22.946, 22.947); except that 
        the time period applicable under section 22.947 of the 
        Commission's rules (or any successor rule) to the 
        applicants identified in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of 
        subsection (d)(1) shall be 3 years rather than 5 years 
        and the waiver authority of the Commission shall apply 
        to such 3-year period.
            (3) Calculation of license fee.--
                    (A) Fee required.--The Commission shall 
                establish a fee for each of the licenses under 
                the covered rural service area licensing 
                proceeding. In determining the amount of the 
                fee, the Commission shall consider--
                            (i) the average price paid per 
                        person served in the Commission's 
                        Cellular Unserved Auction (Auction No. 
                        12); and
                            (ii) the settlement payments 
                        required to be paid by the permittees 
                        pursuant to the consent decree set 
                        forth in the Commission's order, In re 
                        the Tellesis Partners (7 FCC Rcd 3168 
                        (1992)), multiplying such payments by 
                        two.
                    (B) Notice of fee.--Within 30 days after 
                the date an applicant files the amended 
                application permitted by subsection (a)(1)(B), 
                the Commission shall notify each applicant of 
                the fee established for the license associated 
                with its application.
            (4) Payment for licenses.--No later than 18 months 
        after the date that an applicant is granted a license, 
        each applicant shall pay to the Commission the fee 
        established pursuant to paragraph (3) for the license 
        granted to the applicant under paragraph (1).
            (5) Auction authority.--If, after the amendment of 
        an application pursuant to subsection (a)(1)(B), the 
        Commission finds that the applicant is ineligible for 
        grant of a license to provide cellular radiotelephone 
        services for a rural service area or the applicant does 
        not meet the requirements under paragraph (2) of this 
        subsection, the Commission shall grant the license for 
        which the applicant is the tentative selectee (pursuant 
        to subsection (a)(1)(B) by competitive bidding pursuant 
        to section 309(j) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
        U.S.C. 309(j)).
    (c) Prohibition of Transfer.--During the 5-year period that 
begins on the date that an applicant is granted any license 
pursuant to subsection (a), the Commission may not authorize 
the transfer or assignment of that license under section 310 of 
the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 310). Nothing in this 
Act may be construed to prohibit any applicant granted a 
license pursuant to subsection (a) from contracting with other 
licensees to improve cellular telephone service.
    (d) Definitions.--For the purposes of this section, the 
following definitions shall apply:
            (1) Applicant.--The term ``applicant'' means--
                    (A) Great Western Cellular Partners, a 
                California general partnership chosen by the 
                Commission as tentative selectee for RSA #492 
                on May 4, 1989;
                    (B) Monroe Telephone Services L.P., a 
                Delaware limited partnership chosen by the 
                Commission as tentative selectee for RSA #370 
                on August 24, 1989 (formerly Cellwave Telephone 
                Services L.P.); and
                    (C) FutureWave General Partners L.P., a 
                Delaware limited partnership chosen by the 
                Commission as tentative selectee for RSA #615 
                on May 25, 1990.
            (2) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the 
        Federal Communications Commission.
            (3) Covered rural service area licensing 
        proceeding.--The term ``covered rural service area 
        licensing proceeding'' means the proceeding of the 
        Commission for the grant of cellular radiotelephone 
        licenses for rural service areas #492 (Minnesota 11), 
        #370 (Florida 11), and #615 (Pennsylvania 4).
            (4) Tentative selectee.--The term ``tentative 
        selectee'' means a party that has been selected by the 
        Commission under a licensing proceeding for grant of a 
        license, but has not yet been granted the license 
        because the Commission has not yet determined whether 
        the party is qualified under the Commission's rules for 
        grant of the license.

SEC. 1008. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.

    Section 339(c) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
339(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph:
            ``(5) Definition.--Notwithstanding subsection 
        (d)(4), for purposes of paragraphs (2) and (4) of this 
        subsection, the term `satellite carrier' includes a 
        distributor (as defined in section 119(d)(1) of title 
        17, United States Code), but only if the satellite 
        distributor's relationship with the subscriber includes 
        billing, collection, service activation, and service 
        deactivation.''.

SEC. 1009. SUNSET.

    No loan guarantee may be approved under this Act after 
December 31, 2006.

SEC. 1010. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Affiliate.--The term ``affiliate''--
                    (A) means any person or entity that 
                controls, or is controlled by, or is under 
                common control with, another person or entity; 
                and
                    (B) may include any individual who is a 
                director or senior management officer of an 
                affiliate, a shareholder controlling more than 
                25 percent of the voting securities of an 
                affiliate, or more than 25 percent of the 
                ownership interest in an affiliate not 
                organized in stock form.
            (2) Nonserved area.--The term ``nonserved area'' 
        means any area that--
                    (A) is outside the grade B contour (as 
                determined using standards employed by the 
                Federal Communications Commission) of the local 
                television broadcast signals serving a 
                particular designated market area; and
                    (B) does not have access to such signals by 
                any commercial, for profit, multichannel video 
                provider.
            (3) Underserved area.--The term ``underserved 
        area'' means any area that--
                    (A) is outside the grade A contour (as 
                determined using standards employed by the 
                Federal Communications Commission) of the local 
                television broadcast signals serving a 
                particular designated market area; and
                    (B) has access to local television 
                broadcast signals from not more than one 
                commercial, for-profit multichannel video 
                provider.
            (4) Common terms.--Except as provided in paragraphs 
        (1) through (3), any term used in this Act that is 
        defined in the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
        151 et seq.) has the meaning given that term in the 
        Communications Act of 1934.

SEC. 1011. AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) Cost of Loan Guarantees.--For the cost of the loans 
guaranteed under this Act, including the cost of modifying the 
loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 661(a)), there are authorized to be 
appropriated for fiscal years 2001 through 2006, such amounts 
as may be necessary.
    (b) Cost of Administration.--There is hereby authorized to 
be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the 
provisions of this Act, other than to cover costs under 
subsection (a).
    (c) Availability.--Any amounts appropriated pursuant to the 
authorizations of appropriations in subsections (a) and (b) 
shall remain available until expended.

SEC. 1012. PREVENTION OF INTERFERENCE TO DIRECT BROADCAST SATELLITE 
                    SERVICES.

    (a) Testing for Harmful Interference.--The Federal 
Communications Commission shall provide for an independent 
technical demonstration of any terrestrial service technology 
proposed by any entity that has filed an application to provide 
terrestrial service in the direct broadcast satellite frequency 
band to determine whether the terrestrial service technology 
proposed to be provided by that entity will cause harmful 
interference to any direct broadcast satellite service.
    (b) Technical Demonstration.--In order to satisfy the 
requirement of subsection (a) for any pending application, the 
Commission shall select an engineering firm or other qualified 
entity independent of any interested party based on a 
recommendation made by the Institute of Electrical and 
Electronics Engineers (IEEE), or a similar independent 
professional organization, to perform the technical 
demonstration or analysis. The demonstration shall be concluded 
within 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act and 
shall be subject to public notice and comment for not more than 
30 days thereafter.
    (c) Definitions.--As used in this section:
            (1) Direct broadcast satellite frequency band.--The 
        term ``direct broadcast satellite frequency band'' 
        means the band of frequencies at 12.2 to 12.7 
        gigahertz.
            (2) Direct broadcast satellite service.--The term 
        ``direct broadcast satellite service'' means any direct 
        broadcast satellite system operating in the direct 
        broadcast satellite frequency band.

          TITLE XI--ENCOURAGING IMMIGRANT FAMILY REUNIFICATION

SEC. 1101. SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as--
            (1) the ``Legal Immigration Family Equity Act''; or
            (2) the ``LIFE Act''.

SEC. 1102. NONIMMIGRANT STATUS FOR SPOUSES AND CHILDREN OF PERMANENT 
                    RESIDENTS AWAITING THE AVAILABILITY OF AN IMMIGRANT 
                    VISA; PROVISIONS AFFECTING SUBSEQUENT ADJUSTMENT OF 
                    STATUS FOR SUCH NONIMMIGRANTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (T), by striking ``or'' at the 
        end;
            (2) in subparagraph (U), by striking the period at 
        the end and inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(V) subject to section 214(o), an alien who is 
        the beneficiary (including a child of the principal 
        alien, if eligible to receive a visa under section 
        203(d)) of a petition to accord a status under section 
        203(a)(2)(A) that was filed with the Attorney General 
        under section 204 on or before the date of the 
        enactment of the Legal Immigration Family Equity Act, 
        if--
                    ``(i) such petition has been pending for 3 
                years or more; or
                    ``(ii) such petition has been approved, 3 
                years or more have elapsed since such filing 
                date, and--
                            ``(I) an immigrant visa is not 
                        immediately available to the alien 
                        because of a waiting list of applicants 
                        for visas under section 203(a)(2)(A); 
                        or
                            ``(II) the alien's application for 
                        an immigrant visa, or the alien's 
                        application for adjustment of status 
                        under section 245, pursuant to the 
                        approval of such petition, remains 
                        pending.
    (b) Provisions Affecting Nonimmigrant Status.--Section 214 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(o)(1) In the case of a nonimmigrant described in section 
101(a)(15)(V)--
            ``(A) the Attorney General shall authorize the 
        alien to engage in employment in the United States 
        during the period of authorized admission and shall 
        provide the alien with an `employment authorized' 
        endorsement or other appropriate document signifying 
        authorization of employment; and
            ``(B) the period of authorized admission as such a 
        nonimmigrant shall terminate 30 days after the date on 
        which any of the following is denied:
                    ``(i) The petition filed under section 204 
                to accord the alien a status under section 
                203(a)(2)(A) (or, in the case of a child 
                granted nonimmigrant status based on 
                eligibility to receive a visa under section 
                203(d), the petition filed to accord the 
                child's parent a status under section 
                203(a)(2)(A)).
                    ``(ii) The alien's application for an 
                immigrant visa pursuant to the approval of such 
                petition.
                    ``(iii) The alien's application for 
                adjustment of status under section 245 pursuant 
                to the approval of such petition.
    ``(2) In determining whether an alien is eligible to be 
admitted to the United States as a nonimmigrant under section 
101(a)(15)(V), the grounds for inadmissibility specified in 
section 212(a)(9)(B) shall not apply.
    ``(3) The status of an alien physically present in the 
United States may be adjusted by the Attorney General, in the 
discretion of the Attorney General and under such regulations 
as the Attorney General may prescribe, to that of a 
nonimmigrant under section 101(a)(15)(V), if the alien--
            ``(A) applies for such adjustment;
            ``(B) satisfies the requirements of such section; 
        and
            ``(C) is eligible to be admitted to the United 
        States, except in determining such admissibility, the 
        grounds for inadmissibility specified in paragraphs 
        (6)(A), (7), and (9)(B) of section 212(a) shall not 
        apply.''.
    (c) Provisions Affecting Permanent Resident Status.--
Section 245 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1255) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(m)(1) The status of a nonimmigrant described in section 
101(a)(15)(V) who the Attorney General determines was 
physically present in the United States at any time during the 
period beginning on July 1, 2000, and ending on October 1, 
2000, may be adjusted by the Attorney General, in the 
discretion of the Attorney General and under such regulations 
as the Attorney General may prescribe, to that of an alien 
lawfully admitted for permanent residence, if--
            ``(A) the alien makes an application for such 
        adjustment;
            ``(B) the alien is eligible to receive an immigrant 
        visa and is admissible to the United States for 
        permanent residence, except in determining such 
        admissibility, the grounds for inadmissibility 
        specified in paragraphs (6)(A), (7), and (9)(B) of 
        section 212(a) shall not apply; and
            ``(C) an immigrant visa is immediately available to 
        the alien at the time the alien's application is filed.
    ``(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to an alien who has 
failed (other than through no fault of the alien or for 
technical reasons) to maintain continuously a lawful status 
since obtaining the status of a nonimmigrant described in 
section 101(a)(15)(V).
    ``(3) Upon the approval of an application for adjustment 
made under paragraph (1), the Attorney General shall record the 
alien's lawful admission for permanent residence as of the date 
the order of the Attorney General approving the application for 
the adjustment of status is made, and the Secretary of State 
shall reduce by one the number of the preference visas 
authorized to be issued under sections 202 and 203 within the 
class to which the alien is chargeable for the fiscal year then 
current.
    ``(4) The Attorney General may accept an application for 
adjustment made under paragraph (1) only if the alien remits 
with such application a sum equalling $1,000, except that such 
sum shall not be required from an alien if it would not be 
required from the alien if the alien were applying under 
subsection (i).
    ``(5) The sum specified in paragraph (4) shall be in 
addition to the fee normally required for the processing of an 
application under this section.
    ``(6)(A) The portion of each application fee (not to exceed 
$200) that the Attorney General determines is required to 
process an application under this subsection shall be disposed 
of by the Attorney General as provided in subsections (m), (n), 
and (o) of section 286.
    ``(B) One-half of any remaining portion of such fee shall 
be deposited by the Attorney General into the Immigration 
Examination Fee Account established under section 286(m), and 
one-half of any remaining portion of such fees shall be 
deposited by the Attorney General into the Breached Bond/
Detention Fund established under section 286(r).
    ``(7) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as 
precluding a nonimmigrant described in section 101(a)(15)(V) 
who is eligible for adjustment of status under subsection (a) 
from applying for and obtaining adjustment under such 
subsection. In the case of such an application, the alien shall 
be required to remit only the fee normally required for the 
processing of an application under subsection (a).''.
    (d) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Admission of nonimmigrants.--Section 214 of the 
        Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184) is 
        amended, in each of subsections (b) and (h), by 
        striking ``(H)(i) or (L)'' and inserting ``(H)(i), (L), 
        or (V)''.
            (2) Adjustment of status.--Section 245 of the 
        Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1255) is 
        amended--
                    (A) in each of subsections (d) and (f), by 
                striking ``under subsection (a),'' each place 
                such term appears and inserting ``under 
                subsection (a) or (m),''; and
                    (B) in subsection (e)(1), by striking 
                ``subsection (a).'' and inserting ``subsection 
                (a) or (m).''.
    (e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and 
shall apply to an alien who is the beneficiary of a 
classification petition filed under section 204 of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act on or before the date of the 
enactment of this Act.

SEC. 1103. NONIMMIGRANT STATUS FOR SPOUSES AND CHILDREN OF CITIZENS 
                    AWAITING THE AVAILABILITY OF AN IMMIGRANT VISA.

    (a) In General.--Section 101(a)(15)(K) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(K)) is amended to 
read as follows:
            ``(K) subject to subsections (d) and (p) of section 
        214, an alien who--
                    ``(i) is the fiancee or fiance of a citizen 
                of the United States and who seeks to enter the 
                United States solely to conclude a valid 
                marriage with the petitioner within ninety days 
                after admission;
                    ``(ii) has concluded a valid marriage with 
                a citizen of the United States who is the 
                petitioner, is the beneficiary of a petition to 
                accord a status under section 201(b)(2)(A)(i) 
                that was filed under section 204 by the 
                petitioner, and seeks to enter the United 
                States to await the approval of such petition 
                and the availability to the alien of an 
                immigrant visa; or
                    ``(iii) is the minor child of an alien 
                described in clause (i) or (ii) and is 
                accompanying, or following to join, the 
                alien;''.
    (b) Provisions Affecting Nonimmigrant Status.--Section 214 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184), as 
amended by section 2 of this Act, is further amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(p)(1) A visa shall not be issued under the provisions of 
section 101(a)(15)(K)(ii) until the consular officer has 
received a petition filed in the United States by the spouse of 
the applying alien and approved by the Attorney General. The 
petition shall be in such form and contain such information as 
the Attorney General shall, by regulation, prescribe.
    ``(2) In the case of an alien seeking admission under 
section 101(a)(15)(K)(ii) who concluded a marriage with a 
citizen of the United States outside the United States, the 
alien shall be considered inadmissible under section 
212(a)(7)(B) if the alien is not at the time of application for 
admission in possession of a valid nonimmigrant visa issued by 
a consular officer in the foreign state in which the marriage 
was concluded.
    ``(3) In the case of a nonimmigrant described in section 
101(a)(15)(K)(ii), and any child of such a nonimmigrant who was 
admitted as accompanying, or following to join, such a 
nonimmigrant, the period of authorized admission shall 
terminate 30 days after the date on which any of the following 
is denied:
            ``(A) The petition filed under section 204 to 
        accord the principal alien status under section 
        201(b)(2)(A)(i).
            ``(B) The principal alien's application for an 
        immigrant visa pursuant to the approval of such 
        petition.
            ``(C) The principal alien's application for 
        adjustment of status under section 245 pursuant to the 
        approval of such petition.''.
    (c) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Admission of nonimmigrants.--Section 214(d) of 
        the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(d)) 
        is amended by striking ``101(a)(15)(K)'' and inserting 
        ``101(a)(15)(K)(i)''.
            (2) Conditional permanent resident status.--Section 
        216 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
        1186a) is amended, in each of subsections (b)(1)(B) and 
        (d)(1)(A)(ii), by striking ``214(d)'' and inserting 
        ``subsection (d) or (p) of section 214''.
            (3) Adjustment of status.--Section 245 of the 
        Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1255) is 
        amended--
                    (A) in subsection (d), by striking 
                ``(relating to an alien fiancee or fiance or 
                the minor child of such alien)''; and
                    (B) in subsection (e)(3), by striking 
                ``214(d)'' and inserting ``subsection (d) or 
                (p) of section 214''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and 
shall apply to an alien who is the beneficiary of a 
classification petition filed under section 204 of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act before, on, or after the date 
of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 1104. ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS OF CERTAIN CLASS ACTION PARTICIPANTS 
                    WHO ENTERED BEFORE JANUARY 1, 1982, TO THAT OF 
                    PERSON ADMITTED FOR LAWFUL RESIDENCE.

    (a) In General.--In the case of an eligible alien described 
in subsection (b), the provisions of section 245A of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1255a), as modified 
by subsection (c), shall apply to the alien.
    (b) Eligible Aliens Described.--An alien is an eligible 
alien described in this subsection if, before October 1, 2000, 
the alien filed with the Attorney General a written claim for 
class membership, with or without a filing fee, pursuant to a 
court order issued in the case of--
            (1) Catholic Social Services, Inc. v. Meese, 
        vacated sub nom. Reno v. Catholic Social Services, 
        Inc., 509 U.S. 43 (1993); or
            (2) League of United Latin American Citizens v. 
        INS, vacated sub nom. Reno v. Catholic Social Services, 
        Inc., 509 U.S. 43 (1993).
    (c) Modifications to Provisions Governing Adjustment of 
Status.--The modifications to section 245A of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act that apply to an eligible alien described 
in subsection (b) of this section are the following:
            (1) Temporary resident status.--Subsection (a) of 
        such section 245A shall not apply.
            (2) Adjustment to permanent resident status.--In 
        lieu of paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b) of 
        such section 245A, the Attorney General shall be 
        required to adjust the status of an eligible alien 
        described in subsection (b) of this section to that of 
        an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence if 
        the alien meets the following requirements:
                    (A) Application Period.--The alien must 
                file with the Attorney General an application 
                for such adjustment during the 12-month period 
                beginning on the date on which the Attorney 
                General issues final regulations to implement 
                this section.
                    (B) Continuous unlawful residence.--
                            (i) In general.--The alien must 
                        establish that the alien entered the 
                        United States before January 1, 1982, 
                        and that he or she has resided 
                        continuously in the United States in an 
                        unlawful status since such date and 
                        through May 4, 1988. In determining 
                        whether an alien maintained continuous 
                        unlawful residence in the United States 
                        for purposes of this subparagraph, the 
                        regulations prescribed by the Attorney 
                        General under section 245A(g) of the 
                        Immigration and Nationality Act that 
                        were most recently in effect before the 
                        date of the enactment of this Act shall 
                        apply.
                            (ii) Nonimmigrants.--In the case of 
                        an alien who entered the United States 
                        as a nonimmigrant before January 1, 
                        1982, the alien must establish that the 
                        alien's period of authorized stay as a 
                        nonimmigrant expired before such date 
                        through the passage of time or the 
                        alien's unlawful status was known to 
                        the Government as of such date.
                            (iii) Exchange visitors.--If the 
                        alien was at any time a nonimmigrant 
                        exchange alien (as defined in section 
                        101(a)(15)(J) of the Immigration and 
                        Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
                        1101(a)(15)(J)), the alien must 
                        establish that the alien was not 
                        subject to the two-year foreign 
                        residence requirement of section 212(e) 
                        of such Act or has fulfilled that 
                        requirement or received a waiver 
                        thereof.
                            (iv) Cuban and haitian entrants.--
                        For purposes of this section, an alien 
                        in the status of a Cuban and Haitian 
                        entrant described in paragraph (1) or 
                        (2)(A) of section 501(e) of Public Law 
                        96-422 shall be considered to have 
                        entered the United States and to be in 
                        an unlawful status in the United 
                        States.
                    (C) Continuous physical presence.--
                            (i) In general.--The alien must 
                        establish that the alien was 
                        continuously physically present in the 
                        United States during the period 
                        beginning on November 6, 1986, and 
                        ending on May 4, 1988, except that--
                                    (I) an alien shall not be 
                                considered to have failed to 
                                maintain continuous physical 
                                presence in the United States 
                                for purposes of this 
                                subparagraph by virtue of 
                                brief, casual, and innocent 
                                absences from the United 
                                States; and
                                    (II) brief, casual, and 
                                innocent absences from the 
                                United States shall not be 
                                limited to absences with 
                                advance parole.
                            (ii) Admissions.--Nothing in this 
                        section shall be construed as 
                        authorizing an alien to apply for 
                        admission to, or to be admitted to, the 
                        United States in order to apply for 
                        adjustment of status under this section 
                        or section 245A of the Immigration and 
                        Nationality Act.
                    (D) Admissible as immigrant.--The alien 
                must establish that the alien--
                            (i) is admissible to the United 
                        States as an immigrant, except as 
                        otherwise provided under section 
                        245A(d)(2) of the Immigration and 
                        Nationality Act;
                            (ii) has not been convicted of any 
                        felony or of three or more misdemeanors 
                        committed in the United States;
                            (iii) has not assisted in the 
                        persecution of any person or persons on 
                        account of race, religion, nationality, 
                        membership in a particular social 
                        group, or political opinion; and
                            (iv) is registered or registering 
                        under the Military Selective Service 
                        Act, if the alien is required to be so 
                        registered under that Act.
                    (E) Basic citizenship skills.--
                            (i) In general.--The alien must 
                        demonstrate that the alien either--
                                    (I) meets the requirements 
                                of section 312(a) of the 
                                Immigration and Nationality Act 
                                (8 U.S.C. 1423(a)) (relating to 
                                minimal understanding of 
                                ordinary English and a 
                                knowledge and understanding of 
                                the history and government of 
                                the United States); or
                                    (II) is satisfactorily 
                                pursuing a course of study 
                                (recognized by the Attorney 
                                General) to achieve such an 
                                understanding of English and 
                                such a knowledge and 
                                understanding of the history 
                                and government of the United 
                                States.
                            (ii) Exception for elderly or 
                        developmentally disabled individuals.--
                        The Attorney General may, in the 
                        discretion of the Attorney General, 
                        waive all or part of the requirements 
                        of clause (i) in the case of an alien 
                        who is 65 years of age or older or who 
                        is developmentally disabled.
                            (iii) Relation to naturalization 
                        examination.--In accordance with 
                        regulations of the Attorney General, an 
                        alien who has demonstrated under clause 
                        (i)(I) that the alien meets the 
                        requirements of section 312(a) of the 
                        Immigration and Nationality Act may be 
                        considered to have satisfied the 
                        requirements of that section for 
                        purposes of becoming naturalized as a 
                        citizen of the United States under 
                        title III of such Act.
            (3) Temporary stay of removal, authorized travel, 
        and employment during pendency of application.--In lieu 
        of subsections (b)(3) and (e)(2) of such section 245A, 
        the Attorney General shall provide that, in the case of 
        an eligible alien described in subsection (b) of this 
        section who presents a prima facie application for 
        adjustment of status to that of an alien lawfully 
        admitted for permanent residence under such section 
        245A during the application period described in 
        paragraph (2)(A), until a final determination on the 
        application has been made--
                    (A) the alien may not be deported or 
                removed from the United States;
                    (B) the Attorney General shall, in 
                accordance with regulations, permit the alien 
                to return to the United States after such brief 
                and casual trips abroad as reflect an intention 
                on the part of the alien to adjust to lawful 
                permanent resident status and after brief 
                temporary trips abroad occasioned by a family 
                obligation involving an occurrence such as the 
                illness or death of a close relative or other 
                family need; and
                    (C) the Attorney General shall grant the 
                alien authorization to engage in employment in 
                the United States and provide to that alien an 
                ``employment authorized'' endorsement or other 
                appropriate work permit.
            (4) Applications.--Paragraphs (1) through (4) of 
        subsection (c) of such section 245A shall not apply.
            (5) Confidentiality of information.--Subsection 
        (c)(5) of such section 245A shall apply to information 
        furnished by an eligible alien described in subsection 
        (b) pursuant to any application filed under such 
        section 245A or this section, except that the Attorney 
        General (and other officials and employees of the 
        Department of Justice and any bureau or agency thereof) 
        may use such information for purposes of rescinding, 
        pursuant to section 246(a) of the Immigration and 
        Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1256(a)), any adjustment of 
        status obtained by the alien.
            (6) Use of fees for immigration-related unfair 
        employment practices.--Notwithstanding subsection 
        (c)(7)(C) of such section 245A, no application fee paid 
        to the Attorney General pursuant to this section by an 
        eligible alien described in subsection (b) of this 
        section shall be available in any fiscal year for the 
        purpose described in such subsection (c)(7)(C).
            (7) Temporary stay of removal and work 
        authorization for certain applicants before application 
        period.--In lieu of subsection (e)(1) of such section 
        245A, the Attorney General shall provide that in the 
        case of an eligible alien described in subsection (b) 
        of this section who is apprehended before the beginning 
        of the application period described in paragraph (2)(A) 
        and who can establish a prima facie case of eligibility 
        to have his status adjusted under such section 245A 
        pursuant to this section (but for the fact that he may 
        not apply for such adjustment until the beginning of 
        such period), until the alien has had the opportunity 
        during the first 30 days of the application period to 
        complete the filing of an application for adjustment, 
        the alien--
                    (A) may not be deported or removed from the 
                United States; and
                    (B) shall be granted authorization to 
                engage in employment in the United States and 
                be provided an ``employment authorized'' 
                endorsement or other appropriate work permit.
            (8) Jurisdiction of courts.--Effective as of 
        November 6, 1986, subsection (f)(4)(C) of such section 
        245A shall not apply to an eligible alien described in 
        subsection (b) of this section.
            (9) Public welfare assistance.--Subsection (h) of 
        such section 245A shall not apply.
    (d) Applications From Abroad.--The Attorney General shall 
establish a process under which an alien who has become 
eligible to apply for adjustment of status to that of an alien 
lawfully admitted for permanent residence as a result of the 
enactment of this section and who is not physically present in 
the United States may apply for such adjustment from abroad.
    (e) Deadline for Regulations.--The Attorney General shall 
issue regulations to implement this section not later than 120 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (f) Administrative and Judicial Review.--The provisions of 
subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 245A(f)(4) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1255a(f)(4)) shall 
apply to administrative or judicial review of a determination 
under this section or of a determination respecting an 
application for adjustment of status under section 245A of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act filed pursuant to this section.
    (g) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the term 
``such section 245A'' means section 245A of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1255a).
    Titles I through VII of this Act may be cited as the 
``Department of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001.''

DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED 
                        AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS

      Following is explanatory language on H.R. 5548, as 
introduced on October 25, 2000.
      The conferees on H.R. 4942 agree with the matter included 
in H.R. 5548 and enacted in this conference report by reference 
and the following description of it. The bill was developed 
through negotiations by subcommittee members of the Departments 
of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related 
Agencies Subcommittees of the House and Senate on the 
differences in the House passed and Senate reported versions of 
H.R. 4690. References in the following description to the 
``conference agreement'' mean the matter included in the 
introduced bill enacted by this conference report. References 
to the House bill mean the House passed version of H.R. 4690. 
References to the Senate reported amendment mean the Senate 
reported version of H.R. 4690.
      The House passed H.R. 4690 on June 26, 2000. The Senate 
reported from Committee a Senate amendment to H.R. 4690 on July 
21, 2000. References in the following statement to 
appropriations amounts or other items proposed by the House 
bill or the Senate-reported amendment refer only to those 
amounts and items recommended in the House-passed and Senate-
reported versions of H.R. 4690. Any reference to appropriations 
amounts or other items included in the conference agreement 
reflects the final agreement on H.R. 4690. This statement 
reflects how the funds provided in the conference agreement are 
to be spent.
      Senate-reported amendment: The Senate Appropriations 
Committee considered H.R. 4690 as passed by the House, struck 
all after the enacting clause, and inserted the text of the 
Senate-reported amendment. The conference agreement includes a 
revised bill.

                     TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

                         General Administration

                         salaries and expenses

      The conference agreement includes $88,713,000 for General 
Administration, instead of $83,713,000 as proposed in the 
Senate-reported amendment and $84,177,000 as proposed in the 
House bill.
      The conference agreement adopts by reference the House 
report language regarding budget ``shortfalls'' and racial 
disparities in Federal capital prosecutions.
      The conference agreement includes a $5,000,000 transfer 
from the Immigration and Naturalization Service Salaries and 
Expenses account to continue the planned integration of the 
Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) IDENT system and 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) IAFIS system.
      The conference agreement includes a $5,000,000 increase 
for the Office of Intelligence Policy and Review for Foreign 
Intelligence Surveillance Act applications.
      The conference agreement includes bill language contained 
in the House bill specifying the amount of funding provided for 
the Department Leadership Program and the Offices of 
Legislative and Public Affairs.

                     joint automated booking system

      The conference agreement includes $15,915,000 for the 
Joint Automated Booking System (JABS) program as proposed in 
the Senate-reported amendment, instead of $1,800,000 as 
proposed in the House bill.

                       narrowband communications

      The conference agreement includes $205,000,000 for 
narrowband communications conversion activities as proposed in 
the Senate-reported amendment, instead of $95,445,000 as 
proposed in the House bill. The conference agreement provides 
funding necessary to continue implementation of the Department 
of Justice Wireless Network (JWN), and for operations and 
maintenance of legacy systems. The Wireless Management Office 
(WMO) is directed to submit quarterly status reports on 
implementation of the JWN, with the first such report due no 
later than February 15, 2001.
      The conference agreement deletes a citation included in 
the House bill but not included in the Senate-reported 
amendment.

                         counterterrorism fund

      The conference agreement includes $5,000,000 for the 
Counterterrorism Fund as proposed in the Senate-reported 
amendment, instead of $10,000,000 as proposed in the House 
bill. When combined with $32,844,150 in prior year carryover, a 
total of $37,844,150 will be available in the Fund in fiscal 
year 2001 to cover unanticipated, extraordinary expenses 
incurred as a result of a terrorist threat or incident.
      The conference agreement retains language, included in 
the House bill and carried in previous Acts, authorizing the 
Attorney General to make expenditures from the fund, subject to 
section 605 of this Act. The Senate-reported amendment proposed 
to give this authority to a new Deputy Attorney General.

               telecommunications carrier compliance fund

      The conference agreement includes $201,420,000 for the 
Telecommunications Carrier Compliance program for 
implementation of the Communications Assistance for Law 
Enforcement Act of 1994 (CALEA), instead of $278,021,000 as 
proposed in the House bill. The Senate-reported amendment did 
not include funding for this activity. This amount, when 
combined with funds previously made available, will provide the 
full $500,000,000 authorized and required to implement CALEA.
      The conference agreement concurs with the direction in 
the House report that the Department and the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation (FBI) are to remain focused on the timely 
implementation of CALEA, and have therefore included 
$17,300,000 within the FBI Salaries and Expenses account for 
CALEA implementation. The Department of Justice is directed to 
submit a reorganization proposal no later than November 15, 
2000, to ensure coordination of CALEA implementation and other 
related electronic surveillance issues.

                   administrative review and appeals

      The conference agreement includes $161,062,000 for 
Administrative Review and Appeals, instead of $159,570,000 as 
proposed in the House bill and $112,814,000 as proposed in the 
Senate-reported amendment. Of the total amount provided, 
$159,335,000 is for the Executive Office for Immigration Review 
(EOIR) and $1,727,000 is for the Office of the Pardon Attorney.
      The conference agreement includes $9,566,000 for 
adjustments to base, and $3,000,000, 37 positions and 19 full-
time equivalent workyears (FTE) to address the increased 
Immigration Judge and appellate caseload. In addition, EOIR is 
directed to provide such sums as necessary for point-to-point 
installation of video-conferencing equipment in accordance with 
EOIR's plan and the Senate report. The conference agreement 
also includes direction under the INS Examinations Fees account 
regarding continued support for contract court interpreter 
services.

                           detention trustee

      The conference agreement includes $1,000,000 to establish 
a new Federal Detention Trustee within the Department of 
Justice as proposed in the House bill. The Senate-reported 
amendment did not address this matter. The conference agreement 
reflects the concerns expressed in the House report regarding 
the planning and management of detention space in the 
Department of Justice. Therefore, the direction included in the 
House report regarding the authorities and duties of this new 
Trustee, and the establishment of regional pilot projects to 
test better mechanisms for addressing detention needs, is 
adopted by reference. Further, the Department of Justice is 
expected to consolidate all detention resources under the 
Trustee as part of the fiscal year 2002 budget submission.

                      office of inspector general

      The conference agreement includes $41,575,000 for the 
Office of Inspector General (OIG) instead of $41,825,000 as 
proposed in the House bill and $42,192,000 as proposed in the 
Senate-reported amendment. The conference agreement also 
assumes that $1,500,000 in INS fees will be available to the 
OIG.
      The conference agreement directs the Department of 
Justice to review its procedures for releasing OIG 
investigatory material and findings and inform the Committees 
on Appropriations by June 1, 2001, if any procedures should be 
modified.
      The OIG is directed to submit future budget requests 
separating OIG Leadership Offices and OIG Operational Offices. 
The OIG Leadership Offices decision unit should include the 
following: the Inspector General, the Deputy Inspector General, 
the Counselor to the Inspector General, the Special Counsel, 
and the Special Investigations and Review Unit. The Operational 
Offices decision unit should include the following offices: the 
Audit Division, the Investigations Division, the Inspections 
Division, and the Management and Planning Division.
      The conference agreement directs that the OIG submit a 
detailed financial plan to the Committees on Appropriations by 
December 1, 2000.

                    United States Parole Commission

                         salaries and expenses

      The conference agreement includes $8,855,000 for the U.S. 
Parole Commission, as proposed in the House bill, instead of 
the $7,380,000 as proposed in the Senate-reported amendment. 
The conference agreement adopts by reference the recommendation 
in the Senate report on detailing attorneys.

                            Legal Activities

            salaries and expenses, general legal activities

      The conference agreement includes $535,771,000 for 
General Legal Activities, instead of $523,228,000 as proposed 
in the House bill, and $494,310,000 as proposed in the Senate-
reported amendment.
      The recommendation includes base adjustments for all 
divisions, but does not include an undefined base restoration. 
The distribution of funding provided is as follows:

Office of the Solicitor General.........................      $7,118,000
Tax Division............................................      70,991,000
Criminal Division.......................................     110,851,000
Civil Division..........................................     154,092,000
Environment and Natural Resources.......................      68,703,000
Office of Legal Counsel.................................       4,967,000
Civil Rights Division...................................      92,166,000
Interpol--USNCB.........................................       7,686,000
Legal Activities Office Automation......................      18,877,000
Office of Dispute Resolution............................         320,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
        Total...........................................     535,771,000

      The conference agreement includes a $3,000,000 increase 
for the Civil Rights Division, including funding for civil 
enforcement for police misconduct, and other highest priority 
initiatives.
      The conference agreement provides $18,877,000 to remain 
available until expended for office automation costs as 
proposed in the House bill, instead of $18,571,000 as proposed 
in the Senate-reported amendment. The conference agreement 
adopts language included in the Senate-reported amendment which 
limits the use of these funds to automation costs and allows 
such funds to be used for the United States Trustees Program. 
The conference agreement adopts by reference the Senate report 
language regarding the Office of Special Investigations, and 
the House report language regarding extradition reporting and 
extradition treaties.

               THE NATIONAL CHILDHOOD VACCINE INJURY ACT

      The conference agreement includes a reimbursement of 
$4,028,000 for fiscal year 2001 from the Vaccine Injury 
Compensation Trust Fund to the Department of Justice, as 
proposed in the House bill and the Senate-reported amendment.

               SALARIES AND EXPENSES, ANTITRUST DIVISION

      The conference agreement provides $120,838,000 for the 
Antitrust Division as proposed in the Senate-reported 
amendment, instead of $113,269,000 as proposed in the House 
bill. The conference agreement assumes that of the amount 
provided, $95,838,000 will be derived from current year fee 
collections and $25,000,000 from estimated unobligated fee 
collections available from prior years, resulting in a net 
direct appropriation of $0. The use of any remaining 
unobligated fees balances from prior years is subject to the 
reprogramming requirements outlined in section 605 of this Act.
      Appropriations for both the Division and the Federal 
Trade Commission are financed with Hart-Scott-Rodino Act pre-
merger filing fees. Section 630 of this Act modifies the Hart-
Scott-Rodino Act to include a three-tiered fee structure that 
increases the filing threshold for a merger transaction from 
$15,000,000 to $50,000,000. It is anticipated that the increase 
in the filing threshold will reduce the number of mergers 
requiring review by approximately 50 percent.

             SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS

      The conference agreement includes $1,250,382,000 for the 
U.S. Attorneys, instead of $1,247,416,000 as proposed in the 
House bill, and $1,159,014,000 as proposed in the Senate-
reported amendment. The following narrative reflects how the 
funds provided in the conference agreement are to be spent.
      The conference agreement provides a net increase of 
$59,896,000 for pay and inflationary adjustments to enable the 
U.S. Attorneys to maintain the current operating level. The 
conference agreement does not include $7,425,000 requested as 
base adjustments to substitute direct appropriations for 
activities previously supported from the Health Care Fraud and 
Abuse Control (HCFAC) account. The Department of Justice is 
directed to continue to provide funding for not less than 177 
positions and 177 FTE to the U.S. Attorneys from the HCFAC 
account to support health care fraud activities.
      The conference agreement also includes the following 
program increases:
      Firearms Prosecutions.--$15,259,000, 163 positions and 82 
FTE, including 113 attorneys, to augment prosecutions under 
existing firearms statutes. This amount, when combined with 
base resources of $7,125,000, will provide a total of 
$22,384,000 for intensive firearms prosecution projects. The 
direction included in the House report regarding the criteria 
and process for allocation of these funds is adopted by 
reference. Further, the Executive Office of U.S. Attorneys is 
directed not to set aside any portion of these funds for 
headquarters priorities, but rather is to allocate these funds 
in accordance with the priorities identified by the local 
districts which will result in a direct increase in 
prosecutions under existing gun laws. In addition, the 
conference agreement adopts the Senate direction requiring the 
annualization of funds provided in fiscal year 2000 for 
firearms prosecutions, and the reporting requirement regarding 
panel attorney costs.
      Cyber Crime and Intellectual Property.--$3,974,000, 50 
positions and 25 FTE, including 28 attorneys, to augment the 
investigation and prosecution of computer and intellectual 
property crimes, including crimes identified in the No 
Electronic Theft (NET) Act, the National Information 
Infrastructure Assurance Act, and the Economic Espionage Act. 
The direction included in the Senate report regarding 
submission of a report on copyright enforcement is adopted by 
reference.
      Immigration.--$1,974,000, 24 positions and 12 FTE, 
including 13 attorneys, to address the growing criminal 
immigration caseload along the Southwest Border, with 
particular emphasis to be placed on prosecutions of individuals 
involved in alien smuggling, document fraud, and illegal aliens 
with multiple deportations. The conference agreement adopts by 
reference the direction included in the House report regarding 
submission of a spending plan for these resources.
      Indian Country.--$5,000,000, 60 positions and 30 FTE, 
including 33 attorneys, to enhance Federal investigation and 
prosecution activities in Indian Country to meet Federal 
statutory responsibilities related to Indian Country.
      Legal Education.--$2,300,000 to continue establishment of 
a distance learning facility at the National Advocacy Center 
(NAC). This amount, when combined with $15,316,000 in base 
resources, provides a total of $17,616,000 under this account 
for legal education at the National Advocacy Center (NAC). 
These funds are to be spent in accordance with the direction 
included in the Senate report.
      Within the total amount available to the U.S. Attorneys, 
the conference agreement includes $2,612,000 for technology 
demonstration projects, and adopts by reference the direction 
included in the Senate report regarding distribution of these 
resources. In addition, $1,000,000 is included from within base 
resources to continue a violent crime task force demonstration 
project, as proposed in the Senate-reported amendment. The 
conference agreement also adopts by reference the direction 
included in the House and Senate reports regarding the 
unstaffed offices report, as well as the direction included in 
the Senate report regarding an office in Western Kentucky. In 
addition, the Senate report language regarding property 
flipping, computer network privatization, and a fiscal year 
1995 quarterly reporting requirement are adopted by reference.
      The conference agreement does not adopt the 
recommendations included in the Senate report regarding the 
reallocation of existing staffing to the Southwest border and 
within the Missouri River Valley, spending freezes among object 
classifications, elimination of base funds for office 
relocations, limitations on expansion of gun prosecution 
initiatives, or pre-trial sentencing guidelines.
      In addition to identical provisions that were included in 
both the House bill and Senate-reported amendment, the 
conference agreement includes the following provisions: (1) 
providing for 9,439 positions and 9,557 workyears for the U.S. 
Attorneys, instead of 9,381 positions and 9,529 workyears as 
proposed in the House bill, and 9,120 positions and 9,398 
workyears as proposed in the Senate-reported amendment; (2) 
allowing not to exceed $2,500,000 for the National Advocacy 
Center as proposed in the Senate-reported amendment; and (3) 
providing $1,000,000 for violent crime task forces to remain 
available until expended as proposed in the Senate-reported 
amendment. The conference agreement does not include language 
proposed in the Senate bill withholding 50 percent of funds 
available to U.S. Attorneys until the Attorney General 
establishes certain rules and penalties in accordance with the 
Senate version of the fiscal year 2000 appropriations bill.

                   UNITED STATES TRUSTEE SYSTEM FUND

      The conference agreement provides $125,997,000 for the 
U.S. Trustees for fiscal year 2001, to be entirely funded from 
offsetting collections, instead of $126,242,000 proposed in the 
House bill and $127,212,000 proposed in the Senate-reported 
amendment. The conference agreement does not provide amounts 
the budget request assumed would carry forward to fiscal year 
2002. The conference agreement adopts by reference the Senate 
report language on the National Advocacy Center (NAC). The 
conference agreement also adopts House report language on the 
reprogramming of offsetting collections.

      SALARIES AND EXPENSES, FOREIGN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT COMMISSION

      The conference agreement provides $1,107,000 for the 
Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, instead of $1,000,000 as 
proposed in the House bill and $1,214,000 as proposed in the 
Senate-reported amendment.

         SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE

      The conference agreement includes $572,695,000 for the 
U.S. Marshals Service Salaries and Expenses account, instead of 
$560,438,000 as proposed in the House bill and $550,472,000 as 
proposed in the Senate-reported amendment. The following 
narrative reflects how the funds provided in the conference 
agreement are to be spent.
      The amount included in the conference agreement includes 
a $4,713,000 net increase in base adjustments, as follows: 
$19,774,000 for pay and inflationary increases, offset by 
decreases of $4,852,000 for one-time equipment purchases and 
$10,209,000 from the transfer of the Seized Assets Management 
Program to the Assets Forfeiture Fund. Within the amount 
provided, a total of $1,735,000 is included for the Warrant 
Information Network and other networks and on-line services, 
and $725,000 is for recurring costs of the Electronic 
Surveillance Unit as directed in the Senate report. The 
conference agreement does not adopt the recommendation included 
in the Senate-reported amendment to transfer funding from this 
account for U.S. Marshals Service costs associated with the 
Justice Prisoner Alien Transportation System (JPATS), but 
instead provides $25,503,000 for U.S. Marshals Service 
requirements under this account.
      In addition, the conference agreement includes 
$27,389,000 in program increases for the following:
      Courthouse Security Staffing and Equipment.--$21,211,000, 
for courthouse security personnel and equipment. Of this 
amount, $6,711,000, 89 positions and 45 FTE are provided for 
courthouse security personnel at new and expanded courthouses 
expected to open in fiscal year 2001. Language included in the 
House report regarding the submission of a spending plan and 
allocation of resources in excess of requirements is adopted by 
reference.
      In addition, $14,500,000 is provided for courthouse 
security equipment, as follows:

USMS Courthouse Security Equipment

                        [In thousands of dollars]

New Courthouses.........................................         $8,173 
    Las Vegas, NV.......................................         (1,023)
    Cleveland, OH.......................................         (1,012)
    Columbia, SC........................................         (1,122)
    Greenville, TN......................................           (353)
    Corpus Christi, TX..................................         (1,078)
    Laredo, TX..........................................           (989)
    Providence, RI......................................           (920)
    Helena, MT..........................................           (658)
    Wheeling, WV........................................           (245)
    Denver, CO..........................................           (773)
Other Security Requirements.............................          5,684 
Nationwide Equipment Maintenance Requirement............            643 
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
        Total, USMS Security Equipment..................         14,500 

      The Marshals Service is directed to use the $5,684,000 
provided for Other Security Requirements to address the highest 
priority security equipment needs for existing courthouses and 
new courthouses with the greatest deficiencies, and to submit a 
spending plan for these funds no later than December 1, 2000.
      Electronic Surveillance Unit.--$3,150,000, and up to 6 
positions and 3 FTE, for personnel and equipment for the 
Electronic Surveillance Unit.
      Special Assignments.--$2,500,000 for security at high 
threat and/or high profile trials and for protective details 
for judicial personnel involved in these trials, including the 
World Trade Center bombing trial. The Marshals Service is 
directed to annualize this increase in fiscal year 2002. 
Concerns have been expressed regarding the exclusion of the 
Marshals Service from the threat assessment and decision-making 
process regarding certain special and other protective 
assignments. In addition, the level of protection at Federal 
facilities by the General Services Administration (GSA) is 
inadequate relative to the amount the Marshals Service and 
other agencies are charged by GSA for these services. The 
Department is directed to report to the Committees on 
Appropriations no later than December 15, 2000, on the role 
afforded to the Marshals Service in the threat assessment and 
decision-making process for special and other protective 
assignments, and to provide recommendations to augment the 
Marshals Service's role in this activity. Further, the 
Department is directed to provide a report on the adequacy of 
support provided by GSA for facility protection, relative to 
the amount GSA is charging for these services.
      Financial Management.--$378,000, 8 positions and 4 FTE to 
improve financial management.
      Cost Saving Initiatives.--$150,000 for implementation and 
support of a variety of cost saving initiatives as directed in 
the Senate report. Should additional funds become available 
through savings achieved, the Marshals Service may use those 
funds for additional staff only in accordance with Section 605 
of this Act.
      The conference agreement adopts by reference the concerns 
expressed in the Senate report regarding the Special Operations 
Group (SOG) and directs the Marshals Service to provide a 
report to the Committees on Appropriations no later than 
January 15, 2001, on the utilization of the SOG, as well as the 
resource requirements necessary to ensure that the SOG can 
fulfill its intended mission.
      The conference agreement includes language providing not 
to exceed 3,947 positions and 3,895 FTE for the Marshals 
Service, instead of 4,168 positions and 3,892 FTE as proposed 
in the House bill. The Senate-reported amendment did not 
include a similar provision. The conference agreement does not 
include a provision proposed in the Senate-reported amendment 
prohibiting the Marshals Service from providing a protective 
vehicle for the Director of the Office of National Drug Control 
Policy (ONDCP) unless certain conditions are met. A similar 
provision was not included in the House bill. However, the 
Marshals Service is directed to provide a report to the 
Committees on Appropriations no later than January 15, 2001, on 
the usage of a protective vehicle by the Director of ONDCP.

                              CONSTRUCTION

      The conference agreement includes $18,128,000 in direct 
appropriations for the U.S. Marshals Service Construction 
account, instead of $6,000,000 as proposed in the House bill, 
and $25,100,000 as proposed in the Senate-reported amendment. 
The conference agreement includes the following distribution of 
funds:

USMS Construction

                        [In thousands of dollars]

Birmingham, AL....................................................  $472
Fort Smith, AR....................................................   400
Hartford, CT......................................................   200
Wilmington, DE....................................................   100
Bowling Green, KY.................................................   300
Boston, MA........................................................   650
Ann Arbor, MI.....................................................   200
Detroit, MI.......................................................   650
Wilmington, NC....................................................   775
Buffalo, NY.......................................................   150
Tulsa, OK.........................................................   300
Philadelphia, PA..................................................   400
Hato Rey, PR......................................................   793
Spartanburg, SC................................................... 1,441
Greenville, MS.................................................... 1,187
Other Renovation Projects......................................... 9,500
Security Specialists/Construction Engineers.......................   610
                                                                  ______
        Total, Construction.......................................18,128

      The Marshals Service is directed to use the $9,500,000 
provided for Other Renovation Projects for the highest priority 
security construction needs in locations with a security score 
of 50 or less, and to submit a spending plan for these funds no 
later than December 1, 2000.

         JUSTICE PRISONER AND ALIEN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM FUND

      The conference agreement includes language, as proposed 
in the House bill, to continue the operations of JPATS on a 
revolving fund basis through reimbursements from participating 
agencies, instead of through a direct appropriation under this 
account as proposed in the Senate-reported amendment. The 
conference agreement does include a direct appropriation of 
$13,500,000 for a one-time capitalization of the Fund to 
procure two Sabreliner-class aircraft as proposed in the 
Senate-reported amendment.

                       FEDERAL PRISONER DETENTION

      The conference agreement provides $597,402,000 for 
Federal Prisoner Detention as proposed in both the House bill 
and the budget request, instead of $539,022,000 as proposed in 
the Senate-reported amendment, an increase of $72,402,000 over 
the fiscal year 2000 direct appropriation. The increase has 
been provided as follows: (1) $53,180,000 is for increased jail 
days; (2) $10,000,000 is for the Cooperative Agreement Program; 
(3) $675,000 is for increased medical costs; and (4) $500,000 
is for prisoner medical guard services.
      The conference agreement does not include language in 
this section proposed in both the House bill and Senate-
reported amendment regarding contracts with private entities 
for the confinement of Federal detainees, but instead addresses 
this matter as a new general provision under Title I of this 
Act. Language is included, as proposed in the House bill, 
permanently making available amounts appropriated under this 
account to be used to reimburse the Federal Bureau of Prisons 
for certain costs associated with providing medical care to 
certain pre-trial and pre-sentenced detainees. The Senate-
reported amendment addressed this matter elsewhere under Title 
I of this Act.

                     FEES AND EXPENSES OF WITNESSES

      The conference agreement includes $125,573,000 for Fees 
and Expenses of Witnesses, instead of $95,000,000 as proposed 
in the House bill, and $156,145,000 as proposed in the Senate-
reported amendment.
      Language is included allowing not to exceed $5,000,000 to 
be made available for secure telecommunications equipment and 
networks related to protected witnesses, as proposed in the 
House bill. The conference agreement does not include a 
provision allowing up to $77,067,000 to be transferred from 
this account to the Federal Prisoner Detention account as 
proposed in the Senate-reported amendment.

                      COMMUNITY RELATIONS SERVICE

      The conference agreement includes $8,475,000 for the 
Community Relations Service as proposed in the Senate-reported 
amendment, instead of $7,479,000 as proposed in the House bill. 
The conference agreement adopts the funding increases provided 
in the Senate report. In addition, the conference agreement 
includes a provision allowing the Attorney General to transfer 
up to $1,000,000 of funds available to the Department of 
Justice to this program, as proposed in the House bill. The 
Attorney General is expected to report to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House and Senate if this transfer 
authority is exercised. In addition, a provision is included 
allowing the Attorney General to transfer additional resources, 
subject to reprogramming procedures, upon a determination that 
emergent circumstances warrant additional funding, as proposed 
in both the House bill and the Senate-reported amendment.

                         ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND

      The conference agreement provides $23,000,000 for the 
Assets Forfeiture Fund as proposed in Senate-reported 
amendment, instead of no funding as proposed in the House bill.

                    Radiation Exposure Compensation

                        ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

      The conference agreement includes $2,000,000 for 
administrative expenses for fiscal year 2001, the full amount 
requested and the same amount proposed in both the House bill 
and the Senate-reported amendment. The conference agreement 
adopts the bill language in the House bill.

         PAYMENT TO RADIATION COMPENSATION EXPOSURE TRUST FUND

      The conference agreement provides $10,800,000 for the 
compensation trust fund, instead of $3,200,000 provided in the 
House bill and $14,400,000 in the Senate-reported amendment. 
The conference agreement includes bill language from the 
Senate-reported amendment allowing claimants who qualify under 
the original statute to be paid and does not provide funding 
for the expansion of the program authorized under Public Law 
106-245.

                      Interagency Law Enforcement

                 INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT

      The conference agreement provides a total of $328,898,000 
for Interagency Crime and Drug Enforcement as proposed in the 
House bill, of which $325,898,000 is derived from direct 
appropriations, and $3,000,000 is from prior year carryover. 
The House bill included $328,898,000 in direct appropriations, 
while the Senate-reported amendment proposed $316,792,000. The 
distribution of the total available funding is as follows:

Reimbursements by Agency

                        [In thousands of dollars]

Drug Enforcement Administration...............................  $108,190
Federal Bureau of Investigation...............................   112,468
Immigration and Naturalization Service........................    15,808
Marshals Service..............................................     1,984
U.S. Attorneys................................................    86,582
Criminal Division.............................................       814
Tax Division..................................................     1,380
Administrative Office.........................................     1,672
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

        Total.................................................   328,898

      The conferees note that the report requested in fiscal 
year 2000 has not yet been delivered to the Committees on 
Appropriations.

                    Federal Bureau of Investigation

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement includes a total of 
$3,235,600,000 for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) 
Salaries and Expenses account, instead of $3,229,505,000 as 
proposed in the House bill, and $3,077,581,000 as recommended 
in the Senate-reported amendment. Of this amount, the 
conference agreement provides that not less than $437,650,000 
shall be used for counterterrorism investigations, foreign 
counterintelligence, and other activities related to national 
security, instead of $400,650,000 as proposed in the Senate-
reported amendment, and $159,223,000 as proposed in the House 
bill. The following narrative reflects how the funds provided 
in the conference agreement are to be spent.
      The conference agreement includes a net increase of 
$136,080,000 for adjustments to base as follows: increases 
totaling $137,219,000 for pay and inflationary increases, 
including $27,711,000 for increased costs associated with the 
transfer of Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) employees to 
the Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS), increased 
Federal health insurance premium costs, and continued direct 
funding for the National Instant Check System; offset by 
decreases totaling $1,139,000 for non-recurring equipment 
purchases.
      The conference agreement adopts the concerns and 
direction included in the House report regarding the FBI's 
inability to execute its budget within the funding levels 
provided. The conference agreement provides the full amount 
requested for base adjustments to support the FBI's current 
staffing and operating level as reflected in the budget 
request. The conference agreement also includes a provision 
that identifies the funded position and FTE levels provided in 
the bill, which are consistent with the full base funding 
requested and program increases provided in the conference 
agreement. The FBI is directed to continue to provide quarterly 
reports to the Committees on Appropriations which delineate by 
direct and reimbursable the funded and actual agent and non-
agent staffing level for each decision unit, with the first 
report to be provided no later than January 15, 2001.
      The following distribution represents the conference 
agreement:

               FBI SALARIES AND EXPENSES, FISCAL YEAR 2001
                        [In thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                 Activity                     Pos.     FTE      Amount
------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Criminal, Security and Other
 Investigations:
    Organized Criminal Enterprises........    3,984    3,993     450,678
    White Collar Crime....................    4,284    4,184     483,273
    Other Field Programs..................   10,551   10,304   1,307,024
                                           -----------------------------
      Subtotal............................   18,819   18,481   2,240,975
                                           =============================
Law Enforcement Support:
    Training, Recruitment, and Applicant..    1,003      984     120,454
    Forensic Services.....................      692      680     156,004
    Information, Management, Automation &       569      562     166,121
     Telecommunications...................
    Technical Field Support & Services....      232      229     141,642
    Criminal Justice Services.............    2,171    2,182     216,957
                                           -----------------------------
      Subtotal............................    4,667    4,637     801,178
Program Direction: Management and             2,083    2,024     193,447
 Administration...........................
                                           =============================
      Total, Direct Appropriations........   25,569   25,142   3,235,600
------------------------------------------------------------------------

      The FBI is reminded that changes in this distribution are 
subject to the reprogramming requirements in section 605 of 
this Act.
      In addition, the conference agreement includes a total of 
$59,712,000 in program enhancements for the FBI, of which 
$58,348,000 is for initiatives to enhance the FBI's ability to 
investigate threats related to domestic terrorism and cyber 
crime, as follows:
            $25,000,000 is for Digital Storm. The FBI is 
        directed to provide a spending plan to the Committees 
        on Appropriations, no later than December 15, 2000, for 
        Digital Storm.
            $2,000,000 is for Joint Terrorism Task Forces. The 
        FBI is directed to provide a report and spending plan 
        to the Committees on Appropriations, no later than 
        December 15, 2000, on this program.
             $10,000,000 is for intelligence gathering and 
        analysis, of which $1,305,000 (20 positions and 10 FTE) 
        is for FISA preparation; $5,606,000 is for contract 
        translation services; and $3,089,000 (55 positions and 
        28 FTE) is for intelligence research specialists. The 
        conference agreement does not adopt the recommendation 
        included in the Senate report to require the conversion 
        of special agents to 55 intelligence research 
        specialists. While the conference agreement does 
        provide an enhancement for this activity, the FBI is 
        directed to use attrition to convert support positions 
        to intelligence research specialist positions to meet 
        additional requirements in this area.
            $20,000,000 is for other activities, of which the 
        FBI may spend up to $1,364,000 for National Integrated 
        Ballistics Network (NIBIN) Connectivity; $3,700,000 (26 
        positions and 13 FTE) for a counterintelligence 
        initiative; $3,936,000 for the Automated Computer 
        Examination System (ACES) and Computer Analysis and 
        Response Team equipment; $5,500,000 for the Special 
        Technologies and Applications Unit; and $5,500,000 for 
        Digital Storm. Should the FBI require additional 
        resources to address personnel requirements, the 
        Committees would be willing to entertain a 
        reprogramming under Section 605 from funding provided 
        for these enhancements.
            $612,000 (8 positions and 4 workyears, including 2 
        agents) is for the Intellectual Property Rights Center, 
        as provided for in the House report, to improve 
        intelligence and analysis related to intellectual 
        property. The reporting requirement included in Senate 
        report regarding copyright enforcement is adopted by 
        reference.
            $2,100,000 is for implementation of the 
        Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act 
        (CALEA), for a total of not less than $17,300,000 
        within the FBI to be used for this purpose. The 
        conference agreement adopts the direction in the House 
        report that the Department and the FBI remain focused 
        on the timely implementation of CALEA, and therefore 
        the Department of Justice is directed to submit a 
        reorganization proposal to address coordination of 
        CALEA implementation and other related electronic 
        surveillance issues no later than November 15, 2000. 
        This reorganization is expected to ensure continued 
        coordination between the Department and the FBI on all 
        matters involving CALEA implementation, as well as to 
        ensure prioritization of financial and personnel 
        resources required for a continued and sustained 
        implementation effort.
      National Instant Check System (NICS).--The conference 
agreement includes $67,735,000 in direct appropriations to 
continue operations of the NICS, as well as to provide system 
enhancements, including funds for ``hot'' backup for the 
Interstate Identification Index (III) and other system 
availability improvements.
      The fiscal year 2001 budget request for the FBI included 
no direct funding for the NICS, and instead proposed to finance 
the costs of this system through a user fee. The conference 
agreement includes a provision under Title VI of this Act which 
prohibits the FBI from charging a fee for NICS checks, and 
instead provides funding to the FBI for its costs to operate 
the NICS.
      FBI Technology Upgrade Plan.--The conference agreement 
includes total funding of $100,700,000, 14 positions and 7 FTE, 
for this initiative (previously referred to as the Information 
Sharing Initiative/e-FBI). This amount is to be derived from 
$80,000,000 made available in prior years, and $20,700,000 in 
fiscal year 2001 base funding. The House bill proposed a total 
of $139,344,000 for this initiative, to be derived from 
$80,000,000 in prior year funds, $20,000,000 in fiscal year 
2001 base funds, and $39,344,000 in fiscal year 2001 program 
increases. The Senate-reported amendment proposed a total of 
$40,000,000 for this initiative, to be derived from prior year 
funds, and eliminated $20,000,000 in fiscal year 2001 base 
funding for this activity. The conference agreement does not 
include the rescission of $40,000,000 in prior year funds for 
these activities as proposed under Title VII of the Senate-
reported amendment.
      The conference agreement approves the plan dated 
September 2000, entitled ``FBI Technology Upgrade Plan, 
Reprioritized Three Year Implementation Plan.'' Therefore, the 
conference agreement includes the full amount necessary for 
year one costs as identified on page 47 of the September 2000 
implementation plan. The FBI is directed to provide quarterly 
status reports to the Committees on implementation of this 
plan, including funding obligations, with the first such report 
due no later than February 15, 2001.
      National Infrastructure Protection/Computer Analysis 
Response Teams (CART).--The FBI is directed to convert 14 part-
time positions for Computer Analysis Response Teams (CART) 
examiners to full-time positions from personnel not currently 
assigned to computer intrusion/infrastructure protection 
squads, similar to direction included in the Senate report. The 
conference agreement also adopts the direction included in the 
Senate report regarding training, promotion and retention of 
CART members and computer intrusion/infrastructure protection 
squads. The Senate direction regarding development of a cadre 
of computer experts from other agencies and the private sector 
is adopted by reference.
      Victim/Witness Specialists.--The conference agreement 
includes a new general provision under Title I of this Act 
authorizing funds to be provided to the FBI to improve services 
for crime victims from the Crime Victims Fund. These services 
are to be limited to victim assistance as described in the 
Victims of Crime Act and shall not cover non-victim witness 
activities such as witness protection or non-victim witness 
management services, paralegal duties or community outreach. 
The FBI is further directed to work with the Office of Victims 
of Crime (OVC) in developing position descriptions, grade level 
and hiring requirements, training and annual reporting requests 
for these specialists. The conference agreement assumes 
$7,400,000 will be needed to support 112 victim/witness 
specialists to be distributed as directed in the Senate report. 
The Committees on Appropriations expect to be notified of the 
final distribution of these specialists.
      Other.--The Senate report language regarding copyright 
enforcement, continued collaboration with the Southwest Surety 
Institute, the Northern New Mexico anti-drug initiative, 
mitochondrial DNA, crimes against children, and background 
checks for school bus drivers is adopted by reference. The 
conference agreement also adopts by reference the House report 
language regarding the Housing Fraud Initiative, the Jewelry 
and Gem program, and submission of a comprehensive information 
technology report.
      In addition, the FBI is directed to fully reimburse the 
private ambulance providers for their costs in support of 
Hostage Rescue Team operations in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana, 
in December, 1999.
      In addition to identical provisions that were included in 
both the House bill and the Senate-reported amendment, the 
conference agreement includes a provision, modified from 
language proposed in the House bill, providing not to exceed 
25,569 positions and 25,142 FTE for the FBI from funds 
appropriated in this Act. The Senate-reported amendment did not 
include a similar provision.

                              construction

      The conference agreement includes $16,687,000 in direct 
appropriations for construction for the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation (FBI), instead of $1,287,000 as proposed in the 
House bill, and $42,687,000 as proposed in the Senate-reported 
amendment. The agreement provides an increase of $15,400,000 
over the fiscal year 2000 level for the FBI Academy firearms 
range modernization project, as follows: $1,900,000 for 
relocation and consolidation of an ammunition storage facility 
and for lead abatement at existing outdoor ranges; and 
$13,500,000 for completion of Phase I and Phase II of this 
project.

                    Drug Enforcement Administration

                         salaries and expenses

      The conference agreement includes $1,363,309,000 for the 
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Salaries and Expenses 
account, instead of $1,362,309,000 as proposed in the House 
bill, and $1,345,655,000 as proposed in the Senate-reported 
amendment. In addition, $83,543,000 is derived from the 
Diversion Control Fund for diversion control activities. The 
following narrative reflects how the funds provided in the 
conference agreement are to be spent.
      Budget and Financial Management.--The conference 
agreement adopts by reference the concerns and direction 
included in both the House and Senate reports regarding budget 
and financial management. The conference agreement also 
includes a provision that identifies the funded position and 
FTE levels provided in the bill, which are consistent with the 
full base funding requested and program increases provided in 
the conference agreement.
      The following table represents funding provided under 
this account:

                        DEA SALARIES AND EXPENSES
                        [In thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                 Activity                     Pos.     FTE      Amount
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Enforcement:
  Domestic Enforcement....................    2,252    2,183    $407,261
  Foreign Cooperative Investigation.......      732      699     206,644
  Drug and Chemical Diversion.............      142      143      16,156
  State and Local Task Forces.............    1,678    1,675     242,257
                                           -----------------------------
    Subtotal..............................    4,804    4,700     872,318
                                           =============================
Investigative Support:
  Intelligence............................      883      900     112,904
  Laboratory Services.....................      381      378      44,463
  Training................................       99       98      20,309
  RETO....................................      355      353      85,190
  ADP.....................................      133      130     140,479
                                           -----------------------------
    Subtotal..............................    1,851    1,859     403,345
  Management and Administration...........      865      853      87,646
                                           =============================
    Total, DEA............................    7,520    7,412   1,363,309
------------------------------------------------------------------------

      DEA is reminded that any deviation from the above 
distribution is subject to the reprogramming requirements of 
section 605 of this Act.
      The conference agreement provides a net increase of 
$43,616,000 for base adjustments, as follows: increases 
totaling $48,293,000 for pay and other inflationary costs to 
maintain current operations, offset by decreases totaling 
$4,677,000 for costs associated with one-time and non-recurring 
equipment purchases, GSA rent decreases, and the transfer of 
funding for a demand reduction project to the Office of Justice 
Programs.
      In addition, the conference agreement includes program 
increases totaling $64,200,000, as follows:
      Investigative and Intelligence Requirements.--$48,100,000 
is provided for the following investigative and intelligence 
enhancements:
            $3,100,000, 19 positions (11 agents) and 9 FTE 
        within Domestic Enforcement for the Special Operations 
        Division (SOD) to expand support for the Southwest 
        Border Initiative and to address money laundering and 
        financial investigations.
            $43,000,000, 2 positions and 1 FTE within Automated 
        Data Processing to continue deployment of Phase II of 
        FIREBIRD. When combined with $44,870,000 in existing 
        base resources, a total of $87,870,000 is available for 
        this program in fiscal year 2001 to enable FIREBIRD to 
        be fully deployed to all domestic offices and Western 
        Hemisphere offices. Of this amount, $28,000,000 is for 
        deployment, $10,477,000 is for technology renewal, and 
        $49,393,000 is for operations and maintenance and 
        telecommunications costs. DEA is directed to continue 
        to provide quarterly FIREBIRD status and obligation 
        reports to the Committees on Appropriations.
            $2,000,000 within Intelligence, of which $1,800,000 
        is for enhancements to the El Paso Intelligence Center 
        (EPIC), and $200,000 is to meet expanded participation 
        in the National Drug Pointer Index (NDPIX) information 
        system. The House direction regarding a comprehensive 
        report on participation and utilization of EPIC is 
        adopted by reference.
      Domestic Enhancements.-- $14,600,000 is provided for the 
following domestic counter-drug enhancements:
            $4,600,000, 25 positions (15 agents) and 13 FTE 
        within Domestic Enforcement to establish an additional 
        Regional Enforcement Team (RET). This amount, when 
        combined with existing base resources, provides a total 
        of $24,195,000 for RETS in fiscal year 2001.
            $1,500,000, 14 positions (9 agents) and 7 FTE 
        within Domestic Enforcement to enhance heroin 
        enforcement, providing a total of $30,291,000 in fiscal 
        year 2001 for this effort, as recommended in the Senate 
        report. The Senate direction regarding black tar heroin 
        is adopted by reference.
            $1,500,000 within Domestic Enforcement to enhance 
        methamphetamine enforcement, providing a total of 
        $27,459,000 in fiscal year 2001 for this effort, as 
        recommended in the Senate report.
            $1,000,000 within State and Local Task Forces to 
        enhance State and local methamphetamine training 
        activities, as recommended in the Senate report.
            $6,000,000 within Research, Engineering and 
        Technical Operations (RETO) to procure three additional 
        single-engine helicopters for drug enforcement 
        activities along the Southwest border.
      In addition, the conference agreement includes a total of 
$20,000,000 under the Community Oriented Policing Services 
Methamphetamine/Drug ``Hot Spots'' program to assist State and 
local law enforcement agencies with the costs associated with 
methamphetamine clean-up.
      Budget and Financial Management.--$1,500,000, 8 positions 
and 4 FTE within Program Management and Administration to 
improve DEA's financial and resource management oversight, 
including funds to support DEA's Federal Financial System and 
for additional staffing for Finance and Resource Management.
      Other.--The conference agreement includes a total of 
$20,000,000 for the special investigative unit (SIU) program. 
Within the amount available, DEA may establish a joint Haitian/
Dominican Republic SIU on the island of Hispaniola. DEA is 
reminded that the Committees on Appropriations are to be 
notified in accordance with section 605 of this Act prior to 
the expansion of this program to any additional countries. 
There are continued concerns about endemic corruption within 
the Mexico SIU program which has severely limited its 
effectiveness. DEA is directed to report to the Committees on 
Appropriations no later than February 1, 2001, on progress made 
in resolving these problems and recommendations to make the 
Mexico program effective.
      The conference agreement adopts by reference the 
direction included in the House report regarding continued 
participation in the HIDTA program, quarterly reports on source 
and transit countries, quarterly reports on implementation of 
the Caribbean initiative, and a report on requirements in the 
region. The conference agreement does not include funding under 
DEA for continuation of the demand reduction initiative 
recommended in the House report, but has instead transferred 
base funding for this program from DEA Domestic Enforcement to 
the Office of Justice Programs. DEA is also directed to better 
coordinate its operations with other Federal agencies, 
including INS and the FBI, along the Southwest Border, and to 
pursue co-location of offices whenever practical. The direction 
included in the Senate report regarding DEA's presence in Chile 
is adopted by reference. Within the amounts provided under this 
account, DEA may use up to $500,000 for a study on methods to 
eliminate the effectiveness of anhydrous ammonia in 
methamphetamine production, as authorized.
      Drug Diversion Control Fee Account.--The conference 
agreement provides $83,543,000 for DEA's Drug Diversion Control 
Program for fiscal year 2001, as provided in the House bill and 
the Senate-reported amendment. This amount includes an increase 
of $3,213,000 for adjustments to base, including the 
annualization of 25 positions provided in fiscal year 2000 for 
customer service improvements and drug data analysis. The 
conference agreement assumes that the level of balances in the 
Fee Account are sufficient to fully support diversion control 
programs in fiscal year 2001. As was the case in fiscal years 
1999 and 2000, no funds are provided in the DEA Salaries and 
Expenses appropriation for this account in fiscal year 2001.
      The conference agreement includes bill language, modified 
from language proposed in the House bill, providing not to 
exceed 7,520 positions and 7,412 FTE for DEA from funds 
provided in this Act. The Senate-reported amendment did not 
include a similar provision.

                              construction

      The conference agreement includes no new funding for this 
account as proposed in the Senate-reported amendment, instead 
of $5,500,000 as proposed in the House bill. A total of 
$19,500,000 in prior year carryover balances is available to 
fund planned fiscal year 2001 expenditures.

                 Immigration and Naturalization Service

                         salaries and expenses

      The conference agreement includes $3,125,876,000 for the 
salaries and expenses of the Immigration and Naturalization 
Service (INS), instead of $3,121,213,000 as provided in the 
House bill, and $2,895,397,000 as provided in the Senate-
reported amendment. In addition to the amounts appropriated, 
the conference agreement assumes that $1,549,480,000 will be 
available from offsetting fee collections instead of 
$1,438,812,000 as proposed by the House and $1,524,771,000 as 
proposed by the Senate. Thus, including resources provided 
under the Construction account, the conference agreement 
provides a total operating level of $4,808,658,000 for INS, 
instead of $4,670,689,000 as proposed by the House and 
$4,553,470,000 as proposed by the Senate, representing a 
$548,242,000 (13%) increase over fiscal year 2000. The 
following narrative reflects how funds provided in the 
conference agreement are to be spent.
      INS Organization and Management.--The conference 
agreement incorporates concerns expressed in the House report 
that a lack of resources is no longer an acceptable response to 
INS's inability to adequately address its mission 
responsibilities. The conference agreement includes the 
establishment of clearer chains of command--one for enforcement 
activities and one for services to non-citizens--as one step 
towards making the INS a more efficient, accountable, and 
effective agency. Consistent with the concept of separating 
immigration enforcement from services, the conference agreement 
continues to provide for a separation of funds, as in the 
fiscal year 1999 and 2000 Appropriations Acts. The conference 
agreement separates funds into two accounts, as requested in 
the budget and proposed in the House bill: Enforcement and 
Border Affairs, and Citizenship and Benefits, Immigration 
Support and Program Direction. INS enforcement funds are 
provided in the Enforcement and Border Affairs account. All 
immigration-related benefits and naturalization, support and 
program resources are provided in the Citizenship and Benefits, 
Immigration Support and Program Direction account. Neither 
account includes revenues generated in various fee accounts to 
fund program activities for both enforcement and services 
functions, which are in addition to the appropriated funds and 
are discussed below. Funds for INS construction projects 
continue to be provided in the INS Construction account.
      The conference agreement includes bill language which 
provides authority for the Attorney General to transfer funds 
from one account to another in order to ensure that funds are 
properly aligned. Such transfers may occur notwithstanding any 
transfer limitations imposed under this Act but such transfers 
are still subject to the reprogramming requirements under 
Section 605 of this Act. It is expected that any request for 
transfer of funds will remain within the activities under those 
headings.
      The conference agreement includes $2,547,057,000 for 
Enforcement and Border Affairs, and $578,819,000 for 
Citizenship and Benefits, Immigration Support and Program 
Direction.
      Base adjustments.--The conference agreement provides a 
total increase of $101,008,000 and 641 FTE for adjustments to 
base for INS salaries and expenses, offset by a $89,000,000 and 
404 FTE transfer to the INS Exams Fees account for the 
naturalization and backlog reduction initiatives, as proposed 
in the budget request. The conference agreement does not 
include transfers to the Exams Fees account, the Breached/Bond 
Detention account, and the Justice Prisoner Alien 
Transportation System (JPATS) Fund, as proposed in the Senate-
reported amendment.
      For the Enforcement and Border Affairs account, the 
conference agreement provides an increase of $86,255,000 and 
889 FTE for pay and inflationary adjustments for Border Patrol, 
Investigations, Detention and Deportation, and Intelligence. 
This represents the full amount requested less $11,770,000 for 
the annualization of border patrol agents not yet hired, and 
$3,343,000 for the portion of the fiscal year 2000 annualized 
pay raise which has already been paid in the current fiscal 
year. Funds have not been included for the proposed increase in 
the journeyman level for border patrol agents and immigration 
inspectors.
      For the Citizenship and Benefits, Immigration Support and 
Program Direction account, the conference agreement includes an 
increase of $14,752,000 for pay and inflationary adjustments 
for the existing activities of Citizenship and Benefits, 
Immigration Support, and Management and Administration; offset 
by a transfer of $89,000,000 in naturalization and backlog 
reduction activities to the Exams Fees account, as proposed in 
the budget. The amount provided for base adjustments represents 
the full amount requested less $690,000 for the portion of the 
fiscal year 2000 annualized pay raise which has already been 
paid in the current fiscal year. In addition, $35,000,000 is 
continued within the base to support naturalization and other 
benefits processing backlog reduction activities.
      None of these amounts include offsetting fees, which are 
used to fund both enforcement and services functions.
      In addition, program increases totaling $222,768,000 are 
provided, as follows:
      Border Control and Management.--$100,612,000 is provided 
for additional border patrol staffing, technology, land border 
inspections, and Joint Terrorism Task Forces, as follows:
            $52,000,000, 430 positions and 215 FTE, are for new 
        border patrol agents. It is noted that again in fiscal 
        years 1999 and 2000, the INS has failed to hire the 
        1,000 new border patrol agents provided in each of 
        those years. Should the INS be unable to recruit the 
        required agents again in fiscal year 2001, the INS is 
        to submit a reprogramming in accordance with section 
        605 of this Act, prior to expenditure of the funds 
        provided for the hiring of border patrol agents for any 
        other purpose.
            While some level of border control is being 
        witnessed on parts of the Southwest border, 
        particularly in San Diego, as a result of increased 
        border patrol agents and technology, in other areas of 
        the country border control remains a growing problem, 
        particularly in the Northwest, Southeast, and other 
        areas of the Southwest border. The House report 
        language regarding consultation and submission of a 
        deployment plan for new border patrol agents and 
        direction in the House report regarding quarterly 
        hiring status reports are adopted by reference. Senate 
        report language prohibiting the transfer of any border 
        patrol agents or technology from the Northwest border 
        to the Southwest border is also adopted by reference.
            $33,835,000 is for additional border patrol 
        equipment and technology, for the following activities:
             $598,000 is for replacement patrol boats 
        to combat alien smuggling on the Great Lakes, the 
        Detroit River, Lake St. Clair, and the St. Lawrence 
        Seaway.
             $17,500,000 is for the deployment of 
        additional Integrated Surveillance Intelligence Systems 
        (ISIS) along the Northern and Southern borders. When 
        combined with existing base funds, a total of 
        $35,500,000 is available for ISIS. INS is directed to 
        consult with the Committees on Appropriations and 
        provide a deployment plan for these systems no later 
        than December 15, 2000, which reflects the highest 
        priority locations on both the Northern and Southern 
        borders.
             $15,737,000 is for additional border 
        patrol equipment and technology. The conference 
        agreement includes a total of $30,737,000 for 
        additional border patrol equipment and technology, of 
        which $15,737,000 is provided as a program increase and 
        $15,000,000 is to be derived from within existing base 
        resources. Funding provided is to be used for high 
        priority equipment, including fiber optic scopes, hand-
        held search lights, vehicle infrared cameras, Global 
        Positioning Systems, infrared scopes, night vision 
        goggles, hand-held range-finder night vision 
        binoculars, and pocket scopes. INS is directed to 
        provide a spending plan for these funds to the 
        Committees on Appropriations no later than December 15, 
        2000.
      $6,277,000, 72 positions and 36 FTE are for additional 
inspectors at land border Ports of Entry (POE). INS is directed 
to consult with the Committees on Appropriations and provide a 
deployment plan no later than December 15, 2000 which reflects 
the highest priority locations for distribution of these 
resources.
      $7,000,000, 58 positions and 29 FTE are for additional 
investigators and operational costs associated with INS 
participation in Joint Terrorism Task Forces to address 
immigration-related issues in terrorism cases.
      Additionally, the conference agreement includes a 
$1,500,000 increase for the Law Enforcement Support Center 
(LESC), providing a total of $12,500,000 for the LESC in fiscal 
year 2001.
      The conference agreement adopts by reference the House 
report language regarding the relocation of Tucson Sector 
helicopter operations and related housing costs, a joint plan 
on combating illegal immigration through Federal lands and 
parks, and establishment of a joint task force to study 
emergency medical services for illegal aliens.
      Interior Enforcement/Removal of Deportable Aliens.--
$120,856,000 is provided for interior enforcement, including 
the tracking, detention, and removal of aliens, as follows:
            $87,306,000, 120 positions and 60 FTE are for an 
        additional 1,167 detention beds, including 1,000 beds 
        in State and local facilities, and 120 juvenile 
        detention beds, as proposed in the House report.
            $15,550,000 is for additional JPATS movements, as 
        proposed in the House report. The conference agreement 
        does not include the proposed transfer of funds from 
        INS to the JPATS Fund for this activity which was 
        recommended in the Senate report.
            $11,000,000, 100 positions and 50 FTE are for 23 
        additional Quick Response Teams, as proposed in the 
        House report. The House report language regarding 
        consultation and submission of a deployment plan and 
        direction regarding quarterly status reports are 
        adopted by reference.
            In addition, the conference agreement includes an 
        additional $3,000,000 under the Community Oriented 
        Policing Services program to expand the program to 
        provide video-teleconferencing equipment and technology 
        to allow State and local law enforcement to confirm the 
        status of an alien suspected of criminal activity.
            $3,000,000, 28 positions and 14 FTE are for 
        expansion of the on-going Criminal Alien Apprehension 
        Program (CAAP), pursuant to Public Law 105-141. The 
        Senate report language regarding Salt Lake City is 
        adopted by reference, and INS is directed to report its 
        intention regarding this matter to the Committees on 
        Appropriations no later than December 1, 2000. The 
        House report language regarding consultation and 
        submission of a deployment plan is adopted by 
        reference.
            $4,000,000, 26 positions and 13 FTE are for INS to 
        enter INS criminal alien records into the National 
        Criminal Information Center (NCIC) in order to address 
        the current backlog and to ensure that INS does not 
        lose its NCIC privileges. The direction included in the 
        House report regarding development of a comprehensive 
        plan to address this problem is adopted by reference.
      Concerns have been expressed regarding the adequacy of 
the current training course for Detention Enforcement Officers 
(DEO) in light of the increasingly violent detainee population 
and other factors. INS is directed to complete a comprehensive 
assessment of its current DEO training course and provide a 
report to the Committees on Appropriations no later than July 
1, 2001, with recommendations for improvements.
      The conference agreement reflects concerns regarding INS' 
failure to vigorously pursue an effective interior enforcement 
strategy, and adopts by reference the direction included in the 
House report regarding quarterly reporting on detention and 
removal orders. The Senate report language regarding 
tuberculosis monitoring is also adopted by reference.
      Professionalism and Infrastructure.--The conference 
agreement includes an increase of $1,300,000 for the Debt 
Management Center, as proposed in the Senate report. INS is 
expected to follow the direction included in the Senate report 
regarding annualization of this increase in fiscal year 2002.
      IAFIS/IDENT.--The conference agreement adopts the 
recommendation included in the House report directing that 
$5,000,000 from within existing INS base funds available for 
IDENT be transferred to the Justice Management Division to 
continue the planned IAFIS/IDENT integration project, including 
systems design and development work and additional operational 
testing. INS is directed to comply with the direction in the 
House report regarding further deployment of IDENT.
      Within the total amount available to INS, $2,103,000 is 
to be used to establish the task force required by Public Law 
106-215.
      Services/Benefits.--The Congress has provided significant 
additional resources to the INS over the past three years to 
address the naturalization backlog, improve the integrity of 
the naturalization process, and improve services. The 
conference agreement provides a total of $1,004,851,000 for 
these activities, $70,134,000 (7%) over the amount requested in 
the budget, and $135,222,000 (16%) over the fiscal year 2000 
level. However, serious concerns remain about the INS' failure 
to manage its resources, and the Committees continue to receive 
complaints from Members of Congress and their constituents 
about the problems of backlogs in application processing and 
casework, and deficiencies in other services. Again this year, 
the conference agreement includes significant additional 
resources, over and above the President's budget request, for 
benefits and services. Therefore, INS is directed to conduct a 
complete review of staffing and resource needs to improve 
benefits and services in all current INS offices, as well as 
the need for additional offices, particularly in rural areas. 
INS is directed to complete this review and report its findings 
to the Committees on Appropriations, including a proposal to 
reallocate resources as warranted, no later than December 15, 
2000. As part of this review, the INS is directed to pay 
particular attention to the following areas: Fort Smith, 
Arkansas; Adak, Alaska; San Francisco, California; Ventura, 
California; Washington, D.C.; Des Moines, Iowa; Louisville, 
Kentucky; the Bronx, New York; New York, New York; Omaha, 
Nebraska; Northern New Jersey; Las Vegas, NV; Greer, South 
Carolina; Nashville, Tennessee; Roanoke, Virginia; and 
Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In addition, the conferees are concerned 
with the diversion of resources from smaller rural offices and 
direct INS to notify the Committees prior to the reallocation 
of resources, including the temporary reassignment of 
personnel, from the area identified in the Senate report.
      The conference agreement adopts by reference the 
direction included in the House report regarding monthly 
reports on the status of processing immigration benefits 
applications, continuation of the San Jose customer service 
pilot, and a report on unreviewed Citizenship USA cases, which 
is to be submitted no later than November 1, 2000.
      In addition to identical provisions included in both the 
House bill and the Senate-reported amendment, the conference 
agreement includes the following additional provisions, as 
follows: (1) a limitation of $30,000 per individual employee 
for overtime payments, as proposed in the House bill, instead 
of $20,000 as proposed in the Senate-reported amendment; (2) a 
limitation on funding and staffing available to the Offices of 
Legislative and Public Affairs, as proposed in the House bill; 
(3) a prohibition on the use of funds to operate the San 
Clemente and Temecula traffic checkpoints unless certain 
conditions are met, as proposed in the House bill; and (4) 
limitations on the number of positions and FTE provided to INS 
in this Act, modified from language proposed in the House bill.

                       OFFSETTING FEE COLLECTIONS

      The conference agreement assumes $1,549,480,000 will be 
available from offsetting fee collections, instead of 
$1,438,812,000 as proposed in the House bill and $1,524,771,000 
as proposed in the Senate-reported amendment, to support 
activities related to the legal admission of persons into the 
United States. These activities are funded entirely by fees 
paid by persons who are either traveling internationally or are 
applying for immigration benefits. The following levels are 
recommended:
      Immigration Inspections User Fees.--The conference 
agreement includes $494,384,000 of spending from offsetting 
collections in this account, the same amount proposed in Senate 
report, and $15,505,000 above the amount included in the House 
report. This amount represents a $38,999,000 increase over 
fiscal year 2000 spending, and does not assume the addition of 
any new or increased fees on airline or cruise ship passengers. 
The conference agreement includes $18,489,000 for adjustments 
to base, the full amount requested. In addition, program 
increases are provided as follows: $12,186,000, 154 positions 
and 77 FTE to increase primary inspectors at new airport 
terminals; and $8,324,000 to address additional staffing and 
other requirements. Funding is not included for the proposed 
change in the journeyman level for inspectors. INS is directed 
to consult with Committees on Appropriations and to submit a 
spending and deployment plan no later than December 1, 2000, 
which allocates these additional resources to the highest 
priority locations. Should additional fees become available, 
the INS may submit a reprogramming in accordance with section 
605 of this Act.
      Immigration Examinations Fees.--The conference agreement 
includes a total of $1,004,851,000 to support the adjudication 
of applications for immigration benefits, instead of 
$918,717,000 as proposed in the House bill, $841,017,000 as 
proposed in the Senate-reported amendment, and $934,617,000 as 
requested in the budget. These funds are derived from 
offsetting collections in the Examinations Fees account from 
persons applying for immigration benefits, including 
collections from a new voluntary premium processing fee as 
proposed in the House bill and the budget request, and 
$35,000,000 in continued direct appropriations under the 
Citizenship and Benefits, Immigration Support, and Program 
Direction account. The conference agreement reflects the INS' 
revised revenue estimates for collections from existing fees 
which is $107,534,000 higher than the amount assumed in the 
budget request, and $144,534,000 above the amount available in 
fiscal year 2000. When combined with additional revenues 
estimated from the new voluntary premium processing fee, the 
total amount of collections available in the Examinations Fees 
account for adjudication of immigration benefits is 
$224,534,000 over the amount available in fiscal year 2000. 
When combined with direct appropriations, the total amount 
included in the conference agreement for benefits processing, 
adjudication, and backlog reduction is an increase of 
$70,134,000 (7%) above the budget request and $135,222,000 
(16%) above the amount provided in fiscal year 2000. Therefore, 
the conference agreement does not include the reinstatement of 
section 245(i) as proposed in the Senate-reported amendment. In 
addition, the conference agreement does not adopt the transfer 
of $49,741,000 from Examinations Fees funding to the Executive 
Office of Immigration Review (EOIR); and the transfer of 
$50,000,000 in non-adjudication related activities from the 
Salaries and Expenses account to the Examinations Fees account 
which were proposed in the Senate-reported amendment.
      Within the Examinations Fees account, the conference 
agreement provides the following: $25,676,000 for adjustments 
to base; and program enhancements totaling $94,841,000, as 
proposed in the House report, for the following activities: (1) 
$16,000,000 for implementing premium business service 
processing; (2) $7,500,000 for anti-fraud investigations 
related to business-related visa applications and marriage 
fraud; (3) $13,000,000 for the telephone customer service 
center, for a total of $43,000,000, the full amount requested; 
(4) $4,200,000 for the indexing and conversion of INS microfilm 
images, for a total of $7,200,000; and (5) $53,641,000 for 
replacement of the case tracking system and hardware in field 
offices and continued development and installation of digital 
photography and signature capabilities in the Application 
Support Centers. Included within these amounts is $6,000,000 
for installation of the CLAIMS 4 system in the Los Angeles, 
California district office which will complete nationwide 
deployment of the system. INS is directed to submit a spending 
plan in accordance with the reprogramming procedures set forth 
in section 605 of this Act which allocates the remaining 
$51,134,000 in additional resources made available in the Exams 
Fees account, and the $35,000,000 in continued direct 
appropriations provided for backlog reduction initiatives.
      The INS is directed to make available to EOIR from the 
INS Examinations Fees account not less than $1,000,000 to be 
applied toward expenditures related to EOIR's acquisition of 
contract court interpreter services for immigration court 
proceedings.
      Land Border Inspections Fees.--The conference agreement 
includes $1,670,000 in spending from the Land Border Inspection 
Fund, as proposed in the Senate report, instead of $1,641,000 
as proposed in the House report. The current revenues generated 
in this account are from Dedicated Commuter Lanes in Blaine and 
Port Roberts, Washington, Detroit Tunnel and Ambassador Bridge, 
Michigan, and Otay Mesa, California, and from Automated Permit 
Ports that provide pre-screened local border residents' border 
crossing privileges by means of automated inspections.
      Immigration Breached Bond/Detention Fund.--The conference 
agreement includes $80,600,000 in spending from the Breached 
Bond/Detention Fund, as proposed in the House report, instead 
of $130,634,000 as proposed in the Senate report, and reflects 
the current estimate of revenues available in the Fund in 
fiscal year 2001 based upon current law. The conference 
agreement does not assume the reinstatement of Section 245(i), 
which was proposed in the Senate-reported amendment and the 
budget request. Instead, the conference agreement provides a 
$37,480,000 increase in the INS Salaries and Expenses account 
to fully fund the detention requirements requested in the Fund, 
but for which revenues are insufficient in fiscal year 2001. 
The agreement does not include the base transfer to the 
Breached Bond/Detention Fund account, as proposed in the Senate 
report.
      Immigration Enforcement Fines.--The conference agreement 
includes $1,850,000 in spending from Immigration Enforcement 
fines, the amount requested and proposed in the House report, 
instead of $5,593,000 as proposed in the Senate report.
      H-1B Fees.--The conference agreement includes $1,125,000 
in spending from the H-1B Fee account, the amount requested and 
the amount proposed in the House report, instead of $1,473,000 
as proposed in the Senate report.

                              CONSTRUCTION

      The conference agreement includes $133,302,000 for 
construction for INS, as proposed in the Senate-reported 
amendment, instead of $110,664,000 as proposed in the House 
bill. This amount fully funds the Administration's request, 
funds $5,000,000 in habitability, life safety, and other 
improvements at the Charleston Border Patrol Academy, and 
provides increases over the requested amount of $7,353,000 for 
one-time build out and $9,814,000 for maintenance, repair, and 
alteration to accelerate these programs.
      The conference agreement includes language, as proposed 
in the House bill and carried in prior Appropriations Acts, 
prohibiting funds from being used for site acquisition, design, 
or construction of a checkpoint in the Tucson Sector. The 
Senate-reported amendment did not include a similar provision.

                         Federal Prison System

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement includes $3,476,889,000 for the 
salaries and expenses of the Federal Prison System, instead of 
$3,430,596,000 as proposed in the House bill and $3,573,729,000 
as proposed in the Senate-reported amendment. The agreement 
assumes that, in addition to the amounts appropriated, 
$31,000,000 will be available for necessary operations from 
unobligated carryover balances from the prior year.
      The conference agreement includes funding to begin and or 
complete the activation of the following facilities:

Victorville, CA.........................................      $5,882,000
Houston, TX.............................................         637,000
Brooklyn, NY............................................       8,131,000
Philadelphia, PA........................................       5,718,000
Butner, NC..............................................      11,808,000
Loretto, PA expansion...................................         613,000
Pollock, LA.............................................      33,511,000
Atwater, CA.............................................      22,316,000
Coleman, FL.............................................      10,235,000
Honolulu, HI............................................      14,119,000
Ft. Dix, NJ expansion...................................       4,893,000
Yazoo City, MS expansion................................         674,000
Lompoc, CA expansion....................................         907,000
El Paso, TX expansion...................................       2,357,000
Seagoville, TX expansion................................       1,208,000
Jesup, GA expansion.....................................         200,000

      The conference agreement provides an additional $500,000 
for the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) to study 
whether the location of illegal alien holding facilities along 
the Southern border of the United States contributes to the 
illegal immigration problems in this country. The conference 
agreement includes $4,000,000 for the NIC to address issues 
related to children of prisoners, as described in the Senate 
report. Of the amounts provided, up to $1,000,000 shall be for 
the NIC to address the issue of staff sexual misconduct 
involving female inmates as described in the Senate report.
      The conference agreement provides $100,000 for 
implementation of a pilot internship program at the Federal 
Correctional Institution in Yazoo City, MS as described in the 
Senate report. The conference agreement adopts the Senate 
report language directing BOP to continue to assess the 
feasibility of construction of a high security facility in 
Yazoo City, MS as described in the Senate report.
      The conference agreement includes a $3,000,000 
enhancement for education programming instead of the $7,433,000 
requested. If additional resources become available either 
through prior year unobligated balances or as a result of 
savings in fiscal year 2001, BOP is expected to fund these 
additional costs.

                        BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

      The conference agreement includes $835,660,000 for 
construction, modernization, maintenance and repair of prison 
and detention facilities housing Federal prisoners, the same 
level as provided in the House bill, instead of $724,389,000 as 
provided in the Senate-reported amendment. The conference 
agreement provides $681,271,000 for construction of new 
facilities as outlined below:

                        [In thousands of dollars]

        Facility                                                  Amount
Facilities with prior funding:
    FCI Forrest City, AR................................         $95,814
    FCI Yazoo City, MS..................................          86,884
    USP Lompoc, CA......................................         118,111
    FCI Butner, NC......................................          83,111
    FCI Victorville, CA.................................         116,838
    FCI Herlong/Sierra, CA..............................         116,861
Facilities with no prior funding:
    USP Western.........................................          11,930
    USP Southeastern....................................          11,931
    FCI Southeastern....................................           5,430
    FCI Mid-Atlantic....................................           5,430
    FCI Midwestern......................................           5,431
    FCI Western.........................................           6,000
    FCI South Central...................................           5,000
    FCI Northeast.......................................           5,000
    FCI Mid-Atlantic....................................           5,000
    Mid-Atlantic Female.................................           2,000
    Alaska Prison Study.................................             500
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
        Total...........................................         681,271

      After reviewing numerous sites in South Carolina, the 
Bureau of Prisons (BOP) narrowed its focus on four potential 
locations that would be suitable for the construction of 
correctional facilities. Following a comprehensive 
Environmental Impact Study completed in April, 2000, the BOP 
identified two preferred sites in Williamsburg and Marlboro 
Counties. A Record of Decision (ROD) for the Salters site, 
Williamsburg County was signed by the Director, BOP on July 19, 
2000. On the same date, the ROD was signed for the Bennetsville 
site, Marlboro County. The BOP is in the process of procuring a 
design/build contract for the Salters site and is proceeding 
with the second preferred site, consistent with the ROD and the 
fiscal year 2001 request.
      The Senate provided $7,954,000 to plan and design a 
prison in Alaska while the House included no such funding. The 
managers note that there is no Federal prison in Alaska and 
State prisons are severely overcrowded and are operating under 
a court order requiring some prisoners to be transported to 
lower 48 State prisons. Likewise, Federal prisoners in Alaska 
must be transported by commercial air to Federal facilities 
thousands of miles away at a huge cost to taxpayers.
      The Director of the Bureau of Prisons is directed to 
prepare a feasibility study on the need for a new prison in 
Alaska including the number of Federal prisoners who would be 
housed, the types of detention, rehabilitation, vocational and 
educational facilities that would be required, and the 
potential to lease surplus beds to the State of Alaska to 
reduce its prison overcrowding. The report should also analyze 
the costs of construction, the cost savings that would be 
realized from reduced prisoner transportation costs, and 
potential financing options, including State contributions and 
private financing and operation. The managers have provided 
$500,000 for the study which should be conducted in 
consultation with the U.S. Marshal for Alaska, the Chief Judge 
of the United States District Court, the Alaska Commissioner of 
Corrections and private parties or non-profit corporations with 
an interest in prison issues. The report should be submitted to 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations by March 15, 
2001.

                Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated

                (LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES)

      The conference agreement includes a limitation on 
administrative expenses of $3,429,000, as requested and as 
proposed in both the House bill and the Senate-reported 
amendment.

                       Office of Justice Programs

                           JUSTICE ASSISTANCE

      The conference agreement includes $418,219,000 for 
Justice Assistance, instead of $307,611,000 as proposed in the 
House bill and $426,403,000 as proposed in the Senate-reported 
amendment. The conference agreement includes the following:

National Institute of Justice...........................     $70,000,000
    Defense/Law Enforcement Technology Transfer.........    (12,277,000)
Bureau of Justice Statistics............................      28,755,000
Missing Children........................................      23,048,000
Regional Information Sharing System.....................      25,000,000
National White Collar Crime Center......................       9,250,000
Management and Administration...........................      41,186,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
        Subtotal........................................     197,239,000
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Counterterrorism Programs:
    Equipment...........................................     109,400,000
    Nunn-Lugar-Domenici Program.........................      20,980,000
    Training............................................      45,500,000
    Exercises...........................................       7,000,000
    Technical Assistance................................       2,000,000
    Counterterrorism Research and Development...........      36,100,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
        Subtotal........................................     220,980,000
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
        Total, Bureau of Justice Assistance.............     418,219,000

      National Institute of Justice (NIJ).--The conference 
agreement provides $70,000,000 for the National Institute of 
Justice, instead of $41,448,000 as proposed in the House bill 
and $46,000,000 as proposed in the Senate-reported amendment. 
Additionally, $5,200,000 for NIJ research and evaluation on the 
causes and impact of domestic violence is provided under the 
Violence Against Women Grants program; $17,500,000 is provided 
from within technology funding in the Community Oriented 
Policing Services account to be available to NIJ to develop 
new, more effective safety technologies for safe schools; and 
$20,000,000 is provided to NIJ, as was provided in previous 
fiscal years, within the Local Law Enforcement Block Grant for 
assisting local units to identify, select, develop, modernize 
and purchase new technologies for use by law enforcement.
      The conference agreement adopts by reference the 
following recommendations in the House report which are within 
the overall amounts provided to NIJ. The Office of Justice 
Programs is expected to review proposals, provide grants if 
warranted, and report to the Committees on its intentions 
regarding: a grant at the current year level for information 
technology applications for High Intensity Drug Trafficking 
Areas; a grant for the Snohomish County Medical Examiner's 
Office to assist in the development of a new death 
investigation module for the FBI's ViCAP system; and a 
$1,800,000 grant for facial recognition.
      The conference agreement adopts the following 
recommendations in the Senate report that provides that within 
the overall amount provided to NIJ, the Office of Justice 
Programs is expected to review proposals, provide grants if 
warranted, and report to the Committees on Appropriations on 
its intentions regarding: a $400,000 grant for continued 
research into non-toxic drug detection and identification 
aerosol technology; a $300,000 grant for Washington State 
Breaking the Cycle; and a $100,000 grant for perfluorocarbon 
tracer.
      Within the amount provided, the conference agreement 
directs that increased amounts over fiscal year 2000 be made 
available for computerized identification systems and the DNA 
Research Technology and Development Program, as proposed in the 
Senate report.
      The conference agreement provides $15,000,000 for an 
education and development initiative to promote criminal 
justice excellence at Eastern Kentucky University in 
conjunction with the University of Kentucky.
      The conference agreement includes $600,000 for NIJ to 
develop, test, and validate a prototype national Vulnerability 
Assessment (VA) methodology for assessing the security of 
chemical facilities against terrorist and criminal attacks, 
consistent with the requirements of Public Law 106-40. This 
report is expected to include recommendations for the Attorney 
General on the appropriate security classification and public 
release of information likely to be generated by a national VA 
of chemical facilities, including an analysis of expected risks 
and benefits. One year after enactment of this Act, the 
Attorney General shall provide to the Committees on 
Appropriations a comprehensive report on the findings derived 
from the development of the VA methodology. The information 
contained in this report will be used only to describe and 
validate conditions at chemical facilities in general and will 
contain no identifications of specific chemical facilities.
      Defense/Law Enforcement Technology Transfer.--Within the 
total amount provided to NIJ, the conference agreement includes 
$12,277,000 to assist NIJ, in conjunction with the Department 
of Defense, in converting non-lethal defense technology to law 
enforcement use. Within the amount provided is funding for the 
continuation of the law enforcement technology center network, 
which provides States with information on new equipment and 
technologies, as well as assisting law enforcement agencies in 
locating high cost/low use equipment for use on a temporary or 
emergency basis. The current year level is provided for the 
technology commercialization initiative at the National 
Technology Transfer Center and other law enforcement technology 
centers. The current year level is provided for the Center for 
Rural Law Enforcement Technology and Training to evaluate and 
assist in providing technology needs of rural State and local 
law enforcement officers, as part of the National Law 
Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center (NLECTC) system. 
$1,500,000 is also provided to develop plans to establish a 
National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center in 
Alaska as described in the Senate report.
      The conference agreement includes an $8,000,000 increase 
for smart gun technology research and development.
      Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS).--The conference 
agreement provides $28,755,000 for the Bureau of Justice 
Statistics, instead of $25,505,000 as proposed in the House 
bill and $27,305,000 as proposed by the Senate-reported 
amendment. The recommendation includes $500,000 for 
inflationary cost increases, $725,000 to collect Computer Crime 
and Cyber-Fraud Statistics as described in the Senate report 
and $2,000,000 for tribal criminal justice statistics.
      Missing Children.--The conference agreement provides 
$23,048,000 for the Missing Children Program instead of 
$25,473,000 as proposed in the Senate-reported amendment and 
$19,952,000 as proposed in the House bill. Within the amounts 
provided the conference agreement assumes the following:
            (1) $9,298,000 for the Missing Children Program 
        within the Office of Justice Programs, Justice 
        Assistance, including the following: $6,500,000 for 
        State and local law enforcement to continue specialized 
        cyberunits and to form new units to investigate and 
        prevent child sexual exploitation which are based on 
        the protocols for conducting investigations involving 
        the Internet and online service providers that have 
        been established by the Department of Justice and the 
        National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
            (2) $11,450,000 for the National Center for Missing 
        and Exploited Children, of which $100,000 is provided 
        for a case manager as described in the Senate report; 
        $2,250,000 is for CyberTipline, Cyperspace training and 
        continuation of a study regarding the victimization of 
        children on the Internet as described in the Senate 
        report. Additional funding is also provided for a legal 
        and technical assistance section. OJP is directed to 
        work with the National Center for Missing and Exploited 
        Children to identify law enforcement agencies which 
        currently utilize computers in their patrol vehicles 
        and create a program to use computers to disseminate 
        information on missing children as described in the 
        Senate report.
            (3) $2,300,000 for the Jimmy Ryce Law Enforcement 
        Training Center for training of State and local law 
        enforcement officials investigating missing and 
        exploited children cases.
      Regional Information Sharing System (RISS).--The 
conference agreement includes $25,000,000 for RISS, instead of 
$20,000,000 and a $5,000,000 transfer from the COPS program as 
proposed in the House bill and $30,000,000 as proposed in the 
Senate-reported amendment.
      White Collar Crime Information Center.--The conference 
agreement includes $9,250,000 for the National White Collar 
Crime Center (NWCCC), as proposed in the House bill, instead of 
no funding as proposed in the Senate-reported amendment.
      Counterterrorism Assistance.--The conference agreement 
includes a total of $220,980,000 to continue the initiative to 
prepare, equip, and train State and local entities to respond 
to incidents of chemical, biological, radiological, and other 
types of domestic terrorism, instead of $152,000,000 as 
proposed in the House bill and $257,000,000 as proposed in the 
Senate-reported amendment. Funding is provided as follows:
      Equipment.--$109,400,000 is provided for grants to equip 
State and local first responders, including, but not limited 
to, firefighters and emergency services personnel, as follows:

             $97,000,000 for Domestic Preparedness 
        Equipment Grants to be used to procure specialized 
        equipment required by State and local first responders 
        to respond to terrorist incidents involving chemical, 
        biological, radiological, and explosive weapons of mass 
        destruction (WMD). The conference agreement continues 
        the direction included in the fiscal year 2000 
        Appropriations Act, allowing funds to be allocated only 
        in accordance with an approved State plan, and adopts 
        the direction included in the Senate report requiring 
        80 percent of each State's funding to be provided to 
        local communities with the greatest need. Within the 
        total amount provided for these grants, up to 
        $2,000,000 shall be made available for continued 
        support of the Domestic Preparedness Equipment 
        Technical Assistance program at the Pine Bluff Arsenal;
             $5,000,000 is for equipment grants for 
        State and local bomb technicians, instead of 
        $10,000,000 as proposed in the House report; and
             $7,400,000 is for pre-positioned 
        equipment, as proposed in the Senate report.
      Nunn-Lugar-Domenici Program (NLD).--$20,980,000 is for 
the NLD Domestic Preparedness Program authorized under the 
National Defense Authorization Act, 1997, and previously funded 
by the Department of Defense, to provide training and other 
assistance to the 120 largest U.S. cities. On April 6, 2000, 
the President proposed the transfer of responsibility for 
completion of the NLD program to the Department of Justice. The 
conference agreement provides the full amount necessary to 
complete the NLD program, of which $8,100,000 is for training 
and $6,880,000 is for exercises for the remainder of the 120 
cities; $3,000,000 is for Improved Response Plans; and 
$3,000,000 is for management and administrative costs 
associated with this program. Within the amounts provided for 
Domestic Preparedness Equipment grants, the Office of Justice 
Programs may provide equipment to NLD cities if such equipment 
is necessary to fulfill the requirements of the program. The 
conference agreement includes a series of new programs to 
address training and exercise requirements on a national basis, 
and expects the Office of Justice Programs to provide any 
future training and exercises assistance through these 
programs. The Senate report language regarding administration 
of this program is adopted by reference.
      Training.--$45,500,000 is for training programs for State 
and local first responders, to be distributed as follows:
             $33,500,000 is for the National Domestic 
        Preparedness Consortium, of which $15,500,000 is for 
        the Center for Domestic Preparedness at Ft. McClellan, 
        Alabama, including $500,000 for management and 
        administration of the Center; $5,250,000 is for the 
        Texas Engineering Extension Service at Texas A&M and 
        $12,750,000 is to be equally divided among the three 
        other Consortium members;
             $8,000,000 is for additional training 
        programs to address emerging training needs not 
        provided for by the Consortium or elsewhere. In 
        distributing these funds, OJP is expected to consider 
        the needs of firefighters and emergency services 
        personnel, and State and local law enforcement;
             $3,000,000 is for continuation of distance 
        learning training programs at the National Terrorism 
        Preparedness Institute at the Southeastern Public 
        Safety Institute to provide training through advanced 
        distributive learning technology and other mechanisms; 
        and
             $1,000,000 is for continuation of the 
        State and Local Antiterrorism Training Program.
      Exercises.--$7,000,000 is for exercise programs, of which 
$4,000,000 is for grants to assist State and local 
jurisdictions in planning and conducting exercises to enhance 
their response capabilities, and $3,000,000 is for planning, 
execution, and analysis of TOPOFF II. The direction included in 
the Senate report regarding distribution of exercises grants in 
accordance with approved State plans is adopted by reference.
      Technical Assistance.--$2,000,000 is for technical 
assistance to States and localities, as proposed in the Senate 
report.
      Counterterrorism Research and Development.--$36,100,000 
is for counterterrorism research and development, of which 
$18,000,000 is for the Dartmouth Institute for Security 
Technology Studies (ISTS), $18,000,000 is for the Oklahoma City 
National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism 
(MIPT), and $100,000 is for a pilot project to develop an RDT&E 
system similar to the Department of Defense System, as proposed 
in the Senate report. Within the amount provided for MIPT, up 
to $4,000,000 is to be used to support the development of 
performance standards in a biological and chemical environment 
for respirators and personal protective garments. The MIPT and 
the ISTS are directed to work with the Technical Support 
Working Group and the National Domestic Preparedness Office to 
develop and implement a process whereby WMD equipment is 
standardized.
      The conference agreement includes language modified from 
language included in the House bill and the Senate-reported 
amendment providing funding for counterterrorism programs.
      Management and Administration.--The conference agreement 
includes $41,186,000 for Management and Administration, instead 
of $39,456,000 as proposed by the House, and $40,125,000 as 
proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement adopts the 
House report language concerning the reorganization of the 
Office of Justice Programs and the submission of a report on 
the implementation of the reorganization by December 31, 2000.

               STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE

      The conference agreement includes $2,848,929,000 for 
State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance, instead of 
$2,823,950,000 as proposed in the House bill, and 
$1,475,254,000 as proposed in the Senate-reported amendment. 
The conference agreement provides for the following programs:

Local Law Enforcement Block Grant.......................   $523,000,000 
    Boys and Girls Clubs................................    (60,000,000)
    Law Enforcement Technology..........................    (20,000,000)
State Prison Grants.....................................    686,500,000 
    Cooperative Agreement Program.......................    (35,000,000)
    Indian Country Earmark..............................    (34,000,000)
    Alien Incarceration.................................   (165,000,000)
    State Environmental Impact Statements...............     (2,000,000)
State Criminal Alien Assistance Program.................    400,000,000 
Indian Tribal Courts Program............................      8,000,000 
Byrne Discretionary Grants..............................     69,050,000 
Byrne Formula Grants....................................    500,000,000 
Drug Courts.............................................     50,000,000 
Juvenile Crime Block Grant..............................    250,000,000 
Violence Against Women Act Programs.....................    288,679,000 
State Prison Drug Treatment.............................     63,000,000 
Indian Country Alcohol and Crime Prevention.............      5,000,000 
Missing Alzheimer's Patient Program.....................        900,000 
Law Enforcement Family Support Programs.................      1,500,000 
Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention..........................      1,300,000 
Senior Citizens Against Marketing Scams.................      2,000,000 
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
        Total...........................................  2,848,929,000 

      Local Law Enforcement Block Grant.--The conference 
agreement includes $523,000,000 for the Local Law Enforcement 
Block Grant program, as proposed in the House bill, instead of 
$400,000,000, as proposed in the Senate-reported amendment, in 
order to continue the commitment to provide local governments 
with the resources and flexibility to address specific crime 
problems in their communities with their own solutions. Within 
the amount provided, the conference agreement includes language 
providing $60,000,000 to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. 
In addition, the conference agreement extends the set-aside for 
law enforcement technology, as proposed in both the House bill 
and the Senate-reported amendment.
      State Prison Grants.--The conference agreement includes 
$686,500,000 for State Prison Grants as proposed in the House 
bill, instead of $76,000,000 as proposed in the Senate-reported 
amendment. Of the amount provided, $450,500,000 is available to 
States to build and expand prisons, $165,000,000 is available 
to States for the reimbursement of the costs of incarceration 
of criminal aliens, $35,000,000 is available for the 
Cooperative Agreement Program, $34,000,000 is available for 
Indian tribes, and $2,000,000 is available for review of State 
environmental impact statements to determine compliance with 
Federal requirements and ensure that State projects are not 
delayed.
      State Criminal Alien Assistance Program.--The conference 
agreement provides a total of $565,000,000 for the State 
Criminal Alien Assistance Program for payment to the States for 
the costs of incarceration of criminal aliens, instead of 
$50,000,000, as proposed in the Senate-reported amendment and 
$585,000,000 as proposed in the House bill. Of the total 
amount, the conference agreement includes $400,000,000 under 
this account for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program 
and $165,000,000 for this purpose under the State Prison Grants 
program, as proposed by the House bill.
      Indian Tribal Courts.--The conference agreement includes 
$8,000,000, instead of $5,000,000 as proposed in the Senate-
reported amendment, and no funding in the House bill, to assist 
tribal governments in the development, enhancement, and 
continuing operation of tribal judicial systems by providing 
resources for the necessary tools to sustain safer and more 
peaceful communities.
      Edward Byrne Grants to States.--The conference agreement 
provides $569,050,000 for the Edward Byrne Memorial State and 
Local Law Enforcement Assistance Program, of which $69,050,000 
is discretionary grants and $500,000,000 is provided for 
formula grants under this program.
      Byrne Discretionary Grants.--The conference agreement 
provides $69,050,000 for discretionary grants under the Edward 
Byrne Memorial State and Local Assistance Program to be 
administered by Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), instead of 
$52,000,000 as proposed in the House bill and the Senate-
reported amendment. Within the amount provided for 
discretionary grants, OJP is expected to review the following 
proposals, provide grants if warranted, and report to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House and the Senate on its 
intentions:
             $2,000,000 for the Drug Abuse Resistance 
        Education (DARE AMERICA) program;
             $1,600,000 for continued support for the 
        expansion of Search Group, Inc. and the national 
        Technical Assistance and Training Program to assist 
        States, such as West Virginia, to accelerate the 
        automation of fingerprint identification processes;
             $4,400,000 for the National Crime 
        Prevention Council to continue and expand the National 
        Citizens Crime Prevention Campaign, McGruff;
             $800,000 for the Haymarket Center;
             $5,000,000 for Project HomeSafe for safety 
        packets which include a gun locking device and 
        information on how to handle and store guns safely as 
        described in the Senate report;
             $150,000 for the Ottawa County, MI, 
        Sheriff's Department to support crime fighting 
        technologies;
             $1,000,000 for the Tools for Tolerance 
        Program;
             $500,000 for the Littleton Area Learning 
        Center;
             $4,500,000 for the Executive Office of 
        U.S. Attorneys to support the National District 
        Attorneys Association's participation in legal 
        education training at the National Advocacy Center;
             $2,000,000 for the Youth Safe Haven 
        program;
             $1,900,000 for the Families and Schools 
        Together (FAST) program;
             $1,500,000 for Project Return in New 
        Orleans, LA;
             $2,000,000 for the Alaska Native Justice 
        Center;
             $400,000 for the Ridge House in Reno, NV;
             $3,000,000 for a grant to the National 
        Center for Justice and the Rule of Law at the 
        University of Mississippi School of Law to sponsor 
        research and produce judicial education seminars and 
        training for judges, court personnel, prosecutors, 
        police agencies, and attorneys;
             $350,000 for a grant to Turtle Mountain 
        Community College's Department of Justice for ``Project 
        Peacemaker'';
             $300,000 for the Chattanooga Endeavors 
        program;
             $750,000 for a grant to the University of 
        Kentucky College of Law for teleconferencing equipment 
        for prosecutor training;
             $1,000,000 for the Fels Center at the 
        University of Pennsylvania for a demonstration 
        fellowship project;
             $1,400,000 for rural alcohol interdiction, 
        investigations, and prosecutions in the State of 
        Alaska;
             $150,000 for the MUSC Innovative 
        Alternatives for Women program;
             $750,000 for the Nevada National Judicial 
        College;
             $3,000,000 for a grant for the National 
        Fatherhood Initiative;
             $190,000 to the Hampshire County, MA, 
        TRIAD project;
             $450,000 for the Gospel Rescue Mission;
             $2,250,000 the Washington Metropolitan 
        Area Drug Enforcement Task Force and for expansion of 
        the regional gang tracking system;
             $2,000,000 for the Rural Crime Prevention 
        and Prosecution program;
             $1,000,000 for the Night Light program in 
        San Bernardino, CA to assign probation officers to 
        patrol with law enforcement during peak crime hours;
             $800,000 for the Illegal Firearms 
        Reduction Program in Illinois;
             $850,000 for the DuPage County Children's 
        Sexual Abuse Center;
             $1,000,000 for Operation NITRO (Narcotics 
        Interdiction To Reduce Open-Air Drug Markets) in 
        Newark, NJ;
             $1,800,000 for the Center for Rural Law 
        Enforcement Technology and Training;
             $2,505,000 for Kentucky Child Advocacy 
        Centers;
             $1,000,000 for a community court pilot 
        project in Los Angeles, CA;
             $1,000,000 for a Neighborhood Policing 
        Initiative for the Homeless in Clearwater, FL;
             $1,000,000 for the National Children's 
        Advocacy Center in Huntsville, Alabama for a Child 
        Abuse Investigation and Prosecution Enhancement 
        Initiative;
             $1,100,000 for the National Training and 
        Information Center;
             $1,000,000 for the Doe Fund's Ready, 
        Willing and Able program;
             $30,000 for the Crimestoppers program in 
        Lexington, KY, to expand its efforts to involve 
        citizens in crime prevention;
             $1,000,000 for the Ben Clark Public Safety 
        Training program for law enforcement officers;
             $3,000,000 for the Regional Mobile Gang 
        Task Force Enforcement Team in Orange County, CA;
             $500,000 for the Local Initiative Support 
        Corporation;
             $300,000 for the National Association of 
        Town Watch's National Night Out crime prevention 
        program;
             $2,000,000 for a Spokane County crime task 
        force for costs associated with State and local 
        investigations;
             $750,000 for Operation Child Haven;
             $150,000 for the Samantha Reid Foundation;
             $500,000 for the Sunflower House in 
        Shawnee, KS; and
             $400,000 for the Domestic Violence 
        Services for Women in Substance Abuse Treatment and 
        Substance Abuse Treatment for Women in Domestic 
        Violence Shelters project at the University of Northern 
        Iowa.
      The conference agreement adopts the Senate report 
language supporting the national motor vehicle title 
information system. Within available resources for Byrne 
discretionary grants, OJP is urged to review proposals, and 
provide grants if warranted, to the Alaska Federation of 
Natives and the Alaska court system for an alcohol law 
offenders program using Naltrexone and other drug therapies.
      Byrne Formula Grants.--The conference agreement provides 
$500,000,000 for the Byrne Formula Grant program as proposed in 
the House bill, instead of $400,000,000 as proposed in the 
Senate-reported amendment.
      Drug Courts.--The conference agreement includes 
$50,000,000 for drug courts, instead of $40,000,000 as proposed 
in the Senate-reported amendment and the House bill. Localities 
may also obtain funding for drug courts under the Local Law 
Enforcement Block Grant program and the Juvenile Accountability 
Incentive Block Grant program.
      The conference agreement recognizes that there are 
currently over 480 drug courts in the United States. These drug 
courts play an important role in controlling the behavior and 
drug addiction of drug-using offenders across the Nation. Among 
these courts, there are only three comprehensive drug court 
systems in the country, one of which is in Denver, Colorado. 
Denver's adult drug court was established in 1994 and recently 
a juvenile drug court was established. The conference agreement 
recognizes the Denver concept has demonstrated its efficacy 
and, with sufficient resources, could serve as a model for 
other drug courts.
      Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grant.--The 
conference agreement provides $250,000,000 for the Juvenile 
Accountability Incentive Block Grant program to address the 
problem of juvenile crime as proposed in the House bill instead 
of $100,000,000 as proposed in the Senate-reported amendment.
      Violence Against Women Act Grants.--The conference 
agreement includes $288,679,000 for grants to support the 
Violence Against Women Act, instead of $283,750,000 as proposed 
in the House bill, and $284,854,000 as proposed in the Senate-
reported amendment. The conference agreement provides funding 
under this account as follows:

General Grants..........................................   $210,179,000 
    Civil Legal Assistance..............................    (31,625,000)
    National Institute of Justice.......................     (5,200,000)
    OJJDP-Safe Start Program............................    (10,000,000)
    Violence on College Campuses........................    (11,000,000)
Victims of Child Abuse Programs:
    Court-Appointed Special Advocates...................     11,500,000 
    Training for Judicial Personnel.....................      2,000,000 
    Grants for Televised Testimony......................      1,000,000 
Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies.....................     34,000,000 
Rural Domestic Violence.................................     25,000,000 
Training Programs.......................................      5,000,000 
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
        Total...........................................    288,679,000 

      State Prison Drug Treatment.--The conference agreement 
includes $63,000,000 for substance abuse treatment programs 
within State and local correctional facilities, as proposed in 
the House bill and the Senate-reported amendment. The 
conference agreement prohibits funding in this program from 
being used for aftercare programs.
      Indian Country Alcohol and Crime Prevention.--The 
conference agreement includes $5,000,000 for demonstration 
grants on alcohol abuse and crime in Indian country. No funding 
was proposed for this program in either the House bill or the 
Senate-reported amendment. These funds are only available for 
law enforcement activities.
      Safe Return Program.--The conference agreement includes 
$900,000 as proposed in both the House bill and the Senate-
reported amendment.
      Law Enforcement Family Support.--The conference agreement 
includes $1,500,000 for law enforcement family support 
programs, as proposed in both the Senate-reported amendment and 
the House bill.
      Senior Citizens Against Marketing Scams.--The conference 
agreement includes $2,000,000 for programs to assist law 
enforcement in preventing and stopping marketing scams against 
senior citizens, as proposed by both the House bill and the 
Senate-reported amendment. The conference agreement adopts by 
reference the Senate report language on the National Advocacy 
Center and coordinating with the Federal Trade Commission.
      Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention.--The conference agreement 
includes $1,300,000 for grants to combat motor vehicle theft as 
proposed in the House bill.
      The conference agreement adopts the House report language 
by reference concerning false residential and commercial 
alarms. The conference agreement also includes language 
proposed in the House bill providing for Guam to be considered 
a State under the Local Law Enforcement Block Grant program and 
the Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grant program.

                         WEED AND SEED PROGRAM

      The conference agreement includes a direct appropriation 
of $34,000,000 for the Weed and Seed program, instead of 
$33,500,000 proposed by the House bill and $40,000,000 as 
proposed by the Senate-reported amendment. The conference 
agreement includes the expectation that an additional 
$6,500,000 will be made available from the Assets Forfeiture 
Super Surplus Fund.

                  Community Oriented Policing Services

      The conference agreement includes $1,032,325,000 for the 
Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program, instead of 
$812,025,000 in the Senate-reported amendment and $595,000,000 
in the House bill. This conference agreement assumes that 
$5,000,000 will be available to the program in unobligated 
balances, providing for a total program level of 
$1,037,325,000.
      Police Hiring Initiatives.--The conference agreement 
includes $470,000,000 for police hiring initiatives. Of this 
amount $180,000,000 is provided specifically for school 
resource officers and $35,000,000 is provided specifically for 
hiring police officers for Indian Country, with an additional 
$5,000,000 from unobligated
carryover balances from fiscal year 2000 for Indian Country 
grants. Since fiscal year 1998, the COPS program has recovered 
over $100,000,000 per year in prior year funds. The conference 
agreement includes a provision requiring the COPS program 
office to submit a reprogramming request to the Committees on 
Appropriations before spending any funds made available through 
prior year deobligations, with an exception for program 
management and administration funding.
      Safe Schools Initiative (SSI).--To address the issue of 
violence in our schools, the conference agreement includes 
$227,500,000 for the Safe Schools Initiative (SSI), including 
funds for technology development, prevention, community 
planning and school safety officers. Within this total, 
$180,000,000 is from the COPS hiring program to provide school 
resource officers who will work in partnership with schools and 
other community-based entities to develop programs to improve 
the safety of elementary and secondary school children and 
educators in and around schools; $15,000,000 is from the 
Juvenile Justice At-Risk Children's Program and $15,000,000 is 
from the COPS program ($30,000,000 total) for programs aimed at 
preventing violence in schools through partnerships with 
schools and community-based organizations; and $17,500,000 is 
provided from the Crime Identification Technology Program to 
NIJ to develop technologies to improve school safety.
      Indian Country.--The conference agreement includes a 
total of $40,000,000 to improve law enforcement capabilities on 
Indian lands, both for hiring uniformed officers and for the 
purchase of equipment and training for new and existing 
officers, as proposed by the Senate. Of the $40,000,000 for 
this program, $35,000,000 is from direct appropriations and 
$5,000,000 is from unobligated balances.
      Management and Administration.--The conference agreement 
includes language that provides that not to exceed $31,825,000 
shall be expended for management and administration of the 
program.
      Non-Hiring Initiatives.--The COPS program reached its 
original goal of funding 100,000 officers in May of 1999. 
Accordingly, the conference agreement funds initiatives to 
ensure there is adequate infrastructure for the new police 
officers, similar to the focus that has been provided Federal 
law enforcement. This will enable police officers to work more 
efficiently, equipped with the protection, tools, and 
technology they need; to address crime in and around schools; 
to provide law enforcement technology for local law 
enforcement; to combat the emergence of methamphetamine in new 
areas and police ``hot spots'' of drug market activity; and to 
make more bullet proof vests available for local law 
enforcement officers and correctional officers. In addition, 
the conference agreement provides funding for Community and Gun 
Violence Prosecutors, law enforcement costs associated with 
Offender Reentry programs and Police Integrity training. The 
conference agreement includes funding for the following non-
hiring grant programs:
      1. COPS Technology Program.--The conference agreement 
includes $140,000,000 to be used for continued development of 
technologies and automated systems to assist State and local 
law enforcement agencies in investigating, responding to and 
preventing crime. In particular, it supports the sharing of 
criminal information and intelligence between State and local 
law enforcement to address multi-jurisdictional crimes.
      Within the amounts made available under this program, the 
conference agreement includes the expectation that the COPS 
office will award grants for the following technology 
proposals:
            $3,000,000 for a grant for the Law Enforcement On-
        Line Program (LEO). The conference agreement directs 
        the Department of Justice to submit a report to the 
        Committees on Appropriations by February 1, 2001, on 
        the future of the LEO system. The report shall present 
        the Department's vision for LEO, interoperability of 
        LEO with other FBI and Departmental systems, and the 
        relationship of LEO to the Global Justice Information 
        Network. The report should also include funding 
        requirements and a project time line for achieving the 
        Department's vision and address whether management of 
        LEO should remain with the FBI, or be transferred to 
        JMD;
            $500,000 for a grant to Delaware County, IN, for 
        mobile data terminals for law enforcement vehicles;
            $250,000 for a grant to Clackamas County, OR, for 
        police communications equipment;
            $1,000,000 for a grant to Jackson, MS, for law 
        enforcement technologies and equipment;
            $5,000,000 for a grant to the National Center for 
        Missing and Exploited Children to continue the program 
        created in fiscal year 2000 that provides targeted 
        technology to police departments for the specific 
        purpose of child victimization prevention and response. 
        The technology available to help law enforcement find 
        missing children is not at the level it needs to be. 
        Most police departments across the United States do not 
        have personal computers, modems, and scanners. The 
        departments that do rarely have them in areas focusing 
        on crimes against children;
            Up to $3,000,000 for the acquisition or lease and 
        installation of dashboard mounted cameras for State and 
        local law enforcement on patrol. One camera may be used 
        in each vehicle which is used primarily for patrols. 
        These cameras are only to be used by State and local 
        law enforcement on patrol;
            $800,000 for a grant to the National Center for 
        Victims of Crime--INFOLINK;
            $3,000,000 for a grant to allow the Utah Olympic 
        Public Safety Command to implement the public safety 
        master plan for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games;
            $300,000 for a grant to the Kansas City Community 
        Security Initiative to continue developing community 
        policing models in Kansas City neighborhoods;
            $150,000 for a grant to establish a Computer Crime 
        Unit within the Montana Board of Crime Control;
            $1,500,000 for a grant to the New Hampshire 
        Department of Safety to support Operation 
        Streetsweeper;
            $400,000 for a grant to the Western Missouri Public 
        Safety Training Institute for classroom and training 
        equipment to facilitate the training of public safety 
        officers;
            $3,500,000 for a grant to continue the Consolidated 
        Advanced Technologies for Law Enforcement Program at 
        the University of New Hampshire and the New Hampshire 
        Department of Safety, in cooperation with the National 
        Resource Center and the National Institute of Justice;
            $400,000 for a grant to Mountain Village, CO, for 
        public safety information management systems related to 
        law enforcement;
            $500,000 for a grant to Washington State for an 
        electronic jail booking and reporting system;
            $850,000 for a grant to the South Carolina Law 
        Enforcement Division for a high technology crime 
        investigative unit;
            $500,000 for a grant to the National Center for 
        Rural Law Enforcement in Little Rock, AR, to continue 
        providing management education, research, forensics, 
        computer, and technical assistance and training to 
        rural law enforcement agencies, tribal police, and 
        railroad police throughout the Nation;
            $130,000 for a grant to Jackson County, MS, for 
        public safety and automated system technologies related 
        to law enforcement;
            $750,000 for grants to the Bennington, Brattleboro, 
        Newport, Montpelier, and Winooski, VT, for police 
        technology systems and equipment;
            $900,000 for a grant to Billings, MT, for patrol 
        car mobile data terminals;
            $100,000 for a grant to the Inglewood, CA, police 
        department for technology systems;
            $600,000 for a grant for telecommunications 
        upgrades in rural areas of Montana to improve law 
        enforcement response times;
            $750,000 for a grant to the Macon, GA, Police 
        Department for technology equipment and software;
            $700,000 for a grant for a voice trunking system to 
        assist law enforcement in eastern North Carolina;
            $1,000,000 for a grant to the North Star Borough 
        for centralized and computer aided dispatch equipment 
        and a study of needs;
            $60,000 for a grant to Monroe County, MI, for a 
        data transmission mechanism for squad cars;
            $600,000 for a grant to the State Police of 
        Virginia for computers and related equipment;
            $5,000,000 for a grant for the Utah Communications 
        Agency Network (UCAN) for enhancements and upgrades of 
        security and communications infrastructure to assist 
        with the law enforcement needs arising from the 2002 
        Winter Olympics;
            $250,000 for a grant to Lane County, OR, for an 
        area information records system;
            $550,000 for a grant to the Clearwater Economic 
        Development Association to provide funding to sheriffs' 
        offices in Clearwater, Idaho, Lemhi, Lewis and Nez 
        Perce counties, ID, to buy radio communications 
        equipment;
            $200,000 for a grant to the Pawtucket, RI, Police 
        Department for patrol car mobile data terminals;
            $150,000 for a grant to Bolivar County, MS, for 
        public safety equipment and automated system 
        technologies to improve county law enforcement;
            $500,000 for a grant to the Maine State Police to 
        upgrade their police radio system;
            $350,000 for a grant to Huntingdon County, PA, for 
        rural law enforcement technology needs;
            $2,200,000 for a grant to the Alaska Department of 
        Public Safety for technology, policing, and enforcement 
        initiatives;
            $2,500,000 for a grant to the Virginia Department 
        of State Police for law enforcement technologies;
            $200,000 for a grant to the Easley, SC, Police 
        Department for policing equipment upgrades and computer 
        enhancements;
            $110,000 for a grant to the Scotts Bluff County, 
        NE, consolidated communications center to improve law 
        enforcement response times;
            $250,000 for a grant to the Vermont State Police 
        for computer and radio system upgrades and integration;
            $3,000,000 for a grant for the Southeastern Law 
        Enforcement Technology Center's Coastal Plain Police 
        Communications initiative for regional law enforcement 
        communications equipment;
            $1,300,000 for a grant to the Alaska Department of 
        Public Safety for the law enforcement photo network to 
        provide statewide access to the Alaska booking, driver, 
        and ID photographic information throughout the State;
            $100,000 for a grant to the Lawrence, MA, Police 
        Department for a police identification management 
        system;
            $300,000 for a grant to Grand Rapids, MI, for 
        computer equipment for police officer vehicles;
            $3,000,000 for a grant to the Milwaukee, WI, police 
        department for communications infrastructure equipment;
            $500,000 for a grant to Nye County, NV, for 
        computer upgrades and other technologies;
            $750,000 for a grant to the Vermont Department of 
        Public Safety for mobile communications technology 
        upgrades for law enforcement;
            $1,650,000 for a grant to the South Carolina Law 
        Enforcement Division for emergency response technology 
        equipment, including datamasters;
            $100,000 for a grant to Deschutes County, OR, for 
        mobile data and radio communications upgrades;
            $750,000 for a grant to the City of Paducah and 
        McCracken County, KY, for a Public Safety Mobile Data 
        System to assist law enforcement;
            $400,000 for a grant to the Arkansas Crime 
        Information Center to address software and hardware 
        requirements;
            $500,000 for a grant to the City of Seattle and 
        King County, WA, for technology upgrades and to assist 
        with inter-jurisdictional investigations;
            $1,800,000 for a grant to the State of Alaska for 
        the training of Village Public Safety Officers and the 
        purchase of emergency response equipment;
            $500,000 for a grant to Madison, WI, for 
        communications upgrades needed to address police radio 
        transmitting capacity and inter-agency communications;
            $150,000 for a grant to the Yellowstone County, MT, 
        Sheriff's office for training technologies upgrades;
            $1,500,000 for a grant to Baltimore, MD, for police 
        training programs and equipment;
            $2,000,000 for a grant to Clark County, NV, to 
        upgrade mobile and in-vehicle computers;
            $1,400,000 for a grant to the Virginia State 
        Police's Bureau of Criminal Intelligence Division for 
        technical equipment;
            $500,000 for a grant to the Johnson County, KS, 
        Sheriff's Department for a countywide public safety 
        radio network;
            $400,000 for a grant to the Montgomery, AL, Police 
        Department for an integrated communications system;
            $150,000 for a grant to the Bozeman, MT, police 
        department for high risk activity training equipment;
            $100,000 for a grant to St. Clair County, MI, to 
        assist with law enforcement data needs;
            $600,000 for a grant to the Alabama Department of 
        Public Safety for technology and automated systems to 
        assist law enforcement;
            $3,000,000 for a grant for the continuation of the 
        Southwest Border States Anti-Drug Information System, 
        which will provide for the purchase and deployment of 
        the technology network between all State and local law 
        enforcement agencies in the four Southwest Border 
        States;
            $200,000 for a grant to Hall County, NE, for mobile 
        data computers for law enforcement;
            $100,000 for a grant to Burrillville, RI, for a 
        communications system to assist law enforcement;
            $200,000 for a grant to Irvington, NJ, for police 
        technology needs;
            $3,000,000 for a grant for videoteleconferencing 
        equipment necessary to assist State and local law 
        enforcement in contacting the Immigration and 
        Naturalization Service to allow them to confirm the 
        identification and status of illegal and criminal 
        aliens in their custody;
            $2,000,000 for a grant to Ventura County, CA, for 
        an integrated justice information system;
            $3,000,000 for a grant for the Southwest Alabama 
        Justice Integration Project;
            $5,000,000 for a grant for the Ohio WEBCHECK 
        system;
            $1,750,000 for a grant to the Missouri State 
        Highway Patrol for an integration technology program;
            $1,750,000 for a grant to the California Highway 
        Patrol for a communications system;
            $3,000,000 for a grant for SmartCOP in Alabama;
            $3,000,000 for a grant for Project Hoosier SAFE-T;
            $2,920,000 for a grant for the Access to Court 
        Electronic Data for Criminal Justice Agencies project;
            $600,000 for a grant to modernize and update law 
        enforcement technologies and equipment in East Baton 
        Rouge Parish, Livingston Parish and Ascension Parish, 
        LA;
            $1,000,000 for a grant to the Riverside, CA, police 
        department for mobile data terminals;
            $1,000,000 for a grant to Orange County, CA, for a 
        seamless, integrated communications technology system;
            $260,000 for a grant to Shively, KY, for police 
        department communications improvements;
            $1,500,000 for a grant for the Citrus Heights, CA, 
        police force for computer networking and radios;
            $250,000 for a grant for the Suffolk County, NY, 
        Police Department Technology Crimes Initiative;
            $750,000 for a grant for Riviera Beach, FL, for a 
        police mobile radio system;
            $750,000 for a grant for Clearwater, FL, for laptop 
        computers and printers for police vehicles and network 
        operations;
            $750,000 for a grant for the cities of Arcadia, and 
        Sierra Madre, CA, to improve crime technology and 
        communications between the cities;
            $600,000 for a grant for a computer-aided dispatch 
        and records management system for the Bells Garden, CA, 
        police department;
            $3,000,000 for a grant for the Chattanooga, TN, 
        Police Department to improve information sharing;
            $3,000,000 for a grant for the purchase and 
        installation of mobile data computers for the 
        Huntsville, AL, police department;
            $83,000 for a grant for the Long County, GA, police 
        department for a communications system;
            $3,500,000 for a grant for Pinellas County, FL, law 
        enforcement agencies to demonstrate with the Florida 
        Department of Motor Vehicles how facial recognition 
        technology may be used by police;
            $1,300,000 for a grant for vehicle-mounted cameras 
        and equipment for the Jefferson County, KY, police 
        department;
            $3,000,000 for a grant for the Lexington, KY, 
        police department for communications equipment to 
        improve officer safety and effectiveness;
            $350,000 for a grant for the Daviess County, KY, 
        sheriff's department for a wireless mobile information 
        system;
            $250,000 for a grant for the City of Falls Church, 
        VA, police department for a computer-aided dispatch and 
        records management system;
            $3,000,000 for a grant for Yuma, AZ, for 
        telecommunications and technology infrastructure for 
        law enforcement officers;
            $152,000 for a grant for Mexico Beach, FL, to 
        upgrade its dispatch communications service;
            $1,500,000 for a grant for an integrated public 
        safety records management and document imaging system 
        for the Wichita Police Department (KS);
            $500,000 for a grant for the East Valley Regional 
        Community Analysis Center for a data warehousing 
        project;
            $7,500,000 for a grant for a regional law 
        enforcement technology program in Kentucky;
            $1,235,000 for a grant for the Virgin Islands for 
        technology equipment and upgrades;
            $1,500,000 for a grant for a justice tracking 
        information system (JUSTIS) for San Francisco, CA;
            $230,000 for a grant for Glendale, CA, for police 
        training equipment and technologies;
            $1,190,000 for a grant for Pasadena, CA, for a 
        computerized geographic information system;
            $152,000 for a grant for the New Jersey State 
        Police's High-tech Crime Unit for technology equipment;
            $50,000 for a grant for the Tuckahoe, NY, police 
        department for technology upgrades;
            $1,000,000 for a grant for the Greater Atlanta Data 
        Center;
            $300,000 for a grant for the Berkshire County 
        Regional Strategic Response Team in Pittsfield, MA;
            $500,000 for a grant for mobile data terminals for 
        Louisville, KY, to improve information retrieval on-
        scene and greatly reduce time used to complete 
        paperwork off-scene;
            $750,000 for a grant for the Louisiana State Police 
        for communications and computer system upgrades for the 
        Public Safety Emergency Services Training Center;
            $50,000 for a grant for the Bound Brook, NJ, police 
        department for law enforcement technologies;
            $500,000 for a grant for the Tampa, FL, police 
        department for in-vehicle video cameras;
            $750,000 for a grant for the North Carolina State 
        Highway Patrol for mobile data terminals;
            $1,000,000 for the Center for Criminal Justice 
        Technology;
            $500,000 for a grant for the San Joaquin County, 
        CA, sheriff's office for technology enhancements; and
            $1,000,000 for a grant for Minnesota for a radio 
        system to improve law enforcement communications in 
        rural Minnesota.
      2. COPS Methamphetamine/Drug ``Hot Spots'' Program.--The 
conference Agreement provides $48,500,000 for State and local 
law enforcement programs to combat methamphetamine production, 
distribution, and use, and to reimburse the Drug Enforcement 
Administration for assistance to State and local law 
enforcement for proper removal and disposal of hazardous 
materials at clandestine methamphetamine labs. The monies may 
also be used for policing initiatives in ``hot spots'' of drug 
market activity. The House bill proposed $45,675,000 and the 
Senate-reported amendment proposed $41,700,000 for this 
purpose.
      Within the amount provided, the conference agreement 
includes $20,000,000 to be reimbursed to the Drug Enforcement 
Administration as described above. The conference agreement 
expects the COPS office to award grants for the following 
programs:
            $2,000,000 to the Washington State Methamphetamine 
        Initiative for a comprehensive program to address 
        methamphetamine enforcement, treatment, and cleanup 
        efforts;
            $2,500,000 to the Midwest (Missouri) 
        Methamphetamine Initiative to train and provide related 
        equipment to State and local law enforcement officers 
        on the proper recognition, collection, removal, and 
        destruction of methamphetamine;
            $2,000,000 to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation to 
        combat methamphetamine and to train officers in those 
        types of investigations;
            $750,000 to the Indiana State Police for a 
        methamphetamine program to address training, equipment, 
        and removal requirements;
            $250,000 to the State Police of Virginia for an 
        intensified methamphetamine enforcement program;
            $800,000 to Southern Utah law enforcement agencies 
        to be used to purchase remote methamphetamine detection 
        laboratories to identify infrastructure decay caused by 
        the disposal of hazardous and toxic chemicals;
            $1,000,000 for the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics 
        to combat methamphetamine and to train officers on the 
        proper recognition, collection, removal, and 
        destruction of methamphetamine;
            $600,000 for the South Dakota Division of Alcohol 
        and Drug Abuse to expand its Community Mobilization 
        Project to include a methamphetamine prevention 
        project;
            $500,000 to the State of Illinois to combat 
        methamphetamine and to train officers in those type of 
        investigations;
            $800,000 to the State of Idaho to train State and 
        local law enforcement officers in the proper 
        recognition, collection, removal, and destruction of 
        methamphetamine;
            $1,000,000 for the Iowa Methamphetamine Clandestine 
        Lab Task Force;
            $1,500,000 for the Arkansas Methamphetamine Law 
        Enforcement Initiative, of which, $150,000 is for the 
        Arkansas State Crime Lab to hire three additional 
        chemists and $1,350,000 is for the Arkansas State 
        Police for training, enforcement, and cleanup efforts;
            $350,000 to the Nebraska Clan Lab Team for the 
        Nebraska Methamphetamine Fighting Initiative;
            $1,000,000 for the Western Wisconsin 
        Methamphetamine Law Enforcement Initiative;
            $1,000,000 for personnel, equipment, and training 
        for Arizona law enforcement to combat methamphetamine;
            $250,000 for the Nye County, NV, Methamphetamine 
        Initiative;
            $750,000 to the Alabama Department of Public Safety 
        to combat methamphetamine production and distribution;
            $250,000 for the Hawaii Department of Public 
        Safety, Narcotics Enforcement Division to address 
        methamphetamine diversion, production, distribution, 
        and enforcement efforts;
            $400,000 for the Vermont State Multi-Jurisdictional 
        Drug Task Force;
            $2,200,000 for the Tri-State Methamphetamine 
        Training Program (IA/SD/NE) to train officers from 
        rural areas on methamphetamine interdiction, covert 
        operations, intelligence gathering, locating 
        clandestine laboratories, case development, and 
        prosecution;
            $1,000,000 to form a Western Kentucky 
        Methamphetamine training program and provide equipment 
        and personnel;
            $1,000,000 for the Eastern Appalachian Taskforce on 
        Methamphetamine Eradication in Tennessee, including 
        $100,000 to establish videoconferencing with the 
        Hamilton County District Attorney's Office;
            $250,000 for the Polk County, FL, sheriff's office 
        to support additional law enforcement officers, 
        intelligence gathering and forensic capabilities, 
        training and community outreach programs for an 
        expanded methamphetamine program;
            $750,000 for Central Kentucky to assist local 
        police and sheriffs' departments with costs associated 
        with combating the production and distribution of 
        methamphetamine;
            $1,500,000 for the Oklahoma State Bureau of 
        Investigation for costs associated with combating the 
        production and distribution of methamphetamine; and
            $300,000 for the Ascension Parish, LA, sheriff's 
        office to support officer training and outreach 
        programs.
      The conference agreement expects the COPS office to 
review requests from the California Bureau of Narcotics 
Enforcement's Methamphetamine Strategy and Merced County, CA, 
and provide grants, if warranted.
      3. COPS Safe Schools Initiative (SSI)/School Prevention 
Initiatives.--The conference agreement includes $15,000,000 to 
provide resources for programs aimed at preventing violence in 
public schools, and to support the assignment of officers to 
work in collaboration with schools and community-based 
organizations to address crime and disorder problems, gangs, 
and drug activities, as proposed in the House bill and the 
Senate-reported amendment. Within the overall amounts 
recommended for this program, the conference agreement includes 
the expectation that the COPS office will examine each of the 
following proposals, provide grants if warranted, and submit a 
report to the Committees on its intentions for each proposal:
            $3,000,000 for training by the National Center for 
        Missing and Exploited Children for law enforcement 
        officers selected to be part of the Safe Schools 
        Initiative;
            $541,000 for the Milwaukee schools' Summer Stars 
        program;
            $250,000 for the Sioux Falls, SD, school district 
        to expand an alternative educational support program 
        for at-risk youth;
            $250,000 for the Safe Schools program at the 
        University of Montana;
            $500,000 for the School Security and Technology 
        Center in New Mexico;
            $375,000 for the Kenosha County, WI, Sheriff's 
        Department to address school resource officer needs;
            $350,000 for Berkeley, CA, for an intercom and 
        surveillance safety system;
            $250,000 for the King County, WA, school resource 
        officer program;
            $750,000 to the University of Louisville Center for 
        the Study and Prevention of Violence in Urban Schools;
            $350,000 for Bennington, VT, for a teen delinquency 
        prevention project;
            $1,500,000 for the Youth Advocacy Program;
            $350,000 for the Alaska Community in Schools 
        Mentoring program;
            $750,000 for Compton, CA, for the Youth Center and 
        After School Initiative;
            $2,000,000 for the National Center for Rural Law 
        Enforcement for the school violence research center;
            $375,000 for the Waukesha, WI, Police Department to 
        address school resource officer requirements;
            $150,000 for the Nevada Foundation for Youth 
        Development;
            $495,000 for the Home Run Program;
            $500,000 for the Safer School Initiative in 
        Maricopa County, AZ;
            $1,300,000 to setup the Aggressors, Victims and 
        Bystanders Demonstration Project for Palm Beach County, 
        FL, middle schools;
            $120,000 for the Copiague School District School 
        Safety Program; and
            $80,000 for the Lindenhurst School Violence 
        Program.
      4. COPS Bullet-Proof Vests Initiative.--The conference 
agreement includes $25,500,000 to provide State and local law 
enforcement officers with bullet-proof vests. The House bill 
provided $25,000,000 for this program and the Senate-reported 
amendment provided $26,000,000.
      5. Police Corps.--The conference agreement includes 
$29,500,000 for the Police Corps as proposed in the Senate-
reported amendment instead of $15,000,000 as proposed in the 
House bill.
      6. Crime Identification Technology Act Program [CITA].--
As included in both the House bill and the Senate-reported 
amendment, the conference agreement provides $130,000,000 for 
the CITA program, to be used and distributed pursuant to the 
Crime Identification Technology Act of 1998, Public Law 105-
251. Under that Act, eligible uses of the funds are (1) 
upgrading criminal history and criminal justice record systems; 
(2) improvement of criminal justice identification, including 
fingerprint-based systems; (3) promoting compatibility and 
integration of national, State, and local systems for criminal 
justice purposes, firearms eligibility determinations, 
identification of sexual offenders, identification of domestic 
violence offenders, and background checks for other authorized 
purposes; (4) capture of information for statistical and 
research purposes; (5) developing multi-jurisdictional, multi-
agency communications systems; and (6) improvement of 
capabilities in forensic sciences, including DNA.
      Jennifer's Law (P.L. 106-177) authorizes funds for States 
to apply for competitive grants to cover the costs associated 
with entering complete files on unidentified victims into the 
FBI's National Crime Information Center (NCIC). This law 
provides incentives for States to report to the NCIC 
information on unidentified, deceased persons and will give law 
enforcement officials the opportunity to identify missing 
children who are reported as ``unidentified''. The conference 
agreement notes that funding provided under CITA is authorized 
to fund these costs and encourages States to use CITA funds for 
this purpose.
      Within the amounts provided, the Office of Justice 
Programs is directed to provide grants to the following:
            $500,000 for Hamilton County, OH, for a juvenile 
        case management system and integrated automated 
        fingerprint information system;
            $150,000 for Kalamazoo County, MI, to integrate its 
        criminal justice system data on-line;
            $100,000 for Ogden, UT, for public safety and 
        automated system technologies;
            $2,500,000 for the Missouri State Court 
        Administrator for the Juvenile Justice Information 
        System to enhance communication and collaboration 
        between juvenile courts, law enforcement, schools, and 
        other agencies;
            $1,250,000 for the Alaska Department of Public 
        Safety for an information network;
            $150,000 for Logan County, OH, to support a 
        regional planning criminal information infrastructure 
        system;
            $4,000,000 for the State Police of NH, for a VHF 
        trunked digital radio system;
            $4,700,000 for the State of Minnesota for a 
        criminal justice integrated information system, of 
        which $700,000 shall be allocated to Hennepin County;
            $2,000,000 to automate the criminal records 
        management system in San Diego, CA;
            $1,500,000 to upgrade the Indianapolis Automated 
        Fingerprint Identification System; and
            $1,500,000 for an information technology project in 
        Wayne County, MI, to improve communications and 
        information sharing between local, State and Federal 
        law enforcement.
      Safe Schools Technology.--Within the amounts available 
for crime identification technology, the conference agreement 
includes $17,500,000 for Safe Schools technology to continue 
funding NIJ's development of new, more effective safety 
technologies such as less obtrusive weapons detection and 
surveillance equipment and information systems that provide 
communities quick access to information they need to identify 
potentially violent youth. The conference agreement adopts by 
reference the Senate report language regarding a competitive 
grant to a university based technology center.
      Upgrade Criminal History Records (Brady Act).--Within the 
amounts available for crime identification technology, the 
conference agreement provides $35,000,000 for States to upgrade 
criminal history records so that these records can interface 
with other databases holding information on other categories of 
individuals who are prohibited from purchasing firearms under 
Federal or State statute. Additionally, the national sexual 
offender registry (NSOR) component of the Criminal History 
Records Upgrade Program has two principal objectives. The 
registry assists States in developing complete and accurate in-
State registries. It will also assist States in sharing their 
registry information with the FBI system which identifies those 
offenders for whom special law enforcement interest has been 
noted.
      DNA Backlog Grants/Crime Laboratory Improvement Program 
(CLIP).--Within the amounts available for crime identification 
technology, the conference agreement includes $30,000,000 for 
grants to reduce DNA backlogs and for the Crime Laboratory 
Improvement Program (CLIP). The CLIP/DNA Program supports State 
and local government crime laboratories to develop or improve 
the capability to analyze DNA in a forensic laboratory, as well 
as other general forensic science capabilities. Within the 
amounts provided under CITA, it is expected that the Office of 
Justice Programs will provide grants to the following programs: 
$400,000 to the Southeast Missouri Crime Laboratory; $450,000 
to the Rhode Island State Crime Laboratory; $650,000 to the 
Georgia State Crime Laboratory; $950,000 to the Iowa Forensic 
Science Improvement Initiative; $2,500,000 to the South 
Carolina Law Enforcement Division's forensic laboratory; 
$2,000,000 to the Marshall University Forensic Science program; 
$4,000,000 to the West Virginia University Forensic 
Identification Program; $500,000 to the Vermont Forensic 
Laboratory; $2,500,000 to the National Center for Forensic 
Science at the University of Central Florida; $500,000 to the 
National Academy for Forensic Computing and Investigation in 
Charlotte, NC; $500,000 to Ohio forensic science laboratory 
improvements; $150,000 to the Kansas Bureau of Investigations 
for a new latent fingerprint examination instrument; $650,000 
to the Bellevue, WA, Police Department's Forensic Services 
Unit; $700,000 to the Arizona Department of Public Safety 
Southern Regional Crime Laboratory for forensic equipment; and 
$2,600,000 to the National Forensic Science Technology Center.
      The conference agreement encourages the CLIP/DNA program 
to support within existing funds the Mississippi Crime Lab in 
improving its capacity to analyze and process forensic, DNA and 
toxicology evidence and in upgrading its technology.
      The conference agreement adopts the Senate report 
language directing OJP to conduct a study of the funding 
requirements for the operation of forensic science laboratories 
given the caseload growth and backlog.
      7. Community Prosecutors.--The conference agreement 
includes $100,000,000 for the Community Prosecutors program. 
The House bill and the Senate-reported amendment did not 
include funding for this program. Of the funds provided, 
$25,000,000 is for continuation of the current community 
prosecutors program and $75,000,000 is for community 
prosecutors in high gun violence areas. The $75,000,000 is to 
be used exclusively for community prosecutors to prosecute 
cases involving violent crimes committed with guns, and 
violations of gun statutes in cases involving drug trafficking 
and gang-related crime in high gun violence areas. The 
Department of Justice is directed to submit a report to the 
Committees on Appropriations by December 15, 2000, outlining 
how the $75,000,000 for community prosecutors in high gun 
violence areas will be spent. The report shall include but not 
be limited to the following information: (1) a definition of a 
high gun violence area; (2) the amount of funding per 
prosecutor that will be provided; and (3) an explanation of how 
local communities will be able to continue to employ the 
prosecutors that are hired after the grant has expired.
      8. Offender Reentry.--In recognition of the public safety 
issues generated by the increasing number of offenders who have 
served their sentences and are returning from jails and prisons 
to our communities, the conference agreement includes 
$30,000,000 for the law enforcement costs related to 
establishing offender reentry programs. The House bill did not 
include funding for this program and the Senate-reported 
amendment included $7,000,000 for this program within State 
Prison Grants.
      Offender reentry programs establish partnerships among 
institutional corrections, community corrections, social 
services programs, community policing and community leaders to 
prepare for more successful returns of inmates to their home 
neighborhoods. The $30,000,000 provided is intended to fund law 
enforcement participation and coordination of offender reentry 
programs. These funds are not provided to teach job training 
skills or provide alcohol or drug abuse treatment. The 
Department of Justice is directed to submit an implementation 
plan to the Committees on Appropriations by December 15, 2000, 
outlining how the funds will be spent. The report shall include 
the following: (1) a description of the law enforcement costs 
that will be funded; (2) an explanation of how the non-law 
enforcement costs such as job training, education, and drug 
treatment will be funded; (3) an explanation of how this 
program is being coordinated with the Departments of Labor and 
Health and Human Services; and (4) an explanation of how local 
communities will be able to fund the operational costs of this 
program after their grants expire.
      9. Police Integrity Program.--The conference agreement 
provides $17,000,000 for police integrity training to provide 
training and technical assistance grants to develop and 
implement new policing methods and strategies. Neither the 
House bill nor the Senate-reported amendment included funding 
for this initiative.

                       JUVENILE JUSTICE PROGRAMS

      The conference agreement includes $298,597,000 for 
Juvenile Justice programs, instead of $287,097,000 as proposed 
in the House bill and $279,697,000 as proposed in the Senate-
reported amendment. The conference agreement includes the 
understanding that changes to Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
Prevention Programs are being considered in the reauthorization 
of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Act of 1974. However, 
absent completion of this reauthorization process, the 
conference agreement provides funding consistent with the 
current Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act. The 
conference agreement includes language that provides that 
funding for these programs shall be subject to the provisions 
of any subsequent authorization legislation that is enacted.
      Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.--Of the 
total amount provided, $279,097,000 is for grants and 
administrative expenses for Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
Prevention programs including:
      1. $6,847,000 for the Office of Juvenile Justice and 
Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) (Part A).
      2. $89,000,000 for Formula Grants for assistance to State 
and local programs (Part B).
      3. $50,250,000 for Discretionary Grants for National 
Programs and Special Emphasis Programs (Part C). Within the 
amount provided for Part C discretionary grants, OJJDP is 
directed to review the following proposals, provide a grant if 
warranted, and submit a report to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House and the Senate on its intentions 
regarding:
            $3,000,000 for Parents Anonymous, Inc., to develop 
        partnerships with local communities to build and 
        support strong, safe families and to help break the 
        cycle of abuse and delinquency. The conference 
        agreement directs Parents Anonymous to open up an 
        active dialog with those organizations no longer 
        associated with the program. With a concerted effort by 
        all parties, problematic issues can be resolved which 
        will ultimately benefit the cause of child abuse 
        prevention;
            $1,000,000 to continue the Achievable Dream after-
        school program for at-risk youth;
            $3,000,000 to continue funding for the National 
        Council of Juvenile and Family Courts which provides 
        continuing legal education for family and juvenile law;
            $1,900,000 for continued support of law-related 
        education;
            $1,500,000 for continuation of the Center for 
        Research on Crimes Against Children which focuses on 
        improving the handling of child crime victims by the 
        justice system;
            $1,500,000 for equipment and programming costs at 
        the Brown County, SD, Juvenile Detention Center;
            $750,000 for juvenile drug treatment services in 
        Cook County, IL;
            $250,000 to the Low Country Children's Center;
            $1,500,000 to expand the Milwaukee Safe and Sound 
        Program to other Milwaukee neighborhoods;
            $150,000 to the Mel Blount Youth Home;
            $300,000 to the New Mexico PAL program;
            $250,000 to the juvenile assessment center in 
        Billings, MT, for child and family intervention 
        programs;
            $150,000 to Sioux Falls, SD, Turning Point 
        locations, including the Bowden Youth Center;
            $300,000 to the New Mexico Cooperative Extension 
        Service 4-H Youth Development Program;
            $1,000,000 for Project Escape;
            $400,000 to the Institute for Character 
        Development, Civic Responsibility, and Leadership at 
        Neumann College;
            $750,000 to Utah State University's Youth and 
        Families with a Promise program;
            $120,000 to the South Dakota Unified Judicial 
        System to continue the Intensive Juvenile Probation 
        program;
            $250,000 to the Hawaii Navigator Project;
            $500,000 to the North Eastern Massachusetts Law 
        Enforcement Council;
            $150,000 to the Vermont Coalition of Teen Centers;
            $250,000 to the Better Way program in Muncie, IN;
            $350,000 to drug prevention programs in Shelby 
        County, KY;
            $150,000 to the South Dakota Network Against Family 
        Violence and Sexual Assault;
            $100,000 to the Alfred University Coordinating 
        County Services for Families and Youth program;
            $500,000 to the Kansas YouthFriends program;
            $500,000 to perform a national demonstration of the 
        Learning for Life Program which is then to be 
        replicated by the Gulf Ridge Council and others;
            $1,500,000 to the State of Alaska for a child abuse 
        investigation program;
            $1,250,000 to Aberdeen, SD, for a youth enrichment 
        program;
            $438,000 to the National Association of State Fire 
        Marshals for implementing a national juvenile fire-
        setter intervention mobilization plan that will 
        facilitate and promote the establishment of juvenile 
        fire-setter intervention programs based on existing 
        model programs at the State and local level;
            $3,000,000 for the ``Innovative Partnerships for 
        High Risk Youth'' demonstration;
            $7,500,000 for the Youth ChalleNGe Program;
            $300,000 to Prevent Child Abuse America for the 
        programs of the National Family Support Roundtable;
            $2,000,000 to continue the L.A.'s Best youth 
        program;
            $500,000 to the Culver City Juvenile Crime 
        Diversion Initiative;
            $275,000 to the Sports Foundation to work with at-
        risk youth;
            $300,000 to the No Workshops * * * No Jump Shots 
        program to provide case management, counseling and 
        mandatory workshops for at-risk youth;
            $1,000,000 to the Greater Heights program to 
        provide at-risk youth with mentoring, positive 
        activities, networking and alternatives to 
        incarceration;
            $500,000 to Our Next Generation;
            $1,000,000 to the Youth Crime Watch of America;
            $150,000 to Operation Quality Time;
            $1,300,000 to the Suffolk University Center for 
        Juvenile Justice;
            $1,000,000 for Drug Free America;
            $750,000 to New Mexico State University to 
        establish an After School Services Pilot Program for 
        at-risk youth;
            $250,000 for the Culinary Education Training for 
        At-Risk Youth in Miami-Dade, FL;
            $1,000,000 to Mount Vernon, NY, to provide after-
        school services to at-risk youth;
            $500,000 to the Lourdes Health Network in Pasco, 
        WA, for extension of the school year program for youth 
        and adolescents at risk of delinquency;
            $250,000 to the Ella H. Baker House to support its 
        juvenile delinquency intervention and prevention 
        programs;
            $365,000 to Project Bridge to continue to assist 
        at-risk youths in Riverside County, CA;
            $500,000 to Wichita State University for a juvenile 
        justice program;
            $500,000 to the Wayne County Department of 
        Community Justice for an at-risk youth program 
        including prevention and intervention services;
            $1,000,000 for the West Farms program to assist at-
        risk youth; and
            $50,000 for the Maryhurst Youth Center.
      The conference agreement recognizes Project CRAFT 
(Community Restitution and Apprenticeship-Focused Training) as 
a successful model and proven intervention technique in the 
rehabilitation and reduced recidivism of accused and 
adjudicated juvenile offenders. The OJP is encouraged to work 
in cooperation with the Department of Labor to replicate 
Project CRAFT in order to offer at-risk and adjudicated youth 
pre-apprenticeship training and job placement in the 
residential construction trades.
      4. $12,000,000 to expand the Youth Gangs (Part D) program 
which provides grants to public and private nonprofit 
organizations to prevent and reduce the participation of at-
risk youth in the activities of gangs that commit crimes.
      5. $10,000,000 for Discretionary Grants for State 
Challenge Activities (Part E) to increase the amount of a 
State's formula grant by up to 10 percent, if that State agrees 
to undertake some or all of the ten challenge activities 
designed to improve various aspects of a State's juvenile 
justice and delinquency prevention program.
      6. $16,000,000 for the Juvenile Mentoring Program (Part 
G) to reduce juvenile delinquency, improve academic 
performance, and reduce the drop-out rate among at-risk youth 
by bringing young people in high crime areas together with law 
enforcement officers and other responsible adults who are 
willing to serve as long-term mentors. OJJDP is directed to 
provide a $3,000,000 grant for the Big Brothers/Big Sisters of 
America program.
      7. $95,000,000 for the At Risk Children's Program (Title 
V). Under Title V juvenile justice programs, the At Risk 
Children's Program provides funding to support comprehensive 
delinquency prevention plans formulated at the community level. 
The program targets truancy and school violence; gangs, guns, 
and drugs; and other influences that lead juveniles to 
delinquency and criminality.
      Safe School Initiative (SSI).--The conference agreement 
includes $15,000,000 within Title V grants for the Safe School 
initiative as proposed in the Senate report. Within the amount 
provided, OJJDP is directed to review the following proposals, 
provide grants if warranted, and submit a report to the 
Committees on Appropriations on its intentions regarding:
            $3,600,000 to the Hamilton Fish National Institute 
        on School and Community Violence;
            $1,250,000 to the Teens, Crime, and Community 
        Program;
            $200,000 to the Decatur Mentoring Project in 
        Decatur, IL;
            $250,000 to an Allegheny County, PA, youth 
        development program;
            $1,000,000 to establish and enhance after-school 
        programs for at-risk youth in Baltimore, MD;
            $750,000 to the University of South Alabama for 
        Youth Violence Prevention Research;
            $900,000 to the Stop Truancy Outreach program;
            $58,000 to the Southern Kentucky Truancy Diversion 
        program;
            $1,000,000 to the ``I Have a Dream'' foundation for 
        at-risk youth program;
            $500,000 to the Family, Career, and Community 
        Leaders of America (FCCLA), STOP the Violence--Students 
        Taking On Prevention Project; and
            $1,000,000 to the Little Rock School District to 
        create a safe, secure and healthy school environment.
      Tribal Youth Program.--The conference agreement includes 
$12,500,000 within the Title V grants for programs to reduce, 
control and prevent crime, as proposed in the Senate report.
      Enforcing the Underage Drinking Laws Program.--The 
conference agreement includes $25,000,000 within the Title V 
grants for programs to assist States in enforcing underage 
drinking laws, as proposed in the Senate report. Within the 
amounts provided for underage drinking, OJP shall make awards 
of $700,000 to expand Oregon Partnership programs and $500,000 
to the Sam Houston State University and Mothers Against Drunk 
Driving for the National Institute of Victims Studies.
      Drug Prevention Program.--The conference agreement 
includes $11,000,000 as proposed in the House bill to develop, 
demonstrate and test programs to increase the perception among 
children and youth that drug use is risky, harmful, or 
unattractive.
      Victims of Child Abuse Act.--The conference agreement 
includes $8,500,000 for the various programs authorized under 
the Victims of Child Abuse Act (VOCA), as proposed in the House 
bill. The following programs are included in the agreement:
            $1,250,000 to Regional Children's Advocacy Centers, 
        as authorized by section 213 of VOCA;
            $5,000,000 to establish local Children's Advocacy 
        Centers, as authorized by section 214 of VOCA;
            $1,500,000 for a continuation grant to the National 
        Center for Prosecution of Child Abuse for specialized 
        technical assistance and training programs to improve 
        the prosecution of child abuse cases, as authorized by 
        section 214a of VOCA; and
            $750,000 for a continuation grant to the National 
        Network of Child Advocacy Centers for technical 
        assistance and training, as authorized by section 214a 
        of VOCA.

                    PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS BENEFITS

      The conference agreement includes $35,624,000, instead of 
$33,224,000 as proposed in the House bill and the Senate-
reported amendment. This includes $33,224,000 for the death 
benefits program and $2,400,000 for the disability benefits 
program. In addition to the $2,400,000 appropriated for 
disability benefits, it is estimated there will be $500,000 in 
available disability carryover balances for a total of 
$2,900,000 for disability payments in fiscal year 2001.
      In addition, the conferees understand that there is an 
estimated $2,300,000 unobligated balance available for the 
Education Assistance to Dependents Program in fiscal year 2001. 
This amount is estimated to be sufficient to cover the cost of 
this program, which has recently been expanded to provide 
benefits to the children and spouses of Federal, State and 
local public safety officers permanently disabled in the line 
of duty as long ago as 1978.

               General Provisions--Department of Justice

      The conference agreement includes the following general 
provisions for the Department of Justice:
      Section 101.--The conference agreement includes section 
101, identical in the House bill and the Senate-reported 
amendment, which makes up to $45,000 of the funds appropriated 
to the Department of Justice available for reception and 
representation expenses.
      Sec. 102.--The conference agreement includes section 102, 
modified from language proposed in the House bill and the 
Senate-reported amendment, which continues certain authorities 
for the Department of Justice contained in the Department of 
Justice Appropriation Authorization Act, fiscal year 1980, 
until enactment of subsequent authorization legislation.
      Sec. 103.--The conference agreement includes section 103, 
as proposed in the House bill, which prohibits the use of funds 
to perform abortions in the Federal Prison System. The Senate-
reported amendment did not include a similar provision.
      Sec. 104.--The conference agreement includes section 104, 
as proposed in the House bill, which prohibits the use of funds 
to require any person to perform, or facilitate the performance 
of, an abortion. The Senate-reported amendment did not include 
a similar provision.
      Sec. 105.--The conference agreement includes section 105, 
as proposed in the House bill, which states that nothing in the 
previous section removes the obligation of the Director of the 
Bureau of Prisons to provide escort services to female inmates 
who seek to obtain abortions outside a Federal facility. The 
Senate-reported amendment did not include a similar provision.
      Sec. 106.--The conference agreement includes section 106, 
identical in both the House bill and the Senate-reported 
amendment, which allows the Department of Justice to spend up 
to $10,000,000 for rewards for information regarding acts of 
terrorism against a United States person or property at levels 
not to exceed $2,000,000 per reward.
      Sec. 107.--The conference agreement includes section 107, 
as proposed in the House bill, which continues the current 5 
percent and 10 percent limitations on transfers among 
Department of Justice accounts. The Senate-reported amendment 
included a minor technical difference in the language.
      Sec. 108.--The conference agreement includes section 108, 
as proposed in the House bill, which sets forth the grant 
authority of the Assistant Attorney General for the Office of 
Justice Programs and makes these authorities permanent. The 
Senate-reported amendment included such authorities only for 
fiscal year 2001.
      Sec. 109.--The conference agreement includes section 109, 
as proposed in the House bill, which continues a provision in 
the fiscal year 2000 Appropriations Act to allow assistance and 
services to be provided to the families of the victims of Pan 
Am 103. The Senate-reported amendment did not include a similar 
provision.
      Sec. 110.--The conference agreement includes a new 
provision, numbered as section 110, which modifies section 641 
of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility 
Act (IIRIRA) to reduce the fees charged to au pairs, camp 
counselors, and participants in summer work travel programs for 
collection of certain information. The Senate-reported 
amendment included a provision to repeal section 641 and 
section 110 of the IIRIRA, while the House bill did not address 
this matter.
      Sec. 111.--The conference agreement includes section 111, 
modified from language proposed in the House bill, which 
relates to the payment of certain compensation from funds 
appropriated to the Department of Justice. A similar provision 
was included as section 113 of the Senate-reported amendment.
      Sec. 112.--The conference agreement includes section 112, 
as proposed in the House bill, which establishes fees for 
genealogy services and voluntary premium processing for 
Immigration and Naturalization Service activities. The Senate-
reported amendment did not include a similar provision.
      Sec. 114.--The conference agreement includes section 114, 
proposed as section 110 in the Senate-reported amendment, which 
allows funds to be provided to the FBI from the Crime Victims 
Fund to improve services to crime victims. Additional direction 
regarding implementation of this provision is included under 
the FBI Salaries and Expenses account. In addition, the 
conference agreement assumes that funding will continue to be 
provided to the U.S. Attorneys to support the current number of 
victim witness coordinators in fiscal year 2001, as was 
provided from the Fund in fiscal year 2000.
      Sec. 115.--The conference agreement includes section 115, 
proposed as section 112 in the Senate-reported amendment, which 
permanently allows funds appropriated to the Federal Bureau of 
Prisons (BOP) to be used to place prisoners in privately 
operated prisons provided that the Director of BOP determines 
such placement is consistent with Federal classification 
standards. The House bill did not include a similar provision.
      Sec. 116.--The conference agreement includes section 116, 
proposed as section 114 in the Senate-reported amendment, which 
makes available up to $1,000,000 for technical assistance from 
funds appropriated for part G of title II of the Juvenile 
Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, as amended. The 
House bill did not include a similar provision.
      Sec. 117.--The conference agreement includes section 117, 
proposed as section 115 in the Senate-reported amendment, which 
makes available funds provided in fiscal year 2000 for certain 
activities. The House bill did not include a similar provision.
      Sec. 118.--The conference agreement includes section 118, 
proposed as section 116 in the Senate-reported amendment, which 
permanently prohibits funds from being provided to any local 
jail that runs a ``pay to stay'' program. The House bill did 
not include a similar provision.
      Sec. 119.--The conference agreement includes a new 
provision which allows the Attorney General to enter into 
contracts and other agreements for detention and incarceration 
space and facilities on any reasonable basis. The House bill 
and the Senate-reported amendment included similar language 
elsewhere in Title I of this Act.

         TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND RELATED AGENCIES

         TRADE AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT RELATED AGENCIES

            Office of the United States Trade Representative

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement includes $29,517,000 for the 
salaries and expenses of the Office of the United States Trade 
Representative (USTR) instead of $29,433,000 as proposed in the 
House bill and $29,600,000 as proposed in the Senate-reported 
amendment. The USTR is directed to provide the necessary space 
within its Geneva offices for use by Department of Commerce 
Import Administration personnel working with the USTR on issues 
related to antidumping and countervailing duties.

                     International Trade Commission

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement includes $48,100,000 for the 
salaries and expenses of the International Trade Commission 
(ITC) instead of $46,995,000 as proposed in the House bill and 
$49,100,000 as proposed in the Senate-reported amendment. The 
conference agreement incorporates by reference report language 
in both the Senate and House reports.

                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

                   International Trade Administration

                     OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

      The conference agreement includes $337,444,000 in new 
budgetary resources for the operations and administration of 
the International Trade Administration (ITA) for fiscal year 
2001, of which $3,000,000 is derived from fee collections, 
instead of $321,448,000 as proposed by the House bill, and 
$318,686,000 as proposed by the Senate-reported amendment. The 
conference agreement does not include Senate-reported amendment 
language regarding Executive Direction and Administration 
funding. ITA is, however, directed to adhere to the 
reprogramming procedures set forth in section 605 of this Act, 
and to submit a spending plan.
      The following table reflects the distribution of funds by 
activity included in the conference agreement:

Trade Development.......................................    $64,747,000 
Market Access and Compliance............................     25,555,000 
Import Administration...................................     40,645,000 
U.S. & F.C.S............................................    194,638,000 
Executive Direction and Administration..................     11,859,000 
Fee Collections.........................................     (3,000,000)
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
        Total, ITA......................................    334,444,000 

      Trade Development (TD).--The conference agreement 
provides $64,747,000 for this activity. Of the amounts 
provided, $50,992,000 is for the TD base program, $9,750,000 is 
for the National Textile Consortium, $3,000,000 is for the 
Textile/Clothing Technology Corporation, and $250,000 is for 
the requested export database. Existing members of the National 
Textile Consortium should receive funding at the fiscal year 
2000 level and the remaining $750,000 is available for new 
members on a competitive basis. Further, the conference 
agreement includes $255,000 for the Access Mexico program and 
$500,000 for continuation of the international global 
competitiveness initiative as recommended in the House report.
      Market Access and Compliance (MAC).--The conference 
agreement includes a total of $25,555,000 for this activity. Of 
the amounts provided, $18,755,000 is for the base program, 
$500,000 is for the strike force teams initiative as provided 
in the current year, and $6,300,000 is for the trade 
enforcement and compliance initiative, the full amount 
requested in the budget. Senate report language regarding the 
Mid-American Regional Council is incorporated by reference.
      Import Administration.--The conference agreement provides 
$40,645,000 for the Import Administration. Requested program 
increases are included as follows: $1,250,000 for overseas 
compliance; $2,225,000 for China and Japan compliance; and 
$3,000,000 for import surge monitoring enforcement. Funding for 
a trade-law technical assistance center and a World Trade 
Organization initiative is not included. Senate report language 
on ITA and USTR work is included by reference.
      U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service (US & FCS).--The 
conference agreement includes $194,638,000 for the programs of 
the US & FCS, the same amount provided in the House bill and 
$23,923,000 above the Senate-reported amendment. House report 
language regarding the Rural Export Initiative, the Global 
Diversity Initiative, and base resources is adopted by 
reference. Senate report language regarding the US & FCS's work 
on the Appalachian-Turkish Trade Project is adopted by 
reference.
      Executive Direction and Administration.--The conference 
agreement includes $11,859,000 in direct appropriations and 
$847,000 in prior year carryover, providing total availability 
of $12,706,000 for the administrative and policy functions of 
the ITA. The conference agreement does not include Senate-
reported amendment language regarding Executive Direction and 
Administration funding.
      House report language regarding trade missions, buying 
power maintenance, and trade show revenues is included by 
reference.

                         Export Administration

                     OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

      The conference agreement includes $64,854,000 for the 
Bureau of Export Administration (BXA) instead of $53,833,000 as 
proposed in the House bill and $61,037,000 as proposed in the 
Senate-reported amendment. The conference agreement assumes 
$425,000 will be available from prior year carryover. Of the 
amount provided, $31,328,000 is for Export Administration base, 
including Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) implementation and 
$7,250,000 is for CWC inspections; $25,033,000 is for Export 
Enforcement, including $500,000 for computer export 
verification as in the current year and $1,000,000 for the 
Chemical Weapons Convention Treaty; $4,051,000 is for 
Management and Policy Coordination; and $4,867,000 is for the 
Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office (CIAO). The House 
report language regarding the final year of operation for the 
CIAO is incorporated by reference.
      The conference agreement does not include under this 
heading, a provision proposed in the House bill regarding the 
processing of licenses for the export of satellites to the 
People's Republic of China. The conference agreement includes 
an identical provision under ``Department of State, Diplomatic 
and Consular Programs'', as proposed in the Senate-reported 
amendment.

                  Economic Development Administration

                ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

      The conference agreement includes $411,879,000 for 
Economic Development Administration (EDA) grant programs 
instead of $361,879,000 as proposed in the House bill and 
$218,000,000 as proposed in the Senate-reported amendment.
      Of the amounts provided, $286,700,000 is for Public Works 
and Economic Development, $49,629,000 is for Economic 
Adjustment Assistance, $31,450,000 is for Defense Conversion, 
$24,000,000 is for Planning, $9,100,000 is for Technical 
Assistance, including University Centers, $10,500,000 is for 
Trade Adjustment Assistance, and $500,000 is for Research. EDA 
is expected to allocate the funding as directed in the House 
report. The conference agreement does not include set-aside 
funding for specific sectors or populations that was requested 
in the budget. The authorized, traditional programs provide 
support for all communities facing economic hardship. Within 
the funding for Economic Adjustment Assistance, EDA is expected 
to increase funding for assistance to the timber and coal 
industries above fiscal year 2000 levels. In addition, EDA is 
expected to provide resources for communities affected by 
economic downturns due to United States-Canadian trade-related 
issues, New England fisheries impacted by regulations, and 
communities impacted by NAFTA, as directed in the Senate 
report.
      The conference agreement makes funding under this account 
available until expended, as proposed in both the House bill 
and the Senate-reported amendment.

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement includes $28,000,000 for 
salaries and expenses of the EDA instead of $26,499,000 as 
proposed in the House bill and $31,542,000 as proposed in the 
Senate-reported amendment. This funding will allow EDA to 
increase its level of administrative operations to manage 
increased program funding levels. The EDA is directed to 
aggressively pursue all opportunities for reimbursement, 
deobligations, and use of non-appropriated resources to achieve 
efficient and effective control of EDA programs.

                  Minority Business Development Agency

                     MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

      The conference agreement includes $27,314,000 for the 
programs of the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA), as 
proposed in the House bill, instead of $27,000,000 as proposed 
in the Senate-reported amendment. House report language 
regarding the Entrepreneurial Technology Apprenticeship Program 
is included by reference.

                ECONOMIC AND INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE

                   Economic and Statistical Analysis

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement includes $53,745,000 for 
salaries and expenses of the activities funded under the 
Economic and Statistical Analysis account, instead of 
$49,499,000 as proposed in the House bill and $53,992,000 as 
proposed in the Senate-reported amendment. Funding is included 
to begin the necessary task of updating and improving 
statistical measurements of the U.S. economy, international 
transactions, and the effects of e-business, as referenced in 
the Senate report. House report language regarding the 
Integrated Environmental-Economic Accounting initiative is 
included by reference.

                          Bureau of the Census

      The conference agreement provides total spending of 
$733,633,000 for the Bureau of the Census for fiscal year 2001, 
instead of a direct appropriation of $670,867,000 as proposed 
in the House bill, and a direct appropriation of $693,610,000 
as proposed in the Senate-reported amendment.

                         salaries and expenses

      The conference agreement includes $157,227,000 for the 
Salaries and Expenses of the Bureau of the Census for fiscal 
year 2001, instead of $140,000,000 as proposed in the House 
bill, and $158,386,000 as proposed in the Senate-reported 
amendment. The agreement represents a $17,227,000 increase over 
the fiscal year 2000 level. The distribution of funding is as 
follows:

Current Economic Statistics.............................    $103,228,000
Current Demographic Statistics..........................      50,100,000
Survey Development and Data Surveys.....................       3,899,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

        Total...........................................     157,227,000

      For current economic statistics programs, the conference 
agreement provides a total of $103,228,000, of which 
$11,295,000 is for adjustments to base, and $3,000,000 is for 
program enhancements for the following initiatives: $2,000,000 
to begin the measurement of electronic businesses, and 
$1,000,000 to support efforts to improve the timeliness, 
quality and coverage of export trade statistics. The conference 
agreement fully funds base requirements for these programs to 
ensure that key reports on manufacturing, general economic and 
foreign trade statistics are maintained and issued on a timely 
basis. The conference agreement does not include additional 
funding requested to begin funding a specialized Survey of 
Minority Owned Business Enterprises under this account, because 
such action is inconsistent with the long-standing practice of 
requiring specialized surveys to be funded by an affected 
agency or entity. The conference agreement adopts the Senate 
report language requiring a report on reimbursements to be 
submitted with the fiscal year 2002 budget request.
      The Bureau of the Census is directed to make the 
following changes beginning with the data collection on or 
after October 1, 2000, to the monthly report entitled 
``Preliminary: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel 
Products'': (1) to delineate all products listed in such report 
into the following categories: alloy steel products, stainless 
steel products, and carbon steel products; (2) to add the 
following specialty steel categories to the report: alloy steel 
and silicon electrical steel; and (3) to divide in the report 
all steel line pipe products into the following categories: 
line pipe products 16 inches or less in diameter, and line pipe 
products over 16 inches in diameter.
      Concerns have been expressed regarding recent actions 
taken by the Bureau of the Census to change the manner in which 
data are collected from the Shipper's Export Declaration, and 
the burden this may impose on some shippers. The Bureau is 
requested to provide a report on this matter to the Committees 
on Appropriations no later than December 15, 2000.
      It is the Congress' understanding that the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) will not be designating or defining 
any changes to metropolitan areas during fiscal year 2001. In 
order to ensure public acceptance of revised standards for 
defining metropolitan areas, OMB will continue to work with the 
Congress to resolve outstanding issues before adopting revised 
standards. With respect to the titling of Combined Areas that 
may be defined in 2003, OMB is urged to adopt a standard as 
follows: (1) the name of the largest principal city of the 
largest Core Based Statistical Area should appear first in the 
Combined Area title; and (2) in accordance with local opinion, 
up to two additional names could be included in the Combined 
Area title, provided that the additional names are the names of 
principal cities in the Combined Area or suitable regional 
names; and the resulting title of the Combined Area would be 
distinct from the title of any Metropolitan Area, Micropolitan 
Area, or Metropolitan Division defined in 2003 or beyond. With 
respect to titling of Metropolitan Areas, OMB is urged to 
continue to work with the Congress to address local concerns.

                     periodic censuses and programs

      The conference agreement provides a total spending level 
of $576,406,000 for periodic censuses and programs, of which 
$276,406,000 is provided as a direct appropriation, and 
$300,000,000 is from prior year unobligated balances, instead 
of a direct appropriation of $530,867,000 as proposed in the 
House bill, and a direct appropriation of $535,224,000 as 
proposed in the Senate-reported amendment.
      Decennial Census Programs.--The conference agreement 
includes a total of $390,898,000 for completion of the 2000 
decennial census, of which $130,898,000 is provided as a direct 
appropriation, and $260,000,000 is derived from prior year 
carryover, instead of a direct appropriation of $392,898,000 as 
proposed in the House bill, and a direct appropriation of 
$389,716,000 as proposed in the Senate-reported amendment. The 
following represents the distribution of total funds provided 
for the 2000 Census in fiscal year 2001:

Program Development and Management......................     $24,055,000
Data Content and Products...............................      55,096,000
Field Data Collection and Support Systems...............     122,000,000
Address List Development................................       1,500,000
Automated Data Process and Telecommunications Support...     115,038,000
Testing and Evaluation..................................      55,000,000
Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands and Pacific Areas...........       5,512,000
Marketing, Communications and Partnerships..............       9,197,000
Census Monitoring Board.................................       3,500,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
        Total, Decennial Census.........................     390,898,000

      The Bureau is directed to continue to provide monthly 
reports on the obligation of funds against each framework. 
Reallocation of resources among the frameworks listed above is 
subject to the requirements of section 605 of this Act, as is 
allocation of any additional unobligated balances not allocated 
in this conference agreement.
      The conference agreement includes language designating 
the amounts provided for each decennial framework, modified 
from language proposed in the House bill. Should the 
operational needs of the decennial census necessitate the 
transfer of funds between these frameworks, the Bureau may 
transfer such funds as necessary subject to the standard 
transfer and reprogramming procedures set forth in section 605 
of this Act. In addition, the conference agreement includes 
language designating funding under this account for the 
expenses of the Census Monitoring Board as proposed in the 
House bill. The Senate bill did not include a similar 
provision.
      Other Periodic Programs.--The conference agreement 
includes a total of $185,508,000 for other periodic censuses 
and programs, of which $40,000,000 is derived from prior year 
unobligated balances available from the decennial census, 
instead of a direct appropriation of $137,969,000 as proposed 
in the House bill, and $145,508,000 as proposed in the Senate-
reported amendment. The following table represents the 
distribution of funds provided for non-decennial periodic 
censuses and related programs:

Economic Statistics Programs............................    $45,928,000 
    Economic Censuses...................................    (42,846,000)
    Census of Governments...............................     (3,082,000)
Demographic Statistics Programs.........................     96,380,000 
    Intercensal Demographic Estimates...................     (5,583,000)
    Continuous Measurement..............................    (21,615,000)
    Demographic Survey Sample Redesign..................     (4,769,000)
    Electronic Information Collection (CASIC)...........     (6,000,000)
    Geographic Support..................................    (35,108,000)
    Data Processing Systems.............................    (23,305,000)
Suitland Federal Center.................................     43,200,000 
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
        Total...........................................    185,508,000 

      The Secretary of Commerce is directed to submit to the 
Congress, no later than September 30, 2001, a written report on 
any methodological, logistical, and other issues associated 
with the inclusion in future decennial censuses of American 
citizens and their dependents living abroad, for apportionment, 
redistricting, and other purposes for which decennial census 
results are used. This report shall include estimates of the 
number of Americans living abroad in the following categories: 
Federal civilian employees, military personnel, employees of 
business enterprises, employees of non-profit entities, and 
individuals not otherwise described.
      Suitland Federal Center.--The conference agreement 
includes a total of $43,200,000 for activities related to 
renovation of Census Bureau facilities at the Suitland Federal 
Center, of which $40,000,000 is provided from prior year 
unobligated balances and $3,200,000 is provided from direct 
appropriations. This amount represents the Census Bureau's 
costs associated with renovation of this facility, as follows: 
$3,200,000 for planning and design work, and $40,000,000 for 
above-standard costs. The construction and tenant build-out 
costs for this facility are to be funded by the General 
Services Administration (GSA), not the Census Bureau, and the 
conference agreement includes new language prohibiting Census 
Bureau funds from being used for these purposes. Language is 
also included, as proposed in the Senate-reported amendment, 
requiring quarterly reports from the Census Bureau and GSA on 
this project.

       National Telecommunications and Information Administration


                         salaries and expenses

      The conference agreement includes $11,437,000 for the 
salaries and expenses of the National Telecommunications and 
Information Administration (NTIA) as provided in the Senate-
reported amendment, instead of $10,975,000 as proposed in the 
House bill. The conference agreement includes, by reference, 
Senate report language regarding funding for the critical 
infrastructure program, and House report language regarding 
reimbursements.

    public telecommunications facilities, planning and construction

      The conference agreement includes $43,500,000 for the 
Public Telecommunications Facilities, Planning and Construction 
(PTFP) program, instead of $31,000,000 as proposed in the House 
bill and $50,000,000 as proposed in the Senate-reported 
amendment. NTIA is expected to use this funding for the 
existing equipment and facilities replacement program, and to 
maintain an appropriate balance between traditional grants and 
those to stations converting to digital broadcasting. NTIA is 
directed to place emphasis on distance learning initiatives 
targeting rural areas, as described in Senate report.

                   INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS

        The conference agreement includes $45,500,000 for 
NTIA's Information Infrastructure Grants program, instead of 
$15,500,000 as proposed in both the House bill and the Senate-
reported amendment. Senate report language regarding the 
overlap of funding under this heading with funding for the 
Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, with respect 
to law enforcement communication and information networks is 
included by reference. The conference agreement includes 
language proposed in the Senate-reported amendment regarding 
uses of spectrum. The House bill did not include a provision on 
this matter. Senate report language regarding proposals for 
several grant programs is not included in the conference 
agreement. House report language regarding telecommunications 
research is included by reference.

                       Patent and Trademark Office


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement provides a total funding level 
of $1,038,732,000 for the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) as 
proposed in the Senate-reported amendment and requested in the 
budget, instead of $904,924,000 as proposed in the House bill. 
Of the amount provided in the conference agreement, 
$783,843,000 is to be derived from fiscal year 2001 offsetting 
fee collections, and $254,889,000 is to be derived from 
carryover of prior year fee collections. This amount represents 
an increase of $167,732,000, or 19 percent, above the fiscal 
year 2000 operating level for the PTO. The PTO has experienced 
significant growth in recent years due to increased application 
filings for patents and trademarks, and funding is provided to 
address these increased filings.
      The conference agreement includes bill language limiting 
the amount of carryover that may be obligated in fiscal year 
2001, as proposed in the House bill.
      The conference agreement includes House report language 
concerning PTO's partnership with the National Inventor's Hall 
of Fame and Inventure Place, and Senate report language 
concerning the official insignias of Native American Tribes, 
and agency budget forecasts.

                         SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY


                       Technology Administration


       UNDER SECRETARY FOR TECHNOLOGY/OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY POLICY

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement includes $8,080,000 for the 
Technology Administration, instead of $7,945,000 as proposed in 
the House bill, and $8,216,000 as proposed in the Senate-
reported amendment. The conference agreement continues 
direction as in fiscal years 1998, 1999, and 2000 regarding the 
use of Technology Administration and Department of Commerce 
resources to support foreign policy initiatives and programs.

             National Institute of Standards and Technology


             SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES

      The conference agreement includes $312,617,000 for the 
internal (core) research account of the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology (NIST), instead of $292,056,000 as 
proposed in the House bill, and $305,003,000 as proposed in the 
Senate-reported amendment.
      The conference agreement provides funds for the core 
research programs of NIST as follows:

Electronics and Electrical Engineering..................    $40,127,000 
Manufacturing Engineering...............................     19,821,000 
Chemical Science and Technology.........................     33,360,000 
Physics.................................................     31,556,000 
Material Sciences and Engineering.......................     54,658,000 
Building and Fire Research..............................     17,124,000 
Computer Science and Applied Mathematics................     52,551,000 
Technology Assistance...................................     17,349,000 
Baldrige Quality Awards.................................      5,205,000 
Research Support........................................     36,599,000 
Infrastructure Protection Research Grants...............      5,000,000 
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
        Subtotal........................................    313,350,000 
Deobligations...........................................       (733,000)
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
        Total...........................................    312,617,000 

      In addition, the conference agreement includes funding 
for the Physics program as referenced in the Senate report. Of 
the funding provided for Computer Science and Applied 
Mathematics, $3,000,000 is for expert review teams, and 
$4,000,000 is for internal critical infrastructure protection 
activities. Funding is included for the Building and Fire 
Program at $1,192,000 above the budget request, and $2,000,000 
is to continue the disaster research program on effects of 
windstorms on protective structures and other technologies 
begun in fiscal year 1998. A total of $282,000 is authorized to 
be transferred to the NIST working capital fund, as referenced 
in the House bill instead of $6,200,000 as referenced in the 
Senate-reported amendment. Language regarding the placement of 
NIST personnel overseas is included as in the House report.
      Funding of $5,000,000 is provided for a new program to 
award research grants for critical infrastructure protection. 
NIST is required to submit an implementation plan for this new, 
competitive grant program, prior to obligation of funding.

                     INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

      The conference agreement includes $250,837,000 for the 
NIST external research account, instead of $104,836,000 as 
proposed in the House bill, and $262,737,000 as proposed in the 
Senate-reported amendment.
      Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program.--The 
conference agreement includes $105,137,000 for the 
Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program (MEP), instead of 
$104,836,000 as proposed in the House bill, and $109,137,000 as 
proposed in the Senate-reported amendment. The conference 
agreement includes no funding for new initiatives. Additional 
funding is provided for the centers. The conference agreement 
incorporates direction in the Senate report that the Northern 
Great Plains Initiative e-commerce project should assist small 
manufacturers with marketing and business development purposes 
in rural areas.
      Advanced Technology Program.--The conference agreement 
includes $145,700,000 for the Advanced Technology Program 
(ATP), instead of $153,600,000 as proposed in the Senate-
reported amendment, and no funding as proposed in the House 
bill. The amount of carryover funding available in fiscal year 
2001 is $45,000,000, providing total available funding of 
$190,700,000 for fiscal year 2001.
      The recommendation provides the following: (1) 
$84,800,000 for continued funding requirements for awards made 
in fiscal years 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000; (2) 
$60,700,000 for new awards in fiscal year 2001; and (3) 
$45,200,000 for administration, internal NIST lab support and 
Small Business Innovation Research requirements.
      The conference agreement includes bill language, modified 
from the Senate language, designating $60,700,000 for new ATP 
awards.

                  CONSTRUCTION OF RESEARCH FACILITIES

      The conference agreement provides $34,879,000 for 
construction, renovation and maintenance of NIST facilities, 
instead of $26,000,000 as proposed in the House bill, and 
$28,879,000 as proposed in the Senate-reported amendment.
      Of the amount provided, $14,000,000 is for grants and 
cooperative agreements as referenced in Section 209 of this 
Act; and $20,879,000 is for safety, capacity, maintenance, and 
repair projects at NIST, including funding to address 
electrical service issues at NIST's Boulder campus.

            National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

      The conference agreement provides a total funding level 
of $2,627,500,000 for all programs of the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), instead of $2,230,959,000 as 
proposed in the House bill, and $2,687,070,000 as proposed in 
the Senate-reported amendment. Of these amounts, the conference 
agreement includes $1,869,170,000 in the Operations, Research, 
and Facilities (ORF) account, $682,899,000 in the Procurement, 
Acquisition and Construction (PAC) account, and $75,431,000 in 
other NOAA accounts.

  operations, research, and facilities (including transfers of funds)

      The conference agreement includes $1,869,170,000 for the 
Operations, Research, and Facilities account of the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration instead of 
$1,608,125,000 as proposed in the House bill, and 
$1,958,046,000 as proposed in the Senate-reported amendment.
      In addition to the new budget authority provided, the 
conference agreement allows a transfer of $68,000,000 from 
balances in the account entitled ``Promote and Develop Fishery 
Products and Research Related to American Fisheries'', as 
proposed in the House bill, instead of $72,828,000 as proposed 
in the Senate-reported amendment. In addition, the conference 
agreement assumes prior year deobligations totaling 
$16,650,000, $4,000,000 in offsets from fee collections, and 
$3,200,000 to be transferred from the Coastal Zone Management 
Fund to the ORF account.
      The conference agreement does not include language 
proposed in the House bill designating the amounts provided 
under this account for the six NOAA lines offices. The Senate-
reported amendment contained no similar provision.
      The conference agreement includes language, similar to 
language proposed in the House bill and carried since the 1999 
Appropriations Act, designating the amount available for 
Executive Direction and Administration and prohibiting 
augmentation of specified offices through formal or informal 
personnel details, transfers, or reimbursements above 42 
personnel. The Senate-reported amendment contained no such 
provision.
      The conference agreement includes language proposed in 
the House bill making the use of deobligated balances subject 
to standard reprogramming procedures. NOAA is directed that any 
use of deobligations above $16,650,000 is subject to the 
procedures set forth in section 605 of this Act. In addition, 
the conference agreement includes House bill language limiting 
administrative charges assessed on assigned activities, as in 
the current year. The Senate-reported amendment included no 
similar provisions.
      The conference agreement does not include language in the 
Senate-reported amendment regarding lawsuits. The House bill 
did not address this matter.
      The conference agreement does not include $34,000,000 in 
controversial new fisheries and navigation safety fees that 
were proposed in the budget request. House and Senate report 
language regarding these fees is incorporated by reference.
      The conference agreement does not include a provision, as 
proposed in the Senate-reported amendment, permitting the 
Secretary to have NOAA occupy and operate research facilities 
at Lafayette, Louisiana.
      The following table reflects the distribution of the 
funds provided in this conference agreement.

                          NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION OPERATIONS, RESEARCH AND FACILITIES, FISCAL YEAR 2001
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                                                                       2000 Enacted     2001 Request      2001 House      2001 Senate       2001 Conf.
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                        NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE

  Navigation Services:
    Mapping and Charting...........................................          35,298           38,456           32,718           40,256           37,437
    Address Survey Backlog.........................................          18,900           18,000           18,900           22,000           20,450
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      Subtotal.....................................................          54,198           56,456           51,618           62,256           57,887
    Geodesy........................................................          20,159           20,206           21,159           21,134           22,384
    Tide and Current Data..........................................          12,390           15,089           15,089           12,293           15,089
    Acquisition of Data............................................          15,546           17,246           14,546           18,246           18,246
    NOAA Corps strength increase...................................  ...............  ...............  ...............           1,000            1,000
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Total, Navigation Services.................................         102,293          108,997          102,412          114,929          114,606
                                                                    ====================================================================================
  Ocean Resources Conservation and Assessment:
    Ocean Assessment Program.......................................          44,846           41,465           34,348           49,515           49,956
        GLERL......................................................  ...............           6,085   ...............           7,000   ...............
        Response and Restoration...................................          15,329           20,149           10,991           19,884           11,600
        Oceanic and Coastal Research...............................           8,470            8,500            5,410           10,500            9,500
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Subtotal--Estuarine & Coastal Assessment...............          68,645           76,199           50,749           86,899           71,056
    Coastal Ocean Program..........................................          17,200           18,232           17,087           19,432           18,287
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Total, Ocean Resources Conservation & Assessment.......          85,845           94,431           67,836          106,331           89,343
                                                                    ====================================================================================
Ocean and Coastal Management:
    CZM Grants.....................................................          54,700          147,400           54,700           60,000           52,000
    Program Administration.........................................           4,500            6,608            4,500            4,500            4,500
    Estuarine Research Reserve System..............................           6,000           12,000            6,000           12,000            9,750
    Nonpoint Pollution Control.....................................           2,500            4,500            2,500   ...............  ...............
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        Subtotal, Coastal Management...............................          67,700          170,508           67,700           76,500           66,250
    Marine Sanctuary Program.......................................          23,000           32,000           22,500           23,500           20,500
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        Total, Ocean & Coastal Management..........................          90,700          202,508           90,200          100,000           86,750
                                                                    ====================================================================================
        Total, NOS.................................................         278,838          405,936          260,448          321,260          290,699
                                                                    ====================================================================================
                  NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE

  Information Collection and Analysis:
    Resource Information...........................................         107,848          101,988          100,100          117,795          119,945
        Antarctic Research.........................................           1,234            1,200            1,200            2,000            1,500
        Chesapeake Bay Office......................................           2,390            1,500            2,390            3,000            2,500
        Right Whale Research.......................................  ...............             200   ...............  ...............  ...............
        MARFIN.....................................................           2,750            2,750            2,500            3,500            3,500
        SEAMAP.....................................................           1,200            1,200            1,200            1,200            1,400
        Alaskan Groundfish Surveys.................................             900              661              661              900              900
        Bering Sea Pollock Research................................             945              945              945              945              945
        West Coast groundfish......................................             820              780              820              780              820
        New England Stock Depletion................................           1,000            1,000            1,000            1,000            1,000
        Hawaii Stock Management Plan...............................             500   ...............             500              500              500
        Yukon River Chinook Salmon.................................           1,200              700   ...............           1,500            1,500
        Atlantic Salmon Research...................................             710              710              710              710              710
        Gulf of Maine Groundfish Survey............................             567              567              567              567              567
        Dolphin/Yellowfin Tuna Research............................             250              250              250              250              250
        Pacific Salmon Treaty Program..............................          17,431           10,587            5,587           10,587            7,456
        Red Snapper Monitoring and Research........................  ...............  ...............  ...............           7,500            4,500
        SE Cooperative Research....................................  ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............           2,500
        Hawaiian Monk Seals........................................             750              500              500              800              800
        Steller Sea Lion Recovery Plan.............................           4,000            1,440            1,440           12,300           12,300
        Hawaiian Sea Turtles.......................................             285              248              248              300              300
        Bluefish/Striped Bass......................................           1,000   ...............           1,000   ...............           1,500
        Halibut/Sablefish..........................................           1,200            1,200            1,200            1,200            1,200
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Subtotal...............................................         146,980          128,426          122,818          167,334          166,593
                                                                    ====================================================================================
Fishery Industry Information:
    Fish Statistics................................................          13,000           18,871           13,000           21,871           17,680
    Alaska Groundfish Monitoring...................................           5,500            5,200            5,200            7,100            6,750
    PACFIN/Catch Effort Data.......................................           3,000            3,000            4,700            3,700            3,000
    AKFIN (Alaska Fishery Information Network).....................           2,500   ...............  ...............           3,400            3,000
    RECFIN.........................................................           3,700            3,100            3,100            3,700            3,700
    GULF FIN Data Collection Effort................................           3,500   ...............           3,000   ...............           3,500
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        Subtotal...................................................          31,200           30,171           29,000           39,771           37,630
                                                                    ====================================================================================
Information Analyses and Dissemination.............................          20,900           21,403           20,400           21,403           21,150
    Computer Hardware and Software.................................           3,500            3,500              750            3,500            3,500
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal...................................................          24,400           24,903           21,150           24,903           24,650
Acquisition of Data................................................          25,943           25,944           25,943           26,944           26,900
                                                                    ====================================================================================
        Total, Information, Collection, and Analyses...............         228,523          209,444          198,911          258,952          255,773
                                                                    ====================================================================================
Conservation and Management Operations:
    Fisheries Management Programs..................................          38,830           37,825           34,680           79,295           62,888
        Columbia River Hatcheries..................................          12,055           15,212           12,055           15,742           14,055
        Columbia River Endangered Species..........................             288              288              288              288              288
        Regional Councils..........................................          13,150           13,100           13,150           15,100           13,150
        International Fisheries Commissions........................             400              400              400              400              400
        Management of George's Bank................................             478              478              478              478              478
        Pacific Tuna Management/Pelagic Fisheries..................           2,300            1,250            1,250            3,000            2,650
        Fisheries Habitat Restoration..............................           2,000            4,000            2,000            2,000            2,000
        NE Fisheries Management....................................           6,000           11,980            6,000            3,980   ...............
        NE Consortium..............................................  ...............  ...............  ...............           5,000            5,000
        NE Cooperative.............................................  ...............          15,000           15,000           15,000           15,000
        Norton Sound Fisheries.....................................  ...............           5,000            5,000            5,000            5,000
        Coral Reefs................................................  ...............           5,000   ...............           3,000   ...............
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Subtotal, Fisheries Mgmt. Programs.....................          75,501          109,533           90,301          143,283          120,909
                                                                    ====================================================================================
        Protected Species Management...............................           6,200            8,988            6,950           11,288            9,038
        Dolphin Encirclement.......................................           3,300            3,300            3,300            3,300            3,300
        Driftnet Act Implementation................................           3,439            3,278            3,278            5,250            3,775
        Marine Mammal Protection Act...............................           7,583            7,225            7,225            8,225            8,125
        Endangered Species Act Recovery Plan.......................          43,500           55,450           42,800           47,765           55,338
        Native Marine Mammals......................................             950              700              200            1,200              950
        Observers/Training.........................................           2,650            4,500            5,700            4,925            6,475
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Subtotal...............................................          67,622           83,441           69,453           81,953           87,001
                                                                    ====================================================================================
    Habitat Conservation...........................................           9,200           11,079            9,200           11,079           10,140
    Enforcement & Surveillance.....................................          17,950           22,354           17,950           22,354           22,354
                                                                    ====================================================================================
        Total, Conservation, Management & Operations...............         170,273          226,407          186,904          258,669          240,404
                                                                    ====================================================================================
State and Industry Assistance Programs:
    Interjurisdictional Fisheries Grants...........................           2,600            2,590            2,590            2,590            2,590
    Anadromous Grants..............................................           2,100            2,100            2,100            2,100            2,100
    Interstate Fish Commissions....................................           7,750            4,000            7,750            8,750            8,000
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal...................................................          12,450            8,690           12,440           13,440           12,690
                                                                    ====================================================================================
Fisheries Development Program:
    Product Quality and Safety/Seafood Inspection..................           9,500            8,328            8,328            8,778            8,328
    Hawaiian Fisheries Development.................................             750   ...............  ...............             750              750
    Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation........................  ...............  ...............  ...............             300   ...............
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal...................................................          10,250            8,328            8,328            9,828            9,078
                                                                    ====================================================================================
        Total, State and Industry Programs.........................          22,700           17,018           20,768           23,268           21,768
                                                                    ====================================================================================
        Total, NMFS................................................         421,496          452,870          406,583          540,889          517,945
                                                                    ====================================================================================
                   OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH

Climate and Air Quality Research:
    Interannual & Seasonal.........................................          16,900           14,986           12,900           14,986           14,943
    Climate & Global Change Research...............................          67,000           67,095           63,000           68,895           68,500
    GLOBE..........................................................           3,000            5,000   ...............  ...............           3,000
    Climate Observations & Services................................  ...............          24,000   ...............          14,000           12,250
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal...................................................          86,900          111,081           75,900           97,881           98,693
                                                                    ====================================================================================
    Long-term Climate & Air Quality Research.......................          30,000           30,525           29,409           33,025           33,019
    Information Technology/High Performance Computing..............          12,750           12,750           12,000           12,750           12,750
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal...................................................          42,750           43,275           41,409           45,775           45,769
                                                                    ====================================================================================
        Total, Climate and Air Quality Research....................         129,650          154,356          117,309          143,656          144,462
                                                                    ====================================================================================
Atmospheric Programs:
    Weather Research...............................................          37,350           37,075           35,850           38,075           37,500
    STORM..........................................................           2,000   ...............  ...............           1,000              350
    Wind Profiler..................................................           4,350            4,350            4,350            4,350            4,350
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal...................................................          43,700           41,425           40,200           43,425           42,200
    Solar/Geomagnetic Research.....................................           7,000            6,182            6,000            6,182            6,000
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total, Atmospheric Programs....................................          50,700           47,607           46,200           49,607           48,200
                                                                    ====================================================================================
Ocean and Great Lakes Programs:
    Marine Prediction Research.....................................          27,325           22,595           19,725           30,245           32,525
    GLERL..........................................................           6,825   ...............           7,125   ...............           7,000
    Sea Grant Program..............................................          59,250           59,250           61,250           64,750           62,250
    National Undersea Research Program.............................          13,800            5,750   ...............          17,000           15,800
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Total, Ocean and Great Lakes Programs......................         107,200           87,595           88,100          111,995          117,575
    Acquisition of Data............................................          12,952           12,952           12,952           12,952           12,952
                                                                    ====================================================================================
        Total, OAR.................................................         300,502          302,510          264,561          318,210          323,189
                                                                    ====================================================================================
                       NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

Operations and Research:
    Local Warnings and Forecasts...................................         480,758          508,936          506,348          505,503          462,180
    Susquehanna River Basin flood system...........................           1,125              619            1,250            1,500            1,313
    Aviation forecasts.............................................          35,596           35,596           35,596           35,596           35,596
    Advanced Hydrological Prediction System........................           1,000            1,000            1,000            1,000            1,000
    WFO Maintenance................................................           3,250            5,250            3,250            5,250            4,250
    Weather Radio Transmitters.....................................  ...............  ...............           3,000   ...............           4,308
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal...................................................         480,758          508,936          503,348          505,403          508,647
    Central Forecast Guidance......................................          37,081           38,001           37,081           38,001           37,500
    Atmospheric and Hydrological Research..........................           3,000            3,068            3,000            3,068            3,034
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Total, Operations and Research.............................         520,839          550,005          543,429          546,472          549,181
                                                                    ====================================================================================
Systems Acquisition:
    Public Warnings and Forecast Systems:
        NEXRAD.....................................................          38,836           38,802           38,802           38,802           38,802
        ASOS.......................................................           7,345            7,423            7,345            7,423            7,423
        AWIPS/NOAA Port............................................          32,150           38,642           32,150           38,642           35,396
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Total, Systems Acquisition.............................          78,331           84,867           78,297           84,867           81,621
                                                                    ====================================================================================
            Total, NWS.............................................         599,170          634,872          621,726          631,339          630,802
                                                                    ====================================================================================
     NAT'L ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE, DATA AND INFORMATION SERVICE

Satellite Observing Systems:
    Ocean Remote Sensing...........................................           4,000            4,000   ...............           4,000            4,000
    Environmental Observing Systems................................          53,300           53,912           50,800           56,412           53,300
    Global Disaster Information Network............................  ...............           5,500   ...............  ...............           3,000
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Total, Satellite Observing Systems.........................          57,300           63,412           50,800           60,412           60,300
                                                                    ====================================================================================
    Data and Information Services..................................          38,700           32,454           40,700           35,754           49,700
    Environmental Data Management Systems..........................          12,335           12,335           12,335           12,335           12,335
    Regional Climate Centers.......................................           2,750   ...............           2,750            3,600            2,900
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Total, EDMS................................................          53,785           44,789           55,785           51,689           64,935
                                                                    ====================================================================================
        Total, NESDIS..............................................         111,085          108,201          106,585          112,101          125,235
                                                                    ====================================================================================
                           PROGRAM SUPPORTS

Administration and Services:
    Executive Direction and Administration.........................          19,387           19,902           19,902           19,902           19,902
    Systems Acquisition Office.....................................             712              712              700              712              712
    NMFS Study.....................................................  ...............  ...............  ...............             750              750
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal...................................................          20,099           20,614           19,900           21,364           21,364
    Central Administrative Support.................................          31,850           33,132           31,850           33,132           33,132
    Minority Serving Institutions..................................  ...............          17,000   ...............  ...............          15,000
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Total, Administration and Services.........................          51,949           53,746           51,750           54,496           69,496
    Aircraft Services..............................................          10,760           11,009           11,000           14,309           11,809
    Rent Savings (Transferred to ATB)..............................          (4,656)  ...............          (4,656)  ...............  ...............
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Total, Program Support.....................................          58,053           64,755           58,094           68,805           81,305
                                                                    ====================================================================================
Fleet Planning and Maintenance.....................................          13,243            9,294            7,000           19,004           11,010
Facilities:
    NOAA Facilities Maintenance....................................           1,809            1,941            1,800            1,941            1,870
    Environmental Compliance.......................................           2,000            3,899            2,000            3,899            2,000
    Suitland.......................................................  ...............  ...............  ...............          14,700   ...............
    Columbia River Facilities......................................           3,365   ...............           3,365            3,465            3,365
    NERRS Construction.............................................  ...............  ...............  ...............           3,000   ...............
    Boulder Facilities (GSA) Operations............................           3,850            5,350            3,850            4,000            4,000
    NARA Records Mgmt..............................................  ...............             262   ...............             262   ...............
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        Total, Facilities..........................................          11,024           11,452           11,015           31,267           11,235
                                                                    ====================================================================================
Direct Obligations.................................................       1,793,411        1,989,890        1,736,012        2,042,875        1,991,420
                                                                    ====================================================================================
    Offset for Fee Collections (Adjustment)........................          (4,000)  ...............           4,000            4,000            4,000
    Reimbursable Obligations.......................................         195,767          204,400          204,400          204,400          204,400
    Offsetting Collections (data sales)............................           3,600            3,600            3,600            3,600            3,600
    Offsetting Collections (fish fees/IFQ CDQ).....................           4,000   ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Reimbursables....................................         199,367          208,000          212,000          212,000          212,000
                                                                    ====================================================================================
        Total, Obligations.........................................       1,992,778        2,197,890        1,948,012        2,254,875        2,203,420
                                                                    ====================================================================================
Financing:
    Deobligations (Prior year recoveries)..........................         (36,000)         (36,000)         (36,000)         (10,000)         (16,650)
    Unobligated Balance transferred, net...........................  ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............
    Offsetting Collections (data sales)............................          (3,600)          (3,600)          (3,600)          (3,600)          (3,600)
    Offsetting Collections (fish fees/IFQ CDQ).....................          (4,000)  ...............          (4,000)  ...............          (4,000)
    Federal Funds..................................................        (134,927)        (147,700)        (147,700)         147,700)        (147,700)
    Non-federal Funds..............................................         (60,840)         (56,700)         (56,700)         (56,700)         (56,700)
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Financing........................................        (239,367)        (244,000)        (248,000)        (218,000)        (228,650)
Budget Authority...................................................       1,753,411        1,953,890        1,700,012        2,036,875        1,974,770
                                                                    ====================================================================================
Financing From:
    Promote and Develop American Fisheries.........................         (68,000)         (68,000)         (68,000)         (66,278)         (68,000)
    Coastal Zone Management Fund...................................          (4,000)          (3,200)          (4,000)          (3,200)          (3,200)
    Anticipated Offsetting Collections (fish fees).................  ...............         (20,000)  ...............  ...............  ...............
    Anticipated Offsetting Collections (navigation fees)...........  ...............         (14,000)  ...............  ...............  ...............
    Disaster Relief--Norton Sound..................................  ...............          (5,000)          (5,000)          (5,000)          (5,000)
    Disaster Relief--NE Fisheries..................................  ...............         (15,000)         (15,000)         (15,000)         (15,000)
                                                                    ====================================================================================
        Subtotal, ORF..............................................       1,310,677        1,501,890        1,240,012        1,610,875        1,883,570
                                                                    ====================================================================================
Additional Adjustments:
    Domestic Travel................................................  ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............          (4,000)
    Foreign Travel.................................................  ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............          (2,400)
    General Office Supplies........................................  ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............          (5,000)
    Non-Maritime/Non-capitalized equipment.........................  ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............          (3,000)
        Subtotal, ORF..............................................       1,681,411        1,828,690        1,608,012        1,947,397        1,869,170
                                                                    ====================================================================================
        Total, ORF.................................................       1,681,411        1,828,690        1,608,012        1,947,397        1,869,170
                                                                    ====================================================================================
              PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION
Systems Acquisition:
    CAMS...........................................................  ...............          15,823            4,500           17,823           19,823
    AWIPS..........................................................          16,000           17,300           16,000           17,300           16,300
    ASOS...........................................................           3,855            5,125            3,855            5,125            3,855
    NEXRAD.........................................................           8,280            9,580            8,280            9,580            8,280
    Computer Facilities Upgrades...................................          11,100           15,085           11,100           15,085           15,085
    Polar Spacecraft and Launching.................................         190,979          213,619          206,965          213,639          210,310
    Geostationary Spacecraft and Launching.........................         266,615          290,824          290,824          290,824          290,824
    Radiosonde Replacement.........................................           7,000            7,000            2,000            7,000            5,000
    GFDL Supercomputer.............................................           5,000            7,000            5,000            7,000            4,000
    Evansville Dopple Radar........................................  ...............           5,500            5,500   ...............           5,500
    NOAA Weather Radio Expansion/Enhancement.......................  ...............           6,244   ...............           6,244   ...............
    National Data Archive [NEDAAS].................................  ...............           4,000   ...............           4,000            2,000
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Subtotal, Systems Acquisition..............................         508,829          597,100          554,024          593,620          580,977
                                                                    ====================================================================================
Construction:
    WFO Construction...............................................           9,526            9,526            9,136            9,526            9,526
    NERRS Construction.............................................           6,750            8,000            6,000            8,000            7,500
    Botanical Gardens..............................................           1,500   ...............  ...............  ...............           3,500
    Alaska Facilities..............................................           9,750            1,000   ...............          19,000           19,000
    National Marine Life Center....................................  ...............  ...............  ...............           1,000              800
    Great Bay NERRS, NH............................................  ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............           5,000
    Kasitsna Bay Lab/Kachemak Bay..................................  ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............           5,000
    NORC Rehabilitation (Suitland).................................           3,045   ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............
    Marine Sanctuaries.............................................           3,000            3,000            3,000   ...............  ...............
    Suitland Facility..............................................           3,000   ...............  ...............  ...............          15,000
    Norman, OK.....................................................  ...............           3,000   ...............           3,000            3,000
    LaJolla Bluffs, CA.............................................  ...............           4,600   ...............           4,600   ...............
    Western Region Consolidation...................................  ...............             200   ...............             200   ...............
    Coastal Service Center Wing (SC)...............................  ...............  ...............  ...............           4,000   ...............
    Aquatic Resources..............................................  ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............           5,000
    Pribilof Island Cleanup (AK)...................................  ...............  ...............  ...............           7,000            6,000
    Folly Beach Seabrook Tract (SC)................................  ...............  ...............  ...............           2,000            2,000
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        Subtotal, Construction.....................................          36,571           29,326           18,136           57,326           81,326
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    Fleet Replacement..............................................  ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............
    Fishery Research Vessel Placement..............................          51,567            8,300   ...............           8,300            8,300
        Adventurous Refurbishment..................................  ...............           8,000   ...............           8,000            8,000
        Fairweather Refurbishment..................................  ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............           6,800
        Naval Surplus vessels for coastal research (YTT)...........  ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............           5,000
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            Subtotal, Fleet Replacement............................          51,567           16,300   ...............          16,300           28,100
        Deobligations (PAC)........................................          (7,400)          (7,504)          (8,704)          (7,504)          (7,504)
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    Offset from House floor action:
            Total, PAC.............................................         589,567          635,222          563,456          659,742          682,899
                                                                    ====================================================================================
Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery......................................          58,000          160,000           58,000           58,000           74,000
    Coastal Impact Assistance Fund.................................  ...............         100,000   ...............  ...............  ...............
    Fisheries Assistance Fund......................................  ...............          10,000   ...............  ...............  ...............
Fisherman's Contingency............................................             953              951              951              953              952
Foreign Fish. Observer Fund........................................             189              191              189              191              191
Fisheries Finance Program..........................................             338            6,628              238              338              288
    (Individual Fisheries Quota)...................................            (100)            (100)  ...............  ...............  ...............
                                                                    ====================================================================================
        Total, NOAA................................................       2,330,458        2,741,682        2,230,846        2,666,621        2,627,500
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      The following narrative provides additional information 
related to certain items included in the preceding table.

                         national ocean service

      The conferees have provided a total of $290,699,000 under 
this account for the activities of the National Ocean Service, 
instead of $260,448,000 as recommended in the House bill and 
$321,260,000 as proposed in the Senate-reported amendment.
      Mapping and Charting.--The conference agreement provides 
$37,437,000 for NOAA's mapping and charting programs, 
reflecting continued commitment to the navigation safety 
programs of the NOS and concerns about the ability of the NOS 
of continue to meet its mission requirements over the long 
term. Within the total funding provided under Mapping and 
Charting, the conference agreement includes $2,580,000 for the 
joint hydrographic center established in fiscal year 1999, one-
time funding of $300,000 for the Seacoast Science Center, and 
$1,500,000 for shoreline mapping as requested in the budget.
      The conference agreement also includes $20,450,000 within 
the line item Address Survey Backlog/Contracts exclusively for 
contracting with the private sector for data acquisition needs. 
This is $2,450,000 above the request and is intended to 
increase efforts to address the backlog through contract 
support.
      Geodesy.--The conference agreement provides $22,384,000 
for geodesy programs, including $19,634,000 for the base 
program; not less than $500,000 for the South Carolina Geodetic 
Survey as referenced in the Senate report; not less than 
$1,000,000 for the implementation of the National Height 
Modernization (NHM) system in North Carolina; not less than 
$1,000,000 for the California Spatial Reference Center; and not 
less than $250,000 for the National Geodetic Survey to 
implement the NHM study.
      Tide and Current Data.--The conference agreement includes 
$15,089,000 for this activity, including $12,293,000 for the 
base program and $2,796,000 for the continued implementation of 
the Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System (PORTS) program, as 
referenced in the House report.
      The conference agreement includes $2,000,000 above the 
request for data acquisition and for building NOAA corps 
officer strength and for additional days at sea.
      Ocean Assessment Program.--The conference agreement 
includes $49,956,000 for the activity, including the following: 
$12,658,000 for the base program; $5,800,000 to continue the 
Cooperative Institute for Coastal and Estuarine Environmental 
Technology; $900,000 for the South Florida ecosystem 
restoration program; $2,000,000 to support coral reef studies 
in the Pacific and Southeast, of which $1,000,000 is for 
Hawaiian coral reef monitoring, $500,000 is for reef monitoring 
in Florida, and $500,000 is for reef monitoring in Puerto Rico 
through the Department of Natural Resource; $4,425,000 for 
pfisteria and other harmful algal bloom research and 
monitoring, of which $500,000 is for a pilot project to 
preemptively address emerging problems prior to the occurrence 
of harmful blooms, to be carried out by the South Carolina 
Department of Marine Resources: $2,500,000 for the JASON 
project; and $2,923,000 for the NOAA Beaufort/Oxford 
Laboratory. In addition, the conference agreement includes 
$18,750,000 for the Coastal Services Center, including funds 
for initiation of a collaborative program in Hawaii for the 
U.S. Pacific Basin, consistent with activities identified in 
the fiscal year 2000 conference report, and funding for 
planning and design for additional space at the Coastal 
Services Center.
      Office of Response and Restoration.--The conference 
agreement includes $11,600,000 for the activity, including; 
$2,674,000 for the Estuarine and Coastal Assessment program, 
$5,210,000 for the Damage Assessment program, $1,000,000 in 
accordance with the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, and $2,716,000 
for a new base program to provide greater flexibility for 
program managers to address response and restoration functions. 
No funding is provided for coral restoration.
      Oceanic and Coastal Research.--The conference agreement 
includes $9,500,000 for this activity, which includes 
$6,970,000 for base, $1,250,000 for fish forensics and 
enforcement, and $1,280,000 for the Marine Environmental Health 
Research Laboratory (MEHRL). The conference agreement includes 
language as proposed in the Senate report regarding national 
overhead costs associated with managing the missions and 
operations of the research facilities funded in the Oceanic and 
Coastal Research activity and the National Ocean Service is 
directed to transfer budget and management operations for the 
MEHRL and the Charleston Lab to the Coastal Services Center.
      The conference agreement does not include the proposed 
transfer of the Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory 
(GLERL) from Oceanic and Atmospheric Research to NOS, as 
proposed in the Senate report.
      Coastal Ocean Program (COP).--The conference agreement 
provides $18,287,000 for the Coastal Ocean Program, of which 
$5,287,000 is provided for research related to hypoxia, 
pfistereia, and other harmful algal blooms, including the 
``dead-zone'' in the Gulf of Mexico, as referenced in the House 
report. The managers of COP are directed to follow the 
direction included in the Senate report concerning research on 
small high-salinity estuaries and the land use-coastal 
ecosystem study. The conference agreement also assumes 
continued funding at the current level for restoration of the 
South Florida ecosystem.
      Coastal Zone Management.--The conference agreement 
includes $66,250,000 for this activity, of which $52,000,000 is 
for grants under sections 306, 306A, and 309 of the Coastal 
Zone Management Act (CZMA), and $4,500,000 is for program 
administration. NOAA is directed to prepare an assessment of 
the National impact of this program and submit such assessment 
to the Committees on Appropriations no later than March 15, 
2001. The conference agreement does not include funding for the 
Non-Point Pollution program authorized under section 6217 of 
the CZMA. The conference agreement also includes $9,750,000 for 
the National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERRS) 
operations and maintenance program, an increase of $3,750,000 
above the current year level.
      Marine Sanctuary Program.--The conference agreement 
includes $20,500,000 for the National Marine Sanctuary Program. 
Of this amount, $500,000 is provided to support the activities 
of the Northwest Straits Citizens Advisory Commission as 
outlined in the House and Senate reports.

                   national marine fisheries service

      The conference agreement includes a total of $517,945,000 
for the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), instead of 
$406,583,000, as recommended in the House bill and 
$540,889,000, as recommended in the Senate report.
      In addition, the conference agreement includes $4,000,000 
to be collected under the Magnuson-Stevens Act to support the 
Community and Individual Fishery Quota Program.
      Resource Information.--The conference agreement provides 
$119,945,000 for fisheries resource information. Within the 
funds provided for resource information, $88,145,000 is 
provided for the base programs. The conference agreement 
includes $4,250,000 for west coast groundfish. NMFS is directed 
to distribute this funding to appropriate labs based on the 
current year distribution, and no labs should receive less than 
current year funding. Funding above the amounts for the base 
program is as follows: $1,700,000 is to expand stock 
assessments; $850,000 is for MARMAP; $2,500,000 is for the Gulf 
of Mexico consortium; and $200,000 is for the Atlantic Herring 
and Mackerel initiative. In addition, NMFS is expected to 
continue to provide onsite technical assistance to the National 
Warmwater Aquaculture Research Center and provide $250,000 from 
base resources for the harvest technology unit under this 
direction included in the Senate report. In addition, $500,000 
is provided for the Hawaiian Community Development Program and 
fishery demonstration projects for native fisheries, as 
referenced in the Senate report.
      In addition, within the total funds provided for resource 
information, the conference agreement includes: $6,500,000 for 
the Gulf of Alaska for continued implementation of the 
Magnuson-Stevens Act, as referenced in the Senate report; 
$1,000,000 for research on Alaska near shore fisheries, to be 
distributed as in the current year; $850,000 for the Chesapeake 
Bay oyster recovery partnership; $3,000,000 for research on the 
Charleston bump; $300,000 for research on shrimp pathogens; 
$150,000 for lobster sampling; $600,000, for bluefin tuna 
tagging initiative for the New England Aquarium; $300,000 for 
Chinook Salmon research in the NMFS Auke Bay laboratory; 
$750,000 for Magnuson-Stevens Act implementation; $200,000 for 
the Northeast Fisheries Science Center for the Cooperative 
Marine Education and Research Program, under the direction in 
the Senate report; $300,000 for research on Southeastern sea 
turtles; $200,000 for the Kotzebue Sound test fishery for king 
crab and sea snail; $1,000,000 for the State of Alaska for the 
Bering Sea crab; $350,000 for the South Carolina Department of 
Natural Resources Biological Identification Program; and 
$1,000,000 for the Tri-Coastal Marine Stock Assessment. In 
addition, within the amounts provided for Resource Information, 
$8,000,000 is included to continue the aquatic resources 
environmental initiative. NOAA is directed to continue working 
with the Xiphophorus Genetic Stock Center to improve the 
understanding of fish genetics and evolution.
      NMFS is directed to continue collaborative research with 
the Center for Shark Research and other qualified institutions 
to provide the information necessary for effective management 
of the highly migratory shark fishery and conservation of shark 
fishery resources.
      Funding for the Chesapeake Bay Multi-Species Management 
Strategy has been moved to the Chesapeake Bay Office line, for 
a total of $2,500,000 for the office, of which $500,000 is for 
multi-species management, including blue crabs.
      Under the MARFIN line, $3,250,000 is provided for base 
activities, including $750,000 for activities relating to red 
snapper research, and $250,000 is provided for Northeast 
activities.
      Funding for right whale research and recovery activities 
is provided under the Endangered Species line. Under the Yukon 
River Chinook Salmon line, $1,000,000 is provided for base 
activities, and $500,000 is provided for the Yukon River 
Drainage Fisheries Association. Under the Pacific Salmon Treaty 
Program, $5,587,000 is provided for base activities, $1,844,000 
is provided for the Chinook Salmon Agreement, and funding is 
provided for the North Pacific Research Board, as referenced in 
the Senate report. The conference agreement includes 
$12,300,000 for Steller sea lion recovery, to be allocated 
according to the direction in the Senate report. Senate 
language regarding the Administration's reduction of funding 
for Steller sea lion recovery is included by reference.
      Senate language regarding computer hardware and software 
funding is included by reference.
      Funding for bluefish/striped bass has been provided as 
follows: $450,000 for the NMFS base research program, $800,000 
for the Cooperative Marine Education and Research Program in 
New Jersey, and $250,000 for other existing bluefish/striped 
bass research.
      Funding of $2,500,000 is provided for a cooperative 
research program to address the lack of sufficient funding for 
research for the southeast.
      Fishery Industry Information.--The conference agreement 
provides $37,630,000 for this activity. Within the $6,750,000 
provided for Alaska groundfish monitoring, the conference 
agreement includes $3,125,000 for the base program, of which 
$1,600,000 is to implement requirements of the American 
Fisheries Act and the crab and scallop fisheries management 
plans; $1,000,000 for a winter pollock survey in Alaska; and 
current year levels for NMFS rockfish research, crab 
management, and external rockfish research. In addition, the 
conference agreement provides $175,000 for the Gulf of Alaska 
Coastal Communities Coalition, $300,000 for the NMFS Alaska 
region infield monitoring program, and $150,000 for the Bering 
Sea Fisherman's Association CDQ.
      Within the funds provided for fish statistics, the 
conference agreement provides $13,180,000 for the base program, 
$1,000,000 for the National Standard 8 program, $2,000,000 for 
research and data collection on fishing communities and 
economics; and $1,500,000 for the Atlantic States Marine 
Fishery Commission as referenced by the Senate report. Of the 
$3,700,000 for recreational fishery harvest monitoring, 
$500,000 is for the annual collection of data on marine 
recreational fishing, with the balance to be expended in 
accordance with the direction included in the Senate report. 
Funds are also appropriated under the Fish Industry Information 
activity for the Pacific Fisheries Information Network, 
including Hawaii, and the Alaska Fisheries Information Network 
as two separate lines, in accordance with the direction 
included in the Senate report. In addition, of the funding, 
$3,500,000 is provided for the Gulf of Mexico Fisheries 
Information Network.
      Under the Acquisition of Data line, within the total of 
$26,900,000, $957,000 is provided for additional days at sea 
for data acquisition.
      Fisheries Management Programs.--The conference agreement 
includes $62,888,000 for this activity. Within this amount, 
$29,288,000 is provided for base activities, and $4,000,000 is 
for NMFS facilities maintenance. In addition, $21,000,000 is 
included to provide increases for data collection on fishery 
management programs, including $8,000,000 to respond to 
lawsuits under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), 
$3,000,000 for research regarding Hawaiian sea turtles related 
lawsuits, and $10,000,000 for research regarding the Alaska 
Steller sea lion and pollock lawsuit. The requested levels for 
the Atlantic Salmon Recovery Plan, the State of Maine Recovery 
Plan, and Rancho Nuevo sea turtles are included. Funding is 
included for continuation of the Bronx River recovery and 
restoration project as referenced in the House report; $300,000 
for the Connecticut River Partnership; and $150,000 for Chinook 
Salmon management; and $6,700,000 is for American Fisheries Act 
Implementation, including $500,000 each for the North Pacific 
Fishery Management Council and the State of Alaska.
      The conference agreement appropriates a total of 
$14,055,000 for NMFS support of the Columbia River hatcheries 
program. NMFS is expected to support base hatchery operations 
at a level of $11,400,000, $600,000 is for fall chinook 
rearing, $1,700,000 is provided for monitoring and evaluation 
efforts, and $300,000 is for conservation marking as referenced 
in the Senate report.
      Under the Pacific Tuna Management line, $400,000 is for 
swordfish research as referenced in the Senate report and the 
balance is for JIMAR.
      For New England Fisheries Management, $5,000,000 is 
provided as proposed in the Senate-reported amendment. The 
conference agreement also includes a transfer of $15,000,000 
from USDA (P.L. 106-78) for NE cooperative fisheries.
      Protected Species Management.--Within the funds provided 
for protected species management, $750,000 is for continuation 
of a study on the impacts of California sea lions and harbor 
seals on salmonids and the West Coast ecosystem, $1,500,000 is 
provided for the State of Maine salmon recovery, and $750,000 
is for bottle-nosed dolphins.
      Driftnet Act Implementation.--Within the funds provided 
for Driftnet Act Implementation, $150,000 is for Pacific Rim 
Fisheries Program, $200,000 is for Washington and Alaska 
participation, and $250,000 is for Russian EEZ observers.
      Marine Mammal Protection Act.--Within funds provided, 
$900,000 is for harbor seal research in Alaska.
      Endangered Species Recovery Plans.--A total of 
$55,338,000 is provided for this activity. Of these amounts, 
$1,500,000 is for technical support to the State of Washington, 
$850,000 is for Alaskan Steller sea lion recovery, $2,700,000 
is for other species, $3,338,000 is for sea turtles, 
$36,450,000 is for the Pacific salmon recovery initiative, 
$3,500,000 is for marine mammals, $2,000,000 for Atlantic 
Salmon recovery, and $5,000,000 is for right whales. Within the 
amount provided for right whales, NMFS is directed to make 
tagging whales a priority. NMFS is directed to make $2,900,000 
available to the Northeast Consortium to administer a 
competitive grants program, open to all Atlantic coastal 
States, using an independent review panel of experts and 
scientists in the field, to fund research on whale-friendly 
fishing gear and operations, surveys and studies to reduce 
potential conflicts between right whales and local industries, 
and other research including tagging, acoustic studies, habitat 
research and hydrodynamic modeling studies. Of the funding 
provided, $2,100,000 is to help meet its responsibilities for 
the implementation of programs, research, and enforcement 
activities for the recovery of the right whale, including the 
use of aerial surveys, of which no more than 30 percent can be 
used for salaries. Due to the Department of Commerce's delay in 
providing a spending plan and allocating right whale funds in 
fiscal year 2000, NMFS is directed to provide the Committees on 
Appropriations no later than January 30, 2001, with a spending 
plan for fiscal year 2001. In addition, the Committee expects 
NMFS to develop and submit by July 31, 2001, a five-year 
research and management plan to facilitate right whale 
recovery.
      Native Marine Mammal Commissions.--The conference 
agreement recommends that funding be distributed at current 
year levels.
      Observers and Training.--The conference agreement 
distributes funding as follows: (1) $425,000 for the North 
Pacific fishery observer training program; (2) $1,875,000 for 
North Pacific marine resources observers; (3) $350,000 for east 
coast observers; (4) $2,275,000 for west coast observers; (5) 
$1,200,000 for observers for Hawaii; and (6) $350,000 for 
Atlantic coast observers. NMFS is directed to submit a spending 
plan prior to allocation of funding. Senate language regarding 
enforcement and surveillance is adopted by reference.
      Interstate Fish Commissions.--The conference agreement 
includes $8,000,000 for this activity, of which $750,000 is to 
be equally divided among the three commissions, and $7,250,000 
is for implementation of the Atlantic Coastal Fisheries 
Cooperative Management Act.
      Other.--In addition, within the funds available for the 
Saltonstall-Kennedy grants program, NMFS is directed to provide 
to the Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation funding to be 
used in accordance with the direction included in the Senate 
report, and to provide funds pursuant to the direction included 
in the House report to support ongoing efforts related to 
Vibrio vulnificus. Senate report language regarding the 
Hawaiian fisheries development program and the Oceanic 
Institute is adopted by reference.

                    oceanic and atmospheric research

      The conference agreement includes a total of $323,189,000 
for Oceanic and Atmospheric Research activities, instead of 
$264,561,000 as recommended in the House bill and $318,210,000 
as recommended in the Senate-reported amendment.
      Interannual and Seasonal Climate Research.--The 
conference agreement includes $14,943,000 for interannual and 
seasonal climate research, of which $2,000,000 is for the 
Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space.
      Climate and Global Change Research.--The conference 
agreement includes $68,500,000 for the Climate and Global 
Change research program, of which $750,000 is above base 
resources for the International Research Institute for Climate 
Prediction to restore it to the fiscal year 2000 appropriated 
level of funding. Of the amounts provided, $1,000,000 is for 
the variability beyond ENSO activity, $1,000,000 is the climate 
forming agents activity, and $2,000,000 is for refinement of 
climate models.
      Climate Observations & Services.--The conference 
agreement includes $1,000,000 for climate data and information; 
$2,000,000 for baseline observations; $5,000,000 for ocean 
observations; $3,000,000 for the climate reference network; and 
$1,250,000 for an ice research program at the Thayer School of 
Engineering.
      Long-Term Climate and Air Quality Research.--The 
conference agreement provides $33,019,000 for this activity. 
Funding is distributed as follows: $27,850,000 for base; 
$500,000 for the California ozone study; and $4,669,000 for the 
Health of the Atmosphere initiative.
      Atmospheric Programs.--The conference agreement provides 
$37,500,000 for this activity. Of this amount, $1,000,000 is 
provided for research related to wind-profile data in 
accordance with the direction provided in the Senate report. In 
addition, $1,500,000 is provided for the U.S. Weather Research 
Program for hurricane-related research.
      STORM.--The conference agreement includes $350,000 for 
the Science Center for Teaching, Outreach and Research on 
Meteorology for the collection and analysis of weather data in 
the Midwest.
      Marine Prediction Research.--The conference agreement 
includes $32,525,000 for marine prediction research. Within 
this amount, the following is provided: $9,825,000 for the base 
program; $1,650,000 for Arctic research; $2,400,000 for the 
Open Ocean Aquaculture program; $3,300,000 for tsunami 
mitigation, of which $1,000,000 is for TWEAK; $150,000 for a 
Lake Champlain Study; $2,100,000 for the VENTS program; 
$4,300,000 for continuation of the initiative on aquatic 
ecosystems, including $300,000 for a nitrogen study; $1,650,000 
for implementation of the National Invasive Species Act, of 
which $850,000 is for the Chesapeake Bay ballast water 
demonstration; $100,000 for the Lake Champlain Canal Barrier 
Demonstration, as referenced in Senate report; $500,000 for 
additional resources to support Hypoxia research; $2,600,000 
for mariculture research; and $450,000 for the Pacific tropical 
fish program to be administered by HIEDA. The conference 
agreement includes $2,000,000 for the ocean exploration 
initiative, as referenced in Senate report; $500,000 for the 
International Pacific Research Center at the University of 
Hawaii, and $1,000,000 for the SE Atlantic Marine monitoring 
and prediction center at the University of North Carolina, as 
referenced in the Senate report.
      GLERL.--Within the $7,000,000 provided for the Great 
Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, the conference 
agreement assumes continued support for the Great Lakes 
nearshore and zebra mussel research programs at current levels.
      Sea Grant.--The conference agreement includes $62,250,000 
for the National Sea Grant program, of which $56,250,000 is for 
the base program. Sea Grant is directed to fund the oyster 
disease research program at $2,000,000, an increase of 
$500,000, and to maintain current levels for the zebra mussel 
research program and the Gulf of Mexico oyster program. The Sea 
Grant program is directed to develop a research plan to address 
the causes of harmful algal blooms and a monitoring and 
prevention program and submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations by June 30, 2001.
      National Undersea Research Program (NURP).--The 
conference agreement includes $15,800,000 for the National 
Undersea Research Program (NURP). The Senate report included 
$17,800,000 for this program; the House did not include funding 
for this program. Of the amount provided, $6,900,000 is for 
research conducted through the east coast NURP centers and 
$6,900,000 is for the west coast NURP centers, including 
Hawaiian and Pacific center and the west coast and polar 
regions center. The conferees expect level funding will be 
available for Aquarius, ALVIN, and program administration. Of 
the amount provided, $2,000,000 is for the National Center for 
Natural Products.

                        national weather service

      The conference agreement includes a total of $630,802,000 
for the National Weather Service (NWS), instead of $621,726,000 
as proposed in the House bill, and $631,339,000 as proposed in 
the Senate-reported amendment.
      Local Warnings and Forecasts.--The conference agreement 
includes $462,180,000 for this activity, including $452,280,000 
for base, $4,790,000 for mitigation activities, and $400,000 
for the Cooperative Observers Network. The NWS is directed to 
submit a spending plan to the Committees on Appropriations for 
the Cooperative Observers Network. Within the total amount 
provided for Local Warnings and Forecasts, $270,000 is for the 
North Dakota Agricultural Weather Network, $590,000 is for the 
University of Utah for support to the Winter Olympics; and 
$500,000 is for the Mount Washington Observatory, as directed 
in Senate report. The NWS is directed to follow direction in 
the Senate report relating to ``the 1995 Secretary's Report to 
Congress on the Adequacy of NEXRAD Coverage and Degradation of 
Weather Services'', and to make appropriate arrangements for 
Erie, PA and Williston, ND. Of the funds provided for Local 
Warnings and Forecasts, $3,350,000 is provided for data buoys, 
of which $1,700,000 is for Alaska.
      Weather Radio Transmitters.--Of the amount provided, 
$2,323,000 is provided for base; $500,000 is for the sate of 
Illinois, to complete state-wide implementation; $77,000 is for 
a transmitter in Mason County, Kentucky; $100,000 is for Melba, 
Mississippi transmitters; $100,000 is for Barrow, Alaska; 
$125,000 is for New Hampshire; $855,000 is for Kentucky, 
including Elizabethtown; $150,000 is for South Dakota; and 
$78,000 is for a transmitter in Steuben County, Indiana.

     national environmental satellite, data and information service

      The conference agreement includes $125,235,000 for NOAA's 
satellite and data management programs. In addition, the 
conference agreement includes $580,977,000 under the NOAA PAC 
account for satellite systems acquisition and related 
activities.
      Satellite Observing Systems.--The conferees have included 
$60,300,000 for this activity, an increase of $3,000,000 for 
the Global Disaster Information Network (GDIN). Funding for 
other services is consistent with current year levels. Funding 
for the wind demonstration project is to be provided in 
accordance with the direction in the Senate report.
      Environmental Data Management.--The conference agreement 
includes: $64,935,000 for EDMS activities. For EDMS base 
activities, the conference agreement includes $25,000,000. No 
funds are included to continue weather record rescue and 
preservation activities or the environmental data rescue 
program. The conference agreement includes $500,000 for the 
Cooperative Observers Network modernization. In addition, 
$6,000,000 is included for the Coastal Ocean Data Development 
Center and $2,500,000 for the Center for Spatial Data Research 
at Jackson State University. The conference agreement provides 
$15,700,000 to continue the multi-year program of climate 
database modernization and utilization, as referenced in the 
House report. The conference agreement includes $2,900,000 for 
the Regional Climate Centers.

                            program support

      The conference agreement provides $81,305,000 for NOAA 
program support, instead of $58,094,000 as provided in the 
House report, and $68,805,000, as provided in the Senate-
reported amendment. Included in this total is $11,809,000 for 
Aircraft Services, including an increase to base of $800,000 
for increased fuel costs. Included in the amount provided, 
$15,000,000 is for the new educational program with Minority 
Serving Institutions. Under Departmental Management, the 
Commerce Department is directed to submit reports on the 
Commerce Administrative Management System (CAMS) 
implementation, as referenced in the Senate report.
      The conference agreement includes $750,000 to fund a 
study to review the ability of NMFS to adequately meet its 
legal missions and requirements. NOAA is expected to have the 
review headed by an individual from outside the agency who is 
familiar with oceans and fishery management issues. The 
individual selected must seek the assistance of the National 
Academy of Sciences and the American Society of Public 
Administration in conducting a top to bottom review of NMFS 
programs, budgetary requirements, management, and constituent 
relations. This review must be completed within one year. NOAA 
is expected to give regular progress reports to the Committees 
on Appropriations prior to submitting the final written report 
outlining the findings and recommendations for the future.

                     fleet planning and maintenance

      The conference agreement includes $11,010,000 for this 
activity, instead of $7,000,000 in the House report, and 
$19,004,000 in the Senate-reported amendment. The amount 
provided includes $9,294,000 for base and $1,716,000 for 
additional days at sea and general maintenance.

                               facilities

      The conference agreement includes $11,235,000 for 
facilities maintenance, lease costs, and environmental 
compliance, instead of $11,015,000 as proposed in the House 
report, and $31,267,000 as recommended in the Senate report. 
The Department of Commerce is directed to continue working with 
the General Services Administration (GSA) to address the 39 
percent increase in GSA rental charges for the Boulder 
facility, as referenced in the Senate report language.

               procurement, acquisition and construction

                     (including transfers of funds)

      The conference agreement includes a total of $682,899,000 
in direct appropriations for the Procurement, Acquisition and 
Construction account, and assumes $7,504,000 in deobligations 
from this account. The following distribution reflects the 
fiscal year 2001 funding provided for activities within this 
account:

Systems Acquisition:
    CAMS................................................     $19,823,000
    ASOS................................................       3,855,000
    NEXRAD..............................................       8,280,000
    Computer Facilities Upgrade.........................      15,085,000
    Evansville Doppler..................................       5,500,000
    Polar Spacecraft and Launching......................     210,310,000
    Geostationary Spacecraft and Launching..............     290,824,000
    Radiosonde Replacement..............................       5,000,000
    AWIPS...............................................      16,300,000
    National Data Archives..............................       2,000,000
    GFDL Supercomputer..................................       4,000,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
        Subtotal, Systems Acquisition...................     580,977,000
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Construction:
    WFO Construction....................................       9,526,000
    NERRS Construction..................................       7,500,000
    N.Y. Botanical Garden...............................       3,500,000
    Alaska Facilities...................................      19,000,000
    National Marine Life Center.........................         800,000
    Norman, Oklahoma....................................       3,000,000
    Aquatic Resources...................................       5,000,000
    Pribilof Cleanup....................................       6,000,000
    Folley Beach Tract..................................       2,000,000
    Suitland Facility...................................      15,000,000
    Kasitsna Bay Lab/Kachemak Bay.......................       5,000,000
    Great Bay...........................................       5,000,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
        Subtotal, Construction..........................      81,326,000
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Fleet Replacement:
    Fishery Research Vessel Replacement.................       8,300,000
    ADVENTUROUS Refurbishment...........................       8,000,000
    FAIRWEATHER Refurbishment...........................       6,800,000
    Navy Surplus Coastal Research Vessel................       5,000,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
        Subtotal, Fleet Replacement.....................      28,100,000

      Systems Acquisition.--Of the funding provided for Polar 
Spacecraft and Launching, $73,325,000 is for Polar Convergence. 
A total of $290,824,000 for the Geostationary Spacecraft and 
Launching line is provided as requested in the budget.
      Construction.--The funds appropriated for National 
Estuarine Research Reserve construction are to be distributed 
as follows: $7,000,000 is for overall NERRS requirements, and 
$500,000 is for the Jacques Cousteau NERRS. The funds 
appropriated for Alaska facilities are to be distributed as 
follows: $15,000,000 is for the Juneau Lab, and $4,000,000 is 
for the SeaLife Center. The conference agreement includes 
$3,000,000 for architecture and engineering of a building for 
the University of Oklahoma. The conference agreement assumes 
that funding for NOAA's occupancy of the proposed building will 
be based on an operating lease arrangement once the building 
has been constructed by the University of Oklahoma and is ready 
for NOAA occupancy.
      In addition, the conference agreement includes 
$15,000,000 for NOAA's Suitland, Maryland facility. Funding is 
provided to cover those costs in addition to the basic building 
costs provided by the GSA. Bill language is included to 
prohibit the Department of Commerce from paying the traditional 
GSA building requirements for the Suitland facility.
      Fleet Replacement.--The conference agreement includes 
funding for the refurbishment of the Fairweather in Alaska and 
the Navy Surplus YTT vessel, other than baseline operations, in 
South Carolina.

                      coastal and ocean activities

      In addition to the funds provided to the National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration in the above table and 
narrative, the conference agreement includes an additional 
$420,000,000 for special purposes. Of this amount, $150,000,000 
is for coastal impact assistance as authorized by section 31 of 
the Outer Continental Shelf Act for fiscal year 2001 only and 
does not alter the underlying authorization; $135,000,000 is 
for ocean, coastal and conservation programs, and $135,000,000 
is for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
programs. Of the funds provided for ocean, coastal and 
conservation programs, $10,000,000 is provided for 
implementation of Sate nonpoint pollution control plans 
pursuant to section 6217 of the Coastal Zone Act, as amended, 
other than non-contiguous States except Hawaii; $30,000,000 is 
for competitive grants for coastal communities in the Great 
Lakes region; $14,000,000 is for the University of New 
Hampshire marine facilities program; $1,000,000 is for the Sea 
Coast Science Center; $3,000,000 is for the Great Bay 
Partnership; $1,000,000 is for the New Hampshire Department of 
Environmental Services Marsh Restoration initiative; $1,000,000 
is for the Mississippi Laboratories at Pascagoula, $8,000,000 
is for the ACE Basin NERRS Research Center construction, 
$2,500,000 is for Winyah Bay land acquisition, $2,000,000 is 
for ACE Basin Land Acquisition, $10,000,000 is for the Sealife 
Center, $4,000,000 is for Kachameck Bay NERRS research center 
construction; $1,000,000 is for the Raritan, N.J. NERRS land 
acquisition; $10,000,000 is for DuPage River restoration; 
$1,000,000 if for Detroit River restoration, $500,000 is for 
lower Rouge River restoration; $8,500,000 is for Bronx River 
restoration and land acquisition; $16,000,000 is for a grant 
for Eastern Kentucky Pride, Inc., of which $11,000,000 is for 
design and construction of facilities for water protection and 
related environmental infrastructure, and $5,000,000 is for the 
aquatic resources environmental initiative; $3,000,000 is for a 
grant to the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources for 
brown marsh research, mitigation and nutria control; $2,000,000 
is for land acquisition in southern Orange County, California 
for conservation of coastal sage scrub and riparian habitats; 
$3,000,000 is for planning, renovation and construction of 
facilities for a new national estuarine research reserve in San 
Francisco, California; $2,000,000 is for a grant to the 
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation for species management 
and esturaine habitat conservation; and $1,500,000 is for a 
grant to the Pinellas County Environmental Foundation for the 
Tampa Bay watershed. Of the funds provided for the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration programs, $5,000,000 is 
for National Estuarine Research Reserve operations, $12,000,000 
is for Marine Sanctuary operations, $8,500,000 for Coastal Zone 
Management, $1,500,000 for CZMA Program Administration, 
$4,000,000 is for marine mammal strandings, $14,000,000 is for 
the National Ocean Service's protection of coral reefs program, 
$11,000,000 is for the National Marine Fisheries Service's 
Coral reefs program, $36,000,000 is for additional amounts for 
the purpose of the Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery account, 
$6,000,000 is for fisheries habitat restoration, $15,000,000 is 
for NOAA's Cooperative Enforcement initiative, $3,000,000 is 
for Atlantic coast observers, $3,000,000 is for Cooperative 
Research, $3,000,000 is for Red Snapper research, $3,000,000 is 
for Aquaculture, $5,000,000 is for Harmful Algal Bloom 
research, $2,000,000 is for the Ocean Exploration initiative, 
and $3,000,000 is for Marine Sanctuary construction. The 
amounts provided under this heading for certain activities for 
ocean, coastal and waterway conservation programs are in 
addition to amounts provided elsewhere in this bill.
      Of the $135,000,000 provided for NOAA programs, NOAA is 
directed to develop and submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations an implementation plan for the additional 
funding initiatives by February 28, 2001.
      Great Lakes Coastal Restoration Grants.--The conference 
agreement includes a new appropriation of $30,000,000 for 
matching grants to be awarded competitively to state and local 
governments to undertake coastal and water quality restoration 
projects in the Great Lakes region. Proposals funded under this 
program should be consistent with a Great Lakes State's 
approved coastal management program under section 306 of the 
Coastal Zone Management Act. Restoration projects eligible for 
funding would include contaminated site cleanup, stormwater 
controls, wetland restoration, acquisition of greenways and 
buffers, and other projects designed to control polluted runoff 
and protect and restore coastal resources. NOAA is directed to 
develop and submit to the Committees on Appropriations an 
implementation plan for this initiative no later than January 
15, 2001.

                    pacific salmon coastal recovery

      In fiscal year 2000, funding for the Southern Fund was 
provided under the NOAA, ORF account heading. The conference 
agreement includes funding for the Northern Transboundary Fund 
and Southern Transboundary Fund under this heading, in addition 
to funding provided within the Department of State. The 
conference agreement includes the full amount requested for the 
funds and for a payment to the State of Washington.
      In addition, the conference agreement includes 
$54,000,000 for salmon habitat restoration, stock enhancement, 
and research. Of this amount, $18,000,000 is provided to the 
State of Washington, $10,000,000 is provided to the State of 
Alaska, $9,000,000 is provided to the State of Oregon, and 
$9,000,000 is provided to the State of California. In addition, 
$6,000,000 is provided for coastal tribes, and $2,000,000 for 
river tribes. Of the funds made available to the State of 
Washington, $4,000,000 shall be allocated through the Salmon 
Recovery Funding Board directly to the Washington State 
Department of Natural Resources and other State and Federal 
agencies for purposes of implementing the State of Washington's 
Forest and Fish Report. The monies shall be spent in accordance 
with the terms and conditions of the Forest and Fish Report and 
consistent with the requirements of the Endangered Species Act 
and Clean Water Act. Of the funding made available to the State 
of Alaska, $350,000 shall be used to continue the operation of 
the Crystal Lake hatchery in Petersburg, and $1,000,000 for the 
Metlakatla hatchery. None of the $54,000,000 shall be used for 
the buy back of commercial fishing licenses or vessels.
      The conference agreement includes language proposed in 
the House bill making funding under this heading subject to 
express authorization. The Senate-reported amendment did not 
include this language.

                      COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT FUND

      The conference agreement includes an appropriation of 
$3,200,000 as provided in the Senate-reported amendment, 
instead of $4,000,000 as provided in the House bill. This 
amount is reflected under the National Ocean Service within the 
Operations, Research, and Facilities account.

                      FISHERMEN'S CONTINGENCY FUND

      The conference agreement includes $952,000 for the 
Fishermen's Contingency Fund. The House bill included $951,000 
and the Senate-reported amendment included $953,000 for this 
program.

                     foreign fishing observer fund

      The conference agreement includes $191,000 for the 
expenses related to the Foreign Fishing Observer Fund, as 
provided in the Senate-reported amendment. The House bill 
included $189,000 for this program.

                   fisheries finance program account

      The conference agreement provides $288,000 in subsidy 
amounts for the Fisheries Finance Program Account, instead of 
$238,000 as provided in the House bill and $338,000 as provided 
in the Senate-reported amendment. Funding is provided in 
accordance with the Senate-reported amendment.

                        Departmental Management

                         salaries and expenses

      The conference agreement includes $35,920,000 for the 
departmental management of the Commerce Department, instead of 
$28,392,000, as proposed in the House bill, and $32,340,000, as 
proposed in the Senate-reported amendment; of which $4,000,000 
is provided for the Department's re-wiring initiative. No 
funding is provided for the security initiative. Funding of 
$19,823,000 is provided within NOAA for the Commerce 
Administrative Management System (CAMS). The Commerce 
Department is directed to submit quarterly reports for 
implementation of CAMS, the initial report should include an 
overview of planned CAMS implementation, including milestones, 
and cost estimates for each stage of deployment. All subsequent 
reports should outline progress in meeting the milestones and 
spending targets.

                      Office of Inspector General

      The conference agreement includes $20,000,000 for the 
Commerce Department Inspector General, instead of $21,000,000 
as recommended in the House bill and $19,000,000 as recommended 
in the Senate-reported amendment. The Inspector General is 
reminded that office closings, staff reductions, or 
reorganizations are subject to the reprogramming procedures 
outlined in section 605 of this Act.

               GENERAL PROVISIONS--DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

      The conference agreement includes the following general 
provisions for the Department of Commerce:
      Sec. 201.--The conference agreement includes section 201, 
included in both the House bill and the Senate-reported 
amendment, regarding certifications of advanced payments.
      Sec. 202.--The conference agreement includes section 202, 
identical in the House bill and the Senate-reported amendment, 
allowing funds to be used for hire of passenger motor vehicles.
      Sec. 203.--The conference agreement includes section 203, 
identical in the House bill and the Senate-reported amendment, 
prohibiting reimbursement to the Air Force for hurricane 
reconnaissance planes.
      Sec. 204.--The conference agreement includes section 204, 
identical in the House bill and the Senate-reported amendment, 
prohibiting funds from being used to reimburse the Unemployment 
Trust Fund for temporary census workers. The Senate-reported 
amendment included a provision prohibiting reimbursements in 
relation to the 1990 decennial census.
      Sec. 205.--The conference agreement includes section 205, 
as proposed in the House bill, regarding transfer authority 
among Commerce Department appropriation accounts. The Senate-
reported amendment proposed to increase the percentage of 
funding available for transfer.
      The conference agreement does not include section 206 of 
the House bill providing for the notification of the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations of a plan for transferring 
funds to appropriate successor organizations within 90 days of 
enactment of any legislation dismantling or reorganizing the 
Department of Commerce. The Senate bill did not contain a 
provision on this matter.
      Sec. 206.--The conference agreement includes section 206, 
included in both the House bill and the Senate-reported 
amendment, requiring that any costs related to personnel 
actions incurred by a department or agency funded in title II 
of the accompanying Act be absorbed within the total budgetary 
resources available to such department or agency, with a 
modification to include loan collateral and grants protection.
      Sec. 207.--The conference agreement includes section 207, 
as proposed in both the House bill and the Senate-reported 
amendment, allowing the Secretary to award contracts for 
certain mapping and charting activities in accordance with the 
Federal Property and Administrative Services Act.
      Sec. 208.--The conference agreement includes section 208, 
as proposed in both the House bill and the Senate-reported 
amendment with minor technical changes, allowing the Department 
of Commerce Franchise Fund to retain a portion of its earnings 
from services provided.
      Sec. 209.--The conference agreement includes section 209, 
modified from a provision in the Senate-reported amendment, to 
provide $14,000,000 within the ``National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, Construction of Research Facilities'' 
account, for four construction projects. Of this amount, 
$4,000,000 is appropriated to the Institute at Saint Anselm 
College, $4,000,000 is for a cooperative agreement with the 
Medical University of South Carolina, $3,000,000 is for the 
Thayer School of Engineering for the biocommodity and biomass 
research initiative, and $3,000,000 is appropriated to 
establish the Institute for Information Infrastructure 
Protection at the Institute for Security Technology Studies. In 
addition, of the amounts provided within the NOAA PAC account, 
$5,000,000 is provided for a grant to Pride, Inc.
      Sec. 210.--The conference agreement includes a new 
provision, numbered as section 210, which establishes the Dr. 
Nancy Foster Memorial Scholarship program for advanced degrees 
in marine studies, as part of the National Marine Sanctuary 
Program.

                        TITLE III--THE JUDICIARY

                   Supreme Court of the United States

                         salaries and expenses

      The conference agreement includes $37,591,000 for the 
salaries and expenses of the Supreme Court, as provided in the 
Senate-reported amendment, instead of $36,782,000 as provided 
in the House bill.
      House report language with respect to law clerk selection 
is adopted by reference.

                    care of the building and grounds

      The conference agreement includes $7,530,000 for the 
Supreme Court Care of the Building and Grounds account, as 
provided in the House bill and the Senate-reported amendment. 
This is the amount the Architect of the Capitol currently 
estimates is required for fiscal year 2001.

         United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

                         salaries and expenses

      The conference agreement includes $17,930,000 for the 
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit as provided in 
the Senate-reported amendment, instead of $17,846,000 as 
provided in the House bill. This provides funding for base 
adjustments and two additional assistants. No funding is 
provided for additional staff in the Clerk's office.

               United States Court of International Trade

                         salaries and expenses

      The conference agreement includes $12,456,000 for the 
U.S. Court of International Trade as provided in the Senate-
reported amendment, instead of $12,299,000 as provided in the 
House bill.

    Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services

                         salaries and expenses

      The conference agreement provides $3,359,725,000 for the 
salaries and expenses of the Federal Judiciary as provided in 
the Senate-reported amendment, instead of $3,328,778,000 as 
provided in the House bill.
      House report language with respect to the Southwest 
Border is adopted by reference.
      An April 2000 review of Federal judges sharing of 
courtrooms prepared by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) 
indicated that courtroom sharing by judges should not cause 
trial delays for a significant number of trials, and that for 
the few that might be delayed the waiting time would be less 
than half a day. The CBO study also found that many courtrooms 
are in use for a small percentage of the available workdays. A 
study of the Judiciary's space and facilities program recently 
completed by Ernst and Young, however, suggested that requiring 
judges to share courtrooms is not practical. The Ernst and 
Young report stated that current court records do not 
adequately track courtroom usage, making it difficult to 
determine if courtroom sharing by Federal judges is a viable 
option. The conference agreement directs CBO to review and 
comment on the Ernst and Young report, and to provide the 
Committees on Appropriations with its findings no later than 
February 1, 2001. The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts 
shall provide such assistance as may be necessary to CBO to 
complete its review. This issue is of great importance because 
any reduction in the number of courtrooms and associated court 
space could significantly reduce rental payments, which 
continue to consume an inordinate amount of the Judiciary's 
available resources.

                 vaccine injury compensation trust fund

      The conference agreement provides $2,602,000 from the 
Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund for expenses associated 
with the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 as 
provided in the Senate-reported amendment, instead of 
$2,600,000 as provided in the House bill.

                           defender services

      The conference agreement includes $435,000,000 for the 
Federal Judiciary's Defender Services account, instead of 
$420,338,000 as provided in the House bill, and $416,368,000 as 
provided in the Senate-reported amendment. The conference 
agreement directs that a portion of the funds made available be 
used for an increase to $75 an hour for in-court time and $55 
an hour for out-of-court time for Criminal Justice Act panel 
attorneys.
      Language relating to capital habeas corpus costs in the 
House report is adopted by reference.

                    fees of jurors and commissioners

      The conference agreement includes $59,567,000 for Fees of 
Jurors and Commissioners, as proposed in the Senate-reported 
amendment, instead of $60,821,000 as provided in the House 
bill.

                             court security

      The conference agreement includes $199,575,000 for the 
Federal Judiciary's Court Security account as provided in the 
Senate-reported amendment, instead of $198,265,000 as proposed 
in the House bill. Of the amount provided, $10,000,000 for 
security system funding shall remain available until expended.

           Administrative Office of the United States Courts

                         salaries and expenses

      The conference agreement includes $58,340,000 for the 
Administrative Office of the United States Courts as provided 
in the House bill, instead of $50,000,000 as provided in the 
Senate-reported amendment.
      Language in the introductory section relating to the 
Federal Judiciary in the House report with respect to the 
Optimal Utilization of Judicial Resources report is adopted by 
reference.

                        Federal Judicial Center

                         salaries and expenses

      The conference agreement includes $18,777,000 for fiscal 
year 2001 salaries and expenses of the Federal Judicial Center 
as provided in the House bill, instead of $19,215,000 as 
proposed in the Senate-reported amendment. Of the amount 
provided, $1,000 shall be available for official reception and 
representation expenses, as provided in the House bill, instead 
of $1,500 as proposed in the Senate-reported amendment.

                       Judicial Retirement Funds

                    payment to judiciary trust funds

      The conference agreement includes $35,700,000 for payment 
to the various judicial retirement funds, as provided in both 
the House bill and the Senate-reported amendment.

                  United States Sentencing Commission

                         salaries and expenses

      The conference agreement includes $9,931,000 for the U.S. 
Sentencing Commission, as provided in the Senate-reported 
amendment, instead of $9,615,000 as provided in the House bill.

                   General Provisions--The Judiciary

      Section 301.--The conference agreement includes a 
provision included in both the House bill and the Senate-
reported amendment allowing appropriations to be used for 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
      Sec. 302.--The conference agreement includes a provision 
as proposed in the House bill related to the transfer of funds, 
instead of the modification proposed in the Senate-reported 
amendment. The House report language with respect to section 
302 is incorporated by reference.
      Sec. 303.--The conference agreement includes a provision 
included in both the House bill and the Senate-reported 
amendment allowing up to $11,000 of salaries and expenses 
provided in this title to be used for official reception and 
representation expenses of the Judicial Conference of the 
United States.
      Sec. 304.--The conference agreement includes a provision 
included in the House bill to authorize the Judiciary to 
appoint statutory certifying officers who will be responsible 
for verifying the receipt of and payment for goods and 
services. This authority is currently available to the 
Executive Branch. The Senate-reported amendment did not contain 
a similar provision.
      Sec. 305.--The conference agreement includes a new 
provision authorizing ten district judgeships, one for each of 
the following states: Arizona, Florida, Kentucky, Nevada, New 
Mexico, South Carolina, Virginia, and Wisconsin; and two 
additional district judgeships for Texas. In addition, the 
section directs the chief judge of the eastern district of 
Wisconsin to designate one judge who shall hold court for such 
district in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
      Sec. 306.--The conference agreement includes a new 
provision that allows the United States Court of Appeals for 
the Federal Circuit to appoint a circuit executive or a clerk, 
but not both, or to appoint a combined circuit executive/clerk.
      Sec. 307.--The conference agreement includes a new 
provision to extend to the Judiciary authority currently 
available to the Legislative and Executive branches of 
Government, to use appropriated funds to pay for the employment 
of personal assistants. The language will allow the judicial 
branch to hire readers for the blind, interpreters for the 
deaf, and other personal assistants as may be necessary for 
judges and other employees with disabilities.
      Sec. 308.--The conference agreement includes a new 
provision to bring the Supreme Court Police into parity with 
the retirement benefits provided to the United States Capitol 
Police and other federal law enforcement agencies.
      Sec. 309.--The conference agreement includes a provision, 
modified from a provision proposed as section 304 in the 
Senate-reported amendment. The modified language authorizes 
Justices and judges of the United States to receive a salary 
adjustment only if under each provision of law amended by 
section 704(a)(2) of the Ethics Reform Act of 1989 (5 U.S.C. 
5318 note), adjustments under 5 U.S.C. 5305 shall take effect 
in fiscal year 2001. If such adjustments are made, then 
$8,801,000 is appropriated for the cost of adjustments under 
this Title. The House bill did not include a similar provision 
on this matter.
      The conference agreement does not include the Senate 
provision related to honoraria or outside earnings limits for 
Federal judges.

            TITLE IV--DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED AGENCY

                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

                   Administration of Foreign Affairs

                    DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS

      The conference agreement includes a total of 
$3,168,725,000 for Diplomatic and Consular Programs, instead of 
$3,089,325,000 as included in the House bill and $3,148,494,000 
as included in the Senate-reported amendment. The conference 
agreement includes $2,718,725,000 for State Department 
activities under this account, $40,000,000 related to the 
implementation of the 1999 Pacific Salmon Treaty, and an 
additional $410,000,000 to remain available until expended for 
worldwide security upgrades.
      The conference agreement includes language in this 
account, and throughout this Title, that modifies citations of 
authorization legislation carried in previous years. These 
changes are intended to simplify and streamline bill language, 
and are not intended to modify the authorities for the use of 
funds under any account.
      The conference agreement does not include language 
proposed in the Senate-reported amendment to modify the 
purposes for which funds transferred from this account to the 
``Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Service'' account 
may be used.
      The conference agreement includes language, not included 
in the House bill or the Senate-reported amendment, 
transferring $1,400,000 to the Presidential Advisory Commission 
on Holocaust Assets in the United States.
      The conference agreement includes language, as proposed 
in the House bill, which makes fees collected in fiscal year 
2001 related to affidavits of support available until expended. 
The Senate-reported amendment gave the Department permanent 
authority to use such fee collections.
      The conference agreement includes language designating 
$246,644,000 for public diplomacy international information 
programs as proposed in the House bill. The Senate-reported 
amendment did not contain a similar provision. This amount 
represents the full requested funding level for these program 
activities.
      The conference agreement includes language under this 
account allowing the Department to collect and use 
reimbursements for services provided to the press. This 
language was proposed in the Senate-reported amendment under 
``Representation Allowances''. The House bill did not contain a 
provision on this matter.
      The conference agreement does not include language 
proposed in the Senate-reported amendment to place limitations 
on certain details of State Department senior executives to 
other agencies or organizations. The House bill did not include 
a similar provision.
      The conference agreement does not include an earmark of 
$5,000,000 under this account, as proposed in the Senate-
reported amendment, for a payment to the City of Seattle for 
costs incurred as host of the WTO Ministerial Conference. The 
House bill did not include a provision on this matter. The 
conference agreement addresses this issue under the 
``Protection of Foreign Missions and Officials'' account.
      The conference agreement does not adopt a Senate 
provision providing $1,000,000 to establish an Ambassador's 
Fund for Cultural Preservation. Instead, the Department shall 
identify up to $1,000,000 from funds provided under this 
account for an Ambassador's Fund for Cultural Preservation as 
described in the Senate report. United States Ambassadors in 
less-developed countries may submit competitive proposals for 
one-time or recurring projects with awards based on the 
importance of the site, object, or form of expression, the 
country's need, the impact of the United States contribution to 
the preservation of the site, object, or form of expression, 
and the anticipated benefit to the advancement of United States 
diplomatic goals. The Department is directed to submit an 
annual report to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations on the selection process used, and on the 
expenditure of funds by project.
      The conference agreement includes language making 
$5,000,000 available for overseas continuing language 
education, instead of $10,000,000 as proposed in the Senate-
reported amendment. The House bill did not include a similar 
provision. Language in the Senate report requiring a report on 
the distribution of this funding is adopted by reference.
      The conference agreement does not include language 
earmarking $12,500,000 for the East-West Center, as proposed in 
the Senate-reported amendment. The House bill did not contain a 
similar provision. Funding for the East-West Center is 
addressed under a separate heading in this Title.
      The conference agreement does not include language 
earmarking $1,350,000 for the Protection Project as proposed in 
the Senate-reported amendment. The House bill did not contain a 
similar provision. The Department is directed to continue 
support for this activity.
      The conference agreement includes language allowing 
certain advances for services related to the Panama Canal 
Commission to be credited to this account and to remain 
available until expended, as proposed in the House bill. The 
Senate-reported amendment did not include a similar provision.
      The conference agreement includes a provision, modified 
from language included in the Senate-reported amendment, 
designating $40,000,000 under this account to implement the 
1999 Pacific Salmon Treaty. The Senate-reported amendment 
provided $60,000,000 for this purpose, and the House bill did 
not contain a similar provision. Of the amount provided, 
$10,000,000 is for further capitalizing the Northern Boundary 
Fund, $10,000,000 is for further capitalizing the Southern 
Boundary Fund, and $20,000,000 is for the State of Washington 
Department of Fish and Wildlife as authorized under section 628 
of this Act.
      The conference agreement does not include a provision 
proposed in the Senate-reported amendment regarding funding for 
the Office of Defense Trade Controls. The Office is expected to 
review applications, regardless of identified end user, with 
the utmost scrutiny.
      The conference agreement includes language requiring the 
Department to notify Congress fifteen days in advance of 
processing licenses for the export of satellites to the 
People's Republic of China, as proposed in the Senate-reported 
amendment. The House bill included an identical provision under 
the Department of Commerce, Bureau of Export Administration.
      The conference agreement includes a provision, not in the 
House bill or the Senate-reported amendment, to allow the 
Department to collect and deposit Machine Readable Visa fees as 
offsetting collections to this account in fiscal years 2001 and 
2002 to recover costs. The conference agreement does not 
include provisions to limit the use of Machine Readable Visa 
fees in fiscal year 2001 and to make excess collections 
available in the subsequent fiscal year, as carried in both the 
House bill and the Senate-reported amendment. The House bill 
included a fiscal year 2001 spending limitation of 
$342,667,000. The Senate-reported amendment included a 
limitation of $267,000,000.
      The conference agreement does not include language 
proposed in the Senate-reported amendment earmarking funds for 
the Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism and for the 
preparation of a study on the U.S. Government response to an 
international WMD terrorist event. The House bill did not 
include a similar provision.
      The conference agreement includes $410,000,000 for 
worldwide security upgrades under this account as proposed in 
the House bill, instead of $272,736,000 as proposed in the 
Senate-reported amendment. The Department shall submit a 
detailed spending plan by December 31, 2000, for the entire 
amount provided for worldwide security upgrades. The House 
report designated $66,000,000 for a perimeter security 
initiative, and $16,000,000 to support additional staffing for 
the Bureau of Diplomatic Security, as requested. Since the time 
of the budget request, the Department has notified the 
Committees of increasing requirements to implement perimeter 
security upgrades. The Department is expected to reflect this 
development in the spending plan, increasing the amount for 
perimeter security and decreasing the amount for staffing. Any 
amount exceeding $8,000,000 for increased staffing will be 
subject to reprogramming. The conference agreement adopts, by 
reference, language in the Senate report regarding bomb 
detection equipment and a report on certain security issues.
      The Committees acknowledge the Department's continuing 
efforts to increase minority recruitment and diversity in the 
Foreign Service and commend the Department for its ongoing 
efforts to partner with Howard University and other 
institutions. For fiscal year 2001 the Department is directed 
to supplement its minority recruitment activities by initiating 
a model program to facilitate the entry of non-traditional and 
minority students into foreign policy careers. This program 
would provide a continuum of education and support for 
successful students at two- and four-year colleges to continue 
their studies at a university that provides undergraduate 
programs for non-traditional students and graduate studies in 
international and public affairs. The Department is directed to 
provide $1,000,000 to the educational partnership between 
Hostos Community College and Columbia University in New York to 
establish such a model program. It is expected that this new 
program would assist members of minority groups in pursuing 
careers in the Foreign Service and the State Department.
      Within the amount provided under this account, and 
including any savings the Department identifies, the Department 
will have the ability to propose that funds be used for 
purposes not specifically funded by the conference agreement 
through the normal reprogramming process.
      Extended tours, particularly at language incentive posts, 
could improve efficiency and reduce costs. The Department is 
directed to report to the Committees, not later than February 
15, 2001 on: 1) cost savings by subaccount that would result 
from four-year tours being adopted; 2) proposed changes to 
promotion criteria necessary to accommodate four-year tours; 
and 3) proposed four-year assignments by job description and 
post with full justification.
      The conference agreement does not adopt language in the 
Senate report allocating additional funds to certain geographic 
regions, but commends the Department's operations in Buenos 
Aires, Argentina; Montevideo, Uruguay; and Sao Paulo, Brazil. 
These posts are well run, language skills are uniformly 
excellent, and personnel are genuinely enthusiastic about, and 
deeply involved in, the local government, community and 
culture. These posts serve as model embassies to be emulated. 
The Department is urged to devote the necessary resources to 
these posts to maintain the high caliber of operations at each.
      Questions have been raised concerning the adequacy of 
current U.S. representation in Equatorial Guinea. Therefore, 
the Department is directed to explore the establishment, within 
resources currently available, of an American Presence Post in 
Equatorial Guinea and to report to the Committees no later than 
December 1, 2000, on the costs, staffing, and need for such a 
post.
      Increasing amounts of funding are requested under this 
title for costs related to the absence or inadequacy of 
democratic governance in Kosovo, East Timor, Sierra Leone, and 
the Democratic Republic of the Congo. United Nations 
peacekeeping missions in Kosovo and East Timor are, in fact, 
surrogate governments, for which the United States is assessed 
over thirty percent of the total costs. In order to ensure that 
adequate and coordinated efforts are underway to develop 
effective democratic governance, the Department is directed to 
submit to the Committees a plan describing all such U.S. 
Government-sponsored activities in these four locations, and 
the anticipated results from these activities, not later than 
May 1, 2001. The Department is directed to coordinate closely 
with other U.S. Government agencies, the United Nations, the 
National Endowment for Democracy, and relevant non-governmental 
organizations in compiling the plan.
      The conference agreement adopts, by reference, language 
in the House report regarding: reform and restructuring, 
including the submission of a reorganization plan corresponding 
with general provisions included in this title; carrying out 
the recommendations of the Overseas Presence Advisory Panel 
including the submission of a report; the submission of a 
minority recruitment and hiring plan; the Overseas Schools 
Advisory Council; the negotiation of effective extradition 
treaties; and unfair treatment of U.S. companies in Peru.
      The conference agreement adopts, by reference, language 
in the Senate report regarding: the Department's budget 
justification books; amounts to be provided for the Arctic 
Council and the Bering Straits Commission; the submission of a 
plan regarding information about biotechnology abroad; and a 
report on international sea turtle conservation efforts.
      The conference agreement does not include language in the 
Senate report on Sierra Leone and the Department's Bureau of 
African Affairs.

                        CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND

      The conference agreement includes $97,000,000 for the 
Capital Investment Fund, instead of $79,670,000 as proposed in 
the House bill and $104,000,000 as proposed in the Senate-
reported amendment. The conference agreement does not include 
language as proposed in the Senate-reported amendment allowing 
the Department to retain control of its overseas 
telecommunications infrastructure in the event that the current 
joint management is abolished or dissolved.
      Within the amount provided in this account, $17,000,000 
shall be for a pilot project to establish a common technology 
platform at overseas posts pursuant to the recommendations of 
the Overseas Presence Advisory Panel. The conference agreement 
includes the direction in the House report requiring the 
submission of a spending plan for this pilot project.
      The conference agreement also includes, by reference, the 
report on modernization projects and resulting efficiencies 
requested in the House report.

                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

      The conference agreement includes $28,490,000 for the 
Office of Inspector General as proposed in the House bill, 
instead of $29,395,000 as proposed in the Senate-reported 
amendment. The conference agreement includes, by reference, the 
guidance included in both the House and Senate reports.

               EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS

      The conference agreement includes $231,587,000 for 
Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs of the Department of 
State, instead of $213,771,000 as proposed in the House bill 
and $225,000,000 as proposed in the Senate-reported amendment. 
The conference agreement makes the funds provided under this 
account available until expended as in previous years, and as 
proposed in the House bill.
      The following chart displays the conference agreement on 
the distribution of funds by program or activity under this 
account:

                        [In thousands of dollars]

                                                                  Amount
  Academic Programs:
    Fulbright Program...................................         114,000
    Regional Scholars Program...........................           2,000
    Foreign Study Grants for U.S. Undergraduates........           1,500
    College and University Affiliations Program.........           1,000
    Educational Advising and Student Services...........           3,200
    English Language Programs...........................           2,600
    Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowships......................           6,100
    Edmund S. Muskie Fellowship Program.................             500
    American Overseas Research Centers..................           2,280
    South Pacific Exchanges.............................             500
    Tibet Exchanges.....................................             500
    East Timor Exchanges................................             500
    Disability Exchange Clearinghouse...................             500
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
        Subtotal, Academic Programs.....................         135,180
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
  Professional and Cultural Programs:
    International Visitor Program.......................          46,500
    Citizen Exchange Program............................          15,000
    Congress Bundestag Youth Exchange...................           2,857
    Mike Mansfield Fellowship Program...................           2,200
    Olympic/Paralympic Exchanges........................           1,000
    Special Olympic Exchanges...........................             500
    Youth Science Leadership Institute of the Americas..             100
    Irish Institute.....................................             500
    Montana International Business Exchange.............             100
    University of Akron Global Business Exchange........             100
    Interparliamentary Exchanges with Asia..............             150
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
        Subtotal, Professional and Cultural Exchanges...          69,007
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
North/South Center......................................           1,400
Exchanges Support.......................................          26,000
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
        Total...........................................         231,587

      Deviations from this distribution of funds will be 
subject to the normal reprogramming procedures under section 
605 of this Act. Significant carryover and recovered balances 
are often available under this account, and the Department is 
directed to submit a proposed spending plan for such balances, 
subject to the regular reprogramming procedures. To the extent 
such balances are available, the Department is encouraged to 
give priority to providing additional support for the Muskie 
Fellowship Program, and supporting the Central European 
Executive Exchange Program and the Institute for Representative 
Government.
      The conference agreement includes only $500,000 in new 
appropriations under this account for Muskie Fellowships for 
graduate student exchanges with the former Soviet Union. In 
addition to the amounts provided under this account for nations 
of the former Soviet Union, the Department expects to receive 
transfers from appropriations for Freedom Support Act exchange 
programs. In fiscal year 2000, an additional $93,000,000 was 
transferred to this account for exchanges with the former 
Soviet Union, including $18,309,000 for graduate student 
exchanges. A similar amount is expected to be available for 
such exchanges in fiscal year 2001. In its graduate exchange 
programs with the former Soviet Union, the Department shall 
emphasize Masters in Business Administration programs in such 
areas as marketing, distribution, and finance.
      Should balances become available, the Department is 
expected to consider awarding a grant for the Central European 
Executive Exchange Program. The Committees expect that the 
proposal submitted for this project will include participation 
from Central European countries in addition to Hungary and the 
Czech Republic, and will contain a plan to continue the project 
in future years without Federal financial support.
      The conference agreement includes, by reference, the 
program guidance contained in both the House and Senate 
reports.

                       REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES

      The conference agreement includes $6,499,000 for 
Representation Allowances instead of $5,826,000 as proposed in 
the House bill, and $6,773,000 as proposed in the Senate-
reported amendment. The conference agreement does not include 
language under this account allowing the Department to collect 
and use reimbursement for services provided to the press as 
proposed in the Senate-reported amendment. This language is 
instead included under the ``Diplomatic and Consular Programs'' 
account.

              PROTECTION OF FOREIGN MISSIONS AND OFFICIALS

      The conference agreement includes $15,467,000 for 
Protection of Foreign Missions and Officials, instead of 
$8,067,000 as provided in the House bill and $10,490,000 as 
proposed in the Senate-reported amendment. Of the amount 
provided, $5,000,000 is designated for reimbursement to the 
City of Seattle. Similar language was included in the Senate-
reported amendment under ``Diplomatic and Consular Programs''. 
The House bill did not address this matter. The direction 
included in the House and Senate reports regarding the review 
of reimbursement claims is adopted by reference.

            EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE

      The conference agreement includes $1,079,976,000 for this 
account, instead of $1,064,976,000 as proposed in the House 
bill and $782,004,000 as proposed in the Senate-reported 
amendment.
      The conference agreement does not include language 
proposed in the Senate-reported amendment adding ``Centers for 
Antiterrorism and Security Training'' to the allowable uses of 
funding under this account. The House bill had no similar 
language.
      The conference agreement does not include a Senate 
provision stating that certain proceeds of sales shall be 
available only for a new embassy facility in the Republic of 
Korea. Proceeds realized from the sale of the diplomatic 
facility in Seoul known as ``Compound II'' shall only be 
available for the site acquisition and preparation, design, or 
construction of diplomatic facilities, housing, or Marine 
security guard quarters in the Republic of Korea. These funds 
shall be available for obligation and expenditure until all 
proceeds from the sale of ``Compound II'' are exhausted. The 
Committees expect the Department to provide an update every 
January 1 on construction projects in the Republic of Korea.
      The conference agreement includes $663,000,000 for the 
costs of worldwide security upgrades, including $515,000,000 
for capital security projects. The conferees direct the 
Department to comply with the direction in the House report 
regarding the submission of a spending plan within sixty days 
of the date of enactment of this Act. In proposing such a 
spending plan, the Department shall include an assessment of 
need, and such funding as is appropriate, for security upgrades 
related to existing housing, schools, and Marine quarters, as 
well as the acquisition of new secure Marine quarters.
      The conference agreement does not include new 
appropriations for non-security capital projects. The 
Department has indicated that $30,500,000 is available from 
previous appropriations and proceeds to pay all anticipated 
site acquisition and related costs of the new Beijing chancery 
project in fiscal year 2001. The conference agreement includes, 
by reference, the direction in the Senate report regarding the 
Beijing chancery project. The ongoing costs of housing projects 
in Chengdu and Shenyang are included in amounts provided for 
facilities rehabilitation under this account.
      The budget request included planned expenditures of 
$67,000,000 from proceeds of sale of surplus property for 
opportunity purchases and capital projects. The conference 
agreement anticipates that the amount of funds available for 
such purchases will be much greater, and directs the Department 
to submit a spending plan for these funds that includes: at 
least $19,000,000 for opportunity purchases to replace 
uneconomical leases; at least $25,000,000 for capital security 
projects; and $20,000,000 for continuing costs of the Taiwan 
project. Any additional use of these funds is subject to 
reprogramming.
      The conference agreement includes, by reference, language 
in the House report under ``Worldwide Security Upgrades'' and 
``Responding to the Recommendations of the Overseas Presence 
Advisory Panel'', and language in the Senate report on joint 
ventures and a General Accounting Office review of a property 
issue in Paris. Within the amount provided under this account, 
the Department is expected to support the rehabilitation 
projects in Moscow and Istanbul described in the Senate report.
      The Department is directed to submit, and receive 
approval for, a financial plan for the funding provided under 
this account, whether from direct appropriations or proceeds of 
sales, prior to the obligation or expenditure of funds for 
capital and rehabilitation projects. The overall spending plan 
shall include project-level detail, and shall be provided to 
the Appropriations Committees not later than 60 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act. Any deviation from the plan 
after approval shall be treated as a reprogramming in the case 
of an addition greater than $500,000 or as a notification in 
the case of a deletion, a project cost overrun exceeding 25 
percent, or a project schedule delay exceeding 6 months. 
Notification requirements also extend to the rebaselining of a 
given project's cost estimate, schedule, or scope of work.

           EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR SERVICE

      The conference agreement includes $5,477,000 for the 
Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Service account, as 
provided in the House bill, instead of $11,000,000, as provided 
in the Senate-reported amendment.

                   REPATRIATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

      The conference agreement includes a total appropriation 
of $1,195,000 for the Repatriation Loans Program account as 
provided in the House bill, instead of $1,200,000 as provided 
in the Senate-reported amendment.

              PAYMENT TO THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN

      The conference agreement includes $16,345,000 for the 
Payment to the American Institute in Taiwan account, as 
provided in both the House bill and the Senate-reported 
amendment. The conference agreement includes, by reference, 
language in both the House and Senate reports. Funding for the 
relocation of the Institute is discussed under the ``Embassy 
Security, Construction, and Maintenance'' account.

     PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY FUND

      The conference agreement includes $131,224,000 for the 
Payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund 
account, as provided in both the House bill and the Senate-
reported amendment.

              International Organizations and Conferences

              CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

      The conference agreement includes $870,833,000 for 
Contributions to International Organizations to pay the costs 
assessed to the United States for membership in international 
organizations, instead of $880,505,000 as proposed in the House 
bill, and $943,944,000 as proposed in the Senate-reported 
amendment.
      The conference agreement includes language requiring that 
$100,000,000 may be made available to the United Nations only 
pursuant to a certification that the U.N. has taken no action 
during calendar year 2000 prior to the enactment of this Act to 
cause the U.N. to exceed the adopted budget for the biennium 
2000-2001. Similar language was included in the House bill. The 
Senate-reported amendment did not include a provision on this 
matter.
      The conference agreement does not include an additional 
$64,800,000 for the United States share of the new North 
Atlantic Treaty Organization headquarters as proposed in the 
Senate-reported amendment. The House bill did not have a 
similar provision. Within the amount provided under this 
heading, $8,000,000 is included for the first incremental 
payment for the U.S. share of the new headquarters building, as 
requested.
      The amount provided by the conference agreement is 
expected to be sufficient to fully pay assessments to 
international organizations. The conference agreement 
anticipates that the Department has prepaid $32,600,000 of the 
fiscal year 2001 assessment for the United Nations regular 
budget, using excess fiscal year 2000 funds. In addition, the 
Department's recalculation of its fiscal year 2001 request for 
this account has resulted in a lowering of the request by an 
additional $37,908,000, resulting primarily from exchange rate 
fluctuations. In recognition of the prepayment and the 
recalculation of the request, the conference agreement assumes 
an adjusted request level of $875,552,000. The conference 
agreement does not include requested funding for the 
Interparliamentary Union and the Bureau of International 
Expositions, and anticipates additional savings related to 
requested programs that are terminating or have not yet begun.
      Provisions in the House report relating to reports on 
reforms in international organizations, and Senate report 
language relating to reporting on War Crimes Tribunals are 
adopted by reference. The conference agreement does not include 
an additional $13,000,000, as proposed in the Senate report, 
for Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) disease prevention 
and control programs. The Department is encouraged to pursue 
appropriate funding for such an initiative in the future. The 
conference agreement adopts, by reference, language in the 
House report concerning PAHO, and directs the Department to 
provide PAHO with its full United States assessment level for 
fiscal year 2001.

        CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING ACTIVITIES

      The conference agreement provides $846,000,000 for 
Contributions for International Peacekeeping Activities, 
instead of $500,000,000 as proposed in the Senate-reported 
amendment and $498,100,000 as proposed in the House bill.
      The conference agreement provides that, of the total 
funding provided under this heading, not to exceed fifteen 
percent shall remain available until September 30, 2002. The 
Senate-reported amendment made all funding available until 
expended, and the House bill had no provision on the matter. 
The conferees expect that before any excess funding is carried 
over into fiscal year 2002 in this account, the Department 
shall transfer the maximum allowable amount to the 
Contributions to International Organizations account to prepay 
the fiscal year 2002 assessment for the United Nations regular 
budget.
      The conference agreement includes, by reference, language 
in the House report requiring a Department report to the 
Committees related to the costs of continuing UN activities in 
Angola and Haiti from the UN regular budget, requiring a report 
on peacekeeping assessment rate reform, and directing the 
Department to support the work of the UN Office of Internal 
Oversight Services. The conference agreement also includes, by 
reference, language in the Senate report regarding the 
investigation of charges against those responsible for the 
planning and execution of the air war over Serbia and Kosovo.
      The establishment of several large and complex missions 
over the past year has overtaken the capacity of the UN to 
successfully plan and manage such activities. The Department is 
directed to allocate available funds in this account on a 
priority basis, and to take no action to extend or expand 
missions or create new missions for which funding is not 
available. The conference agreement does not include funding 
for the MINURSO mission in Western Sahara. In addition to the 
notification requirements under this account, the Department is 
directed to submit a proposed distribution of the total 
resources available under this account no later than December 
31, 2000, through the normal reprogramming process.

                           ARREARAGE PAYMENTS

      The conference agreement does not include funding for 
arrearage payments in this Act. The Senate-reported amendment 
provided $102,000,000 for additional arrearage payments above 
the $926,000,000 authorized and appropriated in previous years, 
subject to certain conditions. The House bill did not include 
new funding for arrearage payments.

                       International Commissions

 INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION, UNITED STATES AND MEXICO

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement includes $7,142,000 for Salaries 
and Expenses of the International Boundary and Water Commission 
(IBWC) as proposed in the Senate-reported amendment, instead of 
$19,470,000 as proposed in the House bill. The conference 
agreement includes, by reference, language in the House report 
regarding the South Bay International Wastewater Treatment 
Plant.

                              CONSTRUCTION

      The conference agreement includes $22,950,000 for the 
Construction account of the IBWC instead of $26,747,000 as 
proposed in the Senate-reported amendment and $6,415,000 as 
proposed in the House bill. The conference agreement provides 
funding for the following activities: facilities renovation--
$425,000; heavy equipment replacement--$1,000,000; land mobile 
radio systems replacement--$500,000; hydrologic data collection 
system rehabilitation--$500,000; Rio Grande construction--
$2,685,000; Colorado River construction--$805,000; a 
feasibility study for the construction of a diversionary 
structure to control sewage flows in the flood control channel 
of the Tijuana River--$500,000; and operations and 
maintenance--$16,535,000. The conference agreement adopts, by 
reference, language in the House report regarding the 
reallocation of funds subject to reprogramming. The conferees 
also expect the Commission to submit to the Committees, not 
later than November 15, 2001, an end-of-year report on 
operations and maintenance spending. This report shall include 
actual obligations, and balances carried forward, by project.

              AMERICAN SECTIONS, INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS

      The conference agreement includes $6,741,000 for the U.S. 
share of expenses of the International Boundary Commission; the 
International Joint Commission, United States and Canada; and 
the Border Environment Cooperation Commission, as proposed in 
the Senate-reported amendment, instead of $5,710,000 as 
proposed in the House bill. The conference level will provide 
funding at the following levels for the three commissions: 
International Boundary Commission--$970,000; International 
Joint Commission--$3,771,000; and Border Environment 
Cooperation Commission--$2,000,000.

                  INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSIONS

      The conference agreement includes $19,392,000 for the 
U.S. share of the expenses of the International Fisheries 
Commissions and related activities, as proposed in the Senate-
reported amendment, instead of $15,485,000 as proposed in the 
House bill.
      The conference agreement includes the funding 
distribution requested in the President's budget and adopts, by 
reference, language in the Senate report on treating Lake 
Champlain with lampricide, and giving priority to States 
providing matching funds.

                                 Other

                     PAYMENT TO THE ASIA FOUNDATION

      The conference agreement includes $9,250,000 for the 
Payment to the Asia Foundation account, instead of $8,216,000 
as provided in the House bill, and instead of no funding as 
provided in the Senate-reported amendment. The conferees 
support the work of the Asia Foundation on democracy and the 
rule of law in the Asia-Pacific region. Since the establishment 
of multi-party democracy in 1990, Nepal continues to struggle 
with political instability, weak legal institutions and 
economic stagnation. Increased funding in this account is 
expected to allow the Foundation to expand law reform 
activities in Nepal.

           EISENHOWER EXCHANGE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM TRUST FUND

      The conference agreement includes language as provided in 
both the House bill and the Senate-reported amendment allowing 
all interest and earnings accruing to the Trust Fund in fiscal 
year 2001 to be used for necessary expenses of the Eisenhower 
Exchange Fellowships.

                    ISRAELI ARAB SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

      The conference agreement includes language as provided in 
both the House bill and the Senate-reported amendment allowing 
all interest and earnings accruing to the Scholarship Fund in 
fiscal year 2001 to be used for necessary expenses of the 
Israeli Arab Scholarship Program.

                            EAST-WEST CENTER

      The conference agreement includes $13,500,000 for 
operations of the East-West Center as proposed in the Senate-
reported amendment, instead of no funds as proposed in the 
House bill. The conference agreement does not include an 
additional earmark of $12,500,000 from the Department of State, 
Diplomatic and Consular Programs account, as proposed in the 
Senate-reported amendment.

                    NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY

      The conference agreement includes $30,999,000 for the 
National Endowment for Democracy as proposed in the Senate-
reported amendment, instead of $30,872,000 as proposed in the 
House bill. The Endowment shall submit to the Committees, not 
later than February 1, 2001, a detailed program plan for NED 
activities in East Timor, Kosovo, Sierra Leone and the 
Democratic Republic of the Congo.

                             RELATED AGENCY

                    Broadcasting Board of Governors

                 INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPERATIONS

      The conference agreement includes $398,971,000 for 
International Broadcasting Operations, instead of $419,777,000 
as proposed in the House bill and $388,421,000 as proposed in 
the Senate-reported amendment. Rather than funding broadcasting 
to Cuba under this account, as proposed by the House, all 
funding for broadcasting to Cuba is included under a separate 
account, as proposed in the Senate-reported amendment, and as 
enacted in previous years.
      The conference agreement includes language in this and 
other broadcasting accounts that modifies citations of 
authorization legislation as carried in previous years. These 
changes are intended to simplify and streamline bill language, 
and are not intended to modify the authorities for the use of 
funds under any account.
      The conference agreement includes, by reference, language 
in the House report on the review of television-related 
programs, Radio Free Asia, further consolidation and 
streamlining within international broadcasting, and 
reprogramming requirements. The conference agreement also 
includes, by reference, language in the Senate report on the 
VOA charter requirements, and on the initiation of RFE/RL 
broadcasting in Avar, Chechen and Circassian.
      The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) is expected to 
devote a proportionate and reasonable share of total VOA 
programming to the charter requirements of explaining American 
foreign policy and explaining American values, institutions, 
and thought. Should the BBG determine that organizational 
changes would facilitate the achievement of this goal, such 
proposed changes shall be submitted to the Committees through 
the regular reprogramming process.
      The conference agreement provides inflationary 
adjustments to base funding levels for all broadcasting 
entities. Within the amount provided, $1,000,000 shall be for 
Uighur language broadcasting by Radio Free Asia. The BBG is 
directed to provide an allocation plan for all available 
funding under this account to the Committees within sixty days 
from the enactment of this Act.

                          BROADCASTING TO CUBA

      The conference agreement includes $22,095,000, to remain 
available until expended, for Broadcasting to Cuba under a 
separate account as proposed in the Senate-reported amendment, 
instead of $22,806,000 within the total for International 
Broadcasting Operations as proposed in the House bill. The 
conference agreement does not include language proposed in the 
Senate-reported amendment, providing that funds may be used for 
aircraft to house television broadcasting equipment. The House 
bill did not contain a provision on this matter.

                   BROADCASTING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS

      The conference agreement includes $20,358,000 for the 
Broadcasting Capital Improvements account, instead of 
$18,358,000 as proposed in the House bill, and $31,075,000 as 
proposed in the Senate-reported amendment. The conference 
agreement does not include language proposed in the Senate-
reported amendment making a specific amount under this account 
available for the costs of overseas security upgrades.
      The conference agreement includes, by reference, language 
in the House report on digital development and conversion, 
security upgrades, relocation of the Poro Point medium wave 
transmitter, and the submission of a spending plan through the 
reprogramming process. The conference agreement also includes, 
by reference, language in the Senate report on the notification 
of the Committees prior to the release of funds for security 
upgrades.
      The BBG may propose through the reprogramming process to 
allocate funds under this account for rotatable antennas, or 
for other infrastructure improvements at the Greenville, NC, 
transmitting station, as discussed in the Senate report.

       General Provisions--Department of State and Related Agency

      Section 401.--The conference agreement includes section 
401, as proposed in the House bill, permitting use of funds for 
allowances, differentials, and transportation. The Senate-
reported amendment included a similar provision with minor 
technical differences related to the citation of authorizing 
provisions.
      Sec. 402.--The conference agreement includes section 402, 
as provided in both the House bill and the Senate-reported 
amendment, dealing with transfer authority.
      Sec. 403.--The conference agreement includes section 403, 
proposed as section 404 in both the House bill and the Senate-
reported amendment, prohibiting the use of funds by the 
Department of State or the Broadcasting Board of Governors 
(BBG) to provide certain types of assistance to the Palestinian 
Broadcasting Corporation (PBC). The conference agreement does 
not include training that supports accurate and responsible 
broadcasting among the types of assistance prohibited. The 
conferees agree that neither the Department of State, nor the 
BBG, shall provide any assistance to the PBC that could support 
restrictions of press freedoms or the broadcasting of 
inaccurate, inflammatory messages. The conferees further expect 
the Department and the BBG to submit a report to the 
Committees, before December 15, 2000, detailing any programs or 
activities involving the PBC in fiscal year 2000, and any plans 
for such programs in fiscal year 2001.
      Sec. 404.--The conference agreement includes section 404, 
proposed as section 405 in the House bill, creating the 
position of Deputy Secretary of State for Management and 
Resources. The Senate-reported amendment did not include a 
provision on this matter. The conference agreement adopts, by 
reference, the guidance on this matter provided in the House 
report under the ``Diplomatic and Consular Programs'' account.
      Sec. 405.--The conference agreement includes section 405, 
as proposed in the Senate bill, prohibiting the use of funds 
made available in this Act by the United Nations for activities 
authorizing the United Nations or any of its specialized 
agencies or affiliated organizations to tax any aspect of the 
Internet.
      Sec. 406.--The conference agreement includes section 406, 
proposed in the Senate-reported amendment as section 409, 
prohibiting the use of funds in this or any other Act to allow 
entry of diamonds into the United States if they were mined in 
certain countries, unless certain documentation is provided. 
The House bill did not include a provision on this matter.
      Sec. 407.--The conference agreement includes section 407, 
not included in either the House bill or the Senate-reported 
amendment, extending authorities to provide protective services 
to departing and incoming Secretaries of State.
      Sec. 408.--The conference agreement includes section 408, 
not included in either the House bill or the Senate-reported 
amendment, waiving provisions of existing legislation that 
require authorizations to be in place for the State Department 
and the Broadcasting Board of Governors prior to the 
expenditure of any appropriated funds.

                       TITLE V--RELATED AGENCIES

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

                        Maritime Administration

                       MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM

      The conference agreement includes $98,700,000 for the 
Maritime Security Program as proposed in both the House bill 
and the Senate-reported amendment.

                        OPERATIONS AND TRAINING

      The conference agreement includes $86,910,000 for the 
Maritime Administration Operations and Training account instead 
of $84,799,000 as proposed in the House bill and $80,240,000 as 
proposed in the Senate-reported amendment. Within this amount, 
$47,236,000 shall be for the operation and maintenance of the 
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, including $13,000,000 above base 
funding levels for further deferred maintenance and renovation 
requirements as described in the House report. The conferees 
adopt, by reference, language in the House report regarding the 
submission of a spending plan for this initiative.
      The conference agreement includes $7,473,000 for the 
State Maritime Academies. Within the amount for State Maritime 
Academies, $1,200,000 shall be for student incentive payments, 
the same amount as provided in fiscal year 2000.
      The conference agreement also includes, by reference, 
language in the House report on submission of a report on 
maritime education and training.

          MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM ACCOUNT

      The conference agreement provides $30,000,000 in subsidy 
appropriations for the Maritime Guaranteed Loan Program instead 
of $10,621,000 as proposed in the House bill and $20,221,000 as 
proposed in the Senate-reported amendment. The conference 
agreement adopts the Senate approach of dropping a limitation 
on the loan program level of not to exceed $1,000,000,000. The 
House bill included this provision, which has also been carried 
in previous years. MARAD shall not make commitments exceeding 
$1,000,000,000 in fiscal year 2001, including commitments made 
with appropriations from previous fiscal years, without prior 
notification to the Committees in accordance with section 605 
reprogramming procedures.
      The conference agreement also includes an additional 
$3,987,000 for administrative expenses associated with the 
Maritime Guaranteed Loan Program instead of $3,795,000 as 
proposed in the House bill, and $4,179,000 as proposed in the 
Senate-reported amendment. The amount for administrative 
expenses may be transferred to and merged with amounts under 
the MARAD Operations and Training account.
      MARAD has indicated to the Committees that it expects to 
carry over approximately $10,000,000 in this account which may 
be used as additional subsidy budget authority in fiscal year 
2001.

           ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS--MARITIME ADMINISTRATION

      The conference agreement includes provisions, as proposed 
in both the House bill and the Senate-reported amendment, 
involving Government property controlled by MARAD, the 
accounting for certain funds received by MARAD, and a 
prohibition on obligations from the MARAD construction fund.

      Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement provides $490,000 for the 
Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad, 
as proposed in the Senate-reported amendment, instead of 
$390,000 as proposed in the House bill.

                       Commission on Civil Rights

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement includes $8,900,000 for the 
salaries and expenses of the Commission on Civil Rights as 
proposed in the Senate-reported amendment, instead of 
$8,866,000 as proposed in the House bill.
      The conference agreement includes language allowing the 
Chairperson to be reimbursed for 125 billable days, as proposed 
in the House bill, and as carried in previous years. The 
Senate-reported amendment included language limiting all 
commissioners to not more than 75 billable days.

                       Commission on Ocean Policy

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement includes $1,000,000 for the 
Commission on Ocean Policy as proposed in the Senate-reported 
amendment, instead of no funding as proposed in the House bill.

            Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement includes $1,370,000 for the 
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe as proposed in 
the Senate-reported amendment, instead of $1,182,000 as 
proposed in the House bill.

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

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement includes $500,000 for the 
Congressional-Executive Commission on the People's Republic of 
China. Neither the House bill nor the Senate-reported amendment 
included funding for this new Commission.

                Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement includes $303,864,000 for the 
salaries and expenses of the Equal Employment Opportunity 
Commission, instead of $290,928,000 as proposed in the House 
bill, and $294,800,000 as proposed in the Senate-reported 
amendment.
      Within the total amount, the conference agreement 
includes $30,000,000 for payments to State and local Fair 
Employment Practices Agencies (FEPAs) for specific services to 
the Commission, instead of $29,000,000 as proposed in the House 
bill, and $31,000,000 as proposed in the Senate-reported 
amendment. The conference agreement includes, by reference, 
language in the House report regarding submission of a spending 
plan, reducing the backlog of private sector charges, and 
utilizing the experience the FEPAs have in mediation as the 
Commission implements its alternative dispute resolution 
programs.

                   Federal Communications Commission

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement includes a total of $230,000,000 
for the salaries and expenses of the Federal Communications 
Commission (FCC), instead of $207,909,000 as provided in the 
House bill, and $237,188,000 as proposed in the Senate-reported 
amendment. Of the amounts provided, $200,146,000 is to be 
derived from offsetting fee collections, as provided in both 
the House bill and the Senate-reported amendment, resulting in 
a net direct appropriation of $29,854,000, instead of 
$7,763,000 included in the House bill, and $37,042,000 included 
in the Senate-reported amendment. Receipts in excess of 
$200,146,000 shall remain available until expended but shall 
not be available for obligation until October 1, 2001.
      The conference agreement directs the Commission to 
submit, no later than December 15, 2000, a financial plan 
proposing a distribution of all the funds in this account, 
subject to the reprogramming requirements under section 605 of 
this Act.
      From within the funds provided, the FCC is urged to 
support public safety, emergency preparedness and 
telecommunications functions of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games.
      The Senate report included language on public 
broadcasting stations' access to spectrum. The House included 
no similar language. The FCC is examining this issue, which is 
also pending in the Court of Appeals. The conference agreement 
reflects the belief that this issue can be resolved through the 
administrative or judicial process, so no legislative action is 
required at this time. The Chairman of the FCC should report to 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on any action 
the Commission takes on this issue by April 1, 2001.
      The FCC shall take all actions necessary to complete the 
processing of applications for licenses or other authorizations 
for facilities that would provide services covered by the 
Satellite Home Viewers Improvement Act (Public Law 106-113, 113 
Stat. 1501), specifically to deliver multi-channel video 
services including all local broadcast television station 
signals and broadband services in unserved and underserved 
local television markets by November 29, 2000, as required by 
Public Law 106-113, 113 Stat. 1501.
      The Senate report language with respect to a broadcast 
industry code of conduct for the content of programming is 
incorporated by reference.

                      Federal Maritime Commission

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement includes $15,500,000 for the 
salaries and expenses of the Federal Maritime Commission, 
instead of $14,097,000 as proposed in the House bill and 
$16,222,000 as proposed in the Senate-reported amendment.

                        Federal Trade Commission

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement includes a total operating level 
of $147,154,000 for the Federal Trade Commission, instead of 
$134,807,000 as proposed in the House bill and $159,500,000 as 
proposed in the Senate-reported amendment. The conference 
agreement assumes that, of the amount provided, $145,254,000 
will be derived from fees collected in fiscal year 2001 and 
$1,900,000 will be derived from estimated unobligated fee 
collections available from fiscal year 2000. These actions 
result in a final appropriation of $0. Any use of remaining 
unobligated fee collections from prior years are subject to the 
reprogramming requirements outlined in section 605 of this Act.
      The conference agreement adopts by reference the Senate 
report language on slotting allowances, identity theft and 
Internet fraud.
      Appropriations for both the Antitrust Division of the 
Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission are 
financed with Hart-Scott-Rodino Act pre-merger filing fees. 
Section 630 of this Act modifies the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act to 
establish a three-tiered fee structure that increases the 
filing threshold for a merger transaction from $15,000,000 to 
$50,000,000. Both the House bill and the Senate-reported 
amendment included in the Federal Trade Commission's 
appropriation language similar language to create a three 
tiered fee structure and raise the filing threshold to 
$35,000,000. It is anticipated that the increase in the filing 
threshold will reduce the number of mergers requiring review by 
approximately 50 percent. This should allow the Commission to 
focus more resources on the review of complex mergers and non-
merger activities such as consumer protection.

                       Legal Services Corporation

               PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

      The conference agreement includes $330,000,000 for the 
payment to the Legal Services Corporation, instead of 
$300,000,000 as proposed in the Senate-reported amendment, and 
$275,000,000 as proposed in the House bill. The conference 
agreement provides $310,000,000 for grants to basic field 
programs and independent audits, $10,800,000 for management and 
administration, $2,200,000 for the Office of Inspector General, 
and $7,000,000 for client self-help and information technology. 
The conference agreement also includes $31,625,000 for civil 
legal assistance under the Violence Against Woman Act programs 
funded under Title I of this Act. In addition, according to 
LSC-released statistics, grantees received over $605,000,000 of 
funding during 1999.
      Within the amounts provided for management and 
administration, the Corporation is expected to hire at least 
seven investigators for the Compliance and Enforcement Division 
to investigate field grantees' compliance with the regulations 
grantees agreed to abide by when accepting Federal funding.
      The conference agreement adopts by reference the House 
report language on class action suits and the Senate report 
language on travel.

          ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION--LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

      The conference agreement includes language to continue 
the terms and conditions included under this section in the 
fiscal year 2000 Act, as proposed in both the House bill and 
the Senate-reported amendment.

                        Marine Mammal Commission

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement includes $1,700,000 for the 
salaries and expenses of the Marine Mammal Commission, as 
proposed in both the House bill and the Senate-reported 
amendment.

                   Securities and Exchange Commission

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement includes $422,800,000 for the 
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), instead of 
$392,624,000 as proposed in the House bill and $489,652,000 as 
proposed in the Senate-reported amendment. The conference 
agreement includes bill language appropriating separate amounts 
from offsetting fee collections from fiscal years 1999 and 
2001, as proposed in both the House bill and the Senate-
reported amendment. The conference agreement appropriates 
$295,000,000 from fees collected in fiscal year 1999, and 
$127,800,000 from fees to be collected in fiscal year 2001.
      The conference agreement provides for the Commission's 
adjustments to base and requested program increases for 
additional staff, information systems, and a special pay rate. 
Within the increased funding provided for information systems, 
the Commission shall identify $2,000,000 for additional 
information systems support to help investigate and prosecute 
Internet fraud cases, as described in the Senate report. The 
conference agreement does not include language in Title VI of 
this Act, nor additional funding above the request under this 
heading, as proposed in the Senate-reported amendment, for the 
exemption of the SEC from Federal pay regulations.
      Any offsetting fee collections in fiscal year 2001 in 
excess of $127,800,000 will remain available for the Securities 
and Exchange Commission in future years through the regular 
appropriations process.
      The conference agreement includes, by reference, language 
in the Senate report on the Office of Economic Analysis, the 
implementation of a new fee collection system, recommendations 
for increased civil penalties, and the need to educate 
investors regarding Internet securities fraud.

                     Small Business Administration

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement provides an appropriation of 
$331,635,000 for the Small Business Administration (SBA) 
Salaries and Expenses account, instead of $304,094,000 as 
proposed in the House bill and $143,475,000 as proposed in the 
Senate-reported amendment. The conference agreement does not 
split funding for non-credit business assistance programs into 
a separate account, as proposed in the budget request and the 
Senate-reported amendment, but rather includes funding for such 
programs under this account.
      In addition, the conference agreement includes 
$37,000,000 for programs related to the New Markets Venture 
Capital Program subject to the authorization of that program, 
including $7,000,000 for BusinessLINC and $30,000,000 for 
technical assistance.
      The conference agreement includes language, as proposed 
in the Senate-reported amendment, allowing SBA to use five 
percent, or not to exceed $3,000,000, of increased collections 
of delinquent non-tax debt to reimburse for qualified expenses 
of such collections. The House bill did not contain language on 
this matter.
      In addition to amounts made available under this heading, 
the conference agreement includes $129,000,000 for 
administrative expenses under the Business Loans Program 
account. This amount is transferred to and merged with amounts 
available under Salaries and Expenses. The conference agreement 
also includes an additional $108,354,000 for administrative 
expenses under the Disaster Loans Program account, which may 
under certain conditions be transferred to and merged with 
amounts available under Salaries and Expenses. These conditions 
are described under the Disaster Loans Program account.
      The conference agreement provides a total of $166,541,000 
for SBA's regular operating expenses under this account. This 
amount includes $2,000,000 for expenses of the HUBZone program, 
and $8,000,000 for systems modernization initiatives to 
continue the improvement of SBA's management and oversight of 
its loan portfolio. This amount also includes $2,000,000 to 
assist the SBA in transforming its workforce to meet changes in 
the way its programs are carried out. The SBA shall submit a 
plan, prior to the expenditure of resources provided for 
systems modernization and workforce transformation, in 
accordance with section 605 of this Act.
      The conference agreement includes the following amounts 
for non-credit programs:

Small Business Development Centers......................     $88,000,000
7(j) Technical Assistance...............................       3,600,000
Microloan Technical Assistance..........................      20,000,000
SCORE...................................................       3,750,000
Business Information Centers............................         500,000
Women's Business Centers................................      12,000,000
Survey of Women-Owned Businesses........................         694,000
National Women's Business Council.......................         750,000
One Stop Capital Shops..................................       3,100,000
US Export Assistance Centers............................       3,100,000
Advocacy Research.......................................       1,100,000
National Veterans Business Development Corp.............       4,000,000
SBIR Rural Outreach Program.............................       5,000,000
ProNet..................................................         500,000
Drug-free Workplace Grants..............................       3,500,000
PRIME...................................................      15,000,000
New Markets Technical Assistance........................      30,000,000
BusinessLINC............................................       7,000,000
Regulatory Fairness Boards..............................         500,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
        Total...........................................     202,094,000

      Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs).--Of the 
amounts provided for SBDCs, the conference agreement includes 
$2,000,000 to continue the SBDC Defense transition program, and 
$1,000,000 to continue the Environmental Compliance Project, as 
directed in the House report. In addition, the conference 
agreement includes language, similar to that proposed in the 
Senate-reported amendment under ``Non-Credit Business 
Assistance Programs'' making funds for the SBDC program 
available for two years.
      National Veterans Business Development Corporation.--The 
conference agreement includes language, as proposed in the 
House bill, designating $4,000,000 for the National Veterans 
Business Development Corporation. The Senate-reported amendment 
did not include a provision on this matter, but Senate report 
language designated $4,000,000 for the same purpose.
      Microloan Technical Assistance.--The conference agreement 
includes $20,000,000 for the Microloan Technical Assistance 
program. Should savings occur during fiscal year 2001 in this 
account, the SBA may propose to allocate an additional amount 
for the Microloan Technical Assistance program through the 
regular reprogramming process. The SBA was unable to obligate 
approximately $3,500,000 allocated to this program in fiscal 
year 2000, which was transferred to the Business Loans Program 
account.
      The conference agreement adopts language included in the 
House report directing the SBA to fully fund LowDoc Processing 
Centers, and to continue activities assisting small businesses 
to adapt to a paperless procurement environment.

                NON-CREDIT BUSINESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

      The conference agreement adopts the approach in the House 
bill of not including funding under a separate heading for the 
non-credit business assistance programs of the SBA. Instead, 
funding for these programs is included under ``Salaries and 
Expenses'', as in previous years. The Senate-reported amendment 
included $153,690,000 for such programs under this separate 
account.

                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

      The conference agreement provides $11,953,000 for the SBA 
Office of Inspector General, instead of $10,905,000 as proposed 
in the House bill and $13,000,000 as proposed in the Senate-
reported amendment.
      An additional $500,000 has been provided under the 
administrative expenses of the Disaster Loans Program account 
to be made available to the Office of Inspector General for 
work associated with oversight of the Disaster Loans Program. 
The conference agreement does not include direction provided in 
the Senate report.

                     BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

      The conference agreement includes $294,410,000 under the 
SBA Business Loans Program Account, instead of $269,300,000 as 
proposed in the House bill, and $296,200,000 as proposed in the 
Senate-reported amendment. The conference agreement includes 
language, as proposed in the House bill, making $45,000,000 of 
the amount included for guaranteed loans available for two 
fiscal years. The Senate-reported amendment did not contain a 
similar provision. Within the amount provided, $22,000,000 
shall be available only for the New Markets Venture Capital 
Program, subject to the enactment of authorizing legislation in 
fiscal year 2001.
      The conference agreement includes $2,250,000 for the 
costs of direct loans, instead of $2,500,000 as proposed in the 
House bill and $2,600,000 as proposed in the Senate-reported 
amendment. The conferees understand that $300,000 in carryover 
is available for the Microloan Direct Loan Program, and, 
together with the appropriated amount, will support an 
estimated fiscal year 2001 program level of over $28,400,000.
      Not including the funding provided for the New Markets 
Venture Capital Program, the conference agreement includes 
$141,160,000 for the costs of guaranteed loans, including the 
following programs:
      7(a) General Business Loans.--The conference agreement 
provides $114,960,000 in subsidy appropriations for the 7(a) 
general business guaranteed loan program, instead of 
$114,500,000 as proposed in the House bill and $134,000,000 as 
proposed in the Senate-reported amendment. When combined with 
an estimated $14,000,000 in available carryover balances and 
recoveries, this amount will subsidize an estimated fiscal year 
2001 program level of up to $10,400,000,000, assuming a subsidy 
rate of 1.24%. In addition, the conference agreement includes a 
provision, as proposed in both the House bill and the Senate-
reported amendment, requiring the SBA to notify the Committees 
in accordance with section 605 of this Act prior to providing a 
total program level greater than $10,000,000,000.
      Small Business Investment Companies (SBIC).--The 
conference agreement provides $26,200,000 for the SBIC 
participating securities program as proposed in the Senate-
reported amendment, instead of $23,300,000 as proposed in the 
House bill. This amount will result in an estimated total 
program level of $2,000,000,000 in fiscal year 2001. No 
appropriation is required for the SBIC debentures program, as 
the program will operate with a zero subsidy rate in fiscal 
year 2001.
      The conference agreement includes required language, as 
proposed in the House bill, limiting the 504 CDC and the SBIC 
debentures program levels, instead of similar language in the 
Senate-reported amendment.
      In addition, the conference agreement includes 
$129,000,000 for administrative expenses to carry out the 
direct and guaranteed loan programs as proposed in the House 
bill, instead of $130,800,000 as proposed in the Senate-
reported amendment, and makes such funds available to be 
transferred to and merged with appropriations for Salaries and 
Expenses.

                     DISASTER LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

      The conference agreement includes a total of $184,494,000 
for this account, of which $76,140,000 is for the subsidy costs 
for disaster loans and $108,354,000 is for administrative 
expenses associated with the disaster loans program. The House 
bill proposed $140,400,000 for loans and $136,000,000 for 
administrative expenses. The Senate-reported amendment provided 
$142,100,000 for loans and $139,000,000 for administrative 
expenses.
      For disaster loans, the conference agreement assumes that 
the $76,140,000 subsidy appropriation, when combined with 
$71,000,000 in carryover balances and $10,000,000 in 
recoveries, will provide a total disaster loan program level of 
$900,000,000.
      The conference agreement includes language, as proposed 
in the House bill, designating amounts for direct and indirect 
administrative expenses, and allowing appropriations for 
indirect administrative costs to be transferred to and merged 
with appropriations for Salaries and Expenses under certain 
conditions. The conference agreement includes $98,000,000 for 
direct administrative expenses instead of $125,646,000 as 
proposed in the House bill, and $9,854,000 for indirect 
administrative expenses as proposed in the House bill. The 
amount provided for direct administrative expenses, when 
combined with an estimated $26,000,000 in carryover balances, 
will provide the requested level for this activity. The 
conference agreement includes a provision that any amount in 
excess of $9,854,000 to be transferred to Salaries and Expenses 
from the Disaster Loans Program account for indirect 
administrative expenses shall be treated as a reprogramming of 
funds under section 605 of this Act, as proposed in the House 
bill. In addition, any such reprogramming shall be accompanied 
by a report from the Administrator on the anticipated effect of 
the proposed transfer on the ability of the SBA to cover the 
full annual requirements for direct administrative costs of 
disaster loan-making and -servicing.
      Of the amounts provided for administrative expenses under 
this heading, $500,000 is to be transferred to and merged with 
the Office of Inspector General account for oversight and audit 
activities related to the Disaster Loans program.

        ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION--SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

      The conference agreement includes a provision providing 
SBA with the authority to transfer funds between appropriations 
accounts as proposed in the House bill, instead of a similar 
provision in the Senate-reported amendment.

                        State Justice Institute

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement provides $6,850,000 for the 
State Justice Institute as proposed in the Senate-reported 
amendment, instead of $4,500,000 as proposed in the House bill. 
The conference agreement does not include the transfer of an 
additional $8,000,000 to this account from the Courts of 
Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services account 
in Title III as proposed in the Senate-reported amendment.

                      TITLE VI--GENERAL PROVISIONS

      The conference agreement includes the following general 
provisions:
      Sec. 601.--The conference agreement includes section 601, 
identical in both the House bill and the Senate-reported 
amendment, regarding the use of appropriations for publicity or 
propaganda purposes.
      Sec. 602.--The conference agreement includes section 602, 
identical in both the House bill and the Senate-reported 
amendment, regarding the availability of appropriations for 
obligation beyond the current fiscal year.
      Sec. 603.--The conference agreement includes section 603, 
identical in both the House bill and the Senate-reported 
amendment, regarding the use of funds for consulting services.
      Sec. 604.--The conference agreement includes section 604, 
as proposed in the House bill, providing that should any 
provision of the Act be held to be invalid, the remainder of 
the Act would not be affected. The Senate-reported amendment 
did not include this provision, which has been carried in 
previous years.
      Sec. 605.--The conference agreement includes section 605, 
as included in the Senate-reported amendment, establishing the 
policy by which funding available to the agencies funded under 
this Act may be reprogrammed for other purposes, instead of the 
version in the House bill which contained minor differences.
      Sec. 606.--The conference agreement includes section 606, 
identical in both the House bill and the Senate-reported 
amendment, regarding the construction, repair or modification 
of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration vessels in 
overseas shipyards.
      Sec. 607.--The conference agreement includes section 607, 
as proposed in the House bill, regarding the purchase of 
American-made products. The Senate-reported amendment did not 
include this provision, which has been carried in previous 
years.
      Sec. 608.--The conference agreement includes section 608, 
identical in both the House bill and the Senate-reported 
amendment, which prohibits funds in the bill from being used to 
implement, administer, or enforce any guidelines of the Equal 
Employment Opportunity Commission similar to proposed 
guidelines covering harassment based on religion published by 
the EEOC in October, 1993.
      Sec. 609.--The conference agreement includes section 609, 
as proposed in the House bill, prohibiting the use of funds for 
any United Nations peacekeeping mission that involves U.S. 
Armed Forces under the command or operational control of a 
foreign national, unless the President certifies that the 
involvement is in the national security interest. The Senate-
reported amendment did not contain a provision on this matter.
      Sec. 610.--The conference agreement includes section 610, 
identical to the House bill and section 609 in the Senate-
reported amendment, that prohibits use of funds to expand the 
U.S. diplomatic presence in Vietnam beyond the level in effect 
on July 11, 1995, unless the President makes a certification 
that several conditions have been met regarding Vietnam's 
cooperation with the United States on POW/MIA issues.
      Sec. 611.--The conference agreement includes section 611, 
as proposed in the House bill, which prohibits the use of funds 
to provide certain amenities for Federal prisoners. The Senate-
reported amendment included a similar provision as section 612, 
but proposed to make the prohibition permanent.
      Sec. 612.--The conference agreement includes section 612, 
as proposed in the House bill, restricting the use of funds 
provided under the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration for fleet modernization activities. The Senate-
reported amendment did not contain a provision on this matter.
      Sec. 613.--The conference agreement includes section 613, 
identical in both the House bill and the Senate-reported 
amendment, which requires agencies and departments funded in 
this Act to absorb any necessary costs related to downsizing or 
consolidations within the amounts provided to the agency or 
department.
      Sec. 614.--The conference agreement includes section 614, 
as proposed in the Senate-reported amendment, which permanently 
prohibits funds made available to the Federal Bureau of Prisons 
from being used to make available any commercially published 
information or material that is sexually explicit or features 
nudity to a prisoner. The House bill included a similar 
provision as section 614, but did not propose to make the 
prohibition permanent.
      Sec. 615.--The conference agreement includes section 615, 
as proposed in the House bill, which limits funding under the 
Local Law Enforcement Block Grant to 90 percent to an entity 
that does not provide public safety officers injured in the 
line of duty, and as a result separated or retired from their 
jobs, with health insurance benefits equal to the insurance 
they received while on duty. The Senate-reported amendment did 
not include a similar provision.
      Sec. 616.--The conference agreement includes section 616, 
as proposed in the House bill, which prohibits funds provided 
in this Act from being used to promote the sale or export of 
tobacco or tobacco products, or to seek the reduction or 
removal of foreign restrictions on the marketing of tobacco 
products, provided such restrictions are applied equally to all 
tobacco or tobacco products of the same type. This provision is 
not intended to impact routine international trade services 
provided to all U.S. citizens, including the processing of 
applications to establish foreign trade zones. The Senate-
reported amendment did not contain a provision on this matter.
      Sec. 617.--The conference agreement includes section 617, 
modified from language proposed as section 615 in the Senate-
reported amendment, which extends the prohibition in last 
year's bill on use of funds to issue a visa to any alien 
involved in extrajudicial and political killings in Haiti. The 
provision also adds eight individuals to the list of victims, 
and extends the exemption and reporting requirements from last 
year's provision. The House bill did not contain a provision on 
this matter.
      Sec. 618.--The conference agreement includes section 618, 
identical, but proposed as section 617 in the House bill and 
section 616 in the Senate-reported amendment, which prohibits a 
user fee from being charged for background checks conducted 
pursuant to the Brady Handgun Control Act of 1993, and 
prohibits implementation of a background check system which 
does not require or result in destruction of certain 
information.
      Sec. 619.--The conference agreement includes section 619, 
modified from language proposed as section 618 in the House 
bill and section 619 in the Senate-reported amendment, which 
delays obligation of any receipts deposited or available in the 
Crime Victims Fund in excess of $537,500,000 until the 
following fiscal year. The conferees have taken this action to 
protect against wide fluctuations in receipts into the Fund, 
and to ensure that a stable level of funding will remain 
available for these programs in future years.
      Sec. 620.--The conference agreement includes section 620, 
proposed as section 619 in the House bill, which prohibits the 
use of Department of Justice funds for programs which 
discriminate against, denigrate, or otherwise undermine the 
religious beliefs of students participating in such programs. 
The Senate-reported amendment did not contain a provision on 
this matter.
      Sec. 621.--The conference agreement includes section 621, 
identical in both the House bill and the Senate-reported 
amendment, but proposed as section 620 in the House bill, which 
prohibits the use of funds to process visas for citizens of 
countries that the Attorney General has determined deny or 
delay accepting the return of deported citizens.
      Sec. 622.--The conference agreement includes section 622, 
proposed as section 621 in the House bill, which prohibits the 
use of Department of Justice funds to transport a maximum or 
high security prisoner to any facility other than to a facility 
certified by the Bureau of Prisons as appropriately secure to 
house such a prisoner. The Senate-reported amendment did not 
contain a similar provision.
      Sec. 623.--The conference agreement includes section 623, 
modified from language proposed as section 622 in the House 
bill, regarding the Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change. The 
Senate-reported amendment did not include a provision on this 
matter. The conference agreement does not adopt the report 
language contained in the House report.
      Sec. 624.--The conference agreement includes section 624, 
modified from language proposed as section 623 in the House 
bill, which prohibits funds from being used for the 
participation of United States delegates to the Standing 
Consultative Commission unless the President submits a 
certification that the U.S. Government is not implementing a 
1997 memorandum of understanding regarding the 1972 Anti-
Ballistic Missile Treaty between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R., or 
the Senate ratifies the memorandum of understanding. The 
Senate-reported amendment did not include a provision on this 
matter.
      Sec. 625.--The conference agreement includes section 625, 
proposed as section 624 in the House bill, which prohibits the 
use of funds for the State Department to approve the purchase 
of property in Arlington, Virginia, by the Xinhua News Agency. 
The Senate-reported amendment did not include a provision on 
this matter.
      Sec. 626.--The conference agreement includes section 626, 
proposed in the Senate-reported amendment as section 623, 
amending existing law related to certain medical costs to apply 
to suspects in the custody of the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation. The House bill did not include a provision on 
this matter.
      Sec. 627.--The conference agreement includes section 627, 
proposed in the Senate-reported amendment as section 624, 
amending a fiscal year 1999 supplemental appropriations 
provision to permanently extend the time period in which 
certain takings of Cook Inlet Beluga Whales would be considered 
violations of the Marine Mammal Protection Act. The House bill 
did not include a provision on this matter.
      Sec. 628.--The conference agreement includes section 628, 
modified from language proposed in the Senate-reported 
amendment as section 625, amending Public Law 106-113 to extend 
the authorization for Pacific Salmon Treaty and Recovery 
efforts. The House bill did not include a provision on these 
matters.
      Sec. 629.--The conference agreement includes a new 
section 629, to clarify the Interstate Horseracing Act 
regarding certain pari-mutuel wagers.
      Sec. 630.--The conference agreement includes a new 
section 630, which modifies existing law to include a three-
tiered Hart-Scott-Rodino fee structure that increases the 
filing threshold for a merger transaction from $15,000,000 to 
$50,000,000. Similar language was included under the ``Federal 
Trade Commission, Salaries and Expenses'' heading in Title V of 
both the House bill and the Senate-reported amendment.
      Sec. 631.--The conference agreement includes a new 
section 631, authorizing the stabilization and renovation of a 
certain lock and dam.
      Sec. 632.--The conference agreement includes a new 
section 632, requiring the Federal Communications Commission to 
take certain actions regarding Low-Power FM regulations.
      Sec. 633.--The conference agreement includes a new 
section 633, providing additional amounts for the Small 
Business Administration, Salaries and Expenses account for a 
number of small business initiatives.
      Sec. 634.--The conference agreement includes a new 
section 634, prohibiting the use of funds in this, or any 
previous Act, or hereinafter made available to the Department 
of Commerce, to allow fishing vessels to use aircraft to assist 
in the fishing of Atlantic bluefin tuna.
      Sec. 635.--The conference agreement includes section 635, 
amending 42 U.S.C. 1301 to prohibit certain misuses of social 
security numbers. The House bill did not include a provision on 
this matter.
      Sec. 636.--The conference agreement includes a new 
section 636, related to designation of the Cuyahoga Valley 
National Park pursuant to 42 U.S.C. sections 7470-7479.

                         TITLE VII--RESCISSIONS

                         DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

                    Drug Enforcement Administration

                   DRUG DIVERSION CONTROL FEE ACCOUNT

                              (RESCISSION)

      The conference agreement includes a rescission of 
$8,000,000 from the amounts otherwise available for obligation 
in fiscal year 2001 for the ``Drug Diversion Control Fee 
Account'', as proposed in the Senate-reported amendment. The 
House bill did not include a rescission from this account.

                            RELATED AGENCIES

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

                        Maritime Administration

          MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                              (RESCISSION)

      The conference agreement includes a rescission of 
$7,644,000 from unobligated balances under this heading, as 
proposed in the House bill. The Senate-reported amendment did 
not include a rescission from this account.
      The conference agreement does not include a title 
providing contingent emergency funds for a ``Southwest Border 
Initiative'' for certain Department of Justice and Federal 
Judiciary accounts, as proposed in the Senate-reported 
amendment.
      These needs are instead addressed in the regular accounts 
for such programs in Title I and Title III of this Act.

                       TITLE VIII--DEBT REDUCTION

                         DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY

                       Bureau of the Public Debt

      Gifts to the United States for Reduction of the Public Debt

      The conference agreement includes a new title depositing 
an additional amount in fiscal year 2001 into the account 
established under 31 U.S.C. section 3113(d), to reduce the 
public debt.

           TITLE IX--WILDLIFE, OCEAN AND COASTAL CONSERVATION

      Secs. 901-902.--The conference agreement includes 
$50,000,000 for formula grants to the States for wildlife 
conservation and restoration programs. Funding is provided 
through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in the Department of 
Interior. This amount is in addition to funds provided for new, 
competitively awarded and cost-shared wildlife programs in the 
FY 2001 Interior Appropriations Act. This action recognizes 
wildlife conservation as a critical component of a nationwide 
strategy and supports state efforts in wildlife conservation 
and restoration. The conference agreement includes 
authorization language for this program.
      Funding has been provided for the development, revision, 
and implementation of wildlife conservation and restoration 
programs and plans to address the unmet needs for a diverse 
array of wildlife and associated habitats. Funds provided to 
states or Indian Tribes may be used for planning and 
implementation of wildlife conservation programs and 
conservation strategies, including wildlife conservation, 
wildlife conservation education, and wildlife-associated 
recreation projects, for new programs and projects as well as 
to enhance existing programs and projects.
      Each state's apportionment is determined by formula which 
considers the total area of the state (1/3 of the formula) and 
the population (2/3 of the formula). No state will receive an 
amount that is less than one percent of the amount available or 
more than five percent for any fiscal year. Puerto Rico and the 
District of Columbia each receive a sum equal to not more than 
one-half of one percent and Guam, the Virgin Islands, American 
Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands each receive a sum 
equal to not more than one-fourth of one percent. The 
conference agreement requires States and other jurisdiction to 
have or agree to develop a wildlife conservation strategy and 
plan as a condition for receiving a federal grant under this 
program.
      Sec. 903.--The conference agreement includes language 
authorizing a coastal impact assistance program for fiscal year 
2001.

                                TITLE X

      The conference agreement includes a new title X to 
authorize loan guarantees in order to facilitate access to 
local television broadcast signals in unserved and underserved 
areas, and for other purposes.

                                TITLE XI

      The conference agreement includes a new title XI, the 
Legal Immigration Family Equity Act.

                   CONFERENCE TOTAL--WITH COMPARISONS

      The total new budget (obligational) authority for the 
fiscal year 2001 recommended by the Committee of Conference, 
with comparisons to the fiscal year 2000 amount, the 2001 
budget estimates, and the House and Senate bills for 2001 
follow:

                        [In thousands of dollars]

New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2000...     $39,600,967
Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal 
    year 2001...........................................      50,932,968
House bill, fiscal year 2001............................      37,394,617
Senate bill, fiscal year 2001...........................      36,689,955
Conference agreement, fiscal year 2001..................      39,868,390
Conference agreement compared with:
    New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 
      2000..............................................        +267,423
    Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, 
      fiscal year 2001..................................     -11,064,578
    House bill, fiscal year 2001........................      +2,473,773
    Senate bill, fiscal year 2001.......................      +3,178,435


                                   Ernest J. Istook, Jr.,
                                   Randy ``Duke'' Cunningham,
                                   Todd Tiahrt,
                                   Robert B. Aderholt,
                                   Jo Ann Emerson,
                                   John E. Sununu,
                                   C.W. Bill Young,
                                 Managers on the Part of the House.

                                   Kay Bailey Hutchison,
                                   Jon Kyl,
                                   Ted Stevens,
                                   Richard J. Durbin (DC only),
                                   Daniel K. Inouye (DC only),
                                Managers on the Part of the Senate.

                                  
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