[House Report 106-379]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



106th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session                                                    106-379

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MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENTS OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AND 
  HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND FOR SUNDRY INDEPENDENT AGENCIES, 
  BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, CORPORATIONS, AND OFFICES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 
  ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2000, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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                October 13, 1999.--Ordered to be printed

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

                           CONFERENCE REPORT

                        [To accompany H.R. 2684]

      The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of 
the two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 
2684) ``making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans 
Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry 
independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and 
offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for 
other purposes'', having met, after full and free conference, 
have agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective 
Houses as follows:
      That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
amendment of the Senate, and agree to the same with an 
amendment, as follows:
      In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted by said 
amendment, insert:

That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Departments of 
Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for 
sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, 
and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and 
for other purposes, namely:

                TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

                    Veterans Benefits Administration


                       compensation and pensions


                     (including transfers of funds)


    For the payment of compensation benefits to or on behalf of 
veterans and a pilot program for disability examinations as 
authorized by law (38 U.S.C. 107, chapters 11, 13, 18, 51, 53, 
55, and 61); pension benefits to or on behalf of veterans as 
authorized by law (38 U.S.C. chapters 15, 51, 53, 55, and 61; 
92 Stat. 2508); and burial benefits, emergency and other 
officers' retirement pay, adjusted-service credits and 
certificates, payment of premiums due on commercial life 
insurance policies guaranteed under the provisions of Article 
IV of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940, as 
amended, and for other benefits as authorized by law (38 U.S.C. 
107, 1312, 1977, and 2106, chapters 23, 51, 53, 55, and 61; 50 
U.S.C. App. 540-548; 43 Stat. 122, 123; 45 Stat. 735; 76 Stat. 
1198), $21,568,364,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That not to exceed $17,932,000 of the amount 
appropriated shall be reimbursed to ``General operating 
expenses'' and ``Medical care'' for necessary expenses in 
implementing those provisions authorized in the Omnibus Budget 
Reconciliation Act of 1990, and in the Veterans' Benefits Act 
of 1992 (38 U.S.C. chapters 51, 53, and 55), the funding source 
for which is specifically provided as the ``Compensation and 
pensions'' appropriation: Provided further, That such sums as 
may be earned on an actual qualifying patient basis, shall be 
reimbursed to ``Medical facilities revolving fund'' to augment 
the funding of individual medical facilities for nursing home 
care provided to pensioners as authorized.


                         readjustment benefits


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


                   veterans insurance and indemnities


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


         veterans housing benefit program fund program account


                     (including transfer of funds)


    For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, such sums as 
may be necessary to carry out the program, as authorized by 38 
U.S.C. chapter 37, as amended: Provided, That such costs, 
including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as 
amended: Provided further, That during fiscal year 2000, within 
the resources available, not to exceed $300,000 in gross 
obligations for direct loans are authorized for specially 
adapted housing loans.
    In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
direct and guaranteed loan programs, $156,958,000, which may be 
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``General 
operating expenses''.


                  education loan fund program account


                     (including transfer of funds)


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


            vocational rehabilitation loans program account


                     (including transfer of funds)


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


          native american veteran housing loan program account


                     (including transfer of funds)


    For administrative expenses to carry out the direct loan 
program authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 37, subchapter V, as 
amended, $520,000, which may be transferred to and merged with 
the appropriation for ``General operating expenses''.


  guaranteed transitional housing loans for homeless veterans program 
                                account


                     (including transfer of funds)


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

                     Veterans Health Administration


                              medical care


                     (including transfer of funds)


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


                    medical and prosthetic research


    For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of medical 
and prosthetic research and development as authorized by 38 
U.S.C. chapter 73, to remain available until September 30, 
2001, $321,000,000, plus reimbursements.


      medical administration and miscellaneous operating expenses


    For necessary expenses in the administration of the 
medical, hospital, nursing home, domiciliary, construction, 
supply, and research activities, as authorized by law; 
administrative expenses in support of capital policy 
activities, $59,703,000 plus reimbursements: Provided, That 
project technical and consulting services offered by the 
Facilities Management Service Delivery Office, including 
technical consulting services, project management, real 
property administration (including leases, site acquisition and 
disposal activities directly supporting projects), shall be 
provided to Department of Veterans Affairs components only on a 
reimbursable basis, and such amounts will remain available 
until September 30, 2000.


                   general post fund, national homes


                     (including transfer of funds)


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

                      Departmental Administration


                       general operating expenses


    For necessary operating expenses of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including 
uniforms or allowances therefor; not to exceed $25,000 for 
official reception and representation expenses; hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; and reimbursement of the General 
Services Administration for security guard services, and the 
Department of Defense for the cost of overseas employee mail, 
$912,594,000: Provided, That of the funds made available under 
this heading, not to exceed $45,600,000 shall be available 
until September 30, 2001: Provided further, That funds under 
this heading shall be available to administer the Service 
Members Occupational Conversion and Training Act.


                    national cemetery administration


                     (including transfer of funds)


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


                      office of inspector general


                     (including transfer of funds)


    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, 
$43,200,000: Provided, That of the amount made available under 
this heading, not to exceed $30,000 may be transferred to and 
merged with the appropriation for ``General operating 
expenses''.


                      construction, major projects


    For constructing, altering, extending and improving any of 
the facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, or for any of the purposes set 
forth in sections 316, 2404, 2406, 8102, 8103, 8106, 8108, 
8109, 8110, and 8122 of title 38, United States Code, including 
planning, architectural and engineering services, maintenance 
or guarantee period services costs associated with equipment 
guarantees provided under the project, services of claims 
analysts, offsite utility and storm drainage system 
construction costs, and site acquisition, where the estimated 
cost of a project is $4,000,000 or more or where funds for a 
project were made available in a previous major project 
appropriation, $65,140,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That except for advance planning of projects 
(including market-based assessments of health care needs which 
may or may not lead to capital investments) funded through the 
advance planning fund and the design of projects funded through 
the design fund, none of these funds shall be used for any 
project which has not been considered and approved by the 
Congress in the budgetary process: Provided further, That funds 
provided in this appropriation for fiscal year 2000, for each 
approved project shall be obligated: (1) by the awarding of a 
construction documents contract by September 30, 2000; and (2) 
by the awarding of a construction contract by September 30, 
2001: Provided further, That the Secretary shall promptly 
report in writing to the Committees on Appropriations any 
approved major construction project in which obligations are 
not incurred within the time limitations established above: 
Provided further, That no funds from any other account except 
the ``Parking revolving fund'', may be obligated for 
constructing, altering, extending, or improving a project which 
was approved in the budget process and funded in this account 
until 1 year after substantial completion and beneficial 
occupancy by the Department of Veterans Affairs of the project 
or any part thereof with respect to that part only.


                      construction, minor projects


    For constructing, altering, extending, and improving any of 
the facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, including planning, 
architectural and engineering services, maintenance or 
guarantee period services costs associated with equipment 
guarantees provided under the project, services of claims 
analysts, offsite utility and storm drainage system 
construction costs, and site acquisition, or for any of the 
purposes set forth in sections 316, 2404, 2406, 8102, 8103, 
8106, 8108, 8109, 8110, and 8122 of title 38, United States 
Code, where the estimated cost of a project is less than 
$4,000,000, $160,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
along with unobligated balances of previous ``Construction, 
minor projects'' appropriations which are hereby made available 
for any project where the estimated cost is less than 
$4,000,000: Provided, That funds in this account shall be 
available for: (1) repairs to any of the nonmedical facilities 
under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department which 
are necessary because of loss or damage caused by any natural 
disaster or catastrophe; and (2) temporary measures necessary 
to prevent or to minimize further loss by such causes.


                         parking revolving fund


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


       grants for construction of state extended care facilities


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


        grants for the construction of state veterans cemeteries


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


                       administrative provisions


                     (including transfer of funds)


    Sec. 101. Any appropriation for fiscal year 2000 for 
``Compensation and pensions'', ``Readjustment benefits'', and 
``Veterans insurance and indemnities'' may be transferred to 
any other of the mentioned appropriations.
    Sec. 102. Appropriations available to the Department of 
Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2000 for salaries and expenses 
shall be available for services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
    Sec. 103. No appropriations in this Act for the Department 
of Veterans Affairs (except the appropriations for 
``Construction, major projects'', ``Construction, minor 
projects'', and the ``Parking revolving fund'') shall be 
available for the purchase of any site for or toward the 
construction of any new hospital or home.
    Sec. 104. No appropriations in this Act for the Department 
of Veterans Affairs shall be available for hospitalization or 
examination of any persons (except beneficiaries entitled under 
the laws bestowing such benefits to veterans, and persons 
receiving such treatment under 5 U.S.C. 7901-7904 or 42 U.S.C. 
5141-5204), unless reimbursement of cost is made to the 
``Medical care'' account at such rates as may be fixed by the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
    Sec. 105. Appropriations available to the Department of 
Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2000 for ``Compensation and 
pensions'', ``Readjustment benefits'', and ``Veterans insurance 
and indemnities'' shall be available for payment of prior year 
accrued obligations required to be recorded by law against the 
corresponding prior year accounts within the last quarter of 
fiscal year 1999.
    Sec. 106. Appropriations accounts available to the 
Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2000 shall be 
available to pay prior year obligations of corresponding prior 
year appropriations accounts resulting from title X of the 
Competitive Equality Banking Act, Public Law 100-86, except 
that if such obligations are from trust fund accounts they 
shall be payable from ``Compensation and pensions''.
    Sec. 107. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
during fiscal year 2000, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
shall, from the National Service Life Insurance Fund (38 U.S.C. 
1920), the Veterans' Special Life Insurance Fund (38 U.S.C. 
1923), and the United States Government Life Insurance Fund (38 
U.S.C. 1955), reimburse the ``General operating expenses'' 
account for the cost of administration of the insurance 
programs financed through those accounts: Provided, That 
reimbursement shall be made only from the surplus earnings 
accumulated in an insurance program in fiscal year 2000, that 
are available for dividends in that program after claims have 
been paid and actuarially determined reserves have been set 
aside: Provided further, That if the cost of administration of 
an insurance program exceeds the amount of surplus earnings 
accumulated in that program, reimbursement shall be made only 
to the extent of such surplus earnings: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall determine the cost of administration for 
fiscal year 2000, which is properly allocable to the provision 
of each insurance program and to the provision of any total 
disability income insurance included in such insurance program.
    Sec. 108. (a) The Congress supports efforts to implement 
improvements in health care services for veterans in rural 
areas.
    (b) Report Required.--(1) Not later than 6 months after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of 
the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the 
impact of the allocation of funds under the Veterans Equitable 
Resource Allocation (VERA) funding formula on the rural 
subregions of the health care system administered by the 
Veterans Health Administration.
    (2) The report shall include the following:
            (A) An assessment of impact of the allocation of 
        funds under the VERA formula on--
                    (i) travel times to veterans health care in 
                rural areas;
                    (ii) waiting periods for appointments for 
                veterans health care in rural areas;
                    (iii) the cost associated with additional 
                community-based outpatient clinics;
                    (iv) transportation costs; and
                    (v) the unique challenges that Department 
                of Veterans Affairs medical centers in rural, 
                low-population subregions face in attempting to 
                increase efficiency without large economies of 
                scale.
            (B) The recommendations of the Secretary, if any, 
        on how rural veterans' access to health care services 
        might be enhanced.
    Sec. 109. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may carry out a 
major medical facility project to renovate and construct 
facilities at the Olin E. Teague Department of Veterans Affairs 
Medical Center, Temple, Texas, for a joint venture 
Cardiovascular Institute, in an amount not to exceed 
$11,500,000. In order to carry out that project, the amount of 
$11,500,000 appropriated for fiscal year 1998 and programmed 
for the renovation of Building 9 at the Waco, Texas, Department 
of Veterans Affairs Medical Center is hereby made available for 
that project.
    Sec. 110. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available in 
this Act for the Medical Care appropriation of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs may be obligated for the realignment of the 
health care delivery system in VISN 12 until 60 days after the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs certifies that the Department 
has: (1) consulted with veterans organizations, medical school 
affiliates, employee representatives, State veterans and health 
associations, and other interested parties with respect to the 
realignment plan to be implemented; and (2) made available to 
the Congress and the public information from the consultations 
regarding possible impacts on the accessibility of veterans 
health care services to affected veterans.

         TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

                       Public and Indian Housing


                        housing certificate fund


                     (including transfers of funds)


    For activities and assistance to prevent the involuntary 
displacement of low-income families, the elderly and the 
disabled because of the loss of affordable housing 
stock,expiration of subsidy contracts (other than contracts for which 
amounts are provided under another heading in this Act) or expiration 
of use restrictions, or other changes in housing assistance 
arrangements, and for other purposes, $11,376,695,000 and amounts that 
are recaptured in this account, and recaptured under the appropriation 
for ``Annual contributions for assisted housing'', to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That of the total amount provided under this 
heading, $10,990,135,000, of which $6,790,135,000 shall be available on 
October 1, 1999 and $4,200,000,000 shall be available on October 1, 
2000, shall be for assistance under the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (``the Act'' herein) (42 U.S.C. 1437) for use in connection with 
expiring or terminating section 8 subsidy contracts, for amendments to 
section 8 subsidy contracts, for enhanced vouchers (including 
amendments and renewals) under any provision of law authorizing such 
assistance under section 8(t) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
(47 U.S.C. 1437f(t)), as added by section 538 of title V of this Act, 
and contracts entered into pursuant to section 441 of the Stewart B. 
McKinney Homeless Assistance Act: Provided further, That amounts 
available under the first proviso under this heading may be available 
for section 8 rental assistance under the United States Housing Act of 
1937: (1) to relocate residents of properties: (A) that are owned by 
the Secretary and being disposed of; or (B) that are discontinuing 
section 8 project-based assistance; (2) for relocation and replacement 
housing for units that are demolished or disposed of: (A) from the 
public housing inventory (in addition to amounts that may be available 
for such purposes under this and other headings); or (B) pursuant to 
section 24 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 or to other 
authority for the revitalization of severely distressed public housing, 
as set forth in the Appropriations Acts for the Departments of Veterans 
Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies for 
fiscal years 1993, 1994, 1995, and 1997, and in the Omnibus 
Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act of 1996; (3) for the 
conversion of section 23 projects to assistance under section 8; (4) 
for funds to carry out the family unification program; (5) for the 
relocation of witnesses in connection with efforts to combat crime in 
public and assisted housing pursuant to a request from a law 
enforcement or prosecution agency; and (6) for the 1-year renewal of 
section 8 contracts for units in a project that is subject to an 
approved plan of action under the Emergency Low Income Housing 
Preservation Act of 1987 or the Low-Income Housing Preservation and 
Resident Homeownership Act of 1990: Provided further, That of the total 
amount provided under this heading, $40,000,000 shall be made available 
to nonelderly disabled families affected by the designation of a public 
housing development under section 7 of such Act, the establishment of 
preferences in accordance with section 651 of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 1361l), or the restriction of 
occupancy to elderly families in accordance with section 658 of such 
Act, and to the extent the Secretary determines that such amount is not 
needed to fund applications for such affected families, to other 
nonelderly disabled families: Provided further, That amounts available 
under this heading may be made available for administrative fees and 
other expenses to cover the cost of administering rental assistance 
programs under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937: 
Provided further, That the fee otherwise authorized under section 8(q) 
of such Act shall be determined in accordance with section 8(q), as in 
effect immediately before the enactment of the Quality Housing and Work 
Responsibility Act of 1998: Provided further, That all balances for the 
section 8 rental assistance, section 8 counseling, section 8 new 
construction, section 8 substantial rehabilitation, relocation/
replacement/demolition, section 23 conversions, rental and disaster 
vouchers, loan management set-aside, section 514 technical assistance, 
and other programs previously funded within the ``Annual 
Contributions'' account shall be transferred to this account, to be 
available for the purposes for which they were originally appropriated: 
Provided further, That all balances in the ``Section 8 Reserve 
Preservation'' account shall be transferred to this account, to be 
available for the purposes for which they were originally appropriated: 
Provided further, That the unexpended amounts previously appropriated 
for special purpose grants within the ``Annual Contributions for 
Assisted Housing'' account shall be recaptured and transferred tothis 
account, to be available for assistance under the Act for use in 
connection with expiring or terminating section 8 subsidy contracts: 
Provided further, That of the amounts previously appropriated for 
property disposition within the ``Annual Contributions for Assisted 
Housing'' account, up to $79,000,000 shall be transferred to this 
account, to be available for assistance under the Act for use in 
connection with expiring or terminating section 8 subsidy contracts: 
Provided further, That of the unexpended amounts previously 
appropriated for carrying out the Low-Income Housing Preservation and 
Resident Homeownership Act of 1990 and the Emergency Low Income Housing 
Preservation Act of 1987, other than amounts made available for rental 
assistance, within the ``Annual Contributions for Assisted Housing'' 
and ``Preserving Existing Housing Investments'' accounts, shall be 
recaptured and transferred to this account, to be available for 
assistance under the Act for use in connection with expiring or 
terminating section 8 subsidy contracts: Provided further, That of the 
total amount provided under this heading, $346,560,000 shall be made 
available for incremental vouchers under section 8 of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 on a fair share basis and administered by public 
housing agencies: Provided further, That of the balances remaining from 
funds appropriated under this heading or the heading ``Annual 
Contributions for Assisted Housing'' during fiscal year 2000 and prior 
years, $2,243,000,000 is rescinded: Provided further, That of the 
amount rescinded under the previous proviso, $1,300,000,000 shall be 
from amounts recaptured and the Secretary shall have discretion to 
specify the amounts to be rescinded from each of the foregoing 
accounts, $505,000,000 shall be from unobligated balances, and 
$438,000,000 shall be from amounts that were appropriated in fiscal 
year 1999 and prior years for section 8 assistance including assistance 
to relocate residents of properties that are owned by the Secretary and 
being disposed of or that are discontinuing section 8 project-based 
assistance, for relocation and replacement housing for units that are 
demolished or disposed of from the public housing inventory, and for 
enhanced vouchers as provided under the ``Preserving Existing Housing 
Investment'' account in the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing 
and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 
1997 (Public Law 104-204).


                      public housing capital fund


                     (including transfers of funds)


    For the Public Housing Capital Fund Program to carry out 
capital and management activities for public housing agencies, 
as authorized under section 9 of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437), $2,900,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That of the total amount, 
up to $75,000,000 shall be for carrying out activities under 
section 9(h) of such Act, and for lease adjustments to section 
23 projects: Provided further, That no funds may be used under 
this heading for the purposes specified in section 9(k) of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937: Provided further, That of 
the total amount, up to $75,000,000 shall be available for the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants to 
public housing agencies for emergency capital needs resulting 
from emergencies and natural disasters in fiscal year 2000: 
Provided further, That all balances for debt service for Public 
and Indian Housing and Public and Indian Housing Grants 
previously funded within the ``Annual Contributions for 
Assisted Housing'' account shall be transferred to this 
account, to be available for the purposes for which they were 
originally appropriated.


                     public housing operating fund


                     (including transfers of funds)


    For payments to public housing agencies for the operation 
and management of public housing, as authorized by section 9(e) 
of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 
1437g), $3,138,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That no funds may be used under this heading for the 
purposes specified in section 9(k) of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937.


             drug elimination grants for low-income housing


    For grants to public housing agencies and Indian tribes and 
their tribally designated housing entities for use in 
eliminating crime in public housing projects authorized by 42 
U.S.C. 11901-11908, for grants for federally assisted low-
income housing authorized by 42 U.S.C. 11909, and for drug 
information clearinghouse services authorized by 42 U.S.C. 
11921-11925, $310,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That of the total amount provided under this heading, 
up to $4,500,000 shall be solely for technical assistance, 
technical assistance grants, training, and program assessment 
for or on behalf of public housing agencies, resident 
organizations, and Indian tribes and their tribally designated 
housing entities (including up to $150,000 for the cost of 
necessary travel for participants in such training): Provided 
further, That of the amount provided under this heading, 
$10,000,000 shall be used in connection with efforts to combat 
violent crime in public and assisted housing under the 
Operation Safe Home Program administered by the Inspector 
General of the Department of Housing and Urban Development: 
Provided further, That of the amount under this heading, 
$10,000,000 shall be provided to the Office of Inspector 
General for Operation Safe Home: Provided further, That of the 
amount under this heading, $20,000,000 shall be available for a 
program named the New Approach Anti-Drug program which will 
provide competitive grants to entities managing or operating 
public housing developments, federally assisted multifamily 
housing developments, or other multifamily housing developments 
for low-income families supported by non-Federal governmental 
entities or similar housing developments supported by nonprofit 
private sources in order to provide or augment security 
(including personnel costs), to assist in the investigation 
and/or prosecution of drug related criminal activity in and 
around such developments, and to provide assistance for the 
development of capital improvements at such developments 
directly relating to the security of such developments: 
Provided further, That grants for the New Approach Anti-Drug 
program shall be made on a competitive basis as specified in 
section 102 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
Reform Act of 1989.


     revitalization of severely distressed public housing (hope vi)


    For grants to public housing agencies for demolition, site 
revitalization, replacement housing, and tenant-based 
assistance grants to projects as authorized by section 24 of 
the United States Housing Act of 1937, $575,000,000 to remain 
available until expended of which the Secretary may use up to 
$10,000,000 for technical assistance and contract expertise, to 
be provided directly or indirectly by grants, contracts or 
cooperative agreements, including training and cost of 
necessary travel for participants in such training, by or to 
officials and employees of the Department and of public housing 
agencies and to residents: Provided, That none of such funds 
shall be used directly or indirectly by granting competitive 
advantage in awards to settle litigation or pay judgments, 
unless expressly permitted herein: Provided further, That of 
the amount provided under this heading, $1,200,000 shall be 
contracted through the Secretary to be used by the Urban 
Institute to conduct an independent study on the long-term 
effects of the HOPE VI program on former residents of 
distressed public housing developments.


                  native american housing block grants


                     (including transfer of funds)


    For the Native American Housing Block Grants program, as 
authorized under title I of the Native American Housing 
Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA) (Public 
Law 104-330), $620,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which $2,000,000 shall be contracted through the Secretary 
as technical assistance and capacity building to be used by the 
National American Indian Housing Council in support of the 
implementation of NAHASDA and up to $4,000,000 by the Secretary 
to support the inspection of Indian housing units, contract 
expertise, training, and technical assistance in the oversight 
and management of Indian housing and tenant-based assistance, 
including up to $200,000 for related travel: Provided, That of 
the amount provided under this heading, $6,000,000 shall be 
made available for the cost of guaranteed notes and other 
obligations, as authorized by title VI of NAHASDA: Provided 
further, That such costs, including the costs of modifying such 
notes and other obligations, shall be as defined in section 502 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided 
further, That these funds are available to subsidize the total 
principal amount of any notes and other obligations, any part 
of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $54,600,000: 
Provided further, That for administrative expenses to carry out 
the guaranteed loan program, up to $200,000 from amounts in the 
first proviso, which shall be transferred to and merged with 
the appropriation for ``Salaries and expenses'', to be used 
only for the administrative costs of these guarantees.


           indian housing loan guarantee fund program account


                     (including transfer of funds)


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

                   Community Planning and Development


              housing opportunities for persons with aids


    For carrying out the Housing Opportunities for Persons with 
AIDS program, as authorized by the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act 
(42 U.S.C. 12901), $232,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That the Secretary may use up to 0.75 
percent of the funds under this heading for technical 
assistance.


                 rural housing and economic development


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


         america's private investment companies program account


                     (including transfer of funds)


    For the cost of guaranteed loans under the America's 
Private Investment Companies Program, $20,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2002: Provided, That such costs, 
including the cost of modifying loans, shall be as defined in 
section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as 
amended: Provided further, That these funds are available to 
subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is 
guaranteed, not to exceed $541,000,000: Provided further, That 
the funds appropriated under this heading shall not be 
available for obligation until the America's Private Investment 
Companies Program is authorized by subsequent legislation and 
the program is developed subject to notice and comment 
rulemaking: Provided further, That if the authorizing 
legislation is not enacted by June 30, 2000, all funds under 
this heading shall be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriation for the ``Community development financial 
institutions fund program account'' to be available for use as 
grants and loans under that account.


                        urban empowerment zones


    For grants in connection with a second round of the 
empowerment zones program in urban areas, designated by the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in fiscal year 1999 
pursuant to the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, $55,000,000 to the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for ``Urban 
Empowerment Zones'', including $3,666,000 for each empowerment 
zone for use in conjunction with economic development 
activities consistent with the strategic plan of each 
empowerment zone, to remain available until expended.


                        rural empowerment zones


    For grants for the rural empowerment zone and enterprise 
communities programs, as designated by the Secretary of 
Agriculture, $15,000,000 to the Secretary of Agriculture for 
grants for designated empowerment zones in rural areas and for 
grants for designated rural enterprise communities, to remain 
available until expended.


                   community development block grants


                     (including transfers of funds)


    For grants to States and units of general local government 
and for related expenses, not otherwise provided for, to carry 
out a community development grants program as authorized by 
title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, 
as amended (the ``Act'' herein) (42 U.S.C. 5301), 
$4,800,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2002: 
Provided, That $67,000,000 shall be for grants to Indian tribes 
notwithstanding section 106(a)(1) of such Act, $3,000,000 shall 
be available as a grant to the Housing Assistance Council, 
$2,200,000 shall be available as a grant to the National 
American Indian Housing Council, and $41,500,000 shall be for 
grants pursuant to section 107 of the Act including $2,000,000 
to support Alaska Native serving institutions and native 
Hawaiian serving institutions, as defined under the Higher 
Education Act, as amended: Provided further, That $20,000,000 
shall be for grants pursuant to the Self Help Housing 
Opportunity Program: Provided further, That not to exceed 20 
percent of any grant made with funds appropriated herein (other 
than a grant made available in this paragraph to the Housing 
Assistance Council or the National American Indian Housing 
Council, or a grant using funds under section 107(b)(3) of the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended) 
shall be expended for ``Planning and Management Development'' 
and ``Administration'' as defined in regulations promulgated by 
the Department: Provided further, That all balances for the 
Economic Development Initiative grants program, the John Heinz 
Neighborhood Development program, grants to Self Help Housing 
Opportunity program, and the Moving to Work Demonstration 
program previously funded within the ``Annual Contributions for 
Assisted Housing'' account shall be transferred to this 
account, to be available for the purposes for which they were 
originally appropriated.
    Of the amount made available under this heading, 
$23,750,000 shall be made available for capacity building, of 
which $20,000,000 shall be made available for ``Capacity 
Building for Community Development and Affordable Housing,'' 
for LISC and the Enterprise Foundation for activities as 
authorized by section 4 of the HUD Demonstration Act of 1993 
(Public Law 103-120), as in effect immediately before June 12, 
1997, with not less than $4,000,000 of the funding to be used 
in rural areas, including tribal areas, and of which $3,750,000 
shall be made available to Habitat for Humanity International.
    Of the amount made available under this heading, the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may use up to 
$55,000,000 for supportive services for public housing 
residents, as authorized by section 34 of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937, as amended, and for grants for service 
coordinators and congregate services for the elderly and 
disabled residents of public and assisted housing: Provided 
further, That amounts made available for congregate services 
and service coordinators for the elderly and disabled under 
this heading and in prior fiscal years may be used by grantees 
to reimburse themselves for costs incurred in connection with 
providing service coordinators previously advanced by grantees 
out of other funds due to delays in the granting by or receipt 
of funds from the Secretary, and the funds so made available to 
grantees for congregate services or service coordinators under 
this heading or in prior years shall be considered as expended 
by the grantees upon such reimbursement. The Secretary shall 
not condition the availability of funding made available under 
this heading or in prior years for congregate services or 
service coordinators upon any grantee's obligation or 
expenditure of any prior funding.
    Of the amount made available under this heading, 
$30,000,000 shall be available for neighborhood initiatives 
that are utilized to improve the conditions of distressed and 
blighted areas and neighborhoods, to stimulate investment, 
economic diversification, and community revitalization in areas 
with population outmigration or a stagnating or declining 
economic base, or to determine whether housing benefits can be 
integrated more effectively with welfare reform initiatives: 
Provided, that any unobligated balances of amounts set aside 
for neighborhood initiatives in fiscal years 1998 and 1999 may 
be utilized for any of the foregoing purposes: Provided 
further, That of the amount set aside for fiscal year 2000 
under this paragraph, $23,000,000 shall be used for grants 
specified in the statement of the Managers of the Committee of 
Conference accompanying this Act.
    Of the amount made available under this heading, 
$30,000,000 shall be available for neighborhood initiatives.
    Of the amount made available under this heading, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, $42,500,000 shall 
be available for YouthBuild program activities authorized by 
subtitle D of title IV of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 
Affordable Housing Act, as amended, and such activities shall 
be an eligible activity with respect to any funds made 
available under this heading: Provided, That local YouthBuild 
programs that demonstrate an ability to leverage private and 
nonprofit funding shall be given a priority for YouthBuild 
funding: Provided further, That of the amount provided under 
this paragraph, $2,500,000 shall be set aside and made 
available for a grant to Youthbuild USA for capacity building 
for community development and affordable housing activities as 
specified in section 4 of the HUD Demonstration Act of 1993, as 
amended.
    Of the amount made available under this heading, 
$275,000,000 shall be available for grants for the Economic 
Development Initiative (EDI) to finance a variety of economic 
development efforts, including $240,000,000for making 
individual grants for targeted economic investments in accordance with 
the terms and conditions specified for such grants in the statement of 
the managers of the committee of conference accompanying this Act.
    For the cost of guaranteed loans, $29,000,000, as 
authorized by section 108 of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1974: Provided, That such costs, including 
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in 
section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as 
amended: Provided further, That these funds are available to 
subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be 
guaranteed, not to exceed $1,261,000,000, notwithstanding any 
aggregate limitation on outstanding obligations guaranteed in 
section 108(k) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 
1974: Provided further, That in addition, for administrative 
expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan program, $1,000,000, 
which shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation 
for ``Salaries and expenses''.
    The Secretary is directed to transfer the administration of 
the small cities component of the Community Development Block 
Grant Program for the funds allocated for the State of New York 
under section 106(d) of the Housing and Community Development 
Act of 1974 for fiscal year 2000 and all fiscal years 
thereafter to the State of New York to be administered by the 
Governor of New York.


                       brownfields redevelopment


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


                  home investment partnerships program


    For the HOME investment partnerships program, as authorized 
under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 
Housing Act (Public Law 101-625), as amended, $1,600,000,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That up to 
$15,000,000 of these funds shall be available for Housing 
Counseling under section 106 of the Housing and Urban 
Development Act of 1968: Provided further, That $2,000,000 of 
these funds shall be made available as a grant to the National 
Housing Development Corporation for a program of housing 
acquisition and rehabilitation: Provided further, That all 
Housing Counseling program balances previously appropriated in 
the ``Housing Counseling Assistance'' account shall be 
transferred to this account, to be available for the purposes 
for which they were originally appropriated.


                       homeless assistance grants


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

                            Housing Programs


                    housing for special populations


    For assistance for the purchase, construction, acquisition, 
or development of additional public and subsidized housing 
units for low income families not otherwise provided for, 
$911,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That $710,000,000 shall be for capital advances, including 
amendments to capital advance contracts, for housing for the 
elderly, as authorized by section 202 of the Housing Act of 
1959, as amended, and for project rental assistance, and 
amendments to contracts for project rental assistance, for the 
elderly under such section 202(c)(2), and for supportive 
services associated with the housing of which amount 
$50,000,000 shall be for service coordinators and continuation 
of existing congregate services grants for residents of 
assisted housing projects, and of which amount $50,000,000 
shall be for grants for conversion of existing section 202 
projects, or portions thereof, to assisted living or related 
use, consistent with the relevant provision of title V of this 
Act: Provided further, That of the amount under this heading, 
$201,000,000 shall be for capital advances, including 
amendments to capital advance contracts, for supportive housing 
for persons with disabilities, as authorized by section 811 of 
the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, for 
project rental assistance, for amendments to contracts for 
project rental assistance, and supportive services associated 
with the housing for persons with disabilities as authorized by 
section 811 of such Act: Provided further, That the Secretary 
may designate up to 25 percent of the amounts earmarked under 
this paragraph for section 811 of such Act for tenant-based 
assistance, as authorized under that section, including such 
authority as may be waived under the next proviso, which 
assistance is five years in duration: Provided further, That 
the Secretary may waive any provision of such section 202 and 
such section 811 (including the provisions governing the terms 
and conditions of project rental assistance and tenant-based 
assistance) that the Secretary determines is not necessary to 
achieve the objectives of these programs, or that otherwise 
impedes the ability to develop, operate or administer projects 
assisted under these programs, and may make provision for 
alternative conditions or terms where appropriate.


                         flexible subsidy fund


                          (transfer of funds)


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

                     Federal Housing Administration


             fha--mutual mortgage insurance program account


                     (including transfers of funds)


    During fiscal year 2000, commitments to guarantee loans to 
carry out the purposes of section 203(b) of the National 
Housing Act, as amended, shall not exceed a loan principal of 
$140,000,000,000.
    During fiscal year 2000, obligations to make direct loans 
to carry out the purposes of section 204(g) of the National 
Housing Act, as amended, shall not exceed $100,000,000: 
Provided, That the foregoing amount shall be for loans to 
nonprofit and governmental entities in connection with sales of 
single family real properties owned by the Secretary and 
formerly insured under the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund.
    For administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 
guaranteed and direct loan program, $330,888,000, of which not 
to exceed $324,866,000 shall be transferred to the 
appropriation for ``Salaries and expenses''; not to exceed 
$4,022,000 shall be transferred to the appropriation for the 
Office of Inspector General. In addition, for administrative 
contract expenses, $160,000,000: Provided, That to the extent 
guaranteed loan commitments exceed $49,664,000,000 on or before 
April 1, 2000, an additional $1,400 for administrative contract 
expenses shall be available for each $1,000,000 in additional 
guaranteed loan commitments (including a pro rata amount for 
any amount below $1,000,000), but in no case shall funds made 
available by this proviso exceed $16,000,000.


             fha--general and special risk program account


                     (including transfers of funds)


    For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by sections 
238 and 519 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-3 and 
1735c), including the cost of loan guarantee modifications (as 
that term is defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, as amended), $153,000,000, including not to exceed 
$153,000,000 from unobligated balances previously appropriated 
under this heading, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That these funds are available to subsidize total 
loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, of up to 
$18,100,000,000: Provided further, That any amounts made 
available in any prior appropriations Act for the cost (as such 
term is defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974) of guaranteed loans that are obligations of the funds 
established under section 238 or 519 of the National Housing 
Act that have not been obligated or that are deobligated shall 
be available to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
in connection with the making of such guarantees and shall 
remain available until expended, notwithstanding the expiration 
of any period of availability otherwise applicable to such 
amounts.
    Gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans, 
as authorized by sections 204(g), 207(l), 238, and 519(a) of 
the National Housing Act, shall not exceed $50,000,000; of 
which not to exceed $30,000,000 shall be for bridge financing 
in connection with the sale of multifamily real properties 
owned by the Secretary and formerly insured under such Act; and 
of which not to exceed $20,000,000 shall be for loans to 
nonprofit and governmental entities in connection with the sale 
of single-family real properties owned by the Secretary and 
formerly insured under such Act.
    In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
out the guaranteed and direct loan programs, $211,455,000 
(including not to exceed $147,000,000 from unobligated balances 
previously appropriated under this heading), of which 
$193,134,000, shall be transferred to the appropriation for 
``Salaries and expenses''; and of which $18,321,000 shall be 
transferred to the appropriation for the Office of Inspector 
General. In addition, for administrative contract expenses 
necessary to carry out the guaranteed and direct loan programs, 
$144,000,000: Provided, That to the extent guaranteed loan 
commitments exceed $7,263,000,000 on or before April 1, 2000, 
an additional $19,800 for administrative contract expenses 
shall be available for each $1,000,000 in additional guaranteed 
loan commitments over $7,263,000,000 (including a pro rata 
amount for any increment below $1,000,000), but in no case 
shall funds made available by this proviso exceed $14,400,000.

                Government National Mortgage Association


guarantees of mortgage-backed securities loan guarantee program account


                     (including transfer of funds)


    During fiscal year 2000, new commitments to issue 
guarantees to carry out the purposes of section 306 of the 
National Housing Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1721(g)), shall not 
exceed $200,000,000,000.
    For administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 
guaranteed mortgage-backed securities program, $9,383,000 to be 
derived from the GNMA guarantees of mortgage-backed securities 
guaranteed loan receipt account, of which not to exceed 
$9,383,000 shall be transferred to the appropriation for 
departmental ``Salaries and expenses''.

                    Policy Development and Research


                        research and technology


    For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of programs 
of research and studies relating to housing and urban problems, 
not otherwise provided for, as authorized by title V of the 
Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970, as amended (12 
U.S.C. 1701z-1 et seq.), including carrying out the functions 
of the Secretary under section 1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization 
Plan No. 2 of 1968, $45,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2001: Provided, That of the amount provided under 
this heading, $10,000,000 shall be for the Partnership for 
Advancing Technology in Housing (PATH) Initiative and $500,000 
shall be for a commission established in section 525 of title V 
of this Act.

                   Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity


                        fair housing activities


    For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not otherwise 
provided for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil Rights 
Act of 1968, as amended by the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 
1988, and section 561 of the Housing and Community Development 
Act of 1987, as amended, $44,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2001, of which $24,000,000 shall be to carry out 
activities pursuant to such section 561: Provided, That no 
funds made available under this heading shall be used to lobby 
the executive or legislative branches of the Federal Government 
in connection with a specific contract, grant or loan.

                     Office of Lead Hazard Control


                         lead hazard reduction


                     (including transfer of funds)


    For the Lead Hazard Reduction Program, as authorized by 
sections 1011 and 1053 of the Residential Lead-Based Hazard 
Reduction Act of 1992, $80,000,000 to remain available until 
expended, of which $1,000,000 shall be for CLEARCorps and 
$10,000,000 shall be for a Healthy Homes Initiative, which 
shall be a program pursuant to sections 501 and 502 of the 
Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970 that shall include 
research, studies, testing, and demonstration efforts, 
including education and outreach concerning lead-based paint 
poisoning and other housing-related environmental diseases and 
hazards: Provided, That all balances for the Lead Hazard 
Reduction Programs previously funded in the Annual 
Contributions for Assisted Housing and Community Development 
Block Grant accounts shall be transferred to this account,to be 
available for the purposes for which they were originally appropriated.

                     Management and Administration


                         salaries and expenses


                     (including transfers of funds)


    For necessary administrative and non-administrative 
expenses of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
not otherwise provided for, including not to exceed $7,000 for 
official reception and representation expenses, $1,005,733,000, 
of which $518,000,000 shall be provided from the various funds 
of the Federal Housing Administration, $9,383,000 shall be 
provided from funds of the Government National Mortgage 
Association, $1,000,000 shall be provided from the ``Community 
development block grants program'' account, $150,000 shall be 
provided by transfer from the ``Title VI indian federal 
guarantees program'' account, and $200,000 shall be provided by 
transfer from the ``Indian housing loan guarantee fund 
program'' account: Provided, That the Secretary is prohibited 
from using any funds under this heading or any other heading in 
this Act from employing more than 77 schedule C and 20 
noncareer Senior Executive Service employees: Provided further, 
That the Secretary is prohibited from using funds under this 
heading or any other heading in this Act to employ more than 
9,300 employees: Provided further, That the Secretary is 
prohibited from using funds under this heading or any other 
heading in this Act to convert any external community builders 
to career employees, and after September 1, 2000 to employ any 
external community builders: Provided further, That the 
Secretary is prohibited from using funds under this heading or 
any other heading in this Act to employ more than 14 employees 
in the Office of Public Affairs: Provided further, That of the 
amount made available under this heading, $2,000,000 shall be 
for the Millennial Housing Commission as established under 
section 206.


                      office of inspector general


                     (including transfer of funds)


    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, 
$83,000,000, of which $22,343,000 shall be provided from the 
various funds of the Federal Housing Administration and 
$10,000,000 shall be provided from the amount earmarked for 
Operation Safe Home in the appropriation for ``Drug elimination 
grants for low-income housing'': Provided, That the Inspector 
General shall have independent authority over all personnel 
issues within the Office of Inspector General.

             Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight


                         salaries and expenses


                     (including transfer of funds)


    For carrying out the Federal Housing Enterprise Financial 
Safety and Soundness Act of 1992, including not to exceed $500 
for official reception and representation expenses, 
$19,493,000, to remain available until expended, to be derived 
from the Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight Fund: Provided, 
That not to exceed such amount shall be available from the 
General Fund of the Treasury to the extent necessary to incur 
obligations and make expenditures pending the receipt of 
collections to the Fund: Provided further, That the General 
Fund amount shall be reduced as collections are received during 
the fiscal year so as to result in a final appropriation from 
the General Fund estimated at not more than $0.


                       administrative provisions


                      financing adjustment factors


    Sec. 201. Fifty percent of the amounts of budget authority, 
or in lieu thereof 50 percent of the cash amounts associated 
with such budget authority, that are recaptured from projects 
described in section 1012(a) of the Stewart B. McKinney 
Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1988 (Public Law 100-628, 
102 Stat. 3224, 3268) shall be rescinded, or in the case of 
cash, shall be remitted to the Treasury, and such amounts of 
budget authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or 
remitted to the Treasury shall be used by State housing finance 
agencies or local governments or local housing agencies with 
projects approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development for which settlement occurred after January 1, 
1992, in accordance with such section. Notwithstanding the 
previous sentence, the Secretary may award up to 15 percent of 
the budget authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or 
remitted to the Treasury to provide project owners with 
incentives to refinance their project at a lower interest rate.


                      fair housing and free speech


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


           housing opportunities for persons with aids grants


    Sec. 203. Section 207 of the Departments of Veterans 
Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999, is amended by striking 
wherever it occurs ``fiscal year 1999'' and inserting ``fiscal 
years 1999 and 2000''.


                             reprogramming


    Sec. 204. Of the amounts made available under the sixth 
undesignated paragraph under the heading ``Community Planning 
and Development--community development block grants'' in title 
II of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban 
Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 
(Public Law 105-276; 112 Stat. 2477) for the Economic 
Development Initiative (EDI) for grants for targeted economic 
investments, the $1,000,000 to be made available (pursuant to 
the related provisions of the joint explanatory statement in 
the conference report to accompany such Act (Report 105-769, 
105th Congress, 2d Session)) to the City of Redlands, 
California, for the redevelopment initiatives near the historic 
Fox Theater shall, notwithstanding such provisions, be made 
available to such City for the following purposes:
            (1) $700,000 shall be for renovation of the City of 
        Redlands Fire Station No. 1;
            (2) $200,000 shall be for renovation of the Mission 
        Gables House at the Redlands Bowl historic outdoor 
        amphitheater; and
            (3) $100,000 shall be for the preservation of 
        historic Hillside Cemetery.


 adjustments to income eligibility for unusually high or low families 
                      incomes in assisted housing


    Sec. 205. Section 16 of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(2)(A), by inserting before 
        the period the following: ``; except that the Secretary 
        may establish income ceilings higher or lower than 30 
        percent of the area median income on the basis of the 
        Secretary's findings that such variations are necessary 
        because of unusually high or low family incomes''; and
            (2) in subsection (c)(3), by inserting before the 
        period the following: ``; except that the Secretary may 
        establish income ceilings higher or lower than 30 
        percent of the area median income on the basis of the 
        Secretary's findings that such variations are necessary 
        because of unusually high or low family incomes''.


                     millennial housing commission


    Sec. 206. (a) Establishment.--There is hereby established a 
commission to be known as the Millennial Housing Commission (in 
this section referred to as the ``Commission''.
    (b) Study.--The duty of the Commission shall be to conduct 
a study that examines, analyzes, and explores--
            (1) the importance of housing, particularly 
        affordable housing which includes housing for the 
        elderly, to the infrastructure of the United States;
            (2) the various possible methods for increasing the 
        role of the private sector in providing affordable 
        housing in the United States, including the 
        effectiveness and efficiency of such methods; and
            (3) whether the existing programs of the Department 
        of Housing and Urban Development work in conjunction 
        with one another to provide better housing 
        opportunities for families, neighborhoods, and 
        communities, and how such programs can be improved with 
        respect to such purpose.
    (c) Membership.--
            (1) Number and Appointment.--The Commission shall 
        be composed of 22 members, appointed not later than 
        January 1, 2000, as follows:
                    (A) Two co-chairpersons appointed by--
                            (i) one co-chairperson appointed by 
                        a committee consisting of the chairmen 
                        of the Subcommittees on the Departments 
                        of Veterans Affairs and Housing and 
                        Urban Development, and Independent 
                        Agencies of the Committees on 
                        Appropriations of the House of 
                        Representatives and the Senate, and the 
                        chairman of the Subcommittee on Housing 
                        and Community Opportunities of the 
                        House of Representatives and the 
                        chairman of the Subcommittee on Housing 
                        and Transportation of the Senate; and
                            (ii) one co-chairperson appointed 
                        by a committee consisting of the 
                        ranking minority members of the 
                        Subcommittees on the Departments of 
                        Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban 
                        Development, and Independent Agencies 
                        of the Committees on Appropriations of 
                        the House of Representatives and the 
                        Senate, and the ranking minority member 
                        of the Subcommittee on Housing and 
                        Community Opportunities of the House of 
                        Representatives and the ranking 
                        minority member of the Subcommittee on 
                        Housing and Transportation of the 
                        Senate.
                    (B) Ten members appointed by the Chairman 
                and Ranking Minority Member of the Committee on 
                Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
                and the Chairman and Ranking Minority Member of 
                the Committee on Banking and Financial Services 
                of the House of Representatives.
                    (C) Ten members appointed by the Chairman 
                and Ranking Minority Member of the Committee on 
                Appropriations of the Senate and the Chairman 
                and Ranking Minority Member of the Committee on 
                Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the 
                Senate.
            (2) Qualifications.--Appointees should have proven 
        expertise in directing, assemblying, or applying 
        capital resources from a variety of sources to the 
        successful development of affordable housing or the 
        revitalization of communities, including economic and 
        job development.
            (3) Vacancies.--Any vacancy on the Commission shall 
        not affect its powers and shall be filled in the manner 
        in which the original appointment was made.
            (4) Chairpersons.--The members appointed pursuant 
        to paragraph (1)(A) shall serve as co-chairpersons of 
        the Commission.
            (5) Prohibition of pay.--Members of the Commission 
        shall serve without pay.
            (6) Travel expenses.--Each member of the Commission 
        shall receive travel expenses, including per diem in 
        lieu of subsistence, in accordance with sections 5702 
        and 5703 of title 5, United States Code.
            (7) Quorum.--A majority of the members of the 
        Commission shall constitute a quorum but a lesser 
        number may hold hearings.
            (8) Meetings.--The Commission shall meet at the 
        call of the Chairpersons.
    (d) Director and Staff.--
            (1) Director.--The Commission shall have a Director 
        who shall be appointed by the Chairperson. The Director 
        shall be paid at a rate not to exceed the rate of basic 
        pay payable for level V of the Executive Schedule.
            (2) Staff.--The Commission may appoint personnel as 
        appropriate. The staff of the Commission shall be 
        appointed subject to the provisions of title 5, United 
        States Code, governing appointments in the competitive 
        service, and shall be paid in accordance with the 
        provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 
        53 of that title relating to classification and General 
        Schedule pay rates.
            (3) Experts and consultants.--The Commission may 
        procure temporary and intermittent services under 
        section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but at 
        rates for individuals not to exceed the daily 
        equivalent of the maximum annual rate of basic pay 
        payable for the General Schedule.
            (4) Staff of federal agencies.--Upon request of the 
        Commission, the head of any Federal department or 
        agency may detail, on a reimbursable basis, any of the 
        personnel of that department or agency to the 
        Commission to assist it in carrying out its duties 
        under this Act.
    (e) Powers.--
            (1) Hearings and sessions.--The Commission may, for 
        the purpose of carrying out this section, hold 
        hearings, sit and act at times and places, take 
        testimony, and receive evidence as the Commission 
        considers appropriate.
            (2) Powers of members and agents.--Any member or 
        agent of the Commission may, if authorized by the 
        Commission, take any action which the Commission is 
        authorized to take by this section.
            (3) Obtaining official data.--The Commission may 
        secure directly from any department or agency of the 
        United States information necessary to enable it to 
        carry out this Act. Upon request of the Chairpersons of 
        the Commission, the head of that department or agency 
        shall furnish that information to the Commission.
            (4) Gifts, bequests, and devises.--The Commission 
        may accept, use, and dispose of gifts, bequests, or 
        devises of services or property, both real and 
        personal, for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the 
        work of the Commission. Gifts, bequests, or devises of 
        money and proceeds from sales of other property 
        received as gifts, bequests, or devises shall be 
        deposited in the Treasury and shall be available for 
        disbursement upon order of the Commission.
            (5) Mails.--The Commission may use the United 
        States mails in the same manner and under the same 
        conditions as other departments and agencies of the 
        United States.
            (6) Administrative support services.--Upon the 
        request of the Commission, the Administrator of General 
        Services shall provide to the Commission, on a 
        reimbursable basis, the administrative support services 
        necessary for the Commission to carry out its 
        responsibilities under this section.
            (7) Contract authority.--The Commission may 
        contract with and compensate government and private 
        agencies or persons for services, without regard to 
        section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U.S.C. 5).
    (f) Report.--The Commission shall submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations and Banking and Financial Services of the 
House of Representatives and the Committees on Appropriations 
and Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate a final 
report not later than March 1, 2002. The report shall contain a 
detailed statement of the findings and conclusions of the 
Commission with respect to the study conducted under subsection 
(b), together with its recommendations for legislation, 
administrative actions, and any other actions the Commission 
considers appropriate.
    (g) Termination.--The Commission shall terminate on June 
30, 2002. section 14(a)(2)(B) of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act (5 U.S.C. App.; relating to the termination of advisory 
committees) shall not apply to the Commission.


                        fha technical correction


    Sec. 207. Section 203(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the National Housing 
Act (12 U.S.C. 1709(b)(2)(A)(ii)) is amended by adding before 
``48 percent'' the following: ``the greater of the dollar 
amount limitation in effect under this section for the area on 
the date of the enactment of the Departments of Veterans 
Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent 
Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1999 or''.


                              rescissions


    Sec. 208. Of the balances remaining from funds appropriated 
to the Department of Housing and Urban Development in Public 
Law 105-65 and prior appropriations Acts, $74,400,000 is 
rescinded: Provided, That the amount rescinded shall be 
comprised of--
            (1) $30,552,000 of the amounts that were 
        appropriated for the modernization of public housing 
        unit; under the heading ``Annual contributions for 
        assisted housing'', including an amount equal to the 
        amount transferred from such account to, and merged 
        with amounts under the heading ``Public housing capital 
        fund'';
            (2) $3,048,000 of the amounts from which no 
        disbursements have been made within five successive 
        fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1993, that 
        were appropriated under the heading ``Annual 
        contributions for assisted housing'', including an 
        amount equal to the amount transferred from such 
        account to the account under the heading ``Housing 
        certificate fund'';
            (3) $22,975,000 of amounts appropriated for 
        homeownership assistance under section 235(r) of the 
        National Housing Act, including $6,875,000 appropriated 
        in Public Law 103-327 (approved September 28, 1994, 104 
        Stat. 2305) for such purposes;
            (4) $11,400,000 of the amounts appropriated for the 
        Homeownership and Opportunity for People Everywhere 
        programs (HOPE programs), as authorized by the 
        Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act; and
            (5) $6,400,000 of the balances remaining in the 
        account under the heading ``Nonprofit Sponsor 
        Assistance Account''.


                  grant for national cities in schools


    Sec. 209. For a grant to the National Cities in Schools 
Community Development program under section 930 of the Housing 
and Community Development Act of 1992, $5,000,000.


                      moving to work demonstration


    Sec. 210. For the Jobs-Plus Initiative of the Moving to 
Work Demonstration, $5,000,000 to cover the cost of rent-based 
work incentives to families in selected public housing 
developments, who shall be encouraged to go to work under work 
incentive plans approved by the Secretary and carefully tracked 
as part of the research and demonstration effort.


                                repealer


    Sec. 211. Section 218 of Public Law 104-204 is repealed.


             fha administrative contract expense authority


    Sec. 212. Section 1 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 
1702) is amended by inserting the following new sentence after 
the first proviso: ``Except with respect to title III, for the 
purposes of this section, the term``non-administrative'' shall 
not include contract expenses that are not capitalized or routinely 
deducted from the proceeds of sales, and such expenses shall not be 
payable from funds made available by this Act.''.


                         full payment of claims


    Sec. 213. (a) Section 541 of the National Housing Act is 
amended--
            (1) by amending the heading to read as follows: 
        ``partial payment of claims on defaulted mortgages and 
        in connection with mortgage restructuring''; and
            (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``partial 
        payment of the claim under the mortgage insurance 
        contract'' and inserting, ``partial or full payment of 
        claim under one or more mortgage insurance contracts''.
    (b) Section 517 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform 
and Affordability Act of 1997 is amended by adding a new 
subsection (a)(6) to read as follows: ``(6) The second mortgage 
under this section may be a first mortgage if no restructured 
or new first mortgage will meet the requirement of paragraph 
(1)(A).''.


              availability of income matching information


    Sec. 214. (a) Section 3(f) of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a), as amended by section 508(d)(1) of 
the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998, is 
further amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) after the first appearance of ``public 
                housing agency'', by inserting ``, or the owner 
                responsible for determining the participant's 
                eligibility or level of benefits,''; and
                    (B) after ``as applicable'', by inserting 
                ``, or to the owner responsible for determining 
                the participant's eligibility or level of 
                benefits''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
                ``or'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the 
                period and inserting ``, or''; and
                    (C) by inserting at the end the following 
                new subparagraph:
            ``(C) for which project-based assistance is 
        provided under section 8, section 202, or section 
        811.''.
    (b) Section 904(b) of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless 
Assistance Amendments Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 3544), as amended 
by section 508(d)(2) of the Quality Housing and Work 
Responsibility Act of 1998, is further amended in paragraph 
(4)--
            (1) by inserting after ``public housing agency'' 
        the first time it appears the following: ``, or the 
        owner responsible for determining the participant's 
        eligibility or level of benefits,''; and
            (2) by striking ``the public housing agency 
        verifying income'' and inserting ``verifying income''.


 exemption for alaska and mississippi from requirement of resident on 
                                 board


    Sec. 215. Public housing agencies in the states of Alaska 
and Mississippi shall not be required to comply with section 
2(b) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, 
during fiscal year 2000.


          administration of the cdbg program by new york state


    Sec. 216. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
shall transfer on the date of the enactment of this Act the 
administration of the Small Cities component of the Community 
Development Block Grants program for all funds allocated for 
the State of New York under section 106(d) of the Housing and 
Community Development Act of 1974 for fiscal year 2000 and all 
fiscal years thereafter, to the State of New York to be 
administered by the Governor of such State.


                         section 202 exemption


    Sec. 217. Notwithstanding section 202 of the Housing Act of 
1959 or any other provision of law, Peggy A. Burgin may not be 
disqualified on the basis of age from residing at Clark's 
Landing in Groton, Vermont.


                    darlinton preservation amendment


    Sec. 218. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon 
prepayment of the FHA-insured Section 236 mortgage, the 
Secretary shall continue to provide interest reduction payment 
in accordance with the existing amortization schedule for 
Darlinton Manor Apartments, a 100-unit project located at 606 
North 5th Street, Bozemen, Montana, which will continue as 
affordable housing pursuant to a use agreement with the State 
of Montana.


                         risk-sharing priority


    Sec. 219. Section 517(b)(3) of the Departments of Veterans 
Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998 is amended by inserting after 
``1992.'' the following: ``The Secretary shall use risk-shared 
financing under section 542(c) of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1992 for any mortgage restructuring, 
rehabilitation financing, or debt refinancing included as part 
of a mortgage restructuring and rental assistance sufficiency 
plan if the terms and conditions are considered to be the best 
available financing in terms of financial savings to the FHA 
insurance funds and will result in reduced risk of loss to the 
Federal Government.''.


      treatment of expiring economic development initiative grants


    Sec. 220. (a) Availability.--Notwithstanding section 1552 
of title 31, United States Code, the grant amounts identified 
in subsection (b) shall remain available to the grantees for 
the purposes for which such amounts were obligated through 
September 30, 2000.
    (b) Grants.--The grant amounts identified in this 
subsection are the amounts provided under the following grants 
made by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under 
the economic development initiative under section 108(q) of the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 
5308(q)):
            (1) The grant for Miami, Florida, designated as B-
        92-ED-12-013.
            (2) The grant for Miami Beach, Florida, designated 
        as B-92-ED-12-014.
    (c) Effective Date.--This section shall be considered to 
have taken effect on September 30, 1999. The Secretary of the 
Treasury and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
shall take such actions as may be necessary to carry out this 
section, notwithstanding any actions taken previously pursuant 
to section 1552 of title 31, United States Code.


        use of trusts with regard to cooperative housing section


    Sec. 221. Section 213(a) of the National Housing Act (12 
U.S.C. 1715e(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new sentence: ``Nothing in this section may be construed to 
prevent membership in a nonprofit housing cooperative from 
being held in the name of a trust, the beneficiary of which 
shall occupy the dwelling unit in accordance with rules and 
regulations prescribed by the Secretary.''.


                       grant technical correction


    Sec. 222. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
amount made available under the Departments of Veterans Affairs 
and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 1991 (Public Law 101-507) for a special 
purpose grant under section 107 of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1974 to the County of Hawaii for the purpose 
of an environmental impact statement for the development of a 
water resource system in Kohala, Hawaii, that is unobligated on 
the date of the enactment of this Act, may be used to fund 
water system improvements, including exploratory wells, well 
drillings, pipeline replacements, water system planning and 
design, and booster pump and reservoir development.


                   reuse of certain budget authority


    Sec. 223. section 8(z) of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by inserting after ``on account of'' 
                the following: ``expiration or''; and
                    (B) by striking the parenthetical phrase; 
                and
            (2) by striking paragraph (3).


                           section 108 waiver


    Sec. 224. With respect to the $6,700,000 commitment in 
connection with guaranteed obligations for the Sandtown-
Winchester Home Ownership Zone under section 108 of the Housing 
and Community Development Act of 1974, the Secretary shall not 
require security in excess of that authorized under section 
108(d)(1)(B).


                            hopwa technical


    Sec. 225. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the amount allocated for fiscal year 2000, and the amounts that 
would otherwise be allocated for fiscal year 2001, to the City 
of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on behalf of the Philadelphia, 
PA-NJ Primary Metropolitan Area (hereafter ``metropolitan 
area''), under section 854(c) of the AIDS Housing Opportunity 
Act (42 U.S.C. 12903(c)), the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development shall adjust such amounts by allocating to the 
State of New Jersey the proportion of the metropolitan area's 
amount that is based on the number of cases of AIDS reported in 
the portion of the metropolitan area that is located in New 
Jersey.
    (b) The State of New Jersey shall use amounts allocated to 
the state under this section to carry out eligible activities 
under section 855 of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 
U.S.C. 12904) in the portion of the metropolitan area that is 
located in New Jersey.

                    TITLE III--INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                  American Battle Monuments Commission


                         salaries and expenses


    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the 
American Battle Monuments Commission, including the acquisition 
of land or interest in land in foreign countries; purchases and 
repair of uniforms for caretakers of national cemeteries and 
monuments outside of the United States and its territories and 
possessions; rent of office and garage space in foreign 
countries; purchase (one for replacement only) and hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; and insurance of official motor 
vehicles in foreign countries, when required by law of such 
countries, $28,467,000, to remain available until expended.

             Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board


                         salaries and expenses


    For necessary expenses in carrying out activities pursuant 
to section 112(r)(6) of the Clean Air Act, including hire of 
passenger vehicles, and for services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem 
equivalent to the maximum rate payable for senior level 
positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376, $8,000,000: Provided, That the 
Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board shall have not 
more than three career Senior Executive Service positions.

                       Department of the Treasury

              Community Development Financial Institutions

              community development financial institutions

                          fund program account

    For grants, loans, and technical assistance to qualifying 
community development lenders, and administrative expenses of 
the Fund, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but 
at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate 
equivalent to the rate for ES-3, $95,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2001, of which up to $7,860,000 
may be used for administrative expenses, up to $16,500,000 may 
be used for the cost of direct loans, and up to $1,000,000 may 
be used for administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
loan program: Provided, That the cost of direct loans, 
including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: 
Provided further, That these funds are available to subsidize 
gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans not 
to exceed $53,140,000: Provided further, That not more than 
$30,000,000 of the funds made available under this heading may 
be used for programs and activities authorized in section 114 
of the Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions 
Act of 1994.

                   Consumer Product Safety Commission


                         salaries and expenses


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

             Corporation for National and Community Service


                national and community service programs


                           operating expenses


                     (including transfer of funds)


    For necessary expenses for the Corporation for National and 
Community Service (referred to in the matter under this heading 
as the ``Corporation'') in carrying out programs, activities, 
and initiatives under the National and Community Service Act of 
1990 (referred to in the matter under this heading as the 
``Act'') (42 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.), $434,500,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2000: Provided, That not more 
than $28,500,000 shall be available for administrative expenses 
authorized under section 501(a)(4) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 
12671(a)(4)) with not less than $1,500,000 targeted to 
administrative needs, not including salaries and expenses, 
identified as urgent by the Corporation without regard to the 
provisions of section 501(a)(4)(B) of the Act: Provided 
further, That not more than $2,500 shall be for official 
reception and representation expenses: Provided further, That 
not more than $70,000,000, to remain available without fiscal 
year limitation, shall be transferred to the National Service 
Trust account for educational awards authorized under subtitle 
D of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12601 et seq.), of which not 
to exceed $5,000,000 shall be available for national service 
scholarships for high school students performing community 
service: Provided further, That not more than $234,000,000 of 
the amount provided under this heading shall be available for 
grants under the National Service Trust program authorized 
under subtitle C of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12571 et 
seq.) (relating to activities including the AmeriCorps 
program), of which not more than $45,000,000 may be used to 
administer, reimburse, or support any national service program 
authorized under section 121(d)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
12581(d)(2)): Provided further, That not more than $7,500,000 
of the funds made available under this heading shall be made 
available for the Points of Light Foundation for activities 
authorized under title III of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12661 et 
seq.): Provided further, That no funds shall be available for 
national service programs run by Federal agencies authorized 
under section 121(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12571(b)): Provided 
further, That to the maximum extent feasible, funds 
appropriated under subtitle C of title I of the Act shall be 
provided in a manner that is consistent with the 
recommendations of peer review panels in order to ensure that 
priority is given to programs that demonstrate quality, 
innovation, replicability, and sustainability: Provided 
further, That not more than $18,000,000 of the funds made 
available under this heading shall be available for the 
Civilian Community Corps authorized under subtitle E of title I 
of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12611 et seq.): Provided further, That 
not more than $43,000,000 shall be available for school-based 
and community-based service-learning programs authorized under 
subtitle B of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12521 et seq.): 
Provided further, That not more than $28,500,000 shall be 
available for quality and innovation activities authorized 
under subtitle H of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12853 et 
seq.): Provided further, That not more than $5,000,000 shall be 
available for audits and other evaluations authorized under 
section 179 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12639): Provided further, 
That to the maximum extent practicable, the Corporation shall 
increase significantly the level of matching funds and in-kind 
contributions provided by the private sector, shall expand 
significantly the number of educational awards provided under 
subtitle D of title I, and shall reduce the total Federal costs 
per participant in all programs: Provided further, That of 
amounts available in the National Service Trust account from 
previous appropriations acts, $80,000,000 shall be rescinded.


                      office of inspector general


    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, 
$4,000,000.

                       Court of Veterans Appeals


                         salaries and expenses


    For necessary expenses for the operation of the United 
States Court of Veterans Appeals as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 
7251-7298, $11,450,000, of which $910,000, shall be available 
for the purpose of providing financial assistance as de 
scribed, and in accordance with the process and reporting 
procedures set forth, under this heading in Public Law 102-229.

                      Department of Defense--Civil

                       Cemeterial Expenses, Army


                         salaries and expenses


    For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, for 
maintenance, operation, and improvement of Arlington National 
Cemetery and Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery, 
including the purchase of one passenger motor vehicle for 
replacement only, and not to exceed $1,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses, $12,473,000, to remain 
available until expended.

                    Environmental Protection Agency


                         science and technology


                     (including transfer of funds)


    For science and technology, including research and 
development activities, which shall include research and 
development activities under the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as 
amended; necessary expenses for personnel and related costs and 
travel expenses, including uniforms, or allowances therefore, 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; services as authorized by 
5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the 
per diem rate equivalent to the maximum rate payable for senior 
level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; procurement of laboratory 
equipment and supplies; other operating expenses in support of 
research and development; construction, alteration, repair, 
rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities, not to exceed 
$75,000 per project, $645,000,000, which shall remain available 
until September 30, 2001: Provided, That the obligated balance 
of sums available in this account shall remain available 
through September 30, 2008 for liquidating obligations made in 
fiscal years 2000 and 2001: Provided further, That the 
obligated balance of funds transferred to this account in 
Public Law 105-276 shall remain available through September 30, 
2007 for liquidating obligations made in fiscal years 1999 and 
2000.


                 environmental programs and management


    For environmental programs and management, including 
necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for personnel 
and related costs and travel expenses, including uniforms, or 
allowances therefore, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for 
individuals not to exceed the perdiem rate equivalent to the 
maximum rate payable for senior level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; 
hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire, maintenance, and operation of 
aircraft; purchase of reprints; library memberships in societies or 
associations which issue publications to members only or at a price to 
members lower than to subscribers who are not members; construction, 
alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities, not 
to exceed $75,000 per project; and not to exceed $6,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses, $1,900,000,000, which shall 
remain available until September 30, 2001: Provided, That the obligated 
balance of such sums shall remain available through September 30, 2008 
for liquidating obligations made in fiscal years 2000 and 2001: 
Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated by this Act shall 
be used to propose or issue rules, regulations, decrees, or orders for 
the purpose of implementation, or in preparation for implementation, of 
the Kyoto Protocol which was adopted on December 11, 1997, in Kyoto, 
Japan at the Third Conference of the Parties to the United Nations 
Framework Convention on Climate Change, which has not been submitted to 
the Senate for advice and consent to ratification pursuant to article 
II, section 2, clause 2, of the United States Constitution, and which 
has not entered into force pursuant to article 25 of the Protocol: 
Provided further, That none of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to implement or administer the interim guidance issued on 
February 5, 1998, by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to 
title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and designated as the 
``Interim Guidance for Investigating Title VI Administrative Complaints 
Challenging Permits'' with respect to complaints filed under such title 
after October 21, 1998, and until guidance is finalized. Nothing in 
this proviso may be construed to restrict the Environmental Protection 
Agency from developing or issuing final guidance relating to title VI 
of the Civil Rights Act of 1964: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
7 U.S.C. 136r and 15 U.S.C. 2609, beginning in fiscal year 2000 and 
thereafter, grants awarded under section 20 of the Federal Insecticide, 
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, as amended, and section 10 of the Toxic 
Substances Control Act, as amended, shall be available for research, 
development, monitoring, public education, training, demonstrations, 
and studies: Provided further, That the unexpended funds remaining from 
the $2,200,000 appropriated under this heading in Public Law 105-276 
for a grant to the Lake Ponchartrain Basin Foundation circuit rider 
initiative in Louisiana shall be transferred to the ``State and tribal 
assistance grants'' appropriation to remain available until expended 
for making grants for the construction of wastewater and water 
treatment facilities and groundwater protection infrastructure in 
accordance with the terms and conditions specified for such grants in 
the report accompanying that Act.


                      office of inspector general


    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 
1978, as amended, and for construction, alteration, repair, 
rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities, not to exceed 
$75,000 per project, $32,409,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2001: Provided, That the sums available in this 
account shall remain available through September 30, 2008 for 
liquidating obligations made in fiscal years 2000 and 2001: 
Provided further, That the obligated balance of funds 
transferred to this account in Public Law 105-276 shall remain 
available through September 30, 2007 for liquidating 
obligations made in fiscal years 1999 and 2000.


                        buildings and facilities


    For construction, repair, improvement, extension, 
alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of, 
or for use by, the Environmental Protection Agency, 
$62,600,000, to remain available until expended.


                     hazardous substance superfund


                     (including transfer of funds)


    For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 
(CERCLA), as amended, including sections 111(c)(3), (c)(5), 
(c)(6), and (e)(4) (42 U.S.C. 9611), and for construction, 
alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of 
facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project; $1,400,000,000 
(of which $100,000,000 shall not become available until 
September 1, 2000), to remain available until expended, 
consisting of $700,000,000, as authorized by section 517(a) of 
the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 
(SARA), as amended by Public Law 101-508, and $700,000,000 as a 
payment from general revenues to the Hazardous Substance 
Superfund for purposes as authorized by section 517(b) of SARA, 
as amended by Public Law 101-508: Provided, That funds 
appropriated under this heading may be allocated to other 
Federal agencies in accordance with section 111(a) of CERCLA: 
Provided further, That $11,000,000 of the funds appropriated 
under this heading shall be transferred to the ``Office of 
Inspector General'' appropriation to remain available until 
September 30, 2001: Provided further, That $38,000,000 of the 
funds appropriated under this heading shall be transferred to 
the ``Science and technology'' appropriation to remain 
available until September 30, 2001: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding section 111(m) of CERCLA or any other provision 
of law, $70,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this 
heading shall be available to the Agency for Toxic Substances 
and Disease Registry (ATSDR) to carry out activities described 
in sections 104(i), 111(c)(4), and 111(c)(14) of CERCLA and 
section 118(f) of SARA: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, in lieu of performing a health 
assessment under section 104(i)(6) of CERCLA, the Administrator 
of ATSDR may conduct other appropriate health studies, 
evaluations or activities, including, without limitation, 
biomedical testing, clinical evaluations, medical monitoring, 
and referral to accredited health care providers: Provided 
further, That in performing any such health assessment or 
health study, evaluation, or activity, the Administrator of 
ATSDR shall not be bound by the deadlines in section 
104(i)(6)(A): Provided further, That none of the funds 
appropriated under this heading shall be available for ATSDR to 
issue in excess of 40 toxicological profiles pursuant to 
section 104(i) of CERCLA during fiscal year 2000.


                leaking underground storage tank program


    For necessary expenses to carry out leaking underground 
storage tank cleanup activities authorized by section 205 of 
the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, and 
for construction, alteration, repair,rehabilitation, and 
renovation of facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project, 
$70,000,000, to remain available until expended.


                           oil spill response


                     (including transfer of funds)


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


                   state and tribal assistance grants


    For environmental programs and infrastructure assistance, 
including capitalization grants for State revolving funds and 
performance partnership grants, $3,466,650,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which $1,350,000,000 shall be for 
making capitalization grants for the Clean Water State 
Revolving Funds under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act, as amended; $820,000,000 shall be for 
capitalization grants for the Drinking Water State Revolving 
Funds under section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, as 
amended, except that, notwithstanding section 1452(n) of the 
Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended, none of the funds made 
available under this heading in this Act, or in previous 
appropriations acts, shall be reserved by the Administrator for 
health effects studies on drinking water contaminants; 
$50,000,000 shall be for architectural, engineering, planning, 
design, construction and related activities in connection with 
the construction of high priority water and wastewater 
facilities in the area of the United States-Mexico Border, 
after consultation with the appropriate border commission; 
$30,000,000 shall be for grants to the State of Alaska to 
address drinking water and wastewater infrastructure needs of 
rural and Alaska Native Villages; $331,650,000 shall be for 
making grants for the construction of wastewater and water 
treatment facilities and groundwater protection infrastructure 
in accordance with the terms and conditions specified for such 
grants in the conference report and joint explanatory statement 
of the committee of conference accompanying this Act (H.R. 
2684); and $885,000,000 shall be for grants, including 
associated program support costs, to States, federally 
recognized tribes, interstate agencies, tribal consortia, and 
air pollution control agencies for multi-media or single media 
pollution prevention, control and abatement and related 
activities, including activities pursuant to the provisions set 
forth under this heading in Public Law 104-134, and for making 
grants under section 103 of the Clean Air Act for particulate 
matter monitoring and data collection activities: Provided, 
That notwithstanding section 603(d)(7) of the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act, as amended, the limitation on the 
amounts in a State water pollution control revolving fund that 
may be used by a State to administer the fund shall not apply 
to amounts included as principal in loans made by such fund in 
fiscal year 2000 and prior years where such amounts represent 
costs of administering the fund, or by the State of New York 
for fiscal year 2000 and prior years, costs of capitalizing the 
fund, to the extent that such amounts are or were deemed 
reasonable by the Administrator, accounted for separately from 
other assets in the fund, and used for eligible purposes of the 
fund, including administration, or, by the State of New York 
for fiscal year 2000 and prior years, for capitalization of the 
fund: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 518(f) of 
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the Administrator is 
authorized to use the amounts appropriated for any fiscal year 
under section 319 of that Act to make grants to Indian Tribes 
pursuant to section 319(h) and 518(e) of that Act: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, in 
the case of a publicly owned treatment works in the District of 
Columbia, the Federal share of grants awarded under title II of 
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, beginning October 1, 
1999 and continuing through September 30, 2001, shall be 80 
percent of the cost of construction, and all grants made to 
such publicly owned treatment works in the District of Columbia 
may include an advance of allowance under section 201(l)(2): 
Provided further, That the $2,200,000 appropriated in Public 
Law 105-276 in accordance with House Report No. 105-769, for a 
grant to the Charleston, Utah Water Conservancy District, as 
amended by Public Law 106-31, shall be awarded to Wasatch 
County, Utah, for water and sewer needs: Provided further, That 
the funds appropriated under this heading in Public Law 105-276 
for the City of Fairbanks, Alaska, water system improvements 
shall instead be for the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, 
water and sewer improvements: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, all claims for 
principal and interest registered through grant dispute AA-91-
AD34 (05-90-AD09) or any other such dispute hereafter filed by 
the Environmental Protection Agency relative to water pollution 
control center and sewer system improvement grants numbers C-
390996-01, C-390996-2, and C-390996-3 made in 1976 and 1977 are 
hereby resolved in favor of the grantee.
    The Environmental Protection Agency and the New York State 
Department of Environmental Conservation are authorized to 
award, from construction grant reallotments to the State of New 
York of previously appropriated funds, supplemental grant 
assistance to Nassau County, New York, for additional odor 
control at the Bay Park and Cedar Creek wastewater treatment 
plants, notwithstanding initiation of construction or prior 
State Revolving Fund funding. Nassau County may elect to accept 
a combined lump-sum of $15,000,000, paid in advance of 
construction, in lieu of a 75 percent entitlement, to minimize 
grant and project administration.

                   Executive Office of the President


                office of science and technology policy


    For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and 
Technology Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the National 
Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and Priorities Act 
of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6601 and 6671), hire of passenger motor 
vehicles, and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, not to 
exceed $2,500 for official reception and representation 
expenses, and rental of conference rooms in the District of 
Columbia, $5,108,000.


  council on environmental quality and office of environmental quality


    For necessary expenses to continue functions assigned to 
the Council on Environmental Quality and Office of 
Environmental Quality pursuant to the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969, the Environmental Quality Improvement Act 
of 1970, and Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1977, $2,827,000: 
Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
funds other than those appropriated under this heading shall be 
used for or by theCouncil on Environmental Quality and Office 
of Environmental Quality: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
section 202 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1970, the 
Council shall consist of one member, appointed by the President, by and 
with the advice and consent of the Senate, serving as chairman and 
exercising all powers, functions, and duties of the Council.

                 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

                      office of inspector general


                     (including transfer of funds)


    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 
1978, as amended, $33,666,000, to be derived from the Bank 
Insurance Fund, the Savings Association Insurance Fund, and the 
FSLIC Resolution Fund.

                  Federal Emergency Management Agency


                            disaster relief


                     (including transfer of funds)


    For necessary expenses in carrying out the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), $300,000,000, and, notwithstanding 42 
U.S.C. 5203, to remain available until expended, of which not 
to exceed $2,900,000 may be transferred to ``Emergency 
Management Planning and Assistance'' for the consolidated 
emergency management performance grant program: Provided, That 
of the funds made available under this heading in this and 
prior Appropriations Acts and under section 404 of the Stafford 
Act to the State of California, $2,000,000 shall be for a pilot 
project of seismic retrofit technology at California State 
University, San Bernardino; $6,000,000 shall be for a seismic 
retrofit project at Loma Linda University Hospital; and 
$2,000,000 shall be for a seismic retrofit project at the 
University of Redlands, Redlands: Provided further, That of the 
funds made available under this heading in this and prior 
Appropriations Acts and under section 404 of the Stafford Act 
to the State of Florida, $1,000,000 shall be for a hurricane 
protection project for the St. Petersburg campus of South 
Florida University, and $2,500,000 shall be for a windstorm 
simulation project at Florida International University, Miami: 
Provided further, That of the funds made available under this 
heading in this and prior Appropriations Acts and under section 
404 of the Stafford Act to the State of North Carolina, 
$1,000,000 shall be for a logistical staging area concept 
demonstration involving warehouse facilities at the Stanly 
County Airport: Provided further, That of the funds made 
available under this heading in this and prior Appropriations 
Acts and under section 404 of the Stafford Act to the State of 
Louisiana, $500,000 shall be for wave monitoring buoys in the 
Gulf of Mexico off the Louisiana coast.
    For an additional amount for ``Disaster relief'', 
$2,480,425,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 
amended: Provided further, That the entire amount shall be 
available only to the extent that an official budget request 
for a specific dollar amount, that includes designation of the 
entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as 
defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to the 
Congress.


            disaster assistance direct loan program account


    For the cost of direct loans, $1,295,000, as authorized by 
section 319 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act: Provided, That such costs, including 
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in 
section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as 
amended: Provided further, That these funds are available to 
subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 
loans not to exceed $25,000,000.
    In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
direct loan program, $420,000.


                         salaries and expenses


    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
including hire and purchase of motor vehicles as authorized by 
31 U.S.C. 1343; uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate 
equivalent to the maximum rate payable for senior level 
positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; expenses of attendance of 
cooperating officials and individuals at meetings concerned 
with the work of emergency preparedness; transportation in 
connection with the continuity of Government programs to the 
same extent and in the same manner as permitted the Secretary 
of a Military Department under 10 U.S.C. 2632; and not to 
exceed $2,500 for official reception and representation 
expenses, $180,000,000.


                    office of the inspector general


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


              emergency management planning and assistance


                     (including transfer of funds)


    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to 
carry out activities under the National Flood Insurance Act of 
1968, as amended, and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 
1973, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 
1977, as amended (42 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), the Federal Fire 
Prevention and Control Act of 1974, as amended (15 U.S.C. 2201 
et seq.), the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (50 
U.S.C. App. 2061 et seq.), sections 107 and 303 of the National 
Security Act of 1947, as amended (50 U.S.C. 404-405), and 
Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978, $267,000,000: Provided, That 
for purposes of pre-disaster mitigation pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 
5131(b) and (c) and 42 U.S.C. 5196(e) and (i), $25,000,000 of 
the funds made available under this heading shall be available 
until expended for project grants: Provided further, That 
beginning in fiscal year 2000 and each fiscal year thereafter, 
and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director of 
FEMA is authorized to provide assistance from funds 
appropriated under this heading, subject to terms and 
conditions as the Director of FEMA shall establish, to any 
State for multi-hazard preparedness and mitigation through 
consolidated emergency management performance grants: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, FEMA 
is authorized to and shall extend its cooperative agreement for 
the Jones County, Mississippi Emergency Operating Center, and 
the funds which were obligated as federal matching funds for 
that Center shall remain available for expenditure until 
September 30, 2001.


                radiological emergency preparedness fund


    The aggregate charges assessed during fiscal year 2000, as 
authorized by Public Law 105-276, shall not be less than 100 
percent of the amounts anticipated by FEMA necessary for its 
radiological emergency preparedness program for the next fiscal 
year. The methodology for assessment and collection of fees 
shall be fair and equitable; and shall reflect costs of 
providing such services, including administrative costs of 
collecting such fees. Fees received pursuant to this section 
shall be deposited in the Fund as offsetting collections and 
will become available for authorized purposes on October 1, 
2000, and remain available until expended.


                   emergency food and shelter program


    To carry out an emergency food and shelter program pursuant 
to title III of Public Law 100-77, as amended, $110,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That total 
administrative costs shall not exceed three and one-half 
percent of the total appropriation.


                      flood map modernization fund


    For necessary expenses pursuant to section 1360 of the 
National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, $5,000,000, and such 
additional sums as may be provided by State or local 
governments or other political subdivisions for cost 
sharedmapping activities under section 1360(f)(2), to remain available 
until expended.


                  national insurance development fund


    Notwithstanding the provisions of 12 U.S.C. 1735d(b) and 12 
U.S.C. 1749bbb-13(b)(6), any indebtedness of the Director of 
the Federal Emergency Management Agency resulting from the 
Director borrowing sums under such sections before the date of 
the enactment of this Act to carry out title XII of the 
National Housing Act shall be canceled, and the Director shall 
not be obligated to repay such sums or any interest thereon, 
and no further interest shall accrue on such sums.


                     national flood insurance fund


                     (including transfer of funds)


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


                     national flood mitigation fund


                     (including transfer of funds)


    Notwithstanding sections 1366(b)(3)(B)-(C) and 1366(f) of 
the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended, 
$20,000,000 to remain available until September 30, 2001, for 
activities designed to reduce the risk of flood damage to 
structures pursuant to such Act, of which $20,000,000 shall be 
derived from the National Flood Insurance Fund.

                    General Services Administration


                    consumer information center fund


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

             National Aeronautics and Space Administration


                           human space flight


    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the 
conduct and support of human space flight research and 
development activities, including research, development, 
operations, and services; maintenance; construction of 
facilities including repair, rehabilitation, and modification 
of real and personal property, and acquisition or condemnation 
of real property, as authorized by law; space flight, 
spacecraft control and communications activities including 
operations, production, and services; and purchase, lease, 
charter, maintenance and operation of mission and 
administrative aircraft, $5,510,900,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2001: Provided, That $40,000,000 of the 
amount provided in this paragraph shall be available to the 
space shuttle program only for preparations necessary to carry 
out a life and micro-gravity science mission, to be flown 
between STS-107 and December 2001.


                  science, aeronautics and technology


    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the 
conduct and support of science, aeronautics and technology 
research and development activities, including research, 
development, operations, and services; maintenance; 
construction of facilities including repair, rehabilitation, 
and modification of real and personal property, and acquisition 
or condemnation of real property, as authorized by law; space 
flight, spacecraft control and communications activities 
including operations, production, and services; and purchase, 
lease, charter, maintenance and operation of mission and 
administrative aircraft, $5,606,700,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2001.


                            mission support


    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in 
carrying out mission support for human space flight programs 
and science, aeronautical, and technology programs, including 
research operations and support; space communications 
activities including operations, production and services; 
maintenance; construction of facilities including repair, 
rehabilitation, and modification of facilities, minor 
construction of new facilities and additions to existing 
facilities, facility planning and design, environmental 
compliance and restoration, and acquisition or condemnation of 
real property, as authorized by law; program management; 
personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances 
therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; travel expenses; 
purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission 
and administrative aircraft; not to exceed $35,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses; and purchase (not to 
exceed 33 for replacement only) and hire of passenger motor 
vehicles, $2,515,100,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2001.


                      office of inspector general


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


                       administrative provisions


    Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of funds 
appropriated for ``Human space flight'', ``Science, aeronautics 
and technology'', or ``Mission support'' by this appropriations 
Act, when any activity has been initiated by the incurrence of 
obligations for construction of facilities as authorized by 
law, such amount available for such activity shall remain 
available until expended. This provision does not apply to the 
amounts appropriated in ``Mission support'' pursuant to the 
authorization for repair, rehabilitation and modification of 
facilities, minor construction of new facilities and additions 
to existing facilities, and facility planning and design.
    Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of funds 
appropriated for ``Human space flight'', ``Science, aeronautics 
and technology'', or ``Mission support'' by this appropriations 
Act, the amounts appropriated for construction of facilities 
shall remain available until September 30, 2002.
    Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of funds 
appropriated for ``Mission support'' and ``Office of Inspector 
General'', amounts made available by this Act for personnel and 
related costs and travel expenses of the National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration shall remain available until September 
30, 2000 and may be used to enter into contracts for training, 
investigations, costs associated with personnel relocation, and 
for other services, to be provided during the next fiscal year.
    Unless otherwise provided for in this Act or in the joint 
explanatory statement of the committee of conference 
accompanying this Act, no part of the funds appropriated for 
``Human space flight'' may be used for the development of the 
International Space Station in excess of the amounts set forth 
in the budget estimates submitted as part of the budget request 
for fiscal year 2000.

                  National Credit Union Administration


                       central liquidity facility


     During fiscal year 2000, administrative expenses of the 
Central Liquidity Facility shall not exceed $257,000: Provided, 
That $1,000,000, together with amounts of principal and 
interest on loans repaid, to be available until expended, is 
available for loans to community development credit unions.

                      National Science Foundation


                    research and related activities


    For necessary expenses in carrying out the National Science 
Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861-1875), and 
the Act to establish a National Medal of Science (42 U.S.C. 
1880-1881); services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; 
maintenance and operation of aircraft and purchase of flight 
services for research support; acquisition of aircraft; 
$2,966,000,000, of which not to exceed $253,000,000 shall 
remain available until expended for Polar research and 
operations support, and for reimbursement to other Federal 
agencies for operational and science support and logistical and 
other related activities for the United States Antarctic 
program; the balance to remain available until September 30, 
2001: Provided, That receipts for scientific support services 
and materials furnished by the National Research Centers and 
other National Science Foundation supported research facilities 
may be credited to this appropriation: Provided further, That 
to the extent that the amount appropriated is less than the 
total amount authorized to be appropriated for included program 
activities, all amounts, including floors and ceilings, 
specified in the authorizing Act for those program activities 
or their subactivities shall be reduced proportionally: 
Provided further, That $60,000,000 of the funds available under 
this heading shall be made available for a comprehensive 
research initiative on plant genomes for economically 
significant crop: Provided further, That none of the funds 
appropriated or otherwise made available to the National 
Science Foundation in this or any prior Act may be obligated or 
expended by the National Science Foundation to enter into or 
extend a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement for the 
support of administering the domain name and numbering system 
of the Internet after September 30, 1998: Provided further, 
That no funds in this or any other Act shall be used to acquire 
or lease a research vessel with ice-breaking capability built 
or retrofitted by a shipyard located in a foreign country if 
such a vessel of United States origin can be obtained at a cost 
no more than 50 per centum above that of the least expensive 
technically acceptable foreign vessel bid: Provided further, 
That, in determining the cost of such a vessel, such cost be 
increased by the amount of any subsidies or financing provided 
by a foreign government (or instrumentality thereof) to such 
vessel's construction: Provided further, That if the vessel 
contracted for pursuant to the foregoing is not available for 
the 2002-2003 austral summer Antarctic season, a vessel of any 
origin may be leased for a period of not to exceed 120 days for 
that season and each season thereafter until delivery of the 
new vessel.


                        major research equipment


    For necessary expenses of major construction projects 
pursuant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as 
amended, including award-related travel, $95,000,000, to remain 
available until expended.


                     education and human resources


    For necessary expenses in carrying out science and 
engineering education and human resources programs and 
activities pursuant to the National Science Foundation Act of 
1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861-1875), including services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, award-related travel, and rental 
of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, $696,600,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2001: Provided, That to 
the extent that the amount of this appropriation is less than 
the total amount authorized to be appropriated for included 
program activities, all amounts, including floors and ceilings, 
specified in the authorizing Act for those program activities 
or their subactivities shall be reduced proportionally: 
Provided further, That $10,000,000 shall be available for the 
purpose of establishing an office of innovation partnerships.


                         salaries and expenses


    For salaries and expenses necessary in carrying out the 
National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 
1861-1875); services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $9,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses; uniforms or allowances 
therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; rental of 
conference rooms in the District of Columbia; reimbursement of 
the General Services Administration for security guard 
services; $149,000,000: Provided, That contracts may be entered 
into under ``Salaries and expenses'' in fiscal year 2000 for 
maintenance and operation of facilities, and for other 
services, to be provided during the next fiscal year.


                      office of inspector general


    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
as authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, 
$5,450,000, to remain available until September 30, 2001.

                 Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation


          payment to the neighborhood reinvestment corporation


    For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation 
for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities, as authorized 
by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 
8101-8107), $75,000,000.

                        Selective Service System


                         salaries and expenses


    For necessary expenses of the Selective Service System, 
including expenses of attendance at meetings and of training 
for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective Service 
System, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 4101-4118 for civilian 
employees; and not to exceed $1,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses; $24,000,000: Provided, That during the 
current fiscal year, the President may exempt this 
appropriation from the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 1341, whenever 
he deems such action to be necessary in the interest of 
national defense: Provided further, That none of the funds 
appropriated by this Act may be expended for or in connection 
with the induction of any person into the Armed Forces of the 
United States.

                      TITLE IV--GENERAL PROVISIONS

    Sec. 401. Where appropriations in titles I, II, and III of 
this Act are expendable for travel expenses and nospecific 
limitation has been placed thereon, the expenditures for such travel 
expenses may not exceed the amounts set forth therefore in the budget 
estimates submitted for the appropriations: Provided, That this 
provision does not apply to accounts that do not contain an object 
classification for travel: Provided further, That this section shall 
not apply to travel performed by uncompensated officials of local 
boards and appeal boards of the Selective Service System; to travel 
performed directly in connection with care and treatment of medical 
beneficiaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs; to travel 
performed in connection with major disasters or emergencies declared or 
determined by the President under the provisions of the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act; to travel 
performed by the Offices of Inspector General in connection with audits 
and investigations; or to payments to interagency motor pools where 
separately set forth in the budget schedules: Provided further, That if 
appropriations in titles I, II, and III exceed the amounts set forth in 
budget estimates initially submitted for such appropriations, the 
expenditures for travel may correspondingly exceed the amounts 
therefore set forth in the estimates in the same proportion.
    Sec. 402. Appropriations and funds available for the 
administrative expenses of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development and the Selective Service System shall be available 
in the current fiscal year for purchase of uniforms, or 
allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; hire 
of passenger motor vehicles; and services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109.
    Sec. 403. Funds of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development subject to the Government Corporation Control Act 
or section 402 of the Housing Act of 1950 shall be available, 
without regard to the limitations on administrative expenses, 
for legal services on a contract or fee basis, and for 
utilizing and making payment for services and facilities of 
Federal National Mortgage Association, Government National 
Mortgage Association, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, 
Federal Financing Bank, Federal Reserve banks or any member 
thereof, Federal Home Loan banks, and any insured bank within 
the meaning of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Act, 
as amended (12 U.S.C. 1811-1831).
    Sec. 404. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 
fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
    Sec. 405. No funds appropriated by this Act may be 
expended--
            (1) pursuant to a certification of an officer or 
        employee of the United States unless--
                    (A) such certification is accompanied by, 
                or is part of, a voucher or abstract which 
                describes the payee or payees and the items or 
                services for which such expenditure is being 
                made; or
                    (B) the expenditure of funds pursuant to 
                such certification, and without such a voucher 
                or abstract, is specifically authorized by law; 
                and
            (2) unless such expenditure is subject to audit by 
        the General Accounting Office or is specifically exempt 
        by law from such audit.
    Sec. 406. None of the funds provided in this Act to any 
department or agency may be expended for the transportation of 
any officer or employee of such department or agency between 
their domicile and their place of employment, with the 
exception of any officer or employee authorized such 
transportation under 31 U.S.C. 1344 or 5 U.S.C. 7905.
    Sec. 407. None of the funds provided in this Act may be 
used for payment, through grants or contracts, to recipients 
that do not share in the cost of conducting research resulting 
from proposals not specifically solicited by the Government: 
Provided, That the extent of cost sharing by the recipient 
shall reflect the mutuality of interest of the grantee or 
contractor and the Government in the research.
    Sec. 408. None of the funds in this Act may be used, 
directly or through grants, to pay or to provide reimbursement 
for payment of the salary of a consultant (whether retained by 
the Federal Government or a grantee) at more than the daily 
equivalent of the rate paid for level IV of the Executive 
Schedule, unless specifically authorized by law.
    Sec. 409. None of the funds provided in this Act shall be 
used to pay the expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-
Federal parties intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory 
proceedings. Nothing herein affects the authority of the 
Consumer Product Safety Commission pursuant to section 7 of the 
Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2056 et seq.).
    Sec. 410. Except as otherwise provided under existing law, 
or under an existing Executive Order issued pursuant to an 
existing law, the obligation or expenditure of any 
appropriation under this Act for contracts for any consulting 
service shall be limited to contracts which are: (1) a matter 
of public record and available for public inspection; and (2) 
thereafter included in a publicly available list of all 
contracts entered into within 24 months prior to the date on 
which the list is made available to the public and of all 
contracts on which performance has not been completed by such 
date. The list required by the preceding sentence shall be 
updated quarterly and shall include a narrative description of 
the work to be performed under each such contract.
    Sec. 411. Except as otherwise provided by law, no part of 
any appropriation contained in this Act shall be obligated or 
expended by any executive agency, as referred to in the Office 
of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 401 et seq.), for 
a contract for services unless such executive agency: (1) has 
awarded and entered into such contract in full compliance with 
such Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder; and (2) 
requires any report prepared pursuant to such contract, 
including plans, evaluations, studies, analyses and manuals, 
and any report prepared by the agency which is substantially 
derived from or substantially includes any report prepared 
pursuant to such contract, to contain information concerning: 
(A) the contract pursuant to which the report was prepared; and 
(B) the contractor who prepared the report pursuant to such 
contract.
    Sec. 412. Except as otherwise provided in section 406, none 
of the funds provided in this Act to any department or agency 
shall be obligated or expended to provide a personal cook, 
chauffeur, or other personal servants to any officer or 
employee of such department or agency.
    Sec. 413. None of the funds provided in this Act to any 
department or agency shall be obligated or expended to procure 
passenger automobiles as defined in 15 U.S.C. 2001 with an EPA 
estimated miles per gallon average of less than 22 miles per 
gallon.
    Sec. 414. None of the funds appropriated in title I of this 
Act shall be used to enter into any new lease of real property 
if the estimated annual rental is more than $300,000 unless the 
Secretary submits, in writing, a report to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Congress and a period of 30 days has 
expired following the date on which the report is received by 
the Committees on Appropriations.
    Sec. 415. (a) It is the sense of the Congress that, to the 
greatest extent practicable, all equipment and products 
purchased with funds made available in this Act should be 
American-made.
    (b) In providing financial assistance to, or entering into 
any contract with, any entity using funds made available in 
this Act, the head of each Federal agency, to the greatest 
extent practicable, shall provide to such entity a notice 
describing the statement made in subsection (a) by the 
Congress.
    Sec. 416. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be 
used to implement any cap on reimbursements to grantees for 
indirect costs, except as published in Office of Management and 
Budget Circular A-21.
    Sec. 417. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 
2000 pay raises for programs funded by this Act shall be 
absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act.
    Sec. 418. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used for any program, project, or activity, when it is made 
known to the Federal entity or official to which the funds are 
made available that the program, project, or activity is not in 
compliance with any Federal law relating to risk assessment, 
the protection of private property rights, or unfunded 
mandates.
    Sec. 419. Corporations and agencies of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development which are subject to the 
Government Corporation Control Act, as amended, are hereby 
authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of 
funds and borrowing authority available to each such 
corporation or agency and in accord with law, and to make such 
contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 
limitations as provided by section 104 of the Act as may be 
necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the budget 
for 2000 for such corporation or agency except as hereinafter 
provided: Provided, That collections of these corporations and 
agencies may be used for new loan or mortgage purchase 
commitments only to the extent expressly provided for in this 
Act (unless such loans are in support of other forms of 
assistance provided for in this or prior appropriations Acts), 
except that this proviso shall not apply to the mortgage 
insurance or guaranty operations of these corporations, or 
where loans or mortgage purchases are necessary to protect the 
financial interest of the United States Government.
    Sec. 420. Notwithstanding section 320(g) of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1330(g)), funds made 
available pursuant to authorization under such section for 
fiscal year 2000 may be used for implementing comprehensive 
conservation and management plans.
    Sec. 421. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
term ``qualified student loan'' with respect to national 
service education awards shall mean any loan made directly to a 
student by the Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education, in 
addition to other meanings under section 148(b)(7) of the 
National and Community Service Act.
    Sec. 422. It is the sense of the Congress that, along with 
health care, housing, education, and other benefits, the 
presence of an honor guard at a veteran's funeral is a benefit 
that a veteran has earned, and, therefore, the executive branch 
should provide funeral honor details for the funerals of 
veterans when requested, in accordance with law.
    Sec. 423. Notwithstanding any other law, funds made 
available by this or any other Act or previous Acts for the 
United States/Mexico Foundation for Science may be used for the 
endowment of such Foundation: Provided, That funds from the 
United States Government shall be matched in equal amounts with 
funds from Mexico: Provided further, That the accounts of such 
Foundation shall be subject to United States Government 
administrative and audit requirements concerning grants and 
requirements concerning cost principles for nonprofit 
organizations: Provided further, That the United States/Mexico 
Foundation for Science is renamed the George E. Brown United 
States/Mexico Foundation for Science.
    Sec. 424. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to carry out Executive Order No. 13083.
    Sec. 425. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act, no 
part of any appropriation for the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development shall be available for any activity in excess 
of amounts set forth in the budget estimates submitted for the 
appropriations.
    Sec. 426. Except in the case of entities that are funded 
solely with Federal funds or any natural persons that are 
funded under this Act, none of the funds in this Act shall be 
used for the planning or execution of any program to pay the 
expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties to 
lobby or litigate in respect to adjudicatory proceedings funded 
in this Act. A chief executive officer of any entity receiving 
funds under this Act shall certify that none of these funds 
have been used to engage in the lobbying of the Federal 
government or in litigation against the United States unless 
authorized under existing law.
    Sec. 427. Law Enforcement Agencies Not Included as Owner or 
Operator. Section 101(20)(D) of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 
9601(20)(D)) is amended by inserting ``through seizure or 
otherwise in connection with law enforcement activity'' before 
``involuntary'' the first place it appears.
    Sec. 428. No part of any funds appropriated in this Act 
shall be used by an agency of the executive branch, other than 
for normal and recognized executive-legislative relationships, 
for publicity or propaganda purposes, and for the preparation, 
distribution or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, 
radio, television or film presentation designed to support or 
defeat legislation pending before the Congress, except in 
presentation to the Congress itself.
    Sec. 429. The comment period on the proposed rules related 
to section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act published at 64 
Federal Register 46012 and 46058 (August 23, 1999) shall be 
extended from October 22, 1999, for a period of 90 additional 
calendar days.
    Sec. 430. Section 4(a) of the Act of August 9, 1950 (16 
U.S.C. 777c(a)), is amended in the second sentence by striking 
``1999'' and inserting ``2000''.
    Sec. 431. Promulgation of Stormwater Regulations. (a) 
Stormwater Regulations.--The Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency shall not promulgate the Phase II stormwater 
regulations until the Administrator submits to the Committee on 
Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
Representatives a report containing--
            (1) an in-depth impact analysis on the effect the 
        final regulations will have on urban, suburban, and 
        rural local governments subject to the regulations, 
        including an estimate of--
                    (A) the costs of complying with the 6 
                minimum control measures described in the 
                regulations; and
                    (B) the costs resulting from the lowering 
                of the construction threshold from 5 acres to 1 
                acre;
            (2) an explanation of the rationale of the 
        Administrator for lowering the construction site 
        threshold from 5 acres to 1 acre, including--
                    (A) an explanation, in light of recent 
                court decisions, of why a 1-acre measure is any 
                less arbitrarily determined than a 5-acre 
                measure; and
                    (B) all qualitative information used in 
                determining an acre threshold for a 
                construction site;
            (3) documentation demonstrating that stormwater 
        runoff is generally a problem in communities with 
        populations of 50,000 to 100,000 (including an 
        explanation of why the coverage of the regulation is 
        based on a census-determined population instead of a 
        water quality threshold); and
            (4) information that supports the position of the 
        Administrator that the Phase II stormwater program 
        should be administered as part of the National 
        Pollutant Discharge Elimination System under section 
        402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
        U.S.C. 1342).
    (b) Phase I Regulations.--No later than 120 days after the 
enactment of this Act, the Environmental Protection Agency 
shall submit to the Environment and Public Works Committee of 
the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report 
containing a detailed explanation of the impact, if any, that 
the Phase I program has had in improving water quality in the 
United States (including a description of specific measures 
that have been successful and those that have been 
unsuccessful).
    (c) Federal Register.--The reports described in subsections 
(a) and (b) shall be published in the Federal Register for 
public comment.
    Sec. 432. Pesticide Tolerance Fees.--None of the funds 
appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act shall be 
used to promulgate a final regulation to implement changes in 
the payment of pesticide tolerance processing fees as proposed 
at 64 Fed. Reg. 31040, or any similar proposals. The 
Environmental Protection Agency may proceed with the 
development of such a rule.
    Sec. 433. Commercial Space Launch Indemnification 
Extension.--Section 70113(f) of title 49, United States Code is 
amended by striking ``December 31, 1999'', and inserting 
``December 31, 2000''.
    Sec. 434. Space Station Commercial Development 
Demonstration Program.--(a) Purpose.--The purpose of this 
section is to establish a demonstration regarding the 
commercial feasibility and economic viability of private sector 
business operations involving the International Space Station 
and its related infrastructure. The goal will be furthered by 
the early use of the International Space Station by United 
States commercial entities committing private capital to 
commercial enterprises on the International Space Station. In 
conjunction with this demonstration program, the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) shall establish and 
publish a price policy designed to eliminate price uncertainty 
for those planning to utilize the International Space Station 
and its related facilities for United States commercial use.
    (b) Use of Receipts for Commercial Use.--Any receipts 
collected by NASA from the commercial use of the International 
Space Station shall first be used to offset any costs incurred 
by NASA in support of the United States commercial use of the 
International Space Station. Any receipts collected in excess 
of the costs identified pursuant to the prior sentence may be 
retained by NASA for use without fiscal year limitation in 
promoting the commercial use of the International Space 
Station.
    (c) Report.--NASA shall submit an annual report to the 
Congress that identifies all receipts that are collected under 
this section, the use of the receipts and the status of the 
demonstration. NASA shall submit a final report on the status 
of the demonstration, including any recommendation for 
expansion, within 120 days of the completion of the assembly of 
the International Space Station or the end of fiscal year 2004, 
whichever is earlier.
    (d) Definitions.--As used in this section, the term 
``United States commercial use'' means private commercial 
projects that are designed to benefit the United States through 
the sales of goods or services or the creation of jobs, or 
both.
    (e) Termination.--The demonstration program established 
under this section shall apply to United States commercial use 
agreements that are entered into prior to the date of the 
completion of the International Space Station or the end of 
fiscal year 2004, whichever is earlier.
    Sec. 435. Insurance; Indemnification; Liability.--(a) 
Amendment.--The National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 (42 
U.S.C. 2451 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 308 
the following new section:


                    ``experimental aerospace vehicle


    ``(a) In General.--The Administrator may provide liability 
insurance for, or indemnification to, the developer of an 
experimental aerospace vehicle developed or used in execution 
of an agreement between the Administration and the developer.
    ``(b) Terms and Conditions.--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in 
        this section, the insurance and indemnificationprovided 
by the Administration under subsection (a) to a developer shall be 
provided on the same terms and conditions as insurance and 
indemnification is provided by the Administration under section 308 of 
this Act to the user of a space vehicle.
            ``(2) Insurance.--
                    ``(A) In general.--A developer shall obtain 
                liability insurance or demonstrate financial 
                responsibility in amounts to compensate for the 
                maximum probable loss from claims by--
                            ``(i) a third party for death, 
                        bodily injury, or property damage, or 
                        loss resulting from an activity carried 
                        out in connection with the development 
                        or use of an experimental aerospace 
                        vehicle; and
                            ``(ii) the United States Government 
                        for damage or loss to Government 
                        property resulting from such an 
                        activity.
                    ``(B) Maximum required.--The Administrator 
                shall determine the amount of insurance 
                required, but, except as provided in 
                subparagraph (C), that amount shall not be 
                greater than the amount required under section 
                70112(a)(3) of title 49, United States Code, 
                for a launch. The Administrator shall publish 
                notice of the Administrator's determination and 
                the applicable amount or amounts in the Federal 
                Register within 10 days after making the 
                determination.
                    ``(C) Increase in dollar amounts.--The 
                Administrator may increase the dollar amounts 
                set forth in section 70112(a)(3)(A) of title 
                49, United States Code, for the purpose of 
                applying that section under this section to a 
                developer after consultation with the 
                Comptroller General and such experts and 
                consultants as may be appropriate, and after 
                publishing notice of the increase in the 
                Federal Register not less than 180 days before 
                the increase goes into effect. The 
                Administrator shall make available for public 
                inspection, not later than the date of 
                publication of such notice, a complete record 
                of any correspondence received by the 
                Administration, and a transcript of any 
                meetings in which the Administration 
                participated, regarding the proposed increase.
                    ``(D) Safety review required before 
                administrator provides insurance.--The 
                Administrator may not provide liability 
                insurance or indemnification under subsection 
                (a) unless the developer establishes to the 
                satisfaction of the Administrator that 
                appropriate safety procedures and practices are 
                being followed in the development of the 
                experimental aerospace vehicle.
            ``(3) No indemnification without cross-waiver.--
        Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Administrator may 
        not indemnify a developer of an experimental aerospace 
        vehicle under this section unless there is an agreement 
        between the Administration and the developer described 
        in subsection (c).
            ``(4) Application of certain procedures.--If the 
        Administrator requests additional appropriations to 
        make payments under this section, like the payments 
        that may be made under section 308(b) of this Act, then 
        the request for those appropriations shall be made in 
        accordance with the procedures established by 
        subsections (d) and (e) of section 70113 of title 49, 
        United States Code.
    ``(c) Cross-Waivers.--
            ``(1) Administrator authorized to waive.--The 
        Administrator, on behalf of the United States, and its 
        departments, agencies, and related entities, may 
        reciprocally waive claims with a developer or 
        cooperating party and with the related entities of that 
        developer or cooperating party under which each party 
        to the waiver agrees to be responsible, and agrees to 
        ensure that its own related entities are responsible, 
        for damage or loss to its property for which it is 
        responsible, or for losses resulting from any injury or 
        death sustained by its own employees or agents, as a 
        result of activities connected to the agreement or use 
        of the experimental aerospace vehicle.
            ``(2) Limitations.--
                    ``(A) Claims.--A reciprocal waiver under 
                paragraph (1) may not preclude a claim by any 
                natural person (including, but not limited to, 
                a natural person who is an employee of the 
                United States, the developer, the cooperating 
                party, or their respective subcontractors) or 
                that natural person's estate, survivors, or 
                subrogees for injury or death, except with 
                respect to a subrogee that is a party to the 
                waiver or has otherwise agreed to be bound by 
                the terms of the waiver.
                    ``(B) Liability for negligence.--A 
                reciprocal waiver under paragraph (1) may not 
                absolve any party of liability to any natural 
                person (including, but not limited to, a 
                natural person who is an employee of the United 
                States, the developer, the cooperating party, 
                or their respective subcontractors) or such a 
                natural person's estate, survivors, or 
                subrogees for negligence, except with respect 
                to a subrogee that is a party to the waiver or 
                has otherwise agreed to be bound by the terms 
                of the waiver.
                    ``(C) Indemnification for damages.--A 
                reciprocal waiver under paragraph (1) may not 
                be used as the basis of a claim by the 
                Administration, or the developer or cooperating 
                party, for indemnification against the other 
                for damages paid to a natural person, or that 
                natural person's estate, survivors, or 
                subrogees, for injury or death sustained by 
                that natural person as a result of activities 
                connected to the agreement or use of the 
                experimental aerospace vehicle.
            ``(3) Effect on previous waivers.--Subsection (c) 
        applies to any waiver of claims entered into by the 
        Administration without regard to whether it was entered 
        into before, on, or after the date of the enactment of 
        this Act.
    ``(d) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Cooperating party.--The term `cooperating 
        party' means any person who enters into an agreement 
        with the Administration for the performance of 
        cooperative scientific, aeronautical, or space 
        activities to carry out the purposes of this Act.
            ``(2) Developer.--The term `developer' means a 
        United States person (other than a natural person) 
        who--
                    ``(A) is a party to an agreement with the 
                Administration for the purpose of developing 
                new technology for an experimental aerospace 
                vehicle;
                    ``(B) owns or provides property to be flown 
                or situated on that vehicle; or
                    ``(C) employs a natural person to be flown 
                on that vehicle.
            ``(3) Experimental aerospace vehicle.--The term 
        `experimental aerospace vehicle' means an object 
        intended to be flown in, or launched into, orbital or 
        suborbital flight for the purpose of demonstrating 
        technologies necessary for a reusable launch vehicle, 
        developed under an agreement between the Administration 
        and a developer.
            ``(4) Related entity.--The term `related entity' 
        includes a contractor or subcontractor at any tier, a 
        supplier, a grantee, and an investigator or detailee.
    ``(e) Relationship to Other Laws.--
            ``(1) Section 308.--This section does not apply to 
        any object, transaction, or operation to which section 
        308 of this Act applies.
            ``(2) Chapter 701 of title 49, united states 
        code.--The Administrator may not provide 
        indemnification to a developer under this section for 
        launches subject to license under section 70117(g)(1) 
        of title 49, United States Code.''.
    (b) Repeal.--Section 431 of the Departments of Veterans 
Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-276) is 
repealed.

              TITLE V--PRESERVATION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING

SEC. 501. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This title may be cited as the 
``Preserving Affordable Housing for Senior Citizens and 
Families into the 21st Century Act''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this 
title is as follows:

Sec. 501. Short title and table of contents.
Sec. 502. Regulations.
Sec. 503. Effective date.

 Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations for Supportive Housing for 
                the Elderly and Persons With Disabilities

Sec. 511. Supportive housing for elderly persons.
Sec. 512. Supportive housing for persons with disabilities.
Sec. 513. Service coordinators and congregate services for elderly and 
          disabled housing.

Subtitle B--Expanding Housing Opportunities for the Elderly and Persons 
                            With Disabilities

Sec. 521. Study of debt forgiveness for section 202 loans.
Sec. 522. Grants for conversion of elderly housing to assisted living 
          facilities.
Sec. 523. Use of section 8 assistance for assisted living facilities.
Sec. 524. Size limitation for projects for persons with disabilities.
Sec. 525. Commission on Affordable Housing and Health Care Facility 
          Needs in the 21st Century.

    Subtitle C--Renewal of Expiring Rental Assistance Contracts and 
                         Protection of Residents

Sec. 531. Renewal of expiring contracts and enhanced vouchers for 
          project residents.
Sec. 532. Section 236 assistance.
Sec. 533. Rehabilitation of assisted housing.
Sec. 534. Technical assistance.
Sec. 535. Termination of section 8 contract and duration of renewal 
          contract.
Sec. 536. Eligibility of residents of flexible subsidy projects for 
          enhanced vouchers.
Sec. 537. Enhanced disposition authority.
Sec. 538. Unified enhanced voucher authority.

SEC. 502. REGULATIONS.

    The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall issue 
any regulations to carry out this title and the amendments made 
by this title that the Secretary determines may or will affect 
tenants of federally assisted housing only after notice and 
opportunity for public comment in accordance with the procedure 
under section 553 of title 5, United States Code, applicable to 
substantive rules (notwithstanding subsections (a)(2), (b)(B), 
and (d)(3) of such section). Notice of such proposed rulemaking 
shall be provided by publication in the Federal Register. In 
issuing such regulations, the Secretary shall take such actions 
as may be necessary to ensure that such tenants are notified 
of, and provided an opportunity to participate in, the 
rulemaking, as required by such section 553.

SEC. 503. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    (a) In General.--The provisions of this title and the 
amendments made by this title are effective as of the date of 
the enactment of this Act, unless such provisions or amendments 
specifically provide for effectiveness or applicability upon 
another date certain.
    (b) Effect of Regulatory Authority.--Any authority in this 
title or the amendments made by this title to issue 
regulations, and any specific requirement to issue regulations 
by a date certain, may not be construed to affect the 
effectiveness or applicability of the provisions of this title 
or the amendments made by this title under such provisions and 
amendments and subsection (a) of this section.

Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations for Supportive Housing for 
               the Elderly and Persons With Disabilities

SEC. 511. SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR ELDERLY PERSONS.

    Section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(m) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
to be appropriated for providing assistance under this section 
$710,000,000 for fiscal year 2000.''.

SEC. 512. SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES.

    Section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 
Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (m) as subsection 
        (n); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (l) the following 
        new subsection:
    ``(m) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
to be appropriated for providing assistance under this section 
$201,000,000 for fiscal year 2000.''.

SEC. 513. SERVICE COORDINATORS AND CONGREGATE SERVICES FOR ELDERLY AND 
                    DISABLED HOUSING.

    (a) Authorization of Appropriations for Federally Assisted 
Housing.--There is authorized to be appropriated to the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development $50,000,000 for 
fiscal year 2000 for the following purposes:
            (1) Grants for service coordinators for certain 
        federally assisted multifamily housing.--For grants 
        under section 676 of the Housing and Community 
        Development Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13632) for providing 
        service coordinators.
            (2) Congregate services for federally assisted 
        housing.--For contracts under section 802 of the 
        Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 
        U.S.C. 8011) to provide congregate services programs 
        for eligible residents of eligible housing projects 
        under subparagraphs (B) through (D) of subsection 
        (k)(6) of such section.
    (b) Public Housing.--There is authorized to be appropriated 
to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development such sums as 
may be necessary for fiscal year 2000 for grants for use only 
for activities described in paragraph (2) of section 34(b) of 
the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437z-6(b)(2)) 
for renewal of all grants made in prior fiscal years for 
providing service coordinators and congregate services for the 
elderly and disabled in public housing.

Subtitle B--Expanding Housing Opportunities for the Elderly and Persons 
                           With Disabilities

SEC. 521. STUDY OF DEBT FORGIVENESS FOR SECTION 202 LOANS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development shall conduct an analysis of the net impact on the 
Federal budget deficit or surplus of making available, on a 
one-time basis, to sponsors of projects assisted under section 
202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (as in effect before the 
enactment of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing 
Act), forgiveness of any indebtedness to the Secretary relating 
to any remaining principal and interest under loans made under 
such section, together with a dollar for dollar reduction in 
the amount of rental assistance under section 8 of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 or other rental assistance provided 
for such project. Such analysis shall take into consideration 
the full cost of future appropriations for rental assistance 
under such section 8 expected to be provided if such debt 
forgiveness does not take place, notwithstanding current 
budgetary treatment of such actions pursuant to the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
    (b) Report.--Not later than the expiration of the 3-month 
period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall submit a 
report to the Congress containing the quantitative results of 
the analysis and an enumeration of any project or 
administrative benefits of such actions.

SEC. 522. GRANTS FOR CONVERSION OF ELDERLY HOUSING TO ASSISTED LIVING 
                    FACILITIES.

    Title II of the Housing Act of 1959 is amended by inserting 
after section 202a (12 U.S.C. 1701q-1) the following new 
section:

``SEC. 202B. GRANTS FOR CONVERSION OF ELDERLY HOUSING TO ASSISTED 
                    LIVING FACILITIES.

    ``(a) Grant Authority.--The Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development may make grants in accordance with this section to 
owners of eligible projects described in subsection (b) for one 
or both of the following activities:
            ``(1) Repairs.--Substantial capital repairs to a 
        project that are needed to rehabilitate, modernize, or 
        retrofit aging structures, common areas, or individual 
        dwelling units.
            ``(2) Conversion.--Activities designed to convert 
        dwelling units in the eligible project to assisted 
        living facilities for elderly persons.
    ``(b) Eligible Projects.--An eligible project described in 
this subsection is a multifamily housing project that is--
            ``(1)(A) described in subparagraph (B), (C), (D), 
        (E), (F), or (G) of section 683(2) of the Housing and 
        Community Development Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13641(2)), 
        or (B) only to the extent amounts of the Department of 
        Agriculture are made available to the Secretary of 
        Housing and Urban Development for such grants under 
        this section for such projects, subject to a loan made 
        or insured under section 515 of the Housing Act of 1949 
        (42 U.S.C. 1485);
            ``(2) owned by a private nonprofit organization (as 
        such term is defined in section 202); and
            ``(3) designated primarily for occupancy by elderly 
        persons.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection or this 
section, an unused or underutilized commercial property may be 
considered an eligible project under this subsection, except 
that the Secretary may not provide grants under this section 
for more than 3 such properties. For any such projects, any 
reference under this section to dwelling units shall be 
considered to refer to the premises of such properties.
    ``(c) Applications.--Applications for grants under this 
section shall be submitted to the Secretary in accordance with 
such procedures as the Secretary shall establish. Such 
applications shall contain--
            ``(1) a description of the substantial capital 
        repairs or the proposed conversion activities for which 
        a grant under this section is requested;
            ``(2) the amount of the grant requested to complete 
        the substantial capital repairs or conversion 
        activities;
            ``(3) a description of the resources that are 
        expected to be made available, if any, in conjunction 
        with the grant under this section; and
            ``(4) such other information or certifications that 
        the Secretary determines to be necessary or 
        appropriate.
    ``(d) Funding for Services.--The Secretary may not make a 
grant under this section for conversion activities unless the 
application contains sufficient evidence, in the determination 
of the Secretary, of firm commitments for the funding of 
services to be provided in the assisted living facility, which 
may be provided by third parties.
    ``(e) Selection Criteria.--The Secretary shall select 
applications for grants under this section based upon selection 
criteria, which shall be established by the Secretary and shall 
include--
            ``(1) in the case of a grant for substantial 
        capital repairs, the extent to which the project to be 
        repaired is in need of such repair, including such 
        factors as the age of improvements to be repaired, and 
        the impact on the health and safety of residents of 
        failure to make such repairs;
            ``(2) in the case of a grant for conversion 
        activities, the extent to which the conversion is 
        likely to provide assisted living facilities that are 
        needed or are expected to be needed by the categories 
        of elderly persons that the assisted living facility is 
        intended to serve, with a special emphasis on very low-
        income elderly persons who need assistance with 
        activities of daily living;
            ``(3) the inability of the applicant to fund the 
        repairs or conversion activities from existing 
        financial resources, as evidenced by the applicant's 
        financial records, including assets in the applicant's 
        residual receipts account and reserves for replacement 
        account;
            ``(4) the extent to which the applicant has 
        evidenced community support for the repairs or 
        conversion, by such indicators as letters of support 
        from the local community for the repairs or conversion 
        and financial contributions from public and private 
        sources;
            ``(5) in the case of a grant for conversion 
        activities, the extent to which the applicant 
        demonstrates a strong commitment to promoting the 
        autonomy and independence of the elderly persons that 
        the assisted living facility is intended to serve;
            ``(6) in the case of a grant for conversion 
        activities, the quality, completeness, and managerial 
        capability of providing the services which the assisted 
        living facility intends to provide to elderly 
        residents, especially in such areas as meals, 24-hour 
        staffing, and on-site health care; and
            ``(7) such other criteria as the Secretary 
        determines to be appropriate to ensure that funds made 
        available under this section are used effectively.
    ``(f) Definitions.--For the purposes of this section--
            ``(1) the term `assisted living facility' has the 
        meaning given such term in section 232(b) of the 
        National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715w(b)); and
            ``(2) the definitions in section 202(k) shall 
        apply.
    ``(g) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
to be appropriated for providing grants under this section such 
sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2000.''.

SEC. 523. USE OF SECTION 8 ASSISTANCE FOR ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES.

    (a) Voucher Assistance.--Section 8(o) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(18) Rental assistance for assisted living 
        facilities.--
                    ``(A) In general.--A public housing agency 
                may make assistance payments on behalf of a 
                family that uses an assisted living facility as 
                a principal place of residence and that uses 
                such supportive services made available in the 
                facility as the agency may require. Such 
                payments may be made only for covering costs of 
                rental of the dwelling unit in the assisted 
                living facility and not for covering any 
                portion of the cost of residing in such 
                facility that is attributable to service 
                relating to assisted living.
                    ``(B) Rent calculation.--
                            ``(i) Charges included.--For 
                        assistance pursuant to this paragraph, 
                        the rent of the dwelling unit that is 
                        an assisted living facility with 
                        respect to which assistance payments 
                        are made shall include maintenance and 
                        management charges related to the 
                        dwelling unit and tenant-paid 
                        utilities. Such rent shall not include 
                        any charges attributable to services 
                        relating to assisted living.
                            ``(ii) Payment standard.--In 
                        determining the monthly assistance that 
                        may be paid under this paragraph on 
                        behalf of any family residing in an 
                        assisted living facility, the public 
                        housing agency shall utilize the 
                        payment standard established under 
                        paragraph (1), for the market area in 
                        which the assisted living facility is 
                        located, for the applicable size 
                        dwelling unit.
                            ``(iii) Monthly assistance 
                        payment.--The monthly assistance 
                        payment for a family assisted under 
                        this paragraph shall be determined in 
                        accordance with paragraph (2) (using 
                        the rent and payment standard for the 
                        dwelling unit as determined in 
                        accordance with this subsection).
                    ``(C) Definition.--For the purposes of this 
                paragraph, the term `assisted living facility' 
                has the meaning given that term in section 
                232(b) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 
                1715w(b)), except that such a facility may be 
                contained within a portion of a larger 
                multifamily housing project.''.
    (b) Project-Based Assistance.--Section 202b of the Housing 
Act of 1959, as added by section 522 of this Act, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as 
        subsections (g) and (h), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (e) the following 
        new subsection:
    ``(f) Section 8 Project-Based Assistance.--
            ``(1) Eligibility.--Notwithstanding any other 
        provision of law, a multifamily project which includes 
        one or more dwelling units that have been converted to 
        assisted living facilities using grants made under this 
        section shall be eligible for project-based assistance 
        under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 
        1937, in the same manner in which the project would be 
        eligible for such assistance but for the assisted 
        living facilities in the project.
            ``(2) Calculation of rent.--For assistance pursuant 
        to this subsection, the maximum monthly rent of a 
        dwelling unit that is an assisted living facility with 
        respect to which assistance payments are made shall not 
        include charges attributable to services relating to 
        assisted living.''.

SEC. 524. SIZE LIMITATION FOR PROJECTS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES.

    (a) Limitation.--Section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez 
National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (k)(4), by inserting ``, subject 
        to the limitation under subsection (h)(6)'' after 
        ``prescribe''; and
            (2) in subsection (l), by adding at the end the 
        following new paragraph:
            ``(4) Size limitation.--Of any amounts made 
        available for any fiscal year and used for capital 
        advances or project rental assistance under paragraphs 
        (1) and (2) of subsection (d), not more than 25 percent 
        may be used for supportive housing which contains more 
        than 24 separate dwelling units.''.
    (b) Study.--Not later than the expiration of the 3-month 
period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall conduct a 
study and submit a report to the Congress regarding--
            (1) the extent to which the authority of the 
        Secretary under section 811(k)(4) of the Cranston-
        Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 
        8013(k)(4)), as in effect immediately before the 
        enactment of this Act, has been used in each year since 
        1990 to provide for assistance under such section for 
        supportive housing for persons with disabilities having 
        more than 24 separate dwelling units;
            (2) the per-unit costs of, and the benefits and 
        problems associated with, providing such housing in 
        projects having 8 or less dwelling units, 8 to 24 
        units, and more than 24 units; and
            (3) the per-unit costs of, and the benefits and 
        problems associated with providing housing under 
        section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 
        1701q) in projects having 30 to 50 dwelling units, in 
        projects having more than 50 but not more than 80 
        dwelling units, in projects having more than 80 but not 
        more than 120 dwelling units, and in projects having 
        more than 120 dwelling units, but the study shall also 
        examine the social considerations afforded by smaller 
        and moderate-size developments and shall not be limited 
        to economic factors.

SEC. 525. COMMISSION ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HEALTH CARE FACILITY 
                    NEEDS IN THE 21ST CENTURY.

    (a) Establishment.--There is hereby established a 
commission to be known as the Commission on Affordable Housing 
and Health Care Facility Needs in the 21st Century (in this 
section referred to as the ``Commission''.
    (b) Study.--The duty of the Commission shall be to conduct 
a study that--
            (1) compiles and interprets information regarding 
        the expected increase in the population of persons 62 
        years of age or older, particularly information 
        regarding distribution of income levels, homeownership 
        and home equity rates, and degree or extent of health 
        and independence of living;
            (2) provides an estimate of the future needs of 
        seniors for affordable housing and assisted living and 
        health care facilities;
            (3) provides a comparison of estimate of such 
        future needs with an estimate of the housing and 
        facilities expected to be provided under existing 
        public programs, and identifies possible actions or 
        initiatives that may assist in providing affordable 
        housing and assisted living and health care facilities 
        to meet such expected needs;
            (4) identifies and analyzes methods of encouraging 
        increased private sector participation, investment, and 
        capital formation in affordable housing and assisted 
        living and health care facilities for seniors through 
        partnerships between public and private entities and 
        other creative strategies;
            (5) analyzes the costs and benefits of 
        comprehensive aging-in-place strategies, taking into 
        consideration physical and mental well-being and the 
        importance of coordination between shelter and 
        supportive services;
            (6) identifies and analyzes methods of promoting a 
        more comprehensive approach to dealing with housing and 
        supportive service issues involved in aging and the 
        multiple governmental agencies involved in such issues, 
        including the Department of Housing and Urban 
        Development and the Department of Health and Human 
        Services; and
            (7) examines how to establish intergenerational 
        learning and care centers and living arrangements, in 
        particular to facilitate appropriate environments for 
        families consisting only of children and a grandparent 
        or grandparents who are the head of the household.
    (c) Membership.--
            (1) Number and Appointment.--The Commission shall 
        be composed of 14 members, appointed not later than 
        January 1, 2000, as follows:
                    (A) Two co-chairpersons, of whom--
                            (i) one co-chairperson shall be 
                        appointed by a committee consisting of 
                        the chairman of the Subcommittee on 
                        Housing and Community Opportunities of 
                        the House of Representatives and the 
                        chairman of the Subcommittee on Housing 
                        and Transportation of the Senate, and 
                        the chairmen of the Subcommittees on 
                        the Departments of Veterans Affairs and 
                        Housing and Urban Development, and 
                        Independent Agencies of the Committees 
                        on Appropriations of the House of 
                        Representatives and the Senate; and
                            (ii) one co-chairperson shall be 
                        appointed by a committee consisting of 
                        the ranking minority member of the 
                        Subcommittee on Housing and Community 
                        Opportunities of the House of 
                        Representatives and the ranking 
                        minority member of the Subcommittee on 
                        Housing and Transportation of the 
                        Senate, and the ranking minority 
                        members of the Subcommittees on the 
                        Departments of Veterans Affairs and 
                        Housing and Urban Development, and 
                        Independent Agencies of the Committees 
                        on Appropriations of the House of 
                        Representatives and the Senate.
                    (B) Six members appointed by the Chairman 
                and Ranking Minority Member of the Committee on 
                Banking and Financial Services of the House of 
                Representatives and the Chairman and Ranking 
                Minority Member of the Committee on 
                Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
                    (C) Six members appointed by the Chairman 
                and Ranking Minority Member of the Committee on 
                Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the 
                Senate and the Chairman and Ranking Minority 
                Member of the Committee on Appropriations of 
                the Senate.
            (2) Qualifications.--Appointees should have proven 
        expertise in directing, assembling, or applying capital 
        resources from a variety of sources to the successful 
        development of affordable housing, assisted living 
        facilities, or health care facilities.
            (3) Vacancies.--Any vacancy on the Commission shall 
        not affect its powers and shall be filled in the manner 
        in which the original appointment was made.
            (4) Chairpersons.--The members appointed pursuant 
        to paragraph (1)(A) shall serve as co-chairpersons of 
        the Commission.
            (5) Prohibition of pay.--Members of the Commission 
        shall serve without pay.
            (6) Travel expenses.--Each member of the Commission 
        shall receive travel expenses, including per diem in 
        lieu of subsistence, in accordance with sections 5702 
        and 5703 of title 5, United States Code.
            (7) Quorum.--A majority of the members of the 
        Commission shall constitute a quorum but a lesser 
        number may hold hearings.
            (8) Meetings.--The Commission shall meet at the 
        call of the Chairpersons.
    (d) Director and Staff.--
            (1) Director.--The Commission shall have a Director 
        who shall be appointed by the Chairperson. The Director 
        shall be paid at a rate not to exceed the rate of basic 
        pay payable for level V of the Executive Schedule.
            (2) Staff.--The Commission may appoint personnel as 
        appropriate. The staff of the Commission shall be 
        appointed subject to the provisions of title 5, United 
        States Code, governing appointments in the competitive 
        service, and shall be paid in accordance with the 
        provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 
        53 of that title relating to classification and General 
        Schedule pay rates.
            (3) Experts and consultants.--The Commission may 
        procure temporary and intermittent services under 
        section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but at 
        rates for individuals not to exceed the daily 
        equivalent of the maximum annual rate of basic pay 
        payable for the General Schedule.
            (4) Staff of federal agencies.--Upon request of the 
        Commission, the head of any Federal department or 
        agency may detail, on a reimbursable basis, any of the 
        personnel of that department or agency to the 
        Commission to assist it in carrying out its duties 
        under this Act.
    (e) Powers.--
            (1) Hearings and sessions.--The Commission may, for 
        the purpose of carrying out this section, hold 
        hearings, sit and act at times and places, take 
        testimony, and receive evidence as the Commission 
        considers appropriate.
            (2) Powers of members and agents.--Any member or 
        agent of the Commission may, if authorized by the 
        Commission, take any action which the Commission is 
        authorized to take by this section.
            (3) Obtaining official data.--The Commission may 
        secure directly from any department or agency of the 
        United States information necessary to enable it to 
        carry out this Act. Upon request of the Chairpersons of 
        the Commission, the head of that department or agency 
        shall furnish that information to the Commission.
            (4) Gifts, bequests, and devises.--The Commission 
        may accept, use, and dispose of gifts, bequests, or 
        devises of services or property, both real and 
        personal, for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the 
        work of the Commission. Gifts, bequests, or devises of 
        money and proceeds from sales of other property 
        received as gifts, bequests, or devises shall be 
        deposited in the Treasury and shall be available for 
        disbursement upon order of the Commission.
            (5) Mails.--The Commission may use the United 
        States mails in the same manner and under the same 
        conditions as other departments and agencies of the 
        United States.
            (6) Administrative support services.--Upon the 
        request of the Commission, the Administrator of General 
        Services shall provide to the Commission, on a 
        reimbursable basis, the administrative support services 
        necessary for the Commission to carry out its 
        responsibilities under this section.
            (7) Contract authority.--The Commission may 
        contract with and compensate government and private 
        agencies or persons for services, without regard to 
        section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U.S.C. 5).
    (f) Report.--The Commission shall submit to the Committees 
on Banking and Financial Services and Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Committees on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs and Appropriations of the Senate, a 
final report not later than December 31, 2001. The report shall 
contain a detailed statement of the findings and conclusions of 
the Commission with respect to the study conducted under 
subsection (b), together with its recommendations for 
legislation, administrative actions, and any other actions the 
Commission considers appropriate.
    (g) Termination.--The Commission shall terminate on June 
30, 2002. Section 14(a)(2)(B) of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act (5 U.S.C. App.; relating to the termination of advisory 
committees) shall not apply to the Commission.

    Subtitle C--Renewal of Expiring Rental Assistance Contracts and 
                        Protection of Residents

SEC. 531. RENEWAL OF EXPIRING CONTRACTS AND ENHANCED VOUCHERS FOR 
                    PROJECT RESIDENTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 524 of the Multifamily Assisted 
Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f 
note) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 524. RENEWAL OF EXPIRING PROJECT-BASED SECTION 8 CONTRACTS.

    ``(a) In General.--
            ``(1) Renewal.--Subject to paragraph (2), upon 
        termination or expiration of a contract for project-
        based assistance under section 8 for a multifamily 
        housing project (and notwithstanding section 8(v) of 
        the United States Housing Act of 1937 for loan 
        management assistance), the Secretary shall, at the 
        request of the owner of the project and to the extent 
        sufficient amounts are made available in appropriation 
        Acts, use amounts available for the renewal of 
        assistance under section 8 of such Act to provide such 
        assistance for the project. The assistance shall be 
        provided under a contract having such terms and 
        conditions as the Secretary considers appropriate, 
        subject to the requirements of this section. This 
        section shall not require contract renewal for a 
        project that is eligible under this subtitle for a 
        mortgage restructuring and rental assistance 
        sufficiency plan, if there is no approved plan for the 
        project and the Secretary determines that such an 
        approved plan is necessary.
            ``(2) Prohibition on renewal.--Notwithstanding part 
        24 of title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations, the 
        Secretary may elect not to renew assistance for a 
        project otherwise required to be renewed under 
        paragraph (1) or provide comparable benefits under 
        paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (e) for a project 
        described in either such paragraph, if the Secretary 
        determines that a violation under paragraph (1) through 
        (4) of section 516(a) has occurred with respect to the 
        project. For purposes of such a determination, the 
        provisions of section 516 shall apply to a project 
        under this section in the same manner and to the same 
        extent that the provisions of such section apply to 
        eligible multifamily housing projects, except that the 
        Secretary shall make the determination under section 
        516(a)(4).
            ``(3) Contract term for mark-up-to-market 
        contracts.--In the case of an expiring or terminating 
        contract that has rent levels less than comparable 
        market rents for the market area, if the rent levels 
        under the renewal contract under this section are equal 
        to comparable market rents for the market area, the 
        contract shall have a term of not less than 5 years, 
        subject to the availability of sufficient amounts in 
        appropriation Acts.
            ``(4) Renewal rents.--Except as provided in 
        subsection (b), the contract for assistance shall 
        provide assistance at the following rent levels:
                    ``(A) Market rents.--At the request of the 
                owner of the project, at rent levels equal to 
                the lesser of comparable market rents for the 
                market area or 150 percent of the fair market 
                rents, in the case only of a project that--
                            ``(i) has rent levels under the 
                        expiring or terminating contract that 
                        do not exceed such comparable market 
                        rents;
                            ``(ii) does not have a low- and 
                        moderate-income use restriction that 
                        can not be eliminated by unilateral 
                        action by the owner;
                            ``(iii) is decent, safe, and 
                        sanitary housing, as determined by the 
                        Secretary;
                            ``(iv) is not--
                                    ``(I) owned by a nonprofit 
                                entity;
                                    ``(II) subject to a 
                                contract for moderate 
                                rehabilitation assistance under 
                                section 8(e)(2) of the United 
                                States Housing Act of 1937, as 
                                in effect before October 1, 
                                1991; or
                                    ``(III) a project for which 
                                the public housing agency 
                                provided voucher assistance to 
                                one or more of the tenants 
                                after the owner has provided 
                                notice of termination of the 
                                contract covering the tenant's 
                                unit; and
                            ``(v) has units assisted under the 
                        contract for which the comparable 
                        market rent exceeds 110 percent of the 
                        fair market rent.
                The Secretary may adjust the percentages of 
                fair market rent (as specified in the matter 
                preceding clause (i) and in clause (v)), but 
                only upon a determination and written 
                notification to the Congress within 10 days of 
                making such determination, that such adjustment 
                is necessary to ensure that this subparagraph 
                covers projects with a high risk of nonrenewal 
                of expiring contracts for project-based 
                assistance.
                    ``(B) Reduction to market rents.--In the 
                case of a project that has rent levels under 
                the expiring or terminating contract that 
                exceed comparable market rents for the market 
                area, at rent levels equal to such comparable 
                market rents.
                    ``(C) Rents not exceeding market rents.--In 
                the case of a project that is not subject to 
                subparagraph (A) or (B), at rent levels that--
                            ``(i) are not less than the 
                        existing rents under the terminated or 
                        expiring contract, as adjusted by an 
                        operating cost adjustment factor 
                        established by the Secretary (which 
                        shall not result in a negative 
                        adjustment), if such adjusted rents do 
                        not exceed comparable market rents for 
                        the market area; and
                            ``(ii) do not exceed comparable 
                        market rents for the market area.
                In determining the rent level for a contract 
                under this subparagraph, the Secretary shall 
                approve rents sufficient to cover budget-based 
                cost increases and shall give greater 
                consideration to providing rent at a level up 
                to comparable market rents for the market area 
                based on the number of the criteria under 
                clauses (i) through (iii) of subparagraph (D) 
                that the project meets.
                    ``(D) Waiver of 150 percent limitation.--
                Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), at rent 
                levels up to comparable market rents for the 
                market area, in the case of a project that 
                meets the requirements under clauses (i) 
                through (v) of subparagraph (A) and--
                            ``(i) has residents who are a 
                        particularly vulnerable population, as 
                        demonstrated by a high percentage of 
                        units being rented to elderly families, 
                        disabled families, or large families;
                            ``(ii) is located in an area in 
                        which tenant-based assistance would be 
                        difficult to use, as demonstrated by a 
                        low vacancy rate for affordable 
                        housing, a high turnback rate for 
                        vouchers, or a lack of comparable 
                        rental housing; or
                            ``(iii) is a high priority for the 
                        local community, as demonstrated by a 
                        contribution of State or local funds to 
                        the property.
                In determining the rent level for a contract 
                under this subparagraph, the Secretary shall 
                approve rents sufficient to cover budget-based 
                cost increases and shall give greater 
                consideration to providing rent at a level up 
                to comparable market rents for the market area 
                based on the number of the criteria under 
                clauses (i) through (iv) that the project 
                meets.
            ``(5) Comparable market rents and comparison with 
        fair market rents.--The Secretary shall prescribe the 
        method for determining comparable market rent by 
        comparison with rents charged for comparable properties 
        (as such term is defined in section 512), which may 
        include appropriate adjustments for utility allowances 
        and adjustments to reflect the value of any subsidy 
        (other than section 8 assistance) provided by the 
        Department of Housing and Urban Development.
    ``(b) Exception Rents.--
            ``(1) Renewal.--In the case of a multifamily 
        housing project described in paragraph (2), pursuant to 
        the request of the owner of the project, the contract 
        for assistance for the project pursuant to subsection 
        (a) shall provide assistance at the lesser of the 
        following rent levels:
                    ``(A) Adjusted existing rents.--The 
                existing rents under the expiring contract, as 
                adjusted by an operating cost adjustment factor 
                established by the Secretary (which shall not 
                result in a negative adjustment).
                    ``(B) Budget-based rents.--Subject to a 
                determination by the Secretary that a rent 
                level under this subparagraph is appropriate 
                for a project, a rent level that provides 
                income sufficient to support a budget-based 
                rent (including a budget-based rent adjustment 
                if justified by reasonable and expected 
                operating expenses).
            ``(2) Projects covered.--A multifamily housing 
        project described in this paragraph is a multifamily 
        housing project that--
                    ``(A) is not an eligible multifamily 
                housing project under section 512(2); or
                    ``(B) is exempt from mortgage restructuring 
                under this subtitle pursuant to section 514(h).
            ``(3) Moderate rehabilitation projects.--In the 
        case of a project with a contract under the moderate 
        rehabilitation program, other than a moderate 
        rehabilitation contract under section 441 of the 
        Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act, pursuant 
        to the request of the owner of the project, the 
        contract for assistance for the project pursuant to 
        subsection (a) shall provide assistance at the lesser 
        of the following rent levels:
                    ``(A) Adjusted existing rents.--The 
                existing rents under the expiring contract, as 
                adjusted by an operating cost adjustment factor 
                established by the Secretary (which shall not 
                result in a negative adjustment).
                    ``(B) Fair market rents.--Fair market rents 
                (less any amounts allowed for tenant-purchased 
                utilities).
                    ``(C) Market rents.--Comparable market 
                rents for the market area.
    ``(c) Rent Adjustments After Renewal of Contract.--
            ``(1) Required.--After the initial renewal of a 
        contract for assistance under section 8 of the United 
        States Housing Act of 1937 pursuant to subsection (a), 
        (b)(1), or (e)(2), the Secretary shall annually adjust 
        the rents using an operating cost adjustment factor 
        established by the Secretary (which shall not result in 
        a negative adjustment) or, upon the request of the 
        owner and subject to approval of the Secretary, on a 
        budget basis. In the case of projects with contracts 
        renewed pursuant to subsection (a) or pursuant to 
        subsection (e)(2) at rent levels equal to comparable 
        market rents for the market area, at the expiration of 
        each 5-year period, the Secretary shall compare 
        existing rents with comparable market rents for the 
        market area and may make any adjustments in the rent 
        necessary to maintain the contract rents at a level not 
        greater than comparable market rents or to increase 
        rents to comparable market rents.
            ``(2) Discretionary.--In addition to review and 
        adjustment required under paragraph (1), in the case of 
        projects with contracts renewed pursuant to subsection 
        (a) or pursuant to subsection (e)(2) at rent levels 
        equal to comparable market rents for the market area, 
        the Secretary may, at the discretion of the Secretary 
        but only once within each 5-year period referred to in 
        paragraph (1), conduct a comparison of rents for a 
        project and adjust the rents accordingly to maintain 
        the contract rents at a level not greater than 
        comparable market rents or to increase rents to 
        comparable market rents.
    ``(d) Enhanced Vouchers Upon Contract Expiration.--
            ``(1) In general.--In the case of a contract for 
        project-based assistance under section 8 for a covered 
        project that is not renewed under subsection (a) or (b) 
        of this section (or any other authority), to the extent 
        that amounts for assistance under this subsection are 
        provided in advance in appropriation Acts, upon the 
        date of the expiration of such contract the Secretary 
        shall make enhanced voucher assistance under section 
        8(t) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
        U.S.C. 1437f(t)) available on behalf of each low-income 
        family who, upon the date of such expiration, is 
        residing in an assisted dwelling unit in the covered 
        project.
            ``(2) Definitions.--For purposes of this 
        subsection, the following definitions shall apply:
                    ``(A) Assisted dwelling unit.--The term 
                `assisted dwelling unit' means a dwelling unit 
                that--
                            ``(i) is in a covered project; and
                            ``(ii) is covered by rental 
                        assistance provided under the contract 
                        for project-based assistance for the 
                        covered project.
                    ``(B) Covered project.--The term `covered 
                project' means any housing that--
                            ``(i) consists of more than 4 
                        dwelling units;
                            ``(ii) is covered in whole or in 
                        part by a contract for project-based 
                        assistance under--
                                    ``(I) the new construction 
                                or substantial rehabilitation 
                                program under section 8(b)(2) 
                                of the United States Housing 
                                Act of 1937 (as in effect 
                                before October 1, 1983);
                                    ``(II) the property 
                                disposition program under 
                                section 8(b) of the United 
                                States Housing Act of 1937;
                                    ``(III) the moderate 
                                rehabilitation program under 
                                section 8(e)(2) of the United 
                                States Housing Act of 1937 (as 
                                in effect before October 1, 
                                1991);
                                    ``(IV) the loan management 
                                assistance program under 
                                section 8 of the United States 
                                Housing Act of 1937;
                                    ``(V) section 23 of the 
                                United States Housing Act of 
                                1937 (as in effect before 
                                January 1, 1975);
                                    ``(VI) the rent supplement 
                                program under section 101 of 
                                the Housing and Urban 
                                Development Act of 1965; or
                                    ``(VII) section 8 of the 
                                United States Housing Act of 
                                1937, following conversion from 
                                assistance under section 101 of 
                                the Housing and Urban 
                                Development Act of 1965,
                        which contract will (under its own 
                        terms) expire during the period 
                        consisting of fiscal years 2000 through 
                        2004; and
                            ``(iii) is not housing for which 
                        residents are eligible for enhanced 
                        voucher assistance as provided, 
                        pursuant to the `Preserving Existing 
                        Housing Investment' account in the 
                        Departments of Veterans Affairs and 
                        Housing and Urban Development, and 
                        Independent Agencies Appropriations 
                        Act, 1997 (Public Law 104-204; 110 
                        Stat. 2884) or any other subsequently 
                        enacted provision of law, in lieu of 
                        any benefits under section 223 of the 
                        Low-Income Housing Preservation and 
                        Resident Homeownership Act of 1990 (12 
                        U.S.C. 4113).
            ``(4) Authorization of appropriations.--There are 
        authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 
        2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004 such sums as may be 
        necessary for enhanced voucher assistance under this 
        subsection.
    ``(e) Contractual Commitments Under Preservation Laws.--
Except as provided in subsection (a)(2) and notwithstanding any 
other provision of this subtitle, the following shall apply:
            ``(1) Preservation projects.--Upon expiration of a 
        contract for assistance under section 8 for a project 
        that is subject to an approved plan of action under the 
        Emergency Low Income Housing Preservation Act of 1987 
        (12 U.S.C. 1715l note) or the Low-Income Housing 
        Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act of 1990 (12 
        U.S.C. 4101 et seq.), to the extent amounts are 
        specifically made available in appropriation Acts, the 
        Secretary shall provide to the owner benefits 
        comparable to those provided under such plan of action, 
        including distributions, rent increase procedures, and 
        duration of low-income affordability restrictions. This 
        paragraph shall apply to projects with contracts 
        expiring before, on, or after the date of the enactment 
        of this section.
            ``(2) Demonstration projects.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Upon expiration of a 
                contract for assistance under section 8 for a 
                project entered into pursuant to any authority 
                specified in subparagraph (B) for which the 
                Secretary determines that debt restructuring is 
                inappropriate, the Secretary shall, at the 
                request of the owner of the project and to the 
                extent sufficient amounts are made available in 
                appropriation Acts, provide benefits to the 
                owner comparable to those provided under such 
                contract, including annual distributions, rent 
                increase procedures, and duration of low-income 
                affordability restrictions. This paragraph 
                shall apply to projects with contracts expiring 
                before, on, or after the date of the enactment 
                of this section.
                    ``(B) Demonstration programs.--The 
                authority specified in this subparagraph is the 
                authority under--
                            ``(i) section 210 of the 
                        Departments of Veterans Affairs and 
                        Housing and Urban Development, and 
                        Independent Agencies Appropriations 
                        Act, 1996 (Public Law 104-134; 110 
                        Stat. 1321-285; 42 U.S.C. 1437f note);
                            ``(ii) section 212 of the 
                        Departments of Veterans Affairs and 
                        Housing and Urban Development, and 
                        Independent Agencies Appropriations 
                        Act, 1997 (Public Law 104-204; 110 
                        Stat. 2897; 42 U.S.C. 1437f note); and
                            ``(iii) either of such sections, 
                        pursuant to any provision of this 
                        title.
    ``(f) Preemption of Conflicting State Laws Limiting 
Distributions.--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph 
        (2), no State or political subdivision of a State may 
        establish, continue in effect, or enforce any law or 
        regulation that limits or restricts, to an amount that 
        is less than the amount provided for under the 
        regulations of the Secretary establishing allowable 
        project distributions to provide a return on 
        investment, the amount of surplus funds accruing after 
        the date of the enactment of this section that may be 
        distributed from any multifamily housing project 
        assisted under a contract for rental assistance renewed 
        under any provision of this section (except subsection 
        (b)) to the owner of the project.
            ``(2) Exception and waiver.--Paragraph (1) shall 
        not apply to any law or regulation to the extent such 
        law or regulation applies to--
                    ``(A) a State-financed multifamily housing 
                project; or
                    ``(B) a multifamily housing project for 
                which the owner has elected to waive the 
                applicability of paragraph (1).
            ``(3) Treatment of low-income use restrictions.--
        This subsection may not be construed to provide for, 
        allow, or result in the release or termination, for any 
        project, of any low- or moderate-income use 
        restrictions that can not be eliminated by unilateral 
        action of the owner of the project.
    ``(g) Applicability.--Except to the extent otherwise 
specifically provided in this section, this section shall apply 
with respect to any multifamily housing project having a 
contract for project-based assistance under section 8 that 
terminates or expires during fiscal year 2000 or thereafter.''.
    (b) Definition of Eligible Multifamily Housing Project.--
Section 512(2) of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and 
Affordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) is amended by 
inserting after and below subparagraph (C) the following:
        ``Such term does not include any project with an 
        expiring contract described in paragraph (1) or (2) of 
        section 524(e).''.
    (c) Projects Exempted From Restructuring Agreements.--
Section 514(h) of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and 
Affordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) is amended by 
inserting before the semicolon at the end the following: ``and 
the financing involves mortgage insurance under the National 
Housing Act, such that the implementation of a mortgage 
restructuring and rental assistance sufficiency plan under this 
subtitle is in conflict with applicable law or agreements 
governing such financing''.
    (d) Conforming Amendments.--Section 8 of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) is amended--
            (1) by designating as subsection (v) the sentence 
        added by section 405(c) of The Balanced Budget 
        Downpayment Act, I (Public Law 104-99; 110 Stat. 44); 
        and
            (2) by striking subsection (w).

SEC. 532. SECTION 236 ASSISTANCE.

    (a) Continued Receipt of Subsidies Upon Refinancing.--
Section 236(e) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-
1(e)) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(e)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new 
        paragraph:
    ``(2) A project for which interest reduction payments are 
made under this section and for which the mortgage on the 
project has been refinanced shall continue to receive the 
interest reduction payments under this section under the terms 
of the contract for such payments, but only if the project 
owner enters into such binding commitments as the Secretary may 
require (which shall be applicable to any subsequent owner) to 
ensure that the owner will continue to operate the project in 
accordance with all low-income affordability restrictions for 
the project in connection with the Federal assistance for the 
project for a period having a duration that is not less than 
the term for which such interest reduction payments are made 
plus an additional 5 years.''.
    (b) Retention of Excess Income.--Section 236(g) of the 
National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-1(g)) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(g)'';
            (2) by striking the last sentence; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new 
        paragraphs:
    ``(2) Subject to paragraph (3) and notwithstanding any 
other requirements of this subsection, a project owner may 
retain some or all of such excess charges for project use if 
authorized by the Secretary. Such excess charges shall be used 
for the project and upon terms and conditions established by 
the Secretary, unless the Secretary permits the owner to retain 
funds for non-project use after a determination that the 
project is well-maintained housing in good condition and that 
the owner has not engaged in material adverse financial or 
managerial actions or omissions as described in section 516 of 
the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act 
of 1997. In connection with the retention of funds for non-
project use, the Secretary may require the project owner to 
enter into a binding commitment (which shall be applicable to 
any subsequent owner) to ensure that the owner will continue to 
operate the project in accordance with all low-income 
affordability restrictions for the project in connection with 
the Federal assistance for the project for a period having a 
duration of not less than the term of the existing 
affordability restrictions plus an additional 5 years.
    ``(3) The authority under paragraph (2) to retain and use 
excess charges shall apply--
                    ``(A) during fiscal year 2000, to all 
                project owners collecting such excess charges; 
                and
                    ``(B) during fiscal year 2001 and 
                thereafter--
                            ``(i) to any owner of (I) a project 
                        with a mortgage insured under this 
                        section, (II) a project with a mortgage 
                        formerly insured under this section if 
                        such mortgage is held by the Secretary 
                        and the owner of such project is 
                        current with respect to the mortgage 
                        obligation, or (III) a project 
                        previously assisted under subsection 
                        (b) but without a mortgage insured 
                        under this section if the project was 
                        insured under section 207 of this Act 
                        before July 30, 1998, pursuant to 
                        section 223(f) of this Act and assisted 
                        under subsection (b); and
                            ``(ii) to other project owners not 
                        referred to in clause (i) who collect 
                        such excess charges, but only to the 
                        extent that such retention and use is 
                        approved in advance in an appropriation 
                        Act.''.
    (c) Previously Owed Excess Income.--Section 236(g) of the 
National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-1(g)), as amended by 
subsection (b) of this section, is further amended by adding at 
the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(4) The Secretary shall not withhold approval of the 
retention by the owner of such excess charges because of the 
existence of unpaid excess charges if such unpaid amount is 
being remitted to the Secretary over a period of time in 
accordance with a workout agreement with the Secretary, unless 
the Secretary determines that the owner is in violation of the 
workout agreement.''.
    (d) Flexibility Regarding Basic Rents and Market Rents.--
Section 236(f) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-
1(f)(1)) is amended by striking the subsection designation and 
all that follows through the end of paragraph (1) and inserting 
the following:
    ``(f)(1)(A)(i) For each dwelling unit there shall be 
established, with the approval of the Secretary, a basic rental 
charge and fair market rental charge.
    ``(ii) The basic rental charge shall be--
            ``(I) the amount needed to operate the project with 
        payments of principal and interest due under a mortgage 
        bearing interest at the rate of 1 percent per annum; or
            ``(II) an amount greater than that determined under 
        clause (ii)(I), but not greater than the market rent 
        for a comparable unassisted unit, reduced by the value 
        of the interest reduction payments subsidy.
    ``(iii) The fair market rental charge shall be--
            ``(I) the amount needed to operate the project with 
        payments of principal, interest, and mortgage insurance 
        premium which the mortgagor is obligated to pay under 
        the mortgage covering the project; or
            ``(II) an amount greater than that determined under 
        clause (iii)(I), but not greater than the market rent 
        for a comparable unassisted unit.
    ``(iv) The Secretary may approve a basic rental charge and 
fair market rental charge for a unit that exceeds the minimum 
amounts permitted by this subparagraph for such charges only 
if--
            ``(I) the approved basic rental charge and fair 
        market rental charges each exceed the applicable 
        minimum charge by the same amount; and
            ``(II) the project owner agrees to restrictions on 
        project use or mortgage prepayment that are acceptable 
        to the Secretary.
    ``(v) The Secretary may approve a basic rental charge and 
fair market rental charge under this paragraph for a unit with 
assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) that differs from the basic rental 
charge and fair market rental charge for a unit in the same 
project that is similar in size and amenities but without such 
assistance, as needed to ensure equitable treatment of tenants 
in units without such assistance.
    ``(B)(i) The rental charge for each dwelling unit shall be 
at the basic rental charge or such greater amount, not 
exceeding the fair market rental charge determined pursuant to 
subparagraph (A), as represents 30 percent of the tenant's 
adjusted income, except as otherwise provided in this 
subparagraph.
    ``(ii) In the case of a project which contains more than 
5000 units, is subject to an interest reduction payments 
contract, and is financed under a State or local project, the 
Secretary may reduce the rental charge ceiling, but in no case 
shall the rental charge be below the basic rental charge set 
forth in subparagraph (A)(ii)(I).
    ``(iii) For plans of action approved for capital grants 
under the Low-Income Housing Preservation and Resident 
Homeownership Act of 1990 or the Emergency Low Income Housing 
Preservation Act of 1987, the rental charge for each dwelling 
unit shall be at the minimum basic rental charge set forth in 
subparagraph (A)(ii)(I) or such greater amount, not exceeding 
the lower of (I) the fair market rental charge set forth in 
subparagraph (A)(iii)(I), or (II) the actual rent paid for a 
comparable unit in comparable unassisted housing in the market 
area in which the housing assisted under this section is 
located, as represents 30 percent of the tenant's adjusted 
income.
    ``(C) With respect to those projects which the Secretary 
determines have separate utility metering paid by the tenants 
for some or all dwelling units, the Secretary may--
            ``(i) permit the basic rental charge and the fair 
        market rental charge to be determined on the basis of 
        operating the project without the payment of the cost 
        of utility services used by such dwelling units; and
            ``(ii) permit the charging of a rental for such 
        dwelling units at such an amount less than 30 percent 
        of a tenant's adjusted income as the Secretary 
        determines represents a proportionate decrease for the 
        utility charges to be paid by such tenant, but in no 
        case shall rental be lower than 25 percent of a 
        tenant's adjusted income.''.
    (e) Effective Date of 1998 Provisions.--Section 236(g) of 
the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-1(g)), as amended by 
section 227 of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing 
and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-276; 112 Stat. 2490) shall be 
effective on the date of the enactment of such Public Law 105-
276, and any excess rental charges referred to in such section 
that have been collected since such date of the enactment with 
respect to projects with mortgages insured under section 207 of 
the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1713) may be retained by 
the project owner unless the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development specifically provides otherwise. The Secretary may 
return any excess charges remitted to the Secretary since such 
date of the enactment.
    (f) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect, and 
the amendments made by this section are made and shall apply, 
on the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 533. REHABILITATION OF ASSISTED HOUSING.

    (a) Rehabilitation Loans From Recaptured IRP Amounts.--
Section 236(s) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-
1(s)) is amended--
            (1) by striking the subsection designation and 
        heading and inserting the following:
    ``(s) Grants and Loans for Rehabilitation of Multifamily 
Projects.--'';
            (2) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``and loans'' 
        after ``grants'';
            (3) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
                (A), by striking ``capital grant assistance 
                under this subsection'' and inserting ``capital 
                assistance under this subsection under a grant 
                or loan only''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (D)(i), by striking 
                ``capital grant assistance'' and inserting 
                ``capital assistance under this subsection from 
                a grant or loan (as appropriate)'';
            (4) in paragraph (3), by striking all of the matter 
        that precedes subparagraph (A) and inserting the 
        following:
            ``(3) Eligible uses.--Amounts from a grant or loan 
        under this subsection may be used only for projects 
        eligible under paragraph (2) for the purposes of--'';
            (5) in paragraph (4)--
                    (A) by striking the paragraph heading and 
                inserting ``Grant and loan agreements''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``or loan'' after 
                ``grant'', each place it appears;
            (6) in paragraph (5), by inserting ``or loan'' 
        after ``grant'', each place it appears;
            (7) in paragraph (6), by adding at the end the 
        following new subparagraph:
                    ``(D) Loans.--In making loans under this 
                subsection using the amounts that the Secretary 
                has recaptured from contracts for interest 
                reduction payments pursuant to clause (i) or 
                (ii) of paragraph (7)(A)--
                            ``(i) the Secretary may use such 
                        recaptured amounts for costs (as such 
                        term is defined in section 502 of the 
                        Congressional Budget Act of 1974) of 
                        such loans; and
                            ``(ii) the Secretary may make loans 
                        in any fiscal year only to the extent 
                        or in such amounts that amounts are 
                        used under clause (i) to cover costs of 
                        such loans.'';
            (8) by redesignating paragraphs (5) and (6) (as 
        amended by the preceding provisions of this subsection) 
        as paragraphs (6) and (7); and
            (9) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following 
        new paragraph:
            ``(5) Loan terms.--A loan under this subsection--
                    ``(A) shall provide amounts for the 
                eligible uses under paragraph (3) in a single 
                loan disbursement of loan principal;
                    ``(B) shall be repaid, as to principal and 
                interest, on behalf of the borrower using 
                amounts recaptured from contracts for interest 
                reduction payments pursuant to clause (i) or 
                (ii) of paragraph (7)(A);
                    ``(C) shall have a term to maturity of a 
                duration not shorter than the remaining period 
                for which the interest reduction payments for 
                the insured mortgage or mortgages that fund 
                repayment of the loan would have continued 
                after extinguishment or writedown of the 
                mortgage (in accordance with the terms of such 
                mortgage in effect immediately before such 
                extinguishment or writedown);
                    ``(D) shall bear interest at a rate, as 
                determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, 
                that is based upon the current market yields on 
                outstanding marketable obligations of the 
                United States having comparable maturities; and
                    ``(E) shall involve a principal obligation 
                of an amount not exceeding the amount that can 
                be repaid using amounts described in 
                subparagraph (B) over the term determined in 
                accordance with subparagraph (C), with interest 
                at the rate determined under subparagraph 
                (D).''.
    (b) IRP Capital Grants Requirement for Extension of Low-
Income Affordability Requirements.--Section 236(s) of the 
National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-1(s)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and 
                (D), as amended by the preceding provisions of 
                this section, as subparagraphs (D) and (E), 
                respectively; and
                    (B) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the 
                following new subparagraph:
                    ``(C) the project owner enters into such 
                binding commitments as the Secretary may 
                require (which shall be applicable to any 
                subsequent owner) to ensure that the owner will 
                continue to operate the project in accordance 
                with all low-income affordability restrictions 
                for the project in connection with the Federal 
                assistance for the project for a period having 
                a duration that is not less than the period 
                referred to in paragraph (5)(C);''; and
            (2) in paragraph (4)(B), by inserting ``and 
        consistent with paragraph (2)(C)'' before the period at 
        the end.

SEC. 534. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.

    Section 514(f)(3) of the Multifamily Assisted Housing 
Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) is 
amended by inserting after ``new owners)'' the following: ``, 
for technical assistance for preservation of low-income housing 
for which project-based rental assistance is provided at below 
market rent levels and may not be renewed (including transfer 
of developments to tenant groups, nonprofit organizations, and 
public entities),''.

SEC. 535. TERMINATION OF SECTION 8 CONTRACT AND DURATION OF RENEWAL 
                    CONTRACT.

    Section 8(c)(8) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
(42 U.S.C. 1437f(c)(8)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A)--
                    (A) by striking ``terminating'' and 
                inserting ``termination of''; and
                    (B) by striking the third comma of the 
                first sentence and all that follows through the 
                end of the subparagraph and inserting the 
                following: ``. The notice shall also include a 
                statement that, if the Congress makes funds 
                available, the owner and the Secretary may 
                agree to a renewal of the contract, thus 
                avoiding termination, and that in the event of 
                termination the Department of Housing and Urban 
                Development will provide tenant-based rental 
                assistance to all eligible residents, enabling 
                them to choose the place they wish to rent, 
                which is likely to include the dwelling unit in 
                which they currently reside. Any contract 
                covered by this paragraph that is renewed may 
                be renewed for a period of up to one year or 
                any number or years, with payments subject to 
                the availability of appropriations for any 
                year.'';
            (2) by striking subparagraph (B);
            (3) in subparagraph (C)--
                    (A) by striking the first sentence;
                    (B) by striking ``in the immediately 
                preceding sentence'';
                    (C) by striking ``180-day'' each place it 
                appears;
                    (D) by striking ``such period'' and 
                inserting ``one year''; and
                    (E) by striking ``180 days'' and inserting 
                ``one year''; and
            (4) by redesignating subparagraphs (C), (D), and 
        (E), as amended by the preceding provisions of this 
        subsection, as subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D), 
        respectively.

SEC. 536. ELIGIBILITY OF RESIDENTS OF FLEXIBLE SUBSIDY PROJECTS FOR 
                    ENHANCED VOUCHERS.

    Section 201 of the Housing and Community Development 
Amendments of 1978 (12 U.S.C. 1715z-1a) is amended by adding at 
the end the following new subsection:
    ``(p) Enhanced Voucher Eligibility.--Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, any project that receives or has 
received assistance under this section and which is the subject 
of a transaction under which the project is preserved as 
affordable housing, as determined by the Secretary, shall be 
considered eligible low-income housing under section 229 of the 
Low-Income Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act 
of 1990 (12 U.S.C. 4119) for purposes of eligibility of 
residents of such project for enhanced voucher assistance 
provided under section 8(t) of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(t)) (pursuant to section 223(f) of the 
Low-Income Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act 
of 1990 (12 U.S.C. 4113(f))).''.

SEC. 537. ENHANCED DISPOSITION AUTHORITY.

    Section 204 of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and 
Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 1997 (12 U.S.C. 1715z-11a) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and 1999'' and inserting ``1999, 
        and 2000''; and
            (2) by striking ``or demolition'' and inserting ``, 
        demolition, or construction on the properties (which 
        shall be eligible whether vacant or occupied)''.

SEC. 538. UNIFIED ENHANCED VOUCHER AUTHORITY.

    (a) In General.--Section 8 of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) is amended by inserting after 
subsection (s) the following new subsection:
    ``(t) Enhanced Vouchers.--
            ``(1) In general.--Enhanced voucher assistance 
        under this subsection for a family shall be voucher 
        assistance under subsection (o), except that under such 
        enhanced voucher assistance--
                    ``(A) subject only to subparagraph (D), the 
                assisted family shall pay as rent no less than 
                the amount the family was paying on the date of 
                the eligibility event for the project in which 
                the family was residing on such date;
                    ``(B) during any period that the assisted 
                family continues residing in the same project 
                in which the family was residing on the date of 
                the eligibility event for the project, if the 
                rent for the dwelling unit of the family in 
                such project exceeds the applicable payment 
                standard established pursuant to subsection (o) 
                for the unit, the amount of rental assistance 
                provided on behalf of the family shall be 
                determined using a payment standard that is 
                equal to the rent for the dwelling unit (as 
                such rent may be increased from time to time), 
                subject to paragraph (10)(A) of subsection (o);
                    ``(C) subparagraph (B) of this paragraph 
                shall not apply and the payment standard for 
                the dwelling unit occupied by the family shall 
                be determined in accordance with subsection (o) 
                if--
                            ``(i) the assisted family moves, at 
                        any time, from such project; or
                            ``(ii) the voucher is made 
                        available for use by any family other 
                        than the original family on behalf of 
                        whom the voucher was provided; and
                    ``(D) if the income of the assisted family 
                declines to a significant extent, the 
                percentage of income paid by the family for 
                rent shall not exceed the greater of 30 percent 
                or the percentage of income paid at the time of 
                the eligibility event for the project.
            ``(2) Eligibility event.--For purposes of this 
        subsection, the term `eligibility event' means, with 
        respect to a multifamily housing project, the 
        prepayment of the mortgage on such housing project, the 
        voluntary termination of the insurance contract for the 
        mortgage for such housing project, the termination or 
        expiration of the contract for rental assistance under 
        section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 for 
        such housing project, or the transaction under which 
        the project is preserved as affordable housing, that, 
        under paragraphs (3) and (4) of section 515(c), section 
        524(d) of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and 
        Affordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note), 
        section 223(f) of the Low-Income Housing Preservation 
        and Resident Homeownership Act of 1990 (12 U.S.C. 
        4113(f)), or section 201(p) of the Housing and 
        Community Development Amendments of 1978 (12 U.S.C. 
        1715z-1a(p)), results in tenants in such housing 
        project being eligible for enhanced voucher assistance 
        under this subsection.
            ``(3) Treatment of enhanced vouchers provided under 
        other authority.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Notwithstanding any 
                other provision of law, any enhanced voucher 
                assistance provided under any authority 
                specified in subparagraph (B) shall (regardless 
                of the date that the amounts for providing such 
                assistance were made available) be treated, and 
                subject to the same requirements, as enhanced 
                voucher assistance under this subsection.
                    ``(B) Identification of other authority.--
                The authority specified in this subparagraph is 
                the authority under--
                            ``(i) the 10th, 11th, and 12th 
                        provisos under the `Preserving Existing 
                        Housing Investment' account in title II 
                        of the Departments of Veterans Affairs 
                        and Housing and Urban Development, and 
                        Independent Agencies Appropriations 
                        Act, 1997 (Public Law 104-204; 110 
                        Stat. 2884), pursuant to such provisos, 
                        the first proviso under the `Housing 
                        Certificate Fund' account in title II 
                        of the Departments of Veterans Affairs 
                        and Housing and Urban Development, and 
                        Independent Agencies Appropriations 
                        Act, 1998 (Public Law 105-65; 111 Stat. 
                        1351), or the first proviso under the 
                        `Housing Certificate Fund' account in 
                        title II of the Departments of Veterans 
                        Affairs and Housing and Urban 
                        Development, and Independent Agencies 
                        Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 
                        105-276; 112 Stat. 2469); and
                            ``(ii) paragraphs (3) and (4) of 
                        section 515(c) of the Multifamily 
                        Assisted Housing Reform and 
                        Affordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 
                        1437f note), as in effect before the 
                        enactment of this Act.
            ``(4) Authorization of appropriations.--There are 
        authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 
        2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004 such sums as may be 
        necessary for enhanced voucher assistance under this 
        subsection.''.
    (b) Enhanced Vouchers Under MAHRAA.--Section 515(c) of the 
Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 
1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) is amended by striking paragraph 
(4) and inserting the following new paragraph:
            ``(4) Assistance through enhanced vouchers.--In the 
        case of any family described in paragraph (3) that 
        resides in a project described in section 512(2)(B), 
        the tenant-based assistance provided shall be enhanced 
        voucher assistance under section 8(t) of the United 
        States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(t)).''.
    (c) Enhanced Vouchers For Certain Tenants in Prepayment and 
Voluntary Termination Properties.--Section 223 of the Low-
Income Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act of 
1990 (12 U.S.C. 4113) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection:
    ``(f) Enhanced Voucher Assistance for Certain Tenants.--
            ``(1) Authority.--In lieu of benefits under 
        subsections (b), (c), and (d), and subject to the 
        availability of appropriated amounts, each family 
        described in paragraph (2) shall be offered enhanced 
        voucher assistance under section 8(t) of the United 
        States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(t)).
            ``(2) Eligible families.--A family described in 
        this paragraph is a family that is--
                    ``(A)(i) a low-income family; or
                    ``(ii) a moderate-income family that is (I) 
                an elderly family, (II) a disabled family, or 
                (III) residing in a low-vacancy area; and
                    ``(B) residing in eligible low-income 
                housing on the date of the prepayment of the 
                mortgage or voluntary termination of the 
                insurance contract.''.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Departments of Veterans 
Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000''.
    And the Senate agree to the same.

                                   James T. Walsh,
                                   Tom DeLay,
                                   David Hobson,
                                   Joe Knollenberg,
                                   Rod Frelinghuysen,
                                   Roger Wicker,
                                   Anne M. Northup,
                                   John E. Sununu,
                                   Bill Young,
                                   Alan Mollohan,
                                   Marcy Kaptur,
                                   Carrie P. Meek,
                                   David E. Price,
                                   Bud Cramer,
                                   David Obey
                                           (except for delayed funding 
                                               gimmick),
                                 Managers on the Part of the House.

                                   C.S. Bond,
                                   Conrad Burns,
                                   Richard Shelby,
                                   Larry E. Craig,
                                   Kay Bailey Hutchison,
                                   Ted Stevens,
                                   Barbara Mikulski,
                                   Patrick Leahy,
                                   Frank R. Lautenberg,
                                   Tom Harkin,
                                   Robert C. Byrd,
                                   Daniel Inouye,
                                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. 2684) making 
appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and 
Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent 
agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other 
purposes, submit the following joint statement to the House and 
the Senate in explanation of the effect of the action agreed 
upon by the managers and recommended in the accompanying 
report.
      The language and allocations set forth in House Report 
106-286 and Senate Report 106-161 should be complied with 
unless specifically addressed to the contrary in the conference 
report and statement of the managers. Report language included 
by the House which is not changed by the report of the Senate 
or the conference, and Senate report language which is not 
changed by the conference is approved by the committee of 
conference. The statement of the managers, while repeating some 
report language for emphasis, does not intend to negate the 
language referred to above unless expressly provided herein. In 
cases in which the House or Senate have directed the submission 
of a report, such report is to be submitted to both House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations.
      Unless specifically addressed in this report, the 
conferees agree to retain the reprogramming thresholds for each 
department or agency at the level established by the fiscal 
year 1999 conference agreement.

                TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

                    Veterans Benefits Administration

                       compensation and pensions

      Provides up to $17,932,000 to be transferred to the 
general operating expenses and medical care accounts as 
proposed by the House instead of $38,079,000 as proposed by the 
Senate.

  Guaranteed Transitional Housing Loans for Homeless Veterans Program 
                                Account

      Retains language proposed by the Senate providing 
$48,250,000 for the guaranteed transitional housing loans 
program account.

                     Veterans Health Administration

                              medical care

      Appropriates $19,006,000,000 for medical care as proposed 
by the House instead of $18,406,000,000 plus $600,000,000 in 
emergency funding as proposed by the Senate. The conferees have 
recommended $1,700,000,000 above the President's request for 
medical care. According to the General Accounting Office, there 
are many opportunities to make VA health care more cost-
effective. These include improved procurement practices, 
consolidating certain services, and eliminating excess 
management layers and administration. The conferees expect VA 
to continue implementing reforms and improvements to the way it 
allocates its resources, ensuring that funds are focused on 
veterans health, not maintaining buildings and the status quo. 
The additional funds in VA's budget are for improving the 
quality of and access to veterans health care, accommodating 
uncontrollable increased costs associated with pharmaceuticals 
and prosthetics, enhancing care for homeless veterans, 
expanding alternatives to institutional long-term care, and 
accommodating some new requirements upon enactment of 
authorizing legislation. The conferees direct that VA submit as 
part of its operating plan a detailed description of its plans 
for allocating the additional funds.
      Retains the Senate provision making $900,000,000, 
approximately 5 percent of the medical care appropriation, 
available until September 30, 2001.
      Delays the availability of $900,000,000 of the medical 
care appropriation in the equipment and land and structures 
object classifications until August 1, 2000, instead of 
delaying the availability of $635,000,000 as proposed by the 
House and Senate.
      Retains language proposed by the Senate transferring not 
to exceed $27,907,000 from the medical care appropriation to 
the general operating expenses appropriation for expenses of 
the Office of Resolution Management (ORM) and the Office of 
Employment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication (OEDCA).
      Retains language proposed by the Senate directing the VA 
to contract for a recovery audit program of past medical 
payments. The intent of the provision is to ensure that 
clinical diagnoses and treatments match the codes which are 
submitted to VA for payment, and where an overpayment has been 
made, to enable VA to recover these funds for medical care. The 
conferees are interested to learn the quality of VA's financial 
records and whether VA's data quality has an impact on its 
ability to recover overpayments under this program. The 
conferees direct VA to provide a report detailing the progress 
and success of this program within one year after enactment of 
this Act.
      The conferees reiterate their frustration with the way VA 
handled the directed report on the National Formulary by the 
Institutes of Medicine. The conferees direct that the VA 
deliver the completed report by July 11, 2000. If the report is 
not available on that date, the conferees direct the VA to 
brief the Committees on Appropriations as to the status and 
reasons why the report is not completed. The conferees strike 
the language inserted by the House restricting classification 
activities.
      The conferees are concerned about the availability of 
mental health services and direct the VA to submit one report 
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations addressing 
the concerns described in House Report 106-286 and Senate 
Report 106-161, no later than March 31, 2000.
      In each of the past two fiscal years the Congress has 
provided funding from within the VISN 8 allocation for a 
demonstration program to study the cost-effectiveness of 
contracting inpatient health care services with local East 
Central Florida hospitals. Based on the success of the program 
and the significant increase in funding provided in this bill 
for medical care, the conferees direct the VA to continue the 
demonstration program in fiscal year 2000. The conferees direct 
the VA to submit a report by April 1, 2000 addressing the costs 
and benefits of this program and the applicability of expanding 
this program to other parts of the country. Due to the success 
of the program in VISN 8, the conferees view this program as a 
regular part of the VISN 8 system, not a demonstration, and 
expect that in future years any further funding or continuation 
considerations should be made on the demonstrated merits and 
available resources.
      The conferees recommend $750,000 to continue VA's 
participation with the Alaska Federal Health Care Access 
Network.
      The conferees direct the Department to continue the 
demonstration project involving the Clarksburg VAMC and the 
Ruby Memorial Hospital at West Virginia University.
      The conferees encourage further deployment of the Joslin 
Vision Network as a high priority through available resources 
in the medical care account and not the medical and prosthetic 
research account as proposed by the House.
      The conferees direct the VA to provide a report 
addressing the OIG findings and recommendations regarding local 
patient access to care, including the feasibility of a 
contracting demonstration program, for the medical care system 
serving Chattanooga, Tennessee by January 31, 2000.
      The conferees direct the VA to submit a report on access 
to medical care and community-based outpatient clinics in 
Georgia's 7th Congressional District 30 days after the 
enactment of this bill.
      In instances that significant deficiencies in quality of 
care and operations of VA medical facilities are identified by 
the VA Medical Inspector, the conferees expect that the VA will 
correct the deficiencies identified in the inspections and that 
resources such as the National Reserve Fund, other surplus 
resources, FTE, technical assistance, training and equipment 
should be made available on a priority basis to address the 
deficiencies.
      The conferees are concerned that the VA medical system 
must cancel and/or reschedule healthcare appointments, creating 
an undue hardship to veterans. Furthermore, the conferees 
understand that the GAO is currently investigating this issue. 
Therefore, within 90 days after the GAO issues the final report 
on this issue, the conferees direct the VA to develop options 
to mitigate the hardship placed on veterans when the VA medical 
system cancels or reschedules their medical appointments and 
submit a report of those options to the committees.
      The conferees urge the VA to partner with existing, 
federally-funded Community Health Care Centers to provide 
outpatient primary and preventive health care services to area 
veterans in their home communities. Such a plan would greatly 
enhance access to quality health care for veterans living in 
remote areas. The conferees urge the veteran populations in the 
following areas be included in such a program: Marshall County, 
Mississippi; Hardin County, Tennessee; and Letcher County, 
Kentucky.
      The conferees support VA's efforts to undertake a three-
year rural health care pilot program at the VAMC in White River 
Junction, Vermont. The rural health care services delivery 
model will explore new methods of optimizing surgical, 
ambulatory, and mental health care services in rural settings. 
VA estimates this will cost approximately $7,000,000 in fiscal 
year 2000.
      The conferees urge the VA to make testing and treatment 
for hepatitis C broadly available to all veterans.

                    medical and prosthetic research

      Appropriates $321,000,000 for medical and prosthetic 
research, instead of $326,000,000 as proposed by the House and 
$316,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      The conferees have not included the recommended funding 
as proposed by the House, but instead urge research endeavors 
in the areas of prostate imaging, bio-artificial kidney 
development, and artificial neural networks relating to the 
diagnosis and prognosis of heart disease, subject to the normal 
peer review procedures. The conferees are aware of bio-
artificial kidney research being conducted by Dr. David Humes 
of the Ann Arbor VAMC and the University of Michigan.
      The conferees direct $1,000,000 to the National 
Technology Transfer Center to establish a pilot program to 
assess, market, and license medical technologies researched in 
VA facilities. The conferees expect a report on the progress of 
this program by April 1, 2000.
      The conferees are concerned about the review and 
oversight procedures protecting human subjects in research 
programs funded by the VA. The conferees believe an effective 
means of promoting adequate protections and informed consent 
for human subjects in VA research programs is ensuring that an 
appropriate mix of independent expertise is represented on 
Institutional Review Boards. Such boards have a special and 
sensitive responsibility to mentally ill veterans, who, because 
of the nature of their illness, may have difficulty fully 
understanding the purposes and risks associated with such 
research. The conferees therefore urge the VA to submit a 
report to the committees on the Department's progress for 
improving the functions and oversight of these boards, 
especially where they involve mental illness research, by March 
31, 2000.

      medical administration and miscellaneous operating expenses

      Appropriates $59,703,000 for medical administration and 
miscellaneous operating expenses, instead of $61,200,000 as 
proposed by the House and $60,703,000 as proposed by the 
Senate.

                      Departmental Administration

                       GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES

      Appropriates $912,594,000 for general operating expenses 
as proposed by the Senate, instead of $886,000,000 as proposed 
by the House. The conferees provided $45,600,000, approximately 
5 percent of the appropriation, to be available until September 
30, 2001.
      The conferees direct the immediate Office of the 
Secretary to limit travel expenditures to $100,000 in fiscal 
year 2000. The conferees are extremely concerned about recent 
findings of the Inspector General related to improper use of 
travel and representation funds by the Secretary and expect 
that the IG's recommendations will be implemented fully.
      The conferees expect assurances that the Department is 
fiscally and logistically ready to consolidate computer 
services at the Austin Automation Center. Therefore, the 
conferees direct the VA to submit a report summarizing all 
cost/benefit studies regarding the consolidation and site 
readiness at Austin to accommodate the relocated services. The 
conferees direct that no funds in this Act will be used to 
relocate the center unless the VA submits the requested report 
to the Committees 60 days prior to moving operations from 
Hines.

                    NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION

      Appropriates $97,256,000 for the National Cemetery 
Administration as proposed by the Senate instead of $97,000,000 
as proposed by the House.
      Restores language proposed by the Senate transferring not 
to exceed $90,000 ($84,000 for ORM and $6,000 for OEDCA) from 
the national cemetery administration appropriation to the 
general operating expenses appropriation for expenses of the 
Office of Resolution Management and the Office of Employment 
Discrimination Complaint Adjudication. Additional information 
on funding for these two offices is included under the VA's 
administrative provisions section of this report.

                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

      Appropriates $43,200,000 for the Office of Inspector 
General as proposed by the Senate, instead of $38,500,000 as 
proposed by the House.
      Retains Senate language transferring not to exceed 
$30,000 from the Office of Inspector General appropriation to 
the general operating expenses appropriation for expenses of 
the Office of Resolution Management ($28,000) and the Office of 
Employment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication ($2,000). 
Additional information on funding for these two offices is 
included under the VA's administrative provisions section of 
this report.

                      CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS

      Appropriates $65,140,000 for construction, major projects 
instead of $34,700,000 as proposed by the House and $70,140,000 
as proposed by the Senate.
      The conference agreement includes the following changes 
from the budget estimate:
      +$10,000,000 for capital asset planning.
      +$1,000,000 for the advance planning and design of the 
Lebanon VAMC renovation of patient care units and enhancements 
for extended care programs, contingent upon authorization.
      +$500,000 for planning national cemeteries in the regions 
designated by the authorizing committees in the Atlanta area of 
Georgia, the Pittsburgh area of Pennsylvania, South Florida, 
and Northern California.
      -$6,500,000 from available unobligated balances in the 
working reserve.
      The conferees support a new national cemetery in the 
Lawton, OK area. VA expects to award a design contract for 
architectural and engineering services for this project in 
October 1999. The conferees expect the President's fiscal year 
2001 budget will include construction funds for this project.

                      CONSTRUCTION, MINOR PROJECTS

      Appropriates $160,000,000 for construction, minor 
projects instead of $102,300,000 as proposed by the House and 
$175,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      Of the funds provided, the conferees direct $150,000 for 
``mothballing'' four historic buildings at the Dayton VAMC in 
Dayton, Ohio; $3,000,000 for renovations of the research 
building at the Bronx VAMC in Bronx, New York; $500,000 for 
preparation of the satellite site at the National Cemetery at 
Salisbury, North Carolina; and $3,900,000 to convert unfinished 
space into research laboratories at the ambulatory care 
addition of the Harry S Truman VAMC. The conferees also request 
a study to examine and design a relocated entrance to the West 
Virginia National Cemetery in Grafton, West Virginia.

       GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STATE EXTENDED CARE FACILITIES

      Appropriates $90,000,000 for grants for construction of 
state extended care facilities as proposed by the Senate, 
instead of $87,000,000 ($80,000,000 in the grants for 
construction of state extended care facilities account and an 
additional $7,000,000 in Sec. 426 of the General Provisions) as 
proposed by the House.

          GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STATE VETERANS CEMETERIES

      Appropriates $25,000,000 for grants for construction of 
state veterans cemeteries as proposed by the Senate, instead of 
$11,000,000 as proposed by the House.

                       ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

      Deletes language proposed by the House authorizing the 
reimbursement of expenses for the Office of Resolution 
Management and the Office of Employment Discrimination 
Complaint Adjudication from other VA appropriations beginning 
in fiscal year 2000, and inserts language as proposed by the 
Senate transferring amounts in medical care ($27,907,000--
$26,111,000 for ORM and $1,796,000 for OEDCA), national 
cemetery administration ($117,000--$111,000 for ORM and $6,000 
for OEDCA), and Office of Inspector General ($30,000--$28,000 
for ORM and $2,000 for OEDCA) to the general operating expenses 
appropriation. In addition, $2,068,000 is assumed in the 
general operating expenses appropriation for these activities. 
All funds for these two offices should be requested in the 
general operating expenses appropriation in fiscal year 2001.
      The conferees recognize that transportation to VA 
hospitals and clinics is a major concern to many veterans in 
rural areas. The conferees direct the VA to conduct a study to 
determine to what extent geography and distance serve as a 
barrier to health care in rural areas. The conferees direct the 
VA to report its findings back to Congress no later than 
February 1, 2000. Furthermore, the conferees direct the VA to 
develop a proposal addressing this concern.
      Both the House and Senate included provisions expressing 
the concern about the quality of and access to medical care for 
veterans in rural areas. The conferees consolidated the two 
provisions in this title under Sec. 108.
      Retains Sec. 109, proposed by the House authorizing 
$11,500,000, originally appropriated in fiscal year 1998 to 
renovate Building 9 at the VAMC in Waco, Texas, to instead be 
used for renovation and construction of a joint venture 
cardiovascular institute at the Olin E. Teague VAMC in Temple, 
Texas.
      In response to the GAO report, VA Health Care: Closing a 
Chicago Hospital Would Save Millions and Enhance Access to 
Services, the VHA established the VISN 12 Delivery Options 
Study Steering Committee to provide recommended options for 
optimally aligning resources with veteran needs. The conferees 
have concerns about the recommended option of the VISN 12 
Delivery Options Study as it may be inconsistent with the GAO 
report. The conferees understand that the recommended option is 
under review and may lead to a realignment plan being proposed 
by VHA for VISN 12. Sec. 110 has been included to ensure 
appropriate consultation and input for all stakeholders.
      Deletes bill language proposed by the Senate presuming 
cancer of the lung, colon, brain and central nervous system 
should be added to the list of radiogenic diseases presumed to 
be service-connected disabilities by the Department.

         TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

                       Public and Indian Housing

                        HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

      Appropriates $11,376,695,000 for the housing certificate 
fund, instead of $10,540,135,000 as proposed by the House and 
$11,051,135,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference 
agreement includes:
      --$10,990,135,000 for expiring section 8 housing 
assistance contracts, tenant protections, including tenant 
protections for HOPE VI relocations, section 8 amendments, 
contract administration, enhanced vouchers, and contracts 
entered into pursuant to section 441 of the Stewart B. McKinney 
Homeless Assistance Act;
      --$346,560,000 to provide 60,000 incremental section 8 
housing assistance vouchers, to increase the number of low-
income individuals and families receiving assistance; and
      --$40,000,000 to provide section 8 housing vouchers to 
non-elderly, disabled residents who are affected by designation 
of public and assisted housing as ``elderly-only'' 
developments.
      Within the overall totals for the housing certificate 
fund, the House bill provided $25,000,000 for non-elderly 
disabled residents and did not specify a division between the 
amounts for contract renewals and tenant protection vouchers, 
while the Senate bill provided $10,855,135,000 for contract 
renewals, $156,000,000 for tenant protection vouchers, and 
$40,000,000 for the non-elderly disabled. Neither bill provided 
funds for incremental vouchers.
      The conferees note that the costs of renewing all 
expiring section 8 housing assistance contracts will continue 
to rise significantly from year to year. The 60,000 additional 
vouchers provided in the conference agreement will need to be 
funded in future years, and will place substantial burdens on 
the Congress. The conferees have agreed to fund these 
incremental vouchers for fiscal year 2000, based in part on the 
Administration's representation that it will endeavor to 
address the shortfalls in this account and to fully fund these 
and all other section 8 contracts in fiscal year 2001.
      The conferees expect the Administration to submit a 
budget request for fiscal year 2001 that includes sufficient 
funding for the section 8 account, including vouchers added 
this year, consistent with the agreement reached between the 
Administration and the conferees.
      While the conferees have included funds for incremental 
voucher assistance, they note that vouchers are not a panacea 
for low-income, affordable housing. The voucher program has 
significant problems, with families in many areas of the 
country unable to utilize effectively this housing subsidy, 
especially in high-cost areas where the payment standard of the 
voucher program may not be sufficient to cover market rents. 
Moreover, there is a substantial shortage of available, low-
income affordable housing throughout the country, and vouchers 
do not provide an effective financing tool that will result in 
constructing additional affordable housing. Finally, there is a 
need for communities, nonprofits, public housing authorities 
and others to create links between all HUD programs, to ensure 
that housing and community development assistance is integrated 
to benefit the overall needs of the community.
      Inserts language, as proposed by the Senate, making the 
amount set aside for non-elderly disabled persons affected by 
elderly-only designations also available to assist other 
disabled persons, to the extent that amounts are not needed to 
fund applications from those affected by designations.
      Inserts language proposed by the House and not included 
by the Senate requiring HUD to determine section 8 
administrative fees for public housing authorities under the 
requirements in effect before enactment of the Quality Housing 
and Work Responsibility Act of 1998.
      Inserts language proposed by the Senate adopting the 
Administration's recommendation to provide $4,200,000,000 
(within the overall totals given above for the housing 
certificate fund) in the form of an advance appropriation that 
will first become available in fiscal year 2001. This advance 
appropriation is intended to cover a portion of expenditures 
that will actually occur in fiscal year 2001 under section 8 
contracts renewed during fiscal year 2000. The House did not 
include such an advance appropriation, but instead followed the 
past practice of providing all funds needed for fiscal year 
2000 contract renewals in the form of a regular fiscal year 
2000 appropriation.
      Deletes language proposed by the Senate and not included 
by the House prohibiting funds from being expended for the 
Regional Opportunity Counseling program.
      Inserts language, not included by either the House or the 
Senate, rescinding $1,300,000,000 in recaptured section 8 
housing assistance funds from the Annual Contributions for 
Assisted Housing account and the Housing Certificate Fund 
account that are not expected to be needed in fiscal year 2000.
      Inserts language, not included by either the House or the 
Senate, rescinding $943,000,000 in unobligated balances of 
funds previously appropriated in the Housing Certificate Fund 
or Annual Contributions for Assisted Housing accounts.

                      public housing capital fund

                     (including transfers of funds)

      Appropriates $2,900,000,000 for the public housing 
capital fund instead of $2,555,000,000 as proposed by the 
Senate and the House. The conferees recommend an increase in 
this appropriation above the levels provided in either the 
House or the Senate bill, in recognition of the serious unmet 
needs for capital improvements to the nation's public housing. 
The conferees believe that providing adequate funding to 
renovate and improve these facilities is less costly than 
allowing them to fall into disrepair. Currently, HUD estimates 
that the 3,400 public housing authorities have a backlog of 
modernization needs that totals more than $20,000,000,000. This 
is due in large part to the age of the inventory, as at least 
half of the 1,322,000 apartments managed by public housing 
authorities are more than 30 years old and are home to almost 
3,000,000 people, 43% of whom are 62 or older or have a 
disability. Families with children live in the remaining 
apartments. Public housing represents a major investment of 
federal resources over many years, and it is vital that funding 
be provided to properly preserve this taxpayer investment. 
Allowing more of these housing units to deteriorate to the 
point that they must be demolished and rebuilt would be a far 
more costly option.
      Includes $75,000,000 for technical assistance under 
section 9(h) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, instead 
of $100,000,000 as proposed by the Senate and $50,000,000 as 
proposed by the House. The conferees note that section 9(h) 
includes the costs of travel, and have therefore deleted a 
House provision that provided $1,000,000 for travel costs. 
Finally, the conferees direct HUD to include in its operating 
plan a detailed description of the Department's plans for 
utilizing these technical assistance funds in fiscal year 2000, 
and to include a similarly detailed description in next year's 
budget justification regarding plans for use of any funds 
requested for fiscal year 2001. Unless such information is 
provided, the conferees would be very reluctant to continue 
appropriating funds for technical assistance in the future.
      Includes $75,000,000 for the Secretary's discretionary 
fund for the purpose of making grants to PHAs for emergency 
capital needs resulting from emergencies and natural disasters. 
The House did not include a similar provision and the Senate 
expressly provided no funds for this activity under section 
9(k) of the United States Housing Act of 1937.

                     public housing operating fund

      Appropriates $3,138,000,000 for the public housing 
operating fund instead of $2,818,000,000 as proposed by the 
House, and $2,900,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. Like the 
increase to the public housing capital fund, this increase 
reflects the conferees' commitment to providing adequate 
resources to public housing--in this case for basic costs like 
water, gas and electric utilities, security, and routine 
maintenance.
      Inserts language proposed by the Senate and not included 
by the House prohibiting funds from being used for the 
Secretary's discretionary fund under section 9(k) of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937.
      The conferees direct HUD to delay implementing the Public 
Housing Assessment System (PHAS) until, in consultation with 
public housing authorities (PHAs) and their designated 
representatives, the Secretary: (a) conducts a thorough 
analysis of all advisory PHAS assessments; (b) reviews the 
GAO's study of the PHAS when it is complete; and (c) based on 
that analysis and review, publishes in the Federal Register a 
new consensus-based PHAS final rule that incorporates any 
recommended changes resulting from the process referenced 
above. Finally, HUD shall take all reasonable steps to minimize 
the costs and burdens the PHAS imposes on public housing 
authorities. The conferees intend that the PHAS, when 
finalized, acknowledge the complexities and practicalities 
inherent in managing large-scale apartment buildings and make 
allowances for these considerations.
      Finally, the conferees note that the negotiated rule-
making on revisions to the ``performance funding system'' 
formula for allocating operating subsidy funds appears to have 
stalled, in part because of lack of adequate data about actual 
costs of operating public housing. Therefore, before a proposed 
rule is published in the Federal Register, the conferees direct 
HUD to contract with the Harvard University Graduate School of 
Design to conduct a study on the costs incurred in operating 
well-run public housing and provide the results to the 
negotiated rule-making committee and the appropriate 
congressional committees. The final report shall be completed 
by October 1, 2000. The conferees direct that $3,000,000 from 
technical assistance funds in the public housing capital fund 
account be set-aside for this purpose.

             drug elimination grants for low income housing

                     (including transfer of funds)

      Appropriates $310,000,000 for drug elimination grants, as 
proposed by the Senate instead of $290,000,000 as proposed by 
the House.
      Includes $20,000,000 for the New Approach Anti-Drug 
program, as proposed by the Senate, rather than no funding as 
proposed by the House.
      Includes $4,500,000 for technical assistance grants as 
proposed by the House instead of $5,000,000 as proposed by the 
Senate. Of this set-aside, $150,000 is for related travel as 
proposed by the House, instead of $250,000 as proposed by the 
Senate.
      Deletes language proposed by the Senate and not included 
by the House requiring notice and comment rulemaking in all 
situations where HUD makes substantive changes to the grant 
program. Nevertheless, the conferees strongly believe in the 
value of notice and comment rulemaking, and remind the 
Department of the requirements set forth in the Administrative 
Procedures Act and in section 208 of the Departments of 
Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and 
Independent Agencies Appropriations Act forfiscal year 1998. 
The conferees encourage the Department to institutionalize the drug 
elimination grant program through an appropriate rulemaking process.

     REVITALIZATION OF SEVERELY DISTRESSED PUBLIC HOUSING (HOPE VI)

      Appropriates $575,000,000 for the revitalization of 
severely distressed public housing program as proposed by the 
House, instead of $500,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      Inserts language proposed by the House and stricken by 
the Senate providing $10,000,000 for technical assistance, 
training, and necessary travel.
      The conferees note the Department's success in leveraging 
local businesses, community organizations, residents, and other 
partners, to create residential computing centers in 
multifamily housing through the unfunded Neighborhood Networks 
Initiative. This initiative bridges the information technology 
gap in communities, helping hundreds of residents, such as 
those in The Terraces in West Baltimore, improve computer 
technology skills, which in turn increases job and education 
opportunities. The conferees believe that the opportunity to 
bridge the digital divide should also be available to HOPE VI 
residents and directs the Department to undertake an effort to 
adapt the Neighborhood Networks Initiative to new HOPE VI 
projects. The conferees further direct the Department to report 
on the status of its efforts to implement the Neighborhood 
Networks Initiative in HOPE VI communities no later than June 
30, 2000.
      The conferees direct the Department to contract with the 
Urban Institute to conduct an independent study on the long-
term effects of the HOPE VI program on former residents of 
distressed public housing developments, focusing on the effects 
of relocation and improved community and supportive services. 
The conferees have provided $1,200,000 from within this account 
for this purpose. Because HOPE VI was established to address 
the social needs of residents as well as the physical distress 
of the housing, the conferees feel that it is important to 
assess the effectiveness of the social aspects of the program 
in order to better evaluate the accomplishments of the program.

                  NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANTS

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

      Includes $6,000,000 for technical assistance grants, of 
which $4,000,000 is for HUD and $2,000,000 is for the National 
American Indian Housing Council (NAIHC). The House provided the 
entire amount to HUD while the Senate provided $4,000,000 to 
NAIHC and $2,000,000 to HUD. Of the amount $200,000 is for 
related travel instead of $100,000 as proposed by the House and 
$300,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      The housing and economic development problems faced by 
Indian tribes are unique because of the special status accorded 
to reservation lands. NAIHC has a proven technical assistance 
and training program that the conferees believe could be a 
valuable tool in addition to HUD's existing technical 
assistance programs. Prior to receiving the grant, the 
conferees expect NAIHC to provide a business plan to HUD and to 
the Committees on Appropriations for expending these funds. The 
plan should include performance measures and goals. Upon 
receipt and review of the plan, HUD is directed to enter into a 
contract with NAIHC, and to deliver the funds by March 1, 2000.
      Inserts language proposed by the House and stricken by 
the Senate making a technical correction to bill language.

           INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

      Inserts language proposed by the House and stricken by 
the Senate making a technical correction to bill language.

                   Community Planning and Development

              HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS

      Appropriates $232,000,000 for housing opportunities for 
persons with AIDS, as proposed by the Senate instead of 
$225,000,000 as proposed by the House. Of the amount, .75 
percent is appropriated for technical assistance instead of .50 
percent as proposed by the House and 1 percent as proposed by 
the Senate.
      Deletes bill and report language proposed by the Senate 
requiring HUD to give priority to renewing existing programs. 
The House did not include similar language.

                 RURAL HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

      Appropriates $25,000,000 for rural housing and economic 
development as proposed by the Senate, instead of a $10,000,000 
set-aside in the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) 
account as proposed by the House. The conferees note that they 
intend to fully review HUD's Notice of Funding Availability 
(NOFA), which is the vehicle HUD has used to implement this 
program, and to make recommendations about its contents where 
necessary. Furthermore, the conferees reiterate their 
expectation that HUD will cooperate with the United States 
Department of Agriculture (USDA), review the requirements of 
USDA's rural development and housing programs, and incorporate 
USDA definitions and requirements in this program to the extent 
appropriate.

         AMERICA'S PRIVATE INVESTMENT COMPANIES PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

      Inserts new language providing $20,000,000 for America's 
private investment companies program account, contingent upon 
enactment of authorizing legislation prior to June 30, 2000. If 
the program is not authorized, the funds shall be transferred 
to the Community Development Financial Institutions program. 
Neither the House nor the Senate included a similar provision.

                        URBAN EMPOWERMENT ZONES

      Inserts new language providing $55,000,000 for grants to 
urban empowerment zones to be used in conjunction with economic 
development activities detailed in the strategic plans of each 
empowerment zone. Neither the House nor the Senate included a 
similar provision.

                        RURAL EMPOWERMENT ZONES

      Inserts new language providing $15,000,000 to the 
Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture for 
grants to designated empowerment zones.

                   COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

      Appropriates $4,800,000,000 for community development 
block grants, as proposed by the Senate instead of 
$4,500,200,000 as proposed by the House. The conferees agree to 
the following earmarks:
      --$41,500,000 for section 107 grants. The House provided 
$30,000,000 for section 107 grants and the Senate provided 
$41,500,000 for section 107 grants. The conference agreement 
provides the following earmarks:
            --$3,000,000 is for community development work 
        study;
            --$10,000,000 is for historically black colleges 
        and universities;
            --$8,000,000 is for the Community Outreach 
        Partnerships program;
            --$7,000,000 is for insular areas;
            --$2,000,000 is for native Hawaiian Serving 
        Institutions and for Alaska Native Serving 
        Institutions, to be divided evenly;
            --$6,500,000 is for Hispanic Serving Institutions; 
        and
            --$5,000,000 is for management information systems;
      --$2,200,000 for the National American Indian Housing 
Council instead of $3,000,000 as proposed by the House and 
$1,800,000 as proposed by the Senate;
      --$20,000,000 for the Capacity Building for Community 
Development and Affordable Housing program, authorized by 
section 4 of P.L. 103-120, as in effect before June 12, 1997, 
instead of the $15,000,000 proposed by the House and 
$25,000,000 proposed by the Senate; of the amount provided in 
the conference report, at least $4,000,000 shall be for 
capacity building activities in rural areas;
      --$3,750,000 for the capacity building activities of 
Habitat for Humanity International, as proposed by the House 
and instead of no funding as proposed by the Senate;
      --$42,500,000 for Youthbuild, including $2,500,000 for a 
grant to Youthbuild USA for capacity building activities, the 
same as proposed by both the House and Senate (apart from a 
technical correction);
      --$20,000,000 for grants to eligible grantees under 
section 11 of the Self-Help Housing Opportunity Program 
Extension Act of 1996, instead of $15,000,000 as proposed by 
the House. The Senate did not include funds for this item;
      --$30,000,000 for the Neighborhood Initiatives program, 
instead of $20,000,000 as proposed by the House and no funding 
as proposed by the Senate;
      --$5,000,000 is for the Institute for Software Research 
for construction related to a high-technology diversification 
initiative;
      --$10,000,000 is for the City of Syracuse, New York, for 
the Neighborhood Initiative Program;
      --$4,000,000 for Missouri, of which $1,500,000 shall be 
for the St. Louis Sustainable Neighborhoods Initiative, of 
which at least $500,000 shall be made available for the 
redevelopment of the Lemay community and at least $500,000 
shall be for the redevelopment of Grand Rock community, both in 
St. Louis, and $2,500,000 shall be made available for Kansas 
City, Missouri, of which $1,500,000 shall be made available for 
the Midtown Community Development Corporation for the 
redevelopment of the Mount Cleveland community and $1,000,000 
shall be made available for the East Meyer Community 
Association for the redevelopment of the East Meyer community; 
and
      --$1,000,000 shall be for the Patterson Park Community 
Development Corporation to establish a revolving fund to 
acquire and rehabilitate properties in Baltimore, Maryland; 
$500,000 for the City of Suffolk, Virginia for the East Suffolk 
Gateway Redevelopment project; $500,000 for Fort Dodge, Iowa 
for the Soldier Creek neighborhood revitalization project; 
$750,000 for the Mitchell Development Corporation for economic 
development activities in Mitchell, South Dakota; $500,000 for 
the City of Green Bay, Wisconsin for Broadway Street 
revitalization; and $500,000 for the City of Yankton, South 
Dakota for the restoration of the downtown area and the 
development of the Fox Run Industrial Park;
      --$29,000,000 for credit subsidy for section 108 loan 
guarantees as proposed by the Senate instead of $25,000,000 as 
proposed by the House. This level of credit subsidy should 
produce no more than $1,261,000,000 in loan guarantees as 
proposed by the Senate instead of $1,087,000,000 as proposed by 
the House; and,
      --$275,000,000 for economic development grants, instead 
of $20,000,000 as proposed by the House and $110,000,000 as 
proposed by the Senate. The conferees agree to the following 
targeted economic development initiatives:
      --$480,000 to the Town of Swearingen, Alabama for water 
system infrastructure improvements;
      --$300,000 to Lamar County, Alabama for upgrading sewer 
and water supply systems;
      --$140,000 to Rainsville, Alabama for infrastructure 
improvements to the town's industrial park;
      --$60,000 to Haleyville, Alabama for purchase and 
renovation of a senior citizens center and a Head Start 
facility;
      --$800,000 to the City of Mobile, Alabama for the 
waterfront development project;
      --$500,000 to the University of Alabama for the 
construction of a child development facility;
      --$500,000 to the University of South Alabama for the 
construction of an archaeological research facility;
      --$250,000 to Stillman College in Tuscaloosa, Alabama for 
the construction and development of a health and wellness 
facility;
      --$200,000 to the City of Daphine, Alabama for 
revitalization of the Daphine Bayfront Park;
      --$1,500,000 to Union County, Arkansas to find 
alternative water sources to the Sparta Sands Aquifer;
      --$1,000,000 to the City of Sierra Vista, Arizona for a 
wastewater treatment and effluent recharge facility;
      --$500,000 to the Boys and Girls Club in Oxnard, 
California for the renovation and expansion of existing 
facilities;
      --$250,000 to the County of San Bernardino, California 
for the rehabilitation of Fogelsong Pool in Barstow;
      --$425,000 to the City of Highland, California for public 
park facilities to serve the recreational needs of the local 
community;
      --$250,000 to the County of San Bernardino, California 
for a River Walk Nature and Bike Trail on the Mojave River 
between Mojave Narrows and Old Town Victorville;
      --$425,000 to the County of San Bernardino, California 
for the Yucaipa Valley Regional Soccer Complex;
      --$500,000 to the San Bernardino National Forest for 
Phase II construction of the Big Bear Discovery Center;
      --$50,000 to the City of Twentynine Palms, California for 
the completion of the mural project;
      --$100,000 to the City of Loma Linda, California for road 
infrastructure improvements;
      --$1,000,000 to the City of San Juan Capistrano for the 
rehabilitation and historic preservation of the Mission San 
Juan Capistrano;
      --$500,000 to the City of Citrus Heights, California for 
the revitalization of the Sunrise Mall;
      --$750,000 to the City of Escondido, California for the 
development and infrastructure improvements associated with 
Quail Hills Industrial Park;
      --$600,000 to the City of Tracy, California for the 
repair/construction of the Tracy Fire Station Number 1;
      --$350,000 to the City of Riverside, California for the 
expansion of the Goeske Senior and Disabled Citizens Center;
      --$350,000 to the City of Fountain Valley, California for 
the expansion of the Mile Square Regional Park recreation 
facility;
      --$350,000 to the City of Huntington Beach, California 
for soil remediation and cleanup activities in Huntington 
Central Park;
      --$1,000,000 to the City of San Diego, California for the 
San Diego Children's Convalescent Hospital;
      --$100,000 to the City of Arcadia, California for the 
Arcadia Historical Museum;
      --$400,000 to the City of Claremont, California for 
construction of a community center;
      --$1,000,000 to the City of Pasadena, California for 
renovation and rehabilitation of the Pasadena Civic Auditorium;
      --$20,000 to the City of Glendale, California for city 
infrastructure improvements;
      --$250,000 to Shelter From the Storm, Inc., a battered 
women's and children's center in Palm Desert, California;
      --$250,000 to the City of El Segundo, California for the 
design and development of the Douglas Street Gap Closure 
project;
      --$200,000 to the County of Tulare, California for road 
infrastructure improvements;
      --$400,000 to the City of Bakersfield, California to 
redevelop downtown Bakersfield through the Mobility 
Opportunities via Education initiative;
      --$100,000 to the County of Tulare, California for 
construction of an international trade center;
      --$600,000 to the Klingberg Family Centers in New 
Britain, Connecticut for the expansion of their school;
      --$250,000 to the City of Miami Beach, Florida for the 
North Beach Recreation Corridor Initiative;
      --$600,000 to the City of Largo, Florida for economic 
development and infrastructure improvements;
      --$1,400,000 to the City of Clearwater, Florida for costs 
associated with the development of a regional stormwater 
retention facility;
      --$300,000 to the City of Edgewater, Florida for the 
construction of an emergency shelter;
      --$400,000 to the City of Jacksonville, Florida for the 
development of an ecosystem tourist program;
      --$300,000 to the City of Jacksonville, Florida for the 
Lower East Side/Upper Deer Creek Stormwater Project;
      --$1,250,000 to the Town of Milton, Florida for the 
construction of a hurricane shelter;
      --$250,000 to the City of Miami, Florida for the OpSail 
Miami 2000 cultural exchange program;
      --$500,000 to the Tubman African American Museum in 
Macon, Georgia for development of a new facility;
      --$400,000 to the City of Savannah, Georgia for 
development of a youth facilty;
      --$500,000 to Rockdale County, Georgia for the 
development of Georgia Veterans' Park;
      --$500,000 to the Village of Hampshire, Illinois to 
construct new drinking water facilities;
      --$500,000 to the Haymarket Center in Haymarket, Illinois 
for a community and family learning center;
      --$750,000 to Edward Hospital in Naperville, Illinois for 
the construction of a women and children's pavillion;
      --$250,000 to the Town of Cortland, Illinois for water 
treatment facility improvements;
      --$250,000 to the Town of Steward, Illinois for water 
treatment facility improvements;
      --$500,000 to Loyola University, Illinois for expansion 
of their computer and information resource centers;
      --$500,000 to the Safe Haven Foundation, Inc. in 
Indianapolis, Indiana to expand domestic violence shelters and 
related services;
      --$250,000 to Ball State University, Indiana for the 
development of the Workforce Technology Enhancement Project;
      --$500,000 to Tri-State University, Indiana for the 
expansion, renewal, and renovation of their Business and 
Engineering Departments, including the Tri-State Leadership 
Institute and Center;
      --$1,000,000 to the Home of the Innocents in Louisville, 
Kentucky for the expansion and relocation of a facility to help 
abused children;
      --$500,000 to the Wayne County, Kentucky Historical 
Society to complete the renovation and restoration of the Wayne 
County Historical Museum;
      --$500,000 to the Kentucky Highlands Investment 
Corporation in London, Kentucky for expansion of a venture 
capital fund;
      --$500,000 to the Center for Rural Development in 
Somerset, Kentucky for continued development and training for a 
regional teleconferencing network;
      --$250,000 to Bell County, Kentucky for renovation of the 
Pine Mountain Park Amphitheater;
      --$250,000 to the Magoffin County, Kentucky Historical 
Society for the expansion of the Pioneer Tourist Information 
and Visitor Center;
      --$250,000 to Montgomery County, Kentucky for 
redevelopment of a community center;
      --$300,000 to the Port of South Louisiana for the 
expansion of the Globalplex Intermodal Terminal Facility;
      --$100,000 to the City of New Iberia, Louisiana for 
economic development and revitalization of the downtown area;
      --$50,000 to the City of Thibodaux, Louisiana for 
infrastructure improvements to the Civic Center;
      --$50,000 to St. Charles Parish, Louisiana for the 
enhancement of the parks and recreation system;
      --$100,000 to Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana for 
enhancements and upgrades to their Disaster Communications 
Center;
      --$100,000 to Nicholls State University in Louisiana for 
expansion and development of the Family and Consumer Science 
Program;
      --$300,000 to Wayne State University in Michigan for 
infrastructure improvements to the Merrill-Palmer Institute's 
child care research facilities;
      --$500,000 to Wayne County, Michigan for enhancement of 
geographical information systems to expedite economic 
development;
      --$100,000 to the City of Detroit, Michigan for the 
Covenant House, a long-term transitional living facility for 
homeless adults;
      --$250,000 to the National Eagle Center community 
development project in Wabasha, Minnesota;
      --$1,100,000 to the City of Fulton, Mississippi for water 
infrastructure improvements for the Northeast Mississippi 
Regional Water Supply District;
      --$200,000 to the Town of Sardis, Mississippi for 
economic development and related infrastructure and 
recreational facilities;
      --$550,000 to the City of Lincoln, Nebraska for Cedars 
Youth Services for the development of a youth home;
      --$750,000 to Wake Forest University in North Carolina 
for the continued development of the University's Baptist 
Medical Center;
      --$250,000 to the Town of Berlin, New Hampshire for the 
Northern Forest Heritage Park;
      --$300,000 to the Town of Tamworth, New Hampshire for the 
construction of a multi-service community center;
      --$1,000,000 to the Child Health Institute in New Jersey 
for development;
      --$550,000 to the Morris County Urban League, New Jersey 
to support community outreach and child care initiatives;
      --$100,000 to the Town of Dover, New Jersey to renovate 
and establish El Primer Paso, an early childhood education 
center;
      --$350,000 to the Morris Area Girl Scout Council in 
Randolph, New Jersey for upgrading facilities at Jockey Hollow 
campgrounds;
      --$300,000 to the County of Bernalillo, New Mexico to 
conduct a feasibility study and design for the Wheels Museum;
      --$200,000 to the City of Albuquerque, New Mexico for 
restoration planning and design of the Albuquerque Little 
Theatre;
      --$1,000,000 to the Buffalo Economic Renaissance 
Corporation in New York for the development of the Atlantic 
Corridor business exchange and education program;
      --$345,000 to Wayne County, New York for anti-erosion 
measures and construction on Port Bay Barrier Bar;
      --$500,000 to the Water Systems Council in Glenellen, 
Illinois for rural water infrastructure;
      --$155,000 to the Town of Amherst, New York for 
rehabilitation of the Amherst Senior Center;
      --$750,000 to Rural Opportunities, Inc. in Rochester, New 
York for the establishment of the Rural Opportunities 
Affordable Housing Alliance to expand housing opportunities in 
rural communities;
      --$700,000 to the Port Authority of New York and New 
Jersey for construction and dredging of the Arthur Kill at 
Howland Hook Marine Terminal;
      --$100,000 to the New York City Economic Development 
Corporation for the Fifth Avenue Reconstruction in Bay Bridge, 
Brooklyn, New York;
      --$750,000 to the State University of New York at 
Stonybrook in Islip, New York for the Center for Emerging 
Technology;
      --$1,000,000 to Carnegie Hall in New York City, New York 
for the Third Stage Project;
      --$400,000 to Neve Yerushalayim College in Brooklyn, New 
York for the development of a Residential Community Center;
      --$500,000 to the Town of Babylon, New York for 
revitalization of the Babylon Citizen's Cultural Resource 
Center;
      --$1,000,000 to the Town of Massena, New York for the 
construction of the St. Lawrence Aquarium and Environmental 
Research Institute;
      --$1,000,000 to the County of Schuyler, New York for the 
Schuyler County Partnership for Economic Development to develop 
a business park and revitalize Watkins Glen International;
      --$200,000 to the New York Institute of Technology for 
the rehabilitation of Robbins Hall;
      --$200,000 to the Village of Amityville, New York for 
construction and revitalization of the Village's downtown area;
      --$3,000,000 to Olympic Regional Development Authority, 
New York for upgrades at Mt. Van Hoevenberg Sports Complex;
      --$500,000 to the Village of Freeport, New York to 
revitalize the Nautical Mile;
      --$275,000 to the Town of New Brunswick, New York for the 
extension of a water line to a senior housing project;
      --$225,000 to the Town of East Greenbush, New York for 
road infrastructure improvements;
      --$450,000 to the County of Cortland, New York for the 
acquisition and remediation of the Contento scrapyard;
      --$1,000,000 to St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center for 
the Central New York Cardiac Care and Hemodialysis Enhancement 
Center in Syracuse, New York;
      --$250,000 to the City of Syracuse, New York for 
renovations to the Media Unit Building;
      --$450,000 to the City of Syracuse, New York for the 
renovation and revitalization of the Everson Museum;
      --$1,000,000 to the University of Syracuse in New York 
for rehabilitation and community redevelopment of the Marshall 
Street area;
      --$450,000 to the City of Syracuse, New York for 
rehabilitation and conversion of part of the former NYNEX 
building into a parking garage;
      --$500,000 to Onondaga County, New York for 
infrastructure improvements involved in the expansion of the 
New Venture Gear Facility;
      --$500,000 to the City of Syracuse, New York for 
renovations to the O.M. Edwards Building;
      --$250,000 to the City of Syracuse, New York for 
renovations to the Dunbar Center;
      --$440,000 to the Village of Weedsport, New York for the 
construction of a water storage facility;
      --$150,000 to the City of Auburn, New York for renovation 
of the Schine Theater;
      --$100,000 to the Village of Newark Valley, New York for 
the construction of a new well;
      --$160,000 to the Town of Victory, New York for the 
extension of a water line;
      --$300,000 to the Town of Elbridge, New York for 
extension of a water line to provide additional fire protection 
for the Tessy Plastics facility;
      --$500,000 to the Southeastern Otsego Health Center in 
Worchester, New York to enhance their health care facilities;
      --$500,000 to the Dominican College in Orangeburg, New 
York to establish a Center for Health Sciences;
      --$600,000 to the New York State Education and Research 
Network for support of advanced application implementation on 
high performance networks;
      --$500,000 to the State University of New York at Albany, 
New York to establish an economic development/workforce 
training initiative;
      --$700,000 to the Hebrew Academy for Special Children in 
New York for expansion of a developmentally disabled children 
program;
      --$250,000 to the Orange County Mental Health Association 
in Orange County, New York to provide enhanced health care 
services;
      --$700,000 to the University Colleges of Technology of 
the State University of New York for the development of the 
Telecommunications Center for Education;
      --$700,000 to the Children's Center of Brooklyn, New York 
for the construction of a facility to house educational and 
therapeutic programs for disabled preschool children;
      --$1,000,000 to Wittenberg University, Ohio for 
rehabilitation and renovation of a Science Center facility;
      --$500,000 to the Greene County, Ohio Park District to 
construct a composite materials bicycle/pedestrian bridge;
      --$1,000,000 to Holmes County, Ohio for the construction 
of a wellness center;
      --$400,000 to the University of Cincinnati for renovation 
of the medical science building;
      --$1,500,000 to the City of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma for 
the loan fund created to assist with recovery efforts from the 
Oklahoma City bombing;
      --$360,000 to the Borough of New Hope, Pennsylvania for 
redevelopment and revitalization of the site formerly known as 
Union Camp;
      --$40,000 to the Township of Tinicum, Pennsylvania for a 
floodplain delineation/hydraulic modeling study;
      --$400,000 to Wyoming County, Pennsylvania for a 
radiological facility at the Tyler Memorial Hospital in 
Tunkhannock;
      --$500,000 to Calhoon County, South Carolina for economic 
development and infrastructure improvements;
      --$300,000 to Carter County, Tennessee for road 
construction and water infrastructure improvements;
      --$300,000 to the ArtSpace Victory Arts Center in Texas 
for the revitalization of the Our Lady of Victory Convent;
      --$350,000 to the City of Lubbock, Texas for development 
of the American Wind Power Center;
      --$350,000 to the City of Lubbock, Texas for the Texas 
Aviation Heritage Foundation;
      --$1,000,000 million to the Salt Lake City Organizing 
Committee for housing infrastructure improvements for the 
Olympics and Paralympics;
      --$50,000 to the Town of Shenandoah, Virginia for the 
establishment of a comprehensive economic development strategy;
      --$1,000,000 to Warren County, Virginia for asbestos 
remediation and lead paint removal at the Avtex Superfund Site 
in Front Royal, Virginia;
      --$500,000 to Fairfax County, Virginia to revitalize low 
and moderate income housing;
      --$500,000 to the George Mason University in Virginia to 
develop and enhance the National Center for Technology and the 
Law;
      --$500,000 to the City of Covington, Washington to 
replace substandard water lines in the Covington Water 
District/Timberline Estate Development;
      --$50,000 to the City of Enumclaw, Washington for the 
development of a Welcome Center Facility;
      --$1,000,000 to the National Children's Advocacy Center 
in Huntsville, Alabama for the establishment of a research and 
training facility;
      --$200,000 to Alabama A&M University in Normal, Alabama 
for the renovation of historic buildings on the university's 
campus;
      --$150,000 to the Children's Museum of the Shoals in 
Florence, Alabama for the establishment of a hands-on discovery 
museum;
      --$125,000 to the Princess Theater in Decatur, Alabama 
for the renovation and operation of the current facility;
      --$25,000 to the Limestone County Veteran's Museum and 
Archives in Limestone County, Alabama for establishment of a 
veteran's museum in the City of Athens, Alabama;
      --$250,000 to the Arizona Science Center in Yuma, Arizona 
for its after-school program for inner-city youth;
      --$150,000 to the City of Yuma, Arizona for its downtown 
rejuvenation project involving the Historic Yuma Theatre;
      --$100,000 to the City of Phoenix, Arizona for the 
Westwood Neighborhood Redevelopment Project;
      --$250,000 to the Central American Resource Center 
(CARECEN) in Los Angeles, California for the rehabilitation of 
the Youth and Family Technology and Education Floor at its 
community center;
      --$400,000 to the County of Merced, California for 
planning for UC-Merced and University Village;
      --$400,000 to the City of Culver City, California for 
construction of the Culver City Senior Center;
      --$400,000 to the Los Angeles Neighborhood Initiative 
(LANI) for the South Robertson Neighborhood project;
      --$150,000 to the Carmel Highlands Fire Protection 
District, California for the construction of a new fire 
station;
      --$150,000 to the City of Hollister, California for the 
construction of a new fire station;
      --$200,000 to the City of Alhambra, California for the 
Fire Station Training Center Project;
      --$100,000 to the City of Norwalk, California for 
construction of a new senior citizen center;
      --$200,000 to the City of Maywood, California for the 
design and construction of a community center for at-risk youth 
and seniors;
      --$10,000 to the City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs 
Department in Los Angeles, California for the Chinatown Gateway 
Project to build an archway in Chinatown;
      --$80,000 to the City of Los Angeles, California for the 
redevelopment of the Sears and Prison Industrial sites in the 
downtown area;
      --$100,000 to The East Los Angeles Community Union 
(TELACU) in Los Angeles, California for the renovation of a 
sixty-acre industrial park;
      --$10,000 to the Los Angeles County Community Development 
Commission in Los Angeles, California for a telemedicine 
program in the east Los Angeles area;
      --$300,000 to the City of San Leandro, California for the 
Gateway to the East Bay Initiative;
      --$100,000 to the Pacific Union College in Angwin, 
California for the Napa Valley Resource Center job training 
program;
      --$400,000 to the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment 
Agency in Sacramento, California for the rehabilitation of the 
Franklin Villa housing development;
      --$500,000 to the City of New Haven, Connecticut for the 
restoration and rehabilitation of the West River Memorial Park;
      --$200,000 to the Mystic Seaport in Mystic, Connecticut 
for the design and construction of the American Maritime 
Education and Research Center;
      --$300,000 to Building Bridges Across the River in 
Washington, District of Columbia for the continued development 
and construction of a recreation and performing arts center in 
Ward 8;
      --$400,000 to the City of Monticello, Florida for the 
refurbishment of the Jefferson County High School building as a 
community center;
      --$1,700,000 to the City of Miami, Florida for the 
development of a Homeownership Zone to assist residents 
displaced by the demolition of public housing in the Model City 
area;
      --$300,000 to the City of Gainesville, Florida for the 
planning, design and implementation of the Depot Avenue 
Project;
      --$400,000 to the City of Atlanta, Georgia for the design 
and construction of a community center adjacent to the Martin 
Luther King, Jr. Historic District;
      --$350,000 to the City of East St. Louis, Illinois for 
the renovation of the former Cannady School into a Vocational 
Charter School;
      --$1,000,000 to the Rush-Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical 
Center in Chicago, Illinois for the design, construction and 
operation of a research center for the elderly;
      --$250,000 to Black Hawk College in East Moline, Illinois 
for the design and construction of a business and continuing 
education conference center;
      --$200,000 to the City of Harvey, Illinois to establish a 
pilot program for neighborhood stabilization, including 
demolition of vacant homes, land-banking of vacant properties 
and renovation of occupied homes;
      --$200,000 to the Illinois International Port District in 
Chicago, Illinois for dockwall repairs at Port of Chicago and 
Lake Calumet;
      --$300,000 to the City of Chicago, Illinois for the South 
Chicago Housing Initiative at the former USX South Works site;
      --$200,000 to the Village of Chicago Ridge, Illinois for 
the construction of a municipal law enforcement complex;
      --$200,000 to the Township of Stickney, Illinois for the 
renovation of the Stickney Township North Clinic;
      --$400,000 to Wyatt Community Life Center in Chicago, 
Illinois for health, education and job training needs of 
underserved populations;
      --$200,000 to the City of Elkhart, Indiana for the 
continuation of the Building the American Dream initiative;
      --$500,000 to the Town of Griffith, Indiana for 
stormwater and sewer separation;
      --$100,000 to Northern Kentucky University in Highland 
Heights, Kentucky for the purchase of computers, books and 
supplies at the Urban Learning Center;
      --$500,000 to the City of Boston, Massachusetts for 
redevelopment in the historic Tremont Street midtown area;
      --$400,000 to the Springfield Library and Museum 
Association in Springfield, Massachusetts for construction and 
infrastructure improvement needs related to a national memorial 
and park honoring Theodor Geisel;
      --$250,000 to the Greater Holyoke YMCA in Holyoke, 
Massachusetts for the continuation of the Expanding Horizons 
Downtown for Children and Families capital campaign;
      --$250,000 to Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts 
for construction of the National Center for Science Education;
      --$500,000 to the University of Maryland in College Park, 
Maryland for the renovation of the James McGregor Burn Academy 
of Leadership;
      --$100,000 to the Bowie-Crofton Business and Professional 
Women's (BPW) Choices and Challenges Program in Bowie, Maryland 
for the purchase of computers, educational software and other 
educational materials;
      --$600,000 to Macomb Township, Michigan for site 
preparation, site development and equipment purchase related to 
Waldenburg Park;
      --$600,000 to the City of St. Clair Shores, Michigan for 
enhancement of the Jefferson Avenue corridor;
      --$400,000 to the City of Pontiac, Michigan for the 
renovation and rehabilitation of the Strand Theatre;
      --$275,000 to Fairview Health Services in Elk River, 
Minnesota for the expansion of the Elk River primary care 
clinic;
      --$600,000 to the Minneapolis Urban League City of 
Minneapolis, Minnesota for planning and construction of a 
multi-purpose business development center in north Minneapolis;
      --$100,000 to Better Family Life in St. Louis, Missouri 
for construction of a new facility;
      --$50,000 to the Black World History Wax Museum in St. 
Louis, Missouri for structural renovations and accessibility 
improvements;
      --$100,000 to the Black Repertory Company in St. Louis, 
Missouri for renovation of a facility;
      --$250,000 for People's Health Centers in St. Louis, 
Missouri for the construction of an elderly day care and 
physical fitness center;
      --$1,000,000 to the St. Louis City Department of Parks, 
Recreation and Forestry in St. Louis, Missouri for the ongoing 
restoration of Forest Park;
      --$500,000 to the St. Louis City Department of Parks, 
Recreation and Forestry in St. Louis, Missouri for 
modernization of facilities and restorations at Carondelet 
Park;
      --$200,000 to the Union Station Assistance Corporation in 
Kansas City, Missouri for construction of the passenger rail 
services facility;
      --$200,000 to the City of Jackson, Mississippi for the 
capitalization of a home mortgage program for first-time home 
buyers;
      --$200,000 to the City of Jackson, Mississippi for the 
capitalization of a home improvement loan program;
      --$400,000 to Greene County Health Care in Snow Hill, 
North Carolina for facility enhancements;
      --$250,000 to the Town of Navassa, North Carolina for the 
construction of a community center;
      --$600,000 to the City of Durham, North Carolina for the 
Durham Regional Finance Center to acquire and renovate office 
space;
      --$250,000 to the Town of Chapel Hill, North Carolina for 
the activities of the Community Land Trust in Orange County;
      --$250,000 to the Community Reinvestment Association of 
North Carolina in Raleigh, North Carolina for economic literacy 
activities;
      --$200,000 to the Eagle Village Community Development 
Corporation in Durham, North Carolina for community development 
activities;
      --$200,000 for the Park Performing Arts Center in Union 
City, New Jersey for facilities renovation;
      --$300,000 to the City of Newark, New Jersey for the 
restoration and beautification of area urban parks;
      --$1,000,000 to Little Flowers Children's Services in 
Wading River, New York for construction of residential colleges 
and for educational and therapeutic services to children who 
have been separated from their parents;
      --$400,000 to the City of Kingston, New York for the 
rehabilitation and renovation of its City Hall;
      --$950,000 for the Town of Tonawanda, New York, for 
construction of low-income and mixed income housing, giving 
priority to the Blind Association of Western New York for 
construction of low-income and mixed income housing for 
physically disabled persons;
      --$500,000 to the City of New Rochelle, New York for 
streetscape improvements to North Avenue;
      --$200,000 to the New York Foundation for Senior Citizens 
for construction of an 89 unit senior citizens apartment 
complex in New York County, New York;
      --$400,000 to the Bronx Museum of the Arts in New York, 
New York for infrastructure improvements, construction, 
renovation, operation and facility upgrades;
      --$150,000 to the Mount Hope Housing Company in New York, 
New York for renovation of a multi-use community center;
      --$150,000 to the New York City Department of Parks and 
Recreation in New York, New York for phase three of the 
rebuilding and restoration of Joyce Kilmer Park in South Bronx, 
New York;
      --$170,000 to the David Hochstein Memorial Music School 
in New York for renovations and equipment related to a historic 
church sanctuary to serve as a performance hall;
      --$80,000 to the Rochester Association of Performing 
Arts, School of Performing Arts in New York for restoration and 
renovation of the School;
      --$200,000 to the City of Dayton, Ohio for land 
acquisition for the Tool Town precision metalworking park;
      --$1,400,000 to the City of Toledo, Ohio for improvements 
to central city neighborhoods and rejuvenation near the 
downtown historic commercial district, in cooperation with area 
not-for-profit community development corporations;
      --$700,000 to the Ohio Department of Development in 
Columbus, Ohio for the Safe Water Fund and rural development 
initiatives including cultural arts centers in Lucas, Fulton, 
Wood and Ottawa Counties, Ohio;
      --$200,000 to the City of Detroit, Oregon for sewer 
system design engineering in cooperation with the City of 
Idanha, Oregon;
      --$200,000 to the Regional Industrial Development 
Corporation of Southwestern Pennsylvania's Growth Fund in 
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for asbestos abatement and removal of 
blast furnace stocks located on the Duquesne and McKeesport 
brownfield sites in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania;
      --$200,000 to the Schuylkill County Fire Fighters 
Association for a smoke-maze building on the grounds of the 
firefighters facility in Morea, Pennsylvania;
      --$300,000 to the City of Nanticoke, Pennsylvania for 
economic development initiatives;
      --$500,000 to Camp Kon-O-Kwee/Spencer YMCA camp in Beaver 
County, Pennsylvania for construction of a wastewater treatment 
facility;
      --$350,000 to Rostraver Township, Westmoreland County, 
Pennsylvania for wastewater infrastructure upgrades and 
extension of sanitary sewer lines into previously unserved 
areas;
      --$540,000 to the Cambria County Commissioners in Cambria 
County, Pennsylvania for the design and construction of a 
recreation facility in northern Cambria County;
      --$260,000 to the Fort Ligonier Association in 
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania for restoration of Fort 
Ligonier;
      --$500,000 to the Indiana County Commissioners in 
Indiana, Pennsylvania for rehabilitation of the downtown area;
      --$300,000 to Mount Aloysius College in Cresson, 
Pennsylvania for the restoration of a historic boiler house;
      --$500,000 to Fallingwater in Mill Run, Pennsylvania for 
rehabilitation of concrete cantilevers;
      --$500,000 to the Johnstown Area Heritage Association in 
Johnstown, Pennsylvania for facilities renovation and 
exhibition development;
      --$250,000 to the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) for the 
renovation and restoration of the UPR Theater;
      --$500,000 to the Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester Council 
of Governments for planning and construction of the Parkers 
Ferry Community Center in Charleston County, South Carolina;
      --$400,000 to Lee County, South Carolina for the 
renovation of the old Ashwood School into a community center;
      --$100,000 to the Town of Santee, South Carolina for 
construction of the Santee Cultural Arts and Visitor's Center;
      --$250,000 to the Memphis Zoo in Memphis, Tennessee for 
the Northwest Passage Campaign;
      --$400,000 to the City of Waco, Texas for unmet housing 
needs;
      --$400,000 to the Natural Gas Vehicle Coalition in 
Arlington, Virginia for expansion of the Airport-Alternative 
Fuel Vehicle Demonstration Project to Dallas-Fort Worth Airport 
and other locations nationally;
      --$150,000 to the Acres Home Citizen's Chamber of 
Commerce in Houston, Texas for services provided through the 
Acres Home Consortium;
      --$50,000 to the South Dallas Fairpark Inner City 
Community Development Corporation in Dallas, Texas for 
community housing development programs;
      --$50,000 to the Southfair Community Development 
Corporation in Dallas, Texas for community housing development 
programs;
      --$100,000 to the West Dallas Neighborhood Development 
Corporation in Dallas, Texas for community housing development 
programs;
      --$250,000 to Arlington-Alexandria Coalition for the 
Homeless (AACH) in Arlington, Virginia for the purchase of the 
property that houses its Community Resource Center;
      --$250,000 to the Borromeo Housing Foundation in 
Arlington, Virginia to establish a permanent Second Chance Home 
for unwed mothers;
      --$200,000 to the Campagna Center in Alexandria, Virginia 
to support the This Way House program;
      --$250,000 to the City of Virginia Beach, Virginia for 
the Virginia Marine Science Museum's Phase III expansion plan;
      --$300,000 to the Admiral Theater Foundation in 
Bremerton, Washington for continuing renovations and 
improvements at the Admiral Theatre;
      --$100,000 to the City of Tacoma, Washington for 
supplementation of the Tacoma Housing Trust Fund;
      --$400,000 to the City of Madison, Wisconsin for 
affordable housing initiatives;
      --$900,000 to the West Virginia School of Osteopathic 
Medicine Foundation in Lewisburg, West Virginia for the 
construction of a multi-use museum and cultural education 
center;
      --$900,000 to the Southern West Virginia Community and 
Technical College in Williamson, West Virginia for the 
construction, equipping and furnishing of a library;
      --$250,000 to the Berkeley County, West Virginia 
Commission for the Historic Baltimore and Ohio Roundhouse 
Renovation Project;
      --$225,000 to the Gilmer County, West Virginia Commission 
for a museum and cultural education center;
      --$500,000 to the Gilmer County, West Virginia Commission 
for the planning and construction of a senior center;
      --$225,000 to the Calhoun County, West Virginia 
Commission for a museum and cultural education center;
      --$700,000 to the Kanawha County, West Virginia 
Commission for the activities of the Upper Kanawha Valley 
Enterprise Community;
      --$2,000,000 to the Vandalia Heritage Foundation for 
promotion of community and economic development;
      --$1,150,000 to the City of Fairmont, West Virginia to be 
distributed as follows: $1,000,000 to the Fairmont Community 
Development Partnership, and $150,000 to the Women's Club of 
Fairmont;
      --$300,000 to the Marion County Camp Board Association in 
Marion County, West Virginia for facilities enhancement at Camp 
Mar-Mac;
      --$1,000,000 to the City of Shinnston, West Virginia for 
design and construction of city park facilities;
      --$500,000 to the Mid-Atlantic Aerospace Complex in 
Bridgeport, West Virginia for economic development efforts;
      --$300,000 to the Institute for Software Research in 
Fairmont, West Virginia for capital equipment, operational 
expenses and program development;
      --$100,000 to the St. Louis County Port Authority for the 
remediation of the National Lead Site;
      --$500,000 for the City of Union for infrastructure 
improvements to the Union Corporate Center, Missouri;
      --$1,000,000 for City of Knoxville, Tennessee for 
economic development training for low-income people;
      --$700,000 for the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency for 
the preservation of federally assisted low-income housing at 
risk of being lost as affordable housing;
      --$1,700,000 for the Sheldon Jackson College Auditorium 
in Sitka, Alaska for refurbishing;
      --$250,000 for Northern Initiatives in the Upper 
Peninsula of Michigan for the capitalization of a training 
endowment fund;
      --$1,500,000 for Focus HOPE for the expansion of its 
Machinist Training Institute in Detroit, Michigan;
      --$1,000,000 for the construction of a fire station 
project in Logan, Utah;
      --$900,000 for Ogden, Utah for downtown redevelopment;
      --$750,000 for Billings, Montana for the redevelopment of 
the Billings Depot;
      --$900,000 for Libby, Montana for the construction of a 
community center;
      --$1,000,000 for Mississippi State University for the 
renovation of buildings;
      --$1,200,000 for the City of Madison, Mississippi to 
renovate a gateway to historic downtown Madison;
      --$900,000 for Providence, Rhode Island for the 
renovation of the Providence performing Arts Center;
      --$1,000,000 for the Bidwell Industrial Development 
Corporation the Harbor Gardens development project;
      --$500,000 for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for the 
expansion of the Pennsylvania Convention Center;
      --$1,000,000 for the City of Jackson, Mississippi to 
create a housing rehabilitation program;
      --$650,000 for Monessen, Pennsylvania for the development 
of a business development and support facility;
      --$800,000 for the City of Wilkes-Barre for downtown 
revitalization;
      --$500,000 for the Friends of the Capitol Theater for the 
renovation of the Capitol Theater in Dover, Delaware;
      --$2,000,000 for the Idaho Bureau of Disaster Services 
for the restoration of Milo Creek;
      --$500,000 for the Clearwater Economic Development 
Association for planning for the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial 
celebration;
      --$1,000,000 for the Developmental Disabilities Resource 
Center to provide services to persons with disabilities in the 
Front Range area of Colorado;
      --$600,000 for the City of Montrose, Colorado to develop 
affordable, low-income housing;
      --$1,400,000 for the Columbia/Adair County Industrial 
Development Authority in Kentucky for infrastructure 
development for the Columbia/Adair County Industrial Park 
Development;
      --$800,000 for the University of Findlay in Ohio to 
expand its National Center for Excellence in Environmental 
Management facility;
      --$500,000 for MSU-Billings in Billings, Montana for the 
development of a business development and support facility;
      --$500,000 for the City of Brookhaven, Mississippi to 
renovate historic Whitworth College buildings and related 
improvements;
      --$1,500,000 for the Bethel Pre-Maternal Home in Bethel, 
Alaska for expansion;
      --$3,500,000 for the University of Alaska Fairbanks 
Museum in Fairbanks, Alaska;
      --$1,200,000 for Forum Health of Youngstown, Ohio for a 
hospital conversion project;
      --$2,200,000 for the Pacific Science Center for the 
construction of the Mercer Slough Environmental Education 
Center;
      --$1,000,000 for the Tacoma Art Museum in Tacoma, 
Washington for expansion;
      --$300,000 for the Portsmouth, New Hampshire City Housing 
Authority for the development of a multiple use recreation and 
learning center;
      --$300,000 for the City of Concord for community and 
neighborhood improvements;
      --$100,000 for the City of Nashua, New Hampshire for a 
river front project;
      --$75,000 for the Manchester Neighborhood Housing 
Services in Manchester, New Hampshire;
      --$200,000 for Vergennes, Vermont for the renovation and 
expansion of the Vergennes Opera House;
      --$1,000,000 for the renovation and expansion of the 
Flynn Theatre in Burlington, Vermont;
      --$75,000 for the French Hill Neighborhood Housing 
Services in Nashua, New Hampshire;
      --$75,000 for the Concord Area Trust for Community 
Housing in Concord, New Hampshire;
      --$375,000 for the Town of Winchester, New Hampshire to 
tear down an old leather tannery;
      --$2,500,000 for the Kansas City Liberty Memorial 
renovation and restoration;
      --$1,500,000 for the American National Fish and Wildlife 
Museum in Springfield, Missouri for construction;
      --$100,000 for the City of Claremont, New Hampshire to 
upgrade and repair their public parks service;
      --$75,000 for the Laconia Area Community Land Trust in 
Laconia, New Hampshire;
      --$200,000 for the Town of Barre, Vermont for the 
construction of a business incubator building in the Wilson 
Industrial Park;
      --$400,000 for Housing Vermont to construct affordable 
housing in Bellows Falls, Vermont;
      --$200,000 for the Vermont Center for Independent Living 
for its Home Access program;
      --$100,000 for the Bennington Museum in Bennington, 
Vermont;
      --$600,000 for the Vermont Rural Fire Protection Task 
Force for the purchase of equipment;
      --$900,000 for the Home Repair Collaborative in 
Indianapolis, Indiana for the repair of low-income housing;
      --$1,900,000 for the City of Montgomery, Alabama for the 
redevelopment of its riverfront area;
      --$1,500,000 for the planning and construction of a 
regional learning center at Spring Hill College in Montgomery, 
Alabama;
      --$1,500,000 for the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center 
for the development of a greenhouse complex;
      --$500,000 for Calhoun Community College, Advance 
Manufacturing Center in Decatur, Alabama for the development of 
an advanced manufacturing center;
      --$500,000 for the Clay County Courthouse rehabilitation 
project in Clay County, Alabama;
      --$1,800,000 for the renovation of Bates Mill in 
Lewiston, Maine;
      --$800,000 for Coastal Enterprises, Inc for rural 
economic development and housing initiatives in Kennebec and 
Somerset Counties;
      --$1,300,000 for the City of Fort Worth, Texas for 
building renovation associated with the development of the Fort 
Worth Medtech Center;
      --$1,000,000 for the Southwest Collaborative for 
Community Development for low-income housing and economic 
development in the southwest border area of Texas;
      --$750,000 for Houston, Texas to establish a Distance 
Learning Center as part of a ``campus park'' redevelopment in 
the Stella Link community;
      --$1,650,000 for Farmington, New Mexico for the 
renovation of Ricketts Field;
      --$1,000,000 for New Mexico Highlands University for its 
Science and Engineering Complex;
      --$800,000 for the National Institute for Community 
Empowerment for its capacity building efforts in underserved 
communities;
      --$250,000 for the City of Santa Ana, California for the 
establishment of the IDEA center;
      --$750,000 for the First AME Church in Los Angeles, 
California for the development of a business incubator;
      --$750,000 for the City of Riverside, California for the 
development of Citrus Park;
      --$500,000 for the City of Inglewood, California for the 
construction of a senior center;
      --$750,000 for the City of San Francisco, California for 
the redevelopment of the Laguna Honda Assisted Living/Housing 
for Seniors;
      --$250,000 for the Southside Institutions Neighborhood 
Alliance in Hartford, Connecticut for downtown renovation;
      --$250,000 for the University of Connecticut for the 
construction of a biotechnology facility;
      --$1,500,000 for Fairfield University for the Information 
Technology Center, Fairfield, Connecticut;
      --$500,000 for the Mark Twain House Visitor's Center in 
Hartford, Connecticut;
      --$500,000 for the Bushnell Theater, Hartford, 
Connecticut for renovation efforts;
      --$700,000 for Bethune-Cookman College in Daytona Beach, 
Florida for the development of a community services student 
union;
      --$500,000 for Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia for 
renovation of the Spelman College Science Center;
      --$1,150,000 for the City of Moultrie, Georgia for 
environmental mitigation and redevelopment of the Swift 
Building;
      --$150,000 for the County of Maui, Hawaii to assist the 
Island of Molokai for capacity development related to its 
status as an Enterprise Community;
      --$1,000,000 for Honolulu, Hawaii to implement the Kahuku 
Drainage Plan;
      --$350,000 for the Maui Family Support Services, Inc. for 
the creation of an early childhood center in Maui County, 
Hawaii;
      --$500,000 for Wailuku, Hawaii for revitalization 
efforts;
      --$500,000 for the City of Waterloo, Iowa for the 
development of affordable, low-income housing;
      --$500,000 for Des Moines, Iowa for south of downtown 
redevelopment;
      --$500,000 for the Muscatine Center for Strategic Action 
in Wilton, Iowa for the operation of a nonprofit modular 
housing factory;
      --$1,000,000 for Sioux City, Iowa for the redevelopment 
of the Sioux City Stockyards;
      --$550,000 for Audubon Institute Living Sciences Museum 
for the restoration of a New Orleans, Louisiana, Customs House;
      --$500,000 for Dillard University in New Orleans, 
Louisiana for assisting persons in the transition from welfare 
to work;
      --$250,000 for the National Center for the Revitalization 
of Central Cities, New Orleans, Louisiana for the development 
of redevelopment strategies;
      --$1,500,000 for the University of Maryland-Eastern Shore 
in Princess Anne, Maryland for the development of a Coastal 
Ecology Teaching and Research Center;
      --$1,500,000 for Prince Georges County, Maryland for the 
revitalization of the Route 1 corridor;
      --$250,000 for the Hampden/Hampshire Housing Partnership 
Loan Fund in western Massachusetts for the development of 
affordable housing;
      --$250,000 for the City of Lowell, Massachusetts for 
downtown redevelopment;
      --$250,000 for the City of Lawrence, Massachusetts for 
the City of Lawrence Loan and Investment Program;
      --$500,000 for the Boys & Girls Club of Boston in 
Chelsea, Massachusetts for construction of a clubhouse;
      --$500,000 for Assumption College in Worcester, 
Massachusetts for construction of the Lieutenant Joseph P. 
Kennedy, Jr. Memorial Science and Technology Center;
      --$250,000 for the City of Pontiac, Michigan for economic 
development activities;
      --$500,000 for City of Flint, Michigan for economic 
development activities;
      --$1,000,000 for the Minnesota Indian Primary Residential 
Treatment Center in Sawyer, Minnesota for the adolescent 
treatment center;
      --$500,000 for the Research Development Enterprise in 
Missoula, Montana for the advancement of university research 
activities;
      --$500,000 for the Panhandle Community Service in 
Scottsbluff, Nebraska for the construction of an early 
childhood development center;
      --$1,750,000 for the University of Nevada in Reno, Nevada 
for the Structures Laboratory;
      --$250,000 for Henderson, Nevada for downtown 
redevelopment;
      --$600,000 for the Boys & Girls Club of Las Vegas, Nevada 
for the renovation and expansion of existing facilities;
      --$250,000 for Willingboro, New Jersey for the 
revitalization of the Central Business Center;
      --$500,000 for Plainfield, New Jersey for the 
redevelopment of the Teppers building;
      --$200,000 for Trenton, New Jersey for the renovation of 
the YWCA's indoor swimming pool;
      --$500,000 for Gloucester County, New Jersey for downtown 
revitalization;
      --$1,000,000 for Children's House Hackensack University 
Medical Center in Hackensack, New Jersey for expansion;
      --$250,000 for Belen, New Mexico for the development of a 
recreation center;
      --$250,000 for Arroyo Seco Youth Center Hands Across 
Culture Corporation, New Mexico;
      --$500,000 for the Esperanza Domestic Violence Shelter in 
northern New Mexico for homeless services;
      --$500,000 for the Court Youth Center in Dona Ana County, 
New Mexico for renovation of their youth center;
      --$750,000 for the New York Public Library's Library for 
the Performing Arts for renovations;
      --$1,000,000 for Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones in 
North Dakota;
      --$850,000 for Turtle Mountain Economic Development and 
Education Complex in North Dakota;
      --$500,000 for the City of Providence, Rhode Island for 
the Nickerson Community Center for an assisted living facility 
for homeless veterans;
      --$100,000 for the South Providence Development 
Corporation in Providence, Rhode Island for a child care 
facility;
      --$2,000,000 for the Spartanburg School for the Deaf and 
the Blind in Spartanburg, South Carolina for a new dormitory;
      --$500,000 for the University of South Carolina School of 
Public Health to consolidate its programs in a new central 
location;
      --$1,000,000 for the University of South Dakota, in 
Vermillion, South Dakota for the expansion of Medical School 
research facilities;
      --$100,000 for the City of Flandreau, South Dakota for 
infrastructure improvements and economic development 
activities;
      --$100,000 for the City of Garretson, South Dakota for 
infrastructure improvements and economic development 
activities;
      --$100,000 for the City of Hot Springs, South Dakota for 
redevelopment activities;
      --$100,000 for the City of Sisseton, South Dakota to make 
infrastructure improvements at an industrial site in the 
community;
      --$250,000 for the City of Aberdeen, South Dakota for a 
community child daycare center;
      --$100,000 for the North Sioux City Economic Development 
Corporation in North Sioux, South Dakota for the construction 
of an industrial park;
      --$650,000 for Burlington, Vermont for downtown 
redevelopment;
      --$500,000 for the Kellog-Hubbard Library in Montpelier, 
Vermont for renovation and expansion;
      --$350,000 for Brattleboro, Vermont for downtown 
redevelopment;
      --$750,000 for Chittenden County, Vermont for the 
development of affordable low-income housing;
      --$250,000 for Lake Champlain Science Center, Burlington, 
Vermont;
      --$150,000 for the Southwest Virginia Governor's School 
for Science, Mathematics and Technology for improvements;
      --$500,000 for the Accomack-Northampton Planning District 
Commission for economic development on the Eastern Shore of 
Virginia;
      --$250,000 for For an Achievable Dream in Newport News, 
Virginia to help at-risk youth;
      --$500,000 for the Fremont Public Association in Seattle, 
Washington for construction costs related to its Community 
Resource Center;
      --$500,000 for the Puget Sound Center for Teaching, 
Learning and Technology in Seattle, Washington;
      --$200,000 for the University of Charleston in West 
Virginia for a basic skills and assessment lab;
      --$600,000 for Shepherd College in Shepherdstown, West 
Virginia for the renovation of Scarborough Library;
      --$4,000,000 for Wheeling Jesuit University in Wheeling, 
West Virginia for the construction of a science/computer 
teaching center;
      --$500,000 for the Town of Kimball, West Virginia for the 
restoration of the Kimball War Memorial;
      --$300,000 for Bethany College, in Bethany, West Virginia 
for the creation of a health and wellness center;
      --$200,000 for West Virginia State College to assist in 
creating a computer library;
      --$2,000,000 for the Center for the Arts & Sciences of 
West Virginia for the construction of a theater/planetarium;
      --$500,000 for the City of Milwaukee, Wisconsin for its 
Metcalfe Neighborhood Redevelopment Initiative;
      --$250,000 for the City of Beloit, Wisconsin for urban 
renewal activities;
      --$500,000 for the City of Milwaukee, Wisconsin for 
redevelopment activities in the Menomonee River Valley. 
Milwaukee, Wisconsin may transfer up to $200,000 of these funds 
to its Metcalfe Neighborhood Redevelopment Initiative;
      --$4,000,000 for the City of Hot Springs, Arkansas for 
the construction and hillside stabilization of the Downtown Hot 
Springs National Park parking facility;
      --$1,000,000 for Lewis and Clark College in Portland, 
Oregon for construction and program activities at Bicentennial 
Hall;
      --$250,000 for the Reedsport, Oregon for the expansion of 
exhibits and educational programs at Umpqua Discovery Center;
      --$1,000,000 for the Redevelopment Agency of Salt Lake 
City, Utah for the redevelopment of the Gateway District;
      --$500,000 for the Boys and Girls Club for the 
development of a Boys and Girls Club facility in Brownsville, 
Texas to serve at-risk youth;
      --$500,000 for the City of Beaumont, Texas to renovate 
the L. L. Melton YMCA to provide services to low-income 
families;
      --$1,000,000 for the Discovery Place Museum in Charlotte, 
North Carolina for modernization and program costs;
      --$500,000 for the American Cave and Karst Center in 
Horse Cave, Kentucky;
      --$900,000 for the Madison County Economic Development 
Authority for the development of the Central Mississippi 
Industrial Center in Madison, Mississippi;
      --$500,000 for the Borden Development Alliance to develop 
strategies and promote economic development in the United 
States-Mexico border region;
      --$1,000,000 for the Center for Science and Technology in 
Idaho Falls, Idaho for start-up costs to develop technology 
transfer and business development within Idaho;
      --$250,000 for the Thomas Jefferson Agricultural 
Institute in Missouri to develop programs supporting farmers 
and rural communities through diversification and value-added 
economic development;
      --$250,000 for the Hundley-Whaley telecommunications 
resource center in Albany, Missouri;
      --$350,000 for infrastructure and development activities 
associated with new housing in Moscow Mills, Missouri;
      --$300,000 for Kirksville, Missouri downtown 
redevelopment activities;
      --$350,000 to Maysville, Missouri for drinking water 
infrastructure improvements;
      --$250,000 to Moberly, Missouri for streetscape and curb 
improvements;
      --$500,000 to the Northeast Community Action Corporation 
of Missouri for low-income rural housing;
      --$250,000 to the Missouri Agriculture and Small Business 
Development Authority to complete market development activities 
that relate to beef and pork cooperative processing capacity 
such as in Macon, Missouri;
      --$500,000 for Anchorage, Alaska United Way for 
rehabilitation of a community services building;
      --$500,000 for the Sitka Pioneer Home in Sitka, Alaska 
for rehabilitation;
      --$100,000 to the University of Maryland--Baltimore 
County for an environmental center;
      --$600,000 to East Northport in Long Island, New York for 
construction of a sewage treatment facility;
      The conference report includes $55,000,000 for the 
Resident Opportunity and Supportive Services (ROSS) program, as 
proposed by both the House and the Senate, but deletes the 
specific $10,000,000 amount allocated by both the House and 
Senate within this item for grants for service coordinators and 
congregate housing services for the elderly and disabled. 
Rather, the conferees direct the Department to use sufficient 
funds within the ROSS program to renew all expiring service 
coordinator and congregate services grants (except those for 
which renewal is not considered appropriate due to poor 
performance, lack of continuing need, or similar 
circumstances), other than those for which renewal funding is 
made available elsewhere in this conference report. The 
conferees understand that the amount needed for these renewals 
exceeds the $10,000,000 allocated by the House and Senate, but 
have not inserted a new dollar amount because of uncertainties 
regarding the precise cost. The conference report also includes 
language proposed by the Senate restricting HUD from adding 
certain conditions to grants for service coordinators and 
congregate services.
      Deletes report language proposed by the Senate and not 
included by the House directing HUD to report on all projects 
funded under EDI grants awarded independently by HUD.
      Deletes report language proposed by the Senate and not 
included by the House directing HUD to conduct a close-out 
review of each EDI grant within five years of funding.
      Adds language proposed by the House authorizing 
YouthBuild to engage in capacity building activities.
      The conferees continue to expect Youthbuild programs to 
leverage private capital. This requirement emphasizes the value 
of local commitments as a state in these programs as well as 
additional resources available to assist in expansion.
      Inserts language proposed by the Senate and not included 
by the House to permanently transfer the New York Small Cities 
program to the State of New York. If, however, the program is 
not operating smoothly and effectively after one year, HUD may 
submit legislation to transfer the program back to the 
Department. The conferees will be following the results of this 
transfer and its implementation at the state level.
      The conferees note that the Governor of New York has 
stated that ``. . . New York has taken the necessary steps as 
set out by law and precedent to begin the transfer of this 
program from HUD to the State. In addition, the State has 
proposed an appropriate structure to administer the program and 
we have implemented an extensive consultation and public 
outreach process through which numerous citizens, local 
government and organizations participated in development of the 
comprehensive plan for our administration of the program.''
      The conferees direct that this transfer shall not affect 
any awards made by HUD prior to the enactment of these 
provisions, including multi-year awards, provided the awardee 
remains in compliance with all contract terms and applicable 
regulations. HUD is directed to continue to administer those 
awards that are under contract but have not yet been closed 
out. Furthermore, the conferees delete bill language 
conditioning award of other Small Cities funds on this transfer 
and clarify that only the Small Cities program for New York 
State is transferred.

                       brownfields redevelopment

      Appropriates $25,000,000 for brownfields redevelopment, 
as proposed by the Senate instead of $20,000,000 as proposed by 
the House.

                  home investment partnerships program

      Appropriates $1,600,000,000 for the HOME program, as 
proposed by the Senate instead of $1,580,000,000 as proposed by 
the House.
      Includes $15,000,000 for housing counseling, instead of 
$7,500,000 as proposed by the House and $20,000,000 as proposed 
by the Senate.
      Includes $5,000,000 for information systems as proposed 
by the House instead of no funding as proposed by the Senate.
      Includes an earmark of $2,000,000 for the National 
Housing Development Corporation, to demonstrate innovative 
methods of preserving affordable housing. The funding is 
intended to be used for start-up costs, operating expenses, and 
working capital.
      The conferees reiterate language included in the fiscal 
year 1999 conference report directing HUD to develop a process 
for measuring the performance of housing counseling agencies, 
and urge HUD to incorporate performance measurement 
requirements into future Notices of Funding Availability for 
the housing counseling program. Unless HUD provides solid 
information concerning the uses of these funds and the 
performance of grantees, the conferees will reluctantly 
consider making further reductions in the housing counseling 
program in future years.

                       homeless assistance grants

      Appropriates $1,020,000,000 for homeless assistance 
grants as proposed by the Senate instead of $970,000,000 as 
proposed by the House.
      Inserts language requiring at least 30% of the 
appropriation be directed to permanent housing, as proposed by 
the Senate. The House did not include this item.
      Inserts language requiring a 25% match by grantees for 
funding for services, as proposed by the Senate. The House did 
not include this item.
      Inserts language proposed by the Senate directing HUD to 
review any previously obligated amounts of assistance, and to 
deobligate the funds if the contracts are unlikely to be 
performed. The House did not include this item.
      The conferees agree with report language proposed by the 
Senate and not included by the House directing HUD to ensure 
that State and local jurisdictions pass on at least 50% of all 
administrative funds to the nonprofit organizations 
administering the homeless assistance programs.

                            Housing Programs

                    housing for special populations

      Appropriates $911,000,000 for housing for special 
populations as proposed by the Senate instead of $854,000,000 
as proposed by the House.
      Includes $710,000,000 for section 202 housing for the 
elderly as proposed by the Senate instead of $660,000,000 as 
proposed by the House.
      Includes $201,000,000 for section 811 housing for the 
disabled as proposed by the Senate instead of $194,000,000 as 
proposed by the House.
      Inserts language proposed by the Senate and not included 
by the House that, of the funds appropriated for the section 
202 program, $50,000,000 shall be for service coordinators and 
existing congregate services grants, and $50,000,000 shall be 
for the costs of converting existing section 202 projects to 
assisted living facilities. Grants for conversion of buildings 
to assisted living facilities are to be administered under 
provisions of title V of this Act. For fiscal year 2000, funds 
are not provided for any capital repairs but are limited to 
conversions only.
      The conferees note that title V of this bill includes 
reforms to the elderly and disabled housing programs. These 
reforms will enable the programs to work more efficiently and 
effectively.

                     Federal Housing Administration

             fha--mutual mortgage insurance program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

      Limits commitments for guaranteed loans to 
$140,000,000,000 as proposed by the House instead of 
$120,000,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      Limits obligations for direct loans to no more than 
$100,000,000 as proposed by the Senate instead of $50,000,000 
as proposed by the House.
      Appropriates $330,888,000 for administrative expenses as 
proposed by the Senate instead of $328,888,000 as proposed by 
the House.
      Appropriates $160,000,000 for administrative contract 
expenses as proposed by the Senate. The House did not fund this 
item.
      Inserts language making a technical correction as 
proposed by the House and stricken by the Senate.
      Deletes language proposed by the Senate prohibiting HUD 
or the FHA from discriminating between public and private 
elementary and secondary school teachers. The House did not 
include a similar item. The conferees note, however, that HUD 
should make FHA mortgage insurance advantages available to any 
teacher regardless of school affiliation.
      The conferees are aware that the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development, pursuant to the Federal Housing Enterprises 
Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 (Title VIII, P.L. 
102-550), has announced the intention to publish for comment a 
proposed rule implementing new affordable housing goals for 
Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. In light of the extraordinary 
increase in the proposed goal, the conferees expect the 
Secretary to consider the following:
      First, the stretch affordable housing efforts required of 
each of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae should be equal, so that 
both enterprises are similarly challenged in attaining the 
goals. This will require the Secretary to recognize the present 
composition of each enterprise's overall portfolio in order to 
ensure regulatory parity in the application of regulatory 
guidelines measuring goal compliance. Second, any new 
affordable housing goal regulations must recognize that 
attainment of materially higher goals will be largely dependent 
on the continuation of the current economic conditions that are 
very favorable for housing affordability. Deterioration in 
these conditions likely would render stretch goals infeasible 
within the intent of the 1992 legislation.
      The fiscal year 1999 Appropriations Act contained a 
provision that imposed treble damages on FHA lenders who fail 
to provide loss mitigation actions. The conferees are concerned 
with how this provision will be implemented and encourage HUD 
to promulgate very specific regulations to clearly define 
actions that are considered loss mitigation. Furthermore, the 
conferees urge HUD to withhold imposing severe penalties under 
this provision until such times as regulations are in place and 
the authorizing committees have had time to review the impact 
these penalties will have on the FHA lending program.

             fha--general and special risk program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

      Appropriates $144,000,000 for administrative contract 
expenses as proposed by the Senate. The House did not include 
this item.
      Deletes language proposed by the Senate prohibiting HUD 
or the FHA from discriminating between public and private 
elementary and secondary school teachers. The House did not 
include a similar item.
      Inserts language proposed by the Senate making previously 
appropriated amounts available despite the expiration of the 
amounts.
      Inserts language making a technical correction as 
proposed by the House and stricken by the Senate.
      The conferees are aware of the efforts the Department has 
made to bridge the growing digital divide between information 
technology ``haves'' and ``have nots'' through its Neighborhood 
Networks initiative. This initiative leverages local 
businesses, community organizations, local residents and other 
partners to provide residential computing centers to HUD-
assisted housing throughout the country which in turn provide 
computer and job training, senior and youth programs and a 
variety of other supportive services at almost no direct cost 
to the Department. The conferees direct the Department to 
submit a report no later than June 30, 2000 which details and 
evaluates: the goals and progress of the initiative; strategies 
to sustain resident involvement in the program and to overcome 
other potential obstacles, which the report should identify; 
future areas of opportunity for the program, including possible 
partnerships with non-profit organizations and other Federal 
agencies; and the effectiveness of the initiative relative to 
the mission and goals of the Department as specified in the 
strategic and annual operating plan.

                Government National Mortgage Association

guarantees of mortgage-backed securities loan guarantee program account

                     (including transfer of funds)

      Appropriates $9,383,000 for administrative expenses as 
proposed by the House instead of $15,383,000 as proposed by the 
Senate.
      Inserts language proposed by the House requiring expenses 
to be derived from receipts from GNMA guarantees of mortgage 
backed securities (MBS). The Senate did not include this item.
      Inserts language making a technical correction to bill 
language as proposed by the House and stricken by the Senate.

                    Policy Development and Research

                        research and technology

      Appropriates $45,000,000 for research and technology, 
instead of $42,500,000 as proposed by the House and $35,000,000 
as proposed by the Senate.
      Includes $10,000,000 for the PATH program, instead of 
$7,500,000 as proposed by the House. The Senate did not include 
a similar item. Additionally, $500,000 is for the Elderly 
Housing Commission, which is authorized in title V of this Act.
      The conferees expect the PATH program to include 
coordination on cold climate housing research with the Cold 
Climate Housing Research Center in Fairbanks, Alaska.

                   Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity

                        FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES

      Appropriates $44,000,000 for fair housing activities, 
instead of $40,000,000 as proposed by the Senate and 
$37,500,000 as proposed by the House.
      Of the total amount provided in the conference agreement, 
$24,000,000 is for the Fair Housing Initiatives Program 
(including $6 million for continuation of the nationwide audit 
to determine the extent of discrimination in housing rental and 
sales) and $20,000,000 is for the Fair Housing Assistance 
Program.

                     Office of Lead Hazard Control

                         LEAD HAZARD REDUCTION

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

      Appropriates $80,000,000 for lead hazard reduction, as 
proposed by the Senate instead of $70,000,000 as proposed by 
the House.
      Of the amount, $10,000,000 is for the Healthy Homes 
Initiative as proposed by the Senate instead of $7,500,000 as 
proposed by the House.
      Inserts language proposed by the House and stricken by 
the Senate providing $1,000,000 for CLEARCorps.

                     Management and Administration

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

      Appropriates $477,000,000 for salaries and expenses 
instead of $456,843,000 as proposed by the House and 
$457,039,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      Inserts language proposed by the Senate prohibiting HUD 
from employing more than 77 schedule C and 20 non-career SES 
employees.
      The conferees are aware of a number of significant 
concerns with HUD's external Community Builders program. Most 
importantly, the conferees believe that HUD must rebuild itself 
from within, from staff that are committed to HUD's long-term 
future and the federal investment in local communities and 
neighborhoods. Therefore, the conferees are terminating the 
external Community Builders program effective September 1, 2000 
(rather than effective February 1, 2000, as proposed by the 
Senate). The conferees expect that, following the termination 
of the program, functions now being performed by external 
Community Builders will be carried out by career civil 
servants, and that FTEs now occupied by external Community 
Builders will be filled instead by regular civil service 
employees.
      HUD also is prohibited from converting any external 
Community Builder to permanent staff (i.e., from changing 
employee status without following normal civil service 
competitive requirements). In addition, while the conferees do 
not object to external community builders applying for career 
civil service positions at HUD, they should not be provided any 
special preference or priority simply because of their status 
as current or former external Community Builders.
      In addition, the conferees remain concerned about 
potential problems with conflicts of interest in the Community 
Builders program, and direct HUD to establish clear rules to 
avoid any appearance of self-interest. In particular, there 
should be a bright line test prohibiting any Community Builder 
from being involved in any HUD transaction in which that person 
has a fiduciary interest or has had an employer/employee 
relationship with the entities involved in the transaction.
      Inserts several language changes that are technical.
      Inserts language proposed by the House and not included 
by the Senate providing $2,000,000 for the Millennial Housing 
Commission established in the Administrative Provisions section 
of this title.
      Inserts a modification of Senate language prohibiting HUD 
from employing more than 9,300 full-time equivalent employees. 
Unlike the Senate language, the conference agreement does not 
count on-site contract employees as part of the total that is 
subject to the limitation.
      Inserts language proposed by the Senate and not included 
by the House prohibiting HUD from employing more than 14 
employees in the Office of Public Affairs.
      Deletes language proposed by the Senate and not included 
by the House prohibiting HUD from using more than $1,000,000 
for travel.

                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

      Appropriates $83,000,000 for the Office of Inspector 
General, instead of $72,343,000 as proposed by the House and 
$95,910,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      Inserts language making a technical correction as 
proposed by the House and stricken by the Senate.
      Deletes language proposed by the Senate and not included 
by the House providing $10,000,000 for the Office of Inspector 
General to contract for a series of independent financial 
audits of HUD's internal systems. Deletes language proposed by 
the Senate and not included by the House authorizing this 
amount to be available until September 30, 2001.

             OFFICE OF FEDERAL HOUSING ENTERPRISE OVERSIGHT

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

      Provides $500 for the Office of Federal Housing 
Enterprise Oversight's (OFHEO) reception and representation 
expenses instead of $1,000 as proposed by the House. The Senate 
did not provide a similar item.

                       ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

      Deletes language proposed by the House and stricken by 
the Senate making a technical correction regarding enhanced 
disposition authority. This provision is incorporated in title 
V.
      Restores language proposed by the House and stricken by 
the Senate reprogramming previously awarded economic 
development initiatives.
      Deletes language proposed by the Senate and not included 
by the House clarifying an owner's right to prepay the mortgage 
of eligible low-income housing developments.
      Deletes language proposed by the Senate and not included 
by the House prohibiting operating subsidies or capital funds 
from being provided to certain State and city funded and 
locally developed public housing or assisted units.
      Restores language proposed by the House and stricken by 
the Senate establishing the Millennial Housing Commission.
      Restores language proposed by the House and stricken by 
the Senate rescinding $74,400,000 .
      Restores language proposed by the House and stricken by 
the Senate providing $5,000,000 for the National Cities in 
Schools Community Development program.
      Deletes language proposed by the House and stricken by 
the Senate authorizing HUD to provide enhanced section 8 
vouchers for certain assisted housing projects. This authority 
is incorporated into provisions in title V.
      Restores language proposed by the House and stricken by 
the Senate to provide $5,000,000 to the Jobs-Plus component of 
the Moving to Work program.
      Restores language proposed by the House and stricken by 
the Senate repealing section 214 of Public Law 104-204, dealing 
with recaptured section 8 funds.
      Inserts language proposed by the Senate and not included 
by the House amending the National Housing Act defining the 
term ``nonadministrative.''
      Deletes language proposed by the Senate and not included 
by the House limiting compensation to employees of public 
housing authorities to no more than $125,000.
      Inserts language proposed by the Senate and not included 
by the House making a technical correction to section 541 of 
the National Housing Act regarding payment of claims. This 
provision streamlines the debt restructuring process in MAHRA.
      Deletes language proposed by the Senate and not included 
by the House limiting compensation for employees of YouthBuild 
to no more than $125,000.
      Inserts language proposed by the Senate and not included 
by the House providing HUD with the authority to gain access to 
tenant income matching information.
      Deletes language proposed by the Senate and not included 
by the House eliminating the Secretary's discretionary fund.
      Deletes language proposed by the Senate and not included 
by the House to correct section 514(h)(1) of MAHRA. This matter 
is covered in title V.
      Deletes language proposed by the Senate and not included 
by the House requiring HUD to reimburse GAO for any failure to 
cooperate in investigations.
      The conferees have agreed to drop the requirement that 
HUD reimburse GAO for the cost of time due to delays caused by 
HUD in providing access to HUD officials and staff and to 
information important to the House and Senate appropriations 
committees. The conferees are concerned, however, about reports 
that HUD has unreasonably delayed such access on numerous 
occasions in the past year. Therefore, the conferees direct GAO 
to maintain a log detailing GAO's efforts to meet with HUD 
officials and staff and in seeking to obtain information on HUD 
programs and activities. This log shall include a summary of 
all delays and HUD's reasons for the delays. The conferees 
expect HUD to provide reasonable access to HUD officials, staff 
and information and that all meetings should be accommodated 
within a week of any request, unless there is a delay that is 
both reasonable and unavoidable.
      Inserts language proposed by the Senate and not included 
by the House exempting Alaska and Mississippi--for fiscal year 
2000 only--from statutory requirements to have a resident of 
public housing on the Board of Directors.
      Deletes language proposed by the Senate and not included 
by the House clarifying that HOME funds may be used to preserve 
housing assisted with section 8.
      Inserts language proposed by the Senate and not included 
by the House transferring administration of the Small Cities 
component of the CDBG program for all funds allocated to the 
State of New York from HUD to the State of New York.
      Inserts language proposed by the Senate and not included 
by the House exempting Peggy Burgin from having to comply with 
the age requirement at Clark's Landing in Groton, Vermont.
      Inserts language proposed by the Senate and not included 
by the House requiring HUD to continue to make interest 
reductions payments to Darlinton Manor apartments.
      Deletes language proposed by the Senate and not included 
by the House authorizing HUD to provide section 8 assistance to 
buildings with terminating section 8 contracts. This provision 
is incorporated in title V.
      Inserts modified language proposed by the Senate and not 
included by the House requiring HUD to use risk-sharing if the 
refinancing is the best available in terms of savings to the 
FHA insurance funds and results in reduced risk of loss to the 
federal government.
      Deletes language proposed by the Senate and not included 
by the House authorizing section 8 enhanced vouchers. This 
provision is included in title V.
      Inserts language extending the deadline for certain EDI 
grants until September 30, 2000. Neither the House nor the 
Senate included this language.
      Deletes language proposed by the Senate and not included 
by the House authorizing HUD to contract with State or local 
housing finance agencies for the purpose of determining market 
rents.
      Inserts new language enabling tenants of cooperative 
housing projects to make use of revocable trusts. Neither the 
House nor the Senate included this language.
      Inserts new language making a technical correction to a 
grant to the County of Hawaii. Neither the House nor the Senate 
included this provision.
      Restores language proposed by the House and not included 
by the Senate providing authority to HUD to reuse certain 
section 8 funds.
      Deletes language proposed by the Senate and not included 
by the House authorizing HUD to allow project owners to use 
interest reduction payments for renovations in certain assisted 
housing projects. A similar provision is included in title V.
      Inserts new language making waivers to the section 108 
program for certain projects.
      Inserts new language requiring HUD to allocate directly 
to New Jersey a portion of HOPWA funds designated for the 
Philadelphia, PA-NJ Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area. 
Neither the House nor the Senate included a similar provision.

                    TITLE III--INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                  American Battle Monuments Commission

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      Appropriates $28,467,000 for salaries and expenses as 
proposed by the House instead of $26,467,000 as proposed by the 
Senate. The conferees commend the ABMC for the progress made in 
reducing the backlogged maintenance needs throughout the ABMC 
system, and have provided funds in excess of the budget request 
to continue this important project.

             Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      Appropriates $8,000,000 for salaries and expenses instead 
of $7,000,000 as proposed by the House and $6,500,000 as 
proposed by the Senate. Bill language has been included for 
fiscal year 2000 which limits the number of career Senior 
Executive Service positions to three.
      The conferees share the concern expressed in the Senate 
Report that the Board may not be making the most effective use 
of its financial resources. In particular, the conferees agree 
that the Board must spend the preponderance of its resources, 
including contract resources, on investigations and safety 
instead of on external affairs or information technology.
      The Board is further directed to complete, by December 
31, 1999, an updated business plan, as well as formal written 
procedures for awarding and managing contracts and formal 
written procedures for selecting and performing investigations. 
In addition, the Board is directed to expend no funds to 
develop software for vulnerability assessments, and may not 
fill any vacant positions in the areas of external affairs or 
information technology.

                       Department of the Treasury

              Community Development Financial Institutions

   COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

      Appropriates $95,000,000 for the Community Development 
Financial Institutions Fund, instead of $70,000,000 as proposed 
by the House, and $80,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      Deletes language proposed by the House allowing the CDFI 
Fund to use part of its appropriation to establish and carry 
out a microenterprise technical assistance and capacity 
building grant program.
      The conferees encourage the CDFI Fund to maintain a blend 
of emerging and mature CDFIs, as well as CDFIs of varying asset 
sizes, by creating a ``Small and Emerging CDFI Access Program'' 
(SECAP) as part of its core CDFI Program. SECAP would fill a 
gap between the Core Component of the CDFI Program and the 
Technical Assistance Program.
      The conferees recommend that the CDFI Fund's ``Small and 
Emerging CDFI Access Program'' require a streamlined business 
plan; employ flexible matching requirements; include access to 
training and technical assistance, as in the Core Component; 
and place a $100,000 cap per application on capital assistance, 
including both capital awards and awards for technical 
assistance.

                   Consumer Product Safety Commission

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      Appropriates $49,000,000 for the Consumer Product Safety 
Commission, salaries and expenses, instead of $47,000,000 as 
proposed by the House and $49,500,000 as proposed by the 
Senate.

             Corporation for National and Community Service

       NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS OPERATING EXPENSES

      Appropriates $434,500,000 for national and community 
service programs operating expenses, instead of $423,500,000 as 
proposed by the Senate. The House proposed termination of the 
Corporation for National and Community Service using funds 
appropriated in fiscal year 1999 for close-out expenses.
      Limits funds for administrative expenses to not more than 
$28,500,000, instead of $27,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. 
The conferees direct that additional funds are to be used for 
improvements to the Corporation's financial management system 
and not for general salaries and expenses. The conferees direct 
that the Corporation report, on a monthly basis, the status of 
efforts to improve its financial management.
      Limits funds as proposed by the Senate to not more than: 
$28,500,000 for quality and innovation activities; $2,500 for 
official reception and representation expenses; $70,000,000 for 
education awards, of which not to exceed $5,000,000 shall be 
available for national service scholarships for high school 
students performing community service; $234,000,000 for 
AmeriCorps grants, of which $45,000,000 may be for national 
direct programs; $7,500,000 for the Points of Light Foundation; 
$18,000,000 for the Civilian Community Corps; $43,000,000 for 
school-based and community-based service-learning programs; and 
$5,000,000 for audits and other evaluations.
      Inserts language proposed by the Senate which prohibits 
using any funds for national service programs run by Federal 
agencies; provides that, to the maximum extent feasible, funds 
for the AmeriCorps program will be provided consistent with the 
recommendation of peer review panels; and provides that, to the 
maximum extent practicable, the level of matching funds shall 
be increased, education only awards shall be expanded, and the 
cost per participant shall be reduced.
      Rescinds $80,000,000 from the National Service Trust as 
proposed by the Senate. The conferees have taken this action 
because the balances in the Trust appear at this time to be in 
excess of requirements based upon usage rates. The conferees 
direct the Corporation to report in its fiscal year 2001 budget 
request and operating plan the status of its Trust fund reserve 
including the award usage rate and number of participants in 
the program.
      The conferees agree to the Senate proposal to earmark 
$5,000,000 for the Girl Scouts of the United States for the 
``P.A.V.E. the Way'' project and direct the Corporation to use 
the increase in the national direct program cap to fund this 
project. The conferees further agree that a unique set of 
circumstances exist in Shelby County, Alabama which indicates 
that the RSVP Program is to be allowed to operate separately 
from the existing multi-county consortium.
      The House proposed that the Corporation be terminated and 
did not include any of the foregoing limitations or provisions 
proposed by the Senate.

                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

      Appropriates $4,000,000 for the Office of Inspector 
General, instead of $5,000,000 as proposed by the Senate and 
$3,000,000 as proposed by the House.

                    Environmental Protection Agency

                         SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

      Appropriates $645,000,000 for science and technology as 
proposed by the House instead of $642,483,000 as proposed by 
the Senate.
      The conferees have agreed to the following increases to 
the budget request:
      1. $1,250,000 for continuation of the California Regional 
PM 10 and 2.5 air quality study.
      2. $2,500,000 for EPSCoR.
      3. $700,000 for continuation of the study of livestock 
and agricultural pollution abatement at Tarleton State 
University.
      4. $3,000,000 for the Water Environment Research 
Foundation.
      5. $750,000 for continued research on urban waste 
management at the University of New Orleans.
      6. $750,000 for continued perchlorate research through 
the East Valley Water District.
      7. $1,500,000 for the Mickey Leland National Urban Air 
Toxics Research Center.
      8. $4,000,000 for the American Water Works Association 
Research Foundation, including $1,000,000 for continued 
research on arsenic.
      9. $1,500,000 for the National Decentralized Water 
Resource Capacity Development Project, in coordination with 
EPA, for continued training and research and development.
      10. $750,000 for the Integrated Petroleum Environmental 
Consortium project.
      11. $1,000,000 for the National Center for Atlantic and 
Caribbean Reef Research.
      12. $800,000 for the University of New Hampshire's 
Bedrock Bioremediation Center research project.
      13. $1,800,000 for the Lovelace National Environmental 
Respiratory Center.
      14. $400,000 for the development, design, and 
implementation of a research effort on tributyltin-based ship 
bottom paints at Old Dominion University.
      15. $750,000 for research of advanced vehicle design, 
advanced transportation systems, vehicle emissions, and 
atmospheric pollution at the University of Riverside CE-CERT 
facility.
      16. $1,500,000 for the Environmental Technology 
Commercialization Center (ETC2) in Cleveland, Ohio.
      17. $750,000 for continued research of the Salton Sea at 
the University of Redlands.
      18. $750,000 for the final phase of research conducted 
through the Institute for Environmental and Industrial Science 
in San Marcos, Texas.
      19. $1,000,000 for the Center for Estuarine Research at 
the University of South Alabama for research on the 
environmental impact of human activities on water quality and 
habitat loss in an estuarine environment.
      20. $550,000 to develop and maintain an information 
repository of water related materials for research and conflict 
resolution at the Water Resources Institute at California State 
University, San Bernardino.
      21. $300,000 for environmental remanufacturing research 
at the Rochester Institute of Technology.
      22. $1,500,000 for the Fresh Water Institute to extend 
and expand acid deposition research.
      23. $2,000,000 for assessing and mitigating the impact of 
exposure to multiple indoor contaminants on human health 
through the Metropolitan Development Association of Syracuse 
and Central New York.
      24. $2,000,000 for the Canaan Valley Institute to 
establish a regional environmental data center and coordinated 
information system in the Mid-Atlantic Highlands, in 
coordination with the Federal Geographic Data Committee and the 
National Spatial Data Infrastructure.
      25. $2,000,000 for the Center for the Engineered 
Conservation of Energy in Alfred, New York to conduct 
environmental performance and resource conservation research.
      26. $750,000 for the National Center for Animal Waste 
Technologies at Purdue University.
      27. $1,000,000 for analysis and research of the 
environmental and public health impacts associated with 
pollution sources, including waste transfer stations, in the 
South Bronx, New York, to be conducted by New York University.
      28. $1,000,000 for research associated with the 
restoration and enhancement of Manchac Swamp conducted by 
Southeastern Louisiana University at the Turtle Cove Research 
Station.
      29. $2,000,000 for drinking water research, to ensure the 
best available science needed for upcoming regulatory 
requirements under the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments.
      30. $1,500,000 for the National Jewish Medical and 
Research Center for research on the relationship between indoor 
and outdoor pollution and the development of respiratory 
diseases.
      31. $1,250,000 for the Center for Air Toxics Metals at 
the Energy and Environmental Research Center.
      32. $250,000 for acid rain research at the University of 
Vermont.
      33. $6,000,000 for the Mine Waste Technology program at 
the National Environmental Waste Technology, Testing, and 
Evaluation Center.
      34. $350,000 for the Consortium for Agricultural Soils 
Mitigation of Greenhouse Gases.
      35. $250,000 to continue the work of the Environmental 
Technology Development and Commercialization Center at the 
Texas Regional Institute for Environmental Studies.
      36. $750,000 for the Geothermal Heat Pump (GHP) 
Consortium.
      37. $2,000,000 for the National Research Council to 
conduct a study of the effectiveness of clean air programs 
utilized by federal, state, and local governments. This study 
is intended to reveal, among other things, any contradictions 
among the various clean air programs, rules, and regulations at 
every level of government which may result in worsening air 
quality in the United States.
      38. $3,000,000 for the National Technology Transfer 
Center to establish a technology commercialization partnership 
program and a comprehensive training program on 
commercialization best practices for EPA and other Federal 
officials.
      The conferees have agreed to the following reductions 
from the budget request:
      1. $22,900,000 from the CCTI Transportation research 
program.
      2. $2,000,000 from the global change research program.
      3. $3,000,000 from the Research for Ecosystems Assessment 
and Restoration program objective.
      4. $900,000 from project EMPACT.
      5. $4,958,000 from Clean Water Action Plan related 
research.
      6. $1,000,000 from various lower priority facility repair 
and improvement projects.
      7. $16,625,000 as a general reduction.
      Within available funds, the Agency is expected to provide 
up to $1,000,000 to create the databases and analysis necessary 
to help establish programs and technologies to achieve an 
effective carbon sequestration program. In addition, no less 
than $7,000,000 is to be provided for the Superfund Innovative 
Technology Evaluation (SITE) program, and no less than 
$4,000,000 for the Clean Air Status and Trends Network 
(CASTNet).
      The conferees are concerned about the accuracy of 
information contained in the Integrated Risk Information System 
(IRIS) data base which contains health effects information on 
more than 500 chemicals. The conferees direct the Agency to 
consult with the Science Advisory Board (SAB) on the design of 
a study that will, 1) examine a representative sample of IRIS 
health assessments completed before the IRIS Pilot Project, as 
well as a representative sample of assessments completed under 
the project, and 2) assess the extent to which these 
assessments document the range of uncertainty and variability 
of the data. The results of that study will be reviewed by the 
SAB and a copy of the study and the SAB's report on the study 
sent to the Congress within one year of enactment of this Act.

                 ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND MANAGEMENT

      Appropriates $1,900,000,000 for environmental programs 
and management instead of $1,850,000,000 as proposed by the 
House and $1,897,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
conferees have included bill language as proposed by the House, 
identical to that carried in the fiscal year 1999 Act, which 
limits the expenditure of funds to implement or administer 
guidance relating to title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 
with certain exceptions. This provision does not provide the 
Agency statutory authority to implement its Environmental 
Justice Guidance. Rather, it simply clarifies the applicability 
of the Interim Guidance with respect to certain pending cases 
as an administrative convenience for the Agency.
      Bill language proposed by the House and the Senate, 
identical to that contained in the fiscal year 1999 Act, has 
also been included to prohibit the expenditure of funds to take 
certain actions for the purpose of implementing or preparing to 
implement the Kyoto Protocol. Also included is bill language 
proposed by the House and the Senate to provide that in fiscal 
year 2000 and thereafter, grants awarded under section 20 of 
the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act and 
under section 10 of the Toxic Substances Control Act shall be 
available for research, development, monitoring, public 
education, training, demonstrations, and studies.
      Finally, the conferees have included bill language which 
transfers unexpended funds appropriated under this heading in 
Public Law 105-276 for the Lake Ponchartrain Basin Foundation 
to the state and tribal assistance grants account for grants 
for wastewater treatment infrastructure construction in Fluker 
Chapel and Mandeville, Louisiana.
      The conferees have deleted language proposed by the 
Senate providing funds from within other EPA accounts to fund 
the Montreal Protocol activity, and have deleted language 
proposed by the Senate limiting the expenditure of funds for 
personnel compensation and benefit costs. The conferees have 
also deleted bill language proposed by the House providing 
funds for regional haze grants to the states. These issues have 
been specifically addressed elsewhere in the statement of the 
managers accompanying the conference report.
      The conferees have agreed to the following increases to 
the budget request:
      1. $2,000,000 for the Michigan Biotechnology Institute 
for continued development of viable cleanup technologies.
      2. $500,000 for continued activities of the Small 
Business Pollution Prevention Center at the University of 
Northern Iowa.
      3. $750,000 for the painting and coating compliance 
project at the University of Northern Iowa.
      4. $1,500,000 for continuation of the Sacramento River 
Toxic Pollution Control Project, to be cost shared.
      5. $1,325,000 for ongoing activities at the Canaan Valley 
Institute.
      6. $2,500,000 for the Southwest Center for Environmental 
Research and Policy (SCERP).
      7. $400,000 for continuation of the Small Water Systems 
Institute at Montana State University.
      8. $14,000,000 for rural water technical assistance 
activities and groundwater protection with distribution as 
follows: $8,500,000 for the National Rural Water Association; 
$2,300,000 for the Rural Community Assistance Program; $650,000 
for the Groundwater Protection Council; $1,550,000 for the 
Small Flows Clearinghouse; and $1,000,000 for the National 
Environmental Training Center. The conferees believe that the 
increase provided to carry out rural water technical assistance 
through the Rural Community Assistance Program (RCAP) should be 
utilized to balance that program's efforts with additional 
attention to wastewater projects.
      9. $900,000 for implementation of the National Biosolids 
Partnership Program.
      10. $1,000,000 for continued work on the Soil Aquifer 
Treatment Demonstration project.
      11. $2,000,000 for continuation of the New York and New 
Jersey dredge decontamination project.
      12. $500,000 for operation of the Long Island Sound 
Office.
      13. $750,000 for the Southern Appalachian Mountain 
Institute.
      14. $100,000 to the Miami-Dade County Department of 
Environmental Resources Management to expand the existing 
education program.
      15. $200,000 for the Northwest Citizens' Advisory 
Commission to coordinate research and education efforts of 
environmental issues covering the entire Northwest Straits 
area.
      16. $175,000 for use in planning to enhance environmental 
stewardship in the design, construction, and operation, of the 
University of California, Merced.
      17. $1,000,000 for the four regional environmental 
enforcement projects.
      18. $690,000 to develop a broad-based, highly 
interdisciplinary risk assessment program with strong community 
involvement, at Cleveland State University.
      19. $700,000 for the university portion of the Southern 
Oxidants Study.
      20. $1,500,000 for source water protection programs.
      21. $5,000,000 for section 103 grants to the states to 
develop regional haze programs under Title I, Part C of the 
Clean Air Act.
      22. $500,000 for continued work on the Cortland County, 
New York aquifer protection plan, $150,000 of which is for 
planning and implementation of the Upper Susquehanna watershed.
      23. $1,250,000 for the National Onsite Water 
Demonstration project.
      24. $2,000,000 for the Federal Energy Technology Center 
and EPA Region III for continued activities on a comprehensive 
clean water initiative.
      25. $1,600,000 for Tampa Bay Watch to establish a 
sustaining program and expand community environmental 
restoration and developmental stewardship projects designed to 
elevate the health of the Tampa Bay estuary.
      26. $500,000 for water quality monitoring of the 
Tennessee River basin through the Alabama Department of 
Environmental Management.
      27. $5,000,000 to validate screens and tests required by 
the Food Quality Protection Act to identify hormone-disrupting 
chemicals.
      28. $1,500,000 for training grants under section 104(g) 
of the Clean Water Act.
      29. $500,000 for the Small Public Water System Technology 
Center at Western Kentucky University.
      30. $400,000 for Small Water Systems Technology 
Assistance Center at the University of Alaska-Sitka.
      31. $500,000 for the Small Public Water System Technology 
Center at the University of Missouri-Columbia.
      32. $500,000 for the Southeast Center for Technology 
Assistance for Small Drinking Water Systems at Mississippi 
State University.
      33. $500,000 to assist communities in Hawaii to meet 
successfully the water quality permitting requirements for 
rehabilitating native Hawaiian fishponds.
      34. $5,000,000 under section 104(b) of the Clean Water 
Act for America's Clean Water Foundation for implementation of 
on-farm environmental assessments for hog production 
operations, with the goal of improving surface and ground water 
quality.
      35. $475,000 for the Coordinated Tribal Water Quality 
Program through the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission.
      36. $500,000 for the Ohio River Watershed Pollutant 
Reduction Program, to be cost-shared.
      37. $1,500,000 for the National Alternative Fuels Vehicle 
Training Program.
      38. $2,500,000 for King County, Washington, molten 
carbonate fuel cell demonstration project.
      39. $1,000,000 for the Frank Tejeda Center for Excellence 
in Environmental Operations to demonstrate new technology for 
water and wastewater treatment.
      40. $775,000 for the National Center for Vehicle 
Emissions Control and Safety for onboard diagnostic research.
      41. $750,000 for the Chesapeake Bay Small Watershed 
Grants Program.
      42. $1,250,000 for the Lake Champlain management plan.
      43. $500,000 for the Environmentors project.
      44. $1,500,000 for the Food and Agricultural Policy 
Research Institute's Missouri watershed initiative project to 
link economic and environmental data with ambient water 
quality.
      45. $500,000 for the final year of funding for the Ala 
Wai Canal watershed improvement project.
      46. $200,000 for the Hawaii Department of Agriculture and 
the University of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture and 
Human Resources to continue developing agriculturally based 
remediation technologies.
      47. $1,000,000 for the Animal Waste Management Consortium 
through the University of Missouri, acting with Iowa State 
University, North Carolina State University, Michigan State 
University, Oklahoma State University, and Purdue University to 
supplement ongoing research, demonstration, and outreach 
projects associated with animal waste management.
      48. $1,500,000 for the University of Missouri 
Agroforestry Center to support the agroforestry floodplain 
initiative on nonpoint source pollution.
      49. $1,000,000 for the Columbia basin ground water 
management assessment.
      50. $1,500,000 for a cumulative impacts study of North 
Slope oil and gas development. The conferees expect the 
Administrator to contract for the full amount with the National 
Academy of Sciences through the National Research Council's 
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology to perform the 
study which shall be completed within 2 years of contract 
execution. The Council shall seek input from federal and state 
agencies, Native organizations, non-governmental entities, and 
other interested parties. Pending completion of the NRC study, 
the conferees direct that federal agencies shall not, under any 
circumstances, rely upon the pendency of the study to delay, 
suspend, or otherwise alter federal decision-making and NEPA 
compliance for any existing or proposed oil and gas 
exploration, development, production or delivery on the North 
Slope.
      51. $750,000 for an expansion of EPA's efforts related to 
the Government purchase and use of environmentally preferable 
products under Executive Order 13101 through the Office of 
Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances. This includes up 
to $200,000 for the University of Missouri-Rolla to work with 
the Army to validate soysmoke as a replacement for petroleum 
fog oil in obscurant smoke used in battlefield exercises.
      52. $200,000 to complete the development of a technical 
guidance manual for use by permit reviewers and product 
specifiers (Government and private sector) to ensure 
appropriate uses of preserved wood in applications including 
housing, piers, docks, bridges, utility poles, and railroad 
ties.
      53. $500,000 for a watershed study for northern Kentucky, 
including the development and demonstration of a methodology 
for implementing a cost-effective program for addressing the 
problems associated with wet weather conditions on a watershed 
basis.
      54. $1,750,000 for the Kansas City Riverfront project to 
demonstrate innovative methods of removing contaminated debris.
      55. $250,000 for the Maryland Bureau of Mines to design 
and construct a Kempton Mine remediation project to reduce or 
eliminate the loss of quality water from surface streams into 
the Kempton Mine complex.
      56. $975,000 for the Alabama Department of Environmental 
Management water and wastewater training programs.
      57. $250,000 for the Vermont Department of Agriculture to 
work with the conservation districts along the Connecticut 
River in Vermont to reduce nonpoint source pollution.
      58. $75,000 for the groundwater protection/wellhead 
protection project, Nez Perce Indian Reservation in Idaho.
      59. $475,000 for the Water Systems Council to assist in 
the effective delivery of water to rural citizens nationwide.
      60. $500,000 to complete the Treasure Valley Hydrologic 
Project.
      61. $350,000 for the Leon County, Florida storm water 
runoff study.
      62. $500,000 for Envision Utah sustainable development 
activities.
      63. $550,000 for the Idaho Water Initiative.
      64. $750,000 for the Resource and Agricultural Policy 
Systems Project.
      65. $150,000 for the Vermont Small Business Development 
Center to assist small businesses in complying with 
environmental regulations.
      66. $700,000 to continue the Urban Rivers Awareness 
Program at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia for 
its environmental science program.
      67. $500,000 for the Kenai River Center for research on 
watershed issues and related activities.
      68. $300,000 for the restoration of the Beaver Springs 
Slough.
      69. $750,000 for the New Hampshire Estuaries Project 
management plan implementation.
      70. $200,000 for the Fairmount Park Commission to 
identify, design, implement, and evaluate environmental 
education exhibits.
      71. $100,000 to continue the Design for the Environment 
for Farmers Program to address the unique environmental 
concerns of the American Pacific area through the adoption of 
sustainable agricultural practices.
      72. $200,000 to complete the cleanup of Five Island Lake 
in Emmetsburg, Iowa.
      73. $175,000 for the Geographical Survey of Alabama for a 
study on flow in natural and induced fractures in coalbed 
methane reservoirs to determine the impact of hydraulic 
fracturing and deep water production on shallow domestic water 
wells.
      74. $850,000 for continued restoration of Lake 
Ponchartrain, Louisiana.
      75. $500,000 for an arsenic groundwater study in Fallon, 
Nevada.
      76. $500,000 for planning and development of the Buffalo 
Creek watershed, New York.
      77. $1,500,000 for continued work on the water quality 
management plans for the New York watersheds.
      78. $1,000,000 for the Mecklenburg County, North Carolina 
surface water improvement and management program.
      79. $1,000,000 for planning and development of a master 
plan of the Susquehanna-Lackawanna, Pennsylvania watershed 
through the Pennsylvania Geographic Information Consortium.
      80. $500,000 for a study of the effect of pesticide 
runoff on inter-urban lakes in Fort Worth, Texas.
      81. $500,000 for the Brazos/Navasota, Texas watershed 
management initiative.
      82. $300,000 for implementation of the Potomac River 
Visions Initiative through the Friends of the Potomac.
      83. $500,000 for Mississippi State University, the 
University of Mississippi, and the University of Georgia to 
conduct forestry best management practice water quality 
effectiveness studies in the States of Mississippi and Georgia.
      84. $500,000 for planning and consolidation of the west 
bank Jefferson Parish, Louisiana wastewater treatment 
facilities.
      85. $300,000 for the Northeast States for Coordinated Air 
Use Management (NESCAUM).
      86. $500,000 for completion of the international project 
to phase out the use of lead in gasoline.
      87. $1,500,000 for West Virginia University to develop 
the plastics recycling component of the Green Exchange, in 
cooperation with the Polymer Alliance Zone and the National 
Electronics Recycling Project, and in consultation with the 
Office of Information and Resource Management.
      The conferees have agreed to the following reductions 
from the budget request:
      1. $90,000,000 from the climate change technology 
initiative (CCTI), including elimination of funds for the 
Transportation Partners program.
      2. $2,000,000 from the partnerships with other countries 
program.
      3. $3,043,000 from Project EMPACT.
      4. $5,847,000 from compliance monitoring program.
      5. $6,749,000 from the civil enforcement program.
      6. $656,000 from the enforcement training program.
      7. $2,700,000 from human resources management.
      8. $1,369,000 from the criminal enforcement program.
      9. $9,000,000 from the Montreal Protocol Multilateral 
Fund.
      10. $4,700,000 from Sustainable Development Challenge 
Grants.
      11. $3,400,000 from the new Urban Environmental Quality 
and Human Health program.
      12. $112,119,000 as a general reduction.
      In the Congressional response to the EPA's proposed 
Operating Plan for fiscal year 1999, deep concerns were raised 
regarding the increase of the overall personnel level at the 
Agency and the relationship of that increase to the actual 
appropriated levels for activities of the Agency. As a result 
of these concerns, both the House and the Senate included 
specific payroll reductions in their respective fiscal year 
2000 legislative proposals, and the Senate took the further 
step of including a maximum expenditure for personnel 
compensation and benefits within the text of its bill.
      The conferees acknowledge that such specific direction 
tends to reduce the Agency's flexibility in balancing both 
personnel and operations requirements and have therefore 
determined not to include specific dollar or FTE provisions in 
either the legislation or the statement of the managers 
accompanying the conference report. This action, however, 
should not be interpreted as any change in the conferees' 
resolve that EPA must continue to take the steps necessary, 
short of a reduction-in-force action, to reduce its workforce 
and personnel costs.
      To this end, the conferees expect the Agency to maintain 
throughout the year the modified hiring freeze begun during 
fiscal year 1999, with the ultimate goal of reaching, by the 
end of fiscal year 2001, an Agency-wide personnel level of no 
more than 18,000 FTEs. In applying the hiring freeze, the 
Agency should remain flexible and make accommodations, as 
appropriate, to maintain necessary positions, even if doing so 
will temporarily result in upward fluctuations of monthly 
personnel levels. In addition, the Agency is expected to 
include as part of its Operating Plan submission for fiscal 
year 2000 a proposal to reduce payroll costs to help meet the 
general reduction requirement contained in the Environmental 
Programs and Management account. Finally, the Agency is 
requested to provide monthly to the Committees on 
Appropriations an informal report detailing the end-of-month 
personnel levels listed by office, location (headquarters, 
region, field) and by appropriations account.
      The conferees have agreed to provide $1,250,000 from 
within available funds for the seven Environmental Finance 
Centers. In this regard, the conferees direct the Agency to 
consider the finance center located at the University of 
Louisville part of and an equal partner in all activities, 
financial and otherwise, of the finance center network.
      The conference agreement includes the budget request of 
$32,800,000 for reregistration and $36,100,000 for registration 
activities performed by EPA. Faster review and approval for 
registration applications will allow safer, more 
environmentally friendly products on the market sooner and 
ensure that farmers have the ability to protect their crop. In 
the submission of the fiscal year 2000 operating plan, the 
Agency is directed to take no reductions below the budget 
request from the pesticide registration and reregistration 
programs, as well as from the NPDES permit backlog, compliance 
assistance activities, RCRA corrective actions, and data 
quality and information management activities related to the 
reorganization of the Office of Information Management.
      The conferees have provided $5,000,000 under section 103 
of the Clean Air Act for states and recognized regional 
partnerships, including the Western Regional Air Partnership 
due to the accelerated schedule it has in the Regional Haze 
regulations, for multi-state planning efforts on regional haze, 
including aiding in the development of emissions inventories, 
quantification of natural visibility conditions, monitoring, 
and other data necessary to define reasonable progress and 
develop control strategies. These additional funds shall in no 
way reduce other, existing grants to states or tribes 
authorized under sections 103 and 105 of title I, part C of the 
Clean Air Act, as amended.
      The conferees have similarly provided an additional 
$5,000,000 for the validation of screens and tests under the 
Endocrine Disrupter Screening Program (EDSP), bringing the 
total funding level for this program to $12,700,000. The 
conferees expect these funds to be used by the Office of 
Pollution Prevention and Toxics, in conjunction with the Office 
of Research and Development, to improve, standardize, and 
validate simultaneously the recommended Tier I screens and Tier 
II tests, beginning with those screens and tests relevant to 
human health, to protect appropriately public health. For the 
public to have confidence in information developed under the 
EDSP, the screens and tests must produce credible, replicable 
results.
      Within 60 days of enactment of this Act, EPA is directed 
to provide $300,000 to the Environmental Council of the States 
(ECOS) to analyze state enforcement and compliance statistics 
and identify the sources of any inconsistencies among the 
states and EPA in data collection, reporting, or definitions, 
and make such information along with a summary of state 
enforcement and compliance activities available for review by 
the Congress. EPA is further directed to provide the National 
Academy of Public Administration (NAPA), within 60 days of 
enactment, $200,000 to provide the Congress with an independent 
evaluation of state and federal enforcement data, including a 
recommendation of actions needed to ensure public access to 
accurate, credible, and consistent enforcement data.
      Within available funds, the conferees direct EPA to 
conduct a relative risk assessment of deep well injection, 
ocean disposal, surface discharge, and aquifer recharge of 
treated effluent in South Florida, in close cooperation with 
the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and South 
Florida municipal water utilities.
      The conferees encourage EPA to move forward with a 
rulemaking to provide for the use of a refillable/recyclable 
refrigerant cylinder system as a means of reducing the release 
of ozone-depleting chemicals.
      Consistent with the Senate Report, the Agency is directed 
to conduct in conjunction with the Department of Agriculture a 
cost and capability assessment of theUnified National Strategy 
for Animal Feeding Operations. The conferees agree this report should 
be completed and submitted to the Congress by May 15, 2001. Similarly, 
consistent with the House Report, the conferees expect the Agency to 
solicit and consider additional public comment regarding exemptions 
from the rule on ``plant pesticides'' as suggested by the Consortium of 
Eleven Scientific Societies.
      The conferees are concerned about an apparent inequity 
created by two separate and conflicting actions that occurred 
last May. One was EPA's issuance of a final rule under section 
126 of the Clean Air Act that in essence requires the same 
emission reductions called for by EPA's State Implementation 
Plan (SIP) revision call for nitrogen oxides (NOx) if the 
Agency has not approved the NOx SIP Call revisions of 22 States 
and the District of Columbia by November 30, 1999. The other 
was an order by the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. 
Circuit staying the requirement imposed in EPA's 1998 NOx SIP 
Call for these same jurisdictions to submit the SIP revisions 
just mentioned for EPA approval. Prior to this, EPA maintained 
a close link between the NOx SIP Call and the section 126 rule.
      While the conferees' primary concern is in ensuring that 
these matters are soon resolved in the interest of air quality 
enhancements for all the states, the conferees encourage EPA to 
retain the linkage and refrain from implementing the section 
126 regulation until the NOx SIP Call litigation is complete.
      The conferees are aware that an agreement is close to 
being reached among the EPA, various animal protection 
organizations, trade associations representing chemical 
companies, and other interested parties that will incorporate 
certain animal welfare concerns and scientific principles into 
the High Production Volume (HPV) testing program. It is the 
intention of the conferees that the HPV program, including the 
first test rule, should proceed in a manner that is consistent 
with those animal welfare concerns and that the EPA develop and 
validate within existing funds non-animal test methods for use 
in chemical toxicity testing.
      The conferees are aware of concerns regarding the 
relationship between proposed regulatory standards for radium 
in drinking water and the actual risks to public health caused 
by the ingestion of low concentrations of radium in drinking 
water. The Administrator of the EPA is therefore directed to 
evaluate all direct human health impacts of low concentrations 
of radium in drinking water and ascertain at what level radium 
in water actually becomes a risk to public health. The EPA is 
expected to publish a summary of this information in a Notice 
of Data Availability before making decisions about final 
standards for Radium 226 and Radium 228 in drinking water.
      The conferees have deleted bill language proposed by the 
House under General Provisions in title IV prohibiting the 
expenditure of funds to publish or issue an assessment required 
under section 106 of the Global Change Research Act of 1990 
unless the supporting research has been subjected to peer 
review and, if not otherwise publicly available, posted 
electronically for public comment prior to use in the 
assessment, and the draft assessment has been published in the 
Federal Register for a 60 day public comment period. While the 
conferees have deleted this specific bill language, the Agency 
is nevertheless expected to adhere to this provision.
      Unlike in the State and Tribal Assistance Grants account, 
the Agency has historically not required a cost-share component 
for specific grants provided through the Environmental Programs 
and Management (EPM) account, unless specifically required. In 
order to leverage better available financial resources, the 
Agency is directed to work with the Committees on 
Appropriations in the development of a proposal for a cost-
share requirement to be included for projects funded within the 
EPM account, with the goal of having such an agreed upon 
proposal included in the fiscal year 2000 Operating Plan.

                      office of inspector general

      Appropriates $32,409,000 for the Office of Inspector 
General as proposed by the Senate instead of $25,000,000 as 
proposed by the House. In addition to this appropriation, 
$11,000,000 is available to the OIG by transfer from the 
Hazardous Substance Superfund account. The conferees agree that 
the increase above the budget request provided the OIG should 
be used to address major problems at EPA through the 
development of additional audits of grants and assistance 
agreements, and to form a new program evaluation unit to 
analyze environmental outcomes more effectively.

                        buildings and facilities

      Appropriates $62,600,000 for buildings and facilities as 
proposed by the House instead of $25,930,000 as proposed by the 
Senate. The conferees note that within this appropriation is 
$36,700,000, the final funding increment, for continued 
construction of the consolidated research facility at Research 
Triangle Park, North Carolina.

                     hazardous substance superfund

      Appropriates $1,400,000,000 for hazardous substance 
superfund as proposed by the Senate instead of $1,450,000,000 
as proposed by the House. Bill language provides that 
$700,000,000 of the appropriated amount is to be derived from 
the Superfund Trust Fund, while the remaining $700,000,000 is 
to be derived from General Revenues of the Treasury. Additional 
language (1) provides $70,000,000 for the Agency for Toxic 
Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR); (2) provides for a 
transfer of $11,000,000 to the Office of Inspector General; (3) 
provides for a transfer of $38,000,000 to the Science and 
Technology account; and (4) provides that $100,000,000 of the 
appropriated amount shall not become available for obligation 
until September 1, 2000.
      The conferees have also included bill language which 
permits the Administrator of the ATSDR to conduct other 
appropriate health studies and evaluations or activities in 
lieu of health assessments pursuant to section 104(i)(6) of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act of 1980, as amended (CERCLA). The language 
further stipulates that in the conduct of such other health 
assessments, evaluations, or activities, the ATSDR shall not be 
bound by the deadlines imposed in section 104(i)(6)(A) of 
CERCLA.
      The conferees have agreed to the following fiscal year 
2000 funding levels:
      1. $917,337,000 for Superfund response/cleanup actions. 
The Brownfields program has been funded at the budget request 
level of $91,700,000.
      2. $140,000,000 for enforcement activities.
      3. $125,000,000 for management and support. In addition, 
$11,000,000 is to be provided by transfer to the Office of 
Inspector General.
      4. $38,000,000 for research and development activities, 
to be transferred to the Science and Technology account.
      5. $60,000,000 for the National Institute of 
Environmental Health Sciences, including $23,000,000 for worker 
training and $37,000,000 for research activities.
      6. $70,000,000 for the Agency for Toxic Substances and 
Disease Registry.
      7. $38,663,000 for reimbursable interagency activities, 
including $28,663,000 for the Department of Justice, $650,000 
for OSHA, $1,100,000 for FEMA, $2,450,000 for NOAA, $4,800,000 
for the Coast Guard, and $1,000,000 for the Department of the 
Interior.
      Within the amount provided to the ATSDR, $1,500,000 is 
for continued work on the Toms River, New Jersey cancer 
evaluation and research project. In addition, the conferees 
expect the ATSDR to provide adequate funding to continue the 
minority health professions program and to continue the health 
effects study on the consumption of Great Lakes fish. As in the 
past, ATSDR's administrative costs charged by CDC are capped at 
7.5 percent of the amount appropriated herein. The conferees 
agree that $3,000,000 is to be re-directed from health 
assessments to other priorities.
      With the funds transferred to science and technology, the 
conferees direct that the current hazardous substance research 
centers, including the Gulf Coast center, will be funded at no 
less than the 1998 funding level.
      For fiscal year 2000 and consistent with fiscal year 
1999, the conferees direct the Agency not to initiate or order 
dredging, except as noted in the conference report and 
statement of the managers accompanying the 1999 Appropriations 
Act, until the National Academy of Sciences has completed its 
dredging study and that study has been properly considered by 
EPA. Further, the Agency should only initiate or order dredging 
in cases where a full analysis of long and short-term health 
and environmental impacts has been conducted.
      Finally, the conferees direct that within 45 days of 
enactment of this Act, EPA award a cooperative agreement for an 
independent analysis of the projected federal costs over the 
ten-year period of fiscal years 2000-2010 for implementation of 
the Superfund program under current law, including the annual 
and cumulative costs associated with administering CERCLA 
activities at National Priority List (NPL) sites. The analysis 
should identify sources of uncertainty in the estimates, and 
shall model (1) costs for completion of all sites currently 
listed on the NPL, (2) costs associated with additions to the 
NPL anticipated for fiscal year 2000 through fiscal year 2009, 
(3) costs associated with federal expenditures for the 
operations and maintenance at both existing and new NPL sites, 
(4) costs for emergency removals, (5) non-site specific costs 
assigned to other activities such as research, administration, 
and interagency transfers, and (6) costs associated with five-
year reviews at existing and new NPL sites and associated 
activities. For purposes of this analysis, costs associated 
with assessment, response, and development of brownfields and 
federal facility sites are not to be included. The analysis 
shall be conducted by the Resources for the Future, and the 
results of the work are to be transmitted in a report to the 
Congress no later than December 31, 2000.

                leaking underground storage tank program

      Appropriates $70,000,000 for the leaking underground 
storage tank program instead of $60,000,000 as proposed by the 
House and $71,556,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      The conferees direct EPA to submit a plan to the Congress 
by May 1, 2000, including cost estimates, to (1) identify 
underground storage tanks that are not in compliance with 
subtitle I of the Solid Waste Disposal Act; (2) identify 
underground storage tanks in temporary closure; (3) determine 
the ownership of underground storage tanks not in compliance or 
in temporary closure; and (4) determine the plans of owners and 
operators to bring such tanks into compliance or out of 
temporary closure. For tanks for which no owner can be 
identified, the plans should describe how they will be brought 
into compliance or closed permanently.

                           OIL SPILL RESPONSE

      Appropriates $15,000,000 for oil spill response as 
provided by both the House and the Senate.

                   STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS

      Appropriates $3,466,650,000 for state and tribal 
assistance grants instead of $3,199,957,000 as proposed by the 
House and $3,250,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. Bill 
language specifically provides $1,350,000,000 for Clean Water 
State Revolving Fund (SRF) capitalization grants, $820,000,000 
for Safe Drinking Water SRF capitalization grants, $50,000,000 
for the United States-Mexico Border program, $30,000,000 for 
grants to address drinking water and wastewater infrastructure 
needs in rural and native Alaska, $885,000,000 for categorical 
grants to the states and tribes, and $331,650,000 for grants 
for construction of water and wastewater treatment facilities 
and for groundwater protection infrastructure.
      The conferees have included bill language which, for 
fiscal year 2000 only, authorizes the Administrator of the EPA 
to use funds appropriated under section 319 of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) to make grants to Indian 
tribes pursuant to section 319(h) and 518(e) of FWPCA. In 
addition, bill language has been adopted by the conferees to 
permit states to include as principal amounts considered to be 
the cost of administering or, for the State of New York only, 
capitalizing SRF loans to eligible borrowers, with certain 
limitations.
      The conferees have further agreed to include bill 
language which resolves in favor of the grantee a disputed 
grant, docket number AA-91-AD34 (05-90-AD09); bill language 
which permits EPA and the State of New York to utilize certain 
grant reallotments to provide grant assistance to Nassau 
County, New York for improvements at the Bay Park and Cedar 
Creek waste treatment plants; and bill language which makes 
technical changes to the use of funds appropriated in Public 
Law 105-276 for water and sewer infrastructure improvements in 
Utah and Alaska.
      Finally, the conferees have included bill language, 
similar to that included in the fiscal year 1998 Appropriations 
Act, which permits the District of Columbia Water and Sewer 
Authority to obtain federal construction grants containing a 
matching requirement of 80-20. This provision will permit the 
District to continue its efforts to implement its necessary 
capital improvement program while enabling it to maintain a 
sound financial position.
      Of the funds provided for the United States-Mexico Border 
Program, $3,000,000 is for the El Paso-Las Cruces sustainable 
water project, and $2,000,000 is for the Brownsville, Texas 
water supply project. Of the funds provided for rural and 
Alaska Native villages, $2,000,000 is for training and 
technical assistance. The State of Alaska must also provide a 
25 percent match for all expenditures through this program.
      The conferees agree that the $331,650,000 provided to 
communities or other entities for construction of water and 
wastewater treatment facilities and for groundwater protection 
infrastructure shall be accompanied by a cost-share requirement 
whereby 45 percent of a project's cost is to be the 
responsibility of the community or entity consistent with long-
standing guidelines of the Agency. These guidelines also offer 
flexibility in the application of the cost-share requirement 
for those few circumstances when meeting the 45 percent 
requirement is not possible. The Agency is commended for its 
past efforts in working with communities and other entities to 
resolve problems in this regard, and the conferees expect this 
level of effort and flexibility to continue throughout fiscal 
year 2000. The distribution of funds under this program is as 
follows:
      1. $2,000,000 for wastewater infrastructure improvements 
in Cherokee County ($750,000); South Vinemont ($750,000); and 
Dodge City ($500,000), Alabama.
      2. $1,000,000 for water infrastructure needs in Jefferson 
County, Alabama.
      3. $500,000 for the Dog River watershed project in 
Mobile, Alabama.
      4. $1,900,000 for wastewater infrastructure improvements 
in Stevenson ($950,000) and Athens ($950,000), Alabama.
      5. $3,000,000 for a surface water treatment plant in 
Franklin County, Alabama.
      6. $500,000 for Lafayette, Alabama, water system project.
      7. $500,000 for the City of Sitka, Alaska, water/sewer 
improvements.
      8. $3,750,000 for water/sewer improvements in the Chugiak 
area of Anchorage, Alaska.
      9. $3,750,000 for water/sewer improvements for the City 
of Valdez, Alaska.
      10. $300,000 for the East Wetlands Restoration project in 
Yuma, Arizona.
      11. $3,000,000 for a grant to the Arizona Water 
Infrastructure Financing Authority for making a loan to the 
city of Safford, Arizona to address the city's wastewater 
needs, which will be repaid by the city to the Arizona Clean 
Water Revolving fund established under title VI of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act, as amended.
      12. $1,000,000 for water and wastewater infrastructure 
improvements in Fort Chaffee, Arkansas.
      13. $3,000,000 for the Coastal Low Flow Storm Drain 
Diversion project in San Diego, California.
      14. $1,500,000 for the removal of Arundo Donax on the 
lower Santa Ana River ($1,000,000); and for restoration of Lake 
Elsinore ($500,000), California.
      15. $3,000,000 for continued construction of the 
Olivenhain Water District, California water treatment project.
      16. $2,000,000 for continued work on the Lake Tahoe water 
export replacement project ($1,000,000), and for wastewater 
infrastructure improvements at the Placer County Subregional 
Wastewater Treatment Plant ($1,000,000), California.
      17. $3,500,000 for water and wastewater infrastructure 
improvements for Arcadia and Sierra Madre ($2,000,000) and the 
City of San Dimas Walker House ($1,000,000); and for the 
Desalination Research and Innovation Partnership ($500,000), 
California.
      18. $500,000 for continued development of the Calleguas 
Creek, California watershed management plan.
      19. $4,000,000 for water, wastewater, and system 
infrastructure development and improvements for the Yucaipa 
Valley Water District ($2,000,000); the Lower Owens River 
project in Inyo County ($1,000,000); the Lower Owens River 
project in the City of Los Angeles ($500,000); and the San 
Timoteo Creek environmental restoration project in Loma Linda 
($500,000), California.
      20. $2,000,000 for Sacramento, California's combined 
sewer system improvement and rehabilitation project.
      21. $2,500,000 for a desalination facility in Carlsbad 
($500,000); for the San Diego wastewater capital improvement 
program ($1,000,000), and for watershed planning for the 
community and environmental transportation acceptability 
process in Riverside County ($1,000,000), California.
      22. $1,000,000 for wastewater and sewer infrastructure 
improvements in Huntington Beach, California.
      23. $950,000 for wastewater infrastructure improvements 
in the Russian River Sanitation District ($475,000), and for 
continued development of the Geysers Recharge project 
($475,000), California.
      24. $1,600,000 for continuation of a water reuse 
demonstration project in Yucca Valley ($1,000,000) and a water 
storage distribution project in Twenty Nine Palms ($600,000), 
California.
      25. $950,000 for wastewater infrastructure needs on Mare 
Island, Vallejo, California.
      26. $1,500,000 for sewer infrastructure improvements in 
the vicinity of the Santa Clara River in Los Angeles County, 
California.
      27. $1,500,000 for the City of Montrose, Colorado, 
wastewater treatment plant upgrade.
      28. $1,500,000 for wastewater infrastructure improvements 
in New Britain and Southington, Connecticut.
      29. $1,425,000 for wastewater infrastructure and combined 
sewer overflow improvements on the Connecticut River in 
Connecticut and Massachusetts.
      30. $3,000,000 for water, wastewater, and water reuse 
infrastructure improvements through Florida's five water 
management district Alternative Water Sources Development 
program.
      31. $2,000,000 for continuation of the water reuse 
infrastructure project in West Palm Beach, Florida.
      32. $5,000,000 for the Tampa Bay, Florida regional 
reservoir infrastructure project.
      33. $1,900,000 for wastewater infrastructure improvements 
for Opa-locka ($950,000) and for the Highland Village 
neighborhood of North Miami Beach ($950,000), Florida.
      34. $1,500,000 for wastewater infrastructure improvements 
necessary to reduce effluent discharge into Sarasota Bay, 
Florida.
      35. $500,000 for development of the Deer Point Watershed 
Protection Zone in Bay County, Florida.
      36. $1,000,000 for analysis and development of necessary 
combined system overflow facilities in Atlanta, Georgia.
      37. $1,000,000 for infrastructure development and 
improvements of the Big Creek watershed programs in the cities 
of Roswell, Mountain Park, and Brookfield, and Fulton County, 
Georgia.
      38. $1,000,000 for continued work on the basin stormwater 
retention and reuse project at Big Haynes Creek, Georgia.
      39. $1,500,000 for the County of Kauai, Hawaii, for the 
Lihue wastewater treatment plant.
      40. $600,000 for water and wastewater infrastructure 
improvements in Jerome ($300,000), and Dietrich ($300,000), 
Idaho.
      41. $1,800,000 for the City of Blackfoot, Idaho, for 
wastewater treatment plant improvements.
      42. $7,500,000 for drinking water infrastructure 
improvements in the cities of DeKalb ($2,500,000); Yorkville 
($1,000,000); Elburn ($500,000); Batavia ($1,500,000); Oswego 
($1,000,000); and Geneva ($1,000,000), Illinois.
      43. $4,750,000 for continued development of the tunnel 
and reservoir project (TARP) of the Metropolitan Water 
Reclamation District in Chicago, Illinois.
      44. $950,000 for water and wastewater infrastructure 
improvements in Robbins ($475,000) and Phoenix ($475,000), 
Illinois.
      45. $1,000,000 for infrastructure development of the 
Pigeon Creek Enhancement project in Evansville, Indiana.
      46. $1,900,000 for wastewater infrastructure improvements 
within the Gary Sanitary District, Indiana.
      47. $900,000 for wastewater infrastructure improvements 
in Kansas City, Kansas.
      48. $1,500,000 for wastewater infrastructure development 
and improvements in Jessamine County, Kentucky.
      49. $1,000,000 for wastewater and drinking water 
infrastructure improvements in Bonnieville ($600,000) and in 
the Kentucky Turnpike Water District Division 2 ($400,000), 
Kentucky.
      50. $1,500,000 for wastewater infrastructure improvements 
at the West County Wastewater Treatment Plant within the 
Metropolitan Sewer District of Louisville, Kentucky.
      51. $6,400,000 for water and wastewater infrastructure 
needs for Knott County ($2,000,000); Somerset ($1,400,000); 
Knox County ($1,000,000); Harlan ($1,000,000); and McCreary 
County ($1,000,000), Kentucky.
      52. $800,000 for water, sewer, and wastewater 
infrastructure improvements within the Henderson County Water 
District ($350,000); the Logan/Todd Regional Water System 
($300,000); the McLean County sewer system ($120,000); and the 
Fancy Farm water system ($30,000), Kentucky.
      53. $3,000,000 for North Jessamine County, Kentucky, 
wastewater system improvements.
      54. $2,500,000 for water and wastewater infrastructure 
improvements in the East Baton Rouge Parish ($1,000,000); 
Ascension Parish ($1,250,000); and St. Gabriel ($250,000), 
Louisiana.
      55. $2,000,000 for water and wastewater infrastructure 
improvements in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana.
      56. $3,800,000 for New Orleans, Louisiana wastewater 
infrastructure improvements.
      57. $1,425,000 for combined sewer overflow infrastructure 
support in Middlesex and Essex Counties ($712,500), and for 
continued wastewater infrastructure improvements in Essex 
County ($712,500), Massachusetts.
      58. $2,000,000 for continued wastewater needs in Bristol 
County, Massachusetts.
      59. $1,900,000 for combined sewer overflow infrastructure 
improvements in Boston, Massachusetts.
      60. $1,000,000 for Vinalhaven, Maine, wastewater 
infrastructure improvements.
      61. $5,000,000 for the upgrade of sewage treatment 
facilities in Cambridge and Salisbury, Maryland.
      62. $1,500,000 for combined sewer overflow infrastructure 
improvements in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
      63. $5,000,000 for continuation of the Rouge River 
National Wet Weather Demonstration project.
      64. $1,500,000 for infrastructure improvements within the 
George W. Kuhn Drainage District, Oakland County, Michigan.
      65. $1,000,000 for water and watershed infrastructure 
improvements and research through Western Michigan University 
at Kalamazoo, Michigan.
      66. $1,900,000 for wastewater infrastructure improvements 
in Port Huron, Michigan.
      67. $1,425,000 for continued drinking water 
infrastructure improvements for Bad Axe, Michigan.
      68. $1,900,000 for continued development of the Mille 
Lacs regional wastewater treatment facility, Minnesota.
      69. $2,800,000 for the City of Flowood, Mississippi for 
the Hogg Creek Interceptor wastewater infrastructure 
improvements within the West Rankin Regional Sewage System.
      70. $950,000 for sewer and wastewater infrastructure 
needs in Picayune, Mississippi.
      71. $3,500,000 for wastewater infrastructure improvements 
at the DeSoto County Wastewater Treatment Facility 
($2,950,000), and the City of Farmington wastewater collection 
and treatment facility ($550,000), Mississippi.
      72. $475,000 for wastewater infrastructure improvements 
in Lamont, Mississippi.
      73. $5,200,000 for wastewater infrastructure evaluation 
and improvements in Jackson, Mississippi.
      74. $2,375,000 for the Meramac River, Missouri 
enhancement and wetlands protection project.
      75. $1,000,000 for wastewater infrastructure improvements 
in Jefferson County, Missouri.
      76. $5,500,000 for the State of Missouri Department of 
Natural Resources for phosphorous removal efforts in 
southwestern Missouri communities under 50,000, including but 
not limited to Nixa, Ozark, Kimberling City, Reeds Spring, and 
Galena wastewater treatment facilities discharging into the 
Table Rock Lake watershed.
      77. $3,300,000 for the Missouri Division of State Parks 
water and sewer improvements needs including but not limited to 
the state parks of Meramec, Roaring River, Lake of the Ozarks, 
Knob Noster, Cuivve River, Mark Twain, and Trail of Tears.
      78. $1,000,000 for wastewater infrastructure improvements 
for the East Missoula wastewater system ($250,000); the El Mar 
Estates wastewater treatment facility ($250,000); and the Lolo 
wastewater treatment plant ($500,000), Montana.
      79. $4,000,000 for the Lockwood, Montana, water and sewer 
district for implementation of its wastewater collection, 
treatment and disposal plan.
      80. $1,500,000 for the Big Timber, Montana wastewater 
treatment facility.
      81. $450,000 for watershed management improvements in 
Omaha, Nebraska.
      82. $3,300,000 for water and wastewater infrastructure 
needs of the Moapa Valley Water District ($2,300,000) and the 
City of Fallon ($1,000,000), Nevada.
      83. $900,000 for water infrastructure improvements in 
Henderson, Nevada.
      84. $2,000,000 for wastewater infrastructure improvements 
in Epping, New Hampshire.
      85. $2,000,000 for the Berlin, New Hampshire, water 
infrastructure improvements.
      86. $1,000,000 for combined sewer overflow infrastructure 
improvements in Nashua, New Hampshire.
      87. $5,000,000 for combined sewer overflow requirements 
of the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission, New Jersey.
      88. $1,500,000 for combined sewer overflow infrastructure 
improvements of the North Hudson Sewerage Authority, New 
Jersey.
      89. $475,000 for wastewater infrastructure improvements 
for the South Side Interceptor/Queens Ditch in Newark, New 
Jersey.
      90. $3,000,000 for water and wastewater infrastructure 
and development needs in Lovington ($1,500,000) and Belen 
($1,500,000), New Mexico.
      91. $7,500,000 for water and wastewater infrastructure 
improvements in Bernalillo ($1,000,000); in the North and South 
Valley areas of Albuquerque and Bernalillo County ($6,000,000); 
and in Espanola ($500,000), New Mexico.
      92. $500,000 for the Clovis, New Mexico emergency repair 
of a wastewater effluent holding pond and renovation of its 
wastewater treatment plant.
      93. $10,000,000 for drinking water infrastructure needs 
in the New York City watershed.
      94. $5,000,000 for wastewater infrastructure improvements 
within the Western Ramapo Sewer District in Rockland County, 
New York.
      95. $950,000 for wastewater infrastructure improvements 
at New York and Pennsylvania treatment facilities which 
discharge into the Susquehanna River.
      96. $950,000 for infrastructure improvements at the White 
Plains water filtration facility, New York.
      97. $1,500,000 for phase one of the Genesee County, New 
York public water supply project.
      98. $1,500,000 for water and wastewater infrastructure 
improvements for the Hamlet of Verona, New York.
      99. $1,500,000 for the Lake Water Supply project in 
Monroe County, New York.
      100. $1,000,000 for water infrastructure improvements in 
Syracuse, New York.
      101. $18,500,000 for continued clean water improvements 
of Onondaga Lake, New York.
      102. $2,500,000 for drinking water and wastewater 
infrastructure improvements of the Buncombe County Metropolitan 
Sewerage District ($2,000,000), and in the town of Waynesville 
($500,000), North Carolina.
      103. $3,000,000 for the Grand Forks, North Dakota, water 
treatment plant.
      104. $1,925,000 for continued development of a storm 
water abatement system in the Doan Brook Watershed Area, Ohio.
      105. $3,000,000 for combined sewer overflow 
infrastructure improvements in Port Clinton ($1,500,000) and 
Van Wert ($1,500,000), Ohio.
      106. $1,000,000 for water treatment infrastructure 
improvements in Girard, Ohio.
      107. $1,900,000 for wastewater improvements associated 
with the Toledo Waste Equalization Basin, Ohio.
      108. $1,425,000 for drinking water infrastructure needs 
in Jackson County, Ohio.
      109. $1,000,000 for wastewater infrastructure 
improvements in Hood River, Oregon.
      110. $2,900,000 for continued development of the Three 
Rivers Wet Weather Demonstration program in Allegheny County, 
Pennsylvania.
      111. $1,000,000 for Hampden Township, Pennsylvania 
wastewater infrastructure improvements.
      112. $1,000,000 for continued wastewater infrastructure 
improvements for the Springettsbury Township and City of York, 
Pennsylvania.
      113. $3,800,000 for groundwater, drinking water and 
watershed infrastructure restoration and improvements in 
Carrolltown Borough ($1,567,500); Sipesville ($2,118,500); and 
the Saint Vincent watershed ($114,000), Pennsylvania.
      114. $1,000,000 for wastewater infrastructure 
improvements for the Roaring Brook Township Sewer Authority 
($300,000); the Borough of Olyphant ($300,000); and the Borough 
of Honesdale ($400,000), Pennsylvania.
      115. $1,000,000 for wastewater and sewer infrastructure 
improvements in New Kensington, Pennsylvania.
      116. $5,000,000 for water and wastewater infrastructure 
improvements for the Lewistown Municipal Water Authority 
($500,000); Chambersburg Borough ($1,250,000); Hollidaysburg 
Borough ($1,500,000); Houtzdale Borough Municipal Authority 
($200,000); Tyrone Borough ($800,000); Metal Township Sewer 
Authority ($500,000); and Decatur Township ($250,000), 
Pennsylvania.
      117. $500,000 for water infrastructure needs in the 
Khedive area of Jefferson Township, Greene County, 
Pennsylvania.
      118. $4,000,000 for the continued development of water 
supply needs of the Lake Marion Regional Water Agency, South 
Carolina.
      119. $2,300,000 for the Shulerville-Honey Hill, South 
Carolina, water extension project.
      120. $1,000,000 for wastewater infrastructure development 
and improvements at the George's Creek Wastewater Treatment 
Plant, Pickens County, South Carolina.
      121. $500,000 for Dell Rapids, South Dakota, wastewater 
treatment facility upgrade.
      122. $5,000,000 for the Mitchell, South Dakota, water 
system.
      123. $2,000,000 for drinking water infrastructure 
improvements of the Sunbright Utility District, Morgan County, 
Tennessee.
      124. $1,000,000 for a wastewater, wet weather 
demonstration project in Fort Worth, Texas.
      125. $500,000 for continued development of the Riverton, 
Utah water reuse system improvement project.
      126. $2,000,000 for water, sewer, and stormwater 
infrastructure improvements for the City of Ogden, Utah.
      127. $800,000 for a wetland development project in Logan, 
Utah.
      128. $8,000,000 for continued development of combined 
sewer overflow improvements in Richmond ($4,000,000) and 
Lynchburg ($4,000,000), Virginia.
      129. $2,000,000 for water and wastewater infrastructure 
improvements in western Lee County ($1,250,000) and in Amonate, 
Tazewell County ($750,000), Virginia.
      130. $2,700,000 for the Pownal, Vermont wastewater 
treatment project.
      131. $1,300,000 for the Cabot, Vermont, wastewater 
treatment project.
      132. $2,500,000 for water system improvements in Metaline 
Falls, Washington.
      133. $600,000 for the city of Bremerton, Washington, 
combined sewer overflow project.
      134. $450,000 for water and wastewater infrastructure 
needs for the Village of Klicktat, Washington.
      135. $950,000 for water and wastewater infrastructure 
improvements in Huntington, West Virginia.
      136. $7,000,000 for water, wastewater, and sewer 
infrastructure improvements in Davis ($1,850,000); Newburg 
($1,900,000); the Chestnut Ridge Public Service District in 
Barbour County ($1,950,000); and Worthington ($1,300,000), West 
Virginia.
      137. $5,000,000 for the City of Welch, West Virginia, for 
water and sewer improvements.
      138. $3,000,000 for continued development of the 
Metropolitan Milwaukee Sewerage District interceptor system.
      139. $1,000,000 for wastewater infrastructure 
improvements in Beloit, Wisconsin.
      140. $5,900,000 for continuation of the National 
Community Decentralized Wastewater Demonstration Project to 
develop and transfer technologies which offer alternatives to 
centralized wastewater treatment facilities. The three 
communities of Monroe County, Florida Keys, Florida 
($4,000,000); Mobile, Alabama ($1,200,000); and Skaneateles 
Lake, New York have been added to the demonstration project 
based on their unique and diverse geology and geography, as 
well as on the commitment of each community to find appropriate 
alternative technologies to resolve their wastewater treatment 
needs. The Committee expects to continue the cost share 
requirements for these three projects as was provided the first 
three project communities.
      141. $500,000 for wastewater infrastructure improvements 
through the City of Warm Springs, Georgia.
      It is the intent of the conferees that EPA is to award 
the remaining $2,675,000 not yet awarded from the $8,000,000 
appropriated in Public Law 105-65 for the Upper Savannah 
Council of Governments for wastewater facility improvements, 
with a local match less than that normally prescribed by EPA 
for such grants. In addition, for this year and prior fiscal 
years, any grants to nonprofit organizations (or educational 
institutions) for a project to demonstrate the use of an onsite 
ecologically based wastewater treatment process that are funded 
from monies included in EPA's State and Tribal Assistance Grant 
account should require not more than a five percent match 
requirement.

                   Executive Office of the President

                office of science and technology policy

      Appropriates $5,108,000 for the Office of Science and 
Technology Policy as proposed by the House instead of 
$5,201,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      The conferees are aware of the growing interest in the 
scientific, biomedical, and industrial communities for 
increasing high field nuclear magnetic resonance capacities. 
Last year, the House Appropriations Committee requested the 
National Science Foundation assess and report on Japanese 
efforts in this area. It appears that progress by Japan and 
several other countries has been impressive while efforts 
related to this important new technology in the United States 
have lagged.
      The conferees strongly urge the OSTP to undertake an 
assessment of this technology, its potential utilization by 
various scientific disciplines, and to provide recommendations 
on what future efforts or programs the federal research and 
development agencies should undertake to address this 
challenge. The conferees request the OSTP provide a report to 
the Committees on Appropriations by May 1, 2000.

  council on environmental quality and office of environmental quality

      Appropriates $2,827,000 for the Council on Environmental 
Quality and the Office of Environmental Quality as proposed by 
the House instead of $2,675,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
conferees have once again included bill language which 
prohibits CEQ from using funds other than those appropriated 
directly under this heading. The Council is expected to 
implement this provision in a manner consistent with its 
implementation during fiscal years 1998 and 1999.
      The conferees note that the fiscal year 1999 
Appropriations Act directed that ``no less than $100,000 of the 
appropriated amount be used by CEQ for work on the NEPA 
Reinvention project . . . to establish a memorandum of 
understanding between the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
and other appropriate federal departments and agencies to 
expedite review of natural gas pipeline projects.'' The 
conferees commend CEQ for beginning this process and understand 
the Council is currently awaiting input from the industry, 
which is expected shortly. The conferees continue to want this 
memorandum of understanding to occur in fiscal year 2000 and 
expect that it will help to serve as a model to develop 
memoranda of understanding to expedite processing for other 
projects that require NEPA review.

                 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

                      office of inspector general

      Appropriates $33,666,000 for the Office of Inspector 
General as proposed by the House, instead of $34,666,000 as 
proposed by the Senate. Funds for this account are derived from 
the Bank Insurance Fund, the Savings and Loan Association 
Insurance Fund, and the FSLIC Resolution Fund.

                  Federal Emergency Management Agency

                            disaster relief

      Appropriates $300,000,000 for disaster relief as proposed 
by the both the House and the Senate. In addition, appropriates 
$2,480,425,000 in emergency funding for disaster relief. The 
House and Senate bills did not provide for the emergency 
funding.
      The conferees have agreed to include language in the bill 
making $10,000,000 from section 404 hazard mitigation grant 
funding available to the State of California for pilot projects 
to demonstrate seismic retrofit technology. Of this amount, 
FEMA is directed to use $2,000,000 to continue a pilot project 
of seismic retrofit technology on an existing welded steel 
frame building at California State University, San Bernardino. 
Also within the account, an additional $6,000,000 is available 
for continuation of a project at Loma Linda University 
Hospital, and $2,000,000 is available for a seismic retrofit 
project at the University of Redlands.
      The conferees have also agreed to make available from 
section 404 hazard mitigation grant funding available to the 
respective states, $1,000,000 for a hurricane mitigation 
project at South Florida University, Ft. Lauderdale campus; 
$2,500,000 for a windstorm simulation project at Florida 
International University; $1,000,000 for a logistical staging 
area concept demonstration at the Stanly County Airport in 
North Carolina; and $500,000 for wave monitoring buoys in the 
Gulf of Mexico off the Louisiana coast.
      The conferees note that FEMA's plans to promulgate 
regulations pertaining to public assistance insurance 
requirements have significant financial implications for 
states, municipalities, and private non-profit hospitals and 
universities. The conferees believe it is important that FEMA 
obtain key data prior to finalizing such a rule. Therefore, the 
conferees direct the General Accounting Office to study the 
financial impacts of the proposed FEMA regulation and submit 
the report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House and 
Senate within 120 days. Prior to finalizing a rule, FEMA is 
directed to consider fully the GAO's findings.
      The conferees agree that the Texas Task Force 1 is 
strategically located and fully operational and direct FEMA to 
do a full evaluation of the task force and report back to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate as to 
whether it should be included in the Urban Search and Rescue 
system.
      The conferees are concerned that FEMA may not have 
adequate resources available for the training of federal, 
state, local, and volunteer disaster officials on the latest 
techniques in disaster response and resource management. 
Therefore, the conferees direct FEMA to study the feasibility 
and the merits of establishing a national training academy in 
south Florida for the above purposes. In completing such study, 
FEMA should consult with other agencies engaged in natural 
disaster response and assistance, and should take into account 
the activities of the Emergency Management Institute in 
Emmitsburg, Maryland. The conferees expect FEMA to report back 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate by 
January 31, 2000.

                        Emergency Y2K Assistance

      The conferees agree not to establish a program of grants 
and loans to counties and local governments for expenses 
related to problems associated with the year 2000 date change 
as proposed by the Senate. This program was not included in the 
House bill.

                         salaries and expenses

      Appropriates $180,000,000 for salaries and expenses as 
proposed by the Senate instead of $177,720,000 as proposed by 
the House. The conferees agree that the reduction from the 
budget request shall be applied to program offices in an 
equitable manner. FEMA is to provide a track of the funding 
reduction as part of its operating plan.

                      office of inspector general

      Appropriates $8,015,000 for the Office of Inspector 
General as proposed by the Senate instead of $6,515,000 as 
proposed by the House.

              emergency management planning and assistance

      Appropriates $267,000,000 for emergency management 
planning and assistance instead of $280,787,000 as proposed by 
the House and $255,850,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
conferees have included language in the bill which authorizes 
and directs FEMA to extend its cooperative agreement for the 
Jones County, Mississippi emergency operating center, modified 
with a technical change from that proposed by the Senate.
      The conferees agree that the amount provided includes 
$25,000,000 for pre-disaster mitigation activities and a 
reduction of $4,500,000 from the budget request for 
consolidated emergency performance grants. Unspecified 
reductions to the account are to be taken in an equitable 
manner except as provided below.
      The conferees agree to make no specific reduction to the 
request for anti-terrorism activities. However, the conferees 
are concerned that the proliferation of anti-terrorism 
activities throughout the Federal government may give rise to 
duplication of efforts. FEMA is encouraged to take whatever 
action is required to ensure that its efforts do not duplicate 
the efforts of other Federal entities.
      The conferees direct FEMA to ensure that, in exchange for 
the additional flexibility provided through the emergency 
management performance grants, States are held accountable for 
the funds by tying such funds to performance measures. FEMA is 
expected to provide adequate financial and programmatic 
accountability in order to demonstrate appropriate use of the 
funds.
      The conferees agree to provide $400,000 for upgrades to 
the computer modeling capability of FEMA and the California 
Office of Emergency Services. Specifically, the Regional 
Assessment of Mitigation Priorities computer program is to be 
upgraded to evaluate earthquake disaster mitigation projects. 
The conferees also agree to provide $1,500,000 for the 
commercialization of emergency response technologies, to be 
performed by the National Technology Transfer Center, and 
$1,000,000 for the Operations Support Directorate to archive 
key agency documents by digitalization to optical disks.
      The conferees agree with the Senate that the full budget 
request of $5,500,000 is to be provided for the dam safety 
program.
      The conferees concur with House report language regarding 
an evacuation plan for the New Orleans area and direct FEMA to 
work with the Southeast Louisiana Hurricane Task Force and the 
Louisiana One Coalition on the preparation of this evacuation 
and recovery plan and report.

                   emergency food and shelter program

      Appropriates $110,000,000 for the Emergency Food and 
Shelter program as proposed by both the House and Senate. 
Includes language proposed by the Senate which makes the funds 
available until expended.

                      flood map modernization fund

      Appropriates $5,000,000 to establish the Flood Map 
Modernization Fund as proposed by the House. The Senate did not 
provide funding for this program. The conferees agree not to 
provide an earmark of $2,000,000 for the New York Department of 
Environmental Conservation from this fund.

                  national insurance development fund

      The conferees agree to bill language which cancels the 
indebtedness of the Director of FEMA. The House and Senate both 
included the provision, but with technical differences. The 
conferees agree to include the House language.

                     national flood insurance fund

      The conferees have included bill language which 
authorizes the National Flood Insurance Program for fiscal year 
2000. Without this authorization, new flood insurance policies 
could not be written throughout the fiscal year. In addition, 
the conferees direct FEMA to make $2,000,000 available to the 
New York Department of Environmental Conservation for 
initiating the Statewide Flood Plain Mapping Program. The House 
had proposed this earmark within the Flood Map Modernization 
Fund.

                     national flood mitigation fund

      Provides for the transfer of $20,000,000 from the 
National Flood Insurance Fund to the National Flood Mitigation 
Fund as proposed by the House. The Senate did not include a 
provision for the Fund.

             National Aeronautics and Space Administration

      Appropriates a total of $13,652,700,000 for the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration, instead of 
$12,653,800,000 as proposed by the House and $13,578,400,000 as 
proposed by the Senate.
      The conferees agree to retain the current NASA account 
structure for fiscal year 2000.
      The conferees agree to include a general provision which 
provides indemnification and cross-waivers of liability with 
regard to experimental aerospace vehicle programs. The language 
is included as a general provision in title IV of the Act and 
is a modification of language included as part of the fiscal 
year 1999 appropriations Act. The conferees have also agreed to 
include a general provision which provides for a one year 
extension of indemnification for commercial space launches.
      In addition, the conferees have agreed to include a 
general provision which authorizes NASA to carry out a program 
to demonstrate commercial feasibility and economic viability of 
private sector business operations involving the International 
Space Station.
      The conferees believe that the International Space 
Station will be a catalyst for future economic development 
activity in low earth orbit. Therefore, the conferees have 
included bill language establishing a demonstration program 
intended to test the feasibility of commercial ventures using 
the station, and whether or not it is possible to operate the 
station in accordance with business practices. In order to 
encourage private investment and increase economic activity in 
low earth orbit, NASA may negotiate for payments, at a value 
set by the private market, and retain any funds received in 
excess of costs for re-investment in the station economic 
development program.
      The demonstration program applies only to the transition 
period associated with station assembly and early operations--a 
period during which fledgling businesses will experience their 
first opportunity for sustainable, continuous access to orbital 
laboratories. The conferees expect NASA to refrain from picking 
winners and losers in this coming era and instead enable the 
power of the U.S. capital markets to come to bear on this new 
frontier of U.S. economic development.
      The conferees intend that the results of this 
demonstration program--and lessons learned along the way--will 
be incorporated into NASA's planning for long-term 
commercialization of the station, in concert with other ongoing 
activities such as the establishment of a non-government 
organization for station utilization and management.
      Of the amounts approved in the following appropriations 
accounts, NASA must limit transfers of funds between programs 
and activities to not more than $500,000 without prior approval 
of the Committees on Appropriations. Further, no changes may be 
made to any account or program element if it is construed to be 
policy or a change in policy. Any activity or program cited in 
this report shall be construed as the position of the conferees 
and should not be subject to reductions or reprogramming 
without prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House and Senate. Finally, it is the intent of the 
conferees that all carryover funds in the various 
appropriations accounts are subject to the normal reprogramming 
requirements outlined above.

                           human space flight

      Appropriates $5,510,900,000 for human space flight. The 
House had proposed $5,388,000,000 in this account. The Senate 
had proposed two new accounts, International Space Station and 
Launch Vehicles and Payload Operations, with a total of 
$5,638,700,000. Within the amount provided, the appropriation 
for space shuttle is $3,011,200,000, the appropriation for 
payload and utilization is $169,100,000, and the appropriation 
for space station development related activities is 
$2,330,600,000.
      The amount provided for space shuttle operations is 
$25,000,000 greater than the budget request. The increase is 
provided for urgent safety upgrades for the shuttle and may be 
augmented with additional funding from shuttle operations if 
such funding is identified throughout the fiscal year. The 
conferees agree that NASA is to undertake upgrades that are 
necessary to ensure continued safe operation of the shuttle and 
NASA is to provide a report to the Committees on Appropriations 
which identifies proposed upgrades, a schedule for 
accomplishing the upgrades, and the cost associated with each 
upgrade. The report is to be provided to the Committees on 
Appropriations by February 1, 2000.
      The conferees have included a proviso within the Human 
Space Flight account which reserves $40,000,000 for use only in 
connection with a shuttle science mission to be flown between 
the flight of STS-107 and December of 2001. The conferees have 
taken this action because of the belief that dedicated science 
missions must continue during the assembly of the International 
Space Station to ensure that the scientific community remains 
fully engaged in human space flight activities. Funding of 
$15,000,000 provided for the life and microgravity science 
program in fiscal year 1999 is to be used for STS-107 
($5,000,000) and for principal investigators associated with 
the dedicated flight which will occur before December, 2001 
($10,000,000).
      The amount provided for the international space station 
program is $2,330,600,000, a decrease of $152,100,000 from the 
budget request. The reductions include a transfer of 
$17,100,000 to Mission Support to cover emergent personnel 
costs, a reduction of $100,000,000 from the funds requested for 
development of the crew return vehicle, and a general reduction 
of $35,000,000.
      The conferees agree that international agreements to 
provide hardware for the space station should be binding and 
such agreements should be structured in such a way as to avoid 
complicating the assembly of the station. In order to be more 
fully informed on what potential problems may arise due to a 
reliance on foreign entities providing necessary hardware, NASA 
is directed to provide the Committees on Appropriations with a 
report on all external hardware components needed for the 
station that have been contracted for internationally, the 
schedule for delivery of these components, and the current 
status of each component with regard to completion and 
delivery.
      The conferees agree that the two quarterly reports 
requested in the International Space Station section of the 
Senate report shall not be required. Instead, NASA shall 
provide a quarterly report, beginning on April 1, 2000 and 
every three months thereafter, which provides the status of 
station hardware construction and assembly, as well as 
associated costs. The report shall highlight schedule and cost 
variance relative to the schedule and cost included as the 
basis for the fiscal year 2000 budget request.
      The conferees recognize the funds appropriated by this 
Act for the development of the International Space Station may 
not be adequate to cover all potential contractual commitments 
should the program be terminated for the convenience of the 
Government. Accordingly, if the Space Station is terminated for 
the convenience of the Government, additional appropriated 
funds may be necessary to cover such contractual commitments. 
In the event of such termination, it would be the intent of the 
conferees to provide such additional appropriations as may be 
necessary to provide fully for termination payments in a manner 
which avoids impacting the conduct of other ongoing NASA 
programs.

                  science, aeronautics and technology

      Appropriates $5,606,700,000 for science, aeronautics and 
technology. The House had proposed $4,975,700,000 in this 
account and the Senate had proposed $5,424,700,000. The amount 
provided is $182,000,000 above the budget request. The amount 
provided consists of:
            $2,197,850,000 for space science.
            $277,200,000 for life and microgravity sciences.
            $1,455,200,000 for earth sciences.
            $1,158,800,000 for aeronautics and space 
        transportation.
            $406,300,000 for mission support.
            $141,300,000 for academic programs.
            $29,950,000 in general reductions.
      The conferees are aware of a recent capabilities briefing 
that took place at NASA's Independent Verification and 
Validation (IV&V) Facility in conjunction with the quarterly 
Senior Management Council Meeting in June, 1999. The conferees 
understand that most NASA Center Directors or their designees 
were present at this briefing, as were the Assistant 
Administrators of the various NASA enterprises. The conferees 
expect substantial integration of the IV&V Facility into the 
NASA system, and in particular, the activities of the Goddard 
Space Flight Center (GSFC). This Center should take specific 
note of this opportunity due to its close proximity to the IV&V 
Facility. To these ends, the conferees direct the Administrator 
to report, in conjunction with GSFC and no later than June 1, 
2000, on what new activities the various NASA Centers are 
initiating with the IV&V Facility.
      The conferees are aware of the NASA Sounding Rocket 
Operations contract (NSROC) competitive procurement for rocket 
systems now underway, and see this as an excellent opportunity 
to invigorate the domestic sounding rocket industry, which has 
languished in recent years. Therefore, NASA is directed to 
instruct the NSROC contractor to choose the best domestic 
competitor for this procurement, if the NASA Administrator 
determines the competitor has satisfied the requirements of the 
contract.
      The conferees are concerned that the large amount of data 
being collected as part of NASA science missions is not being 
put to the best possible use. To allay these concerns, the 
conferees direct NASA to contract with the National Research 
Council for the study of the availability and usefulness of 
data collected from all of NASA's science missions. The study 
should also address what investments are needed in data 
analysis commensurate with the promotion of new missions.
      The conferees note that the fiscal year 1998 Statement of 
Managers (House Report 105-297) outlined a change in the 
allocation of advanced technology funding for space science so 
that 75 percent of all such funding would be done competitively 
through an announcement of opportunity. The conferees urge NASA 
to continue its efforts to reach the 75 percent target in a 
manner that does not undermine the core competencies of the 
NASA centers. Furthermore, the conferees direct NASA to present 
a plan to the Committees on Appropriations by February 1, 2000 
that details how the agency will meet the 75 percent goal for 
both space and earth sciences and preserve core competencies at 
NASA Centers. The plan should also articulate how non-
competitive funding will be allocated, by Center, to preserve 
core competencies. In addition, the report shall include a plan 
to link NASA Centers with relevant academic laboratories to 
enhance Center capabilities and core competencies.
      The conferees direct NASA to submit project status 
reports on a quarterly basis for all space and earth science 
missions. The project status reports must include all projects 
in either phase B or phase C/D status and all mission 
operations and data analysis funding. The reports must also 
include all advanced technology funding by subprogram activity 
and future flight profile, and salary and expense costs. The 
conferees further expect NASA to include in these quarterly 
project status reports a review of any mission or project that 
is exceeding its annual or aggregate budget by more than 15 
percent. This review shall include a status report on the 
feasibility of the mission or project, the reasons for the cost 
overrun, and a cost containment plan, in cases where NASA has 
determined to continue the mission or project. The conferees 
have included this reporting requirement as an alternative to 
the Senate recommendation that NASA missions and projects be 
terminated where their costs exceed their budget by 15 percent.
      The conferees believe NASA should seek further 
opportunities to expand the scope of the Consolidated Space 
Operations Contract as a means to achieve additional savings 
for the agency and the taxpayer. Thus far, large portions of 
the deep space network (DSN) and related mission operations 
infrastructure have been exempted from CSOC. Therefore, the 
conferees direct NASA's space operations management office 
(SOMO) to undertake a study, to be submitted to the Committees 
on Appropriations by February 8, 2000, that evaluates 
transferring all remaining non-CSOC work in the 
telecommunications and mission operations directorate (TMOD), 
including all workdesignated for mission operations partnership 
services (MOPS), Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) mission services, DSN 
operations architecture development and the deep space network services 
management system (DSMS) to the CSOC contract.
      The space operations management office should identify 
and compare the full and total existing direct and indirect 
cost of the TMOD workforce with the projected cost of this 
workforce when transferred to CSOC on October 1, 2000. The 
transfer and cost analysis shall include all positions in the 
entire TMOD base, including employees assigned to specific 
flight projects, data services, mission services and research 
and development costs related to the deep space network 
operations infrastructure. Cost calculations for determining 
the existing full costs of TMOD shall utilize the rates and 
estimates stated in the FY 99-01 JPL Cost Estimation Rates and 
Factors Manual and shall include direct labor, fringe benefits, 
leave, vacation pay, and full burden rates applied to the work 
performed at JPL. The full JPL burden rate calculation for 
estimating current TMOD costs shall follow precisely all terms 
and rates stated in the FY 99-01 JPL Cost Estimation Rates and 
Factors Manual.
      Specific program adjustments are outlined below.

                             space science

      The conferees agree to the following changes to the 
budget request:
      1. Reduce funding for future planning for the Explorer 
program by $6,100,000. The conferees direct NASA to ensure that 
this reduction will not impact the current Explorer 
announcement of opportunity selection, ensuring that there will 
be two awards made for the mid-explorer competition.
      2. Reduce funding for future planning for the Discovery 
program future mission by $23,700,000. The conferees expect 
that this reduction will not adversely impact funds available 
for Contour, Messenger and Deep Impact so that each can launch 
on its current schedule. In addition, the conferees expect that 
there will be sufficient funds in fiscal year 2000 to extend 
NEAR operations to correspond to next year's encounter with the 
Eros asteroid.
      3. Reduce funding for Mars missions by $22,800,000. The 
conferees have made this adjustment without prejudice in light 
of the recent failure of this mission. The Committees on 
Appropriations are troubled by this second failure of a Mars 
orbiting spacecraft in recent years and expect a complete 
report on the cause of the most recent failure and what 
corrective actions NASA will take to prevent a failure on 
subsequent Mars missions. This report is due within 180 days of 
enactment of this Act.
      4. Reduce funding for supporting research and technology 
by $4,400,000.
      5. A reduction of $37,400,000 in the funding for the 
Champollion mission due to cancellation of the mission.
      6. A reduction of $100,000 to finance personnel related 
expenses. These funds are provided within the Mission Support 
account.
      7. An increase of $8,000,000 for Space Solar Power.
      8. An increase of $2,000,000 for the Science Center at 
Glendale Community College.
      9. An increase of $1,500,000 for the Louisville Science 
Center.
      10. An increase of $1,500,000 for the Science Center 
Initiative at Ohio Wesleyan University.
      11. An increase of $5,000,000 for the Polymer Energy 
Rechargeable System (PERS). The conferees recognize the 
leadership of NASA Glenn in battery technology development and 
encourage NASA to continue this program. Working with 
scientists at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, the PERS program 
will develop significant space, defense, and commercial 
applications and therefore should continue at NASA Glenn.
      12. An increase of $2,000,000 for the center on life in 
extreme thermal environments at Montana State University in 
Bozeman.
      13. An increase of $3,000,000 for the Adler Planetarium 
in Chicago, Illinois.
      14. NASA is directed to provide an increase of 
$10,000,000 for fundamental physics research.
      15. An increase of $23,000,000 for science costs related 
to the next servicing mission of the Hubble Space Telescope. 
The conferees are aware of the strong support in the scientific 
community for proceeding with the infrared channel on Wide 
Field-3 Camera. The conferees have provided sufficient 
resources in fiscal year 2000 to begin work on its development 
so that it will be ready for the final servicing mission now 
scheduled for Hubble in the 2002-03 timeframe.
      16. An increase of $21,000,000 for the Sun-Earth 
Connections program, including an increase of $15,000,000 for 
STEREO and $6,000,000 for advanced technology for post-STEREO 
missions.
      17. An increase of $3,000,000 for the development of 
STEP-Air SEDS, an electrodynamic tether facility to place and 
manipulate satellites in their orbits without the use of 
chemical propellants. To the extent this is a viable and useful 
technology, it is expected that NASA will include the necessary 
funds in the fiscal year 2001 budget.
      18. An increase of $1,000,000 for a satellite telescope 
at Western Kentucky University.
      19. An increase of $4,000,000 for the Sci-Quest hands-on 
science center in Huntsville, Alabama.
      20. An increase of $2,000,000 for research into advanced 
hardware and software technologies at Montana State University, 
Bozeman.
      21. An increase of $2,500,000 for the Bishop Museum.
      22. An increase of $1,000,000 for the Chabot Observatory, 
Oakland, California.
      23. An increase of $4,000,000 for the Green Bank Radio 
Telescope Museum.
      24. An increase of $750,000 for the Museum of Discovery 
and Science in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
      25. An increase of $500,000 for the Science and 
Technology Museum, Discovery Place in Charlotte, North 
Carolina.

                     Life and Microgravity Sciences

      The conferees have included a provision in the Human 
Space Flight account which calls for two science missions prior 
to December of 2001. The first mission, STS-107 will utilize up 
to $5,000,000 of the amounts provided in this account in fiscal 
year 1999. The remaining $10,000,000 from the fiscal year 1999 
appropriation is to be used to finance principal investigators 
affiliated with the second science mission.
      The conferees agree to the following changes to the 
budget request:
      1. An increase of $14,000,000 for infrastructure needs at 
the University of Missouri, Columbia.
      2. An increase of $1,000,000 for the ``Garden Machine'' 
program at Texas Tech University.
      3. An increase of $4,000,000 for the Space Radiation 
program at Loma Linda University Hospital.
      4. An increase of $2,000,000 for the Neutron Therapy 
Facility at Fermi Lab.

                             Earth Sciences

      The conferees have not terminated the Triana program as 
the House had proposed. Instead, the conferees direct NASA to 
suspend all work on the development of the Triana satellite 
using funds made available by this appropriation until the 
National Academy of Sciences (NAS) has completed an evaluation 
of the scientific goals of the Triana mission. The conferees 
expect the NAS to move expeditiously to complete its 
evaluation. In the event of a favorable report from the NAS, 
NASA may not launch Triana prior to January 1, 2001. The 
conferees have no objection to NASA's reserving funds made 
available by this appropriation for potential termination 
costs. The conferees recognize that, if a favorable report is 
rendered by the NAS, there will be some additional cost 
resulting from the delay.
      The conferees agree with the House language directing 
NASA to develop a five-year plan detailing a robust program for 
Code Y utilization of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The 
conferees expect NASA to move ahead with the UAV Science 
Demonstration Program as detailed in the fiscal year 2000 
budget justification, and to request fiscal year 2001 funding 
for this program in conformity with the five-year plan.
      The conferees do not agree with the Senate directive to 
provide a report on the commercialization of EOSDIS data.
      The conferees agree that NASA is to submit a report by 
March 15, 2000 on an EOS-II strategy that articulates in detail 
the NASA plan for earth science through fiscal year 2010.
      The conferees direct NASA, in conjunction with the 
National Science Foundation, the Environmental Protection 
Agency, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, to report 
by April 15, 2000 on a plan to demonstrate the potential 
benefits of remote sensing.
      The conferees agree to the following changes to the 
budget request.
      1. An increase of $2,000,000 for a Remote Sensing Center 
for Geoinformatics at the University of Mississippi.
      2. An increase of $1,000,000 for the Advanced Tropical 
Remote Sensing Center of the National Center for Tropical 
Remote Sensing Applications and Resources at the Rosenstiel 
School of Marine and Atmospheric Science.
      3. An increase of $10,000,000 for the Regional 
Application Center in Cayuga County, New York.
      4. An increase of $2,500,000 for a joint U.S./Italian 
space-based research initiative for the study and detection of 
forest fires.
      5. An increase of $3,000,000 for continuation of programs 
at the American Museum of Natural History.
      6. An increase of $1,500,000 for a remote sensing center 
at the Fulton-Montgomery Community College in New York. The 
center is to work through the Regional Application Center at 
Cayuga County, New York.
      7. An increase of $1,000,000 for continued development of 
nickel metal hydride battery technology.
      8. An increase of $31,000,000 for the EOSDIS Core System.
      9. An increase of $2,000,000 for the Advanced Fisheries 
Management Information System, of which $500,000 is to be used 
to develop a companion program at the University of Alaska, 
Fairbanks.
      10. An increase of $2,000,000 for the EOS National 
Resource Training Center at the University of Montana, 
Missoula.
      11. An increase of $1,000,000 for the PIPELINE project at 
Iowa State University and Southern University, Baton Rouge.
      12. An increase of $7,000,000 to the EOSDIS Core System 
to develop additional uses for NASA's Earth Observing System to 
make data more readily available for potential user 
communities.
      13. An increase of $1,000,000 for the Field Museum for 
the ``underground adventure'' exhibit.
      14. An increase of $2,000,000 for research in remote 
sensing applications at the University of Missouri, Columbia.
      15. An increase of $300,000 for the State University of 
New York College of Environmental Sciences and Forestry for a 
remote sensing applications project.
      16. A decrease of $20,000,000 from the LightSAR program. 
The conferees agree that NASA's action to terminate the 
LightSAR program has resulted in a missed opportunity by 
failing to recognize the commitment to commercial investment 
and significant interest shown by private industry in the 
current structure of the program. LightSAR continues to offer 
tremendous potential for a number of practical applications, 
most particularly as an all-weather method for remote sensing 
of the Earth's surface. The conferees direct NASA to review the 
history of this program and report to the Congress by February 
1, 2000 on actions the agency can undertake to support 
industry-led efforts to develop an operational synthetic 
aperture radar capability in the United States, with particular 
focus on NASA as a data customer.
      17. A decrease of $23,500,000 from reserves being held 
for the PM-1 mission.
      18. A decrease of $5,700,000 from algorithm development.
      19. A decrease of $22,000,000 from the funding requested 
for EOS special spacecraft.

                  Aeronautics and Space Transportation

      The conferees agree that an independent review of NASA's 
decision to terminate the High Speed Research and Advanced 
Subsonic Technology programs is necessary. The conferees direct 
the Office of Science and Technology Policy to conduct such a 
review which should address the overall impact of these 
terminations on the United States aviation industry as well as 
the impact on the core competencies of NASA centers. The review 
should also address the merits of NASA undertaking a program to 
improve aircraft safety and reduce aircraft noise emissions. 
The conferees direct that this report be completed no later 
than July 1, 2000.
      The conferees are aware of NASA's recent ERAST research 
announcement to bid competitively, important technology thrusts 
for combustible fuel vehicle research, with the goal of 
providing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) platforms to meet Code 
Y requirements by fiscal year 2002. The conferees are equally 
supportive of NASA's plan for flight testing as part of the 
solar-electric airplane program at the Pacific Missile Range 
Facility (PMRF). Therefore, the conferees expect NASA to 
balance carefully these two important initiatives. Furthermore, 
NASA should remain sensitive to transition funding for the 
partners of the ERAST Alliance during this period, such that 
past NASA investments in these partners is not undermined.
      The conferees are aware of the many successful technology 
transfer arrangements negotiated in rural states through the 
NASA Techlink program and expect NASA to continue the program 
at the current level.
      The conferees are concerned that significant reductions 
in NASA's budget request for rotorcraft research will undermine 
the core competencies in this technology at the Glenn and 
Langley research centers. The conferees believe that NASA 
should take into consideration the valuable service these 
centers provide to the Department of Defense for its Joint 
Transport Rotorcraft and tiltrotor programs and take efforts to 
ensure the centers retain their expertise in rotorcraft 
research.
      The conferees agree to the following changes to the 
budget request:
      1. An increase of $20,000,000 for Ultra Efficient Engine 
Technology.
      2. An increase of $1,800,000 for phase two of the 
synthetic vision information system being tested at the Dallas-
Ft.Worth Airport.
      3. An increase of $1,200,000 for continued support of the 
Dynamic Runway Occupancy Measurement System demonstration at 
the Seattle-Tacoma Airport.
      4. An increase of $2,000,000 to facilitate the 
acquisition of a 16 beam SOCRATES system and integration of 
SOCRATES into the AVOSS program.
      5. An increase of $10,000,000 for the Trailblazer program 
at the Glenn Research Center.
      6. An increase of $1,000,000 for the Institute for 
Software Research to continue its collaborative effort with 
NASA-Dryden, focusing on adaptive flight control research, 
including a flight control upgrade to the F-15 Active.
      7. An increase of $1,500,000 for the Software 
Optimization and Reuse Technology program.
      8. An increase of $2,000,000 for the establishment of the 
NASA-Illinois Technology Commercialization Center as an 
extension of the Midwest Regional Technology Transfer Center, 
to be located at the DuPage County Research Park.
      9. An increase of $1,000,000 for Miami-Dade Community 
College-Homestead Campus to develop a technology-oriented 
business incubator in Homestead, Florida.
      10. An increase of $2,000,000 for the Earth Alert program 
for a test of the system throughout the State of Maryland.
      11. An increase of $1,500,000 for the National Technology 
Transfer Center, to bring total funding for the center up to 
$7,200,000.
      12. An increase of $500,000 to study aircraft cabin air 
quality at the Education and Research Center for Occupational 
Safety and Health in Baltimore, Maryland.
      13. An increase of $80,000,000 for Space Liner 100 
efforts.
      14. An increase of $1,500,000 for the Western 
Environmental Technology Office, Butte Montana.
      15. An increase of $5,000,000 for the National Center for 
Space Technology.
      16. An increase of $3,000,000 for enhanced vision system 
technology development.
      17. An increase of $20,000,000 for efforts related to 
aircraft noise reduction.
      18. An increase of $1,000,000 for the Institute for 
Software Research, for the modeling and simulation of 
electromagnetic phenomena for alternative space propulsion 
concepts.
      19. An increase of $200,000 for the Garret Morgan 
Initiative in Ohio.
      20. A decrease of $2,900,000 for personnel related 
expenses, transferred to Mission Support.

                         mission communications

      The conferees have provided $406,300,000 for Mission 
Communications, the same amount as provided by the House and 
Senate.

                           academic programs

      The conferees have agreed to the following changes to the 
budget request:
      1. An increase of $6,500,000 for the National Space Grant 
College and Fellowship Program, for a total of $19,100,000.
      2. An increase of $1,500,000 for the Franklin Institute 
for development of an exhibit on astronomy.
      3. An increase of $2,300,000 for the JASON Foundation's 
JASON XI expedition, ``Going to Extremes.''
      4. An increase of $1,000,000 for the Carl Sagan Discovery 
Center at the Children's Hospital at Montefiore Medical Center.
      5. An increase of $4,000,000 for the Texas Learning and 
Computational Center at the University of Houston.
      6. An increase of $4,000,000 for the Space Science Museum 
and Educational Program at Downey, California. The conferees 
are concerned about the transfer of NASA property at the space 
shuttle manufacturing facility in Downey, California to the 
City when the contractor leaves the facility at the end of the 
year. The conferees endorse the process established by GSA for 
disposal of historic artifacts at the facility, specifically, 
the space shuttle mock-up and astronaut footprints. The 
conferees do not intend to circumvent this process, but the 
conferees agree that GSA should take into consideration the 
historical significance of these artifacts at the Downey site, 
a significance that would be lost if the artifacts were to move 
to a different location.
      7. An increase of $2,000,000 for the Ohio View Project.
      8. An increase of $2,000,000 for continued academic and 
infrastructure needs related to the computer sciences, 
mathematics and physics building at the University of Redlands.
      9. An increase of $5,400,000 for the EPSCoR program.
      10. An increase of $1,000,000 for the Science Learning 
Center in Kenai, Alaska.
      11. An increase of $2,000,000 for the Lewis and Clark 
Rediscovery Web Technology Project.
      12. An increase of $1,000,000 for the Science Museum at 
Spelman College.
      13. An increase of $7,600,000 for Minority University 
Research and Education projects, including $1,000,000 to 
provide support for the establishment of a Center of Excellence 
in Mathematics and Science at Texas College.
      14. An increase of $500,000 for the University of San 
Diego for a Science and Education Center.
      15. An increase of $500,000 for the City of Ontario, 
California for the development of a Science and Technology 
Learning Center.
      16. The conferees agree to provide the budget request of 
$2,000,000 for the Classroom of the Future project.

                            mission support

      Appropriates $2,515,100,000 for mission support instead 
of $2,269,300,000 as proposed by the House and $2,495,000,000 
as proposed by the Senate. The amount provided includes an 
increase of $20,200,000, derived from other accounts, to cover 
emergent personnel related requirements including lower than 
anticipated personnel retirements and government-wide pay rate 
changes.
      The conferees continue to prohibit the use of funds 
appropriated or otherwise made available to the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration by this Act, or any other 
Act enacted before the date of enactment of this Act, by the 
Administrator of NASA to relocate aircraft of the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration based east of the 
Mississippi River to the Dryden Flight Research Center in 
California.

                      office of inspector general

      Appropriates $20,000,000 for the Office of Inspector 
General as proposed by the Senate, instead of $20,800,000 as 
proposed by the House.

                       administrative provisions

      Deletes language proposed by the House which directed 
NASA to develop a revised appropriations structure for fiscal 
year 2001.
      Deletes language proposed by the Senate which directed 
NASA to terminate any program which experienced a cost growth 
of 15 percent.
      Inserts a new general provision which limits the amounts 
NASA may use for the International Space Station.

                  National Credit Union Administration

                       central liquidity facility

      Appropriates $1,000,000 for the National Credit Union 
Administration for the Community Development Revolving Loan 
Program for credit unions, as proposed by the House instead of 
no funding as proposed by the Senate.

                      National Science Foundation

                    research and related activities

      Appropriates $2,966,000,000 for research and related 
activities instead of $2,768,500,000 as proposed by the House 
and $3,007,300,000 as proposed by the Senate. Bill language 
provides up to $253,000,000 of this amount for Polar research 
and operations support.
      The conferees have included bill language which specifies 
that $60,000,000 of appropriated funds are to be for a 
comprehensive research initiative on plant genomes for 
economically significant crops. Language has also been included 
which prohibits NSF from obligating or expending funds to enter 
into or extend a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement 
regarding the administration of the domain name and numbering 
system of the Internet.
      Finally, the conferees have agreed to bill language 
which: (1) prohibits funds spent in this or any other Act to 
acquire or lease a research vessel with ice-breaking capability 
built or retrofitted outside of the United States if such a 
vessel of United States origin can be obtained at a cost of not 
more than 50 per centum above the cost of the least expensive, 
technically acceptable, non-United States vessel; (2) requires 
that the amount of subsidy or financing provided by a foreign 
government, or instrumentality thereof, to a vessel's 
construction shall be included as part of the total cost of 
such vessel; and (3) provides that should a U.S. vessel as set 
forth in the foregoing language not be available for leasing 
for the austral summer Antarctic season of 2002-2003, and 
thereafter, a vessel of any origin can be leased for a period 
not to exceed 120 days of that season until delivery of such a 
United States vessel occurs.
      The conference agreement provides an increase of 
$196,000,000 above the fiscal year 1999 appropriated level for 
research and related activities, $90,000,000 of which is to be 
used within the Computer and Information Sciences and 
Engineering (CISE) directorate and $106,000,000 of which is for 
the remaining directorates, including Integrative Activities.
      With regard to the additional funds provided for CISE, 
the conferees expect the Foundation to support individual and 
team research projects related to information technologies, 
specifically in the areas recommended in the PITAC report and 
in H.R. 2086. Among the most important of these are software 
research, scalable information infrastructure, software design, 
stability, security and reliability, as well as the need to 
acquire high-end computing equipment. In addition, the 
conferees expect an appropriate level of funding be provided 
for research to study privacy and access to information, and to 
further the understanding of the impact information technology 
advances have on issues that are of significant societal, 
ethical, and economical importance. Finally, as the NSF 
prepares to release CISE research funds through its normal 
competitive process, the conferees strongly encourage that an 
increased ratio of grants be issued at higher funding levels 
and for longer duration.
      Within the amounts made available to all other 
directorates, $50,000,000 is for the new Biocomplexity 
Initiative. All other programs within the Integrative 
Activities directorate, except the Opportunity Fund, have been 
funded at the budget request. The Opportunity Fund has, without 
prejudice, not been funded for fiscal year 2000.
      The NSF is directed to provide up to $5,000,000 for the 
National Oceanographic Partnership Program, and is further 
directed to contract with a non-federal entity to carry out a 
review of the merit review process of the Foundation. This 
review is to be completed and submitted to the Committees on 
Appropriations within eleven months of enactment of this Act.
      The conferees have provided $25,000,000 for Arctic 
research support and logistics, an increase of $3,000,000 above 
the budget request. The conferees expect the Foundation, in 
conjunction and in close cooperation with the Interagency 
Arctic Research and Policy Committee to develop a multi-year, 
multi-agency plan for the implementation of joint United 
States-Japan Arctic research activities as envisioned by the 
March 1997 science and technology section of the Common Agenda 
agreed to by the United States and Japan. In this regard, the 
conferees expect the Foundation to provide up to $5,000,000 
from within available funds for logistical activities in 
support of United States-Japan international research 
activities related to global climate change.
      Consistent with a directive of the Senate to strengthen 
international cooperation in science and engineering, the 
conferees encourage NSF to consider providing from within 
available funds up to $3,000,000 to strengthen cooperative 
research activities between the United States and the former 
Soviet Union through the Civilian Research and Development 
Foundation.
      Except as previously noted, the conferees expect that the 
remaining additional funds will be distributed proportionately 
and equitably, consistent with the ratio of the budget request 
level above the fiscal year 1999 funding level, among all of 
the remaining directorates, and request that such distribution 
be specifically noted in the fiscal year 2000 Operating Plan 
submission.
      The conferees commend the Foundation for its support of 
the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (NHMFL) located in 
Tallahassee, Florida. That laboratory is an excellent example 
of a facility that has worked closely with teams of academic 
and industrial scientists from throughout the United States and 
abroad. The conferees strongly support the work of this 
important national facility and commend the NSF for its 
increased support and interest in the work of the NHMFL.
      Finally, pursuant to recommendations made by the 
federally-mandated National Gambling Impact Study Commission, 
the conferees encourage the NSF to explore the feasibility of 
establishing a multi-disciplinary research program that will 
estimate the benefits and costs of gambling.

                        MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT

      Appropriates $95,000,000 for major research equipment 
instead of $56,500,000 as proposed by the House and $70,000,000 
as proposed by the Senate.
      The conference agreement provides the budget request 
level for all projects within the MRE account, including 
$36,000,000 for the development and construction of a new, 
single site, five teraflop computing facility. The conferees 
expect that the competition for this project will allow for 
significant participation by universities and other 
institutions throughout the country, and will have as its goal 
completion of such a facility within 16 months of enactment of 
this Act. The conferees further expect the Foundation to 
provide regular, informal reports as to the progress of this 
project, including the funding requirements necessary to 
complete five teraflop capability.
      The conference agreement also provides $10,000,000 to 
begin production of the High-Performance Instrumented Airborne 
Platform for Environmental Research (HIAPER). This new high-
altitude research aircraft will, upon its completion, be 
available to support critical and outstanding atmospheric 
science research opportunities over the next 25 to 30 years.

                     EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES

      Appropriates $696,600,000 for education and human 
resources instead of $660,000,000 as proposed by the House and 
$688,600,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      Within this appropriated level, the conferees have 
provided $55,000,000 for the Experimental Program to Stimulate 
Competitive Research (EPSCoR) to allow for renewed emphasis on 
research infrastructure development in the EPSCoR states, as 
well as to permit full implementation awards to states which 
have research proposals in the planning process. In addition, 
the conferees have provided $10,000,000 to initiate a new 
Office of Innovation Partnerships. This new office, in addition 
to housing the EPSCoR program, will examine means of helping 
those non-EPSCoR institutions receiving among the least federal 
research funding expand their research capacity and 
competitiveness so as to develop a truly national scientific 
research community with appropriate research centers located 
throughout the nation.
      The conferees expect that funds for these two efforts 
will be included in a single program office within the EHR 
account, under the direct supervision of the Director's office. 
Building upon the EPSCoR experience, the conferees also expect 
the new office to work with CISE to insure that all areas of 
the country share in advanced networking and computing 
activities, especially rural and insular areas with research 
institutions. Assistance in developing scientific research 
applications for use on the computing and networking systems 
now available as a result of earlier NSF programs is a high 
priority in the EPSCoR states. The conferees also expect the 
new office to coordinate with all research and related 
activities directorates.
      The conference agreement also provides $10,000,000 for 
Historically Black Colleges and Universities through the 
underrepresented population undergraduate reform initiative, 
including $8,000,000 from the EHR account and $2,000,000 from 
the RRA account. Similarly, the conferees have provided the 
budget request level of $46,000,000 for the Informal Science 
Education (ISE) program. This program has acted as a catalyst 
for increasing the public's appreciation and understanding of 
science and technology in settings such as science centers, 
museums, zoos, aquariums, and public television. The ISE 
program has also been involved in the professional development 
of science teachers. The conferees continue to support this 
important program, including its focus for fiscal year 2000 on 
increasing access to informal learning opportunities in inner 
cities and rural areas that have received little exposure to 
science and technology.
      Except as previously noted, the conferees expect that the 
remaining additional funds will be distributed proportionately 
and equitably, consistent with the ratio of the budget request 
level above the fiscal year 1999 funding level, among all of 
the remaining directorates, and request that such distribution 
be specifically noted in the fiscal year 2000 Operating Plan 
submission.

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      Appropriates $149,000,000 for salaries and expenses 
instead of $146,500,000 as proposed by the House and 
$150,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. Consistent with the 
position of the Senate, the conferees direct the Foundation to 
fund program travel only from within the salaries and expenses 
account. Additionally, the conferees urge the Foundation to 
improve its oversight activity of its many programs, using 
available funds from within this account.

                      office of inspector general

      Appropriates $5,450,000 for the Office of Inspector 
General instead of $5,325,000 as proposed by the House and 
$5,550,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees expect the 
OIG to increase efforts in the areas of cost-sharing, indirect 
costs, and reducing misconduct in scientific research.

                 Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation

          PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION

      Appropriates $75,000,000 for the Neighborhood 
Reinvestment Corporation instead of $80,000,000 as proposed by 
the House and $60,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

                        Selective Service System

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      Appropriates $24,000,000 for salaries and expenses 
instead of $7,000,000 for termination costs as proposed by the 
House and $25,250,000 as proposed by the Senate.

                      TITLE IV--GENERAL PROVISIONS

      Retains language proposed by the Senate permitting EPA 
appropriations to be used for comprehensive conservation and 
management plans.
      Deletes language proposed by the House and stricken by 
the Senate providing for a rescission of Tennessee Valley 
Authority borrowing authority.
      Inserts and modifies language proposed by the Senate to 
hereafter authorize the use of funds for the United States/
Mexico Foundation for Science. Inserts new language renaming 
the Foundation the ``George E. Brown United States/Mexico 
Foundation for Science.''
      Deletes language proposed by the House and stricken by 
the Senate prohibiting the use of funds by the EPA to publish 
or issue assessments under the Global Change Research Act 
unless certain conditions are met. The conferees have addressed 
this issue in the EPA Environmental Programs and Management 
account under title III.
      Deletes language proposed by the House and stricken by 
the Senate expressing House support for the improvement of 
health care services in rural areas. Similar language is 
included in the Administrative Provisions section of title I.
      Restores language proposed by the House and stricken by 
the Senate expressing the sense of the Congress that honor 
guards at a veteran's funeral is a benefit that a veteran has 
earned.
      Deletes language proposed by the House and stricken by 
the Senate reducing certain accounts within the bill by 
$7,000,000 and increasing another account by a like amount.
      Deletes language proposed by the Senate prohibiting the 
use of funds to carry out Executive Order 13083.
      Inserts language proposed by the Senate prohibiting HUD 
from using funds for any activity in excess of amounts set 
forth in the budget estimates.
      Inserts modified language proposed by the Senate 
prohibiting the use of funds for the purpose of lobbying or 
litigating against any Federal entity or official, with certain 
exceptions.
      Deletes language proposed by the Senate prohibiting the 
obligation of any funds after February 15, 2000 unless each 
department provides a detailed justification for all salary and 
expense activities for fiscal years 2001-2005.
      Inserts modified language proposed by the Senate amending 
section 101(20)(D) of CERCLA to stipulate that law enforcement 
agencies shall not be considered owners or operators following 
seizure of properties needing certain environmental cleanup 
response.
      Inserts modified language proposed by the Senate 
prohibiting the use of funds for any activity or publication or 
distribution of literature that is designed to promote public 
support or opposition to any legislative proposal on which 
Congressional action is not complete.
      Deletes language proposed by the Senate redesignating an 
economic development grant for Kohala, Hawaii. The conferees 
have included this provision in title II of the bill.
      Deletes language proposed by the Senate prohibiting the 
movement of NASA aircraft from the Glenn Research Center to any 
other field center.
      Deletes language proposed by the Senate establishing a 
GAO study of the Federal Home Loan Bank system capital 
structure.
      Deletes language proposed by the Senate expressing the 
sense of the Senate regarding aeronautics research. This issue 
has been addressed in the NASA section of title III.
      Deletes language proposed by the Senate directing the EPA 
Administrator to develop a compliance plan for the underground 
storage tank program. This issue was addressed in the EPA 
Leaking Underground Storage Tank Program under title III.
      Inserts modified language proposed by the Senate 
extending the comment period on the proposed rule related to 
section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act by 90 days. The conferees 
agree that nothing in this language is intended to limit EPA's 
administrative authority to extend the comment period beyond 
this 90 day period.
      Inserts language proposed by the Senate extending the 
authority of 16 U.S.C. 777c(a) through calendar year 2000.
      Inserts modified language proposed by the Senate 
prohibiting EPA from promulgating the Phase II stormwater 
regulations until the Administrator submits a report to the 
Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works and the House 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
      Inserts language proposed by the Senate prohibiting the 
EPA's expenditure of funds to promulgate a final regulation to 
implement changes in the payment of pesticide tolerance fees 
for fiscal year 2000. The conferees support and encourage EPA 
and the industry's joint effort to develop a comprehensive fee-
for-service proposal to provide the necessary additional 
resources for registration and tolerance actions coupled with 
EPA performance enhancements, milestones, and accountability. 
The conferees expect that this fiscal year 2000 prohibition 
will not be repeated in future years. The conferees direct that 
the EPA not reduce its effort to approve both pesticide 
reassessments and approval of new applications at a pace 
presumed in the budget submittal.
      Inserts language amending section 70113(f) of title 49, 
U.S.C., providing for a one year extension of indemnification 
for commercial space launches.
      Inserts language providing the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration with authority to establish a 
demonstration program regarding the commercial feasibility of 
private sector business operations involving the International 
Space Station.
      Inserts language repealing section 431 of Public Law 105-
276 and amending the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 
to allow for insurance, indemnification, and liability 
protection for experimental aerospace vehicle developers.

              TITLE V--PRESERVATION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING

                                OVERVIEW

      Title V combines certain provisions from three bipartisan 
House housing bills (including H.R. 202 ``Preserving Affordable 
Housing for Senior Citizens into the 21st Century Act,'' 
introduced by Reps. James A. Leach and Rick Lazio, H.R. 1336 
``Emergency Resident Protection Act of 1999'', introduced by 
Reps Leach, Lazio and James T. Walsh, and H.R. 1624 ``Elderly 
Housing Quality Improvement Act'', introduced by Reps. John J. 
LaFalce, Barney Frank and Bruce Vento) and the title is 
designed to address a potentially crisis-level loss of 
affordable housing for seniors, individuals with disabilities 
and other vulnerable families. The consolidate House bill 
passed the U.S. House of Representatives on September 27, 1999 
by a vote of 405 to 5. In addition, this title is consistent 
with a number of provisions contained in S. 1319, the ``Save My 
Home Act'', legislation introduced by Senators Kit Bond and 
Wayne Allard which is designed to address the section 8 opt out 
problem. The Senate VA/HUD FY 2000 appropriations bill also 
includes authority on section 202 and assisted living units.
      The legislation protects existing residents of Federal-
assisted housing from being forced to move from their homes in 
the face of market-rate rent increases; preserves the housing 
as affordable itself where appropriate by emphasizing renewal 
at market-rate rents for developments that serve seniors or 
persons with disabilities or in other circumstances where there 
is risk of loss of an important affordable housing resource; 
and provides flexibility for the conversion of housing to 
assisted living environments to allow seniors to ``age in 
place.''
      Title V represents a consensus between the House and 
Senate VA/HUD Appropriations subcommittees as well as the House 
Banking Committee. The references to conferees herein reflect 
the views of all these parties.

SECTION BY SECTION: ``PRESERVING AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR SENIOR CITIZENS 
                        INTO THE 21ST CENTURY''

Section 501. Short title and table of contests
      Titled cited as ``Preserving Affordable Housing for 
Senior Citizens into the 21st Century Act''.
Section 502. Regulations
      Provides that the HUD Secretary shall issue regulations 
necessary to carry out the provisions of the Act only after 
notice and opportunity for public comment.
Section 503. Effective date
      Provisions of the Act are effective as of the date of 
enactment unless such provisions specifically provide for 
effectiveness or applicability upon another date. The authority 
to issue regulations to implement this Act shall not be 
construed to affect the effectiveness or applicability of the 
bill as of the effective date.

Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations for Supportive Housing for 
               the Elderly and Persons With Disabilities

Section 511. Supportive housing for elderly persons
      Provides annual authorization of appropriation of $710 
million for existing program of supportive housing for the 
elderly (section 202) for FY2000.
Section 512. Supportive housing for persons with disabilities
      Provides annual authorization of appropriation of $201 
million for supportive housing for the disabled (section 811) 
for FY2000.
Section 513. Service coordinators and congregate services for elderly 
        and disabled housing
      Provides annual authorization of appropriation of $50 
million for grants for service coordinators for certain 
federally assisted multifamily housing projects for FY2000.

Subtitle B--Expanding Housing Opportunities for the Elderly and Persons 
                           With Disabilities

Section 521. Study of debt forgiveness for section 202 loans
      Requires the Secretary to conduct a study of the net 
impact on the Federal budget deficit or surplus of making 
available, on a one-time basis, debt forgiveness relating to 
remaining principal and interest from Section 202 loans with a 
dollar-for-dollar reduction of rental assistance amounts under 
the Section 8 rental assistance program.
Section 522. Grants for conversion of elderly housing to assisted 
        living facilities
      Authorizes grants to convert and repair elderly 
affordable housing projects to assisted living facilities. 
Authorizes such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2000.
Section 523. Use of section 8 assistance for assisted living facilities
      Provides that a recipient of Section 8 housing assistance 
may use such assistance in an assisted living facility.
Section 524. Size limitation for projects for persons with disabilities
      Provides that of any amounts made available in any fiscal 
year for capital advances or project rental assistance under 
this section, not more than 25% may be used for supportive 
housing which contains more than 24 separate dwelling units. 
Requires the Secretary to study and submit a report to Congress 
regarding the extent to which the authority of the Secretary 
under Section 811(k)(4) of the Cranston Gonzalez National 
Affordable Housing Act has been used to provide assistance to 
supportive housing projects for persons with disabilities 
having more than 24 units.
Section 525. Commission on Affordable Housing and Health Care Facility 
        Needs in the 21st Century
      Establishes a commission to be known as the Commission on 
Affordable Housing and Health Care Facility Needs in the 21st 
Century. The Commission shall provide an estimate of the future 
needs of seniors for affordable housing and assisted living and 
health care facilities, identify methods of encouraging private 
sector participation and investment in affordable housing, and 
perform other matters relating to housing the elderly.

    Subtitle C--Renewal of Expiring Rental Assistance Contracts and 
                        Protection of Residents

Section 531. Renewal of expiring contracts and enhanced vouchers for 
        project residents
      Unless otherwise provided, for expiring Section 8 
properties that have current rents below comparable market 
rents for the area and that meet certain criteria set out in 
the bill, the Secretary of HUD is directed upon renewal of such 
Section 8 contracts to set rents at comparable market rent 
levels. For those expiring Section 8 contracts that have rent 
levels above comparable market rents but are not being 
restructured, the Secretary upon renewal shall set these rents 
at comparable market rents. With regard to those expiring 
Section 8 contracts for multifamily housing projects that are 
not eligible multifamily housing project[s] under Section 
512(2) of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and 
Affordability Act (MAHRA) or that are exempt from mortgage 
restructuring pursuant to section 514(h) of MAHRA, upon the 
request of the owner, renewal rents shall be set at the lesser 
of existing rents, adjusted by an operating cost adjustment 
factor, or a rent level that provides income sufficient to 
support a budget-based rent.
      Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to 
provide ``enhanced vouchers'' to residents residing in a 
property upon the date of the expiration of a federally-
assisted housing contract that is not renewed. Enhanced 
vouchers allow increased assistance for residents in cases 
where rents increase as a result of the project owner's 
decision to opt-out of the Section 8 program, therefore 
ensuring that the resident may continue to reside in the unit. 
Authorizes such sums as may be necessary for enhanced voucher 
assistance for fiscal years 2000 through fiscal year 2004.
      To the extent funds are specifically appropriated for 
this purpose, authorizes the Secretary to renew expiring 
Section 8 contracts for projects that are subject to an 
approval plan of action under the Emergency Low Income Housing 
Preservation Act of 1987 or the Low-Income Housing Preservation 
and Resident Homeownership Act of 1990 on terms comparable to 
those provided in the plan of action.
      Provides a limited preemption of state distribution 
limitations in cases where such limitations interfere with 
affordable housing preservation.
Section 532. Section 236 assistance
      Allows Section 236 property to continue to receive 
interest reduction payments following a mortgage refinancing, 
subject to the owner's agreement to continue to operate the 
project in accordance with low income affordability 
restrictions for the period of the interest reduction payments 
plus an additional five years.
      Allows an owner of a project financed under a State 
program pursuant to Section 236 of the National Housing Act to 
retain any excess rental income from the project for use for 
the benefit of the project, upon terms and conditions 
established by the Secretary, subject to appropriations.
Section 533. Rehabilitation of assisted housing
      Amends Section 236 of the National Housing Act to 
accelerate the use of recaptured interest reduction payments.
Section 534. Technical assistance
      Amends the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and 
Affordability Act of 1997 to allow for technical assistance for 
preservation of low-income housing.
Section 535. Termination of section 8 contract and duration of renewal 
        contract
      Provides that section 8 contracts may be renewed for up 
to one year or for any number of years, subject to 
appropriations (as opposed to mandatory renewals of one year).
Section 536. Eligibility of residents of flexible subsidy projects for 
        enhanced vouchers
      Amends Section 201 of the Housing and Community 
Development Amendments of 1978 byallowing the use of enhanced 
vouchers for projects preserved as affordable housing under section 229 
of the Low-Income Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act 
of 1990.
Section 537. Enhanced disposition authority
      Amends section 204 of the FY 1997 VA/HUD Appropriations 
Act to extend current grant and loan authority under Section 
204 through FY 2000, expressly provide that upfront grants or 
loans may support reconstruction as well as rehabilitation and 
demolition, and provide that vacant as well as occupied 
projects shall be eligible for such grants or loans.
Section 538. Unified enhanced voucher authority
      Consolidates and unifies all existing enhanced voucher 
authority, the terms regarding provision of tenant-based 
assistance through an enhanced voucher under a new subsection 
8(t) of the United States Housing Act of 1937.

                            report language

      The conferees are aware that the Department has issued a 
notice permitting non-profit owners of section 202 properties 
to repay their section 202/section 8 mortgages and to refinance 
those mortgages provided the housing remains available to 
existing and future tenants under terms at least as 
advantageous to them as the terms required by the original 
loan, and if the subsequent refinancing would enhance the 
housing for the tenants. For this reason, the conferees do not 
feel it necessary to include Section 102 of HR 202, which 
passed the House with strong bipartisan support. Section 102 of 
HR 202 was intended to accomplish this same purpose. In keeping 
with the intent of section 102 of HR 202, however, the 
conferees direct the Department, in instances where section 202 
borrowers choose to prepay and refinance their mortgages, to 
share at least 50% of any section 8 savings that might become 
available as a result of prepayment with the borrower in order 
to facilitate the refinancing so that enhancements can be made 
to serve the current and future elderly tenants.
      The conferees are aware that the non-profit sponsors of 
section 202 developments for the elderly struggle to identify 
additional sources of financing for their projects to enhance 
the amenities and services available to low-income senior 
citizens. One alternative that should be explored is to permit 
the non-profit organizations that are eligible as borrowers for 
section 202 funds to be the sole general partner of a for-
profit limited partnership as long as that general partner 
meets the definition of private non-profit organization under 
section 202(k)(4). This would enable borrowers under the 202 
program to become eligible for LIHTC, and the equity financing 
it generates, in the same way as non-profit borrowers under the 
section 515 rural rental housing program are eligible for the 
LIHTC. Such eligibility would provide a critical source of 
additional capital to housing for the elderly, giving our 
deserving elderly residents the best housing possible.
      Sections 307 and 327 of HR 202 specifically allowed for 
the development and operation of commercial facilities in 
Section 202 and Section 811 projects, respectively. The 
conferees, however, believe that nothing in federal law 
currently prohibits the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development from permitting the development and operation of 
commercial facilities in Section 202 and Section 811 projects. 
For this reason, the conferees do not feel inclusion of these 
provisions of HR 202 is necessary, but instead specifically 
directs HUD to grant requests of project sponsors to do this 
wherever feasible.
      In addition, the conferees believe that HUD has authority 
to allow the development and operation of Section 202 units on 
the same premises as, and integrated with, privately-financed 
units. Such integrated housing would allow low-income elderly 
residents and elderly residents in privately financed units to 
live side-by-side without the stigma of a separate, low-income 
wing or of units that are clearly designated for low-income 
residents. Such was the intent of Section 308 of HR 202. 
Because the conferees believe the Department already has the 
authority to accomplish this goal, rather than including 
Section 308 of HR 202, the conferees direct HUD to develop 
policies to enable Section 202 project sponsors who request it 
to include privately-financed units in their 202 developments.
      The conferees direct the Department, for Fiscal Year 
2000, that, notwithstanding any other provision of law or any 
Department regulation, in the case of any denial of an 
application for assistance under Section 202 of the Housing Act 
of 1959 for failure to timely provide information required by 
the Secretary, the Secretary shall notify the applicant of the 
failure and provide the applicant an opportunity to show that 
the failure was due to the failure of a third party to provide 
information under the control of the third party. If the 
applicant demonstrates, within a reasonable period of time 
after notification of such failure, that the applicant did not 
have such information but requested the timely provision of 
such information by the third party, the Secretary may not deny 
the application on the grounds of failure to timely provide 
such information.
      The conferees are concerned that section 8 projects whose 
rent structure was modified and a use agreement executed under 
one of the portfolio reengineering demonstration programs may 
be required to undertake a second round of time consuming and 
expensive rent restructuring. If the Secretary has previously 
found debt restructuring to be inappropriate for a project by 
closing a project under a demonstration program using budget-
based rents without debt restructuring and pursuant to a use 
agreement between the Secretary and the project owner, the 
conferees direct the Secretary to use the authority provided by 
the conference report to honor the terms of the use agreement 
without debt restructuring.
      The contract renewals for moderate rehabilitation Section 
8 projects are treated differently than contract renewals for 
other Section 8 properties by requiring a renewal at the lesser 
of: current rents with an operating cost adjustment factor 
(OCAF), FMRs minus tenant paid utilities, or the comparable 
market rent for unassisted units. The conferees do not intend 
for such renewals to result in a rent that is below the 
aggregate base rent for the project. The base rent reflects the 
rent without the rehabilitation financing that was added to the 
project upon entering the moderate rehabilitation program.
      The conferees direct the Department to streamline and 
reduce the cost of refinancing Home Equity Conversion Mortgages 
[HECMs] for elderly homeowners, including (a) reducing the 
single premium payment to credit the premium paid on the 
original loan [subject to actuarial study], (b) establishing a 
limit on origination fees that may be charged [which fees may 
be fully financed] and prohibiting the charging of broker fees, 
(c) waiving counseling requirements if the borrower has 
received counseling in the prior five years and the increase in 
the principal limit exceeds refinancing costs by an amount set 
by the Department, and (d) providing a disclosure under a 
refinanced mortgage of the total cost of refinancing and the 
principal limit increase.
      The conferees further direct the Department to conduct 
within 180 days an actuarial study of the effect of reducing 
the refinancing premium collected under a refinancing and of 
the effect creating a single national loan limit for HECM 
reverse mortgages.
      The conferees note the increasing trend in the mortgage 
industry of various types of home equity loans such as reverse 
mortgages, and are concerned about the potential effect of 
abusive lending practices on elderly homeowners. Because the 
elderly have high rates of homeownership and are more likely to 
have high levels of equity in their homes, they are prime 
targets for reverse mortgage scams. While the conferees 
recognize the majority of lenders operate legitimately, the 
conferees are concerned about the increasing number of reverse 
mortgage scams. The conferees therefore direct HUD to evaluate 
and report on the lending practices of the reverse mortgage 
industry no later than June 30, 2000. This report should focus 
on elderly borrowers and should include, at a minimum, an 
evaluation of: current consumer protection measures; the terms 
of home equity loans, including the rates and fees paid by 
elderly borrowers; and the marketing of home equity loans to 
elderly borrowers. The report should also include an assessment 
of HUD's role in ensuring that reverse mortgages are not used 
to defraud elderly homeowners and should detail HUD's plan for 
preventing such activity.

                   conference total--with comparisons

      The total new budget (obligational) authority for the 
fiscal year 2000 recommended by the Committee of Conference, 
with comparisons to the fiscal year 1999 amount, the 2000 
budget estimates, and the House and Senate bills for 2000 
follow:

                        [In thousands of dollars]

New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 1999...     $95,263,261
Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal 
    year 2000...........................................      99,603,004
House bill, fiscal year 2000............................      91,980,156
Senate bill, fiscal year 2000...........................      97,828,196
Conference agreement, fiscal year 2000..................      99,452,918
Conference agreement compared with:
    New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 
      1999                                                    +4,189,657
    Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, 
      fiscal year 2000                                          -150,086
House bill, fiscal year 2000............................      +7,472,762
Senate bill, fiscal year 2000...........................      +1,624,722

                                   James T. Walsh,
                                   Tom DeLay,
                                   David Hobson,
                                   Joe Knollenberg,
                                   Rod Frelinghuysen,
                                   Roger Wicker,
                                   Anne M. Northup,
                                   John E. Sununu,
                                   Bill Young,
                                   Alan Mollohan,
                                   Marcy Kaptur,
                                   Carrie P. Meek,
                                   David E. Price,
                                   Bud Cramer,
                                   David Obey
                                           (except for delayed funding 
                                               gimmick),
                                 Managers on the Part of the House.

                                   C.S. Bond,
                                   Conrad Burns,
                                   Richard Shelby,
                                   Larry E. Craig,
                                   Kay Bailey Hutchison,
                                   Ted Stevens,
                                   Barbara Mikulski,
                                   Patrick Leahy,
                                   Frank R. Lautenberg,
                                   Tom Harkin,
                                   Robert C. Byrd,
                                   Daniel Inouye,
                                Managers on the Part of the Senate.

                                  
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