[House Report 106-64]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



106th Congress                                                   Report
1st Session             HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                 106-64
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MAKING EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING 
               SEPTEMBER 30, 1999, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

                                _______
                                

 March 17, 1999.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
              State of the Union and ordered to be printed

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 Mr. Young of Florida, from the Committee on Appropriations, submitted 
                             the following

                              R E P O R T

                             together with

                    DISSENTING AND ADDITIONAL VIEWS

                        [To accompany H.R. 1141]

    The Committee on Appropriations submits the following 
report in explanation of the accompanying bill making emergency 
supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1999, and for other purposes.

                            Bill Highlights

    The bill recommended by the Committee includes $687,000,000 
of emergency relief from the devastating impact of Hurricanes 
Mitch and Georges for several Latin American countries and of 
which $10,000 is for relief from the recent earthquake in 
Colombia. It also includes $80,000,000 for additional border 
costs related to Hurricane Mitch for the Immigration and 
Naturalization Service and $194,900,000 to reimburse the 
Department of Defense for transportation costs already 
sustained in providing initial assistance in response to this 
hurricane. The bill includes $100,000,000 for economic support 
and foreign military financing for Jordan. The bill includes 
$152.4 million for direct and guaranteed farm operating loans 
that will provide a loan authorization of $1,095,000,000. 
Additionally, the bill includes several minor non-emergency 
appropriations for various miscellaneous activities that are 
within the Committee's regular spending allocation. Finally, 
all spending in the bill is offset with recessions included 
therein.

                                TITLE I

                 EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS

                               CHAPTER 1

                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

                          Farm Service Agency

                         salaries and expenses

    The Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental 
Appropriations Act, 1999, (Public Law 105-277) provided 
$40,000,000 in Department of Agriculture (USDA) emergency 
salaries and expenses funds. This funding was in recognition of 
the administrative burden placed on USDA's Farm Service Agency 
(FSA) by the disaster assistance provisions in that bill. FSA 
now estimates that it will require an additional $42,753,000 to 
support additional temporary staffing for five months in order 
to deliver the disaster assistance provisions fully. This 
proposal would not fund additional permanent staff.
    This entire amount has been requested by the President, and 
has been designated by the President as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.

           agricultural credit insurance fund program account

    The Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental 
Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-277) provided 
$2,800,000,000 in Department of Agriculture (USDA) farm loans 
supported by more than $121,000,000 in credit subsidies. This 
funding is expected to be depleted for all farm loan programs 
by April 15, 1999. The Department of Agriculture projects a 
need for an additional $105,609,000 in credit subsidies in 
order to provide an additional $1,095,000,000 in loans, as 
follows:

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                            Program                                 Budget authority            Loan level
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Farm operating loans:
    Direct....................................................              $12,635,000             $185,000,000
    Guaranteed................................................               16,169,000              185,000,000
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal................................................               28,804,000              370,000,000
                                                               =================================================
Farm ownership loans:
    Direct....................................................               29,940,000              200,000,000
    Guaranteed................................................                5,565,000              350,000,000
                                                               -------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal................................................               35,505,000              550,000,000
                                                               =================================================
    Emergency loans...........................................               41,300,000              175,000,000
                                                               =================================================
      Total...................................................              105,609,000            1,095,000,000
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    In addition, the Department estimates that it will require 
an additional $4,000,000 for administrative expenses to carry 
out these loan programs.
    These amounts are required in order to respond to 
unprecedented demand for agricultural credit due to 
persistently low commodity prices. In FY 1998, Department of 
Agriculture loan programs served 26,000 farmers. Funds provided 
in Public Law 105-277 supported an increase in that number for 
FY 1999 to 31,000. The amount recommended in this bill will 
allow the Department of Agriculture to assist more than 12,000 
additional farmers in need of capital, bringing the total to 
over 43,000 in FY 1999.
    This entire amount has been requested by the President, and 
has been designated by the President as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.

                               CHAPTER 2

                         DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

                 Immigration and Naturalization Service

                         Salaries and Expenses

                     enforcement and border affairs

    The Committee recommends that $80,000,000 in emergency 
funding be made available until expended for 2,945 additional 
detention beds for the detention of criminal aliens from 
Central America and illegal aliens from Central America 
apprehended at or near the border. The Committee understands 
that these funds are necessary to prevent criminal aliens from 
Central America from being released into the community while 
awaiting deportation and to provide for detention space at or 
near the border for apprehended illegal aliens from Central 
America. This is connected with the Administration's 
determination to delay returns to countries severely impacted 
by Hurricane Mitch. The need for emergency detention space is 
in large part a direct result of INS's failure to plan for and 
request in a timely fashion sufficient detention space to meet 
its statutory requirements and represents the latest in the 
long and continuing series of management failures by the INS.
    The Committee has determined that, given the INS's 
inability to timely identify its detention needs and 
effectively manage its resources, that all funds made available 
for the INS under this Act should be administered by the 
Attorney General.
    Section 303 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant 
Responsibility Act of 1996 requires that certain criminal 
aliens be detained by the INS after they have served their 
criminal sentence and throughout the removal procedures. That 
provision also contained a 2-year transition before all 
designated categories of criminal aliens were required to be 
detained.
    In light of this statutory requirement, INS has failed to 
adequately identify its detention needs and to request the 
necessary funds to prevent criminal aliens from being released 
(or from being placed into detention), and to support the 
border enforcement strategy in which both the Congress and the 
Administration have heavily invested resources.
    This is not the first time that INS has not planned ahead 
and not requested sufficient detention space to house criminal 
and illegal aliens. In fiscal year 1997, Congress provided 
program increases of over $114,000,000, $70,000,000 over the 
Administration's request, for funds for detention due to the 
then-shortage of detention space which resulted in INS 
releasing criminal and illegal aliens.
    In fiscal year 1998, Congress provided over $178,000,000 
for detention and related costs, including construction funds 
for expanding INS detention facilities, representing the full 
amount that the Administration requested for such costs.
    In fiscal year 1999, the first year that the mandatory 
criminal alien detention rules became fully effective, the INS 
requested no funds for detention spaces for either contract 
facilities or from State and local prisons (except for juvenile 
detention), the most expedient form of obtaining immediate, 
additional detention space. With the exception of requesting 
activation funds for a 400-bed facility which is due to open 
this fiscal year--which the Congress provided--INS chose to 
request funds for construction of future detention space, 
thereby providing no relief to its now critical detention 
problem.
    Further, on August 6, 1998, a reprogramming request was 
submitted by the Administration for INS which included 
transferring $25,000,000 from detention funding to free up 
funds for its naturalization initiative. While Congress 
ultimately provided funding for the naturalization initiative 
in the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental 
Appropriations for fiscal year 1999, it did not approve the 
transfer of $25,000,000 from detention funds, and instead 
provided that amount in direct appropriations. Therefore, in 
fiscal year 1999, INS actually has $25,000,000 more in 
detention funds than it would have if Congress had funded the 
naturalization initiative in the manner it was requested. And 
yet, INS still finds itself in emergency straits and has had 
the audacity to suggest that Congress did not provide the 
necessary resources.
    On October 1, 1998, the first day of fiscal year 1999, the 
mandatory detention provision from the 1996 Immigration Act 
became fully effective. In October, after the mandatory 
detention rules became effective, the INS approached Congress 
to request statutory relief from the mandatory detention 
provision, stating that it did not have enough detention space 
to fulfill the mandates of the law. This last-minute request is 
evidence that the INS once again did not identify, plan for, 
nor timely communicate its detention needs and was hoping to be 
bailed out by the Congress.
    Given the choice of providing emergency funding or allowing 
criminal aliens to be released in this country for lack of 
detention space, the Committee has approved the emergency 
funding. In addition to administering these funds, the Attorney 
General is expected to take all necessary actions to correct 
the continuing saga of INS mismanagement.

                               CHAPTER 3

                    DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--MILITARY

    The President requested $188,500,000 in emergency 
supplemental fiscal year 1999 appropriations for the Department 
of Defense to cover the costs of disaster relief efforts in 
Central America resulting from Hurricanes Mitch and Georges. 
The Committee recommends $194,900,000, which includes the 
amounts requested by the President plus an additional 
$6,400,000 to meet requirements identified by the Department of 
Defense subsequent to transmittal of the President's request. 
Of the amounts in this chapter, $132,500,000 is to replenish 
funds diverted from various defense appropriations accounts to 
support emergency response efforts. The remaining $62,400,000 
is to support planned National Guard and Reserve training in 
the region, including reconstruction, engineering and medical 
services.
    The following table provides details, by appropriations 
account, of the emergency supplemental appropriations in this 
chapter for disaster relief.

           FISCAL YEAR 1999 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SUPPLEMENTAL
                        [In millions of dollars]
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                                                            Committee
                                         Budget request   recommendation
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Hurricanes MITCH and GEORGES Relief:
    Military Personnel:
        Army Reserve..................              2.9              8.0
        Army National Guard...........              6.0              7.3
        Air National Guard............              1.0              1.0
                                       ---------------------------------
          Total.......................              9.9             16.3
                                       =================================
    Operation and Maintenance:
        Army..........................             69.5             69.5
        Navy..........................             16.0             16.0
        Marine Corps..................              0.3              0.3
        Air Force.....................              8.8              8.8
        Defense-Wide:
            JCS (CINC Initiative Fund)             20.0             20.0
            OSD.......................             26.5             26.5
        Overseas Humanitarian,                     37.5             37.5
         Disaster, and Civic Aid......
                                       ---------------------------------
          Total.......................            178.6            178.6
                                       =================================
          Total.......................            188.5            194.9
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                               CHAPTER 4

    The Committee recommends emergency supplemental 
appropriations of $687,000,000 as the United States share of 
the international recovery efforts in the Central American and 
Caribbean nations devastated by Hurricanes Mitch and Georges in 
late 1998. This amount includes $10,000,000 in assistance to 
victims of the January, 1999, earthquake in Colombia. The 
Committee also recommends supplementals totaling $100,000,000 
for Jordan.

                      Hurricanes Mitch and Georges

    The Committee recommendation reflects the compassion 
extended by the people of the United States to our neighbors in 
Central and South America and the Caribbean who have suffered 
greatly from the recent catastrophic natural disasters in the 
region. The Committee recognizes that the purpose of this 
emergency supplemental assistance is twofold. First, this 
funding draws upon the best traditions of the American public 
in providing generous humanitarian support to help alleviate 
suffering of those in dire need. Second, the Committee 
recognizes that this reconstruction assistance strengthens U.S. 
national security by supporting the economic growth of these 
nascent democracies and deterring the possibility of increased 
illegal immigration into the U.S.
    The toll from these disasters, in both human and economic 
terms, was staggering. On September 20, 1998, Hurricane Georges 
struck the Eastern Caribbean, inflicting significant damage to 
the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and other parts of the Eastern 
Caribbean, including Antigua, Barbuda, St. Kitts and St. Nevis. 
Georges left more than 400 dead and up to $2 billion in 
economic damage in its wake.
    Between October 26 and 31, 1998, Hurricane Mitch struck 
Central America. It ranks as one of the worst hurricanes ever 
to hit the region. Mitch resulted in more than 9,000 dead, 
9,000 missing, 13,000 injured, and at least 3 million people 
displaced. The financial devastation was enormous as well: 
according to the U.S. Corps of Engineers, the costs to repair 
damaged or destroyed infrastructure in Central America is at 
least $8.5 billion.
    Hurricane Mitch hit Honduras particularly hard. According 
to AID, more than one-third of Honduras' schools were damaged 
or destroyed. Much of the country's road and bridge 
infrastructure was destroyed, severely hampering relief 
efforts. Nearly 70,000 homes were damaged or destroyed 
requiring the evacuation of 2.1 million people, many of whom 
remain homeless today. In Nicaragua, the rains and floods 
caused landslides leaving hundreds of thousands of people 
homeless and without food. Hurricane Mitch caused significant 
damage in El Salvador and Guatemala as well.
    Most recently, on January 25, 1999, a catastrophic 
earthquake, registering 6.0 on the Richter scale, struck 
northern Colombia. The region hardest hit includes the cities 
of Armenia, Calarca and Pereira. This powerful earthquake and 
its aftershocks killed nearly 1,000 people, injured more than 
4,000, left 4,000 missing and 250,000 homeless. The earthquake 
caused an estimated $1.5 billion in damage.
    The Committee recognizes the urgency in providing relief to 
those affected by these disasters. In fact, the United States 
has already begun that effort. Since the devastation caused by 
these disasters, the United States has already committed more 
than $300 million in urgently needed humanitarian assistance, 
primarily for food, medical supplies, and to transport 
commodities. The supplemental funds are urgently needed to help 
reduce the risk of widespread public health problems, to assist 
in the re-opening of schools and to help ensure that needed 
agricultural inputs are widely available prior to the spring 
planting season.

                   The President's Emergency Request

    On February 16, 1999, the President transmitted to Congress 
an emergency supplemental funding request for $687,000,000 in 
new budget authority for fiscal year 1999 for relief and 
reconstruction assistance and for other purposes. The 
President's entire supplemental funding request was presented 
to Congress as an emergency, pursuant to the Balance Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
    The Committee conducted a public hearing on the request on 
February 24, 1999. At the hearing, concern was expressed about 
the lack of detailed justification regarding use of the 
requested funds. Subsequent to the hearing, the Office of 
Management and Budget coordinated the provision of additional 
justification documents to the Committee. The Committee also 
notes that the Inspector General of the Agency for 
International Development is working with the Committee to 
ensure Congress is in a position to conduct proper oversight of 
the use of these funds.
    A bipartisan Committee delegation visited Honduras between 
March 5 and March 7, accompanied by General Charles Wilhelm, 
Commander in Chief, U.S. Southern Command. The delegation met 
with Honduras President Carlos Flores and fully discussed the 
supplemental request as it pertains to Honduras. The delegation 
also met with Hondurans from all walks of life and visited 
reconstruction activities throughout the country.
    The President's request for relief and reconstruction 
includes the following:
     $283 million to assist economic development 
efforts by repairing rural roads, by providing micro-credit 
loans, and by providing basic agricultural inputs, such as 
seeds, tools and fertilizer to farmers.
     $136 million to reconstruct and rehabilitate 
hospitals and health clinics, to provide water and sanitation 
services, and to provide disease control and prevention.
     $64 million for technical assistance for 
environmental management and disaster mitigation.
     $55 million to build, repair, and re-equip 
schools, provide school supplies and to build 6,000 housing 
units.
     $41 million for debt restructuring and relief, 
including a $25 million contribution to the recently created 
Central America Emergency Trust Fund and $16 million for the 
cost of reducing Honduras' bilateral debt to the United States.
     $25 million to partially replenish AID's 
international disaster assistance contingency account.
     $12 million for anti-corruption programs.
     $10 million for anti-crime and anti-drug programs.
     $3 million for outreach programs to the U.S. 
private sector.
     $42 million for reconstruction assistance in the 
Dominican Republic, Haiti and other Eastern Caribbean nations 
affected by Hurricane Georges.
     $10 million for earthquake recovery efforts in 
Colombia.

                     BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

                  Funds Appropriated to the President

                  Agency for International Development

                   International Disaster Assistance

    The Committee has provided $25,000,000 for the 
International Disaster Assistance account as requested by the 
President. These funds will partially replenish funds expended 
in response to Hurricanes Mitch and Georges and the earthquake 
in Colombia. According to USAID, it has spent $35,000,000 from 
this account in response to Hurricane Mitch alone.
    The Committee notes that the International Disaster 
Assistance account is a contingency account, not a program 
account. As such, it is designed to respond to unanticipated 
disasters and not to supplement AID's regular programs.

                  Other Bilateral Economic Assistance

                         Economic Support Fund

    The Committee recommendation includes $50,000,000 for 
economic support for Jordan. This is the amount requested by 
the President on an urgent basis in his transmittal of January 
19, 1999.
    The Committee strongly supports the provision of this 
assistance as an expression of America's support for Jordan and 
its people. The late King Hussein was a strong proponent of 
stability in the region and was a courageous promoter of the 
Middle East Peace Process. A stable transition in Jordan is 
essential to promoting U.S. interests in Middle East peace and 
stability. The United States has played a leadership role in 
mobilizing broad international support for Jordan in the wake 
of King Hussein's death. The Committee believes that provision 
of this assistance will enable the United States to continue to 
provide strong support for King Abdullah and Jordan, and to 
leverage contributions from the Gulf States, G-7 partners, and 
the European Union in the form of additional trade and 
financial support for Jordan, including the provision of debt 
relief. These funds will also play a crucial role in 
maintaining Jordan's progress on economic reform.
    The Committee strongly supports the full fiscal year 2000 
request for Jordan contained in the President's transmittal and 
expects to favorably consider it in subsequent legislation.
    The entire amount recommended for Jordan in fiscal year 
1999 has been offset with rescissions in this act. For 
technical reasons it is designated as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to the Balanced Budget Act of 1985.

   Central America and the Caribbean Emergency Disaster Recovery Fund

    The Committee recommends $621,000,000 for a new Central 
America and the Caribbean Emergency Disaster Recovery Fund. The 
President requested an additional amount of $621,000,000 for 
the Economic Support Fund. The Committee believes establishing 
this new fund, rather than comingling these funds with 
previously appropriated funds, will help ensure that this 
emergency supplemental is used solely to meet the requirements 
associated with Hurricanes Georges and Mitch and the earthquake 
in Colombia. Creation of a separate account allows the 
Committee greater ability to conduct proper oversight of these 
emergency funds.
    To preserve flexibility within this account, the Committee 
has not recommended that funds be earmarked for specific 
purposes.However, these funds should be used to meet the most 
urgent requirements including:
     Infrastructure repair and restoration including 
roads, bridges, potable water systems, schools, and health 
clinics.
     Development of rural areas and small 
municipalities, including refurbishment of farm-to-market 
roads, bridges, and levees, restoration of agricultural storage 
and processing facilities, and provision of credit for small 
farmers and businesses.
     Electric power capacity restoration, including 
priority attention to mitigating the adverse effects of the 
February 1999 fire at the El Cajon Dam power generating plant 
in Honduras.
     Microcredit programs targeted to the needs of 
small businesses and farmers, with a special emphasis on 
opportunities that can reduce poverty in households headed by 
women; and
     Environmental reparation and protection, including 
technology transfers in support of reforestation and agro-
forestry.
    The Committee supports inclusion of the U.S. private sector 
in efforts to help relevant government agencies and 
nongovernmental organizations in the region monitor the use of 
aid funds in order to prevent corruption and misuse.
    The Committee also intends that funds be allocated in ways 
that promote the decentralization of decision making and the 
involvement of private citizens. Funds should be channeled 
through municipal governments to the extent practicable to 
strengthen the capacity and role of local governments. The 
Committee further expects that AID missions will seek 
substantial input from citizens organizations which reflect the 
diversity of social and political opinions during the 
reconstruction process.
    The Committee also commends the efforts of returned Peace 
Corps volunteers who have volunteered to assist in the Central 
America reconstruction effort. Sufficient funds should be made 
available to the Crisis Corps in Central America to support the 
community projects undertaken by the Corps in cooperation with 
nongovernmental organizations active in the region.
    Hurricane Mitch has severely damaged the North Coast and 
Guanaja and other Bay Islands. Essential infrastructure repairs 
are needed to support the resumption of agricultural exports 
and eco-tourism. While U.S. businesses are committed to 
spending in excess of $100,000,000 of their own funds in this 
region, much smaller amounts are required to support rapid 
repair of public infrastructure, especially bridges, dams, and 
levies. The Committee recommends that the Executive branch 
include these Honduras public sector requirements in its 
reconstruction plans. The Committee recognizes that the 
Administration's request incorporates many of these priorities, 
but strongly urges that these types of projects take priority 
over other initiatives proposed by the administration. Efforts 
in these areas will directly benefit U.S. national interests by 
helping restore the economic viability of these nations, 
thereby slowing the process of migration.
    The Committee has included language requiring that funds in 
this account be made available subject to the provisions of 
chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act, which 
governs the use of the Economic Support Fund. Further, these 
funds may only be utilized subject to the provisions of title V 
of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related 
Programs Act, 1999, as contained in Public Law 105-277, except 
for section 558. All funds in this account are subject to the 
regular notification procedures of the Committee on 
Appropriations and the ceiling on population planning 
activities or other population assistance contained in section 
580 of the 1999 Act.
    The Committee expects that, to the extent practicable, 
contracts and grants should be awarded to U.S. private 
organizations and individuals, especially those linked with 
indigenous Central American counterparts, provided that such a 
preference does not delay or hinder the delivery of assistance.
    The Committee includes bill language which prohibits funds 
from being used for nonproject assistance.
    Of the funds made available from this account, the 
Committee has provided for the transfer of up to $5,000,000 to 
the administrative account of AID for the purpose of 
implementing disaster relief and reconstruction projects. In 
addition, up to $2,000,000 may be transferred to AID's 
Inspector General for the purpose of auditing and monitoring 
the use of these supplemental funds. The Committee is informed 
that without these additional funds the Inspector General would 
be forced to postpone or forego entirely certain financial and 
performance audits elsewhere in the world in order to ensure 
these supplemental funds were adequately monitored. Given the 
Committee's lack of confidence in the ability of AID's New 
Management System (NMS) to accurately track agency expenditures 
in general, there is particular concern that these supplemental 
appropriations be audited thoroughly by the Inspector General.
    The Committee has learned that the Colombian National 
Police (CNP) expended nearly $500,000 conducting airborne 
rescue and support operations in response to the recent 
earthquake. CNP aircraft transported food, medical supplies and 
other urgent humanitarian aid, as well as injured persons, in 
support of relief efforts. The Committee is aware that these 
funds were originally dedicated to counter-narcotics efforts 
and encourages the Administration to make available funds from 
within this account directly to the Colombian National Police 
to replenish CNP funds expended for earthquake relief.
    The President requested the entire amount of the funds 
recommended under this account as an emergency requirement 
under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985. However, his designation would only affect funds 
appropriated under the Economic Support Fund. Due to the fact 
the Committee is proposing a new account for disaster recovery 
activities in Central America and the Caribbean, for technical 
reasons the recommendation includes bill language requiring a 
Presidential designation of the funding as an emergency 
requirement.

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

                           Debt Restructuring

    The Committee is recommending $41,000,000 for debt 
restructuring as requested by the President. These funds will 
be utilized for two purposes: $16,000,000 will be made 
available for the budget cost of reducing Honduras' bilateral 
debt owed to the United States beyond the reduction provided 
for in the regular fiscal year 1999 Act and up to $25,000,000 
will be made available to a multilateral Central America 
Emergency Trust Fund to help Central American governments cover 
the costs of debt service owed to the World Bank, the Inter-
American Development Bank and other international financial 
institutions. The Committee is aware that, in addition to this 
assistance, the Administration intends to defer all bilateral 
debt obligations to the U.S. from Honduras and Nicaragua over 
the next two years.
    The Committee notes that the Foreign Operations Act for 
fiscal year 1999 already provided funds for debt reduction of 
50 percent of the debt owed by the government of Honduras to be 
forgiven. The $16,000,000 provided in this Act would allow 
reduction of 67 percent of Honduras' debt owed to the United 
States.
    The Committee is aware that prior to Hurricane Mitch, 
Nicaragua was classified by the World Bank as a Heavily 
Indebted Poor Country (HIPC). Foreign debt for Nicaragua stands 
at $6,100,000,000 including a substantial debt stock owed to 
the former Soviet Union and to Libya. The Committee expects 
that no U.S. funds will be used to repay debt owed to these 
nations. According to the Treasury Department, total foreign 
debt for Honduras is $3,600,000,000, including $1,300,000,000 
owed to bilateral creditors. The Committee urges the 
Administration to encourage other bilateral creditors to reduce 
or forgive outstanding debt owed by these nations.
    The Committee urges the U.S. executive directors at the 
Inter-American Development Bank, the World Bank and other 
relevant international financial institutions to exercise 
caution when considering large new lending programs for the 
affected countries. The provision of new loans to governments 
that cannot service existing debt is a questionable practice.

                          MILITARY ASSISTANCE

                  Funds Appropriated to the President

                   foreign military financing program

    The Committee recommends $50,000,000 for grant military 
assistance to Jordan. This is the amount requested by the 
President on an urgent basis in his transmittal of January 19, 
1999.
    The Committee strongly supports the provision of this 
assistance as an expression of America's support for Jordan and 
its people. The late King Hussein was a strong proponent of 
stability in the region and was a courageous promoter of the 
Middle East Peace Process. A stable transition in Jordan is 
essential to promoting U.S. interests in Middle East peace and 
stability, and the United States should continue to provide 
strong support to King Abdullah and Jordan. These funds will 
play a crucial role in improving Jordan's military readiness 
and modernization objectives, help Jordan to defend its 
borders, and strengthen U.S./Jordanian bilateral military ties.
    The Committee strongly supports the full fiscal year 1999, 
fiscal year 2000, and fiscal year 2001 requests for Jordan 
contained in the President's transmittal. These total $300 
million in both the Economic Support Fund and the Foreign 
Military Financing Program. The Committee expects to favorably 
consider the outyear requests in subsequent legislation.
    The entire amount recommended for Jordan in fiscal year 
1999 has been offset with rescissions in this Act. For 
technical reasons it is designated as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to the Balanced Budget Act of 1985.

                 united states army corps of engineers

    The Committee commends the work of the U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers in response to Hurricane Mitch. The Corps maintains 
field offices in Honduras, El Salvador, Panama, and Colombia 
which greatly enhanced its ability to respond quickly to these 
natural disasters. The Committee intends that the Department of 
State and AID will utilize the planning, engineering, design, 
environmental, and technical capabilities of the Corps when 
considering reconstruction projects. Further, the Committee 
expects that the State Department and AID will use the Corps to 
support disaster recovery projects in Central America 
including: rural farm-to-market road and bridge building; storm 
drain and levee reconstruction; rehabilitation of health 
clinics and homes; watershed stabilization and soil 
conservation activities; and water and sanitation programs 
which directly strengthen child survival efforts.

                 donor coordination and burden sharing

    In December 1998, donor nations and the leaders of Central 
American nations convened in Washington, D.C. to discuss 
reconstruction efforts in the wake of Hurricane Mitch. At this 
Consultative Group meeting, $6.3 billion in emergency aid and 
reconstruction support was pledged. The Committee is aware that 
the President'ssupplemental request accounts for only 17 
percent of these worldwide assistance pledges and supports other 
nations' promises of aid. The Committee requests AID and State, not 
less than 5 days following the conclusion of the next scheduled donor's 
meeting in May, report to the Committee on the status of donor 
coordination and burdensharing efforts.

                             mine clearing

    The Committee is concerned that the floods and mudslides 
caused by Hurricane Mitch may have shifted the location of 
anti-personnel mines previously identified in Central America, 
rendering new areas potentially unsafe. The rapid 
identification of the current location of landmines, and their 
safe removal is essential to subsequent road and bridge 
construction and renewal of productive agricultural activity. 
The Committee supports the request of the Inter-American 
Defense Board for additional mine detection dogs and handlers 
to be sent to Central America in conjunction with the emergency 
response to Hurricane Mitch.

                role of women in reconstruction efforts

    The Committee recognizes the devastating impact that 
Hurricane Mitch had on the region generally, but in particular, 
its effect on women. Fully one-third of the households that 
lost homes are headed by women. The primary borrowers in many 
micro-credit programs wiped out by the disaster are women. 
Women occupied many of the jobs lost in the agricultural and 
textile sectors. Finally, the bulk of the short-term employment 
opportunities generated by the recovery effort, such as 
construction and road building, are generally the kind from 
which women are barred. Therefore, the Committee expects that 
all agencies involved in carrying out programs funded with this 
emergency assistance will take the specific needs of women into 
account as programs are designed and implemented. In addition, 
the needs of women creditors should be taken into account as 
new micro-credit programs are designed and existing micro-
credit institutions are restructured.

                    GENERAL PROVISION--THIS CHAPTER

    Sec. 301. For the remainder of fiscal year 1999, the 
Committee allows the President to exercise his authority under 
section 506(a)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to 
drawdown up to $75,000,000 in Defense Department articles, 
services and military education and training without any such 
drawdown being counted against the ceiling limitation of that 
section.

                               CHAPTER 5

                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

                             Forest Service

                    Reconstruction and Construction

    The Committee recommends $5,611,000 for emergency repairs 
in the Caribbean National Forest in Puerto Rico as a result of 
Hurricane Georges and other natural disasters. These funds are 
also to be made available to repair damages to the 
International Institute of Tropical Forestry.

                               CHAPTER 6

                                OFFSETS

                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

                Foreign Assistance and Related Programs

               Public Law 480 Program and Grant Accounts

                              (Rescission)

    The Committee recommends a rescission of $30,000,000 from 
funds appropriated for the cost of direct credit agreements for 
Public Law 480 title I credit for fiscal year 1999. After this 
rescission, $146,596,000 remains available for this purpose.
    The availability of carryover funds from previous years and 
the Administration's recently announced food aid program for 
Russia will keep title I activity at the level provided for in 
the fiscal year 1999 regular appropriations.

                          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

                    Atomic Energy Defense Activities

                        other defense activities

                              (rescission)

    Funding of $525,000,000 was provided to the Department of 
Energy in P.L. 105-277, the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency 
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999, for Russian programs 
relating to the disposal of excess plutonium and uranium from 
nuclear weapons. The agreements between the United States and 
Russia to establish these programs have not yet been finalized, 
and it is anticipated that not all of the funding will be 
required in fiscal year 1999.

                    EXPORT AND INVESTMENT ASSISTANCE

                  Funds Appropriated to the President

                      trade and development agency

                              (rescission)

    The Committee recommends the rescission of $5,000,000 from 
funds made available under this heading in Public Law 105-277. 
Additional funds have been made available to the Trade and 
Development Agency from other appropriations accounts.

                     BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

                  Funds Appropriated to the President

                  Agency for International Development

                         Development Assistance

                              (Rescission)

    The Committee recommends the rescission of $40,000,000 from 
prior year appropriations for development assistance.

                  Other Bilateral Economic Assistance

                         Economic Support Fund

                              (Rescission)

    The Committee recommends rescission of $17,000,000 from the 
unobligated balances of the Economic Support Fund.

          Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States

                              (Rescission)

    The Committee recommends the rescission of $20,000,000 from 
the unobligated balances of funds available for East-Central 
Europe.

  Assistance for the New Independent States of the Former Soviet Union

                              (Rescission)

    The Committee recommends a rescission of $25,000,000 from 
unobligated balances of over $1,000,000,000 available from 
funds appropriated for the independent states of the former 
Soviet Union.

                          MILITARY ASSISTANCE

                  Funds Appropriated to the President

                        Peacekeeping Operations

                              (Rescission)

    The Committee recommends a rescission of $10,000,000 from 
the funds appropriated for voluntary international peacekeeping 
operations in Public Law 105-277.

                    MULTILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

                  Funds Appropriated to the President

                  International Financial Institutions

     Contribution to the International Bank for Reconstruction and 
                              Development

                      Global Environment Facility

                              (Rescission)

    The Committee recommends rescission of $25,000,000 from the 
United States contribution to the Global Environmental Program 
administered by the World Bank.

              Reduction in Callable Capital Appropriations

                              (Rescission)

    The Committee recommends the rescission of a total of 
$648,000,000 from the balances of unobligated funds 
appropriated prior to 1980 for callable capital stock of the 
World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, and the Asian 
Development Bank.
    Since 1980, the United States has subscribed to 
$32,835,963,000 in callable capital stock for the same 
multilateral development banks. All of the $32,835,963,000 was 
approved in appropriation acts, but none of it was actually 
appropriated or scored as budget authority, as before. The 
Committee's recommendation to reduce callable capital 
previously approved is not without precedent. It does not 
signal any change in the Committee's support for the 
multilateral development banks.

                International Organizations and Programs

                              (Rescission)

    The Committee recommends a rescission of $10,000,000 from 
the funds appropriated for international organizations and 
programs in Public Law 105-277.

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

                        OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

                        Payments to Air Carriers

                    (Airport and Airway Trust Fund)

                 (Rescission Of Contract Authorization)

    The Committee recommends a rescission of $815,000 in 
contract authority provided for ``Small community air service'' 
by Public Law 101-508 for fiscal years prior to fiscal year 
1998. This rescission has no effect on the essential air 
service program.

                     FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION

                       State Infrastructure Banks

                              (Rescission)

    The Committee recommends a rescission of $6,500,000 from 
the state infrastructure bank program. These funds are in 
excess of the funds necessary to support those states currently 
participating in the program.

                     FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION

                  Trust Fund Share of Transit Programs

                          (Highway Trust Fund)

                 (Rescission of Contract Authorization)

    The Committee recommends a rescission of $665,000 in 
contract authority from the trust fund share of transit 
programs provided in Public Law 102-240 under 49 U.S.C. 
5338(a)(1). These funds are in excess of the annual obligation 
limitation placed on the program and are not available for 
obligation in fiscal year 1999.

                  Interstate Transfer Grants--Transit

    The Committee recommends a rescission of $600,000 in 
unobligated balances of interstate transfer grants--transit. 
The Committee directs the Federal Transit Administration to 
reduce only those available balances for projects for which no 
current program plan is in place for the obligation of funds.

                     GENERAL PROVISION--THIS TITLE

    The Committee bill includes section 1001, which reduces the 
amounts made available in Public Law 105-277 by $40,000,000. 
This action is recommended in order to provide offsets for the 
bill. Details regarding this adjustment may be found in a 
classified annex accompanying the Committee report.

                                TITLE II

              SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS AND RESCISSIONS

                               CHAPTER 1

                             THE JUDICIARY

                   Supreme Court of the United States

                         Salaries and Expenses

    The Committee recommends $921,000 to remain available until 
expended for salaries and expenses of the Supreme Court of the 
United States, as requested. This is to provide an additional 
36 police officers under the jurisdiction of the Court to 
enhance the capability of the police in order to assure 
coverage of the building under standards comparable to those 
recently adopted by the Capitol police with respect to public 
buildings under their protection. These funds represent one-
quarter year of salary and benefits plus funds for associated 
training, supplies and equipment.

                DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED AGENCIES

                             RELATED AGENCY

                    United States Information Agency

                        buying power maintenance

                              (rescission)

    The Committee recommends a rescission of $20,000,000 from 
unobligated balances under this heading. The balances in this 
account result from exchange rate gains over the past several 
years, and exceed the potential requirements on the fund prior 
to the consolidation of the Agency into the Department of State 
on October 1, 1999.

                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

            National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

  operations, research, and facilities and fisheries finance program 
                                account

    The Committee does not recommend funding requested for the 
Operations, Research, and Facilities and the Fisheries Finance 
Program accounts. The supplemental request included $5,000,000 
for these programs, $3,120,000 for the Fisheries Finance 
Program account to fund a vessel buy-out in the Northeast 
inshore cod fishery in the Gulf of Maine and $1,880,000 and 20 
full-time-equivalent employees for Operations, Research and 
Facilities for scientific and management activities in 
connection with this fishery.
    In the fiscal year 1999 Appropriations Act, the Committee 
already provided $5,000,000 in emergency funding for emergency 
disaster assistance for individuals and communities impacted by 
declines in the Northeast multispecies fishery, including the 
Gulf of Maine. To date, NOAA has not provided a spending plan, 
nor obligated any of this fund. In fiscal year 1999, the 
Committee also provided significant increases for fisheries 
management programs, including the northeast region for 
scientific and management activities. In addition, the 
Committee understands that the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
Conservation and Management Act requires that an industry-wide 
referendum be conducted and an implementation plan approved 
with set time periods for public comment and consideration in 
order to implement a vessel buyout. These actions have not been 
initiated, and therefore any buyout could not be undertaken in 
fiscal year 1999.

                             RELATED AGENCY

                   Federal Communications Commission

                           General Provision

    The Committee does not recommend adoption at this time of a 
requested provision to repeal the provision of the Balanced 
Budget Act of 1997 that requires the auction of spectrum 
between 746-806 megahertz to be conducted in 2001, and instead 
requiring that the competitive bidding process be started in 
1999, and conducted in such a way as to ensure that all 
proceeds are deposited not later than September 30, 2000.
    The intent of the requested provision is to accelerate this 
auction, thereby shifting the collection of receipts to fiscal 
year 2000. The Office of Management and Budget anticipates $2.6 
billion in fiscal year 2000 receipts resulting from this 
provision, and a decrease of $1.3 billion in receipts in each 
of fiscal years 2001 and 2002. However, it is not clear that 
the adoption of this provision would result in the deposit of 
receipts before fiscal year 2001, so the rationale for 
inclusion of this provision has not been established.

                               CHAPTER 2

      UNITED STATES COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

    The Committee recommends $3,000,000 for necessary expenses 
for the United States Commission on International Religious 
Freedom as authorized by title II of the International 
Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (P.L. 105-292). These funds shall 
remain available until expended.

                    EXPORT AND INVESTMENT ASSISTANCE

                export-import bank of the united states

                              (rescission)

    The Committee recommends the rescission of $25,000,000 from 
prior year unobligated balances intended for the tied-aid war 
chest.

                               CHAPTER 3

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                       Bureau of Land Management

                   Management of Lands and Resources

                              (Rescission)

    The Committee recommends the rescission of $6,800,000 from 
Management of Lands and Resources. The funds are to be taken 
from the Automated Lands and Minerals Record System (ALMRS) 
program. The issue of continued funding for the ALMRS program 
is under review and these funds, which were appropriated in 
fiscal year 1998, exceed current requirements.

           Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians

                         Federal Trust Programs

    The Committee recommends $21,800,000 for Federal Trust 
Programs. Within the funds provided $6,800,000 is to implement 
the Trust Management Improvement Project High Level 
Implementation Plan to ensure that the Department of the 
Interior meets its fiduciary obligations to Native Americans 
and $15,000,000 to support costs associated with ongoing 
litigation involving the Department of the Interior and 
approximately 300,000 holders of Individual Indian Money (IIM) 
trust accounts. The $15,000,000 will support document 
production, a court-appointed Special Master, and statistical 
sampling of trust accounts as a means of providing a baseline 
for settlement purposes.

                               CHAPTER 4

                          DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

                 Employment and Training Administration

     State Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service Operations

    The Committee recommends a reduction of $21,000,000 in this 
account, instead of the reduction of $5,700,000 requested by 
the President. Part of the reduction, $16,000,000, is taken in 
the unemployment insurance contingency fund; the revised amount 
for the fund would be $164,933,000. This fund is used to 
supplement the base administrative allocations to the States. 
Based on continued low unemployment rates, the full amount of 
the contingency appropriation is not needed to fund State 
administrative workload. The President requested a reduction of 
$5,700,000. In addition, the Committee recommends a reduction 
of $5,000,000 in excess funds in the unemployment insurance 
postage account. State postage costs are expected to be lower 
than originally estimated.

                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

              Health Resources and Services Administration

                federal capital loan program for nursing

                              (rescission)

    The Committee recommends a rescission of $2,800,000 from 
unobligated balances in the Federal Capital Loan Program for 
Nursing account. The program has been inactive for more than 
eight years.

                        DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

             education research, statistics and improvement

                              (rescission)

    The Committee recommends a rescission of $6,800,000 from 
the Fund for the Improvement of Education. The Committee is 
aware that only $2,000,000 of the $10,000,000 originally 
included in this account for an evaluation of voluntary 
national test development is actually needed in fiscal year 
1999 to carry out this activity.
    The recommended rescission level assumes that the 
Department of Education will transfer $1,200,000 of the 
$10,000,000 from the Fund for the Improvement of Education 
program to the Historically Black Colleges and Universities 
program for a payment to the University of the District of 
Columbia. It is the Committee's understanding that this 
transfer is subject to (1) a determination by the Secretary 
that such an award will not violate the intent of Section 
324(g) of Title III of the Higher Education Act and (2) the 
Secretary's receipt of a properly completed application from 
the University of the District of Columbia as required under 
Section 325 of Title III of such Act.

                             RELATED AGENCY

                  Corporation for Public Broadcasting

    The Committee provides $48,000,000 for the Corporation for 
Public Broadcasting and National Public Radio to proceed with 
negotiations for a public radio satellite replacement. Of this 
total, $30,600,000 is provided in fiscal year 1999 and 
$17,400,000 is provided as a fiscal year 2000 advance.
    In 1998, the satellite servicing the Public Radio Satellite 
System failed unexpectedly, and the system is currently 
operating on a temporary back-up satellite that will become 
unavailable in Fall 1999. Public radio needs to make 
contractual arrangements with a satellite vendor in Spring 1999 
to ensure continuity of services to public radio listeners. The 
President requested this supplemental in his fiscal year 2000 
budget submission.

                               CHAPTER 5

                        CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS

                        ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

                     Capitol Buildings and Grounds

                         house office buildings

    House Page Dormitory--The bill contains $3,760,000 to 
renovate and furnish the House-owned property at 501 First 
Street, S.E., for the purpose of relocating a dormitory 
necessary to accommodate the House pages. The pages currently 
occupy two floors at the O'Neill House Office Building which 
have been converted to dormitory space. That building has been 
determined to have several structural and life safety 
deficiencies. A recent audit conducted by the House Inspector 
General has revealed fire safety issues and the Architect of 
the Capitol has long held that the building is not structurally 
suited for its current use.
    The facilities at 501 First Street are suited for 
conversion to dormitory space. The building was originally 
constructed as a residence hall, and its most recent use 
included a day care center. The basic mechanical and life 
safety features of the building are satisfactory and within the 
various regulations that govern comparable applications. It is 
expected that the Architect of the Capitol will consult with 
the House Office Building Commission, the House Page Board, and 
other appropriate authorities as the design work progresses.
    O'Neill House Office Building--The bill contains $1,800,000 
necessary to correct life safety, particularly fire-related, 
deficiencies in the O'Neill House Office Building. The 
Architect of the Capitol and the House Inspector General have 
identified several items that require immediate remedial 
attention such as extending the sprinkler system, updating the 
fire escapes and elevators, pressurizing stairwells, and 
replacing the alarm system. Although the Architect has advised 
that the O'Neill building is not suitable in the long run for 
continued use as an office building, the Committee believes 
these improvements should be made to protect the building 
occupants until more satisfactory space can be found.

                ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS--THIS CHAPTER

    Two administrative provisions are included. One provision 
adjusts certain leadership allowances and the second provision 
allows leadership offices to utilize appropriated funds for any 
official, authorized purpose. The latter provision is 
comparable to authority recently provided to all House Members 
with respect to the Members' Representational Allowances.

                               CHAPTER 6

                             POSTAL SERVICE

Payments to the Postal Service Fund

1999 appropriation......................................     $71,195,000
1999 supplemental estimate..............................      29,000,000
Committee recommendation................................      29,000,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $29,000,000 
for reimbursements to the Postal Service as authorized by 39 
U.S.C., 2401(d).

                   EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

                  FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

                          Unanticipated Needs

                              (rescission)

    The Committee recommends a rescission of $10,000,000 from 
amounts previously appropriated under this heading in Public 
Law 101-130, the Fiscal Year 1990 Dire Emergency Supplemental 
to Meet the Needs of Natural Disasters of National 
Significance, as proposed by the President. All of the funds 
were transferred to Departments and agencies to carry out 
necessary activities. These funds are no longer needed.

                               CHAPTER 7

                       Court of Veterans Appeals

                         salaries and expenses

    The Court of Veterans Appeals requested supplemental 
appropriations of $372,000. The Committee has determined there 
is not justification for additional funding at this time, but 
is evaluating the additional funding in the context of the 
fiscal year 2000 legislation.

              DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

                   Community Planning and Development

                   community development block grants

    The Committee has included new bill language which makes a 
technical adjustment to the amount of funds made available for 
two Economic Development Initiative grants in Public Law 105-
276. The Committee notes that this technical change has no 
budgetary impact.

                     Management and Administration

                      office of inspector general

    The Committee recommends extending the time period for 
expending funds from one year to two years, as proposed by the 
Administration. The extension is needed to implement the HUD 
Anti-fraud initiative created by Congress in fiscal year 1998.

                      GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS ACT

    The Committee bill includes section 2002, which prohibits 
the Secretary of Agriculture from discounting loan deficiency 
payments under the Agricultural Market Transition Act for club 
wheat, and compensates club wheat producers who received 
discounted loan deficiency payments.

                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

                       Citrus Canker Eradication

    The citrus industry in the state of Florida is threatened 
by the spread of citrus canker, which has the potential for 
devastating impacts on commercial production. This extremely 
contagious bacterial disease has been spread by hurricane and 
other storm systems. The disease now threatens the entire 
industry, which contributes $8,000,000,000 annually in economic 
impact and provides for 121,000 jobs. The impact of the spread 
of citrus canker is $200,000,000 annually in increased 
production costs and market restrictions. Detection and 
eradication of the disease is possible with existing methods 
and technology.
    The Committee urges the Secretary of Agriculture to 
establish an emergency eradication program, using the 
authorities and funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation. 
Further, the Committee directs the Secretary to report not 
later than March 31, 1999, on the Department's plans for 
addressing this emergency.

                            Russian Food Aid

    Based on past experience with regard to U.S. commodity 
shipments to Russia, the Committee is seriously concerned about 
the likelihood of diversion in the distribution of the current 
$1,200,000,000 Russian food aid package which was negotiated by 
the Executive Branch. The Committee urges the Secretary of 
Agriculture to implement swiftly the provisions of the sales 
agreement that allow suspension of shipments if and when 
diversions occur. In addition, the Secretary should ensure that 
sufficient staff is available for oversight, monitoring and 
control procedures to minimize potential misuses and improper 
losses of food commodities provided under the three food aid 
agreements between the Governments of the United States and the 
Russian Federation. The Committee expects the Secretary to 
directly involve the Inspector General in auditing these 
shipments.
    The Secretary of Agriculture shall report to the Committee 
by June 15, 1999, regarding his efforts to increase oversight 
and monitoring; the extent to which other federal agencies and 
Non-Governmental Organizations have contributed to the 
monitoring effort; the number and frequency of spot-checks and 
their findings; how the agency handled reports of diversions; 
and the extent to which the distribution of commodities was 
coordinated with local government officials and private farming 
organizations. The Committee also expects the Secretary to 
report on how the food aid package was coordinated with the 
State Department to meet our strategic goals in the region and 
the involvement of the Interagency Task Force assembled by the 
U.S. Embassy in Moscow to oversee these shipments. The 
Secretary shall also report on how this and subsequent food aid 
shipments contribute to the development and reform of private 
agriculture in the Newly Independent States.

                      Commodity Credit Corporation

    The Committee is concerned that the Committee on 
Agriculture has not remedied the problems associated with the 
section 11 cap for CCC reimbursements, which will result in 
NRCS ceasing technical assistance work for the Conservation 
Reserve Program and furloughing about 800 field staff after the 
current carryover funds are expended in May 1999. The Committee 
urges the Secretary of Agriculture to work with the Congress to 
remedy the problems associated with the section 11 cap.

                               TITLE III

                         TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS

    The Committee has included several provisions that would 
correct errors and insert clarifying language into the Omnibus 
Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 
1999 (Public Law 105-277). Due to the large volume of this law 
and the relative short amount of time available to develop the 
final version of it, a few errors were made and the intent of 
the managers was not clearly provided in a few instances. The 
provisions in this title would correct these problems.

               Changes in the Application of Existing Law

    The bill includes several appropriations that are not 
authorized by law and as such may be constructed as legislative 
in nature.
    The bill includes several emergency appropriation and 
contingent emergency appropriation designations that may be 
construed as legislative in nature.
    Pursuant to clause 3(f) of rule XIII of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives, the following statements are 
submitted describing the effect of provisions in the 
accompanying bill which directly or indirectly change the 
application of existing law.
    Language is included under Department of Justice, 
Immigration and Naturalization Service, Salaries and Expenses, 
providing that the funding provided is to be administered by 
the Attorney General.
    Language is included under Department of State and Related 
Agencies, Related Agencies, United States Information Agency, 
Buying Power Maintenance that rescinds previously appropriated 
funds.
    Under General Provisions--This Chapter in Chapter 6, Title 
I, language is include that would reduce previously 
appropriated Department of Defense funds.
    Language is included in the bill which rescinds budget 
authority under the heading Atomic Energy Defense Activities.
    Under ``International Disaster Assistance'', funds are 
authorized for reconstruction assistance, as well as disaster 
relief and rehabilitation.
    Under ``Central America and the Caribbean Emergency 
Disaster Recovery Fund'', funds are appropriated subject to the 
provisions of chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance 
Act, and (except for section 558), subject to title V of the 
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 1999; funds are also available 
notwithstanding such provisions of law regulating the making, 
performance, amendment, or modification of contracts as the 
Administrator of the Agency for International Development may 
specify, subject to a report in writing to the Committees on 
Appropriations at least 5 days prior to the use of this 
authority; in addition, authority is provided to allow for the 
transfer of funds to other accounts for administration, audits 
and inspections of the funds appropriated under this paragraph; 
finally, funds are provided subject to the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
    Under ``Debt restructuring'', funds are authorized to be 
used as a contribution to the Central America Emergency Trust 
Fund.
    Under ``Foreign Military Financing Program'', the 
requirement for repayment of funds is waived notwithstanding 
sections 23(b) and 23(c) of the Arms Export Control Act.
    Under ``Economic Support Fund'', $17,000,000 are rescinded 
from funds appropriated in Public Law 105-277 and in prior acts 
making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, 
and related programs.
    Under ``Global Environment Facility'', $25,000,000 are 
rescinded from funds appropriated in Public Law 105-277.
    Language is included under the Department of 
Transportation, Office of the Secretary that rescinds $815,000 
in contract authority provided for ``Small community air 
service'' by Public Law 101-508 for fiscal years prior to 
fiscal year 1998.
    Language is included under the Department of 
Transportation, Federal Highway Administration that rescinds 
$6,500,000 from the state infrastructure bank program.
    Language is included under the Department of 
Transportation, Federal Transmit Administration that rescinds 
$665,000 in contract authority from the trust fund share of 
transit programs provided in Public Law 102-240, and rescinds 
$600,000 in unobligated balances from the interstate transfer 
grants-transit program.
    Under sec. 301, language is included that provides that the 
value of articles, services, and military education and 
training drawn down by the President as of November 15, 1998, 
pursuant to section 506(a)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act, 
does not count against the ceiling limitation of that section.
    Under ``Department of Agriculture, Public Law 480 Program 
and Grant Accounts'', $30,000,000 are rescinded from funds 
appropriated in Public Law 105-277.
    Language is included that reduces previously appropriated 
funds for Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide.
    Language is included under Bureau of Land Management, 
Management of Lands and Resources, Department of the Interior, 
that rescinds previously appropriated funds.
    Language is included under the Employment and Training 
Administration, Department of Labor, that reduces previous 
appropriations.
    Language is included under the Health Resources and 
Services Administration, Department of Health and Human 
Services, that rescinds previous appropriations.
    Language is included under the Education Research, 
Statistics and Improvement, Department of Education, that 
rescinds previous appropriations.
    Language is included under the Corporation for Public 
Broadcasting requiring that funds appropriated be made 
available to National Public Radio for acquisition of satellite 
capacity.
    Section 2002--Prohibits the Secretary of Agriculture from 
discounting loan deficiency payments under the Agriculture 
Market Transition Act for club wheat, and compensates club 
wheat producers who received discounted loan deficiency 
payments.
    Section 3709 of the Revised Statutes is waived for certain 
renovation projects. There is an increase in the authorization 
for certain leadership offices and authority for leadership 
offices to utilize appropriated funds for staff and other 
expense purposes, at their discretion. The latter authority is 
comparable to that given to all House members with their office 
allowances.
    Language is included under Executive Office of the 
President, Unanticipated Needs that rescinds previous 
appropriations.
    Language is included under the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, Office of Inspector General, extending the 
time period for expending funds from one year to two years.
    Language is included under the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, Community Planning and Development, 
Community Development Block Grants changing the manner in which 
previously appropriated funds were applied to certain grants.
    Under ``Export-Import Bank of the United States'' 
$25,000,000 in unobligated balances are rescinded.
    Under ``Trade and Development Agency'', of the funds 
appropriated for this account in Public Law 105-277, $5,000,000 
are rescinded.
    Under ``Development Assistance'', of the funds appropriated 
for this account in Public Law 105-118 and in prior acts making 
appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and 
related programs, $40,000,000 are rescinded.
    Under ``Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic 
States'', $20,000,000 in unobligated balances are rescinded.
    Under ``Assistance for the New Independent States of the 
Former Soviet Union'' $25,000,000 in unobligated balances are 
rescinded.
    Under ``Peacekeeping Operations'', of the funds 
appropriated for this account in Public Law 105-277, 
$10,000,000 are rescinded.
    Under ``Reduction in Callable Capital Appropriations'', a 
total of $648,000,000 in funds appropriated for callable 
capital stock for three international financial institutions 
are rescinded.
    Under ``International Organizations and Programs'', of the 
funds appropriated for this account in Public Law 105-277, 
$10,000,000 are rescinded.
    In Title III, the following technical changes to the 
Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations 
Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-277) are included:
    Section 3001(a). Makes a correction to an authorization 
reference for the Rural Community Advancement Program in the 
Agriculture Appropriations Act by inserting section 1926d of 7 
U.S.C., makes a correction to the application of the rural 
utilities program by referencing sections 306(a)(2) and 306D of 
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, and deletes 
two extraneous references to the same Act.
    Section 3001(b). Makes one of the provisions of section 718 
of the Agriculture Appropriations Act consistent with the rest 
of the section with respect to legislative permanency.
    Section 3001(c). Makes a correction to section 747 of the 
Agriculture Appropriations Act by changing a section number 
from 302 to 203.
    Section 3001(d). Makes a correction to section 763 of the 
Agriculture Appropriations Act by changing the authorization 
reference for disaster research and prevention associated with 
commerce and trade activities.
    Section 3002. Extends the availability of the anti-drug 
supplemental emergency appropriation for the Agricultural 
Research Service similar to the other accounts in this part of 
the bill.
    Section 3003(a). Inserts a correct account title of the 
Foreign Operations Act for special assistance to Burma.
    Section 3003(b). Makes a correction in section 587 of the 
Foreign Operations Act by changing a referenced law citation.
    Section 3003(c). Makes a correction to section 594(a) of 
the Foreign Operations Appropriations Act by changing a 
subparagraph reference to a subsection reference.
    Section 3003(d). Makes a correction to section 594(b) of 
Foreign Operations Appropriations Act by changing a 
subparagraph reference to a subsection reference.
    Section 3003(e). Makes a correction to section 594(e) of 
the Foreign Operations Appropriations Act by changing the 
identification criteria of foreign countries receiving certain 
assistance.
    Section 3005(a). Makes a correction to the United States 
Fish and Wildlife Service appropriations paragraph of the 
Interior Appropriations Act by correcting the citation of the 
base legislation in the Marine Mammal Protection Act that was 
to be amended.
    Section 3005(b). Makes a correction to section 354(a) of 
the Interior Appropriations Act by correcting the citation of 
the base legislation in the Columbia River Gorge National 
Scenic Area Act that was to be amended.
    Section 3006(a). Makes a correction to the Federal 
Unemployment Benefits and Allowances appropriations paragraph 
of the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education 
Appropriations (L-HHS) Act by making a technical correction to 
the description of the duration of the applicability of the 
appropriation.
    Section 3006(b). Corrects an appropriation amount for the 
Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services in the L-
HHS Act.
    Section 3006(c). Removes an allocation of funds for a 
certain Head Start Program in the L-HHS Act.
    Section 3006(d). Inserts two allocations of funds for 
Public Health Service activities in the L-HHS Act.
    Section 3006(e). Inserts an allocation of funds related to 
special education in the L-HHS Act.
    Section 3006(f). Corrects the amount of an allocation of 
funds for Public Health and Social Services Emergency 
activities in the L-HHS Act.
    Section 3006(g). Corrects an allocation of funds for the 
Goals 2000 program in the L-HHS Act.
    Section 3006(h). Corrects an allocation of funds for 
national leadership activities under the Adult Education and 
Family Literacy Act in the L-HHS Act and designates an amount 
for tribally controlled vocational institutions.
    Section 3006(i). Inserts a clarification of the 
availability of certain Higher Education funds in the L-HHS 
Act.
    Section 3006(j). Inserts two allocations of Education 
Research, Statistics, and Improvement funds in the L-HHS Act.
    Section 3006(k). Inserts a qualification on the expenditure 
of Reading Excellence funds in the L-HHS Act.
    Section 3006(l). Makes the section 510(3) of the L-HHS Act 
consistent with the rest of the section with respect to 
legislative permanency.
    Section 3006(m). Makes technical and conforming changes to 
the table of contents of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless 
Assistance Act.
    Section 3008. Inserts a provision that insures that funding 
is available through the end of the fiscal year for the 
National Advanced Driving Simulator Program.
    Section 3009. Inserts a qualification on the expenditure of 
funds for the Capitol security that were included in Division 
B, Title II, Chapter 6.
    Section 3011. Extends the availability of funds transferred 
to the Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in 
two appropriations paragraphs of the Commerce, Justice Act.
    In Title III, additional corrections to legislation amended 
by the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental 
Appropriations Act, 1999, are included, as follows:
    Section 3004. Corrects a date included in the International 
Financial Institutions Act for the submission of a report on 
the financial operations of the IMF.
    Section 3007. Makes a correction to a citation in 5 U.S.C. 
5595(b).
    Section 3010. Re-designates a section number in the 
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century.

                  Appropriations Not Authorized by Law

    Pursuant to clause 3(f) of rule XIII of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives, the following table lists the 
appropriations in the accompanying bill which are not 
authorized by law:

Department of Agriculture

Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund Program Account

Department of Justice

Immigration and Naturalization Service, S&E

Department of Defense--Military

Reserve Personnel, Army
National Guard Personnel, Army
National Guard Personnel, Air Force
Operation and Maintenance, Army
Operation and Maintenance, Navy
Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps
Operation and Maintenance, Air Force
Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide
Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid

Agency for International Development

International Disaster Assistance
Economic Support Fund
Central America and the Caribbean Emergency Disaster Recovery 
        Fund

Department of the Treasury

Debt Restructuring
Foreign Military Financing Program

Corporation for Public Broadcasting

                              Rescissions

    Pursuant to clause 1(b) of rule X of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives, the following table is submitted describing 
the rescissions recommended in the accompanying bill:

                  Rescissions recommended in the bill

                                                                 Amounts
                                                             recommended
        Department and activity                           for rescission
Department of Agriculture, Public Law 480 Program and 
    Grant Accounts......................................     $30,000,000
Department of Energy, Atomic Energy Defense Activities, 
    Other Defense Activities............................     150,000,000
Export and Investment Assistance:
    Funds Appropriated to the President, Trade and 
      Development Agency................................       5,000,000
Bilateral Economic Assistance:
    Funds Appropriated to the President, Agency for 
      International Development.........................      40,000,000
    Other Bilateral Economic Assistance.................
        Economic Support Fund...........................      17,000,000
        Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic 
          States........................................      20,000,000
        Assistance for the New Independent States of the 
          Former Soviet Union...........................      25,000,000
Military Assistance, Funds Appropriated to the 
    President, Peacekeeping Operations..................      10,000,000
Multilateral Economic Assistance:
    Funds Appropriated to the President:
        International Financial Institutions, 
          Contribution to the International Bank for 
          Reconstruction and Development, Global 
          Environment Facility..........................      25,000,000
        Reduction in Callable Capital Appropriations....     648,000,000
        International Organizations and Programs........      10,000,000
Department of Transportation:
    Office of the Secretary, Payments to Air Carriers 
      (Airport and Airway Trust Fund)...................         815,000
    Federal Highway Administration, State Infrastructure 
      Banks.............................................       6,500,000
    Federal Transit Administration, Trust Fund Share of 
      Transit Program, (Highway Trust Fund).............         665,000
    Federal Transit Programs, Interstate Transfer 
      Grants--Transit...................................         600,000
United States Information Agency, Buying Power 
    Maintenance.........................................      20,000,000
Export and Investment Assistance, Export-Import Bank of 
    the United States...................................      25,000,000
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, 
    Management of Lands and Resources...................       6,800,000
Department of Health and Human Services, Health 
    Resources and Services Administration, Federal 
    Capital Loan Program for Nursing....................       2,800,000
Department of Education, Education, Research, 
    Statistics, and Improvement.........................       6,800,000
Executive Office of the President, Funds Appropriated to 
    the President, Unanticipated Needs..................      10,000,000

                 Comparison With the Budget Resolution

    Section 308(a)(1)(A) of the Congressional Budget and 
Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-344), as 
amended, requires that the report accompanying a bill providing 
new budget authority contain a statement detailing how that 
authority compares with the reports submitted under section 302 
of the Act for the most recently agreed to concurrent 
resolution on the budget for the fiscal year. This information 
follows:

                        [In millions of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                             Remaining
                                          section 302(a)     This bill
                                            allocation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Discretionary:
    Budget authority....................             201            -840
    Outlays.............................            -213              -2
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                      Five-Year Outlay Projections

    In compliance with section 308(a)(1)(B) of the 
Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 
(Public Law 93-344), as amended, the following table contains 
five-year projections associated with the budget authority 
provided in the accompanying bill:

                                                                Millions
Budget Authority........................................             191
Outlays:
    1999................................................             428
    2000................................................             247
    2001................................................             129
    2002................................................              59
    2003 and beyond.....................................               9

               Assistance to State and Local Governments

    In accordance with section 308(a)(1)(C) of the 
Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 
(Public Law 93-344), as amended, the financial assistance to 
State and local governments is as follows:

                                                                Millions
Budget Authority........................................               7
Fiscal year 1999 outlays resulting therefrom............              10

                        Constitutional Authority

    Clause 3(d)(1) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives states that:

          Each report of a committee on a bill or joint 
        resolution of a public character, shall include a 
        statement citing the specific powers granted to the 
        Congress in the Constitution to enact the law proposed 
        by the bill or joint resolution.

    The Committee on Appropriations bases its authority to 
report this legislation from Clause 7 of Section 9 of Article I 
of the Constitution of the United States of America which 
states:

          No money shall be drawn from the Treasury but in 
        consequence of Appropriations made by law . . .

    Appropriations contained in this Act are made pursuant to 
this specific power granted by the Constitution.

         Compliance With Clause 3 of Rule XIII (Ramseyer Rule)

    In compliance with clause 3 of rule XIII of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives, changes in existing law made by 
the bill, as reported, are shown as follows (existing law 
proposed to be omitted is enclosed in black brackets, new 
matter is printed in italic, existing law in which no change is 
proposed is shown in roman):
    The accompanying bill would amend Division B, Title I, 
Chapter 1 of Public Law 105-277, as follows:

           Division B, Title I, Chapter 1, Public Law 105-277

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

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OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

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                Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance, 
Defense-Wide'', [$1,496,600,000] $1,456,600,000, to remain 
available for obligation . . .

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *

    The accompanying bill would amend Title I of the 
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999, as follows:

            DIVISION A, SECTION 101(f) (PUBLIC LAW 105-277)

                          DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

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     State Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service Operations

    For authorized administrative expenses, $162,097,000, 
together with not to exceed [$3,132,076,000] $3,111,076,000 
(including not to exceed $1,228,000 which may be used for 
amortization payments to States which had independent 
retirement plans in their State employment service agencies 
prior to 1980), which may be expended from the Employment 
Security Administration account in the Unemployment Trust Fund 
including the cost of administering section 1201 of the Small 
Business Job Protection Act of 1996, section 7(d) of the 
Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended, section 461 of the Job Training 
Partnership Act, the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, the 
Immigration Act of 1990, and the Immigration and Nationality 
Act, as amended, and of which the sums available in the 
allocation for activities authorized by title III of the Social 
Security Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 502-504), and the sums 
available in the allocation for necessary administrative 
expenses for carrying out 5 U.S.C. 8501-8523, shall be 
available for obligation by the States through December 31, 
1999, except that funds used for automation acquisitions shall 
be available for obligation by States through September 30, 
2001; and of which $162,097,000, together with not to exceed 
$746,138,000 of the amount which may be expended from said 
trust fund, shall be available for obligation for the period 
July 1, 1999 through June 30, 2000, to fund activities under 
the Act of June 6, 1933, as amended, including the cost of 
penalty mail authorized under 39 U.S.C. 3202(a)(1)(E) made 
available to States in lieu of allotments for such purpose, and 
of which [$180,933,000] $164,933,000 shall be available only to 
the extent necessary for additional State allocations to 
administer unemployment compensation laws to finance increases 
in the number of unemployment insurance claims filed and claims 
paid or changes in a State law: Provided, That to the extent 
that the Average Weekly Insured Unemployment (AWIU) for fiscal 
year 1999 is projected by the Department of Labor to exceed 
2,629,000, an additional $28,600,000 shall be available for 
obligation for every 100,000 increase in the AWIU level 
(including a pro rata amount for any increment less than 
100,000) from the Employment Security Administration Account of 
the Unemployment Trust Fund: Provided further, That funds 
appropriated in this Act which are used to establish a national 
one-stop career center network may be obligated in contracts, 
grants or agreements with non-State entities: Provided further, 
That funds appropriated under this Act for activities 
authorized under the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended, and title 
III of the Social Security Act, may be used by the States to 
fund integrated Employment Service and Unemployment Insurance 
automation efforts, notwithstanding cost allocation principles 
prescribed under Office of Management and Budget Circular A-87.

              DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

                     Management and Administration

                      Office of Inspector General

    Public Law 105-276 is amended in the paragraph under this 
heading as follows:

          For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
        General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 
        1978, as amended $81,910,000, to remain available until 
        September 30, 2000, of which $22,343,000 shall be 
        provided from the various funds of the Federal Housing 
        Administration and $10,000,000 shall be provided from 
        the amount earmarked for Operation Safe Home in the 
        ``Drug Elimination Grants for Low-Income Housing'' 
        account: Provided, That the Inspector General shall 
        have independent authority over all personnel issues 
        within the Office of Inspector General.

    The accompanying bill would amend the Omnibus Consolidated 
and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999, as 
follows:

  OMNIBUS CONSOLIDATED AND EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 
1999

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DIVISION A--OMNIBUS CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS

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   AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND 
RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1999

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                               TITLE III

           RURAL ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

Office of the Secretary for Rural Development

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                  rural community advancement program

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, and grants, 
as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1926, 1926a, 1926c, 1926d, and 1932, 
except for sections 381E-H, 381N, and 381O of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2009f), $722,686,000, 
to remain available until expended, of which $29,786,000 shall 
be for rural community programs described in section 381E(d)(1) 
of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act; of which 
$645,007,000 shall be for the rural utilities programs 
described in section 381E(d)(2), 306C, and 306D of such Act[, 
as provided in 7U.S.C. 1926(a) and 7 U.S.C. 1926C]; and of 
which $47,893,000 shall be for the rural business and cooperative 
development programs described in section 381E(d)(3) of such Act: 
Provided, That of the amount appropriated for the rural business and 
cooperative development programs, not to exceed $500,000 shall be made 
available for a grant to a qualified national organization to provide 
technical assistance for rural transportation in order to promote 
economic development: Provided further, That not to exceed $16,215,000 
shall be for technical assistance grants for rural waste systems 
pursuant to section 306(a)(14) of such Act; and not to exceed 
$5,300,000 shall be for contracting with qualified national 
organizations for a circuit rider program to provide technical 
assistance for rural water systems: Provided further, That of the total 
amount appropriated, not to exceed $33,926,000 shall be available 
through June 30, 1999, for empowerment zones and enterprise 
communities, as authorized by Public Law 103-66, of which $1,844,000 
shall be for rural community programs described in section 381E(d)(1) 
of such Act; of which $23,948,000 shall be for the rural utilities 
programs described in section 381E(d)(2) of such Act; of which 
$8,134,000 shall be for the rural business and cooperative development 
programs described in section 381E(d)(3) of such Act.

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TITLE VII--GENERAL PROVISIONS

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    Sec. 718. Hereafter, none of the funds made available in 
[this Act] annual appropriations Acts may be used to provide 
assistance to, or to pay the salaries of personnel to carry out 
a market promotion/market access program pursuant to section 
203 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5623) that 
provides assistance to the United States Mink Export 
Development Council or any mink industry trade association.

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    Sec. 747. None of the funds made available by this Act or 
any other Act for any fiscal year may be used to carry out 
section [302] 203(h) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 
(7 U.S.C. 1622(h)) unless the Secretary of Agriculture inspects 
and certifies agricultural processing equipment, and imposes a 
fee for the inspection and certification, in a manner that is 
similar to the inspection and certification of agricultural 
products under that section, as determined by the Secretary: 
Provided, That this provision shall not affect the authority of 
the Secretary to carry out the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 
U.S.C. 601 et seq.), the Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 
U.S.C. 451 et seq.), or the Egg Products Inspection Act (21 
U.S.C. 1031 et seq.).

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *

    Sec. 763. In implementing section 1124 of subtitle C of 
title XI of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall:
    (a) * * *
    (b) transfer to the Secretary of Commerce for obligation 
and expenditure (1) $15,000,000 for programs pursuant to title 
IX of Public Law 91-304, as amended, of which six percent may 
be available for administrative costs; (2) $5,000,000 for the 
Trade Adjustment Assistance program as provided by the Trade 
Act of 1974, as amended; and (3) $7,000,000 for disaster 
research and prevention pursuant to section 402(d) of [Public 
Law 94-265] Public Law 104-297; and

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DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED 
AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1999

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TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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                            Legal Activities

            Salaries and Expenses, General Legal Activities

    For expenses necessary for the legal activities of the 
Department of Justice, not otherwise provided for, including 
not to exceed $20,000 for expenses of collecting evidence, to 
be expended under the direction of, and to be accounted for 
solely under the certificate of, the Attorney General; and rent 
of private or Government-owned space in the District of 
Columbia, $466,840,000; of which not to exceed $10,000,000 for 
litigation support contracts shall remain available until 
expended: Provided, That of the funds available in this 
appropriation, not to exceed $17,834,000 shall remain available 
until expended for office automation systems for the legal 
divisions covered by this appropriation, and for the United 
States Attorneys, the Antitrust Division, and offices funded 
through ``Salaries and Expenses'', General Administration: 
Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, not to 
exceed $1,000 shall be available to the United States National 
Central Bureau, INTERPOL, for official reception and 
representation expenses: Provided further, That $813,333 of 
funds made available to the Department of Justice in this Act 
shall be transferred by the Attorney General to the 
Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the 
United States and shall remain available until September 30, 
2000: Provided further, That any transfer pursuant to the 
previous provision shall be treated as a reprogramming under 
section 605 of this Act and shall not be available for 
obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the 
procedures set forth in that section.

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           TITLE IV--DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED AGENCIES

                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Administration of Foreign Affairs

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                         Salaries and Expenses

    For expenses necessary for the general administration of 
the Department of State and the Foreign Service, provided for 
by law, including expenses authorized by section 9 of the Act 
of August 31, 1964, as amended (31 U.S.C. 3721), and the State 
Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956, as amended, 
$355,000,000: Provided, That, of this amount, $813,333 shall be 
transferred to the Presidential Advisory Commission on 
Holocaust Assets in the United States and shall remain 
available until September 30, 2000.

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       FOREIGN OPERATIONS EXPORT FINANCING, AND RELATED PROGRAMS 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1999

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                TITLE II--BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

                  Funds Appropriated to the President

Agency for International Development

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *


                                 Burma

    Of the funds appropriated under the [headings ``Economic 
Support Fund'' and] headings ``Child Survival and Disease 
Programs Fund'', ``Economic Support Fund,'' and ``Development 
Assistance'', not less than $6,500,000 shall be made available 
to support democracy activities in Burma, democracy and 
humanitarian activities along the Burma-Thailand border, and 
for Burmese student groups and other organizations located 
outside Burma: Provided, That funds made available for Burma-
related activities under this heading may be made available 
notwithstanding any other provision of law: Provided further, 
That the provision of such funds shall be made available 
subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations.

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TITLE V--GENERAL PROVISIONS

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                         Aid Office of Security

    Sec. 587. (a) Establishment of Office.--There shall be 
established within the Office of the Administrator of the 
Agency for International Development, an Office of Security. 
Such Office of Security shall, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law except section 207 of the Foreign Service Act 
of 1980 and section 103 of Public Law [199-339] 99-399, have 
the responsibility for the supervision, direction, and control 
of all security activities relating to the programs and 
operations of that Agency.

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                         Reporting Requirements

    Sec. 594. (a) Notification.--No less than 15 days prior to 
the export to any country identified pursuant to [subparagraph 
(C)] subsection (c) of any lethal defense article or service in 
the amount of $14,000,000 or less, the President shall provide 
a detailed notification to the Committees on Appropriations and 
Foreign Relationsof the Senate and the Committees on 
Appropriations and International Relations of the House of 
Representatives.
    (b) Content of Notification.--A detailed notification 
transmitted pursuant to [subparagraph (a)] subsection (a) shall 
include the same type and quantity of information required of a 
notification submitted pursuant to section 36(b) of the Arms 
Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2776(b)).
    (c) Countries Defined.--This section shall apply to any 
country that is--
          (1) identified in section [521 of the annual 
        appropriations Act for Foreign Operations, Export 
        Financing, and Related Programs] 520 of this Act, or 
        comparable provisions in a subsequent appropriations 
        Act; or
          (2) currently ineligible, in whole or in part, under 
        an annual appropriations Act to receive funds for 
        International Military Education and Training or under 
        the Foreign Military Financing Program, excluding high-
        income countries as defined pursuant to section 546(b) 
        of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.

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  DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 
1999

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TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

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                       administrative provisions

    Appropriations and funds available to the United States 
Fish and Wildlife Service shall be available for purchase of 
not to exceed 104 passenger motor vehicles, of which 89 are for 
replacement only (including 38 for police-type use); repair of 
damage to public roads within and adjacent to reservation areas 
caused by operations of the Service; options for the purchase 
of land at not to exceed $1 for each option; facilities 
incident to such public recreational uses on conservation areas 
as are consistent with their primary purpose; and the 
maintenance and improvement of aquaria, buildings, and other 
facilities under the jurisdiction of the Service and to which 
the United States has title, and which are used pursuant to law 
in connection with management and investigation of fish and 
wildlife resources: Provided, That notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 
501, the Service may, under cooperative cost sharing and 
partnership arrangements authorized by law, procure printing 
services from cooperators in connection with jointly produced 
publications for which the cooperators share at least one-half 
the cost of printing either in cash or services and the Service 
determines the cooperatoris capable of meeting accepted quality 
standards: Provided further, That the Service may accept donated 
aircraft as replacements for existing aircraft: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of the 
Interior may not spend any of the funds appropriated in this Act for 
the purchase of lands or interests in lands to be used in the 
establishment of any new unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System 
unless the purchase is approved in advance by the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations in compliance with the reprogramming 
procedures contained in Senate Report 105-56: Provided further, That 
hereafter the Secretary may sell land and interests in land, other than 
surface water rights, acquired in conformance with subsections 206(a) 
and 207(c) of the Public Law 101-618, the receipts of which shall be 
deposited to the Lahontan Valley and Pyramid Lake Fish and Wildlife 
Fund and used exclusively for the purposes of such subsections, without 
regard to the limitation on the distribution of benefits in subsection 
206(f)(2) of such law: Provided further, That [section 104(c)(50)(B) of 
the Marine Mammal Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 1361-1407)] section 
104(c)(5)(B) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (15 U.S.C. 
1361-1407) is amended by inserting the words ``until expended'' after 
the word ``Secretary'' in the second sentence.

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TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS

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    Sec. 354. (a) In General.--To reflect the intent of 
Congress set forth in Public Law 98-396, section 4(a)(2) of the 
Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Act [(16 U.S.C. 
544(a)(2))] (16 U.S.C. 544b(a)(2)) is amended--
          (1) * * *

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  DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND 
RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT 1999

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                      TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

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              federal unemployment benefits and allowances

    For payments [during the current fiscal year] from October 
1, 1998, through September 30, 1999 of trade adjustment benefit 
payments and allowances under part I; and for training, 
allowances for job search and relocation, and related State 
administrative expenses under part II, subchapters B and D, 
chapter 2, title II of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, 
$360,700,000, together with such amounts as may be necessary to 
be charged to the subsequent appropriation for payments for any 
period subsequent to September 15 of the current year.

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TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

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Administration for Children and Families

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                children and families services programs

                        (including rescissions)

    For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, the Runaway 
and Homeless Youth Act, the Developmental Disabilities 
Assistance and Bill of Rights Act, the Head Start Act, the 
Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (including section 
105(a)(2) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act), the 
Native American Programs Act of 1974, title II of Public Law 
95-266 (adoption opportunities), the Adoption and Safe Families 
Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-89), the Abandoned Infants 
Assistance Act of 1988, part B(1) of title IV and sections 413, 
429A, 1110, and 1115 of the Social Security Act; for making 
payments under the Community Services Block Grant Act; and for 
necessary administrative expenses to carry out said Acts and 
titles I, IV, X, XI, XIV, XVI, and XX of the Social Security 
Act, the Act of July 5, 1960 (24 U.S.C. ch. 9), the Omnibus 
Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, title IV of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act, section 501 of the Refugee Education 
Assistance Act of 1980, sections 40155, 40211 and 40241 of 
Public Law 103-322 and section 126 and titles IV and V of 
Public Law 100-485, $6,032,087,000, of which $10,000,000 shall 
be used to establish Individual Development Accounts, for the 
purpose of encouraging low-income families and individuals to 
acquire productive assets, contingent upon enactment of 
authorizing legislation, and of which $20,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2000, shall be for grants to 
States for adoption incentive payments, as authorized by 
section 473A of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
670-679); of which $563,565,000 shall be for making payments 
under the Community Services Block Grant Act; and of which 
$4,660,000,000 shall be for making payments under the Head 
Start Act: Provided, That, [notwithstanding section 640(a)(6), 
of the funds made available for the Head Start Act, 
$337,500,000 shall be set aside for the Head Start Program for 
Families with Infants and Toddlers (Early Head Start): Provided 
further, That] to the extent Community Services Block Grant 
funds are distributed as grant funds by a State to an eligible 
entity as provided under the Act, and have not been expended by 
such entity, they shall remain with such entity for carryover 
into the next fiscal year for expenditure by such entity 
consistent with program purposes.

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                        Office of the Secretary

                    general departmental management

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for general 
departmental management, including hire of six sedans, and for 
carrying out titles III, XVII, and XX of the Public Health 
Service Act, and the United States-Mexico Border Health 
Commission Act, [$180,051,000] $188,051,000, together with 
$5,851,000, to be transferred and expended as authorized by 
section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act from the Hospital 
Insurance Trust Fund and the Supplemental Medical Insurance 
Trust Fund: Provided, That of the funds made available under 
this heading for carrying out title XVII of the Public Health 
Service Act, $1,000,000 shall be available until expended for 
extramural construction: Provided further, That of the funds 
made available under this heading for carrying out title XX of 
the Public Health Service Act, $10,831,000 shall be for 
activities specified under section 2003(b)(2), of which 
$9,131,000 shall be for prevention service demonstration grants 
under section 510(b)(2) of title V of the Social Security Act, 
as amended, without application of the limitation of section 
2010(c) of said title XX: Provided further, That $890,000 shall 
be for a contract with the National Academy of Sciences to 
conduct a study of all the available scientific literature 
examining the cause-and-effect relationship between repetitive 
tasks in the workplace and musculoskeletal disorders: Provided 
further, That said contract shall be awarded not later than 
January 1, 1999.

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            public health and social services emergency fund

    For expenses necessary to support activities related to 
countering potential biological disease and chemical threats to 
civilian populations, $216,922,000: Provided, That the entire 
amount is hereby designated by Congress to be emergency 
requirements pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: 
Provided further, That the entire amount shall be available 
only to the extent that an official budget request for 
$216,922,000, that includes designation of the entire amount of 
the request as an emergency requirement as defined in the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 
amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress: 
Provided further, That of the amount provided under this 
heading, $51,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be for pharmaceutical and vaccine stockpiling activities at the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; and $3,000,000 
shall be for the renovation and modernization of the Noble Army 
Hospital facility at Fort McClellan, Alabama; and [$322,000] 
$180,000 shall be in payment to the health department of 
Calhoun County, Michigan: Provided further, That no funds shall 
be obligated until the Department of Health and Human Services 
submits an operating plan to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations.

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TITLE III--DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

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                            education reform

    For carrying out activities authorized by title III and IV 
of the Goals 2000: Educate America Act, the School-to-Work 
Opportunities Act, and sections 3122, 3132, 3136, and 3141 and 
parts B, C, and D of title III of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965, $1,314,000,000, of which [$491,000,000] 
$459,500,000 for the Goals 2000: Educate America Act and 
$125,000,000 for the School-to-Work Opportunities Act shall 
become available on July 1, 1999 and remain available through 
September 30, 2000, and of which $87,000,000 shall be for 
section 3122: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 
under this heading shall be obligated or expended to carry out 
section 304(a)(2)(A) of the Goals 2000: Educate America Act, 
except that no more than $1,500,000 may be used to carry out 
activities under section 314(a)(2) of that Act: Provided 
further, That section 315(a)(2) of the Goals 2000 Act shall not 
apply: Provided further, That up to one-half of 1 percent of 
the amount available under section 3132 shall be set aside for 
the outlying areas, to be distributed on the basis of their 
relative need as determined by the Secretary in accordance with 
the purposes of the program: Provided further, That if any 
State educational agency does not apply for a grant under 
section 3132, that State's allotment under section 3131 shall 
be reserved by the Secretary for grants to local educational 
agencies in that State that apply directly to the Secretary 
according to the terms and conditions published by the 
Secretary in the Federal Register: Provided further, That 
$22,000,000 of the funds made available under section 3136 
shall be for a competition consistent with the subjects 
outlined in the House and Senate reports and the statement of 
the managers, and that such competition should be administered 
in a manner consistent with the authorizing legislation and 
current departmental practices and policies: Provided further, 
That $9,850,000 of the funds made available for star schools 
shall be for a competition consistent with the language 
outlined in House and Senate reports and the statement of the 
mangers, and that such competition should be administered in a 
manner consistent with current departmental practices and 
policies: Provided further, That $8,000,000 shall be awarded to 
continue and expand the Iowa Communications Network statewide 
fiber optic demonstration project, and $800,000 shall be 
awarded to the School of Agriculture and Land Resources 
Management at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks to enhance 
distance delivery of natural resources management courses; 
$350,000 shall be for multi-media classrooms for the rural 
education technology center at the Western Montana College in 
Dillon, Montana: Provided further, That of the funds made 
available for section 3136, $2,500,000 shall be to establish 
the RUNet 2000 project at Rutgers, The State University of New 
Jersey; $500,000 shall be for state-of-the-art information 
technology systems at Mansfield University, Mansfield, 
Pennsylvania; $1,000,000 shall be for professional development 
for technology training at the Krell Institute, Ames, Iowa; 
$850,000 shall be for Internet-based curriculum at the State of 
Alaska, Department of Education; $2,000,000 shall be for 
``Magnet E-School'' technology training and curriculum 
initiative at the Hawaii Department of Education; $600,000 
shall be for technology in the classroom pilot program for the 
Green Bay Public School System, Green Bay, Wisconsin; $250,000 
shall be for the ``Passport to Chicago Community Network'' 
technology training project; $1,200,000 for LEARN North 
Carolina and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; 
and $1,500,000 for the Iowa Department of Education for 
community college grants to low-income schools for technology.

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                           reading excellence

    For necessary expenses to carry out the Reading Excellence 
Act, $260,000,000, which shall become available on July 1, 
1999, and shall remain available through September 30, 2000: 
Provided, That up to one percent of the amount appropriated 
shall become available October 1, 1998 for peer review of 
applications.

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                           special education

    For carrying out the Individuals with Disabilities 
Education Act, $5,124,146,000, of which $4,879,885,000 shall 
become available for obligation on July 1, 1999, and shall 
remain available through September 30, 2000; Provided, That 
$1,500,000 shall be awarded to The Organizing Committee for The 
1999 Special Olympics World Summer Games and $1,500,000 to 
remain available until expended, shall be for preparation and 
planning and shall be awarded to The Organizing Committee of 
The 2001 Special Olympics World Winter Games: Provided further, 
That $600,000 shall be for the Early Childhood Development 
Project of the National Easter Seal Society for the Mississippi 
Delta Region, which funds shall be used to provide training, 
technical support, services, and equipment to address personnel 
and other needs: Provided further, That $1,500,000 shall be for 
the recipient of funds provided by Public Law 105-78 under 
section 687(b)(2)(G) of the Act to provide information on 
diagnosis, intervention, and teaching strategies for children 
with disabilities.

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                     vocational and adult education

    For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the 
Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act 
and the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act, 
$1,539,247,000, of which $1,535,147,000 shall become available 
on July 1, 1999 and shall remain available through September 
30, 2000: Provided, That of the amounts made available for 
title II of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied 
Technology Education Act, $13,497,000 shall be used by the 
Secretary for national programs under title IV, without regard 
to section 451: Provided further, That, of the amounts made 
available for the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act, 
[$6,000,000] $14,000,000 shall be for national 
leadershipactivities under section 243 and $6,000,000 shall be for the 
National Institute for Literacy under section 242: Provided further, 
That no funds shall be awarded to a State Council under section 112(f) 
of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act, 
and no State shall be required to operate such a Council: Provided 
further, That of the amounts made available for the Perkins Act, 
$4,100,000 shall be tribally controlled post-secondary vocational 
institutions under section 117.

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                            higher education

    For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, 
section 121 and titles II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, and VIII of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, and the Mutual 
Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 and Public Law 
102-73; $1,307,846,000, of which $13,000,000 for interest 
subsidies authorized by section 121 of the Higher Education 
Act, shall remain available until expended: Provided, That 
$16,723,000 shall be for Youth Offender Grants, of which 
$4,723,000, which shall become available on July 1, 1999, and 
remain available until September 30, 2000, shall be used in 
accordance with section 601 of Public Law 102-73 as that 
section was in effect prior to enactment of Public Law 105-220: 
Provided further, That funds available for part A, subpart 2 of 
title VII of the Higher Education Act shall be available to 
fund awards for academic year 1999-2000 for fellowships under 
part A, subpart 1 of title VII of said Act, under the terms and 
conditions of part A, subpart 1: Provided further, That 
$4,800,000, to be available until expended, shall be for Salem 
State College in Salem, Massachusetts for activities authorized 
under Title III, part A, section 311(c)(2), of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965, as amended: Provided further, That of 
the funds made available under title VII, part B, $5,000,000 
shall be awarded to the St. Petersburg Junior College for a 
demonstration of a national method for increasing access to 
four year degrees and work force training for students 
attending community college; $2,000,000 shall be for the 
Technology-Assisted Learning Campus in New Rochelle, New York 
for high-tech equipment; $250,000 shall be awarded to the 
Center for Urban Research and Learning, Loyola University, 
Chicago; $1,150,000 shall be awarded to the Southeast Community 
College in Letcher County, Kentucky; $3,000,000 shall be for 
the Oregon State University Distance Education Alliance; 
$1,000,000 shall be for the Appalachian Center for Economic 
Networks in Athens, Ohio; $6,000,000 shall be to establish the 
Robert J. Dole Institute for Public Service and Public Policy 
on the University of Kansas campus in Lawrence, Kansas; 
$1,000,000 shall be for the Oregon Institute of Public Service 
and Constitutional Studies at the Mark O. Hatfield School of 
Government at Portland State University; $2,150,000 shall be 
awarded to the College of Natural Resources, University of 
Wisconsin at Stevens Point for technology-enhanced learning; 
$1,500,000 shall be for the Touro Law Center in Central Islip, 
New York for the use of technology to bridge the gap between 
legal education and the actual practice of law; $1,000,000 
shall be for the International Center for Educational 
Technology andDistance Learning at Empire State College; 
$500,000 shall be for the University of Northern Iowa National 
Institute of Technology for Inclusive Education; $1,500,000 shall be 
for a demonstration project to expand the successful college student 
preparation at Prairie View A&M, Texas; $750,000 shall be to identify 
and provide models of alcohol and drug abuse prevention and education 
in higher education at the college level; $500,000 shall be for a 
teacher training program in experiential learning to be awarded to the 
Department of Language Teacher Education, School for International 
Training, Brattleboro, Vermont; and $1,000,000 shall be for the Paul 
Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University at 
Carbondale, Illinois: Provided further, That $9,500,000 of the funds 
made available for title VII, part B shall be for a competition 
consistent with the subject areas outlined in the House and Senate 
reports and the statement of the managers, and that such competition 
should be administered in a manner consistent with current departmental 
practices and policies.

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            education research, statistics, and improvement

    For carrying out activities authorized by the Educational 
Research, Development, Dissemination, and Improvement Act of 
1994, including part E; the National Education Statistics Act 
of 1994; section 2102 of title II, and parts A, B, I, and K and 
section 10601 of title X, and part C of title XIII of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended, and 
title VI of Public Law 103-227, $664,867,000: Provided, That 
$25,000,000 shall be available to demonstrate effective 
approaches to comprehensive school reform to be allocated and 
expended in accordance with the instructions relating to this 
activity in the statement of managers on the conference report 
accompanying Public Law 105-78 and in the statement of the 
managers on the conference report accompanying this Act: 
Provided further, That the funds made available for 
comprehensive school reform shall become available on July 1, 
1999, and remain available through September 30, 2000, and in 
carrying out this initiative, the Secretary and the States 
shall support only approaches that show the most promise of 
enabling children to meet challenging State content standards 
and challenging State student performance standards based on 
reliable research and effective practices, and include an 
emphasis on basic academics and parental involvement: Provided 
further, That $16,000,000 of the funds made available for title 
X, part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, shall 
be carried out consistent with the subject areas outlined in 
the House and Senate reports and the statement of the managers, 
and should be administered in a manner consistent with current 
departmental practices and policies: Provided further, That of 
the funds appropriated under section 10601 of title X of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended, 
$1,000,000 shall be used to conduct a violence prevention 
demonstration program: Provided further, That of the funds 
appropriated under section 10601 of title X of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended, $50,000 shall 
be awarded to the Center for Educational Technologies to 
conducta feasibility study and initial planning and design of 
an effective CD ROM product that would complement the book, We the 
People: The Citizen and the Constitution: Provided further, That, in 
addition to the $6,000,000 for Title VI of Public Law 103-227 and 
notwithstanding the provisions of section 601(c)(1)(C) of that Act, 
$1,000,000 shall be available to the Center for Civic Education to 
conduct a civic education program with Northern Ireland and the 
Republic of Ireland and, consistent with the civics and government 
activities authorized in section 601(c)(3) of Public Law 103-227, to 
provide civic education assistance to democracies in developing 
countries. The term ``developing countries'' shall have the same 
meaning as the term ``developing country'' in the Education for the 
Deaf Act: Provided further, That of the amount provided for part A of 
title X of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, 
$2,000,000 shall be for a demonstration of full service community 
school sites in Charles County, Maryland, Westchester County, New York, 
Cranston, Rhode Island, and Skagit County, Washington; $2,000,000 shall 
be awarded to First Book for literacy programs; $1,750,000 shall be 
awarded to the Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts, Harrisburg, 
Pennsylvania for teaching of science education using the arts; $350,000 
shall be awarded to the School of Education at the University of 
Montana and the Montana Board of Crime Control for community-based 
initiatives to promote non-violent behavior in schools; $1,000,000 
shall be awarded to the NetDay organization to assist schools in 
connecting K-12 classrooms to the Internet; $1,000,000 shall be awarded 
to the National Museum of Women in the Arts; $1,000,000 shall be 
awarded to Youth Friends of Kansas City to improve attendance and 
academic performance; $750,000 shall be awarded to the Thornberry 
Center for Youth and Families, Kansas City, Missouri to assist at-risk 
children; $400,000 shall be for Bay Shore, New York for Literacy 
Education and Assessment Partnerships; $1,150,000 shall be awarded to 
provide technology assistance and for operation of a math/science 
learning center in Perry County, Kentucky; $100,000 shall be for 
Presidio School District, Texas for library equipment and materials; 
$1,200,000 shall be for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Consortium for 
Higher Education; $1,000,000 shall be for the Dowling College Global 
Learning Center at the former LaSalle Academy in New York for a master 
teacher training and education center; $10,000,000 for continuing a 
demonstration of public school facilities repair and construction to 
the Iowa Department of Education; and $1,000,000 shall be awarded to 
the Hechkscher Museum of Art, Long Island, New York for incorporating 
arts into education curriculum: Provided further, That of the amount 
provided for part I of title X of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965, $500,000 shall be for after school programs for 
the Chippewa Falls Area United School System, Wisconsin; $400,000 shall 
be for after-school programs for the Wausau School System, Wisconsin; 
$350,000 shall be for the New Rochelle School System, New York, after-
school programs; $100,000 shall be for the New York Hall of Science, 
Queens, New York, after-school program; $25,000 shall be for Louisville 
Central Community Centers Youth Education Program to support after-
school programming; $25,000 shall be for Canaan's Community Development 
Corporation in Louisville,Kentucky for the Village Learning Center 
after-school program; $300,000 shall be for the Bay Shore Community 
Learning Wellness and Fitness Center for Drug Free Lifestyles in Bay 
Shore, New York; $2,500,000 shall be for an after school anti-drug 
pilot program in the Chicago Public Schools; and $400,000 shall be for 
the Green Bay, Wisconsin Public School System after school program: 
Provided further, That $10,000,000 of the funds provided for the 
national education research institutes shall be allocated 
notwithstanding section 931(c)(2)(B) of Public Law 103-227.

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TITLE V--GENERAL PROVISIONS

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    Sec. 510. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
hereafter--
    (1) * * *

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          (3) no funds provided under this Act or subsequent 
        Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, 
        Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Acts 
        shall be available for the salary (or any part thereof) 
        of an employee who is reassigned on a temporary detail 
        basis to another position in the employing agency or 
        department or in any other agency or department, unless 
        the detail is independently approved by the head of the 
        employing department or agency.

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TITLE VIII--READING EXCELLENCE ACT

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SUBTITLE IV--TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS

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SEC. 405. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

    (a) * * *

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    [(e) Other References to Title VII of the Stewart B. 
McKinney Homeless Assistance Act.--
          [(1) Table of contents.--The table of contents of the 
        Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
        11421 et seq.) is amended by striking the items 
        relating to title VII of such Act, except the items 
        relating to the title heading, and subtitles B and C, 
        of such title.
          [(2) Title VII.--The Stewart B. McKinney Homeless 
        Assistance Act (as amended by section 199(b)(1) of the 
        Workforce Investment Act of 1998) is further amended by 
        inserting before subtitle B (relating to education for 
        homeless children and families) the following:

              [``SUBTITLE VII--EDUCATION AND TRAINING''.]

    ``(e) Other References to Title VII of the Stewart B. 
McKinney Homeless Assistance Act.--The table of contents of the 
Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11301 et 
seq.) is amended--
          ``(1) by striking the items relating to title VII of 
        such Act, except the item relating to the title heading 
        and the items relating to subtitles B and C of such 
        title; and
          ``(2) by striking the item relating to the title 
        heading for title VII and inserting in lieu thereof the 
        following:

``TITLE VII--EDUCATION AND TRAINING'.''.

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 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 
1999

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                                TITLE I

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

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             NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

                        Operations and Research

                          (highway trust fund)

    For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the 
Secretary, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund, 
$87,400,000 for traffic and highway safety under chapter 301 of 
title 49, U.S.C., and part C of subtitle VI of title 49, 
U.S.C., of which $58,558,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2001: Provided, That none of the funds 
appropriated by this Act may be obligated or expended to plan, 
finalize, or implement any rulemaking to add to section 575.104 
of title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations any requirement 
pertaining to a grading standard that is different from the 
three grading standards (treadwear, traction, and temperature 
resistance) already in effect: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding other funds available in this Act for the 
National Advanced Driving Simulator Program, funds under this 
heading are available for obligation, as necessary, to continue 
this Program through September 30, 1999.

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DIVISION B--EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS

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TITLE II--ANTITERRORISM

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CHAPTER 5

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                          CAPITOL POLICE BOARD

                         Security Enhancements

    For the Capitol Police Board for security enhancements to 
the Capitol complex, including the buildings and grounds of the 
Library of Congress, $106,782,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That such security enhancements shall be 
carried out in accordance with a plan or plans approved by the 
Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives, 
the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, the 
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, 
and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate: Provided 
further, That the Capitol Police Board shall transfer to the 
Architect of the Capitol such portion of the funds made 
available under this heading as the Architect may require for 
expenses necessary to provide support for the security 
enhancements, subject to the approval of the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate: Provided further, 
That the Capitol Police Board shall transfer to the Librarian 
of Congress such portion of the funds made available under this 
heading as the Librarian may require for expenses necessary to 
provide support for the security enhancements, subject to the 
approval of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate: Provided further, That the entire amount is designated 
by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That for 
purposes of carrying out the plan or plans described under this 
heading and consistent with the approval of such plan or plans 
pursuant to this heading, the Capitol Police Board shall 
transfer the portion of the funds made available under this 
heading which are to be used for personnel and overtime 
increases for the United States Capitol Police to the heading 
``Capitol Police Board, Capitol Police, Salaries'' under the 
Act making appropriations for the legislative branch for the 
fiscal year involved, and shall allocate such portion between 
the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives and the 
Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate in such amounts 
as may be approved by the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Appropriations of 
the Senate.

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           TITLE V--COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES AND INTERDICTION

                               CHAPTER 1

                       Department of Agriculture

                      agriculture research service

    ``Agriculture Research Service'', Department of 
Agriculture, $23,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
for additional counterdrug research and development activities: 
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 such amounts shall be 
available only to the extent 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 
such Act as transmitted by the President to the Congress.

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      SECTION 1706 OF THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS ACT

SEC. 1706. AUDITS OF THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND.

    (a) * * *
    (b) Reports.--Not later than [June 30] September 30, 1999, 
and annually thereafter, the Comptroller General of the United 
States shall prepare and submit to the committees specified in 
subsection (a), the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate a report on the financial operations of the Fund during 
the preceding year, which shall include--
          (1) * * *

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              SECTION 5595 OF TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE

Sec. 5595. Severance pay

    (a) * * *
    (b) Under regulations prescribed by the President or such 
officer or agency as he may designate, an employee who--
          (1) has been employed currently for a continuous 
        period of at least 12 months; and
          (2) is involuntarily separated from the service, not 
        by removal for cause on charges of misconduct, 
        delinquency, or inefficiency;
is entitled to be paid severance pay in regular pay periods by 
the agency from which separated. However, the Director of the 
Administrative Office of the United States may prescribe 
regulations to affect the application and operation of this 
section to the agencies specified in subsection (a)(1)(E) of 
this section. The Architect of the Capitol may prescribe 
regulations to effect the application and operation of this 
section to the agency specified in subsection (a)(1)(F) of this 
section. The Public Printer may prescribe regulations to effect 
the application and operation of this section to the agency 
specified in subsection [(a)(1)(G)] (a)(1)(C) of this section.
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   SECTION 3027 OF THE TRANSPORTATION EQUITY ACT FOR THE 21ST CENTURY

SEC. 3027. APPORTIONMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR FORMULA GRANTS.

    (a) * * *

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    (c) Continuation of Operating Assistance to Certain Larger 
Urbanized Areas.--
          (1) * * *

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          (3) Services for elderly and persons with 
        disabilities.--In addition to assistance made available 
        under paragraph (1), the Secretary may provide 
        assistance under section 5307 of title 49, United 
        States Code, to a transit provider that operates 20 or 
        fewer vehicles in an urbanized area with a population 
        of at least 200,000 to finance the operating costs of 
        equipment and facilities used by the transit provider 
        in providing mass transportation services to elderly 
        and persons with disabilities, provided that such 
        assistance to all entities shall not exceed $1,000,000 
        annually.

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                          Full Committee Votes

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XIII of the House of Representatives, the results of each roll 
call vote on an amendment or on the motion to report, together 
with the names of those voting for and those voting against, 
are printed below:

                             rollcall no. 1

    Date: March 11, 1999.
    Measure: Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Bill, FY 
1999.
    Motion by: Mr. Young of Florida.
    Description of motion: To add several appropriations to the 
bill, most notably appropriations for direct and guaranteed 
farm operating loans, and to add or adjust several rescissions 
that totaled $990,480,000. Ms. Kaptur demanded the question be 
divided. This vote was on agreeing to everything in the motion 
except the rescissions.
    Results: Adopted 56 yeas to 0 nays.
        Members Voting Yea            Members Voting Nay
Mr. Aderholt
Mr. Bonilla
Mr. Boyd
Mr. Callahan
Mr. Clyburn
Mr. Cramer
Mr. Cunningham
Ms. DeLauro
Mr. DeLay
Mr. Dickey
Mr. Dicks
Mr. Dixon
Mr. Edwards
Mrs. Emerson
Mr. Farr
Mr. Forbes
Mr. Frelinghuysen
Mr. Hinchey
Mr. Hobson
Mr. Jackson
Ms. Kaptur
Ms. Kilpatrick
Mr. Kingston
Mr. Knollenberg
Mr. Kolbe
Mr. Latham
Mr. Lewis
Mrs. Lowey
Mrs. Meek
Mr. Miller
Mr. Murtha
Mr. Nethercutt
Mrs. Northup
Mr. Obey
Mr. Olver
Mr. Packard
Mr. Pastor
Ms. Pelosi
Mr. Peterson
Mr. Porter
Mr. Price
Mr. Regula
Mr. Rogers
Ms. Roybal-Allard
Mr. Sabo
Mr. Serrano
Mr. Skeen
Mr. Sununu
Mr. Taylor
Mr. Tiahrt
Mr. Visclosky
Mr. Walsh
Mr. Wamp
Mr. Wicker
Mr. Wolf
Mr. Young
                          Full Committee Votes

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are printed below:

                             rollcall no. 2

    Date: March 11, 1999.
    Measure: Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Bill, FY 
1999.
    Motion by: Mr. Young of Florida.
    Description of Motion: To add several appropriations to the 
bill, most notably appropriations for direct and guaranteed 
farm operating loans, and to add or adjust several rescissions 
that totaled $990,480,000. Ms. Kaptur demanded the question be 
divided. This vote was on agreeing to the rescissions included 
in the motion.
    Results: Adopted 34 yeas to 26 nays.
        Members Voting Yea            Members Voting Nay
Mr. Aderholt                        Mr. Boyd
Mr. Bonilla                         Mr. Clyburn
Mr. Callahan                        Mr. Cramer
Mr. Cunningham                      Ms. DeLauro
Mr. DeLay                           Mr. Dicks
Mr. Dickey                          Mr. Dixon
Mrs. Emerson                        Mr. Edwards
Mr. Forbes                          Mr. Farr
Mr. Frelinghuysen                   Mr. Hinchey
Ms. Granger                         Mr. Hoyer
Mr. Hobson                          Mr. Jackson
Mr. Istook                          Ms. Kaptur
Mr. Kingston                        Ms. Kilpatrick
Mr. Knollenberg                     Mrs. Lowey
Mr. Kolbe                           Mrs. Meek
Mr. Latham                          Mr. Moran
Mr. Lewis                           Mr. Murtha
Mr. Miller                          Mr. Obey
Mr. Nethercutt                      Mr. Olver
Mrs. Northup                        Mr. Pastor
Mr. Packard                         Ms. Pelosi
Mr. Peterson                        Mr. Price
Mr. Porter                          Ms. Roybal-Allard
Mr. Regula                          Mr. Sabo
Mr. Rogers                          Mr. Serrano
Mr. Skeen                           Mr. Visclosky
Mr. Sununu
Mr. Taylor
Mr. Tiahrt
Mr. Walsh
Mr. Wamp
Mr. Wicker
Mr. Wolf
Mr. Young
                          Full Committee Votes

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XIII of the House of Representatives, the results of each roll 
call vote on an amendment or on the motion to report, together 
with the names of those voting for and those voting against, 
are printed below:

                             rollcall no. 3

    Date: March 11, 1999.
    Measure: Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Bill, FY 
1999.
    Motion by: Mr. Sabo.
    Description of motion: To strike all emergency 
appropriation and contingent emergency appropriation 
designations from the bill.
    Results: Rejected 21 yeas to 34 nays.
        Members Voting Yea            Members Voting Nay
Mr. Clyburn                         Mr. Aderholt
Ms. DeLauro                         Mr. Bonilla
Mr. Edwards                         Mr. Boyd
Mr. Farr                            Mr. Callahan
Mr. Hinchey                         Mr. Cunningham
Mr. Hoyer                           Mr. Dickey
Mr. Jackson                         Mrs. Emerson
Ms. Kaptur                          Mr. Forbes
Ms. Kilpatrick                      Mr. Frelinghuysen
Mrs. Lowey                          Ms. Granger
Mrs. Meek                           Mr. Hobson
Mr. Moran                           Mr. Istook
Mr. Obey                            Mr. Kingston
Mr. Olver                           Mr. Knollenberg
Mr. Pastor                          Mr. Kolbe
Ms. Pelosi                          Mr. Latham
Mr. Price                           Mr. Lewis
Ms. Roybal-Allard                   Mr. Miller
Mr. Sabo                            Mr. Murtha
Mr. Serrano                         Mrs. Northup
Mr. Visclosky                       Mr. Packard
                                    Mr. Peterson
                                    Mr. Porter
                                    Mr. Regula
                                    Mr. Rogers
                                    Mr. Skeen
                                    Mr. Sununu
                                    Mr. Taylor
                                    Mr. Tiahrt
                                    Mr. Walsh
                                    Mr. Wamp
                                    Mr. Wicker
                                    Mr. Wolf
                                    Mr. Young
    Offset Folios 68 to 80 Insert here




                            DISSENTING VIEWS

    The minority members of the Appropriations Committee find 
this supplemental very troubling for a number of reasons. It 
contains several provisions that were added at the last minute 
at the direction of the Republican House leadership, which 
threaten both American economic security and our nation's 
ability to keep weapons of mass destruction out of the hands of 
terrorists. It also demonstrates that the Republican leadership 
in the House has decided to continue exercising direct 
interference in the decision making process of the House 
committee system despite repeated statements to the contrary. 
Finally, it raises serious questions as to whether the 
Republican leadership is sincere in its stated goal of moving 
legislation in a responsible and timely manner.

   how a strategy for consensus became another partisan battleground

    On Monday, March 1, Chairman Young circulated proposed 
legislative language for a relatively small but time sensitive 
supplemental appropriations bill. Following consultations with 
committee members, House leaders and representatives of the 
executive branch, Chairman Young had decided in mid-February to 
move only the most pressing of the Administration's requests 
for fiscal 1999 supplemental funds. It was expected that his 
package would receive broad bipartisan support and could be 
passed prior to the Easter recess. It contained $956 million in 
assistance to deal with hurricane damage in Central America and 
the Caribbean (including $80 million to help the Immigration 
and Naturalization Service meet the increased challenges of 
illegal immigration brought on by those hurricanes and $10 
million for earthquake damage in Columbia) and $100 million to 
help support the new Government in Jordan. The funds provided 
for Jordan were not considered emergency in nature and were 
therefore required to be offset by reductions in spending from 
other areas of the budget. The requested disaster relief 
funding clearly fell within the emergency spending definitions 
of the Budget Act and did not require offsets.
    On Tuesday, March 2, House Republican leaders decided that 
on further reflection the Young package should include the 
President's $154 million request for emergency agricultural 
assistance and directed that these funds be offset by cuts in 
other parts of the budget.
    But the bombshell did not come until Wednesday, March 3rd. 
With less than 24 hours left before the scheduled mark-up of 
the Young package before the full Appropriations Committee, 
House Republican leaders reversed themselves on the issue of 
requiring offsets for hurricane disaster assistance. The 
leadership decided that while assistance provided to Central 
America by the U.S. military would not be required to be 
offset, the roughly 75% of the package to reimburse AID and 
other non-defense agencies wouldrequire offsets. The prospect 
of finding nearly another $800 million in spending cuts halfway through 
the fiscal year meant that the committee meeting scheduled for the 
following day had to be canceled and that the prospects for quick 
action on the supplemental had all but vanished.
    The morning on which the committee meeting had been 
scheduled, Roll Call Newspaper carried the headline: DeLay 
Planning Attack on Supplemental Spending Bill. The story quoted 
an aide to Republican Whip Tom DeLay saying, ``DeLay plans to 
jump back into the ring and become Clinton's worst nightmare on 
Capitol Hill.'' Roll Call continued, ``He started yesterday 
with a phone call to Appropriations Chairman Bill Young (R-
Fla.) to inform him that the $1 billion-plus emergency spending 
bill for Jordan and hurricane-damaged South American countries 
is deal on arrival unless drastic changes are made.''
    While the cause of the abrupt change in signals by the 
House Republican leaders may or may not be fairly reflected by 
this story, the results of that change can be more clearly 
documented.

                            finding offsets

    The direction given by Republican leaders to find offsets 
for the emergency hurricane relief resulted in several new 
rescissions being added to the bill. The first involved 
elimination of $648 million in funds appropriated some years 
ago to guarantee the solvency of the multilateral development 
banks. The second involved elimination of $150 million 
appropriated last fall to permit the continued disarming of 
Russian nuclear weapons and safe disposition of the highly 
enriched uranium and plutonium coming from those weapons. The 
majority has argued that neither of these rescissions would 
negatively affect U.S. policy. Closer examination has proven 
this to be untrue on both counts.

Rescinding a portion of our guarantee to international banks

    The majority argued that rescinding the $648 million 
appropriated to guarantee the U.S. commitment to the World 
Bank, the Asian Development Bank and the Inter American 
Development Bank in no way reduced the legal or moral 
responsibility of the U.S. to meet those commitments. While 
that may be true in a strictly legal and technical sense, it is 
also true that other member nations and many investors around 
the world are increasingly uneasy about the willingness of the 
U.S. and particularly, the U.S. Congress to make good on its 
legal and moral commitments. These same investors watched the 
Congress repeatedly refuse to provide the International 
Monetary Fund with a needed infusion of capital through the 
depths of the Asian financial crisis and are also aware that 
the Congress continues to refuse to provide the funds necessary 
to pay off the billion-plus in back debts to the United 
Nations.
    There are three multilateral development banks (MDBs) for 
which the United States has appropriated funds to ensure that 
lenders to the banks will be repaid in the event that 
substantial portions of the bank's own loans failed to be 
repaid. These banks include theWorld Bank, the Asian 
Development Bank and the Inter American Development Bank and they are 
responsible for sustaining financial stability and growth in precisely 
those portions of the world where American markets are being threatened 
by lack of confidence in both public and private financial 
institutions.
    The MDBs collect guarantees for debt repayment (known as 
callable capital) from member countries. These guarantees allow 
them to sell bonds on world capital markets at close to the 
same borrowing costs that the member countries themselves would 
have to pay. They are then able to use the proceeds of their 
bond sales to make loans in the developing world that would be 
otherwise prohibitively expensive to the borrowers. In the 50 
years since this system was started, hundreds of billions of 
dollars have flowed into developing countries and created new 
businesses that have generated the income to repay the loans. 
All bonds that have been issued by these institutions have been 
repaid on time and no country has ever had to actually pay a 
dime of callable capital to any of the MDBs. The world economy 
has expanded by at least four fold in that time and the richest 
markets for American products have been in these developing 
economies.
    This system has been highly effective but it is also highly 
dependent on trust. The critical link in the system is the 
perception by commercial bankers throughout the world (who are 
the principal buyers of bonds issued by the MDBs) that bonds 
offered by these institutions are almost certain to be repaid. 
That certainty is already in some jeopardy. Less than two years 
ago Asian Development Bank bonds could be sold with yields of 
only three hundredths of a percentage point higher than World 
Bank bonds. Perceived difficulties in loan repayment in that 
portion of the world have pushed Asian Bank bond yields up to 
more than thirty hundredths of a percentage point above World 
Bank bonds. Similar concerns are affecting issues by the Inter 
American Bank and the World Bank itself. As developing 
countries are forced to refinance existing debt at higher and 
higher rates their prospects of repayment decline and the whole 
system becomes increasingly shaky.
    The proposed rescission of American appropriated callable 
capital that is contained in this supplemental adds a new 
element of uncertainty to the system. The United States has 
guaranteed $44 billion in bond issues to these three banks, $12 
billion with monies that have actually been appropriated. If 
the Congress reduces the appropriated portion of this guarantee 
is it an indication that the United States is less willing to 
meet its declared obligations? If the steely eyed analysts who 
protect the capital of the world's great money center banks 
believe that there is even the slightest increase in the 
probability that the guarantee on these bonds won't be kept, it 
will place significant upward pressure on MDB interest rates 
and destabilize currencies and markets in developing countries 
around the world. This is precisely why the Secretary of the 
Treasury immediately responded to this proposal by informing 
the Committee that he would recommend that this entire 
supplemental be vetoed, if this provision is included.
    This provision should be stricken from the legislation now 
before it raises any more questions about either the banks or 
this Congress. If the Republican leadership insists on 
offsetting the emergency disaster relief, and there is an 
alternative cut of $648 millionthat can be made, they should 
place that cut before the House now. Otherwise we are either wasting 
our time on legislation that is going nowhere or simply voting on a 
placeholder which denies the House the opportunity to know what the 
real cut will be before this legislation is sent to the Senate.

Rescinding funds for securing weapons grade nuclear material

    The committee has argued that while it has no intention of 
allowing nuclear materials to get into the wrong hands, none of 
the $525 million appropriated for the safe disposition of 
fissionable material from Russia in the last Congress could be 
spent in the current fiscal year. They have indicated that they 
would appropriate the money for next year if there is an 
indication that it can be spent. This information has proven to 
be flatly in error. The Department of Energy will obligate a 
total of $325 million of the funds in this account next week 
following the visit to Washington of Russian Foreign Minister, 
Yevgeny Primakov. During his visit, Minister Primakov is 
scheduled to sign an agreement with the U.S. to ensure the sale 
of Russian highly enriched uranium. The pending supplemental 
will not be enacted in time to block the signing of that 
agreement.
    The remaining $200 million in this account is intended to 
help finance an agreement to encourage Russia to continue to 
dismantle nuclear warheads and to provide for the safe 
disposition of plutonium extracted from dismantled Russian 
nuclear weapons. Negotiations for that agreement are now 
underway and it is hoped that they can be completed by next 
fall. It is hard to imagine a single budget reduction that 
would be less in the interest of the American people than 
removing $150 million of this $200 million from the negotiating 
table. Such a move would certainly leave Russian negotiators 
with the understandable perception that the Congress may refuse 
to provide the funds required by the agreement. Their 
willingness to make the necessary concessions to reach 
agreement could be significantly curtailed.
    It is difficult to find assessments of the political and 
security situation in Russia that do not indicate control over 
nuclear weapons and the materials from which they are made is 
not becoming increasingly problematic. Press accounts indicate 
that employees of the installations that house these materials, 
including the guards, have in many instances not been paid in 
months. At the same time there is every indication that 
countries such as Iran and terrorist organizations such as the 
Bin Laden group are intensifying efforts to penetrate Russian 
security and gain access to such weapons. Russian criminal 
organizations may also decide to profit from the opportunity 
that these illegal exports offer.
    It is absolutely mind boggling to consider why a political 
party that wishes to make missile defense a central issue in 
the coming year would not want to also do whatever can be done 
to keep fissionable materials out of the hands of rogue states 
and terrorists. While we should guard against conventional 
threats such as air and missile attacks, we should also be 
mindful that the most likely threat to the American people at 
the current time is through non-conventional means. In either 
case, we need to keep nucleartechnology out of the hands of 
those who would use it against us whether they intend to deliver it on 
the tip of a missile or in the back of a truck.

                   the cost of another slow response

    The original intention of Chairman Young to proceed with a 
supplemental bill containing a very limited number of items and 
no offsets for the largest position of the bill dealing with 
natural disasters was to pass the legislation quickly so that 
funds could reach those in need in a timely fashion. The 
decision by Republican leaders to demand offsets delayed 
Committee action on the measure by one week. Because of the 
legislative schedule, it resulted in delaying floor action by 
at least two weeks. Because of the scheduled two week 
Congressional recess, it will delay a possible conference on 
the bill by about a month. In addition, it will in all 
probability make agreement between the House and Senate far 
more difficult to reach since the Senate is quite likely to 
object to many of the House offsets. Finally, even if the 
Senate does acquiesce to some of the House offsets, it will 
make agreement on a bill that the President will sign far more 
difficult.
    This is extremely unfortunate given the importance of 
timeliness will respect to two major spending items in the 
bill. Many American farmers are facing one of the most serious 
challenges to their continued existence since the Dust Bowl 
days of the 1930s. The collapse in Asian markets has also 
brought about a collapse in foreign demand for American farm 
products. This coupled with a continued high level of 
production has brought about a collapse in commodity prices. 
Farmers are not only losing money, they have suddenly found 
that bankers are wary of lending when wheat, corn, soybeans and 
other commodities are selling at record low prices.
    For that reason, the President has requested that the 
Congress appropriate $110 million to finance about $1.1 billion 
in additional farm loans and loan guarantees needed for spring 
planting. The federal farm credit programs act as lenders of 
last resort, and natural and economic disasters in farm country 
have led to far greater demand for these loans and guarantees 
than would normally be expected. As a result, major federal 
farm credit programs began running low on lending authority in 
December, and four of the six programs have now virtually 
exhausted all lending ability. Another is expected to run out 
of funds only a few days after Congress returns from its Easter 
recess.
    The planting season has already begun in some states, and 
it is clear that it will be planting time in much of the 
country by the time a conference can get to work on this 
legislation in April. If things don't go quickly at that point, 
Congress could be providing farmers with needed spring planting 
funds about the same time the first tomatoes start to turn red 
in South Texas.
    The hurricane disaster assistance for Central America is no 
less time sensitive. The United States is already seeing a 
stream of illegal immigrants from Honduras, Nicaragua and other 
parts of Central America crossing U.S. borders. But officials 
in this administration and in affected countries warn that that 
stream could quickly become aflood if assistance efforts are 
not significantly expanded before the beginning of the rainy season in 
May. The misery brought on by the delaying of a full-scale relief 
effort in Central America could easily spill over into communities 
across North America.
    The prospect of massive numbers of illegal immigrants from 
Honduras and Nicaragua would not only have economic and social 
impacts, but direct budget impacts as well. The U.S. Supreme 
Court has ruled that localities must provide education to the 
children of all residents, regardless of immigrant status. The 
Urban Institute, based on a study of eight states with the 
largest immigrant populations, estimates that 22% of all 
illegal immigrants are children who are enrolled in public 
schools at an annual cost of well over $4000 per pupil. Illegal 
immigrants are also eligible for emergency medical services and 
some will run afoul of the law with an average annual cost of 
incarceration of $22,000 per inmate.
    The failure of the Congress to provide these funds in a 
timely manner could also greatly weaken the political stability 
of these countries and their recent movement toward democracy. 
It will weaken our national influence in the region and reduce 
our ability to work cooperatively with those governments for 
more effective drug interdiction and more fair and productive 
trade relations.

                          the accounting game

    Perhaps the great irony of the strategy which Republican 
leaders now pursue with respect to this bill is that it is 
supposed to be more responsible from a budget standpoint. 
Despite the fact that those who have studied federal budgeting 
over the years have come to the conclusion that unanticipated 
emergency needs cannot reasonably be offset with spending cuts 
once a fiscal year is already underway (Richard Darman, 
President Bush's Director of OMB, was the author of the current 
rule) some elements of the Republican caucus continue to insist 
on this approach supposedly because it will protect the 
projected size of government surpluses. But as Congressman Sabo 
quite eloquently pointed out in the full committee debate on 
this legislation, these offsets have little or no connection to 
the surplus. They were in fact selected because they were funds 
that had been appropriated but the committee staff expected 
that they might never be spent. As a result their rescission 
will not reduce outlays and will have no impact on projected 
surpluses in this or any future year.
    The Congressional Budget Office has estimated that all of 
the new spending authority in this legislation will increase 
outlays and reduce the size of the fiscal 1999 surplus by $445 
million. The two items added to offset the Central American 
hurricane relief will probably reduce outlays by $0.
    If the reduction in American appropriated guarantees to the 
international banks sparks enough panic that massive defaults 
on bank loans take place we could face an equally massive 
increase in outlays flowing from our other commitments to those 
institutions. But under no circumstance would the rescission of 
these funds reduce outlays.
    If the committee is to be taken at its word on the funding 
for a plutonium agreement (that these funds will be 
appropriated as soon as an agreement is reached), there are 
only two possibilities. First, if no agreement is reached the 
funds will never be used and no outlay will occur. In the 
second instance, an agreement will be reached and the committee 
will make good on its promise and provide the funds which will 
outlay at the same rate whether the money is left in the 
treasury or is rescinded.
    This fight is really over a shell game--a shell game 
created to fool some in the public and perhaps some in the 
Majority party who do not understand the intricacies of 
government accounting. In the end this shell game offers no 
prospect of protecting the surplus but it does offer the 
prospect for serious mischief. It could destabilize the already 
fragile economies of Asia and Latin America. It could expose 
American cities to the threat of nuclear weapons that have 
reached the wrong hands because we did not do all that was 
necessary to secure Russian plutonium. It already has delayed 
funds desperately needed by American farmers and Central 
American relief workers to prevent the enormous problems which 
they face from growing much worse in the coming weeks and 
months.

                                                         Dave Obey.

                            ADDITIONAL VIEWS

    This first major budget bill of the new 106th Congress is a 
major disappointment. Despite the pressing need for expeditious 
passage of this vital emergency appropriations package to help 
struggling U.S. farmers and our Central American neighbors, the 
House has become bogged down by partisanship and phony rhetoric 
about budgetary offsets for this emergency assistance.
    I fear that this bill reflects the same tired old partisan 
policies that haunted the last Congress. Rejecting the 
recommendation of our Committee chairman, the majority 
leadership insisted on controversial ``offsets'' for this bill 
that make dubious political points and will provoke a veto 
fight. The predictable delay and needless controversy this will 
cause simply adds to the anguish of innocent men, women, and 
children in Central America whose homes, schools, and jobs have 
been wiped out by hurricanes and earthquake.
    The fact is, contrary to the Senate majority leader's 
recent assertion that ``there is no engine for this train'' and 
that assistance to American farmers and Central American 
disaster relief must be delayed for weeks, there is 
overwhelming support to provide this relief quickly. If the 
Republican congressional leadership would follow its rhetoric 
and reach out to the middle, I believe it would find an 
overwhelming number of Democrats ready to vote for this aid as 
an emergency appropriation.

                            a budgetary sham

    Instead, we have been treated to misleading and plainly 
wrong assertions that the spending in this bill must be and is 
fully offset to protect Social Security and Medicare. This is a 
poorly conceived ruse.
    No respectable economist would say that the added outlays 
of this emergency bill (equaling about four one-hundredths of 
one percent of the expected 10-year surplus) jeopardizes the 
viability of the Social Security trust fund. Even so, the 
Republican leadership chose to make this argument and used it 
to justify some highly questionable program cuts that do not 
save much money, but could have far reaching negative effects 
on the world economy and on programs to combat nuclear 
terrorism.
    I would give the Republican leadership some limited credit 
for holding to such a rigorous standard if, in fact, they 
produced a bill that lived up to their rhetoric. But, in fact, 
the bill doesn't come close to meeting the Republicans' own 
standard of offsetting new emergency spending.
    According to the CBO, this bill as written by the 
Republican leadership would spend an additional $445 million 
more than it saves in FY 1999. Over the next five fiscal years, 
FY 1999-2004, the bill spends a total of $876 million more than 
it saves.Over time, this bill will never save as much as it 
spends.

CBO Estimates of Spending in This Bill

                                                                Millions
FY 1999 additional spending (outlays)                               $606
FY 1999 spending reductions (outlays)                               -161
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                        ________________________________________________
      Total new spending..........................................   445

    There are two principal reasons for this.
    First, no attempt is made to offset $195 million ($64 
million in FY 1999 outlays) provided in the bill to reimburse 
Defense Department expenses for providing disaster assistance 
in Central America. These funds are simply taken out of the 
surplus.
    While I have no quarrel with the decision to provide 
additional funding to reimburse the Defense Department without 
offset, it does beg the question why humanitarian assistance 
provided by one agency of government should be treated 
differently than humanitarian assistance provided by another 
agency of government. The one clear message this arbitrary 
budget policy sends is to give the administration the clear 
incentive to use our military first and often in these kinds of 
situations, since that is the only way this Congress seems 
willing to meet its responsibility to provide extra emergency 
funds.
    Secondly, the Republican leadership insisted on inserting a 
dangerous provision in this bill that backs away from $648 
million worth of binding ``callable capital'' commitments used 
to guarantee bonds of the World Bank, the Asian Development 
Bank, and the InterAmerican Development Bank. These ``full 
faith and credit'' obligations are essentially insurance 
reserves for the World Bank and other multilateral institutions 
allowing these banks to borrow at highly favorable rates. 
Because of this, these banks can cheaply finance billions of 
dollars worth of viable economic recovery projects in Asia, 
Latin America, Africa, and elsewhere. These projects strengthen 
the overall global economy and expand demand for US exports. 
The rescission of callable capital could raise the cost of 
borrowing for these institutions, thereby slowing down the flow 
of capital to regions of the world struggling to recover from 
the economic turbulence of the last several years.
    Besides being highly questionable economic policy, this 
action is nonsensical budget policy. The Congressional Budget 
Office acknowledges that, inasmuch as these obligations have 
never been ``called'' and no money has really been spent due to 
these obligations, the $648 million so-called spending 
reduction in this bill will result in no real spending savings. 
This $648 million rescission included in the bill is expected 
to have no effect whatsoever on the federal budget surplus in 
FY 1999 or in the future.
    The callable capital rescission represents the very worst 
kind of policy in this bill. It risks damaging the world 
economy. It purports to pay for other necessary appropriations 
when it does not. It is simply perplexing that the majority 
party would choose to proceed with this approach.

                     honesty in rhetoric amendment

    There is one real and simple test to prove whether the 
majority really believes it has offset the spending in this 
bill. If all spending is truly offset, there is no need to 
include bill language designating each new appropriation in the 
bill an ``emergency'' under the Balanced Budget Act of 1985. 
Such a designation exempts an appropriation from the budget 
caps, and therefore from any requirement to be offset by other 
reductions.
    If the majority truly believed the new spending in its bill 
is paid for, they should have no trouble eliminating the 
``emergency'' designations in the bill. If the new spending in 
this bill is not fully offset, then the promises of the 
majority to offset funds in this bill to save funding for 
Social Security and Medicare have not been met.
    I offered an amendment in full committee (Roll Call #3) to 
remove this designation. It failed due to opposition from the 
majority, although it was never clearly stated why the majority 
was so strongly against it.

              when should we offset supplemental spending?

    The test for this bill should be simple: Are the proposed 
expenditures for new loans to American farmers and ranchers, 
for Central American disaster recovery, and to support the 
Middle East peace process urgent, unforeseen, and essential? If 
so, they qualify as emergency appropriations and should be 
treated as such. If not, they should be offset.
    I believe that we should expeditiously provide emergency 
assistance to American farmers and disaster victims in Central 
America. However, I cannot support the phony budgetary offsets 
contained in this bill. They are doubly harmful because they 
have the potential to undermine some of our nation's vital 
international goals, and they produce no meaningful budgetary 
savings.

                                                    Martin O. Sabo.

                                
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